Not just non-geeks! I can't tell you how many times I've enabled WEP on a Linksys router, only to have all hell break loose, and nothing works any more. AP's drop off, clients can't connect. Sometimes a firmware upgrade helps, sometimes it only makes it worse.
If these are the problems I, as an IT professional, am having, I only cringe to think of what that non-geek is going through.
Absolutely, sir, you are correct. I couldn't agree with you more and this is exactly the same argument I would use. It's unfortunate that our governement doesn't practice what it preaches, so to speak, when it comes to the issue of the separation of church and state.
But what is the difference between a man marrying a woman, a man marrying a man, and a woman marrying a woman? What real difference is there?
We're not talking about polygamy here, or animal husbandry - just the union of two people in love. Where does the government get off trying to interfere with that?
Speaking of unorthodox, my IT department uses a slightly customized blog to manage our helpdesk tracking. Email submission goes straight to the blog, which the manager then assigns to the appropriate technician via the "categories" field. We use the comment field and the "email to a friend" function liberally until the ticket is closed.
It sounds weird at first, but it works so well it's almost silly that we didn't think of it earlier.
Another nice thing - it runs on a Linux server using a PHP based system called WordPress, so it's all FREE!
Just kidding. Although I do love the story about the Novell server at some University (in Florida, I believe) which had been running for several years with no reboots and no problems. One day some brilliant tech decided to look for the server and realized that it wasn't there. Nowhere to be found.
Fast forward a couple more years, they were doing construction, and found the server had somehow been put in a closet that had been bricked over - meaning that the server had been running without intervention for close to 5 years without a reboot or software updated. Go Novell! Running on Compaq hardware, IIRC.
Well, it accepts any size flash card, so my guess is that it's a limitation with the emulator itself. I'll definitely be keeping an eye on this to see if anyone cracks it.
I was completely ready to buy this until I checked out my NES ROMS folder and realized that only 1/3 of my games were under the limit. SMB 2, SMB 3, Dr. Mario, Punch Out, Castlevania 2 and 2, Megaman 3,4,5,6 - all over the limit. : (
I do own all of those cartridges, of course. I even bought SMB 2 and 3 for GBA...I just want to play my old games on the go and I still haven't seen one of http://www.famicom-plaza.com/new/pockefamithese on the market yet.
"First, can you still pull that content off your Tivo/ReplayTV and put it on something else? Yes."
Is there an easy way to do that with Tivo Series 2 yet? I've been under the impression that it's quite hard, even with the wireless network connection.
I was fearless in adding drives and other hacks to my series 1, but I have yet to even open up #2 for fear that it's just too complicated and my girlfriend will get mad at me for breaking our Tivo.
Aha...that explains it. I saw it on a bootleg on video way back when I was in college and (I think) before it really hit the theaters. I also remember hearing that they changed the soundtrack in the theater release. I should check that out someday!
OK, thanks for the clarification. I really wasn't thinking about the possibility of the works being in the public domain. That's very much a "what if" scenario; it doesn't seem likely to happen anytime soon.
I'm familliar with laissez-faire, but I'm not sure about the rationale behind your position. Would you consider any kind of copyright term, or are all works immediately considered public domain? What kind of financial support is provided to artists? Is this a society where everything is provided by the state?
I'm not being sarcastic here - I'm actually quite curious about you position.
I don't understand your point, exactly. I mean, I get your argument that the extension of copyright laws to near perpetuity may be artificially stifling the market. I don't have a strong opinion one way or another on copyright law - I can see that indefinite extensions and restriction on fair use could certainly stifle the creative community, but on the other hand, Mario, Zelda and Donkey Kong are Nintendo inventions and that should be respected. Anyway, that's not really my point.
Nintendo is simply charging the maximum price that the market will bear, for maximum profit. It's what any company would do - it's certainly not immoral in any way. Once they get everyone who is willing to pay the $20, they'll drop the price by a few more dollars and pick up more customers. That's not spoilage, that's simply stimulating demand through price cuts.
On the other hand, IANAE (I am not an economist) so maybe I am missing some of the finer points of your argument.
The collection is well worth the $40 bucks. I was unlucky enough to miss Ocarina of Time as my N64 was swiped by my brothers when I went to college. What a great game!
Including Link to the Past would have been nice, as that's my favorite 2D Zelda game. I have it for GBA, but haven't sprung for the Game Boy Player yet.
Another common feature of the free market is variable pricing. Sell an item for $20. Everyone who is willing to pay $20 for that item will buy it. Then, lower the price to $15. A whole new group of people will express interest in the item and buy it. Eventually, you'll see the carts used as pack ins and premiums, or being sold at the low low price of 2 for $20.
Nintendo has every right to use their intellectual property in any way they wish. You also have every right not to pay $20 dollars for it.
I'm curious - has anyone who uses Skype frequently tried the service today? Is the service itself Slashdotted, by any chance? I was calling 123echo, and whole chunks of the sentence I was repeating were dropping off.
I'm just curious about the quality of service today vs. a normal day when it doens't make the front page of Slashdot.
It was absolutely horrible. Very small, grainy, jerky picture. I would skip the USB and go with a high quality internal card. I can't imagine that would void the warranty anyway - they just won't provide support for the card.
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Not just non-geeks! I can't tell you how many times I've enabled WEP on a Linksys router, only to have all hell break loose, and nothing works any more. AP's drop off, clients can't connect. Sometimes a firmware upgrade helps, sometimes it only makes it worse.
If these are the problems I, as an IT professional, am having, I only cringe to think of what that non-geek is going through.
***Milk shoots out nose***
I get the same error (only supports 9.3 - 1.0+, even though I am on 0.9.3) on Win XP. Doesn't sound like an OS problem.
