not to argue with you, but gps for the psp is already here. There are a couple of hacks that you can create your own cable to interface with various GPS units, or you can buy the official GPS unit for the PSP, psp-290 I believe is the part number. Thats the route I took, the official unit.
Couple the hardware with the homebrew application MapThis! and create a map pack (trivial, but time-consuming). It works quite well.
I believe the author of MapThis! is an individual by the handle of Deniska (sp?) and there are a couple of different ports and mods that add function (like speed based zooming).
Being a native of Texas, and only living in Wisconsin for the last 5 years or so, I can say that Wisconsin is a tax friendly state. I mean to say that Wisconsin taxes just about anything it can, and the taxes applied are not trivial. It doesn't surprise me that Wisconsin is looking for a way to tax the gaming industry, it's unfortunate that the addition is even being mentioned though.
That all being said, I read the article but could not find a link to the proposed tax. Taxing video games specifically is wrong, though. If you really wanted/needed to generate revenue, I'd be more for a increase in the state sales tax so that it taxes all goods (not just video games) equally.
I've already got the game disc. But like so many married gamers, I only get so many hours to play, read: My wife doesn't care for the game, I have to wait until she's in bed.
There are breasts all over in God of War for the PS2. Additionally, you earn red orbs for humping in an early part of the game. I was so surprised when I played the game recently (For the first time) and this was ALL after the hot coffer problems.
I can't wait to play God of War 2 and see even higher def boobies. On a side note, I played the God of War - Chains for the PSP (Demo) and it was beautiful. What I mean to say is that while the PSP might be sub-par graphics to a ps3, the graphics are still very impressive.
Quite simply I'm disappointed in the quality line-up of unique PS3 games, or read another way 'exclusive' PS3 games. I bought Motorstorm, and I have one of the early PS3/60GB (picked up for $375 used)... I play God of War 1 & 2 more than I play any of the ps3 demos or motorstorm.
I LOVED Blazing Angels, and while I understand that it's a cross-platform game, I find it wonderful. I've played Resistance, but to be honest... while I enjoyed the game, I was left un-impressed. Yes, decent games are on the horizon, I'm looking forward to GTA:IV, the visuals look amazing (although admittedly I'm still on an SDTV)...
Anyway,... the price and lack of quality games is what discouraged me. Backwards compatibility is important because I'm typically a late adopter so I generally WON'T buy games full price. Quite honestly, buying a ps3 now (or next month) with the lack of the emotion engnie, and with the smaller HD... well it had better be a significant price drop...
Just for conversation sake, wouldn't you consider being asked to leave, atleast in this setting, the same as being silenced?
My initial point, which perhaps I didn't make very clear, is that outside of this guy being a jerk in front of his peers, he hadn't really done anything wrong. He was passionate about the topic, and perhaps he was causing a disruption, but a verbal one.
But with that in mind, I'm glad he was that passionate. If an authority, not an individual, told you to be quite, or to leave because you were causing a stir, I would be concerned that this was a form of oppression. What if our country's founding fathers had sat quietly because they didn't want to cause a commotion. We wouldn't be sitting here under the same flag we have today. I think what I'm trying to say is that as a people we are too silent. We simply accept the rule of authority for the sake of authority and the status quo simply because it is status quo, rarely questioning the logic or the merit behind it. Shouldn't we be questioning authority at every turn to ensure that for one, the power isn't being abused, and that enforcement has been used for good, and not for tyranny?
I think I'm still failing to get my point across. The student was being asked to leave, after receiving the attention of Sen. Kerry, who was (apparently) willing to talk with and answer the students questions. The police should NOT have intervened. There simply wasn't a need for it.
I'm sorry, I should have been more clear. My post was a reply to the parent. My point was that the student did not fall within the criteria for being tasered.
It would seem that you didn't watch any of the video. The guy was actually question why didn't Kerry raise more of a stink, if there was so much scandal and fraud surrounding the 2004 election. It was actually a valid question, and one that Kerry did attempt to answer while the kid is being tasered in the back of the room.
