I agree. NG was by far one of my favorite gaming mags. The original glossy cover sold me. I was so easy then (bring back a glossy cover print, I'll bring back my easy).
no, not GBA games. sorry. Just NES games. I think the manufacturer is being very careful. They put a 192k limit on the games (no limit on movies and music that I know of) and only allow games from the very expired NES system. I wish they'd allow for classic GB games, but since the GBA can play most existing GB cartridges anyway, I doubt we'll see that happen.
It could work out if it were cheap- the kids bring their GBA, and dad looks along during the race.
Bring their GameBoys to do what? Not play games on them?!
"Hey Dad, check this out, that record just jumped up two spots. How do you say his name again?"
Though, I do applaud the company for finding an affordable solution to add to a consumer device that has a huge installed user base. What I would have done, if I was an executive in the company, is R&D a CF, Memory Stick, and SD card version of these and release and market the whole line at the same time. Many adults, who would be interested in the data, have access to some type of device with removable media.
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I agree. If the games are small enough to fit on an e-reader card, then you can fit the whole NES library (well at least all the best sellers or first-party made games) on one GBA cartridge. Portability and convenience would be worth the extra price tag then.
not *so* much the post, but the comments below are starting to ring with shameless plugs for everyone with a site and amazon or dealtime XML feeds on them.
"Yay Slashdot! You just increased my pageranking by 1 point!"
I'll be the first to jump on this bandwagon. I've been an EV1/Rackshack customer for a few years. They've generally been a very good provider and they're support is outstanding. I have run into a few issues with their Ensim license in the past that almost made me leave them. Now I'm supporting SCO through them?! Bullshit!
Time to take a better look at Server4you, Managed.com, ServerMatrix, and some other dedicated server providers.
The "potable" water solution to the question sounds inconclusive. There has to be better logic than that. We are humans, we need water to live. Our body is 98% water. If the millions of Jews at the time only consumed wine, because the water was not potable, we'd be out of grapes by now. Sure, turning filthy water into potable water would have been easy for Christ to do if that was what he wanted. So why did he choose wine?
I thought about this for a bit and realized that wine in Christ's time is not the same as wine in our times. The pressing process, the bottling process, the fermentation process, and the storage process are completely different today than centuries ago. Wine had different forms, and was used as both an alcholic drink and as an unfermented juice mixed with water. So did Christ want himself and everyone in his witnessing crowd to become drunk? Hard to believe that, or I'm sure other alcholic references might have been used (i.e. Christ turned the water into Beer).
I did a little googling and found this reference:
Wine The common Hebrew word for wine is yayin, from a root meaning "to boil up," "to be in a ferment." Others derive it from a root meaning "to tread out," and hence the juice of the grape trodden out. The Greek word for wine is oinos_, and the Latin _vinun. But besides this common Hebrew word, there are several others which are thus rendered...
(Note: This is reference is found at: http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/ebd/ebd381.htm)
The hebrew root word on one hand can mean "to boil up" or "to ferment". On the other hand it can mean "to press" or "tread out". Simply put, it can mean the Alcholic Wine, or Grape Juice. The bible has been through countless translations, so no one is to say for sure what evidence a root-meaning can have. And I deem this answer as inconclusive as well. However, I kept reading and found this snippet:
Our Lord miraculously supplied wine at the marriage feast in Cana of Galilee (John 2:1-11). The Rechabites were forbidden the use of wine (Jer. 35). The Nazarites also were to abstain from its use during the period of their vow (Num. 6:1-4); and those who were dedicated as Nazarites from their birth were perpetually to abstain from it (Judg. 13:4, 5; Luke 1:15; 7:33). The priests, too, were forbidden the use of wine and strong drink when engaged in their sacred functions (Lev. 10:1, 9-11). "Wine is little used now in the East, from the fact that Mohammedans are not allowed to taste it, and very few of other creeds touch it. When it is drunk, water is generally mixed with it, and this was the custom in the days of Christ also. The people indeed are everywhere very sober in hot climates; a drunken person, in fact, is never seen", (Geikie's Life of Christ). The sin of drunkenness, however, must have been not uncommon in the olden times, for it is mentioned either metaphorically or literally more than seventy times in the Bible.
