I just changed one digit with a hex editor and re-burned the iso. The change was in Call of Duty. It no longer plays. The other demo's play just fine. No error message, it just locks up with a blank screen.
I am going to try again to verify. I will know in about 20 minutes.
I bought a 360 and now have about 12 games. It probably has a few hundreds of hours play on it by now and I have yet to experience any lock-ups.
I am not a MS fanboy by any means, but they really did a great job on this console.
The games are works of art, the integration with my home network is great (I can stream movies and MP3's from any XP computer on my network), and the wireless controllers are a must have.
While I had to mod my first Xbox to get it to do everything I want, my 360 does it all right out of the box. Even if a mod was to be released, I would probably get a second 360 as I would like to keep one "as is".
Don't pay over retail for one, but if you find them in stock, they are well worth retail price.
And you might want to pick up Call of Duty 2. This is one of the finest console games I have ever played.
Then you obviously haven't visited InventGeek.com as practically every story (besides the newest) has been featured on Slashdot. What other website has that kind of coverage here?
Why would you want to add a full size keyboard to a PSP (PlayStation PORTABLE)? Doesn't that defeat the whole purpose of the thing being portable? A mini-keyboard maybe, but what is the point?
You don't switch a pack of gum for a $300 mountain bike....you switch a $100 mountain bike for a $300 mountain bike. You would only use like components.
This has been going on for a long time and is why Wal-Mart is on such a push for RFID.
I would have sold them mine for a lot less- AND I would have thrown in two 1541 disk drives and a lot of home-made double sided disks....including Raid on Moscow, one of the best games ever!!!! I think I even still have some carts and a modem!
"One interviewer checked my site before I came in (and I knew it) and he said that they didn't hire pot smokers. He assumed I was a pot smoker because I was a Grateful Dead fan"
Sounds like a case of slander and/or deflamation of character to me. There are very strict rules about what can be said/asked in an interview (or on the job, or when firing, etc), and they are enforced pretty seriously. I know of one person who actually got in a little bit of trouble for giving a negative reference for an old employee.
Always remember, you are interviewing the company at the same time they are interviewing you. If this was a person of authority, and I would assume they would be if they were interviewing you, would you really want to work for someone who made such accusations without backing it up?
Just thin, whenever he found the toilet seat still up, the coffee pot empty, the TP roll finished off, spoiled food in the fridge, etc, he would be looking to blame someone.
Even though it sucked he labeled you like that, it doesn't sound like a company you would want to work for anyway...
When DirecTV did a similar (but more aggressive) blanket (and mostly claim-less) lawsuit against supposed "pirates", asking (demanding?)for a "settlement" to avoid legal action, it only took one "win" for the little guys to basically cease DirecTV's actions.
I am not a lawyer (but I know a few good jokes about them), but would a "win" against SCO basically kill off their entire case? If DC "wins" (or the case is dismissed), does that mean SCO's claims of licensing fees are over? And if that happens, can the few who actually paid SCO "licensing" fees get a refund?
The Thinkpads are great machines, but I think people just like the "sleek-ness" of the Dell models more. I have had so many clients choose Dell over IBM simply because of looks! How sad is that???
The IBM servers, however, are just great. I love them. PLUS, they give you a free license for IBM Director, which is basically a slightly watered down version of Tivoli. This makes management easy (and cheap!). Who cares if they don't have that stupid little blue light on the front!!!!!
This is sad news. But, with the larger companies (IBM, HP/Compaq/Unisys) moving away from hardware and into services, it was bound to happen.
Doesn't this just add to internet/network traffic? I mean, seti-at-home, et-all, are pretty network friendly. This thing is sending out a full fledged DOS attack. Don't you think this is a little irresponsible, especially to everyone else sharing your cable modem subnet?
Don't get me wrong, I love the idea, but I think there are better ways.
Maybe targeting them at non-peak usage times or at random scheduled intervals. There must be a better way.
