I can only imagine that it will eventually hit DVD. And yes, it is Disney doing the dub, they have all distribution rights for Studio Ghibli films in North America. Have a look on the Spirited Away or Princess Mononoke dvd cases, and I'd wager there's a Disney logo on there somewhere.
I've seen a subtitled version of this, and it strikes me as a much better film than Princess Mononoke or Spirited Away (which have higher name recognition in North America), all written by Miyazaki.
It's a shame that it hasn't made it over here yet legitimately, though you can buy a bootleg DVD set of this and a bunch of other Studio Ghibli films (that's the publisher) in a few places online.
Nausicaa.net seems to be succumbing to slashdotting, but here's the first bit of a plot synopsis - warning, the full summary does contain spoilers.
It has been a millennium since a global war known as the "Seven Days of Fire" destroyed human civilization. Only a tiny remnant of humanity survives, huddled in small enclaves across the continents. The Fukai, a thick jungle whose spores and plantlife are poisonous to humans, covers much of the Earth's surface.
Feeding on the pollutants of the former human civilization, the Fukai continues to expand, enveloping the outposts of mankind and consuming them. Giant mutated insects are now the dominant form of life, living both in and above the Fukai. Of these, the Ohmu reign supreme - seventy-meter long pillbug-shaped guardians of the Fukai.
One of these islands of humanity is known as the Valley of the Wind. Protected from the spores by strong winds from the sea, these winds also power a forest of windmills to perform work and pump water from underground wells. Nonetheless, the inhabitants of the Valley must still be vigilant to ensure that the fungi do not gain a foothold amongst their crops and water supply.
I got a dual format drive a while back for burning, and it seems that (up here in Canada at least) DVD-R discs are cheaper by the spindle. Or they were when I bought my last spindle...
Current pricing for a 25-disc spindle on Future Shop (from the same manufacturer) is $55CDN for DVD+R, and $60CDN for DVD-R. Another manufacturer has -R for $70CDN, so maybe +R is the better deal.
In any event, both should play in modern DVD players so if you can get a Dual Format burner you can just go with the cheaper discs at the time.
Mods for UT2k3 will be binary compatable with 2k4. Mods for UT2k4 that don't involve any of the fun new stuff (like vehicles) will likely be compatable with 2k3.
UT2k4 is the same old engine, same old content, _plus_ some fun new stuff like more than double the maps, more character models, a few new (and some almost-old) gametypes, and more than cursory vehicle support. Oh yeah, and further graphics/networking optimizations.
Well, if they've integrated this into Safedisc I sense that it's _already_ been worked around...
Both Alcohol and CloneCD have (for quite a while) been copying Safedisc protected CDs with no problems. Now, instead of exiting the program they just tamper with it, I don't see that affecting the original Safedisc mechanism in any way - the copying software and the CDRom Emulators that successfully emulate copy protection schemes like this will still function just the same.
[blockquote]I think maximising tends to produce the wrong layout anyway, the human eye is better at reading narrow columns (that's why newspapers are layed out as they are). That's why you get all sorts of cruft down the side of webpages. So why are all the browser controls at the *top* of the browser window instead of down the side?[/blockquote]
Amazingly enough, this is exactly how I have Opera configured at this very moment - mazimized on the smaller monitor, with the buttons down the right (I do web dev for a site that runs at 800x600, monitor res is 1024x760, so I can afford to lose the "extra" space on the right)
If you're worried about the security of a bicycle, get a pair of rollerblades (inline skates) and stuff them in a backpack when you get to the train. I find they work just as well as a bike, except when going downhill and trying to stop. If the terrain is not very hilly then they're ideal.
Oh definitely Horizontal. You can see further ahead that way, so there's room for more action on the screen. Compare R-Type to the new Iridion 3D for the GBA. No contest.
I'd wager that a Link to the Past isn't included because it's still selling well for the GBA. OTOH, I wouldn't mind seeing Link's Awakening - now there was good old portable fun.
the link from the article brought me to a/. mirror of an older article on GWJ about the HL2 code leak... But it's the same URL as what I get from GWJ's main page - maybe they're filtering referrer-from slashdot?
At present day portable games are more or less equivalent to console game of early 90 (i.e. GBA SP is more or less a portable SNES) on a smaller screen, now the question is if it's possible to do the transition to 3d games with this kind displays.
