It may be an old, rehashed concept, but the new Pokemon games are great RPG's once you get over the kiddy factor of them. The 3D graphics in the new ones especially are really cool. One thing they really should have fixed up is those damn 8 bit sounds when a Pokemon makes a noise - surely there would be enough space on the DS GameCard to store the Pokemon's noises from the TV Anime series - like Pikachu
The ironic part to this is that the ABC releases episodes of The Chaser for free, in video podcast form. Also when they announced the video podcast last year, they plugged BitTorrent for helping distributing the show! In fact, the first BitTorrent release of the show was released by one of the hosts... So it dosn't seem like The Chaser are against piracy, only the ABC.
If you live in Australia and haven't seen The Chaser it's one of the funniest shows that we've got (9pm on ABC 1). If you don't live here, you can download every episode, legally at http://www.abc.net.au/tv/chaser/war/vodcast/.
The whole Google buying YouTube thing interests me quite a bit, especially the $1.9billon investment for a company which appears to be a giant liability. Also, next to Youtube, Google Video is the second biggest player in the online video delivery business. It seems there's no sense in spending over a billion for a product like this unless they feel threatened. Also, upon visiting YouTube (and I do quite a bit) I often do so to check out a video clip or a bootleg of a concert. I believe that now a company with a large amount of cash has purchased YouTube, it won't suprise me if the recording industries take a more hostile approach to YouTube - instead of the 'peaceful coexistance' style policy that's been adopted while YouTube did not have much money. In the end, a hostile, lawyer friendly approach to YouTube would be kinda sad, as many of the video clips and bootlegs I have heard/seen on YouTube have inspired me to purchase the music legitimately.
Karma whoring... Heres the contents of the article before it gets/.'ed
This Green Electronics Guide ranks leading mobile and PC manufacturers on their global policies and practice on eliminating harmful chemicals and on taking responsibility for their products once they are discarded by consumers. Companies are ranked solely on information that is publicly available.
7 Nokia - Good but room for improvement on amounts recycled. More
7 Dell - Points lost for not yet having models without the worst chemicals. Strong support for takeback. More
5.7 Hewlett Packard - Timelines only to provide plan for toxics phase out. Good on amounts recycled. More
5.3 Sony Ericsson - Some models without some of the worst chemicals, but bad on precautionary principle and take back. More
5 Samsung - Points for toxic phase out but not good on take back and recycling. More
4.7 Sony - Some models without the worst chemicals, but bad on precautionary principle and take back. More
4.3 LGE - Points for toxic phase out date but bad on take back. More
3.3 Panasonic - Only good on chemicals management. More
3 Toshiba - Some models without the worst chemicals, but no timelines for elimination and poor on takeback. More
3 Fujitsu-Siemens - Points for some models free of worst chemicals, but poor on takeback. More
2.7 Apple - Low scores on almost all criteria. More
2.3
Acer - Should do better on all criteria. More
1.7 Motorola - Points for chemicals management. Recently broke clean up promise. More
1.3 Lenovo - The lowest score of all companies. More
Ranking criteria explained
The ranking criteria reflect the demands of the Toxic Tech campaign to the electronics companies. Our two demands are that companies should:
* clean up their products by eliminating hazardous substances;
* takeback and recycle their products responsibly once they become obsolete.
The two issues are connected. The use of harmful chemicals in electronics prevents their safe recycling when the products are discarded. Companies scored marks out of 30 this has then been calculated to a mark out of 10 for simplicity.
Follow the more link beside each company for the full details of their score. The full criteria for scoring the companies is available. Download the full pdf of the scorecard.
Each score is based solely on public information on the companies website. Companies found not to be following their published policies will be deducted penalty point in future versions of the guide.
The guide is updated every 3 months. The current version was published on the 25 August 2006.
Disclaimer: Our 'Guide to Greener Electronics' aims to clean up the electronics sector and get manufacturers to take responsibility for the full life cycle of their products, including the electronic waste that their products generate. The guide does not rank companies on labour standards, energy use or any other issues, but recognises that these are important in the production and use of electronics products.
I went to a Free Comic Book Day event in Australia today, at a nice place called Pulp Fiction Comics. I didn't know it was a worldwide thing until I saw all the comics were issue ones and were kinda rubbish. I did score a Penny Arcade comic though, that was awesome:)
I wish someone would setup a free anime, or free manga day some day soon...
Righto. All the formatting went wack. What I meant to say was:/
All Your Base Are Belong To Us
I kid I kid. There is a very interesting article on Wikipedia about the Smithy Code right here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smithy_code The code was a little underwhelming though imo:(
All Your Base Are Belong To Us
I kid I kid. There is a very interesting article on Wikipedia about the Smithy Code right here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smithy_code
The code was a little underwhelming though:(
I haven't used Firefox in a while (Opera). Have they fixed the Memory Leak yet? I remember thats what put me off, otherwise I enjoyed Firefox quite a bit, and would certainly go back.
Why does everyone forget that Nokia supports software patents?
Is it becuase they seem like they are the good guys, because they are showing Linux off a little bit?
I mean, wasn't the Nokia Maemo tablet computer meant to be released by now? Maybe its the sequel to Duke Nukem Forever...