They did this once before- they started programs a minute early. This threw off recording devices and you would miss the first minute or so of the program. DISH Network (echostar) got around this by adding a checkbox to start one minute early.
I expect it would be just as easy to add a "start one minute late" checkbox.
Some stations purposely (doesn't TBS still do this?) start their programs 5 minutes after the hour to catch channel surfers.
I have found that recordings (Tivo, etc) can be affected when the station you are recordings clock is a little off as well.
I have wanted a custom timer start/stop option for some time. Sure, being able to "point and click" is nice, but adding a pre/delay would be an excellent value add at little cost to the manufacturers.
Geez, if a $29.00 VCR can start/stop anytime, why can't a $200 Tivo?
This is a good start. Under the FCRA (Fair Credit Reporting Act), formed back in the early 80's, consumers gained a lot of rights to prtoect their credit from predatory lenders and unfair credit reporting practices. The problem is, many people do not understand their rights or how to begin to fight bad creditors or incorrect credit reports. And unfortunately, the FCRA has not stopped problem creditors from pulling the same old tricks they have for years to keep credit scores low and interest rates high- re-aging deliquent accounts, non-PP credit pulls, etc. Face it, bad credit means big $$ to many industries.
How do you think card dealers survive selling new cars for $1 over invoice (and don't argue that the 3% invoice credit for marketing is where they make their money)- they make it on the back end. They "buy" the rate from the bank and hike it up for profit. Sure they can sell at a loss when they bring in an extra 2k on the back end.
This is a good first start for the government- many people will obtain a free report when they were not willing to pay 8-13 dollars before. BUT, at the same time, many states already offer free credit reports once a year (i.e. GA) and that has not stopped bad creditors.
The government needs to put harsher controls (and FINES) on creditors who break the FCRA. Educationg the consumer (free reports) is a start, but you need to give them ammuntion, not just a weapon.
No, I don't "know much about nothing".
READ THE POST. If Valve/Steam already has problems with authenticating- and don't pretend they don't- what's going to happen when more players are added as more people buy for the multi-player option?
Think about it, if you build a highway, and that highway is immediately overwhelmed by traffic, would you add more features to make more people want to use that highway before trying to fix the problem?
If you have played HL2 multiplayer (I have, so have other posters), you would see that they ARE having problems with lag as more players enter a room.
I am not the only one with this problem, look at dedicated HL2 forums- there are lots of problems with the multi-player mode already.
Yea- mod me troll. Did you even read the post? More than half of us who have paid for this game cannot get it to work properly because of server/network problems on their end. Their tech support even CONFIRMS this.
I did not slam them in any way, I just said I hoped they got the issues ironed out before they added more fuel to the fire.
While the deathmatch servers will not be running on the same hardware as the authentication servers (hopefully, anyway), let's hope we don't have the same opening day problems.
Lag is bad enough when it happens due to "normal" conditions...it would be pretty bad press if it happened because of server/networking problems at steam/valve.
Oddly enough, my Nokia 3620 DOES take "nunrealistic" photography.
Using an app that came installed on my phone (photoBase by arcsoft.com), I can snap a picture of anyone's face surrounded by a nun's habit and veil.
Although I doubnt that's what the poster meant, I thought I'd let you know.
I tried it once, it was not habit-forming.
The phone itself is not really what I expected...it's a little too bulky. In fact, it may be a form of 'excommunication' as I intend on getting a new one.
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Same result with King Kong. It will not load the game, it just freezes. Everything else (non modified) still works.
I just changed one digit with a hex editor and re-burned the iso. The change was in Call of Duty. It no longer plays. The other demo's play just fine. No error message, it just locks up with a blank screen.
I am going to try again to verify. I will know in about 20 minutes.
Please credit Mr. Twain with his quote.
(though it is a perfect quote for this situation)
Nope. Amazon releases several every day around lunch time. I even got free overnight delivery.
