Contrary to the knee-jerk reaction (and incidentally, also contrary to the blurb), I think that this tool is a blessing. Since it only works on songs that you have a valid license for (ie stuff you bought), it removes the burn-to-cd step from the "buy from ITMS, burn to CD, re-rip to MP3" process for those of us who don't have an iPod. I've bought quite a bit of music from the store, and I relish the opportunity to use it on my Lyra. This, I think, was the developers' intention with this tool-- not infringement. This is the only use I will have for this tool. Others may use it improperly or illegally, but that does not mean I should be denied access to the tool.
The sad part is, I'm not sure whether you're joking or not.
While I applaud the 'official' adoption of Linux by these countries, I have to wonder just how much commonality there will be among them, aside from the kernel and a few other tools. The Chinese "Asianux" might have libraries to strictly control what can be looked at/used with it, while the Korean distribution might not have these controls.
Moreover, I'm not all that familiar with the GPL, so could someone explain to me in simple 5-year-old terms what would stop China from releasing its extensions to the distro as binary-only? Or Japan from doing the same?
I don't have what could be called a "gaming" laptop-- solely because the video chip is an Intel onboard-- but I've been using that as my primary gaming computer for a while now. Its only real flaw is the video, but using 3D Analyzer gets around most problems. I've been heavily playing UT2K4, FFXI, and Warcraft III.
Oh, and for those wondering, it's a Gateway something or another purchased new in October with a P4 2.8GHz, 512 MB RAM, and 15" screen. It's a thing of beauty. ^_^
You're slightly off. Moogles appeared in Seiken Densetsu on the Game Boy way, way back in 1990. This was their first appearance in a Final Fantasy game. (SD was originally part of the Final Fantasy series, but was retconned out of it later on.) To the best of my knowledge they did not appear in SD3.
FF8 had moogles, but only as part of the Pocketstation mini-game AFAIK.
You also failed to mention that they made an appearance (well, a mistranslated one) in Final Fantasy Tactics, and were one of the playable races in FFT Advance. So don't be too proud of yourself. ^_^
Agreed. Funny should be funny without regard for karma.
Oh, and actually-- "stenography" isn't the same as "steganography"... but it's still funny, thinking of court clerks dying out millions of years ago...
The poster's point is that in FF9 the moogles' primary responsibility was as mailers and recipients....but of course, I'm sure you already knew that. ^_^
Come to think of it, why isn't the PlayOnline mail client a friendly moogle? Instead we have this ugly interface... I'd much rather have a moogle read my mail to me. Guess that's something to submit to the development crew...
I was going to post something about how the primary legitimate use for a modchip would be to play imported games, but then again, a) it's not technically legitimate, because bypassing the regional lockout could be construed as a DMCA violation (don't ask me how or why), and b) since I'm looking into doing some importing (Bemani and Pop'n Music) relatively soon, I'm actually looking at a bootloader disc or "cheat" device as opposed to opening up my machine.
Many people I know who import would rather use the bootloader and not a chip. The chip's advantage is that you don't have an extra step when booting an import game; its disadvantage is that it disallows online play (if you're into that sort of thing). Trading a popular and enjoyable use of the system for ten seconds' convenience is not an acceptable trade.
Even though he's already made two sequels (Sega Rally 2 and Space Channel 5 Part 2)?
We can't fault Mizuguchi if those were made as a result of Sega's decisions and not his own (ie he didn't propose the sequels, but Sega put him in charge of them).
I actually would welcome a new Rez-like game. The original was mind-blowing, but it was too short because it was limited by the Dreamcast's disc space. Give Mizuguchi the chance to do close to the same thing with a dual-layer DVD (and, by extension, better audio compression tools)-- and that'd be the one game I'd put a pre-order on the import for.
Another poster weighed in on if Sega had the copyright on the name and style... I think that there're plenty of ways you could do the same thing as Rez, but still get away with it. On the other hand, I doubt that Sega would begrudge Mizuguchi the opportunity to keep working on one of his most beloved games. (witness what happened with Xenogears/Xenosaga and Square Enix/Monolith Soft-- same basic dilemma)
Can a distro survive if it is everybody's first distro, and nobody's second?
Yes, absolutely. Because it will never be "nobody's second"-- people naturally resist change. If enough people are convinced to switch from Windows and wind up using Mandrake as their desktop-- and it's my opinion that Mandrake is well suited to that task-- then the lower-tier users (ie people who just plain want to use the computer for email, web, etc.) will stay with Mandrake. Hell, we've got people who're resisting the change from Windows 95. When something works, Random User will not risk it by upgrading unless there's a damn good reason. Random Geeks (like us) will always progress to the Next Big Distro, and in the case of Mandrake, it won't be that.
If you want to make a Linux Desktop a reality, make it simple to use and get into. Mandrake gets that pretty close to right. It was my first distro, and I trashed my hard drive twice before I finally got it right; Mandrake's installers made things pretty easy, but not infallible. And besides, how many Random Users are going to worry about installing it more than once?
