Holy Jebus! Do you seriously want to put one of those against your head? I mean - I know the antennas are directional and point mostly upward but oy vey!
Nothing to do with the fact that you'd look like a bit of a country member with one.
<full disclosure>
I run an NT/W2k network, and use W2k at home
</full disclosure>
To me, the idea of a skinable OS makes me shudder. I already have to hunt for people's "My computer icon" because they've changed it to "compaq" and changed the icon. I spend ages looking around for the command prompt and the like. It's got so bad that now I just type "windows+R cmd return". The thought of giving users an OS they can change seemlingly beyond recognition should give IT staff nightmares.
"What might also hamper the ability of the virus to spread is the relative unreliability of Microsoft web servers.
The Code Red virus lurks in the memory of a web server and is cleared when the computer is rebooted.
As Microsoft servers crash more often than many of their counterparts, this might limit the spread of the malicious code. "
I use Tesco's home delivery service, and it's great, it's been nearly a year since I set foot in a supermarket, and seeing as how I hate the places, it's well worth the 5UKP it costs for delivery. You don't miss out on the bogof (buy one get one free) offers, and they always urn up well within thier allotted delivery time.
I couldn't be happier with the system the way it is, I do my week's groceries in around ten minutes.
Yes, so are a lot of others. I think you're feeling space envy.
lol! Space envy! Just because I come from a country (uk) with no space program!;) I like space envy tho, reminds me of that Ren & Stimpy Space maddess. For the record - kudos to Nasa, I'm proud of both of these accomplishments, but I just think the text of that message a little one sided. I can't help but feel that Mr.Gagarin's effort should be more than just a sentence tacked at the bottom of the article.
Glerp! I can type, sorry about that aborted post. What I meant to say is that the write up on APOD is a tad biased. IE: Isn't America great, we launched the space shuttle 20 years ago today, oh and btw, some russian dude did something 40 years ago today. Seems a lot of back slapping at NASA.
"On April 12, 1981, twenty years ago today, the Space Shuttle Columbia became the first shuttle to orbit the Earth. In this gorgeous time exposure, flood lights play on the Columbia and service structures (left) as it rests atop Complex 39's Pad A at Kennedy Space Center in preparation for first launch. Flown by Commander John W. Young and Pilot Robert L. Crippen, Colombia spent 2 days aloft on its check-out mission, STS-1, which ended in a smooth landing, airplane-style, at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Ferried back to Kennedy by a modified Boeing 747, Colombia was launched again seven months later on STS-2, becoming the first piloted reuseable orbiter. The oldest operating shuttle, Columbia's 1981 debut was followed by shuttles Challenger in 1982 (destroyed in 1986), Discovery in 1983, Atlantis in 1985, and Challenger's replacement Endeavour in 1991. This shuttle fleet has now accomplished over 100 orbital missions. Today also marks the 40th anniversary of the first human in space, Yuri Gagarin."
Tesco online snoop plan
Helen Gregory & Sophie Mason
Tesco is considering using artificial intelligence software to alert shoppers on rival Web sites that it can offer better deals.
The supermarket giant is already using the software package to track which products are of interest to its Tesco Direct shoppers and to suggest items they can add to their virtual shopping list. It is now debating whether to press on with plans that would allow it to compete immediately with promotions offered by other supermarket sites.
MyWeb software was introduced free on Tesco Direct CDs three weeks ago. Once loaded, the program stays on the shopper's computer and "reads" text from the screen rather than directly from the Internet, developing an understanding of what the customer is looking at online.
If extended, MyWeb could sit on the user's computer and, whenever they entered a rival grocer's site, a prompt built into the program would see MyWeb flash up a reminder of Tesco's offers.
The system can also create a profile of shoppers' tastes by keeping a record of what they have bought or looked at in the past. It can then use this information to anticipate demand and suggest similar products if the first choice is out of stock.
Simon Fletcher of software supplier Autonomy, which developed the system, said the package provided Tesco Direct with a major marketing tool in the e-commerce battle.
