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  1. Re:no way on Will Xbox2 Be Backward Compatible? · · Score: 1

    1. You don't need full emulation. There are plenty of "wrapper" programs out there that are able to accomplish this feat. For example, a wrapper was made for ATI Radeon that ended up running the NVidia "Dawn" demo better than NVidia cards.

    2. Most likely, and this might be the actual limiting factor.

    3. Significantly larger cheaper and faster flash cards seem to be coming down the pipe. Maybe MS is banking on that and that is why they haven't confirmed the HD for certain because they want to see if they can use one of these new technologies.

    4. I understand that the XBox 2 controllers will have a second set of shoulder buttons. They'll probably just be mapped to whatever black and white were mapped to.

  2. Re:Why doesn't Mozilla include the MNG decoder? on Presenting APNG: Like MNG, Only Better · · Score: 1

    If you have a lot of time, read http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18574 It has more details (mostly spam) than you probably want.

  3. WIP on Presenting APNG: Like MNG, Only Better · · Score: 5, Informative

    Discussion can be found here: http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=257263

  4. Re:The Cube on PlayStation Portable Chip Details · · Score: 1

    That particular video is fake, but there is a prototype modchip that will boot homebrewn discs.

  5. Re:Doesn't anyone proofread these submissions? on Sun Pondering Buying Novell · · Score: 1

    Perhaps you consider British English to be inane then.

    The plural form of a verb is often used with collective nouns in British English.

    In the future, you might want to refer to
    http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Amer ican %20and%20British%20English%20differences
    before criticizing posts' grammar.

  6. Re:Not true on Mozilla 1.7, Firefox 0.9 Release Candidates Out · · Score: 1

    There are a lot of things that Eudora has done well for many years that Thunderbird doesn't yet do, in particular: fast regexp filtering/search, server-side functions, and MDI. See Bugzilla bug 213562 for a partial tracking list.

  7. Ray traced games on consoles on Quake III Gets Real Time Ray-Tracing Treatment · · Score: 2, Interesting

    And some people 10 years ago thought that ray traced games were going to be on LAST generation CONSOLES.

  8. Re:Not just yet.... on Is The 32-Bit Gaming Era The New Retro? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That logic doesn't make sense. The GBA was emulated before it was released. PS1 and N64 were emulated (and yes, playable on then-current PCs) before PS2 and GC came out.

  9. Re:SheepShaver? on Successful PearPC/Mac OS X Install Documented · · Score: 1

    Oh really? Then what's this? The SheepShaver page clearly states that it includes a PowerPC emulator for platforms that need it. It does not run OSX, however.

  10. Re:The question I have... on Nintendo DS Full Specs Allegedly Leaked · · Score: 2, Informative

    Their initial announcement stated that they would be backlit (as opposed to the GBA SP's frontlit screens).

  11. Re:Speaking of tabs on Donkey Konga - The Drums, The Majesty · · Score: 1

    Yes, Deezer's other site, Video Game Jam.

  12. It's true. on Virginia Tech to Build Top 5 Supercomputer? · · Score: 2, Funny

    For those unbelievers, here's a little proof and maybe a bit more

    Here's an official word (search for Teraflop).

    Also, here's the original e-mail that went out (a month ago) They never mentioned Apple though:

    > Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 17:36:46 -0400
    > From: Jason Lockhart <multimedia@vt.edu>
    > Subject: Terascale Assembly Assistance
    >
    > Hello all,
    >
    > As you may know the College of Engineering in conjunction with the
    > university Information Systems and Computing organization are
    > building
    > a 10 TeraOp, 1100 node supercomputing cluster. We are in need of
    > volunteers to assist in three areas of assembly; cabling, RAM and PCI
    > card install, and machine racking. We would like to get as many
    > volunteers as possible.
    >
    > Some logistical things, there is not adequate parking for every
    > volunteer to drive and park at the Computing Center. We
    > would ask that
    > volunteers either carpool (4 or more to a vehicle) or take the BT.
    > Initial cabling will be done with the power cables beginning this
    > coming Friday, August 1st. We have yet to set a start time,
    > but I want
    > to get an idea of who is available to assist on that day as well as
    > availability for the weekend and early next week. I will forward the
    > time to arrive as soon as I nail it down...should be tomorrow. The
    > power cabling represents one third of the overall cabling that will
    > need to be done.
    >
    > I need to get a list of those who will be assisting to the facilities
    > people at the ISB as soon as possible. This list will be
    > used to allow
    > volunteers access to the building and the machine room. If
    > you're not
    > on the list you will not be allowed in! We want to have at
    > least 30 to
    > 40 people working at any one time on the project. If you know others
    > that will be interested in assisting, please have them email me so I
    > can get them on the roster.
    >
    > Thank you for your willingness to participate, and please respond and
    > have others respond with "Terascale" in the subject so I can
    > filter the
    > volunteers properly.
    >
    > Thanks.
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