Well, it all depends on what kind of game you really want to play, IMHO diablo doesn't fall into the 'adventure' category but more in the reign of RPG (which is something completely different)..
You want adventure games? then play the old sierra/lucasarts games (or visit sites like Scummvm.org where you can find a lot more info on these kind of point and click adventures).. You want 'diablo' kind of games (which IMHO also means World of Warcraft), there are so many mmo's out there..
and honestly? nobody can tell you what's the best 'adventure' game to start with, because it all depends on YOUR preference of gaming..
And how are they gonna enforce it, as it's not illegal for a thirdparty to give away an iPad/iPod/iPhone/whatever.. Apple has no say in anything what a thirdparty does with the Apple product.. Screw Apple for trying to limit people what they can do with their product.. As far as I'm concerned the last good apple product was the Apple ][, the rest is just ripped stuff courtesy of asshole Steve Jobs..
the simplest solution would have been to change her age from 17 to 18, no-one would notice the difference, hell I sometimes can't tell the difference between 14 year olds and 18 year olds in the bar I'm working at..
But 'terrorist' is something in the eye of the beholder, for one it's a terrorist for another it's a soldier.. There are enough countries and people who consider the US to be terrorist with their 'You have to do what I say or else' attitude.. Which country was the first and only country to use atom bombs on civilians? yes it was the US..
Personally I don't care which ever side you can play in any game or how horrific a game can be, it's all just virtual reality, and as long as it stays there, I don't care.. And I like the US countryside, only sad thing is, there live so many 'not so intelligent' people there (next to a lot intelligent, but it seems those haven't got anything to say)..
I'm doubtful of an American company paying much attention to UK anti-free-speech laws
If they allow UK citizens on their servers and operate in the UK (as their site www.twitter.co.uk redirects to www.twitter.com) then they have to obey the UK law..
If MS was going to opensource VB6, that would have been great to a lot of VB6 developers who are currently having problems with getting the IDE running under Windows 7, also for upgrading vb6 to new tech.. Ofcourse I'd rather have them opensource the internal VB7 which never was published and later replaced with VB.NET (vb7 is said to have had real OO and better WINAPI support (for stuff like window hooking etc))..
Personally I still like VB6 way more than VB.NET because I still don't see the real advantage of.NET other than YET ANOTHER FRAMEWORK... And let's not forget, a lot of developers still haven't got a clue that with.NET it's sooo easy to just rip their original sources using a program like Reflector (there are ways around it, but that would nullify the use of.NET)..
I think you're too small minded, because virtualdesktops work great for you it doesn't mean it's great for others.. 'tabbing' through programs or virtualdesktops is exactly the same for me, both need me to use my inputdevice (albeit keyboard or mouse) to switch, while having a second/third/whatever monitor only needs me to move my eyes a bit.. And with a second/third/whatever monitor I don't need to 'tab' between groups of specifically positioned and sized windows, (which I always tend to 'miss'tab anyway due to my haste)
Hee, but if virtual desktops works better for you than extra monitors, good for you, saves you a ton of money and electricity, me, I'd rather spend the extra money..
If you look closely at the identified problems, you'll see that most of those problems aren't even Sony only problems, but common problems on many MANY websites.. Even a site as slashdot isn't safe for a real hacker if he/she sets his/her mind to it..
I'm sorry but you're wrong (I'm certainly no fan of americans (I do love the country itself)), terrorist frequently use woman and children as a human shield (and a lot of times the woman and children do it even willingly) so soldiers won't shoot at them, it's a common cowardly tactic used. Personally I wouldn't care if they accidently shoot those (the ones that do it willingly) woman and children. Also try and think of how YOU would react in a situation like the SEAL's are in, you propably would shit your pants, but those SEAL men and women even as good as they are trained are taking a big risk in entering an unknown situation, you really don't know (unless you have xray vision and can read minds) what those persons gonna do, it's them or you..
