And? I have ~300 gig hd space. I'd probaby stick with 3-4 games, and anyway, I'd probably just play them off the original disks.
You lose the controller, and ya kinda need it.
There are adapters that do XBOX to USB, a google search will turn up some
XBOX's are only $150.
Emulators are free.
- Emulators are fun to tinker with, but it takes a a long time to make one work that is relatively reliable. They don't really get interesting until the system's out of production.
I wasn't really talking about any heavy emulation here, just speculating that it might be possible to use the XBOX os itself with a lightweight emulation layer since they have virually the same architecture. The games are probably DirectX based too.
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Random group of people to MS: Hey, why don't you get your tcp/ip code audited? MS to random group of people: No.
No effect on business. Windows still runs on 90% of desktops or what have you. Why would people bother to change?
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Well, the only ones who would be independent enough (yeah right) would be the government, which would then create the Software Police. Then, they'd need funds. Which they would take from software companies as tax. What would the threshold be for being audited? Selling software for $10k? $100k? $1 billion? Besides, the big players would lobby against it. Doesn't really sound feasible...
I was talking about extracting the XBOX os from whatever it is stored on in the XBOX. My guess is it's some kind of flash ROM, since something like an IDE compliant HD or something would be far too convenient for people who might want to take a look at it. What the hell are you talking about?
Come on... that's really "I wanna download X-Box games from P2P on the Internet and be able to run them on my PC."
Correct. However, I'd also like to buy games in a store and play them on my pc, which has basically the same hardware, without the inconvenience and price of buying another x86 and have that too cluttering my desk. I have the hardware, and I'm sure someone with a little bit more specific knowledge that me could come up with a hack to make it work.
most people don't use a matrox g200. I believe the XBOX has a modified version of the geforce 2 GTS, and any nvidia card after that should be able to run stuff for it, maybe with a lightweight emulation layer. Or people could buy old GF2 GTS cards. I'd buy one to be able to play XBOX games on my PC.
But then, assuming there is such a thing as a perfect alorithm, it would be achieved some day, by looking at what exploits people were using, getting patches submitted etc. Then they could go beyond beta. That's my guess, anyway...
Might be a little offtopic, but since the XBOX is an x86, and at least some people have the expensive flash burners/readers it takes, why hasn't anyone taken the XBOX os and put it on a PC? Maybe run it inside emulated XBOX hardware? I wanna play XBOX games on my PC...:)
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Riiiight... Businesses should allow open source developers to have a look at their 'trade secrets' (.doc format?), so they can go off and clone their apps... Sounds perfectly reasonable.:)
It's sad, though (but understandable), that the first thing the church thinks of when there's talk of aliens is "how many, and how can we convert them to our irrelevant religion?". Why should the aliens give a fuck about som rambling human who presumable was strapped to some crossed sticks in the middle east 2k years back? For that matter, why should we? Oh, some guy was strapped to a stick and said in booming voice 'GOD IS MY FATHER' or what have you. Ok. Humanity has evolved mental institutions for the purpose of taking care of 'broken' people like that, and Human Rights to make sure noone straps them to sticks. grrr....
However, the open source strategy is a triple-edge sword. First, most free software such as Linux, (the most popular because of its operating system capability)...
You mean Linux has operating system capabilities, too?
And some time in the future, this will be solved by porting linux or making a new phone OS from scratch, when enough people invest in flashers and download whitepapers and service manuals for the phones. I'd love to install my own OS on the phone just for the hack value, and I'd love to have full control over the phone.
Well, currently I'm able to set up my own mail relays/servers etc, just like hotmail does. So if the big guys (hotmail, yahoo etc) decide to charge for mail, even charge for mail going into their servers, they will see a decline in people who use their servers. I would guess that >90% of all the accounts at the providers that would consider charging for mail services are personal accounts. Not business accounts. Most businesses have their own mail servers (well, maybe not the plumber down the street, but...). Why would they start paying? It wouldn't work, of course.
I couldn't agree more with you, the reason why I go to the woods in the first place is to enjoy the feeling of beeing away from stuff like that. If I saw a sensor, I'd make it my personal holy war to remove every single one, hell, if I got mad enough maybe I'd even get a scanner to find the frequencies they used and find them by their signals...:)
And even if a bunch of butt-munches start "sharing" their music with others, that means more AAC files out there, which means a better chance we'll see more MP3 players that include AAC support in the future.
I don't think apple would want that to happen. Such players would be direct competitors to the sweet but overpriced iPod. Their whole music business model is based on the iTunes/iPod combination.
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TV's nice to play on.
I like computers better.
Games can potentially be 9 gigs.
And? I have ~300 gig hd space. I'd probaby stick with 3-4 games, and anyway, I'd probably just play them off the original disks.
You lose the controller, and ya kinda need it.
There are adapters that do XBOX to USB, a google search will turn up some
XBOX's are only $150.
Emulators are free.
