The first thing you state is 'don't be an idiot.' Then you go into a tyrade about how idiots need Java because they can't handle C++. So if you want the guy to not be an idiot, shouldn't he be using C++???
I wouldn't say there is a Gamecube "performance issue." It runs beautifully fast. 485 Mhz of PowerPPC goodness. It is right on par with the XBox CPU since the PowerPPC design is so much more efficient.
Glitches are awesome. I know them all and employ them at will! During college I would play probably 2-3 hours a day with my roommates who were equally as good as me. I'd spend 4 hours trying to break the single player speed record for a course and then a roomie would play another 4 hours trying to beat it by 1/100th of a second. A vicious cycle! The glitch you speak of is one of my favorites. It's really easy to pull off so we banned it. But we did allow the jumping of the wall at the end of the level, that was more difficult to pull off. My favorite glitch is on the jungle track where you fly through the wall in the cave. That's HARD to do but you get to skip a lap. So many great glitches, that's what made the game fun. Trying to master them.
It's not underpowered. Performance is on par with XBox. They just need to lose the kiddy image. The hardware itself is amazing.
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Just what I want, my 3D card AND cpu at 100% all the time! So when I go to compile something, my interface slows down because the CPU has to crunch numbers instead of refreshing the screen. Now I will be forced to upgrade more often since my cards and CPUs will burn out prematurely, awesome!
Maybe if the Linux GUI got up to speed with OS X then it would surpass it. Users want responsiveness in their applications. OS X has it, Linux is playing catch up.
I suggest you bring the oldest and junkiest computer you can find. Get a 386 and run Win95 or earlier. Better yet, have Windows2.0 or lower. Make sure to install a very rare network card. 3COM, DLINK, LINKSYS? Forget about it! Go to one of those computer shows where all the Japenese shops sell Japanese hardware. Pick up obscure things there. Try not to get one that uses CAT5 cabling. Go for the earlier connection types (I forget what it's called, looks like a coaxial connection). Now here's what you do, suggest to your local network helpers that you need help connecting your computer from your dorm. Imagine the look on their faces when confronted with your computer! I suggest capturing the moment via a webcam. Remember kids, there's only one thing that the student network techies hate more than a non-Windows systems, a non-supported Windows system!
An interesting thing here is that it opens up the possibility for hacking the Gamecube. Wasn't the XBox hacked by exploiting a bug in a game when loading the save state? A similar thing could be done to the GCN and open up the possibility of running Linux on it. 485 Mhz PowerPC + good graphics card + fast (albeit small) memory + $150 = nice little machine.
Now if they would only release these gems for the GBA! Heck, release FF1-6 for the GBA. Considering I'm from America, I love FF2-3, which um map to FF4 and FF6? Don't quote me on that though. Those games were incredible!
Oh no, you have to spend $5 for the adapter. Or buy the Nintendo headphone that has the special jack. I recently bought the SP and it blows me away. Incredible.
I liked the article except the assertion that programming must be done in three hour windows. I can jump right in and get down and dirty instantaneously. Is anyone else like me? I am left handed, so I guess my brain is always in 'the right side'! Go lefties!
I agree to the point that ActiveX can be VERY dangerous. They have full access to the Win32 API - which can bring great power and also great mistakes. MS gave developers a powerful way to work with the client machine. However, some developers will use this power for evil purposes (the spyware/virii people). Can it be stopped somehow? Sure, you can take out ActiveX, but then useful applications that rely on it will not work. Some people like being able to run a virus scanner via an ActiveX control or use it to do their taxes. Other people hate the concept totally. It has its advantages and faults. In regards to safety - yes Mozilla is safer because of the lack of ActiveX. MS could have take a different approach to the ActiveX issue that would have helped maintain a higher level of security. Something like what id did with Quake3 mods comes to mind. I think in the end that blame must be put in both places. Yes MS will allow arbitrary code to execute. Yes the user has the option to disable this. Who is more to blame? That I am not sure of.
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Because at that resolution, you would see her mitochondria.
Her?
The first thing you state is 'don't be an idiot.' Then you go into a tyrade about how idiots need Java because they can't handle C++. So if you want the guy to not be an idiot, shouldn't he be using C++???
Maybe now you'll get the picture!
But something tells me you still won't. Always fighting to the end, those RIAA folk. Can anyone say "time for a radical change in our business model?"
I wouldn't say there is a Gamecube "performance issue." It runs beautifully fast. 485 Mhz of PowerPPC goodness. It is right on par with the XBox CPU since the PowerPPC design is so much more efficient.