Well compared to the original OtherOS where you 'only' had 6 SPU's at your disposal, you can use the remaining 2 now for extra power.. a desktop proc is a generic processor which is good enough at a lot of stuff, but isn't great at specific calculations (like scientific calculations).. You have to factor in the current age of the CELL and price, you cannot get a current PC for ultrafast calculations for the same price as you can get a PS3.. If you purely want to run linux as an 'office' OS then you should stick with a regular PC, but if you want to use it as a 'supercomputer' for scientific stuff you should use the PS3..
It's too soon to file a lawsuit if you really want to win, at this moment there is no real information on what really happened, and according to Sony they really only knew about the possible theft a day before they announced it due to the analysis being performed. Also it's not clear if security was adequate according to current standards (remember, NOTHING is unhackable).. He should at least have waited a few weeks before filing a lawsuit..
Since you are obviously knowledgeable with all three systems, when you work with them, what major thing is missing from Ogre3D? What major thing do you think Unreal Engine 3 and CryEngine include that cannot easily be done with Ogre3D? Feel free to be subjective, if you need to be.
Good tools, no matter how sophisticated and feature rich an engine is, without good tools it's completely useless.. The Unreal Engine 3 has already been 'battle'tested on a lot of different platforms, CryEngine is getting there, and both engines are complete game-engines, and both have great tools to make your workflow faster and easier, I looooove the ingame realtime (seeing it directly on the PC,xbox360,PS3) sandbox editor of the cryengine.. That's the problem with Ogre3D it's not a complete game-engine, it still requires a lot of extra components, which you have to connect yourself, and then you have to create tools yourself to get the content in there.. So in short, you still have to create a complete game-engine yourself, which ofcourse is nice but with all the battletested options it's better to use that time on better gameplay/content than having to spend all that time on writing the basics..
What game do you find compelling that uses 3D on mobile, and that its design depends on 3D and could not be done with 2D?
Have you actually seen the latest games for the latest smartphones/tablets? Yes I'm a 2D fan myself, I really like 2D platform games and adventure games and don't think 3D adds anything to it, but when I have to create a new game the customers expect 3D these days, so it's very nice if you have an engine that works on all platforms and you don't have to change your workflow constantly.
I'm sorry but Ogre3D or any opensource engine doesn't come even CLOSE to UnrealEngine3 or Cryengine...
But it also all depends on the license the freeversion of CryEngine will ship with, if it's just as interesting as the UDK it might be VERY interesting, only CryEngine doesn't run on Mobiles, whereas UDK does...
You must be really gullable to think the rebug-firmware and being able to 'buy' games from PSN with fake CC would be the reason.. Sony could have easily suspended sale through PSN, so it wouldn't be possible to buy new content, but you would still be able to use PSN with bought content...
Maybe you don't like the the 3D effect, but I sure do from time to time. I have no problems with the current 3D shutterglasses, and I enjoy watching movies.. I also don't feel like I have been duped by a 3D scam, as I don't see a scam.. According to you every new thing is a scam, why buy a HD tv, ohno that's a HD scam, why buy a color tv, ohno that's a colorscam... If you don't like it, don't buy it, but don't go bitching... When I see the screen of the 3ds which is 'glassesfree' I don't think it has the same quality as the current shutterglasses technique, and therefore I won't buy a 3DS, that's my CHOICE...
There are some people who get headaches watching those movies (with some it's actually physical, with others it's mental), and there are people who just enjoy it..
Still using XP x64 at home, and most of the day I use Windows 7, and guess which one I find the one that works best? Yep XP.. I really cannot adjust to the whole Windows 7 GUI, I have to do a lot of clicks just to do the same as with XP, and I can't find anything, also I just went through a week of HELL trying to install SP1 on Windows 7 Ultimate (yep I had all languagepacks installed, which caused the troubles). For me the only reason why I would use Windows 7 is because of IE9 (because of HTML5) and DirectX11 but then again, IE9 can be replaced with Firefox or Chrome, and I don't play any games which require DX11 (or 10)..
This was a dumb move, without notifying your IT-department before you went and bought a server and installed it in your department is a big mistake.. If you really need a calender, just choose a calender that is compatible with your IT-infrastructure, or use another app.. It's ridiculous using a special server just because some people are using an iPhone, make the iPhone work with the infrastructure that is around, not the other way round...
