You shoul check out bplan's Pegasos G3/G4 mobo.. The Homepage isn't exactly clear as to wether it's released yet or yet another Amiga vaporware, but it sure sounds interesting:
microATX Mainboard 236mm x 172mm ( 9"3 x 6"8 )
133 MHz Processor Slot
Optional with 350 MHz G3 PowerPC® / 512k Cache up to Dual MPC 7450 G4 PowerPC® / 2 MB Cache at state of the art speedgrades
PC133 SDRAM Memory for a total of 2 modules maximum 2GB extension by availibility of modules
AGP Slot x 2, user selectable graphics card
PCI Subsystem with a total of 3 slots to be used for custom expansion, included one slot for Riser Card Option
IEEE1394 VIA VT6306 at 100/200/400 MBit Transfer rates with three ports
10/100 MBit Network Realtek 8201 Phyceiver
USB I/O System VIA 8231 with a total of 4 ports
AC97 Sound Subsystem Sigmatel STAC 9766 Codec with Mic. In, Line In/Out and Headset support
optical S/PDIF output
IRDA for comunication with PDAs and other IRDA devices
ATA100 VIA 8231 with up to 4 devices
KBD for PS2 compatible keyboards
Mouse for PS2 compatible pointing devices
Seriell one channel RS232
Parallel standard Centronics
Floppy
Gameport to be used with PC style joysticks/gamepads
If you're into oldschool gaming, you should definitely try Kaillera which plugs into - MameLang32+ (MAME32 with lots of features added) - Bliss (Intellivision emulator) - NESten (NES emulator) - Jnes (NES emulator) - Nemu64 (Nintendo 64 emulator) - Modeler (Sega System 32 emulator) - Gens (Sega Megadrive emulator) - WinUAE (Amiga emulator) - PCAE (Atari 2600 emulator) - Kawaks (CPS1, CPS2 and NeoGeo emulator) (list taken from Kaillera.com) to let you play tons of classic games via the Internet.
I hope Maxis is aware of the fact that some people might be.. errr.. unwilling to pay for an interactive commercial they still enjoy using. Honestly, if I were into computer games, I wouldn't feel bad about using a pirated version, since Maxis has already been paid.
God crosses the ball over to the other side.. This could have been the dropkick of the millenium.. Too bad Yorkshire doesn't have a decent football team (soccer, for you Americans). It doesn't, does it??
Couldn't this be the solution to the MPAA's nightmares? There's just no way you can leech all the nifty add-ons to these DVDs via gnutella and the likes (yet??). Why don't they just let us check out the movies for free and then have us buy the super-mega-über-bonus-deluxe DVD set with special extras _worth buying_.
>>As for the latest conflict, Afghanistan, the general public is happy that the US took military action. Their lives now at least have a chance of improving. Are you sure about that? I'm definitely not pro-Taliban or any other fundamentalist religious organization, but they did bring some peace and stability to a country devastated by 20 or so years of war. Guess what, since the Taliban are gone, the only safe place in Afghanistan is Kabul, guarded by US/UN forces. I was told people in rural Afghanistan are beginning to hope for a return of the Taliban (which, by the way, is not the same as Al-Quaida..)
Come to think of it, why's nobody talking about banning planes? They're tools that were used with at least as much of a bad intent as encryption was. Stick that in the face of the next security-over-freedom politician you meet.
Just an idea that just occured to me.
Western ideas about world peace and democracy for all are a) not hypocritical, and b) in the best interests of all humanity.
No, no, no! Democracy is *NOT* in the best interest of all humanity. Well, it would be, if all humanity was prepared for it. Democracy needs an educated, literate people to make their own decisions. Flame me to hell and back for it, but there's a reason democracy has only (relatively) recently been developed and mostly in urban civilizations, too. Besides, don't tell me that the US or any western, "civilized" nation gives a damn about the developement of democracy in not-yet-democratic countries. It's about CAPITALISM, and yes, there's a difference. The US didn't exactly help set up a *democratic* government in Chile after overthrowing the *democratically elected* president, for example.
I've said it before and I'll say it again:
Get pictures of the most sought-for criminals, have masks cut out of them and have a big party in the streets of Tampa Bay. Wonder if you could fool the cameras that way. Believe me, I'd be glad to join you guys, but living in Germoney, I probabely wouldn't get there in time.
