The game is called Dice Wars. As someone who's played a lot of risk over the years, I can say that this game isn't nearly as good as my wife seems to think! But if you're in dire need of some 1 player vs computer risk, it might do the trick. To get to it from the homepage, go to "Puzzle", sort by rating (default), and it's the top rated game on there.
For Risk you can try www.wiicade.com...they've got a risk clone on there. My wife was playing it and I didn't really see how close to the original it was, but just a suggestion. Flash sites are probably going to be the easiest way to get your board game fix on the Wii, at least for now.
Indeed, lets all ignore the facts. Yourself included. If TDS/CR have little to do with news, I'd hate to see what's on Fox News. Oh yeah, Anna Nichole Smith for 6 weeks straight, nevermind.
I dunno, I think the SNES Mouse is probably a little more mouse-like than the Wiimote.
The screen thing could be kinda cool though...maybe have the DS as an interface. Or a PSP (then I'd actually get use out of it). Players could hand that off when it's their turn so you'd only need one. Somehow I think that requiring two consoles to play one game might not go over so well though! Maybe have the Wii host a webserver so you could use a laptop to see your cards...who knows. I'll stop rambling...good call on the board games though!
I wasn't agreeing or disagreeing with anything you said. Like so many others though you're using the VT tragedy to push an agenda. I don't care what the agenda is, I don't care what your opinions are. You're only vaguely tying your VT thoughts into the topic at hand. Like I said, you're using the exact same tactics as Jack Thompson.
daveschroeder, I wasn't 100% convinced before, but I am now. You are a MASSIVE tool. If they brought the kid INTO THE SCHOOL TO QUESTON HIM, they had certainly already determined that there was no threat. Trying to tie this in to the VT tragedy just makes you look like all the other attention whoring, agenda pushing asshats out there. I'd go so far as to say that you're as big of a tool as Jack Thompson. Afterall, you're posting this crap in a thread that has nothing to do with VT. As others have pointed out, there's already a thread for VT comments.
Now get back to work and stop wasting my tax dollars.
From what I've been reading they did lock down the campus to a point. After the first shooting they told everyone to stay inside, away from windows, etc etc. They just couldn't get to this sick @#$* in time.
As pretty as the packaging was, I rather like the DVD size case of today. Those huge boxes, while slick looking, ended up getting thrown out (except for some favorites) because they were unstackable and took up way too much space. Some games today still use fancy packaging, but they're usually the collectors editions. I think Everquest 2 was the last CE I purchased, and the metal case w/ velvety lining was pretty slick looking.
If blockbuster and netflix both complain to Sony, things might change.
I could be wrong, but I think irritating rental stores would make Sony happy. I realize that both companies purchase a load of movies, but with each rental Sony is losing out a potential DVD purchase. I'm pretty sure Sony would love to see Blockbuster and Netflix crash and burn as much as I'd like to see Sony to do the same.
No, no no, no no no. No. Stop tossing around the monopoly excuse. It's their content, they hold the IP for it, they are the ones allowed to create content for that particular game. Just like Bethesda holds the rights to sell expansions for Elder Scrolls, just like EA holds the rights to release booster packs for Battlefield, just like Blizzard has the rights to sell you a WoW t-shirt. There is no monopoly here.
If you want free content, go play Frets on Fire. Voila, problem solved.
Since we're discussing phishing attacks here, I think we can safely assume that they wouldn't notice if it was http or https. Even if they did, they'd probably click "ok" to trust the certificate anyway. Obviously not everyone would fall for it.
Ohhh, I suppose it would take about a minute to get the water hot enough. Smart thinking in designing those new HD DVD coffee cup holders with the coffee maker built right into 'em.
The Hermes is the first PDA phone I've owned, so unfortunately I don't really have a whole lot to compare it to. I CAN tell you that I love this thing. As noted above the battery life isn't the best. It's definitely a daily charge for me, but I also use it constantly. I haven't paired it with a bluetooth device yet, and I'm not in an area with 3g...so I can't really speak on the upgraded features from the Wizard (other than the faster processor, which is very snappy), sorry! The only thing I don't like about it is the Wifi can't go into promiscuous mode.
The brilliant developers that frequent the xda forums have provided plenty of utilities for it, and I think that's half the fun of owning this device. The custom SPL they developed makes it almost impossible to brick your phone doing upgrades. Unlocking your EXTROM, superCID, and SIM is painless. The device is so customizable it's unbelievable. You can flash a new OS in minutes, and if you want to try out all the different radios available they've made it easy to do. I don't know how it is in the Wizard community, but the community support for the Hermes is amazing!
