PS2's have a ton of hardware problems. I've seen lasers break on at least three units, and they're also infamous for somehow destroying CD's. Sony, predictably, doesn't care. If competition in the market were a little better, I most likely wouldn't have had to spend $400 getting my console repaired twice.
Systems almost never launch with more than one A+ game. N64 had Mario 64, Dreamcast had Sonic Adventure, GCN had Pikmin (which is a stretch) and XBox had Halo. PS2 had nothing. Launch titles are often irrelevant, as the price of new consoles is often too high to get an enormous user base.
The turnaround they need could well be the new Zelda game. It's due in a week or so in the U.S., and probably soon in PAL territory. It got rave reviews and should, along with Metroid Prime, breathe some life into the Market for GCN's.
Ummm... Sony definitely doesn't see mod chips in any kind of favorable light whatsoever. They've brought litigation against numerous companies (the most prominent of which were Lik Sang in the far east and the makers of the Neo mod chip in Great Britain), and generally have been vehemently opposed to piracy. Successive generations of both PS2 hardware and software are designed to render older chip versions useless. This tradition has been around since the days of the PSX, where newer games would detect mod chips and refuse to play if they were found.
Having a secure platform is essential to keeping developer confidence in your platform, and Sony is well aware of that. In fact, it's widely speculated that the ease in which Dreamcast games could be pirated directly led to the system's early demise.
I think that YRO has come to encompass anything having to do with the law. And I base that on absolutely nothing, but it seems to explain at least the last few postings that were questionable members of the category.
The way I read it, it just means that you can't patent something based on their technology. Makes sense, particularly in light of the recent problems they've had with SQL Server licensing.
OK, the fly was completely incoherent, but the plot flowed much more smoothly in the American version--I forget specifics, but I remember seeing each and thinking, "oh, they added that part to explain x."
As for grossing out the audience, I thought that for a Hollywood horror movie, The Ring was more than tasteful. The strongest asset of the story was a strong feeling of dread that would nest itself in the pit of your stomach, and both versions of the film used that effectively. But seriously, watch the American one and then watch the original. Ringu just looks... cheesy by comparison.
Ummm, AOL is facing hard times. That idiotic merger with Time Warner isn't doing them any favors right now, and they're bleeding subscribers to their dialup service out the arse. The markup on broadband service is much lower than on dialup, so they're in some serious trouble there. Don't get me wrong; I hope AOL dies of gonorrhea and rots in hell, but they're not looking too good right now. Besides, how many people do you think would keep AIM if AOL began to charge for it? There are dozens of other companies around just waiting for that to happen, one of whom happens to be Slashdot's favorite. AOL's in some serious trouble.
Ummm... no? In addition to the Dreamcast not being a PC (it was based on a Hitachi RISC CPU and had no hard drive, for starters), it was also way out of the market by the time Microsoft announced X-Box. I'll save the Dreamcast rant for another time (it was a good system, I swear), but Microsoft had very little to do with Sega's demise. That honor goes in part to Sony, but mainly to Sega, who can't market consoles to save their lives.
Intuit has a massive FAQ here, linked directly off their front page. This is still a terrible way of doing business, but they aren't being as covert as people seem to think.
Oh, they've already been there. The RIAA and MPAA have taken the liberty of compiling lists of hosts at my university (UMass Amherst) caught sharing files over P2P. People are having their network access privileges revoked left and right. This whole thing is really getting out of hand...
According to ESR's Jargon File, a LART (Luser Attitude Readjustment Tool) is a large, blunt object used to smack some sense into people who do offensive (or offensively stupid) things. Could be just the thing here...
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There is an interesting use for templates in 3D vector math:
http://www.flipcode.com/tutorials/tut_fastmath.sht ml.
It's a kludge, but it provides some real performance benefits.
I don't about you guys but I personally do not want my cellular number to be made available so easily.
Then opt out. You can do it with land-based phone numbers; I'm sure they'll have to offer an unlisted option for cell phones as well.
PS2's have a ton of hardware problems. I've seen lasers break on at least three units, and they're also infamous for somehow destroying CD's. Sony, predictably, doesn't care. If competition in the market were a little better, I most likely wouldn't have had to spend $400 getting my console repaired twice.
