Actually, we hear more from Scavier than just a few years ago. The progress report we have here is not something Scawen used to post. I gave up long ago the idea of trying to influence the way Scavier manage the game in any way.
I don't agree with how they develop this thing, or let's say that if it was mine, I wouldn't do things the same way. LFS is not managed the conventional way. That is, trying to make money with it. The whole project stands somewhere between the normal, professionally developed project, and the amateur, home developed one.
What I understand from the way LFS is managed is that Scavier want to keep things under control. They wouldn't want the game to be developed by 200 people that ultimately lead to having a monstrous piece of programming. Yet, I don't see how that would happen with having, say, 20 or 30 more people actively working on LFS.
I don't agree with how they develop this thing, or let's say that if it was mine, I wouldn't do things the same way. LFS is not managed the conventional way. That is, trying to make money with it. The whole project stands somewhere between the normal, professionally developed project, and the amateur, home developed one.
What I understand from the way LFS is managed is that Scavier want to keep things under control. They wouldn't want the game to be developed by 200 people that ultimately lead to having a monstrous piece of programming. Yet, I don't see how that would happen with having, say, 20 or 30 more people actively working on LFS.
Why would you then trust the thing you posted, which seem nothing more than a blog?
Anyway, what it just looks like to me is that DX10 and 11 do bring new features, but that they've been for the most part announced early, and handled as if they were already there. That is true especially for DX10, and the features are actually there in DX11.
The other problem that DX faces is that the difference really isn't that big between DX9 and DX11. Partly because developers in general can't be bothered to develop a game that will not reach half of the gamer's population, but also simply because the visual difference is not as big as advertised.
OpenGL to me is the sad story. The one of the product that has actually got more potential than its competitor, but which cannot do much because it is plagued by delays, questionable management and weight of the giant, dominant product.
Now, getting OpenGL to LFS probably will not happen. They're quite different APIs and while I'm not very well versed in programing, I'll assume that making the switch is impossible without designing a whole new engine.
Anyway, what it just looks like to me is that DX10 and 11 do bring new features, but that they've been for the most part announced early, and handled as if they were already there. That is true especially for DX10, and the features are actually there in DX11.
The other problem that DX faces is that the difference really isn't that big between DX9 and DX11. Partly because developers in general can't be bothered to develop a game that will not reach half of the gamer's population, but also simply because the visual difference is not as big as advertised.
OpenGL to me is the sad story. The one of the product that has actually got more potential than its competitor, but which cannot do much because it is plagued by delays, questionable management and weight of the giant, dominant product.
Now, getting OpenGL to LFS probably will not happen. They're quite different APIs and while I'm not very well versed in programing, I'll assume that making the switch is impossible without designing a whole new engine.
So, they expect aussies to stay up a good chunk of the night to see cars go around a track in the middle of no-where with nobody around it? Hardly a good idea.
edit: oh, 2009....
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Well, nevertheless a bad idea.
edit: oh, 2009....
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Well, nevertheless a bad idea.
I would say yes, but only in part. Nobody first steps in the driver's position of a car with no idea at all what is going on. We all have seen car before, have been in cars as passengers, have seen them on T.V. or in our case have driven virtual cars. Each of these probably bring different addition to your pre-driving experience. The first three obviously bring a lot of it, for we all basically know what to do when we step in the car. What remains is fine tuning (at least for most people).
Provided that a game is realistic enough, I don't see why it wouldn't bring its share of knowledge about driving. As to what exactly is this experience consisted of, I do not know.
Provided that a game is realistic enough, I don't see why it wouldn't bring its share of knowledge about driving. As to what exactly is this experience consisted of, I do not know.
So if anyone is interested in visiting Canada, I have totems waiting for you in my backyard. One of them is broken, though.
Also, Chevrolet sucks.
Also, Chevrolet sucks.
Acer and Asus laptops are good for the simple reason that they understood that there's a market for laptops that don't look retarded. Most current laptops from the big brands (HP, Toshiba, Sony, etc) look so incredibly retarded, that you definitely wonder if they put any money on anything else than a crazy design. Which leads those things to be generally crap.
I like the old basic laptop look. Acer is a brand that grew on me. It's the whole "new corporation that overpowers the old one" thing all over again. As for Asus, they seem to be good at everything they do. I personally own an Asus motherboard, as well as a monitor, and both have been working flawlessly for months.
I like the old basic laptop look. Acer is a brand that grew on me. It's the whole "new corporation that overpowers the old one" thing all over again. As for Asus, they seem to be good at everything they do. I personally own an Asus motherboard, as well as a monitor, and both have been working flawlessly for months.
This.
