Actually, you're completely off on this one. It has nothing to do with "moving corrosion"...it has everything to do with moisture.
The reason that blowing the carts worked (and still does for the most part) is that you're applying moisture to corroded terminals. Moisture = connectivity. That's why after you blow in a cart and put it in your system, sometimes it works for 5 minutes and then the game starts blinking. The moisture has evaporated from the terminals.
Bad thing about blowing in the carts (there had to be a bad thing) is the fact that, by applying more moisture to the cart, you expedite the corrosion. It works better now, but down the line it becomes even harder to get them to work.
You can scrub away all you like on most carts and even buy a new pin connector, but your games are gonna all run like crap. It's not the system, it's the carts.
Now if you REALLY want to try your best to get your carts to work, the real way of refurbing them is to get a nintendo bit for your screwdriver, take off the cover, and scrub (and scrub, and scrub) at the connectors with a white eraser. It's the only thing I've found that will do the trick. Also, if you really want to use a cleaner, an anomia based cleaner (like Windex) does a much better job than rubbing alcohol.
Stylish, small, and has stereo controls on the front. I could actually pass this off as a small stereo receiver instead of a bloated, ugly, black box. Fits nicely in my livingroom.
#1 - You're thinking Dragon Quest, not EverQuest.
#2 - It's still called Dragon Warrior in the US, never changed.
#3 - Dragon Quest 2 was on the NES, not the SNES you fool!:)
#4 - How did this get modded insightful? Absolute best case scenario this should be marked as funny just in case this is an attempt as sarcasim
#5 - Look out for Dragon Warrior VIII for the PS2 late next year, it's going to be great!
Oh man, I can already see the lost Karma and troll rating...
I can only guess how this might impact web searches in the future when, eventually, the semantic web comes to fruition. Imagine all the depth this could bring online encyclopedias. Imagine flying over citymaps and clicking an area to search for information on the city, current news, history, etc. I know it'd be awesome if I could do a fly over of NYC and click on certain areas to find information about resturaunts, etc., before I make my own trip. This is definately the wave of the future. The more and more I see of the technologies that Google buys into, the more I like the company. They actually have the balls to look towards the future and make investments without any forseeable return in revinue.
Anyone have any guesses as to how much this will cost? It should technically cost less than a high end portable MP3 player (seeing that less has to go into the r&d...it's a lot easier to build an mp3 player the size of a car stereo than it is to build one the size of a minidisc player)...but how much do you want to bet it costs much, much more?
If MS has to provide freely available documentation, and the documentation they provide is only accessable using IE....doesn't this mean that MS should provide me with a free Windows license if I choose to develop my Windows software on a Linux workstation?:)
I was the same as you. What you might do is try a bottle of some really good spring water like Evian or Figi. It's too expensive to drink all the time, but just try it. It's not as offensive as normal purified water. After a week of just drinking water, I didn't mind the taste at all. I guess I just got used to drinking things that weren't sweet.
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During college, I used to buy 7 2-liters a week, one for everyday. Often times I'd go out to lunch/dinner and have even more. Oh, and free refils at retaurants, so go do the math. After college I still drank way too much of it. Then I started noticing that I was tired all the time and didn't really want to do anything but mope around.
A month ago I started drinking water...lots of water. Insted of 2-liters of soda a day, I started drinking 2 liters of spring water a day. It made me cringe at first, I hated the "taste" of water. 1 week into drinking no soda I didn't mind it anymore. Now, when I drink anything sweet or even eat small peices of candy, I cringe because it's TOO sweet. Not only that, even sweet ice tea will give me a caffeine/sugar buzz now...something that I've never experienced before in my life. Even though I've lost no weight (I'm pretty thin to begin with), clothes fit better and the bags under my eyes have gone away. Most importantly, I have more energy than I can ever remember having before in my life.
Growing up, we always had soda in the house and I rarely drank anything but soda. Now I wonder how my life would be different had I been raised on water...
Technically, wouldn't this make it easier for the pedophiles? You give every kid in the US a token to get online to kid only chatrooms, etc. Then all the pedophile has to do is wait for some kid to drop theirs, leave theirs in a public computer, or even steal one from a kid. Said pedophile then has instant access to chatrooms full of nothing BUT children.
Doesn't sound very smart to me.
You're sort of missing the point.
When blueray DVD players hit, they will play the older DVDs (seriously! they will...it is capable) as well as the newer, blue-ray ones. For people without HDTV's, the discs will be so large that they will easily be able to hold a standard version of the same programming so you don't have image loss through downconverting the image. All this technology does it help future proof everyone for when they DO have HDTV's.
Wouldn't you prefer them to push a better standard now before you've bought hundreds of new DVD's that don't support better technology?
"chomping at the bit with the looming release, as they are worried about compatibility with some of the new features in Service Pack 2."
I'm sure they're all worried about compatibility issues. Everyone is. But with school starting in August...and the release date in August...there's going to be zero time to work out the kinks before students start hitting the labs full force.
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Actually, you're completely off on this one. It has nothing to do with "moving corrosion"...it has everything to do with moisture.
The reason that blowing the carts worked (and still does for the most part) is that you're applying moisture to corroded terminals. Moisture = connectivity. That's why after you blow in a cart and put it in your system, sometimes it works for 5 minutes and then the game starts blinking. The moisture has evaporated from the terminals.
