That does sound like a possible way around it (though your cement would have to be precisely placed in the center of a block and would be tough to get passed through an inspection. Another problem is that if you bent the lower fibers up in order to hide the cement space, you'd have to make up for that bend somewhere, so the top of the brick might put you back in the same situation.
Maybe not here in the North east (NY), but further south. Your post brings to mind another question. What happens if you get this stuff wet regularly? Will mildew completely ruin it? What about the anti-mildew treatments used on traditional concrete?
If nothing else, I'm sure we can all agree that it would be cool to make a wall of this stuff and pretend you were Superman using Xray vision.
I didn't find mention of it on the site, so I'm wondering if they have a special approach in mind for cementing the blocks together. When you cement them together to form a wall, you'd end up with a brick pattern obscuring the image that is showing through.
That could either detract from or enhance the "coolness" factor depending on what look you were going for I suppose.
You're right. It is almost certain that the outside world should be able to see your "shadow puppet" at night.
As for the color of the wall, there was a picture on the site that showed a brown wall, so I guess the stuff could be dyed when it is manufactured, but I think repainting your room would be out of the question..
Yet the price of the game is still the same if not higher.
Not sure if you mentioned this to show why Nintendo eventually caved and went to CD/DVD media or if you were trying to disprove it by saying that the process can't cost more because then the games would then cost more.
Either way, it does cost more to manufacture the ROMs and yet the game has to cost the same as it does on another platform or else nobody would buy it for your platform. That being the case, Nintendo had a smaller profit margin on a game manufactured for their system as they might if they sold the same game for a different disc based platform.
So, yes the cartridge and disc versions of the games cost the same ammount for the consumers, but the manufactures had to eat the difference in profit.
Gotta disagree there. If they were looking to do faster & cheaper, then they picked the wrong approach. They certainly managed to make the game load times faster, but cheaper isn't even an option for a cartridge based console.
The cartridge itself has to be manufactured as opposed to burned / pressed. It is considerably slower and hence more expensive to do this.
He didn't say it was hackable, just that the chances were good.
Potential adj.
1. Capable of being but not yet in existence; latent: a potential problem.
2. Having possibility, capability, or power.
3. Grammar. Of, relating to, or being a verbal construction with auxiliaries such as may or can; for example, it may be hackable.
The emulation in this instance wold be refering to simulating the XBox2 (software) environment itself. Some of the custom hardware of it would probably have to be emulated, but as far as the processor is concerned, there would be less work to be done.
So, yeah, you're right to degree, but there's still emulation to be done here.
I picked up an imported copy a while back and naturally it wont play right on my US PS1 or PS2 because of the PAL / NSTC difference. I've got a mod-chip in my PS1, so I even tried playing a copy of my game after applying an ISO patch that I found online, still with no luck. Any hints?
I saw the URL "cowanalexander.com" and briefly thought "Cow Anal Exander dot Com?!?!". What sick bastards are posting here, and what the hell is an 'exander'?
And, it's possible to feed/clothe/raise your children, and still be a bad person.
Agreed; but being a "bad" person is not mutually exclusive from giving some respect to a person who for whatever motives have fed / clothed you. The parent is "bad" and politically incorrect; fine I agree that they need to grow up themselves. What I disagree with is some kid saying that their "upbringing was nowhere near as bad as Eminem's" and yet they feel justified in bad-mouthing her.
Disagree with her; argue / debate her non-PC viewpoints, but give credit where it's due.
Did she feed, clothe and raise you? If so then some respect is due you ungrateful prick.
If she sold you into slavery and disavowed all knowledge of your existence, then you might have a case.
While your description of her political views does indicate that she has some maturing to do as far as acceptance of other heritages, sexual orientations and people different from her; you haven't named any reason for you to be such a goon.
There's a wide difference between having a disagreement with a person's political views and having no respect for them. There are tons of folks whom I can't see eye to eye with politically (many of them are relatives); but I respect them.
I really like my new dentist because they do offer this. I've only used the headphones and CD player for cleanings and other pretty routine stuff, but it definitly does work to distract you when the hygenist gets a little too agro with the hook thingy.
" You have to remember that it used to be a standard part of Apple's advertising that "Windows Sucks. It has a command line. Ha Ha. Boy they really do suck.""
I think the taunt was moreso that win95 was just DOS with a GUI running on top of it. The fact that it had an *additional* feature in the form of a command-line wasn't the target there if I recall correctly.
Not sure how to reply without sounding like a complete insensitive jerk, but I'll try:
There is no question that this story is tragic, only a complete asshole would try to say otherwise. Tragic as it is, I think comparing it to the shuttle disaster isn't a good match in that while they're in related fields, they're in very different contexts.
The Columbia explosion was something that we here in America (and elsewhere) were greatly affected by emotionally. It hit a chord with many different people because it involved "heros" and people doing things that most people can only dream about doing right now. This story about the explosion in India wont get as much press, but it isn't because it is any less tragic or any less important. Instead it is because it isn't as highly visible an event as Columbia was.
Here's the point I wanted to make when I started this post, and I only hope folks don't take it the wrong way. People do of course die every day, and most every one of those deaths can be described as tragic to somebody. Every day a car crashes into another and 3-5 people die together. Is it tragic? Of course. Is it wrong that the rest of the world doesn't mourn the death of the people in those cars? No; because the car crash is not nearly as high-profile a story so not as many people hear about it.
