I know I deserve to plunged into some circle of geek hell for this, but the screenplay and novel adaptations state "jigawatts."
Also, it was first mentioned by the Doc Brown of 1985, who used the softened sound.
Therefore, quotation marks. I know it's wrong, you know it's wrong, but even so, we stick with our fictional values just as much as our non fictional ones.
Yep, I do. And once I get them, and a flux capacitor, and some way of generating the requisite 1.21 "jigawatts" of power, then maybe I can record a show that will be over long after I get all this crap.
Tivo hacking is cool and useful, but let's just assume for the moment that some of us don't feel like potentially breaking a $400 SA unit with hours worth of data still waiting to be dumped to tape.
From the looks of it, you're a lacto-ovo vegetarian, or you've just been avoiding meat. I eat a lot of red meat, so I'm not sure how helpful I can be.
Go for a bit more veg. protein if you can do it without making yourself sick of the taste (too much of any food eventually bores me, at any rate) or if you're okay with eating meat, then there's always *adding* steak to your beloved pasta. Veal works well with pasta, again, if you're not morally opposed to it, as do shrimp, or chicken. My top ways of adding protein to my diet (including the tricks I picked up from 4 months of unemployment) include about 4oz. of ground meat, browned and added to maybe 10oz. of sauce. Beef protein is actually quite useful for bulking up, or at least it's always felt that way to me.
Shrimp works great (the spicier the sauce the better) and chicken is good in cacciatore (sp?) so it should be fine for you.
Honestly, I stopped calorie counting ages ago, since I have the same metabolism issues. I spent a long time at about 130, and have slowly made it up to 170 of mostly muscle mass. Sure, I've gotten a tiny bit of extra fat from my carelessness, but it's maybe 5lbs., and it goes away only to come back due to my own irresponsibility. However, I know that I'm probably at about 3500 calories a day, consisting of a small breakfast (I tend to be rushed in the mornings,) a large sized lunch, and a tendency for family-sized portions at dinner. Add on random snacks, and I'm fully aware why I'm always fidgeting and running a high temperature. I'm one of those people who will chug down a snack and immediately start to overheat. I think the main trick that got me to bulk up (mostly lower body, though, which is an annoyance) was that I just had no choice but to use the energy I was getting! I walked more, I started rollerblading to work, etc.
Also, this is tremendously important, you need to get your vitamins and minerals. Switch off of the Kool-Aid and drink some fruit juice. If you need caffeinated drinks, go for it, but I really don't see the point in the colored sugar water. Milk is also a good idea, of course, but then again, milk is *always* a good idea, as long as you're not lactose intolerant.
First off, I assume you're alternating workouts. Upper body one day, lower body the next, and so on.
Next, SLEEP! Your muscles repair themselves when you sleep, and getting more than 8 hours is actually normal when you're bulking up.
Now, as for that workout, you're pushing yourself the wrong way. You'll be strong from it, but you're not going to really pack on much mass. Is that a bad thing? Not really.
More weight, less reps, is the general rule. Don't drop 30 pounds off the bar when you're tired. If you can lift more than 160, then do maybe 3 sets of 8 to 10 at the higher weight.
You're also going to need carbs. Lots of them. While your body can convert damned near anything into energy, carbs are the easiest to use. Add some protein so that your muscles can recover, and you'll be fine. You need more than the recommended value to bulk up properly, otherwise where is the muscle mass going to come from?
The workout you're doing probably keeps you in better shape than most people, so I don't really see why you're worried about it. Less weight for more reps is a tradeoff for fitness that won't ever get you the results you're looking for, but then again, how important is that?
Trust me on the protein intake, though. A friend of mine was in the same boat as you, and then he enlisted. He's climbing up in weight now, and all he's dealt with is the general abuse of Basic and military food. A balanced diet, sure, but it's balanced for people who are working *hard* all day.
Well, they shouldn't be copy protected, but that's just because I supposedly have the right to make backups, and use the data as I see fit for personal use.
If they could somehow make it that I could make 15 billion copies of a song/movie that I've already paid for, but ensure that I'm the only one who can use those copies, I'd be perfectly happy.
