The public WANTS big, enormous gas guzzlers, it feeds their egos. Why do you think SUVs are so popular, and getting larger and larger? Electric and hybrid cars will never take off because they're not big hulking gas-guzzling SUVs! (As much as I prefer alternatives to gasoline.)
The 2A03 isn't fully 6502 compatible, so that route probably won't work. Especially since, IIRC, EVERY NES game that has sound does something "nonstandard".
With the Master System, Game Gear and Nomad, would it not be easier, as they use stock CPUs, to simply upgrade the CPUs? I think the Nomad is a Genesis derivative, right? and I think 68000 and Z80 CPUs twice as fast as the Genesis' 68000 and Z80 exist...
That's about the size of it too. Used to be, where I lived, you could catch a first run movie for $4.50 ($2.50 matinee), or go buy the video for about $15-$18, now, movies are $8.50 to get into, and DVDs $30-$35 (the $25 DVDs corresponding appoximately to a $10-$12 tape from then), and instead of $9-$11 tapes, we have $17-$20 CDs. Next few years, I'll prolly see $40-$50 for video discs, and $12 admission into the theaters.
Why do you think we pirate this stuff! Make the prices reasonable, MAYBE THEN WE'LL FUCKING BUY IT.
I can tell you I bought a lot more $11 tapes on a $35/mo stipend, than I buy $18 CDs on $140/mo after-bills money.
It depends on a lot of factors, how much bandwidth I'm willing to push up. My Verizon line isn't quite as asymmetric as Comcast's (1536:384 vs. 3072:256), which might help.
Some torrents, I throttle to BitTornado's minimum of 3 K/s. Others, if I feel like helping to seed (e.g., stuff I have a direct involvement in, or stuff where I'm exceptionally grateful to see a seed actually show up), I push sometimes up to 40 K/s (which is just below 90% of my 45 K/s effective uplink).
I have to keep my uplink low, though, since I run IRC file servers, and they are very popular (I am almost constantly uploading over IRC).
mencoder can use the MS WMV9 codec. The idea is simply to use that codec to decompress the HD video (perfectly doable, I've done it), and recompress it, not in realtime, with libavcodec.
I'm not saying compress it to normal quality 720x480 or 640x480 mpeg-4, but to its full resolution of 1440x1080, at a much higher bitrate (vqscale=2 or 2.5). I'm sure it can be done with mencoder, though, my own test was a 720x540 encode.
Though if WMVHD can be cracked, it is most certainly playable in mplayer with the proper codec pack, and can be converted to divx with mencoder. (Done it.)
And they will only release such "crippled" version in Europe where they are forced to, most likely; and WMP will be wired into the OS everywhere else. Bet on it.
Those are subcultures and import cultures. Also, the world Americanizes because they see America as the definition of "modern" and not because they idolize American culture.
There is always my own system, Intergalactic Standard Time, which uses a "day" of ten "hours", a "week" of ten "days", a "month" of ten "weeks", and a year (defined as 365.25 Earth days for the purposes of easy conversions, but in fact intended to be equivalent to precisely one Earth solar year) of 10 "months".
48 MB, on a Pentium/120? My God, you ARE a masochist... ROFL, it took me a lot to dare to run more than 98SE on this beast! (Though, it runs much more smoothly; far fewer reboots needed.)
For basic use (Web, e-mail, WP) Windows 2000 runs quite well on even 64 MB (I am unfortunate to be the living proof). I've even done some heavier stuff (can you say fansubbing / light video editing?) in 64 MB.
What is cruel and unusual may vary depending on who you ask. For one, I would probably use monitoring to keep him off computers for several years. Some people would think that disappearing him is not cruel and unusual.
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I'm hardly affluent, I'm on SSI, fixed income small enough I get food stamps, I still can easily afford DSL. It's not expensive.
Broadband? Direcway? ROFL. I knew someone who used them and her connection was horribly unreliable, and had uplink comparable to a 28.8 modem. She's on DSL now, but they didn't offer it then.
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The public WANTS big, enormous gas guzzlers, it feeds their egos. Why do you think SUVs are so popular, and getting larger and larger? Electric and hybrid cars will never take off because they're not big hulking gas-guzzling SUVs! (As much as I prefer alternatives to gasoline.)
Moll.
The 2A03 isn't fully 6502 compatible, so that route probably won't work. Especially since, IIRC, EVERY NES game that has sound does something "nonstandard".
Moll.
