Just a passing thought looking at this list when you peek at the bottom of the list. you see a 2.8Ghz system with 1024 processors or some such.
Sorry I remember working on repairing a Univac computer when I was in the Navy and how amazing it sounded that Cray had produced this a super computer that could do 800 million operations a second.
(Circa 1980 or so)
You could have one of these computers for I think it was 13 Million dollars. And how fabulous that the power supply was actually under the circular bench so you could sit on your investment.
Consider the processing power we have now a days on our desks. A lowly 3 Ghz P4 Laptop with 2 GB of dynamic ram and 60 GB of Hard drive storage.
I've yet to see a pair up with our single or dual desktop computers today and where they sit back in the super computer days of old. If anyone has a link or info I'd love to hear about it.
Thanks,
Nestalgia is the romance of historic madness.
The scientists have 65536 Pentium 4 processors working on the problem right now, each consuming 400W of power, all to model the earth and it's atmosphere in an effort to fortell the climate changes that are underway.
10 40Ton Air conditioners are cooling the computer room where all this computing is going on. Safely venting the heat to the cool night sky.
It won't be long before we can prove beyond a shadow of doubt that global warming is happening.
We just need a few more coal powered power plants brought online to level the power grid as we work to bring on stage 2 of our processor array.
That will actually model the grass on the Minnesota plains so we can judge their cooling effect... etc etc.
From the article: 'What has Microsoft given us? It has given us Windows,...'
Technically speaking, they haven't given us anything, but lies, more lies and damn lies. And of course the free Internet Explorer with glow in the dark power stripe.
A few years back, this awesome movie about a robot. Also had a toy that the child interacted with.
Something that seems alot like this is described as. Everyone in the audiance of the theatre I attended. gave a warm awe of amazement watching it move and interact.
Sure It's just a movie, and sure it's CGI.. but the visual and emotional impact was very palpable.
Ok, here's the ultimate use for Fuel Cell units like this. Install a espresso maker in the laptop. The fuel cell provides both water and heat. And Presto it fuels the laptop and the user.
What he's talking about is very real. I've seen it over and over after playing for some 10 months now.
However, when you consider the context of what EQ is. A simulation of a fantasy life. You don't tend to have things like GM's walking around putting right what in the real world would be considered land grabbing.
Any time you play someone else's game. They are the one's with the power to say what is fair and what isn't. What was by design and what was an overlooked loophole. In the real world when there's a flaw in software that people take advantage of, programmers work to button it up. Sometimes the fix works, sometimes it creates new problems. This fantasy roleplaying world is and will be for many generations to come, a work in progress.
Addiction to this game isn't that much different from being addicted to alcohol, or football for that matter. Rules change, players go on strike etc. Everquest was designed to be as much an alternate reality as could be managed with the technology they had back when it started in 1999.
Your gripe about how many GM's are around and how they are used has a point in that they are cutting back. But generally speaking I've found their support amazing for having 80-100K players milling about at any one time. And when there is a server crash. They do what they can to put things right. I know I appreciate what they can do and for what they can't. I know it's the price of being in a alternate reality that I've chosen to invest my time in.
For those who haven't yet quite glimpsed what EQ is in general. It's a non-linear fantasy roleplay adventure. It has all the classic game play. From Galaxian to Dungeons and Dragons. All in a rasterized 3D world.
Originally EQ was intended to provide entertainment.
In the real world it generates money for some. Thanks to the auctioning of characters, equipment etc for real money which many people still do. Dozens of sites claiming that you can make EQ your full time employment and pay the bills etc.
For the vast majority however it's a way to be social and experience challenge and reward. With a suitable failure here and there, just to help you rethink other ways you could have solved the task or quest.
EQ has many facets that can appeal to a broad range of people. This is why it broke into the black, business wise years before they expected it to.
It does suck that whole aspects of game play can be changed at their discression. But if you forget that you're playing someone elses game. That's when you're letting yourself get setup for frustration and disappointment.
First and foremost Everquest is a business. How greedy they decided to become probably has not been seen yet or guessed at even. They certainly work their patrons and reward them enough to get them to fork over for another upgrade/installment.
