These are in a rack next to the 32" Olevia I use for my PC's monitor:
Atari 2600
Odyssey 2
NES
SNES
N64
Genesis/32X/Sega CD
Saturn
Dreamcast
3DO
PS1
PS2
XBOX
In addition, I have the Wii hooked up to the main 57" in the living room. I also have a bookshelf that holds the Virtual Boy, Game Boy, GBA SP, DS, PSP, Game Gear, and Lynx. I have two very packed shelves dedicated to holding the games.
I expect that for Christmas, I would be receiving at least one more console system, and possibly another handheld...perhaps even more.
The metal rack I picked up has 8 shelves, and it's about 3' across, so it works perfectly to hold the consoles. The biggest problem is the A/V switch. I've not found a solution that has enough inputs for all the systems. I'd love to not have to unplug/plug in a system when I want to play it, but I've just not found a way to do that yet.
I find it quite fitting that we've seen 10 years of mediocrity. This will put a cap on a decade where the Big N was not so big. Sure, there were great titles here and there for the N64 and the Cube, but let's face it, we saw so much better in the NES and SNES. The potential that the Wii has is extremely high. If it lives up to even half of its hype, it will be the console to beat.
Did Shakespeare bitch and moan about his lack of fonts? Did Plato refuse to write on shitty papyrus based paper? Did Mozart refuse to write music because he didn't have the right instruments yet--or a mixer for that matter? Did Fritz Lang stop making motion pictures because he didn't have color film and light meters?
I thought the same exact thing as the previoius poster. Shakespeare wasn't limited in what he could write due to fonts. Plato wasn't limited on what he could express due to bad paper. Mozart's symphonies weren't limited by instrument, only by his imagination.
Now, film is a different matter, if only for the fact that technology comes into play with regards to limitations, as do computers.
Console and computer games are set within well-known limits of the tools we currently have. Paper can hold an unlimited amount of thought, but paper is not the tool, language is. If language was the limitation, you can bet that it would have caused a massive choke point for Shakespeare. Fortunately, language was well developed by the time he came around.
Games are limited by the silly little things we nerds get all pissed off about. The crazy things like bits, bytes, throughput, etc. There are plenty of pieces of art out there in the gaming world already. If someone is too short-sighted to see that, it's their loss.
For those who made the change and want the old way back, it's as simple as clearing the google.com PREF cookie in your browser. If you don't know how to clear a single cookie, then clear all of them and it will be included.
The bottom line is that GIMP is different; it's not comfortable. YES, you can do almost everything in GIMP that you could do in Photoshop. YES, you can make it look like Photoshop. The largest problem with all of this is that you must WORK and you must CHANGE to do these things.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't comfort "comfortable" for a reason? People don't WANT to work. People don't WANT to change. It's not comfortable to do so.
...how they can come up with numbers like this. For every study like this that shows one result, you can find a mirror study that shows the opposite. Frankly, I don't know a single person that keeps any devices in standby.
Oh, I'm sorry Mr. Elite. Because having a UID greater than 100k is really a mark of exception.
Who gives a flying rat's ass about what UID number I have? Just because I never bothered to sign up until a certain point doesn't mean I never read or knew about/. beforehand. People like you are the scourge of the internet.
You obviously made a point to post that YOU have never seen the exception to the rule. The context of your post was clear as day, so don't backpedal now, wussie.
Just because YOU haven't seen it, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Have YOU been to Africa? Japan? Antartica? How do you know it exists if you haven't seen it?...douchebag.
Amazing how few people, including yourself, have seen that this controller can be turned to be oriented so that it is similar to a modern controller with the directional axis on the left, and the two buttons on the right. In fact, the listing of b before a, would keep true to the traditional Nintendo reversal of the two.
In fact, it seems as though the controller becomes more of a classic NES controller when this happens.
I prefer it, myself. In a couple of the California casinos, they have machines that will redeem your ticket as well as the usual cashiers. It's quite handy to walk up, put the ticket in, and not have to deal with someone behind the counter.
I frequent California casinos and they all use paper only. The Vegas ones have begun to turn to paper as well. There are many machines now that do not accept coinage, especially the lower denominations.
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I have the following systems:
These are in a rack next to the 32" Olevia I use for my PC's monitor:
Atari 2600
Odyssey 2
NES
SNES
N64
Genesis/32X/Sega CD
Saturn
Dreamcast
3DO
PS1
PS2
XBOX
In addition, I have the Wii hooked up to the main 57" in the living room. I also have a bookshelf that holds the Virtual Boy, Game Boy, GBA SP, DS, PSP, Game Gear, and Lynx. I have two very packed shelves dedicated to holding the games.