- Emulators are fun to tinker with, but it takes a a long time to make one work that is relatively reliable. They don't really get interesting until the system's out of production.
I wasn't really talking about any heavy emulation here, just speculating that it might be possible to use the XBOX os itself with a lightweight emulation layer since they have virually the same architecture. The games are probably DirectX based too.
Random group of people to MS: Hey, why don't you get your tcp/ip code audited?
MS to random group of people: No.
No effect on business. Windows still runs on 90% of desktops or what have you. Why would people bother to change?
Well, the only ones who would be independent enough (yeah right) would be the government, which would then create the Software Police. Then, they'd need funds. Which they would take from software companies as tax. What would the threshold be for being audited? Selling software for $10k? $100k? $1 billion? Besides, the big players would lobby against it. Doesn't really sound feasible...
I was talking about extracting the XBOX os from whatever it is stored on in the XBOX. My guess is it's some kind of flash ROM, since something like an IDE compliant HD or something would be far too convenient for people who might want to take a look at it. What the hell are you talking about?
Come on... that's really "I wanna download X-Box games from P2P on the Internet and be able to run them on my PC."
Correct. However, I'd also like to buy games in a store and play them on my pc, which has basically the same hardware, without the inconvenience and price of buying another x86 and have that too cluttering my desk. I have the hardware, and I'm sure someone with a little bit more specific knowledge that me could come up with a hack to make it work.
most people don't use a matrox g200. I believe the XBOX has a modified version of the geforce 2 GTS, and any nvidia card after that should be able to run stuff for it, maybe with a lightweight emulation layer. Or people could buy old GF2 GTS cards. I'd buy one to be able to play XBOX games on my PC.
But then, assuming there is such a thing as a perfect alorithm, it would be achieved some day, by looking at what exploits people were using, getting patches submitted etc. Then they could go beyond beta. That's my guess, anyway...
Might be a little offtopic, but since the XBOX is an x86, and at least some people have the expensive flash burners/readers it takes, why hasn't anyone taken the XBOX os and put it on a PC? Maybe run it inside emulated XBOX hardware? I wanna play XBOX games on my PC... :)
Riiiight... Businesses should allow open source developers to have a look at their 'trade secrets' (.doc format?), so they can go off and clone their apps... Sounds perfectly reasonable. :)
good one :)
It's sad, though (but understandable), that the first thing the church thinks of when there's talk of aliens is "how many, and how can we convert them to our irrelevant religion?". Why should the aliens give a fuck about som rambling human who presumable was strapped to some crossed sticks in the middle east 2k years back? For that matter, why should we? Oh, some guy was strapped to a stick and said in booming voice 'GOD IS MY FATHER' or what have you. Ok. Humanity has evolved mental institutions for the purpose of taking care of 'broken' people like that, and Human Rights to make sure noone straps them to sticks. grrr....
Maybe he just want's some fresh air, like having a nice day without choking on the stench of Lockheed & Bush. Then again, maybe not.
Agreed. Those damn euro terrorist commies.
No, you are a nuclear terrorist.
However, the open source strategy is a triple-edge sword. First, most free software such as Linux, (the most popular because of its operating system capability)...
You mean Linux has operating system capabilities, too?
And some time in the future, this will be solved by porting linux or making a new phone OS from scratch, when enough people invest in flashers and download whitepapers and service manuals for the phones. I'd love to install my own OS on the phone just for the hack value, and I'd love to have full control over the phone.
Well, currently I'm able to set up my own mail relays/servers etc, just like hotmail does. So if the big guys (hotmail, yahoo etc) decide to charge for mail, even charge for mail going into their servers, they will see a decline in people who use their servers. I would guess that >90% of all the accounts at the providers that would consider charging for mail services are personal accounts. Not business accounts. Most businesses have their own mail servers (well, maybe not the plumber down the street, but...). Why would they start paying? It wouldn't work, of course.
Oh, and they and Cisco could then join forces to fight piracy, since you were violating both their patents....
On the plus side, the (MP|RI)AA would be just as illegal in hunting you down...
:)
You forget: They're rich. They'd probably just license the protocol
I couldn't agree more with you, the reason why I go to the woods in the first place is to enjoy the feeling of beeing away from stuff like that. If I saw a sensor, I'd make it my personal holy war to remove every single one, hell, if I got mad enough maybe I'd even get a scanner to find the frequencies they used and find them by their signals... :)
You needn't. The supercomputer known as Nature has allready done it for you.
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It's mandarin.
And even if a bunch of butt-munches start "sharing" their music with others, that means more AAC files out there, which means a better chance we'll see more MP3 players that include AAC support in the future.
I don't think apple would want that to happen. Such players would be direct competitors to the sweet but overpriced iPod. Their whole music business model is based on the iTunes/iPod combination.
You seriously want a follow-up to Banjo Kazooie? :)
I guess I was a little over the top there. Oh well.