Actually, in October, the $300.00 14-hour Philips TiVo had a $100 Philips Rebate, and a $100 TiVo rebate, making it only $100. Not to mention that they had a TiVo-a-day (or was it 10 or 30 a day?) giveaway all October (is it still going on??). So there isn't much to complain about as far as price is concerned... You just have to find the deals.
TiVo and ReplayTV aren't that different. The only comparison I can think is that TiVo has the intelligent program that records programs it thinks you'd enjoy. I'm pretty sure this feature isn't available on the ReplayTV. I just think that people tried TiVo before ReplayTV and that is what killed it. As far as I know, TiVo is fairing quite well.
Out of all the developers for the Indremeda, especially the 'garage developer', how many will go ahead and make a linux PC port to their game? And if not, how soon does an open-source game get ported to a linux PC once it comes out? What is my advantage to getting an indremeda, when I already have a linux box??
I can agree with this. The groups that would buy it for its 'open-ness' aren't nearly enough to make the indremeda profitable. Console gamers could care less about what's powering the system. All they care about is the performance of the games, and the graphics that are displayed. Actually, I'm not very pleased with a linux console-like machine I have... My TiVo. It crashes all the time. Yes, I understand that its the software, not the operating system, but as far as I'm concerned, it doesn't work up to the standard it should. How will the Indremeda work as far as games? Any different??
I do hope it truly is hackable. i think this is a wonderful idea especially for RPGers like myself who can write new
plots, characters, monsters, dungeons..
Just like people hacked their char's in Diablo I??
Keep in mind, hacking a game has its ups (new plots, better monsters), and downs (invincible players). Imagine what 31337 B1FF would do to it...
I, honestly, didn't like the original Playstation either. It was slow, the memory card load/save was slow, and I wasn't impressed with any of the games. I, actually, prefered the N64. But I'm a big FPS and football gamer. Quarterback Club 99, and Goldeneye/Perfect Dark where far better than any football/fps the PSX had.
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I completely agree. Look at how badly the PS2 is being reviewed? They are only getting sold because of hype. When people play PS2 games then play dreamcast games, dreamcast wins. If you don't believe me, try it. Dreamcast has a better machine with better games... Sure PS2 has better hardware, but they aren't using the technology to the max, yet. PS2's only likable feature is its backward compatability. Sega is reporting losses... just like everyone in the gaming industry. Why is everyone assuming that they will fail? Look at the reviews!
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Everyone I know who owns a Dreamcast (myself included) is quite impressed with the console... and from what I hear about the PS2, it appears that the dreamcast is favored over the PS2. Its a shame that Sega is switching to software only, but I guess this was their plan a while ago. Maybe after the PS2's 'predicted failure', Sega may try one more console... its the future, anything is possible.
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I agree. How can you say that there will be someone living outside of earth when they will constantly need supplies from earth? Its "living with a dependency". If an asteroid hits the earth and kills everything living, it won't take long for our ISS survivors to kick the bucket.
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I care about who has control, but I can't stand 'politics'. It shouldn't be two different things, but they are. And it sickens me. It brings a sour, bile taste to the back of my throat.
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I truely believe that it would have been an advantage for both companies to work together. N64 appeals to the younger audience (13 years old and under), and dreamcast grabs most of the upper audience (18+). Combining these audiences would have a lasting effect in the console race. PS has the teenage population, but with the recent dissatisfaction for the new PS2, Nintendo/Sega could have taken this to their advantage.
The console race is getting bigger and better, and some of the names you once knew will start getting beat out. To survive with the sharks, you need to get an edge, and the combination might have been the edge.... oh well...
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How does the dreamcast compare on this chart? From what I hear about the new PS2, the dreamcast is blowing it out of the water, but that is only hear-say.
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The issue isn't giving money to time-warner... its if my loan will be approved so that I can afford a popcorn and drink.
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Klebanov was quoted as saying Russia would send space cargo craft Progress
to Mir, with fuel needed to safely down the station in a designated location in
the Pacific Ocean.
In this past yahoo article described in the slashdot article about the Mir being deorbitted, the russian government was supplying the spacestation fuel to bring it into higher orbit so that it can control its deorbit and put it in the ocean. They are going to bring it down at the end of february. And this article states that it will stay up until at least february. So you are repeating yourself...
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Its up, its down, its up, its down, its up, its down, its up, its down, its up, its down, its up, its down, its up, its down, its up, its down, its up, its down...
