Seriously. Where's a speeding, out-of-control Michael Bay-style 18-wheeler loaded with gasoline and hand grenades that's already on fire when you need one? I think Google's entire response should be a photocopy of an enormous erect penis that just says "suck it" at the bottom.
...my neverending, streaming, wi-fi hi-def porn coat will happen! I am currently mapping the addresses of every shopping mall and elementary school within the 5 miles that I'm allowed to travel from my home.
If they can solve the issues of drivers and the various distros with various libraries and such, this has the potential to be more like a combine
Have you not played Half-Life 2, man!? WE DON'T WANT THE COMBINE!
Lindsay Lohan steals an Escalade, goes on a high-speed chase up PCH, shows up at jail with a load of blow in her pants, and two years later the cops are all "hey, if you could show up for a deposition or something that would be, kind of, you know, cool and stuff."
One hardware nerd loses a phone and suddenly it's a goddamned national disaster. ZOMGMANTHEBATTLESHIPS!
Well, they have to let the hardware cook for a while to see if it's up to the state of the Mozart. Perhaps in the Beethoven.
Half Life was built upon a modified Quake engine, still one of the best games (second to Unreal)
Second t... to "Unreal?"
Sir, this indignity will not stand. I demand satisfaction. Headcrabs at 20 paces. Harrumph!
So... just how small are these claims?
*fap*
Will it be fiber, some sort of wireless technology, or just a regular broadband?
Well, that certainly Explains it All.
On behalf of "stupid monkey" actors everywhere, allow me to invite you to bite my... you know what? Forget it. You typed exactly one sentence and made about 48 errors. Anything I say is just going to be as pointless and unhelpful as your post.
And for those of us without water tight seals on the toilet?
An otter will do in a pinch.
That point can't be emphasized enough. The difference between gaming on a Mac and a PC and the difference between their target markets is incredibly important. Your average Slashdotter will buy a game, get a message about needing to update a driver (download a patch, tweak a setting, stock up on magic smoke at the nerd store, etc.) and not only look at it as an excuse to tinker under the hood for an hour, but actually enjoy themselves the entire time. The typical Mac owner not only doesn't enjoy tinkering under the hood, they aren't even aware that such a thing is possible or that there's even a hood. Never underestimate the number of people who want their software to plug & play as reliably as a USB device. Also, the people who are attracted to Macs because of their ease of use are also the ones who are least likely to spend hours and hours learning how to play a twitchy shooter and most likely to enjoy a game they can pick up in five minutes and play in short bursts rather than devoting an entire weekend to it.
A platform like Steam that integrates neatly into an OSX desktop and makes buying and playing games as easy as a mouse click or two might not sell a million copies of the Orange Box, but I can easily see sales from the Big Fish Games catalog going up a few hundred percent in no time. People who are willing to spend $3,000 on a Mac that's outperformed by a $1,000 PC are exactly the ones I'd be aiming my $10 game at.
...required by the phone companies? You know, the ones that pretty much ended up being "Yeah, listen, I need all the numbers this brown guy called. He's with the Al Quakers or something. Who, me? FBI? Sure, whatever it takes."
Yeah, the nicotine's only half the equation.
The other half is the whole physical act. I still can't concentrate properly if I'm not holding something in my hand.
I have the same problem, but it usually involves that "special" folder I have hidden on my hard drive.
Why do you hate hating America?
"Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love." -- Albert Einstein
