Seems Xbox hasn't lived upto the hype.. IMHO, Madden 2001 for the PSX2 was a lot better then this.
I won't be getting an Xbox anyway, the whole anti-microsoft thing..:) But I think this platform may be destined for failure, even if it didn't have the microsoft stigma.
Actually... that is the current marketing scam of ATI and Matrox. They are advertising this stuff called "head casting", where you have a webcam pointed at yourself.. and it generates a texture of your face and maps it onto your character in a realtime 3d environment.
It of course, updates so that your expressions are actually seen on the 3d model.
They promised that this will be used for games in the future, although currently I do not see this happening. They do have an instant messager based on it, however...
http://matrox.com/mga/archive_review/oct2001/zdn et _millg550.cfm
Multiple DS3 connection. I'll have to build a machine for it, though. I can't add all of those user accounts to a production box or workstation;)
Looks like I'll need some more hardware. laptop with no harddrive, laptop with no power supply, athlon with no motherboard.
I do have one box which should certainly be 100% functional by that time. 80mhz PowerPC machine with 96 megs of ram, running Linux.. but it has a small scsi harddrive.
Yes, public/private key cryptography is being used already. I know for a fact that my digital cable uses it.. I managed to find white papers on the box which my cable company (adelphia) uses.
The box I have hasn't been fully exploited however, it has usb support which seems to have no use with the software installed. It does have some kind of proprietary removable media bay, but I haven't investigated this throughly yet.
There is a difference between teaching your mother an interface and teaching her an operating system.
My mother runs linux, but she knows the interface. She does not know the operating system. Her machine is running QVWM with a gtk theme based on the reigh engine. Screenshot
She has no problems with it. it is easy, it works, and it is fast.
Here, developers and system admins build their own boxen. Most bring their own box in as well as their company box as well.
Sittin in a space of which cannot even be considered as luxurious as cubicle.. I have 2 monitors with Xwindows running Blackbox at a 2560x1024 using a 5 (fully loaded) workspaces. If I had a configuration that was any less, I would get a lot less work done. I also have a television setup mounted on top of the 2nd monitor which is occasionally used for a trinary head.
Developers and system admins like their configurations, their hardware hacks, and their toys. Let us play or give (much more) pay:)
Well, not having support for multiple network cards makes using Airport annoying. It would be a lot nicer if I didn't have to enable airport, select a network, and then use location manager to tell it to use the airport for my tcp/ip settings.
Too many steps, and it isn't like I can just type the commands out which would take a matter of seconds.. all the clicking involved turns a simple matter into minutes
Oh, it is true that they do occasionally fix their mistakes.. but the truth is that there is a MAJOR problem with the Pismo powerbooks.
I understand that they cannot cater the needs of everyone due to their faulty products.. but when they charge for then anyone else for hardware, you do expect something in return.
Notepad.exe is one thing, Vi(m) is another. Those "full IDE's" are slow and time consuming to write in. Vim is fast and powerful, it lets me do things easier and faster then any other editor in existance.
There is some other editor called EMACS which I won't mention, as I don't like it.. but Your Mileage May Vary.
Apple is terrible. Yes, they do recalls.. but I believe that is only on products that recieve media attention.
The old powerbooks are currently getting an upgrade of their power cords from their faulty ones.. to ones that are just as faulty.
I say this because I have a pismo with the "yo-yo" power adapter, and it became frayed. If you look on the internet, every one of the replacements is on backorder almost _everywhere_. The one apple shipped is bad and they won't replace them.
I am now paying $90 for an after-market power adapter that hopefully does not have this problem.
In general apple's support isn't very good, I also had to call them regarding a problem with my screen. It seems they put the chasis on my screen too tight and it caused (slight) screen damage.. was it replaced? no.
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I was only discussing the graphics which I saw in the photo.
I was not discussing gameplay.
I looked at the terrible screenshots and made up my mind. :)
Seems Xbox hasn't lived upto the hype.. IMHO, Madden 2001 for the PSX2 was a lot better then this.
:) But I think this platform may be destined for failure, even if it didn't have the microsoft stigma.
I won't be getting an Xbox anyway, the whole anti-microsoft thing..
Yeah, macs have great text->speech.. even the old ones. Although, the older ones had it on a chip.. whereas apple has since moved it to software.
:)
For obsolete machines, they still pack a punch as a server for text->speech conversion.
Actually... that is the current marketing scam of ATI and Matrox. They are advertising this stuff called "head casting", where you have a webcam pointed at yourself.. and it generates a texture of your face and maps it onto your character in a realtime 3d environment.
n et _millg550.cfm
It of course, updates so that your expressions are actually seen on the 3d model.
