Yeah.. I've done transcoding in the past and frankly it sucks bad. Even a smaller, 600 meg file your looking at a 2 minute startup time, and you can't pause / play it mid stream, at least not the setup I was using. Looked bad too.
I never understood why nobody supports MKV.. I'd use it more if I had hardware that supported it. Maybe if someone ports XBMC to the PS3 I'll relook into it.
I'm (honestly) curious actually what advantage there would be in using Linux as a media centre on the PS3 vs the PS3's built-in feature set. I used to run XBMC on an XBox, but now that they added Divx support to the PS3 I haven't had to turn it on since. I use Mediatomb for my Linux server, and don't have to do any transcoding. I imagine if you have MKV files it would be of benefit to run Linux... and the interface of XBMC is way nicer, but the PS3 definitly falls under "good enough" I find, unless someone can convince me otherwise.
I'd be tempted to put Linux on if there's some stuff I'm missing.
You got stats to back that up? My entire SYSTEM running doesn't use "several hundred watts" of power running, I'd be rather suprised if a little clock was doing even remotely that much.
Then again I guess I am not the type to be so concerned with electricity that i also unplug my microwave when not using it, or run a computer so old I have to turn everything off for it to be responsive.
Why is it someone that thinks just because they don't like eye candy, that nobody with a brain should either? I mean if you like your system lean and mean and squeeze every frame per second out of it you can that's great, and honestly kinda impressive, been there done that. But don't be dissin ppl that feel otherwise. Nowadays my computer runs "good enough" and has enough Shiney factor to keep me interested.
Just gettin annoyed at all the "what a waste" comments on here.
have you even tried goosh? it's a command line but allows graphics.. try an image search. plus if you want to click a link your not worried if that page supports text browsing (all pages should but that's another topic)
There could be a problem with that... just thinking off the top of my head a pagefile.sys can be used as a memory dump for investigators to look at what was happening. If you hid your data as a pagefile.sys they would'nt be able to decrypt it, but they'd probably clue in that it doesn't look like a pagefile should (no idea how a pagefile.sys should be setup, but I'm assuming there's telltale signs)
The only way around that is if you actually put something useful on that primary partition. For example if your a business with trade secrets or w/e, you put outdated, possibly intentionally incorrect (but still acurate looking to the casual observer) information. This way your still safe with whatever secret important data you have, but don't tip them off.
I agree tho your best off tho not bringing anything too important stored locally if you can.
I don't agree with the GP, stealing is bad however you justify it, but your anaology is weak... if you walked into a McDonalds, bought an Egg McMuffan, and had to pay $20 for it plus get 6 additional cheeseburgers for it THEN your anaology might hold.
Now that they're coming out with DRM-free music at a pretty good bit rate, I'm all for it. I don't want to buy music that will die because some company decided to cancel their DRM system (see Microsoft)
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Just my two cents, but I'm in a somewhat similar situation in another game.. I have my old main character (human), who I used for quite awhile before switching to another toon, this one some 2 foot tall taru character that doesnt look at all like me. I'm almost never on my human guy anymore, but when I am I usually do the third person "Artos does such and such" thing, while on my short guy that looks nothing like me it's more "I do xyz"... so it might not be a gender thing. Both charactets are male. Personally I feel a bit weird playing a female, not sure why really, but I know lots that do.
Well at least your not a troll, and I admire the fact your willing to put your karma on the line by not posting as AC. With that said...
I totally disagree. What you have are two people who already had some serious problems. Did the video game cause them to act out, or were they acting it out IN the video game? It's a proven stat that people who use a knife to kill others, often have purchased or acquired a knife. Should we ban the owning of knives? How about those that poke people with sticks? you don't have normal people playing violent games and becoming violent.. you have violent individuals playing violent games, who more than likely would act out REGARDLESS of the video game.. or music... or books.. or movies.. or WHATEVER.
I have zero desire to hurt an individual, so stop telling me, along with media, that I'm a threat to society. If you knew me you'd know what a freakin joke that is.
As for drunk driving.. I'm wondering if you found out that GTA4 supports drunk driving because of what the media told you, or because that is what you found to be true on your own? Try playing the game.. a game that tells you drunk driving is bad, sets you up to take a cab so you can learn how that works, and SEVERELY punishes you for drinking and driving.. yes your right, they are SOOOOO supporting drunk driving *rolls eyes*
By the way, concerned parent? I hope you monitor what your children watch etc, and support stores that support ESRB rating. A game like GTA4 is not targeted to children, NOR SHOULD IT BE.