Anyway, no, it's not ok, as we both agree. And yes, resources of any type should be secured from improper use. However, I'll still stand in the anti-copy protection side, since everything that I see in place these days seems to limit fair use.
At what point did I say that it was OK to steal the bandwidth? At what point did I even deny that it was stealing?
Bandwidth (on a per company basis) is a finite resource. We both realize that. You're arguing with me on a point that I already agree with!
The point is that *someone* is going to do it, and it has nothing to do with OSS. Damned near anyone these days can up and buy a card and steal bandwidth. Since it's going to happen, you DO YOUR JOB and stop it.
I'm not about to shoplift, start crime sprees, etc. But why does it happen? Because of inadequate security.
I *can* take bandwidth because it's not locked down. I just won't. I could also run about the streets with an assault rifle gunning down anyone who looked at me crosseyed. That doesn't mean I will. You're the one confusing ability with intent.
As a sysadmin, I fully expect some idiot to try to weasel their way into my networks. When he does, I should hope that I've taken enough precautions to make sure he fails miserably.
Back to your final response, if a guard falls asleep at a store, someone will try to shoplift. The guard will be fired. Does that get the stolen property back? No. If the head of the neighborhood watch goes on vacation and someone starts a crime spree, someone else will take charge in his absence.
You can call it theft all you want, but just because you say it's bad doesn't mean people will stop doing it. The proper response is to take the proper precautionary measures. Reliance on some utopian ideals will ultimately get you nowhere.
And once again, NO, it's NOT ok to steal. But it's still going to happen.
That said, the difference would be noticable between HD and standard broadcast, and you might want to preserve that at higher quality settings (Tivo has four: Low, Medium, High, and Best) so that you see something as close to the original as possible.
You won't use any extra space for recording an HD feed (in fact, you may take up less, since you'd be forced into letterboxing it, and VBR recording would probably make that more efficient) but you'll probably use the higher settings at about 2GB/hour just because it would look better.
Personally, given that much free space, I'd record everything on high or best quality just because I'd hardly worry about running out of space. However, the Tivo is slow when it comes to dealing with long lists of shows, so I'd also use higher quality settings just because I'd be forced by space limitations to keep the number of shows down.
Well, if their network is insecure, they *do* deserve to have bandwidth stolen, and it should show up in their logs and monitoring systems.
Then the sysadmin should be fired and replaced with someone who has some clue about network security.
Let's face it. Damned near everyone will accept an offer of something for nothing. If I leave my front door open all the time, people are going to walk in. Some people might even take stuff. If I leave a phone in a publicly accessible place, people will start making calls.
To hell with legality and morality, people want a free lunch. Just look at Digital Satellite hacks, cable descramblers, game console modchips, phone phreaks... Some of these are ridiculously easy to take advantage of, others aren't. For $30 on top of the cost of a laptop/handheld (and face it, no one who doesn't already have a portable device will give half a damn about wireless networking) I have the ability, though not the right, to walk about my city and access the 'net from any access point in range.
If you don't want people stealing your bandwidth, then LOCK IT DOWN. If you're running a company and don't want your IT department giving it all away, then hire an admin who understands that. Stores have security guards, residential buildings have doormen, suburban areas have the neighborhood watch, networks have admins. Let them do their job, and the only wireless bandwidth available will be from those who want to share, and have a right to do so. Believe me, in most urban areas, that'll be plenty of bandwidth to go around.
An occasional fsck on a production system is quite important, I agree.
This is what scheduled downtime is for. I understand that it's a so-called "helpful measure" to automate the process, but at times, it's downright annoying. If the admin isn't bright enough to even schedule maintenance periods, then he ought to be told to clean out his desk.
Again, I completely agree with you, but I think that any system that runs periodic maintenance for the admin is really just making things a little *too* convenient.
Romulans? Who were never seen before "Balance of Terror," which took place in Kirk's era? Who aren't due to show up in Enterprise for another few years, if they wanted to stick to the old Earth-Romulan wars?
I can see a bunch of Trekkers getting up in protest, breathing heavily, and promptly sitting back down.
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What you'd do best with is a hard case with foam rubber. You can then cram the LCD and speakers in the top half of the case, and the PC in the lower half. Leave room for ventilation, and make sure that the front of the LCD is covered with foam rubber when not in use!
