Be prepared to install and run a 3rd party app called smcFanControl if you do anything graphically demanding with a mac, in particular the imac. Games have a tendency to overheat them, which drastically shortens there lifespan. Apple is of course in complete denial about the 'problem' but you know recommending users to ramp up there cooling fans while playing games would go against there quiet, sleek, hip imac marketing campaign. *sigh*
"You end up playing to win a game that can't actually be won. Not because you're unskilled or aren't working hard enough, but because there is no game-mechanic that qualifies as winning."
Stephen Falken: Except, that I never could get Joshua to learn the most important lesson. David Lightman: What's that? Stephen Falken: Futility. That there's a time when you should just give up. Jennifer: What kind of a lesson is that? Stephen Falken: Did you ever play tic-tac-toe? Jennifer: Yeah, of course. Stephen Falken: But you don't anymore. Jennifer: No. Stephen Falken: Why? Jennifer: Because it's a boring game... Stephen Falken: Exactly. There's no way to win. The game itself is pointless!
i find it disgusting that you think that stealing is so matter-of-course and "boring" that you feel that need to ridicule bungie for rightly posting its discontent about the situation and rigthly threatning those responsible!
it is like listening to spoilt child throwing a tantrum of 'mummy, i'm bored! like it is your god-given right to be entertained and just because it's been done before and will be done again, geese it must be OK, your obvious beligerent attitude demands that it is acceptable and no one should object it it, eepcially those who are directly affected because god forbid, it might bore you!?!?!
as long as you not count he ASUS P48SX. it might have been the firt 8xAGP but it was a flakey piece of crap! do not believe me, go read the ASUS support forums...
and ppl complained about ROTK being too long! pfffhh. my god, they could have cut (edited) kill bill in half (any ole bits removed, it would not have mattered as there was no plot to runi) and it would still have been boring long.
"First of all...okay, Frodo and Sam are good friends, but could Peter Jackson have made it any more homosexual? The audience where I watched kept laughing every time there was a scene with Frodo and Sam all dewy-eyed staring at each other with sappy music. I swear for a split second everyone thought Frodo was going to kiss Sam on the lips as they said goodbye at the boat."
frodo and sam love each other, nothing 'sexual' about that! frodo is leaving middle earth, never to return, after what they have been through togeather, the content and emotion of that particular scene was justified...maybe somebody i s just feeling a little insecure about there sexuality?
genrallty EB staff are a joke...they got the 'cool' kids crowd, who have that i am so bored but hip stance and look and seem as tho they would rather be hang'in with friends outside mcdonalds on there skateboards then here...oh yeah and they got some token chick behind the counter so the geeks will have at least some contact with a female of the species sometime through the week. trouble is she knows as much about games as i know about justin timberlake/britany spears concert scehule/latest hit or the specials 'hip clothes' is having for this week! etc.
EB really does suck at staffing!
tho i found one EB staffed by hardcore gamer geeks...2 of the staff were in a heated discussion (nearly coming to blows) over the more powerful pokemon in some particular varitation of the game(these wer grown men albiet geeks) the other was attending the queries of some grandma who wanted to buy lil jhonny a game for christmas...he was ready to show her a game on the gamebiy advance and as he reached for his back pocket releaised he was naked without his gba...almost embarrasingly he asked the two morons arguing over pokemon if they had ther gba's handy...both nearly knocked each other over to recipircate...both loudly proclaiming for all to hear... "I am packin" as they reaced for the GBA's. what a HOOT! and how a game shop should be run.
the project is intended _mainly_ to teach hardware design and tinkering for consoles. if you start too complex only hardcore elctronic engineers will be able to do anything with it. it's more of an introduction to console design rather than another platform to code for but i am sure many will do just that, which is fine but not its primary purpose.
another thing to consider is that the XGameStation will have the CPU (hardware) of most of the games Andre is interested in running i.e. 6502 & Z80 so it will not have to be emulated.
come on! nowhere does it mention the Internet in the headline! you assumed as such and when, god forbid, you had to actually read the article to find out what the post was about it was not as you anticipated... so, should/. start dragging the rest of the story into the headline just so you will not be disappointed?
besides its a start, i am sure others will build on it, hey maybe you could contribute! & b4 you know it, the sharing of across LAN and Internet will be possible.
if interested checkout SPS2 module [ https://playstation2-linux.com/projects/sps2/ ], although @ current release, it will only gaurantee 4K physically consecutive chunks, chaining them togeather with the DMA is not really a problem and is considered a more PS2 'style'.
as it realtes to the reason i posted for having this kit...
