yeah, a media center. whatever that means. Sony seems to be losing with the PSX (from what I've heard. Granted, I'm no expert.)
Personally, I think that if any one of them comes with some function that's not market saturated (PVR, maybe?) it would help them a lot. Then again, I'm not sure it would work, financially. Who knows? But I think that the days of the game-only console are about over for everyone but Nintendo. But who knows? Probably not even the big 3 at this point.
There may be a misunderstanding: You can indeed rip CD's to your XBox drive, but I'm not sure if they are MP3's or some other type.
I BELIEVE (that is, I don't have it) that the XBox music mixer allows you to transfer MP3's from you computer to your XBox. The music mixer, if you don't know, is a karaoke "game" that seemingly updates the Xbox's capabilities WRT music.
and I respectfully disagree with you: no hard drive would be a huge loss for NextBox (or whatever). I hate memory cards, dammit. Besides, I'm more of the opinion that the next round of consoles will see even more non-gaming features, not less.
No, you said the Gamecube version sold better. It happened to feature a very recognizable mascot. Brand recognition=sales.
Even if the GC version sold more copies because it played better (which has still not been decided) you cannot refute a claim such as that with one case.
and besides, I wasn't disagreeing with you at all. Your case (apparently that cross platform games do not play better on the XBox) is currently not under dispute. My point was that I prefer the XBox verstion so I won't have to shell out more money for a new memory card for every sports game (or whatever)I buy.
But I gotcha. Not nearly the selection a PC has. I remember back in the good old days you could buy all kinds of wacky controllers for consoles. Powerglove, anyone?
And Morrowind originally had lots of bugs, these were fixed (but not all of them) in the GOTY edition.
I call BS. GOTY is much less playable than the original Morrowind for me. Granted, GOTY has only "flat-out" crashed (the dirty disc error) once in the week that I bought it, it has hung 2 or 3 times, and the load times are horrible.
Still a great game, though. But I disagree that many bugs were fixed in GOTY.
And let us not forget that Windows Media Player is a damn good media player for the average retarded consumer using a computer...it's not slashdot users that make up the majority of computer users, but rather gun-toting KKK members. They need easy.
Two things, if you will..
Despite general/. opinion, the average consumer is not retarded. (it could be argued semantically that you were referring to actual retarded consumers, but it is obvious that you were not.
The majority of computer users, even in the US, are not gun-toting KKK members.
Please refrain from making disparaging comments about the majority of Earth's population (i.e., non-slashdot "users".) I do not appreciate you referring to my wife as retarded.
And this goes for all of you!
As a side note, I "need" easy as much as the average consumer. My computer is a tool to accomplish certain tasks, and I appreciate any program that allows the computer the accomplish those tasks with as little user-interaction as possible.
I do appreciate your main point, I simply do not appreciate that way you went about it. That is all.
Legal disclaimer: All spelling and grammatical errors courtesy of Bob.
I usually leave my multi-tool in my car. Since you're apparently not driving to work, how about your desk? Unless you're fixing the bus...
Have you checked about Gerbers? I used to carry a Leatherman, but got one of the older Gerbers to replace it. A lot more solid, and they have a cool switchblade effect when you pull them out. The newer ones aren't as cool, though. Plus, (and maybe leathermans have the same thing, I don't know) Gerbers have different "kits" for the tools. Like mechanics, electricians, pimps, etc...(Actually, that last one would BE a switchblade.)
By selling the products design houses already use (Photoshop, Illustrator) as a package, and as a reasonably priced package ($1200 whereas Quark alone is $1000), they're going to put InDesign on the desktop of every graphic designer.
I'm not so sure. I've dealt with the composition departments at a several newspapers, and, for the most part, they haven't upgraded to quark 6.0 yet, because 5.0 works. (They're also booting all nice, shiny, and new Macs directly into OS9, which kills me. 6.0 has native OSX support, dammit!)
While print newspapers isn't the whole of design houses (or even a majority? I don't know) and most houses who are printed by newspapers use PDFs rather than native Quark files, I find it interesting.
OT, but doesn't anyone know of, and have experience with, a GOOD OSS layout program which prints to PDF?
(nothing sucks the fun out of a game like that; adjustable difficulty inside the game would be helpful).
I've always liked level-based enemies (I'm sure there's a term for it, but I haven't the slightest). The only game I remember using such a system was FF8, which I thought was horrible. But having enemies on the same level of your character benefits everybody: if you spend 40 hours leveling up, you don't have to deal with 20 HP rats forever, and if you don't like leveling up, then the last boss is only level 10.
Of course, it only works with RPGS or games with "RPG elements", but I personally think it's the best system.
