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<a href="http://abbuw.newgrounds.com/news/post/842973">http://abbuw.newgrounds.com/news/post/842973</a>
Dude's got a new Doom mod......
Nice, thanks for the tip
Thanks so much for all your help! It's been over a decade since I've sat before GTA 3... man, so much water has passed under the bridge, since I played that game. For almost a year before it was released, I kept telling my gaming buddies it was gonna be epic once it hit the PS2, and it sure was!
No problem, helping the GTA lecagy stay alive is one of my many great ambitions in life! :D Yeah, it's hard to believe it's that old considering it's still so playable, and I guess the 10 Year Anniversary edition for mobile devices, with pretty much no graphical changes except for the interface, proves that point in its popularity. There are definitely some downsides to the game though that you notice after playing the sequels... like not being able to swim, getting your car blown up immediately while driving through Mafia territory, not being able to jump over even short ledges, not being able to fly... apart from graphics, were there in any differences in the PS2 version btw?
Well for III, VC and SA, the graphics on the PC were unfiltered, meaning the codec used to render graphic on the PS2 were not present in the PC versions.... I'll take off 'trails' and futz around a bit more....
Aha. So by default better looking graphics on the PS2 versions?
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I remember seeing you around this site like, 6 years ago.
The fact that you are still here is neat.
Thanks man, I'm simply robot. ;)
:O You a bot?!? I've run into some damn fine ones, before my early PC repair days.
Game's looking good on my 2.2 ghz single 64 bit core... CPU barely twitches, but the built in nvidia 6150LE video card sucks balls, real high latency :| Fabulous detail!
I'm a bob, but ah, same thing. :P
Single core with 64-bit?! I didn't know such a thing existed, nice. Detail? It's better than it was on the other computer?
O_e watchoo talkin' bout Willis? Bob...
Yeah, they had single core 64 bit processors, unfortunately, I listened to a pseudo-tech head, and went that way.... an AMD 939 instead of an AM2 chipset, which would've had support for dual-core processors.
Pff, the other computer is a 32 bit, Intel, 10 y/o laptop, no competition at all :| Still gonna work on updating drivers though, or just getting a wireless N card for the better rig, from Goodwill, hopefully. Or just build a new box.
Speaking about Willis, just watched 'A good day to die hard' yesterday, the dad-son combo worked surprisingly well, though I'm getting a bit fed up with shaky cam usage. They couldn't keep the camera still for a single dialog, and while zooming in on the action they kept zooming in on something irrelevant then suddenly moving the focus at the end of the zoom. Filming technique is turning to shit... but good movie, some incredible stunts.
Chipsets are a white blotch in my memory map, but dual core definately sounds like a better change. If you didn't have any financial limitations, what parts would you fill a new box with?
Kool-aid guy: Oh Yeahhh...
Cool. :) I've probably missed out on lotsa good commercials!
(Kool-Aid guy's kinda old. even fer me!)
I never appreciated the woosy camera shots. But I've done them, but to good effect, I hope. You have to show intent, not ineptitude. Really miss producing video for the sleeping masses :(
After seeing the evil Intel did (payoffs, industrial espionage, overpricing to the max), I'm an AMD kinda guy. It's too bad there's no competition in the video card field. I was pretty happy with my Matrox card, back in the day. I was thinking about a 5 or 8 core AMD... Black edition even. I like Asus mother boards for some reason.... all the other manufacturers aren't around anymore.
Yeah, I'm hoping it's just a phase, they need to realize the best way to view a scene is objectively, not as a scriptless character. I feel cheated on action scenes especially when I don't get a good view of everything, just the impression that things are intense. Fast movements. Quick switches. If you watch old Jackie Chan movies for example you'll notice there were plenty of cuts even back then, but they're all much cleaner, it's not as noticeable and annoying... I feel. Plausible career opportunity?
Didn't know about Intel's evil side, I think both my current computers run Intel, but the new one's AMD, an Asus MoBo too. Do you know anything about running multiple video cards btw?
I've never done the dual vid card, but it sounds like a sweet concept... you just put the dual-link plastic bridge on the mobo, plug in two of the exact same vid card, and BAM, over-the-top performance, allegedly.
Yeah mon, I feel exactly the way you do about video in the modern age...... a little, amateur documentary type footage is nice, but too much camera movement just kills it. Luckily, I don't watch TV (since 2008), so whatever they're doing, I'm not seeing :) Interwebz choice in video rules!!1
Ah, that simple! Easy to upgrade.
I stopped watching regular TV shows a few years back for the sake of efficiency, but I still watch plenty of movies. Most of them via PC. Seems like the only thing that really changed was the screen size, bit of a downgrade too.. yeah! woo! Interweb111
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Yup (from America, fuck yea).
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMxH7JLVdhc">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMxH7JLVdhc</a>
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Hmm, have you seen "King of the Hill"? I do wonder what kind of television-type programming is on your cable box, so I do. How much of it is translated English speaking stuff?
