Sheesh. Slashdot passes around incorrect information so much somedays it amazes me.
WinCE is just ONE OS that the dreamcast can run. It can boot any OS it wants off the CD and all Sega brand games run a Sega OS... anyone can write an OS if they choose and CE is provided to make PC ports easy.
I almost feel someone should tell all these insane system bigots that their precious n64/psx/and even saturn games had most of the modeling and design done on 95 or NT based programs.
I hate to inform all of you people but if the PSX2 does have the ability to play DVD movies (this will be late 2k or 2001 mind you) then the price will still be at least $300. Why? HELLO. Sony also does make consumer land DVD players too (and some of the best). If the PSX2 is selling for $300 from Sony then you can bet home DVD players will be selling for $200 or less. Either that or the PSX2 will be missing a lot of DVD features. --- Openstep/NeXTSTEP/Solaris/FreeBSD/Linux/ultrix/OSF /...
You know one feature of this new batch of next gen systems that people keep forgetting is they all include analog triggers... maybe now the tired fighting game genre can get a little life back into it. It is about time that instead of a weak/medium/hard punch button system the game is aware of how hard we press a trigger (many of you older gamers will recall "Street Fighter", yes the original had this in the arcades).
So few games actually make good use of analog functions right now... but this will soon be changing for the better. --- Openstep/NeXTSTEP/Solaris/FreeBSD/Linux/ultrix/OSF /...
Uhm the Saturn sucked? What exactly sucked about it? I love reading these responses from people with extreme system loyalty... mostly cuz if all of a sudden NEC suddenly made a comeback with a system that was 2x as powerful as the PSX2 these are the very people that would claim NEC had been superior all along.
I have all the major game systems. My saturn still gets more play than the rest. The shame is that most American gamers never got to play the last generation of Saturn titles or any that utilized the 4meg ram upgrade. Near perfect Capcom ports and the last batch of RPGs made me perfectly happy about every single penny I spent on the Saturn.
My playstation sits now with a slew of unfinished RPGs on it... if it wasn't for Gran Tourismo, well it would never get played.
The n64 sits under the ouch unhooked and all of my games have been loaned out...
... but then again maybe I am just too into gameplay unlike this current crop of eye candy gamers. The NeoGeo in my arcade cabinet gets more play by far (prolly 3x) as anything else in my house and more often than not its the venerable Samurai Shodown 2. --- Openstep/NeXTSTEP/Solaris/FreeBSD/Linux/ultrix/OSF /...
1) There was never a suggested $499 price point. It still remains to be seen if the $199 model will contain the 56k (not 33.6k like in Japan) modem or not. According to remarks made by Stolar yesterday it appears it will and Sega will eat losses on the hardware for software sales.
2) There have been no such reports out of Japan. The dreamcast does seem to run pretty hot if you are used to the Saturn but compared to a current playstation its about the same. After reading all these specs on the PSX2 I am wondering how they are planning on keeping this sucker cool... without it being loud as hell from fans.
Im getting a PSX2. But wait a year and avoid all these amazing Sega games? no way! I got to spend about 3hrs playing at SOA one night (in downtown SF) and I was truly amazed at how fluid everything was. Even the first gen titles are such a leap over what we have now it amazes. Powerstone and Sonic are going to give sega a LOT of sales.
This posting is quite full of inaccurate statements. I am assuming you either mean it as total flamebait or your lack of *BSD knownledge is quite high. Luckily for you ignorance is correctable.
Your posting is exactly what the article was talking about as far as extreme loyalty to operating systems. So full of rhetoric and obvious love for linux it amazes! This is a beautiful example, that I am sure you shrewdly conducted, to aid those out there who didn't understand what all this evangilising was about! Kudus! --- Openstep/NeXTSTEP/Solaris/FreeBSD/Linux/ultrix/OSF /...
Uh. I am sorry but this is not clearly thought out. The main point that you raise is that "all good features eventually spread to all distros"... uhm no offense but this *does* happen in the BSD camp. It has happened since the initial BSD forks and will continue to happen. This is because the aim of the BSD camps is to have the best distro they can, so of course they implement the best features and lose the worst.
