Oh they'll play a role but the developers usually don't have to worry about it. Like you said, the vendor distributed a firmware patch to fix it, so it was an issue with the motherboard and not the game.
I think you're exagerating the amount of configurations developers deal with. Motherboard version is largely irrelevant. X CPU, well, if the software is designed to scale on the amount of cores, then the only concern is if the CPU is fast enough to execute what you need it to. Well, its the same with single threaded games but I would hazard a guess that most AAA games are capable of scaling. As for videocards, its largely about what feature set it has, and many of them share the same feature set, within similar performance brackets. So its more like they are looking at groups of videocards rather than each individual one.
Since PC games tend to have a set of options you can fiddle with, if the game doesn't run smoothly at one of the presets usually you can adjust it to perform better on your particular machine. Not all games do this but you can safely blame the developer/publisher for this.
As for modding consoles, people who don't know how exactly can easily get it done at a local modding store. I think its fair to say that if you are aware your console can be modded to play burned games then it is likely you are aware you can pay someone to do it.
I'm also in Canada, and they already do throttle it (Bell/Rogers/Cogeco). Bell throttles your download speed during busy hours, and Rogers/Cogeco throttle your upload speed 24/7. I've gotten around it thanks to a feature offered by a reseller of Bell's lines. Not entirely sure how it works. It's called MLPPP, and I think that its usually used to bond 2 DSL lines together, but you can use it with a single line and for some reason clients aren't throttled when they have it enabled (requires a custom firmware however, eg. http://fixppp.org/). Who knows how long this will last though..
No, but the point is just that there are more keys, period. An example of how that could be useful, consider a shooter which allows you to carry more than 2 guns (although that has become the norm as of late, probably due to the rise in popularity of shooters on the console). You could easily use the number keys on the KB to select different weapons, whereas on a controller, you'd have to cycle through them. Also, leaning is pretty much non-existent on the consoles because of the lack of buttons.
I think its perfectly sane to compare the two. They're different hardware, but they share the exact same purpose: a control scheme for video games. You could argue that a KB has more purpose than that, but the same could be said about the controller as well.
Some games do.. like UT3 for PS3. However, there's something that's just not right with the controls. the mouse feels sluggish, probably because they didn't optimize the controls for a mouse. Very frustrating.
Or you could, I don't know.. take it out and bring it with you? As opposed to having a built-in unit that they'll just rip out like they do with CD players? And I'd imagine the portable ones are a lot cheaper to replace/fix... Screen breaks for whatever reason, buy another for 100-200$ as opposed to however much it would cost for a specific part + labour.
I only started using one a year or so ago. I guess 4 years of computer science at university does that to you..
I don't do any prolonged typing without that keyboard anymore. I worked at my university for the last year so I had a keyboard there, and if I was in the lab doing assignments I would bring that down from my office. Others in the lab would laugh at the fact that I brought my own keyboard to school, but some people would ask me where I got it and how much it was;)
The people that laugh, will soon be crying when their wrists start aching in a few years.
First off, a little correction here: Your arms would be perpendicular to the keyboard and not parallel (if you mean your arms are parallel to each other then there's something very wrong with your perception of ergonomics and keyboards). I don't care who you are, using a standard keyboard is not a good idea for *anyone*. Having the keyboard tilted towards you is never proper and will damage your wrists with prolonged usage. Your arms aren't meant to bend upwards constantly. The most natural position is to bend downwards, and therefore tilting away from you is a much better idea.
Also, having your arms come in towards the keyboard like this / \ and then having your wrists like this | | is also a terrible idea, regardless of who you are. your hands should be parallel to your arms, and many ergonomic keyboards support this. Standard keyboards do not.
I don't particularly worry much about ergonomic chairs, although with age that may change. But I also never used to care about keyboards either, til my wrists became unbearably sore.
If you look at anyone doing something physically professionally, you see that they don't do the same repeated action for hours and hours on end. Typing for 12 hours a day is common for me in my profession, and with my habits. Go ahead, try and tell me athletes don't have nice lazyboys waiting for them at their home.
