Sorry, that's just wrong from what I know. Unreal Tournament users have PURE RC7 for anti-cheating for UT'99 and I think it's the same for 2K3/2K4. I don't know what anti-cheat Epic has for UT3.
Also, there are plenty of UT'99 servers running with people. Maybe not with your preferred GAMETYPE but if you just browse the general list there's tons. Not so many UT2K3/4 servers, and I can barely find UT3 servers.
The fact there are more UT'99 servers than 2K3/4 and UT3 servers combined as far as I am witnessing tells me that Epic's just running out of steam with the Unreal franchise. Seriously, do you know how many incarnations of Unreal there are?
NINE.
UT is just getting OLD. Same shit, couple new gametypes, shinier and prettier. Epic hasn't innovated anywhere except for their engines.
The interference generated across the circuit would be unmanageable and leave you with practically nil bandwidth.
I've tried it. You can only have TWO on each individual circuit or else it's nigh-useless, and for every device you have plugged into that circuit, your bandwidth drops. Dremel motortool? Don't even THINK about getting a signal on that line until you're done with the tool and unplugged it.
Why fear? Have you been so brainwashed by the "War on Terror" that someone taking a picture of (what I'm assuming to be) a nice building would make you freak out and fear for your life?
I have a fair idea of what I'm talking about. Ever hear of a power inverter? You know, that little thing that turns 120vAC to 14.4VDC for your LCD backlight?
Guess you don't. Power is power is power, period. P=IV and hell you can just wire a one-way diode and FORCE it to charge (or burn the diode out trying.)
ANY POWER CAN CHARGE A BATTERY. You can charge a 9v battery with 1v @ 10mA if you wanted to, it would just be DAMNED SLOW.
There is *NO* reason for something to not charge when plugged into USB. NONE WHAT SO EVER.
This is pure and simple GREED on the part of every manufacturer that realizes they make more profit off their crap chargers and adapters sold at ridiculous markups, and sell you the phones for cheap.
Sorry, USB can't violate the laws of physics and fundamentals of electronic circuitry. This the the device makers screwing with the spec and standard to lock out competition, not a problem inherent in USB.
"The problem is that the poster thinks this is some sort of grand conspiracy"
And it's funny that this is a common thing happening. I know of one guy that complains that he hates the GOVERNMENT TAKING 80+ gigs of his Terabyte hard disk for spy programs. But that's bullshit, Windows NTFS needs that amount of space for the file table.
You cannot apply a mathematical theorem to human behavior. Period. Arrow's Impossibility Theorem is nothing more than a THEORY. It will never become law because of the simple fact I just stated.
Anyone that thinks they can apply a mathematical equation to human behavior, I'm willing to be that test subject.
Look at our two-party system now - just how fair is it to the rest of the underrepresented?
Sorry, Arrow doesn't apply, never really has AND NEVER WILL because you cannot apply a mathematical equation to HUMAN BEHAVIOR, which in itself is totally unpredictable and follows no formula or standard pattern. And if you think you can apply a mathematical theorem to human behavior, I want to see it.
If that statement NEEDS a citation then our educational system is doomed. I've read several books whose sequels were HUNDREDS of years later (in storytime.)
"no voting system is fair if there are more than two candidates"
Our system was originally designed to be able to handle more than two political parties vying for votes. Our founding fathers warned against letting our system become bi-partisan.
Look where we are now. If you think restricting the number of parties helps a voting system, you're very wrong, and us Americans are the perfect example to prove that.
"I could not upgrade the graphics on either of my Windows laptops."
Your laptop doesn't have an MXM slot in it, then.
"MacBooks come with a remote control also."
Not standard - according to the Apple store it's $19 bucks extra.
"MacBook Pros have an Expresscard/34 you can get an eSata card for."
Again, you have to purchase it - it comes standard on my laptop.
"Before I got the MacBook Pro I'm typing this on I compared it's price to the prices of various Windows OEM laptops with similar configurations and it was competitive to their prices. An HP was $50 less and Dell was $200 more."
I don't know where you looked, but as stated right above you in this comment: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1121323&cid=26802763 I took the $999 Macbook and compared it to my $999 DV9825NR at base configuration and BLEW the Macbook out of the water.
"the ability to upgrade your graphics card with a new card supplied only by HP"
Umm, you apparently have no clue what MXM is all about - I don't have to buy a new video card from HP. As long as it's MXM Type-III I can take cards from other notebooks and install them in my laptop.
My double features still stands - you have to have the adapter for your video out, I have an actual HDMI, D-SUBVGA, S-Video and Component out jacks separately built onto my board.