There are 3d games on the GBA, but for the most part they look butt-ugly... Nokia's N-Gage (launching today or tomorrow) has playstation-quality 3d, and has the original Tomb Raider as a launch title. But apparently it's a little choppy, and the controls suck:P
I would imagine that Sony's PSP will at least equal if not surpass the N-Gage in 3d quality and performance, but it's not out til next year sometime iirc.
Anything created with the purpose of being listened to should qualify as "music" - yes I know that this also would include radio broadcasts of news and whatnot that's just ppl talking, but as far as it goes audio is audio.
Making a software program and converting it into an audio file is idiotic. If the purpose of the file is not to listen to, don't even try to argue its consideration in any kind of licensing scheme...
Hmm... OK it looks a lot better than when I last took a look at it if I go by the product blurb.
Yes it was BlackICE Defender, by Network ICE, that I was referring to, but that was quite a while back. And as far as App-specific firewalling that's why I use Sygate. I never could get myself to like Zone Alarm, and I never got around to re-evaluating BlackICE.
I don't know if things have changed since I looked at it last, but the latest version of Black Ice Defender was a port monitor, not a firewall.
The difference is that a real firewall (Like Zone Alarm or Sygate (free is down at the bottom)) will block the traffic, prompt you to allow/disallow it, and then follow instructions.
Black Ice, on the other hand, will simply watch ports, log traffic, and when someone tries to access your RPC port or whatnot, it simply sets a flag "Serious Error - Someone Hacking" and starts blinking in the system tray. No real response, no ability to block it in the future, just simple monitoring.
In other words, it's a complete waste of CPU cycles from a security standpoint, and if you're using it for traffic monitoring you'd be better served with Ethereal.
"In the world of MMOs, the PC is king for two of many reasons: Key binding, and the mouse-keyboard combo"
The real reason PC beats Console for this kind of thing is the keyboard alone - you know, COMMUNICATION being key for MMOs. Without a keyboard for chat purposes, you end up just doing canned pre-translated phrases and emoticons.
Do a search for the Experimental client, it has bandwidth limiting stuff if you so desire. Limiting your upstream will affect your downstream, but if it's killing your net one way or the other then whatever works:P
Well regardless, people have been saying they can't find it on Kazaa Lite, even knowing the exact file name.
The link in Kazaa proper is on the Kazaa front page, which is usually redirected to somewhere else in the variants.
And if reading the forums is an indication, yes people are downloading Kazaa, downloading ToEE, uninstalling Kazaa, and running AdAware. But mostly it's the Euro crowd that won't get the game for another few weeks by normal means.
Apparently it also lacks some resources, such as movies and music and buying it gives you access to the rest of the resources
Secondhand knowledge, but if you purchase it, the email you are sent gives a link to download the music and videos as a separate file from (afaict) Atari's servers direct.
Presumably you'll need a confirmation key to install that stuff into the other downloadable one.
Slashdot Mirror
I believe he means 99% of the traffic to sitefinder is pure HTTP.
I can only imagine that it will eventually hit DVD. And yes, it is Disney doing the dub, they have all distribution rights for Studio Ghibli films in North America. Have a look on the Spirited Away or Princess Mononoke dvd cases, and I'd wager there's a Disney logo on there somewhere.
It's a shame that it hasn't made it over here yet legitimately, though you can buy a bootleg DVD set of this and a bunch of other Studio Ghibli films (that's the publisher) in a few places online.
Nausicaa.net seems to be succumbing to slashdotting, but here's the first bit of a plot synopsis - warning, the full summary does contain spoilers.
It has been a millennium since a global war known as the "Seven Days of Fire" destroyed human civilization. Only a tiny remnant of humanity survives, huddled in small enclaves across the continents. The Fukai, a thick jungle whose spores and plantlife are poisonous to humans, covers much of the Earth's surface.
Feeding on the pollutants of the former human civilization, the Fukai continues to expand, enveloping the outposts of mankind and consuming them. Giant mutated insects are now the dominant form of life, living both in and above the Fukai. Of these, the Ohmu reign supreme - seventy-meter long pillbug-shaped guardians of the Fukai.
One of these islands of humanity is known as the Valley of the Wind. Protected from the spores by strong winds from the sea, these winds also power a forest of windmills to perform work and pump water from underground wells. Nonetheless, the inhabitants of the Valley must still be vigilant to ensure that the fungi do not gain a foothold amongst their crops and water supply.
Current pricing for a 25-disc spindle on Future Shop (from the same manufacturer) is $55CDN for DVD+R, and $60CDN for DVD-R. Another manufacturer has -R for $70CDN, so maybe +R is the better deal.
