I never picked up Halo, but I play this game called "dashboard" all the time... Great game. That minigame where you get to set the clock is my favorite!
And does the component output on this adapter work under Linux? This is something I've been wondering for a while, before I drop the $30 on the adapter.
ATI's page quotes some interesting things, like that it supports up to 1080i, but you can't view DVDs in anything above 480p because of Macrovision blah blah blah. Is that a software limitation? Can higher modes be used under Linux (assuming the answer to the first question is yes).
Um, in this example the pitcher pitched a one-hitter and lost.
However, you can (and I believe it's happened) pitch a no-hitter and lose. In fact, to make the example valid, instead of a walkoff home run, call it a ball hit down the right field line... The right fielder drops the ball (error, not a hit) and, for whatever reason, the batter-runner is able to circle the bases and score the winning run. The pitcher has faced the minimum, thrown only 25 pitches, threw a no-hitter, and still lost. It's not a perfect game though, because of the error. There's no way to throw a perfect game and lose, as far as I know.
Most leagues that I've had experience with will ban based on a few factors. One is the BPF (bat performance factor). Most rec softball leagues will ban any bat that has a BPF greater than 1.2, which has something to do with measuring the coefficient of restitution in the bat/ball collision.
Next, there are certain bats that will provide greater ball velocity off of the barrel than others, even with the same swing speed. Examples include those Mikens, and many other composite and non-composite bats (Miken Ultra 1, Ultra 2, Demarini F2, Rawlings Silverback, Mizuno Orange Crush, Worth's PST, etc.). From what I understand, and I don't have a link to back this up, seven people were killed (mostly pitchers) in 2002 from being struck by batted balls off of composite bats. Consequently, any bat that has the potential to drive the ball at a higher velocity than what is deemed "safe" is a potential to ban.
Granted, I'm talking recreational leagues, at the D or E level. You'll see fewer bans at the C level, and I don't think you'll see much banned at A or B.
Another thing that some leagues do (for safety, I suppose) is use a softer ball. One of the leagues I used to play in recently switched from a.47 core ball to a.44 core. The.44 felt totally different, like hitting a wet dishrag tied in a knot. Softer ball, less elastic collision between the bat and ball, slower return velocity, less chance for injuries.
As for your wooden bat idea, there are softball leagues that use strictly wooden bats. There's no rule that says you can't use a wooden softball bat in any other league, but most people use an aluminum, alloy, or composite bat because of the obvious advantages.
I appreciate the safety concerns, since I'm ususally camped out at shortstop...:)
What you're describing is called the Martingale system (Google for it).
The problem with your idea is that the roulette wheel has the green spaces (typically two of them, 0 and 00). Those spaces steer the odds in the house's favor. Instead of a.5 (18/36) chance of hitting your color, you only really have an 18/38 chance, which is.473684. That slight deviation will cause you to slowly lose over time.
The other problem with your system is you have table maximums. You might be playing at a table with a $5 minimum and $500 maximum, for example. That means you can only double your bet 6 times (10,20,40,80,160,320), and after that your system breaks down. You can no longer win back all of your losses in a single bet, and it's not that hard to flip a coin six or seven times and get heads every time.
Or, if you leave everything in terms of passenger miles (assuming 7 astronauts for every shuttle mission), you get 17,440 * 19,240 * 7 = 2,348,819,200 passenger miles. 14 fatalities in that distance gives you one every 167,772,800 passenger miles, or 0.596 fatalities every 100,000,000 passenger miles.
That makes space travel look LESS risky than passenger car travel, and you don't have to worry about drunk drivers...
Then again, they're just numbers. You can probably make them look however you wish.
I thought it was the most difficult game to complete that I have EVER played... Let me tell you why (and hopefully someone can offer a solution to my problem):
So I'm pretty far through... I've got the Phazon Suit. I start looking at the clues for where to pick up the runes. Great! I get to about 7 and I grab one of the ones that's in Phendrana (I can't remember.. Spirit maybe). I run through the rune on the screen, it says I've collected a rune. The game changes over to the inventory screen and I don't actually have the rune...
So I figured I'd save there and restart the game to see if it either appeared back in its original position, or appeared in my inventory. Nope. And, because there's only one save game available within the game (instead of multiple save slots where I could have kept a backup game), I am screwed. I went back to the rune location and it is gone.
