Is MGS4 worth 400+ dollars for the console and 50+ dollars for the game?
Apparently you've never played an MGS game? Well then for one who is a fan the answer is a resounding yes. And I believe I will commence orgasming once there's a PS3 emulator for Linux.;)
That is one thing that has amazed me about Ubuntu, actually. I have run *MANY* distros over the last 10+ years, and have not run Windows since version 3.1 in 1995. I am used to having to do some work to get my X configuration correct, to get sound working at all, etc. I am now running Ubuntu, and have not had to touch a single configuration file. This is on a laptop, an eMachines M6805. The wide screen display (1280x800) was correctly configured - I had naturally expected it to choose 1024x768 and have to edit the xorg.conf to fix it. Sound works. It detected the wireless and built in ethernet, allowed me to select the wireless and enter my WEP key during installation, even the media keys (volume, mail, etc.) were properly configured.
Later, I had to install Windows XP in order to load maps onto my GPS - since this machine is designed to run Windows, I didn't expect to have any compatibility issues, but *surprise*! The screen resolution was wrong, the wireless card was not detected at all, sound does not work. I don't know if it configured the media keys correctly or not as I have only had to run Windows twice, once to load maps and later to setup my DSL which unfortunately could only be done by running the Windows coaster which SBC sent me.
I assume that all that doesn't work under Windows could be fixed by hunting around for drivers, but the simple fact that no such work was needed under Ubuntu whereas Windows is unable to make use of all of this Windows hardware was quite a surprise.
You needed paragraph tags. Badly. You had some great stuff to say, though.
Your PC plays blu-ray, and will have MGS4? Wow I've got to get me one of your computers... if you're running linux on your box I think I'm going to orgasm.
Ubuntu is really just Debian with more brown. I love Debian, but I can never seem to get proper sound mixing to work on it. I use Ubuntu because it is Debian with sound mixing that work. I've tried to move to other distros (usually i686 based ones so I can have more speed), but I always find flaws in them (even Mandrivia). As far as I'm concerned, Ubuntu is the best distro, but I'm not saying it's perfect. It's too slow, really.
It would seem odd that just "changing the paint" on the system would make it do this, which is exactly why it must be an internal change. There's likely upgraded parts, to be cheaper or less power hungry, that's causing this.
Some dumb teacher at my old school put up contact information for all students and staff in the school, as well as their accounts + email with passwords on a directory accessable without password. I found it the first year I went there (4 years ago), didn't tell anyone (would you? honestly...), and they just found out that it was there about 6 months ago. The kicker is that the thing got updated each year!
As much as I don't like Windows, I really shouldn't have to wait close to a minute for Ubuntu to get to the login screen, and then another 30ish seconds to get into GNOME when Windows 2000 does similar things in about 1/10th of the time on the same hardware.
Sweetness! I've been waiting for a way to get voice over IP through Google Talk since it first came out. So few people are willing to use Skype around here for some reason, but many are jumping on Google Talk. Whatever, as long as Gaim's improved, it's great news.
On that note, Google has announced that once it has indexed all the world's information, it will destroy the world to prevent any new information from arising to compramize it's massive index.
I think that already happened with the GameCube. Afterwards, a updated version called "The Q" (or something like that) was released by Panasonic that could play DVD movies. The catch? It costs a couple hundred dollars more. I'm not saying that Microsoft will do a similar thing, but if we're to take from history it'd be pretty likely and useless to spend an extra few hundred dollars on top of the already $300/$400 console.
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I have a friend who's had their Linux server running since the last blackout here, appx 10 months ago.
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Is MGS4 worth 400+ dollars for the console and 50+ dollars for the game? Apparently you've never played an MGS game? Well then for one who is a fan the answer is a resounding yes. And I believe I will commence orgasming once there's a PS3 emulator for Linux. ;)
I still have a floppy, but then this PC is a few years old now.
