cool did not know you could do that I will have to keep that in mind;), The reason I bought a Wii branded keyboard is because I collect Nintendo Items of any and all kinds if it weren't for that I would most defiantly follow your advice but I can pass it on to friends of mine who may not know that.
That's true but if I were going to die from a Virus I would want a good one ya know fast as hell !, so I will take Ebola Zaire any day of the week fast and effecient although a bit messy but it gets the job done.
Well I use it for reading Slashdot:), and checking my Emails in between games and the homebrew channel but that is about it mostly play Wii games and Atari 2600 and 7800 games on it Via Razors Emulators.
other than that not a hell of a lot, but if you can buy the Wii keyboard it makes it a lot easier to surf the web, I got mine for 15.00 at game stop because it did not have a box or manual but it works great.
well they can't just turn it off now but later they can amend the bill to give that power and you know what ?, the country will once they have become "used to it" call me paranoid now but it will come.
It's like watching an episode of Family Guy, hey here is an idea lets elect Adam West to the presidency !, yeah no that is a great fucking Idea !.
They have finally decided to use the console's hardware to until they find it's absolute limits, I mean they usually kill of game consoles before the console really is used to it's max potential. so for once some one is thinking smart build better software instead of a console and it is a tad cheaper than hardware R&D.
I think that all OS's should be freely given by the company and then the user pays for support they would see a huge increase in thier user base that way. Also companies would still need to pay MS a fee as usual for digital signing and such for drivers so MS would still be making money and could continue as usual.
But that is just my take on it, I maybe seeing it in an entirely unrealistic way that makes no sense to anyone but me.
For me I would have to say Debug that came with DOS really good program for hand assembly on any 2/3/486 Computer from back in the day, Could not afford VBdos or Quick Basic 7.1 PDS at all:(.
1. Color Computer 3 with cart modem 2. Commodore 128D with 300 BPS modem 3. Atari 800XL 300 BPS modem
Have not used them in years but if I could afford it I would log in to some of the BBS's I have seen listed in California by users there that like the nostalgia factor.
Well if you wanted all of the Proprietary stuff you cold have gone with Linux Mint, since it is Ubuntu based (basicly, they changed the name color scheme and add some new stuff of their own) and upon install has everything you want already to go.
or you could have installed Super Ubuntu again the same as Linux Mint all proprietary stuff in there from the get go.
His point on the one hand you have honest customers on the other you have large groups of crackers who do steal their stuff.
For example all of those playstation 1,2,3 and PSP roms floating around torrent sites,usenet and such yeah I know fair use allows the user to make a backup for personal use.
But far to often this is used by cracking and pirate groups to say "I am allowed a back up man !" all the while they are uploading Terabytes of stolen data to the web in the form of torrents and some of them have torrent sites you that you have to pay to become a member of.
this is complete and total theft of IP and you can argue it anyway you want to it is still stealing.
Now on the other Hand becuase of these Jack asses you have people getting more insane amounts of hoops to jump through just to play a CD or Movie that they paid money for !. Lets not forget the persons responsible for this.
yes, I am talking about the Pirates and crackers as well as any group that actively engages in blatent theft they are why these insane laws exist although far too often I hear people say "they are taking away our freedom of making a backup !"
I agree with that but at the same time they have investors,share holders, artists, musicians and the list goes on and all of those people have a family to feed and care for just like you.
also I agree with the fact that they and other companies should respect the uses right to transfer legally purchased software to another user with all rights intact for the person who paid you for it.
But this is not going to happen at all anymore because of the as mentioned before huge groups of pirates and crackers cashing in on their hard work yeah I know what your going to say "but they charge more than it is worth man" well when you figure a company hires professional artists and musicians as well as programmers they have to pay for that ya know and these people do not come cheap ! if you want the best you pay for it !.
and in so doing Sony has to charge enough money that they can make a profit for themselves as well pay their employees it is as simple as that.
well I am going to stop here before I am flamed in to oblivion for trying to see both sides of the coin.
R.Morton
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sorry to double post just wanted to throw a link in here related to my above post.
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Actually Sony didn't come up with it first either, Activision, Imagic, Atari were doing this sort of thing back in the 80's Albeit with "real awards" of physical item such as T-Shirts (Imagic, Atari),patchs and pins (Activision) as well as Baseball caps. (all 3 did this from time to time.)
Either that or make a Video card like they do mother boards.
