Will this really sell in a purely Japanese market? The Japanese are more obsessed with small size and light weight. Seems like Americans and Europeans are more likely to add extra weight or size to get a quieter machine.
If you liked this kind of game, you will love Adventure Game Studio. AGS is a very complete toolkit for interactive adventures. If you want to play a well-written, though short, game in AGS, try Permanent Daylight, referenced at the link above. There are a lot of games written in AGS already. The problem is not many of them are good. This is not a limiation of AGS, it's a limitation of the people who use it. Some of the games are quite impressive, and the graphics capabilities are more up-to-date than the graphics in the heydays of adventure gaming. Also, LucasArts seems to be the only company that has not forgotten the adventure game. They're even planning a release of Full Throttle II. And don't forget that the voodoo priestess has an unbreakable 5-game contract! Now if only they would release a Maniac Mansion III.
This is great! Let junk pile up in the ePostbox, get a real e-mail account and use that instead, and never get paper junk mail again! Finally, a use for spam!
Those round IDE cables are just regular ribbon cables shoved through a plastic tube. They do take up less space and are more convenient but the cable sometimes tends to twist around inside the tube, and the bunching appears to put stress on the wires at either end of the connector. Also the connector itself is still the large 40-pin type, whereas the SATA cables look and work more like LVD, which is a much easier cable to deal with. Also much thinner than even the round IDE cables.
One of our software vendors recommended the use of F-Secure for their support dept. to get a remote connection to our AIX-based accounting system. We replied and asked them why we can't use OpenSSH, since f-secure's license is about $500. They replied they'll look into it, but it's not a high priority. Since SSH is a standard protocol, couldn't we just use OpenSSH despite whatever implementation of SSH they're using on their end? I know my boss doesn't care, his favorite phrase is, "We like free." (But we use Windows NT for everything but our accounting system... Go fig.)
If putting up a publicly accessible server, offering user accounts to anyone who signs up, and even allowing people who have no account to post as Anonymous Coward, does not constitute Slashdot's consent to undertake the burden of allowing someone's post, then what does?
Yes, which requires constantly re-syncing the devices. The devices will probably often go out of sync from people manually controlling the devices on the faceplate. It sounds cumbersome to me. I understand that it also has the ability to do every function of a device, but where is the button for it? Do you have to browse through some tedious LCD menu to get to it?
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The "activity-based" model for this remote reminds me too much of the "Wizards" Microsoft is famous for... Nice in concept but more confusing in practice. This remote claims that when you choose an activity, for instance "Watch a DVD", everything will be turned on and set to the right function. How does the remote know the state of a device? When trying to toggle the DVD player on, it may inadvertently toggle it off. Then what do you do when you can't control individual functions, being left with mostly activity buttons?
If people who originally purchased Replay TV bought it with the expectation that it would not track their viewing habits, aren't they entitled to have the product function in the same manner in which they purchased it? Does the fact that this PVR is required to track you and others don't (possibly resulting in a consumer exodus to the competition) mean that this court order would affect Sonic Blue's profitability? Would Disney, et. al. then use this information to send threatening cease-and-decist letters to indivdual users who are "stealing" their programming?
40 billion dollars will buy the entire airline industry twice over, but it will only buy 23 space shuttles? Wow, does that include the costs involved in launching and manning it? Maybe it would be a better idea to give 1 billion people $40.
At what point does the old machine become a completely new machine, and not just an upgrade of the old machine? If he's recycling half the machine, he's still retaining a lot of the machine the original Win2k license came with, especially the most important part: the case with the OEM name badge and the license sticker on the side.
If you want Kazaa without Spyware, why not use Gnucleus? Gnucleus is the open-source client that Kazaa and Morpheus are directly descended from. Get it here.
If virus source code is outlawed, then only outlaws will have virus source code. Is making it illegal really going to have a chilling effect for those who really want it? Maybe if it was outlawed we'd be trading malicious code on Kazaa. Oh wait a minute...
That might not be too far off. Large cities create a "heat island" effect from the heat generated by all the businesses and residences, etc. Temperatures are a few degrees Fahrenheit warmer in large cities than in surrounding, more sparsely populated areas.
Serving documents by snail mail is acceptable because it's a federal crime to open someone else's mail. If I open the document, it's mine. It's not a federal crime to open someone else's e-mail. If it was opened, it was not necessarily by me. Also, despite that the court acknowledged that it's appropriate in situations where there is no physical address, I think this could easily become a slippery-slope issue.