They promised that this will be used for games in the future, although currently I do not see this happening. They do have an instant messager based on it, however...
http://matrox.com/mga/archive_review/oct2001/zd
Multiple DS3 connection. I'll have to build a machine for it, though. I can't add all of those user accounts to a production box or workstation ;)
Looks like I'll need some more hardware. laptop with no harddrive, laptop with no power supply, athlon with no motherboard.
I do have one box which should certainly be 100% functional by that time. 80mhz PowerPC machine with 96 megs of ram, running Linux.. but it has a small scsi harddrive.
Maybe next time I'll have some working hardware!
Yes, public/private key cryptography is being used already. I know for a fact that my digital cable uses it.. I managed to find white papers on the box which my cable company (adelphia) uses.
The box I have hasn't been fully exploited however, it has usb support which seems to have no use with the software installed. It does have some kind of proprietary removable media bay, but I haven't investigated this throughly yet.
There is a difference between teaching your mother an interface and teaching her an operating system.
My mother runs linux, but she knows the interface. She does not know the operating system. Her machine is running QVWM with a gtk theme based on the reigh engine. Screenshot
She has no problems with it. it is easy, it works, and it is fast.
Yeah, repost! :) I only managed to catch it in "older stuff"
Sounds interesting, I would need to learn applescript though ;) Maybe there are some mac-perl modules ;P
Here, developers and system admins build their own boxen. Most bring their own box in as well as their company box as well.
:)
Sittin in a space of which cannot even be considered as luxurious as cubicle.. I have 2 monitors with Xwindows running Blackbox at a 2560x1024 using a 5 (fully loaded) workspaces. If I had a configuration that was any less, I would get a lot less work done. I also have a television setup mounted on top of the 2nd monitor which is occasionally used for a trinary head.
Developers and system admins like their configurations, their hardware hacks, and their toys. Let us play or give (much more) pay
Yeah, transfering files would be just as difficult as beaming a business card on a palm.. (not hard at all)
When I do write html, it is standard compliant.. but as you said: I use html 3.2.
Why? because it works in every browser. I am very anti-CSS, it is just not implimented in every browser. and often it is implimented incorrectly.
But the NES via default doesn't have an LCD screen built in :P
Well, not having support for multiple network cards makes using Airport annoying. It would be a lot nicer if I didn't have to enable airport, select a network, and then use location manager to tell it to use the airport for my tcp/ip settings.
Too many steps, and it isn't like I can just type the commands out which would take a matter of seconds.. all the clicking involved turns a simple matter into minutes
MacOS networking is terrible. Ever try to get multiple network interfaces working at the same time using the built-in software?
But I do agree that the location manager isn't that bad..
Yes, this is the same treatment I recieved for my Pismo that you found for your Desktop. They told me to bring it to Circuit City... fun :P
Oh, it is true that they do occasionally fix their mistakes.. but the truth is that there is a MAJOR problem with the Pismo powerbooks.
I understand that they cannot cater the needs of everyone due to their faulty products.. but when they charge for then anyone else for hardware, you do expect something in return.
Notepad.exe is one thing, Vi(m) is another. Those "full IDE's" are slow and time consuming to write in. Vim is fast and powerful, it lets me do things easier and faster then any other editor in existance.
There is some other editor called EMACS which I won't mention, as I don't like it.. but Your Mileage May Vary.
Apple is terrible. Yes, they do recalls.. but I believe that is only on products that recieve media attention.
The old powerbooks are currently getting an upgrade of their power cords from their faulty ones.. to ones that are just as faulty.
I say this because I have a pismo with the "yo-yo" power adapter, and it became frayed. If you look on the internet, every one of the replacements is on backorder almost _everywhere_. The one apple shipped is bad and they won't replace them.
I am now paying $90 for an after-market power adapter that hopefully does not have this problem.
In general apple's support isn't very good, I also had to call them regarding a problem with my screen. It seems they put the chasis on my screen too tight and it caused (slight) screen damage.. was it replaced? no.
I think this is neat. Firewire is nice, and this can be used as an external harddrive as well.
:)
The only problem is the failure to play ogg files. I no longer have any mp3s, so this isn't as useful as it could be.
Waiting for those ogg-compatable players
So what is with the comments from sony about the mp3 player, word processor, and spreadsheet?
Also, there are screenshots of GCC running in xterms.
The Wizard of Woz couldn't have said it better himself.
Yeah, assuming you *can* hear.
Yeah, swapping to ide can be a bit of a bottleneck :)