"E-tailing customers will not tolerate having to go and actually search for things for much longer because the whole point of an e-commerce site is to free up time that you would normally spend in the shopping aisles," he said.
MyWeb can also make associations between purchases and cross-sell items. For example, if they buy charcoal and firelighters, MyWeb will suggest a deal on burgers or garden furniture.
Dan Munford, partner with Insight Research, said tailoring e-offers was the "holy grail" for supermarket chains. "It's what the consumer wants," he said.
Having MAME is all well and good, but if you've got the space, get a cabinet! I own a Hyper Sports and a Neo*Geo, both with 21" cabs, and there's no substitue for the real thing. You'd be amazed how cheaply they can be picked up. Beware though, old monitors are not to be toyed with, unless you know excatly what you're doing, get a pro in.
Just wanted to say, spot on dude, you rock. I've played a M8's PS2 and I was underawed to say the least. I've heard that DC Dead Or Alive2 looks and plays better than the PS2! I'm going to be sticking with my Jap import DC for a while.
Sega's Atomic Announcement Posted: 11.11.99 By: Mike Bess
The entire gaming industry was set on fire with one simple phrase ealier today: Sega will be leaving the hardware market and focus on networking and game development. This was first broken by Gamespot, but the juicey tid-bit was quickly lapped up by eager reporters everywhere. Even we were sucked in, but just to play it safe gave a quick call to the good folks at Sega of America. Considering the ramifications of Sega "retreating" from the market, is pretty big stuff. Atomic, in its proportions.
We spoke with two seperate sources within Sega of America. Both confirmed that the earth-shattering news piece was a simple mis-clarification. In fact, it was a mis-understanding in the translations of Mr. Okawa's speech at last night's Okawa Foundation Ceremony. Below are some excerpts from our conversation:
"The question was something to the effect of 'If the Dreamcast does not succeed, how will Sega compete in the future?' Mr. Okawa's response (although it may have been a little mangled in the translation) was that the 'future of Sega is the Internet, not hardware.' What he was trying to convey (and has been preaching for several months now) is that Sega is going to be focusing its efforts increasingly on the Internet. That means using the Internet as a delivery system for software, online gameplay, e-commerce, etc. However, you still need some form of hardware to receive that information. Sega will not be delivering content for PSX2, Dolphin or the PC through the Internet. So, Sega will always need to develop some form of console."
"Mr. Okawa knows that Sega's strength against Sony and Nintendo is its ability to pursue new technologies and advances designed to expand the gameplay experience, such as the Internet. Sony's PSX2 doesn't even have a built in Internet solution, nor have either of our competitors outlined any form of Internet strategy for their new systems, as we have already done publicly."
Thankfully, the Sega faithful all across this tiny globe breathe a collective sigh of relief. To even consider Dreamcast as the company's last piece of hardware is almost unimaginable. Furthermore, to believe that Mr. Okawa would make such a damaging statement that "Sega is leaving the hardware market" during the DC's infancy in North America and Europe, is equally so. Sega worked hard to spread the word, clarifying the mis-constrused words of Mr. Okawa.
For those keeping score, the speech Mr. Okawa gave regarded the future of Dreamcast, Sega, and the establishment of a new foundation in his honor. He told the press last night that Sega would be putting greater emphasis on video-gaming's networking abilities and that the commuinty of the 21st Century would be a "networked society." Unveiled at the ceremoney was the Dreamcast zip drive, a beautiful peripheral to the Dreamcast as well as an Ethernet port which would fit into the existing modem's slot. Lastly, the Okawa Foundation's intention is to fund programs for youth and schools which promotes technology and helps bring that awareness further into the public consciousness.
Oh and if you were wondering, Mr. Okawa oversees over ninety companies, including Sega Enterprises with an annual salary of 7.5 billion dollars. He's the President of CSK Corp which makes him the big cheese of a series of hi-tech and mass-media firms. Sega X will keep you updated on any future announcements by Mr. Okawa as well as the unfolding saga of the zip drive and ethernet expansions.
