Exactly. I own a Nintendo DS and my friend owns a Sony PSP. They both have their pros and cons. Had the PSP been $50-$100 cheaper I would have bought it anyday over the DS. While I did buy the DS on launch day, knowing the PSP's price ahead of time told me I couldn't afford a PSP when it came out anyways.
How about a Passme, a flash cart, and a Nintendo DS. If you're going to spend the extra money on an adapter then you may as well buy a Passme and a Nintendo DS instead. Unfortunately, both options are too much cash for me, therefore I won't be homebrewing on either for awhile.
Wait, wait, wait, back that up. WPA-PSK?!?! Sweet! Everyone was talking about the browser and WPA support must have gotten overshadowed. While I might not have considered upgrading an easily customizable PSP 1.5, I am now seriously considering.
Why did this not get more publicity? This is the one feature I have been hoping and praying for for months.
So who's paying for the technology?
The parents, that's who. We have something called the "Ed Fund" in our area. While it seems like a smart idea, parents are asked for a donation up front to pay for a "fund" that the PTA controls, it doesn't work so well in practice.
First of all, the price is outrageous. My little brother's brand new middle school is asking for $350, my school is asking for $150, and my younger little brother's elementary school is asking $120. $620 in donations just to start a school year is insane. Not only that, but those are just a particular donation the PTA is asking for. There is also individual funds set up for certain classes such as Art. Money is asked for on a case-to-case basis (if you're taking the class).
OK, so just because my parents are spending a lot of money, it must be getting spent on the right stuff, right? Well, unfortunately, that's usually not the case. My little brother's elementary school just recently purchase about 35 new Apple eMacs to replace their 5-year-old iMacs all running OS X. I used them for 3 years, and they were perfectly fine for the purpose that were set before them (word processing, Kid Pix, and typing programs). So why replace them? Because the PTA thinks we need to be "on the cutting edge of technology". Then the middle schools have thing like laptop carts. Basically, in each cart there is 30 iBook G4s all being wheeled around with an HP Printer and an Apple AirPort stuck on top. The teachers hook it up to the nearest ethernet port and everyone boots up...so we can type reports. That's it. Boom, $20,000 down the drain (probably more). That's a lot of money that could have been spent on something useful.
Meanwhile, every other year there is a campaign about passing some new tax reform so that things like the parent's music program and the library don't get booted. Why don't they take all this money they've saved, not spend it on computers, and keep all the programs they're in danger of losing (not to mention that not a single school in our district has recived anything more than pink slips that meant nothing).
The point is, wether it's a fad or a style here to stay, it's too expensive with little benefits. I'm a 13-year old techno-geek and I love new computers as much as anyone, but I also understand the value of a good education--new comptuers aren't it.
That works in Red Hat and/or Fedora. Not that I would use either of those...they're both crap. I'd rather stick to my Gentoo and Portage:
emerge -v realplayer
Does anyone else notice that the only people who are getting extremely angry here are the people who take the side of the "anti-cookies". Anyone who is..."pro-cookies" is just sort of joking around and couldn't care less about Google logging what I search.
Besides, what is Google going to do with my hundreds of queries about Linux problems? Are they going to hunt me down for it?
To me, it's almost like that program that encrypts your e-mail for you (can't remember what it was called). If you have nothing to hide, why are you hiding it?
I completely agree with this as well. Before Gentoo, (in Slackware and Fedora Core 3) I had always tried to do everything with some extremely specialized KDE app that lacked functionality. With Gentoo I learned how to compile a kernel, edit an fstab, the file heirarchy, and so much more.
Plus, I got a completely optimized system that runs highly up-to-date experimental software. Gentoo is just plain unbelievable when it comes to its package system: Portage. USE flags and keywords and mirrors and it's crazy huge distfiles database. It's all too much to handle.
Now, I personally am not crazy about Gentoo's documentation like most people are, but I do love the Gentoo-Wiki. For the most part it has articles about what people care about--the real world stuff like ATI or Nvidia drivers. Maybe setting up a home Samba server, that sort of thing.
