I'm probably just getting old, but today's Olympics seem less personal than what went before. It's always getting bigger, the athletes are less and less like the everyday folk, and even the big ones are pretty much forgotten after 2-3 years.
But I'm just a geek so I'm probably just not getting it.
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But it was the crashing every 10 minutes that finally did me in.
Yeah. I haven't seen Firefox crash in years, until v7.0.1 that is. Now it's crashing regularly... so I'm in IE right now. Well, I'm going to give v.8 a try at least.
Trying to sort out someone else's code is generally a scary experience across the board. You can make spaghetti out of any language.
IME it's easier to read Java code, even decompiled java code, than just about anything. C# sharp can be easy too, but a lot more regx use, linq and such ugliness drag it down.
I enjoyed Farcry more than the CoD series, Gears of War or, for that matter, Zelda OoT (considered to be the best game ever or some such). It may have some rough edges, but it's a pretty decent game. Didn't care for the sequel though, and Rage seems a bit too similar to that game (brown, open, with cars)
Unforeseen troubles dash the hopes of the heroes. It's a lot more fun if your hopes are dashed along with them, and if you are led to feel a bit of the same despair that the characters feel, wondering if perhaps this story has a tragic ending. And it is that much more joyful when they find a way to come out on top.
I almost always read the ending before the start. Of course, I don't always read the ending, but IME I tend to enjoy the "spoiled" stories more. Just as the article claims actually. Finally, science is on my side! Take that anti-spoilers! The possibility of a tragic ending does not enhance my enjoyment of the story in any case.
Of course with todays display hardware and composited desktops etc, that is probably a much harder thing to do with no real benefit. A lot of what the Amiga did was direct hardware hacks.
The Amiga's multiple resolution trick did not change the scanrate of the signal going to the monitor. In effect that meant the monitor never truly changed resolution. You can do that on today's hardware too, no need for any hacking (as Amiga emulators can demonstrate).
The limitation of this technique is that the lower resolution has to fit perfectly within the higher resolution, i.e on rez is 640x400 and the other 320x200, so it's not terribly useful. An app that needs it can simply double the pixels it draws, there's no need for OS support.
Depends on what kind of audio card you have. Some support two audio streams, some do not. If you have the same Realtech chip I got then just set it to use separate audio streams for front/back panel, alternately you can also simply have two audio cards.
Then just right click the little speaker icon, select playback devices and change default. Any app that plays to the default playback device will then change to play to the new target.
If you, like me, have more than one audio card there can be a lot of outputs. Outputs you never use can be disabled/hidden by right clicking on them, and audio outputs you use can be renamed. So I got one called headphones, and one called Speakers. Changing between them takes me five mouse clicks.
I haven't seen an application that doesn't get its own fader no matter what audio model it uses
An app can request/get exclusive access to the audio card, and bypass everything including the volume control. But that's only used by audio authoring software.
My favorite Win7 audio feature in any case is the ability to redirect live audio. I can now watch a movie and while it's playing switch the audio to/from my headphones painlessly (earlier I would have to restart the movie, and sometimes the whole app). I don't have headphone jacks I can easily reach, so it saves me a bit of trouble.
I accidentally shot one of the girls on that level, and Duke's dismissive comment kind of got to me, but IMO it wasn't truly any worse than the aliens from the alien movie. The big difference is perhaps that they were pretty when their bellies burst open, and that's where the line goes for some.
I would have preferred if they had framed it in a moral dilemma. I.e. rescuing a girl as hard, killing a girl as the easy way out. A bit like how you can kill little girls in Bioshock for an easier time.
On My Win7box (with Firefox 4) I'm getting lots of gfx corruption and bad audio. Unplayable, though the framerate is better than what I got on my old Pentium 60.
His point was: The PS3 should have looked better, instead the more advanced tech ended up looking worse. Though for some games, like LA Noire and Portal 2, the PS3 do look better - but like you said, you'll probably not notice so the extra technical PS3 bits ended up being a waste of money.
