Might be more typical than you think; I was describing what happens when I play World of Warcraft. (The drive is quite warm by the end of an hour session.)
I have a 5Gig Seagate USB drive. While it might be months before I've written 128MB of changes, when I'm using it I'm randomly referencing over 4Gig of data files. How would a little flash cache save it from spinning all the time?
Name a digital camera that can double its vertical and horizontal pixel counts by taking multiple photos. This program is the only thing that makes me regret buying s Series 60 phone without a camera.
You stole my comment. And you probably did a better job of it than I would have.
As I type I'm working on a PC with Thinsoft's "BeTwin" software installed. Two video cards, two monitors, two keyboards, two mice -- two stations that you can log onto independently.
At work, I have Maxivista, though I haven't used it for a while since the power supply for a little network switch died. I must get that replaced.
Other interesting stuff to screw around with monitors includes; Margi's Display-to-go PCMCIA video card and an interesting "USB2VGA" product. These both allow you to easily add extra monitors to a laptop, or in the case of the USB device, a desktop with no slots or a locked case. I have both. The frame rate on the PCMCIA card is much better than the USB device, not surprisingly. But for work, both help.
Browser, email/news client, IM client, media player, zipfolders, fax software, web server, AOL client, MSN client, games, image editor, and indexing service. For starters. The shell and file manager in XP is pretty bloated too, a smaller one would be much better. I used to use Litestep back in my Win98 days.
Old hardware, but I filled a 128MB card with over 200 photos just at one wedding. Newer hardware would probably fill a 512MB card with the same number of photos.
If I think I'm going to need more space, I have a PocketPC with a CF slot and an SD/MMC slot. I've got a 512MB SD card and another 512MB MMC. Given the relatively low res of my Kodak DC260, I could probably take 1,600 photos before I ran out of space. It's a bit slow, so taking that many photos would probably take a full day.
Given that the DC260 uses AAs, I can even easily carry enough power to take all those shots too. I own a USB charger cable for my Pocket PC, a USB AA/AAA battery charger and a cigarette-lighter USB/Firewire power adapter.
Voice acting is the biggest source of crap in video games. I think it was the first or second expansion to Dungeon Siege where the first NPC opens his mouth and you reach for the sound settings. Frankly I'm surprised that any members of SAG do any voice acting for video games. I would have though it's the boss' son and the janitor. (No offense to janitors, you're just the best example of a staff member that has the least to do with core business.)
I can confirm that trying to power an Asus 716 PocketPC from USB and use it at the same time only works if you switch it into low power consumption mode. Otherwise the backlight keeps going up and down.
As to why companies don't make sure that 500mW is enough, I can't answer that.
Distributed.Net always shows me what happens to a PC permanently at 100% CPU load. Had to remove it from the student labs because it caused all the Dells to turn their fans up full. The noise! There are ports for pretty much everything.
We should obviously give up on space then, it's just too hard. It costs too much and has some level of risk. If something's too hard it's not worth doing. The money should be spent on privitising social security or pumping oil out of Iraq.
That 20-30% JPEG compression system mentioned on Slashdot a while back is out. I'm getting an average of about 21% on all my JPEGs, except CMYK ones -- they don't pack.
Implementations are currently limited to a simple (Windows?) archive package (which doesn't appear to do any other file types any better than the previous version). I'm hoping for a Firefox image plugin and a Pocket PC port myself.
This and all the other comments about buying DVDs from Amazon all all very correct. You can't morally justify illegally downloading a TV show when DVDs are just a simple on-line order away. I buy DVD box sets of TV shows from Amazon all the time.
BTW: The limit for importing without duty in Australia is roughly A$250. Less if you're buying multiple copies of something (you get tagged as a dealer).
Did Channel 9 ever finish Voyager? I used to buy DS9 locally on video tape ahead of broadcast. Then I rented Voyager, similarly ahead of broadcast. Now I buy stuff from Amazon and it arrives ahead of broadcast. Firefly is a good example. The US box set was available locally something like a year before the show appeared around midnight on Channel 7. I'm fairly sure 7 never finished Futurama.
If it hadn't been for my friends, I wouldn't have boought the game. Even if I had, I wouldn't have made it past about level 10.
I've almost stalled completely three times. Each time I've needed serious help and a lot of Thottbotting to get over the hump. At times the game has felt like work. I've got friends who are level 60 now, my highest is 45. Good for me, I get more help now they're maxed. Bad for them, stuff is starting to look very tedious. Alts are being dusted off, people are considering what to do next, as Blizzard sure haven't added anything of conesquence since the retail release.
I agree that a large number of the initial subscriptions will not be continued. I may or may not be one of the people that leave.
"King of Prussia, PA" -- is that a real town? And here I was thinking that "Medieval England, Iowa" was just a lame joke. Now I'm thinking of getting an atlas...
