The VGS was originally a Macintosh product, and I think most people on slashdot will agree that macs are not necessarily the domain of the tech savvy. Besides, these products (VGS, Bleem) come in shiney boxes promissing big things outside of just emulation (Bleem's hardware acceleration, for instance and things like saved states) make them viable products. We're not talking about PSEmu or Psyke where you have to jump through flaming hoops just to get the images to boot. I think Sony realized that it probably doesn't want to waste any more time with this since they'll still be making money off of games. Besides, no one has emulated a PS2 yet and since its so revolutionary probably won't.
Well, I think you're being a bit hasty but I can see your point. The article is very short on the basis for why this type of implant would stimulate retinal growth and therefore is open for question. Considering it came from Wired I didn't expect much detail or depth, lets just hope that a more detailed report hits the mainstream news and clears up some of the details.
Well, its entirely obvious to me that Intel has adopted the Street Fighter numbering system. In three or four years, we can look forward to Pentium Ex Alpha Plus.
so when do i get my third arm? oh the things i could do with that arm. imagine the stability improvements when standing on one's head! the benefits for society are limitless.
a little bit of a drop in the pond. someone's child says to their parents, offhand perhaps, that they would like to read science fiction books. the parent then takes it seriously upon themselves to find good literature for their child. so, the parent messages slashdot. the entirety of slashdot (600 comments!) replies. now the poor child will be reading until they are 80. its kinda of interesting how this all got here, neh?
The only way people are going to learn that they need better security (encrypted credit databases, certificate based 'internet' cards) is for stuff like this to happen. While I feel bad for the people who had their credit cards ripped by lame people who saw the site, I do think this was very cool of the hacker to do. He could've dumped the database and sold it to God knows who, but instead he put it out for the whole internet to see. Doing this draws attention to the problem and obviously gets the hole fixed.
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The VGS was originally a Macintosh product, and I think most people on slashdot will agree that macs are not necessarily the domain of the tech savvy. Besides, these products (VGS, Bleem) come in shiney boxes promissing big things outside of just emulation (Bleem's hardware acceleration, for instance and things like saved states) make them viable products. We're not talking about PSEmu or Psyke where you have to jump through flaming hoops just to get the images to boot. I think Sony realized that it probably doesn't want to waste any more time with this since they'll still be making money off of games. Besides, no one has emulated a PS2 yet and since its so revolutionary probably won't.
Well, I think you're being a bit hasty but I can see your point. The article is very short on the basis for why this type of implant would stimulate retinal growth and therefore is open for question. Considering it came from Wired I didn't expect much detail or depth, lets just hope that a more detailed report hits the mainstream news and clears up some of the details.
Well, its entirely obvious to me that Intel has adopted the Street Fighter numbering system. In three or four years, we can look forward to Pentium Ex Alpha Plus.
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so when do i get my third arm? oh the things i could do with that arm. imagine the stability improvements when standing on one's head! the benefits for society are limitless.
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twas a joke. take a deep breath.
wow. hemos sure is old. heh.
considering microsoft can't even keep web email secure, i'm not thrilled about the concept of them having more of anyone's data.
think of all the geeks who will rush to enlist only to find out they fall miserably short of the physical requirements.
mambox
can you here it, its just very faint.
its the sound of thousands of anime fans quietly chuckling with joy.
try here.
the sad part being that i understood that joke.
a little bit of a drop in the pond. someone's child says to their parents, offhand perhaps, that they would like to read science fiction books. the parent then takes it seriously upon themselves to find good literature for their child. so, the parent messages slashdot. the entirety of slashdot (600 comments!) replies. now the poor child will be reading until they are 80. its kinda of interesting how this all got here, neh?
lets just hope they don't execute him.
The only way people are going to learn that they need better security (encrypted credit databases, certificate based 'internet' cards) is for stuff like this to happen. While I feel bad for the people who had their credit cards ripped by lame people who saw the site, I do think this was very cool of the hacker to do. He could've dumped the database and sold it to God knows who, but instead he put it out for the whole internet to see. Doing this draws attention to the problem and obviously gets the hole fixed.