Had Sony released a cheaper/less powerful console they'd probably would have beat out the Xbox.
Actually you can't. Vista and 7 no longer have the 16-bit subsystem. (You can probably run them in XP mode, but that's just Windows XP in a VM) The earliest applications you might be able to run are from Windows 95.
32-bit Windows 7 still has that 16-bit sub system. However, Windows no longer support the executable format used in Windows 1, so you will have to use some sort of conversion utility before you can run those old apps.
I think his point was that they won't be using OpenGL either. Both Sony and Nintendo offer proprietary APIs for their consoles, you can use OpenGL - but from what I've read no one does.
After all, a few "#if defs" here and there is all you need, and to hell with the PS3.5 SP1v2
I acknowledge that our VAT is higher than US sales tax but we do enjoy better consumer protection than the US and better warranties, e.g. most consumer electronics are warranted for 2 full years, and if something breaks within the "expected lifetime" of the product, I can ask for a replacement even after the warranty period.
Good point. Didn't know the US had shorter mandatory warranties. Though I've only made use of warranty within the first month or so as I always lose the recite.
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I'm probably just getting old, but today's Olympics seem less personal than what went before. It's always getting bigger, the athletes are less and less like the everyday folk, and even the big ones are pretty much forgotten after 2-3 years.
But I'm just a geek so I'm probably just not getting it.
But it was the crashing every 10 minutes that finally did me in.
Yeah. I haven't seen Firefox crash in years, until v7.0.1 that is. Now it's crashing regularly... so I'm in IE right now. Well, I'm going to give v.8 a try at least.
Trying to sort out someone else's code is generally a scary experience across the board. You can make spaghetti out of any language.
IME it's easier to read Java code, even decompiled java code, than just about anything. C# sharp can be easy too, but a lot more regx use, linq and such ugliness drag it down.
I enjoyed Farcry more than the CoD series, Gears of War or, for that matter, Zelda OoT (considered to be the best game ever or some such). It may have some rough edges, but it's a pretty decent game. Didn't care for the sequel though, and Rage seems a bit too similar to that game (brown, open, with cars)
Unforeseen troubles dash the hopes of the heroes. It's a lot more fun if your hopes are dashed along with them, and if you are led to feel a bit of the same despair that the characters feel, wondering if perhaps this story has a tragic ending. And it is that much more joyful when they find a way to come out on top.
I almost always read the ending before the start. Of course, I don't always read the ending, but IME I tend to enjoy the "spoiled" stories more. Just as the article claims actually. Finally, science is on my side! Take that anti-spoilers! The possibility of a tragic ending does not enhance my enjoyment of the story in any case.
I too got a Corsair Force SSD and my Windows 7 takes 30s to POST and 30s to boot. I've not done anything to optimize my boot up though.
The 486 has a few extra instructions that are helpful for multitasking IIRC. Windows 98 dropped 386 support for that reason.
Of course with todays display hardware and composited desktops etc, that is probably a much harder thing to do with no real benefit. A lot of what the Amiga did was direct hardware hacks.
The Amiga's multiple resolution trick did not change the scanrate of the signal going to the monitor. In effect that meant the monitor never truly changed resolution. You can do that on today's hardware too, no need for any hacking (as Amiga emulators can demonstrate).
The limitation of this technique is that the lower resolution has to fit perfectly within the higher resolution, i.e on rez is 640x400 and the other 320x200, so it's not terribly useful. An app that needs it can simply double the pixels it draws, there's no need for OS support.
Depends on what kind of audio card you have. Some support two audio streams, some do not. If you have the same Realtech chip I got then just set it to use separate audio streams for front/back panel, alternately you can also simply have two audio cards.
Then just right click the little speaker icon, select playback devices and change default. Any app that plays to the default playback device will then change to play to the new target.
