You know, the ball can swing the other way on ignorance too. All the linux diehards on/. all love to bash Microsoft up and down and up again, but the cold hard truth is that Windows is very successful. As for Mac users, I have spoken to a lot of Mac users in my school district (we used to buy only Macs, but went PC only about 3-4 years ago) and a lot of them say they like Windows much better. Others say they have a brand new Mac Mini or the new iMac at home and don't like it because it is different from what they used to have. And by that I mean they used to run an old Mac LC series with OS 7.5 or 8.0 on it. Just like a lot of Windows users, they live in ignorance of the true power of the OS in both Windows and Mac environments. When it comes to Linux, there is an emmerging young group of people that will try it and maybe even dual boot it, but people, being the creatures of habit we are, will continue to use Windows until it disappears; and that isn't happening soon.
Have I tried Linux...yes. I am actually waiting for Ubuntu 6.06 to release in hopes the hardware in both my desktop and laptop will work. For some reason, when I install the drivers for my video card, the re-compiling of the kernel likes to get rid of my wireless card from the network settings. When I get the card back in, guess what, no support for WEP encryption and my video drivers took a crap. And don't even try to get ATI drivers to work. From what I hear, thats a nightmare in itself. As for my wifi showing up again, I then have to use WPA...but oh ya, if you want WPA, you have to put it in the OS manually. Any new user to Linux would look at that and just say, oh crap, I formatted my hard drive for this. Then he/she would shudder, cry and put his/her WinXP CD in the drive and continue with Windows. Oh ya, and good luck with finding out how to install your video card drivers, re-enable your Wifi adapter and figure out what WPA is. I am very proficient with Windows and can pretty much do whatever it is I need to do at any time. So when these issues arose for me, I was able to find the answer though it took some digging to find them all.
People that buy the $400 desktop system from CompUSA will not know how to do this and will never do it.
I hear that. I used to love to play World of Warcraft all day on Saturdays and after work. But since my baby was born, I get to play when she doesn't need attention (for those of you who don't have kids, thats rarely ever). And when I do play, I can't do anything that takes a while to do because before you know it, she's crying and I need to put the laptop down. It really changes things.
I agree. I do play Guild Wars and its fun, but I also play World of Warcraft and there is absolutely no comparison other than a lot of people play it in real time. Thats it. Unlike WoW, Guild Wars has a story line and an ending. WoW on the other hand has no linear story (well, it kinda does, but the path taken isn't direct and is so broad, its hard to call it linear).
I probably should have made myself more clear. I did say that modding wasn't as popular in the beginning, but it never stopped. HalfLife mods are still being produced and steadily increased. It was because of games like HalfLife that mods are produced. It just happens that now, when HalfLife 2 is here now that modding is a very popular thing to do, so when it came out, many people started thinking about what they could do to the game before they even finished it. As for only a few mods for HalfLife2, there are a good number more than four. I have bookmarked over 20 that I am waiting for them to complete. They just don't get hosted on planethalflife.com, but post updates from time to time. Yes, HalfLife is a very modded game now, but it took time to get it to this point.
Half Life was a freaking awesome game. It set some really high levels of quality for games to come. Though for today's standards, the graphics are way behind and the AI is rather stupid, in its time, it was numero uno. It kept selling very well with addons such as Opposing Forces, Counter Strike and a few others. Half Life 2 however puts the modding capabilities into the hands of the common man. People are creating mods on their own that have rival the same gameplay as the original game, and they are just doing it for fun. For HalfLife 1, you could make maps and what not, but modding wasn't as popular is it is now. There are many more young people today that can program then there were back when Half Life 1 came out. Half Life 2 was very successful, but the mods for it I feel are going to become much more successful when they are completed.
Look at www.planethalflife.com once in a while. The majority of the mods listed on that site are for HalfLife 2 and look great. When all those mods get finished and people start playing them, there will be a revival of the HalfLife 2 game.
Great, here goes the whole Free Speech crap again. Get over it people, its China, not the US. They are a soverign government and can do whatever they damn well please. Damn egotistical Americans (yes, I too am an American).
Maybe. But if not as many people guy gold, the gold farmers need to make money to keep farming. So, they will have to raise prices to keep the income flowing.
