True. Most of my domains have been.net for that exact reason, and in some twisted way this has evolved into a weird reverse-mindshare thing, where I'll automatically attribute a "cool" factor to a site ending in.net and be more likely to check it out.
If you mean all that time learning and perfecting his electronics and modding skills, then you may be right. But then, we wouldn't be talking about a cool videogame controller mod on Slashdot.
It's pretty fun to watch ICANN and the domain industry constantly come up with new "specific-purpose" domains, which upon release sell to absolutely anyone and everyone regardless of the actual category of the site. Apart from the actually restricted ones like.gov,.mil, and.edu, sites' categories have had little to nothing to do with their domain extensions for ages now.
Who still remembers when a.com actually meant a for-profit business, or when every.org was an organization of some kind?
IBM has been slowly losing mindshare for decades now. Older nerds will remember the days when IBM was the big one, the monolith, the place BBS kids dreamed of haxing and MIT kids dreamed of ending up at. For a long time, the entire home computer industry was basically IBM and Apple. Not so these days.
With the increasing complexity of the toys, addons, and other hacks a good game inspires, it's always good to see an independent modder make good on his or her work, especially when it's something a bit more inspired than a simple "put Barney the dinosaur into Doom" or "put a beard on Mario" hack.
The beauty of emulating the SNES version is the ability to use save states. Had I not been able to instantly save/load any part of the game with my extra controller buttons, I'd have done a lot more crying.
It's trivial to most of the/. crowd, but the millions of Joe Sixpacks out there will always be there to create new flocks of ad impressions every time they watch something unless someone releases an idiot-proof stream-ripping app.
This is the type of classic re-issue I like to see! It really looks likethey've kept the heart and soul of the original, while subtly updating things just enough to match my subjectively enhanced memories of what the original was like.
Yes, classic games industry, there are reasons why we liked the originals, and sometimes it's nice to revisit them without them being completely mutated beyond all recognition.
Walt Disney's bold move to let people download TV shows for free could spell trouble for cable and satellite providers
If I understand correctly (which has been known to happen occasionally) shows will just be offered as a stream, not readily downloadable. My guess is they'll also use an.swf wrapper like youtube/Google video/etc. to guard against easy ripping.
Ma Bell is now arguing the files are confidential, and shouldn't be used in a court case.
I feel for AT&T, I really do. I mean, how would I feel if someone decided to use all those confidential dead hookers in my personal, private basement as some sort of "evidence" in some "trial?" I'd be shocked, I tell you. Shocked.
The disabled have been using voice-interface software for years. I might still have an old copy of Voicetype shovelware that came with a Pentium PC in 1995.
And for a search-engine-specific prior usage, in my area calling directory assistance has been largely automated using voice-recognition software, as have many coprorate phone systems.
Will the Chinese still be able to buy parts and slap them together, or will they be forced into buying a hard drive with an OS already installed? What if you have everything but the hard drive, and plan to simply run it off a CD? How about a dummy terminal? There has to be a line drawn somewhere.
Or you set it to record and watch later, fast-forwarding through the ads. While I respect the willingness of the media to move with technology, it still bugs me if they try to cripple use of said tech to a less-friendly level than it was at 20 years ago.
Or maybe I'm just spoiled by adultswim.com's ad-free webcasts of episodes the Friday before their premiere.
In other news, Charles Manson has produced a flawless plan for the public to avoid being murdered by crazed serial killers, relying heavily on letting him murder you before any "really bad people" can.
We can't, which makes sense actually since we just started getting last season on television, and it'd just confuse the new fans who haven't been torrenting them for a year.
These are essentially 24 one-minute mobi-episodes that have appeared on cell phones as a promotional tool for season four. [...] This is a 24 mobi- epiisode show on cell phone, so I hope this doesn't come back for a second mobiseason.
Can we just declare war on this particular mobi-prefix now, before it gets out of hand?
Your idea doesn't sound too far off from the old Time Traveler arcade game, although the interface was a standard joystick and buttons rather than passing your hand around the hologram.
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True. Most of my domains have been .net for that exact reason, and in some twisted way this has evolved into a weird reverse-mindshare thing, where I'll automatically attribute a "cool" factor to a site ending in .net and be more likely to check it out.
