You know, I've not yet met a PSP owner who HASN'T had any dead pixels. I think that would be a worthy news story if someone could find one without any.;)
My DS didn't have any dead pixels. I bought one for my GF for Christmas though, and she had a dead one. A quick trip back to the store, and we were handed a brand new one. Sony has a policy of not accepting it back unless you have 13 dead pixels. Nintendo will take it back if there's a single dead pixel.
I have to say that Sony craftsmanship is always good for a laugh.
PSP users are just trying to get some games worth playing.;) I mean, DS users have the GBA library to play, so there's no real shortage. There's a HUGE shortage of worthwhile games to play on a PSP, meaning that other systems must be pirated in order to get anything worthwhile.
Thanks for the info. Got my adblock and ForecastFox working again.:) Now the only thing missing is Linkification and gcache, and I can easily live without those. (And if I REALLY wanted them, I could just modify the extensions myself)
It's simple. Everyone can have dumb ideas. It's our god given right. And if you think that you are going to pry them from our cold dead fingers, you have another think coming. We can come up with all the bad ideas that we want, and we STILL have more good ideas than the less fortunate. So I say LEAVE US ALONE!
I've always thought it was a reference to Rurouni Kenshin, which is a somewhat successful anime about a former samurai. In the anime, Kenshin fights with a style known as hiten mitsurugi-ryu. I've always just assumed that it was a reference, but I've never known for sure.
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory does not outdo Rogue Squadron 3 (which is what I asked for). And the GameCube port is probably ported up from the PS2 port, which I believe is common practice from Ubisoft. Comparing shitty ports is not what I meant.
I could be wrong on Splinter Cell though. It's not a game I like in the least. But at any rate, I know that it most certainly is not more technologically advanced than RS3.
I'm a Nintendo zealot. To me, Nintendo can do no wrong. However, the graphics on the XBOX are often better than they are on the GameCube. The XBOX tends to do more shadow work than the GameCube.
Yeah, that's more of what I was getting at. Xbox has built in pixel shaders, while GameCube has roll your own. Pretty much any game possible on GameCube is also possible on Xbox. But the reverse is also true.
If you want to see nice shadowing though, try playing Rogue Squadron III. It's one of the few console games out there with self-shadowing. (An object may cast a shadow on itself). Resident Evil 4 actually licensed part of the lighting engine from Factor 5 for the diffuse lighting effects in the game.
Factor 5 has historically gravitated towards the console with the highest specs. They are a very technologically oriented company, and their previous choices of platform has always been the one with the best technology. SNES, N64, and GCN.
SNES because it had great music capability, and high colour depth. It was a little slower than the Genesis, but more capable in other ways. It resulted in a better LOOKING picture than the Genesis.
N64 because it was quite obviously more powerful than the PSX in every way. End of story.
GCN because it's the most technologically powerful console of this generation. (Xbox fans, if you want to dispute this, please provide evidence beyond clock speeds (and an explanation of unified memory, and why it doesn't hinder Xbox's performance). And perhaps an actual Xbox game that provides better graphics (polys, effects, AI) than Rogue Squadron III).
I am giving some serious thought to actually doing this... after I evaluate the risks.
What risks, other than a possible patent on the Fitaly layout?
I meant the firmware upgrade. Sorry, I know I wasn't all that clear. One thing at a time though. I just ordered a new wireless card, and maybe in a few weeks I can start contributing code.
I wonder if there are any small keyboards for the Nintendo DS?
Well, this is where I think the DS really kicks ass. I wouldn't imagine it would be all that difficult to code a software keyboard on the touch screen, and just have the user point to the letters he/she wants to type. I am giving some serious thought to actually doing this... after I evaluate the risks.
I've worked as a cashier, but I've most certainly never put money in the till to make the balance. Usually on my shifts, I was never off by more than a dollar, and usually under $0.20 (giving away pennies, etc). The company I worked for didn't expect a perfect balance ever. It was only when the amount was significant that any sort of investigation was done. (for example, being $10 short would warrant a review of the security tapes)
This is exactly dead on what I would have said. I just want to add a footnote to that though, in saying that open standards mean a world of good. The example I would give is bittorrent. I don't think that anyone really advocates one client over the other. We all recognize that each client has its own GUI, and it truly is a matter of preference.
The same would be true of browsers if they all supported web standards to a reasonable degree. I don't care if you use Opera, Firefox, Mozilla, Safari, Konqueror, or Camino. Each one fits a different style or need. I DO care if you use Internet Explorer, as that harms the rest of us.
how is it "marketing hype" if I want it and in a few days I'll actually have it?
