I am surprised that no one has mentioned XBConnect, which touts itself as the "Internet Tunnel for the XBox".
Basically, XBconnect is a piece of software that will run on a Windows PC on your local network. Put the Xbox on the local network, and the Xbox will see the XBconnect client as another Xbox. Thus you can use the "System Link" feature that is built into many games, used for playing multiplayer games with 2 or more Xboxen (I believe up to 16)
The great thing is that the XBconnect client interfaces through the Internet to find other players, but makes it appear to your Xbox that they are on your local network.
It is a way to play multiplayer games on the Xbox for free!
I've used it for Halo, and Unreal Championship, and had good results. The lag is usually minimal, and although sometimes not perfect, I'm sure the true Xbox Live suffers the same fate.
It's worth a look, especially if you already own a Windows PC, and a router. All you have to do is hook up your Xbox via ethernet.
"Foreign companies, including Websense and Sun Microsystems, Cisco Systems, Nortel Networks, Microsoft,27 have reportedly provided important technology which helps the Chinese authorities censor the Internet. Nortel Networks28 along with some other international firms are reported to be providing China with the technology which will help it shift from filtering content at the international gateway level to filtering content of individual computers, in homes, Internet cafes, universities and businesses."
I always take every opportunity I can get to introduce free / open / SENSIBLE software to people who are not typically "tech" oriented, and who tend to fall into the M$ vortex fairly easily.
I have converted several non-tech people over to Open Office, and they like it BETTER. It is faster, and cheaper. On a side note, I've also been spreading the word of Mozilla (the average user DOES want to use cool features like tabbed browsing, no popups, image blocking, etc. You just have to take the 5 minutes necessary to sit down an d introduce the benefits to them.
Quoted from the website:
"We take major credit cards and PayPal"
We take major credit cards.
This is not unprofessional. They are providing an extra 'hip' service, by taking PayPal.
Start up a fund which allows Open Source advocates (or anyone) from all over the world to donate THEIR copy of MS Windows to the school. I'm sure everybody who's been into technology for at least a few years has SEVERAL copies of Windows just laying around.
I'd gladly donate, as my PC's are happily running free software, and will continue to do so.
When you are about 5, you enter kindergarten. This is K. (I believe this may be optional in some states)
At 6, you enter 1st grade. And so on, through 12th.
"K-12" is a term used to describe the schooling you receive before University level.
You may want to check out xm radio in response to your hatred for radio commercials. I have found it to be AMAZINGLY good, and at only $9.95 a month, with a constant variety of music with no commercials, it's well worth it.
Downside is that receivers are in the $200 to $300 range which you must buy upfront.
CBG: Last night's Itchy & Scratchy was, without a doubt, the
worst episode ever. Rest assured I was on the internet
within minutes registering my disgust throughout the
world.
Bart: Hey, I know it wasn't great, but what right do you
have to complain?
CBG: As a loyal viewer, I feel they owe me.
Bart: What? They're giving you thousands of hours of
entertainment for free. What could they possibly owe
you? I mean, if anything, you owe them.
CBG: Worst episode ever.
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I fully agree with you. 80% of my classmates couldn't write decent code if their life depended on it.
If you consider a language like OCaml, I think you are presented with the best of both worlds. It is a language that is functional "in spirit" in that you can have such things as anonymous functions, partial function application, etc., yet it also keeps the ability to utilize state when necessary.
I believe "when necessary" is the key phrase -- it is certainly a GOOD idea to minimize state in your programs.
Try writing a language interpreter in a non-functional language. Good luck.
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That may be true, but I'm sure many people have their PC in close proximity to their Xbox, or like me, have WiFi in their laptop.
Basically, XBconnect is a piece of software that will run on a Windows PC on your local network. Put the Xbox on the local network, and the Xbox will see the XBconnect client as another Xbox. Thus you can use the "System Link" feature that is built into many games, used for playing multiplayer games with 2 or more Xboxen (I believe up to 16)
The great thing is that the XBconnect client interfaces through the Internet to find other players, but makes it appear to your Xbox that they are on your local network.
It is a way to play multiplayer games on the Xbox for free!
I've used it for Halo, and Unreal Championship, and had good results. The lag is usually minimal, and although sometimes not perfect, I'm sure the true Xbox Live suffers the same fate.
It's worth a look, especially if you already own a Windows PC, and a router. All you have to do is hook up your Xbox via ethernet.
The video is way too bright. Fiddling with the Quicktime video settings doesn't help much.
For the lazy...
"Foreign companies, including Websense and Sun Microsystems, Cisco Systems,
Nortel Networks, Microsoft,27 have reportedly provided important technology which
helps the Chinese authorities censor the Internet. Nortel Networks28 along with some
other international firms are reported to be providing China with the technology
which will help it shift from filtering content at the international gateway level to
filtering content of individual computers, in homes, Internet cafes, universities and
businesses."
I always take every opportunity I can get to introduce free / open / SENSIBLE software to people who are not typically "tech" oriented, and who tend to fall into the M$ vortex fairly easily.
I have converted several non-tech people over to Open Office, and they like it BETTER. It is faster, and cheaper. On a side note, I've also been spreading the word of Mozilla (the average user DOES want to use cool features like tabbed browsing, no popups, image blocking, etc. You just have to take the 5 minutes necessary to sit down an d introduce the benefits to them.
Quoted from the website: "We take major credit cards and PayPal" We take major credit cards. This is not unprofessional. They are providing an extra 'hip' service, by taking PayPal.
Start up a fund which allows Open Source advocates (or anyone) from all over the world to donate THEIR copy of MS Windows to the school. I'm sure everybody who's been into technology for at least a few years has SEVERAL copies of Windows just laying around. I'd gladly donate, as my PC's are happily running free software, and will continue to do so.
When you are about 5, you enter kindergarten. This is K. (I believe this may be optional in some states) At 6, you enter 1st grade. And so on, through 12th. "K-12" is a term used to describe the schooling you receive before University level.
You may want to check out xm radio in response to your hatred for radio commercials. I have found it to be AMAZINGLY good, and at only $9.95 a month, with a constant variety of music with no commercials, it's well worth it. Downside is that receivers are in the $200 to $300 range which you must buy upfront.
CBG: Last night's Itchy & Scratchy was, without a doubt, the worst episode ever. Rest assured I was on the internet within minutes registering my disgust throughout the world. Bart: Hey, I know it wasn't great, but what right do you have to complain? CBG: As a loyal viewer, I feel they owe me. Bart: What? They're giving you thousands of hours of entertainment for free. What could they possibly owe you? I mean, if anything, you owe them. CBG: Worst episode ever.
I fully agree with you. 80% of my classmates couldn't write decent code if their life depended on it.
If you consider a language like OCaml, I think you are presented with the best of both worlds. It is a language that is functional "in spirit" in that you can have such things as anonymous functions, partial function application, etc., yet it also keeps the ability to utilize state when necessary. I believe "when necessary" is the key phrase -- it is certainly a GOOD idea to minimize state in your programs. Try writing a language interpreter in a non-functional language. Good luck.