The ST always cost slightly less in the UK, and that was (as far as I could see) just about the only thing it had going for it.
Two things in combination it had going for it - the MIDI ports, and the mono monitor. That mono mode was phenomenal, beautifully crisp and clear and my 520STFM, upgraded to 1Meg RAM, Cubase and a 5Mg (count 'em...) hard drive remains -the- most productive music environment I've ever used. Don't know why - after all, you can get Cubase for other platforms and I have it for Windows now. Still, there was just something about the ST set-up that made it right.
Games and general multimedia-wise though, the Amiga had it licked.
Defender of the Crown was premiered on the Commodore 64, so it was only an Amiga port rather than a proper Amiga-native game. Xenon 2 couldn't have conceivably run on ANYTHING else at the time
Xenon 2 was running on my ST. And the ST/Amiga versions of Defender of the Crown had prettier graphics, but worse gameplay than the C64 port (particularly the jousting).
Yeah! Let's all open the great Amiga/ST wars of the late eighties/early nineties again! Oh. On second thoughts, let's not.
the only files I can't play with Xine+plenty o' plugins are wma's - and do I really want to be able to?
Forget WMA's - I don't see widespread take up of these anywhere. However, WMV is a big thing. The quality of those compared to the download size is very high.
I have a couple of videos on my site (http://www.eruvia.org) in MPG format to make sure everyone can see them. I'd rather use WMV however, because my testing showed that the quality/file size trade-off was better. I'd be pleased to see these under Linux.
I have tried out the latest Mozilla browser, and could switch to it full time apart from a few things (poor streaming media being one).
However, the major hold up is that my bank refuses to allow me to use it - the site became inaccessible to modern Netscape/Mozilla browsers curiously enough at about the same time the whole thing went.asp-based.
UK Natwest-using Slashdotters - do your bit! I have, I've mailed their feedback section asking when a Netscape greater than 4.x will be supported, pointing out the new AOL announcement. I added Mozilla in too, but this is a mainstream place and hammering on at their Netscape support is likely to get you further.
Query form is here and then select "Feedback" from the drop-down.
..."Well don't you have video cameras in here, why can you video tape me and I can't video tape you"...
Whilst I'm not on his side for the airport incident, this point is a fair one.
For example, I recently needed a chest of drawers for our nursery. Before I left, I videoed the nursery on a small digital camcorder so that I could compare possible purchases with the style and colour we already have. Then, since I wasn't sure about what I saw in the shop I taped the chest of drawers I was looking at from all angles, then zoomed in on its price tag so I got the model number and price for future ordering over the phone.
Took a lot longer to type all that than it took me to actually do it. About thirty seconds' work got me some useful comparison information. So his question stands - what is wrong with me being able to tape you if you are able to tape me?
I sort of agree with a number of those points, so I don't want this reply to sound harsh. However, here's my viewpoints on the answers:
I don't know which phones you've used,
Ericsson Tsomething-or-other, Ericisson T29, Nokia 3210, Nokia 6210, Motorola something-or-other, Nokia 8850.
Of those, the Ericssons were the worst for battery connections, with the Nokia 6210 coming a very close second. The Motorola was the most durable by far.
Tape it if it's broken.
Why should it break? It's just sitting there. Surely there should be some structural strength attached to the connection? Maybe a snap-in plug-based connector or something?
...I assume anything that comes on 3.5" disks fits your description
Why? The software I got to replace it, Phone Manager could also have fitted onto a floppy disk. Their suite comes on CD rom, though I forget how big the actual download size is.
I think it's a tad premature to discount next-generation technology phones based on inexperiences with the myopic designs of the first generation series phones.
Here is where I sort of agree with you. In my opinion though, we're a long way from the first generation phones - they appeared in the eighties. We're even a fair distance away from first generation GSM. However, if you don't give their new stuff a look over then you'll never know if they've ever improved.
Looks like it fits my durability bill. Keyboard moan still stands, and having owned a 6210 I imagine that the SMS and synchronisation moans remain too.
Looks heavy too. And ugly. Ah well - trade offs, trade offs...
Hmm, on my Nokia (6310) you can quite easily do "Reply" -> "Clear Screen" already. Or maybe you meant Reply and Erase from the Inbox?
What I'd like is a single, atomic operation - "Reply to and Erase SMS". So...someone sends me an SMS that I want to reply to but don't want to store. I reply, and the original message is immediately erased and my screen clears back to the default screen for that phone.
Why? Well, most phones I've ever tried have been poor. Poor build quality, particularly in regard to securing the battery connection. Average to poor interfaces (how long before someone finally adds 'Reply and erase' to their SMS options?). Poor damage resistance. Ill-thought out, unprotected keypads that are pressed by anything leaning against them whilst in your pocket, the synchronisation software that comes with them tends to be poor...
OK, so the 'lock keypad' function is used to get round one of those moans. But that's extra hassle - one more step for me to take to compensate for their poor designs.
I'm on my fourth, and best, mobile at the moment. It's one step back (possibly even two steps now) from Nokia's latest stuff - the 8850. Solves my annoyance with the keypad, but still the screen is too easily scratched, still the SMS side of things remains ill-thought out, and the PC Suite for it is hopelessly out of date and utterly useless.