The problem is that your son is carrying many pounds of gear, though. It's insane, since he's just asking for trouble carting something like that around. A laptop really is a better choice, especially with the new ones carrying Nvidia GPUs.
The better choice? A Gamecube or a PS2 with a flipdown LCD. Just get a padded bag, and you're ready to go. The best choice? Gameboy Advance. Good games, good battery life, and if it gets stolen, you're out what, 70 bucks?
As an avid gamer, I still think that he's better off not gaming all the time, unless he's really doing so with friends. A PC doesn't lend itself to social gaming as much as a console, though, and dedicated gaming hardware is just cheaper. I've been known to visit friends with a Gamecube in tow. My PC is much better off staying at home.
That's the biggest crock I've ever heard. Dell US tries to pull the same crap, and I've simply told them "if you touch the server's hard disk, you'd better have a pack of lawyers." They tend to listen at this point, since no one wants to deal with litigation over something as stupid as that. We never got Windows Refunds, but they were never so stupid as to *not* replace a system component just because we weren't running their preferred OS.
Almost any manufacturer worth my time will support anything that hasn't been modified since it left the factory. Fortunately, that means everything but the hard drive data, and that's all I need taken care of.
Well, you can rest assured that they'll never have Nerf fights over *there* again...
Honestly, I see your point. An occasional Nerf war is one thing. It's great to let off steam on a Friday afternoon like this, for example.
Pelting someone in the midst of a support call, on the other hand, is the most immature thing you can do. No wonder Ricochet tanked.
That said, if you ever end up in such an environment again, look for a used Nerf Wildfire, and spend a weekend building a CO2 canister hookup. 20 darts right across the office in 6 seconds will shut anybody up. Not having to pump like a madman after reloading all 20 will start the Reign of Terror, Nerf style.
Failing that, go sniper on them with a modded Supermaxx pistol. One of those to the face silences every brand of idiot.
Two video cards *and* a TV card?? And a tape backup card on top of an IDE controller?
Modern video cards and SCSI are your friends, man. The modem should be excessive these days, but then again, I still keep an external around, "just in case."
Even so, I don't think I'll ever completely max out a case/motherboard like that.
At least I'm fairly certain you can, since there are all those knockoff NES systems that look like an N64 controller with A/V out. The only trick is that those don't rely on cartridges.
Presumably, you can purchase the chip from somewhere, or just gut one of the bootlegs. Either way, it's not about "just running the emulator," it's about the proper feel. Sure it's more expensive and complex. That's the fun!
The thing about gutting an NES that bugs me is that it's no longer an NES, it's just a cool case.
I think that they can do better than this. How about a mini-itx board, a laptop hard drive, and an NES-on-a-chip connected to the cartridge and controller ports? If you want to make it come up as a computer, flick a switch, and video output comes out of the PC video card.
There should be just barely enough space in the original US NES case to pull this off, although it would certainly be tough to do.
You're clearly not on Time-Warner cable. The TV itself is reliable, it's the damn signal over the wire that decides that it doesn't need to come over. Which of course makes my TV a large box of plastic and glass, and my TiVo useless.
Somehow, for $55 a month (Basic cable and TiVo) I'd expect more than the ability to timeshift static.
I was there... and honestly, there wasn't a damned bit of difference after the top of the North Tower hit my DSL's CO.
At least I had already managed the cell phone calls that I needed well before that. You have no idea how quickly some people can get on the phone just to say "I'm safe, I'm alive, spread the word."
Wireless was actually, sadly enough, the most reliable service that day. That's *why* it was overloaded, we all knew that once we got a connection, it would work.
Maybe if I had a cable modem, VoIP would have been more sensible (I don't think I lost cable service at all, judging by the hours of news that my Tivo accidentally recorded.) As it stands, VoIP wouldn't have solved the problem for everyone.
Maybe not, but he *did* invoke Godwin, so he loses. Either way, his argument smacks more of watching Logan's Run one too many times than of actually studying WWII Germany.
I had to move to a new place, and while I have a lot more free space than most college students, it's still a nightmare.
