A couple of years ago I found a little treasure hidden in my attic... my old Atari 2600, with all my beloved cartridges.
Plug it to my TV through RF.
And it worked!! I had a lot of fun playing Combat, Space Invaders with friends.. even Adventure
Ok... no way to compare it with a PS3 or XBOX, but I wonder if 20+ years from now, and just for fun, one will be able to just plug in the console and play a game based on digitally distributed media.
I wonder if I can still connect in mi Commodore C-64 to that BBS..;-)
And the PS2 is a great machine:
Graphics to the max of what standard definition is capable of, very rich 3D environments.
Today the PS2 is a very affordable (cheap) console, with a gaming experience on pair with high end systems, I would only recommend getting a PS3 or XBOX to hardcore gamers, for everyone else, the PS2 is the console to love.
Who cares about AC3 sound or super high resolution, when you are having great of fun shooting and escaping from enemies in fast-paced games like "Black" or "Call of Duty"?
I think there are international laws, conventions and treaties about this.
It is everyones right to receive any radio signal emitted in any frequency. (not to transmit though).
If it's not encrypted, it's on the radio waves, then it is public. period.
Do I have to play the Hitler card to finish this argument?:-)
I was very happy with my Nokia N80... very close to the resolution of the iPhone, in a much, much smaller screen, but, no one called it a retina resolution. (that, my friend, it's pure marketing) And in terms of functionality, it had it all, from camera to Putty through WiFi to VoIP. (And don't forget, IR remote control... almost a tricorder)
I don't want to be seen as blind folded Nokia fan (and turning into what I was criticizing about Apple fans), so I must say that HTC is a company that may surprise us in a couple of years, they are making really good stuff, they just need a little more time to mature.
Nope... they didn't make an impact because they didn't have the marketing Apple has, and they don't have blind followers... Steve Jobs is not a prophet you know.
Let's go back to my N80 (2006) $499:
- Screen 352x416
- 3G connectivity
- WiFi (able to make VoIP calls buit in)
- 2.0 megapixels primary camera
- Frontal camera and ability to make video calls
- both cameras able to take pictures and video.
- Thousands of applications (symbian s60 3rd edition)
- MiniSD Slot
- FM radio, mp3 player
First iPhone (jun/jul 2007) $599
- Screen 320x480
- Touch screen.
- 2.0 megapixels primary camera
- iTunes... (not any mp3)
- EDGE
- Who needs a front camera?
- Radio? who listens to radio these days?
It compares fairly well... first iPhone, and it is a "nothing new, move along" kind of stuff. And to be completely, it should have been compared with the N95, but the N80 was the phone I owned at that time, and I failed to see any feature to make me jump into the iPhone.
A picture in your hand... or it doesn't exist... humm... are you still on the waiting line?
On the other hand, you are right, as Nokia, Samsung and HTC will NEVER have an iPhone, because it is a registered trademark form Apple.
Otherwise... a N97, hell even my N80 compares fairy well with the same-era iPhone. Ok... almost same price, but my point still holds true, nothing new here, move along!!
Maybe 5 or 10 years ago something like the iPhone 4 would have been an announce deserving all the attention it has. Today it's just an upgrade, nothing new if you take the time to look around and see the competition, not a real breakthrough. Give me a universal translator, or an interface that understands spoken commands in a natural way, mind readers.. I don't know... not "just the same but better"... with the "better" part being subjective. Give me something that Nokia, Samsung, HTC, etc. doesn't already have or will have in just a couple of months at far lower price.
Why pay hundreds and hundreds of dollars for a phone (should I stop here?) that doesn't have any new functionalities, and the novelties are a front camera and ability to record video, something that competitors have had for years, and now offer at reasonable prices.
Well I guess is the same people that bought that stupid circular mouse just for it's looks.
Yes... I agree with you... but for someone that uses Windows for work everyday successfully, it is not.
Why change CPU/HD/RAM/etc to update to a new OS, when the one you are using serves your purpose perfectly and efficiently?
At work I'm forced to use Windows, while at home I turn into a Karmic Koala.
If everything works fine, you've got everything you need to do your job, and do it well. I don't see the need of change everything every five years or so.