If I was the IT-department I would already have taken the server down and reprimanded you...
What's next, Childporn-lovers starting a religion?
Religion is something that should be banished, most violence and wars are because of religion (at least 'in the name of')..
I'm sorry, even if it's the best language ever, we don't need another one.. This is the problem these days, everyone thinks he/she has created the best language ever and everyoneelse should use it.. Enterprises really don't want to jump onboard the latest fab and an unproven language..
So do people who donated money for Geohotz defense now get their money back? because this settlement isn't what people donated money for, the money was for going through to the end so a real verdict was set.
If I were Samsung I would sue the hell out of them, that'll teach those loosers for putting information out on the internet without actually verifying their conclusions, this is one of a good example what's wrong with internet, too many other sites actually just copy the news without verifying it, in the end it could hurt your business enormously..
Well, why wouldn't it make it right? the not being right was putting up the current versions at all without a written permission from the copyrightholder (at least I think they didn't).. Because it's old doesn't make it right to just publish it using an emulator or something, even if you do not make money off it (but remember, most of those sites are filled with advertisement, and that's how they make their money)..
Be original, and go out and create your own game if you really want to publish something and make money..
But C# isn't.NET, and that's where this moron's complete rant makes it mute all together, he talks about.NET if it where a language, which it isn't, it's a FRAMEWORK!!.. If I wanted to I can even use Python for.NET or ImagineAnyProgrammingLanguageYouWant for.NET.
Since.NET (and Silverlight) is getting more and more crossplatform it isn't a bad choice anymore IMHO, also in regard to cloudcomputing Microsoft have done a marvelous job at making it easier.. In the end it's the customer who demands you create something new/great/capable of using the latest tech which has the biggest say, and.NET really makes it easier/faster to satisfy it's needs..
When I look at jobdescriptions there is a heck of a lot of demand for.NET programmers and not a lot of demand for any other frameworks (at least here in europe)..
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Well, it all depends on what kind of game you really want to play, IMHO diablo doesn't fall into the 'adventure' category but more in the reign of RPG (which is something completely different).. You want adventure games? then play the old sierra/lucasarts games (or visit sites like Scummvm.org where you can find a lot more info on these kind of point and click adventures).. You want 'diablo' kind of games (which IMHO also means World of Warcraft), there are so many mmo's out there.. and honestly? nobody can tell you what's the best 'adventure' game to start with, because it all depends on YOUR preference of gaming..
I'm sorry to say this, but this isn't anything new.. We already have stuff like that for a long time..
And how are they gonna enforce it, as it's not illegal for a thirdparty to give away an iPad/iPod/iPhone/whatever.. Apple has no say in anything what a thirdparty does with the Apple product.. Screw Apple for trying to limit people what they can do with their product.. As far as I'm concerned the last good apple product was the Apple ][, the rest is just ripped stuff courtesy of asshole Steve Jobs..
the simplest solution would have been to change her age from 17 to 18, no-one would notice the difference, hell I sometimes can't tell the difference between 14 year olds and 18 year olds in the bar I'm working at..
But 'terrorist' is something in the eye of the beholder, for one it's a terrorist for another it's a soldier.. There are enough countries and people who consider the US to be terrorist with their 'You have to do what I say or else' attitude.. Which country was the first and only country to use atom bombs on civilians? yes it was the US..
Personally I don't care which ever side you can play in any game or how horrific a game can be, it's all just virtual reality, and as long as it stays there, I don't care.. And I like the US countryside, only sad thing is, there live so many 'not so intelligent' people there (next to a lot intelligent, but it seems those haven't got anything to say)..
I'm doubtful of an American company paying much attention to UK anti-free-speech laws
If they allow UK citizens on their servers and operate in the UK (as their site www.twitter.co.uk redirects to www.twitter.com) then they have to obey the UK law..
If MS was going to opensource VB6, that would have been great to a lot of VB6 developers who are currently having problems with getting the IDE running under Windows 7, also for upgrading vb6 to new tech.. Ofcourse I'd rather have them opensource the internal VB7 which never was published and later replaced with VB.NET (vb7 is said to have had real OO and better WINAPI support (for stuff like window hooking etc))..
