Yeah, and I want to do a study to find out if the Hokey Pokey really IS what it's all about. That could take awhile...Oh, and how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop! Whether toast always lands butter-side down, and the side study of what happens when you strap a piece of toast on the back of a cat and drop it (butter-side facing up as mounted on said feline).
Hmm, "A Study on the Yaw Effects of Hydrolized Bovine Mammary Gland Extract-Coated, Exothermically-Excited Wheat-Based Modules as Mounted on Domesticated Felines."
Yes, that should be good for a few hundred grand, at least!
Though some of these are just simply fantastic games. 720 Degrees - I dunno WHAT kind of controller you'd be able to find to play it like the original. And who has a dual joystick setup to play Battlezone with?:) The Griffin PowerMate is just _made_ for games like Tempest, though. I'll take one in black, thanks.
You have MANY more things to worry about first. And remember the saying, "Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of a cancer cell."
Make sure your business is going to WORK first. Make sure the people are happy, and you know how to keep them that way. Same thing for clients! Concentrate on _stability_. It's critical in the current climate. Make sure your products are of the highest quality. Promite little, deliver more. That kind of thing. Keep control of your company! The more control you dole out to investors to grow, the more likely it is you'll lose control over your company. Once that happens, it'll almost certainly turn into a place you DON'T want to work at. Learn the lesson of Phil Greenspun, okay? (look it up - I'm too lazy right now)
There's _nothing_ wrong with being a small profitable company. And there's a LOT to be said for being a privately-held company. I've been through *many* startups here in Seattle over the last several years, and I've seen all the mistakes. Trust me, you do *not* want to lose control over the company; that's the worst possible thing that can happen. _Everything_ is downhill from there.
Also, get yourself a real CPA. If you're in the Puget Sound area, I recommend "Cook & Company" in Lynnwood. Excellent people. And get yourself legal counsel. You may be able to get away with PrePaid Legal for the cheap & easy stuff.
Yeah, but if you're a fan of the original "Land of the Lost," this vulnerability can be pronounced as 'Sleestack'.:) SSL and Stack, ya see. Those things were creepy in the original show.
I'd rather see a move towards 1080p (not i, for criminey's sake!), with much higher framerate. Tests by the military showed that figher pilots can perceive framerates up to at least 200fps, and while a successful fighter pilot is almost certainly going to be hardwired to be able to process such information faster, certainly a framerate well over the current 24fps for movies and 30fps for TV (in the U.S.) is desirable. Certainly filmmakers would appreciate being able to pan side to side much quicker than they're able to, without having stop-motion effects all over the place. I think a nice compromise would be 120fps. This is evenly divisible by both 24 and 30 (making for easy downgrades to older formats).
Widescreen 1080p, 120fps. Now *that's* what I'd like to have. And interlaced formats should be banned from the face of the Earth. Suitable only for spammers to view. *bleh*
> Your comparison was just as offensive and tactless as saying "Catholic or Protestant, it's the same thing" in Northern Ireland...
Heh, funny you should say that...for one of my particular spiritual bent, they ARE. Even Christians & Satanists are at least two sides of the same coin.:)
I didn't say it did, but buying new RAM that is immediately crappy is generally a sign of buying _crappy_ new RAM, not high-quality RAM.
re: "Gamer RAM"
Negligible? That depends entirely on what you do with your computer. Low-latency RAM (very different from what I think you're referring to) can have a dramatic effect in certain computing tasks. Gamers seem to go for PC4200 & up type stuff for use in overclocked situations, which is not what I'm referring to. They never pay attention to the latency of the RAM they use, because for them, it really _doesn't_ generally matter. I'd rather have 2-2-2 PC3200 over 3-6-6 PC4200, easily. But that's just me.:)
As far as I know, Mushkin is the only one offering 2-2-2 PC3200 modules at the time. Even Corsair can't match that. But boy, do you ever pay for it! (> $200 per 512Meg module *ouch*)
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A dollar a byte (of code). :)
> Mr. Owl said that it takes 3 licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop!
I've found his research methodology seriously lacking.
That should be 'Roll', not Yaw. Sheesh.
Yeah, and I want to do a study to find out if the Hokey Pokey really IS what it's all about. That could take awhile...Oh, and how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop! Whether toast always lands butter-side down, and the side study of what happens when you strap a piece of toast on the back of a cat and drop it (butter-side facing up as mounted on said feline).
Hmm, "A Study on the Yaw Effects of Hydrolized Bovine Mammary Gland Extract-Coated, Exothermically-Excited Wheat-Based Modules as Mounted on Domesticated Felines."
Yes, that should be good for a few hundred grand, at least!
If nobody ever reinvented the wheel, we'd all still be using those old wooden ones.
- I forget who said this
Something to think about. Reinventing the wheel isn't necessarily a bad thing.
It was a joke, son. Laugh.
