The ability to jump 20 feet into the air has nothing to do with whether or not you're using a realistic physics model, just how much acceleration from gravity is present and how hard you jump.
Things don't need to be exactly as they are here on earth, but having 'no physics' I don't think would be very much fun.
Windows has never had the hard drives on the desktop, but rather in the "my computer", um, thing. Since most people use windows, I think this artical is a bit off...
X10 is actually a networking standard for home automation, not relating directly with the cybersquaters on X10.com. The people at X10.com used to sell that stuff (and even advertise on slashdot), but since then they've moved onto crappy cameras and mountains and mountains of SPAM (to go a long with side dish of popups, of course)
There are other places online where you can buy home-automation without feeding the evil spam-spewing beast. I'm to lazy to look them up at the moment now, try google.
The fact of the matter is, so-called "high-end" Creative Labs cards are the "Monster Cables" of the sound card industry. Sure, they look nice and cost a lot, but they're not noticeably better than a standard PCI
Well, that's the thing, the aren't that expensive. You can get a live for like $20 now. And for me the digital output (fiber optic) is nice because I used to live in a dorm room with a ton of interference.
Also, you're ISA card is dragging your whole system down with it. running anything on the ISA bus hampers the rest of the computers performance immensely.
Sony is working on/released a digital audio standard with a 2.8mhz sample rate and one bit per sample. The way it works, if the bit's zero it goes down, if it's one it goes up. You can encode any analog signal with it, with no restrictions on volume.
but Asperger's syndrome wasn't included as a separate disorder until the fourth edition in 1994.
Asperger's syndrom is only now beginning to be recognized. Of course it's going to seem to be 'on the upswing' because it's being detected more.
I think you'll find higher concentrations in 'geeky' places, not only because parents with it will likely have kids with it, but also because geeks are more aware of it because they've heard 'geekyness = asperger's' etc. and would learn about it and be able to better diagnose it in their children.
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there is no way Sony are putting 100,000 GT3 disks in a warehouse in case somebody like me scratches one.
Why not, it's not like each disk costs them very much.
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GDROM uses the same laser as a CD rom drive.
If you had a CD-rom drive with the right firmware you could read it easily
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If Sony started selling a $200 more expensive version of the PS2 with the mod chip already installed, I'd be willing to bet they would make more money on game consoles than from games.
I will not buy a PS2 until I can backup my game collection.
And I'm sure game developers would just love working with the system. You'd need to add another $500 subsidy to all the dev houses for lost revenue if you wanted them to continue developing. Now you're out $700. vs $20 for a mod chip.
I will not buy a PS2 until I can backup my game collection.
I'm sure sony cares, I really do (btw, those disks have warrantees)
Actualy the stockholder report linked indicates that sony makes a profit on each playstation sold because of the average number of games sold with it. If that number were to go below a certan level, then sony would no longer be making a profit.
Anyway, gord is a zelotous moron. Please don't take anything off his website as 'fact'
Look, I don't like the DMCA or whatever, but what I really can't stand are morons. As you clearly are. to wit, the poster said:
Sony is shutting down UK modchip distributors, and we have no such law here
Emphasis mine. Clearly, 'here' refers to the UK. The UK is not a part of the US. the DMCA is an American law. Therefore (making that last tenuous connection for you) Nothing he could ever do could fall "under" the DMCA. While England may have a similar law, he said they didn't. Brining up the DMCA does nothing aside from outing yourself as a complete fucking idiot.
how about I blame you for being a fucking illiterate moron?
Maybe, but a device that routes around regional encoding (like these mod chips) is definitely forbidden by the DMCA. Therefore, its uses are by no means "legit," even if "legal."
The DMCA forbids the use of devices that break copy control and copy control only. It says absolutely nothing about region encoding. Perhaps you should actually, like, read the law before spouting off about it.
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Except the EULA printed on the back of the box: "Licensed for use only with products bearing the PlayStation logo and [NTSC|U/C] designation." Any other use violates the patents on the PlayStation hardware.
Jesus, you can't make up laws just by printing them, you fucking idiot. People aren't 'licensing' the box when they buy it the store, they are buying it.
God damnit, where the fuck do people get these idiotic ideas!? Import games illegal? out of region DVDs illegal? WTF?! Despite what you might think, and what I'm sure the RIAA and MPAA would love, the law does not exist solely to increase corporate profits.
Now that's rich. "I mean, geez, if Pac Bell doesn't want me phone phreaking, why did they _sell_ me a phone line? Come on, Pac Bell, lighten up!".
They don't sell you a phone line, they put a wire to your house so that they can sell you service. You can actualy buy a phone line of your own (a direct hardwired connection from one place to another) and do whatever you want with it. It generaly costs a lot of money.
If sony didn't want people dicking with their hardware, they could have leased it.
Slashdot.com points to the same machine now, I've seen that 'mistake' a lot lately, but really they aren't technically wrong. And slashdot is a commercial organization. Slashdot's 'historic' domain name may be 'slashdot.org' but 'slashdot.com' points to the right place and is really a better fit, these days.
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Actualy, its not that great, although the irony of you actualy getting first post makes it a bit humourous :P
How is this a troll?
Hrm. Seems my last five comments have each been modded down one point. Fortunetly for me, I could care less.
Half life is based on a heavily modified quake 1 engine with some quake2 code thrown in for good mesure.
The ability to jump 20 feet into the air has nothing to do with whether or not you're using a realistic physics model, just how much acceleration from gravity is present and how hard you jump.
Things don't need to be exactly as they are here on earth, but having 'no physics' I don't think would be very much fun.