Aside from Mormons and several other Christian religions, there are many other cultures and relitions (like the Mohammedans as quoted above) that have vowed not to drink.
Three nations/religions in Christ's time, plus the priests of the bible, were also to abstain from drinking wine of any form, even though Jesus was creating it. This hints that perhaps the wine that Christ created may have not been fermented as to respect those that could not/would not partake of it. But this still seems inconclusive to me as to why Christ would turn water into wine.
To me, a logical conclusion is that of symbollism. Here we are, thousands of years later, talking and immortalizing the event that was recorded in the Bible. We are endorsing the event one way or another (whether for or against) and with a cross-sampling of denominations discussing it, we are keeping the memory of the event alive. If Christ turned unfiltered water into potable water, would it be recalled all these years later? Would it even be recorded in the Bible? Even I can boil a p
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I agree. NG was by far one of my favorite gaming mags. The original glossy cover sold me. I was so easy then (bring back a glossy cover print, I'll bring back my easy).
and that review isn't slashdotttttted
Some screenshots? Anyone have any?
The article subtitle is the only indication: "Need for Speed Underground Rivals and Tiger Woods PGA TOUR Golf bundled with PSP."
no, not GBA games. sorry. Just NES games. I think the manufacturer is being very careful. They put a 192k limit on the games (no limit on movies and music that I know of) and only allow games from the very expired NES system. I wish they'd allow for classic GB games, but since the GBA can play most existing GB cartridges anyway, I doubt we'll see that happen.
can't me on the torrent seed train (for the next few hours anyway)
It could work out if it were cheap- the kids bring their GBA, and dad looks along during the race. Bring their GameBoys to do what? Not play games on them?! "Hey Dad, check this out, that record just jumped up two spots. How do you say his name again?" Though, I do applaud the company for finding an affordable solution to add to a consumer device that has a huge installed user base. What I would have done, if I was an executive in the company, is R&D a CF, Memory Stick, and SD card version of these and release and market the whole line at the same time. Many adults, who would be interested in the data, have access to some type of device with removable media.
Thanks Frisky!
I agree. If the games are small enough to fit on an e-reader card, then you can fit the whole NES library (well at least all the best sellers or first-party made games) on one GBA cartridge. Portability and convenience would be worth the extra price tag then.
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not *so* much the post, but the comments below are starting to ring with shameless plugs for everyone with a site and amazon or dealtime XML feeds on them. "Yay Slashdot! You just increased my pageranking by 1 point!"
Today must be a slow news day. First the keyboard review, then this? sheesh! /. is laxing it's front page standards (or timothy is bored).
I'll be the first to jump on this bandwagon. I've been an EV1/Rackshack customer for a few years. They've generally been a very good provider and they're support is outstanding. I have run into a few issues with their Ensim license in the past that almost made me leave them. Now I'm supporting SCO through them?! Bullshit! Time to take a better look at Server4you, Managed.com, ServerMatrix, and some other dedicated server providers.
The hebrew root word on one hand can mean "to boil up" or "to ferment". On the other hand it can mean "to press" or "tread out". Simply put, it can mean the Alcholic Wine, or Grape Juice. The bible has been through countless translations, so no one is to say for sure what evidence a root-meaning can have. And I deem this answer as inconclusive as well. However, I kept reading and found this snippet:
Aside from Mormons and several other Christian religions, there are many other cultures and relitions (like the Mohammedans as quoted above) that have vowed not to drink. Three nations/religions in Christ's time, plus the priests of the bible, were also to abstain from drinking wine of any form, even though Jesus was creating it. This hints that perhaps the wine that Christ created may have not been fermented as to respect those that could not/would not partake of it. But this still seems inconclusive to me as to why Christ would turn water into wine. To me, a logical conclusion is that of symbollism. Here we are, thousands of years later, talking and immortalizing the event that was recorded in the Bible. We are endorsing the event one way or another (whether for or against) and with a cross-sampling of denominations discussing it, we are keeping the memory of the event alive. If Christ turned unfiltered water into potable water, would it be recalled all these years later? Would it even be recorded in the Bible? Even I can boil a p