I expect that for Christmas, I would be receiving at least one more console system, and possibly another handheld...perhaps even more.
The metal rack I picked up has 8 shelves, and it's about 3' across, so it works perfectly to hold the consoles. The biggest problem is the A/V switch. I've not found a solution that has enough inputs for all the systems. I'd love to not have to unplug/plug in a system when I want to play it, but I've just not found a way to do that yet.
I find it quite fitting that we've seen 10 years of mediocrity. This will put a cap on a decade where the Big N was not so big. Sure, there were great titles here and there for the N64 and the Cube, but let's face it, we saw so much better in the NES and SNES. The potential that the Wii has is extremely high. If it lives up to even half of its hype, it will be the console to beat.
...of Slashdot users hitting their website.
You are either not married, or if you are, she has no idea you post things like this. If she did, the first part of this post would then become true.
Agreed. It's not so simple with computers. You can't just "make up" technology the way you can words.
My god. For the sake of the English language, it's not "loose" or "loosing". It's "lose", or "losing".
When I read:
Did Shakespeare bitch and moan about his lack of fonts? Did Plato refuse to write on shitty papyrus based paper? Did Mozart refuse to write music because he didn't have the right instruments yet--or a mixer for that matter? Did Fritz Lang stop making motion pictures because he didn't have color film and light meters?
I thought the same exact thing as the previoius poster. Shakespeare wasn't limited in what he could write due to fonts. Plato wasn't limited on what he could express due to bad paper. Mozart's symphonies weren't limited by instrument, only by his imagination.
Now, film is a different matter, if only for the fact that technology comes into play with regards to limitations, as do computers.
Console and computer games are set within well-known limits of the tools we currently have. Paper can hold an unlimited amount of thought, but paper is not the tool, language is. If language was the limitation, you can bet that it would have caused a massive choke point for Shakespeare. Fortunately, language was well developed by the time he came around.
Games are limited by the silly little things we nerds get all pissed off about. The crazy things like bits, bytes, throughput, etc. There are plenty of pieces of art out there in the gaming world already. If someone is too short-sighted to see that, it's their loss.
For those who made the change and want the old way back, it's as simple as clearing the google.com PREF cookie in your browser. If you don't know how to clear a single cookie, then clear all of them and it will be included.
Read the F**king article.
The bottom line is that GIMP is different; it's not comfortable. YES, you can do almost everything in GIMP that you could do in Photoshop. YES, you can make it look like Photoshop. The largest problem with all of this is that you must WORK and you must CHANGE to do these things.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't comfort "comfortable" for a reason? People don't WANT to work. People don't WANT to change. It's not comfortable to do so.
It would still follow simple context rules of verb - adjective - noun.
...I'd like you to meet kettle.
...how they can come up with numbers like this. For every study like this that shows one result, you can find a mirror study that shows the opposite. Frankly, I don't know a single person that keeps any devices in standby.
Best first post ever.
Oh, I'm sorry Mr. Elite. Because having a UID greater than 100k is really a mark of exception.
/. beforehand. People like you are the scourge of the internet.
Who gives a flying rat's ass about what UID number I have? Just because I never bothered to sign up until a certain point doesn't mean I never read or knew about
You obviously made a point to post that YOU have never seen the exception to the rule. The context of your post was clear as day, so don't backpedal now, wussie.
The letters "b" and "a" are not Japanese. Even the Japanese do not spell English words backwards in print.
Just because YOU haven't seen it, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Have YOU been to Africa? Japan? Antartica? How do you know it exists if you haven't seen it? ...douchebag.
Amazing how few people, including yourself, have seen that this controller can be turned to be oriented so that it is similar to a modern controller with the directional axis on the left, and the two buttons on the right. In fact, the listing of b before a, would keep true to the traditional Nintendo reversal of the two.
In fact, it seems as though the controller becomes more of a classic NES controller when this happens.
I for one, welcome our new methane-drinking overlords.
I prefer it, myself. In a couple of the California casinos, they have machines that will redeem your ticket as well as the usual cashiers. It's quite handy to walk up, put the ticket in, and not have to deal with someone behind the counter.
I'm fairly certain, there's definitely prior art in this case.
I frequent California casinos and they all use paper only. The Vegas ones have begun to turn to paper as well. There are many machines now that do not accept coinage, especially the lower denominations.
Well then...I think we should all write a letter.
Elvis' gravesite when that happens. It'd be a nice interactive experience.
You do realize that a major portion of that cost is the Bluetooth technology built into both modules, right?