...who would never sign with a 'major' label (or even a really large indie one)... when is my cheque coming?...and how much do I get?
I make a good portion of my music freely downloabable from my site... and if they're going to tax people for downloading my music, then I should see that money, shouldn't I?
Of course, there are always exceptions. Witness Square's own Xenogears. That game had such a deep and enthralling plot, that it would certainly make an excellent movie.
Of course, it would likely be a 20 hour movie, with lots of excess dialog cut out... but a good movie nonetheless. I would certainly watch it!
Indeed, Dragon Warrior VII was released here for the PSOne. It's quite a good game, if you can look past the 16bit quality graphics.
Oddly enough, the main reason why we never got the excellent Dragon Quest V, and VI, was not because Enix deemed them 'too hard' for American players (as often was the case, back then), but because they decided that it would be more costly to translate part V for North America, then it would be to simply ride the wave, and develop part VI. As to why we didn't get part VI?...well, chalk that up to coming out toward the end of the SNES lifespan in North America.
It's kind of sad really... we missed out on two great games. Here's hoping we're going to see Gameboy Advance ports of them!
well... the one thing I find, is that my monitor can't be near a wall... ie, I have to have it so that, when I look past the monitor, I don't see a wall right behind it. If I do, I find that my creativity tends to hit a block. If there is no wall, it tends to flow a bit, and circulate around the room (much like a virus? perhaps). Strange? Maybe... but it works.
Music wise... it has to be something that doesn't require active listening, but it can't be boring either. Classical and opera tend to work very well as good background music. If it's a game I'm coding, I'll usually put on the soundtrack to a game, as I find that gets me thinking about games, which helps me to make the game.
Finally, the chair is something I don't have a preference for. As long as I can sit it, and don't find myself fidgiting too much, it's good enough.
Well, uh... that wasn't smart on the part of the virus creator(s). This is Windows we're talking about here. How many of these machines aren't rebooted daily anyway?
Perhaps, the virus should attack when one of these boxen crash, instead. That would cause quite a bit of action, no?
This part I don't understand. Not only will it be extremely dark, it will also be extremely hazy. I'm sure that, regular optical photography wouldn't work. However, there was no mention of how they plan to take pictures once the probe penetrates the atmosphere.
Now, I'm no expert on atmosphere... but, if the atmosphere on Titan is 'perfectly still' as they claim it to be, wouldn't that mean it would have to be very dense, right down to the surface?
Oh well... I suppose, whatever they do find, should be interesting anyway.
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especially one I got today, with the subject 'boost your windows reliability!'. I was so close to replying with 'I did. I installed Linux'
You can almost guarantee that they'll simply 'lump' a lot of music into a certain category... and automatically assume that, since you like this particular band, you must like all of the bands in said category.
Let's say I'm downloading something by Dimmu Borgir... and then I get an ad for 'rare Korn CDs'.
Grief is about all the integrated chipsets amount to. They're not good for the EU, plain and simple. The only one they're good for is PC manufacturers looking to make a quick buck off of unsuspecting computer buyers.
Of course, the onboard video always has terribly slow performance... and the CODECs on the onboard audio are not compatible with anything. Especially games. Try running anything with DirectSound on one of those 'SB16 compatible' chips.
Finally... 9 times out of 10, if one thing goes on those boards, it might as well be junked. I had an integrated HoustonTech board (SiS chipset) (Yes, I can hear you laughing, thank you), the AT connector shorted, the whole board died. However, on a non-integrated AOpen board (again, SiS chipset) the same thing happened, and the board still works fine... well, minus being able to connect an AT keyboard to it.
So, overall, integrated is no good. Disposable machine, or not, it just doesn't cut it.
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...who would never sign with a 'major' label (or even a really large indie one)... when is my cheque coming? ...and how much do I get?
I make a good portion of my music freely downloabable from my site... and if they're going to tax people for downloading my music, then I should see that money, shouldn't I?
"The creator of the Linux operating system..."
If RMS reads that, he's gonna have a coronary.
...who read that one link as 'Large Hardon Collider' ...yeesh, I think I need to get out more.
In the dark.
Sorry, I had to.
"Think here to continue."
Wouldn't that render most users incompatible with the site?
Of course, there are always exceptions. Witness Square's own Xenogears. That game had such a deep and enthralling plot, that it would certainly make an excellent movie.