Here was my setup when I moved: Dreamcast PS2 N64 DVD player Tivo Cable Box TV set (duh!)
There's no easy way out of the tangle, and I've added a GameCube since then, as well as splitting my cable input so I can get broadcast channels and still record a separate channel on the Tivo.
Your best bet is to have a receiver that can take everything else hooked into it, and has a quick hookup to your speakers. Use the shortest cables that you can handle, and just stack up your components. If you need to move them, move them as a single pile of gear. If you really want, build an enclosure for all of this, including a sliding tray for your console (Unless you've got a PS2/XBox, in which case, it doesn't matter.)
For a dorm, you *definitely* want this all in one block, and either hidden under a desk, or at least positioned under a shelf. Theft isn't an issue. If someone wants to free you of you burden, it'll happen. There's no escaping that. However, you don't want some idiot (even a sober one) using your receiver as a stepladder, and the best way around that is to tuck it away.
I don't have a surround sound rig just yet, but I'm doing fine with a 4-way S-Video switch box.
Finally, for you fools who are about to tell me to toss my DVD player and just use the PS2, you clearly don't understand what good hardware is. My DVD player beats the crap out of the PS2, and I already had the component video cables. No way that I'm about to buy another cable for my PS2 in addition to a remote just to get something that still isn't as good as a standalone unit. Of course, YMMV, and in terms of space, the PS2 really is the best all in one option.
No, *we* can't... but you're more than welcome to point that out.
I wasn't aware that Dvorak had said it first, or that he had said it at all. Mainly because *I've* been complaining about that for at least 15 years. It's entirely possible for two people to make the same obvious observation. It's not like I invented anything groundbreaking, just that I can't spec a computer for less than that without compromising somewhere along the line.
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I know I deserve to plunged into some circle of geek hell for this, but the screenplay and novel adaptations state "jigawatts."
Also, it was first mentioned by the Doc Brown of 1985, who used the softened sound.
Therefore, quotation marks. I know it's wrong, you know it's wrong, but even so, we stick with our fictional values just as much as our non fictional ones.
Yep, I do. And once I get them, and a flux capacitor, and some way of generating the requisite 1.21 "jigawatts" of power, then maybe I can record a show that will be over long after I get all this crap.
Tivo hacking is cool and useful, but let's just assume for the moment that some of us don't feel like potentially breaking a $400 SA unit with hours worth of data still waiting to be dumped to tape.
Funny, from miles away from my Tivo, I seem to have the distinct problem of not being able to add a Season Pass at the moment.
So, Taco, is this just an attempt to mock everyone who won't be able to watch it, and are now far too late to record it?
Looks like I'll be hammering the P2P networks this weekend...
From the looks of it, you're a lacto-ovo vegetarian, or you've just been avoiding meat. I eat a lot of red meat, so I'm not sure how helpful I can be.
Go for a bit more veg. protein if you can do it without making yourself sick of the taste (too much of any food eventually bores me, at any rate) or if you're okay with eating meat, then there's always *adding* steak to your beloved pasta. Veal works well with pasta, again, if you're not morally opposed to it, as do shrimp, or chicken. My top ways of adding protein to my diet (including the tricks I picked up from 4 months of unemployment) include about 4oz. of ground meat, browned and added to maybe 10oz. of sauce. Beef protein is actually quite useful for bulking up, or at least it's always felt that way to me.
Shrimp works great (the spicier the sauce the better) and chicken is good in cacciatore (sp?) so it should be fine for you.
Honestly, I stopped calorie counting ages ago, since I have the same metabolism issues. I spent a long time at about 130, and have slowly made it up to 170 of mostly muscle mass. Sure, I've gotten a tiny bit of extra fat from my carelessness, but it's maybe 5lbs., and it goes away only to come back due to my own irresponsibility. However, I know that I'm probably at about 3500 calories a day, consisting of a small breakfast (I tend to be rushed in the mornings,) a large sized lunch, and a tendency for family-sized portions at dinner. Add on random snacks, and I'm fully aware why I'm always fidgeting and running a high temperature. I'm one of those people who will chug down a snack and immediately start to overheat. I think the main trick that got me to bulk up (mostly lower body, though, which is an annoyance) was that I just had no choice but to use the energy I was getting! I walked more, I started rollerblading to work, etc.