I bought a 360 and now have about 12 games. It probably has a few hundreds of hours play on it by now and I have yet to experience any lock-ups.
I am not a MS fanboy by any means, but they really did a great job on this console.
The games are works of art, the integration with my home network is great (I can stream movies and MP3's from any XP computer on my network), and the wireless controllers are a must have.
While I had to mod my first Xbox to get it to do everything I want, my 360 does it all right out of the box. Even if a mod was to be released, I would probably get a second 360 as I would like to keep one "as is".
Don't pay over retail for one, but if you find them in stock, they are well worth retail price.
And you might want to pick up Call of Duty 2. This is one of the finest console games I have ever played.
Then you obviously haven't visited InventGeek.com as practically every story (besides the newest) has been featured on Slashdot. What other website has that kind of coverage here?
Why does every inventgeek story make the Slashdot front page?
Is this another Spam by * * BeatlesBeatles?
Why would you want to add a full size keyboard to a PSP (PlayStation PORTABLE)? Doesn't that defeat the whole purpose of the thing being portable? A mini-keyboard maybe, but what is the point?
You don't switch a pack of gum for a $300 mountain bike....you switch a $100 mountain bike for a $300 mountain bike. You would only use like components.
This has been going on for a long time and is why Wal-Mart is on such a push for RFID.
I would have sold them mine for a lot less- AND I would have thrown in two 1541 disk drives and a lot of home-made double sided disks....including Raid on Moscow, one of the best games ever!!!! I think I even still have some carts and a modem!
50 women were raped, 100 people were murdered, and thousands were robbed.
Man, am I glad we have our priorities straight!
There was a software glitch and the interceptor did not launch.
Just "trust me" on this one, if you know what I mean.
Yes, the test failed, but there was a bit of human error involved.....
AOL plans a new browser.
You simply type in the page you want to view, and a few days later a cd arrives in the mail with the page on it.
Their pink slips came in the mail attached to a "1550 hours free" CD.
All joking aside, any tech layoffs are scary. My employer (~40k employees) just laid off 1400 worldwide, about 1k of them in the US.
"One interviewer checked my site before I came in (and I knew it) and he said that they didn't hire pot smokers. He assumed I was a pot smoker because I was a Grateful Dead fan"
Sounds like a case of slander and/or deflamation of character to me. There are very strict rules about what can be said/asked in an interview (or on the job, or when firing, etc), and they are enforced pretty seriously. I know of one person who actually got in a little bit of trouble for giving a negative reference for an old employee.
Always remember, you are interviewing the company at the same time they are interviewing you. If this was a person of authority, and I would assume they would be if they were interviewing you, would you really want to work for someone who made such accusations without backing it up?
Just thin, whenever he found the toilet seat still up, the coffee pot empty, the TP roll finished off, spoiled food in the fridge, etc, he would be looking to blame someone.
Even though it sucked he labeled you like that, it doesn't sound like a company you would want to work for anyway...
When DirecTV did a similar (but more aggressive) blanket (and mostly claim-less) lawsuit against supposed "pirates", asking (demanding?)for a "settlement" to avoid legal action, it only took one "win" for the little guys to basically cease DirecTV's actions.
I am not a lawyer (but I know a few good jokes about them), but would a "win" against SCO basically kill off their entire case? If DC "wins" (or the case is dismissed), does that mean SCO's claims of licensing fees are over? And if that happens, can the few who actually paid SCO "licensing" fees get a refund?
The Thinkpads are great machines, but I think people just like the "sleek-ness" of the Dell models more. I have had so many clients choose Dell over IBM simply because of looks! How sad is that???
The IBM servers, however, are just great. I love them. PLUS, they give you a free license for IBM Director, which is basically a slightly watered down version of Tivoli. This makes management easy (and cheap!). Who cares if they don't have that stupid little blue light on the front!!!!!
