True dat. Nvidia owns it up because they have rocksolid (and universal drivers) for their product line. ATI has hacked together pieces of crap that won't function worth beans. Does anyone remember when the first ATI Rage 128 came out? And the "disappearing toolbar" bug, along with the "disappearing icons" bug? Those were great. And now we have to deal with the bugs of the multimedia center. (which I still cannot get to capture at 720x480, even on my 2.2GHz P4 and RAID0 drives)
Wrong. The Creative board uses a true hardware MPEG2 encoding/decoding chip. The ATI boards do not have "hardware assistance" when encoding to MPEG2, but they do have "hardware assistance" when decoding, as do many cards.
Or you can go straight from S-Video/Composite/Audio into a DV format using a Sony DVMC-DA1 Media Converter or a Dazzle Hollywood DV Bridge -- but I would use the Sony so you don't have to deal with hooking it up to your PC. The Sony box will even convert DV back out to S-Video/Composite/Audio!
This is a video driver issue. Most major video output chipsets on the market have hacks out there that allow you to disable Macrovision when displaying video out to your TV/etc.
The problems you describe (popping/skipping) were all mainly due to chipset/hardware conflicts *cough*VIA*cough* with the SBLive! card. Newer/better motherboard chipsets don't have these problems, and I myself have never seen the problem occur.
The Video Blaster Digital VCR comes with a remote as well, and does hardware encoding/decoding of MPEG2 video. The All-In-Wonder cards do not. They use software, and therefore chew up a lot more CPU cycles and have lesser quality.
This seems a bit ignorant. Just because they aren't catering to your choice of OS (which you are CHOOSING, mind you) doesn't mean they are being discriminate against you.
You can always dualboot a small copy of Win2k or ME, you know. Then after you're done surfing the web and viewing your streaming content, you can go back to loonix or whatever it is you use.
It cracks me up that BSD/Linix/etc. people will whine so much about not being able to see the same stuff "M$" people can see. That's YOUR choice. You're limiting yourself there.
Even though the X-box is supposed to have superior hardware, I havn't seen any remarkable difference between its graphics and the PS2/Gamecube.
Obviously you haven't played Halo. Neither the GameCube or PS2 could produce such graphics at that level of complexity or quality. And neither the PS2 or GameCube can support 5.1 audio in a video game, as well as countless other features.
Unless they find some real innovative ways to exploit the hardware advantages (notably the presence of a Hard Drive) they're dead in the water.
They are already using the hard drive for some cool stuff. Most games cache a portion of itself to the hard drive to speed up/eliminate load times, not to mention the ability to rip WMA's to the hard drive in order to use them in your games as a soundtrack. And not to mention the hard drive eliminating the need for lame-ass memory carts.
Myst is just one simple part of the storyline. There were three novels written based on the D'ni and their history, and there is a lot of depth to be covered there. I suggest you at least go pick up a copy of "The Book of Atrus". So no, this isn't a "game to movie" situation.
What's more, the mere existence of all this background is a serious strait-jacket to anyone developing a movie script. They must tell a compelling story while not clashing with all that stuff!!!
How is any of the novels a "strait-jacket" for future stories? It isn't like the last novel assumes that's it. It leaves everything open and up in the air. I'm not understanding your point. Do you have some examples?
attempts to avoid revealing info that spoils the game
The novels do not do this, so I wouldn't assume that the movie would do so either. Even so, hasn't everyone played Myst/Riven?
Basically I don't understand a lot of your points, they just don't seem valid to me. If things are planned out, this could be an awesome mini-series/tv-movie.
He wants an entire remote/virtual desktop. VNC will allow you to remotely administrate a machine, but it's not much good beyond that. Terminal Services in NT will do what he's asking, and most likely there's a loonix/unix counterpart. He wants one centralized location for his "virtual" (as in over the internet) desktop that he can connect to anywhere.
So use your brain before posting a reply with "VNC!" all over it. Yeah, it's that lump located two feet above your ass.