If you don't see that as being one of the most idiotic statements ever, then read no further. I am through with you.
if you don't want this feature then fine but to the people who "get it" it's absolutely fantastic and exactly what is wanted, like the iPod shuffle.
This is the line that pissed me off enough to actually warrant a response to the moron. In one sentence, he implies that there's something uber cool about Apple's software, and throws in a prop to the iPod as well. If I wanted to read that garbage, I would go to Apple's website.
But this whole thing stems from my post here where I complained that Apple was bellyaching over absolutely fuck all. I mean, complaining about Longhorn being 64 bit? WHAT THE FUCK. You have to be a completely blind idiotic fanboy to not see something wrong with that.
But this discussion is about omni-present searching. Apparently, both Apple and Microsoft are integrating searching into everything, and making it fast. I am saying that there's absolutely nothing innovative about extending searchable items, and making your searches faster by linking them to a database. Apple fans are saying that it was all Apple's idea, and Apple should have patented it or some ridiculous crap like that.
Here are a few facts for you:
1) Longhorn planned on using WinFS from the get go.
2) One of the real benefits of WinFS is that it facilitates searching greatly
3) Saying that Microsoft ripped off Apple for actually implementing something they were planning on doing all along is just plain ridiculous.
I was flaming Mr. Stupid with his iPod Shuffle for being a complete moron. It had nothing to do with his choice in product. I mean, read his fucking post. It reads like a "Think Different" commercial, and I highly doubt that the guy has a mind of his own.
And here's something for you. I was once considering getting a Powerbook until I found out just how abysmal Apple's support for X11 apps was. I don't hate Mac OS in specific. It's better than Windows in a lot of ways. I just hate its fans more than anything. They are FAR worse than Gentoo fans. I've never seen fans of anything so completely and totally brainwashed.
I was considering doing that. But I decided not to in the end, as I had other downloads going, and I figured that other people would most likely be helping do their part as well.;) (but someone came over later on with his laptop and downloaded it twice more)
But does anyone know of a good Mapper for Linux of a different type? I do a little bit of GBA home brew, and on Windows, I use Tile Studio, but it doesn't have a Linux port. Does anyone know of similar tile based mappers for Linux?
Normally, if I see a post this devoid of any actual content, I will just ignore it. But I think your post is just so deplorable that I can't help myself. Go buy 10.4, I honestly don't care. It's your money, do as you please. And you can hug your iPod and make sweet love to it for all I care.
But Apple has a market share of about 4%. People actually seem to be interested in the overpriced piece of garbage known as an iPod, so Apple is starting to get some mind share. You have to be completely retarded to not think that Apple wants to keep that ball rolling and get people using their OS.
As for iTunes search, I don't know. iTunes lasted all of about 30 minutes on my hard drive, before I removed it, deleted its directories, cleaned the registry entries, and reformatted for good measure. The program only played about 70% of my music, and did so while forcing me to install Quicktime, and occupying way more resources than your average video editor. The interface was fairly clean, but the window was fucking HUGE.
At the end of the day, I'm much much happier just typing J into the XMMS/Winamp Window, and looking for my song. I don't care about Spotlight.
My point is that you are a mindless zealot if you think that you and your small group of friends represents everyone. Yes, you are going to buy Apple's stuff. Most of us are not. I might actually consider buying a Mac, as I like the architecture. But if I did, the very FIRST thing I would do is reformat and install Linux. I have no need or desire for OS X. A search function is not very high on my list of priorities for an OS.
And the whole point of my post was that it's BLOODY IMPOSSIBLE TO RIP OFF A SEARCH ENGINE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
Going off topic again. But if you were going to be God's representative on Earth (or whatever he is), would it be better to be put to death for not fighting for the Nazi cause, or fight for the Nazi cause because you were afraid for your life?
Besides, reports on that are varied. It would seem that some people think that he was gung ho to fight when he thought Germany was going to win, and he deserted in the later stages of the war when it was obvious that Germany was finished.
And my last point is just that I would expect this of the Church, given the Catholic church's behavorior in World War 2. In summary, the church was said to have strong ties with Hitler's regime, and sought to further its own power, rather than doing the right thing. It's only fitting that a Nazi is once again leading them.
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You know, I've not yet met a PSP owner who HASN'T had any dead pixels. I think that would be a worthy news story if someone could find one without any. ;)
My DS didn't have any dead pixels. I bought one for my GF for Christmas though, and she had a dead one. A quick trip back to the store, and we were handed a brand new one. Sony has a policy of not accepting it back unless you have 13 dead pixels. Nintendo will take it back if there's a single dead pixel.