I'm not disagreeing that he began by making rhetorical comments and statements, in fact the student himself recognizes that he's wasting time to set the basis for the question (pretty common I would think), but the student does indeed ask 2 questions and I believe begins to lead into a third when the intervention occurs. Why should I have to give up my time just because you don't want to hear what I have to say?
What I'm trying to point out is that the police intervened unnecessarily. We'll never know if the student would have politely sat down after asking his third question and listening to the Senator's answers. But it's because of that intervention that we'll never know.
I agree that I don't have the right to yell 'FIRE' in a crowd, as that can incite panic, but this is not the same thing. Yes he escalated the situation, and it could be debated whether it was necessary or not, but the point is he did have the right to ask his questions along with anyone and everyone else attending the meeting.
I believe that in this specific case, the student did have the expected right to be heard. He was invited, along with the rest of the public, to listen to and speak (however indirectly) with Sen. Kerry. He was given the opportunity to speak at the podium (open mic) during a Q&A session.
I could agree with you that the student should/could have released the mic once his allotment of time had been exceeded (if it had, from what I can tell the student had 2 minutes, and had only used just over his first minute). But something that you're missing is that Kerry did attempt to answer his questions and, atleast in my opinion, that should have trumped any 'time' constraint that had been assigned.
Was the student being a dick, sure. Was he being obnoxious, sure. But when did that become grounds for not being given the opportunity to speak at an open forum?
The difference here is that you're talking about trespassing on private property, versus attempting to communicate to an open forum, with invitation to the public. Therefor he indeed did have the right to be heard, as it was implied in the invitation.
Yes, if you came and squatted on my front yard and wouldn't leave when asked, I'd be within my right to call for the police to have you removed. Totally different from me having you removed if you were yelling at me from the street, a public space.
Taser S.O.P.:C.Authorization to use: C.1 To control a dangerous or violent subject when deadly force does not appear to be justified and/or necessary; C.2If attempts to subdue the subject by other conventional tactics have been, or will likely be, ineffective in the situation at hand; or C.3If there is reasonable expectation that it will be unsafe for officers to approach within contact range of the subject, see also the Use of Force continuum,
Attachment A.. D. Prohibitions: D.1The TASER may not be used on individuals who can be controlled by voice command or direction. D.2The TASER may not be used as punishment or retaliation. D.3 TASERs will not be used in conjunction with O.C. Spray. D.4Handcuffed prisoners should not be tased without extenuating circumstances.
I can agree that he was resisting arrest, but in this case there was no need for the arrest in the first place. Have we lost all touch with our freedoms that we think we are living in a police state that one can be arrested and detained for a non-threatening reason?
Additionally, the senator attempted to answer the student's questions, all the while the police were bent on arresting this guy. If you can make it out in the video, you can see an aid in the background signaling for the police to intervene, something that should NEVER have happened.
At what point has the police become a protector of the elected, nearing gestapo practices, instead of being a protector of the people. If anything, the police should have recognized that they should be protecting the student so that his voice could be heard. Believing contrary to the state is no cause for being silenced.
How does the saying go?... "I may not agree with what you're saying, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it!"
Not quite the same deal, but Sams Club (atleast here in Milwaukee, WI) has the 80GB bundle at $549.
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without getting to the nitty gritty details. It's something like your example.
think more like the porsche and the toureg. Both essentially luxury class suvs, one costs more than the other, but essentially still just a sporty suv.
The difference really is space. compare say... the sporty suv to an escalade or something. Both still luxury, but one can physically fit more inside.
I believe hd-dvd is on the order of 15-20gb, where a blu-ray disc is 50-60gb. So the blu-ray disc can hold the same length movie, with less compression, and as a result ( theortically ) a better image.
there are a number of technical differences, but the end user I think is more concerned with the physical aspects of data storage, wether for audio/video or data, which is why I think (opinion only) Blu-ray is the better format.
I actually like this idea, and would offer to take it a bit further. Sale the game uber cheap. I mean dirt cheap. And then offer the 'directors cut' update as a for sale download that gets installed to the harddrive. The base game is now $10 - $20, and the directors cut, which can only be bought with a CC is another $30.. or something.
