That's assuming every one of them is plugged in and switched into standby all the time. I know a friend of a friend that drags his PS2 to college about half the time we're there, and most of the time it sits off (they get to playing it during the evening, while I'm still tapping away on my laptop, a much better power-sucker).
If the game actually WERE coming out soon (hyuk hyuk), they'd have probably been better off trying to license a NEWER engine, possibly UE3, to try to stay ahead of the curve. That way, by the time the game actually goes gold, it'll be using technology at or not too far ahead of current standards.
Then again, there's a reason why I don't make games (many reasons, actually).
I don't see this working. It seems to me that all a company has to do is pay off Microsoft to keep the Windows Logo certification, and Microsoft will look the other way as driver crash reports appear on said companies's widget.
Also, what about modified drivers? If I had a utility that hooked into a driver (a bad idea, but tell that to millions of Windows programmers) and caused the driver to crash, wouldn't this create a false positive? I can see this happening especially in video card drivers.
StarCraft Galaxy, although they'll probably hear from LucasArts.
I don't think Blizzard will release any MMOs so long as World of Warcraft remains successful. They'll ride WoW for all its worth before they replace it with something new.
I don't know about you or tomshardware, but when I looked on Newegg, the Pentium D 805 was $119; $11 less than when the 4GHz speeds were first reported.
My father is actually a HAM radio operator with shitloads of radios and antennas. Not sure if he operates in those frequencies, though. He did dick around with the 3m sideband one night, and it was killing our phone line.
House: "We've installed a new driver for your stove. Your house must now restart. Say "OK" to continue.
User: "OK."
Everything in the house turns off. After about 10 seconds, the TV comes on in the living room.
Avatar on screen: "Please wait, your house is starting up."
About 20 seconds later, everything that was on before is now back on.
House: "Your house has finished restarting."
Now all we need is a DRM-enabled house. You have to sign a contract to get in every time. Then again, you also couldn't rent out your house at that point...
...but I enjoyed Warcraft III because of the replay value.
I first jumped on the wagon with Warcraft II (it was the biggest RTS next to Command & Conquer, got them both on Sega Saturn). Warcraft III came around. Not only was it now 3D, but the map editor (excuse me, world editor) let you customise nearly everything in the game. Once you beat the campaign, there was a million different custom maps. Most of them sucked, but some of them were truly great creations, an upgrade from the "RPG" maps of times past in Warcraft II. It was something you just didn't find in C&C Generals (though, to be fair, C&C: Tiberian Sun allowed adding mods to maps, although it was through third party tools).
At least Conker's Bad Fur Day added a comedic twist to it. I can't remember the exact dialog, but Conker was conversing with a scarecrow (the name was "Birdie" IIRC). Anyway, he literally tells you to stand on the pad and press "B." It was a "context sensitive" pad. Anyway, Conker learns that pressing B on these pads would give him something that would assist him in the current situation.
Of course, I can't remember the last time I saw a gun with Z written on the trigger.
Reminds me of that underground phone network from the 60s. The name eludes me, but "flash override" (highest priority calls) has something to do with it. Learned about it when I was learning about the technicolor rainbow boxes.
As pointed out on Boing [boingboing.net] Boing [boingboing.net], Captain Copyright is apparently blessed with the power of copyright immunity. Text on his website appears to be directly lifted from Wikipedia, and of course much of the iconography has been around since before the Captain himself. Maybe the Captain's alter ego is a pirate? Arrrrrr...
They already have those for SCSI (our servers at work all do). I don't see the point for regular desktops, though. Do you really swap out hard drives so often that you need a quick swap feature like that?
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Love the PNG, but it's 2006. Can't we use 24-bit color now?
Slashdot really needs a Best Of section for comments, because this has to be the best thing I have read in a LONG time.
Obligatory Futurama reference:
No fair, you changed the outcome by measuring it!
The leader of the frog invasion is Gen. Kermet D. Frog. His intentions seem to be the seziure of Australia for his own ends.
That's assuming every one of them is plugged in and switched into standby all the time. I know a friend of a friend that drags his PS2 to college about half the time we're there, and most of the time it sits off (they get to playing it during the evening, while I'm still tapping away on my laptop, a much better power-sucker).
