Windows Update refuses to work if you're using a pirated Windows XP CD Key, so why would giving you free stuff be that big of a controvercy? It's not like they're telling you that you can't visit their site unless you do this.
I've also had that oddity happen a few times with Cingular, but only when I've roamed out of my home area code. I suspect that since LA has many area codes in such close proximity you're probably roaming outside your area code more often than you would in, say, a larger (geographically speaking) sized area code.
It's really not too surprising that they presales of the Nintendo DS is beating the PS2 and Xbox in Japan. I mean even though the new slim PS2 is nice, who'd want one when they already have a working full sized PS2? You shouldn't compare new products to enhanced old ones.
No, Atari never had anything to do with Pacman at all. Namco was the company that made the original Pacman, and the licensed out their US distribution to Bally Midway. Atari did have a few US distribution licenses with Namco, most notably with Pole Position and Dig Dug.
For Windows platforms, I find that Microsoft Terminal Server (aka Remote Desktop) is the easiest way to troubleshoot problems without actually being at the computer. It also seems to fair quite a bit better over dial-up lines than VNC does.
There sure is a way to map My Documents to another folder... simply right click it and go to properties. That step seems to be forgotten all too often as you'd think it would be in there with all the other system policies in the registry.
While you're right in that backwards compatibility is quite overhyped, you still have to consider that Microsoft is cutting the current XBox lifetime short by releasing the XBox 2 earlier than expected. Also, isn't it usually true that alot of the better games come out later in a console's lifecycle? Backwards compatibility would most likely increase sales of these late games.
Besides, the most popular games right after the PS2 was first released were actually PS1 games.
Wasn't there a case awhile back were a Segway, if low on battery power, would cause the rider to fall flat on their face? While it's bad, I could see this turning very bad when there's a handicapped rider.
Still why not base AOL on Netscape?
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Netscape Turns 10
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· Score: 2, Insightful
I'm serious, why on Earth does AOL even bother with Netscape when they, despite being perfectly able to, not just put Netscape into their flagship AOL software? There's already a million browsers that use the IE rendering engine, so why not do something new for a change!
This piece of software is really nothing more than a nifty hack. It basically sends an e-mail to yourself with the file as an attachment and uses a funky subject format to determine the "Gmail drive" filesystem. It does work, but it can't support files bigger than 10MB. So, nice try for now, but perhaps a feature to "zip & split" big files is in order. That said, don't expect Google to let this app last for that long:-(
You'd think that the possibility for walk by ID theft would stop them from considering this. Either way, RFID tags aren't exactly difficult to counterfiet, and they do nothing more than take another step towards massive civilan survelience.
Though the fact that they managed to fit much of the Dreamcast's core hardware on a single is signifigant in the fact that we can miniturize oh so much, there really isn't anything too impressive about this. No companies have bought into this chip and until some homebrew people manage to turn this into a Portadream, all there exists is some chip that could do great things.
A good to solve this problem is to simply get residents to lock down their WAPs. An even better way would be to have this be a part of the default setup for WAPs. And ofcourse the best way would be to just get the paranoid people to run ethernet throughout their houses.
No need to get laws involved when there's a fairly easy technological solution to this problem.
While this seems like a great way for Namco to cut down production and development costs, wouldn't this just make it painfully simple to emulate that sort of hardware (infact you might not even have to emulate)? Or is there some special hardware (like in the XBox) that prevents the software from being made to run on just any PC?
Re:Wide industry support != consumer adoption
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WiMax: When, Not If
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That's true, and WiMax will definately be a good thing for wireless ISPs, but for Joe Average who just wants to surf the web from his couch on a laptop, WiFi just works. WiMax is likely to suffer in the consumer market due to WiFi being good enough. After all, it isn't always that the best or most hyped technologies win out.
Wide industry support != consumer adoption
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WiMax: When, Not If
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Though I do honestly hope WiMax succeeds, there's absolutely no gaurantee that they will be able to get the consumers to buy these things like hotcakes. Quite franky 802.11b at 11MBit/s is good enough to carry (US anyways) consumer broadband which averages around 1.5Mbit down 384kbit up. Until broadband reaches the speeds where a consumers WiFi link is what's slowing them down, that's when we'll get the upgrades. But in the meantime, unless people suddenly have a real use for the increased speed/distance, I can't see think taking off so quickly.
Actually, I know that the recent IBM Thinkpad laptops have shipped with this "trusted computing" system for awhile now. It's not (yet) supposed to lock your system to Windows only, as it is a way to lock your laptop so that your data is safe (on a hardware level) if it gets stolen.
That's quite interesting that he expects Linux to still exist 10 years from now. I thought that he expected that his SCO henchmen would actually be able to succeed in killing Linux.
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Windows Update refuses to work if you're using a pirated Windows XP CD Key, so why would giving you free stuff be that big of a controvercy? It's not like they're telling you that you can't visit their site unless you do this.
