Sounds interesting, but what good would it do with an unstable power source?
It sounds to me like power drops pretty randomly in a large majority of areas. How well could consume.net handle the mass changes to the node infrastructure?
"SELECT COUNT(*) FROM BROADBAND_PROVIDERS_T WHERE LOCATION='average town, USA'" = 1
It's hard to change providers when there's usually only one game in town! Some people might get lucky and have more than one broadband provider, but usually not.
Why would we want to go to Jupiter? So we can have astronauts in orbit?
Jupiter is a gas planet and as such there could be no landing! The toxic gases would vaporize us even before reaching something that resembles a solid.
Music can provide mood and can greatly enhance a game experience if used correctly. Now 8 times out of 10, the music and sounds will be done incorrectly and can often detriment your experience. It all depends on the game and how skilled the orchestror is.
My favorite example is Final Fantasy VI. The music is gorgeous.
We do have it propertly configured. We reverted back to 0.3.0 and it works as expected.
Here is the exact problem. We connected, and it went into the countdown. It would go down until 170 or so then it seemed to flash and the count went to 180 again and continued downward. Flash -> repeat. Something very strange.
Nintendo has fought hard again the flash cartridge makers. I see no way that they would allow companies to sell flashable cartridges. Even if a company put something out, it would only be a matter of time before someone hacked it and then you would have a cheap flashable ROM.
I installed the 0.3.1 version for Linux and tried to connect to my local friend to play. While I could play with the old 0.3.0 version just fine, the new version didn't work. It would get halfway through connecting and then just sit in an endless loop while searching for Cubes.
I hate to break it to you, but Apple didn't 'invent' the GUI either. It is common knowledge that Apple stole ideas from Xerox. I'm not 100% sure, but there were probably earlier GUI's than Xerox's as well.
Nice try at MS bashing however. Maybe next time you'll get your facts straight?
There is another BIG change to smbfs which I particularly enjoy. It now supports large files. In the 2.4 series you could load a large file but it would give you a wrong file size and various other things were quirky. I serve large movies file from the PVR machine via samba and when I viewed them on my 2.4 machine, I couldn't fast forward in mplayer because the files were > 4 gigs. Now that I'm running 2.6, the file sizes show up correctly and I can fast forward to my heart's content.
I've played it several times. Here's my setup - I have a Linux based server/router and I forward port 4000 to my Windows machine that runs Warppipe (thank god I can run the Linux version on my server/router now instead). I have a cable modem with 3 MBps down and 256 Kbps up.
Finding an opponent can be challenging. Right now you have to post your IM name in the WarpPipe forums and wait for somebody to IM you, or you can actively IM people in the hopes of finding a game. Fortunately I found a person who lived in the same city as me and was using the same ISP (Cox). So that is about the best situation you can hope for right there. We connected and played, and it was good. It was NOT FULL SPEED by any means, but it was more than acceptable. Probably 20-25 fps. Played a little rough but again, acceptable. It's fun. More fun than playing against the 'cheap' computer opponents. Next time I play I will use the Linux version in the hope that the decreased latency will help.
I also tried playing with several other people in various areas and it was awfully slow. I was looking at 5 FPS MAXIMUM.
So in conclusion, it's fun if you can find somebody close and on the same network. Otherwise, hope you have at least 512 Kbps upload for you and your opponent, and try it out.
Did you RTFA? Jobs explains how when he first pitched the idea the record companies balked because they wanted to do just that: use a subscription based model. These all failed and the record companies realized that pay per track was a more profitable idea.
I think it shows that there isn't a large enough market for subscription base. Those people are the hardcore music listeners, they are the minority. Most people listen to a song on the radio and say "wooooo that is catchy" and pay and download it and be done.
Akamai Technologies, the Cambridge Internet company whose 31-year-old cofounder Daniel Lewin died when Los Angeles-bound American Airlines Flight 11 became the first hijacked jet to slam into a World Trade Center tower, held a private service but also remembered Lewin with a tribute at its Web page.
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This is my BOOMSTICK!
Man Ash rocks. I don't think he needs any Pokemon companions though. I think he'd take a sawed-off to Pikachu's face however.
Oh wait, you mean that 'other' Ash....
So you're trying to connect to Microsoft to get updates for your Microsoft OS?
Seems fair to me that they require you to use their browser for WindowsUpdate considering the service is free (but not the OS of course).
This is in no way like the WarpPipe project.
The Warppipe project is a PC application and creates a virtual LAN among Gamecubes over the Internet.
This is Linux on the Gamecube. As in running directly on the Gamecube. You won't be able to play any Gamecube games in this mode.
Can somebody say Gamecube?
Sounds interesting, but what good would it do with an unstable power source?
It sounds to me like power drops pretty randomly in a large majority of areas. How well could consume.net handle the mass changes to the node infrastructure?
How about this, this debunks your claim.
