.. some of those mistakes they pointed our are REALLY stretching it. You wouldn't even have noticed it unless you spent a few minutes on slow. A few of them I couldn't find.
Some of things about Neo and One being anagrams are pretty interesting though. I never realized the connection. Very cool site.
IBM websphere was a consideration for 99 and 02, but anyone who has done any development in websphere will tell you the same thing. Err.. it sucks if you haven't heard by now.
It actually wasn't Jeff Glodblum, but rather Sandra Bullock in a black afro like wig! Everyone knows that if you really want to hack the Matrix, you need a Mac. You also have to pound on the keyboard really hard while talking to yourself and, of course, use your floppy drive a lot.
And just like Star Wars, they could do another trilogy on how it all started. The first successful sentient machine... the war between man and machine. The fleeing of the cities into the underground... Imagine, a young Morpheus... who is trained by his master, the Oracle!
I find the difference between the biz and consumer models is that on the Biz models, Dell commits to timelines that the model specs will not change. You'll never see the newest video card on a lattitude. This is because Dell commits to it's biz consumers that this laptop will have a lifetime of lets say 6 months. This allows the IT person to setup an image for the laptop and test, knowing for the next 6 months, he will not have to change his/her hardware standard and worry about new configs.
I don't see any reason why a consumer would want to buy the biz model.
I remember when my Aunt upgraded her computer so I asked what she did with her old p-90.
"I threw it away!" *groan* I could have taken it for parts and had it lay around in my attic with all the other computer junk.
I still have my first MB of my Comtrade 486/66 Man, that thing was horrible to config. The soundcard they shipped with it was a nightmare to get working in Doom and Descent. Not to mention I had to have like 5 different autoexec.bat/config.sys variations to load the memory just right for each game.
In my foolish youth, I use to build PC's for friends and family. After creating a support nightmare for myself, I have since only recommended one brand and those are Dells.
I probably referred about 10 friend/family to buy a Dell and nobody has ever complained.
In an older job, I use to make the hardware standards for the company and had to pick from the various Dell models. We always had problems with Dell changing their core configuration which would really hose the standard images we would ghost onto the machines. For instance, Dell would suddenly start shipping their laptops with the C version of the PCMCIA ethernet card.
However, for home use, I see no reason with going with anything else but a Dell. "Dude, you're so going to get a Dell"
If you are always ssh'd into a server somewhere, then one of your consoles can be connected to your MUD and nobody would even know. Well, unless they hear you cursing cause you just got blinded;-)
[Perl runs just about everything application I use to automate my life. From getting recipes out of my recipe database to getting the weather. I love it, even though I joke about it's speed]
Believe it or not, IE 5.5 on a P2-466 is SLOW! Obviously, you can browse the web on a 486, but I guess my point, which I didn't seem to make clear, is that a system upgrade would not only be for gaming, but for other tasks. Better examples would be image editing, checkbook application, scanning color images.. blah blah blah
I mentioned web browsing because wifey gives me grief that the puter is too slow [must be that 5 year old hard drive hehe]
.. I'm not a M$ hater which seems to be the majority of the slashdot community, but I am happy to see that a US company is trying to dent the console market.
Even though the games may be made my foreign companies, it still brings jobs to the US.
I have been struggling on whether or not to buy the xBox. For the price, ~400 bucks with the games I want, I could just upgrade my current PC and then have access to play every kick ass game the market has to offer as well as a faster computer overall for doing other stuff like web browsing, etc. Computer hardware is so cheap these days, it might be a waste of money paying ~400 bucks for a console system dedicated to just playing video games.
I do like the console idea because it keeps me out of the computer room and down in the living room with the rest of the living;-)
Maybe I'll just have work upgrade my T20 thinkpad to an A series with the builtin Geforce4 chip.. *drool* [which wouldn't cost me a dime;-]
Slashdot Mirror
... because you have some competition from Neo-Geo now!
"3 games have been produced this year for the arcade hardware and two of those 3 have been released for the home console"
.. some of those mistakes they pointed our are REALLY stretching it. You wouldn't even have noticed it unless you spent a few minutes on slow. A few of them I couldn't find.
Some of things about Neo and One being anagrams are pretty interesting though. I never realized the connection. Very cool site.
No wonder we can't find life in outer space. Those 8086's must take years just process one download!
The evolution of a website, of which I won't say.
.NET
.NET now.
94 - Perl
99 - ATG Dynamo
02 - MS
IBM websphere was a consideration for 99 and 02, but anyone who has done any development in websphere will tell you the same thing. Err.. it sucks if you haven't heard by now.