Of course, it would likely be a 20 hour movie, with lots of excess dialog cut out... but a good movie nonetheless. I would certainly watch it!
Indeed, Dragon Warrior VII was released here for the PSOne. It's quite a good game, if you can look past the 16bit quality graphics.
...well, chalk that up to coming out toward the end of the SNES lifespan in North America.
Oddly enough, the main reason why we never got the excellent Dragon Quest V, and VI, was not because Enix deemed them 'too hard' for American players (as often was the case, back then), but because they decided that it would be more costly to translate part V for North America, then it would be to simply ride the wave, and develop part VI. As to why we didn't get part VI?
It's kind of sad really... we missed out on two great games. Here's hoping we're going to see Gameboy Advance ports of them!
Drat... beat me to the obligatory "but does it play [enter open source format of choice here]?" quote.
What I want to know though is, does it play DivX files? That would be pretty neat if it did.
That's fine... as long as it's not open sores.
770b/s?
That's faster than my last dialup connection!
well... the one thing I find, is that my monitor can't be near a wall... ie, I have to have it so that, when I look past the monitor, I don't see a wall right behind it. If I do, I find that my creativity tends to hit a block. If there is no wall, it tends to flow a bit, and circulate around the room (much like a virus? perhaps). Strange? Maybe... but it works.
Music wise... it has to be something that doesn't require active listening, but it can't be boring either. Classical and opera tend to work very well as good background music. If it's a game I'm coding, I'll usually put on the soundtrack to a game, as I find that gets me thinking about games, which helps me to make the game.
Finally, the chair is something I don't have a preference for. As long as I can sit it, and don't find myself fidgiting too much, it's good enough.
Shouldn't this be in the humour section, instead?
and the worm is no longer effective?
Well, uh... that wasn't smart on the part of the virus creator(s). This is Windows we're talking about here. How many of these machines aren't rebooted daily anyway?
Perhaps, the virus should attack when one of these boxen crash, instead. That would cause quite a bit of action, no?
Insert obligatory Microsoft joke here.
self-destruct mechanisms... if the computer password is typed incorrectly, the entire computer is designed to destroy its own key components.
Thank you, but no. I don't want to be running for cover every time I forget my root password.
Just auction a few Voyagers off on eBay. That'll do the trick. Although, shipping might be a problem.
am I the only one who reads it with a voice in their head, not unlike the 'quick spoken disclaimer at the end of tv commercials for crappy products'?
This part I don't understand. Not only will it be extremely dark, it will also be extremely hazy. I'm sure that, regular optical photography wouldn't work. However, there was no mention of how they plan to take pictures once the probe penetrates the atmosphere.
Now, I'm no expert on atmosphere... but, if the atmosphere on Titan is 'perfectly still' as they claim it to be, wouldn't that mean it would have to be very dense, right down to the surface?
Oh well... I suppose, whatever they do find, should be interesting anyway.
especially one I got today, with the subject 'boost your windows reliability!'. I was so close to replying with 'I did. I installed Linux'
...and now, to wait patiently for VB script support. Can't let Windoze hog all the good viruses.
You can almost guarantee that they'll simply 'lump' a lot of music into a certain category... and automatically assume that, since you like this particular band, you must like all of the bands in said category.
Let's say I'm downloading something by Dimmu Borgir... and then I get an ad for 'rare Korn CDs'.
Now, how well targeted would that be?
Imagine a beowulf cluster of...
Nah... I won't go there.
Grief is about all the integrated chipsets amount to. They're not good for the EU, plain and simple. The only one they're good for is PC manufacturers looking to make a quick buck off of unsuspecting computer buyers. Of course, the onboard video always has terribly slow performance... and the CODECs on the onboard audio are not compatible with anything. Especially games. Try running anything with DirectSound on one of those 'SB16 compatible' chips. Finally... 9 times out of 10, if one thing goes on those boards, it might as well be junked. I had an integrated HoustonTech board (SiS chipset) (Yes, I can hear you laughing, thank you), the AT connector shorted, the whole board died. However, on a non-integrated AOpen board (again, SiS chipset) the same thing happened, and the board still works fine... well, minus being able to connect an AT keyboard to it. So, overall, integrated is no good. Disposable machine, or not, it just doesn't cut it.