Even WITH modem to modem connections like you're describing, you're looking at a minimum 120ms latency. I worked for an ISP for years. First hop from modem to terminal server is 120 ms minimum on a dialup connection, period. First hop meaning NO INTERNET INVOLVED.
Finally, 56k modes can send 53kbps easily. I dunno who in the world is informing you, but I really suggest you seal up your ass and stop talking from it.
This is the most blindingly retarded comment I've ever read in my entire life. A good mode connection can rip apart DSL in terms of latency?! Please, let me know what planet you reside on, as I think we'd all love to live somewhere that 120ms is usually greater than 10-40ms... For games that are latency bound, cablemodems AND DSL destroy modems. The internet is a big big place full of lots of information--it really wouldn't take you but what, 5 minutes to figure out that DSL and Cable have better latency than dialup on its best day?
Its funny how people complain about all the compatibility layers Windows has had strapped onto it over the last 10+ years or so, but now when they drop compatibility, time to whine. THINK ABOUT ALL THOSE WHO STILL HAVE AN ISA MODEM AND WANT A NEW COMPUTER!!! WHAT ABOUT THEM?!
Since DVDs use MPEG2, couldn't you just record at a lower bitrate like TiVo does and get more record time from the disc? I've found from watching TiVo that even some of the lower or variable bitrate modes often look better than VHS. Toss your episodes on a few DVDs, and you don't have to fast forward to get to em. Use both sides and both layers, and you should have some decent capacity...
Jackson's take on what happens to the wearer when the ring is on is... a little out of place with what Bilbo goes through in The Hobbit IIRC, Tolkien re-edited The Hobbit during the writing of LOTR because some things he wanted to introduce didn't mesh. Frodo's experience even in the book versions of LOTR is different than Bilbo's...so, it's not Jackson's doing.
Oh sure, and we know about ALL those theaters that actually abide by ratings. Remind me of that next time I'm in a R-rated flic with 14 year olds behind me talking.
Perhaps instead of being so terribly offended by posts, you should take them as tongue-in-cheek like many are intended to be. I'd wager a bet the post was intended to be sarcastic, not serious. Then again, I'm not super sensitive.
d'oh, that was in reply to Mr Serious & his "well needed" reminder about the metric system (which, btw, has nothing to do with Fahrenheit and Celsius anyways).
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Plenum graded, iirc, actually means that were it to catch fire, its shielding and outer casing is made of a material that won't release toxic fumes into the airway (which often runs along the plenum--the space between the real ceiling and the drop ceilings found in many offices).
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Yes, and beyond technology, which is irrelevant from a users point of view, how is this any different from a scooter? Without having touched/ridden/experienced one, how can you judge one way or another? Nice how you can be so certain based on assumptions.
Nevertheless, I'm glad you've made your mind up, that's just one more on the market for others to use.
I'm not getting a X-Box. I played it at E3 and was wholly unimpressed.
Regardless of that, a statement like "every title made for the X-Box will be ported to the PC..." is a troll. Plain and simple.
Plus, you can boot Linux off a Dreamcast. So I guess that's another non-expandable PC, right? Oh, and Sony's Linux project in Japan is out to make the PS2 a non-expandable PC, right?
Trust me, I'm no Microsoft supporter, and I'm not sold on the X-Box at all. I just have a real problem with uninformed trolling posts:)
That's their problem. MS has touted this as the PC port machine, and no one wants to play PC ports on a console, where often the don't translate well (I can't imagine playing console games with that Mack truck of a controller, let alone a FPS). It's got lackluster support, lackluster exclusives, no killer app (the sucker's got 10/100 ethernet on it, but what exploits that?)...
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Even WITH modem to modem connections like you're describing, you're looking at a minimum 120ms latency. I worked for an ISP for years. First hop from modem to terminal server is 120 ms minimum on a dialup connection, period. First hop meaning NO INTERNET INVOLVED.
Finally, 56k modes can send 53kbps easily. I dunno who in the world is informing you, but I really suggest you seal up your ass and stop talking from it.
This is the most blindingly retarded comment I've ever read in my entire life.
A good mode connection can rip apart DSL in terms of latency?! Please, let me know what planet you reside on, as I think we'd all love to live somewhere that 120ms is usually greater than 10-40ms...