Also, this is tremendously important, you need to get your vitamins and minerals. Switch off of the Kool-Aid and drink some fruit juice. If you need caffeinated drinks, go for it, but I really don't see the point in the colored sugar water. Milk is also a good idea, of course, but then again, milk is *always* a good idea, as long as you're not lactose intolerant.
Welcome to the club, buddy...
First off, I assume you're alternating workouts. Upper body one day, lower body the next, and so on.
Next, SLEEP! Your muscles repair themselves when you sleep, and getting more than 8 hours is actually normal when you're bulking up.
Now, as for that workout, you're pushing yourself the wrong way. You'll be strong from it, but you're not going to really pack on much mass. Is that a bad thing? Not really.
More weight, less reps, is the general rule. Don't drop 30 pounds off the bar when you're tired. If you can lift more than 160, then do maybe 3 sets of 8 to 10 at the higher weight.
You're also going to need carbs. Lots of them. While your body can convert damned near anything into energy, carbs are the easiest to use. Add some protein so that your muscles can recover, and you'll be fine. You need more than the recommended value to bulk up properly, otherwise where is the muscle mass going to come from?
The workout you're doing probably keeps you in better shape than most people, so I don't really see why you're worried about it. Less weight for more reps is a tradeoff for fitness that won't ever get you the results you're looking for, but then again, how important is that?
Trust me on the protein intake, though. A friend of mine was in the same boat as you, and then he enlisted. He's climbing up in weight now, and all he's dealt with is the general abuse of Basic and military food. A balanced diet, sure, but it's balanced for people who are working *hard* all day.
Ah, the old DVD/CD issue.
Well, they shouldn't be copy protected, but that's just because I supposedly have the right to make backups, and use the data as I see fit for personal use.
If they could somehow make it that I could make 15 billion copies of a song/movie that I've already paid for, but ensure that I'm the only one who can use those copies, I'd be perfectly happy.
Anyway, no, it's not ok, as we both agree. And yes, resources of any type should be secured from improper use. However, I'll still stand in the anti-copy protection side, since everything that I see in place these days seems to limit fair use.
At what point did I say that it was OK to steal the bandwidth? At what point did I even deny that it was stealing?
Bandwidth (on a per company basis) is a finite resource. We both realize that. You're arguing with me on a point that I already agree with!
The point is that *someone* is going to do it, and it has nothing to do with OSS. Damned near anyone these days can up and buy a card and steal bandwidth. Since it's going to happen, you DO YOUR JOB and stop it.
I'm not about to shoplift, start crime sprees, etc. But why does it happen? Because of inadequate security.
I *can* take bandwidth because it's not locked down. I just won't. I could also run about the streets with an assault rifle gunning down anyone who looked at me crosseyed. That doesn't mean I will. You're the one confusing ability with intent.
As a sysadmin, I fully expect some idiot to try to weasel their way into my networks. When he does, I should hope that I've taken enough precautions to make sure he fails miserably.
Back to your final response, if a guard falls asleep at a store, someone will try to shoplift. The guard will be fired. Does that get the stolen property back? No. If the head of the neighborhood watch goes on vacation and someone starts a crime spree, someone else will take charge in his absence.
You can call it theft all you want, but just because you say it's bad doesn't mean people will stop doing it. The proper response is to take the proper precautionary measures. Reliance on some utopian ideals will ultimately get you nowhere.
And once again, NO, it's NOT ok to steal. But it's still going to happen.
Tivo doesn't support HDTV just yet.
That said, the difference would be noticable between HD and standard broadcast, and you might want to preserve that at higher quality settings (Tivo has four: Low, Medium, High, and Best) so that you see something as close to the original as possible.
You won't use any extra space for recording an HD feed (in fact, you may take up less, since you'd be forced into letterboxing it, and VBR recording would probably make that more efficient) but you'll probably use the higher settings at about 2GB/hour just because it would look better.
Personally, given that much free space, I'd record everything on high or best quality just because I'd hardly worry about running out of space. However, the Tivo is slow when it comes to dealing with long lists of shows, so I'd also use higher quality settings just because I'd be forced by space limitations to keep the number of shows down.