Paying $50.00 per character move from 1 server to another should you decide you'd rather change it. Mind you even at $50.00 you only get to move your toon/character. You don't get to keep all the goodies you earned/bought/killed for.
Stack another $50.00 per character you want to change their name on.
The way they charge for even trivial things is pretty impressive. Specially when you consider what work it really is for them. Pretty much nada.
However the value they provide can only be considered by the person who plays the game. For me I enjoy it when I've nothing better to do. I have at times found myself in mad gaming spree's trying to get that next level and get that next spell or skill. It's a pretty large exercise wheel that I haven't found a good way to hop off of, except for the times I decide I'm just going to wander around, explore and Buff (use spells to enhance characters) I run across. Sometimes I just like being a guardian angel or good samaritain.
From how you have described your gripes about the game, I'd have to say you've been in a state of ambition where you want to be the best which is pretty much impossible in the game. Because someone, somewhere is going to have a better tactic, better item or better luck that you will.
Ok I'm done rambling. Missed alot of things. This message will probably get nerf'd but I do contribute.:)
Happy holidays. I'm going to play EQ.:)
I was listening to WEGR in Memphis, which is a ClearChannel Affiliate. And they commented specifically on this list. That it's bogus and they'll be playing from this list of songs for the rest of the show.
Go Figure. Course there weren't alot of specifics as to how this list was verified and by who. So don't get your shorts in a bind. We all hate PC'ism as much as we hate Terrorism.
Course if you really liked these songs, this is a heck of a way to get them played on alot of stations.:)
Have a better day.
After reading the briefs and burning my brain on nearly 20k words of text. I have to believe that the appeal has a good chance of success. (Ok so i'm hopelessly optimistic)
But after reading this, I can't find anything of the MPAA's stance on why the District Court's decission should be up held. Anyone have any links to the oppositions brief?
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Just a passing thought looking at this list when you peek at the bottom of the list.
you see a 2.8Ghz system with 1024 processors or some such.
Sorry I remember working on repairing a Univac computer when I was in the Navy and how amazing it sounded that Cray had produced this a super computer that could do 800
million operations a second.
(Circa 1980 or so)
You could have one of these computers for I think it was 13 Million dollars.
And how fabulous that the power supply was actually under the circular bench
so you could sit on your investment.
Consider the processing power we have now a days on our desks. A lowly
3 Ghz P4 Laptop with 2 GB of dynamic ram and 60 GB of Hard drive storage.
I've yet to see a pair up with our single or dual desktop computers today
and where they sit back in the super computer days of old. If anyone
has a link or info I'd love to hear about it.
Thanks,
Nestalgia is the romance of historic madness.
Task in hand I sugguest a Life Recorder.
If such a storage device could be made, It could be possible
to store video, audio and even life signs etc in high quality
for the life of a person.
Imagine a personal blackbox for security people etc.
Just a thought.
The scientists have 65536 Pentium 4 processors working on the problem right now, each consuming 400W of power, all to model the earth and it's atmosphere in an effort to fortell the climate changes that are underway.
10 40Ton Air conditioners are cooling the computer room where all this computing is going on. Safely venting the heat to the cool night sky.
It won't be long before we can prove beyond a shadow of doubt that global warming is happening.
We just need a few more coal powered power plants brought online to level the power grid as we work to bring on stage 2 of our processor array.
That will actually model the grass on the Minnesota plains so we can judge their cooling effect... etc etc.
Thank goodness for computers and Science.
From the article: 'What has Microsoft given us? It has given us Windows,...'
Technically speaking, they haven't given us anything, but lies, more lies and damn lies. And of course the free Internet Explorer with glow in the dark power stripe.
Ok finished being silly.
A few years back, this awesome movie about a robot. Also had a toy that the child interacted with.
Something that seems alot like this is described as. Everyone in the audiance of the theatre I attended. gave a warm awe of amazement watching it move and interact.
Sure It's just a movie, and sure it's CGI .. but the visual and emotional impact was very palpable.
Just a thought from my mental Archives.