The gold prices have been growing ever since Blizzard put in the "Get gold instead of experience at lvl 60" rule. I did a hand full of quests in Silithus and made over 60 gold in a couple hours. Just doing solo quests. The big group quests are worth even more.
I think its just too funny to see a) that Wiki has DNF listed in their site and also b) the image used on their page. That image alone really dates the game. I vote they use that original image for their auctual game box.
Agreed. I would much rather pay $15 a month for a game that I find fun and exciting than spend $50 on a game that I will finish and never pick up again in about 2 weeks.
I never really started gaming until after high school. There was just too much stuff to do at home and in school. When i got to college, that is when I had some free time and what better to do than play video games in the one hour between classes. Wait, maybe I should have studied.
So sony is trying to base its large price on the fact that their console can play Blue-Ray movies. Whoo-freaking-hoo. I used to try to use my XBox to play DVDs and I hated it. It just wasn't what I wanted. Blue-Ray movies are probably going to be way more expensive to buy. Plus, HD-DVD may end up being the format of choice at the start. Its just not enough to FOR ME to pay that much for a video game console.
You know, if M$ would think about it, most people that buy computers from stores are somewhat laymens. No, not all, but many. If said laymen buys a computer with no operating system on it, whats their next move...buy an operating system. Guess what, when you walk down the software isle, you get bombarded with Windows XP boxes. Hundreds of them. M$ Makes way more money selling the retail WindowsXP than the OEM version pre-installed on the system. This could auctually make them more money.
I remember seeing some images from Las Vegas from one of the major Casino Resorts there. Their giant sign at the enterance was half covered by a windows error message.
For a second there, I thought the fire system was just being ran by a Windows machine that crashed which made the alarms go off. I mean come on, it must be the end of the world if a Windows box crashes.
"I used to think nothing of checking my Yahoo mail several times a day," says Global Crossing Chief Marketing Officer Anthony Christie. Now that he can't, his long workday makes it hard to avoid using his work email account for personal messages, he says.'"
WTF! Try working. He is one of the reasons companies need to purchase expensive spam filters. They are lucky I am not their boss...Immediate Pink Slip! Make a few examples out of people and the personal e-mail will stop.
One must not forget that all that foam will increase temperatures in the case as well as make it a pain to get back in the machine to replace\troubleshoot hardware issues. He should have gone with http://www.dynamat.com/ . Its much much thinner and won't retain the heat.
Well, here is my issue. When I install NVIdia drivers, Ubuntu no longer recognizes my wireless connection. Would this be solved. I hope so, i may try this tonight.
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Have I tried Linux...yes. I am actually waiting for Ubuntu 6.06 to release in hopes the hardware in both my desktop and laptop will work. For some reason, when I install the drivers for my video card, the re-compiling of the kernel likes to get rid of my wireless card from the network settings. When I get the card back in, guess what, no support for WEP encryption and my video drivers took a crap. And don't even try to get ATI drivers to work. From what I hear, thats a nightmare in itself. As for my wifi showing up again, I then have to use WPA...but oh ya, if you want WPA, you have to put it in the OS manually. Any new user to Linux would look at that and just say, oh crap, I formatted my hard drive for this. Then he/she would shudder, cry and put his/her WinXP CD in the drive and continue with Windows. Oh ya, and good luck with finding out how to install your video card drivers, re-enable your Wifi adapter and figure out what WPA is. I am very proficient with Windows and can pretty much do whatever it is I need to do at any time. So when these issues arose for me, I was able to find the answer though it took some digging to find them all.
People that buy the $400 desktop system from CompUSA will not know how to do this and will never do it.
I hear that. I used to love to play World of Warcraft all day on Saturdays and after work. But since my baby was born, I get to play when she doesn't need attention (for those of you who don't have kids, thats rarely ever). And when I do play, I can't do anything that takes a while to do because before you know it, she's crying and I need to put the laptop down. It really changes things.
I agree. I do play Guild Wars and its fun, but I also play World of Warcraft and there is absolutely no comparison other than a lot of people play it in real time. Thats it. Unlike WoW, Guild Wars has a story line and an ending. WoW on the other hand has no linear story (well, it kinda does, but the path taken isn't direct and is so broad, its hard to call it linear).
