You don't need such a device to figure out why channel 6 isn't working, the answer is simple: ignorant neighbors. Almost every manufacturer defaults to channel 6, so that explains a good portion of it. Perhaps you also have a neighbor using one of those turbo modes (eg. 108Mbps "SuperG" cards). Those devices typically do horrible (well very selfish) things to the spectrum like channel banding and are typically required to operate on channel 6 so they don't interfere with frequencies above channel 11 or below 1.
Less than 10 comments and the site is alread slashdotted, I got through it using Coral Cache:
http://www.gamedaily.com.nyud.net:8080/Specials/To p-Five-Most-Gorgeous-2D-Games/?rp=49
The List:
5. LocoRoco
4. Lumines
3. Yoshi's Island & Yoshi's Story
2. Metal Slug
1. Guilty Gear
Not much is said on each page though they do talk about classics like Gunstar Heroes, Sonic, Marvel VS. Capcom, etc.
How can a Windows XP Pro box be up for a year unless you're not applying the patches? I know there's at least been a handful of patches for XP in that time that require a reboot to take effect.
I've always been disappointed at the lack of modern 2D games; it seems ever since the PlaySation the only new games we see are 3D. There are tons of excellent 2 dimensional games that would look great on a modern system. In particular games like Raiden, Sonic, Megaman, Contra, Gunstar Heroes, Radiant Silvergun, etc. all come to mind. Certain genres do well in 3D, but at the same time platformers and shooters are often better left in the second dimension.
I'm curious how much of a "convenience" charge will be tacked on to an autioned ticket. It's already bad that they charge almost $10+ for the convenience of buying a ticket online, then charge another $2.50 for you to be able to print out a ticket. I'm of the opinion that in the case of an auction, the convenience of buying online decreases and I should be charged less but something tells me ticketmonster disagrees...
Another cool thing the band does is sell all their concerts via download in either MP3 ($9.99) or FLAC ($14.99); in the previous Canadian tour the downloads were often available within 24 hours of the show, now they're a couple days later. These shows are soundboard quality (pretty much the best you can hope for in a "bootleg") and completely DRM. The band is even cool about people trading shows; they've stated in the past they don't expect the average fan to buy every show -- just get a couple, like the ones you go to, and trade with your friends. In the 2000 tour, they were selling actual CD's of their shows for near cost (9.99 for a double CD), I don't believe the band themselves made a profit from the sale. This was in order to stop the ridiculous prices their old bootlegs went for on eBay despite that fact that you can get almost any show for free by just asking on alt.music.pearl-jam.
Verizon's EVDO service definitely works with Linux; we use it as a backhaul in one of our research projects at work. I'm not sure all the details, but I do know it works. The system with the card was a little Soekris board running Debian with a 2.6.14 kernel; I don't believe we installed any VZW software for dialing out.
I'm looking forward to calling my current land line provider, AT&T, and tell them I'm switching because of their choice to hand over phone records to the NSA. I'm sure VoIP won't be much more secure, but I hope if enough people do this they get the message.
Every time I scan channels 12-14 (in the US), I've never found anyone using it. I happen to live about a block from UCSD (the school that I graduated from and where I'm now a research staff member) so this is relatively surprising. I have to admit I've considered it; launching kismet from where I'm sitting on my couch I can detect well over 20 AP's; however on my 802.11A card I can't see any so it's easier (and a lot more legal) to just use the 5GHz band.
I totally agree, and the predefined layout is (one of the main reasons) why I prefer facebook as a social networking site. Almost every time I have more than a couple tabs open of myspace pages my CPU utilization jumps to 100% until I kill my browser, this is due to all the junk people are allowed to put in their sites. The other problem is half the sites on myspace are virtually unreadable because of the color/image choices for the text & background. I agree social site's should give you a lot of freedom to express yourself, but at the same time I believe you need to have some limits.
Does it really matter? If you're going to format a drive as FAT32, it's already in your best interest to use Linux's version of fdisk rather than Windows XP's. Window's current fdisk limits FAT32 partitions to 32GB; this is entirely a software limitation, FAT32 allows for volumes up to 2TB. So unless Vista does something that prevents mounting a non-Windows formatted FAT32 drive, we should be fine.
Personally I'm happy using a $4 mini jack to composite audio adapter to connect my iPod to my stereo. Sure I might not be able to control the iPod via a stereo remote, but it sure beats dropping $250 (the speaker system in the article).
