There was some talk to move the whole portage tree to a database. It could be *much* better this way, performance wise. But that was a few years ago. I have no clue whether someone is working on that.
Of course. But it will still remain a bit of an hassle this way. If we want to play those disc the way we currently are playing dvds on our linux box, we'll have to wait until someone actually crack the encryption.
It seems to be working for all disc produced so far. I don't think revoking the player key will do much good but since it's not a breach à la DECSS (the encryption is not cracked, he just happen to stumble on a key), I'm sure movie studios will find a way to render this particular key obsolete with future releases.
I don't think you should say that people are 'pissing away hours of life'. You don't like the game, it's your opinion and, like you, I accept anyones opinion.
What makes us 'ticks' is not as easy to explain as you seem to think. I really, really like katamari damacy. I don't know why, it's pure brainless fun. They're ain't no strategy either and it's arguably even more brainless than animal crossing. You just roll your ball of things everywhere.
I'm not sure why I like katamary or animal crossing so much (I found it to be the perfect DS game, of all things), but I don't feel like I'm wasting my time playing it. Or not more than when I play video games, in general.
That's not why they went out of business. Essensially, Sony took legal actions from EVERY GODAMN COUNTRY IN EUROPE. How are you supposed to deal with that many costly lawsuits?
3. Hire actual writers/scenarists. I am really feed up with great games with piss poor story, filled with pathetic video game cliché. If you're going to put a long story, might as well make it interesting.
I'm not sure that's entirely true. You see, under the regime in North Korea, a hell lot of people choose to join the army in order not to starve and have a 'decent' life. Remember that NK had (maybe still has?) severe povrety and famine problems in their hands, and most of the humanitarian help went straigth to the soldiers. The result of this is that they now have a huge military forces, something along the line of the US army in term of man power. If the US had difficulty moving in the desert facing a much smaller army in Irak, imagine what would it be like to face an almost 1:1 ratio of soldiers. I don't think the US could invade NK, nukes or not. It would just be a *total* mess.
I wasn't aware of this place. It looks like they have alot of stuff that I can't find on other torrent sites (I was looking for this for a long time!). The problem is that registration is closed. Do you, by any chance, have an invitation code?:)
So the games industry wants to know what fuels piracy? Well, stuff like this certainly helps quite a bit.
How? If you just download the game, you won't be able to enjoy it unless you buy some cars and tracks to play with. And you probably won't be able to do that since your modded ps3 has good chances of beign flagged as a non-legit unit by the online store. This sort of thing can actually force more people to buy their games and not to mod their console.
What part of Canada are you living in? And what is your ISP? Because I have the hardest time finding something better than 5mbps for more than that price. And I live in downtown Montreal. Are you with a 1+ years contract?
I have mine since early june. To be franc, I notice this whining noise only after reading about it on slashdot. You really have to be in a perfectly quiet place with your ears close to the machine to hear it. As for the heating problem, I don't really see that much of a difference between any other laptop. They all tend to be hot and I've never been comfortable working with one placed directly on my legs for more than 30 minutes. Seriously, I think people like to scrutinize apple products to no end.
But most surprising of all, not everyone in the world speaks English!
Completly OT, but I happen to be quite bored these past couple of days. In a moment of pure curiosity, beign more of an atheist and all, I decided to open the bible. I was reading the preface, where the most popular passage of the bible is translated in 28 languages. What surprised me is that it goes on to say that with all those translations, you still "only" reach 3/4 of the earth's population. Can you think of 28 languages, on the top of your head???
Hold it!!!
So, you're saying that you are enjoying great adventure game? In 2006? And then you go on saying, quoting your testimony:
"I can't think of any games off hand... but I know there are some."
Well, then. Doesn't seem to back up claim doesn't it? What are those 'adventure games' you're refering to?
For people using linux, just buy a card with a chipset supported by MadWifi. It works like a charm. Just be careful to watch for hardware revisions on the box of the wifi card you are planning to buy. Sometimes the chipset on the card will change with the model number being the same!
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There was some talk to move the whole portage tree to a database. It could be *much* better this way, performance wise. But that was a few years ago. I have no clue whether someone is working on that.
Of course. But it will still remain a bit of an hassle this way. If we want to play those disc the way we currently are playing dvds on our linux box, we'll have to wait until someone actually crack the encryption.
