Controllermate is another, though it's a complete driver set that does tons more. [www.orderedbytes.com]
I use it to remap keys on Logitech and Belkin keyboards/controllers.
Agreed. By bringing these things to their attention and remaining vigilant, we are doing them a service. My credit card thanked me... but Microsoft's position seemed to be one of alternating indifference, assuming I was lying, and "anyone's fault but ours".
Also been a victim of this, back in August. Here's why Microsoft's position is flat out false:
1) I wasn't phished. I was very inactive at the time, I don't log into live.com, and as a web developer I'm constantly vigilant over phishing attempts anyway. There was absolutely no way I handed my password out. I really don't use ANY Microsoft services besides the xbox as I'm primarily on a Mac.
2) Additionally, as a slightly security-minded guy… my live password at the time was a 16-character string of randomly mixed cases and numbers. It's not the kind of thing that gets handed around with any ease, and it's not some easy to guess word. This wasn't an easy account to obtain through human means… it simply didn't happen that way. I only ever typed that password into my xbox physically and once to renew my live account the previous year.
Luckily, I discovered the two charges for points to my card within 5 minutes and spent the next hour dealing with Microsoft. They said they'd "investigate" and "get back to me in 30 days about whether or not the charges were legitimate"…
… I basically reamed the guy a while as he questioned my claim, then called my credit card company who IMMEDIATELY recognized the problem as it was a known fraud trend. Chase had no problem identifying the purchases as fraudulent and cancelled all payments.
30 days later, my xbox was working again, and no charges, but no appology or recognition of a larger security problem… but had I not been on top of this, I'd have likely been screwed.
In the end, I'm 110% certain this wasn't phishing… my credit card company was 110% certain that the charges were fraudulent… and Microsoft STILL pretends there's nothing to see here.
My first post in probably 4 or 5 years… and I'm sorry to make it. You will be missed.
Good luck in your new ventures!
Been using DragThing going on 13 or 14 years for multiple docks, personally. DragThing is definitely a pricer option at $30, but it has ton of features, customizability and a long history of being supported (I think I bought it for MacOS 7, originally).
Same here. Invisible always, though an extended "inner circle" knows how to reach me.
Whatever that may say about me to other people is less relevant, personally, than how I was forced to go that way by the actions of others.
I tried doing things the "optimal" way, as the article says, years ago... it didn't work. The rest of society needs to get the memo before I change. It's not that I don't understand how I'm violating this etiquette... it's that I had to because of so many other's common lack of it.
Whatever that may say about me to other people is less relevant, personally, than how I was forced to go that way by the actions of others.
I tried doing things the "optimal" way, as the article says, years ago... it didn't work. The rest of society needs to get the memo before I change. It's not that I don't understand how I'm violating this etiquette... it's that I had to because of so many other's common lack of it.
Completely depends upon the situation. Without context, the question is meaningless. Even with specific context, it would likely vary from user to user depending upon need.
Friends call my garage the Museum of Dead Technology.
Actually, a lot of it has come from having to fold up old businesses (stuff gets temporarily stored in case you need it... ends up perpetually stored because you didn't) or have people just give me old curiosities ("you have three of those old Mac all-in-ones? Here... I have one I was just gonna throw away"). It's almost more of a running gag at this point.
Actually, a lot of it has come from having to fold up old businesses (stuff gets temporarily stored in case you need it... ends up perpetually stored because you didn't) or have people just give me old curiosities ("you have three of those old Mac all-in-ones? Here... I have one I was just gonna throw away"). It's almost more of a running gag at this point.
I'm a warehouse for old tech (mostly Apple-oriented) in general, though I do have a lot in regular active use.
Strickly traditional in use: 7.
All current devices: 9 (obviously stretching the survey scope).
Strickly traditional in total: 25.
Currently set-up and either doing things right now or ready to roll:
#1: 2010 iMac for majority of work
#2: Gateway gaming PC (not great, just passable) for living room gaming
#3: 2007ish PowerBook for remote working
#4: G5 Tower for work data hosting/backup
#5: G5 Tower for media hosting
#6: G3 Tower for times i need old Mac software not on OSX (rare, but still set up for stuff like Pixar Typestry, etc)
#7: Apple ][gs... 25 years old, still runs... currently setup for transferring old MOD files to a much more modern architecture
but...
Other merely computer-ish, though in constant daily use:
#8: iPad
#9: iPhone
Other available, but unhooked and stored, all still functional:
#10: G4 Tower
#11: G4 Powerbook
#12: Some old Micron Tower
#13: G3 Powerbook
#14: Some old HP mini-tower
#15: Motorolla Mac Clone
#16: Starmax Mac Clone
#17: Powermac 9600
#18: Powermac 7200 (I think that's the #)
#19, 20, 21: 3 Powermac 6100s
#22: Quadra 660AV
#23, 24, 25, 26: 4 old all-in-one macs
#27: Texas Instruments TI-99/4A
Plus other merely computer-ish and also just stored like old Newtons and other PDAs, etc.
