Those things are relatively secure. There's a clerk manning the control station, who helps with problems and keeps an eye on the customers, and the machines have very sensitive scales to make sure that the total weight of your groceries matches the database. Now, some very very light products like greeting cards might be able to get around these scales, but only a small quantity. It's too much of a hassle to steal the groceries.
The DVD capability of the PS2 is a wonderful thing, adding functionality to an already impressive. Ditto for the Xbox, which I use everyday in my dorm more as a piece of home theater equipment than a game console (I've not the liquid funds for Halo 2 right now.) However, one of the big reasons that the DVD playback is important is that it is a universal format. Anyone can author a DVD or play one back once they've paid their fee to the DVD consortium. It's a cheap entry fee, and many, if not most, consumers have multiple devices capable of playback (3 in my dormroom alone, plus another 4 at home.) The difference between the PS2's video playback and its younger cousin's is the proprietary UMD. The UMD does not have the 4.7 gigabyte capacity of a single-sided, single-layer DVD, plus it requires a caddy. This caddy will incur a small premium on the price of the discs, something on the order of 4-8 dollars. For specialty fare like anime, this might just be absorbed, but the mass market films are priced too low. Do not expect to pay less than $24 for a movie, that can only be played on 1 device.
Not all games require downsampling; only games with extensive voice and video require the amount of space available on a GD-ROM. 2D fighters, a staple of the console require only 150-300 MB; Ikaruga, which has since been rereleased on the GCN, fits in a tiny *.zip of less than 50 MB. Most DC games are simply filled with a kind of static to fill up space. This was intended as a sort of piracy deterrant, but wasn't the greatest devised. That belongs to anti-copy technology that causes game discs to shatter in the drive, rendering them useless (see Neverwinter Nights.)
If I didn't already have a solid-performing, small Civic, I'd seriously think about one of these.
Except that I drive too much.
Commuter market is hard to handle. One has to worry about safety in city driving, and how close to work one has to be for it to be practical. If you work in any sort of fabrication facility, chances are you live a good distance from work. Wouldn't want to run out of juice on the side of the road in a vehicle that's difficult to refuel w/o a large time investment.
The query is coming from someone who thinks this community can provide a response fitting to the situation. Why, you ask? Probably because he's a geek, asking other geeks if they've had experiences with this. Geeks research things in their free time, and search out answers to problems. This probably isn't the only place the question has been asked; it's just one more piece of research. Anecdotal information isn't the most reliable, but it is still information about coping from real people like him. Combining this with the other research our Asker has performed, he'll be able to synthesize this into a better understanding of his sister and her problem.
Geeks should never reject an inquiry, even if they do feel it misdirected. It's disrespectful, and adds no value to our forum.
This really feels like an April Fool's joke out of hand. Why? First, Fox knows that they can't change the actors. That'll just piss off the fans more than they usually are. Second, as a corrolary to the first, Fox just cancels shows instead of fixing them. It's the NewsCorp way! Third, this story first appeared in the April 1 edition of Variety.
Part of the reason Yoshi's Story hasn't progressed beyond a demo is that there are much meatier 2D platformers in the library. YS is cute and fun, but lacking in both longevity (necessary for a new game) and nostalgia (necessary for a ported classic.)
But, wouldn't that violate your fair use agreement?
My only real beef with multi-disc packages is that the packaging tends to suck (digipak, keepcase with little flippy plastic disc retainer, I even think I have something with just a f***ing cardpaper _sleeve_.) Aside from that, the multi-disc thing is great.
Oh yeah, having a multi-disc player is good too. LotR is better on my TV than my laptop for many reasons, but that's one of the biggies.
Part of my viewpoint might just be that I've not really contributed yet; I honestly don't know how it feels in the real world. All of my experience comes from dealing with projects and such in school.
Maybe it's more of a "it's nice to be noticed" feeling, than a "I must have my name on this." There is a certain amount of contentment from getting something done, but have you never demonstrated your work to your parents or family, showing what you've done? That little pat on the back can make up for a lot of grief in the building process.
Amen. While the single-button might be "less intimidating," Apple has really left that image behind. Now it's more of a "computer for hip people. you wanna be hip? buy apple." Even hip people can use two buttons. And Apple has enough of a design staff that they could build a work-of-art pointing device with 6 buttons that also made you coffee while you waited.
I understand that a USB mouse from another manufacturer works; my point is that if it's not standard, there's less of an incentive to write for it.