1. netbsd and linux have been ported...for years now actually...thats not really cutting edge for kernel hackers who want to flex there skills on newish hardware, right?
2. dreamcast is dead, get over it, move on...if you want to get a foot in the gaming industry, _relevant_ console development experince is what you need... the PS2 Linux development kit offers that + more.
i have seen alot of people buying the PS2 Linux Kit as altenative to a linux based PC, sure you can do it but whats the point?
the reason to play around with a PS2 Linux Development kit is _not_ as an alternative to a PC running Linux. If you want that, go buy a PC. Also, its not really an appropiate setup for learning about 3D graphics, once again a PC is cheaper and easier with DirectX and OpenGL etc.
what it is appropiate for;
1. another 'embedded' platform for hardcore kernel hackers to get intimate with the exotic hardware porting etc. These ppl. may find the black xRhino of interest.
2. the number one reason, is for up and coming game developers to have a better chance getting a foot in the gaming industry. it is a chance to understand and develop for a modern and relevant console...anyone who wants to take it on, should already have a strong grasp of low level C, assembler, 3D graphics etc. for these ppl, the release of the black xrhino is not really so important, as they are already trying to cut the OS out as much as possible ( or using special OS modules eg. SPS2, which open up the hardware to user space) to get as low and and dirty to the hardware as possible.
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Monday, January 20, 2003 A teenager killed in a Coquitlam Internet cafe on the weekend was beaten by three suspects before being shot to death, the cafe's owner said yesterday. - http://www.canada.com/vancouver/news/story.asp?id= %7B58BBB257-7566-4B53-A2F4-EA315C8F5416%7D
i think they played one game of CS to many!
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"I've been listening to both sides of this argument for more than ten years now."
10 fucking years and thats your solution..make it illegal...come on!
i rather liked the biological virus comparison post earlier on...operating systems need to coexist with computer virus's coz there here to stay & locking up people who share and unravel there 'DNA' ain't going to stop this.
expect lots of downtime when you need things done.. IS is usually run off its feet as is (especially in a windows shop)& as developers you are always facing 'issues' when it comes to a lockdowned machine...it can be frustrating not having control over your development workstation
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http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2006/09/good-agile-bad-agile_27.html - Steve Yegge
Be prepared to install and run a 3rd party app called smcFanControl if you do anything graphically demanding with a mac, in particular the imac. Games have a tendency to overheat them, which drastically shortens there lifespan. Apple is of course in complete denial about the 'problem' but you know recommending users to ramp up there cooling fans while playing games would go against there quiet, sleek, hip imac marketing campaign. *sigh*
"You end up playing to win a game that can't actually be won. Not because you're unskilled or aren't working hard enough, but because there is no game-mechanic that qualifies as winning."
Stephen Falken: Except, that I never could get Joshua to learn the most important lesson.
David Lightman: What's that?
Stephen Falken: Futility. That there's a time when you should just give up.
Jennifer: What kind of a lesson is that?
Stephen Falken: Did you ever play tic-tac-toe?
Jennifer: Yeah, of course.
Stephen Falken: But you don't anymore.
Jennifer: No.
Stephen Falken: Why?
Jennifer: Because it's a boring game...
Stephen Falken: Exactly. There's no way to win. The game itself is pointless!
i find it disgusting that you think that stealing is so matter-of-course and "boring" that you feel that need to ridicule bungie for rightly posting its discontent about the situation and rigthly threatning those responsible!
it is like listening to spoilt child throwing a tantrum of 'mummy, i'm bored! like it is your god-given right to be entertained and just because it's been done before and will be done again, geese it must be OK, your obvious beligerent attitude demands that it is acceptable and no one should object it it, eepcially those who are directly affected because god forbid, it might bore you!?!?!
unbelievable!
as long as you not count he ASUS P48SX. it might have been the firt 8xAGP but it was a flakey piece of crap! do not believe me, go read the ASUS support forums...
i found PSO I&II hard to communicate without a GC keyboard!
and ppl complained about ROTK being too long! pfffhh. my god, they could have cut (edited) kill bill in half (any ole bits removed, it would not have mattered as there was no plot to runi) and it would still have been boring long.
"First of all...okay, Frodo and Sam are good friends, but could Peter Jackson have made it any more homosexual? The audience where I watched kept laughing every time there was a scene with Frodo and Sam all dewy-eyed staring at each other with sappy music. I swear for a split second everyone thought Frodo was going to kiss Sam on the lips as they said goodbye at the boat."
frodo and sam love each other, nothing 'sexual' about that! frodo is leaving middle earth, never to return, after what they have been through togeather, the content and emotion of that particular scene was justified...maybe somebody i s just feeling a little insecure about there sexuality?
genrallty EB staff are a joke...they got the 'cool' kids crowd, who have that i am so bored but hip stance and look and seem as tho they would rather be hang'in with friends outside mcdonalds on there skateboards then here...oh yeah and they got some token chick behind the counter so the geeks will have at least some contact with a female of the species sometime through the week. trouble is she knows as much about games as i know about justin timberlake/britany spears concert scehule/latest hit or the specials 'hip clothes' is having for this week! etc.
