Such a device would be fantastic. However, I'm not currently aware of anyone that makes such a device, and google's not being much help today for this search.
You probably played arcade games a lot when you were younger, too, right? And you say you play games on your laptop? Given your current track record, it looks like laptop gaming is preparing to die.
For the love of id, DO NOT ATTEMPT TO PLAY GAMES ON YOUR HOME COMPUTER!!! You've killed enough systems already!
According to this proposed law, anything that can be used for or is used in the infringing of copyrighted material can be construed as inducing infringement.
In order to infringe on copyrighted material, you need to have the material itself and a device or method to copy it.
Therefore, copyrighted material is an inducement to infringe.
Copyrighted material can't be copied if it's not created.
Artists create copyrighted material.
They are therefore contributing to the infringement of copyrighted material.
The RIAA can only exist if it supports artists.
The RIAA supports artists who create copyrighted material.
The RIAA are therefore contributing to the infringement of copyrighted material.
Because of this, the RIAA should be ordered to stop supporting artists as a result of this law.
Since the RIAA cannot support artists, it must cease to exist.
If there's something dumb that requires my email address for no real reason, I like to sign up with webmaster@[domain asking for my email] or something similar. This way, maybe the webmaster will take the hint that no one wants their stupid email newsletter or to be contacted by third parties about special offers.
I try to be polite about it - if their "whore my email address out" boxes are unchecked by default, I might just use my generic "I-don't-care-if-you-spam-this" address, so as to reward those who design sites that are sensitive to privacy concerns.
Atari's 7800 was fully backwards compatible with the 2600 (VCS). The gameboy color, gameboy advance, and now gameboy DS are all fully backwards compatible with the original gameboy.
Add-ons have been made for several consoles to allow for backwards compatibility, including the Genesis->SMS.
Of course, it's a bit of a gamble. The GBA probably wouldn't have done nearly so well if it hadn't kept GB compatibility, nor would the PS2 have had nearly as much initial demand without it, but it certainly didn't do much to save the 7800.
Come to think of it, the 7800 and the XBOX are remarkably similar in one other respect - both had atrocious controllers.;)
I'm happy to see turtle-based graphics languages on there, but they appear to have missed a branch on the Logo tree. On their chart, they jump from Logo to Object Logo, but miss LogoWriter and LegoLogo.
Ok, so maybe LegoLogo is a little iffy, but LogoWriter included some pretty significant changes to Logo as a whole.
Considering that a large portion of the money they will make from all of this will be the licensing of the underlying engine, no. Turning it into OSS would not only destroy their chances to make some *real* money off of the engine, it would also mean throwing years of work and untold sums of R&D money to the wind.
Besides, there's no reason for a company like Valve to give away what is obviously worth a (perhaps not so) small fortune on its own. Now, maybe if their R&D work on the engine had come for free, *then* they could justify open sourcing it all. But, until the cost of developing such an engine approaches $0, don't expect anything like that to come any time soon.
I encountered this very scenario, and found it amusing enough to play through until everyone was dead and my park population was somewhere around -200. I even submitted a bug report about the negative park visitors, but it didn't get patched in the time up until when I lost interest in the game.
Unless, of course, you're referring to RCT2 or something.
Bah. Set up the launcher ride (you know the one - it goes straight up and back down) at maximum height and maximum force. It will quickly become the most popular ride at the park, so make sure you have a big queue for it. In fact, it's *so* popular, that people will keep coming back, even after multiple explosions.
The people will LINE UP FOR HOURS WAITING TO DIE.
What's more, if you put the ride on land that's high enough, it will clip off the top of the game world and your people will be counted as leaving the park twice. Kill everyone and watch as the park population actually goes into the negative!
In May, the Software History Center in Boston reunited veterans of the PC's first decade to reminisce and exchange war stories. The luminaries included the three principals behind VisiCalc: Dan Bricklin, who conceived the idea; Bob Frankston, who programmed VisiCalc; and Dan Fylstra, whose VisiCorp brought the product to a surprised world. Here are edited versions of interviews with all three.
Given that it was the original source of the interviews, it seemed appropriate to mention it in the synopsis.
Speaking as the friend mentioned in the parent, I can elucidate a bit on the process of getting one of these.
First of all, the prices listed on Channelbeat include shipping. This is a huge plus, because shipping constitutes a huge portion of the costs, and it's good that they have it fixed and up front to begin with.
Secondly, the machine will take months to get there. Ocean freight is slooooow. What's more, if you don't live on a seaport, you'll have to wait for the truck to get it to your house. Which brings us to the third point:
Make sure you have some way to get a 1200+ lb box from 4' in the air to the ground. This was, perhaps, the hardest part of it. Luckily, we had some scrap wood that made semi-decent ramps, but even with tearing it apart on the truck we'd borrowed (we had to get a forklift to take it from the shipping company onto the truck) it was a PITA. Luckily, nothing was dropped or broken.
