I have a feeling that Nintendo picked that design because it resembles the SNES controller and then put the analog sticks in the only space that would have made sense on a SNES controller....so I dont think they were mimicking a dual shock, more like retrofiting an old design.
When mp3.com was around in its original incarnation there was an instrumental rock group that did Fugue and Tocatta in D minor along with a bunch of other Bach compositions. They sound great. I think they were calling themselves the JS bach experience.
I recently put a HTPC into an old Sony stereo case. My total cost was about $350. It doesn't do DVR but I already have one so I didnt need that functionality. I installed Window XP media center because I had a spare license sitting around, so that would have been another $100 added to the cost. I had an Athlon 1800 sitting around so all that was left to purchase was the motherboard, RAM, DVD, video card and HDD, and a small PSU. I was also able to pick up a Logitech wireless keyboard mouse combo for $30. All of the internals and brackets came out of the stereo and everything shoehorned into the chassis with a little Dremel work. For software I use the excellent Mediaportal. I use this to watch Anime and play all of my emulated games on the television. The only difficulty I had was a small heat issue when I had it sitting on top of my Home Theater Recieverr. I put in an 80mm fan and put the HTPC on its own shelf and the heat is tolerable, Cpu runs at 100 degrees F. It was a fun project that I would like to try again.
My first computer was and Amiga 500 with a 20MB HDD, 2 MB of ram and a 2400 bps modem. I used to sit for hours programming games with the AMOS programming environment. Sigh.....happier times.
Installation of PS3s isn't the only thing Sony and its developers want... the people have to want to buy games too...
Developers want people to buy games yes, but Sony will not mind if a ton of people just use it as a Blu Ray movie player. And the reason Sony will not mind is they are also a huge movie studio.
Street Fighter II was a sequel to the Arcade game Street Fighter. The Turbo Grafx CD game was released in Japan on 12/04/88. The arcade game was released a year earlier, so the PC Engine/Turbo Grafx CD game was just a port from the arcade. Not to be an ass but if you are going to correct someone please check your facts first.
Fuse has really gone downhill too. I noticed they play the same shows multiple times per day and the ratio of hip hop and rap to rock and metal seems to be going in a hip hop favored direction.
Heh. It was my first RPG and I received it in the same way. It arrived in the mail just before Christmas and we were having family over for an early celebration of the holiday. I refused to leave the game when my family arrived my mother had to threaten pulling the plug to get me to save and come to the dinner table. I have been hooked ever since.
how often were you working out and for how long? based on your figure of 76 pounds in 6 months you were losing an average of roughly 3 pounds a week. Burning 3000 calories loses about a pound so thats about 9000 calories a week, that must have been a lot of working out to burn 9000 extra calories a week.
This is totally off topic but I read your sig and was surprised to see another fan of Celldweller. I have been a fan of theirs since they were listed on mp3.com. Hopefully more people check them out.
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If Activision offers $200M for your company, and you reject it because you consider it too low of an offer
Id could also be telling Activision $200M is too low because they may not want to sell their company for any amount of money. Maybe the still employed carmack and crew like not working for a huge corporation. And maybe adrien wanted to cash out his chips and sellout.
This happened to me when trying to install XP on a new (at the time) Asus A7N8X. I have been trying to ditch the floppy drive for what seems like ever. I incorrectly figured I could put my SATA drivers onto a CD or use the card reader in my machine, sadly the text based XP setup will not read storage drivers from anything but a floppy when you press F6.
I have used two methods to get around this MSFT idiocy.
1)Easiest method. Open your case,use a power splitter and hook up a floppy drive during install and remove it after.
2)Slipstream the SATA drivers into a WinXP install CD
I cannot answer for anyone else but I read your post and decided to put in my $.02.
I personally bought BeOS 4 after trying out the bootable demo cd that was available at the time.
When I loaded the demo I went from BIOS to full useability in under 20 seconds, so I thought that was pretty cool.
My BeOS machine was an extra computer at I had laying around. After a few weeks of using the OS and finding I could do mostly everything I did on my windows box(email,websurf,rip mp3s,listen to said mp3s with the wonderful soundplay) I decided to move the HDD into my main computer and dual boot windows and Be. For about a year I used BeOS a majority of the time.
I will admit there was one reason I never gave up Windows totally for Be...games. I liked a lot of the freeware games for Be, mostly puzzle games but none of the mainstream dev houses would port for it. I finally had to give up on Be after OS5 came out and they took more out than they put in. I think I enjoyed it most for the potential it had, probably the same reason I still have and Amiga 500 in a corner that still gets used.
Hard to believe no one has mention...
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What I consider to be the best of the game related musicians, The Neskimos. http://www.neskimos.com/
This was indeed a great concert. I was lucky enough to to have an incredible seat. I was five rows back from the stage. Still a week later, I will hear a bit of music on gamingfm, or even just think about the show and get a huge dopey grin on my face. It was an incredible time I will not soon forget. And I totally agree I will travel far and wide for a Black Mages show.
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They exist, most of us may have played several in our younger days.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sliding_puzzle
Where do you work that a Hack clone looks like something productive? And where can I get an application.
I have a feeling that Nintendo picked that design because it resembles the SNES controller and then put the analog sticks in the only space that would have made sense on a SNES controller....so I dont think they were mimicking a dual shock, more like retrofiting an old design.