That is one thing that has amazed me about Ubuntu, actually. I have run *MANY* distros over the last 10+ years, and have not run Windows since version 3.1 in 1995. I am used to having to do some work to get my X configuration correct, to get sound working at all, etc. I am now running Ubuntu, and have not had to touch a single configuration file. This is on a laptop, an eMachines M6805. The wide screen display (1280x800) was correctly configured - I had naturally expected it to choose 1024x768 and have to edit the xorg.conf to fix it. Sound works. It detected the wireless and built in ethernet, allowed me to select the wireless and enter my WEP key during installation, even the media keys (volume, mail, etc.) were properly configured.
Later, I had to install Windows XP in order to load maps onto my GPS - since this machine is designed to run Windows, I didn't expect to have any compatibility issues, but *surprise*! The screen resolution was wrong, the wireless card was not detected at all, sound does not work. I don't know if it configured the media keys correctly or not as I have only had to run Windows twice, once to load maps and later to setup my DSL which unfortunately could only be done by running the Windows coaster which SBC sent me.
I assume that all that doesn't work under Windows could be fixed by hunting around for drivers, but the simple fact that no such work was needed under Ubuntu whereas Windows is unable to make use of all of this Windows hardware was quite a surprise.
You needed paragraph tags. Badly. You had some great stuff to say, though.
Your PC plays blu-ray, and will have MGS4? Wow I've got to get me one of your computers... if you're running linux on your box I think I'm going to orgasm.
Come on... we all know Madden 2004 was the best game of the year in 2004, right?
Well yes, but they could easilly go for other free options other then Linux. FreeBSD, for example.
Clearly they should be running SCO Unixware.
Yeah, some Polish food would be good right about now.
Ubuntu is really just Debian with more brown. I love Debian, but I can never seem to get proper sound mixing to work on it. I use Ubuntu because it is Debian with sound mixing that work. I've tried to move to other distros (usually i686 based ones so I can have more speed), but I always find flaws in them (even Mandrivia). As far as I'm concerned, Ubuntu is the best distro, but I'm not saying it's perfect. It's too slow, really.
Must just be poorly worded. Who actually owns a GCN internet adapter anyway? For just PSO, there can't be too many people with it.
Wow, people really can't take jokes. Settle down and use your mod points wisely.
Neither, but environmentalists will name it as some result of global warming.
Roland: the anagram lover's Ronald.
It would seem odd that just "changing the paint" on the system would make it do this, which is exactly why it must be an internal change. There's likely upgraded parts, to be cheaper or less power hungry, that's causing this.
See the words "most recent"? They could well be from 6 months ago.
Some dumb teacher at my old school put up contact information for all students and staff in the school, as well as their accounts + email with passwords on a directory accessable without password. I found it the first year I went there (4 years ago), didn't tell anyone (would you? honestly...), and they just found out that it was there about 6 months ago. The kicker is that the thing got updated each year!
Ok, so maybe 1/10th is an exaggeration... but I haven't really used Windows 2000 in 3 or 4 weeks so it's hard to remember.
As much as I don't like Windows, I really shouldn't have to wait close to a minute for Ubuntu to get to the login screen, and then another 30ish seconds to get into GNOME when Windows 2000 does similar things in about 1/10th of the time on the same hardware.
You're not the only one. Long surveys like that only discourage people from finishing it.
Sweetness! I've been waiting for a way to get voice over IP through Google Talk since it first came out. So few people are willing to use Skype around here for some reason, but many are jumping on Google Talk. Whatever, as long as Gaim's improved, it's great news.
But... what will all the Slashdotters do with their time? Surely you can't expect us all to... *gulp* leave our computers?
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On that note, Google has announced that once it has indexed all the world's information, it will destroy the world to prevent any new information from arising to compramize it's massive index.
I think that already happened with the GameCube. Afterwards, a updated version called "The Q" (or something like that) was released by Panasonic that could play DVD movies. The catch? It costs a couple hundred dollars more. I'm not saying that Microsoft will do a similar thing, but if we're to take from history it'd be pretty likely and useless to spend an extra few hundred dollars on top of the already $300/$400 console.
I have a friend who's had their Linux server running since the last blackout here, appx 10 months ago.