The tech sector was elitist before it became mainstream because nobody understood the technology so it made us proud. Back then it was a problem. Now it's a necessity. Why? Because everything was fine when nobody that understood computers cared. Then somebody got that wild bug up their ass to convince everyone they needed computers. Not special computers that did just what they needed, ordinary PCs that were general purpose. They said "It doesn't work? It's too confusing Let's just fix it by making things simpler!" and when they couldn't fix it everyone said "Why doesn't it work?! Why is it so confusing?!"
It's because general purpose computers were never designed for special purpose jobs. When you make them simpler it removes their power and flexibility. When you make them more flexible they become more confusing. We need to hurry up and get "idiot box" information devices for ma and pa working so they can forget about using general purpose computers. That will solve a lot of problems.
Could you not easily hack your equipment by putting an inline capacitor on the annode side of your LEDs? Just a small one so that the light will blink once per packet, not once per bit.
I know for most of us Internet Explorer support is rather unimportant... But it will make a difference in whether or not this plugin will gain wide support. The more Blender support you can get, the merrier.
The post office is required to support itself through its revenue. One example of advertising they use to supplement their revenue is the advertisements for U-Haul, and other local services found in the "Mover's Guide" booklet that comes with the change of address form. Even the online version of Mover's Guide has guides to finding cable or satellite service, high-speed Internet service, long distance, etc.
So what you're saying is since all DSL providers are crooked and backwards we should lower our standards and not expect anything at all? I think that's how Micorosft got to be where they are. Of course, we are talking about Qwest here. I have personally experienced all the usual Qwest tactics:
- Telemarketing to their own customers (they call "just to see how your service is doing" and then try to sell you something)
- Charging fees that should not be charged (the "free installation" for DSL was not free until I caught the charge and had to call them to get it off)
- Since I have Qwest DSL I am now also in this MSN predicament.
- I cancelled my long distance service and what do they do when someone makes a long distance call from my phone? Choose a provider for me and complete the call anyway. I had to pay a $15 fee just to block all LD calls! That was after $300 in damage was done.
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Will this really sell in a purely Japanese market? The Japanese are more obsessed with small size and light weight. Seems like Americans and Europeans are more likely to add extra weight or size to get a quieter machine.
If you liked this kind of game, you will love Adventure Game Studio. AGS is a very complete toolkit for interactive adventures. If you want to play a well-written, though short, game in AGS, try Permanent Daylight, referenced at the link above. There are a lot of games written in AGS already. The problem is not many of them are good. This is not a limiation of AGS, it's a limitation of the people who use it. Some of the games are quite impressive, and the graphics capabilities are more up-to-date than the graphics in the heydays of adventure gaming. Also, LucasArts seems to be the only company that has not forgotten the adventure game. They're even planning a release of Full Throttle II. And don't forget that the voodoo priestess has an unbreakable 5-game contract! Now if only they would release a Maniac Mansion III.
This is great! Let junk pile up in the ePostbox, get a real e-mail account and use that instead, and never get paper junk mail again! Finally, a use for spam!
Those round IDE cables are just regular ribbon cables shoved through a plastic tube. They do take up less space and are more convenient but the cable sometimes tends to twist around inside the tube, and the bunching appears to put stress on the wires at either end of the connector. Also the connector itself is still the large 40-pin type, whereas the SATA cables look and work more like LVD, which is a much easier cable to deal with. Also much thinner than even the round IDE cables.
If it's gotta be cheap, trustable, and easy to use, it will probably look like this.
One of our software vendors recommended the use of F-Secure for their support dept. to get a remote connection to our AIX-based accounting system. We replied and asked them why we can't use OpenSSH, since f-secure's license is about $500. They replied they'll look into it, but it's not a high priority. Since SSH is a standard protocol, couldn't we just use OpenSSH despite whatever implementation of SSH they're using on their end? I know my boss doesn't care, his favorite phrase is, "We like free." (But we use Windows NT for everything but our accounting system... Go fig.)
You forgot "indivisible." Windows isn't modular, remember? :)
If putting up a publicly accessible server, offering user accounts to anyone who signs up, and even allowing people who have no account to post as Anonymous Coward, does not constitute Slashdot's consent to undertake the burden of allowing someone's post, then what does?
The article is kinda skimpy on details. Vaporware? It would be nice to know how fast this drive is. Anyone by chance know?
Yes, which requires constantly re-syncing the devices. The devices will probably often go out of sync from people manually controlling the devices on the faceplate. It sounds cumbersome to me. I understand that it also has the ability to do every function of a device, but where is the button for it? Do you have to browse through some tedious LCD menu to get to it?
