I've used my.yahoo.com as my personal homepage for a few years now and I've been pretty happy with it. It loads quickly and has a nice setup interface for adding RSS feeds. I was skeptical at first but quickly won over once I started playing with it.
Wikipedia should never be cited as a source. It's a good way to start getting some information on a topic, but that's it. Do these professors allow students to use encyclopedias as sources? This isn't elementary school.
While I understand that this article was talking about SITES, I would like to mention the new Xbox Live service as well. True high definition movies, TV shows, reasonable prices, and they play on your TV (no sitting in front of a computer screen or trying to reencode them for DVD).
The only big downsides are:
The 360's small hard drive--Come one MS, what's with the increasingly bizarre delay on what should be a simple matter--releasing a REAL hard drive (120 GB+)? You promised it over a year ago. Just how hard is it? Movies are rental-only probably related to the small hard drive, anyway.
Some other factors to keep in mind:
- TV shows are not rental only. You can watch them as many times as you like with no expiration and if you delete them you can re-download them. I assume they're linked to your gamertag.
- The quality of the HD movies is just ok. This isn't a replacement for an HD-DVD or bluray player, or even a good cable/satellite/fttptv signal if you really want a high quality HD picture. These are super compressed movies, and you can really see noise on a good HD display like a front projector. Still, they're inexpensive and convenient, and it's nice to have the option.
It's a nice service to have, especially sicne I wasn't expecting it when I bought the 360.
TV Tome really was a fantastic site. A lot of the users that contributed there went over to a great TV wiki that sprung up after TV tome was sold, http://tviv.org/
In my case it's the home owners' association, or really the condo board. No property that I own is suitable for installation, so I would need to install it in a common area, which they, rightfully, can say no to.
Their customer service is terrible and I really just want to get away from them. FIOS has everything I want (minus NFL Sunday Ticket) and is cheaper and by all accounts better. I can't even seem to get Verizon DSL, though, so I have a suspicion that FIOS isn't anywhere near being available.
Every time a story mentions FIOS I have to post to say how desperately I want it. I [i]hate[/i] my cable company with a passion (Cablevision), and I can't install a dish. I'm in Brooklyn and am counting the days until FIOS is available.
Unfortunately, I have no idea how many days that will be.
I so desperately want to switch to FIOS, or anything besides Cablevision, but it doesn't look like I have any options in my area (Brooklyn). Verizon says no to DSL even, which I find odd, but I can't imagine FIOS is anywhere close to being rolled out if DSL isn't even available.
The recently released Gears of War has both online and offline coop, and your partner can drop in and out as needed. It works flawlessly and is a huge part of what makes GoW so fun.
Really? The two digital cable providers I've tried, both had a noticeable pause when flipping channels. You could flip channels as quickly as analog, but you would never see anything but a black (or blue) screen, b/c you would flip away from the channel before it actually loaded an image. But, I've only seen two different providers; one of whom I know for a fact is complete shit. The other is Time-Warner.
I've used both Time Warner and Cablevision (which I'm on now). Time warner had no delay at all, cablevision did when I had their older box. When I switched to the new cable box, the delay went away.
Frankly, saying digital cable isn't as good as analog because of this is really silly.
Yes, because most home users need to run IIS and log in to a domain.
Oh wait, they don't? So why isn't XP Home adequate for them?
Oh wait, it is?
The vast majority of home users who run XP Pro don't need it. They just have it because they feel like they're missing something with Home when in fact they're not.
It *is* "broke." DVDs are unsuitable for HD contet. Your old DVDs will still play fine for as long as you want them, but there needs to be a new format for HD. If you dont want to make the jump to HD yet, then don't. Your old content will play fine for as long as you want it to, ad you'll be able to buy DVDs for a very, very long time.
I love this game. I used to be able to sit down and beat on a whim, although I tried it recently and got my ass kicked. The key was to hang out at the bottom of the first elevator and just rack up points form the endlessly spawning canon fodder until you had a full health bar. It made the rest of the game a lot easier.
We've started using WSUS in a ~1000 workstation environment and it's fantastic. There are a few quirks you have to iron out, especially if you've been using non sysprep'd ghost images on all your workstations. It's all manageable, though, and once set up it's a really powerful (and free) tool.
You can save to JPG, GIF, TIF, etc by using the export feature. It would be nice to have them in the save as dialog, but it's not like they'r enot there at all. When you do a File/Save, all you get is XPR. Everything else is under export.
FTA - "Microsoft noted Acrylic would not currently save pixel-type data to formats other than its native XPR file type" Well, that diminishes usefullness!! I recently had some pictures forwarded to me in PictureIT file format and they took 45 minutes to open...
You can save to jpg, gif, tif, etc by using "File/Export."
Same result, just a different part of the menu. XPR is analogous to a PSD file. You can still create jogs of your work when you're done.
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The salt isn't kept in the tower, that's just the thermal energy receiver.
That this was modded insightful gives me hope for the future.
My handle here at Slashdot is a Vonnegut character that I mis-typed. It's always bugged me that it's wrong.
I've used my.yahoo.com as my personal homepage for a few years now and I've been pretty happy with it. It loads quickly and has a nice setup interface for adding RSS feeds. I was skeptical at first but quickly won over once I started playing with it.
You didn't get the joke.
:)
It's a question that's asked that has no right answer. I was agreeing with.
Sorry the joke went over your head
Wikipedia should never be cited as a source. It's a good way to start getting some information on a topic, but that's it. Do these professors allow students to use encyclopedias as sources? This isn't elementary school.
