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Something to offset the cost of the display by yerricde · 2000-05-19 06:31 · Score: 3 · on 3-D Monitor From Deep Video Imaging

displaying the left half of your browser on top of the right half, tricking your system into thinking you were running at 1600x600

Better yet, run a lot of adbars on the back screen plane. That way, you can surf the web on the front screen and still get paid to use Windows.

Does "Metallica v. Napster" mean anything to u? by yerricde · 2000-05-04 05:57 · Score: 2 · on Sega Supports Emulation

This just means that Sega is going to step up its anti-piracy campaign. (get paid) Nintendo of America Inc., for instance, doesn't even want players having ROM images of cartridges they own and even discredits freebeerware ROM development by claiming "emulators only support piracy."

Well, here's what I've got (and why) by Kris_J · 2000-04-22 06:28 · Score: 2 · on Which Digital Camera Do You Recommend?

I have 3 (sorta) digital cameras, plus 2 at work (and two more owned privately by staff at work)

My First Digital was a Kodak DC20. Smallest, lightest, cheapest. Least number of features. Takes 8 sub-640x480 photos, or 16 really crap postage stamps. A wonderful camera at the time - Kodak made it and it's software so damn easy to use. A wonderful way to learn what you want in a digital camera.
More recently I purchased a FujiFilm MX-2700. At the time it was the smallest 2.3MegaPixel camera available. It's great, the quality is superb, but I needed to buy a monopod to keep it stable enough to make it worth while, especially in low light. I've taken some wonderful fireworks photos, some of which you might still be able to find at fireworks.krisjohn.net. The only drawback is that there's no optical zoom, but later versions have fixed that. As a general digital, this family is by far the best - it's so small that you don't mind carrying it around on the off-chance that they'll be something to shoot. Highly recommended. Oh, I'm currently using it as a webcam - on and off.
Most recently I bought a GameBoy camera, for artsy stuff, and I must say that it's the most fun I've had with digital photography in ages. I've got an extra memory cart (from datel), plus a GB Xchanger and Mad Catz cable to transfer images to my PC. I can take about 120 shots before having to return to base. Not for serious stuff, but no equal in the fun stakes.
At work we got an old Ricoh digital free with a big colour printer/copier. It's about the same vintage as my DC20, with shots of approximately the same quality. Ricoh have made some good cameras since then, but this one shows it's age much more than my DC20.
The latest purchase at work was a Kodak DC265. It was bought for quality, ease of use and robustness - and it's performed admirably on all counts. If you don't mind something chunky, this is my recommendation for an all-round camera, but make no mistake, it is large and heavy. Ours appears to have a few problems transferring images - it's potentially a dud in that respect - but I've got round that by using a PCMCIA adapter to transfer images, which is a recommended procedure anyway (so damn fast).
Lasty, two of the staff have digital camera's of their own. One is an Olympus something (sorry) and the other is a Canon Pro something (sorry again). They're HUGE and they're rarely seen. Not being able to pack them inside a bag or briefcase really limits their use. That's why I recommend the small end, and why I bought an MX-2700.

Hope this helps,

Re:LZW - not just for GIFs (or breakfast) by yerricde · 2000-04-18 19:18 · Score: 1 · on Unisys Cracks The Whip

Anyway always, when I see png-file, which I can't seen directly with browser

What are you using? The Lynx browser or some other character-cell browser? :-) The latest releases of stable Netscape (4.72) and IE (5.0x) support basic PNG images. Mozilla supported them last time I tried (M14). If you don't have a busy background, you can use non-transparent PNG files the same color as your background. You can test your browser's PNG capabilities at my web page; all the images (except the animated banners which are NOT served from my site) are PNG or JPEG.

Re:LZW - not just for GIFs (or breakfast) by yerricde · 2000-04-18 19:18 · Score: 1 · on Unisys Cracks The Whip

Anyway always, when I see png-file, which I can't seen directly with browser

What are you using? The Lynx browser or some other character-cell browser? :-) The latest releases of stable Netscape (4.72) and IE (5.0x) support basic PNG images. Mozilla supported them last time I tried (M14). If you don't have a busy background, you can use non-transparent PNG files the same color as your background. You can test your browser's PNG capabilities at my web page; all the images (except the animated banners which are NOT served from my site) are PNG or JPEG.

Re:Great thing about internet. Easy to go offshore by yerricde · 2000-04-13 05:45 · Score: 1 · on Gag The UK Net in 3 Easy Steps

stuff accesses just as easy to the web surfer, no matter where it's located.

Not 100% accurate. The user might only see com instead of co.uk (or even better to), but ping times to faraway sites are bound to be lower because, for example, light moves only 299.8 km per millisecond. Latency produces slow loading sites, which turn off users who browse linearly and don't use Open Link in New Window aggressively.