Yes, I can understand that. However, is it possible that the Xbox is more likely to break if people put it on its side or put a TV on top? That would still be Microsoft's fault but the user is doing something to amplify the problem.
I own a 360 and in the year I've had it I've had no problems. However, I know a few people who also have them and the people with consoles that RROD have had the problem happen twice or more whereas everyone else has had no problems. I can understand that the problem is mostly on Microsoft's back but if it's the same people whose consoles are breaking then surely they're doing something to it that's creating problems?
There was one that worked in Red Alert (and probably C&C too) where if you grouped a load of slow units with a fast one (like lots of cruisers with a naval transport) then pressed the f key they'd all travel at the speed of the fast unit.
In Tiberian Sun it was possible to keep the Firestorm wall online indefinitely by turning it on then forcing base power offline. They fixed that one in a patch though.
And I have a lot of hope for this one, since a good chunk of it will deal with American history which many of the developers probably know a bit more about than Roman, Japanese, or medieval European history.
Actually, the developers are British.
Besides, I don't think they've ever set out to be 100% accurate. I think they'll keep key events and ideas in but they'll be creative. I read somewhere about them putting a weapon in that was considered to be an early machine gun. It never took off and became used in the real world but they put it in anyway.
That's because it's a thought experiment, it's a perfect situation. There are probably loads of flaws but they're ignored because the scenario is there for the exploration of one idea.
To be honest, the game engine is being updated all the time. We had HDR, better facial animation and now we're getting better physics, optimisations for multiple processors, motion blur and more. I could understand your point if the engine remained static but Valve are putting a lot of effort into the engine so it's not just an addon that's three years late. This is more-or-less the way episodic content will be anyway, this might be the norm if enough people see it as a good way of making money.
I'm afraid you're forgetting a few details. XP originally used DirectX 8.1 (which ran on 98 onwards). DX9.0c works on 98 onwards too (although the updates stopped working for 98 at the start of this year). DX10 and Vista is a completely different situation to six years ago.
I think they're under the impression that censorship in the "right areas" will prevent that kind of thing from happening again. Your guess is as good as mine on this, though.
It's still possible that the original was better than the sequel, maybe? C&C and Red Alert I still play to this day, Generals got boring after a few weeks and I'm slowly losing interest in C&C3 already. Worms 2 played better than Worms 3D and I even dug it out about six months ago to play against some friends on it. Deus Ex may have had an outdated engine and crap AI but it was and always will be miles better than the sequel.
The lasting appeal of a game is what makes it deserving of a spot in a top 100. In ten years time will people still play Doom 3? Would you go and dig out your copy of Doom 3 and give it a play with fond memories of the game? Doom got something right, mindless blasting of demons and monsters. Doom 3 did well too but didn't capture the same atmosphere as Doom did back in the day. Regardless, Doom 3 is a totally different game to the original anyway.
Of course they did, PC Gamer loved it to bits and still call it a classic of the FPS genre. Deus Ex came in at 29, a shocking crime unfortunately. And System Shock at 64 too...
The whole thing seems to look like they picked 100 games they liked then gave reasons why they liked them and only really orded the top 10 into an actual list with an obvious bias towards Nintendo games. How they managed to miss off Command and Conquer, Knights of the Old Republic, Worms and various others is beyond me.
Oasis' Be Here Now is the fastest-selling album in the UK (at the time of writing), still not that good an album. Selling well doesn't make it decent, unfortunately.
With Yellow, you collected Bulbasaur, Squirtle and Charmander (i.e. the starting Pokemon on red and blue) along the way. I think there were certain other modifications to make it fit in more with the TV series like Pikachu being unable to evolve and some of the characters from the series.
But the primary participants in the industry were not interested in another browser war.
When it was Netscape vs. IE, there was a competition to increase the functionality and effectiveness of the browsers. They could work to improve general security but a lack of wars like this stifle innovation and will result in all the major browsers staying the same for several years. Wars always bring innovation, years of experience have shown us that. If one browser fights to gain control of the market by drastically improving security then it will force the competitors to follow suit and also stops a single monopoly forming where virtually everyone uses a single browser (increasing the amount of people affected by an exploit for it).
You could just give up being a twat and leave him alone rather than spending your sad life stalking him. If you really have nothing better to do than follow this person and mod him troll/piss him off then something tells me that you should go out and explore the wider world.
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But look at the UK, where the iPhone is on every major network. Apple is currently stable at about 30% (although the article seems to write it as a large gain for Apple) and Android's growth is skyrocketing.
http://www.comscoredatamine.com/2010/12/symbian-still-leads-uk-smartphone-market-but-apple-and-google-are-gaining/
Even better, it happened in SG1 here, with added time travel:
http://www.gateworld.net/sg1/s4/406.shtml
Yes, I can understand that. However, is it possible that the Xbox is more likely to break if people put it on its side or put a TV on top? That would still be Microsoft's fault but the user is doing something to amplify the problem.
