The virtual console is another big reason I bought a Wii.. I wanted to get all of the Zelda games playable on one system.
From a technical point of view, I figured with the power of the Wii they basically just wrote lean emulator for each system and would be selling the original roms + some kind of DRM. Is that the case, or are they literally taking the original games and recompiling with some kind of Wii wrapper?
If the way I thought is true, then releasing should be as simple as cat nesgame.rom + drm.rom > Wii net.
If it's the second, then I can see it taking a while. Because that would require a lot more effort and they'd have to pick the most economic games.
I went the same route, Wii + Wii Play and I bought the bundle that came with Sonic (which sucks btw and I like Sonic).
I love the Wii and the games that came with it, but since those are getting old I'm starting to twitch waiting for something fun to come out. I go to blockbuster and the only thing that looks interesting is Zelda.
Wii needs more games!
On a side note I am very anxious to get Animal Crossing next year, been wanting it since I bought my DS.
Since I've moved out of state I setup a blog to keep my family/friends up to date on life and as a personal diary.
This is a wonderful piece of software. I didnt want to go the route of using a service like Livejournal because I wanted complete control of the software and run it on my own server. With wordpress I had a nice blog up and running in about 30minutes.
Another nice feature is that it's protocol is open, so as a Linux user I just apt-get install drivel, and voila posting to my blog via a nice local program without having to login to the site itself.
A+:)
I've never seen the movie before. But from the pics I've seen I know one of the guys is an actor. So I always thought it was just some movie band. Then I heard they released a couple albums. Did the actors really sing and perform the music? If so then they are a real band, kinda like how the Blues Brothers started as a film thing, and budded into a modest music career.
Just confused over what is true or not. I'll have to rent the movie this weekend.
Always been confused over this. Is Spinal Tap a real band, or just a movie made band that parodies the rock industry. Thought it was the latter, but people talk about it so passionately as if it was a real band.
Issue #1 is pay - its been beat to death above. There aren't enough programmers willing to work for 35K a year.
I make less than that and thought I was doing pretty good. I'd pop a neuron if I made that much.
Perhaps OT, but curious. A lot of people are complaining that the iPhone sucks because it doesnt have a SDK or free development environment.
Since when has any phone? Granted you can download the Java SDK for mobile phones, but can you actually load it to your phone?
I'm under the impression the only way to get software on your phone from any provider is to pay them for a "service" to use software X for Y amount of time. I can't just write my own Reversi game and load it on my verizon phone.
I hope I'm wrong, if so let me know how.
A couple years back I read an article about possibly using the HIV virus itself to create an anti-HIV virus. With it's STD origins, they even joked that the anti-HIV virus could also be transmitted sexually, so it would be a cheap way of inoculating the world.
Though I haven't heard any updates since. If this was possible, it wouldn't be interesting to companies because once it was out, noone would need to get it from a doctor, they could just sleep with whomever carried it.
Different ways at looking at things.
but I just upgraded to Feisty and my system is borked now. Not sure what's wrong. But I'll do a backup and do a fresh reinstall rather than an upgrade.
Agree in that context it would be like stealing water or electric. Though my concern is how do you really determine in most cases? I've known people who leave their AP open so people can go online check email, etc.
In the town I live there are several legal to use open AP that require no form of authentication. Coffee shops, etc.. there's also libraries, McDonalds, and people who willingly leave their AP's open.
So the area is kinda grey.
In this case, I do agree sitting outside someone's house is pretty obvious.
of the lawsuit? I thought the One-click was a good example of silly patents. Having it overturned is important now just so other people can "use similiar concepts" but in software in general. If to many of these silly patents get pushed through it will be impossible for any non-big-firm programmer to develop anything, else they'll be infringing on the "while() {}" patent.
I've been out of school since last Fall, and the past couple months I've been getting 2-3 letters a week from "Joe Bob Student Loan Debt Consolidation"
Don't wait, consolidate now for 3-8%.
While I do want to get a debt consolidation loan, it's downright scary when you have a couple hundred options and no idea what is legit.
What worries me the most! How does Joe Bob know I have exactly x dollars on my Federal student loans? Shouldn't that be private?
Ok I'll use this as my first karma burn.
WTF! MS is whining because another company who's kicking their butt is trying to buy another company to make themselves better?
Uhm, and how many companies has MS borged? *shakes head*
I'm more curious about what methods they used to "isolate the collagen proteins". From my understanding ALL fossils are not the real bone or organic matter that the animal once was, but a mineral deposit in the shape of the once present organic material.
So how did you get T.Rex dna out of a non-organic rock formed like a bone?
This has been a possibility for years. I remember when I had my old Palm IIIx (9 years ago) there was a linux port to the newer "flashable" Palms with the m68k core.
Doing a quick google search and you can see there are already some ports:
http://palmtelinux.sourceforge.net/http://palm-linux.sourceforge.net/
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Does Flex have db access? If so this might make a fun alternative to using JAVA w/ Swing for creating portable applications for viewing datasets.
The virtual console is another big reason I bought a Wii.. I wanted to get all of the Zelda games playable on one system. From a technical point of view, I figured with the power of the Wii they basically just wrote lean emulator for each system and would be selling the original roms + some kind of DRM. Is that the case, or are they literally taking the original games and recompiling with some kind of Wii wrapper? If the way I thought is true, then releasing should be as simple as cat nesgame.rom + drm.rom > Wii net. If it's the second, then I can see it taking a while. Because that would require a lot more effort and they'd have to pick the most economic games.