Basically, I've used Gentoo for a year and a half and have never looked back.
i have created a game almost to the words as described here (Point 2 Paragraph 2) and discussed here.
Wait, you helped develop Lost in Blue? Or the original survival kids? Or was it that game that was in your sig: Found? Yeah, probably the latter. Darn.
I still like how the second and third Points in Paragraph 2 are coming out for the Nintendo DS. Lost in Blue is pretty much exactly the same. The other one, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, is still a lawyer game. So, according to this article, Nintendo is on the right track.
Unfortunately, I've seen that htop is wrong half the time on it's CPU usage. If you run X (of course, you wouldn't on a server, but whatever...) get gkrellm. It's got a much more accurate counter.
The problem is, many of those IIS vulnerabilities are easier to find by script kiddies. Plus, many of them are much worse than many of the Apache exploits.
Lastly, I've run both IIS and Apache2. Apache2 is just way easier to configure and get up and running: vanilla and PHP/mySQL.
Uh, you can emulate SNES/Genesis games/homebrew/demos on the 1.50. My friend owns a PSP and he brings it over all the time for me to put crap on. It's called KXploit. It creates two Eboots, one of which is shown as "corrupt data", the other of which is shown as the actual application. You put all your zipped ROMs into the first folder without the '%' and...well, then you play.
As someone said far above, all you have to do is prioritize the first pieces in files. It's a simple option in most clients. While it doesn't eliminate pieces that are farther back in the file, it does help a ton with previewing files.
99% of all applications that work at all in Wine, work perfectly. This is due to the fact that Wine is emulating APIs and not the actual operating system (Wine Is Not an Emulator: WINE).
This means that a program that works, works well and it works just as fast as it does in Windows.
Also, I've had instances of games with Cedega, where I actually get a better framerate in Linux than in Windows.
I will never ever ever buy a gamecube. One reason, expansion. They got xbox's doing media centers. Linux on the PS2. The Gamecube has some silly joke of a hack to get it to run "homemade" software.
That's actually not completely true. The Gamecube currently has a much easier hack than any other system. Basically you burn anything you want (demo, homebrew game, backup, whatever) onto a Mini-DVD with an added binary that enables the Gamecube to read it. It's called Python or Viper or something. (Did I mention you can burn normal DVDs as Mini-DVDs and strip the case off your Gamecube to play them?)
In other words, the Gamecube is the most easily modded console in the current generation. Why doesn't this "hack" get publicity? Why hasn't someone developed a Linux port for the Gamecube yet? Because Nintendo has it's "kiddie" image. No one wants to develop Linux for a console nerds stay away from.
I personally own both a Gamecube and a softmodded Xbox. Each have their pros and cons, and each have their great exclusive games. The only difference between the great exclusive games is that Nintendo's can be played by anyone, any age. My little brother isn't allowed to play Halo, but he's a Metroid Prime addict. Nintendo has this "kiddie" image only because they target everyone.
Lastly, Nintendo has this "kiddie" image because it has avoided online play like the plague. Hopefully, their new (free!) online Xbox Live-like service will fix this. Animal Crossing online? I'm there. Mario Kart with my friends in other state? That's me. My favorite? Super Smash Bros on the Revolution with anyone I want.
I know I've sort of rambled a lot about this, but I really love Nintendo and their products and think that if they would just get some good third-pary developers comitted, they could end up with a great system. I mean, look how Resident Evil 4 turned out.
Do you want to know why this game was created on the DS? It was because it's a Nintendo game on a Nintendo console. Do you see any alternative for Nintendo to develop on? No. Nintendo isn't going to make a Kirby game on a Palm OS.
As you said, there are games which make use of the second screen (Advance Wars is an example), but Nintendo has no other touch screen console with such a perfect market for Kirby games.
You mentioned a boot loader and a kernel. It sounds like Linux to me unless you use Windows' piece of crap boot loader.
Ctrl+S? Doesn't matter if the boot loader doesn't allow passing options to the kernel. It'll still work. Mac OS X included (trust me, I've tried it).