Also, the DV series is ANYTHING BUT LIGHT. As a former repair tech, let me tell you what I've seen the DV8000 and DV 9000 series go through:
8000 series: Run over by a 10-ton bulldozer - only the LCD and optical drive broke. Another 8000 series came in with a bullet hole in the screen and the bullet lodged firmly in the keyboard. Everything else worked perfectly fine.
9000 series: I've dropped mine off my balcony, and it fell 17 feet to a hard concrete parking lot while still on - only scratched the bottom of the casing, nothing went out of whack, the DVD that was playing didn't even skip. One time I had my hands on a DV9000NR that was due to be Tier-X (beyond economical repair) only because the thing got pissed on - the entire laptop still worked fine (it belonged to a porn studio.)
I'd like to see your Apple hardware handle that.
Also, directly from your Apple Store at http://store.apple.com/us the lowest priced macbook laptop is 999 - same price I paid for my DV9825NX. Let's see the features compared to my laptop:
2.0GHz Core 2 Duo - just 0.17GHz faster than my laptop. 2GB of RAM - Oops, I've got 4. 13 inch screen - 17" here. 120GB HDD - 320GB HDD here with that second HDD bay. 8x superdrive - I have a 16x +/- DVDRW with Lightscribe. Non-upgradeable 9400M GeForce card - I have an upgradeable 512MB 8600.
So what were you saying? For the same price I got double the features and hardware - look, you don't even get video out adapters, you have to pay EXTRA for it, same with the remote for your laptop! It comes STANDARD ON MINE!
Sorry, I've been an Apple repair tech, and an HP repair tech, so I'm in the perfect position to say without ANY DOUBT that Apple hardware is overpriced beyond a reasonable margin.
Show me the law that explicitly states that, because at the bare core, it's not Apple hardware at all, it's INTEL HARDWARE. Apple doesn't own their own fabrication plant.
Well designed hardware? As a former Apple repair tech, you are so off base it's not even funny any longer. Up until the G5 lineup Apple's logic boards were made in Guadalajara, Mexico, a place with near-nil QA standards. We'd get in logic board shipments filled with SAND. Two out of every three laptops off the line had to be sent back to be refurbished.
When you pay the "Apple tax" you pay for their incompetence and failure, not for their innovation.
Umm, I can run OSX on my HP notebook as well. I just go buy the EFI USB bootstick and that's that. 40 bucks and I can install OSX.
Double the features? How about the fact I can take my video card out of my laptop and upgrade it? I have DUAL hard drive bays in my laptop. Firewire is STANDARD on my laptop whereas you'd pay a premium for it on a Mac. My laptop also has S-Vid/Component/D-SUB VGA/HDMI output. I also get a remote control for my laptop, intelligent input/output jacks for audio (optical/SPDIF/Analog/Digital) I also get a card reader built-in and an extra expansion port should I wish to use eSATA or other high-speed data devices.
Sorry, for the price of what I paid for, you won't find my full hardware suite on a Mac laptop without paying at LEAST 2-1/2 thousand dollars, whereas I paid just under a grand for mine. I can expand and upgrade to a far greater degree. Add a $40 EFI/TPM chip that plugs into USB and there goes your "Can't install OSX on it" argument.
Until the masses get to the Hard Drive part of the Ubuntu installer, then they're going to go "WTF?" because Canonical still doesn't have something that simply tells the user in plain English what this does and why to do it this way.
Then they're going to wonder whether or not their partition needs to be mounted root or / or swap or whatnot.
Yea, they'll come running, then they'll flee screaming.
Umm, if ther's law, then the people making EFI USB drives with TPM built-in to bypass Apple's checks should be under fire as well - they're not. Apple is in the wrong, they're just avoiding those other people and going after psystar because they THINK they can make it look like copyright violation - in reality their EULA holds very little water by doctrine of first sale.
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Sorry, that's just wrong from what I know. Unreal Tournament users have PURE RC7 for anti-cheating for UT'99 and I think it's the same for 2K3/2K4. I don't know what anti-cheat Epic has for UT3.
Also, there are plenty of UT'99 servers running with people. Maybe not with your preferred GAMETYPE but if you just browse the general list there's tons. Not so many UT2K3/4 servers, and I can barely find UT3 servers.
The fact there are more UT'99 servers than 2K3/4 and UT3 servers combined as far as I am witnessing tells me that Epic's just running out of steam with the Unreal franchise. Seriously, do you know how many incarnations of Unreal there are?
NINE.
UT is just getting OLD. Same shit, couple new gametypes, shinier and prettier. Epic hasn't innovated anywhere except for their engines.
