I experienced the same thing. A friend of mine has his Xbox modded to run XBMC, and he encouraged me to try it on my computer. I just couldn't do it. On (I think it was) a 3.2GHz P4 with a gig of RAM, it was practically unusable. I don't know what the difference is, but on an Xbox, even at 720p, it's relatively smooth.
Here you go. I did have to cut it down to seven steps, and I reordered it slightly, but I think the overall idea is still very intact, if a little rushed.
Others have replied to your other points, but I just had to reply to this one...
Yes again, PSP have been able to get online via WiFi from day one.
Seriously? Have you ever tried surfing with the PSP's browser? It is painful. It's a horrid implementation of the Gecko engine on top of a poor Wi-Fi stack. It takes over thirty seconds to download a ~5MB file from another machine on the network, and yet it's somehow still faster to view webpages through a web-based proxy running on another computer on the network than it is to go to a page directly. It can take upwards of a minute to load and render a few-dozen-kilobyte-long page of text. The PSP can “get online” in the most rudimentary sense of the word, but you cannot sanely give it any more credit than that.
Unfortunately, that option – as has been stated here on/. before, if not on this article – only removes access to your account. Facebook still has all the data in your profile archived away, and if you log in again, the account is reactivated and comes up in the exact same state it was when you “deleted” it.
From what I hear, the WD Greens suck in RAID configurations (unpredictably spinning down and mucking with mirroring), which is what you'd need for big storage.
I guess across a network, though, the RPM doesn't matter much. My point was more along the lines of “don't compare apples with oranges”.
Check again: you're almost certainly comparing 1TB 7200RPM drives to 2TB 5900RPM drives. And Hitachi drives don't count, being the cheap pieces of garbage they are.
There was an issue with AMD processors right after release. AFAIK, they fixed it within a couple weeks of release. Still, do all other available updates before trying it, and you might want to try the offline installer - I've had better luck with that than the Windows Update site.
I'm guessing MS paid a lot of money to have it as an XBox exclusive?
You're guessing wrong. Valve got a third-party developer to do the PS3 port; after it turned out poorly, they ditched. They did the Xbox 360 port in-house. AFAIK, Valve currently has no platform-exclusivity deals with anyone.
If they can't do it in the aisle, then they should know to say “no”, go home, and look up the game. And here's the crucial part: don't just say they'll look up the game, but actually do it, and should the game be deemed inappropriate, explain to the child why. The only thing worse than just saying “no” is explaining it with, “because it's bad, that's why”.
Just for the record, I do feel an R18+ rating is nothing but a good thing. Additionally, I would call the average parent these days fairly lazy, and therefore, my post would not apply to them! Most parents have bigger issues to deal with regarding the way they're handling their kids than video game purchasing decisions.
And how, exactly, is a parent supposed to know whether a given game is safe for little Jimmy to play? Play the first two levels themselves?
Maybe altogether ban him from getting games less than two weeks old, giving plenty of time for full-disclosure reviews to hit the Internet? It takes less than fifteen minutes to get a good idea of the level of questionable content in a video game from piecing reviews together.
The interesting part is that while it's billed as Windows-only, the screenshots reveal that it's a Java app (or at least an app with a Java interface - check the icon in the upper-left corner of the window). It should be multiplatform; I guess we can just be thankful it's not.
Ah, alrighty then. I haven't really looked into this. Now that I think about it, I think maybe the article I read said that Microsoft had implemented the box model in the way that was generally regarded to make the most sense, and a few months later, the W3C clarified it to say largely the reverse of what Microsoft had done.
You forgot to mention that bit about the W3C completely reversing their spec for the CSS box model after Microsoft had released IE5. And then Microsoft released IE6; the problem was that not everybody upgraded (same reason we're stuck with IE6 now).
As much as I hate having to work with IE6, and as many issues as it legitimately has, it was the best browser at the time, and Microsoft takes a lot of flak for things that aren't exactly their fault.
Basically, a container serves to package up multiple streams of data (H.264 video, AAC audio, etc.) into one file with an index (for jumping around and maybe indicating chapters), subtitles, etc. As for the “what's what” of containers, Wikipedia has a nice comparison table available.
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Some diners will like the meal but not the garnishes. This clause makes that OK. Reasonable if you ask me.
Baking is like science for hungry people!
I experienced the same thing. A friend of mine has his Xbox modded to run XBMC, and he encouraged me to try it on my computer. I just couldn't do it. On (I think it was) a 3.2GHz P4 with a gig of RAM, it was practically unusable. I don't know what the difference is, but on an Xbox, even at 720p, it's relatively smooth.
