AT&T threw out an incredibly lowball bid. That's why they got axed and Cox & Comcast still have service. AT&T's offer was an insult - sort of like me coming up to you and saying "I'll give you $5 for that 1.4GHz Athlon system you got there..."
I have a little bit, and I agree that it's a good game. Personally though, I find Amped more addictive. But that might also be because I don't have a PS2 yet. Tricky looks like it'll be cool for Xbox, and I'll probably rent that when I get a chance.
However, comparing the PS2 to the Xbox really isn't fair in the scheme of things. I don't think PS2 has been pushed to its potential yet - to me, it doesn't really look any better than my Dreamcast. Xbox, on the other hand... wow.
I personally find Amped more stunning all around. I'd recommend reading the review on IGN that I linked to in the original post - they touch on the likeness with SSX & Tricky a little bit, as well as some of the more advanced features of the game (which are indeed cool).
The Dreamcast price has been dropped to $50, and most great games (Crazy Taxi, Soul Calibur, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 & 2, etc) can be found for $20 or less (I saw Crazy Taxi for $10 at Best Buy Saturday night). One must not overlook the Dreamcast - it's cheap, it's got great graphics, there are a lot of *really* great games for it - it's the perfect gift for anyone that's into console gaming. Cheap for you, fun for them. Nothing to lose buying it.
Xbox is pretty great. I picked one up a few days ago and have gotten four games. I did a lot of research before buying. Here's what I've found.
-Halo - Wow. This is seriously one of the best games I've ever played. For a FPS, the play and control is actually pretty good for a console. The graphics are good, and I find myself really getting into it. It's a great game, and anyone that enjoys immersive action games would appreciate it. You can check out an IGN review at http://xbox.ign.com/reviews/15922.html.
-Dead or Alive 3 - WOW! I find it exceptionally hard to stop playing this game. The graphics are *stunning* and the fighting is great. This is really a game you get to play with someone else. It's fun the first 20 or so times by yourself, but after that, there's not much to go for. It also did very well with an IGN review, which you can get at http://xbox.ign.com/reviews/16249.html.
-Project Gotham Racing - This is a very cool game indeed. Great for those that like racing and want something new. The tracks are pretty good and the cars are awesome. I personally don't have the racing wheel yet, but I find controls with the standard Xbox pad to be pretty good. Definitely enjoyable. IGN review at http://xbox.ign.com/reviews/16195.html.
-Amped - This is probably my favorite of the bunch. I cannot take this game out of the console. Besides looking absolutely stunning, it's really addictive to play. There are tons of ways to go down the mountains, and I find myself making 15 or 20 runs in a row just trying to get the trick off just right. Very satisfying game experience. Highly recommended. IGN review at http://xbox.ign.com/reviews/16174.html.
I'd strongly recommend buying a second controller. They're $40 each but you really wanna play this thing with someone else. Especially Dead or Alive 3 - it's great fun having the guys over and playing DOA3 for a few hours. If you're only going to be playing Halo or Amped and you'll be by yourself, don't bother with the extra controller. Also, if you're getting it for someone that's likely to just play games by themself. But personally, I need the second controller - I'm all about gaming with friends.
Anyway. That's what I'd want for Christmas if I didn't already have it. The games that I listed above are great and they'll undoubtedly be appreciated by any gamer.
icq won't work properly. dcc on irc won't work properly. people won't be able to host q3 games with a friend. ftp can be funky behind nat.
there are tons of reasons why they shouldn't do it. not to mention the fact that to the external world, everything would look like one big ip address - irc servers would need to change clone rules, URL's could be sniffed and then connected to (example: hotmail authenticates based partially on IP, so if you hit that link and it appeared to be the same ip, you could get in), etc. it's a bad idea. no offense. but it just wouldn't work.
You use Mediafour's XPod (here). You need a FireWire (IEEE 1394) port on your computer, but you can buy adapter cards for these relatively cheap.
XPod isn't ready yet, but you can kludge it by copying files (having the iPod mounted as a FireWire drive) into the "secret" mp3 folder and then using the iPod to play the music. Voila.
FYI, I have used an iPod extensively, and it is an *awesome* mp3 player. Easily the best I've ever seen.
What about having each mp3 as a different track on the mini disc? Do you have to manually stop and start each track, or will it do it automatically? Just curious - I'm seriously interested in getting one (or an iPod), and I'd like to know more about how you do it (since my main box is Linux and I assume that yours is UNIX, since you mentioned XMMS). Knowing would be great.
