Emule does this automatically. Well, sort of. It verifies the parts of the file you download, and it if it's hosed, it tries from elsewhere. Not had one corrupt file off of the network in months. (Can't say the same for any other P2P software.)
I'm a big B5 fan AND a Sliders fan. I admit, I got into B5 because of the fact the Amiga was used, but that wouldn't have kept me around for the entire 5 seasons. I loved the story.
As for Sliders, awesome concept, totally fucked up by Fox when they went with their "movie of the week" mentality... Oh, here we are on planet of the dinosaurs, and OH, here we are... etc... Thanks Fox...
SG1 has aired one good episode.
As for the Amiga sucking compared to the ST... LOL! Yeah, whatever you say mate:) What color is the sky in your world?
Kazaa is good in it's place. Recently I was trying to grab something on emule. It was stalled for days. Jumped onto Kazaa, and it was done in under 10 minutes.
Kazaa is good for episodes of recent shows. The late lamented Firefly, you can find them ALL on there, something which I haven't seen on any other service.
IRC is great if you're a "0-dAy w4rez d00d", but you have to deal with idiots running fservs with corrupted files, or fservs that boot you etc... IRC is too frustrating and has to be babysat a lot of the time (unless you find a really reliable server.)
Wonder how many times the RIAA downloaded Kazaa so they could say "look, it has SO many downloads" when in reality, about 3 people downloaded it:)
Zealot? You want to know the truth? I quit using Linux because I got sick of the hoops I had to jump through to drive my graphics card. I'd rather run an OS that gets support EARLIER rather than LATER.
The fact I like this idea has nothing to do with being a fan of Linux. It has everything to do with the fact that it shows the manufacturer supports CHOICE rather than locking you into an OS.
You're right. A LOT of the reason companies like Fox go so hard after Simpsons websites for example is it's been proven in court time and again that if you do NOT aggressively enforce your copyright it can cause problems down the line with REAL infringements.
The companies may be overly aggressive, but the legal system has made it that way.
This opens up an interesting case. I know it's a billion to one shot, but what if someone, genuinely, wrote the EXACT SAME CODE? It's not copied, but it's the same...
I concur. Linux support would be a big selling point for me, despite the fact I don't use it that much anymore. Mainly I'm concerned with the company supporting something other than Windows. A company that does is worth supporting.
I just can't believe Slashdot has a story that ends with "w00t!"...
Thrill Kill can be found on certain P2P networks. For those that don't know the history, the game was completed and ready to ship, then EA bought Virgin, and nuked the title saying it was too violent. Disgruntled developers leaked it onto the net. The sad thing is, it's no worse than Mortal Kombat.
I think the engine was also used for the X-Men Mutant Academy games. TK was certainly inventive, and the engine is very good.
Great idea for a site. SF2 was the first beat 'em up I ever played. (Well, unless you count IK+ on the C64). I prefer Mortal Kombat, Tekken, Thrill Kill etc... But SF2 will always hold a special place in my heart.
Off to run this site through the babelfish (who thankfully do Japanese to English now).
Love to know how the fuck my comments were modded a troll. Thanks idiot mod!
It's lame because it's remaking an existing product. Just like "The Italian Job" remake will suck hard, remakes are a sign of bankrupt creativity.
MGS 3, sure, I'll be there. I LOVE Metal Gear. Don't get me wrong, the original is a classic, as is SOL.
Instead of wasting time and resources on remaking an existing title, especially when there's a better one out there (the sequel), make a new damn game.
What next? Sony porting the original Gran Turismo? Gimme a break...
MGS 2: Sons of Liberty was lambasted for it's endless cutscenes but was jaw droppingly gorgeous at the time.
MGS 2: Substance is actually very good. The full Sons of Liberty game, PLUS a whole pile of extra missions, not to mention a ton of VR missions. Awesome stuff. (And the soundtrack is fantastic.)
And then they announce this, a remake of the original from the PSX. Am I the only one intensely disappointed with this? I mean Substance is a good idea, take the original and add tons and tons of stuff on top. Marvellous, but to remake the original? That's just lame.
You make a good point actually. In the current climate in the US, where the people YOUR taxes fund spend their money changing the name of French Fries to Freedom Fries, they could probably get Linux outright banned by saying "But it's French!"
The cheats thing... How the hell does that work? The wording implies something as mundane as game cheats! As in L-R-U-D-R2 type things...
Xbox is appealing due to it's hard drive, but it seems MS are hellbent on preventing people from doing what they want with the hardware they paid good money for.
