Of course, there's nowhere as many computers running linux as windows.:P
Would probably see faster adoption if people could run more games on it... I used to use it exclusively when all I played was WoW (which ironically ran better on linux), but once I started playing more games again it was just simpler to stick to XP instead of dual booting.:(
I mean, I enjoy a game of klotski or tux racer as much as anyone, but...
My new motherboard does have a firewire port - but I am still yet to see any relatively common devices that use it.
I went walking around my local shopping centre and popped into all the electronic stores and the like. I discovered:
*A wide, wide range of external drives, all touting USB 2.0. No firewire.:/ (I did find this rather strange)
*One digital camera that listed firewire among its features, and it was expensive enough that the average person wouldn't buy it without a specialty use, and even then, they'd probably get something better. Probably with firewire, I admit.
Hell, the majority of the population wouldn't know what firewire is if you asked them, so I'm forced to assume its prevalence is limited to enthusiasts and professionals.
What you have to do is throw some very large numbers at them instead of the small percentages.
I for one will be "writing" to Sen. Conroy and Co, once I figure out how one "writes" a "letter". I've also been plugging this to everyone that'll listen, which is a surprising amount of people. Once you throw the aforementioned numbers at them, and tell them they're paying for this crackpot's scheme, they start to get rather irate about it.
Never seen a best buy / circuit city / fry's / wal-mart, because I'm in Australia.:P
But, I've seen plenty of external hard drives, digital video cameras, etc.... Just not using firewire.
My main problem with the biblical pages are that all the ones I've found myself on have presented the information contained within as fact.
If I was a more malicious and less lazy person, I'd probably be slapping a [citation needed] on every single one of those pages, because I don't think the bible counts as a valid source.
I don't want an article on how the Flying Spaghetti Monster created the universe just because no one can prove it's not true.
And I don't want all the bloody articles on the bible, but if they stay I'll be eaten by a grue before I let someone remove the FSM pages without a fight.
And unfortunately here in Australia there's so much more incentive to.
Demos are hardly ever a good representation of the final product, and with the filesize of most of them nowadays, they take an enormous chunk out of the average Australian download quota unless the ISP mirrors it quota-free. When a demo interests me it's usually just a sample of the best work in the entire game, much like a movie trailer.
Then there's the games I do buy. Generally they turn out to be a disappointment, and I'm left to contemplate the amount of entertainment I could have received by, say, watching 40-50 movies using my friend's employee discount, going out for a couple of drinks with mates, or anything else in comparison with the ridiculous price I've paid for a shiny, polished piece of crap.
One of the latest games I have felt comfortable paying so much for is the collector's edition of warhammer online at ~AUD$130 and that's mainly for the art book. I'll still be paying a monthly fee on top of that, but I get a great deal more fun out of playing an MMO with fun and interesting guildies than I do from throwing my money at the glut of horrifyingly bad games being released nowaday, so the cost doesn't seem so horrible to me. When I bought, say, Assassin's Creed for my PC, I definitely enjoyed it, but it was under no circumstances worth the price I paid.
DRM on my machine aside, I am enjoying spore, and so is my younger sister, and that is good enough for me.
Not quite the same thing, but I've been using a pirated copy of XP ever since, after some hardware upgrades, it refused to let me reactivate (citing I had used all my reactivations... I had never reactivated before? Yes, it was a new, genuine copy.) and forced me to ring customer service.
Of course, this sent me to a call centre in india where I was told the "servers were down" and they were unable to help me at that time. It took me literally 5 minutes, the same time I spent waiting for them to pick up, to download and burn a new copy that had SP2 and updates slipstreamed into it that required no activation, and not once since then have I had a single problem.
Meanwhile, I hear stories from my friends who are getting false positives on their assorted XP and Vista installs, the majority being OEM copies on dells...
When this sort of protection is causing more of a hassle for legitimate customers rather than pirates, there is a serious problem. I highly doubt this new update to WGA will affect my install in any way, shape or form.
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Of course, there's nowhere as many computers running linux as windows. :P
:(
Would probably see faster adoption if people could run more games on it... I used to use it exclusively when all I played was WoW (which ironically ran better on linux), but once I started playing more games again it was just simpler to stick to XP instead of dual booting.
I mean, I enjoy a game of klotski or tux racer as much as anyone, but...
I should mention I meant digital video camera there.
My new motherboard does have a firewire port - but I am still yet to see any relatively common devices that use it.
:/ (I did find this rather strange)
I went walking around my local shopping centre and popped into all the electronic stores and the like. I discovered:
*A wide, wide range of external drives, all touting USB 2.0. No firewire.
*One digital camera that listed firewire among its features, and it was expensive enough that the average person wouldn't buy it without a specialty use, and even then, they'd probably get something better. Probably with firewire, I admit.
