Sounds like the old Mac cards they made for the Amiga, which essentially amounted to a bios slot and bootloader, IIRC.
No major rocket science, I wouldn't be surprised if someone came out with a PCI card for the PC that could do the same thing. Add a custom cd loaded with Linux drivers, and you're good to go (I could be wrong, but I'm not a rocket scientist, nor a computer expert).
Up until, obviously, the Hot Coffee patch, modders have pretty much had free reign in making additions and enhancements to games (including one going on to make a business out of a heavily modded game).
Since there is a lot of hidden features in many games (such as the DOA and Sims nude patches have shown), and the only way the ESRB could hope to catch them all is to literally pick apart the games before giving their ratings, the obvious fallout would be to crack down on the mod community, lest the game industry come under further scrutiny.
Jeeze, and we thought the gaming industry was in trouble when Activision first released Custer's Revenge for the Atari 2600.
That, and the stoopid LED display that showed your system speed (rendered useless once systems breached 200 Mhz). These days I just call 'em "ePenis Meters".
Push for legislation requiring software vendors such as Microsoft release the source code of software that they no longer support.
While they'll bitch and moan, you'll have tons of programmers on the side who'd be chomping at the bit to supply support for legacy systems/OSes.
Hell, I imagine that for the most part, you have the potential to rebuild a good deal of the computer industry, just by fixing holes in old MS products, etc, that MS in turn would save a fortune in no longer having to support.
That's true, but on the other hand, selective memory is a funny thing. Maybe he subconsciously blocked himself from sensing Kenobi. I mean seriously, Jedi can view the future, but he didn't think of destroying Tatooine and saving himself the hassles Luke, Han, Obi Wan, and Chewbacca would eventually cause him?
"So, does this mean that R2-D2 is really the main character in Star Wars?"
However, it reminds me of a thought I had regarding the series: What if the whole series was actually formed from the perspective of Anakin Skywalker when he was killed in Return of the Jedi?
The evidence is simple, everyone has selective memory no matter what. He remembers himself and everything around him as a youth as more or less an optimistic illusion.
One classic example of this concept is Ronald Reagan's visit to his home town, described as a bastion to Americana, from the good old days. Reagan, however, visably shuddered upon returning.
In this case, Anakin viewed himself as being only slightly annoyed at being a slave, but otherwise an innocent "whoopie" shouting boy. Now if YOU were the second in command of the Empire, wouldn't you be more than happy to nuke the Hutts in retaliation for holding and selling you as a slave? For that matter, why not just use Tattoine as the first test target for the Death Star? He had no ties to that planet, other than hatred and sorrow (and of course the Sand People who killed his mother).
Using the same assumption, it would seem realistic that he would also conveniently forget about some of Obi Wan's later associations with the droids he owned/built, or be able to sense Obi Wan's presence on that planet (since he didn't have the convenience of the force cloaking fauna of Dagobah). One would think that, with force abilities somewhere between Vader and the Emperor, you'd show up pretty well as a blip on their radar no matter how much you try to hide yourself.
So perhaps from that point of view (as Lucas loves to put it), you could say all 6 episodes were really just Vader being maudlin and nostalgic.
At a cost of several dozen very expensive li-ion batteries as I recall.
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While it doesn't play back DiVX/XViD/MPEG-4, Radio Shack has a portable DVD player for $99 after rebate, it has a 3.6" screen and is about the size of a portable CD player(I've tested one, and it has passable playback quality).
Actually, I had a theory for a while, that the overwhelming reliance on high fructose corn syrup has been having long term effects since it was first made in the early 70s. While I am not a chemist, there *is* an obvious difference between high fructose corn syrup and conventional sugar:
Sugar (cane or beet): Sucrose and glucose. Corn syrup: Fructose.
From what research I have done, sucrose, glucose, galactose and fructose are all processed differently, the former three being processed in higher efficiency than fructose.
But hell, if the study is right, then perhaps that could even explain the current trend of overmedication and psychological problems, that kids have been having (on an ever increasing basis)for the last 35+ years. The data, if cross referenced between countries based on diet and behavioral statistics, should show pretty well what the trend is.
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Sounds like the old Mac cards they made for the Amiga, which essentially amounted to a bios slot and bootloader, IIRC.
No major rocket science, I wouldn't be surprised if someone came out with a PCI card for the PC that could do the same thing. Add a custom cd loaded with Linux drivers, and you're good to go (I could be wrong, but I'm not a rocket scientist, nor a computer expert).
If we're rounding off to the nearest nickel, doesn't that make your 2 cents worth $0.00 (adjusted for inflation)?
Up until, obviously, the Hot Coffee patch, modders have pretty much had free reign in making additions and enhancements to games (including one going on to make a business out of a heavily modded game).
Since there is a lot of hidden features in many games (such as the DOA and Sims nude patches have shown), and the only way the ESRB could hope to catch them all is to literally pick apart the games before giving their ratings, the obvious fallout would be to crack down on the mod community, lest the game industry come under further scrutiny.