The urge of migrating OS every five years is evil. Windows XP and Office 2003 should be more than enough for anyone whose only work has to do with writing reports, memos, processing spreadsheet data, etc. You are using 10 years old software... so what.
I still use a 20+ years old TV, and the only reason to change it is the technology breakthrough from analog to digital... nothing even compared to that has happened on the windows platform since W2K.
Don't get me started on Epson...
I had a CX4500, and I don't print very often, so the heads were always clogged with dry ink. _Every_ time I wanted to print anything I had to go to the process of full cleaning a couple of times.
The damned ink counter said that I wasted about 15% of ink just for the cleaning, and refused to print after a few pages. When I took the cartdriges out they felt and sound (when shaking) almost full.
The solution at that time was to buy a little chip resetter that allowed me to print _hundreds_ of pages more.
But... what finally make me decide that neither me nor the company I work for, nor even our clients, will ever buy Epson printers again, was that one day, without any warning, just stopped working, with all the lights blinking like a christmas tree. The printer properties just said something like needing technical manteinance.
Googling... I found out that the printer dies on you after a certain page counter is reached (something I was waaay under, but also had to do with the cleaning process). You have to take it to Epson to change the ink spill sponge (To change a sponge!!!!!), job that Epson charges for about $50 american dollars.
To make the long story shorter, I found an utility on the web to reset it, printed a couple hundred pages more and literally throw it in the garbage can. (I several times thought/dream of making the "show" of throwing it to the floor of the Epson showroom full of people and screeam the kind of garbage they sell.... but it's just not me:-) )
You pay for one liter (divided in three colors + black) almost the same price as ONE cartdrige (20 cc - that is 0.02 liters).
Quality is almost the same for the average job (Joe)
Re:Was Not Impressed at All
on
Lost Ends
·
· Score: 0, Flamebait
In this case, "life is a journey not a destination" holds true.
In the end, for me at last, it didn't mattered how the series ended, it gave me several hours of fine and smart entertainment and I'm thankful for that.
I will be there standing in line waiting to see more and more smart series like this one.
Yeah!... I still remember those crappy games I played on my Atari 2600.
but... with time, graphics, sound, and everything got a LOT better. Same machine, same hardware, same everything.
Programmers finally did incredible things with just 8KB , 1MHz processor
With today's pace of technology, there is no time to think and squeeze the hardware to it's limits, 'cuz once you start getting to know what you have in your hands, it is time to move to the next generation of tech.
Here in Chile we also have plastic bills ($2,000 Chilean Pesos) here are some images
and we are introducing even more with new designs to celebrate our bicentennial. (note that new $10,000 Chilean pesos bill is cotton paper, with 3D stripe and color changing numbers - just like the $100 US will soon have).
Yes, they are cool, with transparent windows, and fully washable. BUT... not too easy to handle (too slippery) and although the are very strong and durable the tiniest cut on one side will tear the bill in two effortlessly.
We have that 3D stripe in out new (bicentennial) 10.000 chilean pesos bill, and the optical effect is amazing.
You can really see the images form some milimiters deep in the bill.
Nice to see the US is catching up with technology;-)
....AND DivX, Mp4... even donughts...
Just carry the DVDs (or USB pendrives.... or SD carrds) and insert the one with the video.... not worring or wasting time loading it to the thing.
Slashdot Mirror
Always prefer physical media....
;-)
A couple of years ago I found a little treasure hidden in my attic... my old Atari 2600, with all my beloved cartridges.
Plug it to my TV through RF.
And it worked!! I had a lot of fun playing Combat, Space Invaders with friends.. even Adventure
Ok... no way to compare it with a PS3 or XBOX, but I wonder if 20+ years from now, and just for fun, one will be able to just plug in the console and play a game based on digitally distributed media.
I wonder if I can still connect in mi Commodore C-64 to that BBS..
And the PS2 is a great machine:
Graphics to the max of what standard definition is capable of, very rich 3D environments.
Today the PS2 is a very affordable (cheap) console, with a gaming experience on pair with high end systems, I would only recommend getting a PS3 or XBOX to hardcore gamers, for everyone else, the PS2 is the console to love.