They should've been using Windows... we all know that Windows never crashes, ever.
Is Nintendo insane or something? There's nothing wrong with saying you like or dislike something, whether it's a copyrighted/trademarked term or not.
I've also had that oddity happen a few times with Cingular, but only when I've roamed out of my home area code. I suspect that since LA has many area codes in such close proximity you're probably roaming outside your area code more often than you would in, say, a larger (geographically speaking) sized area code.
It's really not too surprising that they presales of the Nintendo DS is beating the PS2 and Xbox in Japan. I mean even though the new slim PS2 is nice, who'd want one when they already have a working full sized PS2? You shouldn't compare new products to enhanced old ones.
Why not just use the real link and slashdot their site into oblivion!
No, Atari never had anything to do with Pacman at all. Namco was the company that made the original Pacman, and the licensed out their US distribution to Bally Midway. Atari did have a few US distribution licenses with Namco, most notably with Pole Position and Dig Dug.
For Windows platforms, I find that Microsoft Terminal Server (aka Remote Desktop) is the easiest way to troubleshoot problems without actually being at the computer. It also seems to fair quite a bit better over dial-up lines than VNC does.
I always thought that BSD was dying, but I didn't believe it until their site died ;-)
There sure is a way to map My Documents to another folder... simply right click it and go to properties. That step seems to be forgotten all too often as you'd think it would be in there with all the other system policies in the registry.
While you're right in that backwards compatibility is quite overhyped, you still have to consider that Microsoft is cutting the current XBox lifetime short by releasing the XBox 2 earlier than expected. Also, isn't it usually true that alot of the better games come out later in a console's lifecycle? Backwards compatibility would most likely increase sales of these late games. Besides, the most popular games right after the PS2 was first released were actually PS1 games.
Wasn't there a case awhile back were a Segway, if low on battery power, would cause the rider to fall flat on their face? While it's bad, I could see this turning very bad when there's a handicapped rider.
I'm serious, why on Earth does AOL even bother with Netscape when they, despite being perfectly able to, not just put Netscape into their flagship AOL software? There's already a million browsers that use the IE rendering engine, so why not do something new for a change!
PayPal donation eh? Some earlier story suggests otherwise.
This piece of software is really nothing more than a nifty hack. It basically sends an e-mail to yourself with the file as an attachment and uses a funky subject format to determine the "Gmail drive" filesystem. It does work, but it can't support files bigger than 10MB. So, nice try for now, but perhaps a feature to "zip & split" big files is in order. That said, don't expect Google to let this app last for that long :-(
You'd think that the possibility for walk by ID theft would stop them from considering this. Either way, RFID tags aren't exactly difficult to counterfiet, and they do nothing more than take another step towards massive civilan survelience.
Though the fact that they managed to fit much of the Dreamcast's core hardware on a single is signifigant in the fact that we can miniturize oh so much, there really isn't anything too impressive about this. No companies have bought into this chip and until some homebrew people manage to turn this into a Portadream, all there exists is some chip that could do great things.
A good to solve this problem is to simply get residents to lock down their WAPs. An even better way would be to have this be a part of the default setup for WAPs. And ofcourse the best way would be to just get the paranoid people to run ethernet throughout their houses. No need to get laws involved when there's a fairly easy technological solution to this problem.
Ofcourse I know that, I was only joking. Yeesh, it's like when I argue "Florida isn't a state anymore!"
So, have they predicted when California is going to fall into the ocean?
While this seems like a great way for Namco to cut down production and development costs, wouldn't this just make it painfully simple to emulate that sort of hardware (infact you might not even have to emulate)? Or is there some special hardware (like in the XBox) that prevents the software from being made to run on just any PC?
That's true, and WiMax will definately be a good thing for wireless ISPs, but for Joe Average who just wants to surf the web from his couch on a laptop, WiFi just works. WiMax is likely to suffer in the consumer market due to WiFi being good enough. After all, it isn't always that the best or most hyped technologies win out.
Though I do honestly hope WiMax succeeds, there's absolutely no gaurantee that they will be able to get the consumers to buy these things like hotcakes. Quite franky 802.11b at 11MBit/s is good enough to carry (US anyways) consumer broadband which averages around 1.5Mbit down 384kbit up. Until broadband reaches the speeds where a consumers WiFi link is what's slowing them down, that's when we'll get the upgrades. But in the meantime, unless people suddenly have a real use for the increased speed/distance, I can't see think taking off so quickly.
Actually, I know that the recent IBM Thinkpad laptops have shipped with this "trusted computing" system for awhile now. It's not (yet) supposed to lock your system to Windows only, as it is a way to lock your laptop so that your data is safe (on a hardware level) if it gets stolen.
That's quite interesting that he expects Linux to still exist 10 years from now. I thought that he expected that his SCO henchmen would actually be able to succeed in killing Linux.