XBox came with networking capabilities out of the box. PS2, you paid 40.00 for the adapter. XBox could go online before the PS2, because XBConnect and Gamespy had software out to allow this to happen. Oh wait, how much did I pay for that? Nothing. The 'box also has a hard drive in it... out of the box. Wonder what Sony's gonna charge for that?
PS2 gaming might be free, but remember: you get what you pay for. With my XBox Live subscription, I have: One name across all games, which no one can take, voice communications in all games, a friends list for easy tracking, and the best part: downloadable content, right to my hard drive, and game patches as well, if needed.
I love these PS2 fanboys. I have all three consoles. Any game that comes out for all platforms, I'll pick up the XBox copy. Case in point: Check out Splinter Cell for the box, then try it on PS2. A lot of detail is lost on the PS2.
One other comment: How is Tribes 2 a Halo-killer? You must be kidding.
Actually, it's neither of the above. From what I remember reading, it's somewhere in between those two. I don't have the actual specs at hand, or I'd post them. I think they started with a P3 and stripped it down a bit.
Pipe the output of your digital cable box into your machine, fire up your favorite video recording software, and then burn yourself a nice VCD or DVD.
Of course, I can see the FCC coming down on the makers of TV / video capture cards at some point, too, but this should be an easy work-around for the time being.
I'd rather have this than no guidelines and the fricking mess that is the Linux desktop. (KDE, GNOME, Enlightenment, AfterStep, geez who knows what you're sitting down to!)
So, what you're saying is you want the same thing at every Apple you sit down at? Wouldn't that get old? Half the fun of owning your own computer is the fact that you can do things to make it your own. I would not want to sit down at someone else's computer and see the exact same setup. That would be too boring. Linux / Xfree isn't a mess, it shows something called choice.
Have you checked out the alternative shell scene? You can find cool alternatives for explorer all over. A mozilla-based shell would be interesting, though.
Have you stopped to think about that fact that perhaps the changes were so slight that it will not affect any current games out on the market? If these new boxes are hitting Australia, I'm sure we would have heard about random "problems" due to the changes.
As for your conspiracy theory, there is a thing called passive cooling. There is another fan in the box, and if there is enough airflow through the case, it should be fine.
So go build a general purpose device and quit whining about this. The Xbox is a gaming console, that's it's main purpose. It has an option to play DVDs. Most people buy the box to play games, NOT to hack them and use it as "entertainment device", as it already is... unless you don't consider video games entertainment.
So, before you go on making comments about how to move units and increase market share, perhaps you should look at the market they are targetting first. Last time I checked, they were targetting gamers, not hardware hackers.
...of the time where I turned in a Chemistry report. As a joke, I typed everything up and changed the font to Wingdings. I did attach the actual report to the wingdings rendered report, but the look on the teacher's face was priceless.
Casual user A has a Mac running Linux and the Mozilla framework. User A finds a cool app on the framework and wants to share it with his buddy, User B. User B is running Windows with the framework. User A passes the app to User B, User B runs it with no problem.
You forget one thing. Windows is an OS, whereas Mozilla is just an application / framework, which is multi-platform. From what I understand, Mozilla is only tied to the platorm you compiled it under.
Microsoft's problem is that it tied IE to the underpinnings of Windows, which essentially means you have to keep IE around. Mozilla doesn't tie itself directly into the OS.
I'm not sure about the interaction, but I think it will be something like: [Kernel} ---> [Mozilla App Layer] ----> Application
Keep in mind that not every single application written for an OS will run through the Mozilla layer, only those apps written with the Mozilla framework would pass through the app layer.
I tried the beta in an effort to find a distribution that I would be comfortable with. The install goes rather well, and the distribution uses the awesome apt-get package management system. The only reason I didn't keep it around is because I was trying other distros. Libranet is pretty clean compared to some of the others I have tried, and I'm a complete newbie... Go figure.
People wonder why Linux is looked upon as more of a geek OS rather than a user-friendly OS. This is reason number one... people such as yourself being asinine when others interested in Linux ask for help.