Who cares about AC3 sound or super high resolution, when you are having great of fun shooting and escaping from enemies in fast-paced games like "Black" or "Call of Duty"?
Just my two Pesos.
mmm...
Everything is subjective, a 5.5 quake in Chile nowadays gets just a footnote on the newspaper.
On February 27th a Quake of magnitude 8.8 shook Concepción... and more than 500 Kilometers away (Santiago) came down to 8.3...
After that, a whole month several quakes ranging from 4 to 6 every day gave us total immunity against "minor" quakes.
I think there are international laws, conventions and treaties about this.
It is everyones right to receive any radio signal emitted in any frequency. (not to transmit though).
If it's not encrypted, it's on the radio waves, then it is public. period.
OMG!!... What have I done... it is already mutating and evolving.
;-D
Elf Replicating Ghost
Self Replicating post! :-P
Do I have to play the Hitler card to finish this argument? :-)
I was very happy with my Nokia N80... very close to the resolution of the iPhone, in a much, much smaller screen, but, no one called it a retina resolution. (that, my friend, it's pure marketing) And in terms of functionality, it had it all, from camera to Putty through WiFi to VoIP. (And don't forget, IR remote control... almost a tricorder)
I don't want to be seen as blind folded Nokia fan (and turning into what I was criticizing about Apple fans), so I must say that HTC is a company that may surprise us in a couple of years, they are making really good stuff, they just need a little more time to mature.
Nope... they didn't make an impact because they didn't have the marketing Apple has, and they don't have blind followers... Steve Jobs is not a prophet you know.
Let's go back to my N80 (2006) $499:
- Screen 352x416
- 3G connectivity
- WiFi (able to make VoIP calls buit in)
- 2.0 megapixels primary camera
- Frontal camera and ability to make video calls
- both cameras able to take pictures and video.
- Thousands of applications (symbian s60 3rd edition)
- MiniSD Slot
- FM radio, mp3 player
First iPhone (jun/jul 2007) $599
- Screen 320x480
- Touch screen.
- 2.0 megapixels primary camera
- iTunes... (not any mp3)
- EDGE
- Who needs a front camera?
- Radio? who listens to radio these days?
It compares fairly well... first iPhone, and it is a "nothing new, move along" kind of stuff. And to be completely, it should have been compared with the N95, but the N80 was the phone I owned at that time, and I failed to see any feature to make me jump into the iPhone.
A picture in your hand... or it doesn't exist... humm... are you still on the waiting line?
On the other hand, you are right, as Nokia, Samsung and HTC will NEVER have an iPhone, because it is a registered trademark form Apple.
Otherwise... a N97, hell even my N80 compares fairy well with the same-era iPhone. Ok... almost same price, but my point still holds true, nothing new here, move along!!
Or... even better... buy one of this
or this
With same results... as a living room appliance.
Maybe 5 or 10 years ago something like the iPhone 4 would have been an announce deserving all the attention it has. Today it's just an upgrade, nothing new if you take the time to look around and see the competition, not a real breakthrough.
Give me a universal translator, or an interface that understands spoken commands in a natural way, mind readers.. I don't know... not "just the same but better"... with the "better" part being subjective.
Give me something that Nokia, Samsung, HTC, etc. doesn't already have or will have in just a couple of months at far lower price.
Why pay hundreds and hundreds of dollars for a phone (should I stop here?) that doesn't have any new functionalities, and the novelties are a front camera and ability to record video, something that competitors have had for years, and now offer at reasonable prices.
Well I guess is the same people that bought that stupid circular mouse just for it's looks.
I still play with my PS2... on a 850x480 projector.
An incredible good console, way ahead of it's time when it came out, is still selling on par with PS3 and XBOX here in Chile.
Last game played: Guitar Hero Aerosmith
Favorite games: Black (cover ops), God of War II
I guess I will wait until PS4 comes out to start *thinking* about changing my console.
PS.... you can still buy the good games and use *backups* of the games you just want to try and throw away.
Yes... I agree with you... but for someone that uses Windows for work everyday successfully, it is not.
Why change CPU/HD/RAM/etc to update to a new OS, when the one you are using serves your purpose perfectly and efficiently?
