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Ya, I figured it out when I meta-modded and 1/2 of some guys links were goatse.cx.
I guess it's good for some people. Am I the only one who is in the habit of looking at the status bar to see the URL before clicking?
Re:Does anyone remember the 80's Mario cartoon?
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Oh HELL YA! The show itself was pretty cheesey, but the cartoons rocked! I used to wish they would only do Mario cartoons on Friday and Zelda the rest of the week. Man, those were the days. Did Link ever get a kiss from Zelda? I can't remember.
And steeljaw: that cereal takes me back. Good stuff. Hehe, the Nintendo Cereal System, awww ya. Nerds were good too, I tried to find a pic, but no luck. I did find this link though. It gave me a surge of flashbacks from my childhood. Maybe the 80s didn't suck that bad after all...
Re:Waaah waaah, sniffle, it's a cartoon
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where the hell did that '[ign.com]' come from?
Waaah waaah, sniffle, it's a cartoon
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I watched the movie yesterday and I think it looks like the shit! Samurai Link baby! Or is it Link Jack? The gameplay looks freaking fun as hell to play.
This is NOT Dragon's Lair! DL was NOT a game, it was a cartoon that you only got to keep watching if you were fast enough to hit a button here and there when prompted. There was no interactivity!
I can't wait to get my Nintendo Numb Thumbs(tm) on this game and be in perfect control of beautiful cartoon Hyrule. I forgot my PS2 existed for the month after I bought Paper Mario; the storyline was a bit (ok a lot) kiddish, but the gameplay rocked!
Seems like Nintendo is the only company that actually cares about making fun games any more. Yes, they target kids. Who do you think has the most time to play games? Sony and MS are only out to get the dollars of teenage impulse buyers, who have jobs, but still live at home. If a game sucks, they will just buy another one with the next paycheck burning a hole in their pockets.
I got a PS2 box from Lik-Sang. You plug your monitor and speakers into it, then plug it into your PS2, sound card and video card and you can flip your monitor between computer and PS2! It was $40 bucks and was not packaged very well (two of the units were crammed into nothing more than a bubble-envelope) but they survived the trip from Hong Kong ^_^. Both units kinda went on the fritz the first time I played with them, but now they work perfect (?!??).
Only thing with it is the colors are a little washed out (and the picture is a little blurry if you use the included VGA cable) but I like playing in 640x480. I have wished for a way to play PS2 on my Sony G400 since I got it! Since I have the G-series Sony monitor, I have an extra input and can just toggle between Debian and my PS2 from the front of the monitor itself, damn it's neat. Works great with mp3s too; PC pumps out the tunes via the rear channels and PS2 can be heard (if you want) through the front speakers! Of course it isn't all that technically impressive, it is conveneient as hell; gotta fsck that 40gig or waiting for mozilla to finish compiling? Flip to input-2 and play some PS2 or watch a DVD!
My favorite thing is the quote that is (literally) on all 6 faces of the box: "This product will situate you in the enjoyment as in dreamland." I guess dreamland _is_ slightly blurry, so it's accurate! I wonder what nutty little phrase they came up for the GameAxe?
Disclaimer:I don't work for Lik-Sang or anything, but I was quite nervous about ordering from them the first time. I just thought my testimonial may serve to reduce the paranoia of potenial customers. With so much cool shit, I wouldn't have been surprised if it was a scam, but I ordered anyway after reading things from a couple of professional game developers about them getting their GameBoy ROM flashers and dev kits from Lik-Sang.
rot13 ewyrbaneq@zrpucvybg.pbz if you care, but if you say something I don't like or spam me, I'll sue you for breaking my cap'n crunch code-ring encryption!:P
Just the other day, I was explaining to someone (who had never used a computer before Win95) how you could do fun things with DOS and ansi.sys like re-map 'n' to 'y' and some other key to 'format c:' or just re-map all keys to 'echo y|format c:' and laugh! Ahh how I pine for the old BBS glory days.