I'm still waiting for an RPG series using this system that lets you import your characters from one game to the next, too.
There's also progman.exe*, shipped with windows. I've heard tell of a "winfile" also supposedly built in, but I don't know anything about that.
I've tried a few of these, but some of them (Blackbox) seemed to take more resources than Explorer! Another caveat, the ports of *nix windows managers retain the *nix settings system, so setting them up can be a pain if you don't have experience with them.
I doubt this info will specifically help you solve the problem, but it should at least help you properly pose the question on IRC or USENET (I recommend USENET, as I've found it to be friendlier, but only if you don't post rants like the one I'm responding to).
Which brings up my single point of installation advice: make sure you have another computer online while you are trying to install linux. Trying to do it on your only computer is a pain. In this era of online documentation (and the helpful IRC and USENET communities), it's always helpful to be able to hop over to the internet when you have a problem.
Rand put forth (I'm not sure if she came up with it) a philosophy known as objectivism, according to which (I believe this is the main point) the actual creators and thinkers would benefit from their ideas, rather than the corporations they worked for, etc. It was supposed to be a pure form of capitalism.
Atlas shrugging was the dissapearence of all the creative people.
That goes along with what I was thinking. I don't have anything against Linux-on-Xbox, I just think it's stilly. But everyone gives the same two reasons for it: 1.)It's a cheap, fairly good, computer, or 2.) it's a challenge.
Fine, I can accept that. Well, 1.)buy a cheap, better, computer from walmart (or wherever) and 2.)fine, now you've got another challenge. I mean, once you Linux on it, where's the challenge? Now that's route no longer an option, you have to find another one. Should be fun, right?
I'll tell you what: You send me your copy of GameX that the patch broke, and I'll refund your money. Same goes for anybody.
why would I make such an offer? Because you're making shit up, pure and simple. I got the automatic patch, and all my games work fine. No one has complained about their games being broken, and for good reason: it was a patch to the dashboard.
Yeah man. I mean, a patch every two years?! WTF is that?
Personally, I think that the hard drive in the xbox is the best thing since hard drive in computers. No memory cards, customizable soundtracks, booster packs...Hardly a shoddy product.
On a side note, a moment of silence for our beloved Dreamcast. We hardly knew ye...
Not trying to be a dick, but if you're so unhappy, find a country that agrees with you more and live there.
Of course, that's probably not an option, is it?
Before you think I'm a "Love it or leave it" type of nut, I would move if I had the option. In a lot of ways, I hate the states, and suspect that America will wind up being a flash in the pan. (200 years ain't nothing.) I'd love to move to Tokyo, just for the tech. Except I can't speek japanese (and I'm not overly fond of the pop-culture.)
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Personally, I think that if any one of them comes with some function that's not market saturated (PVR, maybe?) it would help them a lot. Then again, I'm not sure it would work, financially. Who knows? But I think that the days of the game-only console are about over for everyone but Nintendo. But who knows? Probably not even the big 3 at this point.
- There may be a misunderstanding: You can indeed rip CD's to your XBox drive, but I'm not sure if they are MP3's or some other type.
- I BELIEVE (that is, I don't have it) that the XBox music mixer allows you to transfer MP3's from you computer to your XBox. The music mixer, if you don't know, is a karaoke "game" that seemingly updates the Xbox's capabilities WRT music.
and I respectfully disagree with you: no hard drive would be a huge loss for NextBox (or whatever). I hate memory cards, dammit. Besides, I'm more of the opinion that the next round of consoles will see even more non-gaming features, not less.The solution is obvious: I'll have to buy another XBox. One for games, and use the old one for all the CD's I rip to it but never listen to.
Even if the GC version sold more copies because it played better (which has still not been decided) you cannot refute a claim such as that with one case.
and besides, I wasn't disagreeing with you at all. Your case (apparently that cross platform games do not play better on the XBox) is currently not under dispute. My point was that I prefer the XBox verstion so I won't have to shell out more money for a new memory card for every sports game (or whatever)I buy.
So buy one.
But I gotcha. Not nearly the selection a PC has. I remember back in the good old days you could buy all kinds of wacky controllers for consoles. Powerglove, anyone?
Personally, I buy all my cross platform games for the X-Box because I HATE memory cards.
I call BS. GOTY is much less playable than the original Morrowind for me. Granted, GOTY has only "flat-out" crashed (the dirty disc error) once in the week that I bought it, it has hung 2 or 3 times, and the load times are horrible.
Still a great game, though. But I disagree that many bugs were fixed in GOTY.
Two things, if you will..
