If you're looking for nothing but speed, try solid state...I have seen file servers that use solid state. Yea, I guess you could try and find the fastest hard drive on the planet, but if you really NEED higher transfer rates, nothing beats a drive from one of the manufacturers like Curtis or Imperial.
But, most of these solutions are expensive...you could try to keep your costs down by just adding more memory to your systems and using a chunk of it for a RAM Drive (a 1GB RAM Drive on a modern system should be more than possible).
Once you've experienced what it's like running your OS off of a RAM Drive, you'll never want to run off of physical media again.
Ok, so that's what's good about it, now what's bad...well, you should still keep backups on physical media if you use the RAM Disk method...You should also purchase a UPS with power management features...And if you wan't a better solution, go with a much more expensive Solid State Drive.
While that's a kewl project, there only seem to be 3 resellers (all in Europe)...And then, if you follow that link to the go64 article, you'll realise that the "MonsterSID" is a digital chip, therefore it suffers the same problem as all SID Chip emulators (no analog). The whole thing looks like nothing but a hardware emulation of the C64...I'm not saying that's bad (Coleco emulated the 2600 with their adapter module)...however, "pet projects" don't count...
Kewl project though...(and yes, she does look good)
And just why do you think that? What is your taste in music? Is it because his songs don't always have "deep meaning"? If you don't like this guys music, then I'm sure you don't like Action or Comedy movies...how many video games have you played in the recent past? I think I'm making my point. For some of us, not all of our music has to have "deep meaning"...And, unlike some other current, artists this guy actually has talent. The album has 272 reviews on Amazon and still has a 4 1/2 star rating!!!
But, then again, why do you think you have to berate other people's taste in music???
But, that's only if you damage the "bag". I never said it was an idiot-proof process...but then again, many ppl still do it (and I've yet to have a problem). The only thing you really have to remember is to replace the cartridge when you've refilled after the third time...I have a method where I made stickers that I place on the cartridge with boxes to cross off...I know when the last one is crossed off, it can't be refilled again. You should also make sure that you buy the HP cartridges and not the aftermarket cartridges because they are usually no good for refills.
Agreed, but all you have to do is make sure that aftermarket refills are available for it...I don't know of many printers that you cant refill the cartridge at least twice.
Dunno if this helps, but there's a SID Chip emulator for the PeeCee called SIDPLAY. It only approximates the SID, which is really an impossible process, as the SID is a hybrid Analog/Digital Chip.
I vaugely remembered hearing discussions about a C64 on a ISA/PCI card, but don't know if it's real or if one can even be found today.
Strange place to find it...
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I haven't seen mention of the relatively new song found on Andrew W.K.'s I Get Wetwarning: the album has caused some controversy over the artist's bloodied face on the cover. The track is called "Ready To Die" and it features an intro done on what sounds like a PSX...it sounds similar to the chocobo music in the Final Fantasy series and the whole album is a very interesting mix of synth, guitar, and piano.
We've seen C64 SID chips make a comeback in the form of the SIDstation
But, the terible part about this is that to make one of these, 2 C= 64's have to "die". Last I checked, noone was making the chip and since noone is making the C=64 now, this is sadly causing the destruction of the last "good" C-64's.
I truly think the SIDstation is kewl, but I'ld actually like to see them start making new chips for this purpose. Or, better yet, break the C=64 down to a single chip (more than do-able) and turn it into a PDA...imagine all of the applications for a handheld C= 64...this way they would also have some processing power with that SID chip...
I don't know if this is cheaper, but I do it this way...
First, find the cheapest printer you can...Circuit City has the Lexmark Z25 for $39.99 after rebate this week, but a better deal is at Office Max...Hewlett Packard DeskJet 825C for $49.99 (no rebate required), plus it's USB and it also comes with a free USB cable ($15 value).
And, don't worry about the speed of the printer, because if you wanted speed you'ld be buying a Laser Printer for much more $$$. Then make sure you buy one of the InkJet refill kits...WalMart and CompUSA sell a Universal kit for Color and Black (seperately), but if you go to a Computer Show, you can buy a huge kit that should last you a while for the cost of both.
Now, sit back as the Printer pays for itself in saved cartridges. I don't know about you, but I'm reluctant to use refills on a $200 printer, but have no problems with doing it to a $50 printer. Most cartridges can be refilled 2 or 3 times before they go bad...this means that after only 6 refills, the printer should have paid for itself...