To get even further off-topic...one time I broke into some BBS (sysop was a real asshole) by raw-ascii uploading my command.com and io.sys. He tried to break into chat soon after I started u/l-ing, but that's when he caught a nasty control sequence that gave me a prompt! Fun stuff.
At least the original author didn't say something like "appended to the begining." That one always bugs the hell out of me.
(and now to disguise this post as on-topic)
While I prefer KDE to GNOME, I too am a bit sick of K-this and K-that. It works well to brand a package as written for KDE, but the vast majority of packages (that I have encountered) have done nothing more to come up with a name than to prefix a K to the name of a comparable package.
I honestly don't find "Adobe Illustrator" & "KIllustrator" confusingly similar, but if I was familiar with Adobe Illustrator (I'm not), I know I would expect KIllustrator to be very similar. If KIllustrator is truly unique (again, I'm not familiar) when compared with Illustrator, why the hell would you want to name it KIllustrator?! Why not KDEasyDraw or any other (equally lame:-) name?
/. karma can kiss my ass, I don't post AC (unless I'm not logged in and the Palm isn't handy;-)
It seems to me that pretty much any time Hemos posts a main page story about science or technology (or pretty much anything) it is well worth checking out. No, I'm not Hemos:-)
I don't take issue with the article; I don't think that the article is really implying that there will be more cross-platform games. I do, however, take issue with timothy's comment, "Which should mean more cross-platform games, so perhaps
consoles can be bought and sold more on their merits than their stable of games."
More cross-platform games means creating lowest common denominator games, which will actually harm a console's ability to be bought and sold more on their merits, unless you mean those merits having nothing to do with playing games (ie: watching DVDs). If a game is designed to be cross-platform from day one, why spend the time/effort/money to specialize the game for a particular console's features? Look at the pre-Nintendo video game market crash; this was a big contributor.
Now on the other hand, when a game makes its debut on one console and subsequently appears on others, take Tony Hawk Pro Skateboarding for example, it is usually a good thing. The reason being that the game is developed by one group (Neversoft-THPS on PSX) taking full advantage of their chosen console, then handed off to another team (Edge of Reality-THPS on N64) who optimizes the game to take advantage of their console of choice. Many times the ported version doesn't quite live up to the original, but owners of another system get a similar experience. That will simply happen less if the focus is on developing for as many consoles as possible.
Yes, and GNU/Linux is a wonderfully stable system, but keep in mind that it...is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular
purpose.
In the response to the "Big ballpark hypothetical" question, Dan says, Also, as a side note, it would be difficult for a case to rely entirely on individuals "with a conscience and access to the suspect source." For one reason, they are probably in violation of their employee confidentiality agreement by telling anyone about what they know to be in the suspect source code, so they may not want to come forward to testify.
Consider this: You take a job at a company that specializes in "entertainment web sites" and you sign the typical "confidentiality agreement." During the course of your assigned work, you discover that one of the company's most popular revenue producers is a kiddie-porn site (that masquerades as a legal adult-porn site on the accounting books). Can the company successfully sue you for "violating the confidentiality agreement" if you report their illegal activities?
It seems to me that if the company in question is violating the law (copyright infringement of GPL'd work) then that company's "confidentiality agreement" would effictively be nullified. Is there any truth to this, or am I just letting my IANAL colors shine too bright?
This is something many people don't realize, although I don't know how many would be affected. I have read about an accessory that will give IR capability, but we will have to wait and see.
