rumble is the reason I wont be buying a PS3. It's a deal breaker.
aside from the cost issues, etc... rumble actually matters... I can save up money... but i need rumble for the console to even compete with xbox360, xbox, GC, or even the ps2.
oh yeah, on the xbox.com forums on the thread where everyone was complaining about the rings o death... (this was an 8 page thread, with lots of info and data about people's 0102 and 0100 code related deaths)...
someone posted the video of the "hot air gun" motherboard fix... (presumably reflowing bad solder joints)
next... m$ support posted they don't recommend people fixing their own box. then... the entire thread was removed. mysteriously....:)
(i also heard m$ had trouble with the new RoHS process that was just introduced recently...) don't you love hearsay and speculation?
so like theres this xbox 360 video on youtube, showing how Microsoft's xbox360 has this problem with cold solderjoints - and how you can fix it with a hot air gun to reflow the solder...
except, this video I believe is true... so many people all with the same 3 red lights of death problem. microsoft is being very nice (and very quiet) about replacing broken units. their customer service people saying things like "yeah, the freezing problems are related to the redlights of death problems"...
another funny thing... after posting that heatgun video to xbox.com's forums, very shortly the entire 8-page thread was deleted... conspiracy? cover-up? hmmm....
That, and wouldn't they have a project on a harddrive somewhere with the SE version? Just click the checkbox to turn off added CG characters, and rerip!!!
That's what I'd want anyway, the restored edition - without the CG... It's gotta be on a hardrive/tapebackup somewhere...
wouldn't cable cards be "a way around it" for your IR hack problem???
honestly, comcast sucks, even their "DVR"... I hear comcast is integrating TIVO soon though. That may be something to look for - esp. if it's sold for "free"...
same here. directV was way cool having tivo, but without tivo DirecTV is no better than localevilcable (comcast). I'm actually planning to drop directv as soon as possible. a dedicated tivo (i.e. not crippled by directv) would rock, but $800 is pretty awful. I'll buy it at half that price... maybe there will be a signup bonus for localevilcable and the unit will be sold "cheap" - like cellphones are sold with service plans... i can only hope...
these parents have no idea what "critical professional skills" are... sure, maybe if your career goal is to be some kind of personal assistant for powerpoint, then yeah, ok... but powerpoint? critical? really?
but damn, you can learn powerpoint on your own, it's not that difficult... and certainly not worth spending the amount on a laptop...
now... if you said learning c++ was a critical professional skill, sure, that makes sense... but why can't the kid do this at home?
don't get me wrong, I like the idea of laptops in class, but only as a fast way to take notes in class, or convenience of keeping all your data and projects in once place (productivity tool)... considering the big distraction they can be, maybe for learning software or programming languages kids should use computer labs or the laptop at home only? But that doesn't even seem to fix everything...
school is about rigid regementation, partly to get the unfocused kids to focus (common theory of the school catering to the slowest)... having a laptop in the classroom presents a huge hole if websites, IM, or even a more interesting personal project is distracting the user...
this may sound lame, but maybe there needs to be some technology added here to force the laptops into a state where only relevent work is happening. something as simple as the teacher being able to see all screens to police the students to be on topic... or better yet, have in classroom computers with a good centralized user account system (i.e. linux with NFS mounted user accounts)...
Maybe the goal should be, a computer in every classroom... and a computer at home for every child... More expensive I know... but it would help to regement things... Clearly, having a laptop for each child IS important for those children who have limited access to a computer at home. At least this way, the student can learn computer skills on their own...
Another thought. Has anyone done research into whether having distracting things like laptops help kids multitask better and actually focus better? It may actually help students learn to tune out distractions... Again, I bet there's a percentage of students that mentally just can't handle this temptation... I wonder if laptops for kids actually polarize kids, making the ubergeeks brilliant and well prepared, and the distractable kids uber stupid...
to clarify... I already know how to wire up LEDs and make a powersupply (though i'd be interested to see how you power yours)...
It's the case, and materials (i.e. where to buy the LEDs for cheapest, with the best color, etc... what kind of case works best) that would be really useful to see. This is the stuff people can sink a lot of research into, and if one guy figured out something 1.) cheap 2.) bright enough 3.) good tone, and 4.) low power (CF or better)... then that would be a real benefit if many people started creating these things.
