Hell, if traffic lights are going to be internet connected, it's time to get a nice laptop with a gprs (or 3g by the time this theoretically happens)phone and never stop again.
Re:Gene Kan, Gnutella creator, dead at 25
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There's a couple of large cities here in Italy which are covered by a very similar service, more or less they hook you up to a 10Mbit lan connection, it's pretty inexpensive also (pity I don't live in one of those cities)...
I thought they were trying to supercede(spelling) the release of the PS3 which is due out in FEB 2004, which means they're going to have to release it in late 2003, which is just over a year from now.
Anyhow, I think 4 years is a better hardware cycle, for most platforms nowadays, the first good games (in any decent quantity) really don't come out for about a year. There are always some standouts, but it's usually the second generation games which make the biggest impression.
In the case of the PSX the developers had reached (and had time to reach) the very limits of what the psx could do, and the PS2 was the next logical step... right now the xbox hasn't been around enough time, or even been tested to it's limits. I say it's too early.
No a 486 won't play Doom3, but I'm not going to buy a new computer just to play that game, as pretty as it looks. I will, however, shell out 150 bucks for the gamecube because it has some cool new games. $500 is a lot of money, they're going to need a real "killer app" type of game.
You're right, backwards compatability isn't the word I'm looking for, I'm just trying to say that if they create a new platform before this one matures, they'll be locking out a lot of gamers, who are either not happy to have to spend so much cash to play the latest xbox games, or don't want all the extra features. If they create the games to take advantage of the new (I'm assuming the system will have updated components) hardware, they're going to exclude a large portion of their installed user base, it's a really risky push in my opinion. Plus they're going to put the developers in a bind. The situation they're going to try and create is have someone develop enough mindblowing games to justify an extremely large purchase(for a gaming console) which will hopefully bring in enough users to get the rest of the developers to move from the established base to the "to be created" user base. Sega screwed themselves in this way.
Backwards compatability?
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What happens to all those people who shelled out almost $400 at the begining of the xboxes life?
Do they now have to cough up another $500 for a X-Tivo just so they can play any new games?
Releasing new box after new box, and cutting off your established user base isn't going to win this system any fans...
At least an old pc can still play new games, albeit at lower resolutions, will the old x-box play new games, or will they handicap the new games so they aren't as impressive on the new box?
Really, they were one of the first vendors to offer 802.11 networking with the airport. Why are they relegated to the last chapter before the glossary?
they have a joystick for cellphones here
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For a F1 game you can download... it isn't networked though, as there isn't G3 yet.
Casinos will make great use of this technology..
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It will be virtually impossible to palm chips or any other sleight (spelling?) of hand tricks that people do at card tables. I'm sure there's millions of other more interesting possibilities, but that, and stopping pickpockets, are the ones that arrived immediately in my head..
Has anyone ever questioned whether a "live" broadcast is live? I thought the difference between live and non live was the venue, live is all performed in front of an audience with no retries, non live is studio recorded material with editing/mastering etc inbetween the performance/performances and the final recording.
I'll admit I simplified it a lot, but I don't see how this stands to change the definition of live.
But JR Tokai executive Chuji Morishita said, "This is the third railway traffic revolution, following railway construction in the Meiji Era and the Tokaido Shinkansen Line after World War II."
"The inauguration of the maglev will break Japan's stagnation, both politically and economically," he reckoned.
It shouldn't make that much difference, the city I work in (a whole ten miles down the road from where I live) has it's own dialect... very different from the one where I live, the fact that's it's only ten miles apart hasn't made a bit of difference in the last 2000 plus years..
If anything were to change the culture, it would be popular media... not some outsiders driving across a bridge.
Sorry, I'm going to drag it even further off topic...
For me, the benefit of allowing a 16 year old a couple of beers, if it's in the presence of a responsible adult, far outweighs the damage done by letting them experiment on their own.
As for pregnant women,they shouldn't be drinking, but I doubt making it illegal would change anything.
Here in Italy there is NO drinking age, but I don't see 8 year olds boozing it up... in general people tend to drink a little more responsibly (there are still problems). I've never seen parties with kids getting torn up like they do in the states, illegality makes it much more "cool" than any advertising ever will.
It would probably be better to have a responsible adult give some kids a couple of beers, than letting them go out and share a bottle of liquor they stole.
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Actually, I did the same thing a little while ago, I stopped downloading "copyrighted" or album music, and just listen to dj sets. I really enjoy different mixes, and the fact that you can hear some really really strange songs placed together. The avalanches do some incredible genre jumping, and there's a breezeblock of chile gonzales that kills me:)
Actually I'd like to respectfully disagree, perhaps commercial (or popular) hip hop is tired and completely devoid of new ideas, but there are plenty of artists who are in no way scraping the bottom of the barrel.
Try The Antipop Consortium, or Eyedea and Slug, or Roots Manuva...
None of these artists are going to make it big time, but they are breaking new ground, or at the very least expanding the boundaries of hiphop, with new beats, ideas, and subject matter.
I'm not disagreeing with your opinion of radio played hiphop, but as these things go, there's a lot more life out there than what you'll hear coming out of the average wigger's lowriding honda civic.
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here, you could definitely get some virtual revenge on annoying co-workers
Hell, if traffic lights are going to be internet connected, it's time to get a nice laptop with a gprs (or 3g by the time this theoretically happens)phone and never stop again.
It is sad, and a real pity he commited suicide.
KlezH@mm
lots of different delivery methods.. same annoying virus.
lately I've been seeing HiGuy and a little Yaha, and the old classic magistrB.
There's a couple of large cities here in Italy which are covered by a very similar service, more or less they hook you up to a 10Mbit lan connection, it's pretty inexpensive also (pity I don't live in one of those cities)...