Interesting idea there with the security token thing. I'm certain you could make something work. You know, it's not just a faster processor, it's a 32-bit ARM! They are already showing cart writer/backer-uppers (highly technical term;) and 64Mbit (re: 8MByte) programmable carts for GBA at www.lik-sang.com
Be careful about recommending the current worm light! I own a GBA and I got a "Pass-thru" worm light (the one with nice white LED) and it is a pain in the ass (well it was before I lost it:)
The problem is: on the GBA, the connector is on the top of the unit rather than the side. When you put the GBC worm light on the GBA, you must fold the wire back onto itself and twist it to make it face the screen. It isn't very steady either unless you coil the wire up (kinda helps absorbs some shock). With the worm lights designed for GBA I am sure this will improve; either the wire will face the right way or you'll have more wire to coil for stability. There is also a tiny little piece of plastic that would slide behind the GameBoy when the light is plugged in, but that snaps off easily. Oh yeah, also, you can only play GBA games with it because the plug is bigger (due to pass-thru feature) and will cover the cart slot (old GB games stick out quite a bit).
Besides that, I hear that the GBC models are very dim for GBA games (I didn't notice with the white LED one) since the output voltage or something is lower with the newer GBA protocol. Supposedly, when you put in an old GB game (which I couldn't do with my worm light) the connector uses the older protocol and old worm lights shine full bright. I tend to believe that because my friend was connected to another friends GBC with his GBA (trading Pokemon or Dragon Warrior Monsters or some crap) and he ate through a fresh pair of batteries in less than 10hrs.
Actually the tracks in F-Zero: Max Velocity are all new, but the gameplay is all there. The wider screen helps too, but I tend to tilt the unit too much as I play and I lose my viewing angle. Tip: tap the accelerator button for more traction around corners and never use your brake (it's a racing game for god sake!). In fact, configure the controls so brake is L+R and turbo/boost is B (a little tricky to do in japanese; I beat the Pawn (1st) circuit before I remembered F-Zero even had turbo!)
Backlight would be nice, but my GBA has gone close to 25hrs on one pair of AAs (the generic ones that came with it no less)! It's also very close to the same size as a GBC. I, and a few friends, think that it feels (slightly) lighter as well, but I think that has alot to do with the fact that GBA cartridges are about half the size of old GameBoy games! The specs I have seen for it say that GBA is like 2 grams heavier, so I bet sans cartridge, GBA is heavier. Once you see the games in action (screenshots==shit) it's simply amazing that Nintendo has delivered so much more in a package the same size and weight...but longer battery life!
This thing is a gem, and at $100, a steal (I paid $119). You can start looking for one now, a local game store here had them nearly 2 months ago. They're the japanese ones, but GameBoy doesn't do regional lockout (never has) so all your old US games work fine (my friend has seen minor graphic glitches in some, but I doubt the US version will fix that). American games are on sale now; I got Tony Hawk 2 yesterday (from a "legit" game store that wouldn't import GBAs) and my jaw drops every time I play it. Hmmm, I think I have to go kickflip over TC's roof gap now.....
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I live in Denver, Colorado and I have a GBA. I bought it at a local game store though, not Walmart. It is a Japanese unit that plainly says it's for sale/use in Japan only, but the store I bought it at has been around for quite a while and has many locations around the state. They even had it marked as a "Japanese GBA Import" on their price tag.
It's pretty easy to get a GBA right now, but just wait for 2 more weeks and get the USA version (FYI I got mine over a month ago; I think it was worth it then). Maybe you will have english games to play by then!
BTW, there is technically no need for a store to sell the USA specific GBA because there is no regional lock-out in the GameBoy world and it is fully backward compatible.
I know you were kidding, but there is actually some (lawyereese-ish) Truth(tm) to that statement. If by "better product" you mean something produced that sells more, then what he said was true. I mean how many of my fellow linux users out there paid for their OS distro? If you did, how many had to pay $319 (Win2K's price on shop.microsoft.com)?!?! Now if he had said "better operating system" then he would be flat out wrong (IMHO of course). The FUD gets pretty thick, be careful:-)
By the way, didn't the Redcoats, er I mean Redmonds say that linux was their biggest threat for 2001? Is this the "shot heard 'round the world" marking the start of MS's PR war? It sure is loud and FUD-filled.
