"Ed Fries, vice president of games publishing at Microsoft, said he welcomed the news, although he said the company has no immediate plans to produce versions of any of its own Xbox games for the arcade platform."
If this is the case, why are they making X-Box compatible hardware if the games still have to be ported? Furthermore... ported to what?
I live in holland and we have the exact same problem here, I tried to get some machines for the elemtary school of a friend of mine, which failed for the exact same reason you just pointed out.
The only way to do this seems to be this : Let them throw the computers out, officialy(ie put them in a box on the outside of the building) and just pick them up later.
It's not the cleanest way of doing thigs but it worked for me...
BTW I think the "red-tape" has a lot to do with tax issues, I don't know too much about it but that's what I've understood of the whole thing...
hope this helps!
thisis a very nice linux boardgame. It's not real-time and has a very simple user interface. It's networked and can be played with 2-4 players.
IRL this is one of my favorite games and me and my friends now play it over internet from time to time.
I hope you like it,
It shouldn't be called GNU/HURD or anything because GNU was originally the name of the entire OS, "GNU is Not Unix". Not the name of a software group, that name is "the Free Software Foundation".
Linux was used in GNU because the GNU people made an almost OS, the only thing they where missing was a kernel, which Linus made.
So there are 2 names possible here: just plain old "GNU" or maybe "DEBIAN GNU" (as the in SuSE Linux)
To top this all off : a quote from the GNU homepage : Welcome to the GNU Project web server, www.gnu.org. The GNU Project was launched in 1984 to develop a complete Unix-like operating system which is free software: the GNU system. (GNU is a recursive acronym for ``GNU's Not Unix''; it is pronounced "guh-NEW".) Variants of the GNU operating system, which use the kernel Linux, are now widely used; though these systems are often referred to as ``Linux'', they are more accurately called GNU/Linux systems.
On the other hand retaining binary compatibility like microsoft has will eventually end in buggy things like "WIN16 VM" "DOS VM" and other nasty things that make microsoft software the crap it is.
I hate (and when I say hate I mean HATE) microsoft software for the software as well as for the way they are "dealing" with competitors but if they would just throw out ALL DOS support and WIN16 support out of their next release of windows then they MIGHT be able to make a remotly stable system...
We (at linux here) don't have that problem because every distributer has the source to all apps and can recomile if needed, plus that home-users (ok maybe the power users) can do this themselves when they have this really cool space invaders clone written in 1992 that they want to run on glibc10.90
argh... too much coffee, time to do something useful, going to switch the backup tapes now;-)
I dislike Intel for the (one) of the reasons I dislike microsoft: Their marketing campaign "intel inside" People thhought (or think) that "intel" isn't a brand of processors but some kind of quality insurance.
There's nothing wrong with a good campaign (hey Macdonalds got big that way;-) ) but I HATE campaigns where people are lead to believe something about computers that is generally not true. They thrive on the un-knowingness of the average user (not that that is the user's fault)
ow yeah BTW I put that remark in because I thought it was funny, nut because I feel "superiour" and it was defenetly not the point I was trying to make...
my 2 cents
I've been an AMD fan ever since, erm well always actually even my 486 was an AMD;-)
I really think AMD will have te expect some problems with this. Back in the good old days (r) of the pentium and the cyrix 6x86 I worked in a computer store and we also sold cyrix computers to customers that didn't want too spend too much money (so sue me)
Very often people came back because they saw that their Cyrix PR200+ wasn't actually running on 200Mhz and demanded a refund (which they didn't get ofcourse) we had to explain the whole thing and it costed us a lot of time
That's why we stopped selling them back then
Another thing is that the semi-geeks (the dudes that THINK they are geek but basically know nothing) won't buy them because "they are already overclocked"
I?ve just read this article and to my disgust this looks very real. I do get the feeling that there is something very wrong with these ant-terrorist bills. It seems to me that they are abusing the situation somewhat to ?sneak in? other little rules that some people wanted a long time.
I quote ?If the current version of the USA Act becomes law, the RIAA believes, it could outlaw attempts by copyright holders to break into and disable pirate FTP or websites or peer-to-peer networks.?
I am sorry but isn?t that outlawed already? I really think the RIAA is going to far this time, because IMHO they are abusing the situation to legalize something that?s illegal already!!
Plus what if they succeed? And they do actually delete all files on your hard drive (as pointed out in the article) where can you go and claim your money?? Who can you sue? You probably can?t prove that there was 10 years of work on your hard drive, as they can?t prove that you had those ?offending? MP3?s on your system? this has the potential of becoming a BIG mess
If this won't help bringing linux to the desktop, what will?? you can give them every right you want... For them to enforce it, you'll HAVE to be running windows!;-)
I am not actually an expert on the subject but (quote) A tiny battery positively charges one side of the flexible material and the other negatively. As the material is compressed and released ? such as by the foot pressure generated during walking ? the distance between the positive and negative sides change, which in turn creates electricity.