Well, if their network is insecure, they *do* deserve to have bandwidth stolen, and it should show up in their logs and monitoring systems.
Then the sysadmin should be fired and replaced with someone who has some clue about network security.
Let's face it. Damned near everyone will accept an offer of something for nothing. If I leave my front door open all the time, people are going to walk in. Some people might even take stuff. If I leave a phone in a publicly accessible place, people will start making calls.
To hell with legality and morality, people want a free lunch. Just look at Digital Satellite hacks, cable descramblers, game console modchips, phone phreaks... Some of these are ridiculously easy to take advantage of, others aren't. For $30 on top of the cost of a laptop/handheld (and face it, no one who doesn't already have a portable device will give half a damn about wireless networking) I have the ability, though not the right, to walk about my city and access the 'net from any access point in range.
If you don't want people stealing your bandwidth, then LOCK IT DOWN. If you're running a company and don't want your IT department giving it all away, then hire an admin who understands that. Stores have security guards, residential buildings have doormen, suburban areas have the neighborhood watch, networks have admins. Let them do their job, and the only wireless bandwidth available will be from those who want to share, and have a right to do so. Believe me, in most urban areas, that'll be plenty of bandwidth to go around.
An occasional fsck on a production system is quite important, I agree.
This is what scheduled downtime is for. I understand that it's a so-called "helpful measure" to automate the process, but at times, it's downright annoying. If the admin isn't bright enough to even schedule maintenance periods, then he ought to be told to clean out his desk.
Again, I completely agree with you, but I think that any system that runs periodic maintenance for the admin is really just making things a little *too* convenient.
Romulans? Who were never seen before "Balance of Terror," which took place in Kirk's era? Who aren't due to show up in Enterprise for another few years, if they wanted to stick to the old Earth-Romulan wars?
I can see a bunch of Trekkers getting up in protest, breathing heavily, and promptly sitting back down.
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But I'll help, *then* provide my opinion.
What you'd do best with is a hard case with foam rubber. You can then cram the LCD and speakers in the top half of the case, and the PC in the lower half. Leave room for ventilation, and make sure that the front of the LCD is covered with foam rubber when not in use!
The problem is that your son is carrying many pounds of gear, though. It's insane, since he's just asking for trouble carting something like that around. A laptop really is a better choice, especially with the new ones carrying Nvidia GPUs.
The better choice? A Gamecube or a PS2 with a flipdown LCD. Just get a padded bag, and you're ready to go. The best choice? Gameboy Advance. Good games, good battery life, and if it gets stolen, you're out what, 70 bucks?
As an avid gamer, I still think that he's better off not gaming all the time, unless he's really doing so with friends. A PC doesn't lend itself to social gaming as much as a console, though, and dedicated gaming hardware is just cheaper. I've been known to visit friends with a Gamecube in tow. My PC is much better off staying at home.
That's the biggest crock I've ever heard. Dell US tries to pull the same crap, and I've simply told them "if you touch the server's hard disk, you'd better have a pack of lawyers." They tend to listen at this point, since no one wants to deal with litigation over something as stupid as that. We never got Windows Refunds, but they were never so stupid as to *not* replace a system component just because we weren't running their preferred OS.
Almost any manufacturer worth my time will support anything that hasn't been modified since it left the factory. Fortunately, that means everything but the hard drive data, and that's all I need taken care of.
Well, you can rest assured that they'll never have Nerf fights over *there* again...
Honestly, I see your point. An occasional Nerf war is one thing. It's great to let off steam on a Friday afternoon like this, for example.
Pelting someone in the midst of a support call, on the other hand, is the most immature thing you can do. No wonder Ricochet tanked.
That said, if you ever end up in such an environment again, look for a used Nerf Wildfire, and spend a weekend building a CO2 canister hookup. 20 darts right across the office in 6 seconds will shut anybody up. Not having to pump like a madman after reloading all 20 will start the Reign of Terror, Nerf style.
Failing that, go sniper on them with a modded Supermaxx pistol. One of those to the face silences every brand of idiot.
Sweet Jeebus!
Two video cards *and* a TV card?? And a tape backup card on top of an IDE controller?