Lets see if I understand the article. A filling station wouldn't fill your tank with Hydrogen, but rather fill your system with water to create hydrogen on demand, through the breakdown of the hydrogen from water (based on the aluminum and gallium reaction with water.
So a filling station is only going to take your byproduct (waste) and refill you with clean water.
If you understand it so thoroughly, then why would you attempt to comment that the technology is 'bleeding edge'... it's quite obviously not. It's not even cutting edge, hell I'd argue it's not even leading edge technology at this point. Voice over communications have been around for quite some time. While Vonage is (arguably, not a fact) the largest of for-profit service providers, they certainly haven't done anything to pioneer a new age.
My issue is that you attempt to lay blame on people for trying to get the best deal available and then fault the users for a poor-choice when a potential service provider goes belly-up. First, as a responsible adult it is my duty to find the best possible deal, while at the same time keeping an eye on reliability. You initial comment, basically saying 'serves you right for being cheap' is a slap in the face saying that I should have just stuck with any old traditional carrier and paid top dollar, and all while smiling, just because they've been around forever and are established.
Vonage may well be in the wrong here, but faulting an end-user for being cost-conscience is just insulting...
First I admit that I don't fully understand the technology, so this is just for conversation sake.
I can only assume that the difference between Kazaa and Vonage (atleast as example) is that Kazaa provides a service only, no tangible product, whereas Vonage would still be required to maintain the switching systems in the states in order to hand the call off to the various telco carriers.
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not to argue with you, but gps for the psp is already here. There are a couple of hacks that you can create your own cable to interface with various GPS units, or you can buy the official GPS unit for the PSP, psp-290 I believe is the part number. Thats the route I took, the official unit.
Couple the hardware with the homebrew application MapThis! and create a map pack (trivial, but time-consuming). It works quite well.
I believe the author of MapThis! is an individual by the handle of Deniska (sp?) and there are a couple of different ports and mods that add function (like speed based zooming).
Anyway, cheers.
harryk
Being a native of Texas, and only living in Wisconsin for the last 5 years or so, I can say that Wisconsin is a tax friendly state. I mean to say that Wisconsin taxes just about anything it can, and the taxes applied are not trivial. It doesn't surprise me that Wisconsin is looking for a way to tax the gaming industry, it's unfortunate that the addition is even being mentioned though.
That all being said, I read the article but could not find a link to the proposed tax. Taxing video games specifically is wrong, though. If you really wanted/needed to generate revenue, I'd be more for a increase in the state sales tax so that it taxes all goods (not just video games) equally.
my 2 cents.
I've already got the game disc. But like so many married gamers, I only get so many hours to play, read: My wife doesn't care for the game, I have to wait until she's in bed.
But thanks.
Hell, for that matter.
There are breasts all over in God of War for the PS2. Additionally, you earn red orbs for humping in an early part of the game. I was so surprised when I played the game recently (For the first time) and this was ALL after the hot coffer problems.
I can't wait to play God of War 2 and see even higher def boobies. On a side note, I played the God of War - Chains for the PSP (Demo) and it was beautiful. What I mean to say is that while the PSP might be sub-par graphics to a ps3, the graphics are still very impressive.
my 2 cents, go buy some gum with it.
Yes, it's an opinion and I'm entitled to mine.
... I play God of War 1 & 2 more than I play any of the ps3 demos or motorstorm.
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... the price and lack of quality games is what discouraged me. Backwards compatibility is important because I'm typically a late adopter so I generally WON'T buy games full price. Quite honestly, buying a ps3 now (or next month) with the lack of the emotion engnie, and with the smaller HD ... well it had better be a significant price drop...
... use it to buy some gum
Quite simply I'm disappointed in the quality line-up of unique PS3 games, or read another way 'exclusive' PS3 games. I bought Motorstorm, and I have one of the early PS3/60GB (picked up for $375 used)
I LOVED Blazing Angels, and while I understand that it's a cross-platform game, I find it wonderful. I've played Resistance, but to be honest... while I enjoyed the game, I was left un-impressed. Yes, decent games are on the horizon, I'm looking forward to GTA:IV, the visuals look amazing (although admittedly I'm still on an SDTV)
Anyway,
my 2 cents
harryk
I'm guessing you didn't read the article. Fusion IO hopes to beat $30/GB. True, it did not give a specific price, but the reference is available.