>people don't want to play games with goofy hedge-hogs and mario now that something closer to reality is possible.
People who say things like that obviously haven't played VF3, Sega Rally2 and all the other, nearly photorealistic, high frame rate, no clipping, and no poly distorting games Dreamcast has to offer.
Odd how you think people arn't happy with Sonic and Mario (which are both platformers basically) but they're happy enough with Tomb Raider++.
>As to the Tomb Raider clones, what can I say? They sell.
They sell allright. Maybe I'm just getting old, but games like that just fail to hold my interest for any time, and are just frustrating. I think my Sony==M$ analogy still is ok. Sony have always been a company that hangs back, I think they learned a valuable lesson with betamax, don't be first. Let someone else make the mistakes, have the teething problems.
>Even my Dad loves Tomb Raider
That's weird, I gave my parents an N64 for christmas last year, and their hopeless at everything!:D
>was pretty unexciting
Hemhem, I fail to see how it's more exciting now, would sir like this season's beat 'em up? or perhaps sir would like to sample the driving game that's currently all the rage, last years game engine, but behold! Now with extra lense flares!
so I think I'll wait to see some good games first. (though w/ the entire line of old psx games to run on it.. well it's a nice headstart hmm?)
Yeah, but it could also be a hinderance, why buy a cutting edge machine, that has say, 10 games for it abd the ability to play all the PSX games. Or wait until there's enough PSX2 games and just stick to your playstation. New machines need early adopters.
I also hear that Sony are undecided about the DVD movie playback thing.
To the people who are making sense here, I've heard too much "It can do Toy Story" and "It can do x more polys than Y". (although I've haven't heard any PSX2 Beowulfs yet!);)
And I'm sick of it. FYI, I have all four games machines under my TV : Saturn, Playstation, N64 and an import Dreamcast. I doubt I'll get an import PSX2, I just don't like enough playstation games.
People need to remember that Sony are the M$ of the videogame world, they came in late, looked at what the other companies were doing and said "us too!"
I prefer a company that is willing to take chances with games, not just pump out another tired Tomb Raider.
Go for it, sneak kids into movie houses, encourage piracy. Just don't complain when the people who you annoy doing this, the people whos earning potential you are directly affecting, decide to dig their heels in and really become arseholes.
There's nothing decent about helping kids whos parents don't want them to see a film sneak in and watch. They arn't your kids, it's not your business to "educate" them. I love going to the movies, I have a 5.1 home cinema system sitting in my living room at home, but nothing beats the big screen! (as a cinema house chain in England used to say) I'll disagree with anyone at the drop of a hat, but these people are entitled to raise their kids how they want. (however bad that may be) I don't have any kids, but I'd freak if I told my child not to do a certain thing (not that I can see myself ever doing such a thing), and then a perfect stranger helped them defy my wishes.
The amiga website proudly has a "powered by Amiga" animated gif on their front page, but a quick visit to www.netcraft.co.uk's "what's that server running?" site reveals :
www.amiga.com is running Microsoft-IIS/4.0 on NT4 or Windows 98.
Slashdot Mirror
Now there's a match I'd like to see. This looks like an 3vil l33t machine, and the UK's Hypnodisc was pretty bloody useful.
http://freespace.virgin.net/dave.rose/ for more information about the photocopier trashing, breezeblock breaking Hypnodisc.
Holy Jebus! Do you seriously want to put one of those against your head? I mean - I know the antennas are directional and point mostly upward but oy vey!
Nothing to do with the fact that you'd look like a bit of a country member with one.
<full disclosure>
I run an NT/W2k network, and use W2k at home
</full disclosure>
To me, the idea of a skinable OS makes me shudder. I already have to hunt for people's "My computer icon" because they've changed it to "compaq" and changed the icon. I spend ages looking around for the command prompt and the like. It's got so bad that now I just type "windows+R cmd return". The thought of giving users an OS they can change seemlingly beyond recognition should give IT staff nightmares.
