US$13 for 8.5Gig. [...] I think I'll wait until the price per MB comes down to around US$1. current price per meg = $13 / aprox 8500 = $0.0015294 per MB, looks like the time has come
correct me if im wrong on this, but i was under the impression that even dvd was lossy. that being so, what source do you intend on using with this lossless compression codec?
sorry, im not following. i was under the impression that you needed to load the savegame with the exploit in order to get ANY unsigned code to run on the xbox. as far as im aware there is no signed ftp server, so how do you ftp the saved game to the xbox with first soft/hard modding it. this isnt a troll, I've just been out of the X-S for a while
"We knew that people were going to say, 'Oh, is the new Zelda because you made a mistake with Windwaker?' You don't make a mistake when you sell something in the millions and millions" I actually think moving back to realism will be a big mistake. While playing Windwaker it was easy to forget you were playing a game, it was just a beautiful interactive cartoon. This just looks like OoT with some new features (using the sword on horseback for example) and higher res textures. Until realistic games get to the point where they might be mistaken for a TV show or a Movie (and I don't mean long boring cutsceens, actual game play) then it is always going to feel like your playing a game. Complete immersion in a realistic style is not possible with today's technology. But when it comes down to it, gfx are not as important as the gameplay and i know we wont be let down there
a tool exists that allows you to modify you bios to drop fan speeds, cant remember the name of the top of my head, been a while since ive used my xbox (poor thing is sitting unused 10,000 miles away)
software modding an xbox is less that 30 minutes work and costs the hiring of an original game called mechassault or agent onder fire plus the cost of a memory card. only person I've known who bought one of these without intention to use it for the softmod, bought it cause the sales guy told him he needed it. most useless peripheral device ever
I dont have any actual figures I can quote for you, but I can tell you there are simple tools available that allow you to modify things in the bios, such as fan speed and turning off the green light around the eject button or changings its colour (red/orange/flashing combinations). dropping the fan speed quitens the box considerablly and I always found that green light distracting when i was watching movies with the lights out
IANAL, but it appears to me that modifying an XBOX to load a free unencumbered BIOS so you can install an alternative operating system in place of the Microsoft OS is 100% legal. yeah, but if your running the cromwell bios (the only legal one, since they others are hacked versions copyrighted MS code) they only thing in the grandparents list that is still possible is running linux
the 28 bit LBA limit was broken a while back buddy, previously you could stick in any drive you wanted but only allocate the first 137 GB, now they've pushed it up to 32 bit LBA _LOTS_ more
For example, "to be or not to be" typically turns up from 1 to 3 resulting pages that do not contain the phrase. Right now, there is only one error result.
Results 1 - 10 of about 177,000 for "to be or not to be". (0.13 seconds)
Give _everyone_ root access. Up next on "when windows admins administer linux", orn will explain to how to set up passwordless telnet access, to make life easier for everyone
nintendo have being doing this since the snes. take a good nes game, put it on snes, prefix the title with "Super". take a snes game, put it on GBA, tack "Advance" to the end of its title. take a snes game, put it on n64, tack "64" to the end of its title.
The adverse affect is that many people weren't buying GameCubes for a long while because games couldn't be easily stolen. Hah! When I read "games couldnt easily be stolen" i was thinking "what are you talking about? the things are tiny, they'd be easy to pocket and walk out of a store" then I realised you meant copied. Yes, there is a difference.
Most people are either at work, or at home. you forget the hundreds of thousands of people living in large cities who's commute time to and from work can be well over an hour each way
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US$13 for 8.5Gig. [...] I think I'll wait until the price per MB comes down to around US$1.
current price per meg = $13 / aprox 8500 = $0.0015294 per MB, looks like the time has come
correct me if im wrong on this, but i was under the impression that even dvd was lossy. that being so, what source do you intend on using with this lossless compression codec?
Do you have the >$100k to set up your machine shop with metric tools?
