As much as I don't like cruelty to animals, I wonder how peta.com'd feel if McDonald's went and sued them over their anti-McDonald's site, including obvious misuse of McDonald's(tm) "Happy Meal"(r) and Ronald McDonald(c) trademark... Sigh.. silly judge... domain-names are for rabbits.
Damn, if I woulda realized this was on Slashdot, I would've mentioned that Dave Peticolas, one of the 5 core developers of GnuCash, was going to do a talk on using GnuCash at tonight's Linux Users' Group of Davis meeting.
Oh well, maybe when 1.6.0 is out he can do it again;)
I have about a billion MOD files. Someone needs to make a portable device to play them!!!
Why? Cuz RAM's expensive!:) I once converted a 250K MOD into a WAV. It expanded to SEVENTY THREE FREAKIN MEGABYTES!
When I converted THAT into an MP3 to stick in my Rio and it was 3MBs. With a 32MB Rio, one could store over 10x as much music if it's in MOD format... and most of the music is cooler.;)
Hey! I started working on an Open Source game based on VidGrid's concept. It loads MPEGs and lets you slide them around... I need to finish working on it.
One of its other cool features will be a Virtual Light Machine mode so you can play MP3's and MOD's and slide around a visual representation of the sound.:)
Don't forget that Jay Miner was one of the key developers of the Atari 8-bit systems (400/800).
John Carmack mentioned that the Amiga was destined to go the way of the consoles. Atari did that first, too.:) Even 10 years ago, all people thought about when they heard the name "Atari" was "Pong" and really sucky games for the Atari 2600.
If you're bored, grab a copy of "Atari800" (for Unix/Linux) or "Atari800Win" or some other Atari 8-bit emulator, and try running some of the really kick-ass demos created in the European demo-scene in the past 10 years.
Consider that the hardware's capabilities have been the same since the late '70's / early '80's, and wonder why Apple II's were so popular.;)
I have two Atari Jaguars on my entertainment center, and they're connected via the link cable that was available for the Jaguar. It plugs into the link cable plug in the back.;)
BS is 3D, as was Iron Soldier & IS2 (which, BTW, looks a lot nicer and has better music), as was many, many Jaguar games.
FYI, "Atari" has nothing to do with this. "Atari" (ie, the people who made the Jaguar) are now part of Hasbro Interactive. See?
Also, in case you didn't know, the other Atari, "Atari Games" is still alive and kicking. It has been for, what, 15 years maybe? See here.
(They did Gauntlet, Road Blasters, Tetris (arcade), S.T.U.N. Runner, Area 51, SF Rush, and tons others.) (I had a chance to work there a few years ago, too... but picked my girlfriend over Silicon Valley.)
All systems start out with crappy (looking) games. Remember Outlaw for the 2600? Compare it to pretty much anything from Imagic.
How about Twisted Metal vs. Twisted Metal 4 for the PSX?
Jaguar was only produced for 3 years, so most of the games out for it are first-generation quality. Later titles look a lot better. (Iron Soldier 2 vs. Iron Soldier, for example.)
What was my point? Oh - the quality didn't necessarily kill the Jaguar. It was Atari, the company... Bad marketing ("If it's good, people will buy it- no need to advertise!")... Morons.
It's not like they just wrote the game. The game was started back when the Jaguar was still out. It was due to Atari dying, being sold, and being sold again, that finished and near-finished games for the Atari Jaguar (and Lynx) didn't come out... until now.
I just picked up a copy of Raiden for the Atari Lynx. I got Protector for the Jaguar when it came out back in December. Sure, the game is a few years old, but after a while, the genre of games that are popular on the PSX/N64/etc. just get boring...
(Speaking of Lynx, I wish Hasbro would re-release it... It kicks Game Boy's ass... from what I've seen, kicks Game Boy Color's ass, too... And it's already got dozens of really nice games for it.)
