Commented 14 years ago2010-04-05 22:46:13 UTC
in journal: #6483Comment #56844
I used to have ATI (9800 Radeon), but poor driver support made me switch.
Nvidia has been treating me well ever since. I have had my GeForce 260 GTX for a year and half now, and it's still running great. I can't believe that it's still running all my games at max settings a year and half later.
Commented 14 years ago2010-03-30 10:07:27 UTC
in journal: #6474Comment #47795
"It's essentially being tenured, yes? Or is it better?" It's the non-academic equivalent of being tenured. I still have to work as a doctor, but job security is pretty much guaranteed unless I do something egregious.
"Ah Satchmo. More time to use MP maps and turn them into SP :D" Actually, if you look at my latest project, I just converted a SP map into a MP one. I can go both ways. Valve has done it with their maps (dm_lockdown is a conversion of the Nova Prospekt levels in HL2, and dm_overwatch is a conversion of the Follow Freeman chapter).
Commented 14 years ago2010-02-26 15:28:41 UTC
in vault item: cs_trepidationComment #17878
The layout is amazing. There are so many connections between the different sections in the map.
I love the attention to details. There are so many interesting things to look at in this map. The custom textures and graffiti also tickled my fancy.
The only thing that I didn't like is the skybox. I think the distant buildings would look better without the fog effect. I never liked the fog effect in the Source engine. It makes distant objects look "ghostly" and unrealistic.
Commented 14 years ago2010-01-16 02:23:38 UTC
in journal: #6330Comment #47772
I advertised aggressively in the first two years, but the result wasn't encouraging.
I did manage to recruit quite a few actual "gaming parents", but most of them stayed on for a few months and disappeared.
I think the fundamental problem is that parents are just too busy participating in forums for games. For those parents who do play games, they rather spend time playing the actual games rather than browsing forums.
That's the fundamental flaw.
It's not necessarily too narrow. Just look at TWHL. It's really targeted toward a very narrow demographics--mapping for Half Life and its sequels. Yet TWHL is thriving. I think it helps that the members tend to be younger and TWHL had established itself early in the history of mapping so it's one of the oldest mapping sites around.
Anyway, I have analyzed it a billion times already, it's just time to call it quits.
Commented 14 years ago2010-01-09 17:57:16 UTC
in journal: #6314Comment #47747
I have recurrent flying dreams too.
I would try to do a crouch-jump in my dream really hard, and suddenly I would be suspended in midair. From there, I do more crouch-jump moves, and my body would move higher and higher.
Commented 14 years ago2009-11-17 11:39:27 UTC
in journal: #6221Comment #56723
I bet you have the swine flu. The H1N1 is the predominant strain circulating around the globe currently. More than 99% of the flu isolate is the H1N1 type.
Commented 14 years ago2009-10-04 19:41:47 UTC
in journal: #6110Comment #47703
Thanks, everyone!
I felt pretty good this morning during the race, but I won't know the time for my team and my running leg of the relay until the triathlon posts results.
Commented 14 years ago2009-09-10 16:35:37 UTC
in journal: #6052Comment #47691
The problem is that many hard-working Americans have no access to health care at all because they lost their jobs or they can't earn enough money to pay $1,500 per month for insurance premium.
Yes, that's how much it costs to insure a typical family in America.
Commented 14 years ago2009-09-08 00:42:43 UTC
in journal: #6050Comment #47680
His name is Scott.
I don't know what he'll think about his life being documented on YouTube for all to see.
Imagine his girlfriend will see him naked in the bath tub with his rubber ducky. I don't know whether his friends will laugh at him or think he's adorable.
Nvidia has been treating me well ever since. I have had my GeForce 260 GTX for a year and half now, and it's still running great. I can't believe that it's still running all my games at max settings a year and half later.
In fact, I am on vacation right now, visiting my in-laws. We just did my sister-in-law's baby shower two days ago.
It's the non-academic equivalent of being tenured. I still have to work as a doctor, but job security is pretty much guaranteed unless I do something egregious.
"Ah Satchmo. More time to use MP maps and turn them into SP :D"
Actually, if you look at my latest project, I just converted a SP map into a MP one. I can go both ways.
Valve has done it with their maps (dm_lockdown is a conversion of the Nova Prospekt levels in HL2, and dm_overwatch is a conversion of the Follow Freeman chapter).
I can pretty much do anything I want (nothing illegal, of course).
I modified it quite a bit to make the deathmatch gameplay work, but the overall layout was done by Valve.
Ahh, the memories.
I've spend a lot of hours mapping this week, and I'm extremely sleep deprived.
I parked the car and got out right away, because I was afraid that the driver was going to drive away.
I love the attention to details. There are so many interesting things to look at in this map. The custom textures and graffiti also tickled my fancy.
The only thing that I didn't like is the skybox. I think the distant buildings would look better without the fog effect. I never liked the fog effect in the Source engine. It makes distant objects look "ghostly" and unrealistic.
I'll change my son's diaper, and then I'll have a chance to download it.
You should stop drinking water.
I traveled to Prague alone and spent two weeks walking and riding trains all over the country.
Not being able to speak or understand czech is part of the fun and adventure.
Send death threats to his house.
Everyone gets pissed off once in a while, but the motivated ones do something about it.
I did manage to recruit quite a few actual "gaming parents", but most of them stayed on for a few months and disappeared.
I think the fundamental problem is that parents are just too busy participating in forums for games. For those parents who do play games, they rather spend time playing the actual games rather than browsing forums.
That's the fundamental flaw.
It's not necessarily too narrow. Just look at TWHL. It's really targeted toward a very narrow demographics--mapping for Half Life and its sequels. Yet TWHL is thriving. I think it helps that the members tend to be younger and TWHL had established itself early in the history of mapping so it's one of the oldest mapping sites around.
Anyway, I have analyzed it a billion times already, it's just time to call it quits.
I'll still come here, of course.
I would try to do a crouch-jump in my dream really hard, and suddenly I would be suspended in midair. From there, I do more crouch-jump moves, and my body would move higher and higher.
I tried that in real life, but it doesn't work.
But I did anyway last night, and I slept like a baby (without any dreams).
Man, that was so many years ago.
(coming from an atheist)
That was my first programming language.
I learned FORTRAN77, which I don't think anyone uses anymore either.
I am old, huh?
And the gif is so sophomoric. I guess I feel that way because I am almost forty years old.
A two-year-old would refuse to take medicine for a pneumonia, do you listen to him?
I said "parents who don't vaccinate their children obviously don't love their children."
And all Hell broke lose.
No, the ghost can't be dead. It's not alive, but not dead.
Maybe you guys can have a three-some.
Until you work with a publisher, you won't realize how little control the author has over the process of writing a book.
I know, I am no longer anonymous.
But it's not my first book. This was my first.
Now you can finally put that chapter of your life behind you.
I bet you're a stronger man after surviving cancer.
I felt pretty good this morning during the race, but I won't know the time for my team and my running leg of the relay until the triathlon posts results.
It is not going to be a free healthcare. People still have to pay for each visit and for prescriptions, plus a monthly premium.
And 90% of Americans will not be covered under this plan. It's only designed for the uninsured.
Where are you people getting your information? People Magazine?
Yes, that's how much it costs to insure a typical family in America.
I don't know what he'll think about his life being documented on YouTube for all to see.
Imagine his girlfriend will see him naked in the bath tub with his rubber ducky. I don't know whether his friends will laugh at him or think he's adorable.
We'll find out ten years later.