I paid $150 for 'em, from EMS Computing. They've got great sound, really nice quality speakers, and a huge sub. This things does 53 watts RMS per channel, and 200 watts RMS on the sub. Great speakers if you don't wanna fork out $400 for Klipsch 5.1 speakers. If you're lookin' for a review, here's a great, really detailed review of the speakers.
Why does everyone say 7200RPM drives overheat and are loud..? I've got four 60GB Maxtor and Western Digital drives, all right next to each other with no fan, and running' all the time. Not a single one is hot; they're all just moderately warm.
As far as I know, Logitech is the only company that makes a dual optical mouse. I've got one, and they rock, you can almost never lose tracking. Too bad the dpi is still 800.
Are there any optical mice that use a higher dpi? I'd love a 2000dpi optical.
I've seen SATA hard drives from a bunch of companies, but where are the SATA Optical drives? I know they wouldn't exactly benefit from the added bandwidth, but I'd rather have all my devices on a SATA controller, with it's thin cables, then my hard drives on SATA, and my optical drives on PATA.
What I'm wondering, is why do these systems come with such powerful hardware? P4 1.8GHz, 256mb RAM, GeForce 4 ti based videocard, etc.. For what it's supposed to be, I just don't see the point. Is it a media center, or a gaming system? That's the entire reason the price is so high. I'm sure they could pull off the same system, with all the same features, running off a VIA chip, or even a Celeron or Duron, and a cheaper videocard. Until they do that, they won't sell to many of these.
Copy protections such as this, do nothing more then piss the average user off.. A year or so back, an RTS called Emperor: Battle for Dune came out, and when I finally BOUGHT the game, I brought it home, only to find that the setup program wouldn't load, giving me some error about the cd being a copy. After screwing around with it for an hour or so, I called the game's tech support line.. (Which was long distance, naturally..) After waiting on hold for a good 20 minutes, they told me they were aware of my problem, and that it was caused by thier copy protection (SafeDisc 2), and told me that I would need to buy a new CD drive to play the game. Needless to say, I was pissed. I told 'em I'd be returning the game to the store, and downloading a copy of it off the internet, and hung up on 'em.
When are they going to learn, that they won't be able to stop the hardcore warez groups from releasing thier games a week before they show up in stores? I believe they should include basic protection, such as SafeDisc 1, and leave it at that. That'll stop Joe Newbie from coping the game, and giving it to all his friends, while at the same time, not screwing a small part of thier legitimate buyers..
I know there are differences between the two distros, but are there any differences that warrant a preference over one or the other? Is Debian faster performance wise, compared to Redhat?
We first had normal cable television.. Had enough channels, it was nice, could record everything, etc.. Then we upgraded to digital cable, and what a mistake that was. We had to get a box for each television, and if you wanted to record something, and watch tv at the same time, tough.
We finally upgraded to satelite tv, which is where we're at now, and it's even worse.. If you wanna record something, you have to set the timer on the satelite, to change the channel.. That's nice and all, but 5 minutes before whatever you're recording starts, a big, ugly clock icon, flashes on the bottom left of the screen, with no way to turn it off..
The television guide they use, sucks. If you wanna see what's on two hours ahead of time, you get to wait through 3 minutes of downloading, while it updates the guide.. That's when it actually works.
Personally, I don't see a problem with these.. So they report that you're goin' over the speed limit, or you're not wearing a seatbeat.. You shouldn't complain, because you're breaking the law. What's the big deal if something comes along to enforce that law?
The logic there, is like saying stealing is against the law, but having no police to enforce this law.. Then, someone comes along, and makes it so there are police that enforce the law, and all the thieves complain, because they can't steal as easily..
Well, I guess at least 98% of the people who read Slashdot, don't have to worry about Alzheimers. I drink a good 5-6 cans of soda a day, along with 2 cups of coffie a day.
From what I've read in a few interviews with Bungie staff, and on the Halo.Bungie.Org forums, is that the single player will be enhanced, to the point of maybe an entire new level. And the multiplayer will be totally revamped, with new modes, maps, etc.. Graphics will probably be left alone, because 85-90% of the people that'll actually buy Halo, won't be running GeForce 3 level cards.
I'm sure they could jump pump AGP up to 16x, but if they did that, they'd have no excuse to get us to upgrade to the latest and greatest motherboards, just for a new videocard.
From what I've heard, most cards don't even use the AGP4x bus to it's full potential yet. In fact, I believe back when AGP4x was introduced, most cards of the time, didn't even use AGP2x to it's full potential.
I guess AGP8x is just a stepping stone for future graphics cards.
