If, God forbid, I was in the military and about to be deployed overseas I'd bring a couple DVDs with MAME and console ROMs, and plenty of Apple ][ and C64 games. With many emulators of course.
Anyone wanting to start a Horde character and get into a guild is welcome to message Khalgrim on Bonechewer. We're at the low end of the population scale, so we only have problems when backend systems go down. Or the authentication server, but that's not a Realm issue.
Lot's of room for more folks on Bonechewer, we very rarely get into even yellow latency. I also play on a medium pop server sometimes (Shadow Moon) and that one is usually in yellow and almost always a little (but noticeably) laggy.
The low population servers are fine people, just fine. This is where the server infrastructure works as indented (modulo the backend issues). When I signed up on day one there were already servers showing High population. C'mon guys, they don't code 'em red for nothing.
Ok, nobody's gonna move servers unless they can take their character with them. But I'm tired of people (and I'm sorry if I sound like I'm picking on Macgrrl, it was just time to rant) complaining about load related servers when the signs where there on Day One.
I always thought that Apple Education should have marketed the original iMac form factor in school colors. From the side it looks enough like a football helmet to look good in those colors. If nothing else, the alumni would buy some.
Just think, you'd finally be able to sell a computer on a Big 10 campus...
Ahh, someone's missed the keyboard editing commands. On a Mac, hold down Option and use the arrow keys - you move the cursor a whole word at a time, and the Command key moves a whole line. On Windows substitute Control for Option. On both platforms adding the shift key to ctr/opt selects a word at a time. Don't forget to use up/down arrow to change lines. This all allows for very rapid, entirely keyboard-based editing. Of course, the Emacs and vi users are finally unified in their disdain for what I've just said:-)
The hockey-puck mouse had it's flaws of course. Mind, I rapidly started using the cable to orient myself to the mouse when I first grasped it - just brushing the cable with my fingers would let me know exactly how the mouse was oriented. Importantly, later models of the puck had a depression on the button so your fingers could find it even easier than by checking the cable. It sounds like the designers went for theory over extensive user testing.
And depending on the machine, 256MB might be ok, at least until the package from Crucial shows up. I've gotten a machine running 10.2 to play two mp3s simultaneously, without skipping, and in only 64MB RAM. Closer to the point, I've set up an iMac G5 that arrived before its memory did, and after doing application installs and configurations I honestly had to check to see if we didn't waste money on Apple RAM. Nope, the thing was pretty slick with just 256MB. A mini, running a slower G4 on a slower hard drive won't as slick with just 256, but should be usable for web and email.
All of this is for a Panther system, 256MB on Jaguar should still suck for daily work.
Sounds like the GM went overboard. I had to rename a character [1] in beta and the GM messaged me and chatted a (little) bit before asking me to logout so he could flag my char for a rename. He was polite and professional.; I'm just a little torqued that it was 4 hours (ok, 3 and the next morning) before I could log back in. But I don't think I'd use the same name [1] on an account I was paying for (and have a level 38 character with).
Phoenix ? To hell with that. The difference between cold and warm weather is that you can always put on another layer. In the heat, at some point you have to call 911 to get peeled off the couch.
I have characters on two servers; Horde on Bonechewer and Alliance on Shadow Moon. Both are low pop (~7500 according to WOWcensus.com) and evenly matched between the two sides. Shadow Moon has been having problems, but anyone wanting to play Horde can message Khalgrim on Bonechewer for a guild invite (Blackhorn Tribe).
I haven't seen a login queue on Bonechewer since a couple days after the game went live. it's always showing "Low Pop" in that lovely green shade whenever I look at a Realm list. We get a little item lag now and then, but usually only when other servers are crashing completely.
Shadow Moon was recently moved to a new server 'cause it's been hitting Medium population lately, and there's about a 10-second lag when landing a gryphon in Storm Wind or Iron Forge. I've been leveling a human character so I've finally seen the issues everyone else is having with the servers.
Bonechewer: Number of Alliance: 3,955 Number of Horde: 3,943 Shadow Moon: Number of Alliance: 4,612 Number of Horde: 3,181
hmm, SM's numbers shifted balance recently. Play Bonechewer.
Heck, when I took an NT4 admin class back in 1998 the instructor specifically mentioned which screensavers to never run on a server (hint, *GL* is bad).
Not that it's a real server if it has a monitor plugged into it (KVM doesn't count).
OP is correct, Apple systems are extremely picky about their RAM. Consequently, cheap DIMMs will often either not be recognized or cause intermittent errors. Viking memory is good, Kingston is better. The issue here is that a lot of chips sold at the lower end of the price range were chips that failed the tests for higher speeds. This often produces a chip that meets the basic standards for a particular spec (barely) but may have some issues performing properly. The reputable manufacturers may sell chips that have failed some tests at a lower point, but they won't have the brand label on them.
This has been going on with Macs since the early G4 days. I have run into any number of modules with the lower-spec sticker just slapped over the original one.
Vendor: "the relabelled RAM is fine !" Me: " so how many QA tests did it have to fail to get that new sticker ?"