What I'm more interested in is which PCIe bus it plans to use? Is this 1x, 8x, 16x ??
Just for conversation sake, wouldn't you consider being asked to leave, atleast in this setting, the same as being silenced?
My initial point, which perhaps I didn't make very clear, is that outside of this guy being a jerk in front of his peers, he hadn't really done anything wrong. He was passionate about the topic, and perhaps he was causing a disruption, but a verbal one.
But with that in mind, I'm glad he was that passionate. If an authority, not an individual, told you to be quite, or to leave because you were causing a stir, I would be concerned that this was a form of oppression. What if our country's founding fathers had sat quietly because they didn't want to cause a commotion. We wouldn't be sitting here under the same flag we have today. I think what I'm trying to say is that as a people we are too silent. We simply accept the rule of authority for the sake of authority and the status quo simply because it is status quo, rarely questioning the logic or the merit behind it. Shouldn't we be questioning authority at every turn to ensure that for one, the power isn't being abused, and that enforcement has been used for good, and not for tyranny?
I think I'm still failing to get my point across. The student was being asked to leave, after receiving the attention of Sen. Kerry, who was (apparently) willing to talk with and answer the students questions. The police should NOT have intervened. There simply wasn't a need for it.
I'm sorry, I should have been more clear. My post was a reply to the parent. My point was that the student did not fall within the criteria for being tasered.
It would seem that you didn't watch any of the video. The guy was actually question why didn't Kerry raise more of a stink, if there was so much scandal and fraud surrounding the 2004 election. It was actually a valid question, and one that Kerry did attempt to answer while the kid is being tasered in the back of the room.
I'm not disagreeing that he began by making rhetorical comments and statements, in fact the student himself recognizes that he's wasting time to set the basis for the question (pretty common I would think), but the student does indeed ask 2 questions and I believe begins to lead into a third when the intervention occurs. Why should I have to give up my time just because you don't want to hear what I have to say?
What I'm trying to point out is that the police intervened unnecessarily. We'll never know if the student would have politely sat down after asking his third question and listening to the Senator's answers. But it's because of that intervention that we'll never know.
I agree that I don't have the right to yell 'FIRE' in a crowd, as that can incite panic, but this is not the same thing. Yes he escalated the situation, and it could be debated whether it was necessary or not, but the point is he did have the right to ask his questions along with anyone and everyone else attending the meeting.
I believe that in this specific case, the student did have the expected right to be heard. He was invited, along with the rest of the public, to listen to and speak (however indirectly) with Sen. Kerry. He was given the opportunity to speak at the podium (open mic) during a Q&A session.
I could agree with you that the student should/could have released the mic once his allotment of time had been exceeded (if it had, from what I can tell the student had 2 minutes, and had only used just over his first minute). But something that you're missing is that Kerry did attempt to answer his questions and, atleast in my opinion, that should have trumped any 'time' constraint that had been assigned.
Was the student being a dick, sure. Was he being obnoxious, sure. But when did that become grounds for not being given the opportunity to speak at an open forum?
The difference here is that you're talking about trespassing on private property, versus attempting to communicate to an open forum, with invitation to the public. Therefor he indeed did have the right to be heard, as it was implied in the invitation.
Yes, if you came and squatted on my front yard and wouldn't leave when asked, I'd be within my right to call for the police to have you removed. Totally different from me having you removed if you were yelling at me from the street, a public space.
For your reading pleasure:
Taser S.O.P.:C.Authorization to use:
C.1 To control a dangerous or violent subject when deadly force does not appear to be justified and/or necessary;
C.2If attempts to subdue the subject by other conventional tactics have been, or will likely be, ineffective in the situation at hand; or
C.3If there is reasonable expectation that it will be unsafe for officers to approach within contact range of the subject, see also the Use of Force continuum,
Attachment A.. D. Prohibitions:
D.1The TASER may not be used on individuals who can be controlled by voice command or direction.
D.2The TASER may not be used as punishment or retaliation.