In any event, both should play in modern DVD players so if you can get a Dual Format burner you can just go with the cheaper discs at the time.
UT2k4 is the same old engine, same old content, _plus_ some fun new stuff like more than double the maps, more character models, a few new (and some almost-old) gametypes, and more than cursory vehicle support. Oh yeah, and further graphics/networking optimizations.
Both Alcohol and CloneCD have (for quite a while) been copying Safedisc protected CDs with no problems. Now, instead of exiting the program they just tamper with it, I don't see that affecting the original Safedisc mechanism in any way - the copying software and the CDRom Emulators that successfully emulate copy protection schemes like this will still function just the same.
[blockquote]I think maximising tends to produce the wrong layout anyway, the human eye is better at reading narrow columns (that's why newspapers are layed out as they are). That's why you get all sorts of cruft down the side of webpages. So why are all the browser controls at the *top* of the browser window instead of down the side?[/blockquote] Amazingly enough, this is exactly how I have Opera configured at this very moment - mazimized on the smaller monitor, with the buttons down the right (I do web dev for a site that runs at 800x600, monitor res is 1024x760, so I can afford to lose the "extra" space on the right)
If you're worried about the security of a bicycle, get a pair of rollerblades (inline skates) and stuff them in a backpack when you get to the train. I find they work just as well as a bike, except when going downhill and trying to stop. If the terrain is not very hilly then they're ideal.
Oh definitely Horizontal. You can see further ahead that way, so there's room for more action on the screen. Compare R-Type to the new Iridion 3D for the GBA. No contest.
I'd wager that a Link to the Past isn't included because it's still selling well for the GBA. OTOH, I wouldn't mind seeing Link's Awakening - now there was good old portable fun.
the link from the article brought me to a /. mirror of an older article on GWJ about the HL2 code leak... But it's the same URL as what I get from GWJ's main page - maybe they're filtering referrer-from slashdot?
I would imagine that Sony's PSP will at least equal if not surpass the N-Gage in 3d quality and performance, but it's not out til next year sometime iirc.
Seems the program has been renamed from Ka-Blammo to Baudio, and Not-Ka-Blammo to Baudio Decoder.
Making a software program and converting it into an audio file is idiotic. If the purpose of the file is not to listen to, don't even try to argue its consideration in any kind of licensing scheme...
Kryten had this one beat - groinial attachments :) He even cooked with them
Because it's one they actually did. Phantasy Star 1, 2, and 3 got ported over to the GBA as a Phantasy Star Collection.
Some stores will de-shrinkwrap the exchanged product so that you can't do that. The bastards.
and if you're away from the machine while it happens, what's the default? If it defaults to allow then what's the point?
Yes it was BlackICE Defender, by Network ICE, that I was referring to, but that was quite a while back. And as far as App-specific firewalling that's why I use Sygate. I never could get myself to like Zone Alarm, and I never got around to re-evaluating BlackICE.
The difference is that a real firewall (Like Zone Alarm or Sygate (free is down at the bottom)) will block the traffic, prompt you to allow/disallow it, and then follow instructions.
Black Ice, on the other hand, will simply watch ports, log traffic, and when someone tries to access your RPC port or whatnot, it simply sets a flag "Serious Error - Someone Hacking" and starts blinking in the system tray. No real response, no ability to block it in the future, just simple monitoring.
In other words, it's a complete waste of CPU cycles from a security standpoint, and if you're using it for traffic monitoring you'd be better served with Ethereal.
The real reason PC beats Console for this kind of thing is the keyboard alone - you know, COMMUNICATION being key for MMOs. Without a keyboard for chat purposes, you end up just doing canned pre-translated phrases and emoticons.
Do a search for the Experimental client, it has bandwidth limiting stuff if you so desire. Limiting your upstream will affect your downstream, but if it's killing your net one way or the other then whatever works :P
The link in Kazaa proper is on the Kazaa front page, which is usually redirected to somewhere else in the variants.
And if reading the forums is an indication, yes people are downloading Kazaa, downloading ToEE, uninstalling Kazaa, and running AdAware. But mostly it's the Euro crowd that won't get the game for another few weeks by normal means.
Secondhand knowledge, but if you purchase it, the email you are sent gives a link to download the music and videos as a separate file from (afaict) Atari's servers direct.
Presumably you'll need a confirmation key to install that stuff into the other downloadable one.
Got any graphs or anything compiled from your findings?