Bouncing here and there and everywhere! They're the Gummi Bears!! Wooo! Sorry, my current position tells me I am a programmer, but the higher ups dictate that I have to some crap for them in EXCEL! AHHH THE INSANITY! JUST LET ME CODE!! Hence, burning the Friday work-hours on/.
HA HA! That reminds me of a fake game name I would feed to idiots (err, I mean anyone) on ICQ when I'd go to my friend's house: Bukake Scat Masters. Now he moved and I don't know anyone who uses ICQ (well besides one of my friend's parents, but thats scary) so I just call random people in public Bukake Scat Masters. BTW, That Kia sounds like it could be a real model;)
Hmm, after finding pr0n in (very nearly) any of my web searches if you deep enough (no pun intended:) in the results, I did a search for "suck" and while there was no link to the (sometimes) hilarious suck.com...there was certainly pr0n at result number 19.
19 : Celebrities Caught Naked...... sex crossdresser and sexy for your Pleasure ! FREE membership for a week - just remember to cancel. Enter for: Celebrities Caught Naked, pussy, and sex. Also, Hardcore Live Video Feeds with Chat.
No pr0n huh? I am Jack's complete lack of surprise.
Proposed by none other than Dubai Technology, Electronic Commerce and Media Free Zone Authority, whatever the hell that is supposed to be. Where is the.conceited? I want.russleonard! Even the best suggestions on the list are questionable (I kinda liked.home for a few seconds). Hardly any are reasonable suggestions for TOP LEVEL domains. I just can't get over it:.dubai! Do they propose to host a massive amount of different sites that require special "Dubai" distinction? I have never even heard of Dubai Technology and [blah blah blah] company! Gee why not.netcom or.aol or.earthlink?/rant
Lets see if I can post a link to Sun to get moderated up as informative.
Damn, if I didn't already spend those mod points I got this morning, I could mod you up informative as a joke. Then get meta-modded as funny for moderation humor!
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Ya, I figured it out when I meta-modded and 1/2 of some guys links were goatse.cx.
I guess it's good for some people. Am I the only one who is in the habit of looking at the status bar to see the URL before clicking?
Oh HELL YA! The show itself was pretty cheesey, but the cartoons rocked! I used to wish they would only do Mario cartoons on Friday and Zelda the rest of the week. Man, those were the days. Did Link ever get a kiss from Zelda? I can't remember.
And steeljaw: that cereal takes me back. Good stuff. Hehe, the Nintendo Cereal System, awww ya. Nerds were good too, I tried to find a pic, but no luck. I did find this link though. It gave me a surge of flashbacks from my childhood. Maybe the 80s didn't suck that bad after all...
where the hell did that '[ign.com]' come from?
I watched the movie yesterday and I think it looks like the shit! Samurai Link baby! Or is it Link Jack? The gameplay looks freaking fun as hell to play.
This is NOT Dragon's Lair! DL was NOT a game, it was a cartoon that you only got to keep watching if you were fast enough to hit a button here and there when prompted. There was no interactivity!
I can't wait to get my Nintendo Numb Thumbs(tm) on this game and be in perfect control of beautiful cartoon Hyrule. I forgot my PS2 existed for the month after I bought Paper Mario; the storyline was a bit (ok a lot) kiddish, but the gameplay rocked!
Seems like Nintendo is the only company that actually cares about making fun games any more. Yes, they target kids. Who do you think has the most time to play games? Sony and MS are only out to get the dollars of teenage impulse buyers, who have jobs, but still live at home. If a game sucks, they will just buy another one with the next paycheck burning a hole in their pockets.
Want eye candy? Watch some Wave Race movies!
Since this is already off-topic...
:P
I got a PS2 box from Lik-Sang. You plug your monitor and speakers into it, then plug it into your PS2, sound card and video card and you can flip your monitor between computer and PS2! It was $40 bucks and was not packaged very well (two of the units were crammed into nothing more than a bubble-envelope) but they survived the trip from Hong Kong ^_^. Both units kinda went on the fritz the first time I played with them, but now they work perfect (?!??).