I think this is the problem with M$ trying to take over the world, so to speak. If all users in the world had to use M$ products and browsers, this kind of thing would happen a lot more. Why? There are a lot of other slimeball businesses out there thinking up ways of doing things, and I bet they'd read this article and wonder why they didn't think of it first.
With that in mind, if the slimeballs knew that they can target one platform / browser (which is the case now as most normal people use IE anyway), they can devise things like this. Personally I use Mozilla, and tonight I'm converting to Linux, so this won't be much of an issue. I just wish more people knew there were other choices out there besides M$, and then they wouldn't fall victim to this.
You windows guys are just idiots because if its not point and click your completely lost. GnuPGP works great for all email clients. Sure its CLI, but you can find a handful of GUI clients to make keys, import, export, blah, blah, blah. Then most email programs like Evolution, KMail, Pine, Elm, etc... all support the PGP keys. So quit your bitching and click on something else...laters...
And some of you Linux guys are just people that have nothing better to do than bash Windoze. I know my way around a command line. Hell, I was using PGP back in the days when it could be found on the local BBSes (ah... the early 90s). Ah well, leave it to a troll to spew garbage.
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Is Apple strangling their competition? No. Is Apple on 90% of the desktops around the world? No. Why? Thank Microsoft for that. Face it, MS wants to own the end-user computing world. I have an iMac and a PC. My OS X functions nicely without any web browser, iMovie or iPhoto. Try taking IE out of Windows and see what happens.
It's tightly integrated with the OS just like the consumer wants it.
Being a consumer, I can tell you this is something I don't want. I want to use something else that is stable and isn't bloatware.
Who cares about Windows and the spyware media player? The article was about a Darwin based streaming server, not about the clients. I figured that Darwin would blow MS out the door.
I'd use Linux, but I just can't get it to do what I need it to do.
Last I saw, Mozilla was up to release 0.9.8, at least according to the project website. Hopefully you are right, though. IE is a piece of bloatware. I've got Netscape 6.2 running on my windoze box at this time. My next step is to start using the penguin.
Based on my experiences with Windows coming pre-installed, I can tell you that the installs are not optimized for that PC. I also know it takes some tweaking to get Windows optimized (I've got Win2000 right now, and I'm still tweaking away at it. Things I'm doing Mr. Average wouldn't try).
Mr. Average User may hear from friends how good Linux is and may want to try it. Or, if the option exists, he could get the machine without an OS, save some money on licensing fees, and have his tech friend stop over and set him up. This distribution looks promising.
The reason OS X and all the Mac OS's before it work so well, is that there is a finite, documented set of hardware that it has to work with.
Ok, if there is a finite set of hardware, explain the new USB / Firewire devices that are Mac compatible. I'm 99% sure there will be drivers for those devices. I'm not trying to troll... honest. OS X is based on BSD Unix, (FreeBSD, I believe). While there may be some Apple-specifics in the code on top of the kernel, FreeBSD is easily ported and used on a multitude of hardware.
Yes, OS X is great, so go support the company who put it together, by buying one of thier computers. You won't be disapointed.
Been there, done that. You know what I use my iMac for? a Linux server. There just isn't enough Mac software out there, and what is there costs an arm and a leg. I was disappointed in the performance of my iMac, especially after reading and hearing about how great it would be.
I've heard this same line of thinking before, but Apple has done nothing. A port would be pretty interesting. I had an iMac for a while and ran OS X. The interface was great, and I could still find the command line to play with as well.
Porting OS X would be a great move for Apple, as it would provide another revenue stream for them. Granted, they could use Micro$oft's pricing scheme and charge an arm and a leg, but at least there would be yet another challenge to the Windows empire.
Think about it. A laptop that can access the cellular networks. It would only be a matter of time before the laptop manufacturers build in a "hands-free" phone attachment.
Newer PDAs could have the chip installed standard, and have a mic and speaker... instant cell phone.
