It's quite possible to have different people working on different things at the same time. Funky how there's been updates to fx2 while fx3 was in development, isn't it? I agree fx still needs a good bit of work, and awesomely enough it's getting it irrelevant of whether or not another related project is underway.
(Interesting aside: A US aircraft is considered US territory while on the ground anywhere in the world. So does that mean a car with an NL sticker on it is considered Dutch territory while it is on the road anywhere in the world?) Does the Dutch government own every car with an NL sticker on it? I can tell you this much: Any Dutch embassy, in any country, is considered Dutch territory.
The AI is sufficiently stupid it's quite possible to win without ever attacking at all, and hence handicap won't make a difference. Ganon is particularly easy to punishable - it's possible to get him to up-B off the edge and SD. It's easiest to do with Peach - float just off the edge and bait Ganon to up-B you off the edge, than float out of the way. He won't make it back. Try having yourself as player one and a lvl9 Ness as player two, and go to Jungle Japes and don't move at all. The Ness will SD all on his own. Of course 2v2 is more complicated, but these "strategies" apply equally well. The AI in smash just isn't up to snuff. Here's too hoping the more complex situations in single player, along with online play, will make up for it.
Not necessarily. For better or worse I crush everyone locally, so they don't really enjoy playing against me directly. 2h v 2c is horribly boring, considering how obvious the computer controlled characters can be. The adventure mode can have more complex situations which make up for the computer's stupidity, while still retaining the enjoyable human cooperation. For very competitive (tournament) play, this will likely be overlooked, but for casual play amongst players of various skill levels this has quite a bit of potential.
A large part of the problem is questionable moderation. I my preferences set up such that I shouldn't see the first post, but at this time it's modded (Score:0, Insightful). Any other advice? Oy.
SONY has far more to gain with the success of BR than with the small leg-up a deliberate ploy such as the one you are hinting at could possibly get them. Then again, SONY's done some pretty stupid things in the past.
You're looking at it from the wrong point of view. Techies that can dish out help are far, far rarer than the nublets out there that require the help. So, yes, a techie could find plenty 'o people who could use his assistance - what the article is pointing out is that someone who needs computer help is going to have a hard time finding a techie, irrelevant of his or her OS. The sheer number of people I've helped makes it pretty damn clear - to me at least - that the Windows world isn't getting the hand-holding it needs. These people who get help, upon hearing I don't even *use* the operating system they're being assisted on, are likely encouraged to try to make a switch. Your comment could very well consist of far more FUD than the article, good sir, but I'll run with Hanlon's razor and assume you've simply misinterpreted something.
Are you referring to TDT3D as pro open source, or Slashdot? The article isn't *by* Slashdot. Slashdot also posts articles which lambaste open source projects or often put closed source projects in a good light. While Slashdot is definitely pro open source, the general community isn't blind either. We recognize Blender has flaws. What makes us pro open source is that we are willing to give it extra weight in our personal preferences simply due to that fact. We know Firefox has some serious issues and don't ignore the fact she's putting on a little extra weight - we still love her anyways. However, considering '07 *still* wasn't the year of Linux on the desktop, we also recognize the face that others - the majority in fact - don't share our appreciation for open source, and found it pleasantly surprising how Blender still ranked up with the best of them even when it's open source-ness wasn't taken into consideration. I can tell you this much: after struggling to get used to Blender after learning 3D Modeling on Maya, *I* am surprised Blender ranked well.
The "Big Deal" for someone in your position is that increased Linux market share - even if in a different market - leads to awareness and interest. It's a step towards what you're asking for, even if only a small one. Wouldn't this also mean the OS is open source? It'd be significantly easier to have some "homebrew" programs to sync a phone when you have a notable chunk of the phone's code, right? Maybe only slightly easier? People can still sync a lot of locked-down Apple hardware with their Linux boxen. If the same minds give the Linux-based phones a go, you won't have long before we gotsa come and wake you.