When mp3.com was around in its original incarnation there was an instrumental rock group that did Fugue and Tocatta in D minor along with a bunch of other Bach compositions. They sound great. I think they were calling themselves the JS bach experience.
I recently put a HTPC into an old Sony stereo case. My total cost was about $350. It doesn't do DVR but I already have one so I didnt need that functionality. I installed Window XP media center because I had a spare license sitting around, so that would have been another $100 added to the cost. I had an Athlon 1800 sitting around so all that was left to purchase was the motherboard, RAM, DVD, video card and HDD, and a small PSU. I was also able to pick up a Logitech wireless keyboard mouse combo for $30. All of the internals and brackets came out of the stereo and everything shoehorned into the chassis with a little Dremel work. For software I use the excellent Mediaportal. I use this to watch Anime and play all of my emulated games on the television. The only difficulty I had was a small heat issue when I had it sitting on top of my Home Theater Recieverr. I put in an 80mm fan and put the HTPC on its own shelf and the heat is tolerable, Cpu runs at 100 degrees F. It was a fun project that I would like to try again.
My first computer was and Amiga 500 with a 20MB HDD, 2 MB of ram and a 2400 bps modem. I used to sit for hours programming games with the AMOS programming environment. Sigh.....happier times.
Installation of PS3s isn't the only thing Sony and its developers want... the people have to want to buy games too...
Developers want people to buy games yes, but Sony will not mind if a ton of people just use it as a Blu Ray movie player. And the reason Sony will not mind is they are also a huge movie studio.
Street Fighter II was a sequel to the Arcade game Street Fighter. The Turbo Grafx CD game was released in Japan on 12/04/88. The arcade game was released a year earlier, so the PC Engine/Turbo Grafx CD game was just a port from the arcade. Not to be an ass but if you are going to correct someone please check your facts first.
Fuse has really gone downhill too. I noticed they play the same shows multiple times per day and the ratio of hip hop and rap to rock and metal seems to be going in a hip hop favored direction.
Heh. It was my first RPG and I received it in the same way. It arrived in the mail just before Christmas and we were having family over for an early celebration of the holiday. I refused to leave the game when my family arrived my mother had to threaten pulling the plug to get me to save and come to the dinner table. I have been hooked ever since.
So, Mr. Holier-than-thou, what do you squander your time on? Masturbating to pictures of Natalie Portman?
That is a worthwhile pastime, if and only if they are pictures of her Petrified with Hot Grits. (TM)
how often were you working out and for how long? based on your figure of 76 pounds in 6 months you were losing an average of roughly 3 pounds a week. Burning 3000 calories loses about a pound so thats about 9000 calories a week, that must have been a lot of working out to burn 9000 extra calories a week.
This is totally off topic but I read your sig and was surprised to see another fan of Celldweller. I have been a fan of theirs since they were listed on mp3.com. Hopefully more people check them out.
same thing
If Activision offers $200M for your company, and you reject it because you consider it too low of an offer
Id could also be telling Activision $200M is too low because they may not want to sell their company for any amount of money. Maybe the still employed carmack and crew like not working for a huge corporation. And maybe adrien wanted to cash out his chips and sellout.
the patent was filed in 2000, before ED came out. I am guessing they filed it while silicon knights were devolping the game.
If thats the case why didnt he type arrgggh?
This happened to me when trying to install XP on a new (at the time) Asus A7N8X. I have been trying to ditch the floppy drive for what seems like ever. I incorrectly figured I could put my SATA drivers onto a CD or use the card reader in my machine, sadly the text based XP setup will not read storage drivers from anything but a floppy when you press F6.
I have used two methods to get around this MSFT idiocy.
1)Easiest method. Open your case,use a power splitter and hook up a floppy drive during install and remove it after.
2)Slipstream the SATA drivers into a WinXP install CD
I cannot answer for anyone else but I read your post and decided to put in my $.02.
I personally bought BeOS 4 after trying out the bootable demo cd that was available at the time.
When I loaded the demo I went from BIOS to full useability in under 20 seconds, so I thought that was pretty cool.
My BeOS machine was an extra computer at I had laying around. After a few weeks of using the OS and finding I could do mostly everything I did on my windows box(email,websurf,rip mp3s,listen to said mp3s with the wonderful soundplay) I decided to move the HDD into my main computer and dual boot windows and Be. For about a year I used BeOS a majority of the time.
I will admit there was one reason I never gave up Windows totally for Be...games. I liked a lot of the freeware games for Be, mostly puzzle games but none of the mainstream dev houses would port for it. I finally had to give up on Be after OS5 came out and they took more out than they put in. I think I enjoyed it most for the potential it had, probably the same reason I still have and Amiga 500 in a corner that still gets used.
What I consider to be the best of the game related musicians, The Neskimos.
http://www.neskimos.com/
Ask and ye shall recieve
http://amiga.emugaming.com/paws.jpg
I have seen new copies of ICO in walmart for $8
there was a much more "professional" attitude with the Chicago Pops and Artie(conductor) seemed to be really enjoying the task at hand.
This was indeed a great concert. I was lucky enough to to have an incredible seat. I was five rows back from the stage. Still a week later, I will hear a bit of music on gamingfm, or even just think about the show and get a huge dopey grin on my face. It was an incredible time I will not soon forget. And I totally agree I will travel far and wide for a Black Mages show.
The Neskimos are much cooler. My favorites are the Ninja Gaiden covers.