"Even this is minute compared with a typical full Pentium PC system (incl monitor) at around 500 W."
Man, I don't know what kind of dinosaurs they are using, but my system draws @ least a kw.
When I turn it on, My neighbors loose thier tv signal, and the whole block complains that the lights are dimming, and if the microwave is running I blow the steal bar I use for a fuse right out of it's socket.
After an assembly plant in fife closed, my most wonderfull highschool-grad dream job was swept away without warning.
There I was after finally aquiring the things I had wanted, and learning what TECH was all about.
Just to be woken up as from a dream.
Dot coms? Dot Cons more like it.
BBS's as/and local ISP's were lost to the likes of AOHELL, and MSN offering competitive rates.
Still people try failed business techniques i.e. sites who's income consists Soley of advertising/ and memberships (excluding pron). Sucking capital $ dry and creating even more layoffs.
The Koolance cases apear to be the next best thing since the heat sink. It is going to be hard for them (if the cases do work as good as some claim) to keep up w/ demand.
FIRST OFF...
The arcades across America are being hit hard for what I believe are three major reasons.
The first reason being the increasing popularity of the computer as a top of the line gameing machine. It used to be that you went to an arcade for top of the line games. Now you go to anywhere from Software Etc. to Kmart and pick up wonderfull games such as Half-Life, Sacrifice, and of course Unreal Tournament. The graphics on a computer moniter far surpas those of the arcade monitors.
2.No new arcades are being built. As Older arcade owners retire.. The tricky business of when to buy and sell cabinets is going to be lost to but a few individuals who learned the trade. This directly affects capcom because without arcades to purchase games, you have no one to make them for.
3. Public Intrest. In many cities arcades are banned, or HEAVILY regulated. This is partly because there is supposedly a minor increase in crime around arcades. What this does is cause potential proprieters to abandon the idea to to all of the strict ordinances against the arcade market.
SECONDLY...
CAPCOM was never King. The King and Queen (lol) were BALLEY/Midway, who kept up the arcade with a constant influx of awesome games from shooters, Pins, and Racers that attracted the general public and Hard-Core gamers alike.
Medieval Madness
HydroThunder
Cruisin line of arcade racers
Let's not forget Namco for makeing the # 1 running game for the past three years.
TIME CRISIS II
Write your city council to have all of the ordinances banning arcades removed!
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"Even this is minute compared with a typical full Pentium PC system (incl monitor) at around 500 W."
Man, I don't know what kind of dinosaurs they are using, but my system draws @ least a kw.
When I turn it on, My neighbors loose thier tv signal, and the whole block complains that the lights are dimming, and if the microwave is running I blow the steal bar I use for a fuse right out of it's socket.
DW
I laughed my a$$ off when I saw that!
thnx for the add humor
After an assembly plant in fife closed, my most wonderfull highschool-grad dream job was swept away without warning.
There I was after finally aquiring the things I had wanted, and learning what TECH was all about.
Just to be woken up as from a dream.
Dot coms? Dot Cons more like it.
BBS's as/and local ISP's were lost to the likes of AOHELL, and MSN offering competitive rates.
Still people try failed business techniques i.e. sites who's income consists Soley of advertising/ and memberships (excluding pron). Sucking capital $ dry and creating even more layoffs.
However, there is allways data entry!!!!
there are a bunch of fans on the bottom of the case blowing up at an angle. This helps reduce noise and keeps case kool
The Koolance cases apear to be the next best thing since the heat sink. It is going to be hard for them (if the cases do work as good as some claim) to keep up w/ demand.
It's nice tosee that the little guys who make everything in this world happen,get some recognition. Street sweepers of the geek world UNITE!
DW
FIRST OFF...
The arcades across America are being hit hard for what I believe are three major reasons.
The first reason being the increasing popularity of the computer as a top of the line gameing machine. It used to be that you went to an arcade for top of the line games. Now you go to anywhere from Software Etc. to Kmart and pick up wonderfull games such as Half-Life, Sacrifice, and of course Unreal Tournament. The graphics on a computer moniter far surpas those of the arcade monitors.
2.No new arcades are being built. As Older arcade owners retire.. The tricky business of when to buy and sell cabinets is going to be lost to but a few individuals who learned the trade. This directly affects capcom because without arcades to purchase games, you have no one to make them for.
3. Public Intrest. In many cities arcades are banned, or HEAVILY regulated. This is partly because there is supposedly a minor increase in crime around arcades. What this does is cause potential proprieters to abandon the idea to to all of the strict ordinances against the arcade market.
SECONDLY...
CAPCOM was never King. The King and Queen (lol) were BALLEY/Midway, who kept up the arcade with a constant influx of awesome games from shooters, Pins, and Racers that attracted the general public and Hard-Core gamers alike.
Medieval Madness
HydroThunder
Cruisin line of arcade racers
Let's not forget Namco for makeing the # 1 running game for the past three years.
TIME CRISIS II
Write your city council to have all of the ordinances banning arcades removed!
DW
RECREATIONAL MATHMATICS tribute to Grey Havens...
Loops are BAAaaad.