I would have to disagree with Habro on this one. Just looking at the case, it looks like a case of piracy and copyright issues....but I think that these games are so old and so well known that hasbro is not losing any money off of them. Everybody knows what pacman is and can tell a ripoff when they see it, but really...these games have been around for years, and hasbro is not going to be able to sell them. Personally, these "ripoffs" are just people having fun. Hopefully, no self respecting person would actually pay money for a copy of pacman or asteroids......if anyone is looking for a fresh copy of pacman...I have that and a bridge to see you.
well...some of us that fit in the *slightly more intelligent than a slug* category rip the mp3s at higher than 56k....even 164 and higher...then they sound just fine...just as good as the cd's i got them off of.....
I think that a lot of radio jockeys could use mp3s a lot easier than cd's...that is one thing that a lot of radio stations in my area haven't used at all...It would be thousands of times easier to have all of your songs right on one computer without having to worry about your cd changer and track numbers...need a song? just hit find and find it right away...you could schedule your playlist weeks ahead of time and have your morning show ready before anyone wakes up...the mp3 and winamp broadcasters seem to be more internet based.
I, personally use shoutcast and winamp and live365 to broadcast our own radio show at iceball.net/awm and we have seen how much easier it is to use winamp and mp3s and all of that...before, we were using tapes and a big tape player, and a cd player and it was quite the pain to get everything in order for one broadcast...now it is simple..If everyone switches over, it will make it a million times easier...especially if the radio stations stream over the net as well.
I have an old Tandy 1000 that still runs Deskmate...Would that qualify for a vintage computer? Either that or I have to find a network card for it so I can hook it up to my in house network....that way i can play HangMan on any of the computers from anywhere in the house...Talk about technology!
I think that google's main selling point for me is the lack of banner ads. I think it is great that there is a high quality search engine that can give me the pages i want without having to bog down the whole page with stupid animated pictures that are asking me to punch a stupid monkey.
I also read in Time Magazine that google is getting paid per search with yahoo, and that should more than pay for the lack of advertising they have. and of course...they use linux.:)
There are many different sources of fuel for cars that are much cheaper and more efficient and less polluting than petroleum. None of them are going to catch on though. If just the US stopped using fossil fuels for cars, it would turn our economy upside-down. Half of our economy is based on fossilfuels. If our economy goes belly up, so will the rest of the world. All of these nice, fuel efficient cars and such have been, and will be shot down by our government. I saw an article in PopSci one time about a car that ran on water using electricity and the hydrogen in water...there are many ideas such as this that will never make it to market because our car manufacterer's are in cahoots with the fuel manufacturer's. Until we run out of fossil fuels, or come real close to it, fossil fuels will rule. I don't think they are going to be replaced any time soon.
I am not saying that I would not like it if they were though...I think it would be great if these alternatives would catch on. There are so many good things that would come of it....but...then again, you have the bad things like loss of jobs, money, petroleum producing countries, etc...it would change the whole world.
I hope this turns out better than the attempts at making linux games....according to an earlier article, the Linux games didn't do so well....I still use MS for gaming and such....I think it will probably end up that way with the majority of the gaming population using Windows....for everything else...Linux.
no...actually...it goes to http://www.flipse.com/legos.html you can copy and paste if you don't trust me.....or just rightclick and look where it goes.....
One of my acquantinces from school makes lego mindstorm stuff...you can look at a bunch of his creations at flipse.com/legos.html They seem sort of neat...but I am still a little worried that legos are now computer controlled.......what next? wooden blocks?
This sort of thing scares me...I might be only 16, but I remember when lego's were just put together and played with.....now we have programmable bricks of plastic......it just doesn't seem right...I thought the Disco r2d2 was bad enough...
I think you should have the kids make a website that IPO's and generates millions of dollars for the school. Of course, that would probably be old-hat to them.
I really enjoy using the intellemouse for gaming...but...I find that the old ball mice are nicer, whenever I lift my mouse to move it back into place, the intellimouse's eye can detect the movement and my cursor still moves. the optical mice are really nice, but I would still prefer my old skool track ball mouse any day of the week. I also find the little red light extremely annoying...Apple should come out with a mouse that has a similar light...but a different colour...a blue or green would be swell.
I would love to go to some of these conventions and stuff, but seeing as I am only 16...the chance that I would be allowed to go to Vegas or anywhere out of PA just for a convention is somewhat impossible....I was wondering if anyone knows of any large computer shows/conventions that are held in Pennsylvania..I would really enjoy going to one and learning about all the new technologies and issues, and watching/listening over the net doesn't quite cut it....
