and as long as we're quoting, i might as well lighten up the discussion with a Douglas Adams quote
Ford: Making your first jump trough hyperspace is just like being drunk. Arthur: What's so bad about being drunk? Ford: You should ask a glass of water.
if, and only if, the whole world would eventually make the switch to DVORAK, i believe the French would be the last ones to leave their precious AZERTY layout
damn thing has bugged me my whole life... and i live in Belgium!
I absolutely love it! (softmodded mine, so didn't even have to buy a modchip)
But as you state: Unless you need PVR...
Which is exactly what I want next;-) So allow me to go a slightly bit off-topic (actually not exactly off-topic, more like an out-of-the-box view on topic)
Because I partly blame this story for the rejection of my own, as it happensed exactly half an hour ago:
I'm planning to assemble, install and configure a Mediaportal or MythTv box. I'm mainly interested in the TV-related features: Timeshifting, PVR, On Screen TV Program Guides; though I consider every extra feature a bonus. As for online TV Guides: I'm located in the dutch-speaking part of Belgium (Central Europe). I assume part of the Slashdot community has experience with at least one of the 2. What are the upsides, downsides? Which do you prefer, and why? And last bust not least: Where can one find _decent_ documentation? Ohw, and since I have a WinXP license don't botter argumenting that MythTv is cheaper than Mediaportal because of the OS.
i don't think having a minor around while doing cs is a necessity...
this reminds me of a bash quote btw:
#352172 +(3506)- [X]
NHBoy: I broke my G-string while fingering a minor:( rycool:... NHBoy: I was trying to play Knocking on Heaven's Door. NHBoy: Oh well, time to buy new strings.
there is a big difference with adding up the estimated loss from people that try out certain software (granted: they probably keep on trying it out *without ever* paying...) and adding up the estimated loss from people that use illigit copies for commercial purposes (ie they make money using that software)
so what if joe sixpack uses photoshop for removing the red-eye effect in his family pictures... that doesn't count as a loss, he would never pay 700$ for such a program and instead would use something 'free' if photoshop wasn't pirated
you won't find many professional designers with a pirated copy... and if there are, they should be fined for sure!
if you want linux on the list you might as well add the following things too (ohw.. and i didn't rtfa - it was already slashdotted)
- combustion motors (especially the ducati ones) - electricity (if it wasn't on the list already) - DOS - the Atari 2600 - nuclear energy - the rolling stones - french fries (... that where invented in belgium btw) - beer (as in free as-) - natalie portman - wikipedia - the gta game series from rockstar - the commodore amiga - new orleans jazz - electricity (or did i mention that one already) - the c2 wiki (seriously) - lemmings level 14 (passw: DLCKJNMOCO) - xbox softmods (if you compile them on your own using nasm) - google - editable slashdot posts, 'cause i'm gonna regret ever writing this one - the roland MC-505 groovebox - USB - ohw and, in case i forgot, electricity!
granted, some of these items might be adaptations in response to commercial companies... but erh... if you scratch one of these... i'll scratch linux:-P
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One SHOULD be able to COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY by NOT using CAPITALS every few words.
Capitalisation rules are part of the language too you know?
Ohw, and i don't speak English natively... i'm a Belgian (Flemish part)
I find such language 'games' very amuzing :)
and as long as we're quoting, i might as well lighten up the discussion with a Douglas Adams quote
Ford: Making your first jump trough hyperspace is just like being drunk.
Arthur: What's so bad about being drunk?
Ford: You should ask a glass of water.
if, and only if, the whole world would eventually make the switch to DVORAK, i believe the French would be the last ones to leave their precious AZERTY layout
damn thing has bugged me my whole life... and i live in Belgium!
>sure you can, its just not very helpful because the answer is always 52
.. oh wait
I thought the answer was 42?!
I'm a man. I find solutions. This is what i do (professionaly too...)
;-)
I believe this is way better than just going over and over the same problem again and again, for wich you think there's no solution at hand.
There is ALWAYS a solution. Worst-case scenario the solution is "Deal with it and move on!"
Stop whining!
Btw on-topic again: My wife has nothing to complain about
Yep Xbox+XBMC
;-) So allow me to go a slightly bit off-topic (actually not exactly off-topic, more like an out-of-the-box view on topic)
I absolutely love it! (softmodded mine, so didn't even have to buy a modchip)
But as you state: Unless you need PVR...