Riding with Death is one of my personal favorites... I have gut busting laughter during the "ha ha ha ha ha" after the truck explodes. Also, The Incredibly Strange Creatures that Stopped Living and Became Mixed Up Zombies was pretty classic...
software. ~5 dvds that i paid about $5 to have shipped ground. ram from crucial, which is dirt cheap and has free 2nd day air shipping... lots of things you can buy at all sorts of places where shipping is less than tax... and most places have things online cheaper than you can find in the store... win-win situation...
could you imagine having been one of the people that worked on that? what would you tell your friends? did they realize they were working on the hokiest program ever? how could you tell someone with a straight face "yeah, i work on microsoft BOB"? that's definitely something you leave out of your resume:)
or "IllegalMP3Swap - The software used by millions every day to illegally copy and distribute copyrighted music files!", put a pretty face on it, and, upon start-up, prompt for a password that's inputed by dragging the mouse in a very specific manner. Then let them pay some bozo $100/hour to crack it, only to find it prints "Hello, World!" and exits.:)
What Linksys base station did you get? I've got an iBook, and I'm holding off buying the Apple base station 'cause it's mad expensive. Here are my questions:
i'm typing this from internet explorer beta on mac os x 10.0.4 on my new dual 800mhz g4 system (pretty zippy)...
mac os is pretty usable with 1 mouse button, but i appreciate it infinitely more with 2. (note that i'm talking about os x - i'm not really interested in os9 - another unix geek here, but one that's not so cheap that they didn't just get a new ibook and g4 tower)... the way it works is like this:
with a 1 button mouse, ctrl+click is the equivalent of the windows right-click. it brings up contextual menus.
in some applications (i.e., internet explorer), if you hold the mouse button for about a second, the contextual menu pops up. they did this as a convenience - it is not standard across the gui (although it should be).
if you have a 2 button mouse, right clicking will do the equivalent of the ctrl-click, which is bring up the contextual menu. this *is* standard across the gui, which is really really cool.
now, in os x, some other things you *can* click-hold for the menu (like app icons in the dock), but right clicking makes this faster. so it's all really a matter of preference. if you prefer the apple pro mouse (and it is quite nice - i plan to keep it in my laptop bag for use on my ibook), you can certainly very easily get around the operating system. but if you'd like a little more power, pick up a two button mouse (i'm using an intellimouse explorer for the time being, until i get another boomslang) - that will do the trick for you.
i might as well also note this: scroll wheels now work in mac os x *kinda*. in mac os 9, if the drivers for the mouse have been released (and most companies have), the scroll wheel and right mouse button will work anywhere. in mac os x, while the right mouse button is default, because of different widgets in the different types of apps, and the lack of drivers for os x (though some day, i imagine), the scroll wheel doesn't always work. here's how it goes:
in carbon apps, which are written to run both under os 9 and natively under os x, the scroll wheel will *not* work. in cocoa apps, which are written for mac os x natively and will only run under mac os x apps, the scroll wheel *will* work. so, for instance, my scroll wheel works in Mail, Internet Explorer... but doesn't work in Finder (?), iTunes, etc.
that's the scoop on mousing under os x (i hope:) )
Mefinks you're taking it a bit too hard dude. I just got my PowerMac G4 Dual 800 today. I have an iBook. The 1-button is usable, but more buttons make it infinitely more usable. You know that. I know that. He was making a joke. The only people that go nuts about that shit anymore are the mac zealots. I like Apple, I love OS X, but I don't give a fuck if someone jokes about it. I had all sorts of people giving me shit today for buying a $4000 Apple. So what? You're enlightened, that's what matters.
On a different note - Intellimouse Explorer use all five buttons under OS X? Looking for a mouse that will allow me scrolling and whatnot, and I know every mouse will basically (or at least my boomslang worked under OS X on my new iBook), but the two buttons for Back Forward - how are those under OS X? I'm not interested in OS9 at all, but OS X is yum.
check out mac os x. i've had on my new ibook since early june and i've rebooted it twice since then. it's exceptionally stable, and kicks the fuck out the windows 2000 workstation i'm writing this on... doesn't touch my linux though (320+ days and counting)...
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You, sir, are a mother fucking pimp.
P.S. - are you at the karma cap yet?
When will someone other than the Mercedes of motherboard manufacturers release an MP-capable Athlon board?
Today, actually. Be looking for it on Tom's Hardware, AnandTech, etc.
AT&T threw out an incredibly lowball bid. That's why they got axed and Cox & Comcast still have service. AT&T's offer was an insult - sort of like me coming up to you and saying "I'll give you $5 for that 1.4GHz Athlon system you got there..."