"SELECT COUNT(*) FROM BROADBAND_PROVIDERS_T WHERE LOCATION='average town, USA'" = 1
It's hard to change providers when there's usually only one game in town! Some people might get lucky and have more than one broadband provider, but usually not.
The article was ok and all, but where is the list of long awaited features???
It might not be perfect, but I think it looks OK overall. It captures the essence of the cartoon.
I want to send Aku to the pits of Hell!
You don't have to use explorer.exe as your shell. You can change it to whatever you want.
So therefore you could write your own app that implements all those 'great' features you mentioned.
Bingo, same functionality.
In windows you can set any program to be your shell. There is a registry key you can change.
So therefore, not all desktops must be explorer.exe. I could write my own crappy app and have it run as the desktop and hence, build my own plane!
I think it would be killer if somebody would make it run MPlayer and have it upconvert to 1080i or 720p and play via HDTV signals.
Not really considering that the Nintendo has no TV input capability.
It does however offer HDTV output which I find VERY attractive.
What can you learn and discover on Major/Worldgroup BBS?
How to set up your registry for people to see your info?
How to play Crossroads, Kyrandia, Tele-Arena, or MajorMUD?
They served two purposes - chatting and playing games. Chatting in teleconference or message boards, same difference.
Why would we want to go to Jupiter? So we can have astronauts in orbit?
Jupiter is a gas planet and as such there could be no landing! The toxic gases would vaporize us even before reaching something that resembles a solid.
Get your ass to Mars!
2 Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeks!
Hey man, I got 5 kids to feed!
I do.
Music can provide mood and can greatly enhance a game experience if used correctly. Now 8 times out of 10, the music and sounds will be done incorrectly and can often detriment your experience. It all depends on the game and how skilled the orchestror is.
My favorite example is Final Fantasy VI. The music is gorgeous.
We do have it propertly configured. We reverted back to 0.3.0 and it works as expected.
Here is the exact problem. We connected, and it went into the countdown. It would go down until 170 or so then it seemed to flash and the count went to 180 again and continued downward. Flash -> repeat. Something very strange.
Nintendo has fought hard again the flash cartridge makers. I see no way that they would allow companies to sell flashable cartridges. Even if a company put something out, it would only be a matter of time before someone hacked it and then you would have a cheap flashable ROM.
I installed the 0.3.1 version for Linux and tried to connect to my local friend to play. While I could play with the old 0.3.0 version just fine, the new version didn't work. It would get halfway through connecting and then just sit in an endless loop while searching for Cubes.
Be forewarned!
I hate to break it to you, but Apple didn't 'invent' the GUI either. It is common knowledge that Apple stole ideas from Xerox. I'm not 100% sure, but there were probably earlier GUI's than Xerox's as well.
Nice try at MS bashing however. Maybe next time you'll get your facts straight?
There is another BIG change to smbfs which I particularly enjoy. It now supports large files. In the 2.4 series you could load a large file but it would give you a wrong file size and various other things were quirky. I serve large movies file from the PVR machine via samba and when I viewed them on my 2.4 machine, I couldn't fast forward in mplayer because the files were > 4 gigs. Now that I'm running 2.6, the file sizes show up correctly and I can fast forward to my heart's content.
But which new players have hardware accelerated cowbell???
I've played it several times. Here's my setup - I have a Linux based server/router and I forward port 4000 to my Windows machine that runs Warppipe (thank god I can run the Linux version on my server/router now instead). I have a cable modem with 3 MBps down and 256 Kbps up.
Finding an opponent can be challenging. Right now you have to post your IM name in the WarpPipe forums and wait for somebody to IM you, or you can actively IM people in the hopes of finding a game. Fortunately I found a person who lived in the same city as me and was using the same ISP (Cox). So that is about the best situation you can hope for right there. We connected and played, and it was good. It was NOT FULL SPEED by any means, but it was more than acceptable. Probably 20-25 fps. Played a little rough but again, acceptable. It's fun. More fun than playing against the 'cheap' computer opponents. Next time I play I will use the Linux version in the hope that the decreased latency will help.
I also tried playing with several other people in various areas and it was awfully slow. I was looking at 5 FPS MAXIMUM.
So in conclusion, it's fun if you can find somebody close and on the same network. Otherwise, hope you have at least 512 Kbps upload for you and your opponent, and try it out.
Did you RTFA? Jobs explains how when he first pitched the idea the record companies balked because they wanted to do just that: use a subscription based model. These all failed and the record companies realized that pay per track was a more profitable idea.
I think it shows that there isn't a large enough market for subscription base. Those people are the hardcore music listeners, they are the minority. Most people listen to a song on the radio and say "wooooo that is catchy" and pay and download it and be done.
That was one of the Akamai cofounders:
Akamai Technologies, the Cambridge Internet company whose 31-year-old cofounder Daniel Lewin died when Los Angeles-bound American Airlines Flight 11 became the first hijacked jet to slam into a World Trade Center tower, held a private service but also remembered Lewin with a tribute at its Web page.
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