Why put in an Atari 2600? I don't recall any compelling games on that console. I mean come on nostalgia isn't that important. I'd rather invest the space with a Dreamcast or something at least NES age and up. If you really want 2600 there are the emulators. The games are tiny (200k) so it isn't going to take significant HD space.
As a game console, one that plays each console's games so I only need one box, a mondo TiVo, T1 or faster internet, DVD burning and network (duh) if it doesn't have at least basic pc functionality (for mame and mugen).
I'm curious. Exactly how does this tread on free speech? It still allows those who want to get there and it simplifies controlling access so little Johnny doesn't see what mom and dad don't want him to see.
Is nuclear really all that expensive or is it the stigma of Chernobyl vs. the collective exhaust fumes of all oil based engines. People "think" nuclear is horrible and bad and it will make you glow in the dark and all nuclear power plants are going to share Chernobyl's fate. People have an easier time dealing with chronic respiratory problems from smog and other fun stuff from exhaust. Think about the controversy about storing spent fuel rods from power plants. We have a few locations that are saying sure we'll take it (like an Indian reservation in Utah) but nobody wants the stuff to cross their property for a couple hours to get it there (like the state of Utah). There is a perception of disaster thinking about nuclear (even though it is mostly clean and very cheap) but we stick with combustion engines to run everything.
The only thing with the "problem" of future hydrogen supplies is that the exhaust of a hydrogren fuelled vehicle would be...water. The main reason this resembles anything close to a problem is the cost (in energy and therefore efficiency) of liberating the hydrogen from the water.
I'd even expect Mr. Bill to throw in a penguin reference in one of the codenames to 'win' over the linux crowd. Of course if that happens, Linus should take him to court a la M$ vs. Lindows.
I'm afraid that just by posting in this discussion will get me modded but here goes nothing (no pun intended). Since the Dreamcast is dead and the vultures have started to pick it apart, when will the other consoles adopt its finer qualities? I love my Dreamcast (that I bought to run linux among other things) and I wish that the console had a bit longer life before it was declared dead. I guess I should have known that Sega would have given it a half-hearted effort from my experience with the genesis and its tech superiority for a good year.
I guess I should stop droning aimlessly, but does anyone know where I can get some sort of software that allows me to burn VMU games to cd and then load from the cd to the vmu?
If what I'm thinking is right, Napster costs money to use and people have already jumped ship to other free incarnations of the same idea. The only thing left to buy is the few users that feel morally obligated to pay for the service (who probably weren't along for the ride in the early days). It'd be nice to have that kind of green to throw around stupidly.
AFAIK we understand this 'technology', in basic form at least. Because our understanding is basic, and also that we probably aren't seeing the whole picture of genetic sequencing and associated protein synthesis, it seems like a cowboy territory. We know a lot about what's going on in molecular biology and genetics, but there is so much that we don't know and that we just plain can't observe. I'd go on but I couldn't stay awake during my molecular biology classes when I was taking them.
It's about time. I wish I could see the local stations from places I used to live, especially for sports. I wish I could just watch the local college basketball or football broadcast from the last place I lived and not have to wait for sports sites to refresh their scoreboard with the final score.
I know it isn't exactly BeOS, but does it have the same horrible hardware compatability? I like what I see in (what was) BeOS, but I never seem to have hardware that let's me really open her up. I thought about migrating to BeOS, but I didn't feel like upgrading my box just to switch to a different OS. While on this topic do any of the other flavors of BeOS have improved hardware support?
"It requires you to pay for expensive experts."
Then there's the Micro$oft alternative... Pay more money for our latest incarnation of buggy OS. Then there's our office suite that just happens to cost more than just about every other office suite on the market put together.
Hmmm...
I'm finding that the good useless information is dying out slowly. I keep getting page not found errors when I try finding good garbage. It seems like half the time I try to get something (like a new MUGEN character) the file/page is nowhere to be found. Of course I look for some obscure things now and then, but that's what I love(d) about the internet.
I can't stop help but laugh at what this thing looks like. I can't even bring myself to read that much about it because I can't take it that seriously. I can't help but think that the thing is basically a karaoke machine that dances the macarena for you. I don't know if that is a winning combination.
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Why put in an Atari 2600? I don't recall any compelling games on that console. I mean come on nostalgia isn't that important. I'd rather invest the space with a Dreamcast or something at least NES age and up. If you really want 2600 there are the emulators. The games are tiny (200k) so it isn't going to take significant HD space.