I went the same route, Wii + Wii Play and I bought the bundle that came with Sonic (which sucks btw and I like Sonic). I love the Wii and the games that came with it, but since those are getting old I'm starting to twitch waiting for something fun to come out. I go to blockbuster and the only thing that looks interesting is Zelda. Wii needs more games! On a side note I am very anxious to get Animal Crossing next year, been wanting it since I bought my DS.
Since I've moved out of state I setup a blog to keep my family/friends up to date on life and as a personal diary. This is a wonderful piece of software. I didnt want to go the route of using a service like Livejournal because I wanted complete control of the software and run it on my own server. With wordpress I had a nice blog up and running in about 30minutes. Another nice feature is that it's protocol is open, so as a Linux user I just apt-get install drivel, and voila posting to my blog via a nice local program without having to login to the site itself. A+ :)
I've never seen the movie before. But from the pics I've seen I know one of the guys is an actor. So I always thought it was just some movie band. Then I heard they released a couple albums. Did the actors really sing and perform the music? If so then they are a real band, kinda like how the Blues Brothers started as a film thing, and budded into a modest music career. Just confused over what is true or not. I'll have to rent the movie this weekend.
Always been confused over this. Is Spinal Tap a real band, or just a movie made band that parodies the rock industry. Thought it was the latter, but people talk about it so passionately as if it was a real band.
No seriously Tux rocks :) *tossing some herring*
Next time I get mod points I'm definitely giving you some :)
lol I've read that 3 times now, still dont understand how it works. Ever tried the International Obfuscated C Code Contest :)
What are the grounds of the suite? If it's untrue then I can understand slander, but this is obvious theft.
Issue #1 is pay - its been beat to death above. There aren't enough programmers willing to work for 35K a year. I make less than that and thought I was doing pretty good. I'd pop a neuron if I made that much.
Perhaps OT, but curious. A lot of people are complaining that the iPhone sucks because it doesnt have a SDK or free development environment. Since when has any phone? Granted you can download the Java SDK for mobile phones, but can you actually load it to your phone? I'm under the impression the only way to get software on your phone from any provider is to pay them for a "service" to use software X for Y amount of time. I can't just write my own Reversi game and load it on my verizon phone. I hope I'm wrong, if so let me know how.
Thousand Island dressing.
A couple years back I read an article about possibly using the HIV virus itself to create an anti-HIV virus. With it's STD origins, they even joked that the anti-HIV virus could also be transmitted sexually, so it would be a cheap way of inoculating the world. Though I haven't heard any updates since. If this was possible, it wouldn't be interesting to companies because once it was out, noone would need to get it from a doctor, they could just sleep with whomever carried it. Different ways at looking at things.
but I just upgraded to Feisty and my system is borked now. Not sure what's wrong. But I'll do a backup and do a fresh reinstall rather than an upgrade.
That's a pretty nifty idea actually. BTW Pittsburgh is wonderful :) use to drive there every other weekend.
Agree in that context it would be like stealing water or electric. Though my concern is how do you really determine in most cases? I've known people who leave their AP open so people can go online check email, etc. In the town I live there are several legal to use open AP that require no form of authentication. Coffee shops, etc.. there's also libraries, McDonalds, and people who willingly leave their AP's open. So the area is kinda grey. In this case, I do agree sitting outside someone's house is pretty obvious.
How long till some kid with a NintendoDS get's arrested for playing Animal Crossing using an AP the software autodetected?
How does one figure out if the AP is for public use or just someone who forgot to set it up properly?
of the lawsuit? I thought the One-click was a good example of silly patents. Having it overturned is important now just so other people can "use similiar concepts" but in software in general. If to many of these silly patents get pushed through it will be impossible for any non-big-firm programmer to develop anything, else they'll be infringing on the "while() {}" patent.
I've been out of school since last Fall, and the past couple months I've been getting 2-3 letters a week from "Joe Bob Student Loan Debt Consolidation" Don't wait, consolidate now for 3-8%. While I do want to get a debt consolidation loan, it's downright scary when you have a couple hundred options and no idea what is legit. What worries me the most! How does Joe Bob know I have exactly x dollars on my Federal student loans? Shouldn't that be private?
Ok I'll use this as my first karma burn. WTF! MS is whining because another company who's kicking their butt is trying to buy another company to make themselves better? Uhm, and how many companies has MS borged? *shakes head*
I'm more curious about what methods they used to "isolate the collagen proteins". From my understanding ALL fossils are not the real bone or organic matter that the animal once was, but a mineral deposit in the shape of the once present organic material. So how did you get T.Rex dna out of a non-organic rock formed like a bone?
http://duggmirror.com/linux_unix/Test_Drive_the_OL PC_with_a_LiveCD/
This has been a possibility for years. I remember when I had my old Palm IIIx (9 years ago) there was a linux port to the newer "flashable" Palms with the m68k core. Doing a quick google search and you can see there are already some ports: http://palmtelinux.sourceforge.net/ http://palm-linux.sourceforge.net/