$25 for a thinkgeek bulb? wow. who would buy that...
so... why not make your own custom voip protocol with strong encryption... apply the idea of p2p darknets to voip...
let the govt sift through all that custom munged traffic. sure it's security through obscurity (and hard encryption), but why open yourself up to snooping by using standards...
it's like waste vs napster... use waste, go off the beaten track... (or whatever private darknet is popular these days).
even the lagrangian point feels miniscule effects from other planets...
it's lagrangian for the earth/moon system... not for the rest of the planets...
with that force, and with the gravity from the spacecraft, how can any measurements be useful enough (i.e. free from otside noise) to show anything useful? one ide.... maybe they will model everything (spacecraft, and solarsystem) in a computer and compare to what really happens in the experiment. Even so... wont there be thermal considerations that even a computer can't predict? the point at which you launch the ball, photons hitting the ball, etc...
I would be very unhappy if Microsoft turned off my copy of windows. I did buy it, and have it authorized through MS... In fact, I have 2 copies, one for each computer...
I don't like the idea of my windows phoning home, so I chose not to install the spyware, erm.. update... So, will MS shut down legitamite users?
// This just goes to show that if churchs want to keep people envolved they need to change to meet// what people want / can tolerate. The tax thing is just silly, it is like a resturant adding tip// to your bill for you. Once churches relize that they are a service then they will start to change// for the better.
Yep. That's just survival of the fittest at work. For more information read up on meme theory. Religeon propogates like a virus.
yeah, I know design is barely understood (formally) even in literature, but would be a fun course...
when I say "design", I'm talking about a few things, user interface design, arcitechture design, data design.... but could be others too...
basically a bootstrap class to bring the newbs into a pseudo-senior mindset... (yeah, I know, dangerous, because when they get out then they're overconfident, and not experienced, a bad combination).
Basically try to expose them to a subset of the bredth of problems and throught process a senior dev goes through after 10yrs+ of time in industry (i.e. tough problems like OS design, game engine design, art/sound tool design, etc..)
One problem I see is not all (many?) profs have that much industry experience under their belt to be able to teach at that level... (i.e. maybe the suns would have to align to make this course happen).
no one will pay extra to use the web... we already have $30-$60 a month. paying more just means I'll cancel or find another service that charges a flat amount.
I'd rather quit using the internet before I subscribe to a stupid pay model like this.
>>> Isn't is a bit disturbing that the government files patents to prevent us from using stuff that we paid them to invent?
simply filing a patent does not mean that you intend to prevent people from using it... It simply means that you've staked a claim to it.
More likely is that the government wants the public to be able to use it, so we can develop alternative energy methods... and by patenting it, prevents anyone else from squating on it (and then doing evil with it as you suggest)...
as with all data recording tasks, there's got to be an error rate. to what percentage do they know they've "got it" all? and to what percentage do they know it represents us all? (did they sequence one human or many?)
it was called "the internet" and noone told you how to host "pages" and all the pages were ugly (just like myspace is). and people were free to link to each other and etc...
except now... some corporation controls the server, and telecom companies make it hard (in their service agreements) to host your own servers.
myspace is "neat" because it propagates the web to the masses, but really, this "tech" of publishing your own stuff has been around for many many years.
note, I'm not railing on inexperienced programmers. They have their own set of problems and benefits I'm very aware of. the core problem (I'm guessing) is that of staffing and scheduling, which often sits squarly on mgmt...
or maybe I don't know what I'm talking about.:) after all, I don't work there...
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i will not be buying a ps3 unless it has rumble...
it's a useful indicator, and like sound, conveys another dimension of feeling and impact.
your hits and crashes just wont be the same without it. for real.
rumble is the reason I wont be buying a PS3.
It's a deal breaker.
aside from the cost issues, etc... rumble actually matters... I can save up money... but i need rumble for the console to even compete with xbox360, xbox, GC, or even the ps2.
rediculous...
oh yeah,
:)
on the xbox.com forums
on the thread where everyone was complaining about the rings o death...
