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    Amish Coelho - Shield Bearer

    in Team Profiles

    Posted · Edited by Shield Bearer

    Job Title: 3D artist

    Joined: June 26 2009

    Department: Art Department

    Job Responsibilities: Modeling and Texturing, and 2D work

    Location: Goa, India

    Birth Year: 1994

    Website: N/A

    Home Town: Porvorim, Goa

    Interests/Hobbies: Working on 0 A.D., Graphic Arts, Medieval History, Reading, Football(Soccer), Movies, Music, Books, Drawing, Snakes, Photography, Chatting, PC games and Modding.

    Favourite Musicians/Bands: U2, Coldplay, Mike Mangione and Army of Me.

    Favourite Movies: Lord of the Rings, Back to the Future, I am Legend.

    Favourite Books: Lord of the Rings, The Lost and the Dreamer, Agatha Christies Books.

    Favourite Computer Games: Age of Empires 3, NFS Franchise, Assassins Creed and Dyson.

    Short Bio: Born and Brought up in India, it was a crazy neighbourhood 'cause I was kinda different from the rest of the peeps there, only a few people here liked games like Age of Empires. I was hooked to AOE from the very beginning, I started playing AOE when I was seven and man was it great! From then on I wanted to make a game but that dream kept coming and going until 2007 when I came across a game called Glest, it was easy to mod and a good place to learn. It was there that I learnt to Model and Texture. In December 2008 I came across 0 AD, it was really something I wanted to be a part of. But my modeling skills weren't up to 0 AD standards, so I told myself to return when my skills were up to par with the awesome graphics of 0 AD, and so here I am finally after about 6 months of practice, in the 0 AD team.

    Currently working on: Fauna Assets and GUI Icons.

    Quote: "The most wasted of all days is one without laughter." - E E Cummings

    “You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses” - Tom Wilson

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    Con@#$%er

    in Computer Desk

    Posted

    The authors behind Con@#$%er are ingenious. They predicted several things correctly, and their update system is too massive to shutdown. It's a flawless routine that's hard to fight off...impressive no doubt.

    Con@#$%er

    in Computer Desk

    Posted · Edited by formlesstree4

    Surprised nobody posted about this guy here.

    What I know about Con@#$%er:

    3 Major versions: A, B, C

    If you get all three, they have the possibility to download and create version D

    A and B are removable, C and D are not.

    Windows only (of course -.-)

    Post more information here.

    EDIT: Oh come on! f i c k is censored?!?!?

    First Look at Windows 7

    in Computer Desk

    Posted

    This doesn't look like official DX 10. Actually, it is proof of my words. MS could release DX 10 for Win XP, but chose it to lure gamers to Vista instead.

    Granted, but you don't have to go to vista, so I rest my case on Dx10.

    In time of DX 10.

    How do you compare DX and OpenGL?

    Through games, duh. OpenGL on my system runs slower for me. I'm sorry, but Open Source doesn't equal commercial software quality.

    I do, because I know what MS does. But as I have shown, not everybody does so.

    Why do you continue to argue this? Not everyone uses OpenGL, and the ones that do upgrade their drivers. End of discussion.

    So I have to show only one company who doesn't to prove your words aren't true? It isn't argument that many companies do ugly politics, to excuse MS. Especially when MS is one of the worst of them.

    I never excused MS about their problems, stop putting words in my mouth.

    Perhaps more or less. But MS clearly is of those worse.

    Any company which cooperated with MS then ended with dagger in back. Being it Borland, Apple or any other IT company.

    Apple has nothing to do with this, last i looked you turned a preview of windows 7 into a Windows VS Linux bashing hell. So pick a d*mn operating system and stick with it! I don't care about who got stabbed in the back with MS, hell you only point this out cause it IS Microsoft.

    MS is one of the ugliest companies. Defending it means agreeing with their nasty behaviour.

    Says who? I never agreed with it. Again, stop putting words in my mouth

    Saying, that it works, it is just something unimportant and so on is just like putting head into sand.

    Clarify this again, because it's not making sense to me.

    Firewall is content filter just as well as AV. Linux on desktop can live without them, Windows can't. Because these have inferior design.

    Firewalls prevent @#$% from coming in, AV's remove @#$% that slipped by. BIG D*MN DIFFERENCE! Windows does not have inferior design, it has been targeted because it's more popular than Linux is. Linux does need firewalls. No system is immune to viruses, regardless of coding qualities.

    You are limited by Windows, because you CAN'T visit those pages. Not because you don't want to. It isn't question whether you want to go somewhere, but whether you can.

    Who says I can't? Jesus, pick up a windows PC and figure stuff out, aight? I can go anywhere I want to on the internet, regardless.

