How much did he chain smoke and how many stimulants (legal or otherwise) was he taking? These things combined are a recipe for death, videogames or no. Videogames didn't kill him, lifestyle did. If you're chain smoking, living on junk food, and taking stimulants constantly, you're not going to live long regardless of what else you happen to be doing.
Definitely a possibility. It could've also been a stroke or a heart attack. So far the people that have been documented dying while playing online games have been chain smokers who lived on junk food and stimulants. If that's the case this time (and I'm sure it is), then they would be in VERY poor health anyway. This is bound to happen with people that don't take care of themselves to this degree.
Many possibilities. He was probably chain smoking, living on junk food, and taking 20 different kinds of stimulants to stay up (yes 20 is an exaggeration). I seriously doubt it was "exhaustion"...he probably had a stroke or a heart attack.
Hah...I was just reminded of something I saw when I was out shopping the other day. It seems the fad of having crap named iCrap is really catching on. I saw an iTrashCan. Time to get an iTrashCan to put all of Apple's iCrap in. I swore off Apple in 1990 when they cancelled the Apple IIGS+ after it was demonstrated, instead saying "Tough luck, go buy a Mac". I swore then I would never again buy an Apple product, and seeing stuff like this makes me glad I made that decision. I'm sure it will be reverse engineered, but it won't be a problem for me, as I'll have a *real* MP3 player if I need one.
You don't have to hold B for Gamecube games on the Wii. They will automatically ask you if you want to go progressive or not. I geuss it's got something to do with the Wii's Gamecube mode, cause on a Gamecube with the component cable, you DID have to hold B. Something else funny to wrap your brain around...the Gamecube's component output was labeled "digital out"...and yet, component (YPbPr) is an analog signal. From what I heard, the Gamecube could actually not output component, it was a generic digital output, and the cable itself had to do the digital to analog/component conversion, thus why it was so expensive.
Also, anyone that can't tell the difference between composite and even 480i component (let alone 480p) needs glasses very badly. Also, composite is technically not 480i, it works different. You have to use component cables to get 480i.
RF -> composite = night and day difference composite -> S-video = night and day difference S-video -> component = night and day difference 480i (component) -> 480p (component) = difference, but not night and day...it's a subtle image quality/stability difference that I could understand someone that's not educated on the difference not quite picking up on (other than a generic "it looks better somehow")
I can't stand interlaced images myself, they give me a headache. Even with my old SNES and Sega Saturn, changing from composite to S-video on my 20" widescreen LCD HDTV made a HUGE difference. And that's on an old system, just going to S-video. Component looks way better than S-video too. The people that are saying component cables don't make a difference for Wii are either blind, have crap TV's, or are just stupid (ie, expecting it to make the GRAPHICS better rather than make the IMAGE QUALITY better). I'm assuming there's a huge group of "hardcore" videophiles that don't know the difference between better graphics and better image quality.
Agreed. Wireles also has a lot higher latency than ethernet, and that's not something they go into in these ethernet-is-dying articles. Sure wireless is extremely handy in some situations...I use it for my laptop, my DS, and my Wii right now. It's handy being able to take the laptop anywhere in the apartment without stringing wires. But I'd never use it for a computer that isn't moved around. The ONLY advantage wireless has is portability...so if it's not a portable device of some sort (or a videogame console that doesn't need the connection often enough to warrant stringing cable), then wireless is just not necessary.
Well, if it makes you feel better, I haven't succeeded in getting the ATI settings craplet to work even in Windows. I have an X850XT and an Athlon XP 3200+ (no PCIe, DDR2, or any other fancy new stuff), I made sure to install.NET 2.0 (which the craplet requires), and it just gives some strange.NET error when it tries to start. The driver itself seems to work fine, I haven't had any problems in any games I've tried to play, but I've never been able to access the settings. The same thing has happened on 2 different Windows installs, I don't know what the deal is. I haven't had any problems at all on Gentoo with that same computer, although I can't install the ati-driver-extras stuff, because it depends on an older version of the driver (?) which won't compile against my current kernel (2.6.22.1 vanilla). I haven't had any problems with the latest ati-drivers though. All my other machines except my server (which doesn't have x.org installed) use the open source radeon driver which I've never had any issues with, I just hope it eventually supports the R480 (which the X850XT is). Not that the closed source driver has given me any technical problems, but for moral reasons the open source drivers are far better. I haven't heard whether or not the GPL issues have been resolved.