So, I personally believe I have to start over. I haven't seen any kind of cheat on the web anywhere that'd let me fix my problem (if there was an "all runes" cheat it'd be perfect because it would fix exactly my bug). Anyone know if there's anything else I can do?
I can't for sure say that would be disgusting, but it doesn't sound that great. I'll have to try it some day...
Incidentally, an ENOENT would be: Vodka, Tequila, Whiskey, Amaretto, Triple Sec, Kahlua, OJ, Cola, and Tonic.. Quite similar to the Sabotage, actually:)
I don't think that inherently the value of a game is greater than the value of a CD. I'm sure I have several CDs, specifically the ones currently in my car, that I've listened to WAY more than I've played any video game that I've bought, and I consider myself a pretty addicted gamer.
I might agree with your argument if you changed CD to DVD, because I know for a fact that I've only watched some of the DVDs I own once or twice, as compared to most music CDs that tend to get many, many plays. My DVDs are mostly for when friends come over and want to watch something, rather than when I want to watch something.
And music prices do go down, just go to Best Buy and find some old or unknown artist's CD that's been on shelves for a long time. I'm sure you can find things that have been marked down to move. I'm fairly confident I've seen lower prices on older stuff.
I own both the PS2 and the Dreamcast. The PS2 controller is probably the best one I have ever used, and that goes back to 2600, Nintendo, SNES, N64, Sega Master System, Genesis, etc. I absolutely hate that monstrosity of the DC controller. On the other hand, the VMU idea in the DC is great.
As for your comment about being able to have "up to 4 players" on the DC, you can theoretically have up to 10 on the PS2, but I think the max that is supported by any current game is 8.
What really makes any system is the games. Right now, I'd have to say that there are plenty more games for the DC that I'd like to have than there are for the PS2. Hopefully that will change.
The truth is, I bought my PS2 so I could play Metal Gear Solid when it comes out, so any game that's released that is any good is a bonus. SSX anyone?
Well, as others have pointed out, the PS2 does have two USB ports and a Firewire port on the front. In addition, the expansion bay you're talking about is supposed to have a network card/hard drive combo available for it "sometime". Theoretically, right now you should be able to use the firewire to attach to a hard drive and the USB for keyboard/mouse/ethernet. I guess that's just a matter of someone trying it and then writing the appropriate drivers.
Playstation CDs use a regular iso9660 filesystem. Try grabbing a PSX disc and sticking it in your CDROM drive... you'll be able to see all the files that make up the game.
The only real difference is the PSX CD has a certain area of the disc that usually cannot be accessed by normal CDROM drives, and this is used for a (weak) copy protection and regioning system. I'm not sure of the entire details on this since it's been a while since I read anything about it, but I think I'm close.
I think the original poster was trying to say something a bit different.
The Scenario: I, malicious content poster and author of evil pseudoscientology books, post a perfectly normal looking URL that actually links to the URL for the one-click 'buy this' stuff.
You, innocent reader and user of Amazon's one-click shopping, decide to follow my link. Next thing you know, you've purchased my book and I get royalties. You already had the Amazon cookie on your machine because of pash purchases. I wasn't trying to get you to pay for something that ended up in my hands, I was merely trying to get you to PAY for something.
I'm not an Amazon frequenter, so I don't know what the URLs look like or if this is even possible.. I'm just clarifying the original poster's suggestion.
I may be completely off here, but you -should- be able to tell your phone company to shove it.
I thought that it was required that any phone be capable of dialing an 800 number without any fees... Even on payphones one can dial an 800 number without dropping any change in.
Then again, the extra fees for -not- having long distance service are suspect as well... I wonder what their justification for that is?
Slashdot Mirror
I couldn't find "Slashdot Dupe" on the endangered list, so I believe that phenomenon will continue to live on....
I never picked up Halo, but I play this game called "dashboard" all the time... Great game. That minigame where you get to set the clock is my favorite!
And does the component output on this adapter work under Linux? This is something I've been wondering for a while, before I drop the $30 on the adapter.
ATI's page quotes some interesting things, like that it supports up to 1080i, but you can't view DVDs in anything above 480p because of Macrovision blah blah blah. Is that a software limitation? Can higher modes be used under Linux (assuming the answer to the first question is yes).
I'm not sure about Sybase, but in sqlplus for Oracle you just type 'ed' at the SQL> prompt and it throws your most recent statement into vi.