It's not as user friendly, but you can block ads with the host file. It'll work with any browser, or any program for that matter. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_file
The day gravity is an artificial man-made creation, something that is fully within man's ability to "make go away," your statement will be fine. For now, though, our control over Gravity is quite limited, whereas sufficiently well-placed discussions could in fact change the patent system. Perhaps not arguing about it on/. alone, no, but if you can bring the issue to the general (less-educated) public's attention, you may very well change it through discussion. The current problem with fixing the patent system is, almost in its entirety, the sheer lack of discussion.
That's like praising an artist for a great painting, and ignoring the fact that the red "paint" came from strangled puppies. No, the DRM stuff isn't quite that bad, but its most definitely enough for me to wish the community to "lean" BioShock LOWER. There's reasons many/.'ers have issues with DRM, it is not something we randomly chose to dislike. (Although it was promised this will change,) at the moment should 2K go under we'll have no way to install Bioshock anymore (without cracking it). System Shock 2 was made by Irrational Games (which were absorbed into 2K) and Looking Glass Studios which went out of business. Had SS2 had similar DRM to what Bioshock has, as soon as LGS went under so would any (non-cracking) way of installing it. So long as there's bullshit like this, I won't give 2K a penny. It's a shame, but I'm willing to let this game go on principle in hopes that future (legally-purchased) games will actually allow me to use them unfettered. The most ironic part of all this is that I wouldn't feel nearly as bad acquiring this game illegally, where I'd the kind of access to it I feel as a consumer I should.
Sorry, but I think that after watching some of the hypocrisy of the past seven years, many Americans now know the difference between substantive policy and "talking things." Many perhaps, but I'm not so confident it's anywhere near the majority. Most Americans should have learned the difference after the first four years of hypocrisy...
I don't know about Psychonauts, but Far Cry is DX9 (that was its call to fame, the game play was quite disappointing). WINE has DX8 down fairly well, things like Half Life 2 run fine. As I said, WINE lags behind a bit... in the case of Direct X, it seems just over a generation behind. Given time, it'll tackle DX9 as it currently is with DX8.
Wine's awesome and I'm often surprised at how well any given application works. Double-clicking on a windows executable runs it like any other program; it's easy for someone not to even realize that it isn't native. True, WINE lags behind the ever changing Windows landscape, but if you don't need the absolute newest programs out there (considering this is compared to "classic" a little age seems acceptable), you'll be fine.
It's called Ubuntu. "Out of the box" it doesn't require "compilation" "scripts" "command-line" etc. There's still a few wholes, but they're being plugged quickly (a GUI to manage X, for example, is scheduled for the next major release). It's quite easy to use, I've gotten a few people to dual-boot (although I haven't seen them boot into 'doze in quite some time). Hell, the motto is "Linux for humans," humans being regular people. Compilation, scripts, etc still exist for those who aren't scared off by them, but "regular people" can get around fine with Ubuntu without them. I agree Ubuntu needs continued work, but it really doesn't need as much focus as other things in the Linux world - many of the "regular people" I know are quite content with it.
How is having a camera in your office at a desk job acceptable? If I get my work done at an acceptable quality on time, I shouldn't feel awkward should I need to pick my teeth or scratch my self somewhere silly.
There's a notable difference between threads and cores. The T2 has 8 cores, each working 8 threads, totaling 64 (not 256). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UltraSPARC_T2 While this isn't a perfect comparison, consider a P4 with HT against a true Dual Core CPU.
No, Fair Use is owning the entire file and using one paragraph in a research paper. Fair Use is fair use of what you already have access too, not a free hand to use anything copyrighted in a limited scope.
Ultimately this will have a limited impact on your desktop's Giggerhurts, somewhere way down the line, but it's nothing you'll notice and, for most of us, nothing we'll really understand. Unless the mathematical basis of chip-fab optimisation is your field, this isn't going to mean much. There's plenty on/. that won't affect me personally (nor the vast majority of slashdotters). This doesn't lessen our interest in the matter. Perhaps plenty of slashdotters don't understand this now, but having been exposed to this the subject matter may garner some of our interests. Don't underestimate the value (or interest in) information, irrelevant of how useless it may seem.
Microsoft has announced the release of Windows Live ID Web Authentication. This means that WLID (formerly known as Passport) is now opened to third party websites to use as their authentication system I know reading the article is cheating, but at least read the first two sentences of the summery. It isn't different from Passport at all. OpenID (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenID), on the other hand, is a different story.
