Did anyone else notice that the numbers on the two sets of stats were of a slightly different quality to the rest of the text on the page? Stuff like the benchmark scores, fps and "absolute silent" are just that little bit less aliased. Their baseline is also slightly higher than the rest of the text they're sitting with.
What it looks like to me is that this guy did the "site piracy" thing to a legit computer shop's site, replaced everything with outrageous numbers and sat back, waiting for the money to flow in. It'd also explain the presence of official logos all over the site when there's no reason for them to be there.
But I can view the link I mentioned in my last message with a browser on OS9 (which I'd class as "just a web browser", since you can't run iCal on OS9)... or do you mean you're trying to remove the bloat from the auto-generated HTML?
I don't know how much this will help you, but you can publish an iCal as HTML to a WebDAV-enabled server. I've got a.mac account so I publish mine that way, but WebDAV is obviously cheaper.;)
The two big "monster" properties have had unique Tamagotchi versions for ages... one of the Digimon versions had a link function, so you could grow your monster and battle it against others. The Pokemon Pikachu doubled as a pedometer, where walking around would give you energy to feed and charge up your virtual Pikachu.
I remember the first generation of Tamagotchi causing schoolwide bans and car accidents... hopefully that doesn't happen this time around. XD
Really, how is this news? The Incredibles was meant to be the last film made under the current partnership anyway. They were going to review whether it was working out or whether Pixar was leaving at this point. As many expected, this deal has let Pixar find its feet and go off in its own direction, now that they can afford their own avenues of licensing and distribution.
Why block port 25? How much of that 25 traffic do they know is SPAM? If I were a spammer, I could just get a co-location somewhere in asia (or just about anywhere else), ssh over, and do my dirty work from there.
The only people they are hurting are people that like to run their own mail servers.
There are currently a handful of broadband providers Australia-wide, and Optus is one of the two huge companies providing cable internet. Since Optus doesn't permit you to run your own mail or web server in their terms of use (unless you buy a fixed IP address), I would assume that most, if not all, traffic going out through port 25 of a residential Optus user is spam.
New peripheral, new game, great fun. If you're interested in interface concepts it's fascinating in a theoretical sense, too. Groove is an excellent Eye Toy game too, though I don't think it's seen a US release yet.
STM make wonderful bags, sleeves, cases and so on. I've had one of their standard backpacks for two years and it still looks pretty new, but I'll probably sell that to a friend so I can buy a newer (smaller!) one. They make bags for all screen sizes and have some really weird styles, too.
The FM-10 is a fully manual camera I picked up a few years back and it's still my favourite camera. It looks like it's sitting in your price point, too, but it doesn't have a flash. If you want to be able to just point and shoot sometimes, the Pentax MZ-50 is pretty decent with full auto, semi auto and full manual modes.
I shop for used lenses and flashes at camera stores because I'm cheap and photography is not my main hobby.:D There are still things you can't do with a digital camera, contrary to popular belief. Half the fun is in the darkroom!
Erg, gotta love how the people who have never played Rez are the ones who incessantly link to the GGA article... it's like concentrating on the shit monster in Conker's Bad Fur Day.
On topic, there's a gaming symposium being held in Sydney this weekend for those who are interested in games as art... the accompanying exhibition will include some of Mizuguchi's work on Rez.
When it comes to writing, if you are truely interested in the best tool for putting your message to paper (rather than just something to smear ink around), I can't think of anything better than a fountain pen.
With all due respect, I'm guessing that you're not left-handed.;-)
Dude, have you played Frequency or Amplitude? You only get part of the track at the time... it's fun enough in a gameplay environment, but without the interactivity it's pretty unlistenable.
The NGP joystick isn't analog, it's 8-way digital.
You would need a bit of extra room if there's a difference between a little bit left and strong left on an analog stick. They might be able to engineer it to be quite durable, but I think it would stick out a fair bit.
I say Konami could cash in bigtime if they emphasised their compatibility with the Eye Toy. Police 24/7 (Keisatsukan) is a great example, since it already lets you use a compatible webcam to track your motion... Mocap Boxing could probably use a camera to track motion too. Games like Paraparaparadise that rely on hand motion would also work really well.
As regards the fitness games... Aerobics Revolution!! Konami had an entire Fitness division based in the UK but now they've got a Sports Life division in Japan. Cashola, I tell you!
"Aniki" is actually "big brother", making the uhh.. dominating aspect of it even clearer. I'd also assume that Protein refers to a protein drink, capturing the bodybuilding aspect.
