A Couple of Quick Things While I Wait for Lunch...
Sunday, May 7th, 2006So someone figures out how to fix, on their own, an overheating problem in these new MacBook Pros (what a name)... they post relevant material online so that others can fix their laptops, too, if they had the technical skill to attempt it on their own. They include a snippet, like... a quarter page scan of the MacBook service manual as graphical aid.
The Apple that everyone knows and loves and says can do no wrong wants the image taken down because it is infringing on their copyright. Wanna see the image in question? Here. Very damaging to sales of their Service Manual, isn't it.
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Next in line is the leaked E3 video for Spore! I think, after all, that I want this game... It doesn't seem to be anything stellar as far as gameplay goes. (Seems just like an Age of Empires with a wider timeline.) Although the fact that it downloads other planets from other players that you can explore later on sounds like my kind of game... exploration. Rock, rock on! I guess the character design counts as gameplay, though... that's really sweet looking, too. But I have no idea what I'd want to make, so...