All of the Sega Sports games I've owned (NBA 2003 being the latest) have all offered the opportunity for two players on one team (in fact, you might be able to get up to four, I'd have to check). They're also some of the best sports games I've ever played.
Also, the upcoming Mario Kart for GameCube will allow a co-op mode, where one player will control the kart and the other will aim and shoot the powerups. Check out the preview over at IGN. The previews make it seem like it should be pretty cool!
Although the controller looked terrible, it actually felt great. It was contoured on the bottom, and at least my hands fit it perfectly (I believe I was in 6th or 7th grade at the time).
I never owned a Jaguar, but I used to go over to a buddy's house to play Alien Vs. Predator all the time, still one of my all time favorite console games.
Actually, they're not an exception at all. In fact, their recording policy pretty much sucks (it basically says you have to hand hold the mics and run directly into a recording device, no preamps or anything else). There are TONS of bands out right now that support audio recording, and most of them have nowhere near the popularity Pearl Jam has (I can only think of DMB and Phish that are more popular than PJ that allow recording).
Check out Etree.org, they are all about the legal trading of music. There are tons of bands on their site. There's also Archive.org, and FurtherNet. Just because you don't hear about bands like this all the time, doesn't mean that they're not out there.
First, the devices are not made by Core Sound, they're made by Sound Devices. Core Sound was only mentioned because of their PDA recorder which was mentioned here recently. And yes, generally their products are crap and most of the time they're just vaporware, never even being released.
Second, they are not limited to two hours of recording. They are, however, limited to 2 gigabytes for each wav file, but this is a limitation of the format, not of the device. It appears that the devices also record in.bwf files, which they state are uncompressed. I assume that this is to get around the 2 gig limit.
Most of us that do record live concerts think that they have excellent potential. The only reason anyone is thinking twice about them is because of the preamp built in and whether or not it's at the same level as a MiniMe or a Lunatec V3.
This device looks so good that the RIAA might try to make it illegal
This is one of the dumbest statements I've read all day. Why would the RIAA give a rats ass about this device? It offers nothing more than PC's can already do. On top of this, it is not a consumer device, so the chance of Joe Blow getting his hands on one (or even figuring out where to buy one) are slim.
This device is meant for location recording. It'll work great for those of us that record live audio, as we'll no longer have to a) carry around laptops or b) spend time converting from formats like DAT. Some people are a little weary of it, however, due to the fact that no one has heard the preamp it uses (but most assume that it's the same as the MP2).
Oh, and if you want to check out the official website and not a vendor's site, here it is.
I know, I'm currently attending a public university, and budget cuts have hit us hard. But I wonder if the school would front the bill or if some other part of the government could shell it out... Even better, make it a project for the law students.:)
Especially if it's a public University. Who better to go up against the RIAA than the Government (well, money wise that is)?
This probably is the best solution, though. Don't be malicious in your email, but inform them that you are not responsible for what individuals do on your network. Let them handle the end user if they want to.
The new 800Mhz replaces the previous 700Mhz as the low end iBook. You probably have a combo drive in your 800, well the new 800 only comes with a CD-ROM (as well as a few other changes to make it the low end).
You can disagree all you like, however you're still listening to an almost mp3-quality recording. Of course if you have a pair of DPA 4022s going into a Sony MD, it's going to sound better than a pair of core sound binaurals going into the same MD. However, you're still extremely limited by the format.
DAT's at least do 16/48 uncompressed, a MUCH better solution than MDs. With my laptop I can go up to 24/196 (although I hardly ever do that) uncompressed. The MD is 16/44.1 but compressed... Obviously it's better than nothing, it's not the best out there...
Most of the shows I tape at have signs like that out front. However, if the band allows it, the venue allows it (sometimes you have to inform the venue, always bring a copy of the band's taping policy). I'm in the DC area, and I've taped numerous times at the 9:30 Club, the Patriot Center, the Nissan Pavilion (read: small club, arena, and amphitheater) and many other venues outside of that area.
First, MDs suck for live audio recording. Why? Because it compresses the audio in a lossy method (just like mp3's). The MDs are the last in the line of quality, and this solution (although I don't think it will ever see the light of day, as it is Core Sound that's releasing it) would be much better than MD any day of the week.
And second, yes, you can tell the difference between 16/44.1 and 24/192. Try listening to a SACD or a DVD-A and tell me they don't sound better than a CD.
