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I live in Berlin, some buses have ads like that "BZ" one on this random Flickr image I found (reuploaded). This shows a typical double-decker bus seen here. Without ads, the bus just has this yellow colour you see around the front lights overall. I have no problem with this kind of advertisment (you cannot do anything even if you didn't like it  ), although this specific ad seems pretty boring. It markets a bigger daily newspaper in Berlin, though not my favourite one.
Inside those buses there are not too many ads, due to lack of space for them - except small stickers below the handles to open the upper windows. In the subway are some posters additionally, this means slightly more ads than in those buses. But if those are not interesting I won't notice them anyway.
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I use Firefox as well, as it has a lot of add-ons and ... well, because of all those reasons stated here so often.
On the other hand I have the three other major browsers, Opera, Chrome and IE9 beta (now RC) installed on Win 7 x64 as well.
As for Internet Explorer 9, I have to admit it is really a step up from previous versions. Finally this thing became usuable again actually. IE8 had some good ideas, but as well as failing some web standard tests it was not too fast if you used it on (Java)Script heavy pages for instance. The IE9 beta had issues on my machine if I opened up YouTube and Facebook, very often causing the IE9 to hang (creates an "Application Hang" entry in Event Viewer, not a problem with IE Flash plugin, as other pages work perfectly) or just crashes. On other pages, however, it seemed to work properly. And since the recent RC release it never crashed on me, seems like it fixed that bug. Really liking the speed, and although those proprietary tech demos for IE9 seem to be useless, it actually just feels good on those pages. At least that virtual bookshelf thingy seems to be a somewhat realistic scenario, could be good for online booksellers maybe.
I definitively still won't switch to IE9 as default browser when it will be finished, probably Windows Update will offer it as an optinal download for all Windows Vista/7 users. Firefox just works, but I'd switch to Chrome quickly if some extensions got ported to Chrome and it got a little more customizable in terms of menu bars and such.
Finally Microsoft did their homework to improve that archaic browser quite a notch, although I think they should simlify that Internet Zones model, so that people actually use it.
Firefox itself just fits. Although it treats RAM like water, it still is not that hungry in my configuration (one tab - about 90-110 MB, several tabs open for a longer period of time, it goes up to 180 MB), as I mostly never have my 4 gigs filled up and that memory is meant to be used anyway. On the other hand this computer doesn't run the whole day used actively, so I cannot tell about long-time usage with Firefox and shitloads of script-heavy pages open the whole time.
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The replay links lead to 404s, you need to check the link mechanism. If you directly input
http://replayfu.com/r/Mw0XWr
for instance, minus the apostrophes, it works.
Take some time and read this, I think it is quite interesting
http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/Strategy
I am Bronze as well, but didn't play ladder games since Nov '10. Just the usual stuff I can recommend:
Constant worker production, until maybe 60 probes in total, the remaining supply should go into the army. Spending money and not hoarding like 600+ mins etc., regular scouting (!!!) and of course, that you produce units even in the midst of battle. Even if your units die quickly, you can still win the fight if you constantly add other ones. Think you may have good perfect micro but bad macro in lower league levels for example, you will simply die after your army is dead, you hoarded like 2000+ mins, but all your gates are not producing. You won't shell out 150 mins for each gate just for the looks for it, will you?
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Installed it, took about 25-30 minutes including both download (70 MB here) and installation. No issues aside that Flash player/videos didn't play in any browser first. Cleared the cache of each browser, and Flash works again like a charm. I just hope they really will use HTML5 <video> tag some day finally.
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As said above, in my case Flash plugins (for every browser) refused to work upon the required restart after installing. I tried out a lot, from reinstalling Flash, creating a new profile in Firefox and multiple reboots until I found out, that I just had to clear the browser cache. Since then it works like a charm again.
