Roll on PNG. Of course, people will only use it if there is an argument on how to pronounce it, at which point people will want a new format to stop said arguments.
I'll start the ball rolling... Is it pronounced pee-en-gee or ping?
Well, speaking as someone that played elite from 2 months after its initial release on its first platform (the BBC micro) for 6 solid months, I can tell you, X2 is the first game I have seen in the genre that passes Elite. It is better in every aspect. I loved Elite, I really did. X2 beats it. For those Elite die-hards, there is even a small in-game homage to elite in X2. The control to activate the SETA time compression system, is J. It does exactly the same as the old Elite J Jump did.
Yep, it's better than the original Elite.
However, (sorry if I get a bit flamebaitish here) i've yet to see a game equal Elite 2 or 3 in features or the come back and play it later factor.
This is coming from someone who bought X:BTF, X-Tension and X2. (also Elite (BBC Micro & Amiga), 2 (A500, CD32 & PC versions) and 3)
And here's the slightly trollish bit, nothing i've seen in X3 (from previews etc) thus far has really changed from X2. Sure, the graphics have improved. But I was really aching for a proper galaxy with planets you could land on etc.
Otherwise, good luck on the port. Sorry for being Mr. Negative.
But surely it's a lot easier to port a game that uses non-3d API's than 3d ones? (like Direct3D & OpenGL)
I could be wrong but isn't a 3D API significantly more complex than something like DirectDraw?
I mean, it's one thing to port stuff like the interface API's and basic bitmap drawing stuff and a whole new ballgame with a 3D API?
Note: I know bugger all about 3D API's, I do not pretend to know anything about them.
Couldn't they have chosen something easier to port? And a bit more recent?
The X series (iirc, I could be wrong) uses Direct 3D, porting it would be quite difficult. Surely porting a game that uses OpenGL would at least give the programmers a bit less trouble in porting?
On a different note, I've yet to see any Elite clone equal the greatness that is the Elite trilogy. Here's hoping for the ever elusive Elite 4 that David Braben has been working on since the dawn of time to appear, if at all.
Minor correction, IE 7 isn't being released onto Windows 2000.
Microsoft want to force people onto XP and Vista.
It's a bit of a mistake if you think about it, all those companies and people who'll soon start needing a new browser as more fancy html, css demands it and they're on Windows 2000. They can either worry about installing a new operating system and paying n amount of cash for it or they can simply download Firefox or Opera for free.
I think the best way to detect a rootkit is to simply put something between it and the internet that can log net traffic, say a router or somesuch.. course, you'd have to make sure the router hasn't been exploited too...:)
Oh, here's a useful tip for people.. there is a cheaper alternative to WinPE.. BartPE, it requires Windows XP to build the bootable cd but in terms of usefulness it's a nice little life saver.
Can also be extended with Ultimate Boot CD (UBCD).
Yep, all servers i've built which use Linux which are accessible from the outside do not have loadable module support enabled at all.
It prevents a large swathe if not all rootkits from running.
This is one of the areas where I think Linux (and open source software in general) has closed source software beat, you can easilly customise the kernel to your own particular situation in which the machine will be running. Being able to have your own custom built kernel with stuff like grsecurity etc is invaluable.
Dude, it's Doctor Who. Do you honestly think they're going to try and be all serious complete with "oh it must be serious, they've got shaky cameras!" Battlestar Galactica syndrome (not a knock of BSG, I like the new BSG).
You can't bring back Dr. Who without making a few injokes and making sure not to take things too seriously.
Hmmm, you know... I could swear I saw something on BBC 1 called Dr. something a short while back.. I wonder what it could be.
Also, as a strange side note.. some of the shows they listed can hardly be described as "Sci-Fi", I'd say they thought: "Let's make a top 50 list of the greatest sci-fi shows ever!" and then kinda got bored half-way through and just started adding shows they liked as kids regardless whether they be sci-fi or not.
* David Hasselhoff and all his various evil incarnations, whether it be driving intelligent car or wooing Germans with strange hypnotic melodies.
* Rude tourists, seriously.. it doesn't hurt you to say please or thank you that often, also.. can you please give me $50?
* Titantic (film), never have I ever wanted a ship to sink so bad.
* Scientology, the most messed up fake religion ever.. stop, please.. just stop.
* McDonalds, not satisfied with gargantuan sized Americans you insist that we have gargantuan sized people too.. thanks for screwing up my love life with my love handles
To get my hands on one of these, i've got a Gamepark 32 here and it is an excellent piece of hardware with the exception of the controller.