Not many people will bring a laptop to a show that doesn't allow recording... I record onto my iBook, and I bring it to every concert I go to.
And bootlegging a concert isn't really the best way to describe it. Bootlegging is illegally selling the concert recordings. I have yet to meet a taper that does this, only people that get copies of the recordings and try to sell them after the fact... What we do is called taping.
Can you show me where the DVD-R is on that Dell? I couldn't configure it...
Also, you can't really compare the prices when you have XP Home edition selected as the OS. In no way does that compare to OS X. XP Pro might be a little closer, but not much.
Also, how about iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, where are they on the Dell? Oh wait, I forgot, they're Mac only.
Pricing out the computers, I don't get huge differences. And if you price out the 15" (which compares a little better to the Dell), the Apple ends up being cheaper. And besides, you'll have to wait until 4/10 for the Dell to ship. Some people are reporting the 17" PowerBooks shipping now...
all of which carry SUBSTANTIALLY stiffer penalties than pick-pocketing
And as demonstrated by the murder rate in the US, we all know that stiffer penalties stop crime!
I'm not worried that my bank will do something evil with the information, I'm more worried about someone who wants to get into my account. A crackhead isn't going to care about the penalties, he just wants some money for more crack...
Also interesting is that they list their "iBook" as having a PCMCIA card slot. Only the 15" and 17" PowerBook models have a PCMCIA card slot, and the cheapest they go for is $2299. I'd really like to see this iBook with a G4 and a PCMCIA card slot, seems like it might be pretty cool.
Are you actually using a Mac OS on your iBook? If so the "double s" (actually the command key, sometimes referred to as the apple key) is a key that is used constantly in the Mac OS interface. It makes the OS much easier to use, especially on a laptop. Instead of reaching to a menu to perform functions such as printing, saving, closing, quitting, etc, you can press the command key and a modifier (cmd-p to print, cmd-s to save, cmd-w to close, cmd-q to quit). And best of all, these are system wide shortcuts, so you can use them in EVERY program (well, every program that follows Apple UI Guidelines).
Well that seems much more likely. But OS X on x86 is just not going to happen anytime soon, as it will more than likely be the end of Apple as a hardware company (like it or not, that's what they are).
Apple and AMD? Not bloody likely. The only way that's going to happen is if IBM and Motorola suddenly stop making CPUs. The software would have to change dramatically to make a switch to x86, and every single application would have to be updated. It would be like the switch to OS X all over again, and I doubt many people would be up for that...
There's already a browser out there called Navigator (no, not Netscape), and it's based on Mozilla too. It's for Mac OS X, and it was formerly known as Chimera. It too had to change it's name, because another company had already called their product Chimera.
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And we all know how well licenses weed out the bad drivers... ;)
Also, the upcoming Mario Kart for GameCube will allow a co-op mode, where one player will control the kart and the other will aim and shoot the powerups. Check out the preview over at IGN. The previews make it seem like it should be pretty cool!
I never owned a Jaguar, but I used to go over to a buddy's house to play Alien Vs. Predator all the time, still one of my all time favorite console games.
And you can get me an infinite ink pen.
Check out Etree.org, they are all about the legal trading of music. There are tons of bands on their site. There's also Archive.org, and FurtherNet. Just because you don't hear about bands like this all the time, doesn't mean that they're not out there.
First, the devices are not made by Core Sound, they're made by Sound Devices. Core Sound was only mentioned because of their PDA recorder which was mentioned here recently. And yes, generally their products are crap and most of the time they're just vaporware, never even being released.
Second, they are not limited to two hours of recording. They are, however, limited to 2 gigabytes for each wav file, but this is a limitation of the format, not of the device. It appears that the devices also record in .bwf files, which they state are uncompressed. I assume that this is to get around the 2 gig limit.
Most of us that do record live concerts think that they have excellent potential. The only reason anyone is thinking twice about them is because of the preamp built in and whether or not it's at the same level as a MiniMe or a Lunatec V3.
This is one of the dumbest statements I've read all day. Why would the RIAA give a rats ass about this device? It offers nothing more than PC's can already do. On top of this, it is not a consumer device, so the chance of Joe Blow getting his hands on one (or even figuring out where to buy one) are slim.
This device is meant for location recording. It'll work great for those of us that record live audio, as we'll no longer have to a) carry around laptops or b) spend time converting from formats like DAT. Some people are a little weary of it, however, due to the fact that no one has heard the preamp it uses (but most assume that it's the same as the MP2).