Go buy a headset and use your PSP as a phone. $20 a year for Skype and anywhere you have wireless you have a phone.
The interference generated across the circuit would be unmanageable and leave you with practically nil bandwidth.
I've tried it. You can only have TWO on each individual circuit or else it's nigh-useless, and for every device you have plugged into that circuit, your bandwidth drops. Dremel motortool? Don't even THINK about getting a signal on that line until you're done with the tool and unplugged it.
It would be far simpler to just run the ethernet.
"with nice, thick, stone walls"
These do not mix well with wireless signals of any sort.
Why fear? Have you been so brainwashed by the "War on Terror" that someone taking a picture of (what I'm assuming to be) a nice building would make you freak out and fear for your life?
Waaaahhhhhhh.
I wish some company would create a new chip that runs at a THz or something.
I have a fair idea of what I'm talking about. Ever hear of a power inverter? You know, that little thing that turns 120vAC to 14.4VDC for your LCD backlight?
Guess you don't. Power is power is power, period. P=IV and hell you can just wire a one-way diode and FORCE it to charge (or burn the diode out trying.)
"Don't like it? Well, you can't take them to court because the TOS binds you to Mandatory Arbitration"
Wanna bet? No ToS can take away the right to a jury trial. End of story.
"Sony didn't make the Playstation able to play XBox games!"
Of course not - the hardware capability isn't there and it would be absurd to even think it could be done. That has nothing to do with power adapters.
"The XBox can't play Super Nintendo cartridges!"
Cartridges, no. The actual game itself, yes, so there goes that argument.
"And in other news, you're a putz."
I try my best. You're an ass.
"How about the fact that an iPhone charger can charge a 5 year old iPod just fine?"
That just goes to show you that Apple's only concern for interoperability is with their own products and NOBODY ELSE.
Okay, time to interject.
ANY POWER CAN CHARGE A BATTERY. You can charge a 9v battery with 1v @ 10mA if you wanted to, it would just be DAMNED SLOW.
There is *NO* reason for something to not charge when plugged into USB. NONE WHAT SO EVER.
This is pure and simple GREED on the part of every manufacturer that realizes they make more profit off their crap chargers and adapters sold at ridiculous markups, and sell you the phones for cheap.
Sorry, USB can't violate the laws of physics and fundamentals of electronic circuitry. This the the device makers screwing with the spec and standard to lock out competition, not a problem inherent in USB.
Actually, I've noticed that my SBLive! and Realtek under Vista do not have the capture sound card output options, but they're there in XP.
I have no reason to expect the option in the new Windows. However, I won't blame Vista, I'll blame the driver makers.
Umm, there's a PC version of GTA4.
And it runs like absolute shit.
"The problem is that the poster thinks this is some sort of grand conspiracy"
And it's funny that this is a common thing happening. I know of one guy that complains that he hates the GOVERNMENT TAKING 80+ gigs of his Terabyte hard disk for spy programs. But that's bullshit, Windows NTFS needs that amount of space for the file table.
You cannot apply a mathematical theorem to human behavior. Period. Arrow's Impossibility Theorem is nothing more than a THEORY. It will never become law because of the simple fact I just stated.
Anyone that thinks they can apply a mathematical equation to human behavior, I'm willing to be that test subject.
I can BLOW that entire theory out of the water.
Look at our two-party system now - just how fair is it to the rest of the underrepresented?
Sorry, Arrow doesn't apply, never really has AND NEVER WILL because you cannot apply a mathematical equation to HUMAN BEHAVIOR, which in itself is totally unpredictable and follows no formula or standard pattern. And if you think you can apply a mathematical theorem to human behavior, I want to see it.
If that statement NEEDS a citation then our educational system is doomed. I've read several books whose sequels were HUNDREDS of years later (in storytime.)
"no voting system is fair if there are more than two candidates"
Our system was originally designed to be able to handle more than two political parties vying for votes. Our founding fathers warned against letting our system become bi-partisan.
Look where we are now. If you think restricting the number of parties helps a voting system, you're very wrong, and us Americans are the perfect example to prove that.
"I could not upgrade the graphics on either of my Windows laptops."
Your laptop doesn't have an MXM slot in it, then.
"MacBooks come with a remote control also."
Not standard - according to the Apple store it's $19 bucks extra.
"MacBook Pros have an Expresscard/34 you can get an eSata card for."
Again, you have to purchase it - it comes standard on my laptop.
"Before I got the MacBook Pro I'm typing this on I compared it's price to the prices of various Windows OEM laptops with similar configurations and it was competitive to their prices. An HP was $50 less and Dell was $200 more."