A few notes, in general, stay away from Lexmark and No-Name printers...try to stick with HP, Cannon, Epson, etc.
And don't worry about speed or resolution, if you wanted that, you'ld be buying a Laser Printer, and $$$ wouldn't be your first concern.
The whole idea of this is that Moore's Law works for you here...by the time you need to get a new printer, you can get something much better for the lower price...
Well, according to one of the documentaries on the History channel I belive, the specified use was always for tanks, but in reality...the whole idea surfaced out of the cold war and the "remote" threat of soviet occupation of the US. The whole idea was really that if this were to happen (it was certainly a possibility then)...All of that would pretty much go out the window and what we really needed would be what is essentially a flying tank with a bad-ass gun.
And I'm also quite aware that the gun heats up fairly quickly, which means that it wouldn't be so easy to take out a whole bunch of troops.
Of course, if I'm not mistaken, a good bit of these were use to drop Napalm in Vietnam...needless to say the A-10 is still a great asset to the military...I mean, the whole plane is designed to carry that huge-ass gun.
I thought the same thing here...Anyhow, I kinda like the AT-STs more...they're definately faster and are realy meant as an anti-troop weapon. The AT-ATs are realy meant to take on buildings and such. It's kinda like the A-10...There's just something facinating about a machine that is built for nothing but "mowing down troops". Take a look at a video of the A-10 firing it's big gun.
Actually, in most areas, CompuServe used a network of systems called Tymenet. The company has now turned to broadband...but I think one of the many National ISP Modem Pools took over their network. (yes, this is even used in the "internet age")
Anyhow, Tymenet would charge an hourly maintainence fee to the online services and they would just pass on the costs to you. More than just CompuServe used them, I think AOL^H^H^HQ-Link even used them at one point. But I agree, this is really just adding a faster access speed to their "lineup". It's actually been happening for ever...when you buy DSL you can generally decide on the speed you want, normally something like 256/128 for dialup prices, 512/256 for about $15-$20 more, 1M/512 for a much higher price.
Prices for Digital TVs should be comming down as soon as Apex releases their Digital Televisions. They were the ones that created the ever popular DVD/MP3/VCD/SVCD Player at well under $100. They haven't been making the best quality equipment, but at the prices they are likely to be pushing (most likely under $800) they will drive down the prices of most other HDTV monitors.
Since the Apex DVD Players hit the market, there has been a huge influx of Sub-$100 DVD/MP3/VCD/SVCD players...among them Magnavox and Hitachi...Even most high-end players now have the MP3/VCD/SVCD capabilities.
They have already released some very nice Flat Screen TVs at very cheap prices. Apex has only been around for ~3 years, and just Recently got into the TV market, but it looks like they are stiring things up.
For one thing, 5" CDs are not very portable (you can't easily stick one in a coat pocket)...
Ok, so you say 3" disks...yes, they are portable, but they are not as compatable as the 5" CDs and they still have the same problems as CDs. Try bending a CD...it'll snap...If you bend a 3.5", the casing might snap, but the media inside should be fine...I have actually been able to restore someone's Floppy by fixing theirs with a blank...And we won't get into the durability of a 5" floppy...can you say unstoppable?
And then we talk about cost. CDs still cost ~$1/each for a decent brand (without discount)...Floppies on the other hand, can be bought for much less...100 floppies for $12.
But, then we come to quality, alot of Floppies (even expensive ones) seem to be degrading in quality...this is just an observation, it actually seems to be happening on every format really...
And then we come to the idea of Zip discs...not very many ppl use those now...mainly because the format was closed...costs were kept high, CD-RWs surpassed them in cost/MB and speed, and they weren't very compatible...What we really need is an open format that gives us the instant read/write access, durability, comaptability, and portablity of a 3.5" and the storage capacity and speed of a 3" CD...
Until schools, companies, gov't agencies, etc are willing to convert to another open format, it's just not gonna happen.
5 hours of talk time and 100 hours of standby time.
Yea, but your phone is also 8 ounces which a little bigger than my cell phone (4 ounces...which is rather heavy anyhow). And belive it or not, that's a rather heavy size for a handheld phone that's going to cost $400 to replace!!!
On the other hand, my phone is well under $100 and even comes free with some services...
The other advantage of my phone is that the screen is rather tough...versus my Palm's touch screen which is rather "fragile".