It's great to see more distros playing around with Xgl and AIGLX; the more exposure they get, the faster they mature. I've been playing around with Xgl (Compiz) in Gentoo for the last month or so and am quite impressed. A number of features are just for show, but some are quite useful. I like the implementation of a function similar to exposé on the Mac, and true transparent windows can actually be useful. Stability wise, Xgl can definitely use some work, but overall it runs quite well (I typically use it with Gnome 2.14). I would suggest running any essential processes that need to be kept running in screen, but typically I only see crashes if I try to show off too much (eg. run multiple transparent movies on top of each other while spinning the desktop).
The original Command & Conquer has always impressed me. Sure it wasn't the first RTS, but in my opinion it was the first one to get it right. Both Nod and GDI were fairly well balanced, and the game had a lot of depth and replayability (most levels had multiple battle fields). The graphics were good for the time (even the FMV), and looked great when C&C Gold came out for Windows '95. There were a lot of tools out there to create your own levels, and playing friends over a LAN was a great experience. I don't know if this new C&C game can push the envelope, but I sure hope it tries.
As laptops become more common, an increase in the number stolen ought to be expected. I didn't find it in the article, but an important number to note would be the percentage increase in laptop sales over the same period (2004-2005).
I hope Dell considers offering some of these cards in their upcoming Core Duo Latitudes. Currently the D610 & D810 are only offered with Intel's integrated card or a Radeon X300 (which uses "Hypermemory" basically borrowing RAM from the system like the Intel card). The X300 unfortunately has some lockup problems with Xgl in Linux, so having the option to go nVidia would be great.
I still own both my TurboExpress (got for about $90 when it was being sold on clearance at Toys'R'Us) and a Atari Jaguar (and a TurboGrafx16 too). You're definitely correct about the TE being a phenomenal handheld. It had arguably the best screen ever put out on a handheld up to the GameBoy Advanced SP. However it did have a few drawbacks, such as being huge and requiring 6 AA's (or was it 8?). These days I only use it with my AC adapter.
One of the main features I'm looking forward to in FC5 is the inclusion of Beagle (a personal information search tool written in Mono). I currently use Beagle in Gentoo, and I have been quite impressed. It doesn't seem to suck up my processor like most document indexers (unless I pass the variable BEAGLE_EXERCISE_THE_DOG=1), and it handles a lot of formats. I've tried getting Beagle to work in FC4, but always ran into issues (mainly had to do with mono). What I'm really hoping is now that Beagle is so easy to install (yum install beagle -- ought to work out of the box in FC5, no need to add repo's), it will expose it to more people and motivate development.
On the flip side nVidia still blows ATI away in terms of Linux support. Although neither companies are near perfect, nVidia has been way ahead of ATI in Linux for years. For example, the recent Xgl live CD, Kororaa, locks hard after short usage on the two ATI cards I've tried it with (9600XT, X300 Mobile) but runs perfectly on the nVidia cards I've used (5200, 5700). ATI has certainly gotten better over the last two years, but I constantly have issues with their fglrx drivers (eg. my X300 locked X unless I limited the kernel to 732MB of RAM, this wasn't fixed until 8.16). Personally, if anyone asked who to go with when building a system that will run Linux, I'd suggest nVidia every time.
Personally, I agree, however people value things differently. To some people, having the latest, greatest gaming box at the LAN party means a lot to them, and they'd get much more enjoyment the new top of the line video card than from say new rims on their car. I'm glad there's gamers out there that are willing to pay top dollar for the latest & greatest, because it motivates nVidia and ATI to be competitive and in the long run drives the prices down for consumers like you and me.
I for one am happy with the new Mac Mini announcement, and they can overhype it as much as they want (in fact the more, the better). Personally I plan to pick up a (now significantly cheaper) PowerPC Mac Mini for media center purposes. The previous processor is more than powerful enough to be a MythTV frontend.
I'm actually referring to the providers that offered lifetime access for a one time fee (usu. like $120), not providers who offered limited free access (like NetZero/Juno). I recall seeing ads up in the SF Bay Area back around 1996, but never bothered to try them (I was in an area fortunate enough to have DSL access from PacBell & cable access from TCI in 1997).
I'd be a bit hesitant to add a microdrive to my cell phone. I'm a fairly careful person, but I tend to keep phones for roughly 2 years (for Verizon's New Every 2 Program), and my phone tends to have fallen at least a handful of times over that period. I've already heard stories of people with Palm LifeDrives which failed from less.