From the BBC's news page about codered :
"What might also hamper the ability of the virus to spread is the relative unreliability of Microsoft web servers.
The Code Red virus lurks in the memory of a web server and is cleared when the computer is rebooted.
As Microsoft servers crash more often than many of their counterparts, this might limit the spread of the malicious code. "
I use Tesco's home delivery service, and it's great, it's been nearly a year since I set foot in a supermarket, and seeing as how I hate the places, it's well worth the 5UKP it costs for delivery. You don't miss out on the bogof (buy one get one free) offers, and they always urn up well within thier allotted delivery time.
I couldn't be happier with the system the way it is, I do my week's groceries in around ten minutes.
I am not a Tesco employee.
Yes, so are a lot of others. I think you're feeling space envy.
;) I like space envy tho, reminds me of that Ren & Stimpy Space maddess. For the record - kudos to Nasa, I'm proud of both of these accomplishments, but I just think the text of that message a little one sided. I can't help but feel that Mr.Gagarin's effort should be more than just a sentence tacked at the bottom of the article.
lol! Space envy! Just because I come from a country (uk) with no space program!
Glerp! I can type, sorry about that aborted post. What I meant to say is that the write up on APOD is a tad biased. IE: Isn't America great, we launched the space shuttle 20 years ago today, oh and btw, some russian dude did something 40 years ago today. Seems a lot of back slapping at NASA.
"On April 12, 1981, twenty years ago today, the Space Shuttle Columbia became the first shuttle to orbit the Earth. In this gorgeous time exposure, flood lights play on the Columbia and service structures (left) as it rests atop Complex 39's Pad A at Kennedy Space Center in preparation for first launch. Flown by Commander John W. Young and Pilot Robert L. Crippen, Colombia spent 2 days aloft on its check-out mission, STS-1, which ended in a smooth landing, airplane-style, at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Ferried back to Kennedy by a modified Boeing 747, Colombia was launched again seven months later on STS-2, becoming the first piloted reuseable orbiter. The oldest operating shuttle, Columbia's 1981 debut was followed by shuttles Challenger in 1982 (destroyed in 1986), Discovery in 1983, Atlantis in 1985, and Challenger's replacement Endeavour in 1991. This shuttle fleet has now accomplished over 100 orbital missions. Today also marks the 40th anniversary of the first human in space, Yuri Gagarin."
TESCO ALERT! We can sell you those nipple clamps and that ball gag cheaper.... ;)
http://www.computerweekly.co.uk/cwarchive/news/200 00810/cwcontainer.asp?name=C14.html&ct=s earch
Tesco online snoop plan
Helen Gregory & Sophie Mason
Tesco is considering using artificial intelligence software to alert shoppers on rival Web sites that it can offer better deals.
The supermarket giant is already using the software package to track which products are of interest to its Tesco Direct shoppers and to suggest items they can add to their virtual shopping list. It is now debating whether to press on with plans that would allow it to compete immediately with promotions offered by other supermarket sites.
MyWeb software was introduced free on Tesco Direct CDs three weeks ago. Once loaded, the program stays on the shopper's computer and "reads" text from the screen rather than directly from the Internet, developing an understanding of what the customer is looking at online.
If extended, MyWeb could sit on the user's computer and, whenever they entered a rival grocer's site, a prompt built into the program would see MyWeb flash up a reminder of Tesco's offers.
The system can also create a profile of shoppers' tastes by keeping a record of what they have bought or looked at in the past. It can then use this information to anticipate demand and suggest similar products if the first choice is out of stock.
Simon Fletcher of software supplier Autonomy, which developed the system, said the package provided Tesco Direct with a major marketing tool in the e-commerce battle.
"E-tailing customers will not tolerate having to go and actually search for things for much longer because the whole point of an e-commerce site is to free up time that you would normally spend in the shopping aisles," he said.
MyWeb can also make associations between purchases and cross-sell items. For example, if they buy charcoal and firelighters, MyWeb will suggest a deal on burgers or garden furniture.