You (to my perspective), live in a fantasy world of goodness, far away from the dire problems and strife of almost all Western cultures (politically and economically speaking), yet still live in fiscal and Western style luxury.
That show showed in the clip below? I've seen a little bit of it... the part you linked to. :)
As for my cable box, it stopped working a couple of years ago, I realized this when there actually was some now-unknown show I'd have liked to watch, but I haven't bothered getting a new one since I'm pretty content with the content I gain from the Internet. The shows we do get here are a mesh of International and Swedish content though, there are plenty of American/English shows that have have Swedish varieties based upon them, like 'The Weakest Link' and 'American Idol', along with national talk shows, random contests, etc. As for series, I'd think it's pretty much the same as in the US, Simpsons, Louise & Clark, South Park, American Dad, 24, Revenge, Burn Notice, Stargate Atlantis, Lost, Sledge Hammer, etcetc. Don't know about new series though, like I said I haven't watched regular TV in a few years. All of these are in English and I don't recall if there were subs or not, but Swedish people are generally not so bad English speakers. Apart from those, there's the occasional Swedish series, mostly comedies, but I've never really settled for Swedish humor, it's too satirical for my taste. The humor's I prefer are, in probable order: Japanese, British, Korean, American, French and Thai. Our movies are usually gruelingly serious too, too much realism for me, but there are exceptions.
Hehe, as always, it seems Americans live in a cage, a continent of their own, unaware of the troubles that linger in countries that bridge the seas. That's a well-known fact here. ;) I'd think the whole world is a bit of a fantasy world though, just waiting to break down. We can't keep abusing the Earth like we do forever.
That's fascinating, thank you! Yeah, I gave up cable and then TV as well (mostly thanks to Congress changing the old analog signal to something digital and glitchy). Sounds like the Swedes could use a new writer/producer to create not-so-reality-based-entertainment!
:\ We are ugly Americans, and do live in a cage. We keep thinking our government only impacts us, and not the rest of the world politically, militarily and emotionally! We really are just sheep, because if we speak out too much, we disappear (usually after a visit from a Federal agent, politely warning us to shut up). That's why everyone here is hooked on all kinds of drugs, and are sick all the time (household, agricultural and industrial chemical use doesn't help either).
Yeah, old reliable technology keeps getting replaced with waves of the digital age, I do like progress, but a lot of it is just an unnecessary complication of life. They plan on making tax for TV obligatory too, even to those who don't watch/own TV. Sure it'll make it impossible to cheat the system, but it seems like an unfair regulation to me... same thing with the tax added to hard drives and other storage devices, reason being they 'can' be used to store copyright-infringing material. And the money they get from those taxes don't even go to the right right-holders, it goes straight to government wallet. If the government wallet was used for a useful purpose then maybe that wouldn't be such a bad thing...
Oh man, let me clarify, I meant just that: that Americans tend to think their government affects everyone, or that it should affect everyone, that the American state is the foundation of moral value and ideal in the world, when really there are so many more that play a part in the power balance,, and so many more sides to the circle of what is right and wrong. But we all have stereotypes other nations, I guess, and their inhabitants. Have you tried Swedish Fish btw (the candy)? If you want to buy some in Sweden, the easiest way is to import from the US. :)
The government here really has no control, though, since defense was downgraded they seem to rely on NATO to defend our borders if any trouble does arise, and as a result the Russians are getting a bit pissed off at us. I wouldn't be surprised if they decide to stage an attack and take over, it'd be so easy. Normally Sweden's always been neutral, but the current leaders are a naive and greedy bunch. At least SAPO (the Federal counterpart here) isn't as competent at making people disappear, but the politicians have managed to make cowards out of the people thanks to the wellknown wellfare system that's now crumbling to pieces. Not sure about the statistics, but I think I read somewhere that the taxes here are some of the highest in the world. Entrepreneurs pay almost half of their income in tax. I shouldn't be ranting so much when I'm not so negatively afflicted by all this injustice though, life is OK. :/
A TV tax for people who don't use TV? Ludicrous :| Why not accept the British model of a TV license? And a tax on recordable material (or just HD's)? Sounds too much like the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamp_act">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamp_act</a> yet another reason we bolted from British rule. You wouldn't mind such taxes, if they were properly accounted for, and the revenue of said taxes, were used as they were meant (as opposed to going to the 'general fund').
I think as time goes on, the few numbers Americans who believe we got 'it' right, and should aggressively promote our way of life, will dwindle. If we're going to lead, let it be by example only... but our example is dirty, shoddy and unruly. Heh, haven't had Swedish fish in a dog's age, and I do like them!