Well, you see unofficial copies of the WoW client on popular torrent tracker sites. It's a 2.7 GB download. That might have something to do with why you can't d/l the client.
Also, I've heard rumors and speculation that Blizzard is managing the supply of retail copies to hold the server load down. I know a lot of people who have friends who want to get into the game but can't get a copy. I know you miss your friends, but just stop and think about the lag first.
I'm sure they'll get another cluster up and tuned eventually.
Played that on the Mac too. Amazing stylistic graphics. not quite cell shaded but definitely affecting a hand-drawn animation style. The gameplay was very good side-scroller action. Run, duck, dodge, shoot, fight, activate. It was also very much a mood piece, very artistic. No dialog whatsoever. I hate scorpions with a deep and abiding passion. There are some very difficult sequences. There's a falling rocks section where you have to learn the timing for dodging a multitude of threats that simply is going to kill you many times before you find the whole pattern. Classic 2D. Beatiful storytelling.
One of the most enthralling games ever made.
[Later] Man, that window is SMALL on Windows. 160x120 I think. And why those particular sixteen colors ? Wait, black, pink, green, blue, white... ok that's five, it is 4-bit, 5 anyway. And the sound, I didn't think this machine had an internal speaker... no dear god that's coming from the speakers.
Let's just say that the Windows version The Underdogs has is a bit of a disappointment compared to the Mac version (256 color and infinitely better sound). I'm going to cry now. And check my closet, I don't THINK I have a copy...
So they aren't going after NDA breakers ? I'll wait until release to bitch anyway.
I probably CAN say that I dropped out of the beta in early November (no, BEFORE WoW went gold). Still, probably a better game than Enter the Matrix. I like the concept of a more involved combat system, but the interlock system never really grabbed me.
Slashdot Mirror
Best. Polish. Joke. Ever.
Also best joke involving money, I should rewrite it to be about Microsoft somehow...
You can also put hundreds of games on one CD-R.
If, God forbid, I was in the military and about to be deployed overseas I'd bring a couple DVDs with MAME and console ROMs, and plenty of Apple ][ and C64 games. With many emulators of course.
Heck, he could have had my last mod point EVAR. It's an excellent point.
Anyone wanting to start a Horde character and get into a guild is welcome to message Khalgrim on Bonechewer. We're at the low end of the population scale, so we only have problems when backend systems go down. Or the authentication server, but that's not a Realm issue.
Lot's of room for more folks on Bonechewer, we very rarely get into even yellow latency. I also play on a medium pop server sometimes (Shadow Moon) and that one is usually in yellow and almost always a little (but noticeably) laggy.
The low population servers are fine people, just fine. This is where the server infrastructure works as indented (modulo the backend issues). When I signed up on day one there were already servers showing High population. C'mon guys, they don't code 'em red for nothing.
Ok, nobody's gonna move servers unless they can take their character with them. But I'm tired of people (and I'm sorry if I sound like I'm picking on Macgrrl, it was just time to rant) complaining about load related servers when the signs where there on Day One.
I always thought that Apple Education should have marketed the original iMac form factor in school colors. From the side it looks enough like a football helmet to look good in those colors. If nothing else, the alumni would buy some.
Just think, you'd finally be able to sell a computer on a Big 10 campus...
Ahh, someone's missed the keyboard editing commands. On a Mac, hold down Option and use the arrow keys - you move the cursor a whole word at a time, and the Command key moves a whole line. On Windows substitute Control for Option. On both platforms adding the shift key to ctr/opt selects a word at a time. Don't forget to use up/down arrow to change lines. This all allows for very rapid, entirely keyboard-based editing. Of course, the Emacs and vi users are finally unified in their disdain for what I've just said :-)
The hockey-puck mouse had it's flaws of course. Mind, I rapidly started using the cable to orient myself to the mouse when I first grasped it - just brushing the cable with my fingers would let me know exactly how the mouse was oriented. Importantly, later models of the puck had a depression on the button so your fingers could find it even easier than by checking the cable. It sounds like the designers went for theory over extensive user testing.
Good point. 256MB might not suck per se, but 512MB would fully rock.
And depending on the machine, 256MB might be ok, at least until the package from Crucial shows up. I've gotten a machine running 10.2 to play two mp3s simultaneously, without skipping, and in only 64MB RAM. Closer to the point, I've set up an iMac G5 that arrived before its memory did, and after doing application installs and configurations I honestly had to check to see if we didn't waste money on Apple RAM. Nope, the thing was pretty slick with just 256MB. A mini, running a slower G4 on a slower hard drive won't as slick with just 256, but should be usable for web and email.
All of this is for a Panther system, 256MB on Jaguar should still suck for daily work.
No way, burn your toast and you set off the fire-suppression...
I've been in this business too long.
Wait, it'll play havok with with the AC...
and it's still under a decade, oh God I'm gonna hafta retire a ditchdigger
Sounds like the GM went overboard. I had to rename a character [1] in beta and the GM messaged me and chatted a (little) bit before asking me to logout so he could flag my char for a rename. He was polite and professional.; I'm just a little torqued that it was 4 hours (ok, 3 and the next morning) before I could log back in. But I don't think I'd use the same name [1] on an account I was paying for (and have a level 38 character with).