This is sad news. But, with the larger companies (IBM, HP/Compaq/Unisys) moving away from hardware and into services, it was bound to happen.
Doesn't this just add to internet/network traffic? I mean, seti-at-home, et-all, are pretty network friendly. This thing is sending out a full fledged DOS attack. Don't you think this is a little irresponsible, especially to everyone else sharing your cable modem subnet? Don't get me wrong, I love the idea, but I think there are better ways. Maybe targeting them at non-peak usage times or at random scheduled intervals. There must be a better way.
They did this once before- they started programs a minute early. This threw off recording devices and you would miss the first minute or so of the program. DISH Network (echostar) got around this by adding a checkbox to start one minute early.
I expect it would be just as easy to add a "start one minute late" checkbox.
Some stations purposely (doesn't TBS still do this?) start their programs 5 minutes after the hour to catch channel surfers.
I have found that recordings (Tivo, etc) can be affected when the station you are recordings clock is a little off as well.
I have wanted a custom timer start/stop option for some time. Sure, being able to "point and click" is nice, but adding a pre/delay would be an excellent value add at little cost to the manufacturers.
Geez, if a $29.00 VCR can start/stop anytime, why can't a $200 Tivo?
This is a good start. Under the FCRA (Fair Credit Reporting Act), formed back in the early 80's, consumers gained a lot of rights to prtoect their credit from predatory lenders and unfair credit reporting practices. The problem is, many people do not understand their rights or how to begin to fight bad creditors or incorrect credit reports. And unfortunately, the FCRA has not stopped problem creditors from pulling the same old tricks they have for years to keep credit scores low and interest rates high- re-aging deliquent accounts, non-PP credit pulls, etc. Face it, bad credit means big $$ to many industries.
How do you think card dealers survive selling new cars for $1 over invoice (and don't argue that the 3% invoice credit for marketing is where they make their money)- they make it on the back end. They "buy" the rate from the bank and hike it up for profit. Sure they can sell at a loss when they bring in an extra 2k on the back end.
This is a good first start for the government- many people will obtain a free report when they were not willing to pay 8-13 dollars before. BUT, at the same time, many states already offer free credit reports once a year (i.e. GA) and that has not stopped bad creditors.
The government needs to put harsher controls (and FINES) on creditors who break the FCRA. Educationg the consumer (free reports) is a start, but you need to give them ammuntion, not just a weapon.
No, I don't "know much about nothing". READ THE POST. If Valve/Steam already has problems with authenticating- and don't pretend they don't- what's going to happen when more players are added as more people buy for the multi-player option? Think about it, if you build a highway, and that highway is immediately overwhelmed by traffic, would you add more features to make more people want to use that highway before trying to fix the problem? If you have played HL2 multiplayer (I have, so have other posters), you would see that they ARE having problems with lag as more players enter a room. I am not the only one with this problem, look at dedicated HL2 forums- there are lots of problems with the multi-player mode already.
Yea- mod me troll. Did you even read the post? More than half of us who have paid for this game cannot get it to work properly because of server/network problems on their end. Their tech support even CONFIRMS this.
I did not slam them in any way, I just said I hoped they got the issues ironed out before they added more fuel to the fire.
While the deathmatch servers will not be running on the same hardware as the authentication servers (hopefully, anyway), let's hope we don't have the same opening day problems.
Lag is bad enough when it happens due to "normal" conditions...it would be pretty bad press if it happened because of server/networking problems at steam/valve.
Oddly enough, my Nokia 3620 DOES take "nunrealistic" photography.
Using an app that came installed on my phone (photoBase by arcsoft.com), I can snap a picture of anyone's face surrounded by a nun's habit and veil.
Although I doubnt that's what the poster meant, I thought I'd let you know.
I tried it once, it was not habit-forming.
The phone itself is not really what I expected...it's a little too bulky. In fact, it may be a form of 'excommunication' as I intend on getting a new one.
Ok, time for coffee.