Jeeze, and we thought the gaming industry was in trouble when Activision first released Custer's Revenge for the Atari 2600.
Sheesh, excuuuuuse me for stating the site was slashdotted, and trying to do it in a humorous fashion.
Thanks to a visit from the Slashdot bop.
That, and the stoopid LED display that showed your system speed (rendered useless once systems breached 200 Mhz). These days I just call 'em "ePenis Meters".
Windows 2K came out when I was using a Pentium 200 MMX, with just 64 MB RAM to boot, and it ran just fine on it.
Not as fast as Win98, but all things considered, it fit well into a lower spec system than the article used as a reference.
It doesn't matter, you'll still have to wait 60+ years to rent ultra-porn.
In Communist China, building grows you!
No, it's clearly the retail price.
Everyone knows that cameras add an extra 200,000 tons.
Must... Resist... Obvious... Gay... Joke!!!
More like:I IIICAAAAATE!!!
Medicate!
Medicate!
Medicate!
MEEEEEEDI
(or at least "Crap, wrong Doctor, run away, run awayyyyy!")
I for one welcome our new pill dispensing robot overlords.
Push for legislation requiring software vendors such as Microsoft release the source code of software that they no longer support.
While they'll bitch and moan, you'll have tons of programmers on the side who'd be chomping at the bit to supply support for legacy systems/OSes.
Hell, I imagine that for the most part, you have the potential to rebuild a good deal of the computer industry, just by fixing holes in old MS products, etc, that MS in turn would save a fortune in no longer having to support.
Because of the overwhelming number of consumers who got burned buying the DVD rewinder http://www.dvdrewinder.com/?
That's true, but on the other hand, selective memory is a funny thing. Maybe he subconsciously blocked himself from sensing Kenobi. I mean seriously, Jedi can view the future, but he didn't think of destroying Tatooine and saving himself the hassles Luke, Han, Obi Wan, and Chewbacca would eventually cause him?
Ouch, now I'm sounding like a Star Wars fanboy.
"So, does this mean that R2-D2 is really the main character in Star Wars?"
However, it reminds me of a thought I had regarding the series: What if the whole series was actually formed from the perspective of Anakin Skywalker when he was killed in Return of the Jedi?
The evidence is simple, everyone has selective memory no matter what. He remembers himself and everything around him as a youth as more or less an optimistic illusion.
One classic example of this concept is Ronald Reagan's visit to his home town, described as a bastion to Americana, from the good old days. Reagan, however, visably shuddered upon returning.
In this case, Anakin viewed himself as being only slightly annoyed at being a slave, but otherwise an innocent "whoopie" shouting boy. Now if YOU were the second in command of the Empire, wouldn't you be more than happy to nuke the Hutts in retaliation for holding and selling you as a slave? For that matter, why not just use Tattoine as the first test target for the Death Star? He had no ties to that planet, other than hatred and sorrow (and of course the Sand People who killed his mother).
Using the same assumption, it would seem realistic that he would also conveniently forget about some of Obi Wan's later associations with the droids he owned/built, or be able to sense Obi Wan's presence on that planet (since he didn't have the convenience of the force cloaking fauna of Dagobah). One would think that, with force abilities somewhere between Vader and the Emperor, you'd show up pretty well as a blip on their radar no matter how much you try to hide yourself.
So perhaps from that point of view (as Lucas loves to put it), you could say all 6 episodes were really just Vader being maudlin and nostalgic.
Open my fly please, HAL.
I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that.
C'mon HAL, I really gotta go!
I'm sorry Dave, you should have thought of that before we left.
HAL, you're really starting to piss me off.
And so on and so forth, until Dave is electrocuted when he finally loses control of his bladder ("My God, it's full of sparks!").
But maybe they have a point, maybe if we pray hard enough, God will stop crappy games from being released.
At a cost of several dozen very expensive li-ion batteries as I recall.
While it doesn't play back DiVX/XViD/MPEG-4, Radio Shack has a portable DVD player for $99 after rebate, it has a 3.6" screen and is about the size of a portable CD player(I've tested one, and it has passable playback quality).
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I'm sure it can be taken apart and fiddled with, but for those who don't want to, it makes a satisfactory substitute.
No, it's the other Richard Hatch: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0368745/
And there's also Gameworks in Seattle (not sure if it exists elsewhere). Nothing like downing a beer and then doing the 3 story tall shooter.
Actually, I had a theory for a while, that the overwhelming reliance on high fructose corn syrup has been having long term effects since it was first made in the early 70s. While I am not a chemist, there *is* an obvious difference between high fructose corn syrup and conventional sugar:
Sugar (cane or beet): Sucrose and glucose.
Corn syrup: Fructose.
From what research I have done, sucrose, glucose, galactose and fructose are all processed differently, the former three being processed in higher efficiency than fructose.
But hell, if the study is right, then perhaps that could even explain the current trend of overmedication and psychological problems, that kids have been having (on an ever increasing basis)for the last 35+ years. The data, if cross referenced between countries based on diet and behavioral statistics, should show pretty well what the trend is.