Shoot me now, but it's all
It actually wasn't Jeff Glodblum, but rather Sandra Bullock in a black afro like wig! Everyone knows that if you really want to hack the Matrix, you need a Mac. You also have to pound on the keyboard really hard while talking to yourself and, of course, use your floppy drive a lot.
And just like Star Wars, they could do another trilogy on how it all started. The first successful sentient machine... the war between man and machine. The fleeing of the cities into the underground... Imagine, a young Morpheus... who is trained by his master, the Oracle!
In the immortal words of Morpheus, "SHOW ME!"
You're brave. I would never admit that I run linux as my server through my cable modem. I just fake it when they ask me to do silly stuff like that.
"Run winipcfg"
*runs ifconfig*
Eek. You can find that now in sealed tupperware boxes in my attic!
I caught Lucas putting R2-D2's in the package backwards just to raise the price for his action figures!
I'm 29, so not really that young. The computer I had before my 486 was a 8086 tandy notebook, which I lent to a friend and never got it back :-(
I find the difference between the biz and consumer models is that on the Biz models, Dell commits to timelines that the model specs will not change. You'll never see the newest video card on a lattitude. This is because Dell commits to it's biz consumers that this laptop will have a lifetime of lets say 6 months. This allows the IT person to setup an image for the laptop and test, knowing for the next 6 months, he will not have to change his/her hardware standard and worry about new configs.
I don't see any reason why a consumer would want to buy the biz model.
I remember when my Aunt upgraded her computer so I asked what she did with her old p-90.
"I threw it away!" *groan* I could have taken it for parts and had it lay around in my attic with all the other computer junk.
I still have my first MB of my Comtrade 486/66 Man, that thing was horrible to config. The soundcard they shipped with it was a nightmare to get working in Doom and Descent. Not to mention I had to have like 5 different autoexec.bat/config.sys variations to load the memory just right for each game.
In my foolish youth, I use to build PC's for friends and family. After creating a support nightmare for myself, I have since only recommended one brand and those are Dells.
I probably referred about 10 friend/family to buy a Dell and nobody has ever complained.
In an older job, I use to make the hardware standards for the company and had to pick from the various Dell models. We always had problems with Dell changing their core configuration which would really hose the standard images we would ghost onto the machines. For instance, Dell would suddenly start shipping their laptops with the C version of the PCMCIA ethernet card.
However, for home use, I see no reason with going with anything else but a Dell. "Dude, you're so going to get a Dell"
If you are always ssh'd into a server somewhere, then one of your consoles can be connected to your MUD and nobody would even know. Well, unless they hear you cursing cause you just got blinded ;-)
Good MUD -> isengard.nazgul.com 4040
..MEGA GODZILLA! Complete with rocket launcher arms and jump-jet feet!
*yawn*
Eek.. I meant their NEW book for the Perlbox!
What animal will they pick? Sloth perhaps?
[Perl runs just about everything application I use to automate my life. From getting recipes out of my recipe database to getting the weather. I love it, even though I joke about it's speed]
You saved me the trouble of saying the same thing.
>Let's count the security holes...
I doubt there is enough memory left to put a virus on it!
Good work guys, I which I still had my c64 for nostalgic purposes [Actually, the vic-20 was my first "computer"]
Believe it or not, IE 5.5 on a P2-466 is SLOW! Obviously, you can browse the web on a 486, but I guess my point, which I didn't seem to make clear, is that a system upgrade would not only be for gaming, but for other tasks. Better examples would be image editing, checkbook application, scanning color images.. blah blah blah
I mentioned web browsing because wifey gives me grief that the puter is too slow [must be that 5 year old hard drive hehe]
Laf, this post was so stupid it cheered me up! Thanks for you oblivious comments!
Creating more non-us jobs.. LOL!
.. I'm not a M$ hater which seems to be the majority of the slashdot community, but I am happy to see that a US company is trying to dent the console market.
Even though the games may be made my foreign companies, it still brings jobs to the US.
I have been struggling on whether or not to buy the xBox. For the price, ~400 bucks with the games I want, I could just upgrade my current PC and then have access to play every kick ass game the market has to offer as well as a faster computer overall for doing other stuff like web browsing, etc. Computer hardware is so cheap these days, it might be a waste of money paying ~400 bucks for a console system dedicated to just playing video games.
;-)
;-]
I do like the console idea because it keeps me out of the computer room and down in the living room with the rest of the living
Maybe I'll just have work upgrade my T20 thinkpad to an A series with the builtin Geforce4 chip.. *drool* [which wouldn't cost me a dime
... but in times like this, I don't think you need to use an ethnic slur like that.