Or do as a friend of mine used to do. The company he worked for allowed frequent smoke breaks, but not for any other reason, so he started saying "I'm going to go take a second hand smoke break", and it worked. But for most jobs where you don't HAVE to be at your desk at any particular time (like you do for stuff like phone/help desk jobs), it'd be easy to disappear for awhile while you have stuff on your computer to look like you're working. I'm sure I could take an hour bathroom break if I wanted to and noone would notice.
Oh, on new systems I'm all for dropping PATA (except it's still harder to find SATA DVD(RW) drives (compared to PATA ones anyway). But I've got some older computers still running (Linux servers, mostly headless ones) that don't have SATA, and it would be nice to be able to find replacement hard drives for when the ones in there eventually die. The hard drive is pretty much the only component in those computers that's "guaranteed" to fail eventually (other than fans).
Interestingly enough, some of the nifty features of the Alpha (primarily the bus) were inherited by the Athlon. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athlon Apparently one of the engineers from the Alpha project joined AMD just as Alpha was shutting down.
To be fair, the introduction of the Blood Elves balanced the sides a bit. Before them, it was not uncommon for horde to be outnumbered by alliance 4:1 or more on a lot of servers. It's true that a lot of immature people rolled Blood Elves when BC came out (when these immature people were probably formerly alliance, because they like to play "pretty" races)...but then, would it really be fair to remove a race that's deeply grounded in the lore just because some players are immature? The problem is worse on some servers than others also...it really depends on the community you're in. If you get into a decent guild it's usually not a problem.
You *can* violate the terms of the GPL, if you do you lose your rights to distribute (since it is what gives you the rights). However you would not be convicted of doing so. Instead, you would be convicted of distributing without a license in violation of copyright (since you had no license to distribute). It's a technicality I know, but I wish more people would understand the specifics.
Noone would be convicted of "breaching the GPL". The GPL is not an EULA. If you violate the terms of the GPL, you are (re)distributing without a license permitting you to do so (since the GPL, which you violated, is the only thing that gives you permission to do so), which is a copyright violation, not a GPL violation. I wish articles would get the specifics right.
That's why everyone currently in power wants to preserve the status quo and keep the "two-party" system. The two parties aren't really even separate. They're given the outward appearance of being separate...this is a great way to create a straw man to blame problems on when they happen. It's always the "other party's" fault. This way, they can make the general public feel they're "making a difference" by voting one group out and another in. But wait...both groups are really part of the same thing, so they're really just keeping the same people in power. I can actually visualize a back room where "democrats" and "republicans" cast off their pretentions of being separate groups and laugh about it. But as long as we keep our "two-party" system, then this will never change.
I agree. I have "illegal" support for virtually every media format known to man on my Gentoo box. And I have the latest seasons of SG-1 and Atlantis on my hard drive, also illegally. Sure, I'd be happy to buy the DVD's (since they're much better quality anyway and I like having the physical DVD's), just sell them to me...oh, they aren't available yet? Then until they are I'm keeping my downloaded episodes, legal or not.
Also, Resident Evil (any game, doesn't matter which one) was FAR FAR more violent/bloody than Night Trap ever was. The most violence I remember from Night Trap was someone dressed all in black grabbing someone and carrying them off-screen (usually through a hidden trap door). And that's only if you didn't prevent it (the object of the game was to prevent it).
I actually have an old copy of the Sega CD/32X version sitting around somewhere. It's not a *terrible* game, gameplay is basically the same as Dragon's Lair, but it's not good for more than one playthrough as it is exactly the same every time. The amusing thing is, despite the controversy, if it were a movie, it probably would have *barely* gotten a PG-13 rating, if that. No nudity, no on-screen violence, no blood, nothing. The most "controversial" scene was a few women in nightgowns, nothing even remotely revealing. The fact that there was controversy over it was rather amusing.
Or go here: http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/ (assuming there's one near you), and get soda from there. They have HFCS free soda, using real sugar instead. It tastes a whole hell of a lot better too.
The code is still available under the GPL. All that has to happen is for someone to fork it and come up with a new name. CUPS will then become irrelevant.
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How much did he chain smoke and how many stimulants (legal or otherwise) was he taking? These things combined are a recipe for death, videogames or no. Videogames didn't kill him, lifestyle did. If you're chain smoking, living on junk food, and taking stimulants constantly, you're not going to live long regardless of what else you happen to be doing.
