As long as you don't believe in the Internet, you refuse to believe that the Internet exists, there is no problem with MP3's in the music business. You cannot steal something if there is nothing to steal. What is the sound of one band talking? There is nothing to steal if there is no Internet. If there is no Internet, there is no need for a monitor on your computer. Just type, and touch your privates. I didn't even buy a monitor, 'cause there is no Internet. It's all in my imagination. All in my imagination.
- Steven Page (lead singer for Barenaked Ladies), Burbank, August 28, 1999
And yes, I did download that clip off of the Internet.
And no, I'm not touching my privates right now.:-)
Sounds like a bad lawsuit to me, because you simply cannot patent a type of marketing and sales, else get-rich-quick-ripoff schemes would not exist.
To get rich quickly, I'd just patent the "get-rich-quick-ripoff" schemes. Then I'd sue anyone posting these to my favourite newsgroups... eliminate a subset of the spam, and get money in the process...
Of course, this is assuming:
Marketing techniques could be patented (or else under some sort of intellectual property law)
I were a low-life bastard who sues people over pointless patents
Nor did I say it was impossible:-) I said impracticle. I should also add "of dubious use"
Absolutely. The PC N64 interface would have some use to the emulator developers, but running Linux on the console is pretty much pointless (although, like I said, it would be neat to see).
What caught my attention was the post (and the comment on the front of the article) that the people said they would buy a n64 just for this... just for what?
Talk about vapourware... B-)
I have the same feeling about linux on the palms... sure it can be done, but to what gain? What use would I gain out of it?
At least it would be somewhat worthwhile on palmtop computers (mainly so people could say they didn't use WindowsCE:-); something like ELKS might be more appropriate in this case, however...
From what I saw is he was simply going to attempt to build a link from his pc to the n64. I saw nothing about him attempting to make linux run on the n64, in fact, after *gasp* reading the article, he says it was impracticle to do it, with only 4mb of ram, no hd, no keyboard, etc. He hasn't even started to build the cable, from what I've seen.
Read the very last page: "Porting linux to it shouldn't be impossible, even if it is difficult. The N64's controller architecture at least allows for the possibility of alternative devices (I have read somwhere that it used a microcontroller, which communicated with the console, allowing for virtually unlimited buttons,etc.) If so, both a a keyboard and a mouse could be converted, with only moderate difficulty."
He's not saying that it can't be done, just that it would be extremely difficult. It's probably not really worth the effort, but it would still be an interesting project...
Has BillG actually written any code since that Altair Basic Emulator 25 years ago?
As far as I can remember, the last program Bill ever wrote (or at least part of it) was the BASIC interpreter for the TRS-80 Model 100 portable computer. He managed to fit BASIC in its original 32k ROM along with a scheduler/address book, text editor, and terminal program.
The Model 100 was a favourite of journalists due to its small size and built-in 300bps modem. I've always wanted one of them, mainly for the "neat" factor...
It was built by Kyocera, sold by NEC (as the PC-8200) in Japan, and by Olivetti (as the M-10) in Europe.
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And yes, I did download that clip off of the Internet.
And no, I'm not touching my privates right now. :-)
Chris "Bob" Odorjan
To get rich quickly, I'd just patent the "get-rich-quick-ripoff" schemes. Then I'd sue anyone posting these to my favourite newsgroups... eliminate a subset of the spam, and get money in the process...
Of course, this is assuming:
Chris "Bob" Odorjan
Absolutely. The PC N64 interface would have some use to the emulator developers, but running Linux on the console is pretty much pointless (although, like I said, it would be neat to see).
Talk about vapourware... B-)
At least it would be somewhat worthwhile on palmtop computers (mainly so people could say they didn't use WindowsCE
Chris "Bob" Odorjan
Read the very last page: "Porting linux to it shouldn't be impossible, even if it is difficult. The N64's controller architecture at least allows for the possibility of alternative devices (I have read somwhere that it used a microcontroller, which communicated with the console, allowing for virtually unlimited buttons,etc.) If so, both a a keyboard and a mouse could be converted, with only moderate difficulty."
He's not saying that it can't be done, just that it would be extremely difficult. It's probably not really worth the effort, but it would still be an interesting project...
Chris "Bob" Odorjan
Has BillG actually written any code since that Altair Basic Emulator 25 years ago?
T andy,Radio,Shack_TRS-80_Model_100. html.
As far as I can remember, the last program Bill ever wrote (or at least part of it) was the BASIC interpreter for the TRS-80 Model 100 portable computer. He managed to fit BASIC in its original 32k ROM along with a scheduler/address book, text editor, and terminal program.
The Model 100 was a favourite of journalists due to its small size and built-in 300bps modem. I've always wanted one of them, mainly for the "neat" factor...
It was built by Kyocera, sold by NEC (as the PC-8200) in Japan, and by Olivetti (as the M-10) in Europe.
Most of my info was found here: http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~alexios/MACHINE-ROOM/
Chris "Bob" Odorjan