Nobody has mentioned cutemx. It is way nicer and more powerful than Napster. It has had the muliple file type searching facility in it for ages. I always wondered why napster only did one file type.
In a year or too I'll have an implant that will upload all and any info that I want to my brain. (a-la The Matrix) When I die, you can just transfer the info to someone elses brain. No need for cd's or anything.
What I want now is for some hacker to to create an app that will seach cddb for cd id's of artists that I specify and that app to beam it to my.mp3.com, thus allowing me access to whatever album I want for downloading and distribution. How much storage will they need to store every cd that people have (assuming they only need 1 version in MP3 format)?
The whole idea of integration between television and computer has been around for quite a while now and is happening, albeit slowly.
You see, the PSX2 will have a DVD drive and the ability to attach a modem. And it'll be available for around £250. Well cheaper than most pc's today.
So..kids will use this to surf the net and play interactive games..... they will not be using a large PC and not using windows.....The PSX2 will eventually become a PC with added periphials....Microsoft could be fucked.
What I want to know is how Microsoft intend to compete with Sony who substitute the hardware costs with game licencing.
Intel will not sell the x386 chips at a loss so MS can dominate a market, and neither will any 3-D board manufacturer. And since MS cannot control the hardware, they cannot control the software that runs on it, nor make any money licencing games (They don't on a PC.)
It's one this distributing IE over the net and CD's everywhere to crush Netscape when the actual costs are are tiny compared to hardware manufacturing and distribution costs.
The only thing going for it is the fact that the games can be a lot cheaper as the will not have to pay licencing fees to sony and saga. By the sheer fact that the could be a high volume of cheap games very, very quickly could mean that this console will get a lot more shelf space in the games stores.
Games volume and quantity (and quality) dictate console success. Not poly-fill-rate.
IE5 Nails all versions of Netscape in terms of speed and features. Dammit, Netscape 4.x doesn't even render tables correctly!.
(Try this:
text1 text2 tex3
in IE, if the window is resized, the center cell resizes correctly as that is the only variable width column in the table. Netscape just f*cks this up completely)
IE is far more stable than Netscape, though it has crashed a couple of times on me. I am not by any means pro-m$. I am just waiting in the wings for Linux+goodgui+Netscape5+LotusSmartsuite(+Dreamweav er/Flash... would be nice) and then I'll migrate. There are just not enough applications that I need to do my everyday work that are not available on Linux.
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I haven't tried this, but I am fairly sure that you can record to vhs from your computer with a graphics cards that has a tv-out connection.
Just play the DVD in full screen and bingo?
(Has anyone tried this?)
Or you could use x10's dvd anywhere http://www.x10.com/products/vk53a_dd1.htm and "broadcast" to your video recorder.
Nobody has mentioned cutemx. It is way nicer and more powerful than Napster. It has had the muliple file type searching facility in it for ages. I always wondered why napster only did one file type.
http://www.cuteftp.com/products/cutemx/
In a year or too I'll have an implant that will upload all and any info that I want to my brain. (a-la The Matrix) When I die, you can just transfer the info to someone elses brain. No need for cd's or anything.
Can I get this to emulate my Amstrad 464? I missing playing Dizzy....
What I want now is for some hacker to to create an app that will seach cddb for cd id's of artists that I specify and that app to beam it to my.mp3.com, thus allowing me access to whatever album I want for downloading and distribution. How much storage will they need to store every cd that people have (assuming they only need 1 version in MP3 format)?
Somewhere along the lines of Red Dwarf, me thinks?
The whole idea of integration between television and computer has been around for quite a while now and is happening, albeit slowly.
You see, the PSX2 will have a DVD drive and the ability to attach a modem. And it'll be available for around £250. Well cheaper than most pc's today.
So..kids will use this to surf the net and play interactive games..... they will not be using a large PC and not using windows.....The PSX2 will eventually become a PC with added periphials....Microsoft could be fucked.
What I want to know is how Microsoft intend to compete with Sony who substitute the hardware costs with game licencing.
Intel will not sell the x386 chips at a loss so MS can dominate a market, and neither will any 3-D board manufacturer. And since MS cannot control the hardware, they cannot control the software that runs on it, nor make any money licencing games (They don't on a PC.)
It's one this distributing IE over the net and CD's everywhere to crush Netscape when the actual costs are are tiny compared to hardware manufacturing and distribution costs.
The only thing going for it is the fact that the games can be a lot cheaper as the will not have to pay licencing fees to sony and saga. By the sheer fact that the could be a high volume of cheap games very, very quickly could mean that this console will get a lot more shelf space in the games stores.
Games volume and quantity (and quality) dictate console success. Not poly-fill-rate.
A linux console anyone?
How long do they really think that the export restrictions will last? and how do they think that it will stop terrorists stop using strong encryption?
Glad to see that Ireland has one of the most liberal laws in the world:
http://www.ecommercegov.ie/p6.html
Unless it't the austin powers web site. www.austinpowers.com
IE5 Nails all versions of Netscape in terms of speed and features. Dammit, Netscape 4.x doesn't even render tables correctly!.
v er/Flash... would be nice) and then I'll migrate. There are just not enough applications that I need to do my everyday work that are not available on Linux.
(Try this:
text1
text2
tex3
in IE, if the window is resized, the center cell resizes correctly as that is the only variable width column in the table. Netscape just f*cks this up completely)
IE is far more stable than Netscape, though it has crashed a couple of times on me. I am not by any means pro-m$. I am just waiting in the wings for Linux+goodgui+Netscape5+LotusSmartsuite(+Dreamwea