I own a 360 and in the year I've had it I've had no problems. However, I know a few people who also have them and the people with consoles that RROD have had the problem happen twice or more whereas everyone else has had no problems. I can understand that the problem is mostly on Microsoft's back but if it's the same people whose consoles are breaking then surely they're doing something to it that's creating problems?
There was one that worked in Red Alert (and probably C&C too) where if you grouped a load of slow units with a fast one (like lots of cruisers with a naval transport) then pressed the f key they'd all travel at the speed of the fast unit.
In Tiberian Sun it was possible to keep the Firestorm wall online indefinitely by turning it on then forcing base power offline. They fixed that one in a patch though.
And I have a lot of hope for this one, since a good chunk of it will deal with American history which many of the developers probably know a bit more about than Roman, Japanese, or medieval European history.
Actually, the developers are British.
Besides, I don't think they've ever set out to be 100% accurate. I think they'll keep key events and ideas in but they'll be creative. I read somewhere about them putting a weapon in that was considered to be an early machine gun. It never took off and became used in the real world but they put it in anyway.
Thunderbird 2 is effected by this, but afaik there is no Thunderbird 3.
Is this is a death sentence for the project?
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/#tb3
Looks like you're in luck.
We know. It did seem like a familiar read.
Of course it is, only the people who want it download it rather than forcing it upon every Mail reader.
That's because it's a thought experiment, it's a perfect situation. There are probably loads of flaws but they're ignored because the scenario is there for the exploration of one idea.
To be honest, the game engine is being updated all the time. We had HDR, better facial animation and now we're getting better physics, optimisations for multiple processors, motion blur and more. I could understand your point if the engine remained static but Valve are putting a lot of effort into the engine so it's not just an addon that's three years late. This is more-or-less the way episodic content will be anyway, this might be the norm if enough people see it as a good way of making money.
I'm afraid you're forgetting a few details. XP originally used DirectX 8.1 (which ran on 98 onwards). DX9.0c works on 98 onwards too (although the updates stopped working for 98 at the start of this year). DX10 and Vista is a completely different situation to six years ago.
I think they're under the impression that censorship in the "right areas" will prevent that kind of thing from happening again. Your guess is as good as mine on this, though.
People can remove their own images, do remember that.
It's still possible that the original was better than the sequel, maybe? C&C and Red Alert I still play to this day, Generals got boring after a few weeks and I'm slowly losing interest in C&C3 already. Worms 2 played better than Worms 3D and I even dug it out about six months ago to play against some friends on it. Deus Ex may have had an outdated engine and crap AI but it was and always will be miles better than the sequel.
The lasting appeal of a game is what makes it deserving of a spot in a top 100. In ten years time will people still play Doom 3? Would you go and dig out your copy of Doom 3 and give it a play with fond memories of the game? Doom got something right, mindless blasting of demons and monsters. Doom 3 did well too but didn't capture the same atmosphere as Doom did back in the day. Regardless, Doom 3 is a totally different game to the original anyway.
Of course they did, PC Gamer loved it to bits and still call it a classic of the FPS genre. Deus Ex came in at 29, a shocking crime unfortunately. And System Shock at 64 too...
The whole thing seems to look like they picked 100 games they liked then gave reasons why they liked them and only really orded the top 10 into an actual list with an obvious bias towards Nintendo games. How they managed to miss off Command and Conquer, Knights of the Old Republic, Worms and various others is beyond me.
Oasis' Be Here Now is the fastest-selling album in the UK (at the time of writing), still not that good an album. Selling well doesn't make it decent, unfortunately.
There seems to be no mention of an inanimate carbon rod here, though.
Let's hope they have the money, they need a new hammer damnit!
Well some people will do well and some won't. For one person to get a kill somebody has to die so the worse people won't break even at all.
With Yellow, you collected Bulbasaur, Squirtle and Charmander (i.e. the starting Pokemon on red and blue) along the way. I think there were certain other modifications to make it fit in more with the TV series like Pikachu being unable to evolve and some of the characters from the series.
When it was Netscape vs. IE, there was a competition to increase the functionality and effectiveness of the browsers. They could work to improve general security but a lack of wars like this stifle innovation and will result in all the major browsers staying the same for several years. Wars always bring innovation, years of experience have shown us that. If one browser fights to gain control of the market by drastically improving security then it will force the competitors to follow suit and also stops a single monopoly forming where virtually everyone uses a single browser (increasing the amount of people affected by an exploit for it).
You could just give up being a twat and leave him alone rather than spending your sad life stalking him. If you really have nothing better to do than follow this person and mod him troll/piss him off then something tells me that you should go out and explore the wider world.
Running Lotus Notes?