Although I've had the misfortune of seeing goatse in all his disgusting glory (as well as many humorous parodies), I've not seen Tubgirl AFAIK...Be afraid be very afraid.
Herzog Zwei was one of my favorites on the Genesis.
I actually bought the Mega Drive version years ago,and after a few modest cartridge modifications to make it fit into my Genesis I was the coolest kid on the block with my super l33t collection of unreleased Japanese games.
Nowdays you can just download the ROM on a whim...ah the good old days.
Populous on the Genesis at the time AFAIK was in a category all it's own, totally unique. I wasted many hours ruling over those little globs of pixels.
Populous for the PC OTOH is a totally different experience and even more fun. My 7 year old recently started playing it on his PC and thoroughly enjoys it.
It's 3 Mbps down. I thought it was 1.5 up but after searching their site (which is incredibly vague about specific speeds BTW) I was unable to find any information regarding the upload speed. Although I did notice they're now offering Road Runner Premium w/6 Mbps download.
For the low low price of:
Price:
$69.95 if you have cable television (standard service or higher)
$84.95 alone
That's utterly insane! I'm happy with my measly 3 Mbps thank you.
I have MPLS Time Warner 3 Mbps Down/1.5 Mbps up (although I rarely see above 1 Mbps up or down).
I pay $40 per month + $5 for the modem rental.
The price has remained constant for the past 3 years or so, although last year they did double the our speed. I'd love nothing more than to see some serious uncapping. Imagine downloading those huge pr0n^H^H^H^HLinux ISOs at lighting speed.
Perhaps the open source community needs to focus more on originality than eye candy to be successful in the gaming scene.
A killer game would do wonders for Linux.
<dreaming>
What if a company like id or Valve decided to release their newest FPS exclusively on Linux. Imagine how many people would install Linux for the first time just to play that game. Let the Windows developers do the porting for a change:)
</dreaming>
Since that's probably not gonna happen, I think somebody really needs to come up with something totally original.
My phone number was slightly different than a local car dealership (i.e. 555-3333/553-3333).
I finally started giving people the correct number when they called me.
Thankfully the strip of dealerships had to go when they expanded the freeway several years ago. Although I do get the occassional call to this day. apparently some people still use paper phonebooks from years past.
p
Unfortunately I couldn't possibly justify the purchase, as I already have a PDA, cell phone, digital camera...etc. Not to mention each individual device is superior to their respective feature on the Treo.
Although it would be nice to leave the house without my pockets bulging with gadgets for once.
As much as I'd love to see flying cars, I really don't see anything like this happening for a very long time. I mean aren't helicopters basically flying cars?
I realize software is a huge part of the equation as it relates to civilian use, but short of a breakthrough in anti-gravity, air travel will continue be far too dangerous for the masses...not to mention prohibitively expensive.
id has been aggressively working deals with several developers to license the Super Turbo Turkey Puncher 3 engine.
The game engine is apparently loosely based off of the original Doom code, however, Carmack notes that since there weren't any turkeys in the original Doom the engine had to be almost totally recoded.
First off, as much as it pains me, I think Apple is correct from a legal standpoint...Although IANAL.
I think the law is the problem. I get real sick of people saying "if you don't like the law change it". That's just not feasible. There are so many assaults on our freedom from every angle right now that we're powerless as individuals to stop (as a collective perhaps). The easy answer is "if you don't like the law, break it, just don't get caught".
With that said what Real should have done is anonymously release the hack on the internet, throw it out in the P2P sharing networks and let the end users take the ball and run with it, shit make it open source.
If I were an IE user my task bar would be filled with IE instances right now. Once you go tabbed you'll never go back.
Since Microsoft successfully drove Netscape from our desktops by shoving IE down our throats they've stopped innovating (unless you consider tighter integration into the OS an innovation). In the long run this will seal their doom.
