Agreed, I use it all the time. If you're typing anything in all caps it's useful (no, TYPING LIKE THIS on message boards and IM is not a valid excuse), it's handy. Also, this isn't exactly standard, but I use it to switch between Japanese alphabets (I hate real Japanese keyboards).
Could have something to do with the Windows QT client not sucking nearly as hard as the Mac WMP. Every time anyone complains about QT for Windows, I want to show them the abomination that is the Mac WMP.
Granted, it would be nice if both companies embraced open standards, but for now it's picking the lesser of two evils.
Agreed on the X and Y buttons. I find that they're usually OK for some games, but Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles really suffered for me due to the lack of buttons. I mean, scrolling between your list of attacks with only one button to perform an attack is incredibly limited. If the SNES had that many buttons, a system on par with it (as well as a system that often doubles as a next-gen system controller!) should have at least as many.
Hey, long time no see.. but I disagree. Wasn't impressed with any of the aspects of Eternal Darkness, the gameplay, the story, or the graphics. To be honest, it felt like Resident Evil without any of the polish or the horror.
I am one of the seemingly few people who has absolutely no complaints with the RE controls, so maybe I'm slightly biased. At any rate, I'll take RE 1, 0 or Code Veronica over Eternal Darkness any day.
It all depends on what you read into it. If "strict safety measures" means I can't have a private conversation with a friend, it seems like a waste of money to me. But, then again, the article was pretty light on details.
This stopped being funny a long time ago. Every single time a Linux device is mentioned, SOMEONE has to make a "Well, add $699 to the price tag!" joke.
(off-topic, I know) Probably too late to get a reply to this, but I have a complete newbie question. How exactly would I use that? I'm having no success in using it in a terminal or in a shell script. I just get a prompt if I type it in at my command line, and an error if I use it as is in a shell script. I know what curl does, but I'm not sure how the "while true;" part works.
Not often, but it's useful at times. Ever tried to sit down and orient yourself at a keyboard in the dark? I find that I need to see the keyboard first to get my hands in the right place. Not sure why, but I need to get a visual idea of where my hands are first, and then I'm fine.
The more expensive Powerbooks do this automatically, it's really cool... I'm not sure about x86 laptops, but I'd assume some of the pricier ones have similar features.
What, did you want him to explain the intricacies of the different OSS licenses in a totally unrelated article? It wasn't supposed to be detailed, it was a quick summary in layman's terms for the target audience of this article.
I don't see anything wrong with it at all. Adobe manages cross-platform compatibility (albeit without Linux support), and still has an excellent inferface for the Mac version. The rest of his complaint is perfectly valid as well, unless you're actually defending slowness, unintuitive tools, and bad quality of text/shapes.
Sheesh. The exact same complaints could have been written by a Windows or Linux user.
Yup, it's a new feature, although if you really cared before you could just rip everything as an uncompressed AIFF, iTunes played those since the beginning.
Yeah, but that's not always viable because of size. Also, consider this: on my 2nd-gen iPod, AIFF files barely work. You can listen to them, but every minute or so, the hard drive has to spin up, at which point the music skips. It looks like Apple's pushing this for use on iPods as well though, so hopefully it will work a lot better..
Hmm, interesting. I agree with the underrated idea, but using insightful or informative really seems like a bad idea..
I agree with you on the funny mod deserving karma too. Seems to me that on sites with non-threaded discussion (cough, FARK), cracking jokes can get in the way of more relevant discussion, but that's much less of an issue on Slashdot. It's much easier to follow or reply to specific parts of the discussion here (like how we have this totally off-topic branch here).
Haha... is it just me or are the moderators kind of retarded lately? I can't even count the number of times I've seen jokes like this moderated up as insightful or informative.
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Agreed, I use it all the time. If you're typing anything in all caps it's useful (no, TYPING LIKE THIS on message boards and IM is not a valid excuse), it's handy. Also, this isn't exactly standard, but I use it to switch between Japanese alphabets (I hate real Japanese keyboards).
Could have something to do with the Windows QT client not sucking nearly as hard as the Mac WMP. Every time anyone complains about QT for Windows, I want to show them the abomination that is the Mac WMP.
Granted, it would be nice if both companies embraced open standards, but for now it's picking the lesser of two evils.
