175,000 yen is about $1,460 US. For that price you could go pick up a laptop with a 15" screen and a USB TV Tuner and you'd probably still have money to spare.
Seems to me that this is the kind of technology that we'll see in the lavish mansions of movie stars and not in the homes of everyday people. (damn it!)
Miss Cleo: I'm seeing high quality concert bootlegs in the future, along with a good chance of RIAA lawsuits. Be prepared as the death card is also in your future.
Funny you mention that as I had one of my friend's do that with his 17" KDS LCD screen that went out after only 2 months. They took it back even without the box, though they seemed a bit suspicious.(This was at Wal-Mart IIRC)
From my experience, KDS doesn't seem to make the most reliable monitors but on the rare occaision that you get one that works, they work great. Especially for the cost.
They did until the supposedly switched to the Visual Sensations line, or atleast that's what the nice person at KDS Customer Service told me. They "offered" for me to send it in at my cost, pay to have it fixed (labor and parts) and then ship it back at my cost. About $120 altogether(the monitor originally cost $180) so I said "f--k it" and used the wonderful 14" CTX I had in my closet.
Well you didn't really mention your price range but if you're looking for a good monitor that will last, expect to pay atleast $250. I made the mistake of buying a monitor (KDS) from a major nationwide retailer (Wal-Mart) only to have it crap out on me 7 months later, one month after the warranty expired.
That brings me to another good point, make sure the monitor has a good warranty so that if something does happen to it, you can get it fixed for next to nothing.
Who needs fancy smancy tools to do video editing on the Mac? Real men use iMovie! Right? Right? That's what the salesman told me!!! He wouldn't lie would he?!?!
This is actually a good way to get use of something that would otherwise just sit and decay.
Having fast internet and reliable forms of connectivity are important things businesses look for when they come to towns. Hopefully what this guy is doing can spur some growth there.
I wonder what else you could do with a steam tunnels. Live in them maybe?:)
GP32Emu is an excellent resource for Gamepark Emulation.
That site mentions several SNES emulators as well as GB (no GBA, yet) and NES. Plus the site lists a few of the game ports for GP such as Doom, Descent, Wolfenstein 3D and some others. Worth a look for people who are interested in what these things can do.
if anyone wants to explain the physics behind that
Freezer Gnomes. The same ones who make the ice disappear and food get freezer burn. The do wonders with gum in hair as well. Amazing little creatures if you ask me.
WASHINGTON -- Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday warned about a serious flaw in almost every version of its popular Windows software that could allow hackers to seize control of a person's computer when victims read e-mails or visit Web sites.
Microsoft assessed the problem's urgency as critical, its highest level, and urged customers to download a free repairing patch immediately from its Web site, www.microsoft.com/security.
The company said it was unaware of any reports that hackers already had used the technique to break into computers, but the time between disclosure of a new flaw and such break-ins has become increasingly short.
Russ Cooper, a security expert for TruSecure Corp., based in Herndon, Va., predicted that antivirus software will be updated to protect users who might receive infected e-mails and that Web sites with infected pages would be shut down quickly once they are detected.
"I doubt we will see an attack based on this," Cooper said. "It's pretty unlikely any such exploit attempt will get legs."
The problem involves tricking Windows into processing unsafe code built into a Web page or e-mail message. It was particularly unusual because it affected so many different versions of Windows, from Windows 98 to its latest Windows XP editions.
There was some good news. Microsoft said customers using the newest versions of its e-mail software, Outlook Express 6 and Outlook 2002, were protected from hackers trying to exploit the problem using e-mails.
Older versions of Outlook would also be safe if customers had manually applied another security patch, which Microsoft released in 2000 after the spread of the damaging "ILOVEYOU" virus.
Microsoft said customers could manually adjust settings hidden deep within its Internet Explorer browsing software to prevent Windows from processing the dangerous code. Experts, however, said that was not easy to do for many users and that it would cripple convenient functions for many popular Web sites.
But computers do have legitimate uses other than music/movie/software piracy. Some people do actually buy legit software to run on their computers and do legit things on them such as writing letters, email, browsing the net.
I personally think that law is crap but thankfully I don't live in Germany.
It's their excuse to get you to buy the next higher up one. It's kinda how Best Buy's online shopping cart used to add 2 of each by default rather than just one.
Cock Gobblers! Samir and I are the best programmers that place has. You've been flaking out at work and you get to keep your job.
Actually I'm being promoted.
(Shock)
I know, Michael, it's not fair.
Because they don't appeal to the large amount of people. Most people now want to see magazines with beautiful women and the latest war that the US has gotten into. They don't care about how high-speed internet changed Joe Blow's life or about funny geeky cartoons. It sucks but its the way things go I guess.
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Whew! I thought I was the only one that was thinking he was getting a bit pudgy.
LOL, yeah I'm a bit impressed myself. I guess this makes the ubertroll! w00t. ;-)
175,000 yen is about $1,460 US. For that price you could go pick up a laptop with a 15" screen and a USB TV Tuner and you'd probably still have money to spare.
Seems to me that this is the kind of technology that we'll see in the lavish mansions of movie stars and not in the homes of everyday people. (damn it!)
Miss Cleo: I'm seeing high quality concert bootlegs in the future, along with a good chance of RIAA lawsuits. Be prepared as the death card is also in your future.
