For the purposes of this reply, I will assume you are talking about visual quality and not playability. But don't you think that's a bit obvious. PS2 was released in 3Q 2000. The X-Box (allegedly) will be released in late 2001. It would stand to reason that this year's games are not going to be quite as visually pleasing as next year's games will be.
I, on behalf of the entire Slashdot community would like to present you with the first annual Signal 11 award for excellence in karma whoring. This award is given only to the best of the best of the karma whores such as yourself in your selfless demonstration of the cut-n-paste.
I agree that most of the material presented by the DARE program is biased propaganda, but distribuiting "actual information and letting the kids decide for themselves' would defeat the whole point of the program. If an officer were to stand in front of a classroom full of kids and tell them that marijuana is not physically addictive and in most respects is safer than alcohol, that would not serve the program's intended goal to stop youth from using drugs.
I might have to stop selling crack to Slashdot moderators and start selling blackmarket Playstation 2's. The profit margin is a lot wider considering most/. moderators only buy the cheapest $3 crack.
"The Pentium III processor may contain design defects or errors known as errata that may cause the product to deviate from published specifications. Usually the effects of the errata can be avoided by implementing hardware or software work-arounds"
I don't find that very reassuring. I mean basically they're saying "Hey guys, our flagship processor is crap, but we MAY be able to fix it.
Reading things like this serves to reassure me that I made the right decision to buy an Athlon.
Actually, AMD's soon to be released Mobile Athlon processor was originally code-named the Corvette, but the name was changed at the recently in response to the threat of a lawsuit by Chevrolet.
Check out this page on The Register for more info.
"Atlantic Records has even begun to include the Winamp program on some music CDs, such as Matchbox 20's latest release, ``Mad Season.'' This basically provides all the software someone with a CD burner would need to make illegal, high-quality copies."
Sony (one of the top five record companies and strong supporter of the RIAA) has been manufacturing the Spressa line of CD burners for several years now. That seems just a little ironic. What exactly do they think people are *doing* with these things. I've had a CD burner for a little over a year now and I have burned two things with it: Software and music. Both of which are copyrighted.
I had the Atari and the NES as well as several others, but for me, the *jump* from to amazing graphics and sound came when a friend gave me a single 1.44 HD disk containing Wolfenstein 3D. This was the first *true* 3D shooter and it amazes me to see that almost ten years later, we haven't advanced all that much. I'd take Wolfenstein over Q3A anyday.
In the future, moron, please don't post to this forum unless you have some inkling what you are talking about.
T-shirt is a shortened version of the original (and correct) spelling: Tee shirt. This term first appeared in Europe in the late 1860's to describe a fashionable new golfing attire that consisted of shortened sleeves. Hence the word Tee shirt.
That's funny, I ran it through a few spell checkers and it came up capitalized whenever I put it at the beginning of a sentence. All but one didn't seem to care if it was spelled email or e-mail. Lotus notes seemed to think email was wrong. It's not a very good program though.
Won't work. Aging and decomposition will still take place, just at a slower rate. Any single male can attest to what happens when you leave things in the fridge for too long.
If I'm not mistaken, it costs more to freeze your whole body than it does to freeze just your head. I guess some folks are just trying to save a few bucks.
"It is the same exact technology, except amazon links the cookie to CC#, a brilliant idea I might add."
While "one click shopping" sounds like a good idea to Joe AOL, those of us who are concerned with secruity realize that this requires storing user's credit card information on a central, easily accessible server. This poses a serious threat to attacks from hackers/crackers.
I don't see how this is even an issue. There is nothing _new_ about restricting access to less than wholesome material to minors. It's also illegal for a minor to watch an 'R' rated movie, purchase pornography, and go to the strip club. Just because they're restricting software purchases to adults is no reason to cry censorship.
I believe that parents are the ones who should ultimately decide what level of violence is appropriate for their children to view. This law just reinforces that position by making it illegal for a minor to purchase a mature themed software title without the consent of an adult. What's the problem with that?
I'm still waiting for someone to write a good AI program for one of these so we can finally have a _completely_ automated robot fight. Then we can have proof Linux beats the crap outta Windows.