For the $400 that you pay for one of those, I can buy my phone, and an new color Palm for the same price. And still have some $$$ left over for a nice case, a li-ion battery, and a few months of service.
if you can't remember to plug in your phone each night you've got problems.
Really? Well, I guess you're right then, because I still forget to take it out of my coat pocket...which brings me to another point...I don't guess it's very easy to fins accessories for this phone (cases, chargers, batteries, etc).
And as far as I can tell, that's still got to be fairly small compared to the screen on my Palm IIIxe.
As well, if I'm not mistaken, there have been complaints about the phone portion of that phone being of poor quality, poor integration with the PDA portion, etc. That's just the point, it's hard to do everything in one device...some thing has to suffer or the thing is going to be too expensive. Which yours is, but it still has problems. I don't doubt that you like your phone, just that alot of us don't see it the same way.
I know that I use my PDA to remind me when to pay bills and such. I also have a tendency to let my Cell Phone battery get low on power...especially when I'm away from home for along time...imagine if your battery goes dead...now you no longer have a PDA, Walkie-Talkie, phone, or addressbook.
And to be honest, the "Walkie-Talkie feature is a Nextel only feature. It's really just a special channel...the phone has to be changed, but it's still only available with Nextel. The person you are talking to has to be in the Nextel network as well, and you are still charged per minute for using this feature (XXX "free" minutes under your plan). That having been said, it's also a very kewl feature...however, simply calling cell-to-cell would acomplish the same thing with another provider...
I like having my PDA seperate from my cell phone. The other thing is, this thing seems too small to be very useful as a PDA (1.9" x 1.9" screen vs. 4.5" x 3.1"). I like the big screen of my Palm IIIxe...
There's another point, how long must these batteries last? They claim 2 hours of talk time and 45 hours on standby...I have to say that this number is most likely without using the PDA feature...I didn't even buy a color Palm because it eats batteries too much.
Then again, I have had to replace my cell phone twice in the last year, yet I still have a Palm III with no problems. Wonder if this has a Flash ROM that can be switched out when the phone dies...what about syncing with a desktop...if you can't switch the memory I certainly hope you can sync with a PeeCee...otherwise, it's useless as a PDA...
With things like the "Bookmark This Group of Tabs" option in Mozilla, this is not necessary.
And, yes... I find this feature useful, but it seems like the MetaBrowser sites are not worth it. Oh, I run scripts that pull information from sites to update a personal page, but this is because I like to view all of my content on the same page.
So, I have to wonder, when did this ever seem like a good idea to someone??? If I'm in front of my terminal, I can certainly click on a bookmark... And, most likely that link (that I use so often) will be on my Personal Toolbar or Sidebar.
I think this will just go down in the history of "bad ideas"...why should I trust a corporation to tell me what I'm interested in???
Multiple channels (254 is the limit I think) eventually with an almost limitless bit rate (currently 640kbps I think)...what this means is cheap and easy encoding of say 5.1 sound or a "poor man's" DTS. When cheap (sub $200) DVD-Rs become widely available, I expect to see this as the CODEC of choice for all non MPEG-2 video for that very reason.
It increases the size of the file, but as time goes on, size becomes less relevant.
If it's anything remotely political, many in the geek community automatically assume that it is a bad thing. Why? Because, as a group, we have been frowned upon by society. Our "heroes" are athletes and movie stars. The intellectual is revered and looked upon as an outcast. The "geek" is treated so much as a digital witch in today's society.
So, maybe you will forgive some of us when we are overly cautious of corporations or governments. Because they've not had a very good track record so far.
Ripoff maybe, but bad is an opinion. I personally think it is more likely to be aired in the US than Eva, but I still think it's a half-way decent show. I would have to agree that the design style is similar.
Then again, BGC is technically a ripoff of Blade Runner, so it's all relevant.
from the creators of NGE...
And you'ld be refering to those SOBs who couldn't leave well enough alone and gave us "Death and Rebirth". The series was great until that.
First, I know why it's hard to find the fansubs...I know all too well about the ethics behind it, and you CAN still find fansubs, they just aren't as easy. And it's really up to the group that's doing it. Some will stop releasing the fansubs as soon as the title is picked up, and some will not stop until the first commercial sub/dub is released. On the other hand, some of the lesser known groups pick up the remaining episodes if there are only a few left...in the case of Rahxephon there are 6 (I think) left...and another group has started doing the subs.