Ok, here's the ultimate use for Fuel Cell units like this. Install a espresso maker in the laptop. The fuel cell provides both water and heat. And Presto it fuels the laptop and the user.
Today is what tomorrow will be built from.
What he's talking about is very real. I've seen it over and over after playing for some 10 months now.
However, when you consider the context of what EQ is. A simulation of a fantasy life. You don't tend to have things like GM's walking around putting right what in the real world would be considered land grabbing.
Any time you play someone else's game. They are the one's with the power to say what is fair and what isn't. What was by design and what was an overlooked loophole. In the real world when there's a flaw in software that people take advantage of, programmers work to button it up. Sometimes the fix works, sometimes it creates new problems. This fantasy roleplaying world is and will be for many generations to come, a work in progress.
Addiction to this game isn't that much different from being addicted to alcohol, or football for that matter. Rules change, players go on strike etc. Everquest was designed to be as much an alternate reality as could be managed with the technology they had back when it started in 1999.
Your gripe about how many GM's are around and how they are used has a point in that they are cutting back. But generally speaking I've found their support amazing for having 80-100K players milling about at any one time. And when there is a server crash. They do what they can to put things right. I know I appreciate what they can do and for what they can't. I know it's the price of being in a alternate reality that I've chosen to invest my time in.
For those who haven't yet quite glimpsed what EQ is in general. It's a non-linear fantasy roleplay adventure. It has all the classic game play. From Galaxian to Dungeons and Dragons. All in a rasterized 3D world.
Originally EQ was intended to provide entertainment.
In the real world it generates money for some. Thanks to the auctioning of characters, equipment etc for real money which many people still do. Dozens of sites claiming that you can make EQ your full time employment and pay the bills etc.
For the vast majority however it's a way to be social and experience challenge and reward. With a suitable failure here and there, just to help you rethink other ways you could have solved the task or quest.
EQ has many facets that can appeal to a broad range of people. This is why it broke into the black, business wise years before they expected it to.
It does suck that whole aspects of game play can be changed at their discression. But if you forget that you're playing someone elses game. That's when you're letting yourself get setup for frustration and disappointment.
First and foremost Everquest is a business. How greedy they decided to become probably has not been seen yet or guessed at even. They certainly work their patrons and reward them enough to get them to fork over for another upgrade/installment.
Paying $50.00 per character move from 1 server to another should you decide you'd rather change it. Mind you even at $50.00 you only get to move your toon/character. You don't get to keep all the goodies you earned/bought/killed for.
Stack another $50.00 per character you want to change their name on.
The way they charge for even trivial things is pretty impressive. Specially when you consider what work it really is for them. Pretty much nada.
However the value they provide can only be considered by the person who plays the game. For me I enjoy it when I've nothing better to do. I have at times found myself in mad gaming spree's trying to get that next level and get that next spell or skill. It's a pretty large exercise wheel that I haven't found a good way to hop off of, except for the times I decide I'm just going to wander around, explore and Buff (use spells to enhance characters) I run across. Sometimes I just like being a guardian angel or good samaritain.
From how you have described your gripes about the game, I'd have to say you've been in a state of ambition where you want to be the best which is pretty much impossible in the game. Because someone, somewhere is going to have a better tactic, better item or better luck that you will.
Ok I'm done rambling. Missed alot of things. This message will probably get nerf'd but I do contribute.I was listening to WEGR in Memphis, which is a ClearChannel Affiliate. And they commented specifically on this list. That it's bogus and they'll be playing from this list of songs for the rest of the show. :)
Go Figure. Course there weren't alot of specifics as to how this list was verified and by who. So don't get your shorts in a bind. We all hate PC'ism as much as we hate Terrorism.
Course if you really liked these songs, this is a heck of a way to get them played on alot of stations.
Have a better day.
After reading the briefs and burning my brain on nearly 20k words of text. I have to believe that the appeal has a good chance of success. (Ok so i'm hopelessly optimistic)
But after reading this, I can't find anything of the MPAA's stance on why the District Court's decission should be up held. Anyone have any links to the oppositions brief?
Just wondering.
Davon