My first experience with memory addressing came when I used the POKE and PEEK commands to cheat in Commodore 64 games.
8.3 forever, baby!
*pours out a 'foty'*
*pours out a 'foty'*
Seperate autoexec.bat files for each game?! No, man! You made one autoexec and used MS-DOS batch scripts to select what you wanted from a menu.
"Command Line - 1
Wing Commander - 2
Civilization - 3
Pixelated GIF porn - x"
"Command Line - 1
Wing Commander - 2
Civilization - 3
Pixelated GIF porn - x"
Guinness. The original "bread in a can".
Yes, yes, a thousand times yes.
I'd be inconsolable if they took my Zune Pass away.
I'd be inconsolable if they took my Zune Pass away.
The Kinect has an array microphone that can locate the sound source in 3D space. It's smart enough to know that it should ignore sounds coming out of your television's speakers, but still listen to you on your couch.
I'm a huge Microsoft fan, border-line fanboy. I've always been a PC gamer. I'm a developer working primarily with Microsoft technologies. Hell, I carry a Windows Phone. That being said...
I just wish Microsoft would swallow their pride, kill GFWL, and throw a huge pile of cash at Valve to integrate Steam tightly into Windows. While they're at it they could make XBOX Live interoperable with Steam so I could see my Steam achievements on my phone.
I just wish Microsoft would swallow their pride, kill GFWL, and throw a huge pile of cash at Valve to integrate Steam tightly into Windows. While they're at it they could make XBOX Live interoperable with Steam so I could see my Steam achievements on my phone.
Eh... Lay off Playpus man, guys. He stated his opinion while also pointing out his repect for the other position. Commenters like him should be encouraged, not yelled at.
I disagree with you Platypus, especially your point about the world having been a better place without guns. A firearm is an equalizer. One makes the smallest woman as powerful as the largest man. With the proper training and practice a whole class of citizen can now protect themselves when in past centuries they would've been helpless.
I disagree with you Platypus, especially your point about the world having been a better place without guns. A firearm is an equalizer. One makes the smallest woman as powerful as the largest man. With the proper training and practice a whole class of citizen can now protect themselves when in past centuries they would've been helpless.
It's true though! How many times when some PC franchise makes the jump to consoles have we heard something like "our goal is to make the game more accessable"? That tends to simply be code for "we're dumbing it down".
I don't fault anybody for wanting a more casual experience, but it is true that console games by and large are far easier than PC titles. The Nintendo Wii is the natural evolution of that trend.
I don't fault anybody for wanting a more casual experience, but it is true that console games by and large are far easier than PC titles. The Nintendo Wii is the natural evolution of that trend.
As soon as Microsoft gets around to rolling out group policy support and app side-loading it's game over for RIM. They've had a nice run, but they're just becoming redundant.
Whoa... Down, fluffy! You'll burst a blood vessel.
I was mearly pointing out that Apple has allowed themselves to fall behind the curve in some areas and is now playing catch-up.
It's not worth giving yourself a fanboi aneurism over.
I was mearly pointing out that Apple has allowed themselves to fall behind the curve in some areas and is now playing catch-up.
It's not worth giving yourself a fanboi aneurism over.
I don't get it. This is new?
I've been doing this with my Windows Phones since Windows Mobile 6.1. My Eee Slate saves everything to my Windows Live SkyDrive. Plus Microsoft gives me 25 GB, not a measly five.
Also, with my Zune Pass I can stream almost anything in the catalog from the Cloud to my phone (over the air and wi-fi), slate and desktop.
I fail to see what the big deal is. Isn't this just Apple playing catch-up to Microsoft?
I've been doing this with my Windows Phones since Windows Mobile 6.1. My Eee Slate saves everything to my Windows Live SkyDrive. Plus Microsoft gives me 25 GB, not a measly five.
Also, with my Zune Pass I can stream almost anything in the catalog from the Cloud to my phone (over the air and wi-fi), slate and desktop.
I fail to see what the big deal is. Isn't this just Apple playing catch-up to Microsoft?
I'm loving Microsoft's new "content as interface" design philosophy. I can do without all the useless chrome and candy-coated buttons that come on other platforms. Seriously, it looks like a graphic arts student threw up all over the OSX desktop.
I'm posting this reply from my Asus Eee Slate Windows 7 tablet. It's got a Core i5 CPU and four GB of RAM. It's run everything I've thrown at it. Although some higher end games stutter a bit (curse you Intel integrated graphics). Given that this thing is sold out everywhere it's a fair bet that this is the future of Windows tablets.
But you're right in assuming that there'll be a large number of less capable ARM-based devices for more casual users. Those tablets will still run anything targeted at the .NET Framework. In fact I see Microsoft porting Windows to ARM as a critical step. One day I'd like to see all of the old Win32 libraries die. The only native code in Windows should be the hardware abstraction layer with everything above running as managed .NET code. This gets us a little closer to that ideal.
But you're right in assuming that there'll be a large number of less capable ARM-based devices for more casual users. Those tablets will still run anything targeted at the .NET Framework. In fact I see Microsoft porting Windows to ARM as a critical step. One day I'd like to see all of the old Win32 libraries die. The only native code in Windows should be the hardware abstraction layer with everything above running as managed .NET code. This gets us a little closer to that ideal.
The Apple faithful believe that the tablet race, and the smartphone race for that matter, was over the moment Steve Jobs' father didn't pull out in time.
It means you're a moron since you mistook your computer for your phone.
Alternatively you could just be a troll... #trollpatrol
Alternatively you could just be a troll... #trollpatrol
Why not? Apple made a giant phone and called it a tablet.
I've been running Windows 7 on my Eee Slate and it is surprisingly usable... even fun. The OS and most Microsoft applications work well with Windows Touch. Some third party applications aren't optomized for touch very well though. The thing is, if they would respect the user's DPI settings, like they should have for years, then it wouldn't be an issue.
That being said, Windows on a capacitive device is a joy to use. It's incredible to have a slick tablet with the power to run real applications and do meaningful work. It's not just a phone with a bigger screen for media consumtion (although without Flash and Siverlight media consumption can be a challenge too).
Now if we could just get the game studios to touch-optomize their RTSes...
That being said, Windows on a capacitive device is a joy to use. It's incredible to have a slick tablet with the power to run real applications and do meaningful work. It's not just a phone with a bigger screen for media consumtion (although without Flash and Siverlight media consumption can be a challenge too).
Now if we could just get the game studios to touch-optomize their RTSes...
Ha, awesome! More Powerpig illustrations, please.
Ouch, man, that's brutal. have you tried contacting Valve? It's Sony's charlie-foxtrot, but Valve really should step up and provide some way for PS3 users to get their game on the PC.
In fact, given that movies and video games are really the only entertainment you guys have access to over there all the game companies should make a special effort for military people.
In fact, given that movies and video games are really the only entertainment you guys have access to over there all the game companies should make a special effort for military people.