Of course, this is Microsoft, so hardly a surprise...
You just have to hold your breath a REAL long time...
I think this says a lot about how ripped off we are with regular DVD's. I mean this seems to be targetted at the rental market. It appears to be an additional process in the manufacturing (at least from skimming the article I got that impression), which will increase expense, and yet it appears these will be sold at rental prices...
hehehe As soon as I read the article I thought of that.
The thing that really pisses me off with this is it's yet another disposable consumable. AKA more waste for the friggin' landfills. I mean what, exactly, is wrong with the current DVD format? I can understand the use of these for, say, screeners for video stores, and awards consideration etc... but again, this is yet another ridiculous idea to rank next to the disposable cellphone.
Resources on this planet are not unlimited, and we're always being told to conserve and the like, and then a company comes along with a disposable format of a product that a lot of people already have.
Question: What happens if you're watching the disk at the moment 48 hours is up? Does it slowly corrode? Just die? Can the process be stopped with, for example, freezing? Or being vacuum sealed in a bag?
Another question: If this moronic idea is being adopted, how long before a "mistake" is made at the pressing plant, and the $40 boxed set you just shelled out on dies two days after you open it?
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Emule does this automatically. Well, sort of. It verifies the parts of the file you download, and it if it's hosed, it tries from elsewhere. Not had one corrupt file off of the network in months. (Can't say the same for any other P2P software.)
Interesting timing. I was skimming an old "Game Pro" the other day and happened across the article about the DC version of HL being cancelled.
When a similarly completed game for the PSX was canned (Thrill Kill) it was leaked onto the net by pissed off developers.
Try Edonkey or Emule. It seems to have a pretty strong DC community.
Jesus this 2 minute posting rule sucks...
REALLY sucks...
I'm a big B5 fan AND a Sliders fan. I admit, I got into B5 because of the fact the Amiga was used, but that wouldn't have kept me around for the entire 5 seasons. I loved the story.
As for Sliders, awesome concept, totally fucked up by Fox when they went with their "movie of the week" mentality... Oh, here we are on planet of the dinosaurs, and OH, here we are... etc... Thanks Fox...
SG1 has aired one good episode.
As for the Amiga sucking compared to the ST... LOL! Yeah, whatever you say mate:) What color is the sky in your world?
Wonder how many downloads Kazaa Lite has?
Kazaa is good in it's place. Recently I was trying to grab something on emule. It was stalled for days. Jumped onto Kazaa, and it was done in under 10 minutes.
Kazaa is good for episodes of recent shows. The late lamented Firefly, you can find them ALL on there, something which I haven't seen on any other service.
IRC is great if you're a "0-dAy w4rez d00d", but you have to deal with idiots running fservs with corrupted files, or fservs that boot you etc... IRC is too frustrating and has to be babysat a lot of the time (unless you find a really reliable server.)
Wonder how many times the RIAA downloaded Kazaa so they could say "look, it has SO many downloads" when in reality, about 3 people downloaded it:)
Zealot? You want to know the truth? I quit using Linux because I got sick of the hoops I had to jump through to drive my graphics card. I'd rather run an OS that gets support EARLIER rather than LATER.
The fact I like this idea has nothing to do with being a fan of Linux. It has everything to do with the fact that it shows the manufacturer supports CHOICE rather than locking you into an OS.
Putting it on Slashdot is damn near the same thing...
You're right. A LOT of the reason companies like Fox go so hard after Simpsons websites for example is it's been proven in court time and again that if you do NOT aggressively enforce your copyright it can cause problems down the line with REAL infringements.
The companies may be overly aggressive, but the legal system has made it that way.
This opens up an interesting case. I know it's a billion to one shot, but what if someone, genuinely, wrote the EXACT SAME CODE? It's not copied, but it's the same...
Maybe they should try that as a defence:)
2) Surprised by cock
That made me laugh far more than it should have...
Maybe, but the book doesn't have Cary Elwes, Andre the Giant, Mandy Patinkin and Peter Falk in it:)
Going somewhat ON topic, this is a great idea. This lawsuit is BAD and anything which can get it rightfully thrown out of court gets my vote!
Kudos to "No Secrets".
I concur. Linux support would be a big selling point for me, despite the fact I don't use it that much anymore. Mainly I'm concerned with the company supporting something other than Windows. A company that does is worth supporting.
I just can't believe Slashdot has a story that ends with "w00t!"...