Again, I never had issues with any Service Pack MS issued so far I installed:
- SP4 for Windows 2000
- SP2 and SP3 for Windows XP
- SP1 for Win 7 now
But in most cases I just ironed the SP over a fresh system anyway, just SP3 was put on top a 4 year old system then, and why the HDD had one permanent defect sector (for years, didn't increase or use up additional reserve sectors), even then nothing broke
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Yeah, kinda weird to download 70 MB, but seeing as 1,3 GB on C: apparently was NOT enough, as upon decompressing the space counter went down and down
After that failed attempt Windows Update showed me -820 MB somehow, yes with a minus sign in front the required space, (still notably less than those 1300 MB free), but it may also have been that the SP wanted to create a System Restore point first, already eating up all space even before the SP had a chance to install itself.
As said, the space was freed after, in my case it was less then 80 MB additionally after completion, but the real size depends on your system of course anyway. Downloading that huge ISO is really not needed, unless your computer is lacking a lot of updates.
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I can count in these languages:
- German, the only language I know, which has the cardinal numbers (from 21 on) before the multiples of x pronounced, if spoken. So "twenty-one" is actually "one-and-twenty" in spoken language, which is not too difficult to remember. Although this might cause problems when filling in bank numbers and someone does not listen properly e.g.
- Croatian, I grew up bilingually, nothing special here in terms of counting
- English, obviously no problems. Just have to be careful to things like 13 and anything in the 30s, though
- Japanese. Again, standard fare. I still have problems with bigger numbers, as switching decimal marks between 3 and 4 numerals seems irritating. So for example like like １２０万円 (1,2 Million ¥) I still have to think first. Although knowing it is actually quite easy, if you "just" think in 10,000s instead of 1,000s. More complex might be to remember the right classifiers here, as there's words for books, long flat things ... or even ships
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I don't post personal information as well in the web, been more of an introvert the whole life. There is not much of me to be shown anyway, on the other I'm more into "offline" people, meaning you know them personally, but aside from sending an e-mail you just call or meet with them somewhere directly. The only social aspect on the web is maybe some Starcraft 1/2 online, but besides the usual "glhf" it's no virtual friendship or similar. On the other hand I love card games, going on concerts with people and such. Offline. Would like to change it, as there is definitively some benefit for all people (no ego trips), but things are not that easy usually.
Although there IS a Facebook account, due to my (female) cousin, putting images of her work she does, I didn't use it for personal use yet.
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Uninstall ZoneAlarm, you probably don't need it or anything other than the Windows firewall. Especially if you have one in your router. Of course, some people might need it for certain programs which phone home ... be it legit or non-legit software. Even then, the Windows thing is enough as it monitors incoming traffic and should ask you if you data transfer or not (and unlike most commercial firewalls the dialogues seem comprehensive for the average user).
Also careful with those booster programs. They often change things in the registry which can be done manually as well. But unlike what you do (and risk doing) yourself, you often lack control and view what the thing did. If you for instance change something, then uninstall the program you don't know how Windows was affected, if you didn't revert the changes. In rare cases it can "brick" Windows so that a reinstall is needed.
Apart from upgrading you could do:
- If C:\ does not have enough free space, try do delete some System Restore points. I'd recommend to leave at least some few hundered MB or 1-2 gigs free, for instance if you extract something and need some temporary space. Lacking space aborted the installation of Windows 7's SP1 twice for me (until I reset System Restore and allocated less space for it)
- For defrag, yeah - you should definitively do it, if you didn't defrag the disk a long time/or the computer did not have enough idle time to defrag itself over time. But leave programs closed, the computer should be unattended to speed up the process. Wouldn't recommend to defrag too often, it might wear down HDDs faster
- Current Firefox and Opera builds can be blazingly fast, imo - if they have the recources they need. Too many extensions installed might not only increase RAM usage (of which you have more than enough), but also CPU load
- As for hibernation, this is normal that filled RAM takes longer to load up when you put the computer on again. You need to compare if it still saves time to put the comp hibernating instead of normal boot, then opening all programs individually each time. At least Windows XP still shows that progress bar - in Windows 7 you just see a black screen until everything's restored. Think about having 16 GB RAM fully used, e. g. some HD video editing with several video tracks open. Or you run Lightroom Beta with a lot of stuff on the screen ...
