ODF standardizing document formats. While it succeeded, the 800 lb gorilla in that market quickly came in and created their own standard. I await Intel / Nvidia's response. This might be off, I apologize if it is.
Wasn't Windows Vista supposed to have something like this where they'd take all your components and assign you a number based off of their estimated performance? Then games would be marked with a number - "You need at least an X computer to play this game. Y is recommended". I don't run Vista so I don't know.
FEAR absolutely scared the crap out of me at times. I haven't played the follow-ups. The chilling static and the flickering lights when the little girl would pass by. *shivers*
I liked Doom3 immensely and look forward to the 4th.
i'm actually a paid subscriber to gamespot, and this would be some pretty upsetting news. I don't, however, go for just the reviews, or even let them seriously weigh on whether i get a game (i got Kane & Lynch.. yet to play though [too many games!!]), so this won't stop me from subscribing. The journalism (not the editorials) is what keeps gamespot on one of my most visited sites ever list.
wasn't an article just posted about Area 51 getting bad reviews and them saying they deserved it? Oh well.
those who can afford the McLaren's and mansions need something along those lines in a computer. It'll still go obsolete in a year though, no matter how much it costs.
http://stringed.org/images/DSCF0006.JPG
out to cpu, split one into geforce 6800 ultra OC, meet up with the split 1/4 " pipes to go back into the reservoir. works beautifully... in a non-airconditioned room in muggy SE Pennsylvania playing the Prey demo... only got to 42 Celcius. Add AC and it maxes out at 39 Celcius.
It's a Koolance rig.
The fanatics are just as likely to subscribe to a newsletter as they are to go and visit a blog frequently. Unless you force users to sign up to a newsletter, fanatics will be the only informed ones, anyway.
I completely agree. My mind has been warped into thinking mobile and portable are the same... But now that I think about it... Just picture this phrase... Mobile home:)
Either way, when I think of device being portable or mobile, then it fits on my belt. Unless it's a "Portable computer desk"... It's relative to the original size of the non-portable non-mobile version of that device. Good points though.
When I first saw the Oragami teaser site, and read articles speculating what it was, i thought it was that blue and white cell phone looking thing that folded into a few different combinations (i can't find a picture right now...can someone help?). Then when the countdown was over, they showed this honking thing, basically a bit smaller than a tablet pc.
There is no market for that. It's still too big. Anything bigger than a cell phone is too big to be convenient. Similarly, anything bigger than a cell phone should probably have been designed and marketed as a non-portable device, since if most people can't fit in in their pocket or a small clip on their belt, it just can't be called "portable". I don't carry my laptop clipped to my belt. It would have been time better spent if they modified a PDA to do everything these things do.
Or, if they must be in games...
Make it so you can blow them up. The only thing I hate about web ads is when they pop over content I'm interested in reading. It happens all the time when I visit my local newspaper's page. So, if I see an advertisement, I don't mind, simply because I'm used to seeing ads EVERYWHERE. But if it pauses the game and I can't get by it until I've stared at an advertisement for two minutes, that game's coming out of my computer.
Also, they should only be in modern games. If I'm playing World of Warcraft, and see an ad for "Microsoft Windows Vista", it'll ruin the game. If it's a near future game, make the ads at least near-futurish. Like in Back to the Future II. If I'm playing a WWII shooter, based in France, give me old time Pepsi ads in French. I don't care if Pepsi wasn't being sold in France before or during WWII... historical accuracy of a minute detail like that doesn't matter to me. And have it be a blown up billboard or a bullet filled sign on the side of a building. Don't distract me from my immersion. If I leave 1943 France because I see an ad for a 2007 Monte Carlo SS, I won't be happy.
That is all.
Obviously. If I'm doing something awesome in work, then work feels less like work, and I'm hammering away. But if it's a ton of little BS tasks like I have today, and/or programming in VB or VBScript, then I'm slacking. Doesn't matter if it's summer or not.
Linux HW reqs Mac 10.4 HW reqs Solaris 10 HW reqs
In the linux article, the guy got it (don't now distro or version) running on a 33mhz machine, but with no gui.
