If you're curious, check out our screenshots of the original NES Super Mario Brothers 2, only released in Japan on the Nintendo Disk System, then check out our reveiw of the title to see if we think Nintendo made a wise move to pull the plug on it.
Not true, my mom accidentally rented it for me when I asked her to get SMB3 during it's initial release. She came home with a box covered in anime characters, with a typewritten label that said 'SUPER MARIO III'. The third 'I' was drawn in with Sharpie pen.
Imagine my chagrin when I powered up the cartridge and got SMB1 graphics. Imagine my rage when I learned about the poison mushroom. At age six, there is no living that down.
I didn't know about it either until just now, but that wiki page shows a link to the Nintendo Japan site where they have the image. Looks like a pretty good solution to me, as long as there's a z-trigger in there somewhere!
The left will call this the further conglomeration of power to the side of corporations. The right will call this the ineffectiveness of free market regulation.
I will simply call it a concrete explanation as to why we're all fucked.
That's nice and all that these directors are extending MMOGs to new demographics, but what happens when the MMORPG "hack, slash, collect, buy, repeat" crowd of 10-15 year olds start taking the games over? Will it even be worth playing, once you hop in and see nothing but grammar mindfucks like "30otg for sell PMme pleze kthx" scrolling past the screen faster than they can be read?
The instructions given for downloading/transferring videos onto PSP are simple at best, and provide no instruction on where they should be placed. As a little background, there are separate locations for original PSP video as well as the AVC format that is allowed by the 2.0 firmware (Both are MP4 format). It's not specified that these are AVC videos, and as such need the new firmware. Furthermore, they must be renamed in a correct format in order to be played on the PSP.
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Anyone looking for this information, get ready:
PSP videos downloaded from Google Video *are* AVC.
That means:
* you need firmware 2.0 or higher
* files are put in/MP_ROOT/100ANV01/
* name them to follow the MAQ#####.MP4 convention
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Many people keep their firmware at 1.5 in order to play homebrew software, as well as use emulators, etc. Spare me the talk about piracy issues and the like, I have a 1.5 and don't expect to have my cake and eat it, too. I just wish they'd make it clearer what format the video is in, and where it has to go.
FYI, I'm going to post this over at the Google Video group.
And, the free market is also the biggest reason that many of the world's poor cannot compete in world markets, which keeps them from developing infrastructure and making something of themselves.
I've got a laptop running a 1.8ghz Athlon 64, and it seriously boots in seconds. It still surprises me when I get up to grab a disk or something, and come back to the XP login screen.
P.S. I've got plenty of bloated programs installed!
Aww, it sounds like somebody feels bad for a corporation..
Awwww that's so cuuute!:-D If they want to pull phone support jobs from the United States that are valuable to the working class, and bring them to India where they can save a boatload of money, then it is the consumer's (read: laborer's) job to make sure they don't have an easy time spending that money. I, for one, applaud this effort.
You must take into account how many people returned GTA:SA, and/or their original PS2, once they realized that they'd have to fight through endless error messages while playing the game.
Myself and 3 others have had the same issues with 1st run PS2s while playing the game. It seems that the good ol' Sony DVD lasers just aren't up to the job. On the other hand, my 1st run XBOX just loves running Halo 2. Go Microsoft! *ducks*
I'm sick of the fact that this has become a marginal issue in the mainstream media. Wolfy Blitzkrieg on CNN had a 'debate' about whether or not our election systems are valid during his show this evening..
Listen up, shitface.. our democracy is broken, and the media settles down from Swift Boat/National Guard fiasco to have a calm debate about the fact that our election systems don't provide a paper copy? Give me a break!!/moving to Canada after Bush gets re-elected on the back of morons. I don't care enough to troll.
The huge smokescreen is made of those media conglomerates, merged to the point where they're all saying the same exact things. Nobody's going to have an exclusive story, it will be picked up in a split second and copied across the board. We still have the "reputable" sources such as Reuters and AP, which have already begun to fall into the same system.
I agree that the media and corporations have no legal right to remove any of your freedoms, and it's foolish to think so. However, it's equally foolish to believe that these giant companies are innocent, and are only there for our good.
The last thing that media/corporations/government want is an active medium that they don't have strict control over. Conspiracies aside, these sorts of things just aren't conducive to the way they do business.
-The media sells your eyes for advertising revenue. -The Government ensures that the "public sphere" is in tune with what they want it to focus on. -The corporations insist that their products and actions pose no danger to your environment and well-being.
As a result, having a medium that they can only try to control is unacceptable! Passive media ensures that their goals are achieved, while society just sits back and pushes the channel button.
We're free until their teamwork pays off to do something sinful to the internet.
Slashdot Mirror
It's a cottage on the seashore.. you better believe that means a summer home.
The infrastructure on the Cape is shit anyway, and it's not going to be improved anytime soon because nobody complains.
I am from the school of thought where using this on Bryan Adams to keep him imprisoned is as far as we need to go.
Funniest use of the redundant tag, ever.
If you're curious, check out our screenshots of the original NES Super Mario Brothers 2, only released in Japan on the Nintendo Disk System, then check out our reveiw of the title to see if we think Nintendo made a wise move to pull the plug on it.
Not true, my mom accidentally rented it for me when I asked her to get SMB3 during it's initial release. She came home with a box covered in anime characters, with a typewritten label that said 'SUPER MARIO III'. The third 'I' was drawn in with Sharpie pen.