The payment process was interesting, too. I had to transfer money to a savings account of some guy in Chicago, who forwarded the money to Hong Kong, who then forwarded a portion of that to South Korea. It seemed dicey, so I did it via my credit card (since it'd have some level of fraud protection), but it all went smoothly and without difficulty.
Once the machine was in CA, I had to (very quickly, I might add), locate a forwarder who would handle the customs inspection and move the box over to the trucking company. This turned out to be an extra $200, but hey - what's another $200 when you're already talking about $3600?
So, after all this jazz, you'll have your shiny, new machine. Well, not exactly either of these, since the *new* machines are rare and expensive. (Right now, Euromix 2 is the only new DDR machine being produced in the world) Most likely it will be worse for the ocean trip, too, so you'll need to do a LOT of cleaning up-front.
Then, comes the bit on where to put it. HaroldK and I converted my garage to a semi-finished sort of room, complete with a 2" wood floor, heaters, network, etc. to put the monstrosity in. Any future residence will require a solid foundation beneath the machine and a high ceiling in order to accomodate it.
I recommend converting it to a SM box, which will require a soldering iron, several old PS controllers, a voltmeter, and a lot of patience. However, the end result is *so* worth it. There really is nothing quite like an arcade machine with over 4,000 songs on it.:D
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Such a device would be fantastic. However, I'm not currently aware of anyone that makes such a device, and google's not being much help today for this search.
Anybody out there know of such a device?
...do NOT attempt to enable wi-fi in this thing. The last thing we need is a Microsoft-powered SKYNET.
*ducks*
You probably played arcade games a lot when you were younger, too, right? And you say you play games on your laptop? Given your current track record, it looks like laptop gaming is preparing to die.
For the love of id, DO NOT ATTEMPT TO PLAY GAMES ON YOUR HOME COMPUTER!!! You've killed enough systems already!
According to this proposed law, anything that can be used for or is used in the infringing of copyrighted material can be construed as inducing infringement.
In order to infringe on copyrighted material, you need to have the material itself and a device or method to copy it.
Therefore, copyrighted material is an inducement to infringe.
Copyrighted material can't be copied if it's not created.
Artists create copyrighted material.
They are therefore contributing to the infringement of copyrighted material.
The RIAA can only exist if it supports artists.
The RIAA supports artists who create copyrighted material.
The RIAA are therefore contributing to the infringement of copyrighted material.
Because of this, the RIAA should be ordered to stop supporting artists as a result of this law.
Since the RIAA cannot support artists, it must cease to exist.
Hooray!
Lite goes off! Lite goes On!
Lite goes off! Lite goes On!
Lite goes off! Lite goes On!
</Homer>
See! It can be done.
Are you nuts? The Stealth 2000 doesn't even have the appropriate power to render itself out of a box!
Oh, wait. That's not quite what you meant.
If there's something dumb that requires my email address for no real reason, I like to sign up with webmaster@[domain asking for my email] or something similar. This way, maybe the webmaster will take the hint that no one wants their stupid email newsletter or to be contacted by third parties about special offers.
I try to be polite about it - if their "whore my email address out" boxes are unchecked by default, I might just use my generic "I-don't-care-if-you-spam-this" address, so as to reward those who design sites that are sensitive to privacy concerns.
Ah yes... the Collector's Edition. I can hear the tagline now:
"For those who collect copies of 'The Mummy'."
It all seems very silly to me.
Ok, ok... Quick! Someone write a one-line perl script to do this (and post the subsequent results)! Bonus points if you get it in under 15 characters!
Aside from Slashdot? ...
What do you mean that doesn't count?
Atari's 7800 was fully backwards compatible with the 2600 (VCS). The gameboy color, gameboy advance, and now gameboy DS are all fully backwards compatible with the original gameboy.
;)
Add-ons have been made for several consoles to allow for backwards compatibility, including the Genesis->SMS.
Of course, it's a bit of a gamble. The GBA probably wouldn't have done nearly so well if it hadn't kept GB compatibility, nor would the PS2 have had nearly as much initial demand without it, but it certainly didn't do much to save the 7800.
Come to think of it, the 7800 and the XBOX are remarkably similar in one other respect - both had atrocious controllers.
I'm happy to see turtle-based graphics languages on there, but they appear to have missed a branch on the Logo tree. On their chart, they jump from Logo to Object Logo, but miss LogoWriter and LegoLogo.
Ok, so maybe LegoLogo is a little iffy, but LogoWriter included some pretty significant changes to Logo as a whole.
If it weren't slanted, it'd be |.
(Apologies to whomever I'd seen that from before.)
