That's funny. I'm the exact opposite. 60Hz monitors drive me nuts (and I had to take the GRE on a computer with the monitor refreshing at 60Hz). My DLP doesn't bother me. Maybe a cheaper tv would, but I don't have any real complaints about my 50" Samsung (although better vertical viewing angle would be nice for when I am walking around in the room).
My brother had one of the robots (I think it was called Rob). There were at least two games for it, but I only played Gyromite (the other game that I know of was Stack Up or something like that). You push buttons on your controller and the screen would flash sending a signal telling Rob what to do (open/close his grip, raise/lower the arms, rotate the arms around his body). For gyromite, you had to pick up a gyro from one side of his setup, stick it in the spinner thingy on the other side, and then place the spinning gyro on to one of two pedastals in front of it. There was an aparatus to convert the pressure on the pedastal into a button push on the second game controller. Essentially, you had to jump through a bunch of hoops to get Rob to push either A or B on the second controller. Just playing with the robot was kind of fun, but trying to actually get it to do something useful in the game got old pretty quick. We ended up playing through gyromite with my brother playing normal and me substituing for the robot. Really the most fun thing was skipping the game entirely and just playing with the gyros and the gizmo that made them spin (those gyros would spin for a really long time).
I hadn't notice that the color depth sucked. My first thought was that it probably had crappy resolution, and after looking at the specs, it turned out I was right (1280x1024). Why is it that the standalone LCDs have such bad resolution compared to the laptop screens? I have a 15.5 inch widescreen on my laptop (which I bought over a year and a half ago) that does 1920x1200, but this "high-end" 19 inch screen only does 1280x1024. 1280x1024 isn't even the right aspect ratio for a 4:3 screen (1280x1024 would be 5:4). It sounds like the only thing that is actually good about this screen is the response time.
These aren't the laptops you are looking for. Seriously, these aren't intended to be used for what you want. If you want your laptop primarily as something to use on a plane or train, then clearly you want to go with one of the itty-bitty ones. However for somebody like me, a 20-inch laptop sounds great. My laptop is primarily a desktop replacement that I can use while lounging on the couch. It is also plenty portable enough that I can pack it up to go hang out at the local coffee shop, or take with me when I have to fix somebody else's computer. Size and weight aren't really of concern for me. I wouldn't have any trouble lugging it around either, and I have all of the athletic prowess of your stereotypical geek.
I replayed Final Fantasy 2 about a year ago when I got the Playstation port of it. I agree that is wasn't as good as I remembered it, but to say that Mario RPG was in any way better than it is utter lunacy. Mario RPG had all of the quality and depth of one of those movies with child heroes fighting bumbling adult baddies. It might be an okay starter for getting young kid into RPGs, but in terms of being a good RPG, it lags behind even Final Fantasy 1.
I prefer a different 3 strikes policy. If you cause a network-wide issue more than once, you get 3 strikes of a bat upside the head. Haven't had many problems with people causing the third issue.
I'll agree that some of the earlier ones required too much time leveling up, but I don't remember having to deal with that for FF9 or FFX. I think when I played through FFX, it seemed to be about perfectly paced so that by the time I got to some point, I was ready to handle it without leveling up. On the other hand, the long drawn out intros seem to be getting longer. I think I must have "played" almost an hour into FF9 before I really felt like I was in control and that the game wasn't going to take over again.
Your post reads very much like some techno-babble from Star Trek. I can't tell for sure whether you actually have an intelligent post, or whether you are just doing an exceptional job of faking out the moderators. Either way, bravo;-)
FYI, the non-root issue seems to be resolved. I have an LFS based system with the latest stable versions of cdrecord, k3b, and kernel 2.6.11. I am able to burn cds with k3b as a non-root user.
I know that you are trying to be funny, but it isn't pronounced like that. According to the mono faq, it is the spanish word for monkey. Therefore, the correct pronunciation has a long o on both syllables.
They do release drivers, but they really suck. Performance is supposed to be below Windows performance (I don't know first hand since I don't have windows on a machine with an ATI card). Cards supported seems to be improving, but for a while they totally refused to support any of the mobility chipsets. We had to wait months in order to get a set of drivers for Xorg 6.8 that wouldn't crash when trying to use opengl. I have heard that there are lots of features that are currently not supported, but I haven't actually checked these claims (they aren't features that currently interest me). If my ATI card was in anuthing other than a laptop, I would have ripped it out and replaced it a long time ago (and I am kicking myself for not paying enough attention while ordering my laptop).
Just another thought regarding the Zaurus (in case he finds a cheap one on ebay). I have a SL-5500 and the battery life can be somewhat lacking (I don't have any hard figures). Also, the synchronization software is kind of crappy.
Silly admin, patch the users not the computers. I figure that a couple of rolls of duct tape per user should be sufficient to protect your system from their filthy paws. You also get the added benefit of them not wasting your CPU cycles while playing Doom 3.
You aren't always stuck. When I bought my Dell Inspiron 8600, there were 3 options for the video card. The cheaper two were nvidia and the high end card was an ATI. Unfortunately, I wasn't paying enough attention and I ordered the ATI card. I have been regretting that ever since. Keep your eyes open and you can avoid this crap from ATI.
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That's funny. I'm the exact opposite. 60Hz monitors drive me nuts (and I had to take the GRE on a computer with the monitor refreshing at 60Hz). My DLP doesn't bother me. Maybe a cheaper tv would, but I don't have any real complaints about my 50" Samsung (although better vertical viewing angle would be nice for when I am walking around in the room).