From what I can remember from science class this seems to have something to do with electro-magnetism.... and for I guess it uses the battery to make the initial electro magnetic field... PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong;-)
I see possibilities here... you could let your children walk around, as a choir or punishment... "You've been a very bad boy jimmy, go rechare daddies cell"
I like the idea but, they aren't the first (as mentioned before) and they have one marketing flaw: they are ugly as hell Plus you'll need a Magnifying glass to actually READ your mail...
back to the drawing board guys
I think this is a good short-term solution for the latency problems but I personally wouldn't include it in the main kernel releases. I believe that it *might* be a good idea to fork the kernel releases (temorarily) in two groups: One for servers and one for workstations until the problems have been solved.
I think that (for now) using this patch on workstations is a pretty good idea. And I think that there should be a better solution for the problem witch should THEN be something along the lines of kernel 3.0
I am not a kernel developer or anything, but I am currently reading up on the source and the mailing lists.
Basically all I am trying to say is: Make it work NOW and solve the real problem later. Just make sure that is WILL be solved... (no microsoft coding ways here;-)). We still need a larger user base...
I have some mixed feelings about this, it is good that I can run diablo 2 on linux (I really want that because now I can't play it at all) . On the other hand this might be the well knows "OS/2" effect
Because the win16 support of OS/2 was so good no company made native OS/2 programs... and we all know what happened to OS/2... don't we?
Why can't we all just stick with our OS and wait a little while for Loki to port it?? If and IF we BUY games instead of pirating them like most windows players do. Gaming industries will make more games faster.
I am very sorry... but what's new in this article?? "Buy the fastest stuff"... I never thought of that...
The only nice thing about it is the last line about ESR
Why didn't IBM think of this themselves? This sounds a bit too much like Wintel's ideas of forcing computer upgrades...
this is in no way intended as a troll or flame just an observation
If they push this too much you could get some interesting results
In SIN you could hit on that evil chick (what's her name) (always wanted to do that), Not to mention duke nukem;-)
I was referring to WORM virusses, not IUV's (Ignorant User Virusses)
WORM virusses spread THEMSELVES... they do not require stupid users to spread them...
what I was TRYING to say is most home-users won't patch their systems if they are "only" routers.
read up on your virusses
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"Ed Fries, vice president of games publishing at Microsoft, said he welcomed the news, although he said the company has no immediate plans to produce versions of any of its own Xbox games for the arcade platform."
If this is the case, why are they making X-Box compatible hardware if the games still have to be ported? Furthermore... ported to what?
YES!!! finially!!! BSOD's while playing on an arcarde!!!!
I live in holland and we have the exact same problem here, I tried to get some machines for the elemtary school of a friend of mine, which failed for the exact same reason you just pointed out.
The only way to do this seems to be this : Let them throw the computers out, officialy(ie put them in a box on the outside of the building) and just pick them up later.
It's not the cleanest way of doing thigs but it worked for me...
BTW I think the "red-tape" has a lot to do with tax issues, I don't know too much about it but that's what I've understood of the whole thing...
hope this helps!
thisis a very nice linux boardgame. It's not real-time and has a very simple user interface. It's networked and can be played with 2-4 players.
IRL this is one of my favorite games and me and my friends now play it over internet from time to time.
I hope you like it,
It shouldn't be called GNU/HURD or anything because GNU was originally the name of the entire OS, "GNU is Not Unix". Not the name of a software group, that name is "the Free Software Foundation".
Linux was used in GNU because the GNU people made an almost OS, the only thing they where missing was a kernel, which Linus made.
So there are 2 names possible here: just plain old "GNU" or maybe "DEBIAN GNU" (as the in SuSE Linux)
To top this all off : a quote from the GNU homepage : Welcome to the GNU Project web server, www.gnu.org. The GNU Project was launched in 1984 to develop a complete Unix-like operating system which is free software: the GNU system. (GNU is a recursive acronym for ``GNU's Not Unix''; it is pronounced "guh-NEW".) Variants of the GNU operating system, which use the kernel Linux, are now widely used; though these systems are often referred to as ``Linux'', they are more accurately called GNU/Linux systems.
On the other hand retaining binary compatibility like microsoft has will eventually end in buggy things like "WIN16 VM" "DOS VM" and other nasty things that make microsoft software the crap it is.
;-)
I hate (and when I say hate I mean HATE) microsoft software for the software as well as for the way they are "dealing" with competitors but if they would just throw out ALL DOS support and WIN16 support out of their next release of windows then they MIGHT be able to make a remotly stable system...