I applaud your courage, I don't know if I'd have the same guts if I was you, but I totally 100% disagree.
I know I'm responding to a troll, but I'm honestly curious about these proven stats.. where are they exactlly? Now that I've played GTA 1-4 now, amongst other "muder simulators", and have yet to kill anyone.. I think I got in a fight in grade 3 involving fists? Anyways.. what do these magical stats show? 1% of gamers that play this will kill? so going by just GTA4, with an estimated 300 million copies to be sold, does that mean 3 million people will mistake GTA for real life and go out killing and maiming others?.5%?.1%? I'm thinking if it was even.1% where there was a direct corrolation between games and violence that we'd actually see a lot more crime out there.
I'm tired of the media telling me I'm going to go out and commit crime because of a game I play. If joe sixpack is crazy enough to think GTA is real, he's probably crazy enough to think a story in a book, movie, or tv show is real too. Games don't cause violence, people do. If your the target demographic, which is over 18, and can't handle a video game, than you ALREADY have serious issues.
I recently upgraded from the 36 gig Raptor (few years old, might have been revisions made since) to a 150 and I can tell you the difference is huge. If you go to stroagereviews.com (busy at work or i'd verify the link.. it's something like that) You'll see that the 150 blows the doors off the 36. Which makes me drool over this new drive. Makes me wish I needed another drive:(
The raptors are sweet drive... not best bang for buck, but sweet sweet drives. And I find the difference in speed is noticible day to day.
Unlike the poster below, I don't believe that installing Linux makes you invincible from this... the only way I feel I can be totally secure is to monitor the network traffic.. if my computer is just sitting there, not running any apps, and there's a ton of traffic leaving my router, I know something is wrong. Not for the faint of heart however, and i'm still looking at how best to put this in place, I'm thinking OpenWRT on a Linksys Router, sending the data back to a sever for analysis.
Sadly there's no way a typical user could do this, but I don't know how else you can be sure your safe.. Although like anything, nothing is 100% a sure bet.:/
Uh tell me an OS Beta from Microsoft or any major vendor that doesn't have an expirey date? I remember running Windows 98 Beta that had an expirey date.
From everything I read it's pretty recoverable, so if your a developer worth your weight you should be able to get your iPhone functional again.
Apple may do evil stuff, this is not one of those times however.
Yeah but this isn't a version for the general public, this is for DEVELOPERS. The phone can be recovered, so it's not bricked. If a developer knows enough to get this Beta OS onto their phone, they better know enough to do the recovery procedure, otherwise they can hand in their credentials at the door.
If this was a general release OS I could see the point, but it's not, so I don't see much more then whining going on here.
Ok so obviously the only way to tell if you or someone you know is apart of a botnot these days is to monitor the traffic at the firewall / router. For business this is easy, but does someone have a recommendation for home use? Something I could install at my parents place and view the logs of all network connections going to and from the router. I know I could setup a BSD box, but I would rather have something that uses as little power as possible... could a hacked Linksys router running something like Sveasoft firmware work?
The only alternative I can see is to plug in a box running Snort or Wireshark between the Router and the Cable Modem / DSL Box from time to time. Which leads to my next question, whats a good place to go to to get the signatures for this sort of traffic? Been ages since I've looked into anything like this.
I'd like to know a good alternative too... I know of Turtle.. Beach? I think.. something like that. High end, apparently better quality then Creative, but you pay for it too from what I remember. RIght now I'm using onboard after getting fed up with Creative and Vista support issues, but would'nt mind putting in a real sound card since I know the quality is sub par.
Makes you pine for the days of the Gravis Ultra Sound and it's ilk. Creative mopped the floor to the point they're only competitors is onboard now really.
"I guess you don't have much knowledge of the spanish inquisition. " As has already been said, how many hundreds of years ago did this happen? Does it still happen? Back in the day government supported torture and decapitation for the smallest crimes, does that make government bad still? In fact, even before Christianity or Islam was around they supported such acts. Why the Spanish and Britain had a big ol naval battle a few (hundred) years back, perhaps Britan should bomb Spain over that?
