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(EDIT: According to some people at HardForum, Windows Classic uses more resources than Aero. ...) BTW, on HardForum this thread didn't go very well. Too many ignorant and arrogant idiots, many of whom I think have no idea what they're talking about when it comes down to analyzing the times. We as a world have come to a point where to perform the same basic functions on a computer does not require more hardware juice/power, more RAM, more CPU, more GPU. It's logarithmic, and it has already been written about and proven that, for example, the closer you approach to having 256 cores the less and less of a gain you actually get for each additional core. Remember the days when a 128MB RAM upgrade made such a huge difference? Those days are over. Adding more RAM generally won't make any noticeable difference. More CPU won't do as much either. SSDs are the next thing, but trust me, it won't make a difference soon enough. I *fear*, yes, I really do fear, that with the way things are going, 10 years down the road when we might be able to put 32GB of RAM into our desktop systems and have 16-core 5GHz CPUs with 32MB L2/L3 caches and 4TB+ per computer.. Microsoft would have a minimum requirements on Windows requiring at least 24GB of RAM, an 8-core CPU of at least 12MB cache, a GPU with at least 1GB VRAM, and at least 512GB of diskspace for the OS. I mean, how ridiculous is this? For the same basic tasks, requirements have gone up when we've already exceeded the hardware requirements for performing the same functions? wt? What I think Microsoft did with Vista and 7, having different memory handling, is to design the memory handling for TODAY'S paradigm. That is, if we go 10-20 years into the future when we might be able (not necessarily HAVE) insane amounts of RAM in our desktop systems, Windows 7 will be awful because it wasn't designed with systems having ridiculous massive amounts of RAM (32GB-128GB). There is a point where it has to stop, and if it doesn't, then that only proves my thinking all the more plausible. Oh, and here's my HardForum thread for entertainment value: http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1592290

BlueT/SSCV is available to host -- contact me or follow the instructions at http://www.hlrse.net/subspace.php SSL/SSCL is also available -- contact L Y N X

NOTE: This post is merely of facts from my observations, not opinion, and thus not qualifying for fanboyism. This is my testimony of the factual, obvious observations I have made within the past couple to few days of my migration Old laptop: Lenovo G530, 2GHz Pentium Dualcore w/ 1MB L2, 2GB DDR2, 250GB SATA HDD, shared Intel GPU w/ 256MB VRAM New laptop: Lenovo T61, 2GHz Core 2 Duo w/ 4MB L2, 2GB DDR2, same HDD (swapped), dedicated NVIDIA NVS 140M w/ 128MB VRAM Old laptop setup: I setup Windows XP Professional from scratch, however, ever since its release I have been very carefully fine-tuning Windows XP and experimenting with it over the years, and have gotten to a point where my particular Windows XP Professional disk and tweaks yield XP to run like day #1 after 3+ years. No performance loss over time, snappy, quick, and fast. Everything came up in a bam, and when monitoring the system resources (CPU, RAM, GPU, etc) in programs like Process Explorer and Task Manager, you could figure out which hardware component was bottlenecking the system within mere instant moments of attempting to run an application. Less than 32 running processes (I had certain things like PowerMenu running -- personal preference stuff), and a memory usage of about 250-300MB at boot (about 2-4x more than Linux, depending on which distro you load -- comparing to Parted Magic, Ubuntu Netbook, and Debian Mint). New laptop setup: Same everything but slightly better, more powerful hardware; same RAM, same HDD. Fresh, vanilla installation of Windows 7 Professional (x64). Through my past couple days, the first several hours setting up about half my programs, I have noticed obvious performance differences. The system bottlenecks on RAM Programs are slow to start (might be in correlation to RAM) EVEN if Windows 7 manages memory differently than XP, one thing is definitely clear: Windows 7 is far more demanding on memory and resultingly suffers related consequences. In comparison, XP would be like Linux to 7. Linux is fast, packs a punch, and bams! everything at you when you do things; XP was the same experience to me (note: I often use Parted Magic, related distros, and had Debian Mint setup in dual-boot on old lappy, so I know what I'm talking about what I am making these comparisons). Windows 7 is quite, very obviously, on the contrary. I have Aero turned off (using Classic), black solid background (no wallpaper), turned off all Windows audio sounds and boot sound, turned off screensaver, turned off power savings for PCI-E, set minimum CPU state to 100% for Plugged In, unchecked useless things from the Startup tab in msconfig, manually set number of processors in msconfig to 2 (which is what I have, and permits to set to at most), I installed latest version of Diskeeper Pro (genuine) very soon after completing OS installation and defragmented both partitions (and now they are kept defragmented), I am using the latest drivers for everything, I am using enhanced video drivers for my NVS 140M. I have the very latest Windows Updates (including SP1 and post-SP1 patches). I have components of my laptop that I don't use (like ExpressCard and modem, for example) disabled via BIOS. I updated the BIOS firmware long before installing the OS (there was a handful of versions missed out on). If there is something I haven't done, please let me know or suggest something. Obviously, at this point, I need to get another stick of RAM (or replace current sticks) with 4GB, the max my laptop's motherboard will support.

