Whats even better is since when does Windows read Mac formatted disks of any kind? (without some help). It doesn't say insert a windows formatted zip disk into the mac (which would work just fine).
Yes I have. Well 4 years ago. I got tired of how slow the mac would web browse (among other things) and that if I wanted to play any computer games at all I either had to wait 1-2 years and hope it came out on the mac or just not play it at all. Also the price of hardware is horrible. I built my own to of the line PC for $1200 (it was 4 years ago). I could go cheaper these days. I'd love to have a G4 Powerbook, but no way at those prices considering I can get a P4 laptop from dell for about $1600.
I still use my old wallstreet powerbook for just internet usage in my living room and an old power computing clone for my linux server (for web and ftp use).
I would love to run OSX on a G4 titanium powerbook, but until I can buy a souped up one for around $1600 or less I won't ever buy another Mac.
1. Its cheaper. I can turn around 4-6 movies a month and only pay 19.95. What are BB's prices these days for new releases? 3.95 or something like that? So round it up...4 bucks. So $16-24 and...
2. With BB you have to get in your car and get to the store to return it the next day (new releases) or else they start slapping you with tons of late charges. With Netflix I return it when I'm done with it. Get some friends with Netflix and trade rentals and return them all when your done. Turns out to be even cheaper if you trade with friends. With Netflix I just pull the seal and pop it in any mailbox anywhere in the US. Simple and takes no time. Even just put it in the outgoing mail at your place of work.
3. Selection. Netflix's selection is a million times better than any BB store.
4. Rental queue. I can't keep a running list at BB with the movies I want to rent. I can't walk into a store and say give me the next one on my list. With Netflix when they get one back they send you the next one in your list, that day. Netflix is doing 2 day turn around. The day they get it, they ship the next one. In 2 days you have a new movie.
Just because Microsoft says they are winner titles doesn't make them so. How long has xbox been out? A year or more and there still is only 1 game worth buying for it. And Halo 2 will be the 2nd game. Microsoft save up. Ditch Xbox and move on to Xbox 2, maybe that one will be a winner. If not I'm sure they are already preparing XBox 3 and 4...or XBox 2k2, Xbox XP...
"As an experiment, introduce yourself to people for the next few weeks and mention that you haven't watched TV for x years."
But why would anyone just freely come out of nowhere and say they don't watch tv? Its a meaningless comment. I read a quote online where someone said that to another person and the person replied something like, thats great, I don't go around saying I don't kill people.
The only reason someone comes right out and says they don't watch tv is to make themselves somehow feel superior to other people, but in fact it just means they are missing out. Current pop television culture is just as important as other means of media and those of you not taking it in are missing out.
But then again its your choice to withdraw yourself from the rest of the world.
"I am a computer science major and tech enthusiast"
Palm executive: "This is just some student that has no real life experience and all the time in the world to write letters about stuff that is totally meaningless. Into the trash it goes. We get most our money from all our corporate purchasers anyways."
Mario 3 was the one where he could fly, wasn't it? With the overhead map to choose your direction and yoshi? Yeah it did. Like when you got a invisible block plunger, or finished a castle it popped up a dialog saying:
Save and continue?
Continue?
I just played it the other day on a nes emulator and it does ask you if you want to save.
The movie studios have been doing this since DVD started. Where have all you people been? This is not news. The only thing slightly different is New Line was so upfront about what is coming in November. But other movie studios are doing the same thing these days. And if they don't officially announce it you can bet really good money that a special limited edition of (insert title here) will be coming out in 6-10 months after the initial version.
I was even in Best Buy the other day and overheard an employee telling a customer to wait till November when the special edition comes out. So people are finding out, but a lot of folks just don't care. And if you do just rent it from Netflix and keep it till November. I've had Black Hawk Down from Netflix for 2 months now. A special edition for that is coming out in January or February (it keeps getting pushed back).
Wrong. iControl is not a digital recorder. iControl is just pay-per-view-on-demand with control options. The cable box that they get from Scientific Atlanta is the 8000 series http://www.scientificatlanta.com/customers/prod_su b_PVR.htm
Check it out, it is not iControl at all. We've had that here for about a year now. We've had HBO on demand for a few months now also.
No, that is not it. iControl is just pay-per-view-on-demand. Its pretty cool actually. We've had it here for about a year now.
You don't get to record with iControl. And a digital recorder would keep the programs on a HD at your house. iControl streams the movie from the time warner servers to your cable box.
My roomate had a 486 DX4 100. I specifically remember this and we were playing Quake just fine on it. So I don't know what the hell you were doing to your pc that you couldn't play, but it worked just fine. In fact I remember saying how much it sucked compared to the mass carnage that was doom 2. Sure it looked prettier (well except without much color), but it wasn't that much fun.
Doom 3 will run just fine on Geforce 4 cards. Every interview and plan file from Carmack talks about him using Radeon 8500's and Nvidia Geforce 3 and 4 cards and the game running right now on them and its not even done yet.
From Carmack himself:
"Our "full impact" platform from the beginning has been targeted at GF3/Xbox level hardware. Slower hardware can disable features, and faster hardware gets higher frame rates and rendering quality. Even at this target, designers need to be more cognizant of performance than they were with Q3, and we expect some licensee to take an even more aggressive performance stance for games shipping in following years."