Dan Munford, partner with Insight Research, said tailoring e-offers was the "holy grail" for supermarket chains. "It's what the consumer wants," he said.
Having MAME is all well and good, but if you've got the space, get a cabinet! I own a Hyper Sports and a Neo*Geo, both with 21" cabs, and there's no substitue for the real thing. You'd be amazed how cheaply they can be picked up. Beware though, old monitors are not to be toyed with, unless you know excatly what you're doing, get a pro in.
Just wanted to say, spot on dude, you rock. I've played a M8's PS2 and I was underawed to say the least. I've heard that DC Dead Or Alive2 looks and plays better than the PS2! I'm going to be sticking with my Jap import DC for a while.
Ah ha! The mythical X-box, I presumed you were talking Dreamcast. Apologies.
M$ makes the hardware - No they don't, Sega, Hitachi, NEC and Yamaha make the hardware.
M$ makes the OS - M$ makes ONE of the OSs, and AFAIK, only Sega Rally2 uses it.
M$ makes the games - I dont own any M$ games for my dreamcast, mainly becuase there arn't any (yet).
Sega's Atomic Announcement
Posted: 11.11.99
By: Mike Bess
The entire gaming industry was set on fire with one simple
phrase ealier today: Sega will be leaving the hardware market
and focus on networking and game development. This was
first broken by Gamespot, but the juicey tid-bit was quickly
lapped up by eager reporters everywhere. Even we were
sucked in, but just to play it safe gave a quick call to the good
folks at Sega of America. Considering the ramifications of
Sega "retreating" from the market, is pretty big stuff. Atomic,
in its proportions.
We spoke with two seperate sources within Sega of America.
Both confirmed that the earth-shattering news piece was a
simple mis-clarification. In fact, it was a mis-understanding in
the translations of Mr. Okawa's speech at last night's Okawa
Foundation Ceremony. Below are some excerpts from our
conversation:
"The question was something to the effect of 'If the
Dreamcast does not succeed, how will Sega compete in the
future?' Mr. Okawa's response (although it may have been a
little mangled in the translation) was that the 'future of Sega is
the Internet, not hardware.' What he was trying to convey
(and has been preaching for several months now) is that Sega
is going to be focusing its efforts increasingly on the Internet.
That means using the Internet as a delivery system for
software, online gameplay, e-commerce, etc. However, you
still need some form of hardware to receive that information.
Sega will not be delivering content for PSX2, Dolphin or the
PC through the Internet. So, Sega will always need to develop
some form of console."
"Mr. Okawa knows that Sega's strength against Sony and
Nintendo is its ability to pursue new technologies and
advances designed to expand the gameplay experience, such
as the Internet. Sony's PSX2 doesn't even have a built in
Internet solution, nor have either of our competitors outlined
any form of Internet strategy for their new systems, as we
have already done publicly."
Thankfully, the Sega faithful all across this tiny globe breathe
a collective sigh of relief. To even consider Dreamcast as the
company's last piece of hardware is almost unimaginable.
Furthermore, to believe that Mr. Okawa would make such a
damaging statement that "Sega is leaving the hardware
market" during the DC's infancy in North America and
Europe, is equally so. Sega worked hard to spread the word,
clarifying the mis-constrused words of Mr. Okawa.
For those keeping score, the speech Mr. Okawa gave
regarded the future of Dreamcast, Sega, and the establishment
of a new foundation in his honor. He told the press last night
that Sega would be putting greater emphasis on
video-gaming's networking abilities and that the commuinty
of the 21st Century would be a "networked society." Unveiled
at the ceremoney was the Dreamcast zip drive, a beautiful
peripheral to the Dreamcast as well as an Ethernet port which
would fit into the existing modem's slot. Lastly, the Okawa
Foundation's intention is to fund programs for youth and
schools which promotes technology and helps bring that
awareness further into the public consciousness.