(this was an 8 page thread, with lots of info and data about people's 0102 and 0100 code related deaths)...
someone posted the video of the "hot air gun" motherboard fix... (presumably reflowing bad solder joints)
next...
m$ support posted they don't recommend people fixing their own box.
then...
the entire thread was removed.
mysteriously....
(i also heard m$ had trouble with the new RoHS process that was just introduced recently...)
don't you love hearsay and speculation?
red rings of light = loose/cold solder joints....
have you seen the reflow video on youtube?
they use a hot air gun to heat up the 360 mobo, and then it starts working again.
and my box was made in feb20/2006 - _after_ the january "early adopter" phase...
(my code was 0100, many others have the 0102 code...)
napster still exists?
i thought napster died long ago...
hmm... maybe lack of advertising/awareness is exactly why they're doing so poorly.
of course, I _know_ about itunes, and still wont use it...
so like theres this xbox 360 video on youtube, showing how Microsoft's xbox360 has this problem with cold solderjoints - and how you can fix it with a hot air gun to reflow the solder...
except, this video I believe is true... so many people all with the same 3 red lights of death problem. microsoft is being very nice (and very quiet) about replacing broken units. their customer service people saying things like "yeah, the freezing problems are related to the redlights of death problems"...
another funny thing... after posting that heatgun video to xbox.com's forums, very shortly the entire 8-page thread was deleted... conspiracy? cover-up? hmmm....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7Wz4XtTIxk
That, and wouldn't they have a project on a harddrive somewhere with the SE version?
Just click the checkbox to turn off added CG characters, and rerip!!!
That's what I'd want anyway, the restored edition - without the CG...
It's gotta be on a hardrive/tapebackup somewhere...
wouldn't cable cards be "a way around it" for your IR hack problem???
honestly, comcast sucks, even their "DVR"... I hear comcast is integrating TIVO soon though. That may be something to look for - esp. if it's sold for "free"...
same here. directV was way cool having tivo, but without tivo DirecTV is no better than localevilcable (comcast). I'm actually planning to drop directv as soon as possible. a dedicated tivo (i.e. not crippled by directv) would rock, but $800 is pretty awful. I'll buy it at half that price... maybe there will be a signup bonus for localevilcable and the unit will be sold "cheap" - like cellphones are sold with service plans... i can only hope...
>> critical professional skills
:)
these parents have no idea what "critical professional skills" are... sure, maybe if your career goal is to be some kind of personal assistant for powerpoint, then yeah, ok... but powerpoint? critical? really?
but damn, you can learn powerpoint on your own, it's not that difficult... and certainly not worth spending the amount on a laptop...
now... if you said learning c++ was a critical professional skill, sure, that makes sense... but why can't the kid do this at home?
don't get me wrong, I like the idea of laptops in class, but only as a fast way to take notes in class, or convenience of keeping all your data and projects in once place (productivity tool)... considering the big distraction they can be, maybe for learning software or programming languages kids should use computer labs or the laptop at home only? But that doesn't even seem to fix everything...
school is about rigid regementation, partly to get the unfocused kids to focus (common theory of the school catering to the slowest)... having a laptop in the classroom presents a huge hole if websites, IM, or even a more interesting personal project is distracting the user...
this may sound lame, but maybe there needs to be some technology added here to force the laptops into a state where only relevent work is happening. something as simple as the teacher being able to see all screens to police the students to be on topic... or better yet, have in classroom computers with a good centralized user account system (i.e. linux with NFS mounted user accounts)...
Maybe the goal should be, a computer in every classroom... and a computer at home for every child...
More expensive I know... but it would help to regement things... Clearly, having a laptop for each child IS important for those children who have limited access to a computer at home. At least this way, the student can learn computer skills on their own...
Another thought. Has anyone done research into whether having distracting things like laptops help kids multitask better and actually focus better? It may actually help students learn to tune out distractions... Again, I bet there's a percentage of students that mentally just can't handle this temptation... I wonder if laptops for kids actually polarize kids, making the ubergeeks brilliant and well prepared, and the distractable kids uber stupid...
This issue is apparently complex.
to clarify... I already know how to wire up LEDs and make a powersupply (though i'd be interested to see how you power yours)...