"Nor the cooperation between Nazi germany and the pope. " Nobodys saying Religion has always run with a clean slate, but that would be like blaming you for your grandfathers acts.
"Nor the bloody 2000 year history of christianity." Yes your right, just the other day a pack of Crusading Christains burnt down my home for the sake of Jesus and demanded I swear upon the bible or they'd cut my head off *rolls eyes*
"There is no crime that you could accuse scientology that christianity has not done. All that is missing scientology is the child molesters." Why yes look right there, Commandment #11: Thou shalt molest Children. Oh wait, could it be that bad people do bad things? I forgot only christans molest children.
Hey here's a news flash... there's bad people, and they do bad things. They'll do it in the name of god, money, land, power, whatever... but they'll do it.
Perhaps your argument would hold weight if Atheists did'nt do crimes... but some do. Just like any group there's good people and bad people. What god you believe in, or don't believe in, doesn't change if your a good person or bad person.
We had to play that game in highschool... to learn "Business skills" which I guess it does but... the class was such a joke. Draw a picture then print it out. Yeah color graphics show up great on a black and white DOT MATRIX. 50 pages of black ink later....
I actually played that game.. I heard he wrote it on a plane or something while he was bored. Small but interetsing little game, and the only damn way I could remember that code!!
Agreed.. I was a bit young to be reading it, but I found it the best PC Mag out there even years later.. it's the ONLY magazine I ever subscribed to, and have yet to find anything that fills the gap like it did.
Still have a few issues I keep for nastalga sake. Think I'll dust off one tonight and leaf through it.
"Ok here's the ONE GAME your allowed to play on it, but it's a Business Machine"
That lasted maybe a week before I found out how to install stuff.
PC Gaming might die off from where it was, but it'll never be completely dead. As long as some dude can program Pong in his basement, PC Gaming will live on in one way or another. That's good enough for me.
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Yeah.. I've done transcoding in the past and frankly it sucks bad. Even a smaller, 600 meg file your looking at a 2 minute startup time, and you can't pause / play it mid stream, at least not the setup I was using. Looked bad too.
I never understood why nobody supports MKV.. I'd use it more if I had hardware that supported it. Maybe if someone ports XBMC to the PS3 I'll relook into it.
I'm (honestly) curious actually what advantage there would be in using Linux as a media centre on the PS3 vs the PS3's built-in feature set. I used to run XBMC on an XBox, but now that they added Divx support to the PS3 I haven't had to turn it on since. I use Mediatomb for my Linux server, and don't have to do any transcoding. I imagine if you have MKV files it would be of benefit to run Linux... and the interface of XBMC is way nicer, but the PS3 definitly falls under "good enough" I find, unless someone can convince me otherwise.
I'd be tempted to put Linux on if there's some stuff I'm missing.
You got stats to back that up? My entire SYSTEM running doesn't use "several hundred watts" of power running, I'd be rather suprised if a little clock was doing even remotely that much.
Then again I guess I am not the type to be so concerned with electricity that i also unplug my microwave when not using it, or run a computer so old I have to turn everything off for it to be responsive.
Why is it someone that thinks just because they don't like eye candy, that nobody with a brain should either? I mean if you like your system lean and mean and squeeze every frame per second out of it you can that's great, and honestly kinda impressive, been there done that. But don't be dissin ppl that feel otherwise. Nowadays my computer runs "good enough" and has enough Shiney factor to keep me interested.
Just gettin annoyed at all the "what a waste" comments on here.
have you even tried goosh? it's a command line but allows graphics.. try an image search. plus if you want to click a link your not worried if that page supports text browsing (all pages should but that's another topic)
There could be a problem with that... just thinking off the top of my head a pagefile.sys can be used as a memory dump for investigators to look at what was happening. If you hid your data as a pagefile.sys they would'nt be able to decrypt it, but they'd probably clue in that it doesn't look like a pagefile should (no idea how a pagefile.sys should be setup, but I'm assuming there's telltale signs)
This may come as a suprise, but you can connect > 1 controller to the 360 or PS3.. or PC (although SF on a PC just seems weird)
The only way around that is if you actually put something useful on that primary partition. For example if your a business with trade secrets or w/e, you put outdated, possibly intentionally incorrect (but still acurate looking to the casual observer) information. This way your still safe with whatever secret important data you have, but don't tip them off.