Oh and if you were wondering, Mr. Okawa oversees over
ninety companies, including Sega Enterprises with an annual
salary of 7.5 billion dollars. He's the President of CSK Corp
which makes him the big cheese of a series of hi-tech and
mass-media firms. Sega X will keep you updated on any future
announcements by Mr. Okawa as well as the unfolding saga
of the zip drive and ethernet expansions.
Obtain a clue, trollboy.
http://www.segadreamcast.net/dcnews/111199_segahar dware.html
>people don't want to play games with goofy hedge-hogs and mario now that something closer to reality is possible.
;)
People who say things like that obviously haven't played VF3, Sega Rally2 and all the other, nearly photorealistic, high frame rate, no clipping, and no poly distorting games Dreamcast has to offer.
Odd how you think people arn't happy with Sonic and Mario (which are both platformers basically) but they're happy enough with Tomb Raider++.
I guess it's the chest.
I think calling Dreamcast a set top box is a little rough. It conjours up images of webTV and 3DO.
;)
My dreamcast fits just perfectly underneath my television thank you.
>As to the Tomb Raider clones, what can I say? They sell.
:D
They sell allright. Maybe I'm just getting old, but games like that just fail to hold my interest for any time, and are just frustrating. I think my Sony==M$ analogy still is ok. Sony have always been a company that hangs back, I think they learned a valuable lesson with betamax, don't be first. Let someone else make the mistakes, have the teething problems.
>Even my Dad loves Tomb Raider
That's weird, I gave my parents an N64 for christmas last year, and their hopeless at everything!
>was pretty unexciting
Hemhem, I fail to see how it's more exciting now, would sir like this season's beat 'em up? or perhaps sir would like to sample the driving game that's currently all the rage, last years game engine, but behold! Now with extra lense flares!
All the best, in jest
bowdie
so I think I'll wait to see some good games first. (though w/ the entire line of old psx games to run on it.. well it's a nice headstart hmm?)
Yeah, but it could also be a hinderance, why buy a cutting edge machine, that has say, 10 games for it abd the ability to play all the PSX games. Or wait until there's enough PSX2 games and just stick to your playstation. New machines need early adopters.
I also hear that Sony are undecided about the DVD movie playback thing.
To the people who are making sense here, I've heard too much "It can do Toy Story" and "It can do x more polys than Y". (although I've haven't heard any PSX2 Beowulfs yet!) ;)
And I'm sick of it. FYI, I have all four games machines under my TV : Saturn, Playstation, N64 and an import Dreamcast. I doubt I'll get an import PSX2, I just don't like enough playstation games.
People need to remember that Sony are the M$ of the videogame world, they came in late, looked at what the other companies were doing and said "us too!"
I prefer a company that is willing to take chances with games, not just pump out another tired Tomb Raider.
[EOF]
http://www.duh-2000.com/
The dumb things people say about Y2k
Pretty funny.
Go for it, sneak kids into movie houses, encourage piracy. Just don't complain when the people who you annoy doing this, the people whos earning potential you are directly affecting, decide to dig their heels in and really become arseholes.
There's nothing decent about helping kids whos parents don't want them to see a film sneak in and watch. They arn't your kids, it's not your business to "educate" them. I love going to the movies, I have a 5.1 home cinema system sitting in my living room at home, but nothing beats the big screen! (as a cinema house chain in England used to say) I'll disagree with anyone at the drop of a hat, but these people are entitled to raise their kids how they want. (however bad that may be) I don't have any kids, but I'd freak if I told my child not to do a certain thing (not that I can see myself ever doing such a thing), and then a perfect stranger helped them defy my wishes.
"I do know that I live about an hour away from one of their biggest monitoring stations(in Bavaria)."
Hehe! You want paranoia? I have GCHQ accross the road from where I live! I can see the top 3 floors from my bedroom window!
hides the telescope and laser pointer...
The amiga website proudly has a "powered by Amiga" animated gif on their front page, but a quick visit to www.netcraft.co.uk's "what's that server running?" site reveals :
www.amiga.com is running Microsoft-IIS/4.0 on NT4 or Windows 98.