Have you stopped beating your wife?
While I understand that this article was talking about SITES, I would like to mention the new Xbox Live service as well. True high definition movies, TV shows, reasonable prices, and they play on your TV (no sitting in front of a computer screen or trying to reencode them for DVD).
The only big downsides are:
The 360's small hard drive--Come one MS, what's with the increasingly bizarre delay on what should be a simple matter--releasing a REAL hard drive (120 GB+)? You promised it over a year ago. Just how hard is it?
Movies are rental-only probably related to the small hard drive, anyway.
Some other factors to keep in mind:
- TV shows are not rental only. You can watch them as many times as you like with no expiration and if you delete them you can re-download them. I assume they're linked to your gamertag.
- The quality of the HD movies is just ok. This isn't a replacement for an HD-DVD or bluray player, or even a good cable/satellite/fttptv signal if you really want a high quality HD picture. These are super compressed movies, and you can really see noise on a good HD display like a front projector. Still, they're inexpensive and convenient, and it's nice to have the option.
It's a nice service to have, especially sicne I wasn't expecting it when I bought the 360.
TV Tome really was a fantastic site. A lot of the users that contributed there went over to a great TV wiki that sprung up after TV tome was sold, http://tviv.org/
In my case it's the home owners' association, or really the condo board. No property that I own is suitable for installation, so I would need to install it in a common area, which they, rightfully, can say no to.
Their customer service is terrible and I really just want to get away from them. FIOS has everything I want (minus NFL Sunday Ticket) and is cheaper and by all accounts better. I can't even seem to get Verizon DSL, though, so I have a suspicion that FIOS isn't anywhere near being available.
Every time a story mentions FIOS I have to post to say how desperately I want it. I [i]hate[/i] my cable company with a passion (Cablevision), and I can't install a dish. I'm in Brooklyn and am counting the days until FIOS is available.
Unfortunately, I have no idea how many days that will be.
I so desperately want to switch to FIOS, or anything besides Cablevision, but it doesn't look like I have any options in my area (Brooklyn). Verizon says no to DSL even, which I find odd, but I can't imagine FIOS is anywhere close to being rolled out if DSL isn't even available.
*sigh*
The recently released Gears of War has both online and offline coop, and your partner can drop in and out as needed. It works flawlessly and is a huge part of what makes GoW so fun.
So co-op isn't dead yet.
Really? The two digital cable providers I've tried, both had a noticeable pause when flipping channels. You could flip channels as quickly as analog, but you would never see anything but a black (or blue) screen, b/c you would flip away from the channel before it actually loaded an image. But, I've only seen two different providers; one of whom I know for a fact is complete shit. The other is Time-Warner.
I've used both Time Warner and Cablevision (which I'm on now). Time warner had no delay at all, cablevision did when I had their older box. When I switched to the new cable box, the delay went away.
Frankly, saying digital cable isn't as good as analog because of this is really silly.
Not everything else improves. Music CD technology came out and eventually killed dynamic range.
Not true at all.
Digital cable came out and we lost the ability to flip quickly through channels.
Why? I can flip just as quickly through digital channels as I could with analog, plus now I have a nifty guide so I can just jump to where I want.
Wide screen TV's came out and now everyone watches their favorite shows with all the actors' faces all stretched.
Only if you're purposefully stretching SD content. \
Honestly, your argument has merit, but these three example are terrible.
Yes, because most home users need to run IIS and log in to a domain.
Oh wait, they don't? So why isn't XP Home adequate for them?
Oh wait, it is?
The vast majority of home users who run XP Pro don't need it. They just have it because they feel like they're missing something with Home when in fact they're not.
It *is* "broke." DVDs are unsuitable for HD contet. Your old DVDs will still play fine for as long as you want them, but there needs to be a new format for HD. If you dont want to make the jump to HD yet, then don't. Your old content will play fine for as long as you want it to, ad you'll be able to buy DVDs for a very, very long time.
Pirating PSP games isn't going to be feasible unless you own a UMD fabrication plant, or have a large supply of 1GB Memory Sticks.
Oh? You could always just store the isos to PSP games on your PC and upload them to your 1G stick as necessary.
Not that I would know.
Want something cool on your PSP? Try ScummVM. It's awesome. The games look like they were made for the little beast, and the interface works great.
I love this game. I used to be able to sit down and beat on a whim, although I tried it recently and got my ass kicked. The key was to hang out at the bottom of the first elevator and just rack up points form the endlessly spawning canon fodder until you had a full health bar. It made the rest of the game a lot easier.
What a great, great game.
We've started using WSUS in a ~1000 workstation environment and it's fantastic. There are a few quirks you have to iron out, especially if you've been using non sysprep'd ghost images on all your workstations. It's all manageable, though, and once set up it's a really powerful (and free) tool.
Every other console?
Ever tried mame or nes/snes/genesis/neo geo emulators on an xbox? They work perfectly.
You can save to JPG, GIF, TIF, etc by using the export feature. It would be nice to have them in the save as dialog, but it's not like they'r enot there at all. When you do a File/Save, all you get is XPR. Everything else is under export.
I don't see the problem here.
FTA - "Microsoft noted Acrylic would not currently save pixel-type data to formats other than its native XPR file type" Well, that diminishes usefullness!! I recently had some pictures forwarded to me in PictureIT file format and they took 45 minutes to open...
You can save to jpg, gif, tif, etc by using "File/Export."
Same result, just a different part of the menu. XPR is analogous to a PSD file. You can still create jogs of your work when you're done.