The GP32 has a fiddly little joystick type thing which would frankly be better if it were a joypad instead.
Other than that stuff like ScummVM and all the ports are really suited to this, Doom is quite nice..:)
What will change when News Corporation takes over:
If you register from a country outside of the USA it will welcome you with the text "Welcome commie pinko foreigner terrorist" whenever you login.
If you don't have a blind idiotic obedience to the USA then any posts you make in the IGN forums will be monitored.
If you do make any remarks or posts about USA with any kind of critcism in the slightest, then you will be reported with one of the following occuring:
You will be asked why you hate America.
Your post will be deleted
Your account will be deleted
You'll be sent to room 101
You'll get massive amounts of advertising and "opinion" pieces but little in the way of actual content on IGN.
NATO is not an army, NATO is a loose alliance of nations.
There are big differences between an army and an alliance, with an army you have integrated units working side by side. Under NATO operations each country has its own area of operations, for example Kosovo etc.
If I was in Irelands position, i'd not bother with a Navy, heavilly armoured vehicles or modern fighter aircraft and focus more on support aircraft and a support infrastructure. (Providing support to NATO/European military operations)
Ireland faces no immediate threats and has the UK and western Europe to act as a buffer between itself and any possible threats.
Ireland simply does not have the economic clout to have modern armed forces spanning the entire spectrum of aircraft, vehicles and ships.
And anyway, Iceland would most likely be the first to be invaded. It's in a strategic spot.;)
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You forget the civilians and enemy troops, damn Tanya keeps trying to blow them up.
Roll on PNG. Of course, people will only use it if there is an argument on how to pronounce it, at which point people will want a new format to stop said arguments.
I'll start the ball rolling... Is it pronounced pee-en-gee or ping?
Oh the flamefest that shall begin!
Well, speaking as someone that played elite from 2 months after its initial release on its first platform (the BBC micro) for 6 solid months, I can tell you, X2 is the first game I have seen in the genre that passes Elite. It is better in every aspect. I loved Elite, I really did. X2 beats it. For those Elite die-hards, there is even a small in-game homage to elite in X2. The control to activate the SETA time compression system, is J. It does exactly the same as the old Elite J Jump did.
Yep, it's better than the original Elite.
However, (sorry if I get a bit flamebaitish here) i've yet to see a game equal Elite 2 or 3 in features or the come back and play it later factor.
This is coming from someone who bought X:BTF, X-Tension and X2. (also Elite (BBC Micro & Amiga), 2 (A500, CD32 & PC versions) and 3)
And here's the slightly trollish bit, nothing i've seen in X3 (from previews etc) thus far has really changed from X2. Sure, the graphics have improved. But I was really aching for a proper galaxy with planets you could land on etc.
Otherwise, good luck on the port. Sorry for being Mr. Negative.
But surely it's a lot easier to port a game that uses non-3d API's than 3d ones? (like Direct3D & OpenGL)
I could be wrong but isn't a 3D API significantly more complex than something like DirectDraw?
I mean, it's one thing to port stuff like the interface API's and basic bitmap drawing stuff and a whole new ballgame with a 3D API?
Note: I know bugger all about 3D API's, I do not pretend to know anything about them.
Couldn't they have chosen something easier to port? And a bit more recent?
The X series (iirc, I could be wrong) uses Direct 3D, porting it would be quite difficult. Surely porting a game that uses OpenGL would at least give the programmers a bit less trouble in porting?
On a different note, I've yet to see any Elite clone equal the greatness that is the Elite trilogy. Here's hoping for the ever elusive Elite 4 that David Braben has been working on since the dawn of time to appear, if at all.
I've yet to understand what they said. The grammar and spelling were atrocious.
And then in 2021 IBM the old upstart will overtake Google, then Microsoft will overtake IBM in 2040 in a never ending circle.
Minor correction, IE 7 isn't being released onto Windows 2000.
Microsoft want to force people onto XP and Vista.
It's a bit of a mistake if you think about it, all those companies and people who'll soon start needing a new browser as more fancy html, css demands it and they're on Windows 2000. They can either worry about installing a new operating system and paying n amount of cash for it or they can simply download Firefox or Opera for free.
Which would you do?
