I remember RCA { when they were Radio Corp of America! } created a video disk system based on a touching stylus device. Only got about 30 plays and was a real pain in the neck. LD were superior and ate them up.
Shh! Not too loud! The (RI|MP)A(A) might read it!;-)
The &-character, followed by a lot of text, and then a semicolon, caused Slashcode to collapse it into nothingness (the lot of text wasn't a valid character name).
Yes, C&C and Red Alert are quite boring indeed. But Starcraft is different: there isn't one winning strategy.
E.g. if you have a lot of Terran Siege tanks, and nothing else, the enemy can destroy them all with air units (unless you level his base first, which, given enough tanks, isn't all that impossible;-) )
You see, the whole concept of a "war game" is that it's a game (unlike those war board-games, which are simulations).
If C&C / Starcraft were more realistic, it would also get more boring.
Example:
Once upon a time, my brother made a custom scenario for Starcraft, with marines with only 1hp. One shot would kill them. This is much more accurate than the normal game settings, where they can survive several "short, controlled, bursts".
It was also very boring to play.
I'm not saying that a game needs good graphics, or really simple ones. I'm saying that if it's a game, its most important property should be that it's fun to play, not as accurate as possible. That's the simulation's job. But then again, simulations don't usually make fun games.
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Then what about that site that listed the names and addresses of doctors that perform abortions?
That would mean they'd lose money for each XBox given away, at no cost to the buyer, so anyone with a grudge against Microsoft could fill his home with the things, costing Micrsoft a LOT of money.
If you use a download program that supports resuming downloads, a disconnection won't mean you'll have to start all over again.
I can recommend wget, which has an option (-c) to enable resuming downloads.
It's available both for Linux (Unix) and Windows. Just Google for "wget download" and possible Windows if you need the port.
Of course, you can also use a GUI program, such as GetRight (don't know url). It has advertising banners, but I don't think you'll notice them if you let it download overnight:-P
"There's this interesting article on page 42 in this month's Magazine #2 issue."
Would Magazine #2 sue Magazine #1 in the real world? Then why do lawyers seem to think it's perfectly normal to sue over exactly the same thing in the digital world?
Slashdot Mirror
Well, both harddrives and CDROM units come with IDE and SCSI interfaces.
Excellent ;-)
Shh! Not too loud! The (RI|MP)A(A) might read it! ;-)
(I still like Futurama more ;-) )
Which episode was that?
CSS isn't a copy-protection method. It's a method to control which devices can play the content, and it used to be an anti-rip protection.
With an expensive DVD writer and expensive recordable DVDs, you could still copy existing DVDs verbatim (at least, I don't see why not).
Deleting a file (accidentally or not) does not equal drive failure.
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of d256's :-)
You're overdoing it with the funny characters. A more correct variation would be:
$what{are_you} = &talking("about") . $you->technophobe ?
qw/Perl/: $the->{easiest}{language}{ever};
Schweeet :-)
Isn't their mirroring the sites they visit a copyright violation in itself?
You shouldn't have to su for deleting some stuff inside your own home directory.
(Unless the files weren't yours, of course.)
No, they don't. You must've been watching The X-Files too much.
The &-character, followed by a lot of text, and then a semicolon, caused Slashcode to collapse it into nothingness (the lot of text wasn't a valid character name).
Yes, C&C and Red Alert are quite boring indeed. But Starcraft is different: there isn't one winning strategy.
;-) )
E.g. if you have a lot of Terran Siege tanks, and nothing else, the enemy can destroy them all with air units (unless you level his base first, which, given enough tanks, isn't all that impossible
Yes, C-) )
You see, the whole concept of a "war game" is that it's a game (unlike those war board-games, which are simulations).
If C&C / Starcraft were more realistic, it would also get more boring.
Example:
Once upon a time, my brother made a custom scenario for Starcraft, with marines with only 1hp. One shot would kill them. This is much more accurate than the normal game settings, where they can survive several "short, controlled, bursts".
It was also very boring to play.
I'm not saying that a game needs good graphics, or really simple ones. I'm saying that if it's a game, its most important property should be that it's fun to play, not as accurate as possible. That's the simulation's job. But then again, simulations don't usually make fun games.
Then what about that site that listed the names and addresses of doctors that perform abortions?
That would mean they'd lose money for each XBox given away, at no cost to the buyer, so anyone with a grudge against Microsoft could fill his home with the things, costing Micrsoft a LOT of money.
Hmm... idea? >:->
Actually, when I saw that this article had only one comment attached, I figured it had to be a troll, and decided not to click through yet :-)
If you use a download program that supports resuming downloads, a disconnection won't mean you'll have to start all over again.
:-P
I can recommend wget, which has an option (-c) to enable resuming downloads.
It's available both for Linux (Unix) and Windows. Just Google for "wget download" and possible Windows if you need the port.
Of course, you can also use a GUI program, such as GetRight (don't know url). It has advertising banners, but I don't think you'll notice them if you let it download overnight
They're going to be Slashdotted like there's no tomorrow... :-(
http://all.your.base.are.belong.to.us/ ;-)
Deep Linking is exactly like Magazine #1 writing:
"There's this interesting article on page 42 in this month's Magazine #2 issue."
Would Magazine #2 sue Magazine #1 in the real world? Then why do lawyers seem to think it's perfectly normal to sue over exactly the same thing in the digital world?