A rather disturbing but recent example of one: Advanced Lawnmower Simulator Advance and is a remake of an old ZX Spectrum game that came on a magazine's tape - enjoy (or not)
The annoying thing about DAB in the UK is that it seems to be more interested in channel quantity than channel quality. Bitrates are often at a lowsy 128kbit/sec - it wasn't very long ago that DAB was being advertised as being at "near-CD quality". I'm glad I only paid 40 for my Psion Wavefinder.
I much prefer listening to radio via digital satellite and digital terrestrial television where I can at least listen to BBC7 in stereo.
Naturally it seems the tabloids see this as a "good thing".
However, according to the newsletter (http://www.wtps.co.uk/) that I receive daily it seems at least one newspaper (the non-tabloid Daily Telegraph) doesn't, saying
"the ban effectively penalises legitimate chatroom hobbyists while failing to tackle the root of the problem.
Chatrooms are no more culpable for paedophilia than "the telephone system, the Royal Mail, the Church of England, the Boy Scouts, the Girl Guides, the Youth Hostels Association, the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme, all schools, the NHS, the railway network, the seaside holiday... indeed, any institution that allows adults contact with children,"
Don't complain, at least it gives us time to warn the crew of Moonbase Alpha (cmdr.j.koenig@moonbasealpha.lun) to get some much more contemporary clothing shipped to them first this time.
Well apart from Amstrad's ZX Spectrum +2 not having a built-in cassette player and didn't bother providing it with the audio-in from the previous incarnations, their CD Player to Joystick cable added a basic level of copy protection.
Codemasters did release a CD with 30 of their games in 1990.
However, it required you load a small program from tape first and then load the game from an audio CD player via a lead supplied with the CD to the joystick port of the later Amstrad manufactured "speccies"!
This cunning method also loaded the games into the computer a lot faster than from tape iirc
I must have had a very deprived childhood (as opposed to my depraved adulthood) - never owned a single star wars figure.
However I married someone who did. In fact she has a couple of huge boxes (1 the size of a washing machine) full of Star Wars stuff (figures including some of the larger versions, ships etc).
She even has practically all the accessories that came with the figures as her mother wouldn't let her play with them unsupervised in case she lost them!
The only problem is that we live in the UK and they're stored in her mom's garage in WA, USA!
Please tell me you've only forgotten to include your Sinclair ZX Spectrum(s)!
My classic computer collection is a miniscule one consisting of just a Commodore 64 (C64C w/ 1541 Mk II floppy) and a Spectrum +2
I hope to build up a reasonable collection of computers in the not too distant future - but I am currently limited by space - until I get off my lazy arse and sort out the computer room:-)
Slashdot Mirror
Indeed
Zzap64
I've heard that wicked witches all over Oz are calling for it to be banned too.
A rather disturbing but recent example of one: Advanced Lawnmower Simulator Advance and is a remake of an old ZX Spectrum game that came on a magazine's tape - enjoy (or not)
Here
Doesn't mention this recent news, but is rather interesting as it explains what they do with such old recordings.
Indeed, and in the case of BBC Radio 7 it is only broadcast in mono on DAB.
The annoying thing about DAB in the UK is that it seems to be more interested in channel quantity than channel quality. Bitrates are often at a lowsy 128kbit/sec - it wasn't very long ago that DAB was being advertised as being at "near-CD quality". I'm glad I only paid 40 for my Psion Wavefinder.
I much prefer listening to radio via digital satellite and digital terrestrial television where I can at least listen to BBC7 in stereo.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/
The first Orchid Righteous 3D was just a single 3DFX Voodoo (1) based card.
It was great getting my 2nd 8Mb (Creative Labs) Voodoo 2 card as I was able to up the resolution to 1024x768.
Now there was a card that announced it was taking over the monitor - the not-so-delicate *clang* as its mechanical switch moved.
No idea where that space came from :-)
Periodic Table
Yep, and we also have a different periodic table to you
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/lookaroundyou/perio
Agreed. J-Lo is copy protection incarnate :-)
Naturally it seems the tabloids see this as a "good thing".
However, according to the newsletter (http://www.wtps.co.uk/) that I receive daily it seems at least one newspaper (the non-tabloid Daily Telegraph) doesn't, saying
"the ban effectively penalises legitimate chatroom hobbyists while failing to tackle the root of the problem.
Chatrooms are no more culpable for paedophilia than "the telephone system, the Royal Mail, the Church of England, the Boy Scouts, the Girl Guides, the Youth Hostels Association, the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme, all schools, the NHS, the railway network, the seaside holiday... indeed, any institution that allows adults contact with children,"
"It is plain bonkers".
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Aww crap. /me cancels download of Leo Sayer and Celine Dion - Dead Ringer For Love.mp3
Football Manager can be found here - downloadable for zx spectrum emulators or can be played via a java applet
World Of Spectrum
For a good windows-based emulator try: Spectaculator
Action Biker was a reasonably decent game on the C64 - then again was a completely different game to the ZX Spectrum version.
i on biker.htm
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http://www.gamebase64.com/gameofweek/4/gotw_act
My first exposure to this commercial junk was Ocean's 1983 release Mr Wimpy on the ZX Spectrum:
http://www.iarmst.demon.co.uk/new/game/mrwimpy.
People can't do anything by hand anymore.
I'm so glad I've grown out of making wank jokes.
Isn't everything?
Don't complain, at least it gives us time to warn the crew of Moonbase Alpha (cmdr.j.koenig@moonbasealpha.lun) to get some much more contemporary clothing shipped to them first this time.
Well apart from Amstrad's ZX Spectrum +2 not having a built-in cassette player and didn't bother providing it with the audio-in from the previous incarnations, their CD Player to Joystick cable added a basic level of copy protection.
Codemasters did release a CD with 30 of their games in 1990.
However, it required you load a small program from tape first and then load the game from an audio CD player via a lead supplied with the CD to the joystick port of the later Amstrad manufactured "speccies"!
This cunning method also loaded the games into the computer a lot faster than from tape iirc
I must have had a very deprived childhood (as opposed to my depraved adulthood) - never owned a single star wars figure.
However I married someone who did. In fact she has a couple of huge boxes (1 the size of a washing machine) full of Star Wars stuff (figures including some of the larger versions, ships etc).
She even has practically all the accessories that came with the figures as her mother wouldn't let her play with them unsupervised in case she lost them!
The only problem is that we live in the UK and they're stored in her mom's garage in WA, USA!
Please tell me you've only forgotten to include your Sinclair ZX Spectrum(s)!
:-)
My classic computer collection is a miniscule one consisting of just a Commodore 64 (C64C w/ 1541 Mk II floppy) and a Spectrum +2
I hope to build up a reasonable collection of computers in the not too distant future - but I am currently limited by space - until I get off my lazy arse and sort out the computer room
mal
IIRC, he also wrote the Pirate Planet episode too
mal