Hell, the majority of the population wouldn't know what firewire is if you asked them, so I'm forced to assume its prevalence is limited to enthusiasts and professionals.
There's an ad-hoc means of distribution that skips the app store, but regardless I wouldn't recommend the iPhone. XD
What you have to do is throw some very large numbers at them instead of the small percentages.
I for one will be "writing" to Sen. Conroy and Co, once I figure out how one "writes" a "letter". I've also been plugging this to everyone that'll listen, which is a surprising amount of people. Once you throw the aforementioned numbers at them, and tell them they're paying for this crackpot's scheme, they start to get rather irate about it.
They're liquid cooled, these are immersed in the oil.
Never seen a best buy / circuit city / fry's / wal-mart, because I'm in Australia. :P
But, I've seen plenty of external hard drives, digital video cameras, etc.... Just not using firewire.
Well you could be sued for false advertising - it's on at 6pm on channel 10! :P
You have too much time on your hands. :)
You know, I hear people talking about all the benefits of firewire, but I have never:
:\
*Seen a firewire device
*Seen a firewire port on anything besides a faulty motherboard I once had
*Seen anyone using a firewire device
I don't think many people care, at least here in Australia.
Warhammer PvP is damn fun, even for "hardcore" raiders like me.
Keep/city sieges give a great blend of PvP and PvE that I haven't seen matched in any MMO to date.
Makes me wonder why anyone ever did WoW PvP.
There's a name I haven't heard in a while. I was surprised at how fun the original game was. Not sure I'd pay USD$18 for it though...
I'm glad to see it scored highly. The original seemed to have a more involving storyline than other, 'professional' games at times.
My main problem with the biblical pages are that all the ones I've found myself on have presented the information contained within as fact.
If I was a more malicious and less lazy person, I'd probably be slapping a [citation needed] on every single one of those pages, because I don't think the bible counts as a valid source.
Only in Europe, of course.
I don't want an article on how the Flying Spaghetti Monster created the universe just because no one can prove it's not true.
And I don't want all the bloody articles on the bible, but if they stay I'll be eaten by a grue before I let someone remove the FSM pages without a fight.
Hah.
There's some joke books in New Zealand poking fun at Australians. They're the same books as we have in Australia poking fun at New Zealanders.
I can't wait for the tier 1 chicken raids, myself. :P
This is true. WoW in WINE ran with about 150% of the framerate I got on XP. >_
I don't see what the Gauteng Provincial Government have to do with TFA at all.
And unfortunately here in Australia there's so much more incentive to.
Demos are hardly ever a good representation of the final product, and with the filesize of most of them nowadays, they take an enormous chunk out of the average Australian download quota unless the ISP mirrors it quota-free. When a demo interests me it's usually just a sample of the best work in the entire game, much like a movie trailer.
Then there's the games I do buy. Generally they turn out to be a disappointment, and I'm left to contemplate the amount of entertainment I could have received by, say, watching 40-50 movies using my friend's employee discount, going out for a couple of drinks with mates, or anything else in comparison with the ridiculous price I've paid for a shiny, polished piece of crap.
One of the latest games I have felt comfortable paying so much for is the collector's edition of warhammer online at ~AUD$130 and that's mainly for the art book. I'll still be paying a monthly fee on top of that, but I get a great deal more fun out of playing an MMO with fun and interesting guildies than I do from throwing my money at the glut of horrifyingly bad games being released nowaday, so the cost doesn't seem so horrible to me. When I bought, say, Assassin's Creed for my PC, I definitely enjoyed it, but it was under no circumstances worth the price I paid.
DRM on my machine aside, I am enjoying spore, and so is my younger sister, and that is good enough for me.
It is incredibly cheaper to import games than it is to buy locally. My country is a little fucked up.
Oh, crap, I forgot about bloody SecuROM. That's what I get for buying a game legally for once.
No issues yet, but now my PC feels tainted...
It'd still be nice to know they're there. :(
Hi five for internode! Woo!
As much as I love them, reading some of the other comments in this thread about terabytes of usage makes me cry.
Not quite the same thing, but I've been using a pirated copy of XP ever since, after some hardware upgrades, it refused to let me reactivate (citing I had used all my reactivations... I had never reactivated before? Yes, it was a new, genuine copy.) and forced me to ring customer service.
Of course, this sent me to a call centre in india where I was told the "servers were down" and they were unable to help me at that time. It took me literally 5 minutes, the same time I spent waiting for them to pick up, to download and burn a new copy that had SP2 and updates slipstreamed into it that required no activation, and not once since then have I had a single problem.
Meanwhile, I hear stories from my friends who are getting false positives on their assorted XP and Vista installs, the majority being OEM copies on dells...
When this sort of protection is causing more of a hassle for legitimate customers rather than pirates, there is a serious problem. I highly doubt this new update to WGA will affect my install in any way, shape or form.