Even worse... I recall hearing (from here..?) that any machine not running legit windows (say, running linux) is assumed to be running cracked windows. Pretty bent way of doing things.
I might be mistaken, I thought that was the BSA though.
That's similar to the pressure at the top of Mt. Everest.
I suppose the fact that it is 100% O2 makes up for the fact that it is low pressure. So.. 1/3rd pressure, but 5x concentration... net would be similar, yeah?
Besides the point though, as people have done Everest without oxygen anyways, right?
Well for me I think it was the fact that games could be very entertaining, while being horribly ugly and fitting in 64k of ROM. Brute and simplistic, yet I can't seem to put the controller down.
Some of the games were truly epic, although they looked horrible, they kept you engrossed for weeks (dragon warrior was one for me). Others were ridiculously simple, but you could play them forever (tetris, dr. mario). Others were great for multiplayer compared to older systems (jackal, contra, etc.. lots of konami stuff... pretty groundbreaking for a home system.)
I loved a lot of the music as well. Very simple (I think NES has one square, one triangle, and a white noise channel?) yet they managed to make it catchy and take next to nothing for rom.
It seemed to me on say... SNES, the music got somewhere in between. It wasn't "real music" yet it didn't have 8bit primitive charm.
I don't think alcohol should be a problem, it's what I clean circuit boards with all the time.
The main flaw was... well kinda two fold. one was that the cart moved (quasi-ZIF, i guess), instead of being straight in, which reduces the self-cleaning aspect a normal edge connector (think ISA slot) has. The second flaw was that the connector in the NES didn't have gold flash/plate, just tin, which gets pretty ugly after 1000000 mate/unmate cycles. Realistically tin connectors are generally only rated for like.. 50 cycles, if that.
I don't think famicoms had the problem, because of their straight-in cart. They didn't have the security chip either (blink... blink... blink...)
I remember getting my NES for christmas when I was a child.
Most of my favourite games are still from that era. New games seem to be missing some sort of soul... mind you, there were a lot of truly horrible games for NES too!
Here (here being north america) when you get 120v, you get a hot and a neutral. When you get 240V, you get two hots, due to the fact that the centre-tap of the mains transformer is grounded. so you get 120-0-120.
In parts of europe that have the same setup as us, it's just higher voltage, 240-0-240, so they only have a single hot. 480V things would be dual-hot there, though.
Other parts of europe have only single phase though (no "split phase" with the trafo) which is still single hot. Then other parts yet will have 3 phase power in the home. I'm not terribly familiar with the power systems in the rest of the world, but I believe it would be along similar lines.
I don't think any parts of the 240V world have the 120-0-120 setup like we do, but stranger things have happened, so who knows.
It sure would be nice to live in a place where the government had at least a modicum of responsibility to the populous, as opposed to corporate interests.
I've wondered this for years. I think it's somehow related to the fact that more people have contracts in the US, IME, so they are less likely to walk away. Possibly less competition? I guess that depends on region.
I don't know, I think we pay more for internet, too. Seems like people in north america just accept the fact the telecoms are raping them.
Govn't only owns 38% of shares now, apparently; I wouldn't call that ownership. Unless they have 51%+ of voting shares I suppose... which, I guess, is entirely possible.
linux used on various nokia devices, probably something else. deprecated for the horribly named but (i believe) similar meego, which is some sort of partnership with intel, if memory serves.
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Interesting. I presume there software involved here?
Any details on how the system works?
Wouldn't be the first time a bug killed someone, but he could have just dozed off too...
When the GP said JPEG, he meant the one the people actually use.
Sometimes water landings work out, however.
Even worse... I recall hearing (from here..?) that any machine not running legit windows (say, running linux) is assumed to be running cracked windows. Pretty bent way of doing things.
I might be mistaken, I thought that was the BSA though.
Word is they are developing a hybrid with the mail features of a carrier pigeon, and the radiation tolerance of a cockroach.
Not likely. Sure, they'll definitely feel it, but china exports to the whole world. They'll survive.
In the mean time, in the US, it's going to take some time to tool up to make much more expensive replacement widgets.
Yeah, I'm sure that would work out very well for them.
Wal-mart needs cheap shit.
That's similar to the pressure at the top of Mt. Everest.
I suppose the fact that it is 100% O2 makes up for the fact that it is low pressure. So.. 1/3rd pressure, but 5x concentration... net would be similar, yeah?