It's the case, and materials (i.e. where to buy the LEDs for cheapest, with the best color, etc... what kind of case works best) that would be really useful to see. This is the stuff people can sink a lot of research into, and if one guy figured out something 1.) cheap 2.) bright enough 3.) good tone, and 4.) low power (CF or better)... then that would be a real benefit if many people started creating these things.
$25 for a thinkgeek bulb? wow. who would buy that...
so... do you have kits (or better yet, plans) for your "bulbs"?
I'd love to build some...
so... why not make your own custom voip protocol with strong encryption...
apply the idea of p2p darknets to voip...
let the govt sift through all that custom munged traffic.
sure it's security through obscurity (and hard encryption), but why open yourself up to snooping by using standards...
it's like waste vs napster... use waste, go off the beaten track... (or whatever private darknet is popular these days).
>> We aren't able to make observations from several million or billion years ago
sure we are, isn't that what hubble is for?
to look at light from millions of years ago and make observations?
>> It's been learned long ago that the solar system has more than 2 objects in it.
what he said...
even the lagrangian point feels miniscule effects from other planets...
it's lagrangian for the earth/moon system... not for the rest of the planets...
with that force, and with the gravity from the spacecraft, how can any measurements be useful enough (i.e. free from otside noise) to show anything useful? one ide.... maybe they will model everything (spacecraft, and solarsystem) in a computer and compare to what really happens in the experiment. Even so... wont there be thermal considerations that even a computer can't predict? the point at which you launch the ball, photons hitting the ball, etc...
I would be very unhappy if Microsoft turned off my copy of windows.
I did buy it, and have it authorized through MS...
In fact, I have 2 copies, one for each computer...
I don't like the idea of my windows phoning home, so I chose not to install the spyware, erm.. update...
So, will MS shut down legitamite users?
// This just goes to show that if churchs want to keep people envolved they need to change to meet // what people want / can tolerate. The tax thing is just silly, it is like a resturant adding tip // to your bill for you. Once churches relize that they are a service then they will start to change // for the better.
Yep. That's just survival of the fittest at work.
For more information read up on meme theory.
Religeon propogates like a virus.
how about a course on design philosophy?
yeah, I know design is barely understood (formally) even in literature, but would be a fun course...
when I say "design", I'm talking about a few things, user interface design, arcitechture design, data design.... but could be others too...
basically a bootstrap class to bring the newbs into a pseudo-senior mindset... (yeah, I know, dangerous, because when they get out then they're overconfident, and not experienced, a bad combination).
Basically try to expose them to a subset of the bredth of problems and throught process a senior dev goes through after 10yrs+ of time in industry (i.e. tough problems like OS design, game engine design, art/sound tool design, etc..)
One problem I see is not all (many?) profs have that much industry experience under their belt to be able to teach at that level... (i.e. maybe the suns would have to align to make this course happen).
no one will pay extra to use the web... we already have $30-$60 a month. paying more just means I'll cancel or find another service that charges a flat amount.
I'd rather quit using the internet before I subscribe to a stupid pay model like this.
>>> Isn't is a bit disturbing that the government files patents to prevent us from using stuff that we paid them to invent?
simply filing a patent does not mean that you intend to prevent people from using it...
It simply means that you've staked a claim to it.
More likely is that the government wants the public to be able to use it, so we can develop alternative energy methods... and by patenting it, prevents anyone else from squating on it (and then doing evil with it as you suggest)...
as with all data recording tasks, there's got to be an error rate.
to what percentage do they know they've "got it" all?
and to what percentage do they know it represents us all? (did they sequence one human or many?)
from the post:
>> but it had been assumed that minorities
yeah, it must be those dirty minorities.
do the reporters think that only caucasians are reading their report?
it was called "the internet"
and noone told you how to host "pages"
and all the pages were ugly (just like myspace is).
and people were free to link to each other and etc...
except now... some corporation controls the server, and telecom companies make it hard (in their service agreements) to host your own servers.
myspace is "neat" because it propagates the web to the masses, but really, this "tech" of publishing your own stuff has been around for many many years.
note, I'm not railing on inexperienced programmers. They have their own set of problems and benefits I'm very aware of. the core problem (I'm guessing) is that of staffing and scheduling, which often sits squarly on mgmt...
:)
or maybe I don't know what I'm talking about.
after all, I don't work there...