    Oh and just in case you missed the message : STOP PUTTING WORDS IN MY MOUTH

    First Look at Windows 7

    in Computer Desk

    Posted

    DX10 was used to force gamers to move to Vista.

    http://www.technospot.net/blogs/download-d...m-alky-project/

    When was this challenge? I can say now that DX works a lot faster for me than OpenGL (and don't say its a hardware issue, because my gfx card supports all the GL stuff.

    Also, drivers of graphics card bundled in Windows by MS, have OpenGL support removed.

    That's why you use drivers provided by the manufacturer, duh.

    1st it was one of loads of issues of this company.

    2nd it reveals what kind of company MS is.

    3rd it isn't "just darn web browser". Many people make its living from it.

    4th it exactly shows, that victories in MS don't lie in their technical superiority at all.

    1. all companies have issues

    2. you can say the same about any corporate company

    3. is this an argument for or against it?

    4. whats that have to do with this discussion?

    No, you said, that your Windows are running clean as an argument against my point, that AV is redundant in Linux becase of its superior design. I point out, that this is not an argument since you already use hw firewall.

    Also, it is interesting to note, that while you aren't running AV you don't dare to visit any place you could want and thus it is you who is limited by Windows.

    My windows are clean. Firewall IS NOT antivirus! there is a clear difference.

    I don't visit sites I don't want to, plain and simple.

    So, I'm limited by windows because I don't go to sites I don't want to?

    First Look at Windows 7

    in Computer Desk

    Posted · Edited by formlesstree4

    And how much those different PS differ? I moved from Intel Celeron 1GHz and Matrox graphics card to Athlon64 with Geforce.

    And your point is? If you do safe mode, chances are you can easily install your drivers, or atleast rerun the XP cd to copy all the files you need.

    That explains it all. Sorry, but you can't argument that you don't need Antivirus while you are behind hw firewall.

    I never said I didn't NEED antivirus. Please, don't put words into my mouth (rhetorical). I just don't use it, because I don't do anything that will/should get me a virus. If I do, I get some AntiVirus software from another computer, remove internet access on mine, and transfer AV software over to mine. Simple.

    It is just example of dirty games so typical for MS. This company just has poor moral credit.

    Over a darn web browser? Jesus Christ, really? Granted, the behind-the-scenes isn't pretty, but of course if you remove IE, stuff starts to get bad. Windows Explorer has IE built right into it, many core features of IE are used inside it. The world has come to a sad place, and if you realize, the consumer's didn't file for this, the competition did, because their product was getting ignored. That's not Microsoft's problem, and hey guess what? It all works now, so what's the point of bringing up a case (from 1998) that happened a decade ago?

    EDIT: What's with taking dam(n) and making it darn..

    First Look at Windows 7

    in Computer Desk

    Posted · Edited by formlesstree4

    I also did many of them. Keep in mind, that Windows also rely heavily on supporting software which Linux doesn't need. Like antivirus and other such borgware. Windows without them could be infested really quickly.

    My brother reported to me, that one guy didn't perform antivirus control of wireless signal he provided internet through, and 75% of client machines (Windows is here heavy majority) were infested and went down.

    I don't use AV or Firewalls. My windows runs clean.

    OK then. Hw issues are always bad. But I bet, you cant take HDD with installed Windows from old PC, put it into new PC and in 5 minutes browse web. Can you ;-) I can.

    If the connectors are correct (IDE to IDE), and I don't have to buy an adapter, yeah I can. Boot into safe mode, and perform updates.

    You had slow internet or no internet at all? Without internet, Windows could be rather stable. But after internet connection, Blaster would shoot them down right away.

    Full DSL internet. Blaster is old news, and my router firewall blocks all the junk that tries to get through (hardware firewall ftw).

    First Look at Windows 7

    in Computer Desk

    Posted · Edited by formlesstree4

    I don't get this point at all.

    Well, let me explain: My graphics drivers didn't work, my cards failed to load, both sound and networking, and even USB support was limited.

    OK. If you use GPL code, you must release your work in GPL. But You don't have to use GPL code at all and thus release you work under other License.

    Ah, ok.

    Luna is ugly and many users revert back to old gui.

    Just curious, but what Luna can while themes for Win 9x couldn't? Personally, I toyed with shell replacements in Win 9x a lot, too. And these were able to make things than themes in Win XP can do now.

    Luna is rather nice to me. It was a welcoming change to the dull gray theme. It's a matter of opinion, and I won't try to change you there.

    Discussion started about "new" kernel in Win XP. I said, that this kernel is old (improved) Win NT kernel which was based on VAX VMS from 70's.

    That is all.

    When you say 'this', refer to which OS. We've gone through a number of them, so it's getting hard for me to keep up.

    No. I said, that in release time were XP unstable like Win 9x and thus new features were useless until SP2 made Win XP stable.