Heheh - I'm such a huge Star Raiders fan* that I went out and bought not one, but two Atari Jaguars (at about $30 a pop) not too long ago, in anticipation for BattleSphere.
I've played games like Colony Wars & CW: Vengance for the PlayStation, but was disappointed by their predictability. There's lots of stuff in the two games, but you always end up doing the same thing every time you start over...
BattleSphere sounds like it will have just enough randomness. And, since it's multiplayer, that makes it even more dynamic.
* Star Raiders was, I believe, the very first 3D space action/stragety game. It came out in 1979 for the Atari 400/800 computers, and later for the 2600 and 5200 game systems.
MicroSoft is throwing some event called "Update 99" at the University of Davis, California. ( http://events.microsoft.com/isapi/events/event.asp ?s=332209 )
Well, the new local Linux user group, LU-GoD (the Linux User Group of Davis, http://www.lugod.org/ ) is going to be there passing out pamphlets and flyers pointing out that there ARE alternatives... for example Linux, and the many Office suites and other high-end apps. available for Linux.
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As much as I don't like cruelty to animals, I wonder how peta.com'd feel if McDonald's went and sued them over their anti-McDonald's site, including obvious misuse of McDonald's(tm) "Happy Meal"(r) and Ronald McDonald(c) trademark... Sigh.. silly judge... domain-names are for rabbits.
Oh well, maybe when 1.6.0 is out he can do it again ;)
I remember seeing on 20/20 or something a few years back where the company that made the candy "Gushers" was 'donating' stuff to schools.
For example, Gushers candies.
And "learning" materials. "Eat a gushers candy... notice how when you bite down, the juice squirts out, not unlike a volcano."
Umm... yeah...
-bill!
Hey, that Sammy Sosa guy drinks Pepsi... I should, too!
My MAMA said she WAS REALLY IMPRESSED by the FACT THAT YOU MENTIONED ME in your WEBSITE. Then I had a BANANA.
-BRAK
(THAT'S MY NAAAAAME)
I have about a billion MOD files. Someone needs to make a portable device to play them!!!
:) I once converted a 250K MOD into a WAV. It expanded to SEVENTY THREE FREAKIN MEGABYTES!
;)
Why? Cuz RAM's expensive!
When I converted THAT into an MP3 to stick in my Rio and it was 3MBs. With a 32MB Rio, one could store over 10x as much music if it's in MOD format... and most of the music is cooler.
Linux is that "Upstart Operating System."
You know, the "new" one.
At least, this is how idiots at places like CNN describe it when comparing it to Windows (specifically the 9x/2000/NT series).
Hrm... When did Win95 come out? Practically 96 if I remember? When was Linux first 'released?' Years before, technically.
At _least_ they typically say "Linux" and not "RedHat Linux" in their articles.
can we say descent rip?
No... because, IIRC, Descent wasn't around back then .
Hey! I started working on an Open Source game based on VidGrid's concept. It loads MPEGs and lets you slide them around... I need to finish working on it.
:)
One of its other cool features will be a Virtual Light Machine mode so you can play MP3's and MOD's and slide around a visual representation of the sound.
BattleWheels and Road Blasters also show off the Lynx's excellent 3D capabilities.
BTW, there's a new Lynx game coming out based on BattleWheels' 3D engine, called CyberVirus...
Don't forget that Jay Miner was one of the key developers of the Atari 8-bit systems (400/800).
:) Even 10 years ago, all people thought about when they heard the name "Atari" was "Pong" and really sucky games for the Atari 2600.
;)
John Carmack mentioned that the Amiga was destined to go the way of the consoles. Atari did that first, too.
If you're bored, grab a copy of "Atari800" (for Unix/Linux) or "Atari800Win" or some other Atari 8-bit emulator, and try running some of the really kick-ass demos created in the European demo-scene in the past 10 years.
Consider that the hardware's capabilities have been the same since the late '70's / early '80's, and wonder why Apple II's were so popular.
