Wrong. Totally wrong. This is flamebait if I ever have seen it.
MAME is a documentation project for old _arcade_ machines. It does not and will not ever emulate consoles, computers, palmtops, or anything of the like.
As a documentation project, it serves to show the old hardware that those old arcade machines used and how it all worked together. Playing anything at all is a side-effect, thus why optimizations are rarely used in the code.
Those who pirate ROM images to use with MAME are perverting the project from its real intended use.
Except that the phone calls continue LONG after the product has been deinstalled or purchased. It borders on harassment in many cases!
This is PRECISELY why I absolutely REFUSE to give my personal information to any company. If I can't download without a valid email, I'll find another way to get it or an alternative product. I learned quite well after an incident around 1997 that left me getting phone calls for years afterwards by a marketing department.
While I can see a number of reasons for them to support Microsoft in this (AMD has a lot to gain, in fact, like the official plaform for the X-box 2 and the official platform spec for Windows) I find this to be somewhat disappointing overall.
It's a business decision, and I can respect them for that part, but there are some blatant falsehoods in there. I won't repeat most of them, as many other people have already posted them here, but this is a very blatant thing.
When I purchased my current AMD processor, there was a lot of talk over the Pentium 3's trackable ID and the fact that it could be re-enabled software-wise easily. The fact that AMD had a superior processor in the performance-to-price ratio helped a lot as well.
Looks like things have evened out, and both AMD and Intel are trying to find an edge-- any edge-- to beat the competition. Even if that means helping Microsoft.
I don't use the Windows version, but I have a custom one that's easier on my eyes. (for me, white flickers like crazy on monitors, even at good refresh rates.) I generally use white on black or grey on black, with darker blue for gui elements.
It really has made using Windows a lot easier on my eyes over the past 6-7 years.
It seems to me that at this point we should be wondering how long he could possibly hold up to his principles. Congress has no place for a man with morals. They'll chew one up and spit them out rather quickly; it's happened before, and will happen again.
Funny as it might seem, I've actually seen a few drives that just will NOT work together, no matter how you set the jumpers. Usually just end up switching one with one of the drives on the other cable when possible, but it can be irritating nontheless.
I, myself, just switched to HotPOP last night after receiving the email from Yahoo about this policy change. So far the service appears to work superbly; I would reccomend anyone who is looking for an alternate server to try this.
Admittedly, the artist rendition of the concept is rather anime-ish, but I'd say it looks more like a cross between the kind of body armor seen in two recent videogames: Metal Gear Solid and Rockman X.
Particularly the legs.
Any case, it'll be interesting to see if they can actually pull it off. I have my doubts about the light reflecting stealth camo, but the nanomachines sound plausible enough. Reading the whole design they're aiming for, though, makes me think they've played far too much MGS2. The body armor specs are almost identical to the sneaking suit.
Well, a settlement usually means that one side has a clear advantage at the courts.
Now, using that basis, and the fact that the whole deal is a hidden arrangement, one could guess that one of the two sides obviously didn't want the public to know about this.
Okay, fine.. who has the most to lose by a public disclosure? Gracenote, I think. Follow this logic:
If Roxio was about to lose the case, Gracenote would rather have it public so that nobody else attempts to go without their service.
If Gracenote was about to lose the case, they could approach Roxio behind closed doors to offer them better incentives-- perhaps even PAY Roxio to use the service-- if they'll settle and keep their mouth shut about the conditions. Why would they do this? Because if it were well known that Gracenote couldn't control the 'industry' on CDDB, then nobody would bother to pay for their services in the face of a cheaper alternative.
Unless I'm completely missing something here, that's pretty much the best guess I can come up with.
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Wrong. Totally wrong. This is flamebait if I ever have seen it.
MAME is a documentation project for old _arcade_ machines. It does not and will not ever emulate consoles, computers, palmtops, or anything of the like.
As a documentation project, it serves to show the old hardware that those old arcade machines used and how it all worked together. Playing anything at all is a side-effect, thus why optimizations are rarely used in the code.
