Seriously, that's how we give directions here. I didn't believe it until I caught myself doing it.
I think that's just New Englanders in general. I live in MA, and I do that.
Rhode Islanders are more notorious for not wanting to drive anywhere more than 10 minutes away.
I catch Rhode Islanders saying things like this all the time:
I don't want to drive over there. That's all the way on the other side of Providence. I mean, that's like
20 minutes away!
Fair enough. But if $GAME_DEV is capable of mirroring real-world weather conditions, it should be a trivial matter to include an option to disable weather emulation.
I was joking. I don't think anybody would do anything quite that extreme.
However, I can imagine that the Japanese might actually do something like have the game runnable only at certain times of the day (and not be able to turn it off) in a Japan-only release. So, for instance, you'd have to play Silent Hill at night.
Besides, how is your PS${WHATEVER} going to obtain weather data for emulation without a net connection?
I suppose that you could package a USB weather radio device with it. I mean, if Namco can package a light gun and others can package the voice headset, then somebody else could probably make a weather thingy. I don't think that anyone would seriously do this, though.
But, yeah, the newtork adapter is the way to go. I wish more games actually used it. I'm really disappointed at all the *new* games out that have multiplayer mode, but no net play.
Well, the whole Solid/Liquid Snake thing was pretty bad. I was honestly expecting the boss in MGS2 to be Gaseous Snake, but thankfully, they didn't do that.
it'd be cool to have flurries, or snowstorms, or blizzards if that's what's going on outside. Or hot humid days that slow down the characters during the summer.
...or not being able to play Winter Games at all, because it's summer, etc.
Actually, there are several games that do reward players for the more hours put into a game.
SoulBlade kept a total time played count, and would unlock the boss character if you played it long enough.
It was probably easier to just beat the game without any continues, though.
How quickly do you really need your phone to start ringing?
SIP devices start ringing before their bearer (RTP) is connected (i.e. 180 Ringing is before RTP stream gets set up).
In contrast, a black phone (regular telephone) won't start ringing (alerting) until the bearer is connected.
This has usability issues, because people are used to the way that regular telephones operate. If the bearer fails on a SIP phone, the phone call can still connect (i.e. the signalling worked), which can confuse both users. In a regular phone system, this doesn't happen. The called party's phone won't ring, and the caller will get the reorder tone.
Ack, no don't try that! I did, and my gum leaped out of my mouth and landed in my crotch. Now I can't stand up, because my balls are stuck to the chair.
Hey dude, if you're out there, at least I thought it was funny. Touche'!
Thanks, man. I appreciate it. Like I said, I probably got modded down by kids who weren't alive when the first album came out. I remember when the only way to hear Metallica was to borrow an album or catch a listen on college radio. No "respectable" store or radio station had even heard of them.
Alright, I'll agree with that. Your point is that the Xbox is designed to be a game console, and is not designed to be a general purpose personal computer, both of which are true. My point is that the hardware in the Xbox is mostly the same as a PC, which is also true. The Xbox is an embedded PC designed to do one thing, but this does not necessarily invalidate its membership in the larger set. That was the whole reason that Microsoft made the Xbox the way that they did (i.e. so that the architecture would be familiar to companies that already made PC games).
Reread what I said.
I did, and I'm still not entirely sure where you were going with that. I was trying to point out that the PS2 and DC have very little in common with the PC architecture, but that an Xbox shares most of its architecture with the PC. Thus, where you have to cross compile things for the DC, you don't need to with the Xbox. So, the DC and PS2 aren't PCs, but the Xbox is a PC, albeit a very specialized one.
So what? The point is that Microsoft won't satisfy anybody until they turn off the bits that make it a game console and turn it into a PC.
True. It's obvious from the reaction to the PS2 kit that you can't satisfy everybody, but that many people are happy. If Microsoft produced the same type of development kit, I'm sure there would be many amateur game developers that would be pretty happy with being able to get an inexpensive development kit. Of course, there'd be tons of trolls here that would instantly mock it (even whilst clicking the "Buy now!" button).
That's your rebuttal? NOT? Geez dude.
Yes, that wasn't fair, I'm sorry. The SEGA Dreamcast used a proprietary format known as GD-ROM that was designed to curtail piracy. SEGA never designed the system with alternate operating systems in mind, only the two SEGA supported operating systems. There was never any official support by SEGA for booting Linux on the Dreamcast.