Source: http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/03/08/199212/Browsers-mdash-the-Gaming-Platform-of-the-Future

No, because this is the internet. Grow up.

Nope. Different IP as well, and it was the only SSC zone aside from the entire SSCV network that had connection issues to SSC months ago.

1. Someone needs to have the files2. A team of staff needs to be assembled 3. Find a host; L Y N X for SSL/SSCL, or me for BlueT/SSCV

I thought there were more posts in this thread. O_o Seems like someone has been abusing their powers.

False. You will not walk into Mordor.

Made this in a couple hours http://www.hlrse.net/minecraft

Am I the only one who has a problem with the majority of faucets out there? Phenomenon (A in illustration): 1. Large roomy sink (or small, doesn't matter) 2. Faucet spout is very close to the back wall of the sink, requiring you to noclip your hands through the back of the sink in order to properly wash your hands http://www.hlrse.net/Qwerty/faucetspout.png All manufacturers that make faucets like that shot be permanently shot, disbarred, delicensed, ... Why do they even make faucets like this if you can barely even use them? There is no logic or sense in it! x 1000 A proper faucet will extend out to the middle of the sink (or at least try to). The spout should hover over somewhere roughly around the middle/center to allow for plenty of room for washing your hand without touching sink walls or anything else.

Do you? I see like 90-95% of all males in restrooms go use the urinal/throne and then just walk out without ever looking at the sink.

How many of you have this game or have tried it?

Tab = shoots bomb Shift+Tab = lays mine

The best way to find out is by playing the role of a malicious programmer and purposefully trying to harness ASSS for evil to hijack a Windows system and other "fun" things.

We won't be supporting ASSS hosting on Win32; Cheese has been given an exception because I found myself at wrong in terminating him for nothing that he did. If you have a problem with this, there is always L Y N X and you can always get your own VPS or server.

Soo.. do you guys have a life outside of SubSpace?

Just let DSB die so that it can start up again under new management already?

I don't know if this has been mentioned yet, but I think it would be cool if Hyperspace spanned across 9 maps in a 3x3 array.. using the conquest game mode.

Instead of centering, players should be specced to their freq until they (1) have a spawn point selected and (2) respawn timer expired.

Can't view attachment because I don't have permission to view it? Other than that, the idea sounds very interesting. I have not played BF1942 in a very long time, and I had very great memories playing it with my cousins.

Why is it difficult to accept the fact that no matter what, you cannot bring back the "good old days"? The population will continue to go the path it will go, and there is nothing you can do to ultimately stop or influence it. It is a natural part of life and reality. If you play this game because it is fun, then that is good (but does not change the facts). If you are in this game for reasons other than because you play this game because it is fun to pew pew other players, then you are coming from the wrong direction. But if you still find this game fun and enjoyable to actually play, even if your heart behind ideas is right, trying to change the reality at hand is ignorant of itself. Do you actually play this game, as in pew pew'ing other players, because it is fun? Or are you actually bored and trying to find and make fun? What do you actually do in SubSpace these days? Are you mostly just hanging out in chat and socializing? How much of your time that you spend in-game do you actually spend in a ship pew pew'ing (percentage-wise)?

/thread You are suggesting the impossible.