I could go on and on about it, but typing on this little keyboard gets a little tiring after a while. If the faster processor and 3.5G support are important enough to upgrade, I'd definitely recommend it.
Who uses operator-issued ROMs these days? As you obviously know, cooked ROMs are the way to go. The HTC Hermes has been so thoroughly hacked, and with new ROMs released every week, that it's hard not to flash something else to it!
Dead on with Windows Mobile 5. However, Windows Mobile 6 does a pretty fantastic job with battery life compared to WM5 (WM5 with AKU3.3+ isn't too bad either). A full day of listening to MP3s, pulling email every 15 minutes, some web browsing, and an occasional game of tetris generally brings my battery to ~30/40% by the time I go to bed. Doing the same with WM5 would have my battery dead by lunch.
The GSM radio stack you use has a big impact on battery as well, but that's a whole other story.
And if I'm not mistaken "illegitimate" software like AnyDVD has an auto-update server it connects to as well. Of course, if we look at most people's habits with auto updates (See: Windows Updates), the general public will just disable the feature, then complain very very loudly when their products stop working. Can't wait!
Not sure I follow you...I'm home by 5pm. I have every other Friday off. My schedule is extremely flexible; as long as I get my 40 hours in it doesn't matter when I show up. If I don't need to be in the lab, I can work from home. If I have a family emergency a quick email saying "I'm leaving, family emergency" to my boss is more than enough...last time I asked if it was ok to leave my boss yelled at me for even bothering to ask. Work emergencies are almost non-existent...I'm an engineer, not an admin. There's no need for me to rush to the office ever. I also don't work downtown, I work in a suburb.
Plus I'm a geek. I don't remember the last time I was outside, let alone sitting in a park. I hear they're real green though.
Actually just running windows update will fix both of the named worms...so even if you do get infected with either of them, once you finally get your updates it should fix it.
My meetings usually involve the use of a telecon bridge, so using a white board isn't practical. Emailing out a powerpoint to everyone, then referring to slide numbers as I cover topics works pretty well.
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The game is called Dice Wars. As someone who's played a lot of risk over the years, I can say that this game isn't nearly as good as my wife seems to think! But if you're in dire need of some 1 player vs computer risk, it might do the trick. To get to it from the homepage, go to "Puzzle", sort by rating (default), and it's the top rated game on there.
For Risk you can try www.wiicade.com...they've got a risk clone on there. My wife was playing it and I didn't really see how close to the original it was, but just a suggestion. Flash sites are probably going to be the easiest way to get your board game fix on the Wii, at least for now.
Indeed, lets all ignore the facts. Yourself included. If TDS/CR have little to do with news, I'd hate to see what's on Fox News. Oh yeah, Anna Nichole Smith for 6 weeks straight, nevermind.
I dunno, I think the SNES Mouse is probably a little more mouse-like than the Wiimote.
The screen thing could be kinda cool though...maybe have the DS as an interface. Or a PSP (then I'd actually get use out of it). Players could hand that off when it's their turn so you'd only need one. Somehow I think that requiring two consoles to play one game might not go over so well though! Maybe have the Wii host a webserver so you could use a laptop to see your cards...who knows. I'll stop rambling...good call on the board games though!
I wasn't agreeing or disagreeing with anything you said. Like so many others though you're using the VT tragedy to push an agenda. I don't care what the agenda is, I don't care what your opinions are. You're only vaguely tying your VT thoughts into the topic at hand. Like I said, you're using the exact same tactics as Jack Thompson.
daveschroeder, I wasn't 100% convinced before, but I am now. You are a MASSIVE tool. If they brought the kid INTO THE SCHOOL TO QUESTON HIM, they had certainly already determined that there was no threat. Trying to tie this in to the VT tragedy just makes you look like all the other attention whoring, agenda pushing asshats out there. I'd go so far as to say that you're as big of a tool as Jack Thompson. Afterall, you're posting this crap in a thread that has nothing to do with VT. As others have pointed out, there's already a thread for VT comments.
Now get back to work and stop wasting my tax dollars.
From what I've been reading they did lock down the campus to a point. After the first shooting they told everyone to stay inside, away from windows, etc etc. They just couldn't get to this sick @#$* in time.
As pretty as the packaging was, I rather like the DVD size case of today. Those huge boxes, while slick looking, ended up getting thrown out (except for some favorites) because they were unstackable and took up way too much space. Some games today still use fancy packaging, but they're usually the collectors editions. I think Everquest 2 was the last CE I purchased, and the metal case w/ velvety lining was pretty slick looking.
Spot on with the rest though, manuals especially.