I have to say that Sony craftsmanship is always good for a laugh.
PSP users are just trying to get some games worth playing. ;) I mean, DS users have the GBA library to play, so there's no real shortage. There's a HUGE shortage of worthwhile games to play on a PSP, meaning that other systems must be pirated in order to get anything worthwhile.
Thanks for the info. Got my adblock and ForecastFox working again. :) Now the only thing missing is Linkification and gcache, and I can easily live without those. (And if I REALLY wanted them, I could just modify the extensions myself)
I was about to mention the same thing. ;)
It's simple. Everyone can have dumb ideas. It's our god given right. And if you think that you are going to pry them from our cold dead fingers, you have another think coming. We can come up with all the bad ideas that we want, and we STILL have more good ideas than the less fortunate. So I say LEAVE US ALONE!
I've always thought it was a reference to Rurouni Kenshin, which is a somewhat successful anime about a former samurai. In the anime, Kenshin fights with a style known as hiten mitsurugi-ryu. I've always just assumed that it was a reference, but I've never known for sure.
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory does not outdo Rogue Squadron 3 (which is what I asked for). And the GameCube port is probably ported up from the PS2 port, which I believe is common practice from Ubisoft. Comparing shitty ports is not what I meant.
I could be wrong on Splinter Cell though. It's not a game I like in the least. But at any rate, I know that it most certainly is not more technologically advanced than RS3.
I'm a Nintendo zealot. To me, Nintendo can do no wrong. However, the graphics on the XBOX are often better than they are on the GameCube. The XBOX tends to do more shadow work than the GameCube.
Yeah, that's more of what I was getting at. Xbox has built in pixel shaders, while GameCube has roll your own. Pretty much any game possible on GameCube is also possible on Xbox. But the reverse is also true.
If you want to see nice shadowing though, try playing Rogue Squadron III. It's one of the few console games out there with self-shadowing. (An object may cast a shadow on itself). Resident Evil 4 actually licensed part of the lighting engine from Factor 5 for the diffuse lighting effects in the game.
It's been done
It's been done.
Factor 5 has historically gravitated towards the console with the highest specs. They are a very technologically oriented company, and their previous choices of platform has always been the one with the best technology. SNES, N64, and GCN.
SNES because it had great music capability, and high colour depth. It was a little slower than the Genesis, but more capable in other ways. It resulted in a better LOOKING picture than the Genesis.
N64 because it was quite obviously more powerful than the PSX in every way. End of story.
GCN because it's the most technologically powerful console of this generation. (Xbox fans, if you want to dispute this, please provide evidence beyond clock speeds (and an explanation of unified memory, and why it doesn't hinder Xbox's performance). And perhaps an actual Xbox game that provides better graphics (polys, effects, AI) than Rogue Squadron III).
Yes, I know that Pictochat does that. It was in response to the grandparent's post that he wanted a small keyboard for the DS for use with Linux.
I am giving some serious thought to actually doing this... after I evaluate the risks.
What risks, other than a possible patent on the Fitaly layout?
I meant the firmware upgrade. Sorry, I know I wasn't all that clear. One thing at a time though. I just ordered a new wireless card, and maybe in a few weeks I can start contributing code.
I wonder if there are any small keyboards for the Nintendo DS?
Well, this is where I think the DS really kicks ass. I wouldn't imagine it would be all that difficult to code a software keyboard on the touch screen, and just have the user point to the letters he/she wants to type. I am giving some serious thought to actually doing this... after I evaluate the risks.
I've worked as a cashier, but I've most certainly never put money in the till to make the balance. Usually on my shifts, I was never off by more than a dollar, and usually under $0.20 (giving away pennies, etc). The company I worked for didn't expect a perfect balance ever. It was only when the amount was significant that any sort of investigation was done. (for example, being $10 short would warrant a review of the security tapes)
This is exactly dead on what I would have said. I just want to add a footnote to that though, in saying that open standards mean a world of good. The example I would give is bittorrent. I don't think that anyone really advocates one client over the other. We all recognize that each client has its own GUI, and it truly is a matter of preference.
The same would be true of browsers if they all supported web standards to a reasonable degree. I don't care if you use Opera, Firefox, Mozilla, Safari, Konqueror, or Camino. Each one fits a different style or need. I DO care if you use Internet Explorer, as that harms the rest of us.
Thank you very much. I will give those a shot. =)
Alright, one more response, more properly worded.
how is it "marketing hype" if I want it and in a few days I'll actually have it?