IIRC, CSS was cracked so quickly because Real Networks, I beleive, were stupid and didn't encrypt their decryption code... or something. ;)
(In too much of a hurry to track down the actual facts...)
Battlemorph is nice... immersive. :) T2K kicks ass. Can't wait to see if NUON gets anywhere to play T3K. Or maybe they'll do a Linux port of it.
I still haven't gotten into AvP... my friends laugh at it, and I get a little lost in the mazes.
As for Defender 2000, I say - get your hands on Protector. MUCH more playable. Not quite as silly, but still as pretty.
I have two Atari Jaguars on my entertainment center, and they're connected via the link cable that was available for the Jaguar. It plugs into the link cable plug in the back. ;)
BS is 3D, as was Iron Soldier & IS2 (which, BTW, looks a lot nicer and has better music), as was many, many Jaguar games.
BTW, you can play networked Doom on the Jag.
FYI, "Atari" has nothing to do with this. "Atari" (ie, the people who made the Jaguar) are now part of Hasbro Interactive. See?
Also, in case you didn't know, the other Atari, "Atari Games" is still alive and kicking. It has been for, what, 15 years maybe? See here.
(They did Gauntlet, Road Blasters, Tetris (arcade), S.T.U.N. Runner, Area 51, SF Rush, and tons others.) (I had a chance to work there a few years ago, too... but picked my girlfriend over Silicon Valley.)
All systems start out with crappy (looking) games. Remember Outlaw for the 2600? Compare it to pretty much anything from Imagic.
How about Twisted Metal vs. Twisted Metal 4 for the PSX?
Jaguar was only produced for 3 years, so most of the games out for it are first-generation quality. Later titles look a lot better. (Iron Soldier 2 vs. Iron Soldier, for example.)
What was my point? Oh - the quality didn't necessarily kill the Jaguar. It was Atari, the company... Bad marketing ("If it's good, people will buy it- no need to advertise!")... Morons.
It's not like they just wrote the game. The game was started back when the Jaguar was still out. It was due to Atari dying, being sold, and being sold again, that finished and near-finished games for the Atari Jaguar (and Lynx) didn't come out... until now.
I just picked up a copy of Raiden for the Atari Lynx. I got Protector for the Jaguar when it came out back in December. Sure, the game is a few
years old, but after a while, the genre of games that are popular on the PSX/N64/etc. just get boring...
(Speaking of Lynx, I wish Hasbro would re-release it... It kicks Game Boy's ass... from what I've seen, kicks Game Boy Color's ass, too... And it's already got dozens of really nice games for it.)
I've played games like Colony Wars & CW: Vengance for the PlayStation, but was disappointed by their predictability. There's lots of stuff in the two games, but you always end up doing the same thing every time you start over...
BattleSphere sounds like it will have just enough randomness. And, since it's multiplayer, that makes it even more dynamic.
* Star Raiders was, I believe, the very first 3D space action/stragety game. It came out in 1979 for the Atari 400/800 computers, and later for the 2600 and 5200 game systems.
Actually, #3 is: "The company does not get paid either." It's not like Loki or Activision are CHARGING for these guys' hacks!
"But... I thought rebooting was a normal thing!" ;)
heheheh
Yes... ZD seems to think so, too :)
d isplay/0,4436,2143338,00.html
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/zdnn_smgraph_
-bill!
MicroSoft is throwing some event called "Update 99" at the University of Davis, California. ( http://events.microsoft.com/isapi/events/event.asp ?s=332209 )
Well, the new local Linux user group, LU-GoD (the Linux User Group of Davis, http://www.lugod.org/ ) is going to be there passing out pamphlets and flyers pointing out that there ARE alternatives... for example Linux, and the many Office suites and other high-end apps. available for Linux.
Muhahahahah! >:^)
-bill!
"sys" (2nd in command)
LU-GoD