Only thing with it is the colors are a little washed out (and the picture is a little blurry if you use the included VGA cable) but I like playing in 640x480. I have wished for a way to play PS2 on my Sony G400 since I got it! Since I have the G-series Sony monitor, I have an extra input and can just toggle between Debian and my PS2 from the front of the monitor itself, damn it's neat. Works great with mp3s too; PC pumps out the tunes via the rear channels and PS2 can be heard (if you want) through the front speakers! Of course it isn't all that technically impressive, it is conveneient as hell; gotta fsck that 40gig or waiting for mozilla to finish compiling? Flip to input-2 and play some PS2 or watch a DVD!
My favorite thing is the quote that is (literally) on all 6 faces of the box: "This product will situate you in the enjoyment as in dreamland." I guess dreamland _is_ slightly blurry, so it's accurate! I wonder what nutty little phrase they came up for the GameAxe?
Disclaimer:I don't work for Lik-Sang or anything, but I was quite nervous about ordering from them the first time. I just thought my testimonial may serve to reduce the paranoia of potenial customers. With so much cool shit, I wouldn't have been surprised if it was a scam, but I ordered anyway after reading things from a couple of professional game developers about them getting their GameBoy ROM flashers and dev kits from Lik-Sang.
rot13 ewyrbaneq@zrpucvybg.pbz if you care, but if you say something I don't like or spam me, I'll sue you for breaking my cap'n crunch code-ring encryption!
Just the other day, I was explaining to someone (who had never used a computer before Win95) how you could do fun things with DOS and ansi.sys like re-map 'n' to 'y' and some other key to 'format c:' or just re-map all keys to 'echo y|format c:' and laugh! Ahh how I pine for the old BBS glory days.
To get even further off-topic...one time I broke into some BBS (sysop was a real asshole) by raw-ascii uploading my command.com and io.sys. He tried to break into chat soon after I started u/l-ing, but that's when he caught a nasty control sequence that gave me a prompt! Fun stuff.
At least the original author didn't say something like "appended to the begining." That one always bugs the hell out of me.
:-) name?
;-)
(and now to disguise this post as on-topic)
While I prefer KDE to GNOME, I too am a bit sick of K-this and K-that. It works well to brand a package as written for KDE, but the vast majority of packages (that I have encountered) have done nothing more to come up with a name than to prefix a K to the name of a comparable package.
I honestly don't find "Adobe Illustrator" & "KIllustrator" confusingly similar, but if I was familiar with Adobe Illustrator (I'm not), I know I would expect KIllustrator to be very similar. If KIllustrator is truly unique (again, I'm not familiar) when compared with Illustrator, why the hell would you want to name it KIllustrator?! Why not KDEasyDraw or any other (equally lame
/. karma can kiss my ass, I don't post AC (unless I'm not logged in and the Palm isn't handy
It seems to me that pretty much any time Hemos posts a main page story about science or technology (or pretty much anything) it is well worth checking out. No, I'm not Hemos :-)
I don't take issue with the article; I don't think that the article is really implying that there will be more cross-platform games. I do, however, take issue with timothy's comment,
"Which should mean more cross-platform games, so perhaps consoles can be bought and sold more on their merits than their stable of games."
More cross-platform games means creating lowest common denominator games, which will actually harm a console's ability to be bought and sold more on their merits, unless you mean those merits having nothing to do with playing games (ie: watching DVDs). If a game is designed to be cross-platform from day one, why spend the time/effort/money to specialize the game for a particular console's features? Look at the pre-Nintendo video game market crash; this was a big contributor.