D.3 TASERs will not be used in conjunction with O.C. Spray.
D.4Handcuffed prisoners should not be tased without extenuating circumstances.
I can agree that he was resisting arrest, but in this case there was no need for the arrest in the first place. Have we lost all touch with our freedoms that we think we are living in a police state that one can be arrested and detained for a non-threatening reason?
... "I may not agree with what you're saying, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it!"
Additionally, the senator attempted to answer the student's questions, all the while the police were bent on arresting this guy. If you can make it out in the video, you can see an aid in the background signaling for the police to intervene, something that should NEVER have happened.
At what point has the police become a protector of the elected, nearing gestapo practices, instead of being a protector of the people. If anything, the police should have recognized that they should be protecting the student so that his voice could be heard. Believing contrary to the state is no cause for being silenced.
How does the saying go?
Not quite the same deal, but Sams Club (atleast here in Milwaukee, WI) has the 80GB bundle at $549.
without getting to the nitty gritty details. It's something like your example.
... the sporty suv to an escalade or something. Both still luxury, but one can physically fit more inside.
think more like the porsche and the toureg. Both essentially luxury class suvs, one costs more than the other, but essentially still just a sporty suv.
The difference really is space. compare say
I believe hd-dvd is on the order of 15-20gb, where a blu-ray disc is 50-60gb. So the blu-ray disc can hold the same length movie, with less compression, and as a result ( theortically ) a better image.
there are a number of technical differences, but the end user I think is more concerned with the physical aspects of data storage, wether for audio/video or data, which is why I think (opinion only) Blu-ray is the better format.
cheers,
harryk
Well, I guess I could use this as a PC drive. I had looked previously at this, and the price-drop as well as the movies is atleast a little enticing.
... still ... something to look at, and thats speaking as someone who owns a PS3 with only 1 BR movie (yea, taledaga nights)
However, looking at the posted PDF for the Toshiba rebate (assuming a similar plan) the movies are a little thin on selection.
But
I actually like this idea, and would offer to take it a bit further. Sale the game uber cheap. I mean dirt cheap. And then offer the 'directors cut' update as a for sale download that gets installed to the harddrive. The base game is now $10 - $20, and the directors cut, which can only be bought with a CC is another $30 .. or something.
What do you think?
How is caving to the demands of others a sign of maturity. Seems more like a sign of weakness.
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Lets see if I understand the article. A filling station wouldn't fill your tank with Hydrogen, but rather fill your system with water to create hydrogen on demand, through the breakdown of the hydrogen from water (based on the aluminum and gallium reaction with water.
So a filling station is only going to take your byproduct (waste) and refill you with clean water.
Is that accurate based on the article?
I'm not replying anymore past this, I've already wasted enough of my time talking with you. I'm cheap? Fine, but you're an idiot.
If you understand it so thoroughly, then why would you attempt to comment that the technology is 'bleeding edge' ... it's quite obviously not. It's not even cutting edge, hell I'd argue it's not even leading edge technology at this point. Voice over communications have been around for quite some time. While Vonage is (arguably, not a fact) the largest of for-profit service providers, they certainly haven't done anything to pioneer a new age.
My issue is that you attempt to lay blame on people for trying to get the best deal available and then fault the users for a poor-choice when a potential service provider goes belly-up. First, as a responsible adult it is my duty to find the best possible deal, while at the same time keeping an eye on reliability. You initial comment, basically saying 'serves you right for being cheap' is a slap in the face saying that I should have just stuck with any old traditional carrier and paid top dollar, and all while smiling, just because they've been around forever and are established.
Vonage may well be in the wrong here, but faulting an end-user for being cost-conscience is just insulting...
First I admit that I don't fully understand the technology, so this is just for conversation sake.
I can only assume that the difference between Kazaa and Vonage (atleast as example) is that Kazaa provides a service only, no tangible product, whereas Vonage would still be required to maintain the switching systems in the states in order to hand the call off to the various telco carriers.
Again, this is strictly for conversation sake.
Wow... you admit to not knowing the history, obviously don't understand the technology and then offer an opinion... only on Slashdot..