Then again, the Play-Yan is also only available in Japan, but you can get it through unofficial sources. Got mine yesterday, great little cart.
I'm pretty sure the Opera cart will be available too, if you search a bit. And if the Opera cart is anything like the Play-Yan, the only thing Japanese will be the credit screen (everything else is either icons or english text).
What would've been REALLY amazing is if the DS Lite had a built-in SD slot (with built-in Play-Yan micro capabilities) and built-in Opera browser (along with extra RAM built-in instead of on a cart). Throw in a PDF viewer (via the SD slot) and Nintendo would sell these to anyone... games, mp3, movies, ebook and browser on the go!
"Hate to say this, but there are not that many uses for 64 bit processors yet. Manufacturers do not provide 64-bit drivers for their products. The drivers that exist are buggy. To the average Joe, 64-bit is useless. He doesn't need the extra horsepower for his Internet browser or word processor. Well, unless Vista comes out."
I guess that gives manufacturers 5 more years to debug their drivers...
>That's because resolution isn't important; only FPS and polygon counts are. >That's why you should always run your games in 640x480, so you can get the most frames-per-second.
I laugh at your his-res VGA 640x480 graphics! I get two gazillions polygons per second with my hacked 320x240 drivers!
>Here are a few things to consider: >1. iTunes is Free. >2. QuickTime Player (which is the auto download) is Free. >3. QuickTime Pro is not even advertised until you open the QuickTime Player software, this is neither required nor even mentioned in the instructions for installing iTunes. >4. Apple doesn't make any money with QuickTime Pro, most of the fees are for licensing out the codecs included in it. >5. Apple doesn't make any money on iTMS... 95% or so goes to the RIAA, while the rest is used for server upkeep. >6. I just saved a bundle on my car insurence by switching to Geico.
>Here are a few things to consider:
>1. iTunes is Free.
>2. QuickTime Player (which is the auto download) is Free.
>3. QuickTime Pro is not even advertised until you open the QuickTime Player software, this is neither required nor even mentioned in the instructions for installing iTunes.
>4. Apple doesn't make any money with QuickTime Pro, most of the fees are for licensing out the codecs included in it.
>5. Apple doesn't make any money on iTMS... 95% or so goes to the RIAA, while the rest is used for server upkeep.
>6. I just saved a bundle on my car insurence by switching to Geico.
Thanks 7Prime... bullet #6 just made my day.:)
I bought an old ThinkPad 760XL on eBay. I then added memory, a new battery, a new hard disk, cleaned the keyboard... And aside from a stuck red sub-pixel in the middle of the screen and a scratched cover, it still works fine (Win 98SE only, but this is a Pentium 166MMX/64MB laptop we're talking about... gives you an idea on its age). Those ThinkPad really are built like tanks!
>So:
>Paying for X-box = Paying for PC.
>Paying for X-box live = Paying for ISP.
I forgot to add that cost to the Xbox setup... Xbox live requires an internet connection in the first place, doesn' it? So that actually makes it:
computer = computer + game + ISP
Xbox = Xbox + game + ISP + Xbox live
I'll take two fixed prices with one monthly fee over two fixed prices with two monthly fees. After all the computer may be more expensive but can do a lot more. And next-gen consoles are so expensive that the price difference isn't that high.
>If it becomes commonplace that Xbox 360 games come with fewer features or options than previous generation games and you have to pay to unlock the rest, you can bet Sony will take full advantage.
Not to mention the monthly fee you have to pay to Microsoft.
I'm betting that Nintendo will take full advantage of this, too. Aside from selling games from old systems (NES, SNES, Genesis and TurboGrafx-16 games), I expect their on-line services to be totally free, unlike Sony.
So, aside from paying to get an Xbox 360 (which is normal, if you want that particular console), you have to pay a monthly fee to Microsoft for Xbox live, and then more fees to actually get more content in a game you actually bought... sort of.
And here I thought that a monthly fee for WoW was already pushing it in terms of squeezing money from your users.
I hope Nintendo doesn't follow this path (paying for old games is ok, if the price is right - but I'm not expecting to pay anything else for any other service from them).
>People have been throwing around the "convergence" buzzword since the early 90s. It was bullshit then, and it's bullshit now.
Reminds me of the "multimedia" buzzword of the 80's. You know, VGA + soundcard + CD-ROM = "multimedia"? Right. More like "watch this FMV we sold you as a game".
The only thing that can kill an iPod is a new iPod. And that's Apple's territory.
>Thats one thing I've noticed all Mac users I know(including myself) keep track of...number of people coverted. I've only got 1 convert(wife), but she's already racked up 6, and they've converted a few more. All happy Mac users now.
And here I thought that pyramid schemes were illegal...
> I'll not even mention the emergence of the Borg in 2040...
I, for one, welcome our Borg overlords.
You may now continue reading other people's comments who didn't RTFA either.
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Then again, the Play-Yan is also only available in Japan, but you can get it through unofficial sources. Got mine yesterday, great little cart.
