Considering the fact that PowerShell still lets you output a textual representation of an object, that's still possible. On the plus side, being able to pipe one object directly into another without having to do a load of text processing in between is useful, and would make Unix scripting a lot easier and more concise in the cases where it's supported.
I don't like PowerShell's syntax, but its design goals are solid.
I wonder if this means someone will port JK2's physics/damage engine over to Jedi Academy. Jedi Academy was (on paper) a much better game, but the lightsaber combat was HORRIBLE compared to its predecessor.
Secunia PSI will do what you're looking for - it pulls down a list of the latest versions of common applications, checks them against the applications you have installed and alerts you to any that require updates or that are no longer supported. It's free for non-commercial home use, and gets installed as standard on any machine I use at home.
I believe they do a corporate version as well, but I never paid any attention to it beyond the fact that it exists, and has a price tag somewhere in the general region of "my boss is never going to approve it".
Macs also tend to benefit from not having crap screen resolutions, meaning that you actually have space to get multiple windows on screen at once. Cheap PCs? Not so much.
One of the best CD-key based systems was the one used on Quake 4.
If you entered a generated CD key and ran the game offline, no problems. If you were online and couldn't talk to the master servers, again, no problems. If you were online with a legit CD key and you could connect to the master server, all was well.
If you had a generated CD key that hadn't been issued by ID, and you started the game whilst online, the game "forgot" the CD key and prompted you to enter one.
It's the best system I've ever seen. Mildly annoying for casual pirates (to encourage them to buy the game), no real effect on dedicated pirates (who wouldn't buy it anyway), and will never create a problem for a legitimate player.
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Considering the fact that PowerShell still lets you output a textual representation of an object, that's still possible. On the plus side, being able to pipe one object directly into another without having to do a load of text processing in between is useful, and would make Unix scripting a lot easier and more concise in the cases where it's supported. I don't like PowerShell's syntax, but its design goals are solid.
I wonder if this means someone will port JK2's physics/damage engine over to Jedi Academy. Jedi Academy was (on paper) a much better game, but the lightsaber combat was HORRIBLE compared to its predecessor.
Secunia PSI will do what you're looking for - it pulls down a list of the latest versions of common applications, checks them against the applications you have installed and alerts you to any that require updates or that are no longer supported. It's free for non-commercial home use, and gets installed as standard on any machine I use at home. I believe they do a corporate version as well, but I never paid any attention to it beyond the fact that it exists, and has a price tag somewhere in the general region of "my boss is never going to approve it".
Macs also tend to benefit from not having crap screen resolutions, meaning that you actually have space to get multiple windows on screen at once. Cheap PCs? Not so much.
One of the best CD-key based systems was the one used on Quake 4. If you entered a generated CD key and ran the game offline, no problems. If you were online and couldn't talk to the master servers, again, no problems. If you were online with a legit CD key and you could connect to the master server, all was well. If you had a generated CD key that hadn't been issued by ID, and you started the game whilst online, the game "forgot" the CD key and prompted you to enter one. It's the best system I've ever seen. Mildly annoying for casual pirates (to encourage them to buy the game), no real effect on dedicated pirates (who wouldn't buy it anyway), and will never create a problem for a legitimate player.