If you don't believe me just check slashdot: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=334 53&cid=3619 372
Your wrong..."Firewire" is Apple. Just like iLink is Sony. Apple may not have "invented" IEEE 1394 but they sure as hell have helped spread it. The ieee1394 trade association credits 1394 to Apple.
Oh yeah, say nothing of the Palestinian suicide bombers setting off bombs on buses and in market places blowing up children and old people, but thats ok right...i mean they are being so repressed they have justification to kill children with their bombs because those kids have so much influence on how the goverment runs that country.
I'm glad you don't buy anything American. Don't buy any Intel, motorola, AMD, based products at all? What did you build your computer out of straw and japanese batteries? Don't go to see Hollywood movies? I bet you buy more American stuff than you think, unless you are living in a cave with all those other terrorists. In that case don't go outside, we are watching.
I hate hypocrites
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Did you actually read the story? Yes they talk about the keychain USB drives, but USB is so slow when compared to firewire it would be a waste of time. What is has to do with iPod is that an iPod was used duh...
Read the story before you bitch next time.
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Yes I got a problem with people like you. People live here because they like the freedoms the government gives them yet at every opportunity they piss on that very same government. You can't have it both ways.
Would you rather we go back to riding horseback and hurling rocks at each other in a war? Fucking hypocrites...I say we start strapping some of these people to the missles.
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Hey if you don't like it here then leave. We don't want you here either. Go find a nice little cave to live in in some 3rd world country. And while your starving and thirsty because you can't drink the water because its all contaminated we'll be sure to tape your name to the next cruise missle we send over.
Tired of people pissing on this country. You don't like it then get out. Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out. Oh wait...you won't leave because you like to have certain freedoms that you just wouldn't get if you lived in a cave. So maybe we should just call you a hypocrite?
I don't get it. Whats the big deal...so MS is advertising...big whoop. I bet if Red Hat put free Linux CD's in a post office as advertising Slashdot users would be declaring themselves as a new state of the union and holding parades. Who gives a damn...this isn't news and it doesn't matter.
When I used to play clan lord on my mac we would have town invasions or rescues that involved just about everyone that was logged in. All working together for a common goal. Those were the best times.
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Whats even better is since when does Windows read Mac formatted disks of any kind? (without some help). It doesn't say insert a windows formatted zip disk into the mac (which would work just fine).
Yes I have. Well 4 years ago. I got tired of how slow the mac would web browse (among other things) and that if I wanted to play any computer games at all I either had to wait 1-2 years and hope it came out on the mac or just not play it at all. Also the price of hardware is horrible. I built my own to of the line PC for $1200 (it was 4 years ago). I could go cheaper these days. I'd love to have a G4 Powerbook, but no way at those prices considering I can get a P4 laptop from dell for about $1600.
I still use my old wallstreet powerbook for just internet usage in my living room and an old power computing clone for my linux server (for web and ftp use).
I would love to run OSX on a G4 titanium powerbook, but until I can buy a souped up one for around $1600 or less I won't ever buy another Mac.
People like you "just don't get it".
1. Its cheaper. I can turn around 4-6 movies a month and only pay 19.95. What are BB's prices these days for new releases? 3.95 or something like that? So round it up...4 bucks. So $16-24 and...
2. With BB you have to get in your car and get to the store to return it the next day (new releases) or else they start slapping you with tons of late charges. With Netflix I return it when I'm done with it. Get some friends with Netflix and trade rentals and return them all when your done. Turns out to be even cheaper if you trade with friends. With Netflix I just pull the seal and pop it in any mailbox anywhere in the US. Simple and takes no time. Even just put it in the outgoing mail at your place of work.
3. Selection. Netflix's selection is a million times better than any BB store.
4. Rental queue. I can't keep a running list at BB with the movies I want to rent. I can't walk into a store and say give me the next one on my list. With Netflix when they get one back they send you the next one in your list, that day. Netflix is doing 2 day turn around. The day they get it, they ship the next one. In 2 days you have a new movie.
You can get Morrowind for the PC so that doesn't count as a reason to buy the XBox.
Just because Microsoft says they are winner titles doesn't make them so. How long has xbox been out? A year or more and there still is only 1 game worth buying for it. And Halo 2 will be the 2nd game. Microsoft save up. Ditch Xbox and move on to Xbox 2, maybe that one will be a winner. If not I'm sure they are already preparing XBox 3 and 4...or XBox 2k2, Xbox XP...
"As an experiment, introduce yourself to people for the next few weeks and mention that you haven't watched TV for x years."
But why would anyone just freely come out of nowhere and say they don't watch tv? Its a meaningless comment. I read a quote online where someone said that to another person and the person replied something like, thats great, I don't go around saying I don't kill people.
The only reason someone comes right out and says they don't watch tv is to make themselves somehow feel superior to other people, but in fact it just means they are missing out. Current pop television culture is just as important as other means of media and those of you not taking it in are missing out.
But then again its your choice to withdraw yourself from the rest of the world.
