Compared to the "commericial" amusement parks like Disney and Six Flags, Cedar Point is quite affordable.
I took a tour of three different parks in Ohio last summer in a week for coaster riding (Cedar Point, Six Flags Ohio and Paramount's Kings Island), and prices at Cedar Point were the cheapest. It was also the best operated park from a staffing standpoint.
...in many stores! What sells? SEX! Especially when it's pimply-faced otaku who can't buy real porn... one day at Tower Records I saw a kid getting the Legend of the Overfiend laserdisc box set, being purchased by his mom, who had absolutely no clue what it was (other than being a "cartoon"!)
Retailers stock tentacle rape and panty shots because real anime doesn't sell to the masses, unfortuantely.
Where's the Ghibli library? Oh yeah, Disney is sitting on that cause their own stuff sucks and they don't want everyone else realizing that.
I bought one a few months back, but not because of spam. From the spam ads I've seen, they're selling cheap knockoffs of the popular versions avaiable from Japan (Bit Char-G by Tomy and Takara's MicroIR.)
I had a cable modem via AT&T@Home two years ago, but had DirecTV for NHL Center Ice. The need for free cable didn't dawn on me until one day I wanted to install a tuner card for local channels. I found out after installing the video card that the line had a filter on it, and there was no audio on my cable feed.
I spent a week last summer going to Kings Island, Cedar Point and Six Flags Ohio to ride nothing but coasters.
I'm not the pinnacle of health, but except for the headache I got after riding the Tidal Wave in Six Flags Gurnee 30 times straight I've never had a problem with any roller coaster.
The Russians have had helmet mounted sights and versions of the Archer AAM that can come off the launch rail at absurd angles for versions of the Mig-29 and Su-27 for some time now. Coupled with an infrared search and track sensor, they can mount a passive attack, no radar warning at all.
My cable modem sync'ed up around 11am local time. So far, so good -- mail is working, don't need to use a proxy for http anymore (not that we needed to in the past), and usenet is working through netnews.attbi.com. Downloads seem a bit slower, but not outrageously so -- still well worth the $45/month.
There was a welcome letter in my new ATTBI mailbox, pointing to a new user's webpage, which had a nice "just give me the %$#@! settings" section for e-mail, http, nntp, etc.
I got a letter from them a few days ago which stated in the event Excite does shut down, we'll be switched over in a matter of days. AT&T has supposedly been building their own infrastructure, and all they will require is we power down and change some network settings. They'll also _call_ the customers if this is needed.
I highly doubt anyone will be developing any more games for Dreamcast at this point. Those games that are near completion will be finished, those in production will depend on the strength of the developer.
Printing games onto Dreamcast CDs and packing them for retail will continue for quite some time.
Way back when, they released four episodes/tape, two Robotech episodes, two of the original show (Macross, Southern Cross or Mospeada), subtitled but original soundtrack and voices left intact.
They need to this for the DVD version. Now.
When the Saturn and Playstation came out, they had slow drives and little RAM. Cartridges still made sense, especially when most of the storage space on the CDs were being used for pre-rendered CGI movies and music.
Nowadays, with RAM being plentiful, drives being cheap, and CD/DVD-ROMs also easy to manufacture, just load the core game code off the CD, and stream the CGI and music. Performance shouldn't be an issue (well, expect when it comes to pushing polys...)
The deal is that the MPAA and other copyrithg holders want copy protection built into VCRs and other recording devices that will keep users from recordings some shows broadcast in digital format over cable.
Heh. I recently signed up for the Digital Cable from AT&T, and if it wasn't for the fact that it was the only way I could subscribe to NHL Center Ice (I'm in an apartment with no facing for a dish), I would dump it in a heartbeat. Yes, there are 500 more channels -- too bad they're all worse looking than the average videotape rented from Blockbuster.
1. Region coding. Why?
They're protecting their industry. They don't want mass importing to hurt local sales when a particular title is released elsewhere, since money is spent translating or subtitling or dubbing the movie.
Of course, this didn't stop Buena Vista when Princess Mononoke was to be released on DVD....
Certain genres are dying already...
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Lets look at flight sims. They're becoming DOA.
I hate to say it, but it's true. The plug was pulled on Falcon 4, and it's _fans_ are fixing it. Other games which have been in development have been cancelled. There just isn't money in the genre to be made, when you weigh in the development costs.
Could this happen to other genres? Gamers will demand more and more features, and the programmers will be able to deliver less and less for the same $40/copy.
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How does it emulate the SNES with only two buttons?
Compared to the "commericial" amusement parks like Disney and Six Flags, Cedar Point is quite affordable.
I took a tour of three different parks in Ohio last summer in a week for coaster riding (Cedar Point, Six Flags Ohio and Paramount's Kings Island), and prices at Cedar Point were the cheapest. It was also the best operated park from a staffing standpoint.
...in many stores! What sells? SEX! Especially when it's pimply-faced otaku who can't buy real porn... one day at Tower Records I saw a kid getting the Legend of the Overfiend laserdisc box set, being purchased by his mom, who had absolutely no clue what it was (other than being a "cartoon"!)
