This is wrong. The NES was released in Japan in '83, and was in US Stores by fall of '85. I KNOW I received an NES in the Christmas of '85.. (Don't you DARE try to invalidate my memories;-) )
The US has become this unnecessarily multi-lingual culture. We waste more space, trees, metal (for signs), and TIME translating from the language these people SHOULD learn before moving to the US. As elitist as it may sound, English still IS the Universal language, and I'd be quite happy if I didn't waste 10 seconds of non-time listening to telephone instructions in Spanish when I call my bank.
So I think they could find a way to figure out what you're saying, no matter what language. Plus, didn't AT&T (or someone) develop some prototype real-time translator? I wonder whatever happened to that thing..
Here in Glen Burnie, Maryland you can't get a signal within about 3 miles of my house -- which is pretty much the main road directly out of my neighborhood, and the neighborhood itself.
Granted I live on the water (albiet a small body of water), I have only seen one or two carriers make it back here. Nextel was one of them... I thought someone else had a 'normal' cell service and was back here, but I don't recall now.
But AT&T and Verizon are the worst for back here (we're not really backwoods, either.. I'm about 15 miles from the Baltimore City limits)
You can either import a GC (expensive, as you might imagine).. or you can go the eas(y/ier) route and find plans online that allow you to mod your GC to where you can play Jap and US games at the flick of a switch. If soldering and taking apart your GC is not something you're interested in, there are places around that you can ship your GameCube to in order for them to make such a modification. (It's just two contact points that either need to be soldered together, or burned apart - I forget which)
I know that colorconsoles.com will do it, and I'm sure there are many other trusted companies that will do such a thing... look around.
Actually the first one or two sites had no victims and therefore isn't highlighted in the "spree".
Also, there were two that survived, not just one:)
It sucks living so close to it - I'm in Glen Burnie (just a little south of Baltimore, and 40 mins east of the majority of the shootings, and about 30 mins north from the latest one involving the student).. The speculation was that the one involving the child was a 'screw you' to the school system who said all last week that the schools were the safest places to be...:-/
For browsers that have GOOD custom install options (Netscape/Mozilla), they just specify a directory... with multiple IE versions, Its a bit harder, but apparently possible, though I'm not quite sure how its done (multiple registry entries?).. I remember back on 95 "PLUS!" it put the iexplore in the Plus sub-directory, while nowadays it sits in its own "Program Files" folder..
Anyone know what the following ports go to? 3138/tcp unassigned 3306/tcp unassigned 6010/tcp unassigned 6011/tcp unassigned
These ports are open on geekflavor.com, as well as the SSH/FTP/HTTP ports.. one of them (3306) actually sends stuff to you, and reports "Bad Handshake" after you type anything in... is this a way for alternate access???
Are you kidding me? This is totally off-topic, but I want to raise a point that their "legally binding" document, asking you initials, name, address, etc etc should *NOT* be run through an insecure connection.... this is probably how Metallica got the usernames in the first place;-P
Seriously tho, to be ON topic so I don't get mod'ed.. I can't believe a very long lasting band such as Metallica would even illusion in their heads that they're losing money..
But also, I think that soon, we're going to have a "which came first: the chicken or the egg" type rebuttal when it comes to high prices vs. distributable songs. "High-priced CD's because of the 'pirates'" vs. "Open distribution because of High-priced CD's".. (WE all know what the correct scenario is!)
Besides, its not like Crapster (my nickname for it when the servers don't respond) is really screwing those users over, its not that big of a deal to add a number or a letter to your username.. sure its a pain in the numbed-area, but is it really THAT difficult? I think Napster is just trying to "be on the straight and narrow" and please as many people as possible.
The Skills part of my Resume doesn't have as much beef as yours does, however I do have a bunch of other geek qualities that I would THINK would land me even just a Jr. position job.. I'm pretty certain I've got enough under my belt to be a good SysAdmin, or HelpDesk Tech.. but no go here, either.. (This is Baltimore, MD area in the US).
So you're not alone! I've been out for over a month now, and sitting at home all day searching job sites just isn't fun anymore:P Plenty of job postings on services like monster.com and careers.yahoo.com, but you need to get replies for any of those things to work;-)
I think I'm going to go wear my name on my shirt for a while (read: retail), just til I can find something a little more solid. If any employers in Maryland/DC reading this, feel free to visit http://www.brainbench.com/transcript.jsp?pid=39513 2:)
They've missed the point.. its not the fact that these 'squatters' (How cynically fitting, by the way) have REGISTERED the domains.. its the fact that they are charging a high-school kid's yearly salary for it! If someone gets it before a company decides to buy a ticket into the online world, then that's just the way it is. Unless they are claiming to be that company, there is no harm done.. True, most urls wouldn't exactly fit this..but just because someone has a company (large, small, or monopolized), does -not- entitle them to a domain name of the same name. Life is not fair, use your time and resources for things that are halfway important. If they want to bust cybersquatters, make them put something constructive up, not "This is mine, pay me the equivalent of a small country to have it"...
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How is it competition when it's a free service?
Super Monkey Ball 3 is also going to be LAN playable.