You can boot a Dreamcast into BSD without needing to circumvent anything.
In actuality, that's not true. The whole reason that you can boot into an alternate OS with the DC is because of a security hole found in the boot code. The way you take advantage of this is by booting a CD-R with a modified IP.BIN file. Because of the number of different manufacturers of GD-ROM disc drives, this doesn't always work on the DC (Yamaha drives work best). In addition, when you burn a disc, you need to include "dummy files" on the disc or risk damaging the GD-ROM hardware.
oh, sorry, it's $200. Man that really shattered my argument. Hehe. Yep, $50 made all the difference to what I said. Yep yep.
Oh, uh, maybe that part wasn't shattering. At least now, your facts are straight, though. Heh heh.
The $200, BTW, is mostly for the hardware. The nice part is that there's no circumvention involved at all, so there's no chance of voiding your warranty. Of course, it's at a cost, which may not be attractive to some people.
Okay, I'm curious. How?
Well, I haven't denigrated Microsoft in any way. I guess the worst thing I've implied is that they have updated the Xbox software in the past to remove security issues that people were taking advantage of, but I don't think that disparages Microsoft in the least. It's a statement of fact; people were taking advantage of a security hole in the Xbox, and Microsoft patched it.
So, to make fun of them, I changed my sig to say "Linux, where do you want to stay today?" as if to say "we don't want Linux to evolve"
Oh. Yup, that's unfortunately very true. It's pretty sad, if you consider the fairly decent job Apple has done with their version of BSD in making it accessible to non-technical users, it seems like there should be some big push for Linux to do the same.
Heheh that made me laugh.
Good, it was supposed to be silly. I was curious to see whether you would get the joke or not and if we would end up, "You hate Microsoft!", "No, you do!", "Oh yeah? Well, you hate them more!"
BTW, sorry about the "you hate microsoft' comment I made. That was out of line.
Sure, no problem. Hey, it's Slashdot, so you never can tell at first glance.
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I think that's just New Englanders in general. I live in MA, and I do that.
Rhode Islanders are more notorious for not wanting to drive anywhere more than 10 minutes away.
I catch Rhode Islanders saying things like this all the time:
But those are the values that make America great!
"Midway's About To Make John Romero Their Bitch"
Suck It Down
Best troll ever.
She doesn't offer those type of services. I already checked.
First Post woo hoo
You fail it.
I was joking. I don't think anybody would do anything quite that extreme.
However, I can imagine that the Japanese might actually do something like have the game runnable only at certain times of the day (and not be able to turn it off) in a Japan-only release. So, for instance, you'd have to play Silent Hill at night.
Besides, how is your PS${WHATEVER} going to obtain weather data for emulation without a net connection?
I suppose that you could package a USB weather radio device with it. I mean, if Namco can package a light gun and others can package the voice headset, then somebody else could probably make a weather thingy. I don't think that anyone would seriously do this, though.
But, yeah, the newtork adapter is the way to go. I wish more games actually used it. I'm really disappointed at all the *new* games out that have multiplayer mode, but no net play.
Well, the whole Solid/Liquid Snake thing was pretty bad. I was honestly expecting the boss in MGS2 to be Gaseous Snake, but thankfully, they didn't do that.
SoulBlade kept a total time played count, and would unlock the boss character if you played it long enough.
It was probably easier to just beat the game without any continues, though.
Mmmmmm...
Sorry, couldn't resist. I'll leave now.
No, his room has a really low celing.
Uh, er... You insensitive clod!
I find it's easier to carry her using the supplied holes in the lower torso.
That's the token Slashdot reader.
SIP devices start ringing before their bearer (RTP) is connected (i.e. 180 Ringing is before RTP stream gets set up). In contrast, a black phone (regular telephone) won't start ringing (alerting) until the bearer is connected. This has usability issues, because people are used to the way that regular telephones operate. If the bearer fails on a SIP phone, the phone call can still connect (i.e. the signalling worked), which can confuse both users. In a regular phone system, this doesn't happen. The called party's phone won't ring, and the caller will get the reorder tone.
Ack, no don't try that! I did, and my gum leaped out of my mouth and landed in my crotch. Now I can't stand up, because my balls are stuck to the chair.
I think you meant to say, "bozos".
Whew! I'm glad I read this in Windows! Wow, dodged that bullet.