Which is exactly what I want next
Because I partly blame this story for the rejection of my own, as it happensed exactly half an hour ago:
I'm planning to assemble, install and configure a Mediaportal or MythTv box. I'm mainly interested in the TV-related features: Timeshifting, PVR, On Screen TV Program Guides; though I consider every extra feature a bonus. As for online TV Guides: I'm located in the dutch-speaking part of Belgium (Central Europe). I assume part of the Slashdot community has experience with at least one of the 2. What are the upsides, downsides? Which do you prefer, and why? And last bust not least: Where can one find _decent_ documentation? Ohw, and since I have a WinXP license don't botter argumenting that MythTv is cheaper than Mediaportal because of the OS.
there still are:
- runaway: a road adventure
- black mirror
and if you like rpg (fps)
- morrowind
i didn't want to make any political stand
i didn't even say that i thought pirating was good
i just said that if joe sixpack would have to pay for photoshop, he wouldn't use it... so that does not count as a loss to the industry
that doesn't mean it's justified, just that the figures shown where blown totally out of perspective
i don't think having a minor around while doing cs is a necessity...
:( ...
this reminds me of a bash quote btw:
#352172 +(3506)- [X]
NHBoy: I broke my G-string while fingering a minor
rycool:
NHBoy: I was trying to play Knocking on Heaven's Door.
NHBoy: Oh well, time to buy new strings.
i wonder... how would they be able to disable the lost key.. WHEN IT'S LOST?
i agree (partly)
there is a big difference with adding up the estimated loss from people that try out certain software (granted: they probably keep on trying it out *without ever* paying...) and adding up the estimated loss from people that use illigit copies for commercial purposes (ie they make money using that software)
so what if joe sixpack uses photoshop for removing the red-eye effect in his family pictures... that doesn't count as a loss, he would never pay 700$ for such a program and instead would use something 'free' if photoshop wasn't pirated
you won't find many professional designers with a pirated copy... and if there are, they should be fined for sure!
wtj! :p
i'm gonna go camp the moon...
neither funny nor troll, your post is
:-P
hmmm.... wonder how this 'll be moderated
if you want linux on the list you might as well add the following things too (ohw.. and i didn't rtfa - it was already slashdotted)
- combustion motors (especially the ducati ones)
- electricity (if it wasn't on the list already)
- DOS
- the Atari 2600
- nuclear energy
- the rolling stones
- french fries (... that where invented in belgium btw)
- beer (as in free as-)
- natalie portman
- wikipedia
- the gta game series from rockstar
- the commodore amiga
- new orleans jazz
- electricity (or did i mention that one already)
- the c2 wiki (seriously)
- lemmings level 14 (passw: DLCKJNMOCO)
- xbox softmods (if you compile them on your own using nasm)
- google
- editable slashdot posts, 'cause i'm gonna regret ever writing this one
- the roland MC-505 groovebox
- USB
- ohw and, in case i forgot, electricity!
granted, some of these items might be adaptations in response to commercial companies... but erh... if you scratch one of these... i'll scratch linux
you let the hooker enter your car (just wait around a bit in the right district)
then you drive of to a 'safe' place (under a tree or at the beach)
let the hooker do her thing, you notice your health level go up to 125% (this is what you gain) while your cash drops down a bit
the hooker exits, you run her over and take your money back
you gain 25% extra health without losing cash
i don't think a ps3 will be cheap compared to a low-end system, or even that mini mac thingy from apple
you will, however, need to MODify the xbox in order to run Xbox Media Center on it
check out the xbox-scene forums for more info on doing this
you can either buy a modchip, or the necessary goodies to softmod
XBMC is the best 'homebrew' xbox software ever made... in fact scratch that 'homebrew', it *is* the best xbox software ever made (imnsho)
I do love it when things get religios ;)
... or God gave us free will, which is why all bad things happen... so he's still to blame!
To continue:
I think we should just get a random percentage of the kids cash, and drop him of at the nearest hospital without weapons and armor.
(and hope he didn't save his progress before he commited the murders)
it's called modding!
;-) or a modchip
you can do this with an exploit
i can have custom add-ons for a whole bunch of games, check out the xbox scene
i must admit i mainly use it for xbmc though
it's gpl!
start coding on that jabber thing...
also include it in gaim, kopete, and even in kmail, evolution, etc..
i'd love to see it implemented and released in an open source application before ms updates it's msn messenger
5 minutes before the answer would have been there ;)
erh... i mean the question
I really should change my lifestyle, if I could just get me a cup of tea
indeed...
if you pay peanuts you get monkeys
Actually morals don't really come into what I was considering.
;-)
I misread this a bit at first... I thought you were talking about mortals
there are major differences...
pci bus scan being the biggest hurdle to overcome in making windows work on an xbox
also there's only 64 Mb om memory... wich is ok for winnt/98 but that's the end of it
If I see one more of this In Korea.... I'm going to add it to the slashdot subculture on wikipedia!
...In Japan
In fact it's already available on wikipedia
Profit!
B S D
got that?
wouldn't it be cool to find out some of your educational institutes code will be incorporated in longhorn?
nah, serious though... BSD is the most friendly license to whomever wants to 'use' that code, and that's what education is all about now isn't it?