Windows will lose steam (the movement is underway) Their proprietary options may suit your average PC user but in the ever-changing world of computing cross-platform is the wave of the future. Linux will continue to gain market share as will Apple. This may not be apparent to the media but I can tell you that among power users, at least in my circle, we welcome innovation, interoperability, and most of all options. Anti-Microsoft sentiment has never been higher. Microsoft's focus on marketing (and intellectual theft) over innovation can only carry them so far.
The open source movement is simply not something that M$ can buy themselves out of.
I actually love my Clié. I wouldn't have actually chosen a Sony PDA but My Vx stopped working and that was the best PDA I could get with my warranty without shelling out more cash.
Granted I was coming from a grayscale Vx but the color 320x320 display is outstanding. I think Sony has been very inovative in the PDA market. They brought the jog dial, the flip screen and clamshell design for higher end Cliés that also included a digital camera. These features may or may not be important to you (they're not really to me) but Sony's hardly a slouch in the market.
I'm not sure I want a keyboard on my Palm. I'd have to use one for a while to be sure, however, I do remember when I moved from my Casio digital organizer w/keyboard to a PalmPilot I thoroughly enjoyed using Grafitti for note taking. Obviously there's no substitute for a full sized keyboard or even a pen a paper for speed and efficiency but I've become quite proficient with the Palm language.
OLED screens are gonna change everything. Once screens don't require backlighting we're gonna see some great formfactors. Flexible screen technology will be really cool as well.
WTF is up with the vast majority of Palm based PDAs not having a d-pad that goes more than 2 directions? IS IT REALLY THAT TOUGH!? Get your heads out of your asses and give me a PDA that I can actually play action games one half-assed.
I think not, they're just going through a transitional period right now. Yes smartphones are probably the next big thing.
I've been using PalmOS based PDAs since the fist PalmPilot was released and digital organizers prior to that. I don't leave home without my PDA ever.
I have a very hard time understanding how the average person goes through their day without one.
I use mine for contact information, calendaring, games, looking up words (carrying a dictionary with you at all times is absolutely fantastic), cached websites(updated twice a day), belive it or not I use that cheezy mirror program that turns your screen black so you can see your reflection better all the time, universal remote, informational databases, notepad, password storage (how the hell do people remember all of their passwords? I have over 50 passwords and the list is growing), family photos, ebooks,...I could go on but you get the point.
I believe the market has gone sour for a few reasons:
A. Modern cell phones do most of the basic PDA functions.
B. Old PDAs do most of the basic PDA functions.
C. Most people don't own and have never owned a PDA before so they don't know what their missing.
Like I originally stated however, their just going through a transitional period. Once the technology advances to the point that we have phones with month long power supplies, MP3 players, high quality digital cameras and PDA functionality that will make our current PDAs look like calculators (oh yea, I use my PDA as a calculator as well).
For one thing Tivo is extremely successful despite the slew of new Linux PVRs on the market. Tivo is but one success story, what's wrong with a little healthy competition.
The big thing for me is that Tivo is locked down. I wan't my PVR to be 100% customizable and upgradeable at my discretion. I also have a HUGE problem with big brother monitoring what I watch and what I pause (i.e. The Janet Jackson Super bowl halftime show). Tivo may run on Linux, but it's just another greedy corporation. Fuck Tivo and fuck you.
I've been using Knoppmyth for several months and am extremely happy with the results.
Although I've dabbled in Linux off and on for several years, I'm hardly proficient. MythTV has renewed my love of Linux in a big way. The Knoppmyth distro proved to be a perfect catalyst. The install is simple and straight forward (do your research on supported hardware first!) Check out the forums at My Settop Box. It's based off Debian (all hail apt-get!). The developers did an outstanding job of setting up the bare essentials and they keep pace with stable MythTV builds. This has everything the commercial PVRs have and much much more. My dad has been a devout ReplayTV user for sometime and was blown away by the freedom MythTV provides. Since it's Linux you are free to do anything your heart desires. My 7 year old has become very proficient at pulling up his favorite Futurama episodes (yes I've taught him well), music, pictures...you name it. He's actually a better navigator than the mrs.:)
Please note however, it's still under heavy development and shouldn't be attempted if you aren't a geek who enjoys hacking config files or aspiring to learn Linux.