As for fan subs, you're preaching to the choir... After seeing the subs of BGC (the origonal), the dubs are laughable. (Pris with a valley girl accent):)
So, I can say that I know why they are hard to find, but that doesn't make one happy when I am following a series and right at the climax it's picked up by a commercial house and I have to wait a year or longer just to pick up where I left off.
And I also realise why the dubs are necessary (mass market appeal)....
Animation is just another format, like film or games. Anime is moreso, because much of it is already of a more mature nature than say video games and is generally Sci-Fi or Fantasy related. Most computer geeks are "into" Sci-Fi or Fantasy (for what ever reasons)... as well, most "Computer Geeks" play games of some sort and are therefore more open to the idea of watching animation ("it's not just for kids").
So, it makes sense that alot of computer geeks, especially those that play video games will be likely to like Anime.
I like Anime (wouldn't call myself an Anime geek), but I own DVDs of Akira, Bubblegum Crisis, and Eva...
And I would call myself a "Computer Geek" (I won't go into this, as it would be quite involving)...
The series Rahxephon has been picked up by AD Vision. For those that don't know, it's a series similar to Eva. The series is just finishing up its run in Japan, but it's almost impossible to find the subs now. I'm always hoping someone like Cartoon Network or Sci-Fi will pick up some of these better Mini-Series. That's the problem though, they like stuff like DBZ that they can rerun to death.
You're probably right, but if Sony and M$ continue at a 2 year rate, that would mean that Nintendo would be 3 1/2 generations behind by the time they released a new system. Now, it's worth noting that by that time a GameCube would probably be ~$29. As for the 2 years thing, I understand that M$ knows this rate will make it so that noone ever becomes "good with the hardware" so that they are forced to use the peecee standards that M$ provides...which won't fly with console developers.
But this doesn't make sense, as he was commenting on Sony's new system. So, it could be assumed that he was saying "5 years is too soon", which means he could have been talking about any timeframe, as 7 years is still close enough that they would have to go through 3 generations (almost 20 years) before they were a generation behind.
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If you're looking for nothing but speed, try solid state...I have seen file servers that use solid state. Yea, I guess you could try and find the fastest hard drive on the planet, but if you really NEED higher transfer rates, nothing beats a drive from one of the manufacturers like Curtis or Imperial.
But, most of these solutions are expensive...you could try to keep your costs down by just adding more memory to your systems and using a chunk of it for a RAM Drive (a 1GB RAM Drive on a modern system should be more than possible).
Once you've experienced what it's like running your OS off of a RAM Drive, you'll never want to run off of physical media again.
Ok, so that's what's good about it, now what's bad...well, you should still keep backups on physical media if you use the RAM Disk method...You should also purchase a UPS with power management features...And if you wan't a better solution, go with a much more expensive Solid State Drive.
While that's a kewl project, there only seem to be 3 resellers (all in Europe)...And then, if you follow that link to the go64 article, you'll realise that the "MonsterSID" is a digital chip, therefore it suffers the same problem as all SID Chip emulators (no analog). The whole thing looks like nothing but a hardware emulation of the C64...I'm not saying that's bad (Coleco emulated the 2600 with their adapter module)...however, "pet projects" don't count...
Kewl project though...(and yes, she does look good)
And just why do you think that? What is your taste in music? Is it because his songs don't always have "deep meaning"? If you don't like this guys music, then I'm sure you don't like Action or Comedy movies...how many video games have you played in the recent past? I think I'm making my point. For some of us, not all of our music has to have "deep meaning"...And, unlike some other current, artists this guy actually has talent. The album has 272 reviews on Amazon and still has a 4 1/2 star rating!!!
But, then again, why do you think you have to berate other people's taste in music???
But, that's only if you damage the "bag". I never said it was an idiot-proof process...but then again, many ppl still do it (and I've yet to have a problem). The only thing you really have to remember is to replace the cartridge when you've refilled after the third time...I have a method where I made stickers that I place on the cartridge with boxes to cross off...I know when the last one is crossed off, it can't be refilled again. You should also make sure that you buy the HP cartridges and not the aftermarket cartridges because they are usually no good for refills.
Agreed, but all you have to do is make sure that aftermarket refills are available for it...I don't know of many printers that you cant refill the cartridge at least twice.
Dunno if this helps, but there's a SID Chip emulator for the PeeCee called SIDPLAY. It only approximates the SID, which is really an impossible process, as the SID is a hybrid Analog/Digital Chip.