Someone needs to make up their mind. This is a government project! It shouldn't hit the news until everything is final. This is crazy!
Seriously, they need to bring it down. Its outlived its time, and the ISS will take its place. Out with the old, in with the new. She had her time, and now its over.
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Not to mention that old child-molster sickos could be chatting with your daughter, or serial rapists could be chatting with your sister...
The net is full of dangerous people, and, because you can be whoever you want on the net, you have to be extra careful who you are chatting with...
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It all depends on the application.
Peer-to-peer works well in some instances, and star networks (server) works well in others. Just because more people see star networks working more often than peer-to-peer doesn't mean they are going to die.
Two examples:
1. Directly downloading a file from a friend. Peer-to-peer is by far the fastest way. The server would just be a middle man slowing you down.
2. A FPS game would be incredibly laggy on a peer-to-peer because of the size of the overhead. The star-network is the better choice here.
If you think about it, the internet is kinda both a star and a p2p network. There is no 'one central server', but a Peer-to-peer network of servers. So the P2P type of connection is going to die? I don't think so...
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I -completely- agree. I've been just fine and dandy with my K6-2 333 (overclocked to 350), with 128 MB RAM and a TNT2 Ultra. I, also, play counter-strike well on my system, fragging up there with the best of them (guess my cable modem helps too...).
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I take my laptop into the bathroom with me. And its handcuffed to me, so you just can't grab it.
Seriously, I think everything should be password protected and encrypted (32-bit+ encryption). Especially if it is sensitive info. That's the best you can do.
Being careful is all about paying attention to what you do. Is it imperitive you burn sensitive info to a CD?? Stuff like that...
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Actually, in October, the $300.00 14-hour Philips TiVo had a $100 Philips Rebate, and a $100 TiVo rebate, making it only $100. Not to mention that they had a TiVo-a-day (or was it 10 or 30 a day?) giveaway all October (is it still going on??). So there isn't much to complain about as far as price is concerned... You just have to find the deals.
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TiVo and ReplayTV aren't that different. The only comparison I can think is that TiVo has the intelligent program that records programs it thinks you'd enjoy. I'm pretty sure this feature isn't available on the ReplayTV. I just think that people tried TiVo before ReplayTV and that is what killed it. As far as I know, TiVo is fairing quite well.
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Out of all the developers for the Indremeda, especially the 'garage developer', how many will go ahead and make a linux PC port to their game? And if not, how soon does an open-source game get ported to a linux PC once it comes out? What is my advantage to getting an indremeda, when I already have a linux box??
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I can agree with this. The groups that would buy it for its 'open-ness' aren't nearly enough to make the indremeda profitable. Console gamers could care less about what's powering the system. All they care about is the performance of the games, and the graphics that are displayed.
Actually, I'm not very pleased with a linux console-like machine I have... My TiVo. It crashes all the time. Yes, I understand that its the software, not the operating system, but as far as I'm concerned, it doesn't work up to the standard it should. How will the Indremeda work as far as games? Any different??
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I do hope it truly is hackable. i think this is a wonderful idea especially for RPGers like myself who can write new plots, characters, monsters, dungeons..
Just like people hacked their char's in Diablo I??
Keep in mind, hacking a game has its ups (new plots, better monsters), and downs (invincible players). Imagine what 31337 B1FF would do to it...
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I, honestly, didn't like the original Playstation either. It was slow, the memory card load/save was slow, and I wasn't impressed with any of the games. I, actually, prefered the N64. But I'm a big FPS and football gamer. Quarterback Club 99, and Goldeneye/Perfect Dark where far better than any football/fps the PSX had.
.sigs??
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I completely agree. Look at how badly the PS2 is being reviewed? They are only getting sold because of hype. When people play PS2 games then play dreamcast games, dreamcast wins. If you don't believe me, try it. Dreamcast has a better machine with better games... Sure PS2 has better hardware, but they aren't using the technology to the max, yet. PS2's only likable feature is its backward compatability.
.sigs??
Sega is reporting losses... just like everyone in the gaming industry. Why is everyone assuming that they will fail? Look at the reviews!
-- Don't you hate it when people comment on other people's
Everyone I know who owns a Dreamcast (myself included) is quite impressed with the console... and from what I hear about the PS2, it appears that the dreamcast is favored over the PS2. Its a shame that Sega is switching to software only, but I guess this was their plan a while ago. Maybe after the PS2's 'predicted failure', Sega may try one more console... its the future, anything is possible.
