Don't forget it was exactly a year and a half between the release of Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
Then, there was the successive releases of Win95, 98, 98SE, and ME. That was four OSes in a little over five years. Apple's really no worse than MS when it comes to the upgrade teadmill, but they're certianly not much better either.
The 7600 may be capable of realtiem capture, but not at 640x480, and certainly not while simultaneously decoding a similar stream.
That's part of the magic a TiVo does...it has a built-in MPEG2 hardware codec, so the 50 MHz PPC (in series 1) or 200 MHz MIPS (series 2) can focus on the UI and doing all the *other* stuff a TiVo does.
Also, don't discount the "scripting" work the TiVo folks have done. The system is simply *amazing* on a technical level. For example, know what happens if you take out the drive and zero it out? The next time you power up the unit, the ROM takes over, dials in to the service, and re-downloads the entire OS. It then re-installs as necessary. After some simple configuration, you are back to your previous state. The ability of a TiVo to repair itself is only one of the rather impressive features.
It also has best-of-breed conflict management, automatic updates to teh recording schedule, and a simple but powerful UI.
Now, I'm nto saying that sort of thing isn't possible with another system. In fact, the TiVo is a very customized Linux system. It's proof that it's possible...but much like an office suite or web browser, it's not the kind of open-source project that a person can tackle on his own.
Think of it this way: Now, you can use it in WinXP.
you're reading into it the assumption that it wasn't compatible with previous versions of Windows. This is a compatibility alert, stating that XFree86 now works with something that it had troubles running on before.
The fact that it works on Win98 et al is not news...that support has been around for a long time. Therefor, the/. people were actually reporting news for once. They weren't reporting on something that was (as) old (as some previous stories have.)
It's you're underground, you're unreachable on the cell network. With the pager net, you're not necessarily.
His point was you can still be reached in a relatively quick manner (with a pager) while a person carrying a cell phone would not have any contact until they were above ground again.
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How extreme would it have been if they had worn "Pepsi" shirts instead? You would probably just look the other way.
Get over it...they were expressing their beliefs. At least this one was genuine, unlike some paid-for endorsement.
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If I had seen thie thread earlier, I would have participated. But, good going. Too often people rag on Christ and it goes unchecked...
it's great to have a book like this on your shelf when you're trying to have a discussion with a co-worker who doesn't understand why corporate Web sites need to be user-friendly.
..or having a discussion with a Linux-using co-worker about why an OS needs to be user-friendly.</rant>
The problem is, the closest nipple-input device I can think of would have to be some sort of rubberized micro-joystick that's manipulated with the tongue...and what about the RSIs there!?
Okay, let me amend my statement by adding a single word:
If you're getting a game that needs a 800MHz+ computer and a GeForce+ video card, then pretty much any pre-built machine that fits that description will have a DVD drive as well.
Woudl you consider them "average" user, though? Consider for the moment that most people do not build their own machines. They take whatever Dell or Gateway gives them bundled with their machine, which for the last year has been a DVD-ROM (or, a DVD/CD-R) drive.
In addition, you gave me your processor specs...btu you didn't call my comment about the video card. Something tells me you fit the description of a coder/software hacker more than a gamer. It's a rather different culture, and the choice of hardware accessories shows that fact.
The closest analogy to using a CD-MP3 player versus an iPod is using a dozen different DOS boot disks to play a game versus having a dozen shortcuts on your windows desktop. Either one will let you hear the music/play the game that you want to...but one it noticable more elegant and workable, not to mention easier for the average user to handle.
When a game contains 4.5GB of game data wouldn't it just be easier to put it all on one DVD?
The one major reason I can think of in this case is Square's need to be able to update the game easily and transparently during the beta. It may be easier for them to update and patch files on the hard drive than to create a system that reads off the DVD, but only if the desired data isn't superceded by new "patch" files on the hard drive. Perhaps that mechanism is not worked out yet, and they want to get the beta out ASAP.
The reason is simple enough: the majority of people who buy games don't have newer PCs.
Think for a moment about the other requirements for the FF game. Now re-consider your statement. If you're getting a game that needs a 800MHz+ computer and a GeForce+ video card, then pretty much any machine that fits that description will have a DVD drive as well.
Pardon for asking, but do you know if such a box tricks newer Sony camcorders into recording Macrovision content? I used a "signal cleaner" before with hopes of getting some snort video clips into my computer through the FireWire of a video camera, but the Sony cam didn't record, and instead popped up a "COPY PROTECT" error. I know the macrovision was stripped (at least to some degree) because I was able to record things from one VCR to another, a trick impossible without the "video clarifier."
The process did not work very well with the playstation and I'd imagine it wouldn't work very well with the Dreamcast, either. Besides, swapping the CD to me seems kind of "cheezy" and "ghetto": I'd much rather just pop in the DivX CD and press "play" on the remote.
