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Living Room / Re: Should I buy a tablet pc, ipad, netbook, or other?

« Last post by wraith808 on December 01, 2010, 02:26 PM »

I've had no problems with my wi-fi since the update; I used to have problems like you describe, but haven't seen a hint of it since.  Not sure why that is.  I do agree on the screen lock issue- seems pretty boneheaded, especially since the switch doesn't even operate like the iPhone (on the phone, it's a rocker sort of mechanism as opposed to the switch on the iPad. 

You can reduce the annoyance of the last point by increasing your autolock time, and your password lock time.  Not an ideal solution, but it does help.

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Living Room / Re: It's NOT Vaporware!

« Last post by wraith808 on December 01, 2010, 07:59 AM »

It's vapor until I have it in my hands...

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Steam Thanksgiving Sales

« Last post by wraith808 on November 29, 2010, 08:23 PM »

Original Post updated for 2010-11-29 sales.

Last day, and my total damage isn't *too* bad.
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic - $2.50
Mount and Blade Complete - $10.00
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - $14.99
Alpha Protocol - $7.49

Total damage $35.00

Could have been worse... but then again, we have Christmas coming...

And no, I didn't win, and no one that I know did either.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows Live Sync Alternative?

« Last post by wraith808 on November 29, 2010, 03:56 PM »

@ wraith808: Yes, I've read your reviews, thanks! So I understand you don't recommend SugarSync. On the other hand, there are reviews on SugarSync resulting in something like: "I'd never ever get back to DropBox!"

You could also get away with #4 if the machines were on the same network with Dropbox, as it can sync across the network.  It also syncs to the cloud, but you don't have to use the bandwidth twice that way.

-wraith808 (November 29, 2010, 09:23 AM)

That's really something! Is it really so? I was not able to find this on theirs pages. For me this would change the situation dramatically, as my computers are 95% of time on the same LAN, so there's no need to sync them both via the same slow ADSL. But when they are apart it would be nice to have the sync running automatically via the internet, as the Live Sync still does—for the time being.

-yksyks (November 29, 2010, 12:49 PM)

I didn't know that people had that sort of reaction to Dropbox, as I've never had a problem, other than the obvious ones that they allude to in all syncing software, i.e. what if the software is syncing while a file is locked.  I've personally not had a problem with that, but then again, I don't sync the kinds of docs some do.  I will say that if you do try Sugar Sync, I'd suggest giving it a once around the block while pointing towards documents that you *do* have backups of somewhere else.

As far as the LAN Sync:

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction - $15

« Last post by wraith808 on November 29, 2010, 10:11 AM »

3. no hide and seek - you can finish game in "berserker mode",

-fenixproductions (November 29, 2010, 09:33 AM)

I didn't find it that way... I'm not done with it, and I'm having to 'thin the herd' in the criminal's hideout just to have a chance.

4. bogus mark & execute.

-fenixproductions (November 29, 2010, 09:33 AM)

I actually quite liked that mechanic.  What didn't you like about it?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows Live Sync Alternative?

« Last post by wraith808 on November 29, 2010, 09:23 AM »

Thanks to all responses (and sorry for my impatience). It seems that it would be easier if I back off from #4, i.e., if I reconcile with the cloud storage. Let's see how it would be in a real operation. At the moment I'm tempted to use either DropBox or SugarSync (the latter now with 5 GB storage for free). Don't you know how these two handle conflicting changes?

@ Bamse: I've never heard of Gbridge, thanks. It seems to be a bit overkill for my needs, though. Besides, it does not perform a real bidirectional sync, but uses two one-way sync jobs instead. Because of that I suspect it of not handling the conflicts properly.

-yksyks (November 29, 2010, 04:38 AM)

I had a terrible experience with Sugar Sync- so much so, that I'd never recommend it nor even try it again.  Only Dropbox saved me from a terrible loss of data.  I don't know how they handle conflicting changes, however- since they're real time and I've never been using the same file in two places from two different machines, it hasn't even been a thought, truthfully.  I suppose you could check it out by having a file open in one place then editing it in the other, and saving it on the one you opened first...?

You could also get away with #4 if the machines were on the same network with Dropbox, as it can sync across the network.  It also syncs to the cloud, but you don't have to use the bandwidth twice that way.

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Steam Thanksgiving Sales

« Last post by wraith808 on November 28, 2010, 10:40 PM »

That indie air pack looks good- I have all ofnthem already other than plain sight.  Lead and Gokd is really good also; I'm not sure why there's not more interest in it than there is currently.

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Steam Thanksgiving Sales

« Last post by wraith808 on November 28, 2010, 09:36 PM »

^ True; I stopped looking at the packs so closely after the first few days didn't really hold my interest, so I missed that one.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows Live Sync Alternative?

« Last post by wraith808 on November 28, 2010, 09:14 PM »

Not a single response... Is MS really so indispensable?

OK, so what it I back off from freeware?

-yksyks (November 28, 2010, 12:14 PM)

Holiday weekend. /me shrugs

But, that aside, I use a combination of Jungle Disk and Dropbox.  I reviewed them here a while back.

Jungle Disk (with ZumoDrive)

Dropbox (with Sugar Sync)

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Steam Thanksgiving Sales

« Last post by wraith808 on November 28, 2010, 09:09 PM »

Original Post updated for 2010-11-28 sales.

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DC Gamer Club / Re: The Ball - Portal-like game with a err.. ball

« Last post by wraith808 on November 28, 2010, 08:57 PM »

Another example of why I shouldn't buy games at release.  I pre-ordered this one, and haven't played it yet. 