The mac requires a g3 or up, and 256 MB ram and 3GB HDD space, 4GB with XCode
Solaris requires 120MHz cpu and 256 MB ram (or 512 for PXE), 2GB HDD space
They want us to buy the hardware in order to run their operating system, when an operating system is supposed to run our hardware.
Like people are going to buy hardware just to run the new Windows. That's like buying an airplane because Geico comes out with airplane insurance.
I find that appalling
It supports OpenDocument though, and that's the point of OpenDocument, that multiple programs are instantly compatible if they support the format. You need multiple programs in order for this to be true;)
Although, if it isn't better than OOo, you have to question its existence, which I agree with you on.
Wasn't that out in march? But I guess, since it was the only game released in March, it had to make up some ground. April might be better when everyone's played through it once and might want to possibly play a different game.
I see this as one that Microsoft will violently oppose and come up with their own open source drm. Just like they did with OpenDocument. One can only hope. Because last I heard, they were on the "DRM must be private/closed source/proprietary". It will be interesting to see what happens there.
Only when I exit it. I don't know, every time I save the game then click the "Exit to Desktop", I get a Windows error report prompting me to send the info along. Also, during the videos I get a very choppy experience. The opening video is fine for a second, then totally frozen for a second, then fine, then frozen... it's constant, and I can't tell what it's doing, but the game runs fine. It did CTD on me once though, right after I had saved. Still, these are not going to ever stop me from playing... and since it only crashes when I'm done, it almost forces me to never stop:) I'm not anxiously awaiting a patch since it's reliable 99.9% of the time.
I have a PSP but own no movies. It's like the only people that would buy movies for PSP either fly on airplanes or are frequent passengers on long car trips. The percentage of those people is like.0002 of every PSP owner, I'd imagine. Even then, I don't think the battery life lasts more than 2 movies (?). It's practically useless. Bad, very bad, business decision on Sony and the movie industry's part.
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ODF standardizing document formats. While it succeeded, the 800 lb gorilla in that market quickly came in and created their own standard. I await Intel / Nvidia's response. This might be off, I apologize if it is.
Wasn't Windows Vista supposed to have something like this where they'd take all your components and assign you a number based off of their estimated performance? Then games would be marked with a number - "You need at least an X computer to play this game. Y is recommended". I don't run Vista so I don't know.
FEAR absolutely scared the crap out of me at times. I haven't played the follow-ups. The chilling static and the flickering lights when the little girl would pass by. *shivers* I liked Doom3 immensely and look forward to the 4th.
i'm actually a paid subscriber to gamespot, and this would be some pretty upsetting news. I don't, however, go for just the reviews, or even let them seriously weigh on whether i get a game (i got Kane & Lynch.. yet to play though [too many games!!]), so this won't stop me from subscribing. The journalism (not the editorials) is what keeps gamespot on one of my most visited sites ever list. wasn't an article just posted about Area 51 getting bad reviews and them saying they deserved it? Oh well.
if you lose the first one.
those who can afford the McLaren's and mansions need something along those lines in a computer. It'll still go obsolete in a year though, no matter how much it costs.
The only solution I can think of involves legalizing, rather, mandating drugs and banning clothes...
http://stringed.org/images/DSCF0006.JPG
out to cpu, split one into geforce 6800 ultra OC, meet up with the split 1/4 " pipes to go back into the reservoir. works beautifully... in a non-airconditioned room in muggy SE Pennsylvania playing the Prey demo... only got to 42 Celcius. Add AC and it maxes out at 39 Celcius.
It's a Koolance rig.
The fanatics are just as likely to subscribe to a newsletter as they are to go and visit a blog frequently. Unless you force users to sign up to a newsletter, fanatics will be the only informed ones, anyway.
Crap. I leave my laptop on my bed. It's a centrino though, and haven't had any problems yet. It should be fine... ....
*runs home*
I completely agree. My mind has been warped into thinking mobile and portable are the same... But now that I think about it... Just picture this phrase... Mobile home :)
Either way, when I think of device being portable or mobile, then it fits on my belt. Unless it's a "Portable computer desk"... It's relative to the original size of the non-portable non-mobile version of that device. Good points though.
"Nor have they ever released vaporware."
I think vaporware, by definition, is never released.