EB really does suck at staffing!
tho i found one EB staffed by hardcore gamer geeks...2 of the staff were in a heated discussion (nearly coming to blows) over the more powerful pokemon in some particular varitation of the game(these wer grown men albiet geeks) the other was attending the queries of some grandma who wanted to buy lil jhonny a game for christmas...he was ready to show her a game on the gamebiy advance and as he reached for his back pocket releaised he was naked without his gba...almost embarrasingly he asked the two morons arguing over pokemon if they had ther gba's handy...both nearly knocked each other over to recipircate...both loudly proclaiming for all to hear... "I am packin" as they reaced for the GBA's. what a HOOT! and how a game shop should be run.
the project is intended _mainly_ to teach hardware design and tinkering for consoles. if you start too complex only hardcore elctronic engineers will be able to do anything with it. it's more of an introduction to console design rather than another platform to code for but i am sure many will do just that, which is fine but not its primary purpose.
another thing to consider is that the XGameStation will have the CPU (hardware) of most of the games Andre is interested in running i.e. 6502 & Z80 so it will not have to be emulated.
come on! nowhere does it mention the Internet in the headline! you assumed as such and when, god forbid, you had to actually read the article to find out what the post was about it was not as you anticipated... so, should /. start dragging the rest of the story into the headline just so you will not be disappointed?
besides its a start, i am sure others will build on it, hey maybe you could contribute! & b4 you know it, the sharing of across LAN and Internet will be possible.
whiner!
& where are 90% of IT jobs to be found in Canada...hmmm...could it be (namely Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa)
granted.
if interested checkout SPS2 module [ https://playstation2-linux.com/projects/sps2/ ], although @ current release, it will only gaurantee 4K physically consecutive chunks, chaining them togeather with the DMA is not really a problem and is considered a more PS2 'style'.
as for 'touching' the hardware...sure you can
and you point is?
as it realtes to the reason i posted for having this kit...
1. netbsd and linux have been ported...for years now actually...thats not really cutting edge for kernel hackers who want to flex there skills on newish hardware, right?
2. dreamcast is dead, get over it, move on...if you want to get a foot in the gaming industry, _relevant_ console development experince is what you need... the PS2 Linux development kit offers that + more.
i have seen alot of people buying the PS2 Linux Kit as altenative to a linux based PC, sure you can do it but whats the point?
the reason to play around with a PS2 Linux Development kit is _not_ as an alternative to a PC running Linux. If you want that, go buy a PC. Also, its not really an appropiate setup for learning about 3D graphics, once again a PC is cheaper and easier with DirectX and OpenGL etc.
what it is appropiate for;
1. another 'embedded' platform for hardcore kernel hackers to get intimate with the exotic hardware porting etc. These ppl. may find the black xRhino of interest.
2. the number one reason, is for up and coming game developers to have a better chance getting a foot in the gaming industry. it is a chance to understand and develop for a modern and relevant console...anyone who wants to take it on, should already have a strong grasp of low level C, assembler, 3D graphics etc. for these ppl, the release of the black xrhino is not really so important, as they are already trying to cut the OS out as much as possible ( or using special OS modules eg. SPS2, which open up the hardware to user space) to get as low and and dirty to the hardware as possible.
constrained? in what way?
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A teenager killed in a Coquitlam Internet cafe on the weekend was beaten by three suspects before being shot to death, the cafe's owner said yesterday. - http://www.canada.com/vancouver/news/story.asp?id
i think they played one game of CS to many!
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quote the so called 'expert' :
"I've been listening to both sides of this argument for more than ten years now."
10 fucking years and thats your solution..make it illegal...come on!
i rather liked the biological virus comparison post earlier on...operating systems need to coexist with computer virus's coz there here to stay & locking up people who share and unravel there 'DNA' ain't going to stop this.
where is it?
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http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/12/23/031
http://daily.daemonnews.org/view_story.php3?sto
yeah whatever?
expect lots of downtime when you need things done.. IS is usually run off its feet as is (especially in a windows shop)& as developers you are always facing 'issues' when it comes to a lockdowned machine...it can be frustrating not having control over your development workstation