I vaugely remembered hearing discussions about a C64 on a ISA/PCI card, but don't know if it's real or if one can even be found today.
I haven't seen mention of the relatively new song found on Andrew W.K.'s I Get Wet warning: the album has caused some controversy over the artist's bloodied face on the cover. The track is called "Ready To Die" and it features an intro done on what sounds like a PSX...it sounds similar to the chocobo music in the Final Fantasy series and the whole album is a very interesting mix of synth, guitar, and piano.
We've seen C64 SID chips make a comeback in the form of the SIDstation
But, the terible part about this is that to make one of these, 2 C= 64's have to "die". Last I checked, noone was making the chip and since noone is making the C=64 now, this is sadly causing the destruction of the last "good" C-64's.
I truly think the SIDstation is kewl, but I'ld actually like to see them start making new chips for this purpose. Or, better yet, break the C=64 down to a single chip (more than do-able) and turn it into a PDA...imagine all of the applications for a handheld C= 64...this way they would also have some processing power with that SID chip...
I don't know if this is cheaper, but I do it this way...
First, find the cheapest printer you can...Circuit City has the Lexmark Z25 for $39.99 after rebate this week, but a better deal is at Office Max...Hewlett Packard DeskJet 825C for $49.99 (no rebate required), plus it's USB and it also comes with a free USB cable ($15 value).
And, don't worry about the speed of the printer, because if you wanted speed you'ld be buying a Laser Printer for much more $$$.
Then make sure you buy one of the InkJet refill kits...WalMart and CompUSA sell a Universal kit for Color and Black (seperately), but if you go to a Computer Show, you can buy a huge kit that should last you a while for the cost of both.
Now, sit back as the Printer pays for itself in saved cartridges. I don't know about you, but I'm reluctant to use refills on a $200 printer, but have no problems with doing it to a $50 printer. Most cartridges can be refilled 2 or 3 times before they go bad...this means that after only 6 refills, the printer should have paid for itself...
A few notes, in general, stay away from Lexmark and No-Name printers...try to stick with HP, Cannon, Epson, etc.
And don't worry about speed or resolution, if you wanted that, you'ld be buying a Laser Printer, and $$$ wouldn't be your first concern.
The whole idea of this is that Moore's Law works for you here...by the time you need to get a new printer, you can get something much better for the lower price...
Well, according to one of the documentaries on the History channel I belive, the specified use was always for tanks, but in reality...the whole idea surfaced out of the cold war and the "remote" threat of soviet occupation of the US. The whole idea was really that if this were to happen (it was certainly a possibility then)...All of that would pretty much go out the window and what we really needed would be what is essentially a flying tank with a bad-ass gun.
And I'm also quite aware that the gun heats up fairly quickly, which means that it wouldn't be so easy to take out a whole bunch of troops.
Of course, if I'm not mistaken, a good bit of these were use to drop Napalm in Vietnam...needless to say the A-10 is still a great asset to the military...I mean, the whole plane is designed to carry that huge-ass gun.
I thought the same thing here...Anyhow, I kinda like the AT-STs more...they're definately faster and are realy meant as an anti-troop weapon. The AT-ATs are realy meant to take on buildings and such. It's kinda like the A-10...There's just something facinating about a machine that is built for nothing but "mowing down troops". Take a look at a video of the A-10 firing it's big gun.
CompuServe with tiered access pricing:
Actually, in most areas, CompuServe used a network of systems called Tymenet. The company has now turned to broadband...but I think one of the many National ISP Modem Pools took over their network. (yes, this is even used in the "internet age")
Anyhow, Tymenet would charge an hourly maintainence fee to the online services and they would just pass on the costs to you. More than just CompuServe used them, I think AOL^H^H^HQ-Link even used them at one point. But I agree, this is really just adding a faster access speed to their "lineup". It's actually been happening for ever...when you buy DSL you can generally decide on the speed you want, normally something like 256/128 for dialup prices, 512/256 for about $15-$20 more, 1M/512 for a much higher price.
At least that's what they've got around here...
Prices for Digital TVs should be comming down as soon as Apex releases their Digital Televisions. They were the ones that created the ever popular DVD/MP3/VCD/SVCD Player at well under $100. They haven't been making the best quality equipment, but at the prices they are likely to be pushing (most likely under $800) they will drive down the prices of most other HDTV monitors.