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You don't need such a device to figure out why channel 6 isn't working, the answer is simple: ignorant neighbors. Almost every manufacturer defaults to channel 6, so that explains a good portion of it. Perhaps you also have a neighbor using one of those turbo modes (eg. 108Mbps "SuperG" cards). Those devices typically do horrible (well very selfish) things to the spectrum like channel banding and are typically required to operate on channel 6 so they don't interfere with frequencies above channel 11 or below 1.
Less than 10 comments and the site is alread slashdotted, I got through it using Coral Cache: http://www.gamedaily.com.nyud.net:8080/Specials/To p-Five-Most-Gorgeous-2D-Games/?rp=49
The List:
5. LocoRoco
4. Lumines
3. Yoshi's Island & Yoshi's Story
2. Metal Slug
1. Guilty Gear
Not much is said on each page though they do talk about classics like Gunstar Heroes, Sonic, Marvel VS. Capcom, etc.
Does anyone know of a direct download link for those of us Linux users who can't access iTunes?
How can a Windows XP Pro box be up for a year unless you're not applying the patches? I know there's at least been a handful of patches for XP in that time that require a reboot to take effect.
I've always been disappointed at the lack of modern 2D games; it seems ever since the PlaySation the only new games we see are 3D. There are tons of excellent 2 dimensional games that would look great on a modern system. In particular games like Raiden, Sonic, Megaman, Contra, Gunstar Heroes, Radiant Silvergun, etc. all come to mind. Certain genres do well in 3D, but at the same time platformers and shooters are often better left in the second dimension.
I'm curious how much of a "convenience" charge will be tacked on to an autioned ticket. It's already bad that they charge almost $10+ for the convenience of buying a ticket online, then charge another $2.50 for you to be able to print out a ticket. I'm of the opinion that in the case of an auction, the convenience of buying online decreases and I should be charged less but something tells me ticketmonster disagrees...
Another cool thing the band does is sell all their concerts via download in either MP3 ($9.99) or FLAC ($14.99); in the previous Canadian tour the downloads were often available within 24 hours of the show, now they're a couple days later. These shows are soundboard quality (pretty much the best you can hope for in a "bootleg") and completely DRM. The band is even cool about people trading shows; they've stated in the past they don't expect the average fan to buy every show -- just get a couple, like the ones you go to, and trade with your friends. In the 2000 tour, they were selling actual CD's of their shows for near cost (9.99 for a double CD), I don't believe the band themselves made a profit from the sale. This was in order to stop the ridiculous prices their old bootlegs went for on eBay despite that fact that you can get almost any show for free by just asking on alt.music.pearl-jam.
Verizon's EVDO service definitely works with Linux; we use it as a backhaul in one of our research projects at work. I'm not sure all the details, but I do know it works. The system with the card was a little Soekris board running Debian with a 2.6.14 kernel; I don't believe we installed any VZW software for dialing out.
I'm looking forward to calling my current land line provider, AT&T, and tell them I'm switching because of their choice to hand over phone records to the NSA. I'm sure VoIP won't be much more secure, but I hope if enough people do this they get the message.
Every time I scan channels 12-14 (in the US), I've never found anyone using it. I happen to live about a block from UCSD (the school that I graduated from and where I'm now a research staff member) so this is relatively surprising. I have to admit I've considered it; launching kismet from where I'm sitting on my couch I can detect well over 20 AP's; however on my 802.11A card I can't see any so it's easier (and a lot more legal) to just use the 5GHz band.
I totally agree, and the predefined layout is (one of the main reasons) why I prefer facebook as a social networking site. Almost every time I have more than a couple tabs open of myspace pages my CPU utilization jumps to 100% until I kill my browser, this is due to all the junk people are allowed to put in their sites. The other problem is half the sites on myspace are virtually unreadable because of the color/image choices for the text & background. I agree social site's should give you a lot of freedom to express yourself, but at the same time I believe you need to have some limits.
Does it really matter? If you're going to format a drive as FAT32, it's already in your best interest to use Linux's version of fdisk rather than Windows XP's. Window's current fdisk limits FAT32 partitions to 32GB; this is entirely a software limitation, FAT32 allows for volumes up to 2TB. So unless Vista does something that prevents mounting a non-Windows formatted FAT32 drive, we should be fine.
Personally I'm happy using a $4 mini jack to composite audio adapter to connect my iPod to my stereo. Sure I might not be able to control the iPod via a stereo remote, but it sure beats dropping $250 (the speaker system in the article).