If you mean all that time learning and perfecting his electronics and modding skills, then you may be right. But then, we wouldn't be talking about a cool videogame controller mod on Slashdot.
It's pretty fun to watch ICANN and the domain industry constantly come up with new "specific-purpose" domains, which upon release sell to absolutely anyone and everyone regardless of the actual category of the site. Apart from the actually restricted ones like .gov, .mil, and .edu, sites' categories have had little to nothing to do with their domain extensions for ages now.
.com actually meant a for-profit business, or when every .org was an organization of some kind?
Who still remembers when a
IBM has been slowly losing mindshare for decades now. Older nerds will remember the days when IBM was the big one, the monolith, the place BBS kids dreamed of haxing and MIT kids dreamed of ending up at. For a long time, the entire home computer industry was basically IBM and Apple. Not so these days.
The allure of the iPod is undeniable
I deny it. I've never really seen the appeal of the iPod over the tons of comparable, cheaper, multi-standard hard-drives-with-headphones out there.
Will it run Linux?
With the increasing complexity of the toys, addons, and other hacks a good game inspires, it's always good to see an independent modder make good on his or her work, especially when it's something a bit more inspired than a simple "put Barney the dinosaur into Doom" or "put a beard on Mario" hack.
My family in the suburbs will finally have that waterfront house they've always wanted, and they won't even have to move.
The beauty of emulating the SNES version is the ability to use save states. Had I not been able to instantly save/load any part of the game with my extra controller buttons, I'd have done a lot more crying.
Purely by chance, this story breaks on the same page as the latest Duke Nukem Forever story...
It's trivial to most of the /. crowd, but the millions of Joe Sixpacks out there will always be there to create new flocks of ad impressions every time they watch something unless someone releases an idiot-proof stream-ripping app.
This is the type of classic re-issue I like to see! It really looks likethey've kept the heart and soul of the original, while subtly updating things just enough to match my subjectively enhanced memories of what the original was like.
Yes, classic games industry, there are reasons why we liked the originals, and sometimes it's nice to revisit them without them being completely mutated beyond all recognition.
I am so grabbign this when it comes out.
Walt Disney's bold move to let people download TV shows for free could spell trouble for cable and satellite providers
.swf wrapper like youtube/Google video/etc. to guard against easy ripping.
If I understand correctly (which has been known to happen occasionally) shows will just be offered as a stream, not readily downloadable. My guess is they'll also use an
I want to write a Linux program that runs a series of invasive system checks to make sure you didn't pay for it.
Ma Bell is now arguing the files are confidential, and shouldn't be used in a court case.
I feel for AT&T, I really do. I mean, how would I feel if someone decided to use all those confidential dead hookers in my personal, private basement as some sort of "evidence" in some "trial?" I'd be shocked, I tell you. Shocked.
...but then again, I'm Tubgirl.
The disabled have been using voice-interface software for years. I might still have an old copy of Voicetype shovelware that came with a Pentium PC in 1995.
And for a search-engine-specific prior usage, in my area calling directory assistance has been largely automated using voice-recognition software, as have many coprorate phone systems.
Will the Chinese still be able to buy parts and slap them together, or will they be forced into buying a hard drive with an OS already installed? What if you have everything but the hard drive, and plan to simply run it off a CD? How about a dummy terminal? There has to be a line drawn somewhere.
Maybe a little needle, a little ultra-programmable nerve agent that makes the victim grab the nearest incendiary device and go hog-wild.
Or you set it to record and watch later, fast-forwarding through the ads. While I respect the willingness of the media to move with technology, it still bugs me if they try to cripple use of said tech to a less-friendly level than it was at 20 years ago.
Or maybe I'm just spoiled by adultswim.com's ad-free webcasts of episodes the Friday before their premiere.
In other news, Charles Manson has produced a flawless plan for the public to avoid being murdered by crazed serial killers, relying heavily on letting him murder you before any "really bad people" can.
We can't, which makes sense actually since we just started getting last season on television, and it'd just confuse the new fans who haven't been torrenting them for a year.
Just as I was about to carve my name on the moon with a laser, they have to go and smash the damn thing, the insensitive clods!
Your idea doesn't sound too far off from the old Time Traveler arcade game, although the interface was a standard joystick and buttons rather than passing your hand around the hologram.