because DAB is rubbish. Seriously. I'm in the UK, and the implementation is very poor.
It has worse sound quality than a good quality FM signal (yay, 128kbps MP2), the radios are still prohibitively expensive and aside from the fact the stations have a longer range so you can pick up another dozen or so, it doesn't seem worthwhile.
There is also no killer app to make me want one. Personally, I'm still happy with my cheap FM radio and it's not going anywhere anytime soon.
"Approaching 100 meg" is wrong. OpenOffice.org is 64 meg - this isn't bad compared to at least 1 CD for Office, and is definitely viable for a modem user. 64 meg seems very small for an entire office suite, too.
You bastard. I was drinking some water while reading this, and now I've spilt water all over my lap (making it look like I've wet myself) and my keyboard.
Yeah, sure. So why update the Gameboy at all? Why bother upping the graphics to 'Gamecube' possibilities? Because Mr. Iwata, you know that eye candy DOES attract the very audience you seek. No matter how much you talk about interesting and unique games (which I'm all for), the reality is that games like NHL 200X, or FPS Shooter version 37 still SELL.
They updated the Gameboy because there is a huge difference between GB/GBA/DS graphics. However, the difference on home console's graphics is increasingly small. How long will it be until the consumer is in limbo, and doesn't want to buy the latest games because you can barely tell the game has 'improved' graphics. Nintendo suggest a different direction - improved playability instead of marginally superior graphics.
And people expect Mario from Nintendo. It's a brand, and it's not as though Nintendo do annual updates to the series (unlke many FPS shooter 37s and NHL 200X games). Usually, by the time a new game in the series is created, there is fair demand for it and even the spinoff titles aren't that bad.
It took about a month or two for the first Xbox modchips to appear where all you required was a soldering ion, a steady hand and the right software and it's taken about 3 months for the first DS equivilent to appear.
Mainly because the OP is full of shit. People don't "like" tax rises, however if a service is seen to be doing particularly badly at a time (see: the NHS) people will accept tax rises despite grumbling. There is also the fact that the NHS isn't that bad, and hasn't the cost of "health insurance" risen by a huge amount in the US recently?
Also, in the UK, most people don't go the private route, even though it's avaliable for them.
A tax on PCs is probably one of the suggestions so that people go "OMG" and then they throw it out favouring a less controversial suggestion (lets keep the TV licence) etc.
The O.C. is a soap opera. But it's a soap opera that doesn't take itself seriously, knows it's ridiculously overblown, often has comedy moments for the sake of comedy moments, has much better production values than the average soap and even mocks itself. It isn't The West Wing, but it isn't trying to be.
I would also like to point out to people that the show is called The O.C. because the original name, Orange County, was used in a certain 2002 Jack Black movie and using the same name would just be asking for trouble.
They've said that PNG stands for "Proprietary Network Graphics". In fact, this is very wrong - it's not proprietary at all. The idea of the format is that it _ISN'T_ proprietary - it's free as in speech, free as in beer, free as in patents.
PNG really stands for Portable Network Graphics. And I hope that people don't get confused and start blaming the PNG file format for a bug that is MS's fault.
This isn't true - the topsites are usually hosted by people working at ISPs etc, and have a relatively low amount of traffic - 10 to 15 sites accessed by a small amount of people (they're impossible to get into). These are then distributed into more sites with more members, then couriered down to the downloaders via BitTorrent. It's a triangular shape.
Whatsmore, I hear they are heavily encrypted nowadays as due to the FBI's recent involvement it is very, very secure. The pirates are paranoid.
However, you aren't breaking copyright law by distributing a tracker - it contains no copyrighted information. And in places like Holland, P2P technology is actually legal so you can't simply take down the trackers as the parent post suggested when they're perfectly legal.
AFAIK, the trackers themselves don't actually contain any copyrighted or illegal data. This means they are legal in several countries, since they are only facilitating sharing of data.
Comparing it a FTP or HTTP download is foolish, since then you are breaking international copyright laws which is comparatively easy to enforce. However, laws on P2P differ from coutry to country.
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Is this much use for anybody, for anything other than a big MP3 player - for which, you could just buy a big MP3 player anyhow?
Is there any real advantage of a big memory card built in?
Doesn't MythTV use XML-TV? If so, use the bleb.org/uk downloader-type-thing as used on FreeGuide-TV and everything will be great :)
because DAB is rubbish. Seriously. I'm in the UK, and the implementation is very poor.
It has worse sound quality than a good quality FM signal (yay, 128kbps MP2), the radios are still prohibitively expensive and aside from the fact the stations have a longer range so you can pick up another dozen or so, it doesn't seem worthwhile.
There is also no killer app to make me want one. Personally, I'm still happy with my cheap FM radio and it's not going anywhere anytime soon.
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I'll assume that by differentiate they mean "take one of the power and move the power to the front".