I have a little bit, and I agree that it's a good game. Personally though, I find Amped more addictive. But that might also be because I don't have a PS2 yet. Tricky looks like it'll be cool for Xbox, and I'll probably rent that when I get a chance.
However, comparing the PS2 to the Xbox really isn't fair in the scheme of things. I don't think PS2 has been pushed to its potential yet - to me, it doesn't really look any better than my Dreamcast. Xbox, on the other hand... wow.
I personally find Amped more stunning all around. I'd recommend reading the review on IGN that I linked to in the original post - they touch on the likeness with SSX & Tricky a little bit, as well as some of the more advanced features of the game (which are indeed cool).
The Dreamcast price has been dropped to $50, and most great games (Crazy Taxi, Soul Calibur, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 & 2, etc) can be found for $20 or less (I saw Crazy Taxi for $10 at Best Buy Saturday night). One must not overlook the Dreamcast - it's cheap, it's got great graphics, there are a lot of *really* great games for it - it's the perfect gift for anyone that's into console gaming. Cheap for you, fun for them. Nothing to lose buying it.
Xbox is pretty great. I picked one up a few days ago and have gotten four games. I did a lot of research before buying. Here's what I've found.
-Halo - Wow. This is seriously one of the best games I've ever played. For a FPS, the play and control is actually pretty good for a console. The graphics are good, and I find myself really getting into it. It's a great game, and anyone that enjoys immersive action games would appreciate it. You can check out an IGN review at http://xbox.ign.com/reviews/15922.html.
-Dead or Alive 3 - WOW! I find it exceptionally hard to stop playing this game. The graphics are *stunning* and the fighting is great. This is really a game you get to play with someone else. It's fun the first 20 or so times by yourself, but after that, there's not much to go for. It also did very well with an IGN review, which you can get at http://xbox.ign.com/reviews/16249.html.
-Project Gotham Racing - This is a very cool game indeed. Great for those that like racing and want something new. The tracks are pretty good and the cars are awesome. I personally don't have the racing wheel yet, but I find controls with the standard Xbox pad to be pretty good. Definitely enjoyable. IGN review at http://xbox.ign.com/reviews/16195.html.
-Amped - This is probably my favorite of the bunch. I cannot take this game out of the console. Besides looking absolutely stunning, it's really addictive to play. There are tons of ways to go down the mountains, and I find myself making 15 or 20 runs in a row just trying to get the trick off just right. Very satisfying game experience. Highly recommended. IGN review at http://xbox.ign.com/reviews/16174.html.
I'd strongly recommend buying a second controller. They're $40 each but you really wanna play this thing with someone else. Especially Dead or Alive 3 - it's great fun having the guys over and playing DOA3 for a few hours. If you're only going to be playing Halo or Amped and you'll be by yourself, don't bother with the extra controller. Also, if you're getting it for someone that's likely to just play games by themself. But personally, I need the second controller - I'm all about gaming with friends.
Anyway. That's what I'd want for Christmas if I didn't already have it. The games that I listed above are great and they'll undoubtedly be appreciated by any gamer.
icq won't work properly. dcc on irc won't work properly. people won't be able to host q3 games with a friend. ftp can be funky behind nat.
there are tons of reasons why they shouldn't do it. not to mention the fact that to the external world, everything would look like one big ip address - irc servers would need to change clone rules, URL's could be sniffed and then connected to (example: hotmail authenticates based partially on IP, so if you hit that link and it appeared to be the same ip, you could get in), etc. it's a bad idea. no offense. but it just wouldn't work.
You use Mediafour's XPod (here). You need a FireWire (IEEE 1394) port on your computer, but you can buy adapter cards for these relatively cheap.
XPod isn't ready yet, but you can kludge it by copying files (having the iPod mounted as a FireWire drive) into the "secret" mp3 folder and then using the iPod to play the music. Voila.
FYI, I have used an iPod extensively, and it is an *awesome* mp3 player. Easily the best I've ever seen.
What about having each mp3 as a different track on the mini disc? Do you have to manually stop and start each track, or will it do it automatically? Just curious - I'm seriously interested in getting one (or an iPod), and I'd like to know more about how you do it (since my main box is Linux and I assume that yours is UNIX, since you mentioned XMMS). Knowing would be great.
Thanks
or...
"So thank you Sam."
"You're welcome, dork."
To the cupcake mobile!
Yeah, that's such a great episode.