When I use postgres at home, I do the same thing, even though the readline interface is there. Go figure.
Ask and ye shall receive:
Radar Golf
Yeah, then they'll come out with double sided bluetooth and the upgrade cycle will start again!
Don't worry, I've already started work on a hole punch that will turn single-sided bluetooth into double-sided...
So, you use emacs?
Um, in this example the pitcher pitched a one-hitter and lost.
However, you can (and I believe it's happened) pitch a no-hitter and lose. In fact, to make the example valid, instead of a walkoff home run, call it a ball hit down the right field line... The right fielder drops the ball (error, not a hit) and, for whatever reason, the batter-runner is able to circle the bases and score the winning run. The pitcher has faced the minimum, thrown only 25 pitches, threw a no-hitter, and still lost. It's not a perfect game though, because of the error. There's no way to throw a perfect game and lose, as far as I know.
Most leagues that I've had experience with will ban based on a few factors. One is the BPF (bat performance factor). Most rec softball leagues will ban any bat that has a BPF greater than 1.2, which has something to do with measuring the coefficient of restitution in the bat/ball collision.
.47 core ball to a .44 core. The .44 felt totally different, like hitting a wet dishrag tied in a knot. Softer ball, less elastic collision between the bat and ball, slower return velocity, less chance for injuries.
:)
Next, there are certain bats that will provide greater ball velocity off of the barrel than others, even with the same swing speed. Examples include those Mikens, and many other composite and non-composite bats (Miken Ultra 1, Ultra 2, Demarini F2, Rawlings Silverback, Mizuno Orange Crush, Worth's PST, etc.). From what I understand, and I don't have a link to back this up, seven people were killed (mostly pitchers) in 2002 from being struck by batted balls off of composite bats. Consequently, any bat that has the potential to drive the ball at a higher velocity than what is deemed "safe" is a potential to ban.
Granted, I'm talking recreational leagues, at the D or E level. You'll see fewer bans at the C level, and I don't think you'll see much banned at A or B.
Another thing that some leagues do (for safety, I suppose) is use a softer ball. One of the leagues I used to play in recently switched from a
As for your wooden bat idea, there are softball leagues that use strictly wooden bats. There's no rule that says you can't use a wooden softball bat in any other league, but most people use an aluminum, alloy, or composite bat because of the obvious advantages.
I appreciate the safety concerns, since I'm ususally camped out at shortstop...
What you're describing is called the Martingale system (Google for it).
.5 (18/36) chance of hitting your color, you only really have an 18/38 chance, which is .473684. That slight deviation will cause you to slowly lose over time.
The problem with your idea is that the roulette wheel has the green spaces (typically two of them, 0 and 00). Those spaces steer the odds in the house's favor. Instead of a
The other problem with your system is you have table maximums. You might be playing at a table with a $5 minimum and $500 maximum, for example. That means you can only double your bet 6 times (10,20,40,80,160,320), and after that your system breaks down. You can no longer win back all of your losses in a single bet, and it's not that hard to flip a coin six or seven times and get heads every time.
'Twas called "Rocky's Boots".. I remember playing it in school. Loved that game...
It's actually HIPAA - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (of 1996).
See: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/hipaa/
Or, if you leave everything in terms of passenger miles (assuming 7 astronauts for every shuttle mission), you get 17,440 * 19,240 * 7 = 2,348,819,200 passenger miles. 14 fatalities in that distance gives you one every 167,772,800 passenger miles, or 0.596 fatalities every 100,000,000 passenger miles.
That makes space travel look LESS risky than passenger car travel, and you don't have to worry about drunk drivers...
Then again, they're just numbers. You can probably make them look however you wish.
I thought it was the most difficult game to complete that I have EVER played... Let me tell you why (and hopefully someone can offer a solution to my problem):
So I'm pretty far through... I've got the Phazon Suit. I start looking at the clues for where to pick up the runes. Great! I get to about 7 and I grab one of the ones that's in Phendrana (I can't remember.. Spirit maybe). I run through the rune on the screen, it says I've collected a rune. The game changes over to the inventory screen and I don't actually have the rune...
So I figured I'd save there and restart the game to see if it either appeared back in its original position, or appeared in my inventory. Nope. And, because there's only one save game available within the game (instead of multiple save slots where I could have kept a backup game), I am screwed. I went back to the rune location and it is gone.