I love the BSD style of kernel creation. Maybe thats cuz I use vi for everything but it takes me no time to zoom through and change/comment what needs to be done. On a side note if there isn't anything, it would prolly take 3 minutes to hack a perl script up that would go through the LINT file asking Yes/No/Change style questions.
I am really glad that there is now the option to include the configuration file as a string inside the kernel. This actually saved me a ton of time the other day on a system when I had popped out the drive that contained/usr/src... all I had to was get it outa da kernel and edit. Nice!
The stability argument holds true because FreeBSD unlike linux has a lot more code freezes and those freezes last for a lot longer timer.
I used to use linux a lot but after running into tons of ext2 problems and scsi issues (this was 94 mind you) the servers I was responsible for were migrated over to FreeBSD. I have stayed with FreeBSD every since... I still know linux and still use it in professional situations but if it comes down to what I feel safer *trusting* then FreeBSD gets the nod from me. Of course this is my opinion but it is based on years of experience and for me (and the people who pay me) it seems to suffice.
Just to give you an idea of the servers we have around here and the uptimes:
2 alphas (osf 4.0/3.2) 187 and 207 days uptime. 3 linux boxes (all redhat 5.1/5.2) 14/21/54 days. The 14 and 21 are from hardware upgrades. 2 FreeBSD boxes (3.1/2.2) 26/115 days.
and for comparison:) one 95 based ACT server. Averages 2-3 days before reboots.
And the answer was of course it is. It is owned by Matsushita who will use their huge presence to make it suddenly appear in a whole lot of "different" companies products at once. --- Openstep/NeXTSTEP/Solaris/FreeBSD/Linux/ultrix/OSF /...
No Matsushita isn't owned by anyone... they instead own many of the Japanese companies you buy from. They are quite the juggernaught and if it wasn't for them sagging under their own weight would prolly dominate every field of eletronics sales. --- Openstep/NeXTSTEP/Solaris/FreeBSD/Linux/ultrix/OSF /...
Just like on USENET you own your comments here on slashdot. They are *yours*. If you see one of these news sites pilfer your comments without giving you attribution (even if you post with a handle) then let them have it. This is theft, pure and simple. Its time we let these hokey, wish they were real media outlets, know that we won't stand for them stealing our voices.
Uh and where do you buy it from? I live in SF and there are 5 rental places within 3 blocks of my house... not a one has DIVX (suprise!). However 3 of the 5 have DVDs. The closest circuit city (5 blocks and I bet thats a lot closer than most people live to a CC) has a selection of about 40 different movies and it was a "rollout" store for DIVX.
Another huge DIVX flaw, no Criterion Collections (and there never will be). I currently own 11 Criterion disks and view them all with the same reverance that I hold for a fine hard covered book.
Anyone who rambles on about how great DIVX is and then says "[it] is sharp and clear as hell on my proscan" obviously doesn't spend much time watching movies.
I am willing to lay 10 to 1 odds this person doesn't even have their DVD player hooked up via the SVIDEO jack and optic audio cable? HAH, prolly still using the speakers on that mighty proscan tv.
That blade runner conversion is one of the worst Film to DVD conversions there is.
I have found that most people who were quick to bad mouth LD are quick to jump down on DVD. Alas these poor souls will never know the wonder of the fabulous Criterion collection edition of fine movies... oh well, just more on the shelf for me to buy.
Your statement is completely absurd. Mozilla failing will not bring about the death of open source. At worst it will bring about the end of large corporations creating their own license of the week so they can get free help with their code.
Open source has existed long before the last year or two kids and it will continue to long after many of the current big name companies pull out from using it.
Sorry to burst the bubble of the new linux zealots but linux and other unix clones didn't come around to destroy windows or take over the world.
They came around to serve a purpose... either one of learning or one to give users the same power they had on their college systems or previous jobs. With those somewhat limited goals in mind unix clones have achieved this and for that they will to continue to remain useful for quite a good bit of time.