Maybe you should try working with your hands for a while, it cures you of insufferable elitism.
and maybe you should try doing some physics, to cure you of the very condition you've described
s/with first/without first/
sorry, im not following. i was under the impression that you needed to load the savegame with the exploit in order to get ANY unsigned code to run on the xbox. as far as im aware there is no signed ftp server, so how do you ftp the saved game to the xbox with first soft/hard modding it. this isnt a troll, I've just been out of the X-S for a while
Thirty degree turns. I wish I made that up.
you meant 150 degree turns, right? 30 degrees is hardly a sharp turn
"We knew that people were going to say, 'Oh, is the new Zelda because you made a mistake with Windwaker?' You don't make a mistake when you sell something in the millions and millions"
I actually think moving back to realism will be a big mistake. While playing Windwaker it was easy to forget you were playing a game, it was just a beautiful interactive cartoon. This just looks like OoT with some new features (using the sword on horseback for example) and higher res textures. Until realistic games get to the point where they might be mistaken for a TV show or a Movie (and I don't mean long boring cutsceens, actual game play) then it is always going to feel like your playing a game. Complete immersion in a realistic style is not possible with today's technology. But when it comes down to it, gfx are not as important as the gameplay and i know we wont be let down there
a tool exists that allows you to modify you bios to drop fan speeds, cant remember the name of the top of my head, been a while since ive used my xbox (poor thing is sitting unused 10,000 miles away)
software modding an xbox is less that 30 minutes work and costs the hiring of an original game called mechassault or agent onder fire
plus the cost of a memory card. only person I've known who bought one of these without intention to use it for the softmod, bought it cause the sales guy told him he needed it. most useless peripheral device ever
I dont have any actual figures I can quote for you, but I can tell you there are simple tools available that allow you to modify things in the bios, such as fan speed and turning off the green light around the eject button or changings its colour (red/orange/flashing combinations). dropping the fan speed quitens the box considerablly and I always found that green light distracting when i was watching movies with the lights out
IANAL, but it appears to me that modifying an XBOX to load a free unencumbered BIOS so you can install an alternative operating system in place of the Microsoft OS is 100% legal.
yeah, but if your running the cromwell bios (the only legal one, since they others are hacked versions copyrighted MS code) they only thing in the grandparents list that is still possible is running linux
the 28 bit LBA limit was broken a while back buddy, previously you could stick in any drive you wanted but only allocate the first 137 GB, now they've pushed it up to 32 bit LBA _LOTS_ more
For example, "to be or not to be" typically turns up from 1 to 3 resulting pages that do not contain the phrase. Right now, there is only one error result.
Results 1 - 10 of about 177,000 for "to be or not to be". (0.13 seconds)
you checked ALL those pages to verify that?
I belive you need to RTFA, this isnt about dual head setups. one head, two cards
Give _everyone_ root access.
Up next on "when windows admins administer linux", orn will explain to how to set up passwordless telnet access, to make life easier for everyone
"su" accounts (Score:4, Funny)
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I dont get it
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is slashdot broken? score 5 troll? moderations percentages only adding up to 60%? WTF?
nintendo have being doing this since the snes. take a good nes game, put it on snes, prefix the title with "Super". take a snes game, put it on GBA, tack "Advance" to the end of its title. take a snes game, put it on n64, tack "64" to the end of its title.
Has there been some Nintendo-Sega agreement of which I am unaware?
Yes. Welcome to 2001
The adverse affect is that many people weren't buying GameCubes for a long while because games couldn't be easily stolen.
Hah! When I read "games couldnt easily be stolen" i was thinking "what are you talking about? the things are tiny, they'd be easy to pocket and walk out of a store" then I realised you meant copied. Yes, there is a difference.
Most people are either at work, or at home.
you forget the hundreds of thousands of people living in large cities who's commute time to and from work can be well over an hour each way
I thought it was funny. silly mods
Oh, you may need to pardon them for their mushroom usage, but it's for a good cause
You cant have a pair of drug abusing plumbers lead the war on terror and drugs
Sometimes I wonder if people are listening to the same President Bush.
:P
I heard he can talk even when Cheney drinks water.
I thought this bit needed highlighting
I think IM chat speak will become dominant, spelling-wise
not if me and my stabbing knife have anything to do with it