If you, like me, have more than one audio card there can be a lot of outputs. Outputs you never use can be disabled/hidden by right clicking on them, and audio outputs you use can be renamed. So I got one called headphones, and one called Speakers. Changing between them takes me five mouse clicks.
I haven't seen an application that doesn't get its own fader no matter what audio model it uses
An app can request/get exclusive access to the audio card, and bypass everything including the volume control. But that's only used by audio authoring software.
My favorite Win7 audio feature in any case is the ability to redirect live audio. I can now watch a movie and while it's playing switch the audio to/from my headphones painlessly (earlier I would have to restart the movie, and sometimes the whole app). I don't have headphone jacks I can easily reach, so it saves me a bit of trouble.
Well, Mozilla gave you the finger a few slashdot articles back. They don't do corporate, stick to Internet Explorer for that.
I managed to reply to the wrong post. It's the Chinasmack link that is NSFW
Oh wait, replied to the wrong post. Sorry.
http://patriciachan.com/2011/06/how-to-not-photoshop-official-government-photos-funny-chinese-bad-photoshop-sensation/#respond Direct link to small paragraph on story and contains many of the parody photos for those interested.
NSFW - They're shopping them onto porn over there.
And is it just for me clicking links is a pain here on Slashdot? I have to C&P them in IE9, or middle click in Firefox 5.
Supposedly Alzheimer's is extremely rare in Asia
I'm no expert but I saw an article saying Asia was expected to overtake the west soon, if it hasn't already, as the population age.
They die pretty quick. You pretty much have to shoot them straight away, without looking for some way to save them first.
I accidentally shot one of the girls on that level, and Duke's dismissive comment kind of got to me, but IMO it wasn't truly any worse than the aliens from the alien movie. The big difference is perhaps that they were pretty when their bellies burst open, and that's where the line goes for some.
I would have preferred if they had framed it in a moral dilemma. I.e. rescuing a girl as hard, killing a girl as the easy way out. A bit like how you can kill little girls in Bioshock for an easier time.
It depended a lot on the video card, but since the game was capped at 30 FPS (IIRC) 60 is out of the question for any 486.
On My Win7box (with Firefox 4) I'm getting lots of gfx corruption and bad audio. Unplayable, though the framerate is better than what I got on my old Pentium 60.
His point was: The PS3 should have looked better, instead the more advanced tech ended up looking worse. Though for some games, like LA Noire and Portal 2, the PS3 do look better - but like you said, you'll probably not notice so the extra technical PS3 bits ended up being a waste of money.
Had Sony released a cheaper/less powerful console they'd probably would have beat out the Xbox.
China has been one nation since before the fall of Rome. Remember that.
Rome fell in 400-600 C.E, while the area we call China was 10+ "dynasties/empires/whatever" back in 923 C.E.
Actually you can't. Vista and 7 no longer have the 16-bit subsystem. (You can probably run them in XP mode, but that's just Windows XP in a VM) The earliest applications you might be able to run are from Windows 95.
32-bit Windows 7 still has that 16-bit sub system. However, Windows no longer support the executable format used in Windows 1, so you will have to use some sort of conversion utility before you can run those old apps.
I think his point was that they won't be using OpenGL either. Both Sony and Nintendo offer proprietary APIs for their consoles, you can use OpenGL - but from what I've read no one does.
After all, a few "#if defs" here and there is all you need, and to hell with the PS3.5 SP1v2
The YouTube video is a bit different than the OGG files that come with the game.
It's "definitely deserving" in either form though.
I acknowledge that our VAT is higher than US sales tax but we do enjoy better consumer protection than the US and better warranties, e.g. most consumer electronics are warranted for 2 full years, and if something breaks within the "expected lifetime" of the product, I can ask for a replacement even after the warranty period.
Good point. Didn't know the US had shorter mandatory warranties. Though I've only made use of warranty within the first month or so as I always lose the recite.