With the Master System, Game Gear and Nomad, would it not be easier, as they use stock CPUs, to simply upgrade the CPUs? I think the Nomad is a Genesis derivative, right? and I think 68000 and Z80 CPUs twice as fast as the Genesis' 68000 and Z80 exist...
Moll.
Autozone?
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That's about the size of it too. Used to be, where I lived, you could catch a first run movie for $4.50 ($2.50 matinee), or go buy the video for about $15-$18, now, movies are $8.50 to get into, and DVDs $30-$35 (the $25 DVDs corresponding appoximately to a $10-$12 tape from then), and instead of $9-$11 tapes, we have $17-$20 CDs. Next few years, I'll prolly see $40-$50 for video discs, and $12 admission into the theaters.
Why do you think we pirate this stuff! Make the prices reasonable, MAYBE THEN WE'LL FUCKING BUY IT.
I can tell you I bought a lot more $11 tapes on a $35/mo stipend, than I buy $18 CDs on $140/mo after-bills money.
Moll.
It depends on a lot of factors, how much bandwidth I'm willing to push up. My Verizon line isn't quite as asymmetric as Comcast's (1536:384 vs. 3072:256), which might help.
Some torrents, I throttle to BitTornado's minimum of 3 K/s. Others, if I feel like helping to seed (e.g., stuff I have a direct involvement in, or stuff where I'm exceptionally grateful to see a seed actually show up), I push sometimes up to 40 K/s (which is just below 90% of my 45 K/s effective uplink).
I have to keep my uplink low, though, since I run IRC file servers, and they are very popular (I am almost constantly uploading over IRC).
Moll.
I haven't done it with DRM'd stuff, so be warned. However, I did it with a file I downloaded from MS's WMVHD site, and that *does* work with mencoder.
YMMV.
Moll.
mencoder can use the MS WMV9 codec. The idea is simply to use that codec to decompress the HD video (perfectly doable, I've done it), and recompress it, not in realtime, with libavcodec.
Moll.
And unlucky me, I live in the United States of Awhorica.
Moll.
Their shady business goes all the way back to 1981, MS-DOS 1.0 and ripping off CP/M. It's nothing new.
Moll.
I'm not saying compress it to normal quality 720x480 or 640x480 mpeg-4, but to its full resolution of 1440x1080, at a much higher bitrate (vqscale=2 or 2.5). I'm sure it can be done with mencoder, though, my own test was a 720x540 encode.
Moll.
Is WMV9 DRM crackable? How? Where?
Though if WMVHD can be cracked, it is most certainly playable in mplayer with the proper codec pack, and can be converted to divx with mencoder. (Done it.)
Moll.
And they will only release such "crippled" version in Europe where they are forced to, most likely; and WMP will be wired into the OS everywhere else. Bet on it.
Moll.
They got where they are through greed and deceit, they deserve to have no mercy given to them. Serves 'em right.
FP?
Moll.
Those are subcultures and import cultures. Also, the world Americanizes because they see America as the definition of "modern" and not because they idolize American culture.
Moll.
American culture? What culture?
Moll.
There is always my own system, Intergalactic Standard Time, which uses a "day" of ten "hours", a "week" of ten "days", a "month" of ten "weeks", and a year (defined as 365.25 Earth days for the purposes of easy conversions, but in fact intended to be equivalent to precisely one Earth solar year) of 10 "months".
Moll.
48 MB, on a Pentium/120? My God, you ARE a masochist... ROFL, it took me a lot to dare to run more than 98SE on this beast! (Though, it runs much more smoothly; far fewer reboots needed.)
Moll.
For basic use (Web, e-mail, WP) Windows 2000 runs quite well on even 64 MB (I am unfortunate to be the living proof). I've even done some heavier stuff (can you say fansubbing / light video editing?) in 64 MB.
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And there's more such people out there like that. Not every transsexual prefers people of their birth sex, I know I don't.
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suprnova did say they were having trouble staying online. DDoS by MPAA?
FP?
Moll.
What is cruel and unusual may vary depending on who you ask. For one, I would probably use monitoring to keep him off computers for several years. Some people would think that disappearing him is not cruel and unusual.
Moll.
I'm hardly affluent, I'm on SSI, fixed income small enough I get food stamps, I still can easily afford DSL. It's not expensive.
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Type: google search terms
into the address bar. That's what I do.
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Broadband? Direcway? ROFL. I knew someone who used them and her connection was horribly unreliable, and had uplink comparable to a 28.8 modem. She's on DSL now, but they didn't offer it then.
Moll.