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It doesn't have anything to do with speed differences. The CPU (well, except laptop CPU's) runs at a fixed speed, measured in MHz or GHz. It runs at this speed no matter if it has anything to do or not, and no matter if you have 1 or 100 programs open. EL will grab as much power as it can, but no matter how hard it tries, it can't grab more than there is, and this will not crash the computer unless something is wrong with it, usually overclocking or a cooling problem.

The more I think about this one, the more I wonder who you meant in the last part. The first part is clearly a reply to my questions about riding+figting animations, and originally I assumed the question in the second part was directed at me as well. But the "not related to Cal3D" comment makes me think you meant Mikeman instead. On the other hand, Mikeman knows a lot about OpenGL and Cal3D, which are not interesting for this question at all (the server uses neither), and wasting his time on a simple problem like this would be silly when there are so many other things to do in the Cal3D area I know it's a silly question, but I can't stop thinking about it, so it would really be nice to know who you meant.

I like Aislinns the best

How did he login to get the "old password is incorrect" message then? Hardcoded user/pass in el.ini? In that case, finding the correct oldpass would be easy

And I wasn't answering your question, I just posted a screenshot on the "Show a screenshot..." thread

How did he login to get the "old password is incorrect" message then?

Cantonese and Mandarin are pronounced very different. The spoken communication between a cantonese only speaker and a mandarin only speaker is impossible (or very difficult). Also they have some different written characters. You cant compare this to english and english spoken in US. So, it's like americans speaking english or spanish?

Here's mine

Planeshift: More shots: http://www.celebrityshine.com/~kfr/planeshift/

I think that's the one he couldn't spell... Dewsth

Sounds like cheating to me.

Can XMMS unmute stuff? I believe you asked about volume, not unmuting. Unmuting should be done by the startup scripts automagically, if not, blame your distro. Did you ask it to? Just because Windows has the idea that if yesterday was tuesday, today has to be tuesday too doesn't mean that all OS'es work like that. If you change a runtime setting, it's only going to stay changed untill the system is not running anymore. It is not about comemnting out video modes you don't have, it's about ADDING video modes that there are not in the X config file in the first place. And of course adding them is easier in Windows? Control panel won't even show them until you add them. Now, if you buy a "designed for Microsoft Windows" screen, there is an .INF file that does it all for you, but don't blame Linux for buying a desgined for Windows screen. I can have that too, if I could find that many games I like. No Wine needed. Do not underestimate the power of...

You mean, like why $partition, just use $1 and make it a one-liner?

It is supposed to do that. The more (CPU + graphics card) power EL uses, the better framerate you get, and better framerate means it looks better and is easier to play.

Normally the volume knob is on the speakers, not on the sound card. And who wants to listen to anything on laptop speakers, they're about as good as the good old PC speaker (you know, the one that goes beep after POST), and most headphones meant for computer use have volume buttons anyway. Besides, the volume button in XMMS works, even when it's other programs that are playing As for the modelines, try putting #'s in front of UseModes, HorizSync and VertRefresh. That way, DDC will take care of it, works fine with my flat screen. But you're right, it won't work you X config is not set up correctly, just like it won't work in Windows if you forgot to install the .INF file with the correct modes.

How to change sound volume (Linux and Windows): Stretch arm, grab volume knob, turn right for louder or left for quiter. Why make it so hard for yourself? How to change resolution on Linux: <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<+> or <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<-> (+/- on the numeric keypad). Of course assuming that you already have your graphics drivers and screen set up correctly. Don't compare a correctly setup Windows machine with a Linux machine that is not setup. Either compare with both set up correctly, or with both not yet set up. Btw, Linux has had DDC working for the last couple of years, meaning that you don't need to put screen info in xorg.conf or xf86config. If there isn't any info there, it will use the information that the screen provides, but if you already have information there, it will override whatever the screen says. So, if you have told X that your screen cannot do 1280x1024, it will not do it no matter that the screen says it can. So, you told (probably during install) X that you had a 1024x768 screen, and then you had to correct that mistake later. Do the same thing on Windows (use the wrong .INF file), and you won't get the 1280x1024 choice either. On the other hand Windows doesn't even have a working DDC yet, at least not in XP. I am almost sure that it did have it in Windows 95, but apparently there are still things they can't get working on an NT-based kernel.

That's not a solution, that's a workaround. Which in this case would also require righ-click on the desktop and enable those ugly icons, and afterwards right-click on the desktop and get rid of those ugly icons. User-friendlyness does not include dictating how I work. Dictators are not user-friendly I'm not trying to claim that it's easier to compile a program on windows. The problem is that to install many things on Linux you are forced to compile. Reasons could be many, but even when you are not required to compile much more user interaction will be needed in Linux than in Windows. No, you would just apt-get them (there's a graphical tool for that), or start the .run file if it's a game. If you want to install programs that are still in development, and not yet released, yes, you'll have to compile them. How to I install a program that's not yet released on Windows? I have to write it myself, because it's not possible to get the source and compile it. Installing released programs is easier on Linux. Installing not yet released programs is mostly impossible on Windows (just try installing Word 2007, and you'll see). A new kernel? Yet again you choose to compile it, instead of apt-get'ing it. How do you do that on Windows? Compile your own kernel32.dll instead of going to Windows Update? You can't. Another bogus example. And recompiling it to enable a driver that was enabled in the distro kernel, but you disabled yourself does still not count. Come'on, "because you don't like the default options"? So, how to I compile kernel32.exe without support for AMD Processors? Yes, on Linux it requires a kernel compile. On Windows it requires access to the most secure vault in Redmond, the one that contains the Windows source. Those are called examples. Examples to prove how hard Windows is to use. And I am serious, when I say: "Don't claim that Windows is easy to use if you can't tell me how to use it". That includes these three examples. You didn't. So, believing when you say Windows is easy to use is just like believing when the priest says some rather unrealistic stuff about a guy who died 2000 years ago. But if it's so damn hard to make it work at a reasonable speed, how can you claim it's easy to use from a newbie point of view? Because newbies accept that computers are slow and confusing, and that making them do what the user wants is impossible? I haven't yet found out how to make it faster, how would a newbie be able to? As for the fancy UI, I hate blue, the green looks sick, and the white one is too bright. I'm using the good old rectangular look, so that can't be the reason. I have been disabling services once, I think I disabled so many that I almost killed the system But it didn't make it fast. I even uninstalled the corporate antivirus because that made it even slower (almost to the point of running backwards). Stupid antivirus gives more problems than virusses anyway, but that's a completely different discussion

