Well, it's not a candle, but the BioLite Camp Stove is a little woodburning stove that uses a thermocouple to generate power both to run its fan - it uses forced air to burn hotter and cleaner - and to provide a powered USB port to charge gizmos.
I want one, but don't go camping enough any more to justify the pricetag.
You don't use a 'resume' to get a job at a gas station.
You fill out an 'application'.
On which it has an area 'List your previous three|five employers with their contact information.'
This is also assuming there's a gas station attendant position to be had. I'm not seeing many 'Help Wanted' signs these days, even in gas stations and fast food joints.
The JavaScript effectively redirected all image requests to a proxy, with 'Press Alt-R to reload this image at full quality' as a mouseover text on everything. If you reloaded it, you'd get full quality.
It was really annoying, but less so than the current 'you get a recompressed image no matter what, ha ha.'
I use Millenicom, who resells Sprint, and in my area Sprint started injecting JavaScript into every page that comes over HTTP to recompress all the jpegs to a much lower quality setting.
That, at least, I could block. Now they just recompress all jpegs that come over http to a horrible level. If I want to keep the internet from looking like ass, I have to use a secure tunnel. Which is obnoxiously slow on 3G.
(Unfortunately, there's nothing Millenicom can do about it. It's up to Sprint. And there's no opt-out.)
The problem with heat pumps is they're only good in places where it only gets 'sorta cold'. In places where it gets 'really cold', they don't work. Which is why they all have backup plain old electric resistance heaters.
I worked in a building that had a heat pump with a busted backup resistance heater, and it was effectively unheated for a good chunk of the year. We had to get portable heaters.
I know a lot of people who get a real kick out of Garage Band, iMovie, and iDVD. Delicious Library is pretty neat. The Mac version of iTunes is much less sucktastic than the Windows version. (It still blows, though. And I say that as a Mac user.)
There are a lot of games that require Steam, even if you purchased them on disc at retail. You have to install Steam and have a Steam account to register and play them.
They use Steam as DRM. Having the physical disc doesn't actually matter. The only important thing in the game's box is the Steam license key.
These games tend to need Steam even if you bought them from Impulse or GamersGate or Amazon Downloads.
This is what they meant by 'games you bought elsewhere and which use our DRM'.
The Bard's Tale (actually, I think that's a port from the PC version - it has higher-res textures than the PS2 version.)
Grand Theft Auto III (same deal - looks a little sharper than the PS2 version though it has draw distance issues.)
Shadowgun THD and Mass Effect: Infiltrator both look great and play well.
Square-Enix has been rereleasing the Playstation upgraded ports of Final Fantasy games for Android. They don't push the hardware much, of course, but they're 'PS1 quality'.
And I had a really fun 'attack the castles' game I forget the name of. (I don't have my tablet handy.) Siegecraft HD, maybe? I remember it had standard and Tegra-optimized versions for sale.
An Xbox controller likely won't work. (They're not Bluetooth. Has anyone written a driver to use the USB ones?)
A Playstation 3 controller, however, will work just fine. In fact some Android games (like Grand Theft Auto III) natively support the PS3 controller, even handling the pairing for you.
Out of the 59 'current gen' console games I have here, only eight have online-only multiplayer.
The rest either have local and online, local only, or are single-player games.
(I didn't count single-player games that just have minor online services like a leaderboard to be multi-player. After all, you can't actually play them WITH anyone.)
The only 'party games' I have are the Wii and WiiU pack-ins.
If you want the latest and greatest games, I have to ask - why Windows XP 64-bit? While there aren't all that many games that -require- DirectX 10 or higher yet, there are a few,and some of them are really damned good. (Just Cause 2 springs to mind.)
Even games that don't require it are often markedly visually improved by DX10/11 (like Lord of the Rings Online, for instance.)
I always thought printer makers just figured I had a USB cable left over from my previous printer.
I mean seriously, printers don't come with USB A-B cables, but everything else does. I probably have ten of them in the ratsnest behind my desk. (A whopping one of them is actually in use, on an external hard drive.)
I really ought to clean up that cable mess, but it frightens me.
I have an Asus Transformer Prime, which has the same CPU and RAM capacity as the Ouya. The Ouya may have a slightly higher clocked processor, but I doubt it at that price.
Graphics-quality-wise, even top-tier Android titles with Tegra3 optimization are nowhere near current-gen console games, especially when you're running them on a big TV. Grand Theft Auto III looks great but has short draw distance, Mass Effect Infiltrator looks good but takes place entirely in small, limited environments.
They're better than PS2-era games, but they're not on par with Xbox 360 / Playstation 3 / WiiU titles. (I have all three systems, and while I don't have the same games on any of them - I mean really, what would be the point? - in general, they all produce visuals in the same ballpark.)
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Well, it's not a candle, but the BioLite Camp Stove is a little woodburning stove that uses a thermocouple to generate power both to run its fan - it uses forced air to burn hotter and cleaner - and to provide a powered USB port to charge gizmos.
I want one, but don't go camping enough any more to justify the pricetag.
You don't use a 'resume' to get a job at a gas station.
You fill out an 'application'.
On which it has an area 'List your previous three|five employers with their contact information.'
This is also assuming there's a gas station attendant position to be had. I'm not seeing many 'Help Wanted' signs these days, even in gas stations and fast food joints.
Well, the minimum CPU requirement for Guild Wars is an 800 Mhz Pentium III. That was current when Guild Wars came out.
So yeah, overclocking something like that would probably have been reasonably common at the time.
The JavaScript effectively redirected all image requests to a proxy, with 'Press Alt-R to reload this image at full quality' as a mouseover text on everything. If you reloaded it, you'd get full quality.