Someone goes to overclock the computer, and the headlights go dim. Instead of people buying high-powered batteries and alternators for their stereos, they'll be doing it for their overclocked bay of 8 networked PCs.
Let's see:
Phone: 30.00
LD : 20.00
Cable (including net access) : 100.00
AOL (if I had it) : 22.00
Total: 172.00
Looks to me like I'd still be saving some money. I'm glad I've got Comcast. If you're talking about a second phone line, then I could see your point. For me, once I got rid of dialup and went to cable, I actually saved a couple of bucks because the cost of the dialup isp and phoneline was more than the cable connection.
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XBox came with networking capabilities out of the box. PS2, you paid 40.00 for the adapter. XBox could go online before the PS2, because XBConnect and Gamespy had software out to allow this to happen. Oh wait, how much did I pay for that? Nothing. The 'box also has a hard drive in it... out of the box. Wonder what Sony's gonna charge for that?
PS2 gaming might be free, but remember: you get what you pay for. With my XBox Live subscription, I have: One name across all games, which no one can take, voice communications in all games, a friends list for easy tracking, and the best part: downloadable content, right to my hard drive, and game patches as well, if needed.
I love these PS2 fanboys. I have all three consoles. Any game that comes out for all platforms, I'll pick up the XBox copy. Case in point: Check out Splinter Cell for the box, then try it on PS2. A lot of detail is lost on the PS2.
One other comment: How is Tribes 2 a Halo-killer? You must be kidding.
Actually, it's neither of the above. From what I remember reading, it's somewhere in between those two. I don't have the actual specs at hand, or I'd post them. I think they started with a P3 and stripped it down a bit.
Of course, I can see the FCC coming down on the makers of TV / video capture cards at some point, too, but this should be an easy work-around for the time being.
...a whole new definition of blue screen of death. "Error #10012 - Meltdown eminent. "
So, what you're saying is you want the same thing at every Apple you sit down at? Wouldn't that get old? Half the fun of owning your own computer is the fact that you can do things to make it your own. I would not want to sit down at someone else's computer and see the exact same setup. That would be too boring. Linux / Xfree isn't a mess, it shows something called choice.
Check out Desktopian for more info.
As for your conspiracy theory, there is a thing called passive cooling. There is another fan in the box, and if there is enough airflow through the case, it should be fine.
So, before you go on making comments about how to move units and increase market share, perhaps you should look at the market they are targetting first. Last time I checked, they were targetting gamers, not hardware hackers.
...of the time where I turned in a Chemistry report. As a joke, I typed everything up and changed the font to Wingdings. I did attach the actual report to the wingdings rendered report, but the look on the teacher's face was priceless.
Casual user A has a Mac running Linux and the Mozilla framework. User A finds a cool app on the framework and wants to share it with his buddy, User B. User B is running Windows with the framework. User A passes the app to User B, User B runs it with no problem.
Microsoft's problem is that it tied IE to the underpinnings of Windows, which essentially means you have to keep IE around. Mozilla doesn't tie itself directly into the OS.
I'm not sure about the interaction, but I think it will be something like: [Kernel} ---> [Mozilla App Layer] ----> Application
Keep in mind that not every single application written for an OS will run through the Mozilla layer, only those apps written with the Mozilla framework would pass through the app layer.
I tried the beta in an effort to find a distribution that I would be comfortable with. The install goes rather well, and the distribution uses the awesome apt-get package management system. The only reason I didn't keep it around is because I was trying other distros. Libranet is pretty clean compared to some of the others I have tried, and I'm a complete newbie... Go figure.
People wonder why Linux is looked upon as more of a geek OS rather than a user-friendly OS. This is reason number one... people such as yourself being asinine when others interested in Linux ask for help.
With that in mind, if the slimeballs knew that they can target one platform / browser (which is the case now as most normal people use IE anyway), they can devise things like this. Personally I use Mozilla, and tonight I'm converting to Linux, so this won't be much of an issue. I just wish more people knew there were other choices out there besides M$, and then they wouldn't fall victim to this.