Please refrain from making disparaging comments about the majority of Earth's population (i.e., non-slashdot "users".) I do not appreciate you referring to my wife as retarded.
And this goes for all of you!
As a side note, I "need" easy as much as the average consumer. My computer is a tool to accomplish certain tasks, and I appreciate any program that allows the computer the accomplish those tasks with as little user-interaction as possible.
I do appreciate your main point, I simply do not appreciate that way you went about it. That is all.
Legal disclaimer: All spelling and grammatical errors courtesy of Bob.
You should resist the urge to post before the content is actually spell checked.
I'm just kidding. Couldn't resist. I'm an ass.
By selling the products design houses already use (Photoshop, Illustrator) as a package, and as a reasonably priced package ($1200 whereas Quark alone is $1000), they're going to put InDesign on the desktop of every graphic designer.
I'm not so sure. I've dealt with the composition departments at a several newspapers, and, for the most part, they haven't upgraded to quark 6.0 yet, because 5.0 works. (They're also booting all nice, shiny, and new Macs directly into OS9, which kills me. 6.0 has native OSX support, dammit!)
While print newspapers isn't the whole of design houses (or even a majority? I don't know) and most houses who are printed by newspapers use PDFs rather than native Quark files, I find it interesting.
OT, but doesn't anyone know of, and have experience with, a GOOD OSS layout program which prints to PDF?
I've always liked level-based enemies (I'm sure there's a term for it, but I haven't the slightest). The only game I remember using such a system was FF8, which I thought was horrible. But having enemies on the same level of your character benefits everybody: if you spend 40 hours leveling up, you don't have to deal with 20 HP rats forever, and if you don't like leveling up, then the last boss is only level 10.
Of course, it only works with RPGS or games with "RPG elements", but I personally think it's the best system.
I'm still waiting for an RPG series using this system that lets you import your characters from one game to the next, too.
Please don't mention that book. It's too painfull..
It's my favorite fnord book, but foolish me keeps loaning it out to people. I'm on copy #5 now.
You know, aside from those lips....
There are a few:
There's also progman.exe*, shipped with windows. I've heard tell of a "winfile" also supposedly built in, but I don't know anything about that.
I've tried a few of these, but some of them (Blackbox) seemed to take more resources than Explorer! Another caveat, the ports of *nix windows managers retain the *nix settings system, so setting them up can be a pain if you don't have experience with them.
*Yes, that is progman of Win16 fame.
I doubt this info will specifically help you solve the problem, but it should at least help you properly pose the question on IRC or USENET (I recommend USENET, as I've found it to be friendlier, but only if you don't post rants like the one I'm responding to).
Which brings up my single point of installation advice: make sure you have another computer online while you are trying to install linux. Trying to do it on your only computer is a pain. In this era of online documentation (and the helpful IRC and USENET communities), it's always helpful to be able to hop over to the internet when you have a problem.
The only problem I have with it is the down attacks: They routinely hit, even when the other character has already stood up and moved.
Atlas shrugging was the dissapearence of all the creative people.
It's a good book, but understandably preachy.
Video game consoles aren't evil. Please stop cutting your pills in half.
There's a lot of evil in the world you could focus on. Volunteer in your community, join the peace corps., send money to Greenpeace. Wake up.
Fine, I can accept that. Well, 1.)buy a cheap, better, computer from walmart (or wherever) and 2.)fine, now you've got another challenge. I mean, once you Linux on it, where's the challenge? Now that's route no longer an option, you have to find another one. Should be fun, right?
why would I make such an offer? Because you're making shit up, pure and simple. I got the automatic patch, and all my games work fine. No one has complained about their games being broken, and for good reason: it was a patch to the dashboard.
Don't confuse the X-Box with Win98.
P.S. Dear Microsoft, please don't break anybody's games. Please.
Personally, I think that the hard drive in the xbox is the best thing since hard drive in computers. No memory cards, customizable soundtracks, booster packs...Hardly a shoddy product.
On a side note, a moment of silence for our beloved Dreamcast. We hardly knew ye...
Not trying to be a dick, but if you're so unhappy, find a country that agrees with you more and live there.
Of course, that's probably not an option, is it?
Before you think I'm a "Love it or leave it" type of nut, I would move if I had the option. In a lot of ways, I hate the states, and suspect that America will wind up being a flash in the pan. (200 years ain't nothing.) I'd love to move to Tokyo, just for the tech. Except I can't speek japanese (and I'm not overly fond of the pop-culture.)
Good lord. You used a linux exploit to get out using a memory card? Geez.
Holy shit, dude, you figured it out! Microsoft's plan for success is to...sell their product! Alert the media!
In all seriousness, aren't some people getting a little too political over video games?