It was really annoying, but less so than the current 'you get a recompressed image no matter what, ha ha.'
No, it's a latency issue; adding the forward makes interactivity horrible.
Actually transferring data is fine. I get between 1.2 and 2.1 megabit speeds most of the time.
It's a proxy alright, but it's handled transparently by the network, not by any proxy settings on my end here.
I have to define a system-wide proxy in order to get around it. It's very annoying.
I use Millenicom, who resells Sprint, and in my area Sprint started injecting JavaScript into every page that comes over HTTP to recompress all the jpegs to a much lower quality setting.
That, at least, I could block. Now they just recompress all jpegs that come over http to a horrible level. If I want to keep the internet from looking like ass, I have to use a secure tunnel. Which is obnoxiously slow on 3G.
(Unfortunately, there's nothing Millenicom can do about it. It's up to Sprint. And there's no opt-out.)
The problem with heat pumps is they're only good in places where it only gets 'sorta cold'. In places where it gets 'really cold', they don't work. Which is why they all have backup plain old electric resistance heaters.
I worked in a building that had a heat pump with a busted backup resistance heater, and it was effectively unheated for a good chunk of the year. We had to get portable heaters.
Yeah, but to use Steam you HAVE to have an active Steam account. You don't need to have an Xbox Live account to use an Xbox.
I know a lot of people who get a real kick out of Garage Band, iMovie, and iDVD. Delicious Library is pretty neat. The Mac version of iTunes is much less sucktastic than the Windows version. (It still blows, though. And I say that as a Mac user.)
... how much has the price of NeXT non-ADB keyboards jumped on eBay since this was posted?
Except that Apple Desktop Bus documentation won't be of much, if any, use decoding the NeXT keyboard bus.
Since they're not related in the least.
There are a lot of games that require Steam, even if you purchased them on disc at retail. You have to install Steam and have a Steam account to register and play them.
They use Steam as DRM. Having the physical disc doesn't actually matter. The only important thing in the game's box is the Steam license key.
These games tend to need Steam even if you bought them from Impulse or GamersGate or Amazon Downloads.
This is what they meant by 'games you bought elsewhere and which use our DRM'.
Flight Simulator X came out over six years ago. October 13, 2006.
What 'android dongle to hook up to the TV'?
I spent like $4 on a micro-HDMI to HDMI cable.
And GameStop has third-party PS3 controllers for under $30.
Though really, a lot of people interested in using a PS3 controller with an Android device probably already have a PS3 controller.
The Bard's Tale (actually, I think that's a port from the PC version - it has higher-res textures than the PS2 version.)
Grand Theft Auto III (same deal - looks a little sharper than the PS2 version though it has draw distance issues.)
Shadowgun THD and Mass Effect: Infiltrator both look great and play well.
Square-Enix has been rereleasing the Playstation upgraded ports of Final Fantasy games for Android. They don't push the hardware much, of course, but they're 'PS1 quality'.
And I had a really fun 'attack the castles' game I forget the name of. (I don't have my tablet handy.) Siegecraft HD, maybe? I remember it had standard and Tegra-optimized versions for sale.
An Xbox controller likely won't work. (They're not Bluetooth. Has anyone written a driver to use the USB ones?)
A Playstation 3 controller, however, will work just fine. In fact some Android games (like Grand Theft Auto III) natively support the PS3 controller, even handling the pairing for you.
Aw, man, you had to go and remind me of Power Stone. I loved those games on the Dreamcast.
It's been almost 13 years since the last new Power Stone game. No, 'Card Fighters DS' doesn't count. C'mon, Capcom!
Out of the 59 'current gen' console games I have here, only eight have online-only multiplayer.
The rest either have local and online, local only, or are single-player games.
(I didn't count single-player games that just have minor online services like a leaderboard to be multi-player. After all, you can't actually play them WITH anyone.)
The only 'party games' I have are the Wii and WiiU pack-ins.
Or you can just plug a freakin' keyboard into the Xbox 360. Or PS3. They both support them.
I used to leave one hooked up when playing one particular game that has you name each custom car you create. Heck of a lot easier that way.
If you want the latest and greatest games, I have to ask - why Windows XP 64-bit? While there aren't all that many games that -require- DirectX 10 or higher yet, there are a few,and some of them are really damned good. (Just Cause 2 springs to mind.)
Even games that don't require it are often markedly visually improved by DX10/11 (like Lord of the Rings Online, for instance.)
Try Vox. It just plays music.
That's it. It doesn't manage your library, brush your toes, or gargle whiskey. It just plays files.
I always thought printer makers just figured I had a USB cable left over from my previous printer.
I mean seriously, printers don't come with USB A-B cables, but everything else does. I probably have ten of them in the ratsnest behind my desk. (A whopping one of them is actually in use, on an external hard drive.)
I really ought to clean up that cable mess, but it frightens me.
It's hard to read the file metadata before downloading a file.
I have an Asus Transformer Prime, which has the same CPU and RAM capacity as the Ouya. The Ouya may have a slightly higher clocked processor, but I doubt it at that price.
Graphics-quality-wise, even top-tier Android titles with Tegra3 optimization are nowhere near current-gen console games, especially when you're running them on a big TV. Grand Theft Auto III looks great but has short draw distance, Mass Effect Infiltrator looks good but takes place entirely in small, limited environments.
They're better than PS2-era games, but they're not on par with Xbox 360 / Playstation 3 / WiiU titles. (I have all three systems, and while I don't have the same games on any of them - I mean really, what would be the point? - in general, they all produce visuals in the same ballpark.)