[1] I [was] Phucke. Phucke of the Mountain !
Phoenix ? To hell with that. The difference between cold and warm weather is that you can always put on another layer. In the heat, at some point you have to call 911 to get peeled off the couch.
I have characters on two servers; Horde on Bonechewer and Alliance on Shadow Moon. Both are low pop (~7500 according to WOWcensus.com) and evenly matched between the two sides. Shadow Moon has been having problems, but anyone wanting to play Horde can message Khalgrim on Bonechewer for a guild invite (Blackhorn Tribe).
I haven't seen a login queue on Bonechewer since a couple days after the game went live. it's always showing "Low Pop" in that lovely green shade whenever I look at a Realm list. We get a little item lag now and then, but usually only when other servers are crashing completely.
Shadow Moon was recently moved to a new server 'cause it's been hitting Medium population lately, and there's about a 10-second lag when landing a gryphon in Storm Wind or Iron Forge. I've been leveling a human character so I've finally seen the issues everyone else is having with the servers.
Bonechewer: Number of Alliance: 3,955 Number of Horde: 3,943
Shadow Moon: Number of Alliance: 4,612 Number of Horde: 3,181
hmm, SM's numbers shifted balance recently. Play Bonechewer.
And your new root password is "slashbot".
Since I'm out of mod points.... yes, yes I would.
/sbin/screamandleap/
If you want to reformat a hard drive, you'll run
Heck, when I took an NT4 admin class back in 1998 the instructor specifically mentioned which screensavers to never run on a server (hint, *GL* is bad).
Not that it's a real server if it has a monitor plugged into it (KVM doesn't count).
OP is correct, Apple systems are extremely picky about their RAM. Consequently, cheap DIMMs will often either not be recognized or cause intermittent errors. Viking memory is good, Kingston is better. The issue here is that a lot of chips sold at the lower end of the price range were chips that failed the tests for higher speeds. This often produces a chip that meets the basic standards for a particular spec (barely) but may have some issues performing properly. The reputable manufacturers may sell chips that have failed some tests at a lower point, but they won't have the brand label on them.
This has been going on with Macs since the early G4 days. I have run into any number of modules with the lower-spec sticker just slapped over the original one.
Vendor: "the relabelled RAM is fine !"
Me: " so how many QA tests did it have to fail to get that new sticker ?"
Well, you see unofficial copies of the WoW client on popular torrent tracker sites. It's a 2.7 GB download. That might have something to do with why you can't d/l the client.
Also, I've heard rumors and speculation that Blizzard is managing the supply of retail copies to hold the server load down. I know a lot of people who have friends who want to get into the game but can't get a copy. I know you miss your friends, but just stop and think about the lag first.
I'm sure they'll get another cluster up and tuned eventually.
Honestly, if I'm going to be staring at the back of an avatar for hours on end, I'd prefer it to be a female character.
Sadly, the male orc warrior is more fun to play than the more scenic human female warlock. The female orcs just don't work for me, so it was a tossup.
You ! There, in the Commonwealth, yes you in the back ! Be quiet sir !
And by the way, there is a pretty good manual, small but decently thick.
And there are maps in the back people, look at them guys.
Not counting the Cost of the XBox Live subscription fee makes just as much sense as not counting what your ISP charges you: lots.
I've never heard that Microsoft is giving developers a cut of the XBox Live revenue. If they are, maybe you could count it.
I just unpacked a top of the line G5 yesterday, it came with a DVI-VGA adaptor.
I read all three pages for the humor value, which turned out only to be moderate.
Maybe some guys have tried. I don't think anyone is getting anywhere with this.
Played that on the Mac too. Amazing stylistic graphics. not quite cell shaded but definitely affecting a hand-drawn animation style. The gameplay was very good side-scroller action. Run, duck, dodge, shoot, fight, activate. It was also very much a mood piece, very artistic. No dialog whatsoever. I hate scorpions with a deep and abiding passion. There are some very difficult sequences. There's a falling rocks section where you have to learn the timing for dodging a multitude of threats that simply is going to kill you many times before you find the whole pattern. Classic 2D. Beatiful storytelling.
One of the most enthralling games ever made.
[Later] Man, that window is SMALL on Windows. 160x120 I think. And why those particular sixteen colors ? Wait, black, pink, green, blue, white... ok that's five, it is 4-bit, 5 anyway. And the sound, I didn't think this machine had an internal speaker... no dear god that's coming from the speakers.
Let's just say that the Windows version The Underdogs has is a bit of a disappointment compared to the Mac version (256 color and infinitely better sound). I'm going to cry now. And check my closet, I don't THINK I have a copy...
So they aren't going after NDA breakers ? I'll wait until release to bitch anyway.
I probably CAN say that I dropped out of the beta in early November (no, BEFORE WoW went gold). Still, probably a better game than Enter the Matrix. I like the concept of a more involved combat system, but the interlock system never really grabbed me.
Sure they got notified. The nice folks from the warning system called the contact number they had on file.
Tough luck for India that EOL doesn't ring anywhere.