Since the Apex DVD Players hit the market, there has been a huge influx of Sub-$100 DVD/MP3/VCD/SVCD players...among them Magnavox and Hitachi...Even most high-end players now have the MP3/VCD/SVCD capabilities.
They have already released some very nice Flat Screen TVs at very cheap prices. Apex has only been around for ~3 years, and just Recently got into the TV market, but it looks like they are stiring things up.
For one thing, 5" CDs are not very portable (you can't easily stick one in a coat pocket)...
Ok, so you say 3" disks...yes, they are portable, but they are not as compatable as the 5" CDs and they still have the same problems as CDs. Try bending a CD...it'll snap...If you bend a 3.5", the casing might snap, but the media inside should be fine...I have actually been able to restore someone's Floppy by fixing theirs with a blank...And we won't get into the durability of a 5" floppy...can you say unstoppable?
And then we talk about cost. CDs still cost ~$1/each for a decent brand (without discount)...Floppies on the other hand, can be bought for much less...100 floppies for $12.
But, then we come to quality, alot of Floppies (even expensive ones) seem to be degrading in quality...this is just an observation, it actually seems to be happening on every format really...
And then we come to the idea of Zip discs...not very many ppl use those now...mainly because the format was closed...costs were kept high, CD-RWs surpassed them in cost/MB and speed, and they weren't very compatible...What we really need is an open format that gives us the instant read/write access, durability, comaptability, and portablity of a 3.5" and the storage capacity and speed of a 3" CD...
Until schools, companies, gov't agencies, etc are willing to convert to another open format, it's just not gonna happen.
That scene in Real Genius...You know... ... ...
Mitch: And from now on, stop playing with yourself!
Kent: It is God!
5 hours of talk time and 100 hours of standby time.
Yea, but your phone is also 8 ounces which a little bigger than my cell phone (4 ounces...which is rather heavy anyhow). And belive it or not, that's a rather heavy size for a handheld phone that's going to cost $400 to replace!!!
On the other hand, my phone is well under $100 and even comes free with some services...
The other advantage of my phone is that the screen is rather tough...versus my Palm's touch screen which is rather "fragile".
For the $400 that you pay for one of those, I can buy my phone, and an new color Palm for the same price. And still have some $$$ left over for a nice case, a li-ion battery, and a few months of service.
if you can't remember to plug in your phone each night you've got problems.
Really? Well, I guess you're right then, because I still forget to take it out of my coat pocket...which brings me to another point...I don't guess it's very easy to fins accessories for this phone (cases, chargers, batteries, etc).
And as far as I can tell, that's still got to be fairly small compared to the screen on my Palm IIIxe.
As well, if I'm not mistaken, there have been complaints about the phone portion of that phone being of poor quality, poor integration with the PDA portion, etc. That's just the point, it's hard to do everything in one device...some thing has to suffer or the thing is going to be too expensive. Which yours is, but it still has problems. I don't doubt that you like your phone, just that alot of us don't see it the same way.
The "bad guys" resort to ... this?
Everything in one box is not always a great idea.
I know that I use my PDA to remind me when to pay bills and such. I also have a tendency to let my Cell Phone battery get low on power...especially when I'm away from home for along time...imagine if your battery goes dead...now you no longer have a PDA, Walkie-Talkie, phone, or addressbook.
And to be honest, the "Walkie-Talkie feature is a Nextel only feature. It's really just a special channel...the phone has to be changed, but it's still only available with Nextel. The person you are talking to has to be in the Nextel network as well, and you are still charged per minute for using this feature (XXX "free" minutes under your plan). That having been said, it's also a very kewl feature...however, simply calling cell-to-cell would acomplish the same thing with another provider...
I like having my PDA seperate from my cell phone. The other thing is, this thing seems too small to be very useful as a PDA (1.9" x 1.9" screen vs. 4.5" x 3.1"). I like the big screen of my Palm IIIxe...
There's another point, how long must these batteries last? They claim 2 hours of talk time and 45 hours on standby...I have to say that this number is most likely without using the PDA feature...I didn't even buy a color Palm because it eats batteries too much.
Then again, I have had to replace my cell phone twice in the last year, yet I still have a Palm III with no problems. Wonder if this has a Flash ROM that can be switched out when the phone dies...what about syncing with a desktop...if you can't switch the memory I certainly hope you can sync with a PeeCee...otherwise, it's useless as a PDA...
