...and it installed without a hitch on three different laptops, which blew me away. However, I was trying to set it up for my girlfriend, and she needed wifi--and setting up wifi proved impossible. I tried three wifi devices--an Encore PCMCIA card based on the Ralink RT2500 chipset, a TwinMOS usb dongle, and a Dell TrueMobile 1180 usb adapter. I tried downloading drivers; I could only find the RT2500 and Xandros refused to compile it. I tried ndiswrapper on Win9x and Win2k/XP drivers, and nothing worked. Eventually I went back to XP.
I'm not sure if this is a joke or not. There was a Blaster Master book that I thought was surprisingly good for a game about a frog. Of course I was a little bugger then.
They "took it out" by calling Nazis "Badds" and Hitler "Master D." It was a little transparent. Also the first time I saw a swear (damn fool, uttered by Hitler) in a video game.
The version I remember has to do with a dinner wager in which one man is supposed to stay on top of a frigid mountain overnight, without a blanket or fire. He stays warm by focusing his attention on a distant fire and is said to have cheated. A judge agrees and the man has to prepare a feast for the man he lost the bet to. Everybody learns a valuable lesson when he prepares food and won't let anybody eat it, insisting that they are as satisfied by the smell of the food as he was by the vision of the distant flame.
It doesn't matter how much the game has to be modified; the fact is the game has to be modified to access the minigames. You can't stumble on them accidentally.
Here is the release of the mod for the PC version, on GTAForums.com.
Note how I said "mod." That's because the code was written, probably for the amusement of the coders, and never linked to in the released game scripts. You have to install a new main.scm script to access it, invalidating all of your previous save games, if any.
Now, Rockstar knows there's a modding scene out there and they must have known this would be discovered... but it is not part of the game as released, and no hapless starry-eyed virgin is going to come across it accidentally. You will never find this minigame without looking for it and going to lengths to unlock it.
And on the other hand, many people type faster than they write by hand, so it's a valid example even if it doesn't apply to everybody. Not a whole lot of things apply to everybody, after all.
If my neighbor leaves her door open, it's not an "implied invitation"--I'm sure these things only apply to police, who are better than us ordinary folks.
I beg your pardon--a charge of "illegal public performance" in response to overbearingly loud music is more sensible?
If you can't phone them and ask them to lower the volume (or they won't do it), how about noise ordinance violations or "disturbing the peace?"
Racing games are nothing next to GTA, which has racing and the old ultraviolence. After a few hours of San Andreas it's all I can do to stop myself from ramming my ugly-ass Volvo into a nice Harley and riding into the nearest garage.
I'm all about the Palm calendar/to-do. For a while I used Agendus Pro but now I'm using the built-in Datebook+ and a third-party package called To Do Plus.
On my desktop I used Tinnes software's Desktop Calendar, which is a very nice solution that unfortunately doesn't sync with anything.
...and the rumor that was debunked seems to be the one about "GTA:LCS"--
What we heard: Early in the week, some of those sitting on the fence about buying a PSP probably got pushed off. The tipping point was a batch of "leaked" GTA: LCS images (pictured), which showed what looked like both online and ad hoc multiplayer options for the PSP game. One screen also showed menu for team-based action, with each side taking the role of one of the gangs from GTA III. The screens also showed pictures of Carl "CJ" Johnson, leading some to speculate the game would be a prequel to San Andreas. Unfortunately, those high-flying dreams got shot down right quick. "These shots are 100 percent FAKE," said a Rockstar representative.
There's a thread on gtaforums (may require registration) about this mod. My copy of San Andreas is still, uh, in the mail so I have yet to try it myself.
GTAForums (or its predecessors) have been around for quite a while. Compilers exist for GTA3 and Vice City. If Rockstar included the code in the game, even without linking to it in their scripts, they must have known it was going to be unlocked. I'm impressed at how quickly it was done.
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...and it installed without a hitch on three different laptops, which blew me away. However, I was trying to set it up for my girlfriend, and she needed wifi--and setting up wifi proved impossible. I tried three wifi devices--an Encore PCMCIA card based on the Ralink RT2500 chipset, a TwinMOS usb dongle, and a Dell TrueMobile 1180 usb adapter. I tried downloading drivers; I could only find the RT2500 and Xandros refused to compile it. I tried ndiswrapper on Win9x and Win2k/XP drivers, and nothing worked. Eventually I went back to XP.