    Not for me. I remember using the RTM for several months before I was able to get internet out to get SP2. I had no stability issues (other than that my new harddrive which was 1tb was an expensive paper weight).

    I have seen too many dead Windows XP and seen too many BSOD (even short after installation) to take your statement about quality into account.

    Someone can't install it correctly, or the hardware was crap. I used a 10 year old Gamer system that worked flawlessly. Occasionally BSOD'd because the processor failed, so that wasn't Windows' fault. How do I know it was the processor? I changed it out, and it worked no issues.

    Perhaps you were lucky, or I was unlucky, but our experiences differ a lot.

    I've done too many XP installations for it to be luck. I used my dad's old OEM RTM Windows XP disk, and idk if that affects anything, but I've used it on several PC's to get them up and running, and they haven't had problems since.

    First Look at Windows 7

    in Computer Desk

    Posted

    Which features?

    Internet, display options, etc. I know these are software issues, so don't be ranting about that.

    Because Linux is in minority and is binarily incompatible with Windows.

    I rest my case.

    You can't be serious with that? Or were Neverwinter Nights, Matlab and many other programs and games opensourced? No, they weren't.

    Argument with license reveals clear misunderstanding.

    Guess I misunderstood the licenses that linux uses.

    GUI remained pretty much the same. Win 9x were already skinnable. NT kernel was here since Win NT as well as NTFS. Drivers of such size were unavailable or too expensive anyway, so no change here for basic user.

    With SP2 Win XP significantly changed and improved in stability and finally gave users significant advantage over 98.

    Yes, the GUI was skinnable, but Luna was the big change. 98, by default couldn't do what Luna can. If there's a mod out there, that's a plus.

    I know when the NT kernal was here, why else would there be a 'Windows NT', which was designed for Workstations, hence the name Windows NT 4.0 Workstation. For the basic user, NTFS and the NT Kernal weren't introduced until 2000.

    Keep in mind, that those new features were quite useless for new users. It was SP2 which dramatically improved XP and made them work as they should in release time. With SP2 were those features really delivered as stability is what preSP2 versions lacked and users wanted.

    You contradict yourself here. You say that these new features were useless, yet in the next sentence you say SP2 delivered these features that users wanted. If they were useless to them, why would they want to use them? Plus, the RTM Windows XP was pretty good to me. It was more stable than previous NT & DOS Kernals.

    First Look at Windows 7

    in Computer Desk

    Posted

    It doesn't mean impossible. But viruses need to be silent, hidden. They need to produce as few traffic as necessary.

    Virus, which would attempt to attack more operating systems would be larger and risk more to be found.

    You are also forgetting, that Linux (or BSD or whatever) isn't binarily compatible with Windows.

    Multiplatform viruses are hard to create and not worthwile.

    I'm not forgetting that Linux and Windows aren't binarily compatible. I know that, I've used Linux before (it was...bleh), and a lot of the features I could do in windows, I was unable to do in Linux.

    So, you say, that argument Windows X Linux is crap and state, that you'll defend Windows. OK. Your choice.

    It is total crap. The whole OS bashing IS crap. Its a matter of opinion. I'll defend windows as long as there's bashing, but make an appropriate topic for Linux Vs. Windows, not start this here in a topic meant for an entirely different OS than what we are debating.

    Linux doesn't lack functionality user would miss by design.

    Some features weren't implemented because developers didn't feel the need, there may be many obstacles as missing drivers (which is not caused by developers of Linux, but by hw vendors who simply chose to not to support Linux).

    It also lacks lot of polish what is problem for beginners. It brings many disadvantages like need to learn new stuff. But definitely no functionality is lost due to design.

    My mother can browse we and read emails and many other things on Linux just as easily as can yours in Windows.

    Why is it that vendors don't support Linux? mostly because of License issues, since vendors would have to OS their software, which commercial developers don't normally do.

    I definitely disagree. I'm working for IT company, did programming and still I say, that when you rewrite your program completely, you generally replace one groups of bugs for the another.

    Sure, there a common bugs like buffer overflow and so, but these are in different components and come up under different circumstances.

    Then I take back my comment.

    Sure, but when was XP released, it brought nothing new. It was unstable like Win 9x and needed more resources. Now, when it is pretty much stable there is new version comming.

    Brought nothing new? Hello! Did you miss the entire GUI update? Or the fact that it was off the older DOS Kernal. Oh, lets not forget that it dropped FAT. Drive support for 120gb (later upgraded to even larger in SP2).

    Seriously, you cannot say that XP didn't bring something new from windows 98.

    First Look at Windows 7

    in Computer Desk

    Posted

    And what is wrong with it? Trend is, that MS releases unfinished products which are useless until SP2 at least.