That keyboard plus the Logitech mx518 mouse is a winning combination for me. I don't use the back/forward on the keyboard though, i use the mouse buttons as my hand is more often on the mouse during navigation on websites/windows. The keyboard ones I bound to foobar for track navigation.
I was getting pretty upset when I wasn't able to find an ergonomic keyboard with normal navigation keys. I really don't understand the point of saving an inch by aligning the keys vertically, when split keyboards are already larger than normal keyboards. An inch isn't going to kill anyone.
I'll admit that the reverse tilt looks awkward, but I can't believe how comfortable it is. Tried going to a standard keyboard to do some programming and it was hell. I could never go back.
By definition, I'm too lazy to suck your cock so instead I will direct you here.
Also: I'm not american.
I suppose I should be asking you to suck my cock since you're so eager to put forth effort.
Agreed. I also have no desire to write scripts or compile an OS. Yet I love programming, I love reading about new hardware (and buying it when possible:) ), I love video games. Am I not a geek?
Considering Apple doesn't exactly have the same customers as MS does, that's expected. Now you know why Apple will never match MS's profit if they continue "reinventing" things.
Are you kidding me? They've throttled Tek Savvy as well?? for fuck sakes.. I was going to go with them when I moved to avoid the throttling I get from Cogeco... Hopefully they knock it off.. How bad is it? does it affect upload or download? or both?
Is there no way to disable that? That looks very annoying. But, I've managed to use the address bar very little, anyway. Foxmarks is my best friend right now.
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Oh they'll play a role but the developers usually don't have to worry about it. Like you said, the vendor distributed a firmware patch to fix it, so it was an issue with the motherboard and not the game.
Obviously, the point is that they don't have to code them for each seperate card. There is a point at which they can generalize.
I think you're exagerating the amount of configurations developers deal with. Motherboard version is largely irrelevant. X CPU, well, if the software is designed to scale on the amount of cores, then the only concern is if the CPU is fast enough to execute what you need it to. Well, its the same with single threaded games but I would hazard a guess that most AAA games are capable of scaling. As for videocards, its largely about what feature set it has, and many of them share the same feature set, within similar performance brackets. So its more like they are looking at groups of videocards rather than each individual one.
Since PC games tend to have a set of options you can fiddle with, if the game doesn't run smoothly at one of the presets usually you can adjust it to perform better on your particular machine. Not all games do this but you can safely blame the developer/publisher for this.
As for modding consoles, people who don't know how exactly can easily get it done at a local modding store. I think its fair to say that if you are aware your console can be modded to play burned games then it is likely you are aware you can pay someone to do it.
I'm also in Canada, and they already do throttle it (Bell/Rogers/Cogeco). Bell throttles your download speed during busy hours, and Rogers/Cogeco throttle your upload speed 24/7. I've gotten around it thanks to a feature offered by a reseller of Bell's lines. Not entirely sure how it works. It's called MLPPP, and I think that its usually used to bond 2 DSL lines together, but you can use it with a single line and for some reason clients aren't throttled when they have it enabled (requires a custom firmware however, eg. http://fixppp.org/). Who knows how long this will last though..
No, but the point is just that there are more keys, period. An example of how that could be useful, consider a shooter which allows you to carry more than 2 guns (although that has become the norm as of late, probably due to the rise in popularity of shooters on the console). You could easily use the number keys on the KB to select different weapons, whereas on a controller, you'd have to cycle through them. Also, leaning is pretty much non-existent on the consoles because of the lack of buttons.
I think its perfectly sane to compare the two. They're different hardware, but they share the exact same purpose: a control scheme for video games. You could argue that a KB has more purpose than that, but the same could be said about the controller as well.
Some games do.. like UT3 for PS3. However, there's something that's just not right with the controls. the mouse feels sluggish, probably because they didn't optimize the controls for a mouse. Very frustrating.