Do you honestly think Debian needs thousands of clamoring idiots to continue to evolve? No. Because it isn't those newbies who bring actual change into the code base and included apps. It is the power user, the one who actually cares about what unix clone he is using. If you can't read a manual that someone took a great deal of time to put together to find the answer to a FAQ then they don't need you (and neither do any of the *BSD* clones).
Let redhat have the morons and leave the rest to those of us who DO care and have cared for years.
Sheesh thank goodness your 2 cents dont matter in this issue.
Its this kind of ignorance that make domain disputes so damn messy in the first place. This company has nary a claim to the domain and if you would actually read a little about domain ownership and the parties involved before forming an opinion maybe next time you could make a valid one.
Uh the domain in question was registered to a consulting company called "Tacoana Belladona Industries" the name tacobell.com was a shortened form of the full name. The company did internet based consulting, so it had a hell of a lot more right to the domain name than Pepsi Co. did.
Please don't assume everyone was out to defraud some "poor innocent" mass market company out of some pitance of money.
Id like to know where this ruling was years ago when Pepsi strong-armed both me and the internic out of tacobell.com which I had previously owned for years.
My domain had *nothing* to do with the Tacobell restaurant and they had no real legal claims. But this was before the new internic forms rolled out that contained phrasing protecting the internic and trademark holders. The result? The internic dropped the domain from its databases for a 3 month "evaluation" period in which Pepsi somehow became the new domain holder and we got pretty new forms with lots of legal mumbo jumbo thrown in.
Id just like to see someone come and try to take nsa.org from me now (oh wait they already have and lost).
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Damn it! I already own Brazil... and it is quite a good conversion. But lets face it Criterion Collections are to movies what AC3 is to sound.
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Sheesh. Slashdot passes around incorrect information so much somedays it amazes me.
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WinCE is just ONE OS that the dreamcast can run. It can boot any OS it wants off the CD and all Sega brand games run a Sega OS... anyone can write an OS if they choose and CE is provided to make PC ports easy.
I almost feel someone should tell all these insane system bigots that their precious n64/psx/and even saturn games had most of the modeling and design done on 95 or NT based programs.
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On the issue of DVD.
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I hate to inform all of you people but if the PSX2 does have the ability to play DVD movies (this will be late 2k or 2001 mind you) then the price will still be at least $300. Why? HELLO. Sony also does make consumer land DVD players too (and some of the best). If the PSX2 is selling for $300 from Sony then you can bet home DVD players will be selling for $200 or less. Either that or the PSX2 will be missing a lot of DVD features.
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Openstep/NeXTSTEP/Solaris/FreeBSD/Linux/ultrix/OS
You know one feature of this new batch of next gen systems that people keep forgetting is they all include analog triggers... maybe now the tired fighting game genre can get a little life back into it. It is about time that instead of a weak/medium/hard punch button system the game is aware of how hard we press a trigger (many of you older gamers will recall "Street Fighter", yes the original had this in the arcades).
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So few games actually make good use of analog functions right now... but this will soon be changing for the better.
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Openstep/NeXTSTEP/Solaris/FreeBSD/Linux/ultrix/OS
Uhm the Saturn sucked? What exactly sucked about it? I love reading these responses from people with extreme system loyalty... mostly cuz if all of a sudden NEC suddenly made a comeback with a system that was 2x as powerful as the PSX2 these are the very people that would claim NEC had been superior all along.
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I have all the major game systems. My saturn still gets more play than the rest. The shame is that most American gamers never got to play the last generation of Saturn titles or any that utilized the 4meg ram upgrade. Near perfect Capcom ports and the last batch of RPGs made me perfectly happy about every single penny I spent on the Saturn.
My playstation sits now with a slew of unfinished RPGs on it... if it wasn't for Gran Tourismo, well it would never get played.
The n64 sits under the ouch unhooked and all of my games have been loaned out...
... but then again maybe I am just too into gameplay unlike this current crop of eye candy gamers. The NeoGeo in my arcade cabinet gets more play by far (prolly 3x) as anything else in my house and more often than not its the venerable Samurai Shodown 2.