Well.. Considering Western Digital, Maxtor, and a few other companies, have released 160, 180, and even 200GB drives.. I think it's safe to say, it's been bumped.
It would be alot cheaper, but do you think Microsoft would ever, no, could ever, release a Linux Kit for the Xbox? I don't think so, as it would hurt thier little war on open source. Instead, they spend some more cash, which they've got loads of already, and have someone else develop it. That way, they're in the clear, because they didn't develop, and or encourage development of Linux on the Xbox.
I still doubt it's Microsoft behind all this, simply because they've never done anything like this before. It's either a compeditor of Microsoft's looking to hit 'em where it counts, or some rich ex-dot com owner, who pulled out just in time, and has too much money to spend.
My point is, how would you actually go about distributing this 'virus' that would do the actual DDoS'ing? Certanly not through the Xbox Live network, and I don't think there would be enough people who download, say, an infected Linux distro, to cause any real damage.
Although you are right on one thing, the possibility, and fuctionality, is there.
Of course you could write software that'll let the Xbox browse the web, etc.. But the issue here is the Xbox Live Network, which is a closed, propritary system. Even if you got into Microsoft's servers, (No IIS jokes, please, hehe), somehow uploaded a virus, etc etc, it wouldn't run on normal, unmodded Xbox's.
And I highly doubt that.2% of Xbox owners that are smart enough to actually run custom software, and have the stones to open thier system and modify it, would do any damage if they all somehow got infected with an Xbox virus..
Most people who are knowledgable (Spelt wrong, shut up..) enough to do these kinds of modifications to thier system, are also smart enough to not download anything that pops up in front of them.
Also, unlike Windows, Xbox doesn't have an email program that runs attachments the second you view an email (Outlook comes to mind..), so there wouldn't be an easy means of transportation for a virus.
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I'm sure the GeForce FX drivers they were using were early beta versions, and as such, not optimized to the standard of which release drivers are.
I'll wait for the final hardware and drivers before I decide which to buy.
I paid $150 for 'em, from EMS Computing. They've got great sound, really nice quality speakers, and a huge sub. This things does 53 watts RMS per channel, and 200 watts RMS on the sub. Great speakers if you don't wanna fork out $400 for Klipsch 5.1 speakers. If you're lookin' for a review, here's a great, really detailed review of the speakers.
Why does everyone say 7200RPM drives overheat and are loud..? I've got four 60GB Maxtor and Western Digital drives, all right next to each other with no fan, and running' all the time. Not a single one is hot; they're all just moderately warm.
As far as I know, Logitech is the only company that makes a dual optical mouse. I've got one, and they rock, you can almost never lose tracking. Too bad the dpi is still 800.
Are there any optical mice that use a higher dpi? I'd love a 2000dpi optical.
I've seen SATA hard drives from a bunch of companies, but where are the SATA Optical drives? I know they wouldn't exactly benefit from the added bandwidth, but I'd rather have all my devices on a SATA controller, with it's thin cables, then my hard drives on SATA, and my optical drives on PATA.
What I'm wondering, is why do these systems come with such powerful hardware? P4 1.8GHz, 256mb RAM, GeForce 4 ti based videocard, etc.. For what it's supposed to be, I just don't see the point. Is it a media center, or a gaming system? That's the entire reason the price is so high. I'm sure they could pull off the same system, with all the same features, running off a VIA chip, or even a Celeron or Duron, and a cheaper videocard. Until they do that, they won't sell to many of these.
Copy protections such as this, do nothing more then piss the average user off.. A year or so back, an RTS called Emperor: Battle for Dune came out, and when I finally BOUGHT the game, I brought it home, only to find that the setup program wouldn't load, giving me some error about the cd being a copy. After screwing around with it for an hour or so, I called the game's tech support line.. (Which was long distance, naturally..) After waiting on hold for a good 20 minutes, they told me they were aware of my problem, and that it was caused by thier copy protection (SafeDisc 2), and told me that I would need to buy a new CD drive to play the game. Needless to say, I was pissed. I told 'em I'd be returning the game to the store, and downloading a copy of it off the internet, and hung up on 'em.
When are they going to learn, that they won't be able to stop the hardcore warez groups from releasing thier games a week before they show up in stores? I believe they should include basic protection, such as SafeDisc 1, and leave it at that. That'll stop Joe Newbie from coping the game, and giving it to all his friends, while at the same time, not screwing a small part of thier legitimate buyers..
I know there are differences between the two distros, but are there any differences that warrant a preference over one or the other? Is Debian faster performance wise, compared to Redhat?
Or is this a whole matter of personal preference?
You can rule Compaq (The New HP, whatever..) outta that one..