Modern video cards and SCSI are your friends, man. The modem should be excessive these days, but then again, I still keep an external around, "just in case."
Even so, I don't think I'll ever completely max out a case/motherboard like that.
Dude, you can *buy* them, you know.
At least I'm fairly certain you can, since there are all those knockoff NES systems that look like an N64 controller with A/V out. The only trick is that those don't rely on cartridges.
Presumably, you can purchase the chip from somewhere, or just gut one of the bootlegs. Either way, it's not about "just running the emulator," it's about the proper feel. Sure it's more expensive and complex. That's the fun!
The thing about gutting an NES that bugs me is that it's no longer an NES, it's just a cool case.
I think that they can do better than this. How about a mini-itx board, a laptop hard drive, and an NES-on-a-chip connected to the cartridge and controller ports? If you want to make it come up as a computer, flick a switch, and video output comes out of the PC video card.
There should be just barely enough space in the original US NES case to pull this off, although it would certainly be tough to do.
You're clearly not on Time-Warner cable. The TV itself is reliable, it's the damn signal over the wire that decides that it doesn't need to come over. Which of course makes my TV a large box of plastic and glass, and my TiVo useless.
Somehow, for $55 a month (Basic cable and TiVo) I'd expect more than the ability to timeshift static.
I was there... and honestly, there wasn't a damned bit of difference after the top of the North Tower hit my DSL's CO.
At least I had already managed the cell phone calls that I needed well before that. You have no idea how quickly some people can get on the phone just to say "I'm safe, I'm alive, spread the word."
Wireless was actually, sadly enough, the most reliable service that day. That's *why* it was overloaded, we all knew that once we got a connection, it would work.
Maybe if I had a cable modem, VoIP would have been more sensible (I don't think I lost cable service at all, judging by the hours of news that my Tivo accidentally recorded.) As it stands, VoIP wouldn't have solved the problem for everyone.
Don't forget "lent unix goo"
Lousy 20 second delays... What's Unix goo, anyway?
Not that any spell checker would've caught that so easily, so y'all can slide this time.
More to the point, adamantium is an alloy. Scientifically speaking, that makes little sense, but who are we to argue with comic book science?
Maybe not, but he *did* invoke Godwin, so he loses. Either way, his argument smacks more of watching Logan's Run one too many times than of actually studying WWII Germany.
I had to move to a new place, and while I have a lot more free space than most college students, it's still a nightmare.
Here was my setup when I moved:
Dreamcast
PS2
N64
DVD player
Tivo
Cable Box
TV set (duh!)
There's no easy way out of the tangle, and I've added a GameCube since then, as well as splitting my cable input so I can get broadcast channels and still record a separate channel on the Tivo.
Your best bet is to have a receiver that can take everything else hooked into it, and has a quick hookup to your speakers. Use the shortest cables that you can handle, and just stack up your components. If you need to move them, move them as a single pile of gear. If you really want, build an enclosure for all of this, including a sliding tray for your console (Unless you've got a PS2/XBox, in which case, it doesn't matter.)
For a dorm, you *definitely* want this all in one block, and either hidden under a desk, or at least positioned under a shelf. Theft isn't an issue. If someone wants to free you of you burden, it'll happen. There's no escaping that. However, you don't want some idiot (even a sober one) using your receiver as a stepladder, and the best way around that is to tuck it away.
I don't have a surround sound rig just yet, but I'm doing fine with a 4-way S-Video switch box.
Finally, for you fools who are about to tell me to toss my DVD player and just use the PS2, you clearly don't understand what good hardware is. My DVD player beats the crap out of the PS2, and I already had the component video cables. No way that I'm about to buy another cable for my PS2 in addition to a remote just to get something that still isn't as good as a standalone unit. Of course, YMMV, and in terms of space, the PS2 really is the best all in one option.
No, *we* can't... but you're more than welcome to point that out.
I wasn't aware that Dvorak had said it first, or that he had said it at all. Mainly because *I've* been complaining about that for at least 15 years. It's entirely possible for two people to make the same obvious observation. It's not like I invented anything groundbreaking, just that I can't spec a computer for less than that without compromising somewhere along the line.
...that the ideal computer always costs $5000.