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It doesn't seem right that they can advertise over my own cell phone or GPS...How is it that I _pay_ for the service, or i _buy_ the equipment, but I end up paying more by viewing these ads?
I would also like to know who gets the money? I think that if they are going to put ads on the cell phones and GPS units, then they should hand them out for free, they will eventually pay for themselves from the advertising money. Or, they can give us a certain allotment of long distance calling for each ad viewed? I just don't like the idea of paying for something twice.
I agree, I often have problems with quicktime and it never runs properly on my computer...at school, on the macs, it seems to work fairly well. I think that this will probably solve a lot of problems. This format will hopefully catch on.
I personally like streaming mp3s....using winamp..i stream them over my own server... http://audio.iceball.net and have a radio show...shoutcast and winamp seem to be the best solution that i can see.
Sort of interesting side commment...at our school, we had a macintosh computer actually explode. Kaboom. Lots of smoke everywhere and it smelled bad. It was really funny...Noone was hurt...but it was enjoyable to watch. Fjordboy
Well, remember to clean out your telephone lines as well..I always find it easiest just to like the open end of the wire. Also, you may need to clean all the bugs out of your computer, and i am not talking about viruses. You may need a fly swatter and some "Off" The little gnomes that live inside your terminals may need new bedding too. If you do not treat the gnomes properly, they turn on you and create Fatal Errors. Http://www.iceball.net http://audio.iceball.net --Tonight, The MattShow! 11:00-1:00 (don't log on during these times) Peter
I think it must be very difficult to put a price on a webpage. When you think about the number of/.ers there are out there..there is more than just the webpage, there is a whole audience out there too..I think a high price is the only price for this webpage...just think of all the work that went into it. Actually, I am just writing this comment so I can put an ad for my site up. =) Iceball.net Internet Services http://www.iceball.net The MattShow, 11:00pm-1:00am EST every friday night http://audio.iceball.net fjordboy
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or rather....I have that and a bridge to sell you....I hate being distracted while i type. :)
I would have to disagree with Habro on this one. Just looking at the case, it looks like a case of piracy and copyright issues....but I think that these games are so old and so well known that hasbro is not losing any money off of them. Everybody knows what pacman is and can tell a ripoff when they see it, but really...these games have been around for years, and hasbro is not going to be able to sell them. Personally, these "ripoffs" are just people having fun. Hopefully, no self respecting person would actually pay money for a copy of pacman or asteroids......if anyone is looking for a fresh copy of pacman...I have that and a bridge to see you.
well...some of us that fit in the *slightly more intelligent than a slug* category rip the mp3s at higher than 56k....even 164 and higher...then they sound just fine...just as good as the cd's i got them off of.....
I think that a lot of radio jockeys could use mp3s a lot easier than cd's...that is one thing that a lot of radio stations in my area haven't used at all...It would be thousands of times easier to have all of your songs right on one computer without having to worry about your cd changer and track numbers...need a song? just hit find and find it right away...you could schedule your playlist weeks ahead of time and have your morning show ready before anyone wakes up...the mp3 and winamp broadcasters seem to be more internet based.
I, personally use shoutcast and winamp and live365 to broadcast our own radio show at iceball.net/awm and we have seen how much easier it is to use winamp and mp3s and all of that...before, we were using tapes and a big tape player, and a cd player and it was quite the pain to get everything in order for one broadcast...now it is simple..If everyone switches over, it will make it a million times easier...especially if the radio stations stream over the net as well.
just my 2 senses..
I have an old Tandy 1000 that still runs Deskmate...Would that qualify for a vintage computer? Either that or I have to find a network card for it so I can hook it up to my in house network....that way i can play HangMan on any of the computers from anywhere in the house...Talk about technology!
I think that google's main selling point for me is the lack of banner ads. I think it is great that there is a high quality search engine that can give me the pages i want without having to bog down the whole page with stupid animated pictures that are asking me to punch a stupid monkey.
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I also read in Time Magazine that google is getting paid per search with yahoo, and that should more than pay for the lack of advertising they have. and of course...they use linux.
MST was great...I really loved it...but megacheese? Is that like some really sharp cheddar or something?
There are many different sources of fuel for cars that are much cheaper and more efficient and less polluting than petroleum. None of them are going to catch on though. If just the US stopped using fossil fuels for cars, it would turn our economy upside-down. Half of our economy is based on fossilfuels. If our economy goes belly up, so will the rest of the world. All of these nice, fuel efficient cars and such have been, and will be shot down by our government. I saw an article in PopSci one time about a car that ran on water using electricity and the hydrogen in water...there are many ideas such as this that will never make it to market because our car manufacterer's are in cahoots with the fuel manufacturer's. Until we run out of fossil fuels, or come real close to it, fossil fuels will rule. I don't think they are going to be replaced any time soon.