You windows guys are just idiots because if its not point and click your completely lost. GnuPGP works great for all email clients. Sure its CLI, but you can find a handful of GUI clients to make keys, import, export, blah, blah, blah. Then most email programs like Evolution, KMail, Pine, Elm, etc... all support the PGP keys. So quit your bitching and click on something else...laters... And some of you Linux guys are just people that have nothing better to do than bash Windoze. I know my way around a command line. Hell, I was using PGP back in the days when it could be found on the local BBSes (ah... the early 90s). Ah well, leave it to a troll to spew garbage. -- Parnership for an idiot free America Uh, you're village is calling you...
Question for you: Is Apple strangling their competition? No. Is Apple on 90% of the desktops around the world? No. Why? Thank Microsoft for that. Face it, MS wants to own the end-user computing world. I have an iMac and a PC. My OS X functions nicely without any web browser, iMovie or iPhoto. Try taking IE out of Windows and see what happens.
It's tightly integrated with the OS just like the consumer wants it.
Being a consumer, I can tell you this is something I don't want. I want to use something else that is stable and isn't bloatware.
Who cares about Windows and the spyware media player? The article was about a Darwin based streaming server, not about the clients. I figured that Darwin would blow MS out the door.
I'd use Linux, but I just can't get it to do what I need it to do.
Last I saw, Mozilla was up to release 0.9.8, at least according to the project website. Hopefully you are right, though. IE is a piece of bloatware. I've got Netscape 6.2 running on my windoze box at this time. My next step is to start using the penguin.
Based on my experiences with Windows coming pre-installed, I can tell you that the installs are not optimized for that PC. I also know it takes some tweaking to get Windows optimized (I've got Win2000 right now, and I'm still tweaking away at it. Things I'm doing Mr. Average wouldn't try). Mr. Average User may hear from friends how good Linux is and may want to try it. Or, if the option exists, he could get the machine without an OS, save some money on licensing fees, and have his tech friend stop over and set him up. This distribution looks promising.
The reason OS X and all the Mac OS's before it work so well, is that there is a finite, documented set of hardware that it has to work with.
Ok, if there is a finite set of hardware, explain the new USB / Firewire devices that are Mac compatible. I'm 99% sure there will be drivers for those devices. I'm not trying to troll... honest. OS X is based on BSD Unix, (FreeBSD, I believe). While there may be some Apple-specifics in the code on top of the kernel, FreeBSD is easily ported and used on a multitude of hardware.
Yes, OS X is great, so go support the company who put it together, by buying one of thier computers. You won't be disapointed.
Been there, done that. You know what I use my iMac for? a Linux server. There just isn't enough Mac software out there, and what is there costs an arm and a leg. I was disappointed in the performance of my iMac, especially after reading and hearing about how great it would be.
I've heard this same line of thinking before, but Apple has done nothing. A port would be pretty interesting. I had an iMac for a while and ran OS X. The interface was great, and I could still find the command line to play with as well.
Porting OS X would be a great move for Apple, as it would provide another revenue stream for them. Granted, they could use Micro$oft's pricing scheme and charge an arm and a leg, but at least there would be yet another challenge to the Windows empire.
I agree, but I was looking at it from the cellular hardware aspect. I know the cell companies would LOVE this kind of thing...
Think about it. A laptop that can access the cellular networks. It would only be a matter of time before the laptop manufacturers build in a "hands-free" phone attachment.
Newer PDAs could have the chip installed standard, and have a mic and speaker... instant cell phone.
Someone goes to overclock the computer, and the headlights go dim. Instead of people buying high-powered batteries and alternators for their stereos, they'll be doing it for their overclocked bay of 8 networked PCs.
Let's see: Phone: 30.00 LD : 20.00 Cable (including net access) : 100.00 AOL (if I had it) : 22.00 Total: 172.00 Looks to me like I'd still be saving some money. I'm glad I've got Comcast. If you're talking about a second phone line, then I could see your point. For me, once I got rid of dialup and went to cable, I actually saved a couple of bucks because the cost of the dialup isp and phoneline was more than the cable connection.