I mean, seriously, I expected a crack out much sooner. What's it been, six hours?
Godzilla is coming!!!
My complaint about EF is that it was too easy, until they took all your guns away near the end.
I'm not sure if this is a joke or not. There was a Blaster Master book that I thought was surprisingly good for a game about a frog. Of course I was a little bugger then.
They "took it out" by calling Nazis "Badds" and Hitler "Master D." It was a little transparent. Also the first time I saw a swear (damn fool, uttered by Hitler) in a video game.
Yeah, I mean, we got away with going into Iraq.
The version I remember has to do with a dinner wager in which one man is supposed to stay on top of a frigid mountain overnight, without a blanket or fire. He stays warm by focusing his attention on a distant fire and is said to have cheated. A judge agrees and the man has to prepare a feast for the man he lost the bet to. Everybody learns a valuable lesson when he prepares food and won't let anybody eat it, insisting that they are as satisfied by the smell of the food as he was by the vision of the distant flame.
It doesn't matter how much the game has to be modified; the fact is the game has to be modified to access the minigames. You can't stumble on them accidentally.
Here is the release of the mod for the PC version, on GTAForums.com. Note how I said "mod." That's because the code was written, probably for the amusement of the coders, and never linked to in the released game scripts. You have to install a new main.scm script to access it, invalidating all of your previous save games, if any. Now, Rockstar knows there's a modding scene out there and they must have known this would be discovered ... but it is not part of the game as released, and no hapless starry-eyed virgin is going to come across it accidentally. You will never find this minigame without looking for it and going to lengths to unlock it.
And on the other hand, many people type faster than they write by hand, so it's a valid example even if it doesn't apply to everybody. Not a whole lot of things apply to everybody, after all.
If my neighbor leaves her door open, it's not an "implied invitation"--I'm sure these things only apply to police, who are better than us ordinary folks.
I beg your pardon--a charge of "illegal public performance" in response to overbearingly loud music is more sensible? If you can't phone them and ask them to lower the volume (or they won't do it), how about noise ordinance violations or "disturbing the peace?"
Mod parent up! This is obviously not a troll, but a very clever pun. I actually chuckled out loud.
Racing games are nothing next to GTA, which has racing and the old ultraviolence. After a few hours of San Andreas it's all I can do to stop myself from ramming my ugly-ass Volvo into a nice Harley and riding into the nearest garage.
It sortof proves its own point very nicely, though. It's elegant in it's... inelegance.
If I could mod, I'd mod informative. I'd never heard this before ... and I had a 10 meg hard drive on an Apple ///. Old school yo.
Smooth zoom DOES work in Firefox--that's what YOUR parent says.
Running Nethack on a Zaurus with a "real keyboard" v. running the PocketPC port with the on-screen pad is reason enough.
I'm all about the Palm calendar/to-do. For a while I used Agendus Pro but now I'm using the built-in Datebook+ and a third-party package called To Do Plus. On my desktop I used Tinnes software's Desktop Calendar, which is a very nice solution that unfortunately doesn't sync with anything.
...and the rumor that was debunked seems to be the one about "GTA:LCS"--
What we heard: Early in the week, some of those sitting on the fence about buying a PSP probably got pushed off. The tipping point was a batch of "leaked" GTA: LCS images (pictured), which showed what looked like both online and ad hoc multiplayer options for the PSP game. One screen also showed menu for team-based action, with each side taking the role of one of the gangs from GTA III. The screens also showed pictures of Carl "CJ" Johnson, leading some to speculate the game would be a prequel to San Andreas. Unfortunately, those high-flying dreams got shot down right quick. "These shots are 100 percent FAKE," said a Rockstar representative.
There's a thread on gtaforums (may require registration) about this mod. My copy of San Andreas is still, uh, in the mail so I have yet to try it myself. GTAForums (or its predecessors) have been around for quite a while. Compilers exist for GTA3 and Vice City. If Rockstar included the code in the game, even without linking to it in their scripts, they must have known it was going to be unlocked. I'm impressed at how quickly it was done.
EVERYBODY knows pi r squared. TODAY... pie r justice.
I think I speak for everybody when I say "what was that argument?"
I imagine killing a man over an imaginary object makes the insanity plea a little easier.