.sigs??
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there's either a fix in half the time or when the time comes it's less of a disaster than they expected.
.sigs??
Y2K comes to mind...
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Funny enough, but a guy on the Apollo 13 got an extension on filing his taxes because he was out of the country... So you never know...
.sigs??
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I agree. How can you say that there will be someone living outside of earth when they will constantly need supplies from earth? Its "living with a dependency". If an asteroid hits the earth and kills everything living, it won't take long for our ISS survivors to kick the bucket.
.sigs??
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I care about who has control, but I can't stand 'politics'. It shouldn't be two different things, but they are. And it sickens me. It brings a sour, bile taste to the back of my throat.
.sigs??
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... we have gnutella and scour...
.sigs??
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I truely believe that it would have been an advantage for both companies to work together. N64 appeals to the younger audience (13 years old and under), and dreamcast grabs most of the upper audience (18+). Combining these audiences would have a lasting effect in the console race. PS has the teenage population, but with the recent dissatisfaction for the new PS2, Nintendo/Sega could have taken this to their advantage.
.sigs??
The console race is getting bigger and better, and some of the names you once knew will start getting beat out. To survive with the sharks, you need to get an edge, and the combination might have been the edge.... oh well...
-- Don't you hate it when people comment on other people's
How does the dreamcast compare on this chart? From what I hear about the new PS2, the dreamcast is blowing it out of the water, but that is only hear-say.
.sigs??
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The issue isn't giving money to time-warner... its if my loan will be approved so that I can afford a popcorn and drink.
.sigs??
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anyone that refers to themselves with 3 letter abbreviations (RMS for example) are usually good about talking about geeky topics...
.sigs??
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Klebanov was quoted as saying Russia would send space cargo craft Progress to Mir, with fuel needed to safely down the station in a designated location in the Pacific Ocean.
.sigs??
This comes from a CNN.com article that the yahoo article (mentioned above) came from.
And here/A&g t; is the slashdot article mentioned above.
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In this past yahoo article described in the slashdot article about the Mir being deorbitted, the russian government was supplying the spacestation fuel to bring it into higher orbit so that it can control its deorbit and put it in the ocean. They are going to bring it down at the end of february. And this article states that it will stay up until at least february. So you are repeating yourself...
.sigs??
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Its up, its down, its up, its down, its up, its down, its up, its down, its up, its down, its up, its down, its up, its down, its up, its down, its up, its down...
.sigs??
Someone needs to make up their mind. This is a government project! It shouldn't hit the news until everything is final. This is crazy!
Seriously, they need to bring it down. Its outlived its time, and the ISS will take its place. Out with the old, in with the new. She had her time, and now its over.
-- Don't you hate it when people comment on other people's
Not to mention that old child-molster sickos could be chatting with your daughter, or serial rapists could be chatting with your sister...
.sigs??
The net is full of dangerous people, and, because you can be whoever you want on the net, you have to be extra careful who you are chatting with...
-- Don't you hate it when people comment on other people's
It also makes it harder to break up when you actually see what they look like...
.sigs??
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It all depends on the application.
.sigs??
Peer-to-peer works well in some instances, and star networks (server) works well in others. Just because more people see star networks working more often than peer-to-peer doesn't mean they are going to die.
Two examples:
1. Directly downloading a file from a friend. Peer-to-peer is by far the fastest way. The server would just be a middle man slowing you down.
2. A FPS game would be incredibly laggy on a peer-to-peer because of the size of the overhead. The star-network is the better choice here.
If you think about it, the internet is kinda both a star and a p2p network. There is no 'one central server', but a Peer-to-peer network of servers. So the P2P type of connection is going to die? I don't think so...
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I -completely- agree. I've been just fine and dandy with my K6-2 333 (overclocked to 350), with 128 MB RAM and a TNT2 Ultra. I, also, play counter-strike well on my system, fragging up there with the best of them (guess my cable modem helps too...).
.sigs??
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I take my laptop into the bathroom with me. And its handcuffed to me, so you just can't grab it.
.sigs??
Seriously, I think everything should be password protected and encrypted (32-bit+ encryption). Especially if it is sensitive info. That's the best you can do.
Being careful is all about paying attention to what you do. Is it imperitive you burn sensitive info to a CD?? Stuff like that...
-- Don't you hate it when people comment on other people's