Now on the other hand, when a game makes its debut on one console and subsequently appears on others, take Tony Hawk Pro Skateboarding for example, it is usually a good thing. The reason being that the game is developed by one group (Neversoft-THPS on PSX) taking full advantage of their chosen console, then handed off to another team (Edge of Reality-THPS on N64) who optimizes the game to take advantage of their console of choice. Many times the ported version doesn't quite live up to the original, but owners of another system get a similar experience. That will simply happen less if the focus is on developing for as many consoles as possible.
Yes, and GNU/Linux is a wonderfully stable system, but keep in mind that it ...is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular
purpose .
Wow, not even fitness for a particular purpose! Doesn't exactly inspire confidence, but your very own life may depend on it one day.
In the response to the "Big ballpark hypothetical" question, Dan says,
Also, as a side note, it would be difficult for a case to rely entirely on individuals "with a conscience and access to the suspect source." For one reason, they are probably in violation of their employee confidentiality agreement by telling anyone about what they know to be in the suspect source code, so they may not want to come forward to testify.
Consider this: You take a job at a company that specializes in "entertainment web sites" and you sign the typical "confidentiality agreement." During the course of your assigned work, you discover that one of the company's most popular revenue producers is a kiddie-porn site (that masquerades as a legal adult-porn site on the accounting books). Can the company successfully sue you for "violating the confidentiality agreement" if you report their illegal activities? It seems to me that if the company in question is violating the law (copyright infringement of GPL'd work) then that company's "confidentiality agreement" would effictively be nullified. Is there any truth to this, or am I just letting my IANAL colors shine too bright?
GameBoy has never used lockout. I remember reading about it back when the original bulky GameBoys were new. Not knowing japanese is the lockout ;-)
Goddamn amazing! Just got mine yesterday too. Isn't it nice to have an english game ^_^
The biggest key to playing F-Zero is to tap the accelerator rapidly when you need traction (re: corners).
This is something many people don't realize, although I don't know how many would be affected. I have read about an accessory that will give IR capability, but we will have to wait and see.
;) and 64Mbit (re: 8MByte) programmable carts for GBA at www.lik-sang.com
Interesting idea there with the security token thing. I'm certain you could make something work. You know, it's not just a faster processor, it's a 32-bit ARM! They are already showing cart writer/backer-uppers (highly technical term
Be careful about recommending the current worm light! I own a GBA and I got a "Pass-thru" worm light (the one with nice white LED) and it is a pain in the ass (well it was before I lost it :)
The problem is: on the GBA, the connector is on the top of the unit rather than the side. When you put the GBC worm light on the GBA, you must fold the wire back onto itself and twist it to make it face the screen. It isn't very steady either unless you coil the wire up (kinda helps absorbs some shock). With the worm lights designed for GBA I am sure this will improve; either the wire will face the right way or you'll have more wire to coil for stability. There is also a tiny little piece of plastic that would slide behind the GameBoy when the light is plugged in, but that snaps off easily. Oh yeah, also, you can only play GBA games with it because the plug is bigger (due to pass-thru feature) and will cover the cart slot (old GB games stick out quite a bit).
Besides that, I hear that the GBC models are very dim for GBA games (I didn't notice with the white LED one) since the output voltage or something is lower with the newer GBA protocol. Supposedly, when you put in an old GB game (which I couldn't do with my worm light) the connector uses the older protocol and old worm lights shine full bright. I tend to believe that because my friend was connected to another friends GBC with his GBA (trading Pokemon or Dragon Warrior Monsters or some crap) and he ate through a fresh pair of batteries in less than 10hrs.
Anyway, looks like a cool toy, once they get some good games out in may be time to upgrade from my Neo Geo Pocket Color.
What do you mean 'once they get some good games out'?! Oh, I get it, thats a troll. Good one!
Actually the tracks in F-Zero: Max Velocity are all new, but the gameplay is all there. The wider screen helps too, but I tend to tilt the unit too much as I play and I lose my viewing angle. Tip: tap the accelerator button for more traction around corners and never use your brake (it's a racing game for god sake!). In fact, configure the controls so brake is L+R and turbo/boost is B (a little tricky to do in japanese; I beat the Pawn (1st) circuit before I remembered F-Zero even had turbo!)
