You're OBVIOUSLY not one of the masses (in this case, 2,000,000 people who PREORDERED the Japanese version of Final Fantasy 8. I'm not one of them, but believe me, my name will be all over the US list) addicted beyond repair to the Final Fantasy Series. Unfortunatley for me I'm an American, living in America, understanding only English, Latin (kinda-sorta) and sign language, so I don't get the good stuff fast.
But if I knew even 3 or 4 words in Japanese, I'd GLADLY pay $100 for FF8, $70 for the mod chip (or $40 for a Game Shark), or hell even another $100+ for a Japanese Playstation, and the adaptors required (I can hook the damned thing up to my PC if all else fails. Gotta love NTSC and PAL compatibility).
The Final Fantasy series to video game RPGamers is sort of like what the Quake series is to the FPShooter. It defines the genere. However, our genere is MUCH harder to produce games for, no less GOOD games. Square has this down to an art in my opinion (and the 8,000,000+ others who own FF7, the 2,000,000 who already own 8, the 5,000,000+ who own FF3 (US release, I think 5 in Japan), etc...
Again, in summary, YES, he's paying $96 for the game, $79 for a Mod Chip, $70 for the US release (yes, $70. Not $20. This game had what, a 2-3 million dollar budget?)...
I'd also like to point out several vendors do push out boxes with alternative OSes preinstalled, and make quite a nice business out of doing so...
I refer, of course, to VA Research, Penguin Computing, and the others that I can't remember the name of (because I don't buy prebuilt computers, not that they're not worth remembering.)
Well from what I understand, the dorks all went to their local Microsoft office instead of the OEM that sold them the PC with Windows pre-installed, which is what they have to do to get a refund.
So no, they didn't get money back. Why? They were barking up the wrong side of the tree. It WAS the right tree, however.
Microsoft bought Hotmail, and tried converting the service to NT, but NT failed to handle the load, so FreeBSD remained there. I know a few people that work at Hotmail, and they warned Microsoft that they wouldn't be able to do it...
I dunno. I've never written a line of C in my life (other than the obligatory "Hm.. I'll try C" Hello World program). Someone else mentions a kernel module that does a similar thing...
I can do it under Windows with minimal effort (some Windows programs can record output directed to sound cards to a file), but I'm assuming that's not an option. And I haven't done it in quite some time, so...
But you have to use intermediate programs that capture the stream going to/dev/audio (or the sound card device of choice under Windows), have a program convert the raw to a wav, then encode that wav.
Example (might work, might not. Just illustrates)...
ln/home/you/file.raw/dev/audio
sox (or whatever) whatever -whatever
bladeenc
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Or there's a translation problem, which is what I think is the most likely scenario.
People like me, who end up going over to a relative's house every other day (literally) to fix AOL-related problems, would KILL to have this become reality.
AOL is slow because of their network, so the software speed doesn't matter a whole lot.
And, you gotta admit, being able to type killall -9 aol would rock.
Slashdot.org was registered before the ads started. Some dorks already own slashdot.com, slashdot.net, hell even slashdot.cx has been grabbed... So at this point it's not really possible for Rob to get slashdot.com (hell, I'd pay the $70 for two years for him if it were possible to get the domain)...
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Sort of interesting, server was rebooted on the 25th. I'd guess it'll go down sometime today as well for a reboot, seeing as it's a Windows box that is actually doing something... (I've had a Win95 box running for over a month straight, but this was on a 486SX, serving webpages at the rate of one per decade).
I spent at least 40 hours one month on Civ...
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And I've never even TOUCHED the game... Just talking about it with people or watching them play... Oh boy, there goes my productivity...
Like many others, I'd LOVE a SC3k port as well. Or a way to get it under Wine. Or SVGAlib. Or ANYTHING... (Yes I know about LinCity, don't like it much...)
And there was much rejoycing in the world...
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Ok, bigot was the wrong word... I guess evangelist or something... You get the idea..
I'm not a developer or anything, and using Slack3.5, I have yet to run into a package I can't compile against libc5... I admit I don't compile much, and never have I tried anything blatantly glibc2 specific.
I don't get it I guess. Is there any real technical flaws in libc5 that makes glibc2 a better choice, other than libc5 has been abandoned? Or is glibc2 just "Better, Faster, More"?