Game developpers don't impose monthly fees on their constumers for no reason. Games which require them are basically only MMOs, and you can safely say that if there was no monthly fee, the only way to keep the servers up would be for them to sell the game at a ridiculously high price.
Further than that, those MMOs that require you to pay per month have corporation servers for a reason; they just couldn't be third party. There are tons of rules that need to be followed, and giving third parties the power to manage those servers would usually result in failure.
I wouldn't pay per month for LFS, simply because there is no reason to do so.
The error log, or the picture of the RSOD itself would be more useful, to be honest. There's no much to be learned from the error signature. 
btw, that's XP?
btw, that's XP?
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Considering you already have win 7 installed, you can just use the windows disk management tool to resize an already existing partition to install your xp on, or to create a whole new one if you have unpartitioned space. Do indeed defrag the partition you want to resize, though. You will not be able to resize the partition in every imaginable ways, being limited by non-movable files.
But I'd try what need said first... it's hard to imagine that there wouldn't be a way to make a G25 work on 7.
But I'd try what need said first... it's hard to imagine that there wouldn't be a way to make a G25 work on 7.
The announced battery life for a iPod is usually way under what you'll get, assuming that you use it as the average person would, and that means not letting it play for 12 hours straight, but instead switching songs rather often, and browsing your songs.
Personally, I browse my songs a lot, and I know for a fact that the battery bars on my iPod go down heavily when I do that. Sure, they then stabilize, and even go up, but that at least shows that simply browsing through your songs is heavy battery consumption.
Same probably goes for the iPad. Pretending that it will get any specific time of battery life, regardless of the activity, is brainless at best, and a canard at worse. Consistently watching movies with all sorts of options turned on will inevitably shorten the battery life.
Also, what happens when the battery dies on that thing? Obviously I guess you'll have to send it to Apple, for a fee, and get an all new one (or at least a refurbished one). Another downside for the thing...
Personally, I don't see why I'd need to fill the gap between the mp3 player and the laptop. What's likely to happen is that it will try do the work of both, worse than the laptop and mp3 player. You want your mp3 player to be portable, so the iPad obviously doesn't leave the start-box in the race against the mp3 player. As for the laptop, you want it, among other things, to be powerful, convenient, widescreen, long lasting and versatile, none of which I think the iPad will be.
Personally, I browse my songs a lot, and I know for a fact that the battery bars on my iPod go down heavily when I do that. Sure, they then stabilize, and even go up, but that at least shows that simply browsing through your songs is heavy battery consumption.
Same probably goes for the iPad. Pretending that it will get any specific time of battery life, regardless of the activity, is brainless at best, and a canard at worse. Consistently watching movies with all sorts of options turned on will inevitably shorten the battery life.
Also, what happens when the battery dies on that thing? Obviously I guess you'll have to send it to Apple, for a fee, and get an all new one (or at least a refurbished one). Another downside for the thing...
Personally, I don't see why I'd need to fill the gap between the mp3 player and the laptop. What's likely to happen is that it will try do the work of both, worse than the laptop and mp3 player. You want your mp3 player to be portable, so the iPad obviously doesn't leave the start-box in the race against the mp3 player. As for the laptop, you want it, among other things, to be powerful, convenient, widescreen, long lasting and versatile, none of which I think the iPad will be.
Thing I was wondering. Why would someone buy a 829$ iPad (that's the 32GB one) instead of a laptop? You can get a pretty reasonable laptop these days for 829$. Assuming that you'd pay as much for the iPad's 3G connection as you'd do for your laptop's, and that the battery life is somewhat similar, I don't see what the iPad really has of an advantage. 32GB is pretty poor is term of storage, especially for something that's got a screen you'd want to watch movies on. I guess that the iPad would be easier to use, but then again who doesn't know how to use a computer anymore?
Known issue with HP laptops. Couldn't say if it's intented or not, though. Try using BatteryBar to get the remaining time to show up (http://osirisdevelopment.com/BatteryBar/). OR, don't buy HP laptops (which is the rule I would follow :tilt
True, they're not paying the game servers, but the master server yes. Still proves my point, there's probably not that much going into keeping the server up.
Technically, LFS probably shouldn't be more expensive. All those games you talk about that cost twice as much as LFS probably cost much more to make than LFS. LFS has only three employees to pay, next to no marketing cost, and it's not very big, so they don't have to pay for 20GB of bandwidth every time someone gets it. Also deduce the packaging cost. The only thing that would make the bill go up are the servers, but then again there's not a million people online at any time.
Dunno what you guys are complaning aboot, personally I love it. Finally a focus that doesn't look weak and boring. The rear of the current one is so retarded...
And so what if it looks like a Fiesta? It's not as if they'd copied an ugly car to begin with. Besides, whole makes have been copy/pasting their whole lines for years, and nobody complained.