Whilst Java phones sound nice (I'm a primarily Java-based developer by trade), I'd sacrifice the entire lot for an industrial design that works as a basic phone without falling apart.
Remember he was on the stage with the U.S. Navy background and you could smash people on the boxes.
Oh yes, I remember. In fact, I still play. Guile was always my nemesis - took me ages to work out how to beat him using my pet character (Blanca). Eventually I worked out that if you just dodged his sonic booms, he would eventually come over to you and you could just use the Blanca jump'n'kick routine.
Adam Smith defined the most generally accepted rules for taxation in around 1776.
They are:
A tax must be proportionate to ability to pay
A tax must be 'certain' - ie. it must be clearly understood what is being taxed and by how much
A tax must be convenient to pay, preferably at the time the taxable transaction takes place
A tax must be economic - it should cost little to collect or it is pointless
Now, lets apply these to the proposal shall we?
Point 1 isn't questioned here. Point 2? You blew it. Point 3? Very doubtful this proposal makes it. Point 4? Hmm..50/50. Easy to pay, but due to point 3 it might be costly to work out what should be charged.
So, the proposal failes on at least two out of four of the rulse, and arguably on a third as well. So it's between 50% and 75% 'bad' according to classical theory.
When big boys like this start duking it out over greed based issues, and lets be honest thats what this is...
I utterly disagree. This is not a greed-based issue, it is an integrity-based one. The allegation is that one company has hacked another's product, then distributed the hack for free. That is an issue of integrity.
If I can use this thing to finally pump...I simply can't wait for decent MP3 playing software that lets you navigate playlists with the Dualshock controller and switches to full screen visualizations with the touch of a button.
I couldn't agree more. This shot through my mind the moment I heard of a Linux kit. 40Gig drive leaves plenty of space available.
Could I write this off on my taxes for my home office
Then wonder no more, because that's exactly what I'm going to do when buying the kit.
I run a one-man contracting business in the UK, and anything computerish that isn't a game is quite definitely treated as investment cash. Having Linux available on another machine fits into that.
Now...anyone know of a way to use 802.11b with it?
Cheers,
Ian
Obfuscation -is- a derivative work
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To obfuscate source, one must have source to start with. It follows that result of obfuscation is simply the next version of that source in your particular development tree.
By obsfuscating all you've done is create v+0.0.1 of whatever you started with in, but in your own fork. That means this alteration is covered by the GPL.
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Two things in combination it had going for it - the MIDI ports, and the mono monitor. That mono mode was phenomenal, beautifully crisp and clear and my 520STFM, upgraded to 1Meg RAM, Cubase and a 5Mg (count 'em...) hard drive remains -the- most productive music environment I've ever used. Don't know why - after all, you can get Cubase for other platforms and I have it for Windows now. Still, there was just something about the ST set-up that made it right.
Games and general multimedia-wise though, the Amiga had it licked.
Cheers,
Ian
Xenon 2 was running on my ST. And the ST/Amiga versions of Defender of the Crown had prettier graphics, but worse gameplay than the C64 port (particularly the jousting).
Yeah! Let's all open the great Amiga/ST wars of the late eighties/early nineties again! Oh. On second thoughts, let's not.
Cheers,
Ian
Not sure how you got modded off-topic, but...
Yes, I have taken a look at Quicktime. I paid for Quicktime Pro 5, but couldn't get the trade-off as well as I could using WMV.
Cheers,
Ian
Forget WMA's - I don't see widespread take up of these anywhere. However, WMV is a big thing. The quality of those compared to the download size is very high.
I have a couple of videos on my site (http://www.eruvia.org) in MPG format to make sure everyone can see them. I'd rather use WMV however, because my testing showed that the quality/file size trade-off was better. I'd be pleased to see these under Linux.
Cheers,
Ian
One of the things that makes good programmer full stop is not worrying about trying to measure the imeasurable.
Cheers,
Ian
The people originally putting it together in the pre-web days certainly thought it was all about function and not recreation.
Cheers,
Ian
Excellent - had no idea about this category of bug. Consider it done.
Cheers,
Ian
Not so - trading standards apply. A shop has to abide by those rules.
Cheers,
Ian
However, the major hold up is that my bank refuses to allow me to use it - the site became inaccessible to modern Netscape/Mozilla browsers curiously enough at about the same time the whole thing went .asp-based.
UK Natwest-using Slashdotters - do your bit! I have, I've mailed their feedback section asking when a Netscape greater than 4.x will be supported, pointing out the new AOL announcement. I added Mozilla in too, but this is a mainstream place and hammering on at their Netscape support is likely to get you further.
Query form is here and then select "Feedback" from the drop-down.
Cheers,
Ian
Whilst I'm not on his side for the airport incident, this point is a fair one.
For example, I recently needed a chest of drawers for our nursery. Before I left, I videoed the nursery on a small digital camcorder so that I could compare possible purchases with the style and colour we already have. Then, since I wasn't sure about what I saw in the shop I taped the chest of drawers I was looking at from all angles, then zoomed in on its price tag so I got the model number and price for future ordering over the phone.