Oh well... Maybe someday I will switch over to Debian, RedHat, Caldera, or one of the other glibc2-based distribs.
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Personally, I've mailed Volkerding myself a few times, and he seemed quite nice. But I wasn't complaining about glibc2 (personally, I don't understand the attraction, and if I want glibc2, I can add it myself).
*Shrug*
Even if Slackware dies at 3.6, I'll continue using it because I like it. But this thread shouldn't turn into a distrib war (which it isn't yet, but I KNOW someone will go that route), but rather a celebration for a new era of sorts.
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For Linux 2.2.0 hits the streets.
I can't wait for a Slacware upgrade based around it (It's time for Slack4.0, featuring glibc2 [I'd like to see it, just to shut the glibc2 bigots up]).
/me types make bzImage, hits enter, and takes a long drink from his Mountain Dew.
Cyrix 6x86 PR233MX with 64MB of RAM, EIDE hard drive 2.5 gbytes (Fujitu I think, don't feel like opening the case), Amptron 8600 motherboard. Linux 2.2.0pre4 kernel. No problems here, checksum was the same each time.
Yes with Linux. Why? Stability for one. Standarization across all one's boxen for another. All my machines (but one, for "business" reasons... (Read: Games)) run Linux. If I'm going to be running a tablet computer as well, it better be VERY compatible with what I currently use on my "normal" machines...
And as for the multiuser part.. Think of it as a profiling system for people using the tablet.
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You're OBVIOUSLY not one of the masses (in this case, 2,000,000 people who PREORDERED the Japanese version of Final Fantasy 8. I'm not one of them, but believe me, my name will be all over the US list) addicted beyond repair to the Final Fantasy Series. Unfortunatley for me I'm an American, living in America, understanding only English, Latin (kinda-sorta) and sign language, so I don't get the good stuff fast.
But if I knew even 3 or 4 words in Japanese, I'd GLADLY pay $100 for FF8, $70 for the mod chip (or $40 for a Game Shark), or hell even another $100+ for a Japanese Playstation, and the adaptors required (I can hook the damned thing up to my PC if all else fails. Gotta love NTSC and PAL compatibility).
The Final Fantasy series to video game RPGamers is sort of like what the Quake series is to the FPShooter. It defines the genere. However, our genere is MUCH harder to produce games for, no less GOOD games. Square has this down to an art in my opinion (and the 8,000,000+ others who own FF7, the 2,000,000 who already own 8, the 5,000,000+ who own FF3 (US release, I think 5 in Japan), etc...
Again, in summary, YES, he's paying $96 for the game, $79 for a Mod Chip, $70 for the US release (yes, $70. Not $20. This game had what, a 2-3 million dollar budget?)...
Just thought I'd point out, Userfriendly.org's comic today is about Refund Day kind of... I thought it was funny anyways.
I'd also like to point out several vendors do push out boxes with alternative OSes preinstalled, and make quite a nice business out of doing so...
I refer, of course, to VA Research, Penguin Computing, and the others that I can't remember the name of (because I don't buy prebuilt computers, not that they're not worth remembering.)
Well from what I understand, the dorks all went to their local Microsoft office instead of the OEM that sold them the PC with Windows pre-installed, which is what they have to do to get a refund.
So no, they didn't get money back. Why? They were barking up the wrong side of the tree. It WAS the right tree, however.
You've been in a cave for awhile, haven't you?
Microsoft bought Hotmail, and tried converting the service to NT, but NT failed to handle the load, so FreeBSD remained there. I know a few people that work at Hotmail, and they warned Microsoft that they wouldn't be able to do it...
Did you even READ the post?
He's trying to convert a media stream to MP3.
I dunno. I've never written a line of C in my life (other than the obligatory "Hm.. I'll try C" Hello World program). Someone else mentions a kernel module that does a similar thing...
I can do it under Windows with minimal effort (some Windows programs can record output directed to sound cards to a file), but I'm assuming that's not an option. And I haven't done it in quite some time, so...
But you have to use intermediate programs that capture the stream going to /dev/audio (or the sound card device of choice under Windows), have a program convert the raw to a wav, then encode that wav.