(On a sidenote, has anyone ever tried the UT2k3 demo on a demo Mac? Horrid. Missing the secondary fires really limits UT.)
It's good that contributors to the early days of computing are being recognized; I'm sure everyone here understands what it means to do good work and never get a nod for it. At the same time, it comes too late to have a strong impact on careers. Perhaps this is good; the individuals cited in the article seem to have a made a name for themselves in other work as well, and have not been judged solely on their earlier work.
Another thing I would like to see is a more mainstream news source to pick up this story, even if it's a small sidebar; the general populace recognizes names like Jobs and Gates, but a much smaller percentage (including myself) knows of the other, less business-oriented figures in the industry.
This is the sort of thing that makes one wary about the convenience ATMs available in many cities; you'll save more than a surcharge by sticking to your own banking company's systems.
On a side note, this is probably the most clever fraud I've seen in a long while. Great that these folks ripped out the innards of the scam device.
While it might be true that WinNT and its descendants aren't really more secure, you really should keep in mind that there are more "serious" machines that run WinNT-based product than Win9x. Without accounting for that, you can't really assume that WinNT is less secure.
The other thing to keep in mind is that XP has been on the market for 2 years. If it hasn't done so already, it probably will outnumber functioning machines running the older code. Therefore, any virus/worm authors wanting to do more damage should target WinNT systems.
While not exactly helpful for demonstrating, the parent does have a very interesting concept with the meta-Slashdot. I wouldn't suggest actually trying to do so, but the idea is quite entertaining.
And once you Slashdot Slashdot, try using it to jack every DVD rip available. Once that's done, stream them from some offshore property. The power is there to be abused!
I think he's referencing solid-state consoles. Since Nintendo's first major console success was the Nintendo Entertainment System, usually one just refers to this 8-bit system as a Nintendo. It's also used as a reference to difficulty. A Nintendo-hard game requires an expansive memory to beat, due to the many movement patterns used to increase the difficulty (and therefore, replayability.) Of course, I'm a little biased, having grown up on Nintendo, but the point remains semi-valid.
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Those things are relatively secure. There's a clerk manning the control station, who helps with problems and keeps an eye on the customers, and the machines have very sensitive scales to make sure that the total weight of your groceries matches the database. Now, some very very light products like greeting cards might be able to get around these scales, but only a small quantity. It's too much of a hassle to steal the groceries.
The DVD capability of the PS2 is a wonderful thing, adding functionality to an already impressive. Ditto for the Xbox, which I use everyday in my dorm more as a piece of home theater equipment than a game console (I've not the liquid funds for Halo 2 right now.) However, one of the big reasons that the DVD playback is important is that it is a universal format. Anyone can author a DVD or play one back once they've paid their fee to the DVD consortium. It's a cheap entry fee, and many, if not most, consumers have multiple devices capable of playback (3 in my dormroom alone, plus another 4 at home.) The difference between the PS2's video playback and its younger cousin's is the proprietary UMD. The UMD does not have the 4.7 gigabyte capacity of a single-sided, single-layer DVD, plus it requires a caddy. This caddy will incur a small premium on the price of the discs, something on the order of 4-8 dollars. For specialty fare like anime, this might just be absorbed, but the mass market films are priced too low. Do not expect to pay less than $24 for a movie, that can only be played on 1 device.
-SabrStryk
Not all games require downsampling; only games with extensive voice and video require the amount of space available on a GD-ROM. 2D fighters, a staple of the console require only 150-300 MB; Ikaruga, which has since been rereleased on the GCN, fits in a tiny *.zip of less than 50 MB. Most DC games are simply filled with a kind of static to fill up space. This was intended as a sort of piracy deterrant, but wasn't the greatest devised. That belongs to anti-copy technology that causes game discs to shatter in the drive, rendering them useless (see Neverwinter Nights.)
If I didn't already have a solid-performing, small Civic, I'd seriously think about one of these.
Except that I drive too much.
Commuter market is hard to handle. One has to worry about safety in city driving, and how close to work one has to be for it to be practical. If you work in any sort of fabrication facility, chances are you live a good distance from work. Wouldn't want to run out of juice on the side of the road in a vehicle that's difficult to refuel w/o a large time investment.
The query is coming from someone who thinks this community can provide a response fitting to the situation. Why, you ask? Probably because he's a geek, asking other geeks if they've had experiences with this. Geeks research things in their free time, and search out answers to problems. This probably isn't the only place the question has been asked; it's just one more piece of research. Anecdotal information isn't the most reliable, but it is still information about coping from real people like him. Combining this with the other research our Asker has performed, he'll be able to synthesize this into a better understanding of his sister and her problem.