If the game actually WERE coming out soon (hyuk hyuk), they'd have probably been better off trying to license a NEWER engine, possibly UE3, to try to stay ahead of the curve. That way, by the time the game actually goes gold, it'll be using technology at or not too far ahead of current standards.
Then again, there's a reason why I don't make games (many reasons, actually).
I don't see this working. It seems to me that all a company has to do is pay off Microsoft to keep the Windows Logo certification, and Microsoft will look the other way as driver crash reports appear on said companies's widget.
Also, what about modified drivers? If I had a utility that hooked into a driver (a bad idea, but tell that to millions of Windows programmers) and caused the driver to crash, wouldn't this create a false positive? I can see this happening especially in video card drivers.
Better idea: Read and ignore the ToS, get your "photos" delisted, then post an article on Slashdot proclaiming the injustice incurred on you.
You can insert "profit" wherever.
StarCraft Galaxy, although they'll probably hear from LucasArts.
I don't think Blizzard will release any MMOs so long as World of Warcraft remains successful. They'll ride WoW for all its worth before they replace it with something new.
Crater face! Crater face!
I don't know about you or tomshardware, but when I looked on Newegg, the Pentium D 805 was $119; $11 less than when the 4GHz speeds were first reported.
When I was in high school last year, EVERY computer except for servers, staff computers, Macs and one computer lab ran Windows 98
My father is actually a HAM radio operator with shitloads of radios and antennas. Not sure if he operates in those frequencies, though. He did dick around with the 3m sideband one night, and it was killing our phone line.
isn't this a 6th Day violation?
House: "We've installed a new driver for your stove. Your house must now restart. Say "OK" to continue.
User: "OK."
Everything in the house turns off. After about 10 seconds, the TV comes on in the living room.
Avatar on screen: "Please wait, your house is starting up."
About 20 seconds later, everything that was on before is now back on.
House: "Your house has finished restarting."
Now all we need is a DRM-enabled house. You have to sign a contract to get in every time. Then again, you also couldn't rent out your house at that point...
...but I enjoyed Warcraft III because of the replay value.
I first jumped on the wagon with Warcraft II (it was the biggest RTS next to Command & Conquer, got them both on Sega Saturn). Warcraft III came around. Not only was it now 3D, but the map editor (excuse me, world editor) let you customise nearly everything in the game. Once you beat the campaign, there was a million different custom maps. Most of them sucked, but some of them were truly great creations, an upgrade from the "RPG" maps of times past in Warcraft II. It was something you just didn't find in C&C Generals (though, to be fair, C&C: Tiberian Sun allowed adding mods to maps, although it was through third party tools).
At least Conker's Bad Fur Day added a comedic twist to it. I can't remember the exact dialog, but Conker was conversing with a scarecrow (the name was "Birdie" IIRC). Anyway, he literally tells you to stand on the pad and press "B." It was a "context sensitive" pad. Anyway, Conker learns that pressing B on these pads would give him something that would assist him in the current situation.
Of course, I can't remember the last time I saw a gun with Z written on the trigger.
If you are "user," then "C:\Documents and Settings\user" is already set up under the variable %userprofile%.
What with processors like the Pentium D 805 costing a mere $130. It might not be the kind of competition I want, but it makes CPUs damn cheap.
Reminds me of that underground phone network from the 60s. The name eludes me, but "flash override" (highest priority calls) has something to do with it. Learned about it when I was learning about the technicolor rainbow boxes.
Surely you mean more specifically Second Impact.
I thought the answer was 50?
As pointed out on Boing [boingboing.net] Boing [boingboing.net], Captain Copyright is apparently blessed with the power of copyright immunity. Text on his website appears to be directly lifted from Wikipedia, and of course much of the iconography has been around since before the Captain himself. Maybe the Captain's alter ego is a pirate? Arrrrrr...
;)
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Put your signature into context.
...still more eye-candy than finger-food.
Hence the spoon icon for the article?
They already have those for SCSI (our servers at work all do). I don't see the point for regular desktops, though. Do you really swap out hard drives so often that you need a quick swap feature like that?