/home/you/file.raw /dev/audio
Example (might work, might not. Just illustrates)...
ln
sox (or whatever) whatever -whatever
bladeenc
Or there's a translation problem, which is what I think is the most likely scenario.
People like me, who end up going over to a relative's house every other day (literally) to fix AOL-related problems, would KILL to have this become reality.
AOL is slow because of their network, so the software speed doesn't matter a whole lot.
And, you gotta admit, being able to type killall -9 aol would rock.
That's all I can say. Copy can be found (when the site gets /.ed) at my site that doesn't do much. Go easy on it please, only 64k upstream.
Slashdot.org was registered before the ads started. Some dorks already own slashdot.com, slashdot.net, hell even slashdot.cx has been grabbed... So at this point it's not really possible for Rob to get slashdot.com (hell, I'd pay the $70 for two years for him if it were possible to get the domain)...
Was down early this morning (OK, early for me... Before noon anyways, PST), still down at 6:40PM PST... Temporary?
What exactly were the problems? 2.2.0 works fine for me, so I'm not touching 2.2.1... I know there was that sound compiling problem... What else?
Yeah, but the opinions were somewhat more well founded. *Shrug* I don't have anything better to do than read through all the comments though, so...
I just bumped up the threshold to 1, and there were a total of 5 comments. Just one of which was a reply...
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Sort of interesting, server was rebooted on the 25th. I'd guess it'll go down sometime today as well for a reboot, seeing as it's a Windows box that is actually doing something... (I've had a Win95 box running for over a month straight, but this was on a 486SX, serving webpages at the rate of one per decade).
And I've never even TOUCHED the game... Just talking about it with people or watching them play... Oh boy, there goes my productivity...
Like many others, I'd LOVE a SC3k port as well. Or a way to get it under Wine. Or SVGAlib. Or ANYTHING... (Yes I know about LinCity, don't like it much...)
Ok, bigot was the wrong word... I guess evangelist or something... You get the idea..
I'm not a developer or anything, and using Slack3.5, I have yet to run into a package I can't compile against libc5... I admit I don't compile much, and never have I tried anything blatantly glibc2 specific.
I don't get it I guess. Is there any real technical flaws in libc5 that makes glibc2 a better choice, other than libc5 has been abandoned? Or is glibc2 just "Better, Faster, More"?
Oh well... Maybe someday I will switch over to Debian, RedHat, Caldera, or one of the other glibc2-based distribs.
Personally, I've mailed Volkerding myself a few times, and he seemed quite nice. But I wasn't complaining about glibc2 (personally, I don't understand the attraction, and if I want glibc2, I can add it myself).
*Shrug*
Even if Slackware dies at 3.6, I'll continue using it because I like it. But this thread shouldn't turn into a distrib war (which it isn't yet, but I KNOW someone will go that route), but rather a celebration for a new era of sorts.
For Linux 2.2.0 hits the streets.
I can't wait for a Slacware upgrade based around it (It's time for Slack4.0, featuring glibc2 [I'd like to see it, just to shut the glibc2 bigots up]).
/me types make bzImage, hits enter, and takes a long drink from his Mountain Dew.
This definatley falls into my "sonofabitchthissucks" category of news.
Great, I don't even know C... I guess I'm grepping for "hotmail.com" from now on..
The 2.1.x and 2.2.0pre series have all run great for me (I have pretty standard configs on all my machines)..
I came in late in the game of 2.1, and personally I'm looking forward to riding the rollercoaster that will be 2.3.x and 2.4.0pre (or 3.0.0?).
This will definatley be an interesting year for Linux, as if that weren't obvious.
Cyrix 6x86 PR233MX with 64MB of RAM, EIDE hard drive 2.5 gbytes (Fujitu I think, don't feel like opening the case), Amptron 8600 motherboard. Linux 2.2.0pre4 kernel. No problems here, checksum was the same each time.
Yes with Linux. Why? Stability for one. Standarization across all one's boxen for another. All my machines (but one, for "business" reasons... (Read: Games)) run Linux. If I'm going to be running a tablet computer as well, it better be VERY compatible with what I currently use on my "normal" machines...
And as for the multiuser part.. Think of it as a profiling system for people using the tablet.