Definitely a possibility. It could've also been a stroke or a heart attack. So far the people that have been documented dying while playing online games have been chain smokers who lived on junk food and stimulants. If that's the case this time (and I'm sure it is), then they would be in VERY poor health anyway. This is bound to happen with people that don't take care of themselves to this degree.
Many possibilities. He was probably chain smoking, living on junk food, and taking 20 different kinds of stimulants to stay up (yes 20 is an exaggeration). I seriously doubt it was "exhaustion"...he probably had a stroke or a heart attack.
Hah...I was just reminded of something I saw when I was out shopping the other day. It seems the fad of having crap named iCrap is really catching on. I saw an iTrashCan. Time to get an iTrashCan to put all of Apple's iCrap in. I swore off Apple in 1990 when they cancelled the Apple IIGS+ after it was demonstrated, instead saying "Tough luck, go buy a Mac". I swore then I would never again buy an Apple product, and seeing stuff like this makes me glad I made that decision. I'm sure it will be reverse engineered, but it won't be a problem for me, as I'll have a *real* MP3 player if I need one.
I know this is a minor gripe, but component is not RGB, it's YPbPr.
You don't have to hold B for Gamecube games on the Wii. They will automatically ask you if you want to go progressive or not. I geuss it's got something to do with the Wii's Gamecube mode, cause on a Gamecube with the component cable, you DID have to hold B. Something else funny to wrap your brain around...the Gamecube's component output was labeled "digital out"...and yet, component (YPbPr) is an analog signal. From what I heard, the Gamecube could actually not output component, it was a generic digital output, and the cable itself had to do the digital to analog/component conversion, thus why it was so expensive.
Also, anyone that can't tell the difference between composite and even 480i component (let alone 480p) needs glasses very badly. Also, composite is technically not 480i, it works different. You have to use component cables to get 480i.
RF -> composite = night and day difference
composite -> S-video = night and day difference
S-video -> component = night and day difference
480i (component) -> 480p (component) = difference, but not night and day...it's a subtle image quality/stability difference that I could understand someone that's not educated on the difference not quite picking up on (other than a generic "it looks better somehow")
I can't stand interlaced images myself, they give me a headache. Even with my old SNES and Sega Saturn, changing from composite to S-video on my 20" widescreen LCD HDTV made a HUGE difference. And that's on an old system, just going to S-video. Component looks way better than S-video too. The people that are saying component cables don't make a difference for Wii are either blind, have crap TV's, or are just stupid (ie, expecting it to make the GRAPHICS better rather than make the IMAGE QUALITY better). I'm assuming there's a huge group of "hardcore" videophiles that don't know the difference between better graphics and better image quality.
Agreed. Wireles also has a lot higher latency than ethernet, and that's not something they go into in these ethernet-is-dying articles. Sure wireless is extremely handy in some situations...I use it for my laptop, my DS, and my Wii right now. It's handy being able to take the laptop anywhere in the apartment without stringing wires. But I'd never use it for a computer that isn't moved around. The ONLY advantage wireless has is portability...so if it's not a portable device of some sort (or a videogame console that doesn't need the connection often enough to warrant stringing cable), then wireless is just not necessary.
I know this is probably a joke reply, but the poster was referring to the atomic weights of the elemnts. For example, U-238, H-1, O-16, etc.
Well, if it makes you feel better, I haven't succeeded in getting the ATI settings craplet to work even in Windows. I have an X850XT and an Athlon XP 3200+ (no PCIe, DDR2, or any other fancy new stuff), I made sure to install .NET 2.0 (which the craplet requires), and it just gives some strange .NET error when it tries to start. The driver itself seems to work fine, I haven't had any problems in any games I've tried to play, but I've never been able to access the settings. The same thing has happened on 2 different Windows installs, I don't know what the deal is. I haven't had any problems at all on Gentoo with that same computer, although I can't install the ati-driver-extras stuff, because it depends on an older version of the driver (?) which won't compile against my current kernel (2.6.22.1 vanilla). I haven't had any problems with the latest ati-drivers though. All my other machines except my server (which doesn't have x.org installed) use the open source radeon driver which I've never had any issues with, I just hope it eventually supports the R480 (which the X850XT is). Not that the closed source driver has given me any technical problems, but for moral reasons the open source drivers are far better. I haven't heard whether or not the GPL issues have been resolved.