As said, I just think that you should try to do things with native means in Windows first, before moving to use that ... and that program. It's easy to lose overview, especially if something happens.
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If I only may pick one series: Zelda. Definitively. Although I was kinda not into 3D games back then really, Ocarina of Time just had that magic. So awesome, this was actually my first 3D console game I've to admit. I didn't own an N64 but had to wait until I had a computer capable of running an emulator (wasn't earning my own money back then ...). Closelfy followed by Link's Awakening, then ALttP, Zelda I and then II.
Not that I think Zelda II is bad, in fact I put it before for Oracle of Ages/Seasons, Minish Cap. Didn't play the other ones from the series, though. If OoT just wasn't to obnoxious about that "LISTEN!" by Navi ...
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Didn't play SaGa Frontier 1, but have the second game.
I quite like the mechanics as well as the really awesome graphics and nice music. The problem with this game, for me at least, is its very uneven difficulty curve. Sometimes battles are ridicolously difficult, you may even encounter Griffons, which cannot be killed normally (unless Arts and stats are really high for that point in the game). Yes, you can run, but I usually try to kill each enemy I see in my way. On the other hand many battles are fair, the bosses are actually interesting, although the final ones are quite tough - but again, SaGa is known for its difficulty levels.
From the SaGa series I'd definitively recommend Romancing SaGa 3 for SNES as well. This hooked me from the first minute on. I rarely had that intense boss battles in a RPG, and especially that awesome final boss was really worth to get through.
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I feel the last ladder game like half a year ago, and one down some weeks now (which I have won, still by being less good than my enemy, but s/he left after I failed hard with a small drop at the 10-minute-mark), although I suck in this game as well.
Game rated my Silver, but that's due to winning few games in Season 1, the placement match after promoted me to that, and probably 1-2 ladder games in the entire third Season changed nothing of course. Good thing on our leagues, though, is that we might try out the craziest unit compositions ever, and might even succeed. I remember playing against a Protoss which went for a hidden second expo (didn't scout it a long time), while only having two bases I randomly decided to produce some Vikings aside Marines - and suddenly found his army with some Colossi. I actually won this by luck, as he had no anti-air and his few Stalkers died very fast (weird), so the Vikings could bring those behemoths down quickly. Didn't save the replay, but SimCity for about 15-20 minutes without any fight might not be too interesting either.
And SC2 has an included voice chat, I didn't put in my mike yet, but I can hear other people in-game when they talk (though very rarely in public custom games), but switched it off soon. This should not use too much extra resources by SC2, but I can't tell if it has advantages or negative effects in comparison with an external solution like Skype or Teamspeak.
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How about the replayability of Sonic Generations?
I recall the older titles having huge-ass levels, like Sonic 3/S3&K for instance, so even a linear "A to B" was fun nevertheless. I see the problem for develeopers how they need to include some length, so the level isn't over in like 30 seconds when you go full speed, whenever possible - yet challenge the player. Of course, even outside a TAS you COULD just zip through many levels in less than a minute, though, if you know the way.
Might thinking about picking it up when the price drops, but first I'll need to get a gamepad. Although I'm used to play without one (although for the TGM3: TI pc leak people say that even the keyboard has considerable delay, so no way to practice Shirase, as the developers say there IS levels after 1400 ), keyboard was all the way. Having no Wii version sucks, but oh well, understandable if they don't want to sacrifice anything for it. Nothing against the Wii at all personally, but, yeah, you know the deal.
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So it also got Steam. Nothing to be ashamed of, as there is no 100% security but strongly depends how a company reacts on accidents like that.