For games that are latency bound, cablemodems AND DSL destroy modems. The internet is a big big place full of lots of information--it really wouldn't take you but what, 5 minutes to figure out that DSL and Cable have better latency than dialup on its best day?
I got my NT4 MCSE thru self-study while in tech support. Became a NT admin afterwards, and now do UNIX. Ah have SEEN the light!
Its funny how people complain about all the compatibility layers Windows has had strapped onto it over the last 10+ years or so, but now when they drop compatibility, time to whine.
THINK ABOUT ALL THOSE WHO STILL HAVE AN ISA MODEM AND WANT A NEW COMPUTER!!! WHAT ABOUT THEM?!
In order to be able to sneak up and do that, an even more frightning reality must exist: they must *have* the Kenny G MP3 to begin with!
*shudder*
Since DVDs use MPEG2, couldn't you just record at a lower bitrate like TiVo does and get more record time from the disc? I've found from watching TiVo that even some of the lower or variable bitrate modes often look better than VHS. Toss your episodes on a few DVDs, and you don't have to fast forward to get to em. Use both sides and both layers, and you should have some decent capacity...
This is a decent explanation:
http://www.freebsddiary.org/current.php
Check out
http://www.freebsddiary.org/makeworld-script.php
for a nice makefile that pretty much does everything you need to upgrade too.
$submission_text =~ s/$/[sic]/g;
:)
Don't forget that overclocking mkaes your weiner 25% bigger too...
Heh, yes, that's me.
Ignore the man behind the curtain!
Jackson's take on what happens to the wearer when the ring is on is... a little out of place with what Bilbo goes through in The Hobbit
IIRC, Tolkien re-edited The Hobbit during the writing of LOTR because some things he wanted to introduce didn't mesh. Frodo's experience even in the book versions of LOTR is different than Bilbo's...so, it's not Jackson's doing.
Your review? Insightful? Hahaha
That's Roger Ebert's review from today's Chicago Sun Times.
hahaha
Oh sure, and we know about ALL those theaters that actually abide by ratings. Remind me of that next time I'm in a R-rated flic with 14 year olds behind me talking.
Perhaps instead of being so terribly offended by posts, you should take them as tongue-in-cheek like many are intended to be. I'd wager a bet the post was intended to be sarcastic, not serious. Then again, I'm not super sensitive.
No, the Metric system defines degrees Kelvin as it's standard unit of temperature. Look here and here
d'oh, that was in reply to Mr Serious & his "well needed" reminder about the metric system (which, btw, has nothing to do with Fahrenheit and Celsius anyways).
You would also appear to be lacking any sort of a sense of humor. http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=sar casm
GRID - Gay Related Immune Deficiency
Plenum graded, iirc, actually means that were it to catch fire, its shielding and outer casing is made of a material that won't release toxic fumes into the airway (which often runs along the plenum--the space between the real ceiling and the drop ceilings found in many offices).
Yes, and beyond technology, which is irrelevant from a users point of view, how is this any different from a scooter?
Without having touched/ridden/experienced one, how can you judge one way or another? Nice how you can be so certain based on assumptions.
Nevertheless, I'm glad you've made your mind up, that's just one more on the market for others to use.
IIRC, in Ikari Warriors, you respawned in the same place you died. Wouldn't have helped.
That game was ass, and its sequels were worse.
IIRC, the binaries need to be certified and encrypted, and then pressed into final CD form for them to run. AFAIK, XBox doesn't run CDRs (yet).
That's one of the early dev kits. Later revisions looked identical to the current XBox but were clear (controllers and all).
I'm not getting a X-Box. I played it at E3 and was wholly unimpressed. :)
Regardless of that, a statement like "every title made for the X-Box will be ported to the PC..." is a troll. Plain and simple.
Plus, you can boot Linux off a Dreamcast. So I guess that's another non-expandable PC, right? Oh, and Sony's Linux project in Japan is out to make the PS2 a non-expandable PC, right?
Trust me, I'm no Microsoft supporter, and I'm not sold on the X-Box at all. I just have a real problem with uninformed trolling posts
That's their problem. MS has touted this as the PC port machine, and no one wants to play PC ports on a console, where often the don't translate well (I can't imagine playing console games with that Mack truck of a controller, let alone a FPS). It's got lackluster support, lackluster exclusives, no killer app (the sucker's got 10/100 ethernet on it, but what exploits that?)...