Scare your employees and make them fall inline! Use polygraphs.
They state on one of the early pages:
Many applications improve performance due to the removal of the 32-bit limitations.
Nice try HotHardware.com. Anybody who is anybody knows that performance does not increase just by increasing register bit size!
Glitches are awesome. I know them all and employ them at will! During college I would play probably 2-3 hours a day with my roommates who were equally as good as me. I'd spend 4 hours trying to break the single player speed record for a course and then a roomie would play another 4 hours trying to beat it by 1/100th of a second. A vicious cycle!
The glitch you speak of is one of my favorites. It's really easy to pull off so we banned it. But we did allow the jumping of the wall at the end of the level, that was more difficult to pull off.
My favorite glitch is on the jungle track where you fly through the wall in the cave. That's HARD to do but you get to skip a lap. So many great glitches, that's what made the game fun. Trying to master them.
It's not underpowered. Performance is on par with XBox. They just need to lose the kiddy image. The hardware itself is amazing.
Just what I want, my 3D card AND cpu at 100% all the time! So when I go to compile something, my interface slows down because the CPU has to crunch numbers instead of refreshing the screen. Now I will be forced to upgrade more often since my cards and CPUs will burn out prematurely, awesome!
Maybe if the Linux GUI got up to speed with OS X then it would surpass it. Users want responsiveness in their applications. OS X has it, Linux is playing catch up.
Pococurante?
I suggest you bring the oldest and junkiest computer you can find. Get a 386 and run Win95 or earlier. Better yet, have Windows2.0 or lower. Make sure to install a very rare network card. 3COM, DLINK, LINKSYS? Forget about it! Go to one of those computer shows where all the Japenese shops sell Japanese hardware. Pick up obscure things there. Try not to get one that uses CAT5 cabling. Go for the earlier connection types (I forget what it's called, looks like a coaxial connection).
Now here's what you do, suggest to your local network helpers that you need help connecting your computer from your dorm. Imagine the look on their faces when confronted with your computer! I suggest capturing the moment via a webcam. Remember kids, there's only one thing that the student network techies hate more than a non-Windows systems, a non-supported Windows system!
I havn't seen it. I only own seasons 1-4 on DVD ;-) Alas, the season 5 will soon be mine!
My vote is for Doctor Robotnic!
Yo, it's Picard
Jean Luc Picard!
BTW did anybody catch the A&E Biography on Patrick Stewart? I found it to be quite interesting. He's a great actor.
He said.........Dick
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An interesting thing here is that it opens up the possibility for hacking the Gamecube. Wasn't the XBox hacked by exploiting a bug in a game when loading the save state? A similar thing could be done to the GCN and open up the possibility of running Linux on it. 485 Mhz PowerPC + good graphics card + fast (albeit small) memory + $150 = nice little machine.
I strongly disagree. The most popular caching software, Squid, doesn't even support 1.1 yet! Nor do a LOT of servers out there.
Now if they would only release these gems for the GBA! Heck, release FF1-6 for the GBA. Considering I'm from America, I love FF2-3, which um map to FF4 and FF6? Don't quote me on that though. Those games were incredible!
That's what I like about DOS. When a program runs, it has complete control!
Who needs fully preemptive systems anyways?
Actually, running VisiCalc back then is very similar to running a Java program in a 2.0 Ghz machine with 512 MB memory.
They both run at the same speed!
We need women before we can give them diamonds!
Oh no, you have to spend $5 for the adapter. Or buy the Nintendo headphone that has the special jack. I recently bought the SP and it blows me away. Incredible.
I liked the article except the assertion that programming must be done in three hour windows. I can jump right in and get down and dirty instantaneously. Is anyone else like me? I am left handed, so I guess my brain is always in 'the right side'! Go lefties!
I agree to the point that ActiveX can be VERY dangerous. They have full access to the Win32 API - which can bring great power and also great mistakes. MS gave developers a powerful way to work with the client machine. However, some developers will use this power for evil purposes (the spyware/virii people). Can it be stopped somehow? Sure, you can take out ActiveX, but then useful applications that rely on it will not work. Some people like being able to run a virus scanner via an ActiveX control or use it to do their taxes. Other people hate the concept totally. It has its advantages and faults.
In regards to safety - yes Mozilla is safer because of the lack of ActiveX. MS could have take a different approach to the ActiveX issue that would have helped maintain a higher level of security. Something like what id did with Quake3 mods comes to mind.
I think in the end that blame must be put in both places. Yes MS will allow arbitrary code to execute. Yes the user has the option to disable this. Who is more to blame? That I am not sure of.