First off, it's not the hot swap trick you think it is. With the PlayStation, you were tricking the PS into authenticating a disc, then getting it to boot a seconds disc after the auth. With a Dreamcast, the boot disc loads up all the software necessary, then stops the drive. You put in another disc - taking as much time as you want - and the drive spins up again with the new disc in the drive. It's just liek games on teh Dramcast or Playstation that use multiple discs. The software expects it, and nothing is all that difficult about it (from the end-user's perspective.)
Second, I am almost positive there is a way to make DVDivX CDs with a movie burned on the same disc - in other words, a movie that starts as soon as the player finishes loading, no disc swapping. It's much more difficult to burn such a disc than it is a normal ISO9660/Joliet disc with only the DivX file on it, btu it is doable. For a person who wanted to trade DC images instead of the DivH files, the same ease-of-distribution could be attained.
As for speed, don't forget that if the data density is 33 times greater than a GXP 120, so will be the maximum data transfer rate.
That's assuming the same linear velocity of the read head...which could very easily be much lower for this technology. Don't forget that most optical media is currently much slower than magnetic media of comparable data densitites.
until you have been to Japan, you simply have no idea how amazing trains can be...
Persuant to this post, I am welcoming any and all donations for the "Send Smitty to Japan Fund." You see, I have wanted to go for years, but the issue of getting there, living, and getting back has been realtively tough to get past.
I fear I missed one chance back in high school when I opted to keep my job rather than become a foreign exchange student, and I really have regretted it.
Help me live the dream!
(Also, take note that I am flexible and may be able to fit in carry-on luggage, for any/.-ers who happen to be travelling to Japan themselves in the future.)
I would not want to use this as a boot drive for what I'm assuming would be serious speed issues...but dang if that couldn't be a great audio/video-storage drive;)
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Don't forget it was exactly a year and a half between the release of Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
Then, there was the successive releases of Win95, 98, 98SE, and ME. That was four OSes in a little over five years. Apple's really no worse than MS when it comes to the upgrade teadmill, but they're certianly not much better either.
The 7600 may be capable of realtiem capture, but not at 640x480, and certainly not while simultaneously decoding a similar stream.
That's part of the magic a TiVo does...it has a built-in MPEG2 hardware codec, so the 50 MHz PPC (in series 1) or 200 MHz MIPS (series 2) can focus on the UI and doing all the *other* stuff a TiVo does.
Also, don't discount the "scripting" work the TiVo folks have done. The system is simply *amazing* on a technical level. For example, know what happens if you take out the drive and zero it out? The next time you power up the unit, the ROM takes over, dials in to the service, and re-downloads the entire OS. It then re-installs as necessary. After some simple configuration, you are back to your previous state. The ability of a TiVo to repair itself is only one of the rather impressive features.
It also has best-of-breed conflict management, automatic updates to teh recording schedule, and a simple but powerful UI.
Now, I'm nto saying that sort of thing isn't possible with another system. In fact, the TiVo is a very customized Linux system. It's proof that it's possible...but much like an office suite or web browser, it's not the kind of open-source project that a person can tackle on his own.
Your .sig appears to be a slight mis-quote (or slight embellishment, whatever) but that's one of my favorite short stories ;)
Think of it this way: Now, you can use it in WinXP.
/. people were actually reporting news for once. They weren't reporting on something that was (as) old (as some previous stories have.)
you're reading into it the assumption that it wasn't compatible with previous versions of Windows. This is a compatibility alert, stating that XFree86 now works with something that it had troubles running on before.
The fact that it works on Win98 et al is not news...that support has been around for a long time. Therefor, the
It's you're underground, you're unreachable on the cell network. With the pager net, you're not necessarily.
His point was you can still be reached in a relatively quick manner (with a pager) while a person carrying a cell phone would not have any contact until they were above ground again.
How extreme would it have been if they had worn "Pepsi" shirts instead? You would probably just look the other way.
Get over it...they were expressing their beliefs. At least this one was genuine, unlike some paid-for endorsement.
If I had seen thie thread earlier, I would have participated. But, good going. Too often people rag on Christ and it goes unchecked...
If you get "chop" over 100MBit connections...what kind of bandwidth does that app use!?
With suitable compression, you can get live speech over modem-class bandwidth pretty easily.
it's great to have a book like this on your shelf when you're trying to have a discussion with a co-worker who doesn't understand why corporate Web sites need to be user-friendly.
..or having a discussion with a Linux-using co-worker about why an OS needs to be user-friendly.</rant>
Instead of IceWM, I might suggest Blackbox or Fluxbox.
They're smoooove.