The "activity-based" model for this remote reminds me too much of the "Wizards" Microsoft is famous for... Nice in concept but more confusing in practice. This remote claims that when you choose an activity, for instance "Watch a DVD", everything will be turned on and set to the right function. How does the remote know the state of a device? When trying to toggle the DVD player on, it may inadvertently toggle it off. Then what do you do when you can't control individual functions, being left with mostly activity buttons?
If people who originally purchased Replay TV bought it with the expectation that it would not track their viewing habits, aren't they entitled to have the product function in the same manner in which they purchased it? Does the fact that this PVR is required to track you and others don't (possibly resulting in a consumer exodus to the competition) mean that this court order would affect Sonic Blue's profitability? Would Disney, et. al. then use this information to send threatening cease-and-decist letters to indivdual users who are "stealing" their programming?
40 billion dollars will buy the entire airline industry twice over, but it will only buy 23 space shuttles? Wow, does that include the costs involved in launching and manning it? Maybe it would be a better idea to give 1 billion people $40.
At what point does the old machine become a completely new machine, and not just an upgrade of the old machine? If he's recycling half the machine, he's still retaining a lot of the machine the original Win2k license came with, especially the most important part: the case with the OEM name badge and the license sticker on the side.
My mistake, you're right. Morpheus is the only one descended from Gnucleus' code base. It's on Gnucleus' news page.
If you want Kazaa without Spyware, why not use Gnucleus? Gnucleus is the open-source client that Kazaa and Morpheus are directly descended from. Get it here.
If virus source code is outlawed, then only outlaws will have virus source code. Is making it illegal really going to have a chilling effect for those who really want it? Maybe if it was outlawed we'd be trading malicious code on Kazaa. Oh wait a minute...
That might not be too far off. Large cities create a "heat island" effect from the heat generated by all the businesses and residences, etc. Temperatures are a few degrees Fahrenheit warmer in large cities than in surrounding, more sparsely populated areas.
Serving documents by snail mail is acceptable because it's a federal crime to open someone else's mail. If I open the document, it's mine. It's not a federal crime to open someone else's e-mail. If it was opened, it was not necessarily by me. Also, despite that the court acknowledged that it's appropriate in situations where there is no physical address, I think this could easily become a slippery-slope issue.
The tech sector was elitist before it became mainstream because nobody understood the technology so it made us proud. Back then it was a problem. Now it's a necessity. Why? Because everything was fine when nobody that understood computers cared. Then somebody got that wild bug up their ass to convince everyone they needed computers. Not special computers that did just what they needed, ordinary PCs that were general purpose. They said "It doesn't work? It's too confusing Let's just fix it by making things simpler!" and when they couldn't fix it everyone said "Why doesn't it work?! Why is it so confusing?!" It's because general purpose computers were never designed for special purpose jobs. When you make them simpler it removes their power and flexibility. When you make them more flexible they become more confusing. We need to hurry up and get "idiot box" information devices for ma and pa working so they can forget about using general purpose computers. That will solve a lot of problems.
Could you not easily hack your equipment by putting an inline capacitor on the annode side of your LEDs? Just a small one so that the light will blink once per packet, not once per bit.
I know for most of us Internet Explorer support is rather unimportant... But it will make a difference in whether or not this plugin will gain wide support. The more Blender support you can get, the merrier.
Originally they were going to call it the "Peter Northwood"
The post office is required to support itself through its revenue. One example of advertising they use to supplement their revenue is the advertisements for U-Haul, and other local services found in the "Mover's Guide" booklet that comes with the change of address form. Even the online version of Mover's Guide has guides to finding cable or satellite service, high-speed Internet service, long distance, etc.
So what you're saying is since all DSL providers are crooked and backwards we should lower our standards and not expect anything at all? I think that's how Micorosft got to be where they are. Of course, we are talking about Qwest here. I have personally experienced all the usual Qwest tactics:
- Telemarketing to their own customers (they call "just to see how your service is doing" and then try to sell you something)
- Charging fees that should not be charged (the "free installation" for DSL was not free until I caught the charge and had to call them to get it off)
- Since I have Qwest DSL I am now also in this MSN predicament.
- I cancelled my long distance service and what do they do when someone makes a long distance call from my phone? Choose a provider for me and complete the call anyway. I had to pay a $15 fee just to block all LD calls! That was after $300 in damage was done.