Probably some goth kids with no money.
You very well may enjoy it. It's a very well written story. At that price, it would be a shame to miss it.
You, sir, have the best URL on Slashdot.org.
Absolutely, sir, you are correct. I couldn't agree with you more and this is exactly the same argument I would use. It's unfortunate that our governement doesn't practice what it preaches, so to speak, when it comes to the issue of the separation of church and state.
Your example works too, but I meant what I said.
"Animal husbandry is the agricultural practice of breeding and raising livestock"
I was just giving examples of different kinds of relationships.
But what is the difference between a man marrying a woman, a man marrying a man, and a woman marrying a woman? What real difference is there?
We're not talking about polygamy here, or animal husbandry - just the union of two people in love. Where does the government get off trying to interfere with that?
Speaking of unorthodox, my IT department uses a slightly customized blog to manage our helpdesk tracking. Email submission goes straight to the blog, which the manager then assigns to the appropriate technician via the "categories" field. We use the comment field and the "email to a friend" function liberally until the ticket is closed.
It sounds weird at first, but it works so well it's almost silly that we didn't think of it earlier.
Another nice thing - it runs on a Linux server using a PHP based system called WordPress, so it's all FREE!
Purchased on eBay. You could get one too!
Awesome bit of research, there. I knew it really happened, I just couldn't find the source.
So, I exaggerated...3 years vs. the 5 I had heard...still an interesting and fun story.
Let me be the first to say "180 days? Wow!!!".
Just kidding. Although I do love the story about the Novell server at some University (in Florida, I believe) which had been running for several years with no reboots and no problems. One day some brilliant tech decided to look for the server and realized that it wasn't there. Nowhere to be found.
Fast forward a couple more years, they were doing construction, and found the server had somehow been put in a closet that had been bricked over - meaning that the server had been running without intervention for close to 5 years without a reboot or software updated. Go Novell! Running on Compaq hardware, IIRC.
Well, it accepts any size flash card, so my guess is that it's a limitation with the emulator itself. I'll definitely be keeping an eye on this to see if anyone cracks it.
I was completely ready to buy this until I checked out my NES ROMS folder and realized that only 1/3 of my games were under the limit. SMB 2, SMB 3, Dr. Mario, Punch Out, Castlevania 2 and 2, Megaman 3,4,5,6 - all over the limit. : (
I do own all of those cartridges, of course. I even bought SMB 2 and 3 for GBA...I just want to play my old games on the go and I still haven't seen one of http://www.famicom-plaza.com/new/pockefamithese on the market yet.
"First, can you still pull that content off your Tivo/ReplayTV and put it on something else? Yes."
Is there an easy way to do that with Tivo Series 2 yet? I've been under the impression that it's quite hard, even with the wireless network connection.
I was fearless in adding drives and other hacks to my series 1, but I have yet to even open up #2 for fear that it's just too complicated and my girlfriend will get mad at me for breaking our Tivo.
If I remember correctly, the store was robbed, and he died in the ensuing fight. I think his final words were...
...I wasn't even supposed to work today!
(of course)
Aha...that explains it. I saw it on a bootleg on video way back when I was in college and (I think) before it really hit the theaters. I also remember hearing that they changed the soundtrack in the theater release. I should check that out someday!
I haven't seen the movie in a long, long time, but I seem to remember Dante dying at the end. How the heck are they going to make a sequel to that?
OK, thanks for the clarification. I really wasn't thinking about the possibility of the works being in the public domain. That's very much a "what if" scenario; it doesn't seem likely to happen anytime soon.
I'm familliar with laissez-faire, but I'm not sure about the rationale behind your position. Would you consider any kind of copyright term, or are all works immediately considered public domain? What kind of financial support is provided to artists? Is this a society where everything is provided by the state?
I'm not being sarcastic here - I'm actually quite curious about you position.
I don't understand your point, exactly. I mean, I get your argument that the extension of copyright laws to near perpetuity may be artificially stifling the market. I don't have a strong opinion one way or another on copyright law - I can see that indefinite extensions and restriction on fair use could certainly stifle the creative community, but on the other hand, Mario, Zelda and Donkey Kong are Nintendo inventions and that should be respected. Anyway, that's not really my point.
Nintendo is simply charging the maximum price that the market will bear, for maximum profit. It's what any company would do - it's certainly not immoral in any way. Once they get everyone who is willing to pay the $20, they'll drop the price by a few more dollars and pick up more customers. That's not spoilage, that's simply stimulating demand through price cuts.
On the other hand, IANAE (I am not an economist) so maybe I am missing some of the finer points of your argument.
The collection is well worth the $40 bucks. I was unlucky enough to miss Ocarina of Time as my N64 was swiped by my brothers when I went to college. What a great game!
Including Link to the Past would have been nice, as that's my favorite 2D Zelda game. I have it for GBA, but haven't sprung for the Game Boy Player yet.
Another common feature of the free market is variable pricing. Sell an item for $20. Everyone who is willing to pay $20 for that item will buy it. Then, lower the price to $15. A whole new group of people will express interest in the item and buy it. Eventually, you'll see the carts used as pack ins and premiums, or being sold at the low low price of 2 for $20.
Nintendo has every right to use their intellectual property in any way they wish. You also have every right not to pay $20 dollars for it.
I'm curious - has anyone who uses Skype frequently tried the service today? Is the service itself Slashdotted, by any chance? I was calling 123echo, and whole chunks of the sentence I was repeating were dropping off.
I'm just curious about the quality of service today vs. a normal day when it doens't make the front page of Slashdot.
It was absolutely horrible. Very small, grainy, jerky picture. I would skip the USB and go with a high quality internal card. I can't imagine that would void the warranty anyway - they just won't provide support for the card.