(murderous Homer mode on) I...said...laugh... (off)
No, I hadn't gotten around to getting a PowerMate, yet, but that's the kind of thing I had in mind for it.
:(
Now I'm upset.
What a bunch of morons. That's like the #1 use for such a product! Geez.
Okay, people, pay attention - this is a Market Opportunity(tm). See how easy it is?
And before that, he was Hawk on Spenser: For Hire. BTW - that is a great series of novels by Robert B. Parker.
Seems to me that Archer is a bit...well...whiny, isn't he? I still like him better than Janeway, though.
Welcome to the world of the emulator - where controller issues are thought of FOR you. :)
Get yourself a trackball, dude. And a Griffin PowerMate for the Tempest-like games, and you should be All Set(tm).
Though some of these are just simply fantastic games. 720 Degrees - I dunno WHAT kind of controller you'd be able to find to play it like the original. And who has a dual joystick setup to play Battlezone with? :) The Griffin PowerMate is just _made_ for games like Tempest, though. I'll take one in black, thanks.
I, for one, welcome our new Galaxian overlords! ;^)
He's also the only one to ever punch out Q, too. :)
The only correct answer to "Kirk vs Picard" is "Sisko!"
Honourable Mention for: "Sulu!"
> In particular, active systems with 12 gigs of RAM or more should be thoroughly tested
Yes. Both of them. Sheesh.
"Promise little, deliver more." promite. What was I thinking? *sigh*
You have MANY more things to worry about first. And remember the saying, "Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of a cancer cell."
Make sure your business is going to WORK first. Make sure the people are happy, and you know how to keep them that way. Same thing for clients! Concentrate on _stability_. It's critical in the current climate. Make sure your products are of the highest quality. Promite little, deliver more. That kind of thing. Keep control of your company! The more control you dole out to investors to grow, the more likely it is you'll lose control over your company. Once that happens, it'll almost certainly turn into a place you DON'T want to work at. Learn the lesson of Phil Greenspun, okay? (look it up - I'm too lazy right now)
There's _nothing_ wrong with being a small profitable company. And there's a LOT to be said for being a privately-held company. I've been through *many* startups here in Seattle over the last several years, and I've seen all the mistakes. Trust me, you do *not* want to lose control over the company; that's the worst possible thing that can happen. _Everything_ is downhill from there.
Also, get yourself a real CPA. If you're in the Puget Sound area, I recommend "Cook & Company" in Lynnwood. Excellent people. And get yourself legal counsel. You may be able to get away with PrePaid Legal for the cheap & easy stuff.
Good luck, and Stay On Target!
...oh, nevermind.
Yeah, but if you're a fan of the original "Land of the Lost," this vulnerability can be pronounced as 'Sleestack'. :) SSL and Stack, ya see. Those things were creepy in the original show.
Somebody call Bruce Willis, quick!
Sounds good to me.
I wonder how much bandwidth all that would take...
TO THE MOON!!!
I'd rather see a move towards 1080p (not i, for criminey's sake!), with much higher framerate. Tests by the military showed that figher pilots can perceive framerates up to at least 200fps, and while a successful fighter pilot is almost certainly going to be hardwired to be able to process such information faster, certainly a framerate well over the current 24fps for movies and 30fps for TV (in the U.S.) is desirable. Certainly filmmakers would appreciate being able to pan side to side much quicker than they're able to, without having stop-motion effects all over the place. I think a nice compromise would be 120fps. This is evenly divisible by both 24 and 30 (making for easy downgrades to older formats).
Widescreen 1080p, 120fps. Now *that's* what I'd like to have. And interlaced formats should be banned from the face of the Earth. Suitable only for spammers to view. *bleh*
What's on the rim of the Christian/Satanist coin? Jehovah's Witnesses, definitely!
And inside? Some soft nougat-like material, I'm guessing. Either that, or Moon Cheese(tm).
That's my story, and I'm sticking to it!
> Your comparison was just as offensive and tactless as saying "Catholic or Protestant, it's the same thing" in Northern Ireland...
:)
Heh, funny you should say that...for one of my particular spiritual bent, they ARE. Even Christians & Satanists are at least two sides of the same coin.
I didn't say it did, but buying new RAM that is immediately crappy is generally a sign of buying _crappy_ new RAM, not high-quality RAM.
:)
re: "Gamer RAM"
Negligible? That depends entirely on what you do with your computer. Low-latency RAM (very different from what I think you're referring to) can have a dramatic effect in certain computing tasks. Gamers seem to go for PC4200 & up type stuff for use in overclocked situations, which is not what I'm referring to. They never pay attention to the latency of the RAM they use, because for them, it really _doesn't_ generally matter. I'd rather have 2-2-2 PC3200 over 3-6-6 PC4200, easily. But that's just me.
As far as I know, Mushkin is the only one offering 2-2-2 PC3200 modules at the time. Even Corsair can't match that. But boy, do you ever pay for it! (> $200 per 512Meg module *ouch*)