Imagine my chagrin when I powered up the cartridge and got SMB1 graphics. Imagine my rage when I learned about the poison mushroom. At age six, there is no living that down.
Classic Wii controller for classic games: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Wii_classic_con troller.jpg
I didn't know about it either until just now, but that wiki page shows a link to the Nintendo Japan site where they have the image. Looks like a pretty good solution to me, as long as there's a z-trigger in there somewhere!
The left will call this the further conglomeration of power to the side of corporations.
The right will call this the ineffectiveness of free market regulation.
I will simply call it a concrete explanation as to why we're all fucked.
That's nice and all that these directors are extending MMOGs to new demographics, but what happens when the MMORPG "hack, slash, collect, buy, repeat" crowd of 10-15 year olds start taking the games over? Will it even be worth playing, once you hop in and see nothing but grammar mindfucks like "30otg for sell PMme pleze kthx" scrolling past the screen faster than they can be read?
You heard it here first!
1.3... billion... consumers.
No fucking shit Bill Gates defended Google.
I am a liar. Put that in your brain and smoke it!
The instructions given for downloading/transferring videos onto PSP are simple at best, and provide no instruction on where they should be placed. As a little background, there are separate locations for original PSP video as well as the AVC format that is allowed by the 2.0 firmware (Both are MP4 format). It's not specified that these are AVC videos, and as such need the new firmware. Furthermore, they must be renamed in a correct format in order to be played on the PSP.
/MP_ROOT/100ANV01/
-----
Anyone looking for this information, get ready:
PSP videos downloaded from Google Video *are* AVC.
That means:
* you need firmware 2.0 or higher
* files are put in
* name them to follow the MAQ#####.MP4 convention
-----
Many people keep their firmware at 1.5 in order to play homebrew software, as well as use emulators, etc. Spare me the talk about piracy issues and the like, I have a 1.5 and don't expect to have my cake and eat it, too. I just wish they'd make it clearer what format the video is in, and where it has to go.
FYI, I'm going to post this over at the Google Video group.
How else are you going to enjoy one-armed browsing, that's immediately compatible with flight simulator 2004 soon after?
Progress, my friend..
And, the free market is also the biggest reason that many of the world's poor cannot compete in world markets, which keeps them from developing infrastructure and making something of themselves.
Viva los Biodome!
What do developing countries have to do with jack?
Well I'll tell you, if I was living in one, I'd be drinking a whole lot of it.
Y'know, like Iraq or something. Just sayin'.
Rumor has it that Nugent's lunch was stolen by her ex-boyfriend who is now with Bird.
Fuck Ms. Nugent.
I've got a laptop running a 1.8ghz Athlon 64, and it seriously boots in seconds. It still surprises me when I get up to grab a disk or something, and come back to the XP login screen.
P.S. I've got plenty of bloated programs installed!
Fuck them and the bigoted suits who run it!
You may be anonymous, but you aren't a coward!
Aww, it sounds like somebody feels bad for a corporation..
:-D If they want to pull phone support jobs from the United States that are valuable to the working class, and bring them to India where they can save a boatload of money, then it is the consumer's (read: laborer's) job to make sure they don't have an easy time spending that money. I, for one, applaud this effort.
Awwww that's so cuuute!
thanks for the advertisement, Slashy. The extra large ones at the top of the page just weren't getting me off.
S-O-C-I-O-P-A-T-H with a concentration in.. WebTV?
Call the doctors!
Let's make fun of him being a huuuge dork while we READ SLASHOT..
:-P
Dorks.
Sorry to bother you, Microsoft. It won't happen again.
You must take into account how many people returned GTA:SA, and/or their original PS2, once they realized that they'd have to fight through endless error messages while playing the game.
Myself and 3 others have had the same issues with 1st run PS2s while playing the game. It seems that the good ol' Sony DVD lasers just aren't up to the job. On the other hand, my 1st run XBOX just loves running Halo 2. Go Microsoft! *ducks*
I'm sick of the fact that this has become a marginal issue in the mainstream media. Wolfy Blitzkrieg on CNN had a 'debate' about whether or not our election systems are valid during his show this evening..
/moving to Canada after Bush gets re-elected on the back of morons. I don't care enough to troll.
Listen up, shitface.. our democracy is broken, and the media settles down from Swift Boat/National Guard fiasco to have a calm debate about the fact that our election systems don't provide a paper copy? Give me a break!!
A huge smokescreen?
The huge smokescreen is made of those media conglomerates, merged to the point where they're all saying the same exact things. Nobody's going to have an exclusive story, it will be picked up in a split second and copied across the board. We still have the "reputable" sources such as Reuters and AP, which have already begun to fall into the same system.
I agree that the media and corporations have no legal right to remove any of your freedoms, and it's foolish to think so. However, it's equally foolish to believe that these giant companies are innocent, and are only there for our good.
The last thing that media/corporations/government want is an active medium that they don't have strict control over. Conspiracies aside, these sorts of things just aren't conducive to the way they do business.
-The media sells your eyes for advertising revenue.
-The Government ensures that the "public sphere" is in tune with what they want it to focus on.
-The corporations insist that their products and actions pose no danger to your environment and well-being.
As a result, having a medium that they can only try to control is unacceptable! Passive media ensures that their goals are achieved, while society just sits back and pushes the channel button.
We're free until their teamwork pays off to do something sinful to the internet.
Stop the Internet!