Have an upgrade slot so you can drop on a new GPU like you do with a CPU on a Mobo, and then have a Notebook style Ram slot so you can upgrade the Ram on the card itself.
Provide a driver that lets you select if you want to supplement the Video Ram using Extended ram, or in cases where the card would have more ram than the PC then let the PC borrow some of the Video card Ram.
I know this is pure science fiction on my part but I figure if PC's could one day use the same High speed Ram like Video cards do but in a Universal sense then it would possible.
yeah, I know but if the lobby is full the same nerd would use it in thier car and if they still want somthing they can get it the Drive thru on the way out of the parking lot.
I know I have done this in Olathe, KS where I used to live I would go there for lunch sit in my car if the lobby was full and use my laptop for 20 Mins then go back to work.
I have seen several people do this as well so I know people would be willing to do it.
yup, when I was driving to a Walmart in Kirksville, Mo to work there as a temp for a week or two a Mcdonalds in Macon, Mo said the same thing "we do not have free WIFI but you can buy a Pass for a 1 year for 20.00 that will work at any Mcdonalds."
I told them forget it, the sign says free I want free damn it. (Hell only wanted to check my Email)
What did they think would happen ?, of course people are going to stay longer maybe add more seating or extend the range to cover a larger area so users could sit in their cars and use the WIFI there.
I see in fact you capitalize as badly as I do;), that and the classes listed are the ones I can remember off the top of my head were a TV was used a lot.
No, I was just saying that like todays schools that use the History channel and The Learning channel, we had educational Public programming that our teacher could record and use for up to one year.
we had programs like:Science with Mrs Mattson, Social Studies: science of human interaction Ect.
and yes we had TV in 1984 imagine that !, hell next you will be telling me that TRS-80's we had did not exist either.
no you are the one revising history my good TROLL not me.
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could not be any worse than Lethal i Jection I suppose.
Rmorton
Oh Master you must teach me the fine art of the Bullshitter !
LOL
No really that is Fucking Cool
R.Morton
cool did not know you could do that I will have to keep that in mind ;), The reason I bought a Wii branded keyboard is because I collect Nintendo Items of any and all kinds if it weren't for that I would most defiantly follow your advice but I can pass it on to friends of mine who may not know that.
R.Morton
That's true but if I were going to die from a Virus I would want a good one ya know fast as hell !, so I will take Ebola Zaire any day of the week fast and effecient although a bit messy but it gets the job done.
R.Morton
my my how Minority Report of you :)
R.Morton
Well I use it for reading Slashdot :), and checking my Emails in between games and the homebrew channel but that is about it mostly play Wii games and Atari 2600 and 7800 games on it Via Razors Emulators.
other than that not a hell of a lot, but if you can buy the Wii keyboard it makes it a lot easier to surf the web, I got mine for 15.00 at game stop because it did not have a box or manual but it works great.
R.Morton
well they can't just turn it off now but later they can amend the bill to give that power and you know what ?, the country will once they have become "used to it" call me paranoid now but it will come.
It's like watching an episode of Family Guy, hey here is an idea lets elect Adam West to the presidency !, yeah no that is a great fucking Idea !.
R.morton
They have finally decided to use the console's hardware to until they find it's absolute limits, I mean they usually kill of game consoles before the console really is used to it's max potential. so for once some one is thinking smart build better software instead of a console and it is a tad cheaper than hardware R&D.
R.Morton
I think that all OS's should be freely given by the company and then the user pays for support they would see a huge increase in thier user base that way.
Also companies would still need to pay MS a fee as usual for digital signing and such for drivers so MS would still be making money and could continue as usual.
But that is just my take on it, I maybe seeing it in an entirely unrealistic way that makes no sense to anyone but me.
R.Morton
fucking priceless, Love a great joke :)
For me I would have to say Debug that came with DOS really good program for hand assembly on any 2/3/486 Computer from back in the day, Could not afford VBdos or Quick Basic 7.1 PDS at all :(.
R.Morton
My oldest working computer(s) are:
1. Color Computer 3 with cart modem
2. Commodore 128D with 300 BPS modem
3. Atari 800XL 300 BPS modem
Have not used them in years but if I could afford it I would log in to some of the BBS's I have seen listed in California by users there that like the nostalgia factor.
R.Morton
Well if you wanted all of the Proprietary stuff you cold have gone with Linux Mint, since it is Ubuntu based (basicly, they changed the name color scheme and add some new stuff of their own) and upon install has everything you want already to go.
or you could have installed Super Ubuntu again the same as Linux Mint all proprietary stuff in there from the get go.