Haha, thank you... the only reason I'm even reading the comments in this story is that Clerks was the first thing that came to mind.
..if you happen to run Windows, sigh. Projects like this really give me respect for projects like SNES9X and MAME.
(b) how much does a bit weigh (and how many bytes in a ton)
Depends on the physical medium, smartass.
Shenmue
Shenmue 2 is on Xbox, but the first one (my favourite) isn't.
Skies of Arkadia
On Gamecube, not Xbox.
Agreed on the X and Y buttons. I find that they're usually OK for some games, but Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles really suffered for me due to the lack of buttons. I mean, scrolling between your list of attacks with only one button to perform an attack is incredibly limited. If the SNES had that many buttons, a system on par with it (as well as a system that often doubles as a next-gen system controller!) should have at least as many.
Hey, long time no see.. but I disagree. Wasn't impressed with any of the aspects of Eternal Darkness, the gameplay, the story, or the graphics. To be honest, it felt like Resident Evil without any of the polish or the horror.
I am one of the seemingly few people who has absolutely no complaints with the RE controls, so maybe I'm slightly biased. At any rate, I'll take RE 1, 0 or Code Veronica over Eternal Darkness any day.
It all depends on what you read into it. If "strict safety measures" means I can't have a private conversation with a friend, it seems like a waste of money to me. But, then again, the article was pretty light on details.
Thank you. I'm frigging sick of these stupid SCO jokes, and the people who mod them funny.
This stopped being funny a long time ago. Every single time a Linux device is mentioned, SOMEONE has to make a "Well, add $699 to the price tag!" joke.
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(off-topic, I know) Probably too late to get a reply to this, but I have a complete newbie question. How exactly would I use that? I'm having no success in using it in a terminal or in a shell script. I just get a prompt if I type it in at my command line, and an error if I use it as is in a shell script. I know what curl does, but I'm not sure how the "while true;" part works.
Heh, if that system can't play Quake 3 Arena, there's something seriously wrong with it. (yes, I know what you meant)
You don't even need a program. Just use ab (Apache benchmark) with ridiculously high settings.
Not often, but it's useful at times. Ever tried to sit down and orient yourself at a keyboard in the dark? I find that I need to see the keyboard first to get my hands in the right place. Not sure why, but I need to get a visual idea of where my hands are first, and then I'm fine.
The more expensive Powerbooks do this automatically, it's really cool... I'm not sure about x86 laptops, but I'd assume some of the pricier ones have similar features.
What, did you want him to explain the intricacies of the different OSS licenses in a totally unrelated article? It wasn't supposed to be detailed, it was a quick summary in layman's terms for the target audience of this article.
I don't see anything wrong with it at all. Adobe manages cross-platform compatibility (albeit without Linux support), and still has an excellent inferface for the Mac version. The rest of his complaint is perfectly valid as well, unless you're actually defending slowness, unintuitive tools, and bad quality of text/shapes.
Sheesh. The exact same complaints could have been written by a Windows or Linux user.
Yes, it shall be a mighty and terrible battle, where the blood of the innocent shall mingle with that of the combatants!
...wait, you're talking about Linux and Microsoft?
Hmm. So now updating your iPod from a non-mainstream OS is illegal?
In every Sonic or Mario game, you jump higher if you hold the button down longer. How can MS have a patent on this?
Yup, it's a new feature, although if you really cared before you could just rip everything as an uncompressed AIFF, iTunes played those since the beginning. Yeah, but that's not always viable because of size. Also, consider this: on my 2nd-gen iPod, AIFF files barely work. You can listen to them, but every minute or so, the hard drive has to spin up, at which point the music skips. It looks like Apple's pushing this for use on iPods as well though, so hopefully it will work a lot better..
Hmm, interesting. I agree with the underrated idea, but using insightful or informative really seems like a bad idea..
I agree with you on the funny mod deserving karma too. Seems to me that on sites with non-threaded discussion (cough, FARK), cracking jokes can get in the way of more relevant discussion, but that's much less of an issue on Slashdot. It's much easier to follow or reply to specific parts of the discussion here (like how we have this totally off-topic branch here).
Haha... is it just me or are the moderators kind of retarded lately? I can't even count the number of times I've seen jokes like this moderated up as insightful or informative.