It just relies if Valve really put more efforts or measures to protect their service now. I don't recall having a Steam board account, but still might consider changing my password for logging in into the client. Although there's only Portal 1 and Team Fortress on it, while no other payment information is entered (plus it uses other passwords than on pages with payment information). If they breached into Amazon or Ebay it'd would be bad, although I think my passwords are strong enough - if it is not using a security hole on those servers as well
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Didn't fiddle around the new design too much yet, but the "recommended videos" on the right pane now bugs me slightly, as it's very close to your subscriptions on the page, or whatever in the middle currently is. Also there's still no widescreen support or way to customize the page to use the room in a more fitting way. A lot of space is not used.
I don't like how you apparently cannot remove any subscribed videos by mouse-over over them, clicking the appearing little cross button, or being not able to keep videos you aleady watched in your sub list (like, you watched it partially and want to continue or watch it again later). At least you can pin up to ten channels and customize these on your start page. Something I missed before, so my most frequent visited channels go to the top. Nice.
The new design itself is not that bad, and as I don't care about Facebook, the new social features don't impress me too much. If everything fails, I'll be looking for certain Greasemonkey scripts soon to rearrange the appearance on my computer.
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Originally posted by cpubasic13
If you want modding you are better off waiting for Torchlight 2.
Which is going to be cheaper and actually addresses various issues such as modding, price point, LAN support, and all that.
The thing with Torchlight 2 is, that the delayed release date seriously hurt the game. I enjoyed the first one actually, although I admit never finishing it, that's just due to the game concept which I don't like too much after a certain amount of time. Got through the very first Diablo, the second one is superior in many things, and desipte interesting music and improvements it never hooked me past Act III.
Well, as for this online-thing, as about 95% of all players have somewhat stable conections, Blizzard probably won't address it ever. So you either wait if/when the game gets into a Starter Edition like Starcraft II did (which is _very_ limited, though, although I see the point. Unlocking everything for no money ... well), or you need to crack your legitimally bought copy for Single Player.
Still, Diablo III probably will be better than some people think, as (Activision) Blizzard still puts a lot of effort into their games. Bugs get fixed asap, and they add some features the community missed - of course, LAN and such will probably never come [insert typical deal-with-it image]. As for the beta, I played through it only two times back then, as it was quite short. Only the Skeleton King gave me some fun, but in general I still want to put my bets on TL2
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I have no problem with most YouTube changes. Usually it's only minor things which I'd like to be solved, for instance if the subscriber page always shows uploads AND anything else by people you subbed to. That is no problem, either by tweaking the bookmark or just chaning something client-side (if possible).
For the recent change, my only gripe is, how the video page is now left-aligned instead of centered. While a lot of space is unused in widescreens anyway, I am just used to get the most useful information in the middle.
Just installed a user script for Greasemonkey to 'fix' that. Problem solved
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The trailer music already is awesome enough to get this. Really nice, how Capcom did not intervene and cancelled the development due to legal/copyright reasons. Other companies already used their (though rightfully) rights to stop projects in the past. Think Square-Enix and Chrono Trigger: Resurrection.
And about system requirements here, this is quite interesting. Only because a game uses retro-style graphics and "simplistic" gameplay, it doesn't neccessarily means, that it only requires a low-end computer to run perfectly. On the other hand, Capcom and the developers themselves would do not good, if the games had a hard requirement like a quad-core, a 2011 video card and 4 GBs of memory ...
My 2009 medium-range rig is more than enough to play most modern games with upper medium to high details, although AA and AF are turned off entirely (Dishonored is an exception, as this probably does not require too much) usually.
I also don't care to people if someone says "Greedcom" still sucks, because they re-re-re-rereleased their games with minimal gameplay changes and almost never have discounts for their Steam titles. The last game I got from them was Bionic Commando 2009, was very nicely done, developed by GRIN, which is defunct today, sadly. Then there's the Wii Mega Man games, which are not too shabby, either.
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For people with proper grammar, who don't need to check every post several times while still making mistakes (like myself), this might be a good way to save a click.
This potentially makes everyone using quick reply about 0,15% more productive and speed-efficient
Otherwise God Xk probably has a lot of other things to do, though.
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