R.Morton
His point on the one hand you have honest customers on the other you have large groups of crackers who do steal their stuff.
For example all of those playstation 1,2,3 and PSP roms floating around torrent sites,usenet and such yeah I know fair use allows the user to make a backup for personal use.
But far to often this is used by cracking and pirate groups to say "I am allowed a back up man !" all the while they are uploading Terabytes of stolen data to the web in the form of torrents and some of them have torrent sites you that you have to pay to become a member of.
this is complete and total theft of IP and you can argue it anyway you want to it is still stealing.
Now on the other Hand becuase of these Jack asses you have people getting more insane amounts of hoops to jump through just to play a CD or Movie that they paid money for !. Lets not forget the persons responsible for this.
yes, I am talking about the Pirates and crackers as well as any group that actively engages in blatent theft they are why these insane laws exist although far too often I hear people say "they are taking away our freedom of making a backup !"
I agree with that but at the same time they have investors,share holders, artists, musicians and the list goes on and all of those people have a family to feed and care for just like you.
also I agree with the fact that they and other companies should respect the uses right to transfer legally purchased software to another user with all rights intact for the person who paid you for it.
But this is not going to happen at all anymore because of the as mentioned before huge groups of pirates and crackers cashing in on their hard work yeah I know what your going to say "but they charge more than it is worth man" well when you figure a company hires professional artists and musicians as well as programmers they have to pay for that ya know and these people do not come cheap ! if you want the best you pay for it !.
and in so doing Sony has to charge enough money that they can make a profit for themselves as well pay their employees it is as simple as that.
well I am going to stop here before I am flamed in to oblivion for trying to see both sides of the coin.
R.Morton
sorry to double post just wanted to throw a link in here related to my above post.
http://www.atariage.com/2600/archives/activision_patches.html
Actually Sony didn't come up with it first either, Activision, Imagic, Atari were doing this sort of thing back in the 80's Albeit with "real awards" of physical item such as T-Shirts (Imagic, Atari),patchs and pins (Activision) as well as Baseball caps. (all 3 did this from time to time.)
just google it and see for yourself.
R.Morton
Yeah, Willy Wonka rocks, have not seen that in years, I really hated that KID she was so damned spoiled reminds me of my sisters kids.
R.Morton
Either that or make a Video card like they do mother boards.
Have an upgrade slot so you can drop on a new GPU like you do with a CPU on a Mobo, and then have a Notebook style Ram slot so you can upgrade the Ram on the card itself.
Provide a driver that lets you select if you want to supplement the Video Ram using Extended ram, or in cases where the card would have more ram than the PC then let the PC borrow some of the Video card Ram.
I know this is pure science fiction on my part but I figure if PC's could one day use the same High speed Ram like Video cards do but in a Universal sense then it would possible.
But I am not a Tech guy so I do not know.
R.Morton
yeah, I know but if the lobby is full the same nerd would use it in thier car and if they still want somthing they can get it the Drive thru on the way out of the parking lot.
I know I have done this in Olathe, KS where I used to live I would go there for lunch sit in my car if the lobby was full and use my laptop for 20 Mins then go back to work.
I have seen several people do this as well so I know people would be willing to do it.
R.Morton
yup, when I was driving to a Walmart in Kirksville, Mo to work there as a temp for a week or two a Mcdonalds in Macon, Mo said the same thing "we do not have free WIFI but you can buy a Pass for a 1 year for 20.00 that will work at any Mcdonalds."
I told them forget it, the sign says free I want free damn it. (Hell only wanted to check my Email)
R.Morton
2018 !, I wanted to use the 30 meter telescope to fry ants in other galaxies now !, or maybe see some boobs.
R.Morton
What did they think would happen ?, of course people are going to stay longer maybe add more seating or extend the range to cover a larger area so users could sit in their cars and use the WIFI there.
Just a thought
R.Morton
I see in fact you capitalize as badly as I do ;), that and the classes listed are the ones I can remember off the top of my head were a TV was used a lot.
R.Morton
maybe now, but not when I was in school.
R.Morton
No, I was just saying that like todays schools that use the History channel and The Learning channel, we had educational Public programming that our teacher could record and use for up to one year.
we had programs like :Science with Mrs Mattson, Social Studies: science of human interaction Ect.
and yes we had TV in 1984 imagine that !, hell next you will be telling me that TRS-80's we had did not exist either.
no you are the one revising history my good TROLL not me.
R.Morton