And so what if it looks like a Fiesta? It's not as if they'd copied an ugly car to begin with. Besides, whole makes have been copy/pasting their whole lines for years, and nobody complained.
The whole alignment with the center of the galaxy thing is nothing more than a very loose theory, probably with no scientific fact. I do not know if the solar system will truly be aligned, but even if it is, I do not see how anybody, in the past, present or future, could ever predict the impact it would have on us. Probably, there would be none.
Think about it: what does it change for the solar system to be aligned with an object, even if it is the alleged black hole at the center of the galaxy? What forces could be present at this point in space and time that could affect something as remote from the center of the galaxy as us (we're on one of the outer spirals)? Likely nothing at all.
And the black hole is just that; a theory. We're not even sure it's there, or in any spiral galaxy, for that matter. We think they're there based on observation and evidence, but we can't really prove it. Anyway, if it truly is there, for us to be affected in any different way than we already are, we would probably need to be quite close to it, much closer than we are. 35,000 light-years is no sissy step.
also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda-Milky_Way_collision
Think about it: what does it change for the solar system to be aligned with an object, even if it is the alleged black hole at the center of the galaxy? What forces could be present at this point in space and time that could affect something as remote from the center of the galaxy as us (we're on one of the outer spirals)? Likely nothing at all.
And the black hole is just that; a theory. We're not even sure it's there, or in any spiral galaxy, for that matter. We think they're there based on observation and evidence, but we can't really prove it. Anyway, if it truly is there, for us to be affected in any different way than we already are, we would probably need to be quite close to it, much closer than we are. 35,000 light-years is no sissy step.
also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda-Milky_Way_collision
Actually I'm rather surprised something like this hasn't happened before. I mean, he's walking up a way, separated from people only by an easy-to-jump-over type of fence, and only has a few body guards to protect him? Right, I'll assume all of the people there were searched, but still, you can kill someone with a sharp piece of straw, or even with [I]fireworks[I]!
You should be able to do one of two things.
Either you can just plug the 20 first pins, which should work, assuming that you leave the correct 4 alone (check in the mobo manual for this).
Or, the PSU comes with a 20+4 connector, which fits in the atx connector, assuming that the extra 4 pins are correctly attached to the 20 first ones. Do make sure they are, else they won't go in.
The cpu atx connector should be plugged in as usual.
There's no reason for the power supply not to work with this motherboard, if it worked with the old one...
Oh yes, I didn't mean otherwise. I just mean that it may be broken, in which case it's possible that it does not start. The best way to verify this is simply to try plugging in this basic system with the old power supply (it's only 300w, but simply to boot up to the bios, especially with a diminished system, it is alright).
I would get a replacement PSU. I had a very similar problem recently. I would power up the computer, the fans would turn for about half a second, then it would die. The PSU was just unable to get good power to the computer (that's the first step in the boot process), and just shut down. The computer worked with another PSU.
So I would try to plug in the computer with the old PSU, with a basic setup (mobo, cpu, ram, graphics card) to see what happens. It works, then blame the new PSU.
About the 20+4 pin connector. You can plug a 20 pin connector in a 24 pins motherboard. The opposite is also true as the 20+4 connectors from PSUs are usually detachable into a 20 connector (hence 20+4 and not 24). The amount of power is the same in a 20 or 24 pins connector, the extra 4 pins are just there to remove a part of the stress on the other 20 pins.
The same is true about the cpu connectors. A 4 pin cpu connector can be used in a motherboard that has an 8 pin one. It's just that the 4 wires will be stressed more that way.
Well, I've read a bit.
To maximize the power consumption of the computer, you want your PSU to be as efficient as possible. That is to say, that it wastes as less energy as possible. For instance, a 100W PSU that is 75% efficient will produce 75W, and dissipate the rest in heat.
I'm sure most of you have heard of the 80 PLUS certification that is found on a lot of PSUs. That means that the PSU is 80% efficient, on average. That is the average performed in tests, conducted as part of the the 80 PLUS program.The peak efficiency on the typical PSU is around 50-75%. That means that to achieve the best possible results for your PSU, you'd want your computer's typical power use to be in that gap of peak efficiency, most preferably at the peak efficiency of the PSU (though I do see this get easily tedious).
Therefore, I'd say that the best bet is to go for a 80 PLUS certified PSU, which will have a 80% efficiency average, and will thus be somewhere around 80% at all loads.
It is true, as micha said, that the efficiency drops at lower loads, so you wouldn't want to have a 1000W PSU with a computer that only uses, say, 300W of this. However, 80 PLUS PSUs remain quite efficient (mostly over 80%) at such load. It's just that to get the most out of the PSU, you'd rather stay around 50-60% load.