The Columbia disaster involved people who are publicly admired. The explosion in India involved people in more blue-collar jobs and hence wont be mourned as widely as Columbia, but that doesn't make it any less important.
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Excelent use of an ascii schematic BTW.
If nothing else, I'm sure we can all agree that it would be cool to make a wall of this stuff and pretend you were Superman using Xray vision.
That could either detract from or enhance the "coolness" factor depending on what look you were going for I suppose.
As for the color of the wall, there was a picture on the site that showed a brown wall, so I guess the stuff could be dyed when it is manufactured, but I think repainting your room would be out of the question..
Right Click on the upper part of the window / address bar and deselect "Address Bar". Hopefully they wont know enough to re-enable it.
Not sure if you mentioned this to show why Nintendo eventually caved and went to CD/DVD media or if you were trying to disprove it by saying that the process can't cost more because then the games would then cost more.
Either way, it does cost more to manufacture the ROMs and yet the game has to cost the same as it does on another platform or else nobody would buy it for your platform. That being the case, Nintendo had a smaller profit margin on a game manufactured for their system as they might if they sold the same game for a different disc based platform.
So, yes the cartridge and disc versions of the games cost the same ammount for the consumers, but the manufactures had to eat the difference in profit.
The cartridge itself has to be manufactured as opposed to burned / pressed. It is considerably slower and hence more expensive to do this.
Y'know; I *HAVE* been thinking about overclocking my brain. Of course, the heat-sink would be a bit awkward.
What is left out is the sentence stating that those same headaches were caused by caffine withdrawal.
Off to Dunkin Donuts for my medicine. Anybody want me to pick something up?
A brushed-metal skin on an OS? Well it's a bit crazy, but I guess it could work.
Down quickly; any mirrors out there? The first article was fascinating, so I'm real interested in seeing more like this...
Why Oh why can't there be +6 funny. Oh well. =)
He didn't say it was hackable, just that the chances were good.
Potential adj.
1. Capable of being but not yet in existence; latent: a potential problem.
2. Having possibility, capability, or power.
3. Grammar. Of, relating to, or being a verbal construction with auxiliaries such as may or can; for example, it may be hackable.
So, yeah, you're right to degree, but there's still emulation to be done here.
I picked up an imported copy a while back and naturally it wont play right on my US PS1 or PS2 because of the PAL / NSTC difference. I've got a mod-chip in my PS1, so I even tried playing a copy of my game after applying an ISO patch that I found online, still with no luck. Any hints?
Sorry.
All together now:
You're new around here aren't you?
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Agreed; but being a "bad" person is not mutually exclusive from giving some respect to a person who for whatever motives have fed / clothed you. The parent is "bad" and politically incorrect; fine I agree that they need to grow up themselves. What I disagree with is some kid saying that their "upbringing was nowhere near as bad as Eminem's" and yet they feel justified in bad-mouthing her.
Disagree with her; argue / debate her non-PC viewpoints, but give credit where it's due.
Besides; the iPod has solitaire, which is arguably the only game anybody will ever need.
I Know How To Say Lawyer?
I Kant Hope To Spell Lately?
I'll Kill Hippos Tonight; See-yah Later?
I'm so confused.
Did she feed, clothe and raise you? If so then some respect is due you ungrateful prick.
If she sold you into slavery and disavowed all knowledge of your existence, then you might have a case.
While your description of her political views does indicate that she has some maturing to do as far as acceptance of other heritages, sexual orientations and people different from her; you haven't named any reason for you to be such a goon.
There's a wide difference between having a disagreement with a person's political views and having no respect for them. There are tons of folks whom I can't see eye to eye with politically (many of them are relatives); but I respect them.
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Someday we'll all master its /it's; your / you're; and other such enigmas.
I really like my new dentist because they do offer this. I've only used the headphones and CD player for cleanings and other pretty routine stuff, but it definitly does work to distract you when the hygenist gets a little too agro with the hook thingy.
I think the taunt was moreso that win95 was just DOS with a GUI running on top of it. The fact that it had an *additional* feature in the form of a command-line wasn't the target there if I recall correctly.
There is no question that this story is tragic, only a complete asshole would try to say otherwise. Tragic as it is, I think comparing it to the shuttle disaster isn't a good match in that while they're in related fields, they're in very different contexts.
The Columbia explosion was something that we here in America (and elsewhere) were greatly affected by emotionally. It hit a chord with many different people because it involved "heros" and people doing things that most people can only dream about doing right now. This story about the explosion in India wont get as much press, but it isn't because it is any less tragic or any less important. Instead it is because it isn't as highly visible an event as Columbia was.
Here's the point I wanted to make when I started this post, and I only hope folks don't take it the wrong way. People do of course die every day, and most every one of those deaths can be described as tragic to somebody. Every day a car crashes into another and 3-5 people die together. Is it tragic? Of course. Is it wrong that the rest of the world doesn't mourn the death of the people in those cars? No; because the car crash is not nearly as high-profile a story so not as many people hear about it.
The Columbia disaster involved people who are publicly admired. The explosion in India involved people in more blue-collar jobs and hence wont be mourned as widely as Columbia, but that doesn't make it any less important.