The iTrip is banned as part of a general law making all FM transmitters illegal without a licence (which only Radio stations can get).
My Dad has one for his iPod and plays 60/70s tunes on it. He is the criminal!11one
There's still the entire population of India ready to take the jobs of western IT workers...
"Approaching 100 meg" is wrong. OpenOffice.org is 64 meg - this isn't bad compared to at least 1 CD for Office, and is definitely viable for a modem user. 64 meg seems very small for an entire office suite, too.
Does anybody really use their last lot of domains, such as .info and .coop? I very, very rarely see either getting any use, to be honest.
You bastard. I was drinking some water while reading this, and now I've spilt water all over my lap (making it look like I've wet myself) and my keyboard.
Bastard!
The above post maintains my hypothesis that every post containing the word "N-Gage" will be modded as funny, whether it is or not.
Yeah, sure. So why update the Gameboy at all? Why bother upping the graphics to 'Gamecube' possibilities? Because Mr. Iwata, you know that eye candy DOES attract the very audience you seek. No matter how much you talk about interesting and unique games (which I'm all for), the reality is that games like NHL 200X, or FPS Shooter version 37 still SELL.
They updated the Gameboy because there is a huge difference between GB/GBA/DS graphics. However, the difference on home console's graphics is increasingly small. How long will it be until the consumer is in limbo, and doesn't want to buy the latest games because you can barely tell the game has 'improved' graphics. Nintendo suggest a different direction - improved playability instead of marginally superior graphics.
And people expect Mario from Nintendo. It's a brand, and it's not as though Nintendo do annual updates to the series (unlke many FPS shooter 37s and NHL 200X games). Usually, by the time a new game in the series is created, there is fair demand for it and even the spinoff titles aren't that bad.
It took about a month or two for the first Xbox modchips to appear where all you required was a soldering ion, a steady hand and the right software and it's taken about 3 months for the first DS equivilent to appear.
Hardly shocking.
Mainly because the OP is full of shit. People don't "like" tax rises, however if a service is seen to be doing particularly badly at a time (see: the NHS) people will accept tax rises despite grumbling. There is also the fact that the NHS isn't that bad, and hasn't the cost of "health insurance" risen by a huge amount in the US recently?
Also, in the UK, most people don't go the private route, even though it's avaliable for them.
A tax on PCs is probably one of the suggestions so that people go "OMG" and then they throw it out favouring a less controversial suggestion (lets keep the TV licence) etc.
Yep, that's exactly the point of the show.
The O.C. is a soap opera. But it's a soap opera that doesn't take itself seriously, knows it's ridiculously overblown, often has comedy moments for the sake of comedy moments, has much better production values than the average soap and even mocks itself. It isn't The West Wing, but it isn't trying to be.
I would also like to point out to people that the show is called The O.C. because the original name, Orange County, was used in a certain 2002 Jack Black movie and using the same name would just be asking for trouble.
The GB Bridge never worked properly in the first place. I bought one for cheap, but it has never worked properly and is very easy to crash.
And regarding the original article:
A beowolf cluster of these would probably be able to emulate a SNES or something.
They've said that PNG stands for "Proprietary Network Graphics". In fact, this is very wrong - it's not proprietary at all. The idea of the format is that it _ISN'T_ proprietary - it's free as in speech, free as in beer, free as in patents.
PNG really stands for Portable Network Graphics. And I hope that people don't get confused and start blaming the PNG file format for a bug that is MS's fault.
Yes, nobody ever expected a trojan to attack a piece of free MS software. I mean, look at Outlook. And Internet Explorer.
And in other news - "Google" gaining marketshare with "PageRank" technology
This isn't true - the topsites are usually hosted by people working at ISPs etc, and have a relatively low amount of traffic - 10 to 15 sites accessed by a small amount of people (they're impossible to get into). These are then distributed into more sites with more members, then couriered down to the downloaders via BitTorrent. It's a triangular shape.
Whatsmore, I hear they are heavily encrypted nowadays as due to the FBI's recent involvement it is very, very secure. The pirates are paranoid.
Isn't there laws against that?
It seems you typoed Twat...
In Christianity's defense, the son of God is a rather hard act to follow.
It isn't any different - it's exactly the same as Napster. But, lest you forget, Kazaa legally exists in Holland.
They don't.
However, you aren't breaking copyright law by distributing a tracker - it contains no copyrighted information. And in places like Holland, P2P technology is actually legal so you can't simply take down the trackers as the parent post suggested when they're perfectly legal.
AFAIK, the trackers themselves don't actually contain any copyrighted or illegal data. This means they are legal in several countries, since they are only facilitating sharing of data.
Comparing it a FTP or HTTP download is foolish, since then you are breaking international copyright laws which is comparatively easy to enforce. However, laws on P2P differ from coutry to country.