Sadez... Are you trolling? Because I don't really believe you are that stupid. The directions you gave were not for installing a program on Linux, that was for compiling a program. Now, don't try to claim it's easier to compile a program on Windows. 1. Obtain source code. 2. Find a different hiding place before the FBI knocks your door (See HL2 and W2k ) 3. Work a few months 4. Buy Visual C++ Or you could get DevC++ or Cygwin, cheaper but not much easier, and just mentioning anything gcc-based indicates that Linux has already won. As for the pen drive, I don't have one of those, but I know that if your kernel lacks SCSI support, you were the one who disabled it. I haven't seen a distro that comes without SCSI support since the days of slackware floppies. Now, to compare, you would need to manually remove the Windows drivers for the pen drive too. Nothing deltree can't handle Or be creative with regedit... Yes I believe what I'm saying. I don't claim that Linux is perfect, I started with saying that if Linux is too hard to use then get a Mac. I claim that Windows is not easy to use, and until now I haven't yet met a person who claimed differently, who could solve my problems: 1. I have a toolbar at the top of the screen. It is set to always on top and autohide. But, when I use it to start a program (all the programs I use often are there), it does auto-hide at first, but when I close that program it appears without moving the mouse near it. Then I have to disable autohide and enable it again to make it autohide. This is in XP, in Win2000 it worked. 2. On the same toolbar I have added the toolbar named "desktop", because I need to be able to easily right click on "my computer" or "network neighbourhood". But it has 5 icons, two of which are Internet Explorer and My Documents. I can right click on those two and select delete. I can disable them with tweakui. But the next time I look, they are back. Again XP, not sure if it worked in Win2000. 3. This is the hard one. My 2.6 GHz XP machine at work is slower than my old 600 MHz Linux machine at home ever was. Every Windows lover claims that it's because I'm doing wrong. So, tell me how to get that 2.6 GHz machine to actually perform at the speed that Windows people claim it can. It should be easy, right? Windows is supposed to be user-friendly... Each of those problems are the reason for lots of wasted time at work. Show me how easy it is. Until now, people claiming that Windows is user-friendly have been just as believable as people who claim there is a god. They believe so, but they can't prove it.

I don't have problems with others using Windows. If they would just keep it to themselves. I do however have a problem with me using Windows, no matter if it's at work or because some stupid game requires paying a lot of money to Microsoft just to be allowed to play And I have problems with people claiming that Windows is easy to use (or in this case install), and when I have something I can't figure out, they tell me to try the things I already tried, but noone can actually solve the problem. No matter how easy they claim Windows is When I go home from work I am happy to go home to a Linux system that's easy to use, and just works without wasting loads of time trying to figure out how to make it do simple things, like I need to with Windows. And installing Linux was easier too, at least back in '98 when I got my first PC - theoretically it might have gotten harder to install since then, but as Linux doesn't require reinstalling, I haven't had a need to try Now, if I could just figure out how to replace the hardware (including PSU, CPU and mainboard) without rebooting

Trade? Why trade? I think last time I traded was a month ago, that's way more than losing a few hours... Come'on, if people have been playing a day without break, losing a days work is their own fault. Take a lunch break or something, that alone would reduce it to half a day

World-wide? I am pretty sure that those acronyms are american, and it would be hard to find someone in europe (except american tourists ) that even know what those acronyms mean. Last time I saw anyone playing a game like that was Kickoff 2 on an Amiga.

And people with fast machines and connections would pwn people with slow machines or connections. Europeans with two-digit ping would pwn americans with three-digit ping Actually, I could see the fun in the last part :lol: but it still wouldn't be fair.

You already have Sunny_moon.

Sports games? I don't remember seing anyone I know playing sports games, neither geeks nor non-geeks. Except racing games, if you consider that sports, but that's non-violent, and actually have a reason... Anyone who wants to can go skating or playing football, but most people don't get a chance of driving an F1 car, and on normal roads you're going to get a ticket before even thinking about putting your foot down.

no it's big cause they read in Gamemags that the WC series rocks, so they buy the damn game. Gaming is a part of a teenagers everyday life - accept it. it's not geek stuff anymore. And yet again you are talking about geeks who read gamemags. Everyone else doesn't read in gamemags that "the WC series rocks". I never said that non-geeks don't play games, but they play games that are not geeky.