And that, my friend, is called job security. :)
Riding with Death is one of my personal favorites... I have gut busting laughter during the "ha ha ha ha ha" after the truck explodes. Also, The Incredibly Strange Creatures that Stopped Living and Became Mixed Up Zombies was pretty classic...
software. ~5 dvds that i paid about $5 to have shipped ground. ram from crucial, which is dirt cheap and has free 2nd day air shipping... lots of things you can buy at all sorts of places where shipping is less than tax... and most places have things online cheaper than you can find in the store... win-win situation...
could you imagine having been one of the people that worked on that? what would you tell your friends? did they realize they were working on the hokiest program ever? how could you tell someone with a straight face "yeah, i work on microsoft BOB"? that's definitely something you leave out of your resume :)
"It's better to be silent and thought a fool than speak and remove all doubt."
That would be Panasonic ToughBook, as in http://www.panasonic.com/toughbook. Yes, they are rugged as hell.
I believe that was Mr. Albert Gore, ex-Vice President and He Who Was Instrumental In The Creation Of Everything Internet Related.
Looks like Patrick Warburton finally gets to spread some creamy Justice on our toast!"
I'm not sure I want any of Patrick Warburton's "creamy" stuff on my toast...
or "IllegalMP3Swap - The software used by millions every day to illegally copy and distribute copyrighted music files!", put a pretty face on it, and, upon start-up, prompt for a password that's inputed by dragging the mouse in a very specific manner. Then let them pay some bozo $100/hour to crack it, only to find it prints "Hello, World!" and exits. :)
tru dat. i've had it forever. i think i hit 50 around post 50-60...
What Linksys base station did you get? I've got an iBook, and I'm holding off buying the Apple base station 'cause it's mad expensive. Here are my questions:
Thanks. I appreciate it.
neither of 'em got it *quite* right :)
:) )
i'm typing this from internet explorer beta on mac os x 10.0.4 on my new dual 800mhz g4 system (pretty zippy)...
mac os is pretty usable with 1 mouse button, but i appreciate it infinitely more with 2. (note that i'm talking about os x - i'm not really interested in os9 - another unix geek here, but one that's not so cheap that they didn't just get a new ibook and g4 tower)... the way it works is like this:
with a 1 button mouse, ctrl+click is the equivalent of the windows right-click. it brings up contextual menus.
in some applications (i.e., internet explorer), if you hold the mouse button for about a second, the contextual menu pops up. they did this as a convenience - it is not standard across the gui (although it should be).
if you have a 2 button mouse, right clicking will do the equivalent of the ctrl-click, which is bring up the contextual menu. this *is* standard across the gui, which is really really cool.
now, in os x, some other things you *can* click-hold for the menu (like app icons in the dock), but right clicking makes this faster. so it's all really a matter of preference. if you prefer the apple pro mouse (and it is quite nice - i plan to keep it in my laptop bag for use on my ibook), you can certainly very easily get around the operating system. but if you'd like a little more power, pick up a two button mouse (i'm using an intellimouse explorer for the time being, until i get another boomslang) - that will do the trick for you.
i might as well also note this: scroll wheels now work in mac os x *kinda*. in mac os 9, if the drivers for the mouse have been released (and most companies have), the scroll wheel and right mouse button will work anywhere. in mac os x, while the right mouse button is default, because of different widgets in the different types of apps, and the lack of drivers for os x (though some day, i imagine), the scroll wheel doesn't always work. here's how it goes:
in carbon apps, which are written to run both under os 9 and natively under os x, the scroll wheel will *not* work. in cocoa apps, which are written for mac os x natively and will only run under mac os x apps, the scroll wheel *will* work. so, for instance, my scroll wheel works in Mail, Internet Explorer... but doesn't work in Finder (?), iTunes, etc.
that's the scoop on mousing under os x (i hope
...is the sound of 10,000 Slashdot moderators clicking this link because they're too lazy to go look at a real dictionary. :)
Mefinks you're taking it a bit too hard dude. I just got my PowerMac G4 Dual 800 today. I have an iBook. The 1-button is usable, but more buttons make it infinitely more usable. You know that. I know that. He was making a joke. The only people that go nuts about that shit anymore are the mac zealots. I like Apple, I love OS X, but I don't give a fuck if someone jokes about it. I had all sorts of people giving me shit today for buying a $4000 Apple. So what? You're enlightened, that's what matters.
On a different note - Intellimouse Explorer use all five buttons under OS X? Looking for a mouse that will allow me scrolling and whatnot, and I know every mouse will basically (or at least my boomslang worked under OS X on my new iBook), but the two buttons for Back Forward - how are those under OS X? I'm not interested in OS9 at all, but OS X is yum.
check out mac os x. i've had on my new ibook since early june and i've rebooted it twice since then. it's exceptionally stable, and kicks the fuck out the windows 2000 workstation i'm writing this on... doesn't touch my linux though (320+ days and counting)...