I finally had to get a cell, and I was extremely saddened and dismayed that of the many rings I had to choose from, THE SOUND OF A GOD DAMN PHONE RINGING was not among them.

My only kitty pictar I keep posting:
http://www.lunaran.com/pics/feedme.jpg


Also, this new job is fun but is kicking my ass. Quake4 will rock your socks. That is all. 

my phone didn't come with a phone sound. I evem deleted all the ringtones, and the one that was left was some awful ibiza club tune.

I made use of the built in bluetooth and transferred a ringtone I could put up with from someone else. This tone actually sounds like a telephone. AMAZING. 

Mobile phones (or cell phones, or whatever) are so common here that not having one is almost an insult.

People talk on their phones nearly everywhere, or fiddle with it, maybe sending SMS messages, maybe browsing pr0n pictures they've saved (yes, pr0n in cell phones, technology is amazing).

Out of the people I know, my 4 year old cousin doesn't have a cell, and my grandparents share one. All my other relatives have one (of those close enough worth calling), all my friends have one, all the employees at my workplace have one.

I believe my phone model is now 3 or maybe 4 years old. It has a black and white screen, doesn't have a camera, can't play "polytones", but it's actually really fast to use, functional, and it's hard to get lost in the menus. The special bits I like about it are a calculator, a calendar and a radio. Unlike some new phones...

Samsung has a TV ad here. Their new model whatever has a built-in MP3 player, a decent camera, and several other features. Not once during the ad is it mentioned that it's a cell phone. They are advertising a gadget that can play MP3's and take pictures. Apparently, after I did some researching, you can also use it for calling to other people. Imagine that!

Also, this new job is fun but is kicking my ass. Quake4 will rock your socks. That is all.

I believe you have just violated your non-disclosure agreement. Prepare to be boarded. 

Also, this new job is fun but is kicking my ass. Quake4 will rock your socks. That is all.

I look forward to defeating Quake4's Makron with massive firepower whilst simultaneously solving the Doom3-engine version of Rubik's Clock.

(just kidding Lun; you rock >:} ) 

"Also, this new job is fun but is kicking my ass. Quake4 will rock your socks. That is all."

I hate you so much. ;)

I love my mobile phone...does that make me a bad man? :( 

I don't see anybody with monstrous eyebrows at Raven's website... 

Yes, it seems that in the UK it is compulsary for every child over the age of 6 years old to carry a mobile and spend approximately 85% of their time chatting, texting and otherwise mucking around with it.

Thus by silently planting their sleeper cells within our Nation's youth, this sinister mobile technology has enabled the shockingly rapid invasion of the Chav culture that has taken a stranglehold on our little island in recent years. With such an advanced communications infrastructure in place, the Chavs stalk the suburbs with ruthless efficiency and malice.

These mobile units also serve as the hubs of the Chav's main defense system. There have been unconfirmed reports of Chavs being taken down after having their mobiles confiscated, although mobiles are not their sole source of power. Ipods, wielded by the Chavs are now appearing in the cities. The popularity of these ominous Ipod machines amongst the Chavs is beginning to tower over even that of the mobiles, and as a result they have the ability to strike unprecedented terror into the heart of the populace.

The microwave death rays emitted by the mobiles have the power to disorientate the Chav's victims and render them susceptable to their secondary attacks, often preceeded by blood-curdling howls of "Gis twenny pee mate!" and "Oi got a fag mate?"

The acrid smell of a peculiar greenish Weed, grown and propagated by the Chavs has a tendency to creep into areas of recent Chav occupation.

Let us hope and pray that the World can band together and defeat the Chav menace, before it is too late. 

do people still use idgamma with it? 

 

why bother if there's proper gamma support in it? 

with any GL-engine. Even h/w gamma can't bring out the colours like idgamma can, if properly set. The only time it doesn't work well is with extremely bright texes (classic example: kjsp1). 

There are different gammas now? 

Idgamma with FitzQ - yes, because I've gotten used to how it looks with my own custom idgamma-generated palette/colormap.

I'd have to echo what aguiRe said: as far as I seen (not that I've fiddled much with FQ's settings) you just can't get the same colour vibrancy and contrast etc that idgamma provides, just by using in-engine commands. 

If you don't know what idgamma is, check out this page:

http://www.planetquake.com/frib/glquake.html#Idgamma

If you'd like to see the difference it can make just replacing the standard palette/colormap (without even changing any other settings), check this out.

Default Quake palette:

http://www.planetquake.com/frib/screenshots/default_palette.jpg

My Idgamma-generated palette:

http://www.planetquake.com/frib/screenshots/my_palette.jpg

Pretty remarkable difference there. 

it turned i used frib's idgamma all this time and forgot about that! as i tried to remove it everything became dull and not contrast so i returned it back :) 

Those of you who dont have mobiles prolly spend all time at home and socialize entirely via inet...
sorry for ya pals

and yeah, phone ringing and loud talking (of any kind actually) in public places is annoying 

Just remember it when playing kjsp1 or Nehahra invein when all the nice bright texes are saturated ...

Idgamma is invaluable in most other maps. I even had to create custom pak variants when using some paks with modified palette, e.g. vile or lomgoat. 

The colours..they aren't ugly!!! 

I have found version 2.0 but get a 'path not found' error even though the path is correct.

Any known issues with WinXP? 

recall problems running idgamma under NT/2K/XP. There's a v2.1 that maybe helps but I think there were still some issues. Run in full screen and backup your id1 game paks beforehand, it might replace one at will. 

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=102911 

I used to hate mobile phones, had the same old one for years, barey functioning and barely using it for anything.

Recently I was (almost) forced to buy a new one (NOKIA 6020), and hey...I'm starting to like it better. Trying to avoid talking loudly in public places etc., it's just there for sending SMS mostly. And it has a nice colour display with easy to grasp menus, and the battery in it actually stays up for days :) 

just use frib's generated pak file, it works well in most cases. 

Seriously. 

Thanks, you're right.