By higher frame rates I'd take a look more along the lines of 60~120 fps. When a new game like Bioshock comes out getting that kinda frame rate will mean an expensive rig, but for the time being try older games you can get these high frame rates on to see if you still feel sick. Don't forget your monitor's refresh rate could be a bottleneck. Other then that, just don't sit too close to the monitor, I've found the distance can help some. I remember first game I got motion sickness on, Descent 2: Vertigo - the name was appropriate enough.
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It's quite possible to have different people working on different things at the same time. Funky how there's been updates to fx2 while fx3 was in development, isn't it? I agree fx still needs a good bit of work, and awesomely enough it's getting it irrelevant of whether or not another related project is underway.
Direct him here: http://smashboards.com/forumdisplay.php?f=88 Best place to look if you want higher level competition.
No, historically VALVe has allowed its customers to buy individual games within a package. Episode 2 alone will cost $29.95, check http://steampowered.com/v/index.php?area=search&cc=US&term=Episode+2&developer=Valve&category=2&price=
The AI is sufficiently stupid it's quite possible to win without ever attacking at all, and hence handicap won't make a difference. Ganon is particularly easy to punishable - it's possible to get him to up-B off the edge and SD. It's easiest to do with Peach - float just off the edge and bait Ganon to up-B you off the edge, than float out of the way. He won't make it back. Try having yourself as player one and a lvl9 Ness as player two, and go to Jungle Japes and don't move at all. The Ness will SD all on his own. Of course 2v2 is more complicated, but these "strategies" apply equally well. The AI in smash just isn't up to snuff. Here's too hoping the more complex situations in single player, along with online play, will make up for it.
Not necessarily. For better or worse I crush everyone locally, so they don't really enjoy playing against me directly. 2h v 2c is horribly boring, considering how obvious the computer controlled characters can be. The adventure mode can have more complex situations which make up for the computer's stupidity, while still retaining the enjoyable human cooperation. For very competitive (tournament) play, this will likely be overlooked, but for casual play amongst players of various skill levels this has quite a bit of potential.
A large part of the problem is questionable moderation. I my preferences set up such that I shouldn't see the first post, but at this time it's modded (Score:0, Insightful). Any other advice? Oy.
SONY has far more to gain with the success of BR than with the small leg-up a deliberate ploy such as the one you are hinting at could possibly get them. Then again, SONY's done some pretty stupid things in the past.
You're looking at it from the wrong point of view. Techies that can dish out help are far, far rarer than the nublets out there that require the help. So, yes, a techie could find plenty 'o people who could use his assistance - what the article is pointing out is that someone who needs computer help is going to have a hard time finding a techie, irrelevant of his or her OS. The sheer number of people I've helped makes it pretty damn clear - to me at least - that the Windows world isn't getting the hand-holding it needs. These people who get help, upon hearing I don't even *use* the operating system they're being assisted on, are likely encouraged to try to make a switch. Your comment could very well consist of far more FUD than the article, good sir, but I'll run with Hanlon's razor and assume you've simply misinterpreted something.
Are you referring to TDT3D as pro open source, or Slashdot? The article isn't *by* Slashdot. Slashdot also posts articles which lambaste open source projects or often put closed source projects in a good light. While Slashdot is definitely pro open source, the general community isn't blind either. We recognize Blender has flaws. What makes us pro open source is that we are willing to give it extra weight in our personal preferences simply due to that fact. We know Firefox has some serious issues and don't ignore the fact she's putting on a little extra weight - we still love her anyways. However, considering '07 *still* wasn't the year of Linux on the desktop, we also recognize the face that others - the majority in fact - don't share our appreciation for open source, and found it pleasantly surprising how Blender still ranked up with the best of them even when it's open source-ness wasn't taken into consideration. I can tell you this much: after struggling to get used to Blender after learning 3D Modeling on Maya, *I* am surprised Blender ranked well.
