Why don't they just attach a chair to it so I can sit on my butt and not worry about falling over and getting the worst rug burn you've ever seen in your life.
Also make the chair have internet access so I can use/.
Didn't they also make Dig Dug and Mr. Do? I think they should offer a complete set of games instead of this (although I would be very happy to play these anyway).
I wonder if it is possible that the brain is retrained that when the pupils go to that level of dilation, it triggers an alternately-learned method of processing the information the eyes give it.
This is more of a "training your eyes" by changing the pupils. I wouldn't call it a major breakthrough or anything of that nature, as I imagine anyone could do it after years of practice like these tribesman have had.
To me this sounds like learning to play a musical instrument or learning a new skill.
If someone gets to play Jesus, and does something bad, does that player automatically become Judas? That doesn't make sense to me. It's hard enough wanting to be interested in a Bible video game without the added frustration of having the rug pulled out from under you by contstant character changes.
Or part of their advertising agreement with Microsoft (as/. is covered in.net ads) is that they can't post negative stories about them anymore.;)
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http://www.xbox-scene.com/ has EVERYTHING you need or want or even don't want to know about Xbox modding. Even schematics on how to make your own homebrew mod chip
I predict that a bunch of companies will now jump on the bandwagon because of Acclaim's statment. I for one am kindof rooting for the demise of the gamecube. I think PS2 and XBox have a lot more going for them. However, I would be glad to see a new offering from Nintendo, that maybe Acclaim would support. Also, what about Gameboy Advance? Will Acclaim be making games for that still?
What if, to help substantiate their lawsuit, they actually copied Linux code into their code, THEN tried to sue on the basis that Linux has their code in it.
I'm skeptical. I'd like to join as a developer and help, but in order to do that I have to check a box that says I agree to your agreement. That agreement states that I as a member will have to pay $30 per month USD. Since I do not agree with that, I cannot join.
This article was useless. I read the entire thing, as I am waiting with anticipation for WinFS. However, when you get down to the actual specifics, this article doesn't have anything that you haven't heard before.
To sum it up : WinFS will be based on a relational database of some sort. That is ALL this article says about WinFS.
It goes on to tell you about FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS 4.0 and 5.0 (which they don't even bother to number).
Good info on the previous FSes, but comes up short on the topic that the article was meant to encompass, namely the WinFS filesystem. If you're looking for hard-core information on how it works, you're out of luck.
One of the largest problems I know for a fact that IBM has is the time zone conversion. My company works with IBM and some of the work on our application is done right in India. It's really difficult to get answers to questions regarding interfaces when there's such a huge time difference.
Still, we are based in another country (Canada), but we're only an hour ahead of eastern standard, so it is nowhere near as bad.
It might be prudent to note here that there are already three versions of the Xbox.
V1.0, V1.1, and V1.2. These all have minor hardware changes in them, but look the same externally. I suspect most of the changes were to stop the mod-chips from working.
So basically the reason it is called 1.5 is that it is just a new version (and they probably will change it a small amount to render current mod chips useless)
All consoles have various revisions which may or may not change how it looks on the outside. So it's not really a big deal, it's expected.
What makes you think most college students are loaded full of money?
I always worked 1 job while in college, and for a while I even worked 2 and 3 jobs. I even graduated with high grades.
People need to stop watching TV and movies where the typical college student doesn't have to do anything but their school work. It's largely incongruent with reality.
We have the same thing here in Canada. We rarely get telemarketing calls.. probably once or twice a month. I have heard that in some parts of the USA, a person can potentially get up to 9 calls per day from telemarketers.
That's just crazy.. But of course, they wouldn't be doing it if they didn't make money off of it, so the best solution is to have no-one ever buy anything over the phone from a telemarketer. This would be the same reason that spam is still going strong. Enough people actually buy the crap to support their continued spamming.
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Also make the chair have internet access so I can use
Up for a game of Existenz anyone?
Didn't they also make Dig Dug and Mr. Do? I think they should offer a complete set of games instead of this (although I would be very happy to play these anyway).