Systems almost never launch with more than one A+ game. N64 had Mario 64, Dreamcast had Sonic Adventure, GCN had Pikmin (which is a stretch) and XBox had Halo. PS2 had nothing. Launch titles are often irrelevant, as the price of new consoles is often too high to get an enormous user base.
The turnaround they need could well be the new Zelda game. It's due in a week or so in the U.S., and probably soon in PAL territory. It got rave reviews and should, along with Metroid Prime, breathe some life into the Market for GCN's.
Ummm... Sony definitely doesn't see mod chips in any kind of favorable light whatsoever. They've brought litigation against numerous companies (the most prominent of which were Lik Sang in the far east and the makers of the Neo mod chip in Great Britain), and generally have been vehemently opposed to piracy. Successive generations of both PS2 hardware and software are designed to render older chip versions useless. This tradition has been around since the days of the PSX, where newer games would detect mod chips and refuse to play if they were found.
Having a secure platform is essential to keeping developer confidence in your platform, and Sony is well aware of that. In fact, it's widely speculated that the ease in which Dreamcast games could be pirated directly led to the system's early demise.
I think that YRO has come to encompass anything having to do with the law. And I base that on absolutely nothing, but it seems to explain at least the last few postings that were questionable members of the category.
The way I read it, it just means that you can't patent something based on their technology. Makes sense, particularly in light of the recent problems they've had with SQL Server licensing.
...suspend the program temporarily, IMHO. There are plenty of unemployed programmers and engineers in this country.
I could shit in a box and it would be better than Scooby-Doo.
OK, the fly was completely incoherent, but the plot flowed much more smoothly in the American version--I forget specifics, but I remember seeing each and thinking, "oh, they added that part to explain x."
As for grossing out the audience, I thought that for a Hollywood horror movie, The Ring was more than tasteful. The strongest asset of the story was a strong feeling of dread that would nest itself in the pit of your stomach, and both versions of the film used that effectively. But seriously, watch the American one and then watch the original. Ringu just looks... cheesy by comparison.
Ummm, AOL is facing hard times. That idiotic merger with Time Warner isn't doing them any favors right now, and they're bleeding subscribers to their dialup service out the arse. The markup on broadband service is much lower than on dialup, so they're in some serious trouble there. Don't get me wrong; I hope AOL dies of gonorrhea and rots in hell, but they're not looking too good right now. Besides, how many people do you think would keep AIM if AOL began to charge for it? There are dozens of other companies around just waiting for that to happen, one of whom happens to be Slashdot's favorite. AOL's in some serious trouble.
Pfft. The American version of The Ring was creepier, more coherent, and much more aesthetically pleasing than the Japanese counterpart.
Yeah, and That Guy That Wrote That Regular Expression Book used to work there. He wrote the Japanese dictionary server that I use, too.
And I know at least 100 who aren't. None of whom do.
Wasn't that from a Disney movie?
Look at it this way--people who are proficient in computers are more likely to have the time, skillset and inclination to publish content on the web.
This same group of people is also far more likely to use and actively promote Linux. There's a strong correlation there.
Sorry, I can't resist...
1. Sign contract with Microsoft
2. ???
i . Profit!
Ummm... no? In addition to the Dreamcast not being a PC (it was based on a Hitachi RISC CPU and had no hard drive, for starters), it was also way out of the market by the time Microsoft announced X-Box. I'll save the Dreamcast rant for another time (it was a good system, I swear), but Microsoft had very little to do with Sega's demise. That honor goes in part to Sony, but mainly to Sega, who can't market consoles to save their lives.
And a marvel of really modern civilization: SSRIs like Prozac.
Intuit has a massive FAQ here, linked directly off their front page. This is still a terrible way of doing business, but they aren't being as covert as people seem to think.
Oh, they've already been there. The RIAA and MPAA have taken the liberty of compiling lists of hosts at my university (UMass Amherst) caught sharing files over P2P. People are having their network access privileges revoked left and right. This whole thing is really getting out of hand...
Under NO condition are you allowed to use urinal #3.
That makes sense, as the other guy using urinal #3 would probably be rather upset by that.
According to ESR's Jargon File, a LART (Luser Attitude Readjustment Tool) is a large, blunt object used to smack some sense into people who do offensive (or offensively stupid) things. Could be just the thing here...
And you thought the male:female ratio at regular tech schools was bad...