It's great to see more distros playing around with Xgl and AIGLX; the more exposure they get, the faster they mature. I've been playing around with Xgl (Compiz) in Gentoo for the last month or so and am quite impressed. A number of features are just for show, but some are quite useful. I like the implementation of a function similar to exposé on the Mac, and true transparent windows can actually be useful. Stability wise, Xgl can definitely use some work, but overall it runs quite well (I typically use it with Gnome 2.14). I would suggest running any essential processes that need to be kept running in screen, but typically I only see crashes if I try to show off too much (eg. run multiple transparent movies on top of each other while spinning the desktop).
The original Command & Conquer has always impressed me. Sure it wasn't the first RTS, but in my opinion it was the first one to get it right. Both Nod and GDI were fairly well balanced, and the game had a lot of depth and replayability (most levels had multiple battle fields). The graphics were good for the time (even the FMV), and looked great when C&C Gold came out for Windows '95. There were a lot of tools out there to create your own levels, and playing friends over a LAN was a great experience. I don't know if this new C&C game can push the envelope, but I sure hope it tries.
As laptops become more common, an increase in the number stolen ought to be expected. I didn't find it in the article, but an important number to note would be the percentage increase in laptop sales over the same period (2004-2005).
I hope Dell considers offering some of these cards in their upcoming Core Duo Latitudes. Currently the D610 & D810 are only offered with Intel's integrated card or a Radeon X300 (which uses "Hypermemory" basically borrowing RAM from the system like the Intel card). The X300 unfortunately has some lockup problems with Xgl in Linux, so having the option to go nVidia would be great.
I still own both my TurboExpress (got for about $90 when it was being sold on clearance at Toys'R'Us) and a Atari Jaguar (and a TurboGrafx16 too). You're definitely correct about the TE being a phenomenal handheld. It had arguably the best screen ever put out on a handheld up to the GameBoy Advanced SP. However it did have a few drawbacks, such as being huge and requiring 6 AA's (or was it 8?). These days I only use it with my AC adapter.
One of the main features I'm looking forward to in FC5 is the inclusion of Beagle (a personal information search tool written in Mono). I currently use Beagle in Gentoo, and I have been quite impressed. It doesn't seem to suck up my processor like most document indexers (unless I pass the variable BEAGLE_EXERCISE_THE_DOG=1), and it handles a lot of formats. I've tried getting Beagle to work in FC4, but always ran into issues (mainly had to do with mono). What I'm really hoping is now that Beagle is so easy to install (yum install beagle -- ought to work out of the box in FC5, no need to add repo's), it will expose it to more people and motivate development.
On the flip side nVidia still blows ATI away in terms of Linux support. Although neither companies are near perfect, nVidia has been way ahead of ATI in Linux for years. For example, the recent Xgl live CD, Kororaa, locks hard after short usage on the two ATI cards I've tried it with (9600XT, X300 Mobile) but runs perfectly on the nVidia cards I've used (5200, 5700). ATI has certainly gotten better over the last two years, but I constantly have issues with their fglrx drivers (eg. my X300 locked X unless I limited the kernel to 732MB of RAM, this wasn't fixed until 8.16). Personally, if anyone asked who to go with when building a system that will run Linux, I'd suggest nVidia every time.
Personally, I agree, however people value things differently. To some people, having the latest, greatest gaming box at the LAN party means a lot to them, and they'd get much more enjoyment the new top of the line video card than from say new rims on their car. I'm glad there's gamers out there that are willing to pay top dollar for the latest & greatest, because it motivates nVidia and ATI to be competitive and in the long run drives the prices down for consumers like you and me.
I for one am happy with the new Mac Mini announcement, and they can overhype it as much as they want (in fact the more, the better). Personally I plan to pick up a (now significantly cheaper) PowerPC Mac Mini for media center purposes. The previous processor is more than powerful enough to be a MythTV frontend.
I'm actually referring to the providers that offered lifetime access for a one time fee (usu. like $120), not providers who offered limited free access (like NetZero/Juno). I recall seeing ads up in the SF Bay Area back around 1996, but never bothered to try them (I was in an area fortunate enough to have DSL access from PacBell & cable access from TCI in 1997).
Out of curiousity, did any of those ISP's back in the mid 90's that offered lifetime internet access for one large initial fee survive the dotcom era?
I'd be a bit hesitant to add a microdrive to my cell phone. I'm a fairly careful person, but I tend to keep phones for roughly 2 years (for Verizon's New Every 2 Program), and my phone tends to have fallen at least a handful of times over that period. I've already heard stories of people with Palm LifeDrives which failed from less.