.NET other than YET ANOTHER FRAMEWORK... And let's not forget, a lot of developers still haven't got a clue that with .NET it's sooo easy to just rip their original sources using a program like Reflector (there are ways around it, but that would nullify the use of .NET)..
Personally I still like VB6 way more than VB.NET because I still don't see the real advantage of
I think you're too small minded, because virtualdesktops work great for you it doesn't mean it's great for others.. 'tabbing' through programs or virtualdesktops is exactly the same for me, both need me to use my inputdevice (albeit keyboard or mouse) to switch, while having a second/third/whatever monitor only needs me to move my eyes a bit.. And with a second/third/whatever monitor I don't need to 'tab' between groups of specifically positioned and sized windows, (which I always tend to 'miss'tab anyway due to my haste) Hee, but if virtual desktops works better for you than extra monitors, good for you, saves you a ton of money and electricity, me, I'd rather spend the extra money..
If you look closely at the identified problems, you'll see that most of those problems aren't even Sony only problems, but common problems on many MANY websites.. Even a site as slashdot isn't safe for a real hacker if he/she sets his/her mind to it..
I'm sorry but you're wrong (I'm certainly no fan of americans (I do love the country itself)), terrorist frequently use woman and children as a human shield (and a lot of times the woman and children do it even willingly) so soldiers won't shoot at them, it's a common cowardly tactic used. Personally I wouldn't care if they accidently shoot those (the ones that do it willingly) woman and children. Also try and think of how YOU would react in a situation like the SEAL's are in, you propably would shit your pants, but those SEAL men and women even as good as they are trained are taking a big risk in entering an unknown situation, you really don't know (unless you have xray vision and can read minds) what those persons gonna do, it's them or you..
Well compared to the original OtherOS where you 'only' had 6 SPU's at your disposal, you can use the remaining 2 now for extra power.. a desktop proc is a generic processor which is good enough at a lot of stuff, but isn't great at specific calculations (like scientific calculations).. You have to factor in the current age of the CELL and price, you cannot get a current PC for ultrafast calculations for the same price as you can get a PS3.. If you purely want to run linux as an 'office' OS then you should stick with a regular PC, but if you want to use it as a 'supercomputer' for scientific stuff you should use the PS3..
It's too soon to file a lawsuit if you really want to win, at this moment there is no real information on what really happened, and according to Sony they really only knew about the possible theft a day before they announced it due to the analysis being performed. Also it's not clear if security was adequate according to current standards (remember, NOTHING is unhackable).. He should at least have waited a few weeks before filing a lawsuit..
Since you are obviously knowledgeable with all three systems, when you work with them, what major thing is missing from Ogre3D? What major thing do you think Unreal Engine 3 and CryEngine include that cannot easily be done with Ogre3D? Feel free to be subjective, if you need to be.
Good tools, no matter how sophisticated and feature rich an engine is, without good tools it's completely useless.. The Unreal Engine 3 has already been 'battle'tested on a lot of different platforms, CryEngine is getting there, and both engines are complete game-engines, and both have great tools to make your workflow faster and easier, I looooove the ingame realtime (seeing it directly on the PC,xbox360,PS3) sandbox editor of the cryengine.. That's the problem with Ogre3D it's not a complete game-engine, it still requires a lot of extra components, which you have to connect yourself, and then you have to create tools yourself to get the content in there.. So in short, you still have to create a complete game-engine yourself, which ofcourse is nice but with all the battletested options it's better to use that time on better gameplay/content than having to spend all that time on writing the basics..
What game do you find compelling that uses 3D on mobile, and that its design depends on 3D and could not be done with 2D?
Have you actually seen the latest games for the latest smartphones/tablets? Yes I'm a 2D fan myself, I really like 2D platform games and adventure games and don't think 3D adds anything to it, but when I have to create a new game the customers expect 3D these days, so it's very nice if you have an engine that works on all platforms and you don't have to change your workflow constantly.