NATO? Fuck NATO! Stand for yourselves! Especially with the North-West arctic passage being open (to fishing and, of course, oil drilling), you need... a deterrent :|
So, there's a rather large welfare state in your country, huh? Not good. In this country, it basically keeps the poor people in large cities, fed and housed (and not rioting) :| The poor people in the suburbs and country (for the most part) are on their own... Landowners have it the roughest here, paying heavy school taxes, that never seem to increase the intelligence of the kids attending, only to support a faulty system, of union protected teachers, who only are allowed to teach what's in the Nationally/State mandated 'lesson plans', which are geared to teach obedience and direction-following only (which assures compliance and control of the future workforce). Nice run-on sentence, huh?
Indeed. I don't think the storage tax affects recordable material like tapes, it's HDs, SD cards, flash drives... stuff like that. Ah, interesting act.
So the numbers of such individuals are few? It's always the minority that make themselves heard, I suppose. Haven't tasted Swedish fish myself btw, yet, hope to take a trip to the states eventually. :)
Yupp, I wish the politicians thought so too. They arrange military exercises in collaboration with NATO as well, and what a waste it is. We don't have any deserts to bomb, just dense forests. You'd think they'd care more about remaining wildlife, but it appears the cuts on defense don't cut down on destruction. Also, resource mining is free for any country here, the winnings go to the rest of the world, not us, right now Canadians are prospecting for uranium and all kinds of minerals up North. But the government sees any foreign exploitation as a potential increase in jobs. The deterrent might be... a revolution. :P But it seems nobody has the will/power to do anything.
Yeah, there's welfare for everyone, and everyone's allowed in; immigrants get a bigger cut than pensioners. Everybody without a job gets allowance, hospital fees are free after a certain margin, sickness is rewarded... the only service that's still hellishly expensive for everyone is dental care.
People gather in the cities here as well, or rather, the one big city (Stockholm). That's where all the jobs are, they claim. In most smaller villages the medium age is around 70. School is free here, university/collage too. I went to International schools for a while, with American curriculum. The history specifically seemed a bit angled, but overall the quality of education was waaay better than it is here. Teachers have the most underpaid jobs right now, nobody wants to be be a teacher, since schools don't have the right to suspend or expel students (I believe that's the reason) there's no order. Everybody comes and goes as they please, nobody really needs or wants to learn. I didn't get a very good impression of it when I moved back from abroad, and since I graduated they say it's worse. But we don't have the problems with violence that you seem to have, no shootouts... yet, no problems with weapons being brought onto campus. Btw, how common is it for people to get shot while trespassing around where you live?
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Hm, seems like your Interior Dept. or whoever looks at public lands should get off their asses and re-asses the situation :| Maybe even tax or levy a fee at foreign mining companies, to fund the defense of your country! But in fairness, the people of Sweden get paid a living wage, for almost any job, amirite? That's a quality of living the US hasn't seen, since just after the end of WWII.
Oh, Gob no. Hardly anyone ever gets shot around here. It's only in large liberally (Democratic party) run cities, that cave into the violence and 'street-economics' of drugs, women and bling 'reallocation' :\ but there exceptions to that rule. Outside these cities, there's not much gun violence at all. In point of fact, the rate for such crimes has gone down (even against population growth) for 20 years, ever since the Ronald Reagan era's 'political correctness' social order took hold (which was created by the ruling elements of our government, not any one party).
But most ppl who get murdered here, are shot. And with mandatory minimum prison sentences for non-violent criminals, the prisons are a booming, private industry (though many jails and prisons are county, State, and Federally created and operated)... which undoubtedly do create even worse criminals.
They should. And your right, employees definitely get paid a living wage, so life's pretty comfortable for everyone who works for someone else. At the same time though, new graduates have a harder time getting real jobs because of regulations on the minimum wage allowed. There's not supposed to be an initial difference based on age or competence, so that of course contributes to a shortage of jobs. And the less jobs there are, the more taxes the people who do have jobs need to pay to keep the jobless portion of the populace in good health. It's nice with a safety net like this, but at the same time it's constantly abused; not fair for those who work hard and get little reward. Self-employed people (farmers, for example) are required to pay more than regular employees, and need to save their own pension. It's not a very good business climate for smaller companies, which is why a lot of companies move their production to other countries, which is why the government tries to appeal to the international market with natural resources as a lure to get companies back in. Vicious cycles...
That's good to hear!
Oh, sounds like the world of Death Race is becoming a reality over there! Speaking of which, privatization of social establishments is another problem. Most government-owned establishments were sold in recent years to open up for competition, and as a result service is suddenly much worse. With independent companies maintaining railways, roads, healthcare, etc, the interest has shifted from the service itself to monetization of the service. If things go bad, nobody takes responsibility either... but I could keep ranting on the wrongs of this world forever! Obligatory mood swap initiated: Today, the sun is shining, I sat out in the shade in a cool breeze eating a frozen banana. Life's bright! I'm getting the computer back on Wednesday, twas the graphics card that was broken, and the new one ordered to replace it will be slightly better than that which has now been discarded. 2GB VRAM instead of 1. That should be able to handle a sequel or two...
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