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I know it's a couple of years old now, but Battlefield2 is the greatest shooter out there. I have tons of games, but I keep coming back to BF2. I've actually started to wear out the disk. Single player never gets old, but on-line is fun forever. They probably still have the free demo up for download, which never expires but limits you to one map. The demo allows on-line play too, and it's tough to get bored with that one map. I played it for months before I finally broke down and bought it.
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Well, all I can suggest at this moment are Bioshock, Enemy Territory: Quake Wars and the upcoming Call of Duty 4. Call of Duty has finally moved to a modern setting. Check out this demo level walkthrough: http://files.filefront.com/cod4mwwmv/;8791456;/fileinfo.html
Damn, I didn't like the fixed paths through the Call of Duty games, but this one is the bomb!
Life would be so much easier if I had the source code!
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I'm surprised that no one has recommended "Return to Wolfenstein". It's a great WWII shooter with a bit of Doom thrown in for good measure.
-Hawk
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If you prefer the never-ending challenge of head-to-head action, "America's Army" is the bomb! 
AND IT'S 100% FREE!
www.americasarmy.com
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Definetely The Orange Box from Half-Life/Half-Life 2 developers Valve. Even though it is set in the near-future-alternate-reality (heh), it is basically in our time, with different weapons and more human and robot-like enemies than anything else, it is just amazing.
The Orange Box is only $50 (£28 with tax, if you are British) and comes with Half Life 2 (The best game ever), Half Life 2: Episode 1 (the awesome sequel), Half Life 2: Episode 2 (The even better seqeul), Team Fortress 2 (Comic stylee, fun online multiplayer FPS, most anticipated online game for some time) and Portal (The joint best game in the pack (with hl2) and has an awesome twist at the end.
Here is the orange box link: orange.half-life.com
A review of the orange box by the best review out there: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/zeropunctuation/2541-Zero-Punctuation-The-Orange-Box
I definetely recommend it!
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I recommend "Return to Castle Wolfenstein"
It's great fun. It does get rather fantastical on the later levels but it's truly superb anyway.
The same goes for Half-life, though this is more disturbing in my opinion. If you think you're up to it, you might also want to puzzle out why the Mesa scientists "have to wear these ridiculous ties".
Class.
'Drop the boy, drop the boy, *ROOERG* ....
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First post here - did a search and came up fairly empty, so here goes:
I am developing an app to analyze and display data in graphical form - mainly histograms and scatter (X-Y) plots. I used GMS toolbox in VB6, but switching to .NET, I'd like to update the look and feel. Without spending an arm and a leg (and also getting a lot of chart types and features I do not need), do y'all have any recommendations?
Thx,
Atle
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Jon Sagara wrote: Worth a look, anyway. I have used it for simple graphs, and it kicks butt.
I've used it for complex real-time stuff, and it still kicks butt 
DundasCharts appears to be even better, but of course it isn't free.
The early bird who catches the worm works for someone who comes in late and owns the worm farm. -- Travis McGee
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Zedgraph. Jon linked to it.
I'd also recommend Dundas Chart - i tried it for a week or so prior to finding ZedGraph, and it is drop-dead easy to use.
every night, i kneel at the foot of my bed and thank the Great Overseeing Politicians for protecting my freedoms by reducing their number, as if they were deer in a state park. -- C hris L osinger, Online Poker Players?
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I've used the DevExpress chart control a few times - it worked great for me. I won't link to it - if you're going to look at it, you may as well click through the banner ad that appears here for their controls every couple of page refreshes.
Cheers,
Drew.
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We use Dundas Chart on CodeProject (and not just because they comp us a copy )
It really does rock.
cheers, Chris Maunder CodeProject.com : C++ MVP
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I too strongly recommend Dundas Chart which is used in CP itself and it strictly followed here in CP.
SSK.
Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain.
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I don't I write my own.
WPF - Imagineers Wanted
Follow your nose using DoubleAnimationUsingPath
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norm .net wrote: I don't I write my own.
I tell that you do it painstakingly only because Satips is using Dundas chart 
Real men drive manual transmission.
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I use Telerik controls for both winforms and ASP.NET - these offer a high level of customisation and code can easily be migrated between online\offline use, also the other tools they offer are great value.
http://www.telerik.com/
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Telerik user here too - the Dundas and others were all good but a lot of them wanted me to buy a whole set of controls when I only wanted a chart. I like it but don't use it very much, just a few simple bar/line charts.
'Howard
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Yeah, should be noted that the winforms package has to be bought as a set whereas the asp.net controls can be bought seperatly (allthough I use virtually all their controls in my projects, particullarly recommend grid and combobox functionality)
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I recommend the Dundas chart library for both win-forms and web applications. Dundas has done an excellent job with their charts in a very short period of time. My second suggestion, for web applications only, is the wonderful chart library by InfoSoftGlobal called Fusion Charts. Their flash based charts are very eye-catching, easy to use/configure and inexpensive.
Dundas = $$$
FusionCharts = $
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After an exhaustive comparison study, we decided on Dundas Enterprise (as many have mentioned already). It's not cheap at all, but it is the best feature for feature. It's also reasonably easy to use (although the documentation isn't that great).
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I just found this article while searching for the chinese alphabet...
http://www.logoi.com/notes/symbols_alphabet.html[^]
I read it and now I am even more confused...
I am trying to dynamically generate something of a rolodex table of contents at the top of my application window to quickly lookup people with emails that start with 0-9, A-Z...
Basically, in English it looks like this:
[0-9][A][B][C][...][Z]
By clicking the button C you will quickly and effectively find all email addresses that start with C. I like this interface.
I have a language table for each corresponding character which is iterated and used to generate approperiate buttons. Will this technique work for non-western languages?
What considerations do I need to take?
I'm finding the only constant in software development is change it self.
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Maximilien wrote: how does a real rolodex work in Chinese.....?
It really doesn't. You put in a name like Chang and out pops 200 million listings!
PS. Comment about a fat (excuse me, weight-challenged) person: he has got more chins than there are in the Hong Kong telephone directory.
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You may find it useful buying a small English-Chinese dictionary for a few $/£.
When translating from English to Chinese, you simply look up the English word according to the alphabet order.
When translating from Chinese to English, you consult the initial index which is ordered by the number of strokes and find the first character in the word (many Chinese words comprise of two or even more characters). Then you consult the main part of the dictionary for that character.
You may also find this link handy
http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php
Alternatively, chinese characters may be organised by the position of the strokes but I have no experience of using that method.
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