I've been using the Steam system for the past 4 months or so now doing beta testing for the next version of Counter-Strike. Steam stores a "cached" copy of each game you play somewhere on your hard drive. You're able to tell it where, and how much you want to cache. You can cache an ENTIRE game to your hard disk. Also, you can leave the Steam client running in the background/system tray, and it can synchronize your cache for you automagically while you're doing other stuff. If you play a game whose cache hasn't yet been built, the initial load takes a min or two, then you are at the main menu. Going into a level also takes another minute or two, but after that, it's totally smooth.
In Half-Life, I am able to modify files and add spraypaints for CS just like I was before, and the Stream system doesn't care. It works fine.
As for the login procedure, the Steam client pops up asking your username (or e-mail address) and your password. And as for usage statistics, I have no way of checking this, but to my knowledge they are not monitoring any of the things you listed, other than maybe what portions of the game I downloaded at what time.
Or, if you want to go back even farther, the Intellivision console in 1981 had the "PlayCable", which was a system that offered new games every month (over CABLE, no less) for you to play. Check out the linkage here.
Hollywood+/Creative DXR3 use the same chipset, and they both have Macrovision support. The Hollywood+ is easier to disable Macrovision for than the DXR3 is (I don't know why, maybe drivers?).. at least in Windows. I don't know what the case is in Loonix.
You sir, are retarded. You have to actually ACTIVATE the voice recognition features, either through the language toolbar or a keyboard shortcut. Either way, you installed voice recognition and enabled it somehow. If you don't want it, uninstall it. Pretty simple. That's what the whole "Custom Install" option is for.
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True dat. Nvidia owns it up because they have rocksolid (and universal drivers) for their product line. ATI has hacked together pieces of crap that won't function worth beans. Does anyone remember when the first ATI Rage 128 came out? And the "disappearing toolbar" bug, along with the "disappearing icons" bug? Those were great. And now we have to deal with the bugs of the multimedia center. (which I still cannot get to capture at 720x480, even on my 2.2GHz P4 and RAID0 drives)
Wrong. The Creative board uses a true hardware MPEG2 encoding/decoding chip. The ATI boards do not have "hardware assistance" when encoding to MPEG2, but they do have "hardware assistance" when decoding, as do many cards.
Or you can go straight from S-Video/Composite/Audio into a DV format using a Sony DVMC-DA1 Media Converter or a Dazzle Hollywood DV Bridge -- but I would use the Sony so you don't have to deal with hooking it up to your PC. The Sony box will even convert DV back out to S-Video/Composite/Audio!
This is a video driver issue. Most major video output chipsets on the market have hacks out there that allow you to disable Macrovision when displaying video out to your TV/etc.
The problems you describe (popping/skipping) were all mainly due to chipset/hardware conflicts *cough*VIA*cough* with the SBLive! card. Newer/better motherboard chipsets don't have these problems, and I myself have never seen the problem occur.
The Video Blaster Digital VCR comes with a remote as well, and does hardware encoding/decoding of MPEG2 video. The All-In-Wonder cards do not. They use software, and therefore chew up a lot more CPU cycles and have lesser quality.
Yes, but it's still software encoding/decoding, which uses a lot more processor than a dedicated hardware solution (and is of lower quality).
Well, had you checked, you'd see that WinXP Pro full edition is around $120, and WinME is around $90. Don't tell me that's expensive.
"you site is a little descrimitory"
This seems a bit ignorant. Just because they aren't catering to your choice of OS (which you are CHOOSING, mind you) doesn't mean they are being discriminate against you.
You can always dualboot a small copy of Win2k or ME, you know. Then after you're done surfing the web and viewing your streaming content, you can go back to loonix or whatever it is you use.
It cracks me up that BSD/Linix/etc. people will whine so much about not being able to see the same stuff "M$" people can see. That's YOUR choice. You're limiting yourself there.
Even though the X-box is supposed to have superior hardware, I havn't seen any remarkable difference between its graphics and the PS2/Gamecube.
