> But doesn't the Airport Express take any stream sent to it from iTunes 4.6 or greater?
Not really, iTunes always converts streams to Apple Lossless format prior to sending it to an AE (which is most likely the only format the AE understands, obviously).
> So what did I miss? Is this the ability to do that from other programs on other platforms?
Yes, but of course this is going to be the dvdcss case all over again, where the industry will accuse Jon of having made this purely for pirating purposes.
I was at a conference held by Precise Biometrics three years ago, and their thumb reader could already tell that the thumb used is an actual living thumb. Not a molded copy or dead one cut off from someone's hand.
Are you trying to tell us that they actually tried their system with a dead thumb?
Yeah, OR, you could just buy an XP 2500+ (which cost next to nothing nowadays) and overclock it to XP 3200+. Seriously, with a plain Tt Volcano 9 it runs very well. Hell, during winter I even ran it with the original OEM fan.
I never really understood why people actually liked this game. It was boring as hell, as most of the "gameplay" was dialogue and wandering around, and the only real moments of interactivity were mini-games (the two classic Sega arcade games were more fun than the rest of the game!), a poorly executed battle system, and Dragon's Lair-style sequences that while being very nostalgic, aren't very fun.
I stopped playing the game when I reached that point where you get a job carrying crates with a forklift. That was completely uninteresting, and a complete waste of my time. I don't play videogames to do fake work. I have enough work in real life, and in RL I actually get real money. What the hell is wrong with the people who made this game ??
This is so disturbing, I think I'll dedicate the rest of my life studying on time travel so someday I can build a time machine that will allow me to go back in time so I can kill everyone that was involved in the creation of this.
What about game patches? Driver updates? Support for newer hardware? The static nature of the LiveCD makes it complicated. You could save updates to disc, but that would be a hassle.
Also, most people aren't really thrilled at the idea of rebooting just to play a goddamn game. This is a long, time wasting and annoying procedure.
Sadly yes, Epic has sold its soul to Microsoft. The Unreal Engine 3 is going to one of the first engines built for Microsoft's new PC/XBox crossplatform development environment called "XNA".
So enjoy UT2004, it's definitely going to be the last Unreal game you'll ever be able to play natively under Linux.
God, I read that headline too fast, and thought they had made a robot out of origami. How cool! I told myself, then I noticed it's not that cool. An origami folding robot? Bah.
I too share your frustration. I'm tired of fellow Gentoo users stating that Gentoo is great because they got some insignificant boost of performance over other distros. That's just stupid, and makes Gentoo look like it's used solely by idiots. I use Gentoo because of the flexibility, ease of management, and its awesome community. Optimization flags are just a very minor bonus in the process that's not really worth noting.
I'm with you brother. ET is full of utterly stupid mods, and those damn maps! I want to play dammit, not download random stuff. I usually have to hop on like 6 servers before I find a playable game.
Actually no, dating sims are not the same as hentai games. Dating sims are mostly on consoles (unlike hentai games which are strictly PC games, probably because Sony and Nintendo don't want smut on their systems) and are focused on, yes, dating, and have no sex (or not much, and in a very limited way).
(oh god, my nerd-o-meter is going off scale, so I'll shut up now)
it's an April's fool joke, but if it is it's a very elaborate one. The fact that there's a pressure group's website scares me. I mean, why would Techworld go as far as that? Don't they have something better to do than registering domain names for fake April's fool websites to accompagny their fake April's fool articles?
Considering how Warcraft III runs _flawlessly_ under the latest Wine when using the secret OpenGL rendering switch (ie. -opengl command-line parameter), I for one don't worry much about the lack of a Linux client.
"What do the Nintendo GameCube's Gekko, Transmeta's first Crusoe chips, Cray's X1 supercomputer chips, Xilinx Virtex-II Pro processors, Agilent Tachyon chips, and the next-generation Microsoft XBox processors-which-have-yet-to-be-named all have in common? All of them were or will be manufactured by IBM."
What the hell? I thought the XBox Next CPU being a PowerPC was still an unconfirmed rumor?
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> Does anybody else find it ironic that Sonic is now on the GameCube and GBA?
Yes, like three years ago. What, you just noticed it?
> Is there a higher quality version of the DOOM3 theme song somewhere? At 30kbps it's really a pain to listen to.
Just fetch it from the game itself. pk4's are just zip archives with a funny extension, and all audio files are plain ogg vorbis.
> But doesn't the Airport Express take any stream sent to it from iTunes 4.6 or greater?
Not really, iTunes always converts streams to Apple Lossless format prior to sending it to an AE (which is most likely the only format the AE understands, obviously).
> So what did I miss? Is this the ability to do that from other programs on other platforms?