We (at linux here) don't have that problem because every distributer has the source to all apps and can recomile if needed, plus that home-users (ok maybe the power users) can do this themselves when they have this really cool space invaders clone written in 1992 that they want to run on glibc10.90
argh... too much coffee, time to do something useful, going to switch the backup tapes now
I dislike Intel for the (one) of the reasons I dislike microsoft: Their marketing campaign "intel inside" People thhought (or think) that "intel" isn't a brand of processors but some kind of quality insurance. ;-) ) but I HATE campaigns where people are lead to believe something about computers that is generally not true. They thrive on the un-knowingness of the average user (not that that is the user's fault)
There's nothing wrong with a good campaign (hey Macdonalds got big that way
ow yeah BTW I put that remark in because I thought it was funny, nut because I feel "superiour" and it was defenetly not the point I was trying to make...
my 2 cents
I've been an AMD fan ever since, erm well always actually even my 486 was an AMD ;-)
I really think AMD will have te expect some problems with this. Back in the good old days (r) of the pentium and the cyrix 6x86 I worked in a computer store and we also sold cyrix computers to customers that didn't want too spend too much money (so sue me)
Very often people came back because they saw that their Cyrix PR200+ wasn't actually running on 200Mhz and demanded a refund (which they didn't get ofcourse) we had to explain the whole thing and it costed us a lot of time
That's why we stopped selling them back then
Another thing is that the semi-geeks (the dudes that THINK they are geek but basically know nothing) won't buy them because "they are already overclocked"
I?ve just read this article and to my disgust this looks very real. I do get the feeling that there is something very wrong with these ant-terrorist bills. It seems to me that they are abusing the situation somewhat to ?sneak in? other little rules that some people wanted a long time.
I quote ?If the current version of the USA Act becomes law, the RIAA believes, it could outlaw attempts by copyright holders to break into and disable pirate FTP or websites or peer-to-peer networks.?
I am sorry but isn?t that outlawed already? I really think the RIAA is going to far this time, because IMHO they are abusing the situation to legalize something that?s illegal already!!
Plus what if they succeed? And they do actually delete all files on your hard drive (as pointed out in the article) where can you go and claim your money?? Who can you sue? You probably can?t prove that there was 10 years of work on your hard drive, as they can?t prove that you had those ?offending? MP3?s on your system? this has the potential of becoming a BIG mess
If this won't help bringing linux to the desktop, what will?? you can give them every right you want... For them to enforce it, you'll HAVE to be running windows! ;-)
I found Wil's Filmography
I thought you might be interested... it is quite impressive actually
Since your site seems to be suffering for the "slashdot effect" what kind of connection do you have?? ;-)
It looks a bit like robotwars of which I always was a big fan.
;-)
ow wait... had to be said:
Imagine a beowulf cluster of those
Yeah, but that means you'll first have to walk around your car a few times in the morning before you can start it...
I am not actually an expert on the subject but (quote) A tiny battery positively charges one side of the flexible material and the other negatively. As the material is compressed and released ? such as by the foot pressure generated during walking ? the distance between the positive and negative sides change, which in turn creates electricity.
;-)
From what I can remember from science class this seems to have something to do with electro-magnetism.... and for I guess it uses the battery to make the initial electro magnetic field...
PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong
I see possibilities here... you could let your children walk around, as a choir or punishment...
"You've been a very bad boy jimmy, go rechare daddies cell"
You could make a shoe that smells your feet and applies deodorant when needed... wow
I like the idea but, they aren't the first (as mentioned before) and they have one marketing flaw:
they are ugly as hell Plus you'll need a Magnifying glass to actually READ your mail...
back to the drawing board guys
I think this is a good short-term solution for the latency problems but I personally wouldn't include it in the main kernel releases. I believe that it *might* be a good idea to fork the kernel releases (temorarily) in two groups: One for servers and one for workstations until the problems have been solved. ;-)). We still need a larger user base...
I think that (for now) using this patch on workstations is a pretty good idea. And I think that there should be a better solution for the problem witch should THEN be something along the lines of kernel 3.0
I am not a kernel developer or anything, but I am currently reading up on the source and the mailing lists.
Basically all I am trying to say is: Make it work NOW and solve the real problem later. Just make sure that is WILL be solved... (no microsoft coding ways here
Thank you, I was not aware of this. But I wonder, is it really OS/2? They describe it as something win16/DOS/OS/2 compatible OS kindof thing?
I have some mixed feelings about this, it is good that I can run diablo 2 on linux (I really want that because now I can't play it at all) . On the other hand this might be the well knows "OS/2" effect
Because the win16 support of OS/2 was so good no company made native OS/2 programs... and we all know what happened to OS/2... don't we?
Why can't we all just stick with our OS and wait a little while for Loki to port it?? If and IF we BUY games instead of pirating them like most windows players do. Gaming industries will make more games faster.
I am very sorry... but what's new in this article?? "Buy the fastest stuff"... I never thought of that...
The only nice thing about it is the last line about ESR
Why didn't IBM think of this themselves? This sounds a bit too much like Wintel's ideas of forcing computer upgrades...
this is in no way intended as a troll or flame just an observation
If they push this too much you could get some interesting results ;-)
In SIN you could hit on that evil chick (what's her name) (always wanted to do that), Not to mention duke nukem
I was referring to WORM virusses, not IUV's (Ignorant User Virusses) WORM virusses spread THEMSELVES... they do not require stupid users to spread them... what I was TRYING to say is most home-users won't patch their systems if they are "only" routers. read up on your virusses