How am I supposed to enter URIs and fill out forms on this thing? If the system is the same as for entering names in games, it's going to take a loong time. But you could always make a page with all your favourite links, I guess.
Then again, maybe you won't be able to access any other sites than theirs anyway : "X-traFun, Inc. (XFI) is committed to building the world's largest and safest mobile wireless online community for children. Through the creation and development of innovative wireless Internet-safe products, we provide children with fun, easy-to-use, and meaningful tools for their education, entertainment, and exploration of the 'Information Superhighway' in a safe and secure environment."
It may be the "lower end" model to granny and pops, who think the 37 buttons on the MX700&500 are neat (not to mention the "oo, shiny"-factor), but for gaming, this is IMHO the best mouse on the market.
For gaming, three buttons + wheel is more than enough. It is simply impossible to maintain precise control of the mouse while using all of those buttons. If you look a foot to the left of your mouse, you'll find you have another hand as well, and a keyboard with over a hundred keys.
And wireless just doesn't cut it for gaming other than minesweeper and solitaire. The hassle of using a cable mouse is nothing compared to the lag and the weight of the batteries on a wireless mouse.
Another factor is the shape. The shape of the MX300 is the same as the Pilot wheel mouse, which is arguably one of the best ball mouse ever made. It is perfectly symmetrical as well, and should work just as well for you lefties as for the rest of us.
If you intend to use your rodent for playing games, I suggest you stay clear of the MX700, and take a look at the MX300. For the difference in price, you'll get a good mat as well, which will improve your gaming experience much more than the extra buttons.
> Eh. Quake 2 takes place in 2 planes. Just because it tricks your simple mind into thinking it resembles 3 planes, doesn't mean it IS 3 planes. It's a simple optical illusion. Like changing the picture more than 24 times per second brings the appearance of Motion. But the thing you are animating doesn't reall MOVE anywhere.
Super Mario is a 2D game. Making that 3D would be impressive (and it was:)
Quake takes place in three planes. It is not a platform game. It is displayed on a (relatively) flat screen, as a 2d rendering of that 3D world. But the gameplay is 3d.
And what this monitor does is no different from what mine does. It tricks your mind into think that you are seeing a 3d world - it just tricks it into seeing "depth" as well.
A real 3d monitor would have to have real voxels. which would be cool as hell, but very hard. Tricking the mind is cheaper and easier.
Well that, and the absence of tabbed browsing. I'm hooked, and I'm sure there are more people than me that are. Actually, with tabbed browsing, you could do something else in the meantime.
Whatever happened to Velcro? I thought us geeks were supposed to have a practical approach on clothing issues. IMHO, velcro is much faster and easier than knots, though perhaps not as interesting for mathematicians.
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That's the day my new iBook will (hopefully) arrive!
Wonder how long it will take before the first casemods come? And will they be able to make it transparent?
How am I supposed to enter URIs and fill out forms on this thing? If the system is the same as for entering names in games, it's going to take a loong time. But you could always make a page with all your favourite links, I guess.
Then again, maybe you won't be able to access any other sites than theirs anyway : "X-traFun, Inc. (XFI) is committed to building the world's largest and safest mobile wireless online community for children. Through the creation and development of innovative wireless Internet-safe products, we provide children with fun, easy-to-use, and meaningful tools for their education, entertainment, and exploration of the 'Information Superhighway' in a safe and secure environment."
making it really secure?
Or just take your disk around with you.
Quote : "Hence, the idea is to priorize TCP ACKs that have no payload." Doh.
Oh, f***. Stoopid me.
This happened to my 600-Something too.
More information can be found here, it even explains how to get some more life out of your battery.
It may be the "lower end" model to granny and pops, who think the 37 buttons on the MX700&500 are neat (not to mention the "oo, shiny"-factor), but for gaming, this is IMHO the best mouse on the market.
For gaming, three buttons + wheel is more than enough. It is simply impossible to maintain precise control of the mouse while using all of those buttons. If you look a foot to the left of your mouse, you'll find you have another hand as well, and a keyboard with over a hundred keys.
And wireless just doesn't cut it for gaming other than minesweeper and solitaire. The hassle of using a cable mouse is nothing compared to the lag and the weight of the batteries on a wireless mouse.
Another factor is the shape. The shape of the MX300 is the same as the Pilot wheel mouse, which is arguably one of the best ball mouse ever made. It is perfectly symmetrical as well, and should work just as well for you lefties as for the rest of us.
If you intend to use your rodent for playing games, I suggest you stay clear of the MX700, and take a look at the MX300. For the difference in price, you'll get a good mat as well, which will improve your gaming experience much more than the extra buttons.
> Eh. Quake 2 takes place in 2 planes. Just because it tricks your simple mind into thinking it resembles 3 planes, doesn't mean it IS 3 planes. It's a simple optical illusion. Like changing the picture more than 24 times per second brings the appearance of Motion. But the thing you are animating doesn't reall MOVE anywhere.
:)
Super Mario is a 2D game. Making that 3D would be impressive (and it was
Quake takes place in three planes. It is not a platform game. It is displayed on a (relatively) flat screen, as a 2d rendering of that 3D world. But the gameplay is 3d.
And what this monitor does is no different from what mine does. It tricks your mind into think that you are seeing a 3d world - it just tricks it into seeing "depth" as well.
A real 3d monitor would have to have real voxels. which would be cool as hell, but very hard. Tricking the mind is cheaper and easier.
"Turning traditional 2D 'Quake' into a 3D program took only a day, Nakagawa said."
Since when is Quake 2D? When it came out, it was "the first real 3d game".
You've got it all wrong... In SOVIET RUSSIA, games ban you!
If you can write pi as a simple fraction, please share it with the rest of us. I'd be very impressed.
Well, I could accept it if was possible to find all the decimals, and be done with it. But that can't be done.
Why?
Well that, and the absence of tabbed browsing. I'm hooked, and I'm sure there are more people than me that are. Actually, with tabbed browsing, you could do something else in the meantime.
Whatever happened to Velcro? I thought us geeks were supposed to have a practical approach on clothing issues. IMHO, velcro is much faster and easier than knots, though perhaps not as interesting for mathematicians.
*do a little dance*
Why is everyone looking at me like that?