So, I personally believe I have to start over. I haven't seen any kind of cheat on the web anywhere that'd let me fix my problem (if there was an "all runes" cheat it'd be perfect because it would fix exactly my bug). Anyone know if there's anything else I can do?
The doc in Back to the Future was a pretty famous Emmitt, but not Emmitt Smith. Different guy entirely :)
Dr. Emmitt Brown is the name you're looking for.
Using your formula and my Slashdot UID, a "Sabotage" would be (assuming the list on the site in order from LSB to MSB):
:)
Vodka, Whiskey, Amaretto, Triple Sec, Kahlua, Midori, Orange Juice, Sour Mix, and Tonic.
Sabotage indeed.
I can't for sure say that would be disgusting, but it doesn't sound that great. I'll have to try it some day...
Incidentally, an ENOENT would be:
Vodka, Tequila, Whiskey, Amaretto, Triple Sec, Kahlua, OJ, Cola, and Tonic.. Quite similar to the Sabotage, actually
I don't think that inherently the value of a game is greater than the value of a CD. I'm sure I have several CDs, specifically the ones currently in my car, that I've listened to WAY more than I've played any video game that I've bought, and I consider myself a pretty addicted gamer.
I might agree with your argument if you changed CD to DVD, because I know for a fact that I've only watched some of the DVDs I own once or twice, as compared to most music CDs that tend to get many, many plays. My DVDs are mostly for when friends come over and want to watch something, rather than when I want to watch something.
And music prices do go down, just go to Best Buy and find some old or unknown artist's CD that's been on shelves for a long time. I'm sure you can find things that have been marked down to move. I'm fairly confident I've seen lower prices on older stuff.
I own both the PS2 and the Dreamcast. The PS2 controller is probably the best one I have ever used, and that goes back to 2600, Nintendo, SNES, N64, Sega Master System, Genesis, etc. I absolutely hate that monstrosity of the DC controller. On the other hand, the VMU idea in the DC is great.
As for your comment about being able to have "up to 4 players" on the DC, you can theoretically have up to 10 on the PS2, but I think the max that is supported by any current game is 8.
What really makes any system is the games. Right now, I'd have to say that there are plenty more games for the DC that I'd like to have than there are for the PS2. Hopefully that will change.
The truth is, I bought my PS2 so I could play Metal Gear Solid when it comes out, so any game that's released that is any good is a bonus. SSX anyone?
Well, as others have pointed out, the PS2 does have two USB ports and a Firewire port on the front. In addition, the expansion bay you're talking about is supposed to have a network card/hard drive combo available for it "sometime". Theoretically, right now you should be able to use the firewire to attach to a hard drive and the USB for keyboard/mouse/ethernet. I guess that's just a matter of someone trying it and then writing the appropriate drivers.
The argument could be made that they're publishing content as well... there's a lot more to a game than just code.
Playstation CDs use a regular iso9660 filesystem. Try grabbing a PSX disc and sticking it in your CDROM drive... you'll be able to see all the files that make up the game.
The only real difference is the PSX CD has a certain area of the disc that usually cannot be accessed by normal CDROM drives, and this is used for a (weak) copy protection and regioning system. I'm not sure of the entire details on this since it's been a while since I read anything about it, but I think I'm close.
I think the original poster was trying to say something a bit different.
The Scenario: I, malicious content poster and author of evil pseudoscientology books, post a perfectly normal looking URL that actually links to the URL for the one-click 'buy this' stuff.
You, innocent reader and user of Amazon's one-click shopping, decide to follow my link. Next thing you know, you've purchased my book and I get royalties. You already had the Amazon cookie on your machine because of pash purchases. I wasn't trying to get you to pay for something that ended up in my hands, I was merely trying to get you to PAY for something.
I'm not an Amazon frequenter, so I don't know what the URLs look like or if this is even possible.. I'm just clarifying the original poster's suggestion.
Considering the article says they want you to build a robot :)
I may be completely off here, but you -should- be able to tell your phone company to shove it.
I thought that it was required that any phone be capable of dialing an 800 number without any fees... Even on payphones one can dial an 800 number without dropping any change in.
Then again, the extra fees for -not- having long distance service are suspect as well... I wonder what their justification for that is?
Actually, I was only half joking..
I can dial in now with my laptop when the power's out but the phone is up just fine.