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Comment Re:Head of the division, you say? (Score 1) 1307

by belgar on Monday April 18, 2011 @03:07PM (#35858888) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Do I Give IT a Login On Our Dept. Server?

Dude! Lighten up! He asked the IT for access rather than bull-headedly blazing ahead.

I'm assuming that "bull-blazing ahead" in your book doesn't include buying, configuring and plugging a server into the network, with no mention until he wanted access to it through the firewall, is that right?

Right. Carry on then.

An Early Look At Next-Gen Shooter Bodycount 238

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday April 20, 2010 @03:59AM from the piece-by-piece dept.

If you ask fans of first-person shooters what feature they'd like to see in a new game, their answers — now and for the past 15 years — probably involve destructible environments. Game developers have tried to satisfy this demand with scripted events, breakable objects, and more crates than you can shake a rocket launcher at. However, Bodycount, an upcoming game from Codemasters Guildford, is aiming to deliver what gamers have wanted for so long: the ability to blast apart whatever you please. Quoting the Guardian's games blog from their hands-on with the game: "... it's not just about effect, it's about access. In Bodycount, you can blow chunks out of thinner interior walls, allowing you to burst through and catch enemies by surprise. You can also brilliantly modify cover objects – if you're hiding behind a crate and want to take out enemies without popping up from behind it, shoot a hole in it. Bingo, you've got a comparatively safe firing vantage. The difference between this and say, Red Faction or Bad Company, is that the destruction isn't limited to pre-set building sections. It's everywhere. This should, of course, grind the processor to a halt, but the team has come up with a simple compromise to facilitate its vision. 'The trick is that we're not running full physics on everything,' explains lead coder, Jon Creighton. ... This is tied in with one of the best cover systems I've ever seen. While in a crouching position (gained by holding the left trigger down), you can use the left analogue stick to subtly look and aim around your cover object, ducking and peeking to gain that perfect view of the war zone. It's natural, it's comfortable and it's adaptive, and it will surely consign the whole 'locking on' mechanic to the graveyard of cover system history."

Comment Re:Yet another infomation-free summary... (Score 1) 198

by belgar on Friday January 22, 2010 @04:02PM (#30862840) Attached to: OnLive Gaming Service Gets Lukewarm Approval

Oh, Lag fighting with Mechwarrior 2 on the Kali network. Such fond memories.

Whatever Happened To Second Life? 209

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday January 05, 2010 @07:30AM from the i-blame-ralph dept.

Barence writes "It's desolate, dirty, and sex is outcast to a separate island. In this article, PC Pro's Barry Collins returns to Second Life to find out what went wrong, and why it's raking in more cash than ever before. It's a follow-up to a feature written three years ago, in which Collins spent a week living inside Second Life to see what the huge fuss at the time was all about. The difference three years can make is eye-opening."

Comment Re:I for one (Score 1) 105

by belgar on Thursday November 12, 2009 @12:03PM (#30073630) Attached to: Great White Sharks Visiting San Francisco

You know, I always knew that this shot ACTUALLY happened. This just confirms it!

Comment Re:Obama voted AGAINST mobile phone research! (Score 1) 136

by belgar on Saturday November 01, 2008 @01:39AM (#25592697) Attached to: Motorola Moving to Android, Windows Mobile for Smartphones

What blows me away is not that someone has a hardon for/against Obama, but that someone took the time to write this weird-ass shit, and then post it. I've got lots of political vitriol inside me, but nothing that would merit the time it took to write this amazing piece. Well done, AC. You have freaked me out/blown my mind more than anyone else on /.

Motorola Moving to Android, Windows Mobile for Smartphones 136

Posted by Soulskill on Friday October 31, 2008 @10:14PM from the changing-horses dept.

nerdyH writes "Motorola will ditch its MotoMAGX Linux stack and UIQ Symbian stack in favor of Google's Android Linux/Java stack and Windows Mobile 6.5 and 7, it announced today. The news comes after five years selling millions of Linux phones in Asia, and after a year during which many of Motorola's top US phones used the homegrown Linux stack. Motorola's current Linux phones in the US include the RAZR2 v8, E8, EM30, U9, ZN4, and ZN5." This also comes alongside news that Motorola's financial hardships are causing them to cut 3,000 jobs. It also puts into perspective their recent plans to hire hundreds of Android developers.

Apple Plans To Make Chips For Handhelds 154

Posted by Soulskill on Friday October 31, 2008 @04:54PM from the single-core-multi-core-or-apple-core dept.

Preedit writes "Apple plans to get into the business of designing microprocessors for handheld devices, according to legal papers that are part of a dispute between IBM and one of its top technology executives. IBM is suing Power chip expert Mark Papermaster for allegedly violating a non-compete agreement and accepting a job at Apple. In court papers, IBM claims Apple wants Papermaster 'to design microprocessors for incorporation in a variety of electronic devices, including handheld devices.' The suit, according to Infoweek, also notes that Apple earlier this year bought out P.A. Semi. IBM thinks it knows why."

Triple Booting an Intel Mac the Right Way 101

Posted by timothy on Friday October 31, 2008 @12:00PM from the use-three-boots dept.

Miah Clayton writes "In the past, installing Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows on an Intel mac meant that you were forced into only having 3 usable partition slots due to the MBR/GPT hybrid limitations. Steven Noonan figured out a way to avoid dealing with the MBR partition limit and have a Linux install that isn't performance-crippled by having a swap file instead of a swap partition."

Hubble Telescope's Main Camera Shuts Down 131

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday January 29, 2007 @06:54PM from the always-on-the-fritz dept.

anthemaniac writes "Space.com is reporting that the aging observatory's primary camera, the ACS, has been in safe mode since the weekend. From the article: 'An initial investigation indicates the camera has stopped functioning, and the input power feed to its Side B electronics package has failed.' The camera has shut down before and been revived."

Vista Upgrades Require Presence of Old OS 561

Posted by kdawson on Sunday January 28, 2007 @09:43PM from the recovery?-disaster dept.

kapaopango writes "Ars Technica is reporting that upgrade versions of Windows Vista Home Basic, Premium, and Starter Edition cannot be installed on a PC unless Windows XP or Windows 2000 is already installed. This is a change from previous versions of Windows, which only required a valid license key. This change has the potential to make disaster recovery very tedious. The article says: 'For its part, Microsoft seems to be confident that the Vista repair process should be sufficient to solve any problems with the OS, since otherwise the only option for disaster recovery in the absence of backups would be to wipe a machine, install XP, and then upgrade to Vista. This will certainly make disaster recovery a more irritating experience.'"

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