6. The Original Palm Pilot I don't know. My Zire 31 does everything the original did, plus color and MP3s. I've been eying the Tungsten E2 as an upgrade. Only third party apps have ever crashed it, and that's only twice after over a year of use. The Palm-supplied apps have been rock solid. A lot like the original Palm Pilot.
What I really want is an updated Treo 90, a basic Palm model with a thumb-board. Add in the modern d-pad and a headphone jack and it would be ideal.
The only thing I really miss about the old Palms is Graphiti 1, and even then it's a toss-up with Graphiti 2 (Graphiti 2 is a lot better for entering phone numbers, for instance). For everything else, the new Palms are better in every way.
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Don't buy the cheap plastic ones.
I had a "Disk Doctor" polisher gadget, and it was a menace. It broke the first time it was used and ruined the DVD too.
Nowadays I use a soft washcloth and polish by hand.
There are probably good polishers, but I couldn't tell you which ones are good.
True, but if you're going to do this right, you would obviously either buy one that doesn't, or replace that heat sink with a larger passive one.
I'm actually running a quiet box for my backup pc, and I made sure the MB didn't have a fan.
I've had good results running with a cheap Duron processor (I think it's 1.4 running at 1.2), a big Zalman cpu cooler, and an Antec Sonata case. I use a GeForce 5200 (NOT Ultra) video card, which is cooled with just a heat sink and no fan.
If you are a small company that's just starting out, leasing equipment has the benefit that you can lease what you need now, and not be stuck with it if you outgrow it in a few years.
This is particularly true of things like network printers and copiers.
As usual, the Slashdot editors are the ones going off the deep end here.
Note that DA Castor says that there might be a connection, or there might not. He's not demonizing D&D, nor are either news agency making it their headline.
We don't know more than a fraction of the facts here. For instance, the D&D link might become a whole lot more plausible if the murder weapon was a "fantasy knife" like they sell at sci fi cons. Or if the suspect's apartment was plastered with knives, swords and D&D paraphenalia. If the guy has a throne of skulls in his living room, you would have to wonder if there was some connection.
Lastly, D&D doesn't create nut jobs, but it certainly attracts them. The RPG club I belong to has a policy of membership by invitation only for that very reason.
Nonetheless, it's a nice game that manages to stand out from the field of paramilitary/commando games.
You play a soldier with psychic powers ranging from telekinesis, to pyrokinesis, to mind control. You're fighting a clandestine group of Very Bad People who are also dabbling in the same field.
What saves it from being Metal Gear Psychic is the gameplay and the engine.
The controls are built around being able to use your psychic powers, and they work really well for that, while being very unlike your standard shooter controls. The levels are generally centered around puzzles that involve using your powers in creative ways. There is a nice balance between puzzles that involve stealth, and out and out combat. And the boss battles rock.
The engine features a very nice physics engine. When crates and boxes are being thrown around, they hit things and tumble around in a way that just seems right. This really grounds everything in reality, which is good for a game with a fantastic premise.
At any rate, I liked it, and it got solid reviews. I say give it a rental at the very least.
What I would like to see for the desktop software is an emulator that syncs the data and apps up with the palm device, and gives you a palm running on your desktop.
[blockquote][i]By storing the energy in hydrogen fuel cells during the day, Stirling solar-dish farms could supply U.S. electrical-energy needs at night too, as well as enough juice for future fuel-cell-powered automobiles, the DOE believes.[/i][/blockquote] So, they're arguing around the limitations of the system by promising another completely different undeveloped system? I call bullshit.
If you wanted to store energy, the best way that's actually developed and in use would be to pump water up into a reservior, then run hydroelectic generators during peak usage. Especially since the motion of a Stirling engine is well suited to running a piston pump.
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What I really want is an updated Treo 90, a basic Palm model with a thumb-board. Add in the modern d-pad and a headphone jack and it would be ideal.
The only thing I really miss about the old Palms is Graphiti 1, and even then it's a toss-up with Graphiti 2 (Graphiti 2 is a lot better for entering phone numbers, for instance). For everything else, the new Palms are better in every way.
Jon Acheson
Don't buy the cheap plastic ones.
I had a "Disk Doctor" polisher gadget, and it was a menace. It broke the first time it was used and ruined the DVD too.
Nowadays I use a soft washcloth and polish by hand.
There are probably good polishers, but I couldn't tell you which ones are good.
Jon Acheson
True, but if you're going to do this right, you would obviously either buy one that doesn't, or replace that heat sink with a larger passive one.
I'm actually running a quiet box for my backup pc, and I made sure the MB didn't have a fan.
I've had good results running with a cheap Duron processor (I think it's 1.4 running at 1.2), a big Zalman cpu cooler, and an Antec Sonata case. I use a GeForce 5200 (NOT Ultra) video card, which is cooled with just a heat sink and no fan.