I thought they were trying to supercede(spelling) the release of the PS3 which is due out in FEB 2004, which means they're going to have to release it in late 2003, which is just over a year from now.
Anyhow, I think 4 years is a better hardware cycle, for most platforms nowadays, the first good games (in any decent quantity) really don't come out for about a year. There are always some standouts, but it's usually the second generation games which make the biggest impression.
In the case of the PSX the developers had reached (and had time to reach) the very limits of what the psx could do, and the PS2 was the next logical step... right now the xbox hasn't been around enough time, or even been tested to it's limits. I say it's too early.
No a 486 won't play Doom3, but I'm not going to buy a new computer just to play that game, as pretty as it looks. I will, however, shell out 150 bucks for the gamecube because it has some cool new games. $500 is a lot of money, they're going to need a real "killer app" type of game.
Yeah but NES games are not 3 years old...
You're right, backwards compatability isn't the word I'm looking for, I'm just trying to say that if they create a new platform before this one matures, they'll be locking out a lot of gamers, who are either not happy to have to spend so much cash to play the latest xbox games, or don't want all the extra features. If they create the games to take advantage of the new (I'm assuming the system will have updated components) hardware, they're going to exclude a large portion of their installed user base, it's a really risky push in my opinion. Plus they're going to put the developers in a bind.
The situation they're going to try and create is have someone develop enough mindblowing games to justify an extremely large purchase(for a gaming console) which will hopefully bring in enough users to get the rest of the developers to move from the established base to the "to be created" user base. Sega screwed themselves in this way.
What happens to all those people who shelled out almost $400 at the begining of the xboxes life?
Do they now have to cough up another $500 for a X-Tivo just so they can play any new games?
Releasing new box after new box, and cutting off your established user base isn't going to win this system any fans...
At least an old pc can still play new games, albeit at lower resolutions, will the old x-box play new games, or will they handicap the new games so they aren't as impressive on the new box?
Really, they were one of the first vendors to offer 802.11 networking with the airport. Why are they relegated to the last chapter before the glossary?
For a F1 game you can download... it isn't networked though, as there isn't G3 yet.
It will be virtually impossible to palm chips or any other sleight (spelling?) of hand tricks that people do at card tables. I'm sure there's millions of other more interesting possibilities, but that, and stopping pickpockets, are the ones that arrived immediately in my head..
Has anyone ever questioned whether a "live" broadcast is live? I thought the difference between live and non live was the venue, live is all performed in front of an audience with no retries, non live is studio recorded material with editing/mastering etc inbetween the performance/performances and the final recording.
I'll admit I simplified it a lot, but I don't see how this stands to change the definition of live.
not a nazi, but more smaller is a little redundant, smaller works fine by itself.
But JR Tokai executive Chuji Morishita said, "This is the third railway traffic revolution, following railway construction in the Meiji Era and the Tokaido Shinkansen Line after World War II."
"The inauguration of the maglev will break Japan's stagnation, both politically and economically," he reckoned.
Wow, now that's confidence.
Uh, loro hanno uciso quell assitente dalla ministero delle economia.
In ogni caso gli italiani guidano come pazzi, e sei non meritavono un patente, non è difficile da comprare..:)
Se voi vedere un casino, prova Napoli dopo la nove dalla sera. Rosso, verde, no hai importanza, solo non ferma!
Damn my written italian is ugly.. sorry.
It shouldn't make that much difference, the city I work in (a whole ten miles down the road from where I live) has it's own dialect... very different from the one where I live, the fact that's it's only ten miles apart hasn't made a bit of difference in the last 2000 plus years.. If anything were to change the culture, it would be popular media... not some outsiders driving across a bridge.
Ok, but how much drinking?
Sorry, I'm going to drag it even further off topic...
For me, the benefit of allowing a 16 year old a couple of beers, if it's in the presence of a responsible adult, far outweighs the damage done by letting them experiment on their own.
As for pregnant women,they shouldn't be drinking, but I doubt making it illegal would change anything.
What exactly is wrong with minors drinking?
Here in Italy there is NO drinking age, but I don't see 8 year olds boozing it up... in general people tend to drink a little more responsibly (there are still problems). I've never seen parties with kids getting torn up like they do in the states, illegality makes it much more "cool" than any advertising ever will.
It would probably be better to have a responsible adult give some kids a couple of beers, than letting them go out and share a bottle of liquor they stole.
Of course, that's just my take on it.
Yeah, it's a pity things like this are less exciting, it's a much needed addition, just not as "innovative".
Ooh yeah, screw the french.. :)
try this, no IR window, but you could always mod it yourself...
http://www.directron.com/blackdesktop.html
Actually, I did the same thing a little while ago, I stopped downloading "copyrighted" or album music, and just listen to dj sets. I really enjoy different mixes, and the fact that you can hear some really really strange songs placed together. The avalanches do some incredible genre jumping, and there's a breezeblock of chile gonzales that kills me:)
Zamfir master of the pan flutes!
Leggo... not lego. Eggo, not Ego
Actually I'd like to respectfully disagree, perhaps commercial (or popular) hip hop is tired and completely devoid of new ideas, but there are plenty of artists who are in no way scraping the bottom of the barrel.
Try The Antipop Consortium, or Eyedea and Slug, or Roots Manuva...
None of these artists are going to make it big time, but they are breaking new ground, or at the very least expanding the boundaries of hiphop, with new beats, ideas, and subject matter.
I'm not disagreeing with your opinion of radio played hiphop, but as these things go, there's a lot more life out there than what you'll hear coming out of the average wigger's lowriding honda civic.