Took a lot longer to type all that than it took me to actually do it. About thirty seconds' work got me some useful comparison information. So his question stands - what is wrong with me being able to tape you if you are able to tape me?
Cheers,
Ian
Nonsense. Paypal doesn't exit in the ether, it exists at 6201 15th Avenue, Third Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11219.
Egg are an online or telephone-only set up too, but they are governed by laws. So are Smile and IF. PayPal aren't in a unique situation.
Cheers,br Ia
I don't know which phones you've used,
Ericsson Tsomething-or-other, Ericisson T29, Nokia 3210, Nokia 6210, Motorola something-or-other, Nokia 8850.
Of those, the Ericssons were the worst for battery connections, with the Nokia 6210 coming a very close second. The Motorola was the most durable by far.
Tape it if it's broken.
Why should it break? It's just sitting there. Surely there should be some structural strength attached to the connection? Maybe a snap-in plug-based connector or something?
Why? The software I got to replace it, Phone Manager could also have fitted onto a floppy disk. Their suite comes on CD rom, though I forget how big the actual download size is.
I think it's a tad premature to discount next-generation technology phones based on inexperiences with the myopic designs of the first generation series phones.
Here is where I sort of agree with you. In my opinion though, we're a long way from the first generation phones - they appeared in the eighties. We're even a fair distance away from first generation GSM. However, if you don't give their new stuff a look over then you'll never know if they've ever improved.
Cheers,
Ian
Looks like it fits my durability bill. Keyboard moan still stands, and having owned a 6210 I imagine that the SMS and synchronisation moans remain too.
Looks heavy too. And ugly. Ah well - trade offs, trade offs...
Cheers,
Ian
What I'd like is a single, atomic operation - "Reply to and Erase SMS". So...someone sends me an SMS that I want to reply to but don't want to store. I reply, and the original message is immediately erased and my screen clears back to the default screen for that phone.
Cheers,
Ian
Why? Well, most phones I've ever tried have been poor. Poor build quality, particularly in regard to securing the battery connection. Average to poor interfaces (how long before someone finally adds 'Reply and erase' to their SMS options?). Poor damage resistance. Ill-thought out, unprotected keypads that are pressed by anything leaning against them whilst in your pocket, the synchronisation software that comes with them tends to be poor...
OK, so the 'lock keypad' function is used to get round one of those moans. But that's extra hassle - one more step for me to take to compensate for their poor designs.
I'm on my fourth, and best, mobile at the moment. It's one step back (possibly even two steps now) from Nokia's latest stuff - the 8850. Solves my annoyance with the keypad, but still the screen is too easily scratched, still the SMS side of things remains ill-thought out, and the PC Suite for it is hopelessly out of date and utterly useless.
Whilst Java phones sound nice (I'm a primarily Java-based developer by trade), I'd sacrifice the entire lot for an industrial design that works as a basic phone without falling apart.
Cheers,
Ian
Oh yes, I remember. In fact, I still play. Guile was always my nemesis - took me ages to work out how to beat him using my pet character (Blanca). Eventually I worked out that if you just dodged his sonic booms, he would eventually come over to you and you could just use the Blanca jump'n'kick routine.
Cheers,
Ian
His character, Guile, was.
That character also has the only good line in the film: "This war is not about your personal vendetta. It's about my personal vendetta...".
Aroo! Aroo Arooouurgh!
(Err...I mean Cheers, Ian)
They are:
Now, lets apply these to the proposal shall we?
Point 1 isn't questioned here. Point 2? You blew it. Point 3? Very doubtful this proposal makes it. Point 4? Hmm..50/50. Easy to pay, but due to point 3 it might be costly to work out what should be charged.
So, the proposal failes on at least two out of four of the rulse, and arguably on a third as well. So it's between 50% and 75% 'bad' according to classical theory.
Time to think again.
Cheers,
Ian
I utterly disagree. This is not a greed-based issue, it is an integrity-based one. The allegation is that one company has hacked another's product, then distributed the hack for free. That is an issue of integrity.
Cheers,
Ian
Whenever I use IE on a corporate PC, the corporate in question has correctly locked down the settings as per good policy...
Cheers,
Ian
Aah, who want's to be a good guy? Think about it:
"I can rule the galaxy as father and son, or I can throw myself down this mineshaft."
Decisions, decisions...
Cheers,
Ian
I couldn't agree more. This shot through my mind the moment I heard of a Linux kit. 40Gig drive leaves plenty of space available.
Really looking forward to it...
Cheers,
Ian
Then wonder no more, because that's exactly what I'm going to do when buying the kit.
I run a one-man contracting business in the UK, and anything computerish that isn't a game is quite definitely treated as investment cash. Having Linux available on another machine fits into that.
Now...anyone know of a way to use 802.11b with it?
Cheers, Ian
By obsfuscating all you've done is create v+0.0.1 of whatever you started with in, but in your own fork. That means this alteration is covered by the GPL.
Standard not-a-lawyer stuff applies.
Cheers,
Ian
Differing from Congress how exactly? Or the UK's current parliament come to think of it.
Cheers,
Ian