I agree tho your best off tho not bringing anything too important stored locally if you can.
I don't agree with the GP, stealing is bad however you justify it, but your anaology is weak... if you walked into a McDonalds, bought an Egg McMuffan, and had to pay $20 for it plus get 6 additional cheeseburgers for it THEN your anaology might hold.
Now that they're coming out with DRM-free music at a pretty good bit rate, I'm all for it. I don't want to buy music that will die because some company decided to cancel their DRM system (see Microsoft)
Just my two cents, but I'm in a somewhat similar situation in another game.. I have my old main character (human), who I used for quite awhile before switching to another toon, this one some 2 foot tall taru character that doesnt look at all like me. I'm almost never on my human guy anymore, but when I am I usually do the third person "Artos does such and such" thing, while on my short guy that looks nothing like me it's more "I do xyz"... so it might not be a gender thing. Both charactets are male. Personally I feel a bit weird playing a female, not sure why really, but I know lots that do.
Like I said, just my two cents.
Well at least your not a troll, and I admire the fact your willing to put your karma on the line by not posting as AC. With that said...
I totally disagree. What you have are two people who already had some serious problems. Did the video game cause them to act out, or were they acting it out IN the video game? It's a proven stat that people who use a knife to kill others, often have purchased or acquired a knife. Should we ban the owning of knives? How about those that poke people with sticks? you don't have normal people playing violent games and becoming violent.. you have violent individuals playing violent games, who more than likely would act out REGARDLESS of the video game.. or music... or books.. or movies.. or WHATEVER.
I have zero desire to hurt an individual, so stop telling me, along with media, that I'm a threat to society. If you knew me you'd know what a freakin joke that is.
As for drunk driving.. I'm wondering if you found out that GTA4 supports drunk driving because of what the media told you, or because that is what you found to be true on your own? Try playing the game.. a game that tells you drunk driving is bad, sets you up to take a cab so you can learn how that works, and SEVERELY punishes you for drinking and driving.. yes your right, they are SOOOOO supporting drunk driving *rolls eyes*
By the way, concerned parent? I hope you monitor what your children watch etc, and support stores that support ESRB rating. A game like GTA4 is not targeted to children, NOR SHOULD IT BE.
I applaud your courage, I don't know if I'd have the same guts if I was you, but I totally 100% disagree.
I know I'm responding to a troll, but I'm honestly curious about these proven stats.. where are they exactlly? Now that I've played GTA 1-4 now, amongst other "muder simulators", and have yet to kill anyone.. I think I got in a fight in grade 3 involving fists? Anyways.. what do these magical stats show? 1% of gamers that play this will kill? so going by just GTA4, with an estimated 300 million copies to be sold, does that mean 3 million people will mistake GTA for real life and go out killing and maiming others? .5%? .1%? I'm thinking if it was even .1% where there was a direct corrolation between games and violence that we'd actually see a lot more crime out there.
I'm tired of the media telling me I'm going to go out and commit crime because of a game I play. If joe sixpack is crazy enough to think GTA is real, he's probably crazy enough to think a story in a book, movie, or tv show is real too. Games don't cause violence, people do. If your the target demographic, which is over 18, and can't handle a video game, than you ALREADY have serious issues.
I recently upgraded from the 36 gig Raptor (few years old, might have been revisions made since) to a 150 and I can tell you the difference is huge. If you go to stroagereviews.com (busy at work or i'd verify the link.. it's something like that) You'll see that the 150 blows the doors off the 36. Which makes me drool over this new drive. Makes me wish I needed another drive :(
The raptors are sweet drive... not best bang for buck, but sweet sweet drives. And I find the difference in speed is noticible day to day.
Unlike the poster below, I don't believe that installing Linux makes you invincible from this... the only way I feel I can be totally secure is to monitor the network traffic.. if my computer is just sitting there, not running any apps, and there's a ton of traffic leaving my router, I know something is wrong. Not for the faint of heart however, and i'm still looking at how best to put this in place, I'm thinking OpenWRT on a Linksys Router, sending the data back to a sever for analysis.
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Sadly there's no way a typical user could do this, but I don't know how else you can be sure your safe.. Although like anything, nothing is 100% a sure bet.
And from what I'm reading you can downgrade to the "release" version of the phone's OS, that's hardly preventing anything...