I dunno... it doesn't really look big enough to toast a whole cat...
Oh, wait. That's not quite what you meant.
Considering that a large portion of the money they will make from all of this will be the licensing of the underlying engine, no. Turning it into OSS would not only destroy their chances to make some *real* money off of the engine, it would also mean throwing years of work and untold sums of R&D money to the wind.
Besides, there's no reason for a company like Valve to give away what is obviously worth a (perhaps not so) small fortune on its own. Now, maybe if their R&D work on the engine had come for free, *then* they could justify open sourcing it all. But, until the cost of developing such an engine approaches $0, don't expect anything like that to come any time soon.
Perhaps they changed it since I last played.
I encountered this very scenario, and found it amusing enough to play through until everyone was dead and my park population was somewhere around -200. I even submitted a bug report about the negative park visitors, but it didn't get patched in the time up until when I lost interest in the game.
Unless, of course, you're referring to RCT2 or something.
Bah. Set up the launcher ride (you know the one - it goes straight up and back down) at maximum height and maximum force. It will quickly become the most popular ride at the park, so make sure you have a big queue for it. In fact, it's *so* popular, that people will keep coming back, even after multiple explosions.
The people will LINE UP FOR HOURS WAITING TO DIE.
What's more, if you put the ride on land that's high enough, it will clip off the top of the game world and your people will be counted as leaving the park twice. Kill everyone and watch as the park population actually goes into the negative!
Obviously a single page that gets overloaded should be represented by the Riot or Fire events.
Slashdotting would be, what... the Tornado? Maybe the giant Godzilla! Rawr!
Not sure what exactly the computer is giving off, but whatever it is I don't think it's particularly good for me.
Oh no! You've let out the magic smoke! Quick! Try to shove it back in before too much of it escapes, or your computer will never work again!
"If you're into female repellant, wearing it this way will give you better results than a wet spot on the front of your pants."
Quoth the article:
In May, the Software History Center in Boston reunited veterans of the PC's first decade to reminisce and exchange war stories. The luminaries included the three principals behind VisiCalc: Dan Bricklin, who conceived the idea; Bob Frankston, who programmed VisiCalc; and Dan Fylstra, whose VisiCorp brought the product to a surprised world. Here are edited versions of interviews with all three.
Given that it was the original source of the interviews, it seemed appropriate to mention it in the synopsis.
Hmm...
Finding and killing the methuselas would become an obscession for anyone who wanted to change things for the better (or even at all).
Sounds a lot like this game I play: linky.
You definitely need your free time away from your SI...
Swimsuit Issue?
Speak for yourself!
Please do not rape the bar
(I've seen variants on this sign elsewhere, but this was the only image I could find on short notice. And no, it's not my page.)
Speaking as the friend mentioned in the parent, I can elucidate a bit on the process of getting one of these.
:D
First of all, the prices listed on Channelbeat include shipping. This is a huge plus, because shipping constitutes a huge portion of the costs, and it's good that they have it fixed and up front to begin with.
Secondly, the machine will take months to get there. Ocean freight is slooooow. What's more, if you don't live on a seaport, you'll have to wait for the truck to get it to your house. Which brings us to the third point:
Make sure you have some way to get a 1200+ lb box from 4' in the air to the ground. This was, perhaps, the hardest part of it. Luckily, we had some scrap wood that made semi-decent ramps, but even with tearing it apart on the truck we'd borrowed (we had to get a forklift to take it from the shipping company onto the truck) it was a PITA. Luckily, nothing was dropped or broken.
The payment process was interesting, too. I had to transfer money to a savings account of some guy in Chicago, who forwarded the money to Hong Kong, who then forwarded a portion of that to South Korea. It seemed dicey, so I did it via my credit card (since it'd have some level of fraud protection), but it all went smoothly and without difficulty.
Once the machine was in CA, I had to (very quickly, I might add), locate a forwarder who would handle the customs inspection and move the box over to the trucking company. This turned out to be an extra $200, but hey - what's another $200 when you're already talking about $3600?
So, after all this jazz, you'll have your shiny, new machine. Well, not exactly either of these, since the *new* machines are rare and expensive. (Right now, Euromix 2 is the only new DDR machine being produced in the world) Most likely it will be worse for the ocean trip, too, so you'll need to do a LOT of cleaning up-front.
Then, comes the bit on where to put it. HaroldK and I converted my garage to a semi-finished sort of room, complete with a 2" wood floor, heaters, network, etc. to put the monstrosity in. Any future residence will require a solid foundation beneath the machine and a high ceiling in order to accomodate it.
I recommend converting it to a SM box, which will require a soldering iron, several old PS controllers, a voltmeter, and a lot of patience. However, the end result is *so* worth it. There really is nothing quite like an arcade machine with over 4,000 songs on it.