The problem is, the closest nipple-input device I can think of would have to be some sort of rubberized micro-joystick that's manipulated with the tongue...and what about the RSIs there!?
Just wait until the Smitty Press introduces the new $20,000 note. Then maybe printing my own money will be profitable...
Have you seen the way they show the antenna growing in the commercials, so you can see what the antenna "performs" like after you put on the sticker?
All I can say is they should get the same artists to do the Viagra ads.
Okay, let me amend my statement by adding a single word:
If you're getting a game that needs a 800MHz+ computer and a GeForce+ video card, then pretty much any pre-built machine that fits that description will have a DVD drive as well.
Woudl you consider them "average" user, though? Consider for the moment that most people do not build their own machines. They take whatever Dell or Gateway gives them bundled with their machine, which for the last year has been a DVD-ROM (or, a DVD/CD-R) drive.
In addition, you gave me your processor specs...btu you didn't call my comment about the video card. Something tells me you fit the description of a coder/software hacker more than a gamer. It's a rather different culture, and the choice of hardware accessories shows that fact.
The closest analogy to using a CD-MP3 player versus an iPod is using a dozen different DOS boot disks to play a game versus having a dozen shortcuts on your windows desktop. Either one will let you hear the music/play the game that you want to...but one it noticable more elegant and workable, not to mention easier for the average user to handle.
When a game contains 4.5GB of game data wouldn't it just be easier to put it all on one DVD?
The one major reason I can think of in this case is Square's need to be able to update the game easily and transparently during the beta. It may be easier for them to update and patch files on the hard drive than to create a system that reads off the DVD, but only if the desired data isn't superceded by new "patch" files on the hard drive. Perhaps that mechanism is not worked out yet, and they want to get the beta out ASAP.
The reason is simple enough: the majority of people who buy games don't have newer PCs.
Think for a moment about the other requirements for the FF game. Now re-consider your statement. If you're getting a game that needs a 800MHz+ computer and a GeForce+ video card, then pretty much any machine that fits that description will have a DVD drive as well.
The fact that you called a "reference" a "quote" troubles me.
;)
No, really, what troubles me is that mods recognizing a movie reference troubles you. It's a damn funny movie, so see it for what it is.
Pardon for asking, but do you know if such a box tricks newer Sony camcorders into recording Macrovision content? I used a "signal cleaner" before with hopes of getting some snort video clips into my computer through the FireWire of a video camera, but the Sony cam didn't record, and instead popped up a "COPY PROTECT" error. I know the macrovision was stripped (at least to some degree) because I was able to record things from one VCR to another, a trick impossible without the "video clarifier."
The process did not work very well with the playstation and I'd imagine it wouldn't work very well with the Dreamcast, either. Besides, swapping the CD to me seems kind of "cheezy" and "ghetto": I'd much rather just pop in the DivX CD and press "play" on the remote.
First off, it's not the hot swap trick you think it is. With the PlayStation, you were tricking the PS into authenticating a disc, then getting it to boot a seconds disc after the auth. With a Dreamcast, the boot disc loads up all the software necessary, then stops the drive. You put in another disc - taking as much time as you want - and the drive spins up again with the new disc in the drive. It's just liek games on teh Dramcast or Playstation that use multiple discs. The software expects it, and nothing is all that difficult about it (from the end-user's perspective.)
Second, I am almost positive there is a way to make DVDivX CDs with a movie burned on the same disc - in other words, a movie that starts as soon as the player finishes loading, no disc swapping. It's much more difficult to burn such a disc than it is a normal ISO9660/Joliet disc with only the DivX file on it, btu it is doable. For a person who wanted to trade DC images instead of the DivH files, the same ease-of-distribution could be attained.
As for speed, don't forget that if the data density is 33 times greater than a GXP 120, so will be the maximum data transfer rate.
That's assuming the same linear velocity of the read head...which could very easily be much lower for this technology. Don't forget that most optical media is currently much slower than magnetic media of comparable data densitites.
Well, most of my post is not very serious, but yes, I would very much like to travel to Japan.
Thanks for the link!
until you have been to Japan, you simply have no idea how amazing trains can be...
/.-ers who happen to be travelling to Japan themselves in the future.)
Persuant to this post, I am welcoming any and all donations for the "Send Smitty to Japan Fund." You see, I have wanted to go for years, but the issue of getting there, living, and getting back has been realtively tough to get past.
I fear I missed one chance back in high school when I opted to keep my job rather than become a foreign exchange student, and I really have regretted it.
Help me live the dream!
(Also, take note that I am flexible and may be able to fit in carry-on luggage, for any
I would not want to use this as a boot drive for what I'm assuming would be serious speed issues...but dang if that couldn't be a great audio/video-storage drive ;)