Retailers stock tentacle rape and panty shots because real anime doesn't sell to the masses, unfortuantely.
Where's the Ghibli library? Oh yeah, Disney is sitting on that cause their own stuff sucks and they don't want everyone else realizing that.
Oh why didn't they add two LEDs on the front for power and HDD activity?
Now if they could just get it to walk too...
I bought one a few months back, but not because of spam. From the spam ads I've seen, they're selling cheap knockoffs of the popular versions avaiable from Japan (Bit Char-G by Tomy and Takara's MicroIR.)
...and read this: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/12/06/155422 7&mode=thread&tid=133
I had a cable modem via AT&T@Home two years ago, but had DirecTV for NHL Center Ice. The need for free cable didn't dawn on me until one day I wanted to install a tuner card for local channels. I found out after installing the video card that the line had a filter on it, and there was no audio on my cable feed.
I spent a week last summer going to Kings Island, Cedar Point and Six Flags Ohio to ride nothing but coasters.
I'm not the pinnacle of health, but except for the headache I got after riding the Tidal Wave in Six Flags Gurnee 30 times straight I've never had a problem with any roller coaster.
YMMV, of coursre.
Have you seen the Apache version? I wouldn't want to be flying at Mach 1 with one of those strapped to my head when pulling 6 Gs, banging around.
Yeah, the Apache has had it for years. But consider it's used to track slow moving AFVs and other ground targets.
The Russians have had helmet mounted sights and versions of the Archer AAM that can come off the launch rail at absurd angles for versions of the Mig-29 and Su-27 for some time now. Coupled with an infrared search and track sensor, they can mount a passive attack, no radar warning at all.
My cable modem sync'ed up around 11am local time. So far, so good -- mail is working, don't need to use a proxy for http anymore (not that we needed to in the past), and usenet is working through netnews.attbi.com. Downloads seem a bit slower, but not outrageously so -- still well worth the $45/month.
There was a welcome letter in my new ATTBI mailbox, pointing to a new user's webpage, which had a nice "just give me the %$#@! settings" section for e-mail, http, nntp, etc.
That's alot of phone work do to short notice. Easiest way = prerecorded message and autodialing.
I lost access around 8am this morning. Friends around the city and over in Michigan are reporting the same.
I did get an automated phone call from AT&T this morning stating they're working to reconnect us, and it will be several days.
FYI, don't bother to contact AT&T tech support -- they're completely clueless and relying on macro-generated answers to your questions.
I got a letter from them a few days ago which stated in the event Excite does shut down, we'll be switched over in a matter of days. AT&T has supposedly been building their own infrastructure, and all they will require is we power down and change some network settings. They'll also _call_ the customers if this is needed.
It was standard practice to land cosmonauts on land instead of the sea.
They didn't trust ANYBODY.
I highly doubt anyone will be developing any more games for Dreamcast at this point. Those games that are near completion will be finished, those in production will depend on the strength of the developer.
Printing games onto Dreamcast CDs and packing them for retail will continue for quite some time.
Not when the console came out. They were $50/pop, with an occasional one for $40 (like Soul Calibur)
Just like the PS2 when it came out.
Did Bleem actually get released? I never saw it.
In Chicago, we do not "jump up and down".
We make payoffs, and if those don't work, we send Luigi over with a sledgehammer to make sure your building isn't taller.
Way back when, they released four episodes/tape, two Robotech episodes, two of the original show (Macross, Southern Cross or Mospeada), subtitled but original soundtrack and voices left intact. They need to this for the DVD version. Now.
Cause...
1> It's cheaper.
2> The good portion of Nintendo's target audience is children. Children break things.
When the Saturn and Playstation came out, they had slow drives and little RAM. Cartridges still made sense, especially when most of the storage space on the CDs were being used for pre-rendered CGI movies and music. Nowadays, with RAM being plentiful, drives being cheap, and CD/DVD-ROMs also easy to manufacture, just load the core game code off the CD, and stream the CGI and music. Performance shouldn't be an issue (well, expect when it comes to pushing polys...)
The deal is that the MPAA and other copyrithg holders want copy protection built into VCRs and other recording devices that will keep users from recordings some shows broadcast in digital format over cable.
Heh. I recently signed up for the Digital Cable from AT&T, and if it wasn't for the fact that it was the only way I could subscribe to NHL Center Ice (I'm in an apartment with no facing for a dish), I would dump it in a heartbeat. Yes, there are 500 more channels -- too bad they're all worse looking than the average videotape rented from Blockbuster.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/08/26/033024 9&mode=thread (link removed to appease MPAA)
1. Region coding. Why? They're protecting their industry. They don't want mass importing to hurt local sales when a particular title is released elsewhere, since money is spent translating or subtitling or dubbing the movie. Of course, this didn't stop Buena Vista when Princess Mononoke was to be released on DVD....
Lets look at flight sims. They're becoming DOA.
I hate to say it, but it's true. The plug was pulled on Falcon 4, and it's _fans_ are fixing it. Other games which have been in development have been cancelled. There just isn't money in the genre to be made, when you weigh in the development costs.
Could this happen to other genres? Gamers will demand more and more features, and the programmers will be able to deliver less and less for the same $40/copy.