"He twitched because my axe is embedded in his nervous system!"
Or do as a friend of mine used to do. The company he worked for allowed frequent smoke breaks, but not for any other reason, so he started saying "I'm going to go take a second hand smoke break", and it worked. But for most jobs where you don't HAVE to be at your desk at any particular time (like you do for stuff like phone/help desk jobs), it'd be easy to disappear for awhile while you have stuff on your computer to look like you're working. I'm sure I could take an hour bathroom break if I wanted to and noone would notice.
Voyager. Enough said. Ugh. I used to consider myself a Trekkie before Voyager. After the first season of that, I quit entirely.
Oh, on new systems I'm all for dropping PATA (except it's still harder to find SATA DVD(RW) drives (compared to PATA ones anyway). But I've got some older computers still running (Linux servers, mostly headless ones) that don't have SATA, and it would be nice to be able to find replacement hard drives for when the ones in there eventually die. The hard drive is pretty much the only component in those computers that's "guaranteed" to fail eventually (other than fans).
"It's over 33000!"
Interestingly enough, some of the nifty features of the Alpha (primarily the bus) were inherited by the Athlon. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athlon Apparently one of the engineers from the Alpha project joined AMD just as Alpha was shutting down.
To be fair, the introduction of the Blood Elves balanced the sides a bit. Before them, it was not uncommon for horde to be outnumbered by alliance 4:1 or more on a lot of servers. It's true that a lot of immature people rolled Blood Elves when BC came out (when these immature people were probably formerly alliance, because they like to play "pretty" races)...but then, would it really be fair to remove a race that's deeply grounded in the lore just because some players are immature? The problem is worse on some servers than others also...it really depends on the community you're in. If you get into a decent guild it's usually not a problem.
You *can* violate the terms of the GPL, if you do you lose your rights to distribute (since it is what gives you the rights). However you would not be convicted of doing so. Instead, you would be convicted of distributing without a license in violation of copyright (since you had no license to distribute). It's a technicality I know, but I wish more people would understand the specifics.
Noone would be convicted of "breaching the GPL". The GPL is not an EULA. If you violate the terms of the GPL, you are (re)distributing without a license permitting you to do so (since the GPL, which you violated, is the only thing that gives you permission to do so), which is a copyright violation, not a GPL violation. I wish articles would get the specifics right.
That's why everyone currently in power wants to preserve the status quo and keep the "two-party" system. The two parties aren't really even separate. They're given the outward appearance of being separate...this is a great way to create a straw man to blame problems on when they happen. It's always the "other party's" fault. This way, they can make the general public feel they're "making a difference" by voting one group out and another in. But wait...both groups are really part of the same thing, so they're really just keeping the same people in power. I can actually visualize a back room where "democrats" and "republicans" cast off their pretentions of being separate groups and laugh about it. But as long as we keep our "two-party" system, then this will never change.
I agree. I have "illegal" support for virtually every media format known to man on my Gentoo box. And I have the latest seasons of SG-1 and Atlantis on my hard drive, also illegally. Sure, I'd be happy to buy the DVD's (since they're much better quality anyway and I like having the physical DVD's), just sell them to me...oh, they aren't available yet? Then until they are I'm keeping my downloaded episodes, legal or not.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Rigs
Enough said
Also, Resident Evil (any game, doesn't matter which one) was FAR FAR more violent/bloody than Night Trap ever was. The most violence I remember from Night Trap was someone dressed all in black grabbing someone and carrying them off-screen (usually through a hidden trap door). And that's only if you didn't prevent it (the object of the game was to prevent it).
I actually have an old copy of the Sega CD/32X version sitting around somewhere. It's not a *terrible* game, gameplay is basically the same as Dragon's Lair, but it's not good for more than one playthrough as it is exactly the same every time. The amusing thing is, despite the controversy, if it were a movie, it probably would have *barely* gotten a PG-13 rating, if that. No nudity, no on-screen violence, no blood, nothing. The most "controversial" scene was a few women in nightgowns, nothing even remotely revealing. The fact that there was controversy over it was rather amusing.
Or go here: http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/ (assuming there's one near you), and get soda from there. They have HFCS free soda, using real sugar instead. It tastes a whole hell of a lot better too.
The code is still available under the GPL. All that has to happen is for someone to fork it and come up with a new name. CUPS will then become irrelevant.