Look into the nokia 5800, or the n97 if you can wait a month. The 5800 won the best multimedia smartphone award in the UK magazine Smartphone & PDA Essentials http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/9510_Nokia_5800_wins_as_Best_multim.php
Slickdeals just showed a deal for 220$ to get a NAM version, unlocked, too, just a few days ago.
Symbian is epic.
No, it's not possible to run unsigned code or homebrew on the 360. It hasn't been, and probably won't ever be possible until we can find a way to break the keys, or the dependence on the cryptographic keys contained within the 360.
Pretty much all that the mods are doing is spoofing the PFI (Physical Format Information), DMI (Disc Manufacturer Information, SS (Stealth Sectors), and video.iso (a short video) to the original information that's offset to a different spot on the disc. In layman's terms, it pretends that you're running a storebought xbox360dvd with all of its original disc information (ie: disc stamped in kanagawa, japan) while in fact you are running a verbatim dvd9.
It's great that you pointed out that Vanguard is trying to do something a bit differently, having the individual levelling spheres for adventuring (dungeon-romping), crafting, and diplomacy, but it should also be noted that while they are all unique and do not directly depend on one another for advancement, they still indirectly do. For example, to get the high level trees to cut down to advance in lumberjacking, the high level firebloom plants for tailoring, the nodes of tin for blacksmithing, etc, you have to go to seriously dangerous areas that would not be possible without having a subsequently high level in adventuring.. Or a sufficient amount of guildmates/friends high enough level to protect you while you harvested the raw materials required to craft the high level items.
Granted, the game does have some high system requirements, but it runs a lot better now than it did in beta. I get on average 10fps more on my rig than I did when they had their debug code in. It's nice that they future-proofed the game-engine so that it'll continue looking great long into the future, because IMO- the game is a work of art and is a great change in all the MMO's of the past. You can look at any part of it, compare it to any of the current crop of MMO's, and see that it surpasses them all in one way or another. I'm extremely impressed and look forward to working together with many of the crafters in my guild to create our own sailing ship as well as a community of houses on one of the huge continents.
The only thing that really caught my eye in another MMO that's trying to do something unique and different, is the blending of AI/scripting/storytelling that LOTRO is doing. It's like they're blending traditional RPG storytelling/acting inside the MMO universe. Granted, my experience in LOTRO is very limited since I only grinded about 20hrs straight in the stress test a few weeks ago, but they did accept me into the closed beta going on now, and I'm curious to see how else they implemented their AI/scripting/storytelling in the rest of the game. Unfortunately since I got used to the beautiful graphics of Vanguard, LOTRO is hard to compare, visually, and reminds me of the colourful/childish theme of WOW. There is ~3-5 months before release, so hopefully they'll improve the graphics a bit before release.:) We'll have to see..
http://www.slickdeals.net/#p8050 has a little blurp outlining that you can download a free tv episode (worth 1.99$) to try out the service for free. There isn't much selection, and the application you have to download doesn't work very well if you're behind a work proxy, so I have not been able to test to see if it even works.
Does anyone actually have something good to say about this test?
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http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/breaking/2010/03/30/lhc-research-program-launched-with-7-tev-collisions/ So according to that article, we did the colliding at 7 TeV and their next goal is 14 TeV in 2013, but it's not clear whether that level of 14 is equivilant to the "big bang". Does anyone know what we need to hit in energy levels to reach that?
It is, unlocked north american version, for 220$ if you can find it on a deal, or less if you can find an at&t retailer selling it with a subsidy.
Look into the nokia 5800, or the n97 if you can wait a month. The 5800 won the best multimedia smartphone award in the UK magazine Smartphone & PDA Essentials http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/9510_Nokia_5800_wins_as_Best_multim.php Slickdeals just showed a deal for 220$ to get a NAM version, unlocked, too, just a few days ago. Symbian is epic.
Perfect! All we need now is a site on how to analyze the answers. Hehe.
Great work!
No, it's not possible to run unsigned code or homebrew on the 360. It hasn't been, and probably won't ever be possible until we can find a way to break the keys, or the dependence on the cryptographic keys contained within the 360. Pretty much all that the mods are doing is spoofing the PFI (Physical Format Information), DMI (Disc Manufacturer Information, SS (Stealth Sectors), and video.iso (a short video) to the original information that's offset to a different spot on the disc. In layman's terms, it pretends that you're running a storebought xbox360dvd with all of its original disc information (ie: disc stamped in kanagawa, japan) while in fact you are running a verbatim dvd9.
It's great that you pointed out that Vanguard is trying to do something a bit differently, having the individual levelling spheres for adventuring (dungeon-romping), crafting, and diplomacy, but it should also be noted that while they are all unique and do not directly depend on one another for advancement, they still indirectly do. For example, to get the high level trees to cut down to advance in lumberjacking, the high level firebloom plants for tailoring, the nodes of tin for blacksmithing, etc, you have to go to seriously dangerous areas that would not be possible without having a subsequently high level in adventuring.. Or a sufficient amount of guildmates/friends high enough level to protect you while you harvested the raw materials required to craft the high level items.
:) We'll have to see..
Granted, the game does have some high system requirements, but it runs a lot better now than it did in beta. I get on average 10fps more on my rig than I did when they had their debug code in. It's nice that they future-proofed the game-engine so that it'll continue looking great long into the future, because IMO- the game is a work of art and is a great change in all the MMO's of the past. You can look at any part of it, compare it to any of the current crop of MMO's, and see that it surpasses them all in one way or another. I'm extremely impressed and look forward to working together with many of the crafters in my guild to create our own sailing ship as well as a community of houses on one of the huge continents.
The only thing that really caught my eye in another MMO that's trying to do something unique and different, is the blending of AI/scripting/storytelling that LOTRO is doing. It's like they're blending traditional RPG storytelling/acting inside the MMO universe. Granted, my experience in LOTRO is very limited since I only grinded about 20hrs straight in the stress test a few weeks ago, but they did accept me into the closed beta going on now, and I'm curious to see how else they implemented their AI/scripting/storytelling in the rest of the game. Unfortunately since I got used to the beautiful graphics of Vanguard, LOTRO is hard to compare, visually, and reminds me of the colourful/childish theme of WOW. There is ~3-5 months before release, so hopefully they'll improve the graphics a bit before release.
http://www.slickdeals.net/#p8050 has a little blurp outlining that you can download a free tv episode (worth 1.99$) to try out the service for free. There isn't much selection, and the application you have to download doesn't work very well if you're behind a work proxy, so I have not been able to test to see if it even works. Does anyone actually have something good to say about this test?