Understandably #8,9 and any 28+ don't count here for the specific survey because they're not traditional computers... but #8,9 are far more relevant to me than 10-26 which would technically fit the survey's criteria. Personally, what counts "to me" is what i "use", not just what "i have". It's such a grey area anymore anyway... my PS3s are closer to fitting into the given criteria because they "can" be used as PCs... but my iPad isn't even though I "do" use it like a PC.
Strickly traditional in use: 7.
All current devices: 9 (obviously stretching the survey scope).
Strickly traditional in total: 25.
Currently set-up and either doing things right now or ready to roll:
#1: 2010 iMac for majority of work
#2: Gateway gaming PC (not great, just passable) for living room gaming
#3: 2007ish PowerBook for remote working
#4: G5 Tower for work data hosting/backup
#5: G5 Tower for media hosting
#6: G3 Tower for times i need old Mac software not on OSX (rare, but still set up for stuff like Pixar Typestry, etc)
#7: Apple ][gs... 25 years old, still runs... currently setup for transferring old MOD files to a much more modern architecture
but...
Other merely computer-ish, though in constant daily use:
#8: iPad
#9: iPhone
Other available, but unhooked and stored, all still functional:
#10: G4 Tower
#11: G4 Powerbook
#12: Some old Micron Tower
#13: G3 Powerbook
#14: Some old HP mini-tower
#15: Motorolla Mac Clone
#16: Starmax Mac Clone
#17: Powermac 9600
#18: Powermac 7200 (I think that's the #)
#19, 20, 21: 3 Powermac 6100s
#22: Quadra 660AV
#23, 24, 25, 26: 4 old all-in-one macs
#27: Texas Instruments TI-99/4A
Plus other merely computer-ish and also just stored like old Newtons and other PDAs, etc.
Understandably #8,9 and any 28+ don't count here for the specific survey because they're not traditional computers... but #8,9 are far more relevant to me than 10-26 which would technically fit the survey's criteria. Personally, what counts "to me" is what i "use", not just what "i have". It's such a grey area anymore anyway... my PS3s are closer to fitting into the given criteria because they "can" be used as PCs... but my iPad isn't even though I "do" use it like a PC.
I think it's about 10x faster with this hack when accidentally invoked in BBEdit now too... which I'm constantly, accidentally doing.
Again, River of News. I'd say it's a fair bet it comes in the top five despite being a write-in.
VOTE: River of News
I bounce between it and Reeder. It's not perfect, but it is superior to Reeder in some ways and great for dealing with a lot of feeds.
I tried to like the Pulse type apps... I find them unusable for thorough reading, only useful for random things that catch your eye visually.
This makes me think the outcome here may be a bit split... folks who want to chew every bit of a lot of feeds will side with Reeder/River of News type apps... those who just want a sampling of their feeds chosen by what grabs their eye quickly will side with the more visual Pulse style apps.
I could be wrong... just a theory.
I bounce between it and Reeder. It's not perfect, but it is superior to Reeder in some ways and great for dealing with a lot of feeds.
I tried to like the Pulse type apps... I find them unusable for thorough reading, only useful for random things that catch your eye visually.
This makes me think the outcome here may be a bit split... folks who want to chew every bit of a lot of feeds will side with Reeder/River of News type apps... those who just want a sampling of their feeds chosen by what grabs their eye quickly will side with the more visual Pulse style apps.
I could be wrong... just a theory.
@Atomsk88: Way too much tip-toeing going on. Let me help:
The voice doesn't work. It doesn't fit the character, the game, or in any way come close to the voice in the first game, which like that voice or not, it should as it's supposed to be the same guy.
There. Done. :)
I'm hoping it's just a placeholder until the final voice work. The game IS still many months out, after all.
There's a reason "gruff" voices get recorded more than others for voice work... dudes that sound like Tom Waits are cool... kids who sound like Justin Bieber are not.
I want a game made by Sucker Punch, period... not tweaked for the sake of the online, anonymous tweenie bitch squad.
And yes... I'm still playing the shit out of this one too, either way... even if I have to skip all the cutscenes.
The voice doesn't work. It doesn't fit the character, the game, or in any way come close to the voice in the first game, which like that voice or not, it should as it's supposed to be the same guy.
There. Done. :)
I'm hoping it's just a placeholder until the final voice work. The game IS still many months out, after all.
There's a reason "gruff" voices get recorded more than others for voice work... dudes that sound like Tom Waits are cool... kids who sound like Justin Bieber are not.
I want a game made by Sucker Punch, period... not tweaked for the sake of the online, anonymous tweenie bitch squad.
And yes... I'm still playing the shit out of this one too, either way... even if I have to skip all the cutscenes.
@ChaosCon: How do you test that? I mean... if all molecular motion has stopped, do you shake it to see if it moves? But when you do, does it stop being absolute zero because molecules are moving? I mean... what technically defines "absolute zero"... is it lack of heat or lack of molecular motion? And can you have one without the other? And.. .I mean... ...I... er...
[head:explode]
I hate quantum physics.
[head:explode]
I hate quantum physics.
@-zargon-: Agreed. The statement that "there isn't a respectable steak house in the world that does it" hardly impresses me as solid reasoning, particularly since we're talking about shops that are expected to produce cooked foods reasonably quickly. Additionally, "taking the chill" off the outside of a cut in seconds is fine... but the center of the meat is a whole other ballgame.