Windows NT/2k's spanning works across multiple sizes. I've got an 80 and 160 gig drive connected together for one giant 240gig drive :)
Windows has never had the hard drives on the desktop, but rather in the "my computer", um, thing. Since most people use windows, I think this artical is a bit off...
X10 is actually a networking standard for home automation, not relating directly with the cybersquaters on X10.com. The people at X10.com used to sell that stuff (and even advertise on slashdot), but since then they've moved onto crappy cameras and mountains and mountains of SPAM (to go a long with side dish of popups, of course)
There are other places online where you can buy home-automation without feeding the evil spam-spewing beast. I'm to lazy to look them up at the moment now, try google.
so i can play 2 diff mp3 streams to 2 diff amps in two diff room simultaneously (i used 2 pcs atm.)
Why not just buy two sound cards?
The fact of the matter is, so-called "high-end" Creative Labs cards are the "Monster Cables" of the sound card industry. Sure, they look nice and cost a lot, but they're not noticeably better than a standard PCI
Well, that's the thing, the aren't that expensive. You can get a live for like $20 now. And for me the digital output (fiber optic) is nice because I used to live in a dorm room with a ton of interference.
Also, you're ISA card is dragging your whole system down with it. running anything on the ISA bus hampers the rest of the computers performance immensely.
Sony is working on/released a digital audio standard with a 2.8mhz sample rate and one bit per sample. The way it works, if the bit's zero it goes down, if it's one it goes up. You can encode any analog signal with it, with no restrictions on volume.
ISA is slooow. ISA slows down your system. IIRC, quake 1 does all of its own sound processing regardless of what synth you have.
From the artical:
but Asperger's syndrome wasn't included as a separate disorder until the fourth edition in 1994.
Asperger's syndrom is only now beginning to be recognized. Of course it's going to seem to be 'on the upswing' because it's being detected more.
I think you'll find higher concentrations in 'geeky' places, not only because parents with it will likely have kids with it, but also because geeks are more aware of it because they've heard 'geekyness = asperger's' etc. and would learn about it and be able to better diagnose it in their children.
there is no way Sony are putting 100,000 GT3 disks in a warehouse in case somebody like me scratches one.
Why not, it's not like each disk costs them very much.
GDROM uses the same laser as a CD rom drive.
If you had a CD-rom drive with the right firmware you could read it easily
If Sony started selling a $200 more expensive version of the PS2 with the mod chip already installed, I'd be willing to bet they would make more money on game consoles than from games.
I will not buy a PS2 until I can backup my game collection.
And I'm sure game developers would just love working with the system. You'd need to add another $500 subsidy to all the dev houses for lost revenue if you wanted them to continue developing. Now you're out $700. vs $20 for a mod chip.
I will not buy a PS2 until I can backup my game collection.
I'm sure sony cares, I really do (btw, those disks have warrantees)
there now exists legal precedent for using the DMCA. Before, it could've been hairy..
Thats all fantastic speculation there, save for the fact this is going down IN ENGLAND!!!!!!!
I cant believe you managed to type so much based on absolutely nothing
Boy is our world messed up.
Is this the first time you've noticed this?
Actualy the stockholder report linked indicates that sony makes a profit on each playstation sold because of the average number of games sold with it. If that number were to go below a certan level, then sony would no longer be making a profit.
Anyway, gord is a zelotous moron. Please don't take anything off his website as 'fact'
(my gaffe).
Since you accepted responsibility, I retract my previous flame. We all make errors at some point.
Look, I don't like the DMCA or whatever, but what I really can't stand are morons. As you clearly are. to wit, the poster said:
Sony is shutting down UK modchip distributors, and we have no such law here
Emphasis mine. Clearly, 'here' refers to the UK. The UK is not a part of the US. the DMCA is an American law. Therefore (making that last tenuous connection for you) Nothing he could ever do could fall "under" the DMCA. While England may have a similar law, he said they didn't. Brining up the DMCA does nothing aside from outing yourself as a complete fucking idiot.
how about I blame you for being a fucking illiterate moron?
Maybe, but a device that routes around regional encoding (like these mod chips) is definitely forbidden by the DMCA. Therefore, its uses are by no means "legit," even if "legal."
The DMCA forbids the use of devices that break copy control and copy control only. It says absolutely nothing about region encoding. Perhaps you should actually, like, read the law before spouting off about it.
Except the EULA printed on the back of the box: "Licensed for use only with products bearing the PlayStation logo and [NTSC|U/C] designation." Any other use violates the patents on the PlayStation hardware.
Jesus, you can't make up laws just by printing them, you fucking idiot. People aren't 'licensing' the box when they buy it the store, they are buying it.
God damnit, where the fuck do people get these idiotic ideas!? Import games illegal? out of region DVDs illegal? WTF?! Despite what you might think, and what I'm sure the RIAA and MPAA would love, the law does not exist solely to increase corporate profits.
Now that's rich. "I mean, geez, if Pac Bell doesn't want me phone phreaking, why did they _sell_ me a phone line? Come on, Pac Bell, lighten up!".
They don't sell you a phone line, they put a wire to your house so that they can sell you service. You can actualy buy a phone line of your own (a direct hardwired connection from one place to another) and do whatever you want with it. It generaly costs a lot of money.
If sony didn't want people dicking with their hardware, they could have leased it.
Slashdot.com points to the same machine now, I've seen that 'mistake' a lot lately, but really they aren't technically wrong. And slashdot is a commercial organization. Slashdot's 'historic' domain name may be 'slashdot.org' but 'slashdot.com' points to the right place and is really a better fit, these days.