touch is junk and nothing out there that people buy uses it.
In other news, apparently nobody has bought the leading handheld video game machine, leaving analysts puzzled as to how it managed to sell over 70 million units in the past 4 years.
If Microsoft gets out of line, just "deactivate" the money you paid to them.
It's very simple. If Microsoft deactivates and/or refuses to activate your software, produce your proof of purchase and demand activation or a refund. If they still refuse, take them to small claims court and recover the cost (and then some) when they no-show.
With these Japan-only price cuts, no region locks, an earlier launch date, and what looks to be a disastrous US launch situation, where do you think all these Japanese PS3s will end up on launch day?
And what will that do to the early adopter market in Japan?
You could see it coming with the way Mark was courting Microsoft.. Refining Process Explorer to add MSN Search to it, noting on his website which Microsoft QB articles recommend each of his tools, etc. Good for him.
It also means that every old-style game is suddenly incompatible with new machines.
The first thing that comes to mind is to proxy the coin. Wire something to sit between the coin drop and the board, and set the board to 1 coin 1 play. When someone drops x number of coins at a certain time, send 1 coin down to the board and they get their credit.
The turtle-stairs thing is easier in NSMB than it was in SMB, but even in SMB it was dead simple. Fireball the first turtle coming down the stairs, press yourself against the step, and wait for the second one to come down. Don't move left or right, just try different lengths of jumps until one catches. In NSMB you do the same thing, but you catch it every time.
Not that you really need them, but it's nice to see they incorporated the unlimited 1up turtle shell trick mainly seen in SMB's World 3-1.
Check out the turtle coming down the steps at the end of World 2-4 in NSMB..
That having been said, the difficulty of this game is way too easy. If there's a game that needed wi-fi connectivity to download new levels, this was it.
Here's looking forward to New Super Mario Bros. 2.
Nintendo will disclose its price once Microsoft reacts one way or another to Sony's pricing.
If there's no 360 price drop, I can see two Wii bundles surfacing. $200 for the system with one remote, and $250 for the system with two remotes and Wii Sports in flash. If Microsoft drops the 360's price, $150 and $200 for Wii.
If you're not familiar with how NT ACLs work, here's how you can break file permission inheritance. First of all, let's make sure Windows will let you access the ACL dialog from the GUI:
In explorer, go to Tools > Folder Options. Then, go to View > Advanced Settings and uncheck "Use simple file sharing". Hit OK.
Now, let's change the permissions for WgaLogon:
In the Address bar, type (without quotes) "%WinDir%\system32" and hit enter.
Scroll down to WgaLogon.dll, right click on it, pick Properties. Go to Security.
Hit the Advanced button, uncheck the Inherit box at the bottom, hit the Copy button, then hit OK.
Now we have a local copy of the ACL which we can modify.
Go through each listed user/group and remove the "Read & Execute" permission for that file, leaving the "Read" permission as-is.
Hit OK to apply the permission changes and close the file properties dialog. Restart the machine.
You can now turn "Use simple file sharing" back on, if you want.
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In other news, apparently nobody has bought the leading handheld video game machine, leaving analysts puzzled as to how it managed to sell over 70 million units in the past 4 years.
In theory.
and to think, I waited overnight to register.
Rule 1 violation.
720 * 480p = 345600
1920 * 1080p = 2073600
2073600 / 345600 = 6
If Microsoft gets out of line, just "deactivate" the money you paid to them.
It's very simple. If Microsoft deactivates and/or refuses to activate your software, produce your proof of purchase and demand activation or a refund. If they still refuse, take them to small claims court and recover the cost (and then some) when they no-show.
Problem solved.
With these Japan-only price cuts, no region locks, an earlier launch date, and what looks to be a disastrous US launch situation, where do you think all these Japanese PS3s will end up on launch day? And what will that do to the early adopter market in Japan?
It's to make room for all the Wii demo stations.
1:55 p.m. [update 8]: And the other shoe drops. Famitsu is reporting a December 2 launch and 25,000 yen price for Japan. $215 USD
You could see it coming with the way Mark was courting Microsoft.. Refining Process Explorer to add MSN Search to it, noting on his website which Microsoft QB articles recommend each of his tools, etc. Good for him.
I knew before following the link that ODCM would be on the list. That was an outstanding magazine.
The high-energy presentation of ODCM paved the way for what Nintendo Power eventually turned into (minus the demo discs).
If you're for this ruling, you're against the legality of aftermarket modification of anything you've paid for.
The first thing that comes to mind is to proxy the coin. Wire something to sit between the coin drop and the board, and set the board to 1 coin 1 play. When someone drops x number of coins at a certain time, send 1 coin down to the board and they get their credit.
He's reviewing a BETA RELEASE as if it were a final product.
The turtle-stairs thing is easier in NSMB than it was in SMB, but even in SMB it was dead simple. Fireball the first turtle coming down the stairs, press yourself against the step, and wait for the second one to come down. Don't move left or right, just try different lengths of jumps until one catches. In NSMB you do the same thing, but you catch it every time.
And if you've got a death wish, try the Japanese version of Super Mario Bros. 2.
Check out the turtle coming down the steps at the end of World 2-4 in NSMB..
That having been said, the difficulty of this game is way too easy. If there's a game that needed wi-fi connectivity to download new levels, this was it.
Here's looking forward to New Super Mario Bros. 2.
Don't forget that you'll likely have to purchase a $30-$50 adapter from Sony to read your legacy PS1/PS2 memory cards and game saves on the PS3.
In other news, David Lightman has been taken back into custody..
If there's no 360 price drop, I can see two Wii bundles surfacing. $200 for the system with one remote, and $250 for the system with two remotes and Wii Sports in flash. If Microsoft drops the 360's price, $150 and $200 for Wii.
They seem to think so, but then again they have an interest in selling fixed-purpose processors.
I fully approve of this name, even if it is one 'i' short.
"Kindling".
Now, where's that eBay password..
Now, let's change the permissions for WgaLogon:
Now we have a local copy of the ACL which we can modify.
You can now turn "Use simple file sharing" back on, if you want.