Backlight would be nice, but my GBA has gone close to 25hrs on one pair of AAs (the generic ones that came with it no less)! It's also very close to the same size as a GBC. I, and a few friends, think that it feels (slightly) lighter as well, but I think that has alot to do with the fact that GBA cartridges are about half the size of old GameBoy games! The specs I have seen for it say that GBA is like 2 grams heavier, so I bet sans cartridge, GBA is heavier. Once you see the games in action (screenshots==shit) it's simply amazing that Nintendo has delivered so much more in a package the same size and weight...but longer battery life!
This thing is a gem, and at $100, a steal (I paid $119). You can start looking for one now, a local game store here had them nearly 2 months ago. They're the japanese ones, but GameBoy doesn't do regional lockout (never has) so all your old US games work fine (my friend has seen minor graphic glitches in some, but I doubt the US version will fix that). American games are on sale now; I got Tony Hawk 2 yesterday (from a "legit" game store that wouldn't import GBAs) and my jaw drops every time I play it. Hmmm, I think I have to go kickflip over TC's roof gap now.....
I live in Denver, Colorado and I have a GBA. I bought it at a local game store though, not Walmart. It is a Japanese unit that plainly says it's for sale/use in Japan only, but the store I bought it at has been around for quite a while and has many locations around the state. They even had it marked as a "Japanese GBA Import" on their price tag.
It's pretty easy to get a GBA right now, but just wait for 2 more weeks and get the USA version (FYI I got mine over a month ago; I think it was worth it then). Maybe you will have english games to play by then!
BTW, there is technically no need for a store to sell the USA specific GBA because there is no regional lock-out in the GameBoy world and it is fully backward compatible.
I know you were kidding, but there is actually some (lawyereese-ish) Truth(tm) to that statement. If by "better product" you mean something produced that sells more, then what he said was true. I mean how many of my fellow linux users out there paid for their OS distro? If you did, how many had to pay $319 (Win2K's price on shop.microsoft.com)?!?! Now if he had said "better operating system" then he would be flat out wrong (IMHO of course). The FUD gets pretty thick, be careful :-)
By the way, didn't the Redcoats, er I mean Redmonds say that linux was their biggest threat for 2001? Is this the "shot heard 'round the world" marking the start of MS's PR war? It sure is loud and FUD-filled.
Bouncing here and there and everywhere! They're the Gummi Bears!! Wooo! Sorry, my current position tells me I am a programmer, but the higher ups dictate that I have to some crap for them in EXCEL! AHHH THE INSANITY! JUST LET ME CODE!! Hence, burning the Friday work-hours on /.
HA HA! That reminds me of a fake game name I would feed to idiots (err, I mean anyone) on ICQ when I'd go to my friend's house: Bukake Scat Masters. Now he moved and I don't know anyone who uses ICQ (well besides one of my friend's parents, but thats scary) so I just call random people in public Bukake Scat Masters. BTW, That Kia sounds like it could be a real model ;)
No pr0n huh? I am Jack's complete lack of surprise.
Proposed by none other than Dubai Technology, Electronic Commerce and Media Free Zone Authority, whatever the hell that is supposed to be. Where is the .conceited? I want .russleonard! Even the best suggestions on the list are questionable (I kinda liked .home for a few seconds). Hardly any are reasonable suggestions for TOP LEVEL domains. I just can't get over it: .dubai! Do they propose to host a massive amount of different sites that require special "Dubai" distinction? I have never even heard of Dubai Technology and [blah blah blah] company! Gee why not .netcom or .aol or .earthlink? /rant
Ha ha, someone wasted a mod point!
Lets see if I can post a link to Sun to get moderated up as informative.
Damn, if I didn't already spend those mod points I got this morning, I could mod you up informative as a joke. Then get meta-modded as funny for moderation humor!