This is wrong. The NES was released in Japan in '83, and was in US Stores by fall of '85. I KNOW I received an NES in the Christmas of '85.. (Don't you DARE try to invalidate my memories ;-) )
How is this flamebait.. This is a perfectly valid opinion, and valid response to someone else's post.
Just like half of Slashdot User's sigs say, Instead of being lazy and modding me down, post an intelligent response.
I am not sure about all that now..
"Press 2 if you'd like to eavesdrop in Spanish"
The US has become this unnecessarily multi-lingual culture. We waste more space, trees, metal (for signs), and TIME translating from the language these people SHOULD learn before moving to the US. As elitist as it may sound, English still IS the Universal language, and I'd be quite happy if I didn't waste 10 seconds of non-time listening to telephone instructions in Spanish when I call my bank.
So I think they could find a way to figure out what you're saying, no matter what language.
Plus, didn't AT&T (or someone) develop some prototype real-time translator? I wonder whatever happened to that thing..
--Morgon
Here in Glen Burnie, Maryland you can't get a signal within about 3 miles of my house -- which is pretty much the main road directly out of my neighborhood, and the neighborhood itself.
Granted I live on the water (albiet a small body of water), I have only seen one or two carriers make it back here. Nextel was one of them... I thought someone else had a 'normal' cell service and was back here, but I don't recall now.
But AT&T and Verizon are the worst for back here (we're not really backwoods, either.. I'm about 15 miles from the Baltimore City limits)
You can either import a GC (expensive, as you might imagine).. or you can go the eas(y/ier) route and find plans online that allow you to mod your GC to where you can play Jap and US games at the flick of a switch. If soldering and taking apart your GC is not something you're interested in, there are places around that you can ship your GameCube to in order for them to make such a modification. (It's just two contact points that either need to be soldered together, or burned apart - I forget which)
I know that colorconsoles.com will do it, and I'm sure there are many other trusted companies that will do such a thing... look around.
--Morgon
Actually the first one or two sites had no victims and therefore isn't highlighted in the "spree".
:)
:-/
Also, there were two that survived, not just one
It sucks living so close to it - I'm in Glen Burnie (just a little south of Baltimore, and 40 mins east of the majority of the shootings, and about 30 mins north from the latest one involving the student).. The speculation was that the one involving the child was a 'screw you' to the school system who said all last week that the schools were the safest places to be...
Its because you didn't proclaim "FIRST POST!"
For browsers that have GOOD custom install options (Netscape/Mozilla), they just specify a directory ... with multiple IE versions, Its a bit harder, but apparently possible, though I'm not quite sure how its done (multiple registry entries?) .. I remember back on 95 "PLUS!" it put the iexplore in the Plus sub-directory, while nowadays it sits in its own "Program Files" folder..
Anyone know what the following ports go to?
... is this a way for alternate access???
3138/tcp unassigned
3306/tcp unassigned
6010/tcp unassigned
6011/tcp unassigned
These ports are open on geekflavor.com, as well as the SSH/FTP/HTTP ports.. one of them (3306) actually sends stuff to you, and reports "Bad Handshake" after you type anything in
Are you kidding me? ;-P
.. (WE all know what the correct scenario is!)
This is totally off-topic, but I want to raise
a point that their "legally binding" document, asking you initials, name, address, etc etc should *NOT* be run through an insecure connection.... this is probably how Metallica got the usernames in the first place
Seriously tho, to be ON topic so I don't get mod'ed.. I can't believe a very long lasting band such as Metallica would even illusion in their heads that they're losing money..
But also, I think that soon, we're going to have a "which came first: the chicken or the egg" type rebuttal when it comes to high prices vs. distributable songs. "High-priced CD's because of the 'pirates'" vs. "Open distribution because of High-priced CD's"
Besides, its not like Crapster (my nickname for it when the servers don't respond) is really screwing those users over, its not that big of a deal to add a number or a letter to your username.. sure its a pain in the numbed-area, but is it really THAT difficult? I think Napster is just trying to "be on the straight and narrow" and please as many people as possible.
So you're not alone! I've been out for over a month now, and sitting at home all day searching job sites just isn't fun anymore :P Plenty of job postings on services like monster.com and careers.yahoo.com, but you need to get replies for any of those things to work ;-)
I think I'm going to go wear my name on my shirt for a while (read: retail), just til I can find something a little more solid. If any employers in Maryland/DC reading this, feel free to visit http://www.brainbench.com/transcript.jsp?pid=39513 2 :)
They've missed the point.. its not the fact that these 'squatters' (How cynically fitting, by the way) have REGISTERED the domains.. its the fact that they are charging a high-school kid's yearly salary for it! If someone gets it before a company decides to buy a ticket into the online world, then that's just the way it is. Unless they are claiming to be that company, there is no harm done.. True, most urls wouldn't exactly fit this..but just because someone has a company (large, small, or monopolized), does -not- entitle them to a domain name of the same name.
Life is not fair, use your time and resources for things that are halfway important. If they want to bust cybersquatters, make them put something constructive up, not "This is mine, pay me the equivalent of a small country to have it"...