Then again, even if you were talking about Windows XP/2000/NT, most likely there's the Safe Mode trick. You know, Safe Mode, log in as Administrator with no pass? It's pretty simple for any school or office administrator to neglect.
Then again, you might be talking about Windows 98 or 95. Just hit Cancel at the password screen and BOOM!, you're in.
Of course, I'm sure there's one for ME (I didn't spend much time with that crappy OS). I do know however that the Cancel "trick" was fixed.
Also, you talked about BIOS loading orders. Any administrator in their right mind would make a floppy disk the first item to boot to. It's just common sense. If anything happens to the password or the OS install gets corrupted, it's much easier to just boot to a floppy to fix it in DOS (or any other more specialized tool such as Partition Magic). The problem with this is: it's fairly easy to make a floppy that just tells the computer to boot from the CD drive. I've seen them before. Microsoft has a specialized one for XP.
The point is, while it's not always possible to gain root access remotely, it's pretty much always possible to gain root-access locally. I don't care if your case is made of titanium, I don't care if your case is boarded up with wood and the cables are nailed down.
Never underestimate your enemy...and remember, just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not after you.
Since you wanted to bring up Iraq, just because the UN was mentioned, I'll tell you this: You are seriously lying.
* There is still no proof that the weapons of mass destruction weren't moved. In fact, there is a whole lot of proof that says they were. Also, chemical agents (such as Sarin nerve gas and mustard gas) were found in Iraq. Read this.
* It looks like you just reworded "the U.S. went to Iraq for oil." B.S. If they went there for oil, why am I still paying outrageous prices for gas?
Personally, I think the latest issues far outweigh international agencies that try to curb world hunger, but instead just delay it for very isolated areas across the globe. In other words, they screwed up recently, and I don't trust with the internet.
If this is attributed to Wardriving, won't it be as illegal? I mean, if you're telling people where they can get free internet illegaly, isn't that breaking the law?
I clicked on that link and saw something about Nerds 2.0.1. My computer teacher at school own that movie and regularly shows it in class when our Apple server is "down" (low on disk space).
I'll be sure to check out the columns, though. His movie isn't bad, but I know what you mean by "half a clue".
I don't have a problem with Microsoft's buisness practices at all (except for way back when, when Gates stole the idea). I just have a problem with their end-product.
Just the fact that someone is giving their show away over the internet for free earns enough respect for me to actually give this a look. I haven't ever heard of the host, but if he's smart enough to know about Creative Commons liscenses he's better than 90% of the computer show people out there.
I don't understand how giving something away for free could be seen as competition. It's not like you can buy the exact same thing from a someone else. On the other hand, if this was something like Mozart/Bach/any|other|classic|artist where no one owns a copyright, then I guess giving it away while someone was selling it could be seen as an unfair buisness practice.
I still take the side of BBC on this one, though. They recorded the music with their own in-house orchestra and therefore should be able to distribute it any way they like. Period.
With a single-CPU Itanium2 system at around $2000 their price is already reasonable, and the price would come down (and software would be ported) if the Itanium ever became a mass market chip.
Well, it's sort of like Linux. The only way it people will use it is if it's already a mass market chip, but it will never become a mass market chip if people don't use it. Sort of an infinite loop.
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Exactly. I own a Nintendo DS and my friend owns a Sony PSP. They both have their pros and cons. Had the PSP been $50-$100 cheaper I would have bought it anyday over the DS. While I did buy the DS on launch day, knowing the PSP's price ahead of time told me I couldn't afford a PSP when it came out anyways.
How about a Passme, a flash cart, and a Nintendo DS. If you're going to spend the extra money on an adapter then you may as well buy a Passme and a Nintendo DS instead. Unfortunately, both options are too much cash for me, therefore I won't be homebrewing on either for awhile.
Why did this not get more publicity? This is the one feature I have been hoping and praying for for months.
First of all, the price is outrageous. My little brother's brand new middle school is asking for $350, my school is asking for $150, and my younger little brother's elementary school is asking $120. $620 in donations just to start a school year is insane. Not only that, but those are just a particular donation the PTA is asking for. There is also individual funds set up for certain classes such as Art. Money is asked for on a case-to-case basis (if you're taking the class).
