The file just seemed way too big for the data it contained. On a whim, I opened it up in a text editor, and what did I find? DUM DUM DUUUMMMMM.... XML!
Convert that same file to an.ai and it'll be 10 times bigger.
It's the nature of vectors that causes the file to be large, not the xml.
Golgo-13 is the best. I literally had my NES on for about a month with this game in it. I don't remember if I left it on because there wasn't a Save, or if saving was just a pain in the ass.
Looks like I'll have to stop by gamestop and pick it up for $2
Having said that, video games today are a virtual "pornography of violence"; characters are maimed or killed without thought to consequences in most titles,
you know, I just got Namco Museum for my GCN.. and just finished playing the hell out of DigDug. Now here's a game where you stick monsters with a bicycle pump, and inflate them until they explode.
I don't remember anyone in the 80's complaining about how this was influencing our kids.
I find however that my reflexes do not improve so much anymore, and I do not master new tricks as easily.
I've noticed this as well. I'm nearly 30 and I've found that some of my favorite old games are a lot harder now. I sometimes feel like I'm cheating my way through games now. Getting past a part, saving, getting past another part, saving.
I still have my NES hooked up, but I'm not able to just zip through SMB1,2 and 3 like I used to.
I'm curious as to how the DRM is supposed to work on a portable like an iPod given that the iPod has no way of checking for an authorization to play the file, yet you can transfer the song to as many iPods as you want.
Yeah, I'm curious about that as well..I think that iTunes first makes sure that you can play the song before it will let you sync it. And the iPod must ignore all DRM or something.
But the RIAA will use this as an excuse to put more and more DRM, more and more legislation. They'll say, "Well, whatever the computer industry puts out, hackers break it, so we need more legislation."
News Flash: the RIAA doesn't need excuses to say whatever the hell they want to say. It's not like they were sitting around, hoping someone will break some DRM so they have a reason to demand more legislation.
Look, the AAC files are designed to play on devices with AAC playback ability. If your portable won't play it, bitch at the manufacturer.
No, they're designed to play on devices with AppleDRM support. AAC may be standard, but Apple's DRM is very proprietary, and has yet to be found in any non-apple technology.
I can't see Apple licensing the ability to play DRM-crippled AACs.. if the manufacturer made a mistake, and somehow allowed the DRM to be circumvented, Apple would have a hell of a lot to lose.
I wouldn't say Apple is perfect, but they're more on our side than Microsoft is.
how many times does this need to be repeated to make it true? Apple is not on "our side" they're on their own side. They'll screw over their customers if they can make money doing it.
What's so hard - conceptually - about an installer that you know, just installs this shit and be done with it?
go here:
www.ximian.com
It has an installer you just run, it downloads and installs everything you need to run Gnome. Plus it installs RedCarpet for you, which will let you easily install additional software and keep your current software update.
No offense to Game cube fans out there but I really do feel xbox has the most to offer as a platform.
The only thing the xbox seems to offer is an outlet for teenagers who are trying desperately to appear older.
Here's why the gamecube is doing better than the xbox: there are games for me, there are games for my kids.
Anyone who says the gamecube is a "kids system" is too young to know any better. You'll outgrow the xbox demographic, you'll never outgrow the gamecube's
ahaha, that boycott gillette site is retarded. Oh no, they're taking photos of you in a public place! Look at all the scruffy men buying razorblades!
You'd think it would have dawned on them that the security cameras in nearly every store is indeed recording them. Boycott going outside because you might get videotaped!
The people at the grocery store might even find out about that special ointment you tried to hide under the carton of eggs.
Anything the store will know about you can already be gained by combining information from an ATM/Credit Card and the bar code scanner...
If RFIDs actually worked worth a damn, they'd be pretty convenient. Just push your grocery cart up to the cashier and the register instantly knows how much you owe.
I wonder what's in the data that causes it to tell me to get off the freeway, drive north for half a mile, bang a bitch, and drive south and get back on the freeway.
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The file just seemed way too big for the data it contained. On a whim, I opened it up in a text editor, and what did I find? DUM DUM DUUUMMMMM.... XML!
.ai and it'll be 10 times bigger.
Convert that same file to an
It's the nature of vectors that causes the file to be large, not the xml.
Golgo-13 is the best. I literally had my NES on for about a month with this game in it. I don't remember if I left it on because there wasn't a Save, or if saving was just a pain in the ass.
Looks like I'll have to stop by gamestop and pick it up for $2
Having said that, video games today are a virtual "pornography of violence"; characters are maimed or killed without thought to consequences in most titles,
you know, I just got Namco Museum for my GCN.. and just finished playing the hell out of DigDug. Now here's a game where you stick monsters with a bicycle pump, and inflate them until they explode.
I don't remember anyone in the 80's complaining about how this was influencing our kids.
I find however that my reflexes do not improve so much anymore, and I do not master new tricks as easily.
I've noticed this as well. I'm nearly 30 and I've found that some of my favorite old games are a lot harder now. I sometimes feel like I'm cheating my way through games now. Getting past a part, saving, getting past another part, saving.
I still have my NES hooked up, but I'm not able to just zip through SMB1,2 and 3 like I used to.