"I am a computer science major and tech enthusiast"
Palm executive: "This is just some student that has no real life experience and all the time in the world to write letters about stuff that is totally meaningless. Into the trash it goes. We get most our money from all our corporate purchasers anyways."
they couldn't possibly be using 802.11g since the spec hasn't even been finalized yet
for 802.11b yes, 802.11a no
Mario 3 was the one where he could fly, wasn't it? With the overhead map to choose your direction and yoshi? Yeah it did. Like when you got a invisible block plunger, or finished a castle it popped up a dialog saying:
Save and continue?
Continue?
I just played it the other day on a nes emulator and it does ask you if you want to save.
The movie studios have been doing this since DVD started. Where have all you people been? This is not news. The only thing slightly different is New Line was so upfront about what is coming in November. But other movie studios are doing the same thing these days. And if they don't officially announce it you can bet really good money that a special limited edition of (insert title here) will be coming out in 6-10 months after the initial version.
I was even in Best Buy the other day and overheard an employee telling a customer to wait till November when the special edition comes out. So people are finding out, but a lot of folks just don't care. And if you do just rent it from Netflix and keep it till November. I've had Black Hawk Down from Netflix for 2 months now. A special edition for that is coming out in January or February (it keeps getting pushed back).
Wrong. iControl is not a digital recorder. iControl is just pay-per-view-on-demand with control options. The cable box that they get from Scientific Atlanta is the 8000 series http://www.scientificatlanta.com/customers/prod_su b_PVR.htm
Check it out, it is not iControl at all. We've had that here for about a year now. We've had HBO on demand for a few months now also.
No, that is not it. iControl is just pay-per-view-on-demand. Its pretty cool actually. We've had it here for about a year now.
You don't get to record with iControl. And a digital recorder would keep the programs on a HD at your house. iControl streams the movie from the time warner servers to your cable box.
Just because you don't want to do the legwork and look for yourself. Oh well, your loss.
My roomate had a 486 DX4 100. I specifically remember this and we were playing Quake just fine on it. So I don't know what the hell you were doing to your pc that you couldn't play, but it worked just fine. In fact I remember saying how much it sucked compared to the mass carnage that was doom 2. Sure it looked prettier (well except without much color), but it wasn't that much fun.
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Doom 3 will run just fine on Geforce 4 cards. Every interview and plan file from Carmack talks about him using Radeon 8500's and Nvidia Geforce 3 and 4 cards and the game running right now on them and its not even done yet.
From Carmack himself:
"Our "full impact" platform from the beginning has been targeted at GF3/Xbox level hardware. Slower hardware can disable features, and faster hardware gets higher frame rates and rendering quality. Even at this target, designers need to be more cognizant of performance than they were with Q3, and we expect some licensee to take an even more aggressive performance stance for games shipping in following years."
If you don't believe me just check slashdot:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=33
Kinda, is it $60 fun? For that high of a price, no, its not $60 fun. Maybe $40, but not $60.
Your wrong..."Firewire" is Apple. Just like iLink is Sony. Apple may not have "invented" IEEE 1394 but they sure as hell have helped spread it. The ieee1394 trade association credits 1394 to Apple.
Oh yeah, say nothing of the Palestinian suicide bombers setting off bombs on buses and in market places blowing up children and old people, but thats ok right...i mean they are being so repressed they have justification to kill children with their bombs because those kids have so much influence on how the goverment runs that country.
I'm glad you don't buy anything American. Don't buy any Intel, motorola, AMD, based products at all? What did you build your computer out of straw and japanese batteries? Don't go to see Hollywood movies? I bet you buy more American stuff than you think, unless you are living in a cave with all those other terrorists. In that case don't go outside, we are watching.
I hate hypocrites
Did you actually read the story? Yes they talk about the keychain USB drives, but USB is so slow when compared to firewire it would be a waste of time. What is has to do with iPod is that an iPod was used duh...
Read the story before you bitch next time.
Yes I got a problem with people like you. People live here because they like the freedoms the government gives them yet at every opportunity they piss on that very same government. You can't have it both ways.
Would you rather we go back to riding horseback and hurling rocks at each other in a war? Fucking hypocrites...I say we start strapping some of these people to the missles.
Hey if you don't like it here then leave. We don't want you here either. Go find a nice little cave to live in in some 3rd world country. And while your starving and thirsty because you can't drink the water because its all contaminated we'll be sure to tape your name to the next cruise missle we send over.
Tired of people pissing on this country. You don't like it then get out. Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out. Oh wait...you won't leave because you like to have certain freedoms that you just wouldn't get if you lived in a cave. So maybe we should just call you a hypocrite?
You want depth and profound? You know this is Slashdot right?
If you don't care why did you bother to read it? Troll
I don't get it. Whats the big deal...so MS is advertising...big whoop. I bet if Red Hat put free Linux CD's in a post office as advertising Slashdot users would be declaring themselves as a new state of the union and holding parades. Who gives a damn...this isn't news and it doesn't matter.
When I used to play clan lord on my mac we would have town invasions or rescues that involved just about everyone that was logged in. All working together for a common goal. Those were the best times.