The only major problem I've experienced is that everyone who sees mine wants me to build them one.
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I don't know, Ctrl+Alt+Delete works pretty well ...most of the time.
Although I've had the misfortune of seeing goatse in all his disgusting glory (as well as many humorous parodies), I've not seen Tubgirl AFAIK...Be afraid be very afraid.
I think I'll wait until I get home before I dare click on any of the links that might show up here.
I actually bought the Mega Drive version years ago,and after a few modest cartridge modifications to make it fit into my Genesis I was the coolest kid on the block with my super l33t collection of unreleased Japanese games.
Nowdays you can just download the ROM on a whim...ah the good old days.
Populous on the Genesis at the time AFAIK was in a category all it's own, totally unique. I wasted many hours ruling over those little globs of pixels. Populous for the PC OTOH is a totally different experience and even more fun. My 7 year old recently started playing it on his PC and thoroughly enjoys it.
For the low low price of:
Price:
$69.95 if you have cable television (standard service or higher)
$84.95 alone
That's utterly insane! I'm happy with my measly 3 Mbps thank you.
Actually I can transmit a DVD I made in less than a second, sure it only has 0.05 seconds of 160x160 video w/no soundtrack but hey it's a DVD right?
I pay $40 per month + $5 for the modem rental.
The price has remained constant for the past 3 years or so, although last year they did double the our speed.
I'd love nothing more than to see some serious uncapping. Imagine downloading those huge pr0n^H^H^H^HLinux ISOs at lighting speed.
A killer game would do wonders for Linux.
<dreaming> What if a company like id or Valve decided to release their newest FPS exclusively on Linux. Imagine how many people would install Linux for the first time just to play that game. Let the Windows developers do the porting for a change :)
</dreaming>
Since that's probably not gonna happen, I think somebody really needs to come up with something totally original.
Digital memory proves to be quite resilient indeed.
proved incredibly functional as an MP3 player and portable USB drive alike.
It finally broke a couple of weeks ago :(
I guess it's time to start looking again.
I finally started giving people the correct number when they called me.
Thankfully the strip of dealerships had to go when they expanded the freeway several years ago. Although I do get the occassional call to this day. apparently some people still use paper phonebooks from years past. p
Although it would be nice to leave the house without my pockets bulging with gadgets for once.
WTF?! I was responding to somebody elses post. I'm not trolling.
If you have the technical skills and the desire to learn, don't give up on Linux so easily.
I realize software is a huge part of the equation as it relates to civilian use, but short of a breakthrough in anti-gravity, air travel will continue be far too dangerous for the masses...not to mention prohibitively expensive.
The game engine is apparently loosely based off of the original Doom code, however, Carmack notes that since there weren't any turkeys in the original Doom the engine had to be almost totally recoded.
You don't have to spell it out, we're all familiar with that acronym.
I think the law is the problem. I get real sick of people saying "if you don't like the law change it". That's just not feasible. There are so many assaults on our freedom from every angle right now that we're powerless as individuals to stop (as a collective perhaps). The easy answer is "if you don't like the law, break it, just don't get caught".
With that said what Real should have done is anonymously release the hack on the internet, throw it out in the P2P sharing networks and let the end users take the ball and run with it, shit make it open source.
No, you'd be left with shows like The Mattel & Mars Bar Quick Energy Chocobot Hour.
Since Microsoft successfully drove Netscape from our desktops by shoving IE down our throats they've stopped innovating (unless you consider tighter integration into the OS an innovation). In the long run this will seal their doom.