If blockbuster and netflix both complain to Sony, things might change.
I could be wrong, but I think irritating rental stores would make Sony happy. I realize that both companies purchase a load of movies, but with each rental Sony is losing out a potential DVD purchase. I'm pretty sure Sony would love to see Blockbuster and Netflix crash and burn as much as I'd like to see Sony to do the same.
No, no no, no no no. No. Stop tossing around the monopoly excuse. It's their content, they hold the IP for it, they are the ones allowed to create content for that particular game. Just like Bethesda holds the rights to sell expansions for Elder Scrolls, just like EA holds the rights to release booster packs for Battlefield, just like Blizzard has the rights to sell you a WoW t-shirt. There is no monopoly here.
If you want free content, go play Frets on Fire. Voila, problem solved.
If you're really going to be picky...
vi c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts[enter] (why the quotes?)
Go192.168.1.100 www.mybank.com^[:wq[enter]
If you're going to edit someone's host file, you may as well make it look proper.
Since we're discussing phishing attacks here, I think we can safely assume that they wouldn't notice if it was http or https. Even if they did, they'd probably click "ok" to trust the certificate anyway. Obviously not everyone would fall for it.
Or just physical access.
Sounds like you need to update your path =P
Ohhh, I suppose it would take about a minute to get the water hot enough. Smart thinking in designing those new HD DVD coffee cup holders with the coffee maker built right into 'em.
What chance is there of being Spoofed if have no type of Trojan infection and type the correct URL?
:wq
vi C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
i 192.168.1.100 www.mybank.com
The Hermes is the first PDA phone I've owned, so unfortunately I don't really have a whole lot to compare it to. I CAN tell you that I love this thing. As noted above the battery life isn't the best. It's definitely a daily charge for me, but I also use it constantly. I haven't paired it with a bluetooth device yet, and I'm not in an area with 3g...so I can't really speak on the upgraded features from the Wizard (other than the faster processor, which is very snappy), sorry! The only thing I don't like about it is the Wifi can't go into promiscuous mode.
The brilliant developers that frequent the xda forums have provided plenty of utilities for it, and I think that's half the fun of owning this device. The custom SPL they developed makes it almost impossible to brick your phone doing upgrades. Unlocking your EXTROM, superCID, and SIM is painless. The device is so customizable it's unbelievable. You can flash a new OS in minutes, and if you want to try out all the different radios available they've made it easy to do. I don't know how it is in the Wizard community, but the community support for the Hermes is amazing!
I could go on and on about it, but typing on this little keyboard gets a little tiring after a while. If the faster processor and 3.5G support are important enough to upgrade, I'd definitely recommend it.
Who uses operator-issued ROMs these days? As you obviously know, cooked ROMs are the way to go. The HTC Hermes has been so thoroughly hacked, and with new ROMs released every week, that it's hard not to flash something else to it!
Dead on with Windows Mobile 5. However, Windows Mobile 6 does a pretty fantastic job with battery life compared to WM5 (WM5 with AKU3.3+ isn't too bad either). A full day of listening to MP3s, pulling email every 15 minutes, some web browsing, and an occasional game of tetris generally brings my battery to ~30/40% by the time I go to bed. Doing the same with WM5 would have my battery dead by lunch.
The GSM radio stack you use has a big impact on battery as well, but that's a whole other story.
Good point...two wrongs always do make a right!
And if I'm not mistaken "illegitimate" software like AnyDVD has an auto-update server it connects to as well. Of course, if we look at most people's habits with auto updates (See: Windows Updates), the general public will just disable the feature, then complain very very loudly when their products stop working. Can't wait!
Not sure I follow you...I'm home by 5pm. I have every other Friday off. My schedule is extremely flexible; as long as I get my 40 hours in it doesn't matter when I show up. If I don't need to be in the lab, I can work from home. If I have a family emergency a quick email saying "I'm leaving, family emergency" to my boss is more than enough...last time I asked if it was ok to leave my boss yelled at me for even bothering to ask. Work emergencies are almost non-existent...I'm an engineer, not an admin. There's no need for me to rush to the office ever. I also don't work downtown, I work in a suburb.
Plus I'm a geek. I don't remember the last time I was outside, let alone sitting in a park. I hear they're real green though.
I'm pretty sure you have the option of not having Internet access. It's not like we're talking necessities like electricity or water here.
Actually just running windows update will fix both of the named worms...so even if you do get infected with either of them, once you finally get your updates it should fix it.
My meetings usually involve the use of a telecon bridge, so using a white board isn't practical. Emailing out a powerpoint to everyone, then referring to slide numbers as I cover topics works pretty well.