I think the best way to detect a rootkit is to simply put something between it and the internet that can log net traffic, say a router or somesuch.. course, you'd have to make sure the router hasn't been exploited too... :)
Oh, here's a useful tip for people.. there is a cheaper alternative to WinPE.. BartPE, it requires Windows XP to build the bootable cd but in terms of usefulness it's a nice little life saver.
Can also be extended with Ultimate Boot CD (UBCD).
Yep, all servers i've built which use Linux which are accessible from the outside do not have loadable module support enabled at all.
It prevents a large swathe if not all rootkits from running.
This is one of the areas where I think Linux (and open source software in general) has closed source software beat, you can easilly customise the kernel to your own particular situation in which the machine will be running. Being able to have your own custom built kernel with stuff like grsecurity etc is invaluable.
Heh, I read that as "Isn't the President drone..." etc.
I need more sleep.
Dude, it's Doctor Who. Do you honestly think they're going to try and be all serious complete with "oh it must be serious, they've got shaky cameras!" Battlestar Galactica syndrome (not a knock of BSG, I like the new BSG).
You can't bring back Dr. Who without making a few injokes and making sure not to take things too seriously.
Also, oddly they say it ran from 1963 to 1989...
Hmmm, you know... I could swear I saw something on BBC 1 called Dr. something a short while back.. I wonder what it could be.
Also, as a strange side note.. some of the shows they listed can hardly be described as "Sci-Fi", I'd say they thought: "Let's make a top 50 list of the greatest sci-fi shows ever!" and then kinda got bored half-way through and just started adding shows they liked as kids regardless whether they be sci-fi or not.
Why? WHY?!
* David Hasselhoff and all his various evil incarnations, whether it be driving intelligent car or wooing Germans with strange hypnotic melodies.
* Rude tourists, seriously.. it doesn't hurt you to say please or thank you that often, also.. can you please give me $50?
* Titantic (film), never have I ever wanted a ship to sink so bad.
* Scientology, the most messed up fake religion ever.. stop, please.. just stop.
* McDonalds, not satisfied with gargantuan sized Americans you insist that we have gargantuan sized people too.. thanks for screwing up my love life with my love handles
Are you by any chance an evil monkey?
To get my hands on one of these, i've got a Gamepark 32 here and it is an excellent piece of hardware with the exception of the controller.
:)
The GP32 has a fiddly little joystick type thing which would frankly be better if it were a joypad instead.
Other than that stuff like ScummVM and all the ports are really suited to this, Doom is quite nice..
Unfortunately it's super massive and eats anything that's near it.
Sounds a lot like an ex-girlfriend.
You know what I find annoying?
:)
Retarded mods, I make a joke mocking the whole fanboy thing and I end up with a score of 0.
Nice joke btw. Would have been funnier if you put some PS3 fanboyism in there though.
It's 357 times better than the Playstation 3!
Ha! 120GB is nowhere near enough for por... I mean photos..
40% troll?!
Talk about a retarded mod, IT WAS A JOKE.
Do you think "Welcome commie pinko foreigner terrorist" was somehow a serious take on the politics of the USA?
Gawd
Phew, good thing IGN already sucks.
What will change when News Corporation takes over:
If you register from a country outside of the USA it will welcome you with the text "Welcome commie pinko foreigner terrorist" whenever you login.
If you don't have a blind idiotic obedience to the USA then any posts you make in the IGN forums will be monitored.
If you do make any remarks or posts about USA with any kind of critcism in the slightest, then you will be reported with one of the following occuring:
You will be asked why you hate America.
Your post will be deleted
Your account will be deleted
You'll be sent to room 101
You'll get massive amounts of advertising and "opinion" pieces but little in the way of actual content on IGN.
Holy crap, Microsoft now has nuclear weapons and ICBMs?! ;)
NATO is not an army, NATO is a loose alliance of nations.
There are big differences between an army and an alliance, with an army you have integrated units working side by side. Under NATO operations each country has its own area of operations, for example Kosovo etc.
If I was in Irelands position, i'd not bother with a Navy, heavilly armoured vehicles or modern fighter aircraft and focus more on support aircraft and a support infrastructure. (Providing support to NATO/European military operations)
;)
Ireland faces no immediate threats and has the UK and western Europe to act as a buffer between itself and any possible threats.
Ireland simply does not have the economic clout to have modern armed forces spanning the entire spectrum of aircraft, vehicles and ships.
And anyway, Iceland would most likely be the first to be invaded. It's in a strategic spot.