There seems to be a lack of variety in the responses posted here. Either people hate is because they're modded and/or hacked versions aren't working correctly. On the other hand, people seem to love the service and that XBL will be a great thing. I think some people need to understand a few things first. 1. The XBox is a console. Sony seems to be missing this strategy with the PS2 and copying some PC online stratgies and porting the to the PS2. 2. Even though games might be similarly related, you're not going to find all your PC favorites reproduced on the XBox. I'm specifically refering to the MechAssault comment above that stated it wasn't MechWarrior. All the reviews I read before I bought the game stated clearly that it was not a MechWarrior-type of game. While based in the universe, that's about all the games have in common. Yes, I bought my XBL on Friday, and I will have to say, I was racing someone on the MotoGP demo last night, and they asked if anyone had NFL 2K3. So we added each other to our friends list and then preceded to open the XBox and swap the discs. Once 2K3 booted up we were immediately able to find each other and play a nice gridiron grudge match. All in all, there seems to be a lot of potential with XBL, and I think the voice communication is just the beginning of things to come.
What is to prevent this from happening on a little more grand scale? Say, write a java app that simulates a whiteboard, and have students be able to log on whenever they want. Use a unique login, so you can track how well the student is doing, but get some accredation. Get some old college profs, who like to benefit humankind with stuff like this, and put it out there on the web. Just because it's free doesn't mean it's easy, or that anyone can do it. But it could benefit people like myself, who went to school for a year, got that 2.8 GPA, lost some scholarships, and have been working stiffs ever since so we can get that chance again. It could be easier to update the course curriculum, since it's digitally based.
Ok, Mr. Garfinkle, Linus didn't write Linux, he just wrote the kernel. ---- Side note, remind me to "just write a kernel" later tonight. Oh yeah, one that works and doesn't crash but once in a blue moon would be nice too. Oh yeah, send me a million bucks too.
A story last year (I think) about someone using VHDL to instantly code any CPU without any hardware requirements but a decent sized FPGA? If you think about it, this could be another one of Transmeta's projects. 1. They don't have a fab, but lots of companies make FPGAs. Xilinx and Aldec are two. 2. You could run anyone's code faster than they could. A good VHDL compiler will optimize your code in a way you hadn't considered before. A guy got a VHDL chip to use just 20 cells to detect a 100Hz tone. Unfortunately it was environment sensitve, but still, the results are in. 3. You would need an OS genius like Linus to write a new code set that could take advantage of the fact that you can reprogram the chip on the fly. Now if you consider these points, if Transmeta isn't doing this or something extremely like it, someone has to be, cause it too good an idea not to.
(And who got rejected by Transmeta but refuses to accept it. I don't think/. functions as monster.com in its spare time;)
My job runs SMS, and I hate it. When a sysadmin can tell me to get back to work, that's bs. Fortunately, I'm cool with the admins, so it's just a joke. I'm amazed that no one else has pointed this out yet (and my apologies if you have), but if B02K is OpenSource, and has the same functionality as SMS, why not do an OpenSource SMS client? Then, even if you got sued by M$, you could state BO2K as your code base, which would then have to refer to BO2K being like SMS, and making M$ admit they have a $1000 hacking tool.
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There seems to be a lack of variety in the responses posted here. Either people hate is because they're modded and/or hacked versions aren't working correctly. On the other hand, people seem to love the service and that XBL will be a great thing. I think some people need to understand a few things first. 1. The XBox is a console. Sony seems to be missing this strategy with the PS2 and copying some PC online stratgies and porting the to the PS2. 2. Even though games might be similarly related, you're not going to find all your PC favorites reproduced on the XBox. I'm specifically refering to the MechAssault comment above that stated it wasn't MechWarrior. All the reviews I read before I bought the game stated clearly that it was not a MechWarrior-type of game. While based in the universe, that's about all the games have in common. Yes, I bought my XBL on Friday, and I will have to say, I was racing someone on the MotoGP demo last night, and they asked if anyone had NFL 2K3. So we added each other to our friends list and then preceded to open the XBox and swap the discs. Once 2K3 booted up we were immediately able to find each other and play a nice gridiron grudge match. All in all, there seems to be a lot of potential with XBL, and I think the voice communication is just the beginning of things to come.
What is to prevent this from happening on a little more grand scale? Say, write a java app that simulates a whiteboard, and have students be able to log on whenever they want. Use a unique login, so you can track how well the student is doing, but get some accredation. Get some old college profs, who like to benefit humankind with stuff like this, and put it out there on the web. Just because it's free doesn't mean it's easy, or that anyone can do it. But it could benefit people like myself, who went to school for a year, got that 2.8 GPA, lost some scholarships, and have been working stiffs ever since so we can get that chance again. It could be easier to update the course curriculum, since it's digitally based.
Ok, Mr. Garfinkle, Linus didn't write Linux, he just wrote the kernel. ---- Side note, remind me to "just write a kernel" later tonight. Oh yeah, one that works and doesn't crash but once in a blue moon would be nice too. Oh yeah, send me a million bucks too.
A story last year (I think) about someone using VHDL to instantly code any CPU without any hardware requirements but a decent sized FPGA? If you think about it, this could be another one of Transmeta's projects.
/. functions as monster.com in its spare time ;)
1. They don't have a fab, but lots of companies make FPGAs. Xilinx and Aldec are two.
2. You could run anyone's code faster than they could. A good VHDL compiler will optimize your code in a way you hadn't considered before. A guy got a VHDL chip to use just 20 cells to detect a 100Hz tone. Unfortunately it was environment sensitve, but still, the results are in.
3. You would need an OS genius like Linus to write a new code set that could take advantage of the fact that you can reprogram the chip on the fly.
Now if you consider these points, if Transmeta isn't doing this or something extremely like it, someone has to be, cause it too good an idea not to.
(And who got rejected by Transmeta but refuses to accept it. I don't think
My job runs SMS, and I hate it. When a sysadmin can tell me to get back to work, that's bs. Fortunately, I'm cool with the admins, so it's just a joke. I'm amazed that no one else has pointed this out yet (and my apologies if you have), but if B02K is OpenSource, and has the same functionality as SMS, why not do an OpenSource SMS client? Then, even if you got sued by M$, you could state BO2K as your code base, which would then have to refer to BO2K being like SMS, and making M$ admit they have a $1000 hacking tool.