I am not saying that I would not like it if they were though...I think it would be great if these alternatives would catch on. There are so many good things that would come of it....but...then again, you have the bad things like loss of jobs, money, petroleum producing countries, etc...it would change the whole world.
I hope this turns out better than the attempts at making linux games....according to an earlier article, the Linux games didn't do so well....I still use MS for gaming and such....I think it will probably end up that way with the majority of the gaming population using Windows....for everything else...Linux.
no...actually...it goes to http://www.flipse.com/legos.html you can copy and paste if you don't trust me.....or just rightclick and look where it goes.....
One of my acquantinces from school makes lego mindstorm stuff...you can look at a bunch of his creations at flipse.com/legos.html They seem sort of neat...but I am still a little worried that legos are now computer controlled.......what next? wooden blocks?
This sort of thing scares me...I might be only 16, but I remember when lego's were just put together and played with.....now we have programmable bricks of plastic......it just doesn't seem right...I thought the Disco r2d2 was bad enough...
If people have trouble keeping track of their laptops, I can easily see myself misplacing one of these...
I think you should have the kids make a website that IPO's and generates millions of dollars for the school. Of course, that would probably be old-hat to them.
I really enjoy using the intellemouse for gaming...but...I find that the old ball mice are nicer, whenever I lift my mouse to move it back into place, the intellimouse's eye can detect the movement and my cursor still moves. the optical mice are really nice, but I would still prefer my old skool track ball mouse any day of the week.
I also find the little red light extremely annoying...Apple should come out with a mouse that has a similar light...but a different colour...a blue or green would be swell.
OpenCola said they would be at this Defcon...so...if anyone happens to stop by their booth, grab a cola for me...
Does anyone know a place where I could buy one of those OpenColas? I just want to put one in my collection of nerd paraphenalia.
I would love to go to some of these conventions and stuff, but seeing as I am only 16...the chance that I would be allowed to go to Vegas or anywhere out of PA just for a convention is somewhat impossible....I was wondering if anyone knows of any large computer shows/conventions that are held in Pennsylvania..I would really enjoy going to one and learning about all the new technologies and issues, and watching/listening over the net doesn't quite cut it....
The real solution for spam has been around for ages. Userfriendly had the best solution for spam i have ever seen. First Response Second Responce These are the best solutions to spam I have ever seen. If people would only listen to cartoons. *I'll Fix his Little Red Wagon*
This would certainly change my church service.
It doesn't seem right that they can advertise over my own cell phone or GPS...How is it that I _pay_ for the service, or i _buy_ the equipment, but I end up paying more by viewing these ads?
I would also like to know who gets the money? I think that if they are going to put ads on the cell phones and GPS units, then they should hand them out for free, they will eventually pay for themselves from the advertising money. Or, they can give us a certain allotment of long distance calling for each ad viewed? I just don't like the idea of paying for something twice.
I agree, I often have problems with quicktime and it never runs properly on my computer...at school, on the macs, it seems to work fairly well. I think that this will probably solve a lot of problems. This format will hopefully catch on.
I personally like streaming mp3s....using winamp..i stream them over my own server... http://audio.iceball.net and have a radio show...shoutcast and winamp seem to be the best solution that i can see.
Sort of interesting side commment...at our school, we had a macintosh computer actually explode. Kaboom. Lots of smoke everywhere and it smelled bad. It was really funny...Noone was hurt...but it was enjoyable to watch. Fjordboy
Well, remember to clean out your telephone lines as well..I always find it easiest just to like the open end of the wire. Also, you may need to clean all the bugs out of your computer, and i am not talking about viruses. You may need a fly swatter and some "Off" The little gnomes that live inside your terminals may need new bedding too. If you do not treat the gnomes properly, they turn on you and create Fatal Errors. Http://www.iceball.net http://audio.iceball.net --Tonight, The MattShow! 11:00-1:00 (don't log on during these times) Peter
I think it must be very difficult to put a price on a webpage. When you think about the number of /.ers there are out there..there is more than just the webpage, there is a whole audience out there too..I think a high price is the only price for this webpage...just think of all the work that went into it. Actually, I am just writing this comment so I can put an ad for my site up. =) Iceball.net Internet Services http://www.iceball.net The MattShow, 11:00pm-1:00am EST every friday night http://audio.iceball.net fjordboy