Oh, sorry, I misread and thought you said that the connected host and the GET request were all that was seen. I didn't think that made sense...
You gotta admit, that one's perfectly acceptable on Slashdot.
And does not said GET request include the URL parameters, including q=some+search+query?
Here you go. I did have to cut it down to seven steps, and I reordered it slightly, but I think the overall idea is still very intact, if a little rushed.
Others have replied to your other points, but I just had to reply to this one...
Seriously? Have you ever tried surfing with the PSP's browser? It is painful. It's a horrid implementation of the Gecko engine on top of a poor Wi-Fi stack. It takes over thirty seconds to download a ~5MB file from another machine on the network, and yet it's somehow still faster to view webpages through a web-based proxy running on another computer on the network than it is to go to a page directly. It can take upwards of a minute to load and render a few-dozen-kilobyte-long page of text. The PSP can “get online” in the most rudimentary sense of the word, but you cannot sanely give it any more credit than that.
Well, you were right up until about (IIRC) a month ago.
It still is a staple of the demo scene, for those who haven't gone back to composing in the C64's SID format.
Unfortunately, that option – as has been stated here on /. before, if not on this article – only removes access to your account. Facebook still has all the data in your profile archived away, and if you log in again, the account is reactivated and comes up in the exact same state it was when you “deleted” it.
From what I hear, the WD Greens suck in RAID configurations (unpredictably spinning down and mucking with mirroring), which is what you'd need for big storage.
I guess across a network, though, the RPM doesn't matter much. My point was more along the lines of “don't compare apples with oranges”.
Check again: you're almost certainly comparing 1TB 7200RPM drives to 2TB 5900RPM drives. And Hitachi drives don't count, being the cheap pieces of garbage they are.
Pretty sure the majority of both sides are just fighting for profit.
Can you provide any citation? I'd love to have it on hand in case this subject ever comes up in future.
There was an issue with AMD processors right after release. AFAIK, they fixed it within a couple weeks of release. Still, do all other available updates before trying it, and you might want to try the offline installer - I've had better luck with that than the Windows Update site.
You're guessing wrong. Valve got a third-party developer to do the PS3 port; after it turned out poorly, they ditched. They did the Xbox 360 port in-house. AFAIK, Valve currently has no platform-exclusivity deals with anyone.
What version of Canada do you live in, and how do I move from my version to yours?
If they can't do it in the aisle, then they should know to say “no”, go home, and look up the game. And here's the crucial part: don't just say they'll look up the game, but actually do it, and should the game be deemed inappropriate, explain to the child why. The only thing worse than just saying “no” is explaining it with, “because it's bad, that's why”.
Just for the record, I do feel an R18+ rating is nothing but a good thing. Additionally, I would call the average parent these days fairly lazy, and therefore, my post would not apply to them! Most parents have bigger issues to deal with regarding the way they're handling their kids than video game purchasing decisions.
Maybe altogether ban him from getting games less than two weeks old, giving plenty of time for full-disclosure reviews to hit the Internet? It takes less than fifteen minutes to get a good idea of the level of questionable content in a video game from piecing reviews together.
Did you try a different scaler? There are several different scaling algorithms available (Linear, Cubic, Sinc) and they all behave differently.
The interesting part is that while it's billed as Windows-only, the screenshots reveal that it's a Java app (or at least an app with a Java interface - check the icon in the upper-left corner of the window). It should be multiplatform; I guess we can just be thankful it's not.
Ah, alrighty then. I haven't really looked into this. Now that I think about it, I think maybe the article I read said that Microsoft had implemented the box model in the way that was generally regarded to make the most sense, and a few months later, the W3C clarified it to say largely the reverse of what Microsoft had done.
You forgot to mention that bit about the W3C completely reversing their spec for the CSS box model after Microsoft had released IE5. And then Microsoft released IE6; the problem was that not everybody upgraded (same reason we're stuck with IE6 now).
As much as I hate having to work with IE6, and as many issues as it legitimately has, it was the best browser at the time, and Microsoft takes a lot of flak for things that aren't exactly their fault.
Basically, a container serves to package up multiple streams of data (H.264 video, AAC audio, etc.) into one file with an index (for jumping around and maybe indicating chapters), subtitles, etc. As for the “what's what” of containers, Wikipedia has a nice comparison table available.