I probably should have made myself more clear. I did say that modding wasn't as popular in the beginning, but it never stopped. HalfLife mods are still being produced and steadily increased. It was because of games like HalfLife that mods are produced. It just happens that now, when HalfLife 2 is here now that modding is a very popular thing to do, so when it came out, many people started thinking about what they could do to the game before they even finished it. As for only a few mods for HalfLife2, there are a good number more than four. I have bookmarked over 20 that I am waiting for them to complete. They just don't get hosted on planethalflife.com, but post updates from time to time. Yes, HalfLife is a very modded game now, but it took time to get it to this point.
Look at www.planethalflife.com once in a while. The majority of the mods listed on that site are for HalfLife 2 and look great. When all those mods get finished and people start playing them, there will be a revival of the HalfLife 2 game.
Great, here goes the whole Free Speech crap again. Get over it people, its China, not the US. They are a soverign government and can do whatever they damn well please. Damn egotistical Americans (yes, I too am an American).
Maybe. But if not as many people guy gold, the gold farmers need to make money to keep farming. So, they will have to raise prices to keep the income flowing.
The gold prices have been growing ever since Blizzard put in the "Get gold instead of experience at lvl 60" rule. I did a hand full of quests in Silithus and made over 60 gold in a couple hours. Just doing solo quests. The big group quests are worth even more.
Ok, so for everyone that has a machine not vista worthy, all you need to do is pirate the software so it will run on your system.
I think its just too funny to see a) that Wiki has DNF listed in their site and also b) the image used on their page. That image alone really dates the game. I vote they use that original image for their auctual game box.
Agreed. I would much rather pay $15 a month for a game that I find fun and exciting than spend $50 on a game that I will finish and never pick up again in about 2 weeks.
World of Warcraft FTW!
I never really started gaming until after high school. There was just too much stuff to do at home and in school. When i got to college, that is when I had some free time and what better to do than play video games in the one hour between classes. Wait, maybe I should have studied.
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So sony is trying to base its large price on the fact that their console can play Blue-Ray movies. Whoo-freaking-hoo. I used to try to use my XBox to play DVDs and I hated it. It just wasn't what I wanted. Blue-Ray movies are probably going to be way more expensive to buy. Plus, HD-DVD may end up being the format of choice at the start. Its just not enough to FOR ME to pay that much for a video game console.
I have been using M$ for a long time now. It is outdated, but hey, if it works, then leave it be.
I prefer to park like this: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-458992726 4004935899&q=parking&pl=true
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You know, if M$ would think about it, most people that buy computers from stores are somewhat laymens. No, not all, but many. If said laymen buys a computer with no operating system on it, whats their next move...buy an operating system. Guess what, when you walk down the software isle, you get bombarded with Windows XP boxes. Hundreds of them. M$ Makes way more money selling the retail WindowsXP than the OEM version pre-installed on the system. This could auctually make them more money.
I remember seeing some images from Las Vegas from one of the major Casino Resorts there. Their giant sign at the enterance was half covered by a windows error message.
Thats ok, let them stay out. More bandwidth for me. (No, I don't auctually live in that area.)
For a second there, I thought the fire system was just being ran by a Windows machine that crashed which made the alarms go off. I mean come on, it must be the end of the world if a Windows box crashes.
"I used to think nothing of checking my Yahoo mail several times a day," says Global Crossing Chief Marketing Officer Anthony Christie. Now that he can't, his long workday makes it hard to avoid using his work email account for personal messages, he says.'" WTF! Try working. He is one of the reasons companies need to purchase expensive spam filters. They are lucky I am not their boss...Immediate Pink Slip! Make a few examples out of people and the personal e-mail will stop.
Man, what a load of what-ifs.
One must not forget that all that foam will increase temperatures in the case as well as make it a pain to get back in the machine to replace\troubleshoot hardware issues. He should have gone with http://www.dynamat.com/ . Its much much thinner and won't retain the heat.
Well, here is my issue. When I install NVIdia drivers, Ubuntu no longer recognizes my wireless connection. Would this be solved. I hope so, i may try this tonight.
Dogfights are obsolete as long as missles are infinite, and you have god mode on.