I'd like to see a bit more research on this one as the presented reasoning hardly seems scientific.
Most of the rest I didn't even think were myths at all... in fact, I don't know anyone who would believe any of the rest... but oh well.
I'd like to see a bit more research on this one as the presented reasoning hardly seems scientific.
Most of the rest I didn't even think were myths at all... in fact, I don't know anyone who would believe any of the rest... but oh well.
Wait... does this perhaps mean that "qualitative assessments" of the "experience" in entertainment mean more to consumers than the raw "quantitative numbers" that marketing departments keep trying to sell everyone with?
Quick, someone tell the whole industry how much more entertaining a good game is than a gigahertz score or a pixel density. Then hit up MetaCritic and all the other "82.175 Game Score" game reviewers about how pointless it is to feign objectivity and talk about arbitrary numbers when you're trying to articulate those same "subjective experiences".
Seriously, who would have thought that people cared about how their entertainment made them "feel" as opposed to how good at math it required them to be?
Consumers want good experiences... period. And apparently "bigger" is only "better" if you can get it up.
Quick, someone tell the whole industry how much more entertaining a good game is than a gigahertz score or a pixel density. Then hit up MetaCritic and all the other "82.175 Game Score" game reviewers about how pointless it is to feign objectivity and talk about arbitrary numbers when you're trying to articulate those same "subjective experiences".
Seriously, who would have thought that people cared about how their entertainment made them "feel" as opposed to how good at math it required them to be?
Consumers want good experiences... period. And apparently "bigger" is only "better" if you can get it up.
@sabrage: Exactly.
Needs more HUD.
No, seriously, Nintendo: there's still a few inches of screen you haven't covered up with shit.
Can I go back to playing it with buttons and joysticks since the wiimote is clearly too complex to be intuitive now?
No, seriously, Nintendo: there's still a few inches of screen you haven't covered up with shit.
Can I go back to playing it with buttons and joysticks since the wiimote is clearly too complex to be intuitive now?
@Witzbold: I want one that's not quite "hey look, bombs killed shit and now everything is grey/brown" and not quite "hey... cars... it's mad max" and not jumping on Fallout's humor either.
But also not something that's Borderlands or some other future gone dark in a plain old dirty way.
How about something we haven't seen before... like the future progressed, but not for all of us... something dystopian, yet not quite nuked to shit.
I mean, I think they'd do a great Fallout clone, but it's a bit late to jump that train... and I have that one now, whether they'd do a good one or not.
How about someone resurrect the spirit of Shadowrun from the death grip the 360 title put on it? How about something more Blade Runner? Firefly-esque? Hell, even mix some steampunk and post-apoc for something more new (but not underwater). Something burned-down and drug under on some level, but not for everyone... just for you and the other rats like you. Something with a struggle beyond just you against dirt and other dirt eaters. Between Borderlands and 2 new Fallouts and other upcoming clones, I'm killing enough dirt-eaters lately.
I think I'd love to see them roll through a list of Pen-andPaper RPGs and their worlds and all the imaginative things they had that so many videogames have lost. I'm with you on moving ahead of "now"... but I'd REALLY love to see it come with a taste of something I haven't yet seen on my TV, if you catch my drift.
But also not something that's Borderlands or some other future gone dark in a plain old dirty way.
How about something we haven't seen before... like the future progressed, but not for all of us... something dystopian, yet not quite nuked to shit.
I mean, I think they'd do a great Fallout clone, but it's a bit late to jump that train... and I have that one now, whether they'd do a good one or not.
How about someone resurrect the spirit of Shadowrun from the death grip the 360 title put on it? How about something more Blade Runner? Firefly-esque? Hell, even mix some steampunk and post-apoc for something more new (but not underwater). Something burned-down and drug under on some level, but not for everyone... just for you and the other rats like you. Something with a struggle beyond just you against dirt and other dirt eaters. Between Borderlands and 2 new Fallouts and other upcoming clones, I'm killing enough dirt-eaters lately.
I think I'd love to see them roll through a list of Pen-andPaper RPGs and their worlds and all the imaginative things they had that so many videogames have lost. I'm with you on moving ahead of "now"... but I'd REALLY love to see it come with a taste of something I haven't yet seen on my TV, if you catch my drift.
@Win Laik Pya: When i read the credits and saw that Gonzales did a track for the game, I could not wait to hear it! I'm still waiting.
Unfortunately... I'm way past that point... and it never played. I must've hit a trigger wrong and it never kicked in.
Ugh.
I was planning to replay as "bad John" anyway... but still... man, I feel like I missed an absolutely brilliant moment that I would've loved... because listening to the song now, I can totally see how it would've just driven that moment completely.
Shit.
Unfortunately... I'm way past that point... and it never played. I must've hit a trigger wrong and it never kicked in.
Ugh.
I was planning to replay as "bad John" anyway... but still... man, I feel like I missed an absolutely brilliant moment that I would've loved... because listening to the song now, I can totally see how it would've just driven that moment completely.
Shit.