I'm curious as to how the DRM is supposed to work on a portable like an iPod given that the iPod has no way of checking for an authorization to play the file, yet you can transfer the song to as many iPods as you want.
Yeah, I'm curious about that as well..I think that iTunes first makes sure that you can play the song before it will let you sync it. And the iPod must ignore all DRM or something.
back when I had a G3 lombard, they replaced my power brick free of charge.
That's because it has a habit of Catching Fire.
They didn't replace your power brick, they RECALLED it.
People forget that RPGs weren't THE BIG thing 10 years ago.
Adventure Games were the big thing 10 years ago. Sam & Max, King's Quest, Monkey Island.
God I miss that genre.
1 - I said modern word processing software (MS Word, WordPerfect, etc)
I know for a fact that my ][gs had Wordperfect on it... and it was WYSIWYG long before Word and Wordperfect for DOS were.
I too think iMac should have gotten strong consideration. There were practically NO USB devices until it came out.
The first iMac's used ADB.. I should know, I've got one sitting in my closet... not one USB port on the damn thing..
the iMac is more well known for not having floppy drives..
But the RIAA will use this as an excuse to put more and more DRM, more and more legislation. They'll say, "Well, whatever the computer industry puts out, hackers break it, so we need more legislation."
News Flash: the RIAA doesn't need excuses to say whatever the hell they want to say. It's not like they were sitting around, hoping someone will break some DRM so they have a reason to demand more legislation.
Look, the AAC files are designed to play on devices with AAC playback ability. If your portable won't play it, bitch at the manufacturer.
No, they're designed to play on devices with AppleDRM support. AAC may be standard, but Apple's DRM is very proprietary, and has yet to be found in any non-apple technology.
I can't see Apple licensing the ability to play DRM-crippled AACs.. if the manufacturer made a mistake, and somehow allowed the DRM to be circumvented, Apple would have a hell of a lot to lose.
There's no evidence that Apple would never release iTunes for Linux.
Ahaha, of course there is. The evidence is circumstantial, but it's still evidence. The evidence is nearly 10 years of NOT porting Quicktime to Linux.
I wouldn't say Apple is perfect, but they're more on our side than Microsoft is.
how many times does this need to be repeated to make it true? Apple is not on "our side" they're on their own side. They'll screw over their customers if they can make money doing it.
What's so hard - conceptually - about an installer that you know, just installs this shit and be done with it?
go here:
www.ximian.com
It has an installer you just run, it downloads and installs everything you need to run Gnome. Plus it installs RedCarpet for you, which will let you easily install additional software and keep your current software update.
Is it possible to just send an XML doc to the client, along with a link to an XSLT, and have it work in IE and Mozilla?
Yes, it is possible, Both IE and Mozilla support XSLT.
However, Safari doesn't support it, and IE and Mozilla have fairly slow XSLT parsers.
Imagine a technology that allows people to broadcast whatever content they choose to a small area.
This technology already exists.. it's called "Printed T-Shirts" Available at concerts everywhere.
No offense to Game cube fans out there but I really do feel xbox has the most to offer as a platform.
The only thing the xbox seems to offer is an outlet for teenagers who are trying desperately to appear older.
Here's why the gamecube is doing better than the xbox: there are games for me, there are games for my kids.
Anyone who says the gamecube is a "kids system" is too young to know any better. You'll outgrow the xbox demographic, you'll never outgrow the gamecube's
One-hundred hours of my time is worth about $7,000 (100 hours * 70 dollars per hour salary).
Using your reasoning, your post to slashdot just cost you $6.
(a) Not a new idea. MS will be the first to try to put it into a popular OS, though.
I'm prettty sure that PalmOS qualifies as a popular OS. It uses a database as a file system, and in my opinion it works amazingly well.
If your /etc/ directory was gone in *nix, you'd be FUBAR.
/etc to be present.
/sbin and still be able to log in locally.
Nonsense.. you can boot into single user mode, which doesn't require
You can delete everything except for stuff in
ahaha, that boycott gillette site is retarded. Oh no, they're taking photos of you in a public place! Look at all the scruffy men buying razorblades!
You'd think it would have dawned on them that the security cameras in nearly every store is indeed recording them. Boycott going outside because you might get videotaped!
The people at the grocery store might even find out about that special ointment you tried to hide under the carton of eggs.
Anything the store will know about you can already be gained by combining information from an ATM/Credit Card and the bar code scanner...
If RFIDs actually worked worth a damn, they'd be pretty convenient. Just push your grocery cart up to the cashier and the register instantly knows how much you owe.
Should've waited till the auctions ended and added S/H
NES - $39 + $12 S/H
Zelda 1 - $8 + $3.50 S/H
Zelda 2 - $10 + $2.50 S/H
N64 - $13 + $5.50 S/H
Majora's Mask - $14 + $4 S/H
Ocarina of Time - $5 + $4 S/H
Total Cost: $120
Sucker.
I wonder what's in the data that causes it to tell me to get off the freeway, drive north for half a mile, bang a bitch, and drive south and get back on the freeway.
It's Cool, I Know Him.
Ok, so it's about Yahoo Maps instead of MapQuest, but I still think it applies.