They've been using Maxtor exclusively for years..
We first had normal cable television.. Had enough channels, it was nice, could record everything, etc.. Then we upgraded to digital cable, and what a mistake that was. We had to get a box for each television, and if you wanted to record something, and watch tv at the same time, tough.
We finally upgraded to satelite tv, which is where we're at now, and it's even worse.. If you wanna record something, you have to set the timer on the satelite, to change the channel.. That's nice and all, but 5 minutes before whatever you're recording starts, a big, ugly clock icon, flashes on the bottom left of the screen, with no way to turn it off..
The television guide they use, sucks. If you wanna see what's on two hours ahead of time, you get to wait through 3 minutes of downloading, while it updates the guide.. That's when it actually works.
I totally agree.. How can he base a review off an OEM restore disc, that includes lots of 3rd party software..
More then half of his complaints about the Windows install, are because of the OEM software.
The only reason Xbox Mame was shut down, was because they developed the program using the Xbox SDK, which they obviously didn't have a license for..
Personally, I don't see a problem with these.. So they report that you're goin' over the speed limit, or you're not wearing a seatbeat.. You shouldn't complain, because you're breaking the law. What's the big deal if something comes along to enforce that law?
The logic there, is like saying stealing is against the law, but having no police to enforce this law.. Then, someone comes along, and makes it so there are police that enforce the law, and all the thieves complain, because they can't steal as easily..
Well, I guess at least 98% of the people who read Slashdot, don't have to worry about Alzheimers. I drink a good 5-6 cans of soda a day, along with 2 cups of coffie a day.
From what I've read in a few interviews with Bungie staff, and on the Halo.Bungie.Org forums, is that the single player will be enhanced, to the point of maybe an entire new level. And the multiplayer will be totally revamped, with new modes, maps, etc.. Graphics will probably be left alone, because 85-90% of the people that'll actually buy Halo, won't be running GeForce 3 level cards.
I'm sure they could jump pump AGP up to 16x, but if they did that, they'd have no excuse to get us to upgrade to the latest and greatest motherboards, just for a new videocard.
From what I've heard, most cards don't even use the AGP4x bus to it's full potential yet. In fact, I believe back when AGP4x was introduced, most cards of the time, didn't even use AGP2x to it's full potential.
I guess AGP8x is just a stepping stone for future graphics cards.
SerialATA is nice and all.. But can you overclock it?
Well.. Considering Western Digital, Maxtor, and a few other companies, have released 160, 180, and even 200GB drives.. I think it's safe to say, it's been bumped.
It would be alot cheaper, but do you think Microsoft would ever, no, could ever, release a Linux Kit for the Xbox? I don't think so, as it would hurt thier little war on open source. Instead, they spend some more cash, which they've got loads of already, and have someone else develop it. That way, they're in the clear, because they didn't develop, and or encourage development of Linux on the Xbox.
I still doubt it's Microsoft behind all this, simply because they've never done anything like this before. It's either a compeditor of Microsoft's looking to hit 'em where it counts, or some rich ex-dot com owner, who pulled out just in time, and has too much money to spend.
Does this mean the RIAA is violating a copyright, by uploading blank mp3's to various P2P networks?
Them Japanese is crazy!!
I don't know about anyone else.. But personally, I'd hate having an advertisement call me by name. Or advertisements that scan my eyes, and track me.
How about walking into a store, and having a big ad greet you? I don't think so.
Anyone agree?
My point is, how would you actually go about distributing this 'virus' that would do the actual DDoS'ing? Certanly not through the Xbox Live network, and I don't think there would be enough people who download, say, an infected Linux distro, to cause any real damage.
Although you are right on one thing, the possibility, and fuctionality, is there.
I've heard of cracks that did that, but I believe a patch fixed it, although don't quote me on that :)
Of course you could write software that'll let the Xbox browse the web, etc.. But the issue here is the Xbox Live Network, which is a closed, propritary system. Even if you got into Microsoft's servers, (No IIS jokes, please, hehe), somehow uploaded a virus, etc etc, it wouldn't run on normal, unmodded Xbox's.
.2% of Xbox owners that are smart enough to actually run custom software, and have the stones to open thier system and modify it, would do any damage if they all somehow got infected with an Xbox virus..
And I highly doubt that
Most people who are knowledgable (Spelt wrong, shut up..) enough to do these kinds of modifications to thier system, are also smart enough to not download anything that pops up in front of them.
Also, unlike Windows, Xbox doesn't have an email program that runs attachments the second you view an email (Outlook comes to mind..), so there wouldn't be an easy means of transportation for a virus.