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1) There was never a suggested $499 price point. It still remains to be seen if the $199 model will contain the 56k (not 33.6k like in Japan) modem or not. According to remarks made by Stolar yesterday it appears it will and Sega will eat losses on the hardware for software sales.
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2) There have been no such reports out of Japan. The dreamcast does seem to run pretty hot if you are used to the Saturn but compared to a current playstation its about the same. After reading all these specs on the PSX2 I am wondering how they are planning on keeping this sucker cool... without it being loud as hell from fans.
Im getting a PSX2. But wait a year and avoid all
these amazing Sega games? no way! I got to spend about 3hrs playing at SOA one night (in downtown SF) and I was truly amazed at how fluid everything was. Even the first gen titles are such a leap over what we have now it amazes. Powerstone and Sonic are going to give sega a LOT of sales.
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Openstep/NeXTSTEP/Solaris/FreeBSD/Linux/ultrix/OS
This posting is quite full of inaccurate statements. I am assuming you either mean it as total flamebait or your lack of *BSD knownledge is quite high. Luckily for you ignorance is correctable.
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Your posting is exactly what the article was talking about as far as extreme loyalty to operating systems. So full of rhetoric and obvious love for linux it amazes! This is a beautiful example, that I am sure you shrewdly conducted, to aid those out there who didn't understand what all this evangilising was about! Kudus!
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Openstep/NeXTSTEP/Solaris/FreeBSD/Linux/ultrix/OS
Uh. I am sorry but this is not clearly thought out. The main point that you raise is that "all good features eventually spread to all distros"... uhm no offense but this *does* happen in the BSD camp. It has happened since the initial BSD forks and will continue to happen. This is because the aim of the BSD camps is to have the best distro they can, so of course they implement the best features and lose the worst.
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The GPL has nothing to do with this.
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I love the BSD style of kernel creation. Maybe thats cuz I use vi for everything but it takes me no time to zoom through and change/comment what needs to be done. On a side note if there isn't anything, it would prolly take 3 minutes to hack a perl script up that would go through the LINT file asking Yes/No/Change style questions.
/usr/src... all I had to was get it outa da kernel and edit. Nice!
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I am really glad that there is now the option to include the configuration file as a string inside the kernel. This actually saved me a ton of time the other day on a system when I had popped out the drive that contained
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Openstep/NeXTSTEP/Solaris/FreeBSD/Linux/ultrix/OS
The stability argument holds true because FreeBSD unlike linux has a lot more code freezes and those freezes last for a lot longer timer.
:) one 95 based ACT server.
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I used to use linux a lot but after running into tons of ext2 problems and scsi issues (this was 94 mind you) the servers I was responsible for were migrated over to FreeBSD. I have stayed with FreeBSD every since... I still know linux and still use it in professional situations but if it comes down to what I feel safer *trusting* then FreeBSD gets the nod from me. Of course this is my opinion but it is based on years of experience and for me (and the people who pay me) it seems to suffice.
Just to give you an idea of the servers we have around here and the uptimes:
2 alphas (osf 4.0/3.2) 187 and 207 days uptime.
3 linux boxes (all redhat 5.1/5.2) 14/21/54 days. The 14 and 21 are from hardware upgrades.
2 FreeBSD boxes (3.1/2.2) 26/115 days.
and for comparison
Averages 2-3 days before reboots.
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And the answer was of course it is. It is owned by Matsushita who will use their huge presence to make it suddenly appear in a whole lot of "different" companies products at once.F /...
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No Matsushita isn't owned by anyone... they instead own many of the Japanese companies you buy from. They are quite the juggernaught and if it wasn't for them sagging under their own weight would prolly dominate every field of eletronics sales.F /...
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Openstep/NeXTSTEP/Solaris/FreeBSD/Linux/ultrix/OS
Just like on USENET you own your comments here on slashdot. They are *yours*. If you see one of these news sites pilfer your comments without giving you attribution (even if you post with a handle) then let them have it. This is theft, pure and simple. Its time we let these hokey, wish they were real media outlets, know that we won't stand for them stealing our voices.