"Anything that's invented after you're 35 is against the natural order of things" - D. N. Adams
For those of us, who happen to live in Berlin, Germany, there's an exhibition on Exhibition on handheld computer games from 1976-1985 at the ffwd Galerie, Ackerstr. 154, Berlin-Mitte. The best thing is that you actually get to try the games on display..
The exhibition's last day is on Sunday, Dec. 3rd, so get your tickets to Berlin *now* all non-Germans. Or else, you can check out the book to the exhibition at http://www.die-gestalten.de/gestalten/dgv/books/bo oks.php?var1=electroplast
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microATX Mainboard 236mm x 172mm ( 9"3 x 6"8 )
up to Dual MPC 7450 G4 PowerPC® / 2 MB Cache at state of the art speedgrades
maximum 2GB extension by availibility of modules
integrated
If you're into oldschool gaming, you should definitely try Kaillera which plugs into
- MameLang32+ (MAME32 with lots of features added)
- Bliss (Intellivision emulator)
- NESten (NES emulator)
- Jnes (NES emulator)
- Nemu64 (Nintendo 64 emulator)
- Modeler (Sega System 32 emulator)
- Gens (Sega Megadrive emulator)
- WinUAE (Amiga emulator)
- PCAE (Atari 2600 emulator)
- Kawaks (CPS1, CPS2 and NeoGeo emulator)
(list taken from Kaillera.com)
to let you play tons of classic games via the Internet.
Error _23_ of all things.. I guess it was the Illuminati preventing Error 23 to be reported.
I hope Maxis is aware of the fact that some people might be.. errr.. unwilling to pay for an interactive commercial they still enjoy using.
Honestly, if I were into computer games, I wouldn't feel bad about using a pirated version, since Maxis has already been paid.
God crosses the ball over to the other side..
This could have been the dropkick of the millenium.. Too bad Yorkshire doesn't have a decent football team (soccer, for you Americans). It doesn't, does it??
Herbalife? Isn't that another one of those Scientology companies?
Couldn't this be the solution to the MPAA's nightmares? There's just no way you can leech all the nifty add-ons to these DVDs via gnutella and the likes (yet??). Why don't they just let us check out the movies for free and then have us buy the super-mega-über-bonus-deluxe DVD set with special extras _worth buying_.
>>As for the latest conflict, Afghanistan, the general public is happy that the US took military action. Their lives now at least have a chance of improving.
Are you sure about that? I'm definitely not pro-Taliban or any other fundamentalist religious organization, but they did bring some peace and stability to a country devastated by 20 or so years of war. Guess what, since the Taliban are gone, the only safe place in Afghanistan is Kabul, guarded by US/UN forces. I was told people in rural Afghanistan are beginning to hope for a return of the Taliban (which, by the way, is not the same as Al-Quaida..)
Come to think of it, why's nobody talking about banning planes? They're tools that were used with at least as much of a bad intent as encryption was. Stick that in the face of the next security-over-freedom politician you meet.
Just an idea that just occured to me.
Western ideas about world peace and democracy for all are a) not hypocritical, and b) in the best interests of all humanity.
No, no, no! Democracy is *NOT* in the best interest of all humanity. Well, it would be, if all humanity was prepared for it. Democracy needs an educated, literate people to make their own decisions. Flame me to hell and back for it, but there's a reason democracy has only (relatively) recently been developed and mostly in urban civilizations, too. Besides, don't tell me that the US or any western, "civilized" nation gives a damn about the developement of democracy in not-yet-democratic countries. It's about CAPITALISM, and yes, there's a difference. The US didn't exactly help set up a *democratic* government in Chile after overthrowing the *democratically elected* president, for example.
> It's another ideology, starting with 'C'. - Communism? ;)
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Get pictures of the most sought-for criminals, have masks cut out of them and have a big party in the streets of Tampa Bay. Wonder if you could fool the cameras that way. Believe me, I'd be glad to join you guys, but living in Germoney, I probabely wouldn't get there in time. "Anything that's invented after you're 35 is against the natural order of things" - D. N. Adams
For those of us, who happen to live in Berlin, Germany, there's an exhibition on Exhibition on handheld computer games from 1976-1985 at the ffwd Galerie, Ackerstr. 154, Berlin-Mitte. The best thing is that you actually get to try the games on display.. The exhibition's last day is on Sunday, Dec. 3rd, so get your tickets to Berlin *now* all non-Germans. Or else, you can check out the book to the exhibition at http://www.die-gestalten.de/gestalten/dgv/books/bo oks.php?var1=electroplast