Uh tell me an OS Beta from Microsoft or any major vendor that doesn't have an expirey date? I remember running Windows 98 Beta that had an expirey date.
From everything I read it's pretty recoverable, so if your a developer worth your weight you should be able to get your iPhone functional again.
Apple may do evil stuff, this is not one of those times however.
Yeah but this isn't a version for the general public, this is for DEVELOPERS. The phone can be recovered, so it's not bricked. If a developer knows enough to get this Beta OS onto their phone, they better know enough to do the recovery procedure, otherwise they can hand in their credentials at the door.
If this was a general release OS I could see the point, but it's not, so I don't see much more then whining going on here.
Ok so obviously the only way to tell if you or someone you know is apart of a botnot these days is to monitor the traffic at the firewall / router. For business this is easy, but does someone have a recommendation for home use? Something I could install at my parents place and view the logs of all network connections going to and from the router. I know I could setup a BSD box, but I would rather have something that uses as little power as possible... could a hacked Linksys router running something like Sveasoft firmware work?
The only alternative I can see is to plug in a box running Snort or Wireshark between the Router and the Cable Modem / DSL Box from time to time. Which leads to my next question, whats a good place to go to to get the signatures for this sort of traffic? Been ages since I've looked into anything like this.
Wow that's pretty reasonable... Interesting about the Riveria too, I'm in Canada as well so will check around for it.
Excellent tip!
I'd like to know a good alternative too... I know of Turtle.. Beach? I think.. something like that. High end, apparently better quality then Creative, but you pay for it too from what I remember. RIght now I'm using onboard after getting fed up with Creative and Vista support issues, but would'nt mind putting in a real sound card since I know the quality is sub par.
Makes you pine for the days of the Gravis Ultra Sound and it's ilk. Creative mopped the floor to the point they're only competitors is onboard now really.
"I guess you don't have much knowledge of the spanish inquisition. "
As has already been said, how many hundreds of years ago did this happen? Does it still happen? Back in the day government supported torture and decapitation for the smallest crimes, does that make government bad still? In fact, even before Christianity or Islam was around they supported such acts. Why the Spanish and Britain had a big ol naval battle a few (hundred) years back, perhaps Britan should bomb Spain over that?
"Nor the cooperation between Nazi germany and the pope. "
Nobodys saying Religion has always run with a clean slate, but that would be like blaming you for your grandfathers acts.
"Nor the bloody 2000 year history of christianity."
Yes your right, just the other day a pack of Crusading Christains burnt down my home for the sake of Jesus and demanded I swear upon the bible or they'd cut my head off *rolls eyes*
"There is no crime that you could accuse scientology that christianity has not done. All that is missing scientology is the child molesters."
Why yes look right there, Commandment #11: Thou shalt molest Children. Oh wait, could it be that bad people do bad things? I forgot only christans molest children.
Hey here's a news flash... there's bad people, and they do bad things. They'll do it in the name of god, money, land, power, whatever... but they'll do it.
Perhaps your argument would hold weight if Atheists did'nt do crimes... but some do. Just like any group there's good people and bad people. What god you believe in, or don't believe in, doesn't change if your a good person or bad person.
We had to play that game in highschool... to learn "Business skills" which I guess it does but... the class was such a joke. Draw a picture then print it out. Yeah color graphics show up great on a black and white DOT MATRIX. 50 pages of black ink later....
I actually played that game.. I heard he wrote it on a plane or something while he was bored. Small but interetsing little game, and the only damn way I could remember that code!!
"Damn I miss Byte."
Agreed.. I was a bit young to be reading it, but I found it the best PC Mag out there even years later.. it's the ONLY magazine I ever subscribed to, and have yet to find anything that fills the gap like it did.
Still have a few issues I keep for nastalga sake. Think I'll dust off one tonight and leaf through it.
There can be more then one kind of wife? o_0
I'm not sure if I'm scared or slightly turned on by that prospect.
(yes I already read your response to yourself, I'm just on a bit of a caffine HIIIIIIIIGH)
this reminds me of my parents first computer.
"Ok here's the ONE GAME your allowed to play on it, but it's a Business Machine"
That lasted maybe a week before I found out how to install stuff.
PC Gaming might die off from where it was, but it'll never be completely dead. As long as some dude can program Pong in his basement, PC Gaming will live on in one way or another. That's good enough for me.