I think it should be mentioned that the 2 practice drives were 160Mb; and not 160Gb. Each drive cost $2, so the author wouldn't be out anything if he ruined them.
Can someone tell me why this thing uses PCI and SATA for interfacing? It seems the embedded chipset could handle the interpretation of SATA commands to that of DRAM. I'm guessing the PCI is for using the system's power? Idunno. Somebody clear this up for me.
Personally, when I built my latest gaming rig, I used top notch (at the time) hardware. Athlon 64, GeForce 6800, Corsair XMS RAM, SATA drives, etc. etc.
I kept Windows on the one of the drives just because I could play Doom 3, but when it was finally ported over to Linux, I ditched Windows altogether. I'm a picky gamer, myself, but now all of my needs are fulfilled.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this just a shot of irony? I mean, in order to read the full story about the {failing?} effort to reduce spam, you are expected to give out personal information to NY Times. How do I know they aren't selling my e-mail address to spammers? I realize that there are such things as BugMeNot, but not everyone knows about that.
Actually, according to IMDB; The Rock is going to be cast as "Sarge" and if you remember from Doom3, Sarge is the one issuing commands over the radio and eventually "assimilates" with a tank or whatever and you have to kill him towards the end of the game. Also, if you ever finished the game, you'll notice that the rescue team that finds your character (the protagonist of the story) asks him "Are you alright, Corporal?" Therefore, The Rock won't have to be the one to choose between Flashlight and Gun.
Perhaps developers will utilize the excessive space on the disc to optimize gameplay and fluidity of in-game animation, like Atari did with the Jaguar-CD add-on. The Jaguar system itself had, like, 4 Mb of RAM, and the CD perhipheral games required at least 2Mb just for the CD buffer; leaving only 2Mb for the gameplay, ai, graphics rendering, etc. In order to compensate, developers somehow used the extra space on the disc as a pre-loaded "swap file" of sorts. Don't ask me how this was accomplished with a read-only media, but some how they did it. I think a BluRay-based console would have amazing hardware capable of revolutionary graphics engines, and the high capacity discs could be used to push the limits that much further.
That's not a very good security measure, so the "illusion" is just that. Imagine a world where you can take confidential company data, and rename it with a ".mp3" extension: Goodbye suspicion, hello corporate espionage.
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I think it should be mentioned that the 2 practice drives were 160Mb; and not 160Gb. Each drive cost $2, so the author wouldn't be out anything if he ruined them.
Cloned, you say? From who? Big Boss State, I presume?
Can someone tell me why this thing uses PCI and SATA for interfacing? It seems the embedded chipset could handle the interpretation of SATA commands to that of DRAM. I'm guessing the PCI is for using the system's power? Idunno. Somebody clear this up for me.
Is this just a typo, or do we really have evidence that people(?) hated building houses clear back in fuckin' 18,000BC?!?!?!
Mod parent up. I've been teeming with excitement and eagerness over the new Zelda game ever since I caught wind of it over a year ago.
I think you're mistaken. Have you heard of Warp Pipe?
Discomfort for large handed players
Again, mistaken. Third-party companies have released some pretty bulky controllers.
No possible DVD support.
Wrong again. Panasonic's Q plays DVDs just fine.
Cryin' shame this got modded down so far, I found it quite humorous.
That might be effective if Dell was worth a pile of fuck. I'd MUCH rather have a OS X based "piece of shit" than a corporate whore Hell.
How can you say that?! Ninjas are so sweet that I want to crap my pants!!!
Nonsense -- you're only saying that because no one ever has.
Yeah, poser.
Personally, when I built my latest gaming rig, I used top notch (at the time) hardware. Athlon 64, GeForce 6800, Corsair XMS RAM, SATA drives, etc. etc. I kept Windows on the one of the drives just because I could play Doom 3, but when it was finally ported over to Linux, I ditched Windows altogether. I'm a picky gamer, myself, but now all of my needs are fulfilled.
You're wrong. They make digital cameras, too. Albeit crappy ones, but still. . .
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this just a shot of irony? I mean, in order to read the full story about the {failing?} effort to reduce spam, you are expected to give out personal information to NY Times. How do I know they aren't selling my e-mail address to spammers? I realize that there are such things as BugMeNot, but not everyone knows about that.
(I know I'm going to get flamed and modded at -1 for this, but I don't give a shit anymore.)
Actually, according to IMDB; The Rock is going to be cast as "Sarge" and if you remember from Doom3, Sarge is the one issuing commands over the radio and eventually "assimilates" with a tank or whatever and you have to kill him towards the end of the game. Also, if you ever finished the game, you'll notice that the rescue team that finds your character (the protagonist of the story) asks him "Are you alright, Corporal?" Therefore, The Rock won't have to be the one to choose between Flashlight and Gun.
Just my two cents. . .
Perhaps you should look into Installing Linux on a dead Badger, though you may have some trouble with dependencies.
Would you like monitored frieds with that?
Who in the blue fuck is Jonathan Stewart?! Perhaps you mean Patrick Stewart, the one that played Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek NG?
Perhaps developers will utilize the excessive space on the disc to optimize gameplay and fluidity of in-game animation, like Atari did with the Jaguar-CD add-on. The Jaguar system itself had, like, 4 Mb of RAM, and the CD perhipheral games required at least 2Mb just for the CD buffer; leaving only 2Mb for the gameplay, ai, graphics rendering, etc.
In order to compensate, developers somehow used the extra space on the disc as a pre-loaded "swap file" of sorts. Don't ask me how this was accomplished with a read-only media, but some how they did it.
I think a BluRay-based console would have amazing hardware capable of revolutionary graphics engines, and the high capacity discs could be used to push the limits that much further.
Hey moron;
256 + 128 + 2 != 384
256 + 128 + 2 = 386
Go back and repeat the first grade you incompetent dumbass!
I'm going to hang up this phone, and I'm going to show these people what you don't want them to see. . .
I'd still rather use a marginally flawed Mozilla browser than a fully dysfunctional Intercourse Exploiter browser
That's not a very good security measure, so the "illusion" is just that. Imagine a world where you can take confidential company data, and rename it with a ".mp3" extension: Goodbye suspicion, hello corporate espionage.
Hakui's fit a form factor.
By the way, what in the blue fuck is a Hakui?