    That's not the trend I'm pointing out here. The trend I'm pointing out here is that we're having the same attitude about Vista that we had 9 years ago with XP.

    MS screwed it, and so they are blamed. I simply consider MS style to release junk and fix it later as wrong regardless version of Windows.

    And saying that NT kernel, which is based on kernel of VAX VMS from 70's, is new tech ... LOL.

    Not really sure where you got that from. I'm saying that to the home user, 2000 was new because it uses a new file system, from 98's FAT32, as well as a new kernel, one that wasn't DOS based, like it had been.

    Sorry? So if you write same software by different way, it will suffer from same mistakes? You can't be serious.

    Hello? Have you even programmed before? If you rewrite a program a different way, chances are, a loop hole similar to those in the past can form. I should know, I've been programming for...oh..I don't know, 2 years. If you have experience in programming, then I'll take back this comment. If not, don't go there.

    That is where proper design helps. If XP were designed the way Linux is, it would be far more resistant to viruses. XP style, that user which surfs the Internet is also admin (who doesn't use this default setting?) is simply wrong as virus has automatically admins rights.

    If XP were designed like Linux, yes, it can be more secure, but we'd lose a lot of functionality. The average user does not like doing a lot of work. That's why XP was designed the way it was. For ease of use. If you're busy browsing bad sites, of course you're going to get a virus. The average everyday user that checks their email most likely won't get a virus, because they don't go to unusual sites. I should know, my mother does this daily, even uses IE6. No viruses yet.

    You can't login into X in Linux (well, you can set ti against all warnings as it isn't default setting, but then it is your choice that is not necessary and thus consequences are your fault), while in Windows it is necessary to install software.

    So, your saying that because I can't login, I can set stuff against it? Clarify that for me, and I'll get a proper response.

    Improbable. Each system has different bugs and these don't share between operating systems.

    *sigh*, Improbable doesn't equal impossible. Think about it. It doesn't have to be one exe, it could be built to work on all OS's, each one exploiting a different bug, communicating with each other. It is possible, and it's only a matter of time.

    Anyway, get back on topic please, this argument about XP and Linux is total crap. The topic is really about Windows 7. If you want to continue this bashing of XP which is already 9+ years old, go right ahead. I'll keep defending the most used operating system today.

    First Look at Windows 7

    in Computer Desk

    Posted

    My rant, so watch out people:

    The reason PC's are so exploited is because they are extremely popular. If the roles were switched, and it was Macintosh that was extremely popular, it would be Mac's getting torn to pieces.

    Let's face it, if you're a virus programmer, chances are you are going to write something that will affect more people on a greater scale. That's why Windows is always being hit.

    Most of these holes were exploited in ways that even Microsoft didn't think possible, and please, vista's release was way better than when XP came out.

    When XP came out, it had more bugs and holes than vista did! People were ranting saying "I'm sticking with Windows 98!", now we're all on XP saying we're going to stick with XP...seriously, don't you guys see this trend?

    I'm not saying Vista is good, 7 is way better, but I'm also saying that people are blowing vista's problems way out of proportion, when the exact same thing happened in XP. XP was brand new, written from 2000's relatively new technology, just like Vista is brand new too.

    The reason XP and Vista have similar exploits is because Vista was rewritten. Many patched holes in XP's codebase wouldn't apply here, because it isn't here. Microsoft is doing their best (supposedly) to keep ahead of virus writers, but if there are 100's of these writers out there, granted, there is no such thing now as a 'Secure' Operating System.

    Tis only a matter of time before a massive Multi-OS Virus hits us all, then we will all start to point fingers at every OS....

    Rant over, continue on.

    Just for the Graphic Designers

    in Computer Desk

    Posted

    I need an icon to be shown at the web-browser titlebar. It could be created in different sizes to be used as a logo/avatar or a banner.

    A Favicon?

    What i am thinking about is a nuclear reactor chimney offsetting green trees, plants, jungle trees and things like that combined together in a chaotic matter.

    That would have to be in extreme detail to even matter on a favicon. Because they are tiny (like 16x16 pixels), too much into those guys will make it look like a pixel mess. Go for something simple, like a Tree, or a flower instead, and have your site logo as what you said.

    I'm no graphics designer, but a webmaster, so I know my way around these kinds of things :)

    Any questions, just ask away.

    Allan Brown - Dariusofwest

    in Team Profiles

    Posted

    Hello Wildfire Games! I'm dariusofwest (Allan Brown) and i'm very excited

    to be joinining the 0 A.D Team.I'm 17 years old and in my 3rd year of High

    School. I've been a composer for 9 years now and pianist for 10.Before this i've

    just been making music and producing a Halo machinima series that i also

    write music for. However, this will be the 1st time that i work on game music and i'm pretty

    stoked.

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