When I first saw the Oragami teaser site, and read articles speculating what it was, i thought it was that blue and white cell phone looking thing that folded into a few different combinations (i can't find a picture right now...can someone help?). Then when the countdown was over, they showed this honking thing, basically a bit smaller than a tablet pc. There is no market for that. It's still too big. Anything bigger than a cell phone is too big to be convenient. Similarly, anything bigger than a cell phone should probably have been designed and marketed as a non-portable device, since if most people can't fit in in their pocket or a small clip on their belt, it just can't be called "portable". I don't carry my laptop clipped to my belt. It would have been time better spent if they modified a PDA to do everything these things do.
For all we know he's an idiot.
Or, if they must be in games... Make it so you can blow them up. The only thing I hate about web ads is when they pop over content I'm interested in reading. It happens all the time when I visit my local newspaper's page. So, if I see an advertisement, I don't mind, simply because I'm used to seeing ads EVERYWHERE. But if it pauses the game and I can't get by it until I've stared at an advertisement for two minutes, that game's coming out of my computer. Also, they should only be in modern games. If I'm playing World of Warcraft, and see an ad for "Microsoft Windows Vista", it'll ruin the game. If it's a near future game, make the ads at least near-futurish. Like in Back to the Future II. If I'm playing a WWII shooter, based in France, give me old time Pepsi ads in French. I don't care if Pepsi wasn't being sold in France before or during WWII... historical accuracy of a minute detail like that doesn't matter to me. And have it be a blown up billboard or a bullet filled sign on the side of a building. Don't distract me from my immersion. If I leave 1943 France because I see an ad for a 2007 Monte Carlo SS, I won't be happy. That is all.
Obviously. If I'm doing something awesome in work, then work feels less like work, and I'm hammering away. But if it's a ton of little BS tasks like I have today, and/or programming in VB or VBScript, then I'm slacking. Doesn't matter if it's summer or not.
Linux HW reqs
Mac 10.4 HW reqs
Solaris 10 HW reqs
In the linux article, the guy got it (don't now distro or version) running on a 33mhz machine, but with no gui.
The mac requires a g3 or up, and 256 MB ram and 3GB HDD space, 4GB with XCode
Solaris requires 120MHz cpu and 256 MB ram (or 512 for PXE), 2GB HDD space
They want us to buy the hardware in order to run their operating system, when an operating system is supposed to run our hardware. Like people are going to buy hardware just to run the new Windows. That's like buying an airplane because Geico comes out with airplane insurance. I find that appalling
It supports OpenDocument though, and that's the point of OpenDocument, that multiple programs are instantly compatible if they support the format. You need multiple programs in order for this to be true ;)
Although, if it isn't better than OOo, you have to question its existence, which I agree with you on.
Wasn't that out in march? But I guess, since it was the only game released in March, it had to make up some ground. April might be better when everyone's played through it once and might want to possibly play a different game.
Amen. I'll be a PS3 / Revolution owner. I have a few kidneys to spare to bring in some extra cash for the PS3, but it will be mine.
if those HAL suits were any good, the quadroplegic and muscular distrophic patient would be walking themselves up the mountain
I see this as one that Microsoft will violently oppose and come up with their own open source drm. Just like they did with OpenDocument. One can only hope. Because last I heard, they were on the "DRM must be private/closed source/proprietary". It will be interesting to see what happens there.
Only when I exit it. I don't know, every time I save the game then click the "Exit to Desktop", I get a Windows error report prompting me to send the info along. Also, during the videos I get a very choppy experience. The opening video is fine for a second, then totally frozen for a second, then fine, then frozen... it's constant, and I can't tell what it's doing, but the game runs fine. It did CTD on me once though, right after I had saved. Still, these are not going to ever stop me from playing... and since it only crashes when I'm done, it almost forces me to never stop :) I'm not anxiously awaiting a patch since it's reliable 99.9% of the time.
I enjoy solitaire also, but you must really enjoy it :)
I have a PSP but own no movies. It's like the only people that would buy movies for PSP either fly on airplanes or are frequent passengers on long car trips. The percentage of those people is like .0002 of every PSP owner, I'd imagine. Even then, I don't think the battery life lasts more than 2 movies (?). It's practically useless. Bad, very bad, business decision on Sony and the movie industry's part.