I don't know where you looked, but as stated right above you in this comment: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1121323&cid=26802763 I took the $999 Macbook and compared it to my $999 DV9825NR at base configuration and BLEW the Macbook out of the water.
"the ability to upgrade your graphics card with a new card supplied only by HP"
Umm, you apparently have no clue what MXM is all about - I don't have to buy a new video card from HP. As long as it's MXM Type-III I can take cards from other notebooks and install them in my laptop.
My double features still stands - you have to have the adapter for your video out, I have an actual HDMI, D-SUBVGA, S-Video and Component out jacks separately built onto my board.
Also, the DV series is ANYTHING BUT LIGHT. As a former repair tech, let me tell you what I've seen the DV8000 and DV 9000 series go through:
8000 series: Run over by a 10-ton bulldozer - only the LCD and optical drive broke. Another 8000 series came in with a bullet hole in the screen and the bullet lodged firmly in the keyboard. Everything else worked perfectly fine.
9000 series: I've dropped mine off my balcony, and it fell 17 feet to a hard concrete parking lot while still on - only scratched the bottom of the casing, nothing went out of whack, the DVD that was playing didn't even skip. One time I had my hands on a DV9000NR that was due to be Tier-X (beyond economical repair) only because the thing got pissed on - the entire laptop still worked fine (it belonged to a porn studio.)
I'd like to see your Apple hardware handle that.
Also, directly from your Apple Store at http://store.apple.com/us the lowest priced macbook laptop is 999 - same price I paid for my DV9825NX. Let's see the features compared to my laptop:
2.0GHz Core 2 Duo - just 0.17GHz faster than my laptop.
2GB of RAM - Oops, I've got 4.
13 inch screen - 17" here.
120GB HDD - 320GB HDD here with that second HDD bay.
8x superdrive - I have a 16x +/- DVDRW with Lightscribe.
Non-upgradeable 9400M GeForce card - I have an upgradeable 512MB 8600.
So what were you saying? For the same price I got double the features and hardware - look, you don't even get video out adapters, you have to pay EXTRA for it, same with the remote for your laptop! It comes STANDARD ON MINE!
Sorry, I've been an Apple repair tech, and an HP repair tech, so I'm in the perfect position to say without ANY DOUBT that Apple hardware is overpriced beyond a reasonable margin.
"They are selling an illegal service"
Show me the law that explicitly states that, because at the bare core, it's not Apple hardware at all, it's INTEL HARDWARE. Apple doesn't own their own fabrication plant.
Well designed hardware? As a former Apple repair tech, you are so off base it's not even funny any longer. Up until the G5 lineup Apple's logic boards were made in Guadalajara, Mexico, a place with near-nil QA standards. We'd get in logic board shipments filled with SAND. Two out of every three laptops off the line had to be sent back to be refurbished.
When you pay the "Apple tax" you pay for their incompetence and failure, not for their innovation.
Umm, I can run OSX on my HP notebook as well. I just go buy the EFI USB bootstick and that's that. 40 bucks and I can install OSX.
Double the features? How about the fact I can take my video card out of my laptop and upgrade it? I have DUAL hard drive bays in my laptop. Firewire is STANDARD on my laptop whereas you'd pay a premium for it on a Mac. My laptop also has S-Vid/Component/D-SUB VGA/HDMI output. I also get a remote control for my laptop, intelligent input/output jacks for audio (optical/SPDIF/Analog/Digital) I also get a card reader built-in and an extra expansion port should I wish to use eSATA or other high-speed data devices.
Sorry, for the price of what I paid for, you won't find my full hardware suite on a Mac laptop without paying at LEAST 2-1/2 thousand dollars, whereas I paid just under a grand for mine. I can expand and upgrade to a far greater degree. Add a $40 EFI/TPM chip that plugs into USB and there goes your "Can't install OSX on it" argument.
Boy you have a narrow view of operating systems.
Try MinuetOS sometime.
Until the masses get to the Hard Drive part of the Ubuntu installer, then they're going to go "WTF?" because Canonical still doesn't have something that simply tells the user in plain English what this does and why to do it this way.
Then they're going to wonder whether or not their partition needs to be mounted root or / or swap or whatnot.
Yea, they'll come running, then they'll flee screaming.
Umm, if ther's law, then the people making EFI USB drives with TPM built-in to bypass Apple's checks should be under fire as well - they're not. Apple is in the wrong, they're just avoiding those other people and going after psystar because they THINK they can make it look like copyright violation - in reality their EULA holds very little water by doctrine of first sale.