(Wow, my first Linux-zealot post. How'd I do? ^_^)
I'm glad you said "there are always exceptions", because I'd have to mention "The Mole" if you didn't. (The first two, not this Celebrity Mole crap.) I think "Mole" was probably the only quasi-reality show worth watching-- regardless of your gender.
No, but WOTC owns Dungeons & Dragons. Maybe you've heard of that?
I'll grant you that it's not your typical lineup, and yes, the other two are pretty much going to be overshadowed by Miyamoto, but Garfield's a viable choice all the same.
I'm all for a re-release of the classics-- especially the original Legend of Zelda (stupid save batteries dying... grr...)-- but I am also very much of the opinion that $20 per game is WAY overpriced. Fortunately for me I still have my e-reader and copies of DK, Excitebike, and Ice Climber, and I also picked up Pac-Man Collection a few months back for $10... let's see, $30 for the e-reader, $15 for the card sets, and $10 for Pac-Man is $55 for eight games (Pac-Man Collection has four games on the cart, and the e-reader bundle I bought had DK Jr.) We're looking at a little over $7 per game. I'd find that to be a fair price... but then again, let's assume that $15 is the absolute lowest a "new" GBA game can be and set the price to that. I'd buy Zelda for $15; maybe Xevious, too. Never got a chance to play it. So the question is then what extra goodies and incentives will Nintendo offer for US gamers?
This post differs from the similar troll post below from the anonymous coward in that, to the best of my knowledge, I'm not being a total asswipe about my complaint. Please moderate accordingly.
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Why so many? Is the Agent cloning himself again?
Random Ion Storm Exec: "We're behind schedule. How do we fix this?"
Warren Spector, standing in front of four hundred Programmer Smiths: "...more."
Contrary to the knee-jerk reaction (and incidentally, also contrary to the blurb), I think that this tool is a blessing. Since it only works on songs that you have a valid license for (ie stuff you bought), it removes the burn-to-cd step from the "buy from ITMS, burn to CD, re-rip to MP3" process for those of us who don't have an iPod. I've bought quite a bit of music from the store, and I relish the opportunity to use it on my Lyra. This, I think, was the developers' intention with this tool-- not infringement. This is the only use I will have for this tool. Others may use it improperly or illegally, but that does not mean I should be denied access to the tool.
This just in: Shows that suck get cancelled.
In other news: Water is wet.
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Could it be...... SATAN?
Actually, there were about 40 VR missions in the original MGS, but they certainly weren't as replayable as the actual "VR Missions" disc.
The sad part is, I'm not sure whether you're joking or not.
While I applaud the 'official' adoption of Linux by these countries, I have to wonder just how much commonality there will be among them, aside from the kernel and a few other tools. The Chinese "Asianux" might have libraries to strictly control what can be looked at/used with it, while the Korean distribution might not have these controls.
Moreover, I'm not all that familiar with the GPL, so could someone explain to me in simple 5-year-old terms what would stop China from releasing its extensions to the distro as binary-only? Or Japan from doing the same?
Forget the Eva.
I want Rei. ^_^
I'm going to get the god damned not funny anymore Rez Trance Vibrator joke out of the way RIGHT NOW.
I don't have what could be called a "gaming" laptop-- solely because the video chip is an Intel onboard-- but I've been using that as my primary gaming computer for a while now. Its only real flaw is the video, but using 3D Analyzer gets around most problems. I've been heavily playing UT2K4, FFXI, and Warcraft III.
Oh, and for those wondering, it's a Gateway something or another purchased new in October with a P4 2.8GHz, 512 MB RAM, and 15" screen. It's a thing of beauty. ^_^
Agreed, though I have the opposite problem (easy first name, strange last name). The really weird thing is that there are plenty of "me" in Germany...
Depending on when the kid watches the Matrix, all he's going to ever hear when he comes home is "Mr. Anderson, welcome back... we missed you."
However, I'm not sure 500 Euros is worth the effort.
Are you kidding? That's, what, $1,000,000 USD?
You're slightly off. Moogles appeared in Seiken Densetsu on the Game Boy way, way back in 1990. This was their first appearance in a Final Fantasy game. (SD was originally part of the Final Fantasy series, but was retconned out of it later on.) To the best of my knowledge they did not appear in SD3.
FF8 had moogles, but only as part of the Pocketstation mini-game AFAIK.
You also failed to mention that they made an appearance (well, a mistranslated one) in Final Fantasy Tactics, and were one of the playable races in FFT Advance. So don't be too proud of yourself. ^_^
The phrase...
...King's drunken heaven-trashing exploits...
...misread as...
...King's drunken heaving trashing exploits...
...leads to the conclusion...
. o O (Great! Finally someone decided to make a game about Elvis' frat-house years!)