It seems to be working for all disc produced so far. I don't think revoking the player key will do much good but since it's not a breach à la DECSS (the encryption is not cracked, he just happen to stumble on a key), I'm sure movie studios will find a way to render this particular key obsolete with future releases.
It all starts here: http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=121866&pag e=6
Later posts seem to confirm that it works for both BR and HD-DVD
It's the fact that you can't run the new backup utility in safe mode that is the step backward.
I don't think you should say that people are 'pissing away hours of life'. You don't like the game, it's your opinion and, like you, I accept anyones opinion. What makes us 'ticks' is not as easy to explain as you seem to think. I really, really like katamari damacy. I don't know why, it's pure brainless fun. They're ain't no strategy either and it's arguably even more brainless than animal crossing. You just roll your ball of things everywhere. I'm not sure why I like katamary or animal crossing so much (I found it to be the perfect DS game, of all things), but I don't feel like I'm wasting my time playing it. Or not more than when I play video games, in general.
Your sig should read:
Slashdot: A place where I'm +5 Insightful when I really tried my best to be funny.
That's not why they went out of business. Essensially, Sony took legal actions from EVERY GODAMN COUNTRY IN EUROPE. How are you supposed to deal with that many costly lawsuits?
Yeah, it's starting to be common. Personal favorite Deerhoof did the same thing last year.
Don't worry. Sony are real biz wiz.
I'd like to add to your list
3. Hire actual writers/scenarists. I am really feed up with great games with piss poor story, filled with pathetic video game cliché. If you're going to put a long story, might as well make it interesting.
That's precisely my problem with it. Why didn't they finally swap the dpad with the left analog stick is beyond me.
You already have the source code. Just browse inside the .app
From the kotaku post:
Each store had at least eight PS3's for preorder, with some getting as many as 16.
Wow. No wonder it's already sold out.
I'm not sure that's entirely true. You see, under the regime in North Korea, a hell lot of people choose to join the army in order not to starve and have a 'decent' life. Remember that NK had (maybe still has?) severe povrety and famine problems in their hands, and most of the humanitarian help went straigth to the soldiers. The result of this is that they now have a huge military forces, something along the line of the US army in term of man power. If the US had difficulty moving in the desert facing a much smaller army in Irak, imagine what would it be like to face an almost 1:1 ratio of soldiers. I don't think the US could invade NK, nukes or not. It would just be a *total* mess.
I wasn't aware of this place. It looks like they have alot of stuff that I can't find on other torrent sites (I was looking for this for a long time!). The problem is that registration is closed. Do you, by any chance, have an invitation code? :)
How? If you just download the game, you won't be able to enjoy it unless you buy some cars and tracks to play with. And you probably won't be able to do that since your modded ps3 has good chances of beign flagged as a non-legit unit by the online store. This sort of thing can actually force more people to buy their games and not to mod their console.
No game included for japan. Wii sports included for the Americas. See here
Why? Sega's titles have been appearing on Nintendo hardware for quite some time now ...
What part of Canada are you living in? And what is your ISP? Because I have the hardest time finding something better than 5mbps for more than that price. And I live in downtown Montreal. Are you with a 1+ years contract?
You do know that you can edit the html behind every post you make, right?
I have mine since early june. To be franc, I notice this whining noise only after reading about it on slashdot. You really have to be in a perfectly quiet place with your ears close to the machine to hear it. As for the heating problem, I don't really see that much of a difference between any other laptop. They all tend to be hot and I've never been comfortable working with one placed directly on my legs for more than 30 minutes. Seriously, I think people like to scrutinize apple products to no end.
But most surprising of all, not everyone in the world speaks English!
Completly OT, but I happen to be quite bored these past couple of days. In a moment of pure curiosity, beign more of an atheist and all, I decided to open the bible. I was reading the preface, where the most popular passage of the bible is translated in 28 languages. What surprised me is that it goes on to say that with all those translations, you still "only" reach 3/4 of the earth's population. Can you think of 28 languages, on the top of your head???
Hold it!!! So, you're saying that you are enjoying great adventure game? In 2006? And then you go on saying, quoting your testimony: "I can't think of any games off hand... but I know there are some." Well, then. Doesn't seem to back up claim doesn't it? What are those 'adventure games' you're refering to?
For people using linux, just buy a card with a chipset supported by MadWifi. It works like a charm. Just be careful to watch for hardware revisions on the box of the wifi card you are planning to buy. Sometimes the chipset on the card will change with the model number being the same!