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Might be more typical than you think; I was describing what happens when I play World of Warcraft. (The drive is quite warm by the end of an hour session.)
I have a 5Gig Seagate USB drive. While it might be months before I've written 128MB of changes, when I'm using it I'm randomly referencing over 4Gig of data files. How would a little flash cache save it from spinning all the time?
Name a digital camera that can double its vertical and horizontal pixel counts by taking multiple photos. This program is the only thing that makes me regret buying s Series 60 phone without a camera.
I have dozens of devices that can generate a video signal. My old TV is not going to go blank, even if I never watch a DTV signal ever.
As I type I'm working on a PC with Thinsoft's "BeTwin" software installed. Two video cards, two monitors, two keyboards, two mice -- two stations that you can log onto independently.
At work, I have Maxivista, though I haven't used it for a while since the power supply for a little network switch died. I must get that replaced.
Other interesting stuff to screw around with monitors includes; Margi's Display-to-go PCMCIA video card and an interesting "USB2VGA" product. These both allow you to easily add extra monitors to a laptop, or in the case of the USB device, a desktop with no slots or a locked case. I have both. The frame rate on the PCMCIA card is much better than the USB device, not surprisingly. But for work, both help.
How is that in any way the same?
Browser, email/news client, IM client, media player, zipfolders, fax software, web server, AOL client, MSN client, games, image editor, and indexing service. For starters. The shell and file manager in XP is pretty bloated too, a smaller one would be much better. I used to use Litestep back in my Win98 days.
If I think I'm going to need more space, I have a PocketPC with a CF slot and an SD/MMC slot. I've got a 512MB SD card and another 512MB MMC. Given the relatively low res of my Kodak DC260, I could probably take 1,600 photos before I ran out of space. It's a bit slow, so taking that many photos would probably take a full day.
Given that the DC260 uses AAs, I can even easily carry enough power to take all those shots too. I own a USB charger cable for my Pocket PC, a USB AA/AAA battery charger and a cigarette-lighter USB/Firewire power adapter.
Voice acting is the biggest source of crap in video games. I think it was the first or second expansion to Dungeon Siege where the first NPC opens his mouth and you reach for the sound settings. Frankly I'm surprised that any members of SAG do any voice acting for video games. I would have though it's the boss' son and the janitor. (No offense to janitors, you're just the best example of a staff member that has the least to do with core business.)
Sell half your liver now, then half again when it grows back.
As to why companies don't make sure that 500mW is enough, I can't answer that.
Distributed.Net always shows me what happens to a PC permanently at 100% CPU load. Had to remove it from the student labs because it caused all the Dells to turn their fans up full. The noise! There are ports for pretty much everything.
Sources of secondhand games:
- EBs/ToysRUS and other high-profile games retailers
- Pawnbrokers and other standard secondhand stores
- Op-shops, thrift stores, "Good Sammy's" and other charity stores
- Garage Sales
- Swapmeets/Trash 'n Treasure/Flea Markets/Car Boot Sales, or whatever they're called locally in your area
There. I guess that makes me an effing genius.We should obviously give up on space then, it's just too hard. It costs too much and has some level of risk. If something's too hard it's not worth doing. The money should be spent on privitising social security or pumping oil out of Iraq.
Implementations are currently limited to a simple (Windows?) archive package (which doesn't appear to do any other file types any better than the previous version). I'm hoping for a Firefox image plugin and a Pocket PC port myself.
BTW: The limit for importing without duty in Australia is roughly A$250. Less if you're buying multiple copies of something (you get tagged as a dealer).
Did Channel 9 ever finish Voyager? I used to buy DS9 locally on video tape ahead of broadcast. Then I rented Voyager, similarly ahead of broadcast. Now I buy stuff from Amazon and it arrives ahead of broadcast. Firefly is a good example. The US box set was available locally something like a year before the show appeared around midnight on Channel 7. I'm fairly sure 7 never finished Futurama.
Wow, I really haven't been keeping up with new episodes of The Simpsons.
How well does it play World of Warcraft?
(That's actually a serious question, there have been reports that the textures corrupt on the UniChrome chipsets.)
I've almost stalled completely three times. Each time I've needed serious help and a lot of Thottbotting to get over the hump. At times the game has felt like work. I've got friends who are level 60 now, my highest is 45. Good for me, I get more help now they're maxed. Bad for them, stuff is starting to look very tedious. Alts are being dusted off, people are considering what to do next, as Blizzard sure haven't added anything of conesquence since the retail release.
I agree that a large number of the initial subscriptions will not be continued. I may or may not be one of the people that leave.
It's a bit ad-y, but it's still not a bad compilation of iPod stuff.
"King of Prussia, PA" -- is that a real town? And here I was thinking that "Medieval England, Iowa" was just a lame joke. Now I'm thinking of getting an atlas...
Would a felony-conviction or FBI search detect if someone was racist?