Thrill Kill can be found on certain P2P networks. For those that don't know the history, the game was completed and ready to ship, then EA bought Virgin, and nuked the title saying it was too violent. Disgruntled developers leaked it onto the net. The sad thing is, it's no worse than Mortal Kombat.
I think the engine was also used for the X-Men Mutant Academy games. TK was certainly inventive, and the engine is very good.
Well worth checking out (PSX BTW.)
If I had mod points, I'd mod ya up for that!
Great idea for a site. SF2 was the first beat 'em up I ever played. (Well, unless you count IK+ on the C64). I prefer Mortal Kombat, Tekken, Thrill Kill etc... But SF2 will always hold a special place in my heart.
Off to run this site through the babelfish (who thankfully do Japanese to English now).
Love to know how the fuck my comments were modded a troll. Thanks idiot mod!
It's lame because it's remaking an existing product. Just like "The Italian Job" remake will suck hard, remakes are a sign of bankrupt creativity.
MGS 3, sure, I'll be there. I LOVE Metal Gear. Don't get me wrong, the original is a classic, as is SOL.
Instead of wasting time and resources on remaking an existing title, especially when there's a better one out there (the sequel), make a new damn game.
What next? Sony porting the original Gran Turismo? Gimme a break...
MGS 2: Sons of Liberty was lambasted for it's endless cutscenes but was jaw droppingly gorgeous at the time.
MGS 2: Substance is actually very good. The full Sons of Liberty game, PLUS a whole pile of extra missions, not to mention a ton of VR missions. Awesome stuff. (And the soundtrack is fantastic.)
And then they announce this, a remake of the original from the PSX. Am I the only one intensely disappointed with this? I mean Substance is a good idea, take the original and add tons and tons of stuff on top. Marvellous, but to remake the original? That's just lame.
You make a good point actually. In the current climate in the US, where the people YOUR taxes fund spend their money changing the name of French Fries to Freedom Fries, they could probably get Linux outright banned by saying "But it's French!"
Guess Mandrake are screwed...
Man I'm behind! I've not given a dime to the RIAA since late 1999.
As a BSD user, I am proud that neither the government nor slashdot (predominately Linux-pro) readers are aware of BSD.
Where to tip them off dude. Ruin it for the rest of us why don't you:)
With everything going on in the US, it seems every day I read yet another piece that makes me say "Thank Christ I don't live there!"
I would not be at all surprised to see Linux made outright illegal in the US. Hell, they can probably invoke the Patriot Act and do so.
Pretty sad when in a few years, you can probably go to jail for downloading Debian...
That still doesn't make any sense though.
The cheats thing... How the hell does that work? The wording implies something as mundane as game cheats! As in L-R-U-D-R2 type things...
Xbox is appealing due to it's hard drive, but it seems MS are hellbent on preventing people from doing what they want with the hardware they paid good money for.
Of course, this is Microsoft, so hardly a surprise...
Well aren't we a Mister (or Missus) Smarty Pants:)
Yeah yeah, I know what you say is true, but the comedy of holding your breath for the entire length of Fight Club amuses me:)
You just have to hold your breath a REAL long time...
I think this says a lot about how ripped off we are with regular DVD's. I mean this seems to be targetted at the rental market. It appears to be an additional process in the manufacturing (at least from skimming the article I got that impression), which will increase expense, and yet it appears these will be sold at rental prices...
Go Go Gadget DVD ripper..
hehehe As soon as I read the article I thought of that.
The thing that really pisses me off with this is it's yet another disposable consumable. AKA more waste for the friggin' landfills. I mean what, exactly, is wrong with the current DVD format? I can understand the use of these for, say, screeners for video stores, and awards consideration etc... but again, this is yet another ridiculous idea to rank next to the disposable cellphone.
Resources on this planet are not unlimited, and we're always being told to conserve and the like, and then a company comes along with a disposable format of a product that a lot of people already have.
Question: What happens if you're watching the disk at the moment 48 hours is up? Does it slowly corrode? Just die? Can the process be stopped with, for example, freezing? Or being vacuum sealed in a bag?
Another question: If this moronic idea is being adopted, how long before a "mistake" is made at the pressing plant, and the $40 boxed set you just shelled out on dies two days after you open it?
God knows most MS products aren't fit for anything other than wiping...
They can appeal, and if that fails, they can no doubt take it to a higher court etc... THAT was what I meant.
And I know full well how the American judicial system works. In 99% of cases, the party with the most money, and therefore the best lawyers wins.