Just filter on 'ping', anybody at the top is probably on a cable modem or DSL.
Oh wait...
It's another fine product from Apache.
That explains why I couldn't find it on my Pontiac.
Hey, look it was a self-fulfilling prophecy.
*sigh* It's satire, people.
Oh, please. It's a joke, dood. It's like saying, "Rush never did anything good after Neil Peart joined the band."
BTW, you forgot the Garage Days album.
I know. I also didn't include "Binge and Purge" and "Garage Days Revisited".
Thanks, man. I appreciate it. Like I said, I probably got modded down by kids who weren't alive when the first album came out. I remember when the only way to hear Metallica was to borrow an album or catch a listen on college radio. No "respectable" store or radio station had even heard of them.
Alright, I'll agree with that. Your point is that the Xbox is designed to be a game console, and is not designed to be a general purpose personal computer, both of which are true. My point is that the hardware in the Xbox is mostly the same as a PC, which is also true. The Xbox is an embedded PC designed to do one thing, but this does not necessarily invalidate its membership in the larger set. That was the whole reason that Microsoft made the Xbox the way that they did (i.e. so that the architecture would be familiar to companies that already made PC games).
Reread what I said.
I did, and I'm still not entirely sure where you were going with that. I was trying to point out that the PS2 and DC have very little in common with the PC architecture, but that an Xbox shares most of its architecture with the PC. Thus, where you have to cross compile things for the DC, you don't need to with the Xbox. So, the DC and PS2 aren't PCs, but the Xbox is a PC, albeit a very specialized one.
So what? The point is that Microsoft won't satisfy anybody until they turn off the bits that make it a game console and turn it into a PC.
True. It's obvious from the reaction to the PS2 kit that you can't satisfy everybody, but that many people are happy. If Microsoft produced the same type of development kit, I'm sure there would be many amateur game developers that would be pretty happy with being able to get an inexpensive development kit. Of course, there'd be tons of trolls here that would instantly mock it (even whilst clicking the "Buy now!" button).
That's your rebuttal? NOT? Geez dude.
Yes, that wasn't fair, I'm sorry. The SEGA Dreamcast used a proprietary format known as GD-ROM that was designed to curtail piracy. SEGA never designed the system with alternate operating systems in mind, only the two SEGA supported operating systems. There was never any official support by SEGA for booting Linux on the Dreamcast.
You can boot a Dreamcast into BSD without needing to circumvent anything.
In actuality, that's not true. The whole reason that you can boot into an alternate OS with the DC is because of a security hole found in the boot code. The way you take advantage of this is by booting a CD-R with a modified IP.BIN file. Because of the number of different manufacturers of GD-ROM disc drives, this doesn't always work on the DC (Yamaha drives work best). In addition, when you burn a disc, you need to include "dummy files" on the disc or risk damaging the GD-ROM hardware.
oh, sorry, it's $200. Man that really shattered my argument. Hehe. Yep, $50 made all the difference to what I said. Yep yep.
Oh, uh, maybe that part wasn't shattering. At least now, your facts are straight, though. Heh heh.
The $200, BTW, is mostly for the hardware. The nice part is that there's no circumvention involved at all, so there's no chance of voiding your warranty. Of course, it's at a cost, which may not be attractive to some people.
Okay, I'm curious. How?
Well, I haven't denigrated Microsoft in any way. I guess the worst thing I've implied is that they have updated the Xbox software in the past to remove security issues that people were taking advantage of, but I don't think that disparages Microsoft in the least. It's a statement of fact; people were taking advantage of a security hole in the Xbox, and Microsoft patched it.
So, to make fun of them, I changed my sig to say "Linux, where do you want to stay today?" as if to say "we don't want Linux to evolve"
Oh. Yup, that's unfortunately very true. It's pretty sad, if you consider the fairly decent job Apple has done with their version of BSD in making it accessible to non-technical users, it seems like there should be some big push for Linux to do the same.
Heheh that made me laugh.
Good, it was supposed to be silly. I was curious to see whether you would get the joke or not and if we would end up, "You hate Microsoft!", "No, you do!", "Oh yeah? Well, you hate them more!"
BTW, sorry about the "you hate microsoft' comment I made. That was out of line.
Sure, no problem. Hey, it's Slashdot, so you never can tell at first glance.
I was thinking "Pun", of course. Really.