As a game console, one that plays each console's games so I only need one box, a mondo TiVo, T1 or faster internet, DVD burning and network (duh) if it doesn't have at least basic pc functionality (for mame and mugen).
I'm curious. Exactly how does this tread on free speech? It still allows those who want to get there and it simplifies controlling access so little Johnny doesn't see what mom and dad don't want him to see.
Is nuclear really all that expensive or is it the stigma of Chernobyl vs. the collective exhaust fumes of all oil based engines. People "think" nuclear is horrible and bad and it will make you glow in the dark and all nuclear power plants are going to share Chernobyl's fate. People have an easier time dealing with chronic respiratory problems from smog and other fun stuff from exhaust. Think about the controversy about storing spent fuel rods from power plants. We have a few locations that are saying sure we'll take it (like an Indian reservation in Utah) but nobody wants the stuff to cross their property for a couple hours to get it there (like the state of Utah). There is a perception of disaster thinking about nuclear (even though it is mostly clean and very cheap) but we stick with combustion engines to run everything.
The only thing with the "problem" of future hydrogen supplies is that the exhaust of a hydrogren fuelled vehicle would be...water. The main reason this resembles anything close to a problem is the cost (in energy and therefore efficiency) of liberating the hydrogen from the water.
What? Do you mean try to get auto manufacturers to change their products to benefit anything other than their sales? Are they that progressive?
I'd even expect Mr. Bill to throw in a penguin reference in one of the codenames to 'win' over the linux crowd. Of course if that happens, Linus should take him to court a la M$ vs. Lindows.
I'm afraid that just by posting in this discussion will get me modded but here goes nothing (no pun intended). Since the Dreamcast is dead and the vultures have started to pick it apart, when will the other consoles adopt its finer qualities? I love my Dreamcast (that I bought to run linux among other things) and I wish that the console had a bit longer life before it was declared dead. I guess I should have known that Sega would have given it a half-hearted effort from my experience with the genesis and its tech superiority for a good year. I guess I should stop droning aimlessly, but does anyone know where I can get some sort of software that allows me to burn VMU games to cd and then load from the cd to the vmu?
"So, I wonder what they will do to make sure that they are 'cash-flow positive' from now on?" That's easy, keep selling at Walmart.
If what I'm thinking is right, Napster costs money to use and people have already jumped ship to other free incarnations of the same idea. The only thing left to buy is the few users that feel morally obligated to pay for the service (who probably weren't along for the ride in the early days). It'd be nice to have that kind of green to throw around stupidly.
AFAIK we understand this 'technology', in basic form at least. Because our understanding is basic, and also that we probably aren't seeing the whole picture of genetic sequencing and associated protein synthesis, it seems like a cowboy territory. We know a lot about what's going on in molecular biology and genetics, but there is so much that we don't know and that we just plain can't observe. I'd go on but I couldn't stay awake during my molecular biology classes when I was taking them.
Wouldn't he already be clear if he was a "bubble boy".
Now can they just make me seven feet tall so I can play pro basketball?
It's about time. I wish I could see the local stations from places I used to live, especially for sports. I wish I could just watch the local college basketball or football broadcast from the last place I lived and not have to wait for sports sites to refresh their scoreboard with the final score.
I know it isn't exactly BeOS, but does it have the same horrible hardware compatability? I like what I see in (what was) BeOS, but I never seem to have hardware that let's me really open her up. I thought about migrating to BeOS, but I didn't feel like upgrading my box just to switch to a different OS. While on this topic do any of the other flavors of BeOS have improved hardware support?
"It requires you to pay for expensive experts." Then there's the Micro$oft alternative... Pay more money for our latest incarnation of buggy OS. Then there's our office suite that just happens to cost more than just about every other office suite on the market put together. Hmmm...
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I'm finding that the good useless information is dying out slowly. I keep getting page not found errors when I try finding good garbage. It seems like half the time I try to get something (like a new MUGEN character) the file/page is nowhere to be found. Of course I look for some obscure things now and then, but that's what I love(d) about the internet.
don't both of them use crappy proprietary form factor motherboards?
I can't stop help but laugh at what this thing looks like. I can't even bring myself to read that much about it because I can't take it that seriously. I can't help but think that the thing is basically a karaoke machine that dances the macarena for you. I don't know if that is a winning combination.
Is this going to be like those old floppy, square records that would come in kid's books?