The "Big Deal" for someone in your position is that increased Linux market share - even if in a different market - leads to awareness and interest. It's a step towards what you're asking for, even if only a small one. Wouldn't this also mean the OS is open source? It'd be significantly easier to have some "homebrew" programs to sync a phone when you have a notable chunk of the phone's code, right? Maybe only slightly easier? People can still sync a lot of locked-down Apple hardware with their Linux boxen. If the same minds give the Linux-based phones a go, you won't have long before we gotsa come and wake you.
It's not as user friendly, but you can block ads with the host file. It'll work with any browser, or any program for that matter. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_file
I checked sources online, you're wrong according too... wait, crap.
The day gravity is an artificial man-made creation, something that is fully within man's ability to "make go away," your statement will be fine. For now, though, our control over Gravity is quite limited, whereas sufficiently well-placed discussions could in fact change the patent system. Perhaps not arguing about it on /. alone, no, but if you can bring the issue to the general (less-educated) public's attention, you may very well change it through discussion. The current problem with fixing the patent system is, almost in its entirety, the sheer lack of discussion.
That's like praising an artist for a great painting, and ignoring the fact that the red "paint" came from strangled puppies. No, the DRM stuff isn't quite that bad, but its most definitely enough for me to wish the community to "lean" BioShock LOWER. There's reasons many /.'ers have issues with DRM, it is not something we randomly chose to dislike. (Although it was promised this will change,) at the moment should 2K go under we'll have no way to install Bioshock anymore (without cracking it). System Shock 2 was made by Irrational Games (which were absorbed into 2K) and Looking Glass Studios which went out of business. Had SS2 had similar DRM to what Bioshock has, as soon as LGS went under so would any (non-cracking) way of installing it. So long as there's bullshit like this, I won't give 2K a penny. It's a shame, but I'm willing to let this game go on principle in hopes that future (legally-purchased) games will actually allow me to use them unfettered. The most ironic part of all this is that I wouldn't feel nearly as bad acquiring this game illegally, where I'd the kind of access to it I feel as a consumer I should.
I don't know about Psychonauts, but Far Cry is DX9 (that was its call to fame, the game play was quite disappointing). WINE has DX8 down fairly well, things like Half Life 2 run fine. As I said, WINE lags behind a bit... in the case of Direct X, it seems just over a generation behind. Given time, it'll tackle DX9 as it currently is with DX8.
Wine's awesome and I'm often surprised at how well any given application works. Double-clicking on a windows executable runs it like any other program; it's easy for someone not to even realize that it isn't native. True, WINE lags behind the ever changing Windows landscape, but if you don't need the absolute newest programs out there (considering this is compared to "classic" a little age seems acceptable), you'll be fine.
It's called Ubuntu. "Out of the box" it doesn't require "compilation" "scripts" "command-line" etc. There's still a few wholes, but they're being plugged quickly (a GUI to manage X, for example, is scheduled for the next major release). It's quite easy to use, I've gotten a few people to dual-boot (although I haven't seen them boot into 'doze in quite some time). Hell, the motto is "Linux for humans," humans being regular people. Compilation, scripts, etc still exist for those who aren't scared off by them, but "regular people" can get around fine with Ubuntu without them. I agree Ubuntu needs continued work, but it really doesn't need as much focus as other things in the Linux world - many of the "regular people" I know are quite content with it.
How is having a camera in your office at a desk job acceptable? If I get my work done at an acceptable quality on time, I shouldn't feel awkward should I need to pick my teeth or scratch my self somewhere silly.
There's a notable difference between threads and cores. The T2 has 8 cores, each working 8 threads, totaling 64 (not 256). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UltraSPARC_T2 While this isn't a perfect comparison, consider a P4 with HT against a true Dual Core CPU.
No, Fair Use is owning the entire file and using one paragraph in a research paper. Fair Use is fair use of what you already have access too, not a free hand to use anything copyrighted in a limited scope.
By higher frame rates I'd take a look more along the lines of 60~120 fps. When a new game like Bioshock comes out getting that kinda frame rate will mean an expensive rig, but for the time being try older games you can get these high frame rates on to see if you still feel sick. Don't forget your monitor's refresh rate could be a bottleneck. Other then that, just don't sit too close to the monitor, I've found the distance can help some. I remember first game I got motion sickness on, Descent 2: Vertigo - the name was appropriate enough.