No, heatsinks can either make you able to go fanless, or go to overclock heaven, your choice.:)
Speaker wire, however, is worth what you can get someone to pay for it, apparently.
I have actually had someone show me a car stereo system that he believed sounded better with 12awg stranded silver speaker wires. I wish I'd sold it to him, lol.
I'm an Analog Engineer, and listen mostly to mp3s from a sound card. Zip cord will work just fine...:)
I also am a longtime fan, and I totally agree with your assessment.
Doom 3 was doom remade with better effects; it had zero re-playability. And the multiplayer sucked.:)
We still play Quake 2; we have maps that are way better than any that shipped with the game. 64 people on a lan rocks!
"The longest three feet" is a good example, lol. I'd make that for DnF, when (if) they ever release tools.
I've been playing Crysis Wars since it released; it's the best shooter out currently, imho.
DnF is campy, but the engine sux. It would have been better off dead than the consolized pos that was released.
The "PC game" as a group is dead because of the greed in the industry; it's easier to make marginal games for console players. Stupid people buy more stuff, I guess.
"Always on" connections are more BS; the only need for that is for advertising and marketing, not the game.
NOTE: I purposely don't buy things that get advertised in my video games. I go to their competitors instead. I consider advertising a waste of my bandwidth, and it is treated like spam.
Very True; This is the Real Problem(tm) in America.
Too many of the people in power are only there for the money and power, so you get grandstand politics; as they have no other skills. You mean fundraising ability has nothing to do with leadership? Whooda thunkit...
Many engineers I work with are in the same boat; at least the ones from America; there are the good ones, but they're geeks, and this is our life.
I'm an Analog Engineer; that's rare these days. But I've been doing this for 30 years, lol.
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All the originals are still available from somewhere, lol.
The new families of chips are smt, but you can do those with a syringe of solder paste and a heat gun. :)
It works for most stuff except for bgas.
It take a bit of practice to get just right; I started practicing on smt stuff in '86. iavo, lol.
Like you get a choice with a solid fuel rocket.
If you want "as high as you can get", atmospheric friction isn't a limit you consider for selecting burn rate.
Having the chamber pressure increase after it's stabilized (to accelerate) is a bad idea.
The pressure's going down rapidly; ~3 seconds and you're out. :)
Most people called it DOMASS.
Get it now? :)
Hey, sodium and potassium are only 60-70ish and they used those to make liquid nuclear reactors.
Mercury is still way better than air...
However, water is bad enough; how bad is it going to be when the mercury leaks out all over the mobo? :)
let alone sodium... :>
"LostCluster as of 10/27/11 is being held in captivity involuntarily by Dr. McGarry of Worcester State Hospital."
So, is it for you or for us?
No, heatsinks can either make you able to go fanless, or go to overclock heaven, your choice. :)
Speaker wire, however, is worth what you can get someone to pay for it, apparently.
I have actually had someone show me a car stereo system that he believed sounded better with 12awg stranded silver speaker wires. I wish I'd sold it to him, lol.
I'm an Analog Engineer, and listen mostly to mp3s from a sound card. Zip cord will work just fine... :)
to the military-industrial complex.
Eisenhower was right; hooda thunkit?
That's the best our politicians can do; all that's left are morons.
Have you seen the debates? 12-year-olds is a stretch...
Agreed!
This is nice. I wonder what it cost to do...
Seeing the epoxy cover over the camera melt off was interesting too; good thing it came off evenly. :)
So they cut it in half.
We've slashdotted many servers before; welcome to this week.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashdot_effect :)
I guess iNecro is right out?
Patches? I remember those. From 10 years ago, when people made games for PC's.
Far Cry, FC2, and Crysis are the last pc games, I'm afraid.
(I mean ones with map editors, working servers, etc.)
Something like that could have rescued DNF from the shitbin...
How long has it been since you made a skin for a character in a game that everyone can see? Q2?
I guess I've bought my last set of crossfire/SLI video cards, lol.
What I bought last year was WAY overkill for DNF. (man, did I get Fucked on that one... :facepalm: )
Who needs performance computers to play console ports?
I also am a longtime fan, and I totally agree with your assessment.
Doom 3 was doom remade with better effects; it had zero re-playability. And the multiplayer sucked. :)
We still play Quake 2; we have maps that are way better than any that shipped with the game. 64 people on a lan rocks!
"The longest three feet" is a good example, lol. I'd make that for DnF, when (if) they ever release tools.
I've been playing Crysis Wars since it released; it's the best shooter out currently, imho.
DnF is campy, but the engine sux. It would have been better off dead than the consolized pos that was released.
The "PC game" as a group is dead because of the greed in the industry; it's easier to make marginal games for console players. Stupid people buy more stuff, I guess.
"Always on" connections are more BS; the only need for that is for advertising and marketing, not the game.
NOTE: I purposely don't buy things that get advertised in my video games. I go to their competitors instead. I consider advertising a waste of my bandwidth, and it is treated like spam.
Idiots on the web; film on youtube, 24/7/365. :)
The output is three alpha particles; not exactly the same as three helium atoms...
And the lasers in the sharks' frickin' heads will be the result of genetic manipulation, to get around those pesky environmentalists!!
Very True; This is the Real Problem(tm) in America.
Too many of the people in power are only there for the money and power, so you get grandstand politics; as they have no other skills. You mean fundraising ability has nothing to do with leadership? Whooda thunkit...
Many engineers I work with are in the same boat; at least the ones from America; there are the good ones, but they're geeks, and this is our life.
I'm an Analog Engineer; that's rare these days. But I've been doing this for 30 years, lol.
nt.
Everyone writes games for the xbox these days, so it sucks on pc.
The two weapons thing is ridiculous; that was one of the games strong points.
Reality based games need these things; IRL you can't carry a rocket launcher, 20 rounds of ammo, 4 other guns, each with ammo...
Duke never tried to be real, it was completely over the top from the start.
I bought the borderlands goty edition, to get the demo early(last year, lol), then the delay, and the rest...
Man do I feel ripped off; $50 for a 20 minute ride... Local hookers aren't that much. :)
Hopefully, the game will come thru the poor port. (rofl)
The demo is very clunky with a keyboard; I bet it plays great with a xbox or ps2 controller, tho.
I still have my isa sb16, with a nonstandard sb cdrom, lol.
It's in a 386 mobo, with a really neat isa game card that has adjustment pots for the joystick and rudder pedals.
I have this old A10 tank commander game I like to play...
You just need a really high frequency step-up transformer.
One for each antenna... :)
...they didn't say, "Ni!" to you?
Fuck the book; I want the Ship!
lol
The system we have still works; it just takes time.
It took judges ~3-7 years, so far, to reverse the most blatantly unconstitutional things that were done.
But the ones that have survived foretell an Orwellian future, I'm afraid.