Yes, but of course this is going to be the dvdcss case all over again, where the industry will accuse Jon of having made this purely for pirating purposes.
I was at a conference held by Precise Biometrics three years ago, and their thumb reader could already tell that the thumb used is an actual living thumb. Not a molded copy or dead one cut off from someone's hand.
Are you trying to tell us that they actually tried their system with a dead thumb?
But the V9 is an ajustable fan, so you don't need to always run it fullspeed.
So what? Western games don't sell well in Japan, so it's pretty natural that the opposite applies.
Yeah, OR, you could just buy an XP 2500+ (which cost next to nothing nowadays) and overclock it to XP 3200+. Seriously, with a plain Tt Volcano 9 it runs very well. Hell, during winter I even ran it with the original OEM fan.
What? No Shenmue on the list?
I never really understood why people actually liked this game. It was boring as hell, as most of the "gameplay" was dialogue and wandering around, and the only real moments of interactivity were mini-games (the two classic Sega arcade games were more fun than the rest of the game!), a poorly executed battle system, and Dragon's Lair-style sequences that while being very nostalgic, aren't very fun.
I stopped playing the game when I reached that point where you get a job carrying crates with a forklift. That was completely uninteresting, and a complete waste of my time. I don't play videogames to do fake work. I have enough work in real life, and in RL I actually get real money. What the hell is wrong with the people who made this game ??
> Two words: Stadium Pal http://stadiumpal.com/
This is so disturbing, I think I'll dedicate the rest of my life studying on time travel so someday I can build a time machine that will allow me to go back in time so I can kill everyone that was involved in the creation of this.
Bad name strategy! Now people will confuse it with AirPort-X !!
There is a demand for donations on the main xfree86 page AGAIN. The last time was only about 2 months ago. Those guys are really a bunch of jackasses.
What about game patches? Driver updates? Support for newer hardware? The static nature of the LiveCD makes it complicated. You could save updates to disc, but that would be a hassle.
Also, most people aren't really thrilled at the idea of rebooting just to play a goddamn game. This is a long, time wasting and annoying procedure.
Sadly yes, Epic has sold its soul to Microsoft. The Unreal Engine 3 is going to one of the first engines built for Microsoft's new PC/XBox crossplatform development environment called "XNA".
So enjoy UT2004, it's definitely going to be the last Unreal game you'll ever be able to play natively under Linux.
Wrong, it couldn't possibly be more far than that, for starters by Linux I assume you mean "Linux on a x86", so already you have a different arch.
God, I read that headline too fast, and thought they had made a robot out of origami. How cool! I told myself, then I noticed it's not that cool. An origami folding robot? Bah.
There are still many stupid people who think Playboy is smut. (Of course, Playboy was never about smut, just pretty ladies naked.)
I too share your frustration. I'm tired of fellow Gentoo users stating that Gentoo is great because they got some insignificant boost of performance over other distros. That's just stupid, and makes Gentoo look like it's used solely by idiots. I use Gentoo because of the flexibility, ease of management, and its awesome community. Optimization flags are just a very minor bonus in the process that's not really worth noting.
I'm with you brother. ET is full of utterly stupid mods, and those damn maps! I want to play dammit, not download random stuff. I usually have to hop on like 6 servers before I find a playable game.
Who are you, the abbreviation police?! Shmup is an old abbreviation that's widely used amongst fans of shooters.
Actually no, dating sims are not the same as hentai games. Dating sims are mostly on consoles (unlike hentai games which are strictly PC games, probably because Sony and Nintendo don't want smut on their systems) and are focused on, yes, dating, and have no sex (or not much, and in a very limited way).
(oh god, my nerd-o-meter is going off scale, so I'll shut up now)
...but it's made to be a Hamster cage ONLY, ie. there won't be a computer living co-ed with the hamster in this baby.
it's an April's fool joke, but if it is it's a very elaborate one. The fact that there's a pressure group's website scares me. I mean, why would Techworld go as far as that? Don't they have something better to do than registering domain names for fake April's fool websites to accompagny their fake April's fool articles?
The Japanese already have a concept similar to this. It's called "Dating Sims". And they're not even an April's fool, they DO exist!
Considering how Warcraft III runs _flawlessly_ under the latest Wine when using the secret OpenGL rendering switch (ie. -opengl command-line parameter), I for one don't worry much about the lack of a Linux client.
From the article:
"What do the Nintendo GameCube's Gekko, Transmeta's first Crusoe chips, Cray's X1 supercomputer chips, Xilinx Virtex-II Pro processors, Agilent Tachyon chips, and the next-generation Microsoft XBox processors-which-have-yet-to-be-named all have in common? All of them were or will be manufactured by IBM."
What the hell? I thought the XBox Next CPU being a PowerPC was still an unconfirmed rumor?