FYI, it is spelled proprietary.
My brother had one of the robots (I think it was called Rob). There were at least two games for it, but I only played Gyromite (the other game that I know of was Stack Up or something like that). You push buttons on your controller and the screen would flash sending a signal telling Rob what to do (open/close his grip, raise/lower the arms, rotate the arms around his body). For gyromite, you had to pick up a gyro from one side of his setup, stick it in the spinner thingy on the other side, and then place the spinning gyro on to one of two pedastals in front of it. There was an aparatus to convert the pressure on the pedastal into a button push on the second game controller. Essentially, you had to jump through a bunch of hoops to get Rob to push either A or B on the second controller. Just playing with the robot was kind of fun, but trying to actually get it to do something useful in the game got old pretty quick. We ended up playing through gyromite with my brother playing normal and me substituing for the robot. Really the most fun thing was skipping the game entirely and just playing with the gyros and the gizmo that made them spin (those gyros would spin for a really long time).
I hadn't notice that the color depth sucked. My first thought was that it probably had crappy resolution, and after looking at the specs, it turned out I was right (1280x1024). Why is it that the standalone LCDs have such bad resolution compared to the laptop screens? I have a 15.5 inch widescreen on my laptop (which I bought over a year and a half ago) that does 1920x1200, but this "high-end" 19 inch screen only does 1280x1024. 1280x1024 isn't even the right aspect ratio for a 4:3 screen (1280x1024 would be 5:4). It sounds like the only thing that is actually good about this screen is the response time.
These aren't the laptops you are looking for. Seriously, these aren't intended to be used for what you want. If you want your laptop primarily as something to use on a plane or train, then clearly you want to go with one of the itty-bitty ones. However for somebody like me, a 20-inch laptop sounds great. My laptop is primarily a desktop replacement that I can use while lounging on the couch. It is also plenty portable enough that I can pack it up to go hang out at the local coffee shop, or take with me when I have to fix somebody else's computer. Size and weight aren't really of concern for me. I wouldn't have any trouble lugging it around either, and I have all of the athletic prowess of your stereotypical geek.
I replayed Final Fantasy 2 about a year ago when I got the Playstation port of it. I agree that is wasn't as good as I remembered it, but to say that Mario RPG was in any way better than it is utter lunacy. Mario RPG had all of the quality and depth of one of those movies with child heroes fighting bumbling adult baddies. It might be an okay starter for getting young kid into RPGs, but in terms of being a good RPG, it lags behind even Final Fantasy 1.
Perhaps he was dictating...
If you can figure out that whole dune thing, then I would think that NASA would be knocking on your door.
I prefer a different 3 strikes policy. If you cause a network-wide issue more than once, you get 3 strikes of a bat upside the head. Haven't had many problems with people causing the third issue.
I'll agree that some of the earlier ones required too much time leveling up, but I don't remember having to deal with that for FF9 or FFX. I think when I played through FFX, it seemed to be about perfectly paced so that by the time I got to some point, I was ready to handle it without leveling up. On the other hand, the long drawn out intros seem to be getting longer. I think I must have "played" almost an hour into FF9 before I really felt like I was in control and that the game wasn't going to take over again.
Your post reads very much like some techno-babble from Star Trek. I can't tell for sure whether you actually have an intelligent post, or whether you are just doing an exceptional job of faking out the moderators. Either way, bravo ;-)
If we use all 100 gigs by the end of the month, will you swim to Norway?
I suppose that you must use transparent duct tape to fix transparent aluminum ducts.
Clearly the moderators are not Seinfeld fans.
FYI, the non-root issue seems to be resolved. I have an LFS based system with the latest stable versions of cdrecord, k3b, and kernel 2.6.11. I am able to burn cds with k3b as a non-root user.
I know that you are trying to be funny, but it isn't pronounced like that. According to the mono faq, it is the spanish word for monkey. Therefore, the correct pronunciation has a long o on both syllables.
Funny, they always seem to figure that out even though I don't have one of these rings.
They do release drivers, but they really suck. Performance is supposed to be below Windows performance (I don't know first hand since I don't have windows on a machine with an ATI card). Cards supported seems to be improving, but for a while they totally refused to support any of the mobility chipsets. We had to wait months in order to get a set of drivers for Xorg 6.8 that wouldn't crash when trying to use opengl. I have heard that there are lots of features that are currently not supported, but I haven't actually checked these claims (they aren't features that currently interest me). If my ATI card was in anuthing other than a laptop, I would have ripped it out and replaced it a long time ago (and I am kicking myself for not paying enough attention while ordering my laptop).
Well, at a high enough volume, listening to it will indeed make you deaf.
Just another thought regarding the Zaurus (in case he finds a cheap one on ebay). I have a SL-5500 and the battery life can be somewhat lacking (I don't have any hard figures). Also, the synchronization software is kind of crappy.
Silly admin, patch the users not the computers. I figure that a couple of rolls of duct tape per user should be sufficient to protect your system from their filthy paws. You also get the added benefit of them not wasting your CPU cycles while playing Doom 3.
You aren't always stuck. When I bought my Dell Inspiron 8600, there were 3 options for the video card. The cheaper two were nvidia and the high end card was an ATI. Unfortunately, I wasn't paying enough attention and I ordered the ATI card. I have been regretting that ever since. Keep your eyes open and you can avoid this crap from ATI.
I personally read it as the Herring Programming Language. I guess I have been hearing too much about Python and Parrot lately.
It is already taking on new meaning. Can anybody point me to a cheap mainframe clone?
I should have known better than to click on that link - NSFW