Geeks should never reject an inquiry, even if they do feel it misdirected. It's disrespectful, and adds no value to our forum.
This really feels like an April Fool's joke out of hand. Why? First, Fox knows that they can't change the actors. That'll just piss off the fans more than they usually are. Second, as a corrolary to the first, Fox just cancels shows instead of fixing them. It's the NewsCorp way! Third, this story first appeared in the April 1 edition of Variety.
Always check your sources first.
Part of the reason Yoshi's Story hasn't progressed beyond a demo is that there are much meatier 2D platformers in the library. YS is cute and fun, but lacking in both longevity (necessary for a new game) and nostalgia (necessary for a ported classic.)
But, wouldn't that violate your fair use agreement?
My only real beef with multi-disc packages is that the packaging tends to suck (digipak, keepcase with little flippy plastic disc retainer, I even think I have something with just a f***ing cardpaper _sleeve_.) Aside from that, the multi-disc thing is great.
Oh yeah, having a multi-disc player is good too. LotR is better on my TV than my laptop for many reasons, but that's one of the biggies.
San Andreas sounds rather based on L.A....
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy in all the galaxy...."
I.E., a perfect setting!
Part of my viewpoint might just be that I've not really contributed yet; I honestly don't know how it feels in the real world. All of my experience comes from dealing with projects and such in school.
Maybe it's more of a "it's nice to be noticed" feeling, than a "I must have my name on this." There is a certain amount of contentment from getting something done, but have you never demonstrated your work to your parents or family, showing what you've done? That little pat on the back can make up for a lot of grief in the building process.
i don't see apple catching up there.
Amen. While the single-button might be "less intimidating," Apple has really left that image behind. Now it's more of a "computer for hip people. you wanna be hip? buy apple." Even hip people can use two buttons. And Apple has enough of a design staff that they could build a work-of-art pointing device with 6 buttons that also made you coffee while you waited.
I understand that a USB mouse from another manufacturer works; my point is that if it's not standard, there's less of an incentive to write for it.
(On a sidenote, has anyone ever tried the UT2k3 demo on a demo Mac? Horrid. Missing the secondary fires really limits UT.)
It's good that contributors to the early days of computing are being recognized; I'm sure everyone here understands what it means to do good work and never get a nod for it. At the same time, it comes too late to have a strong impact on careers. Perhaps this is good; the individuals cited in the article seem to have a made a name for themselves in other work as well, and have not been judged solely on their earlier work.
Another thing I would like to see is a more mainstream news source to pick up this story, even if it's a small sidebar; the general populace recognizes names like Jobs and Gates, but a much smaller percentage (including myself) knows of the other, less business-oriented figures in the industry.
Hey, nothing beats hacking an Xbox or two...
Oh wait....
This is the sort of thing that makes one wary about the convenience ATMs available in many cities; you'll save more than a surcharge by sticking to your own banking company's systems.
On a side note, this is probably the most clever fraud I've seen in a long while. Great that these folks ripped out the innards of the scam device.
While it might be true that WinNT and its descendants aren't really more secure, you really should keep in mind that there are more "serious" machines that run WinNT-based product than Win9x. Without accounting for that, you can't really assume that WinNT is less secure.
The other thing to keep in mind is that XP has been on the market for 2 years. If it hasn't done so already, it probably will outnumber functioning machines running the older code. Therefore, any virus/worm authors wanting to do more damage should target WinNT systems.
While not exactly helpful for demonstrating, the parent does have a very interesting concept with the meta-Slashdot. I wouldn't suggest actually trying to do so, but the idea is quite entertaining. And once you Slashdot Slashdot, try using it to jack every DVD rip available. Once that's done, stream them from some offshore property. The power is there to be abused!
I think he's referencing solid-state consoles. Since Nintendo's first major console success was the Nintendo Entertainment System, usually one just refers to this 8-bit system as a Nintendo. It's also used as a reference to difficulty. A Nintendo-hard game requires an expansive memory to beat, due to the many movement patterns used to increase the difficulty (and therefore, replayability.) Of course, I'm a little biased, having grown up on Nintendo, but the point remains semi-valid.
What's the point of this? Maybe networking a bunch of animals together? Or the proverbial Beowulf cluster of stuffed animals?