Besides the point though, as people have done Everest without oxygen anyways, right?
dB is log, so that's not really right.
for example (I don't know which units sat uses, but it isn't really relevant except in absolute terms)
0,3dBm = 1.07mW
1,2dBm = 1.32mW
It's a slight improvement, not 4 fold.
Well for me I think it was the fact that games could be very entertaining, while being horribly ugly and fitting in 64k of ROM. Brute and simplistic, yet I can't seem to put the controller down.
Some of the games were truly epic, although they looked horrible, they kept you engrossed for weeks (dragon warrior was one for me). Others were ridiculously simple, but you could play them forever (tetris, dr. mario). Others were great for multiplayer compared to older systems (jackal, contra, etc.. lots of konami stuff... pretty groundbreaking for a home system.)
I loved a lot of the music as well. Very simple (I think NES has one square, one triangle, and a white noise channel?) yet they managed to make it catchy and take next to nothing for rom.
It seemed to me on say... SNES, the music got somewhere in between. It wasn't "real music" yet it didn't have 8bit primitive charm.
Certainly some of it is nostalgia too, though.
I don't think alcohol should be a problem, it's what I clean circuit boards with all the time.
The main flaw was... well kinda two fold. one was that the cart moved (quasi-ZIF, i guess), instead of being straight in, which reduces the self-cleaning aspect a normal edge connector (think ISA slot) has.
The second flaw was that the connector in the NES didn't have gold flash/plate, just tin, which gets pretty ugly after 1000000 mate/unmate cycles. Realistically tin connectors are generally only rated for like.. 50 cycles, if that.
I don't think famicoms had the problem, because of their straight-in cart. They didn't have the security chip either (blink... blink... blink...)
I remember getting my NES for christmas when I was a child.
Most of my favourite games are still from that era. New games seem to be missing some sort of soul... mind you, there were a lot of truly horrible games for NES too!
Well not exactly.
Here (here being north america) when you get 120v, you get a hot and a neutral. When you get 240V, you get two hots, due to the fact that the centre-tap of the mains transformer is grounded. so you get 120-0-120.
In parts of europe that have the same setup as us, it's just higher voltage, 240-0-240, so they only have a single hot. 480V things would be dual-hot there, though.
Other parts of europe have only single phase though (no "split phase" with the trafo) which is still single hot. Then other parts yet will have 3 phase power in the home.
I'm not terribly familiar with the power systems in the rest of the world, but I believe it would be along similar lines.
I don't think any parts of the 240V world have the 120-0-120 setup like we do, but stranger things have happened, so who knows.
It sure would be nice to live in a place where the government had at least a modicum of responsibility to the populous, as opposed to corporate interests.
Maybe I'll move someday.
That's what the per minute / monthly fees are for though. Equipment, power, people, data, so on and so forth.
Or do you think your ISP should tack on a $20 "we bought a new router" fee? It's part of the bill already.
I've wondered this for years. I think it's somehow related to the fact that more people have contracts in the US, IME, so they are less likely to walk away. Possibly less competition? I guess that depends on region.
I don't know, I think we pay more for internet, too. Seems like people in north america just accept the fact the telecoms are raping them.
To get to my vehicle means breaking into my garage, which means invading my home.
Surely you never drive anywhere. What's stopping them from installing it in the wal-mart parking lot?
Govn't only owns 38% of shares now, apparently; I wouldn't call that ownership. Unless they have 51%+ of voting shares I suppose... which, I guess, is entirely possible.
linux used on various nokia devices, probably something else. deprecated for the horribly named but (i believe) similar meego, which is some sort of partnership with intel, if memory serves.
Gnome network manager works fine with WPA2 in debian, so it sounds more like there is something busted with ubuntu.
I don't recall having any problems on lenny or squeeze... it just worked.
Courier is an IBM thing from the 50's. I guess courier new is MS, but it isn't all that different.
Yeah, instead of flat text conf files, why don't we put a whole bunch of config in some obscure place in the registry somewhere...
i entirely fail to see the point as to why you would want a gui to do something that is integral to the cli.
Well if they're getting funding from Marvell, I'm betting it has "must run ARM" is somewhere in the contract.
Shaw seems to be throttling torrents, from my experience at least, and a few friends with them. Used to be faster a couple years ago.
Upload has always been rather pathetic with them though... and seems to have gotten worse over time (over subscribing I guess?)
You'll take my courier from my cold, dead hands