My Apex DVD player gets around the FBI warnings and what the hell are you doing watching a movie with Disney adverts????!!!
Funny you mention that as I had one of my friend's do that with his 17" KDS LCD screen that went out after only 2 months. They took it back even without the box, though they seemed a bit suspicious.(This was at Wal-Mart IIRC)
From my experience, KDS doesn't seem to make the most reliable monitors but on the rare occaision that you get one that works, they work great. Especially for the cost.
They did until the supposedly switched to the Visual Sensations line, or atleast that's what the nice person at KDS Customer Service told me. They "offered" for me to send it in at my cost, pay to have it fixed (labor and parts) and then ship it back at my cost. About $120 altogether(the monitor originally cost $180) so I said "f--k it" and used the wonderful 14" CTX I had in my closet.
Well you didn't really mention your price range but if you're looking for a good monitor that will last, expect to pay atleast $250. I made the mistake of buying a monitor (KDS) from a major nationwide retailer (Wal-Mart) only to have it crap out on me 7 months later, one month after the warranty expired.
That brings me to another good point, make sure the monitor has a good warranty so that if something does happen to it, you can get it fixed for next to nothing.
Who needs fancy smancy tools to do video editing on the Mac? Real men use iMovie! Right? Right? That's what the salesman told me!!! He wouldn't lie would he?!?!
Uhh yeah, you think you could send me a copy. My address is down below.
Cmdr Taco
935 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20535
Thanks!
This is actually a good way to get use of something that would otherwise just sit and decay.
:)
Having fast internet and reliable forms of connectivity are important things businesses look for when they come to towns. Hopefully what this guy is doing can spur some growth there.
I wonder what else you could do with a steam tunnels. Live in them maybe?
GP32Emu is an excellent resource for Gamepark Emulation.
That site mentions several SNES emulators as well as GB (no GBA, yet) and NES. Plus the site lists a few of the game ports for GP such as Doom, Descent, Wolfenstein 3D and some others. Worth a look for people who are interested in what these things can do.
DivX;) was rewritten from scratch after much hub-bub from Microsoft's legal department. So technically its completed legal now.
;-).
Though, you can still find the illegal original codec out there on various sites
How about by not having the Flash plugin installed?
Freezer Gnomes. The same ones who make the ice disappear and food get freezer burn. The do wonders with gum in hair as well. Amazing little creatures if you ask me.
WASHINGTON -- Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday warned about a serious flaw in almost every version of its popular Windows software that could allow hackers to seize control of a person's computer when victims read e-mails or visit Web sites.
Microsoft assessed the problem's urgency as critical, its highest level, and urged customers to download a free repairing patch immediately from its Web site, www.microsoft.com/security.
The company said it was unaware of any reports that hackers already had used the technique to break into computers, but the time between disclosure of a new flaw and such break-ins has become increasingly short.
Russ Cooper, a security expert for TruSecure Corp., based in Herndon, Va., predicted that antivirus software will be updated to protect users who might receive infected e-mails and that Web sites with infected pages would be shut down quickly once they are detected.
"I doubt we will see an attack based on this," Cooper said. "It's pretty unlikely any such exploit attempt will get legs."
The problem involves tricking Windows into processing unsafe code built into a Web page or e-mail message. It was particularly unusual because it affected so many different versions of Windows, from Windows 98 to its latest Windows XP editions.
There was some good news. Microsoft said customers using the newest versions of its e-mail software, Outlook Express 6 and Outlook 2002, were protected from hackers trying to exploit the problem using e-mails.
Older versions of Outlook would also be safe if customers had manually applied another security patch, which Microsoft released in 2000 after the spread of the damaging "ILOVEYOU" virus.
Microsoft said customers could manually adjust settings hidden deep within its Internet Explorer browsing software to prevent Windows from processing the dangerous code. Experts, however, said that was not easy to do for many users and that it would cripple convenient functions for many popular Web sites.
Like you were really going to use that sperm anyway. Remember, you are a member of Slashdot.
I'm really wondering who would buy these in a quantity of 10,000.
Yes these are cool but what purpose would they exactly serve in such a large number?
But computers do have legitimate uses other than music/movie/software piracy. Some people do actually buy legit software to run on their computers and do legit things on them such as writing letters, email, browsing the net.
I personally think that law is crap but thankfully I don't live in Germany.
"This page is not sponsored by Google, affiliated with Google and will probably get me in trouble."
Atleast he's aware he's going to get the anal raping of the century by Google.
It's their excuse to get you to buy the next higher up one. It's kinda how Best Buy's online shopping cart used to add 2 of each by default rather than just one.
Cock Gobblers! Samir and I are the best programmers that place has. You've been flaking out at work and you get to keep your job. Actually I'm being promoted. (Shock) I know, Michael, it's not fair.
He bought 17 of the cheapest IDE drivers :-)
Technology has come so far that we now have disk space on drivers! Simply amazing.
The man was the oldest man in America at the time.
Because they don't appeal to the large amount of people. Most people now want to see magazines with beautiful women and the latest war that the US has gotten into. They don't care about how high-speed internet changed Joe Blow's life or about funny geeky cartoons. It sucks but its the way things go I guess.