I'm pretty sure the Opera cart will be available too, if you search a bit. And if the Opera cart is anything like the Play-Yan, the only thing Japanese will be the credit screen (everything else is either icons or english text).
What would've been REALLY amazing is if the DS Lite had a built-in SD slot (with built-in Play-Yan micro capabilities) and built-in Opera browser (along with extra RAM built-in instead of on a cart). Throw in a PDF viewer (via the SD slot) and Nintendo would sell these to anyone... games, mp3, movies, ebook and browser on the go!
Can we just all agree on "this is Intel's best chip so far"?
>That's because resolution isn't important; only FPS and polygon counts are.
>That's why you should always run your games in 640x480, so you can get the most frames-per-second.
I laugh at your his-res VGA 640x480 graphics! I get two gazillions polygons per second with my hacked 320x240 drivers!
Always preview first... always preview first...
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>Here are a few things to consider:
>1. iTunes is Free.
>2. QuickTime Player (which is the auto download) is Free.
>3. QuickTime Pro is not even advertised until you open the QuickTime Player software, this is neither required nor even mentioned in the instructions for installing iTunes.
>4. Apple doesn't make any money with QuickTime Pro, most of the fees are for licensing out the codecs included in it.
>5. Apple doesn't make any money on iTMS... 95% or so goes to the RIAA, while the rest is used for server upkeep.
>6. I just saved a bundle on my car insurence by switching to Geico.
Thanks 7Prime... bullet #6 just made my day.
>Here are a few things to consider: >1. iTunes is Free. >2. QuickTime Player (which is the auto download) is Free. >3. QuickTime Pro is not even advertised until you open the QuickTime Player software, this is neither required nor even mentioned in the instructions for installing iTunes. >4. Apple doesn't make any money with QuickTime Pro, most of the fees are for licensing out the codecs included in it. >5. Apple doesn't make any money on iTMS... 95% or so goes to the RIAA, while the rest is used for server upkeep. >6. I just saved a bundle on my car insurence by switching to Geico. Thanks 7Prime... bullet #6 just made my day. :)
I bought an old ThinkPad 760XL on eBay. I then added memory, a new battery, a new hard disk, cleaned the keyboard... And aside from a stuck red sub-pixel in the middle of the screen and a scratched cover, it still works fine (Win 98SE only, but this is a Pentium 166MMX/64MB laptop we're talking about... gives you an idea on its age). Those ThinkPad really are built like tanks!
>Linux to Real Networks... Ditch DRM or die.
I'd simply remove "Ditch DRM or" from your request and add "already" at the end.
http://tinyurl.com/qhhqm
>So: >Paying for X-box = Paying for PC. >Paying for X-box live = Paying for ISP. I forgot to add that cost to the Xbox setup... Xbox live requires an internet connection in the first place, doesn' it? So that actually makes it: computer = computer + game + ISP Xbox = Xbox + game + ISP + Xbox live I'll take two fixed prices with one monthly fee over two fixed prices with two monthly fees. After all the computer may be more expensive but can do a lot more. And next-gen consoles are so expensive that the price difference isn't that high.
>If it becomes commonplace that Xbox 360 games come with fewer features or options than previous generation games and you have to pay to unlock the rest, you can bet Sony will take full advantage.
Not to mention the monthly fee you have to pay to Microsoft.
I'm betting that Nintendo will take full advantage of this, too. Aside from selling games from old systems (NES, SNES, Genesis and TurboGrafx-16 games), I expect their on-line services to be totally free, unlike Sony.
So, aside from paying to get an Xbox 360 (which is normal, if you want that particular console), you have to pay a monthly fee to Microsoft for Xbox live, and then more fees to actually get more content in a game you actually bought... sort of.
And here I thought that a monthly fee for WoW was already pushing it in terms of squeezing money from your users.
I hope Nintendo doesn't follow this path (paying for old games is ok, if the price is right - but I'm not expecting to pay anything else for any other service from them).
>People have been throwing around the "convergence" buzzword since the early 90s. It was bullshit then, and it's bullshit now.
Reminds me of the "multimedia" buzzword of the 80's. You know, VGA + soundcard + CD-ROM = "multimedia"? Right. More like "watch this FMV we sold you as a game".
The only thing that can kill an iPod is a new iPod. And that's Apple's territory.
>Thats one thing I've noticed all Mac users I know(including myself) keep track of...number of people coverted. I've only got 1 convert(wife), but she's already racked up 6, and they've converted a few more. All happy Mac users now. And here I thought that pyramid schemes were illegal...
I predict a new cartoon called "Drexler's Lab"...
> I'll not even mention the emergence of the Borg in 2040... I, for one, welcome our Borg overlords. You may now continue reading other people's comments who didn't RTFA either.
Oh crap (pun intended), two comments above me for the same thing. Score: -1, Redundant, here I come!
Wow, now that is funny. In french, caca means poo or shit. That guy just created "libshit".