OK, so just because my parents are spending a lot of money, it must be getting spent on the right stuff, right? Well, unfortunately, that's usually not the case. My little brother's elementary school just recently purchase about 35 new Apple eMacs to replace their 5-year-old iMacs all running OS X. I used them for 3 years, and they were perfectly fine for the purpose that were set before them (word processing, Kid Pix, and typing programs). So why replace them? Because the PTA thinks we need to be "on the cutting edge of technology". Then the middle schools have thing like laptop carts. Basically, in each cart there is 30 iBook G4s all being wheeled around with an HP Printer and an Apple AirPort stuck on top. The teachers hook it up to the nearest ethernet port and everyone boots up...so we can type reports. That's it. Boom, $20,000 down the drain (probably more). That's a lot of money that could have been spent on something useful.
Meanwhile, every other year there is a campaign about passing some new tax reform so that things like the parent's music program and the library don't get booted. Why don't they take all this money they've saved, not spend it on computers, and keep all the programs they're in danger of losing (not to mention that not a single school in our district has recived anything more than pink slips that meant nothing).
The point is, wether it's a fad or a style here to stay, it's too expensive with little benefits. I'm a 13-year old techno-geek and I love new computers as much as anyone, but I also understand the value of a good education--new comptuers aren't it.
That works in Red Hat and/or Fedora. Not that I would use either of those...they're both crap. I'd rather stick to my Gentoo and Portage: emerge -v realplayer
Besides, what is Google going to do with my hundreds of queries about Linux problems? Are they going to hunt me down for it?
To me, it's almost like that program that encrypts your e-mail for you (can't remember what it was called). If you have nothing to hide, why are you hiding it?
Plus, I got a completely optimized system that runs highly up-to-date experimental software. Gentoo is just plain unbelievable when it comes to its package system: Portage. USE flags and keywords and mirrors and it's crazy huge distfiles database. It's all too much to handle.
Now, I personally am not crazy about Gentoo's documentation like most people are, but I do love the Gentoo-Wiki. For the most part it has articles about what people care about--the real world stuff like ATI or Nvidia drivers. Maybe setting up a home Samba server, that sort of thing.
Basically, I've used Gentoo for a year and a half and have never looked back.
Wait, you helped develop Lost in Blue? Or the original survival kids? Or was it that game that was in your sig: Found? Yeah, probably the latter. Darn.
I still like how the second and third Points in Paragraph 2 are coming out for the Nintendo DS. Lost in Blue is pretty much exactly the same. The other one, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, is still a lawyer game. So, according to this article, Nintendo is on the right track.
Unfortunately, I've seen that htop is wrong half the time on it's CPU usage. If you run X (of course, you wouldn't on a server, but whatever...) get gkrellm. It's got a much more accurate counter.
Lastly, I've run both IIS and Apache2. Apache2 is just way easier to configure and get up and running: vanilla and PHP/mySQL.
Google it. KXploit
As someone said far above, all you have to do is prioritize the first pieces in files. It's a simple option in most clients. While it doesn't eliminate pieces that are farther back in the file, it does help a ton with previewing files.
This means that a program that works, works well and it works just as fast as it does in Windows.
Also, I've had instances of games with Cedega, where I actually get a better framerate in Linux than in Windows.
That's actually not completely true. The Gamecube currently has a much easier hack than any other system. Basically you burn anything you want (demo, homebrew game, backup, whatever) onto a Mini-DVD with an added binary that enables the Gamecube to read it. It's called Python or Viper or something. (Did I mention you can burn normal DVDs as Mini-DVDs and strip the case off your Gamecube to play them?)
In other words, the Gamecube is the most easily modded console in the current generation. Why doesn't this "hack" get publicity? Why hasn't someone developed a Linux port for the Gamecube yet? Because Nintendo has it's "kiddie" image. No one wants to develop Linux for a console nerds stay away from.
I personally own both a Gamecube and a softmodded Xbox. Each have their pros and cons, and each have their great exclusive games. The only difference between the great exclusive games is that Nintendo's can be played by anyone, any age. My little brother isn't allowed to play Halo, but he's a Metroid Prime addict. Nintendo has this "kiddie" image only because they target everyone.
