I just picked up Midway Arcade Treasures for the PS2, and it rocks! It has support for the multitap, and comes with great games like:
Gauntlet Joust Defender Spy Hunter Smash TV Rampage
in all, something like 25 titles. It's only $19.95. You can build a cabinet and stick the PS2 in it, and then you can have all these classics for super cheap!
I've recently switched to console gaming more than on my PC. The PS2 and Xbox both have online capabilities. SOCOM 1&2 and Tribes:AA are great on the PS2, and they have lots of sports titles with online features.
Basically had to switch because cheating is so prevalent in PC online gaming. That and you have to patch, patch, and patch some more, whereas consoles don't typically have patches, especially PS2 where there isn't even a hard drive. I've also gotten some games recently for the PC that don't work really well. AVP2 has sound issues and SimCity 4 is very resource intensive. Top it off with wanting to ditch Windows and that cuts your game choices down to just a few. (I play on Linux and Mac too.)
The console online experience has been a positive one. It will only get better with the newer consoles in 2005 and 2006.
Just trying to clear up something that I heard. I read somewhere that American citizens were not allowed to work in India for an Indian owned company. Is this true?
If this is true, how can outsourcing companies like Wipro continue to say that outsourcing is great for the American economy, while working in a society that is essentially closed to the same outsourcing? Wouldn't India benefit from outsourcing to a less developed (cheap labor) economy in the Far East?
I was caught looking at confidential employee information on a network share that was not password protected. I lost my job (FIRED) because of it. They said they were going to prosecute, but couldn't prove any damages, so no action was taken other than my removal.
In the very least, anyone that accessed the files without permission should lose their job and be barred from government work.
Damages occured here to the Dem party by the press leaks. Sounds to me like there is a strong case for criminal prosecution and possibly civil as well, though IANAL.
I'm glad TIA is gone, but MATRIX, which is state sponsored, collects essentially the same information and is receiving funding from the Justice Dept. for it's development. The Gov seems darn determined to monitor us, no matter what we think.
I've been reading Cnet since it first opened. Thus far, I'm not impressed with the redesign of their site. I'm finding it harder to use than before. There is almost too much white space on the main links news.com.com pages now. Going to give it a few more days.
Cnet's reporting should be taken with a grain of salt. They have always shown bias to Wintel. Case in point, their recent claim on the new iMac that Mac users have been clamoring over getting USB2.0 for years. USB2.0 has only been out for about 2 years. Most devices Mac users want use Firewire. I'm glad Apple put USB2.0 on the latest iMac, but I wouldn't say anyone was 'clamoring' for it.
Locally is the key. You can't fly someone from India over to the US/UK just to setup some schmoe's wireless network. But some local guru and do it in 30 minutes or less. I charged $40 for home and $80 for business per hour. Kept me going for another 6 months until I found another job.
I was out of work for about 3 months in 2001. I got a job on the sales floor of Best Buy, an sold digital cameras part-time. I was passing out business cards to most of the people coming into Best Buy that wanted help hooking up their new kit charging $40 and hour for home and $80 for businesses. I didn't make tons, but it got me through for another 6 months until I got my latest sys admin job. Doing this is totally against Best Buy policy, so do it at your own risk. If you keep it on the low down like I did, you can really clean up.
I have Qcast also, just set it up last week. It works great, and requires no mod chips to work, unlike the other methods out there... Yes, you have to stream from your own PC, and yes, you could hook a video card right up to your TV. I had a PS2 there already, so why not use it? The server component is Java, and supports Win32/MacOSX/Linux without any issues.
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I just picked up Midway Arcade Treasures for the PS2, and it rocks! It has support for the multitap, and comes with great games like:
Gauntlet
Joust
Defender
Spy Hunter
Smash TV
Rampage
in all, something like 25 titles. It's only $19.95. You can build a cabinet and stick the PS2 in it, and then you can have all these classics for super cheap!
I've recently switched to console gaming more than on my PC. The PS2 and Xbox both have online capabilities. SOCOM 1&2 and Tribes:AA are great on the PS2, and they have lots of sports titles with online features.
Basically had to switch because cheating is so prevalent in PC online gaming. That and you have to patch, patch, and patch some more, whereas consoles don't typically have patches, especially PS2 where there isn't even a hard drive. I've also gotten some games recently for the PC that don't work really well. AVP2 has sound issues and SimCity 4 is very resource intensive. Top it off with wanting to ditch Windows and that cuts your game choices down to just a few. (I play on Linux and Mac too.)
The console online experience has been a positive one. It will only get better with the newer consoles in 2005 and 2006.
Just trying to clear up something that I heard. I read somewhere that American citizens were not allowed to work in India for an Indian owned company. Is this true?
If this is true, how can outsourcing companies like Wipro continue to say that outsourcing is great for the American economy, while working in a society that is essentially closed to the same outsourcing? Wouldn't India benefit from outsourcing to a less developed (cheap labor) economy in the Far East?
I was caught looking at confidential employee information on a network share that was not password protected. I lost my job (FIRED) because of it. They said they were going to prosecute, but couldn't prove any damages, so no action was taken other than my removal.
In the very least, anyone that accessed the files without permission should lose their job and be barred from government work.
Damages occured here to the Dem party by the press leaks. Sounds to me like there is a strong case for criminal prosecution and possibly civil as well, though IANAL.
"However most will be lost (esp. the call centers), but then again how many televisions are made in the U.S. (none, BTW)"
Actually, Thompson makes RCA televisions in Circleville, OH.
You are kidding right? I mean, you know the books came first right?
Just like GWB said more people dead in Iraq proves that the American occupation of Iraq is working.
Gates is saying the more attacks and flaws that are exploited proves Windows success.
Do you believe either one?
Article said it will fit both the GBA and GBAsp. So no worries...
Bad news is Advance Wars probably won't work with it. I love Advance Wars!!!
I'm glad TIA is gone, but MATRIX, which is state sponsored, collects essentially the same information and is receiving funding from the Justice Dept. for it's development. The Gov seems darn determined to monitor us, no matter what we think.
I've been reading Cnet since it first opened. Thus far, I'm not impressed with the redesign of their site. I'm finding it harder to use than before. There is almost too much white space on the main links news.com.com pages now. Going to give it a few more days.
Cnet's reporting should be taken with a grain of salt. They have always shown bias to Wintel. Case in point, their recent claim on the new iMac that Mac users have been clamoring over getting USB2.0 for years. USB2.0 has only been out for about 2 years. Most devices Mac users want use Firewire. I'm glad Apple put USB2.0 on the latest iMac, but I wouldn't say anyone was 'clamoring' for it.
I still get mail at my home for other people that haven't lived at my address for 3 years. Maybe something like this would help?
Locally is the key. You can't fly someone from India over to the US/UK just to setup some schmoe's wireless network. But some local guru and do it in 30 minutes or less. I charged $40 for home and $80 for business per hour. Kept me going for another 6 months until I found another job.
I was out of work for about 3 months in 2001. I got a job on the sales floor of Best Buy, an sold digital cameras part-time. I was passing out business cards to most of the people coming into Best Buy that wanted help hooking up their new kit charging $40 and hour for home and $80 for businesses. I didn't make tons, but it got me through for another 6 months until I got my latest sys admin job. Doing this is totally against Best Buy policy, so do it at your own risk. If you keep it on the low down like I did, you can really clean up.
I have Qcast also, just set it up last week. It works great, and requires no mod chips to work, unlike the other methods out there... Yes, you have to stream from your own PC, and yes, you could hook a video card right up to your TV. I had a PS2 there already, so why not use it? The server component is Java, and supports Win32/MacOSX/Linux without any issues.