If you don't see that as being one of the most idiotic statements ever, then read no further. I am through with you.
if you don't want this feature then fine but to the people who "get it" it's absolutely fantastic and exactly what is wanted, like the iPod shuffle.
This is the line that pissed me off enough to actually warrant a response to the moron. In one sentence, he implies that there's something uber cool about Apple's software, and throws in a prop to the iPod as well. If I wanted to read that garbage, I would go to Apple's website.
But this whole thing stems from my post here where I complained that Apple was bellyaching over absolutely fuck all. I mean, complaining about Longhorn being 64 bit? WHAT THE FUCK. You have to be a completely blind idiotic fanboy to not see something wrong with that.
But this discussion is about omni-present searching. Apparently, both Apple and Microsoft are integrating searching into everything, and making it fast. I am saying that there's absolutely nothing innovative about extending searchable items, and making your searches faster by linking them to a database. Apple fans are saying that it was all Apple's idea, and Apple should have patented it or some ridiculous crap like that.
Here are a few facts for you:
1) Longhorn planned on using WinFS from the get go.
2) One of the real benefits of WinFS is that it facilitates searching greatly
3) Saying that Microsoft ripped off Apple for actually implementing something they were planning on doing all along is just plain ridiculous.
I was flaming Mr. Stupid with his iPod Shuffle for being a complete moron. It had nothing to do with his choice in product. I mean, read his fucking post. It reads like a "Think Different" commercial, and I highly doubt that the guy has a mind of his own.
And here's something for you. I was once considering getting a Powerbook until I found out just how abysmal Apple's support for X11 apps was. I don't hate Mac OS in specific. It's better than Windows in a lot of ways. I just hate its fans more than anything. They are FAR worse than Gentoo fans. I've never seen fans of anything so completely and totally brainwashed.
I was considering doing that. But I decided not to in the end, as I had other downloads going, and I figured that other people would most likely be helping do their part as well. ;) (but someone came over later on with his laptop and downloaded it twice more)
Oh, we are. I'll have you know that 6 of those downloads were from me.
But does anyone know of a good Mapper for Linux of a different type? I do a little bit of GBA home brew, and on Windows, I use Tile Studio, but it doesn't have a Linux port. Does anyone know of similar tile based mappers for Linux?
Oh I'm sorry. I totally forgot. Most of us ARE going to buy Mac OS 10.4 after all. That whole 4% market share was a sham. I knew it.
You sir, are an idiot. I was flaming the grandparent because he couldn't see his hand in front of his face.
Normally, if I see a post this devoid of any actual content, I will just ignore it. But I think your post is just so deplorable that I can't help myself. Go buy 10.4, I honestly don't care. It's your money, do as you please. And you can hug your iPod and make sweet love to it for all I care.
But Apple has a market share of about 4%. People actually seem to be interested in the overpriced piece of garbage known as an iPod, so Apple is starting to get some mind share. You have to be completely retarded to not think that Apple wants to keep that ball rolling and get people using their OS.
As for iTunes search, I don't know. iTunes lasted all of about 30 minutes on my hard drive, before I removed it, deleted its directories, cleaned the registry entries, and reformatted for good measure. The program only played about 70% of my music, and did so while forcing me to install Quicktime, and occupying way more resources than your average video editor. The interface was fairly clean, but the window was fucking HUGE.
At the end of the day, I'm much much happier just typing J into the XMMS/Winamp Window, and looking for my song. I don't care about Spotlight.
My point is that you are a mindless zealot if you think that you and your small group of friends represents everyone. Yes, you are going to buy Apple's stuff. Most of us are not. I might actually consider buying a Mac, as I like the architecture. But if I did, the very FIRST thing I would do is reformat and install Linux. I have no need or desire for OS X. A search function is not very high on my list of priorities for an OS.
And the whole point of my post was that it's BLOODY IMPOSSIBLE TO RIP OFF A SEARCH ENGINE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
Going off topic again. But if you were going to be God's representative on Earth (or whatever he is), would it be better to be put to death for not fighting for the Nazi cause, or fight for the Nazi cause because you were afraid for your life?
Besides, reports on that are varied. It would seem that some people think that he was gung ho to fight when he thought Germany was going to win, and he deserted in the later stages of the war when it was obvious that Germany was finished.
And my last point is just that I would expect this of the Church, given the Catholic church's behavorior in World War 2. In summary, the church was said to have strong ties with Hitler's regime, and sought to further its own power, rather than doing the right thing. It's only fitting that a Nazi is once again leading them.