At work I'm forced to use Windows, while at home I turn into a Karmic Koala.
Don't fix it.
If everything works fine, you've got everything you need to do your job, and do it well. I don't see the need of change everything every five years or so.
The urge of migrating OS every five years is evil. Windows XP and Office 2003 should be more than enough for anyone whose only work has to do with writing reports, memos, processing spreadsheet data, etc. You are using 10 years old software... so what.
I still use a 20+ years old TV, and the only reason to change it is the technology breakthrough from analog to digital... nothing even compared to that has happened on the windows platform since W2K.
I think that is because an emergency rescue launch is not considered "official"
Don't get me started on Epson...
:-) )
I had a CX4500, and I don't print very often, so the heads were always clogged with dry ink. _Every_ time I wanted to print anything I had to go to the process of full cleaning a couple of times.
The damned ink counter said that I wasted about 15% of ink just for the cleaning, and refused to print after a few pages. When I took the cartdriges out they felt and sound (when shaking) almost full.
The solution at that time was to buy a little chip resetter that allowed me to print _hundreds_ of pages more.
But... what finally make me decide that neither me nor the company I work for, nor even our clients, will ever buy Epson printers again, was that one day, without any warning, just stopped working, with all the lights blinking like a christmas tree. The printer properties just said something like needing technical manteinance.
Googling... I found out that the printer dies on you after a certain page counter is reached (something I was waaay under, but also had to do with the cleaning process). You have to take it to Epson to change the ink spill sponge (To change a sponge!!!!!), job that Epson charges for about $50 american dollars.
To make the long story shorter, I found an utility on the web to reset it, printed a couple hundred pages more and literally throw it in the garbage can. (I several times thought/dream of making the "show" of throwing it to the floor of the Epson showroom full of people and screeam the kind of garbage they sell.... but it's just not me
Then... why refills are so cheap?
You pay for one liter (divided in three colors + black) almost the same price as ONE cartdrige (20 cc - that is 0.02 liters).
Quality is almost the same for the average job (Joe)
In this case, "life is a journey not a destination" holds true.
In the end, for me at last, it didn't mattered how the series ended, it gave me several hours of fine and smart entertainment and I'm thankful for that.
I will be there standing in line waiting to see more and more smart series like this one.
Actually free as in beer!!
The SMS, as discussed elsewhere, is a surplus of the "alive" signal from/to the phones.
At least here in Chile, it took the companies a couple of years to follow the 1...2...3 Profit! road.
So it became massive while it was free, now it is a need, so you must pay for it!. (drug dealer dream come true).
Yeah!... I still remember those crappy games I played on my Atari 2600.
but... with time, graphics, sound, and everything got a LOT better. Same machine, same hardware, same everything.
Programmers finally did incredible things with just 8KB , 1MHz processor
With today's pace of technology, there is no time to think and squeeze the hardware to it's limits, 'cuz once you start getting to know what you have in your hands, it is time to move to the next generation of tech.
Just my two pesos
Actually it changes color from gold-orange to blue-greenish when you move it.
We have that in our bills here in Chile (all different colors, very easy to spot different denominations in a stack)
Our New bicentennial billsalso have different sizes to make it even easier to the visually impaired.
Here in Chile we also have plastic bills ($2,000 Chilean Pesos)
here are some images
and we are introducing even more with new designs to celebrate our bicentennial.
(note that new $10,000 Chilean pesos bill is cotton paper, with 3D stripe and color changing numbers - just like the $100 US will soon have).
Yes, they are cool, with transparent windows, and fully washable. BUT... not too easy to handle (too slippery) and although the are very strong and durable the tiniest cut on one side will tear the bill in two effortlessly.
$10.000 (as in 10.000 pesos :-D )
;-)
We have that 3D stripe in out new (bicentennial) 10.000 chilean pesos bill, and the optical effect is amazing.
You can really see the images form some milimiters deep in the bill.
Nice to see the US is catching up with technology
....AND DivX, Mp4... even donughts...
Just carry the DVDs (or USB pendrives.... or SD carrds) and insert the one with the video.... not worring or wasting time loading it to the thing.
And yes, all this features for around $100.