Those who pirate ROM images to use with MAME are perverting the project from its real intended use.
Well, what do you EXPECT him to use for a thesis? You think the college professors will accept it in anything BUT Microsoft form? Enough said.
Except that the phone calls continue LONG after the product has been deinstalled or purchased. It borders on harassment in many cases!
This is PRECISELY why I absolutely REFUSE to give my personal information to any company. If I can't download without a valid email, I'll find another way to get it or an alternative product. I learned quite well after an incident around 1997 that left me getting phone calls for years afterwards by a marketing department.
While I can see a number of reasons for them to support Microsoft in this (AMD has a lot to gain, in fact, like the official plaform for the X-box 2 and the official platform spec for Windows) I find this to be somewhat disappointing overall.
It's a business decision, and I can respect them for that part, but there are some blatant falsehoods in there. I won't repeat most of them, as many other people have already posted them here, but this is a very blatant thing.
When I purchased my current AMD processor, there was a lot of talk over the Pentium 3's trackable ID and the fact that it could be re-enabled software-wise easily. The fact that AMD had a superior processor in the performance-to-price ratio helped a lot as well.
Looks like things have evened out, and both AMD and Intel are trying to find an edge-- any edge-- to beat the competition. Even if that means helping Microsoft.
Take a good look at those screenshots. He's using Linux as a proxy for the GBA.
I don't use the Windows version, but I have a custom one that's easier on my eyes. (for me, white flickers like crazy on monitors, even at good refresh rates.) I generally use white on black or grey on black, with darker blue for gui elements.
It really has made using Windows a lot easier on my eyes over the past 6-7 years.
It seems to me that at this point we should be wondering how long he could possibly hold up to his principles. Congress has no place for a man with morals. They'll chew one up and spit them out rather quickly; it's happened before, and will happen again.
Bloatware also can refer to the size of a program, which is another common reference.
e.g. Microsoft Windows, for the best example.
Each revision in the Win9X series seems to have all but doubled in size, yet there's minimal improvement in stability or features per additional meg.
THAT is definitely bloatware.
Funny as it might seem, I've actually seen a few drives that just will NOT work together, no matter how you set the jumpers. Usually just end up switching one with one of the drives on the other cable when possible, but it can be irritating nontheless.
I, myself, just switched to HotPOP last night after receiving the email from Yahoo about this policy change. So far the service appears to work superbly; I would reccomend anyone who is looking for an alternate server to try this.
Rockman X, maybe. MGS2? I doubt it. The character sketches were done in-house at Konami. Japanese art does NOT always mean anime.
Admittedly, the artist rendition of the concept is rather anime-ish, but I'd say it looks more like a cross between the kind of body armor seen in two recent videogames: Metal Gear Solid and Rockman X.
Particularly the legs.
Any case, it'll be interesting to see if they can actually pull it off. I have my doubts about the light reflecting stealth camo, but the nanomachines sound plausible enough. Reading the whole design they're aiming for, though, makes me think they've played far too much MGS2. The body armor specs are almost identical to the sneaking suit.
Truth is stranger than science fiction, indeed!
Well, a settlement usually means that one side has a clear advantage at the courts.
Now, using that basis, and the fact that the whole deal is a hidden arrangement, one could guess that one of the two sides obviously didn't want the public to know about this.
Okay, fine.. who has the most to lose by a public disclosure? Gracenote, I think. Follow this logic:
If Roxio was about to lose the case, Gracenote would rather have it public so that nobody else attempts to go without their service.
If Gracenote was about to lose the case, they could approach Roxio behind closed doors to offer them better incentives-- perhaps even PAY Roxio to use the service-- if they'll settle and keep their mouth shut about the conditions. Why would they do this? Because if it were well known that Gracenote couldn't control the 'industry' on CDDB, then nobody would bother to pay for their services in the face of a cheaper alternative.
Unless I'm completely missing something here, that's pretty much the best guess I can come up with.