With things like the "Bookmark This Group of Tabs" option in Mozilla, this is not necessary.
And, yes... I find this feature useful, but it seems like the MetaBrowser sites are not worth it. Oh, I run scripts that pull information from sites to update a personal page, but this is because I like to view all of my content on the same page.
So, I have to wonder, when did this ever seem like a good idea to someone??? If I'm in front of my terminal, I can certainly click on a bookmark... And, most likely that link (that I use so often) will be on my Personal Toolbar or Sidebar.
I think this will just go down in the history of "bad ideas"...why should I trust a corporation to tell me what I'm interested in???
You know what's gonna convert everyone...
Multiple channels (254 is the limit I think) eventually with an almost limitless bit rate (currently 640kbps I think)...what this means is cheap and easy encoding of say 5.1 sound or a "poor man's" DTS. When cheap (sub $200) DVD-Rs become widely available, I expect to see this as the CODEC of choice for all non MPEG-2 video for that very reason.
It increases the size of the file, but as time goes on, size becomes less relevant.
If it's anything remotely political, many in the geek community automatically assume that it is a bad thing. Why? Because, as a group, we have been frowned upon by society. Our "heroes" are athletes and movie stars. The intellectual is revered and looked upon as an outcast. The "geek" is treated so much as a digital witch in today's society.
So, maybe you will forgive some of us when we are overly cautious of corporations or governments. Because they've not had a very good track record so far.
a bad NGE ripoff.
... After seeing the subs of BGC (the origonal), the dubs are laughable. (Pris with a valley girl accent) :)
Ripoff maybe, but bad is an opinion. I personally think it is more likely to be aired in the US than Eva, but I still think it's a half-way decent show. I would have to agree that the design style is similar.
Then again, BGC is technically a ripoff of Blade Runner, so it's all relevant.
from the creators of NGE...
And you'ld be refering to those SOBs who couldn't leave well enough alone and gave us "Death and Rebirth". The series was great until that.
First, I know why it's hard to find the fansubs...I know all too well about the ethics behind it, and you CAN still find fansubs, they just aren't as easy. And it's really up to the group that's doing it. Some will stop releasing the fansubs as soon as the title is picked up, and some will not stop until the first commercial sub/dub is released. On the other hand, some of the lesser known groups pick up the remaining episodes if there are only a few left...in the case of Rahxephon there are 6 (I think) left...and another group has started doing the subs.
As for fan subs, you're preaching to the choir
So, I can say that I know why they are hard to find, but that doesn't make one happy when I am following a series and right at the climax it's picked up by a commercial house and I have to wait a year or longer just to pick up where I left off.
And I also realise why the dubs are necessary (mass market appeal)....
Animation is just another format, like film or games. Anime is moreso, because much of it is already of a more mature nature than say video games and is generally Sci-Fi or Fantasy related. Most computer geeks are "into" Sci-Fi or Fantasy (for what ever reasons) ... as well, most "Computer Geeks" play games of some sort and are therefore more open to the idea of watching animation ("it's not just for kids").
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So, it makes sense that alot of computer geeks, especially those that play video games will be likely to like Anime.
I like Anime (wouldn't call myself an Anime geek), but I own DVDs of Akira, Bubblegum Crisis, and Eva
And I would call myself a "Computer Geek" (I won't go into this, as it would be quite involving)
The series Rahxephon has been picked up by AD Vision. For those that don't know, it's a series similar to Eva. The series is just finishing up its run in Japan, but it's almost impossible to find the subs now. I'm always hoping someone like Cartoon Network or Sci-Fi will pick up some of these better Mini-Series. That's the problem though, they like stuff like DBZ that they can rerun to death.
You're probably right, but if Sony and M$ continue at a 2 year rate, that would mean that Nintendo would be 3 1/2 generations behind by the time they released a new system. Now, it's worth noting that by that time a GameCube would probably be ~$29. As for the 2 years thing, I understand that M$ knows this rate will make it so that noone ever becomes "good with the hardware" so that they are forced to use the peecee standards that M$ provides...which won't fly with console developers.
But this doesn't make sense, as he was commenting on Sony's new system. So, it could be assumed that he was saying "5 years is too soon", which means he could have been talking about any timeframe, as 7 years is still close enough that they would have to go through 3 generations (almost 20 years) before they were a generation behind.