Windows will lose steam (the movement is underway) Their proprietary options may suit your average PC user but in the ever-changing world of computing cross-platform is the wave of the future. Linux will continue to gain market share as will Apple. This may not be apparent to the media but I can tell you that among power users, at least in my circle, we welcome innovation, interoperability, and most of all options. Anti-Microsoft sentiment has never been higher. Microsoft's focus on marketing (and intellectual theft) over innovation can only carry them so far.
The open source movement is simply not something that M$ can buy themselves out of.
With that said I'm a very happy Mozilla user.
Granted I was coming from a grayscale Vx but the color 320x320 display is outstanding. I think Sony has been very inovative in the PDA market. They brought the jog dial, the flip screen and clamshell design for higher end Cliés that also included a digital camera. These features may or may not be important to you (they're not really to me) but Sony's hardly a slouch in the market.
I'm not sure I want a keyboard on my Palm. I'd have to use one for a while to be sure, however, I do remember when I moved from my Casio digital organizer w/keyboard to a PalmPilot I thoroughly enjoyed using Grafitti for note taking. Obviously there's no substitute for a full sized keyboard or even a pen a paper for speed and efficiency but I've become quite proficient with the Palm language.
OLED screens are gonna change everything. Once screens don't require backlighting we're gonna see some great formfactors. Flexible screen technology will be really cool as well.
WTF is up with the vast majority of Palm based PDAs not having a d-pad that goes more than 2 directions? IS IT REALLY THAT TOUGH!? Get your heads out of your asses and give me a PDA that I can actually play action games one half-assed.
I've been using PalmOS based PDAs since the fist PalmPilot was released and digital organizers prior to that. I don't leave home without my PDA ever.
I have a very hard time understanding how the average person goes through their day without one. I use mine for contact information, calendaring, games, looking up words (carrying a dictionary with you at all times is absolutely fantastic), cached websites(updated twice a day), belive it or not I use that cheezy mirror program that turns your screen black so you can see your reflection better all the time, universal remote, informational databases, notepad, password storage (how the hell do people remember all of their passwords? I have over 50 passwords and the list is growing), family photos, ebooks,...I could go on but you get the point.
I believe the market has gone sour for a few reasons:
A. Modern cell phones do most of the basic PDA functions. B. Old PDAs do most of the basic PDA functions. C. Most people don't own and have never owned a PDA before so they don't know what their missing.
Like I originally stated however, their just going through a transitional period. Once the technology advances to the point that we have phones with month long power supplies, MP3 players, high quality digital cameras and PDA functionality that will make our current PDAs look like calculators (oh yea, I use my PDA as a calculator as well).
The big thing for me is that Tivo is locked down. I wan't my PVR to be 100% customizable and upgradeable at my discretion. I also have a HUGE problem with big brother monitoring what I watch and what I pause (i.e. The Janet Jackson Super bowl halftime show). Tivo may run on Linux, but it's just another greedy corporation. Fuck Tivo and fuck you.
Although I've dabbled in Linux off and on for several years, I'm hardly proficient. MythTV has renewed my love of Linux in a big way. The Knoppmyth distro proved to be a perfect catalyst. The install is simple and straight forward (do your research on supported hardware first!) Check out the forums at My Settop Box. It's based off Debian (all hail apt-get!). The developers did an outstanding job of setting up the bare essentials and they keep pace with stable MythTV builds. This has everything the commercial PVRs have and much much more. My dad has been a devout ReplayTV user for sometime and was blown away by the freedom MythTV provides. Since it's Linux you are free to do anything your heart desires. My 7 year old has become very proficient at pulling up his favorite Futurama episodes (yes I've taught him well), music, pictures...you name it. He's actually a better navigator than the mrs. :)
Please note however, it's still under heavy development and shouldn't be attempted if you aren't a geek who enjoys hacking config files or aspiring to learn Linux.
The only major problem I've experienced is that everyone who sees mine wants me to build them one.