Bad thing about blowing in the carts (there had to be a bad thing) is the fact that, by applying more moisture to the cart, you expedite the corrosion. It works better now, but down the line it becomes even harder to get them to work.
You can scrub away all you like on most carts and even buy a new pin connector, but your games are gonna all run like crap. It's not the system, it's the carts.
Now if you REALLY want to try your best to get your carts to work, the real way of refurbing them is to get a nintendo bit for your screwdriver, take off the cover, and scrub (and scrub, and scrub) at the connectors with a white eraser. It's the only thing I've found that will do the trick. Also, if you really want to use a cleaner, an anomia based cleaner (like Windex) does a much better job than rubbing alcohol.
http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?mode l=MEGA_651_w/_DVD_Combo_Drive&class=mega
Stylish, small, and has stereo controls on the front. I could actually pass this off as a small stereo receiver instead of a bloated, ugly, black box. Fits nicely in my livingroom.
#1 - You're thinking Dragon Quest, not EverQuest. #2 - It's still called Dragon Warrior in the US, never changed. #3 - Dragon Quest 2 was on the NES, not the SNES you fool! :)
#4 - How did this get modded insightful? Absolute best case scenario this should be marked as funny just in case this is an attempt as sarcasim
#5 - Look out for Dragon Warrior VIII for the PS2 late next year, it's going to be great!
Oh man, I can already see the lost Karma and troll rating...
Can they still be nuked??? Nothing's more entertaining than going to town with a crappy old microwave and a stack of AOL discs....
I can only guess how this might impact web searches in the future when, eventually, the semantic web comes to fruition. Imagine all the depth this could bring online encyclopedias. Imagine flying over citymaps and clicking an area to search for information on the city, current news, history, etc. I know it'd be awesome if I could do a fly over of NYC and click on certain areas to find information about resturaunts, etc., before I make my own trip. This is definately the wave of the future. The more and more I see of the technologies that Google buys into, the more I like the company. They actually have the balls to look towards the future and make investments without any forseeable return in revinue.
Anyone have any guesses as to how much this will cost? It should technically cost less than a high end portable MP3 player (seeing that less has to go into the r&d...it's a lot easier to build an mp3 player the size of a car stereo than it is to build one the size of a minidisc player)...but how much do you want to bet it costs much, much more?
Beat me to the post about pidgins. It actually makes me want to believe that the poster was legit and really worked for this company in Hawaii.
If MS has to provide freely available documentation, and the documentation they provide is only accessable using IE....doesn't this mean that MS should provide me with a free Windows license if I choose to develop my Windows software on a Linux workstation? :)
My tap water tastes like pool water.
I was the same as you. What you might do is try a bottle of some really good spring water like Evian or Figi. It's too expensive to drink all the time, but just try it. It's not as offensive as normal purified water. After a week of just drinking water, I didn't mind the taste at all. I guess I just got used to drinking things that weren't sweet.
A month ago I started drinking water...lots of water. Insted of 2-liters of soda a day, I started drinking 2 liters of spring water a day. It made me cringe at first, I hated the "taste" of water. 1 week into drinking no soda I didn't mind it anymore. Now, when I drink anything sweet or even eat small peices of candy, I cringe because it's TOO sweet. Not only that, even sweet ice tea will give me a caffeine/sugar buzz now...something that I've never experienced before in my life. Even though I've lost no weight (I'm pretty thin to begin with), clothes fit better and the bags under my eyes have gone away. Most importantly, I have more energy than I can ever remember having before in my life.
Growing up, we always had soda in the house and I rarely drank anything but soda. Now I wonder how my life would be different had I been raised on water...
Technically, wouldn't this make it easier for the pedophiles? You give every kid in the US a token to get online to kid only chatrooms, etc. Then all the pedophile has to do is wait for some kid to drop theirs, leave theirs in a public computer, or even steal one from a kid. Said pedophile then has instant access to chatrooms full of nothing BUT children. Doesn't sound very smart to me.
Okay mods, not fair. It was posted a second after the first comment.
Oh, Sailor Bacon....we love you.
DOA Volleyball on the big screen.... ::drools::
For a second I though this was going to be an article about Everquest...
You're sort of missing the point. When blueray DVD players hit, they will play the older DVDs (seriously! they will...it is capable) as well as the newer, blue-ray ones. For people without HDTV's, the discs will be so large that they will easily be able to hold a standard version of the same programming so you don't have image loss through downconverting the image. All this technology does it help future proof everyone for when they DO have HDTV's. Wouldn't you prefer them to push a better standard now before you've bought hundreds of new DVD's that don't support better technology?
Did anyone else misread this article as "Artificial pr0n created?" Hello....wake up call to 2004. Weird Science. That is all...
Forget about Doom 3. I want to know if it'll play the copy of Duke Nuken Forever I preordered 3 years ago 5 years from now when it comes out...
Man, this Tony fellow better start learning out to BSOD's quick. Pretty soon, it'll be "Format it again, Tony"...
"chomping at the bit with the looming release, as they are worried about compatibility with some of the new features in Service Pack 2."
I'm sure they're all worried about compatibility issues. Everyone is. But with school starting in August...and the release date in August...there's going to be zero time to work out the kinks before students start hitting the labs full force.
Lucky bastard...all we could afford was was a lowly C=24...
2D.
SNES
Best game system ever!
That's why we have games like Myst that give us pretty graphics AND point and click adventure. Right?
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Ugh, I miss my Kings Quest
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