One of the comics in the 24 hour gallery is mine!:D (It's Tabeshounen, hint hint)
Thanks to the Intarweb it's been a lot easier to get publicity for an Australian (or any indie) comic. The article was really focused on web comics, but there's still a great zine/small press scene happening here. Now all we need to do is get more of the female creators (there are a lot!) into the spotlight and everything'll be just peachy.
It's probably more intensive, but I'd love to see a URL autocomplete function like IE5 Mac's - you can grab a URL by typing any fragment of it, not just the beginning. It's completely invaluable when I'm trying to remember where something I recently visited is and I'm too dumb to have bookmarked it.:)
Eheh... the Tales series was developed by Tri-Ace, actually (of Star Ocean 2 and Valkyrie Profile fame). Namco does publish it though. Tales of Destiny was a really delightful game as well!
Namco do the sweetest console peripherals ever. The Negcon, PSone arcade stick, G-Con and G-Con 2 were all wonders to behold - particularly the arcade stick which I'd say was even better than the official Dreamcast arcade stick.
This one looks kinda like them giving into to "way funky cool industrial design!" but I wouldn't mind a universal arcade stick by Namco.
Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Lands for the PS2 is one of the most interesting hybrids I've come across. It's a Western series but this particular game was done by a Japanese developer, covering a lot of the pros that the article mentioned on both sides. First person dungeon hack action, fully customisable characters and interesting quests/side-stories abound. The art is fairly incredible too, but lots of text descriptions of events keep the old-school feel.
People tend to forget that Square are not the only Japanese RPG developer out there. Stuff by Tri-Ace (Tales of Destiny, Valkyrie Profile, Star Ocean 2), Natsume (Legend of the River King, Harvest Moon) and Atlus (Persona 2: Eternal Punishment) make for some of the most engrossing and fun games I have ever played.
Cafepress do audio, and they had to change their TOS because a select group of morons couldn't read.
The new TOS basically covered their arses from a customer whipping out the DMCA and whacking them with it. The new admin fees also ensure that you work hard to make good products and promote your store instead of being a waste of resources.
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Did anyone else notice that the numbers on the two sets of stats were of a slightly different quality to the rest of the text on the page? Stuff like the benchmark scores, fps and "absolute silent" are just that little bit less aliased. Their baseline is also slightly higher than the rest of the text they're sitting with.
What it looks like to me is that this guy did the "site piracy" thing to a legit computer shop's site, replaced everything with outrageous numbers and sat back, waiting for the money to flow in. It'd also explain the presence of official logos all over the site when there's no reason for them to be there.
But I can view the link I mentioned in my last message with a browser on OS9 (which I'd class as "just a web browser", since you can't run iCal on OS9)... or do you mean you're trying to remove the bloat from the auto-generated HTML?
I don't know how much this will help you, but you can publish an iCal as HTML to a WebDAV-enabled server. I've got a .mac account so I publish mine that way, but WebDAV is obviously cheaper. ;)
The two big "monster" properties have had unique Tamagotchi versions for ages... one of the Digimon versions had a link function, so you could grow your monster and battle it against others. The Pokemon Pikachu doubled as a pedometer, where walking around would give you energy to feed and charge up your virtual Pikachu.
I remember the first generation of Tamagotchi causing schoolwide bans and car accidents... hopefully that doesn't happen this time around. XD
Really, how is this news? The Incredibles was meant to be the last film made under the current partnership anyway. They were going to review whether it was working out or whether Pixar was leaving at this point. As many expected, this deal has let Pixar find its feet and go off in its own direction, now that they can afford their own avenues of licensing and distribution.
Port 25 of the user's computer, that is. Go, me! 8)
Why block port 25? How much of that 25 traffic do they know is SPAM? If I were a spammer, I could just get a co-location somewhere in asia (or just about anywhere else), ssh over, and do my dirty work from there.
The only people they are hurting are people that like to run their own mail servers.
There are currently a handful of broadband providers Australia-wide, and Optus is one of the two huge companies providing cable internet. Since Optus doesn't permit you to run your own mail or web server in their terms of use (unless you buy a fixed IP address), I would assume that most, if not all, traffic going out through port 25 of a residential Optus user is spam.
The Mac OS Classic releases don't go past WMP7. I get to watch lots of Windows Media with audio and no video! It's just fantastic!
Is Carbonising WMP9 too much to ask for? Argh.
New peripheral, new game, great fun. If you're interested in interface concepts it's fascinating in a theoretical sense, too. Groove is an excellent Eye Toy game too, though I don't think it's seen a US release yet.