Attached is the power curve of a Corsair CMPSU-1000HX (1000W) observed at the 80 PLUS tests. You can see that it remains over 80% efficient over its load curve.
For the OP, to calculate the typical power use of your computer, we'd need more info (hdds, usb devices, anything that uses the PSU) to calculate the amount of power the computer uses. To be real picky, we could then see what's the most efficient load of the PSU, and from that see if the system and the PSU fit.
Linky to test: http://www.80plus.org/manu/psu ... R-CMPSU-1000HX-Report.pdf
For the purpose of edification...
I recently found out myself that the opposite is also true: you can put a 4pin atx connector in a motherboard which has an 8 pin connector. The power is the same, it's just that the wires will be stressed more if you use only 4 pins instead of 8 (hence why they came up with the 8 pins in the first place).
I've successfully tested this myself, but not on a long term basis (which I wouldn't recommend).
I recently found out myself that the opposite is also true: you can put a 4pin atx connector in a motherboard which has an 8 pin connector. The power is the same, it's just that the wires will be stressed more if you use only 4 pins instead of 8 (hence why they came up with the 8 pins in the first place).
I've successfully tested this myself, but not on a long term basis (which I wouldn't recommend).
No, you'd just pay too much for the power supply. A power supply does not always use its listed wattage. It only uses what the computer needs. Thus, a 1000w power supply used in a computer that only needs 300 will indeed use only 300, the remaining 700w left being simply unused overkill. The role of the power supply is not, per say, to give the computer the power it needs. That's the role of the outlet. The power supply regulates the power given by the outlet, and makes sure it's safe for the computer to use (spikes, etc). The first thing checked when a computer boots is whether or not the PSU is ready to give the computer this safe power (power_good signal).
As for the OP, I'd say that a 300w PSU is probably enough for the system you plan to use. However, things could changed based a few things: other devices (Hdds, usb devices, cd/dvd/ray drives, etc), the age of the PSU (it weakens with time). Also, consider that a new power supply is an investment that gives you the opportunity to enhance your system without having to upgrade the power supply.
Personally, I'd buy a power supply with these things in mind:
- The power your computer needs (wattage, 12v rail);
- Possible overclocking in the future;
- Capacitor aging;
- Possible computer upgrade in the future;
- Cooling;
- Price
edit: good point, niels, having a PSU that is just enough power for your computer under load is not a good thing for the power supply. It'd be like having a car whose engine is barely enough for the weight of the car: the result is the engine is being stressed.
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Technically, Cadillacs have been pretty much good cars for the past few years. Problem is, they don't really help GM's image of over consumption and stuff at all. I think GM is coming on, maybe a few months after Ford, but I do see their cars going for the better. To me, Chrysler is the one that'll fail. They haven't understood yet.
I'd say a lot of GM cars have been unfairly judged for things they were not, in the past few years. Yes, they were crap, but a lot of them were not beasts of fuel, and ecological aberrations, which is something that GM has been 'known for'. Call it generalization.
A lot of GM's new TV ads push on the fact that most of their cars are the classes most fuel efficient (at least I assume it's fact as they put it in their ads). Besides they're not ugly cars. To me, the big problem with GM cars of the past 15 years (or more, that's just what I can recall) was quality. They were crappy, cheap cars, intended to be loaned for 3 or 4 years, then sent to the junkyard. Sure, they'd more or less work for this timespan, but they would do their job as you'd expect something that'll break after 4 years to.
The CRTC is probably the most annoying thing we've got in Canada. All that it does is bothering me, mostly because I do spend a lot of time using services that the CRTC rules (with an iron grip).
Tax. I've got a lot of it; at least too much for what I get in return. I'm probably among the most taxed populations on the planet, so I guess that this particular tax is just one among others which I find awful (like, say, paying a specific amount of money for healthcare which I find deficient).
That said, cable companies aren't sweet fluffy rabbits either. The cost is increasing (particularly on the internet) and the service is getting worse. I think my ISP's service center is in Pakistan, or maybe India. Wherever it is, I don't understand them very well. That's if I choose the english option. If I go for french, they seem to invent another language right on the spot to talk to me with.
Tax. I've got a lot of it; at least too much for what I get in return. I'm probably among the most taxed populations on the planet, so I guess that this particular tax is just one among others which I find awful (like, say, paying a specific amount of money for healthcare which I find deficient).
That said, cable companies aren't sweet fluffy rabbits either. The cost is increasing (particularly on the internet) and the service is getting worse. I think my ISP's service center is in Pakistan, or maybe India. Wherever it is, I don't understand them very well. That's if I choose the english option. If I go for french, they seem to invent another language right on the spot to talk to me with.
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