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For the purposes of this reply, I will assume you are talking about visual quality and not playability. But don't you think that's a bit obvious. PS2 was released in 3Q 2000. The X-Box (allegedly) will be released in late 2001. It would stand to reason that this year's games are not going to be quite as visually pleasing as next year's games will be.
What a pathetic troll!
I, on behalf of the entire Slashdot community would like to present you with the first annual Signal 11 award for excellence in karma whoring. This award is given only to the best of the best of the karma whores such as yourself in your selfless demonstration of the cut-n-paste.
Begin Acceptance Speech now:
Not only that, but if access was "effectively" controled, we wouldn't be able to circumvent it in the first place. It's a moot point.
I didn't think Borland existed anymore. Didn't they get bought out? Remember TurboPascal?
I was raised Catholic and I can remember church sponsored social events that included a beer truck.
This sounds just like the DARE propaganda. Do you have any evidence to justify your claim?
I agree that most of the material presented by the DARE program is biased propaganda, but distribuiting "actual information and letting the kids decide for themselves' would defeat the whole point of the program. If an officer were to stand in front of a classroom full of kids and tell them that marijuana is not physically addictive and in most respects is safer than alcohol, that would not serve the program's intended goal to stop youth from using drugs.
Drugs Are Really Exciting!
Sometimes the "Preview" button that Taco encourages everyone to use will fsck with your html tags. It seems to be a bug in slash.
I might have to stop selling crack to Slashdot moderators and start selling blackmarket Playstation 2's. The profit margin is a lot wider considering most /. moderators only buy the cheapest $3 crack.
Rambus does not manufacture memory at all, It liscenses it's Intellectual Property to other manufacturers.
"The Pentium III processor may contain design defects or errors known as errata that may cause the product to deviate from published specifications. Usually the effects of the errata can be avoided by implementing hardware or software work-arounds"
I don't find that very reassuring. I mean basically they're saying "Hey guys, our flagship processor is crap, but we MAY be able to fix it.
Reading things like this serves to reassure me that I made the right decision to buy an Athlon.
Check out this page on The Register for more info.
Sony (one of the top five record companies and strong supporter of the RIAA) has been manufacturing the Spressa line of CD burners for several years now. That seems just a little ironic. What exactly do they think people are *doing* with these things. I've had a CD burner for a little over a year now and I have burned two things with it: Software and music. Both of which are copyrighted.
I had the Atari and the NES as well as several others, but for me, the *jump* from to amazing graphics and sound came when a friend gave me a single 1.44 HD disk containing Wolfenstein 3D. This was the first *true* 3D shooter and it amazes me to see that almost ten years later, we haven't advanced all that much. I'd take Wolfenstein over Q3A anyday.
T-shirt is a shortened version of the original (and correct) spelling: Tee shirt. This term first appeared in Europe in the late 1860's to describe a fashionable new golfing attire that consisted of shortened sleeves. Hence the word Tee shirt.
That's funny, I ran it through a few spell checkers and it came up capitalized whenever I put it at the beginning of a sentence. All but one didn't seem to care if it was spelled email or e-mail. Lotus notes seemed to think email was wrong. It's not a very good program though.
Won't work. Aging and decomposition will still take place, just at a slower rate. Any single male can attest to what happens when you leave things in the fridge for too long.
If I'm not mistaken, it costs more to freeze your whole body than it does to freeze just your head. I guess some folks are just trying to save a few bucks.
Use the Force, Luke!
My Logitech wheel mouse is fine under Win2K.
While "one click shopping" sounds like a good idea to Joe AOL, those of us who are concerned with secruity realize that this requires storing user's credit card information on a central, easily accessible server. This poses a serious threat to attacks from hackers/crackers.
And what kind of RAM are you talking about that sells for $400/512MB?
I believe that parents are the ones who should ultimately decide what level of violence is appropriate for their children to view. This law just reinforces that position by making it illegal for a minor to purchase a mature themed software title without the consent of an adult. What's the problem with that?
I'm still waiting for someone to write a good AI program for one of these so we can finally have a _completely_ automated robot fight. Then we can have proof Linux beats the crap outta Windows.