Agreed. Funny should be funny without regard for karma.
Oh, and actually-- "stenography" isn't the same as "steganography"... but it's still funny, thinking of court clerks dying out millions of years ago...
The poster's point is that in FF9 the moogles' primary responsibility was as mailers and recipients. ...but of course, I'm sure you already knew that. ^_^
Come to think of it, why isn't the PlayOnline mail client a friendly moogle? Instead we have this ugly interface... I'd much rather have a moogle read my mail to me. Guess that's something to submit to the development crew...
In fact, that's about the funniest reply I've seen in a long time. Way to go.
French spelling nitpick: "bon chance" is incorrect. "Chance" is a feminine noun (uses "la" instead of "le"). So it should be "Bonne chance".
I would have said "French spelling nazi" but then I realized that putting the words "French" and "nazi" in the same phrase was just plain wrong. ^_^
I was going to post something about how the primary legitimate use for a modchip would be to play imported games, but then again, a) it's not technically legitimate, because bypassing the regional lockout could be construed as a DMCA violation (don't ask me how or why), and b) since I'm looking into doing some importing (Bemani and Pop'n Music) relatively soon, I'm actually looking at a bootloader disc or "cheat" device as opposed to opening up my machine.
Many people I know who import would rather use the bootloader and not a chip. The chip's advantage is that you don't have an extra step when booting an import game; its disadvantage is that it disallows online play (if you're into that sort of thing). Trading a popular and enjoyable use of the system for ten seconds' convenience is not an acceptable trade.
Ctrl-Alt-Shift-Jeb.
Even though he's already made two sequels (Sega Rally 2 and Space Channel 5 Part 2)?
We can't fault Mizuguchi if those were made as a result of Sega's decisions and not his own (ie he didn't propose the sequels, but Sega put him in charge of them).
I actually would welcome a new Rez-like game. The original was mind-blowing, but it was too short because it was limited by the Dreamcast's disc space. Give Mizuguchi the chance to do close to the same thing with a dual-layer DVD (and, by extension, better audio compression tools)-- and that'd be the one game I'd put a pre-order on the import for.
Another poster weighed in on if Sega had the copyright on the name and style... I think that there're plenty of ways you could do the same thing as Rez, but still get away with it. On the other hand, I doubt that Sega would begrudge Mizuguchi the opportunity to keep working on one of his most beloved games. (witness what happened with Xenogears/Xenosaga and Square Enix/Monolith Soft-- same basic dilemma)
Can a distro survive if it is everybody's first distro, and nobody's second?
Yes, absolutely. Because it will never be "nobody's second"-- people naturally resist change. If enough people are convinced to switch from Windows and wind up using Mandrake as their desktop-- and it's my opinion that Mandrake is well suited to that task-- then the lower-tier users (ie people who just plain want to use the computer for email, web, etc.) will stay with Mandrake. Hell, we've got people who're resisting the change from Windows 95. When something works, Random User will not risk it by upgrading unless there's a damn good reason. Random Geeks (like us) will always progress to the Next Big Distro, and in the case of Mandrake, it won't be that.
If you want to make a Linux Desktop a reality, make it simple to use and get into. Mandrake gets that pretty close to right. It was my first distro, and I trashed my hard drive twice before I finally got it right; Mandrake's installers made things pretty easy, but not infallible. And besides, how many Random Users are going to worry about installing it more than once?
(Wow, my first Linux-zealot post. How'd I do? ^_^)
I'm glad you said "there are always exceptions", because I'd have to mention "The Mole" if you didn't. (The first two, not this Celebrity Mole crap.) I think "Mole" was probably the only quasi-reality show worth watching-- regardless of your gender.
No, but WOTC owns Dungeons & Dragons. Maybe you've heard of that?
I'll grant you that it's not your typical lineup, and yes, the other two are pretty much going to be overshadowed by Miyamoto, but Garfield's a viable choice all the same.
I'm all for a re-release of the classics-- especially the original Legend of Zelda (stupid save batteries dying... grr...)-- but I am also very much of the opinion that $20 per game is WAY overpriced. Fortunately for me I still have my e-reader and copies of DK, Excitebike, and Ice Climber, and I also picked up Pac-Man Collection a few months back for $10... let's see, $30 for the e-reader, $15 for the card sets, and $10 for Pac-Man is $55 for eight games (Pac-Man Collection has four games on the cart, and the e-reader bundle I bought had DK Jr.) We're looking at a little over $7 per game. I'd find that to be a fair price... but then again, let's assume that $15 is the absolute lowest a "new" GBA game can be and set the price to that. I'd buy Zelda for $15; maybe Xevious, too. Never got a chance to play it. So the question is then what extra goodies and incentives will Nintendo offer for US gamers?
This post differs from the similar troll post below from the anonymous coward in that, to the best of my knowledge, I'm not being a total asswipe about my complaint. Please moderate accordingly.