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Second.
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Or in my best USENET voice:
ME TOoO1#$O!@#$(!)@_#$(@#($_@#$_@!#($
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Uh and where do you buy it from? I live in SF and there are 5 rental places within 3 blocks of my house... not a one has DIVX (suprise!). However 3 of the 5 have DVDs. The closest circuit city (5 blocks and I bet thats a lot closer than most people live to a CC) has a selection of about 40 different movies and it was a "rollout" store for DIVX.
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Another huge DIVX flaw, no Criterion Collections (and there never will be). I currently own 11 Criterion disks and view them all with the same reverance that I hold for a fine hard covered book.
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Anyone who rambles on about how great DIVX is and then says "[it] is sharp and clear as hell on my proscan" obviously doesn't spend much time watching movies.
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I am willing to lay 10 to 1 odds this person doesn't even have their DVD player hooked up via the SVIDEO jack and optic audio cable? HAH, prolly still using the speakers on that mighty proscan tv.
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That blade runner conversion is one of the worst Film to DVD conversions there is.
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I have found that most people who were quick to bad mouth LD are quick to jump down on DVD. Alas these poor souls will never know the wonder of the fabulous Criterion collection edition of fine movies... oh well, just more on the shelf for me to buy.
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Openstep/NeXTSTEP/Solaris/FreeBSD/Linux/ultrix/OS
Your statement is completely absurd. Mozilla failing will not bring about the death of open source. At worst it will bring about the end of large corporations creating their own license of the week so they can get free help with their code.
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Open source has existed long before the last year or two kids and it will continue to long after many of the current big name companies pull out from using it.
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Sorry to burst the bubble of the new linux zealots
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but linux and other unix clones didn't come around
to destroy windows or take over the world.
They came around to serve a purpose... either one
of learning or one to give users the same power
they had on their college systems or previous
jobs. With those somewhat limited goals in mind
unix clones have achieved this and for that they
will to continue to remain useful for quite a good
bit of time.
Do you honestly think Debian needs thousands of
clamoring idiots to continue to evolve? No.
Because it isn't those newbies who bring actual
change into the code base and included apps. It
is the power user, the one who actually cares
about what unix clone he is using. If you can't
read a manual that someone took a great deal of
time to put together to find the answer to a FAQ
then they don't need you (and neither do any
of the *BSD* clones).
Let redhat have the morons and leave the rest to
those of us who DO care and have cared for years.
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Sheesh thank goodness your 2 cents dont matter in this issue.
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Its this kind of ignorance that make domain disputes so damn messy in the first place. This company has nary a claim to the domain and if you would actually read a little about domain ownership and the parties involved before forming an opinion maybe next time you could make a valid one.
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Uh the domain in question was registered to a consulting company called "Tacoana Belladona Industries" the name tacobell.com was a shortened form of the full name. The company did internet based consulting, so it had a hell of a lot more right to the domain name than Pepsi Co. did.
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Please don't assume everyone was out to defraud some "poor innocent" mass market company out of some pitance of money.
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The advent of round-robin DNS servers made this policy impossible to enforce.
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Id like to know where this ruling was years ago when Pepsi strong-armed both me and the internic out of tacobell.com which I had previously owned for years.
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My domain had *nothing* to do with the Tacobell restaurant and they had no real legal claims. But this was before the new internic forms rolled out that contained phrasing protecting the internic and trademark holders. The result? The internic dropped the domain from its databases for a 3 month "evaluation" period in which Pepsi somehow became the new domain holder and we got pretty new forms with lots of legal mumbo jumbo thrown in.
Id just like to see someone come and try to take nsa.org from me now (oh wait they already have and lost).
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Where do you most often access slashdot from?
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( ) Work.
( ) Home.
( ) Rob is lame. Out of Katz's ass.
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An obvious choice is SF, lots of theaters with history and SF citizens spent more on average for movies last year than any other US city.
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