So how did 40 million WoW players get WoW running on their cellphones?
This is not for regular internet service, this is for 3G. Why would you download a WoW patch on your cellphone?
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Not to mention the duration you'd spend without your car while it gets fixed.
Or you could, I don't know.. take it out and bring it with you? As opposed to having a built-in unit that they'll just rip out like they do with CD players? And I'd imagine the portable ones are a lot cheaper to replace/fix... Screen breaks for whatever reason, buy another for 100-200$ as opposed to however much it would cost for a specific part + labour.
I only started using one a year or so ago. I guess 4 years of computer science at university does that to you..
I don't do any prolonged typing without that keyboard anymore. I worked at my university for the last year so I had a keyboard there, and if I was in the lab doing assignments I would bring that down from my office. Others in the lab would laugh at the fact that I brought my own keyboard to school, but some people would ask me where I got it and how much it was ;)
The people that laugh, will soon be crying when their wrists start aching in a few years.
Exaggerate much?
First off, a little correction here: Your arms would be perpendicular to the keyboard and not parallel (if you mean your arms are parallel to each other then there's something very wrong with your perception of ergonomics and keyboards). I don't care who you are, using a standard keyboard is not a good idea for *anyone*. Having the keyboard tilted towards you is never proper and will damage your wrists with prolonged usage. Your arms aren't meant to bend upwards constantly. The most natural position is to bend downwards, and therefore tilting away from you is a much better idea.
Also, having your arms come in towards the keyboard like this / \ and then having your wrists like this | | is also a terrible idea, regardless of who you are. your hands should be parallel to your arms, and many ergonomic keyboards support this. Standard keyboards do not.
I don't particularly worry much about ergonomic chairs, although with age that may change. But I also never used to care about keyboards either, til my wrists became unbearably sore.
If you look at anyone doing something physically professionally, you see that they don't do the same repeated action for hours and hours on end. Typing for 12 hours a day is common for me in my profession, and with my habits. Go ahead, try and tell me athletes don't have nice lazyboys waiting for them at their home.
much less than half, you can pick them up in canada for around 35$ :D Managed to get mine on sale for 25.
That keyboard plus the Logitech mx518 mouse is a winning combination for me. I don't use the back/forward on the keyboard though, i use the mouse buttons as my hand is more often on the mouse during navigation on websites/windows. The keyboard ones I bound to foobar for track navigation. I was getting pretty upset when I wasn't able to find an ergonomic keyboard with normal navigation keys. I really don't understand the point of saving an inch by aligning the keys vertically, when split keyboards are already larger than normal keyboards. An inch isn't going to kill anyone. I'll admit that the reverse tilt looks awkward, but I can't believe how comfortable it is. Tried going to a standard keyboard to do some programming and it was hell. I could never go back.
I'm moving to japan, who's with me!?
Shouldn't you be sitting on one of these if you have a constipated look on your face?
Ahh, thank you. That clears up things considerably.
By definition, I'm too lazy to suck your cock so instead I will direct you here. Also: I'm not american. I suppose I should be asking you to suck my cock since you're so eager to put forth effort.
Agreed. I also have no desire to write scripts or compile an OS. Yet I love programming, I love reading about new hardware (and buying it when possible :) ), I love video games. Am I not a geek?
Can you explain to me the purpose of removing drive letters? If theres one thing that bothered me about Linux it was the lack of drive letters.
We're human: constantly finding new ways to have things done for us with as little effort as possible. This sort of progression is expected.
Considering Apple doesn't exactly have the same customers as MS does, that's expected. Now you know why Apple will never match MS's profit if they continue "reinventing" things.
Are you kidding me? They've throttled Tek Savvy as well?? for fuck sakes.. I was going to go with them when I moved to avoid the throttling I get from Cogeco... Hopefully they knock it off.. How bad is it? does it affect upload or download? or both?
Is there no way to disable that? That looks very annoying. But, I've managed to use the address bar very little, anyway. Foxmarks is my best friend right now.