Oh, and if you want to check out the official website and not a vendor's site, here it is.
I know, I'm currently attending a public university, and budget cuts have hit us hard. But I wonder if the school would front the bill or if some other part of the government could shell it out... Even better, make it a project for the law students. :)
This probably is the best solution, though. Don't be malicious in your email, but inform them that you are not responsible for what individuals do on your network. Let them handle the end user if they want to.
The new 800Mhz replaces the previous 700Mhz as the low end iBook. You probably have a combo drive in your 800, well the new 800 only comes with a CD-ROM (as well as a few other changes to make it the low end).
The combo drive now burns at 24x...wish I could upgrade from my 700 with an 8x combo...
DAT's at least do 16/48 uncompressed, a MUCH better solution than MDs. With my laptop I can go up to 24/196 (although I hardly ever do that) uncompressed. The MD is 16/44.1 but compressed... Obviously it's better than nothing, it's not the best out there...
Most of the shows I tape at have signs like that out front. However, if the band allows it, the venue allows it (sometimes you have to inform the venue, always bring a copy of the band's taping policy). I'm in the DC area, and I've taped numerous times at the 9:30 Club, the Patriot Center, the Nissan Pavilion (read: small club, arena, and amphitheater) and many other venues outside of that area.
And second, yes, you can tell the difference between 16/44.1 and 24/192. Try listening to a SACD or a DVD-A and tell me they don't sound better than a CD.
And bootlegging a concert isn't really the best way to describe it. Bootlegging is illegally selling the concert recordings. I have yet to meet a taper that does this, only people that get copies of the recordings and try to sell them after the fact... What we do is called taping.
Interesting. Did you know that the U.S. gets less than 3% of all it's oil from Iraq? Some estimates put it as low as 1%.
Regardless of your position on the war, this is not a war over oil...
Interesting that the PowerBook has a 17" screen and still manages to be lighter than Dell's 15"...
Also, you can't really compare the prices when you have XP Home edition selected as the OS. In no way does that compare to OS X. XP Pro might be a little closer, but not much.
Also, how about iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, where are they on the Dell? Oh wait, I forgot, they're Mac only.
Pricing out the computers, I don't get huge differences. And if you price out the 15" (which compares a little better to the Dell), the Apple ends up being cheaper. And besides, you'll have to wait until 4/10 for the Dell to ship. Some people are reporting the 17" PowerBooks shipping now...
And as demonstrated by the murder rate in the US, we all know that stiffer penalties stop crime!
I'm not worried that my bank will do something evil with the information, I'm more worried about someone who wants to get into my account. A crackhead isn't going to care about the penalties, he just wants some money for more crack...
Also interesting is that they list their "iBook" as having a PCMCIA card slot. Only the 15" and 17" PowerBook models have a PCMCIA card slot, and the cheapest they go for is $2299. I'd really like to see this iBook with a G4 and a PCMCIA card slot, seems like it might be pretty cool.
Are you actually using a Mac OS on your iBook? If so the "double s" (actually the command key, sometimes referred to as the apple key) is a key that is used constantly in the Mac OS interface. It makes the OS much easier to use, especially on a laptop. Instead of reaching to a menu to perform functions such as printing, saving, closing, quitting, etc, you can press the command key and a modifier (cmd-p to print, cmd-s to save, cmd-w to close, cmd-q to quit). And best of all, these are system wide shortcuts, so you can use them in EVERY program (well, every program that follows Apple UI Guidelines).
Use this knowledge wisely...
Well that seems much more likely. But OS X on x86 is just not going to happen anytime soon, as it will more than likely be the end of Apple as a hardware company (like it or not, that's what they are).
Apple and AMD? Not bloody likely. The only way that's going to happen is if IBM and Motorola suddenly stop making CPUs. The software would have to change dramatically to make a switch to x86, and every single application would have to be updated. It would be like the switch to OS X all over again, and I doubt many people would be up for that...
As for OS X for any x86 box, not gonna happen.
There's already a browser out there called Navigator (no, not Netscape), and it's based on Mozilla too. It's for Mac OS X, and it was formerly known as Chimera. It too had to change it's name, because another company had already called their product Chimera.
No one cares, though, and still calls it Chimera.
I had no idea there were people on /. that still used browsers that supported popups. Here's a hint, head over here.