I'm sorry but Ogre3D or any opensource engine doesn't come even CLOSE to UnrealEngine3 or Cryengine... But it also all depends on the license the freeversion of CryEngine will ship with, if it's just as interesting as the UDK it might be VERY interesting, only CryEngine doesn't run on Mobiles, whereas UDK does...
You must be really gullable to think the rebug-firmware and being able to 'buy' games from PSN with fake CC would be the reason.. Sony could have easily suspended sale through PSN, so it wouldn't be possible to buy new content, but you would still be able to use PSN with bought content...
Using a Mac is just a point of being closedminded and not minding a lot of restrictions, that's clearly NOT a liberal or anybody really intelligent..
Maybe you don't like the the 3D effect, but I sure do from time to time. I have no problems with the current 3D shutterglasses, and I enjoy watching movies.. I also don't feel like I have been duped by a 3D scam, as I don't see a scam.. According to you every new thing is a scam, why buy a HD tv, ohno that's a HD scam, why buy a color tv, ohno that's a colorscam... If you don't like it, don't buy it, but don't go bitching... When I see the screen of the 3ds which is 'glassesfree' I don't think it has the same quality as the current shutterglasses technique, and therefore I won't buy a 3DS, that's my CHOICE... There are some people who get headaches watching those movies (with some it's actually physical, with others it's mental), and there are people who just enjoy it..
Still using XP x64 at home, and most of the day I use Windows 7, and guess which one I find the one that works best? Yep XP.. I really cannot adjust to the whole Windows 7 GUI, I have to do a lot of clicks just to do the same as with XP, and I can't find anything, also I just went through a week of HELL trying to install SP1 on Windows 7 Ultimate (yep I had all languagepacks installed, which caused the troubles). For me the only reason why I would use Windows 7 is because of IE9 (because of HTML5) and DirectX11 but then again, IE9 can be replaced with Firefox or Chrome, and I don't play any games which require DX11 (or 10)..
This was a dumb move, without notifying your IT-department before you went and bought a server and installed it in your department is a big mistake.. If you really need a calender, just choose a calender that is compatible with your IT-infrastructure, or use another app.. It's ridiculous using a special server just because some people are using an iPhone, make the iPhone work with the infrastructure that is around, not the other way round... If I was the IT-department I would already have taken the server down and reprimanded you...
What's next, Childporn-lovers starting a religion? Religion is something that should be banished, most violence and wars are because of religion (at least 'in the name of')..
I'm sorry, even if it's the best language ever, we don't need another one.. This is the problem these days, everyone thinks he/she has created the best language ever and everyoneelse should use it.. Enterprises really don't want to jump onboard the latest fab and an unproven language..
So do people who donated money for Geohotz defense now get their money back? because this settlement isn't what people donated money for, the money was for going through to the end so a real verdict was set.
If I were Samsung I would sue the hell out of them, that'll teach those loosers for putting information out on the internet without actually verifying their conclusions, this is one of a good example what's wrong with internet, too many other sites actually just copy the news without verifying it, in the end it could hurt your business enormously..
Well, why wouldn't it make it right? the not being right was putting up the current versions at all without a written permission from the copyrightholder (at least I think they didn't).. Because it's old doesn't make it right to just publish it using an emulator or something, even if you do not make money off it (but remember, most of those sites are filled with advertisement, and that's how they make their money).. Be original, and go out and create your own game if you really want to publish something and make money..
But C# isn't .NET, and that's where this moron's complete rant makes it mute all together, he talks about .NET if it where a language, which it isn't, it's a FRAMEWORK!!.. If I wanted to I can even use Python for .NET or ImagineAnyProgrammingLanguageYouWant for .NET.
Since .NET (and Silverlight) is getting more and more crossplatform it isn't a bad choice anymore IMHO, also in regard to cloudcomputing Microsoft have done a marvelous job at making it easier.. In the end it's the customer who demands you create something new/great/capable of using the latest tech which has the biggest say, and .NET really makes it easier/faster to satisfy it's needs..
When I look at jobdescriptions there is a heck of a lot of demand for .NET programmers and not a lot of demand for any other frameworks (at least here in europe)..