Remember that old joke about what do you call a million lawyers at the bottom of the sea? (the answer is: a good start).
Well.. they're back!
I wonder if it is possible that the brain is retrained that when the pupils go to that level of dilation, it triggers an alternately-learned method of processing the information the eyes give it.
To me this sounds like learning to play a musical instrument or learning a new skill.
If you can show me where I can buy an original Pac-Man or Ms. Pac-Man arcade game in mint condition, I wouldn't need to use MAME.
You obviously haven't used an ATI All-In-Wonder product.
If someone gets to play Jesus, and does something bad, does that player automatically become Judas? That doesn't make sense to me. It's hard enough wanting to be interested in a Bible video game without the added frustration of having the rug pulled out from under you by contstant character changes.
What do Europe and Canada have to do with a US National Do Not Call List?
This should have been modded as off-topic
Or part of their advertising agreement with Microsoft (as /. is covered in .net ads) is that they can't post negative stories about them anymore. ;)
http://www.xbox-scene.com/ has EVERYTHING you need or want or even don't want to know about Xbox modding. Even schematics on how to make your own homebrew mod chip
You forgot
In Soviet Russia, Item "B" does "X" to YOU!
It's flamebait when you say Windows will crush OS X or Linux, but when you say that Linux will crush OS X, you post it as a story?
I predict that a bunch of companies will now jump on the bandwagon because of Acclaim's statment. I for one am kindof rooting for the demise of the gamecube. I think PS2 and XBox have a lot more going for them. However, I would be glad to see a new offering from Nintendo, that maybe Acclaim would support. Also, what about Gameboy Advance? Will Acclaim be making games for that still?
I'm sure they'd love that one. I bet gore would be allowed as long as the sinner would get to go to hell for all eternity.
I wouldn't put it past them.
Excellent. I will be sure to join this eve.
I'm skeptical. I'd like to join as a developer and help, but in order to do that I have to check a box that says I agree to your agreement. That agreement states that I as a member will have to pay $30 per month USD. Since I do not agree with that, I cannot join.
You forgot to mention that it costs every person that signs up $30 a month. So basically people are paying themselves to work on your project.
To sum it up : WinFS will be based on a relational database of some sort. That is ALL this article says about WinFS.
It goes on to tell you about FAT16, FAT32, and NTFS 4.0 and 5.0 (which they don't even bother to number).
Good info on the previous FSes, but comes up short on the topic that the article was meant to encompass, namely the WinFS filesystem. If you're looking for hard-core information on how it works, you're out of luck.
One of the largest problems I know for a fact that IBM has is the time zone conversion. My company works with IBM and some of the work on our application is done right in India. It's really difficult to get answers to questions regarding interfaces when there's such a huge time difference.
Still, we are based in another country (Canada), but we're only an hour ahead of eastern standard, so it is nowhere near as bad.
It might be prudent to note here that there are already three versions of the Xbox.
V1.0, V1.1, and V1.2. These all have minor hardware changes in them, but look the same externally. I suspect most of the changes were to stop the mod-chips from working.
So basically the reason it is called 1.5 is that it is just a new version (and they probably will change it a small amount to render current mod chips useless)
All consoles have various revisions which may or may not change how it looks on the outside. So it's not really a big deal, it's expected.
What makes you think most college students are loaded full of money?
I always worked 1 job while in college, and for a while I even worked 2 and 3 jobs. I even graduated with high grades.
People need to stop watching TV and movies where the typical college student doesn't have to do anything but their school work. It's largely incongruent with reality.
We have the same thing here in Canada. We rarely get telemarketing calls.. probably once or twice a month. I have heard that in some parts of the USA, a person can potentially get up to 9 calls per day from telemarketers.
That's just crazy.. But of course, they wouldn't be doing it if they didn't make money off of it, so the best solution is to have no-one ever buy anything over the phone from a telemarketer. This would be the same reason that spam is still going strong. Enough people actually buy the crap to support their continued spamming.