If I had waited, I could have saved money!

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction - $15

« Last post by wraith808 on November 28, 2010, 08:55 PM »

Note that this game uses Ubisoft's horrendous DRM, i.e.

3rd-party DRM: Ubisoft’s Online Services Platform. Ubisoft requires a permanent Internet connection to play this video game at all times.

The game itself is awesome; I have it on my 360.  But I wouldn't purchase it on my PC for this reason.

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Living Room / Re: Should I buy a tablet pc, ipad, netbook, or other?

« Last post by wraith808 on November 28, 2010, 11:09 AM »

Ahem...
I just bought an ipad.

-superboyac (November 28, 2010, 01:41 AM)

Fixed.

Which version did you get?

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Steam Thanksgiving Sales

« Last post by wraith808 on November 27, 2010, 05:08 PM »

Original Post updated for 2010-11-27 sales.

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Living Room / Re: Homeland Security Shutting Down Web Copyright Violators

« Last post by wraith808 on November 27, 2010, 04:51 PM »

Still, I can't help wondering why so many countries (other than the USA) manage to maintain better levels of homeland security with only a fraction of the obtrusiveness (and budget) the United States seems to feel it requires.

-40hz (November 27, 2010, 12:11 PM)

Are they better?  The reason that the response is so heavy handed, I think, is that the U.S. before now through geography, both political and physical, is relatively free of such attacks.  It's the same with waging war- for all of it's military superiority, when it comes down to it, the U.S. doesn't have the guts it takes to win wars like some others are fighting/have fought.

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Living Room / Re: Still holding out, won't join Facebook

« Last post by wraith808 on November 27, 2010, 12:22 PM »

A nice link that explains one of the *big* problems with FB from a social contract perspective.

http://www.wired.com...azine/16-11/pl_brown

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Living Room / Re: Homeland Security Shutting Down Web Copyright Violators

« Last post by wraith808 on November 27, 2010, 12:12 PM »

This isn't the start... just the escalation.  And it's even worse than what was already reported:

http://torrentfreak....security-ice-101125/

A good quote from that site:

Homeland Security and Immigration, eh?

I’m assuming a bunch of Latino Hip Hop artists are trying to make their way across the Mexico-US border illegally and they were using RapGodFathers as their own personal 4Chan to coordinate a terrorist attack on Arizona for their new “Pull me over ’cause I look Mexican” law.

Or, DHS and ICE are just a bunch of *******.

And in case you think it's just the U.S. that's getting scary...

http://www.theregist...11/25/nominet_crime/

UPDATE: More info on the actual sites from ICE
http://torrentfreak....ain-and-more-101126/

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Steam Thanksgiving Sales

« Last post by wraith808 on November 27, 2010, 10:49 AM »

Another one I already have... a physical copy, and a digital copy. 

The second game is good too.  A few sites to go to make your favorite heroes:
- FxForce, home to a great tutorial by Gryphon
- Freedom Reborn
- Freedom Force Universe
- Freedom Force Forever - Warning, the site might invoke seizures with its terrible design, but it has great info on the child sites.

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Steam Thanksgiving Sales

« Last post by wraith808 on November 27, 2010, 01:41 AM »

hmm.. EVE's price may have been prompted by Blizzard's sale on WoW. battle of the MMOs, then!
 (see attachment in previous post)
• http://us.blizzard.c...10000044,p:110000004

-lanux128 (November 25, 2010, 10:08 PM)

You *had* to show me that, and I *had* to be a sucker.  Especially since I haven't been buying as much from Steam as I thought I would...

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Steam Thanksgiving Sales

« Last post by wraith808 on November 26, 2010, 11:14 PM »

^ Well, Kane and Lynch 2 (which I was thinking about buying), Alpha Protocol (Which I did buy) and a few others show at their sale price correctly... Alpha Protocol was from Wednesday, and K&L2 from Thursday, so I'm not so sure that they didn't mean to leave certain ones on sale.

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Steam Thanksgiving Sales

« Last post by wraith808 on November 26, 2010, 12:34 PM »

Original Post updated for 2010-11-26 sales

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Steam Thanksgiving Sales

« Last post by wraith808 on November 25, 2010, 03:32 PM »

In general, Mmos start out with more content than most single player games, then with the free content additions, they go way past that point, so I don't think that's a fair comparison.

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N.A.N.Y. 2011 / Re: NANY 2011 Pledge: Dominion Rules Character Creator

« Last post by wraith808 on November 25, 2010, 01:30 PM »

Yeah, I know what you mean.  I've rejected several more ambitious projects, simply because of time constraints.  In fact, I suppose my submission this year is rather self-serving, given the extremely limited audience for which it's intended.  But I find it difficult to find motivation to do a software project unless I have some personal stake in it, know what I mean?  Either something I think my friends or family will use, or that I will use.

-kyrathaba (November 25, 2010, 12:10 PM)

I don't think that's unique.  That's the reason I look on here at requests- it gives me ideas outside of my comfort zone.

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Steam Thanksgiving Sales

« Last post by wraith808 on November 25, 2010, 01:29 PM »

Original Post updated for 2010-11-25 sales

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Living Room / Re: Decision making time.

« Last post by wraith808 on November 25, 2010, 12:08 PM »

As far as the MMORPG project, you could start with developing the world and going towards single player in a smaller project to make the engine and such... then move onto the larger project as you get support and help behind your work.