Lastly, Nintendo has this "kiddie" image because it has avoided online play like the plague. Hopefully, their new (free!) online Xbox Live-like service will fix this. Animal Crossing online? I'm there. Mario Kart with my friends in other state? That's me. My favorite? Super Smash Bros on the Revolution with anyone I want.
I know I've sort of rambled a lot about this, but I really love Nintendo and their products and think that if they would just get some good third-pary developers comitted, they could end up with a great system. I mean, look how Resident Evil 4 turned out.
As you said, there are games which make use of the second screen (Advance Wars is an example), but Nintendo has no other touch screen console with such a perfect market for Kirby games.
Ctrl+S? Doesn't matter if the boot loader doesn't allow passing options to the kernel. It'll still work. Mac OS X included (trust me, I've tried it).
Then again, even if you were talking about Windows XP/2000/NT, most likely there's the Safe Mode trick. You know, Safe Mode, log in as Administrator with no pass? It's pretty simple for any school or office administrator to neglect.
Then again, you might be talking about Windows 98 or 95. Just hit Cancel at the password screen and BOOM!, you're in.
Of course, I'm sure there's one for ME (I didn't spend much time with that crappy OS). I do know however that the Cancel "trick" was fixed.
Also, you talked about BIOS loading orders. Any administrator in their right mind would make a floppy disk the first item to boot to. It's just common sense. If anything happens to the password or the OS install gets corrupted, it's much easier to just boot to a floppy to fix it in DOS (or any other more specialized tool such as Partition Magic). The problem with this is: it's fairly easy to make a floppy that just tells the computer to boot from the CD drive. I've seen them before. Microsoft has a specialized one for XP.
The point is, while it's not always possible to gain root access remotely, it's pretty much always possible to gain root-access locally. I don't care if your case is made of titanium, I don't care if your case is boarded up with wood and the cables are nailed down.
Never underestimate your enemy...and remember, just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not after you.
Actually, it works exactly like Parent's first reply said it does. I ran '3 5 + 2 *' and it returned 16.
* There is still no proof that the weapons of mass destruction weren't moved. In fact, there is a whole lot of proof that says they were. Also, chemical agents (such as Sarin nerve gas and mustard gas) were found in Iraq. Read this.
* It looks like you just reworded "the U.S. went to Iraq for oil." B.S. If they went there for oil, why am I still paying outrageous prices for gas?
Personally, I think the latest issues far outweigh international agencies that try to curb world hunger, but instead just delay it for very isolated areas across the globe. In other words, they screwed up recently, and I don't trust with the internet.
If this is attributed to Wardriving, won't it be as illegal? I mean, if you're telling people where they can get free internet illegaly, isn't that breaking the law?
I'll be sure to check out the columns, though. His movie isn't bad, but I know what you mean by "half a clue".
I don't have a problem with Microsoft's buisness practices at all (except for way back when, when Gates stole the idea). I just have a problem with their end-product.
Just the fact that someone is giving their show away over the internet for free earns enough respect for me to actually give this a look. I haven't ever heard of the host, but if he's smart enough to know about Creative Commons liscenses he's better than 90% of the computer show people out there.
I don't understand how giving something away for free could be seen as competition. It's not like you can buy the exact same thing from a someone else. On the other hand, if this was something like Mozart/Bach/any|other|classic|artist where no one owns a copyright, then I guess giving it away while someone was selling it could be seen as an unfair buisness practice.
I still take the side of BBC on this one, though. They recorded the music with their own in-house orchestra and therefore should be able to distribute it any way they like. Period.
With a single-CPU Itanium2 system at around $2000 their price is already reasonable, and the price would come down (and software would be ported) if the Itanium ever became a mass market chip. Well, it's sort of like Linux. The only way it people will use it is if it's already a mass market chip, but it will never become a mass market chip if people don't use it. Sort of an infinite loop.
Of course, like most Slashdot posters you probably just want to show off your l33t knowledge.