Obviously you haven't played Halo. Neither the GameCube or PS2 could produce such graphics at that level of complexity or quality. And neither the PS2 or GameCube can support 5.1 audio in a video game, as well as countless other features.
Unless they find some real innovative ways to exploit the hardware advantages (notably the presence of a Hard Drive) they're dead in the water.
They are already using the hard drive for some cool stuff. Most games cache a portion of itself to the hard drive to speed up/eliminate load times, not to mention the ability to rip WMA's to the hard drive in order to use them in your games as a soundtrack. And not to mention the hard drive eliminating the need for lame-ass memory carts.
Myst is just one simple part of the storyline. There were three novels written based on the D'ni and their history, and there is a lot of depth to be covered there. I suggest you at least go pick up a copy of "The Book of Atrus". So no, this isn't a "game to movie" situation.
What's more, the mere existence of all this background is a serious strait-jacket to anyone developing a movie script. They must tell a compelling story while not clashing with all that stuff!!!
How is any of the novels a "strait-jacket" for future stories? It isn't like the last novel assumes that's it. It leaves everything open and up in the air. I'm not understanding your point. Do you have some examples?
attempts to avoid revealing info that spoils the game
The novels do not do this, so I wouldn't assume that the movie would do so either. Even so, hasn't everyone played Myst/Riven?
Basically I don't understand a lot of your points, they just don't seem valid to me. If things are planned out, this could be an awesome mini-series/tv-movie.
whoever posted this topic should be FIRED.
Back To The Future is definitely coming to DVD, and very soon. Same with Indy. Star Wars is another matter though..
He wants an entire remote/virtual desktop. VNC will allow you to remotely administrate a machine, but it's not much good beyond that. Terminal Services in NT will do what he's asking, and most likely there's a loonix/unix counterpart. He wants one centralized location for his "virtual" (as in over the internet) desktop that he can connect to anywhere.
So use your brain before posting a reply with "VNC!" all over it. Yeah, it's that lump located two feet above your ass.
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Those scanned barcodes, not magnetic stripes.
Heh. I loved that too. "Why can't we bunny hop anymore!? This is gay!"
Along with a ton of other things, like them finally fixing the aiming problems and hitbox problems..
I've been using the Steam system for the past 4 months or so now doing beta testing for the next version of Counter-Strike. Steam stores a "cached" copy of each game you play somewhere on your hard drive. You're able to tell it where, and how much you want to cache. You can cache an ENTIRE game to your hard disk. Also, you can leave the Steam client running in the background/system tray, and it can synchronize your cache for you automagically while you're doing other stuff. If you play a game whose cache hasn't yet been built, the initial load takes a min or two, then you are at the main menu. Going into a level also takes another minute or two, but after that, it's totally smooth.
In Half-Life, I am able to modify files and add spraypaints for CS just like I was before, and the Stream system doesn't care. It works fine.
As for the login procedure, the Steam client pops up asking your username (or e-mail address) and your password. And as for usage statistics, I have no way of checking this, but to my knowledge they are not monitoring any of the things you listed, other than maybe what portions of the game I downloaded at what time.
Or, if you want to go back even farther, the Intellivision console in 1981 had the "PlayCable", which was a system that offered new games every month (over CABLE, no less) for you to play. Check out the linkage here.
Hollywood+/Creative DXR3 use the same chipset, and they both have Macrovision support. The Hollywood+ is easier to disable Macrovision for than the DXR3 is (I don't know why, maybe drivers?).. at least in Windows. I don't know what the case is in Loonix.
That's not Macrovision. That sounds like a problem with bad video drivers. Lemme guess.. ATi?
As opposed to the stolen one from Mexico you're currently using ??
I don't get it.
You sir, are retarded. You have to actually ACTIVATE the voice recognition features, either through the language toolbar or a keyboard shortcut. Either way, you installed voice recognition and enabled it somehow. If you don't want it, uninstall it. Pretty simple. That's what the whole "Custom Install" option is for.
Sheesh.
That impression of Letterman sucked! The only person who can pull it off well is Norm MacDonald.. but SNL fired him long ago. Bastards.
April 17th..