Having to suffer from region restrictions is not acceptable (locally both region 1 and region 2 dvds were easily available and I also order stuff from both amazon.com and amazon.co.uk.
Of course, I usually play DVDs under linux, so this is not really a problem:)
I would also put all computer games distributed with intrusive copy protection that for example:
- has it's own a device driver for low level cdrom access - has active measures preventing CDROM drive simulators (daemon tools) from working.
It is unfortunate that buying customers have to suffer from misfeatures that a well cracked illegal copy simply doesn't have.
(and I totally hate swapping CDs)
The next games I am thinking of buying after Q4 is Civ4, X3 and maybe Serious Sam 2 (demo 1 totally sucked, I hear the game is actually much better), but it won't happen if they have this kind of copy protection.
Also, in Visual Studio (broken) build/development process, the generated code is part of "edit"ing, not part of building which IMO is conceptually wrong.
It leads to problems like needing to check in the generated files which is a no-no.
MS are idiots. They still can't make web projects work well after years of trying (2003 with it's web folders was total crap (the "local web project" hack was almost ok), 2005 beta 2 is crap, we'll see if the new stuff after that is any better).
I can't help you with bloat or the crappy build system, but for sessions:
1. use IIS, not builtin web server (although it may not matter) 2. use external state server or SQL server (I do this).
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I _upgraded_ most my DVD drives to RPC1.
:)
Having to suffer from region restrictions is not acceptable (locally both region 1 and region 2 dvds were easily available and I also order stuff from both amazon.com and amazon.co.uk.
Of course, I usually play DVDs under linux, so this is not really a problem
in 3d it sort of can.
And currently, I have better experience with GTK+ than WinForms.
MS still can't do large fonts and resizeable dialogs.
Does anyone know about the h?4700 model?
I'm not sure what HDTV fps is... ?
But if 720p has anything other than 60FPS (or 50 at least), than it's a complete non-starter.
I'd rather take 720x480 (PAL) resolution at 60FPS than 1920x1080 at 24FPS
I think I know what I will buy myself this year.
It will be a combo VHS/DVD/DivX player.
So you are saying you don't need tabs at all and will be happy just with maximized windows and taskbar-on-top.
I kinda agree.
If you're German, you just put 4 5x5 solutions together and you are done :)
And if it supports internet email and proper quoting it will even be usable.
There's also Kirk-less Star Trek 7 edit available out there.
I haven't seen it yet, but it could be much better then the actual movie.
I was always of the opinion that ST7 should have been cut right after Kirk dies (the first time). (This would be the prequel then).
Did you mean: total time to 0wnerzship?
It's more useful if you have a slashdot uid that has 2 prime factors.
Where would you grow food? There's a reason why the houses were build in the darker side.
maybe he has 2 pivoted 2048x1280 screens
I agree about default fonts in Mozilla. They are too small both under linux and windows (I use Large Fonts in windows).
For single player mode:
IMO, the game that is closest to a real Quake sequel is Painkiller.
I love it.
I haven't played enough multiplayer in either to be able to judge that
(I play mostly Q3A deathmatch w/ mods and UT2004 onslaught).
>non-user-non-MS-unintentionally-installed-softwar e
Why should MS be excluded?
>OpenDocument isn't an absolutely literally interpreted format (e.g. it isn't an output layout format like PDF)
This is actually a good thing. For writing serious documentation using a Word like "paint" program is totaly wrong thing to do.
No, no, no. The Real format is *required* to simulate the aliens' jamming of the radio signal.
I would also put all computer games distributed with intrusive copy protection that for example:
- has it's own a device driver for low level cdrom access
- has active measures preventing CDROM drive simulators (daemon tools) from working.
It is unfortunate that buying customers have to suffer from misfeatures that a well cracked illegal copy simply doesn't have.
(and I totally hate swapping CDs)
The next games I am thinking of buying after Q4 is Civ4, X3 and maybe Serious Sam 2 (demo 1 totally sucked, I hear the game is actually much better), but it won't happen if they have this kind of copy protection.
Q4 also has Q3 deathmatch which is "the deathmach".
I suspect Q3 will be more popular until hardware catches up.
Except that autorun is not easy to disable for most people.
(but it should be (and by default),
cause it can be a serious security hole)
c# people started with Java and Delphi, not C
Also, in Visual Studio (broken) build/development process, the generated code is part of "edit"ing, not part of building which IMO is conceptually wrong.
It leads to problems like needing to check in the generated files which is a no-no.
MS are idiots. They still can't make web projects work well after years of trying (2003 with it's web folders was total crap (the "local web project" hack was almost ok), 2005 beta 2 is crap, we'll see if the new stuff after that is any better).
I can't help you with bloat or the crappy build system, but for sessions:
1. use IIS, not builtin web server (although it may not matter)
2. use external state server or SQL server (I do this).