Not every motherboard has a northbridge fan. Thank goodness.
True, but the flip side is, many of us update our software much more frequently, and thus acquire protection.
You're right about the human element, though.
I think concerns about the vulnerability from this are overstated. Especially since 2.0 is in beta, so the official version will contain the fix.
In which case, this is really a reason why there will be at least one less vulnerability.
If you are a small company that's just starting out, leasing equipment has the benefit that you can lease what you need now, and not be stuck with it if you outgrow it in a few years.
This is particularly true of things like network printers and copiers.
Jon Acheson
As usual, the Slashdot editors are the ones going off the deep end here.
Note that DA Castor says that there might be a connection, or there might not. He's not demonizing D&D, nor are either news agency making it their headline.
We don't know more than a fraction of the facts here. For instance, the D&D link might become a whole lot more plausible if the murder weapon was a "fantasy knife" like they sell at sci fi cons. Or if the suspect's apartment was plastered with knives, swords and D&D paraphenalia. If the guy has a throne of skulls in his living room, you would have to wonder if there was some connection.
Lastly, D&D doesn't create nut jobs, but it certainly attracts them. The RPG club I belong to has a policy of membership by invitation only for that very reason.
Walter Koenig did a bangup job as Bester on Babylon 5. Completely convincing, completely unlike Chekov.
Jon Acheson
I found that the expansions for Settlers were overpriced, and tended to turn a fun, short game into a dull, long game.
Seafarers isn't too bad, but after that, forget it.
And Starfarers was like the Heaven's Gate of boardgames.
Your mileage may vary.
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There were plenty of all-in-one computers before the first macs came out, too.
Google for the Commodore PET or CBM.
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Disclaimer: a friend of mine worked on it.
Nonetheless, it's a nice game that manages to stand out from the field of paramilitary/commando games.
You play a soldier with psychic powers ranging from telekinesis, to pyrokinesis, to mind control. You're fighting a clandestine group of Very Bad People who are also dabbling in the same field.
What saves it from being Metal Gear Psychic is the gameplay and the engine.
The controls are built around being able to use your psychic powers, and they work really well for that, while being very unlike your standard shooter controls. The levels are generally centered around puzzles that involve using your powers in creative ways. There is a nice balance between puzzles that involve stealth, and out and out combat. And the boss battles rock.
The engine features a very nice physics engine. When crates and boxes are being thrown around, they hit things and tumble around in a way that just seems right. This really grounds everything in reality, which is good for a game with a fantastic premise.
At any rate, I liked it, and it got solid reviews. I say give it a rental at the very least.
Because that's what's really going to be the big news for this year.
Wait for E3.
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It may not be the only factor, but for many Japanese it is a deal-killer.
They have to get the kind of games that Japanese consumers want also, but that is a matter of getting the third party software manufacturers on board.
They're losing money on every XBox 1 they sell, that's why they're in a hurry to get XBox 2 out.
XBox 2 is designed to be profitable, both at launch and at the end of the life cycle. And will hopefully be small enough to sell in Japan.
What I would like to see for the desktop software is an emulator that syncs the data and apps up with the palm device, and gives you a palm running on your desktop.
[blockquote][i]By storing the energy in hydrogen fuel cells during the day, Stirling solar-dish farms could supply U.S. electrical-energy needs at night too, as well as enough juice for future fuel-cell-powered automobiles, the DOE believes.[/i][/blockquote]
So, they're arguing around the limitations of the system by promising another completely different undeveloped system? I call bullshit.
If you wanted to store energy, the best way that's actually developed and in use would be to pump water up into a reservior, then run hydroelectic generators during peak usage. Especially since the motion of a Stirling engine is well suited to running a piston pump.
Jon Acheson
...to serve it in the afterlife. :)
Jon Acheson
Yeah, but Advance Wars DS has already guaranteed that I will buy one.
Jon Acheson
In particular, the Game Boy Advance is the #2 console, and would be both cost-effective to develop for and well-suited to a 2D adventure format.
You could easily do Monkey Island on it.
You're going to have to go through Nintendo, but you'll have to go through a distributor on the PC side too.
Jon Acheson
This is a poorly phrased reference to "the kilogram of bacterial matter in our guts."
Or maybe I'm the only person who went "What the- ?"
Jon Acheson
That's like if the real Olympic events were pole vault, another pole vault, another pole vault, and boxing.
The Daily Show got just over 50%, and the questions were easy.
Advantage: people who read.
Jon Acheson
Heck, they're making the same mistakes they made before in the hand held market with the Wonderswan.
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I haven't actually played Doom 3 on my machine, I was going by the specs for the game.
Did you have to turn a lot of stuff off?
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