STM make wonderful bags, sleeves, cases and so on. I've had one of their standard backpacks for two years and it still looks pretty new, but I'll probably sell that to a friend so I can buy a newer (smaller!) one. They make bags for all screen sizes and have some really weird styles, too.
Damn right.
:D
HK companies and the government purport to take copyright seriously, but some of those products scream otherwise...
The FM-10 is a fully manual camera I picked up a few years back and it's still my favourite camera. It looks like it's sitting in your price point, too, but it doesn't have a flash. If you want to be able to just point and shoot sometimes, the Pentax MZ-50 is pretty decent with full auto, semi auto and full manual modes.
:D There are still things you can't do with a digital camera, contrary to popular belief. Half the fun is in the darkroom!
I shop for used lenses and flashes at camera stores because I'm cheap and photography is not my main hobby.
Erg, gotta love how the people who have never played Rez are the ones who incessantly link to the GGA article... it's like concentrating on the shit monster in Conker's Bad Fur Day.
On topic, there's a gaming symposium being held in Sydney this weekend for those who are interested in games as art... the accompanying exhibition will include some of Mizuguchi's work on Rez.
When it comes to writing, if you are truely interested in the best tool for putting your message to paper (rather than just something to smear ink around), I can't think of anything better than a fountain pen.
;-)
With all due respect, I'm guessing that you're not left-handed.
Dude, have you played Frequency or Amplitude? You only get part of the track at the time... it's fun enough in a gameplay environment, but without the interactivity it's pretty unlistenable.
The NGP joystick isn't analog, it's 8-way digital.
You would need a bit of extra room if there's a difference between a little bit left and strong left on an analog stick. They might be able to engineer it to be quite durable, but I think it would stick out a fair bit.
I say Konami could cash in bigtime if they emphasised their compatibility with the Eye Toy. Police 24/7 (Keisatsukan) is a great example, since it already lets you use a compatible webcam to track your motion... Mocap Boxing could probably use a camera to track motion too. Games like Paraparaparadise that rely on hand motion would also work really well.
As regards the fitness games... Aerobics Revolution!! Konami had an entire Fitness division based in the UK but now they've got a Sports Life division in Japan. Cashola, I tell you!
"Aniki" is actually "big brother", making the uhh.. dominating aspect of it even clearer. I'd also assume that Protein refers to a protein drink, capturing the bodybuilding aspect.
:]
So yes, campy as fuck I'd imagine!
One of the comics in the 24 hour gallery is mine! :D (It's Tabeshounen, hint hint)
Thanks to the Intarweb it's been a lot easier to get publicity for an Australian (or any indie) comic. The article was really focused on web comics, but there's still a great zine/small press scene happening here. Now all we need to do is get more of the female creators (there are a lot!) into the spotlight and everything'll be just peachy.
Nope, you're not a crank.
:)
It's probably more intensive, but I'd love to see a URL autocomplete function like IE5 Mac's - you can grab a URL by typing any fragment of it, not just the beginning. It's completely invaluable when I'm trying to remember where something I recently visited is and I'm too dumb to have bookmarked it.
Eheh... the Tales series was developed by Tri-Ace, actually (of Star Ocean 2 and Valkyrie Profile fame). Namco does publish it though. Tales of Destiny was a really delightful game as well!
Namco do the sweetest console peripherals ever. The Negcon, PSone arcade stick, G-Con and G-Con 2 were all wonders to behold - particularly the arcade stick which I'd say was even better than the official Dreamcast arcade stick.
This one looks kinda like them giving into to "way funky cool industrial design!" but I wouldn't mind a universal arcade stick by Namco.
Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Lands for the PS2 is one of the most interesting hybrids I've come across. It's a Western series but this particular game was done by a Japanese developer, covering a lot of the pros that the article mentioned on both sides. First person dungeon hack action, fully customisable characters and interesting quests/side-stories abound. The art is fairly incredible too, but lots of text descriptions of events keep the old-school feel.
People tend to forget that Square are not the only Japanese RPG developer out there. Stuff by Tri-Ace (Tales of Destiny, Valkyrie Profile, Star Ocean 2), Natsume (Legend of the River King, Harvest Moon) and Atlus (Persona 2: Eternal Punishment) make for some of the most engrossing and fun games I have ever played.
I've seen notices on some CDs from the mid-nineties saying "renting this CD deprives the artist of income". I haven't seen it as much lately, though.
Cafepress do audio, and they had to change their TOS because a select group of morons couldn't read.
The new TOS basically covered their arses from a customer whipping out the DMCA and whacking them with it. The new admin fees also ensure that you work hard to make good products and promote your store instead of being a waste of resources.