Linux may be leading the open-source movement but is it the
software for the people? It depends. Would you recognize a
video card if it jumped off a motherboard?
"System Shock 2" succeeds in being deeper, scarier and more
engrossing than the vaunted "Half-Life." While not as
strong in the AI category, SS2 offers a little RPG, a
little adventure, and a lot of action to make it a singular
- and very satisfying - gaming experience.
Iraq decides to wait and see on Y2K oil disruption
Iraq's oil industry is not prepared to deal with the
millennium bug and may well be forced to shut down
production and exports at the turn of the year, a reliable
industry source in Baghdad said on Wednesday.
It's a sad truth that current PC hardware is usually more
powerful than we need to easily run the programs that we
use most often. But when it comes to rendering 3D images,
a brawny processor is essential.