Put simply, there is no way this is going to happen. I couldn't understand why SUN would want to aquire PostgreSQL... What would they gain from it?
I do find it interesting that Telstra is a Sun software customer with 36,000 subscriptions as quoted by the article (Telstra is the big meanie in the telecomunations industry of Australia - the company equivelent of the big bully at school stealing your lunch money)
Im really exited to see the Nintendo Revolution in action.
-The console's games will come on standard DVDs, which indicates that it will probably function as a DVD player as well.
-The console will be "very, very sleek", sitting horizontally and being no more than around an inch thick.
-Revolution will also play games in High Definition and it will go online regularly.
-The controllers (which will likely be radically different from what we see today) will be wireless, providing more of a clutter-free console.
Slashdot Mirror
It may be an old, rehashed concept, but the new Pokemon games are great RPG's once you get over the kiddy factor of them. The 3D graphics in the new ones especially are really cool. One thing they really should have fixed up is those damn 8 bit sounds when a Pokemon makes a noise - surely there would be enough space on the DS GameCard to store the Pokemon's noises from the TV Anime series - like Pikachu
Mod parent down. It's comparable to the BBC in the sense that its run by the state and has a large budget. It's nothing like PBS.
If you live in Australia and haven't seen The Chaser it's one of the funniest shows that we've got (9pm on ABC 1). If you don't live here, you can download every episode, legally at http://www.abc.net.au/tv/chaser/war/vodcast/.
Does anyone have any figures on the value of Googles current TV show store?
The whole Google buying YouTube thing interests me quite a bit, especially the $1.9billon investment for a company which appears to be a giant liability. Also, next to Youtube, Google Video is the second biggest player in the online video delivery business. It seems there's no sense in spending over a billion for a product like this unless they feel threatened. Also, upon visiting YouTube (and I do quite a bit) I often do so to check out a video clip or a bootleg of a concert. I believe that now a company with a large amount of cash has purchased YouTube, it won't suprise me if the recording industries take a more hostile approach to YouTube - instead of the 'peaceful coexistance' style policy that's been adopted while YouTube did not have much money. In the end, a hostile, lawyer friendly approach to YouTube would be kinda sad, as many of the video clips and bootlegs I have heard/seen on YouTube have inspired me to purchase the music legitimately.
Karma whoring... Heres the contents of the article before it gets /.'ed
This Green Electronics Guide ranks leading mobile and PC manufacturers on their global policies and practice on eliminating harmful chemicals and on taking responsibility for their products once they are discarded by consumers. Companies are ranked solely on information that is publicly available.
7 Nokia - Good but room for improvement on amounts recycled. More
7 Dell - Points lost for not yet having models without the worst chemicals. Strong support for takeback. More
5.7 Hewlett Packard - Timelines only to provide plan for toxics phase out. Good on amounts recycled. More
5.3 Sony Ericsson - Some models without some of the worst chemicals, but bad on precautionary principle and take back. More
5 Samsung - Points for toxic phase out but not good on take back and recycling. More
4.7 Sony - Some models without the worst chemicals, but bad on precautionary principle and take back. More
4.3 LGE - Points for toxic phase out date but bad on take back. More
3.3 Panasonic - Only good on chemicals management. More
3 Toshiba - Some models without the worst chemicals, but no timelines for elimination and poor on takeback. More
3 Fujitsu-Siemens - Points for some models free of worst chemicals, but poor on takeback. More
2.7 Apple - Low scores on almost all criteria. More
2.3
Acer - Should do better on all criteria. More
1.7 Motorola - Points for chemicals management. Recently broke clean up promise. More
1.3 Lenovo - The lowest score of all companies. More
Ranking criteria explained
The ranking criteria reflect the demands of the Toxic Tech campaign to the electronics companies. Our two demands are that companies should:
* clean up their products by eliminating hazardous substances;
* takeback and recycle their products responsibly once they become obsolete.
The two issues are connected. The use of harmful chemicals in electronics prevents their safe recycling when the products are discarded. Companies scored marks out of 30 this has then been calculated to a mark out of 10 for simplicity.
Follow the more link beside each company for the full details of their score. The full criteria for scoring the companies is available. Download the full pdf of the scorecard.
Each score is based solely on public information on the companies website. Companies found not to be following their published policies will be deducted penalty point in future versions of the guide.
The guide is updated every 3 months. The current version was published on the 25 August 2006.
Disclaimer: Our 'Guide to Greener Electronics' aims to clean up the electronics sector and get manufacturers to take responsibility for the full life cycle of their products, including the electronic waste that their products generate. The guide does not rank companies on labour standards, energy use or any other issues, but recognises that these are important in the production and use of electronics products.
Anyone got dates on when the Xbox 360 entered production?
Tallks?
SATA is much better
I wish someone would setup a free anime, or free manga day some day soon...
All Your Base Are Belong To Us
I kid I kid.
There is a very interesting article on Wikipedia about the Smithy Code right here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smithy_code
The code was a little underwhelming though imo:(
All Your Base Are Belong To Us I kid I kid. There is a very interesting article on Wikipedia about the Smithy Code right here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smithy_code The code was a little underwhelming though :(
"Burglars couldn't get into your house if you had no doors or windows."
You mean
"Burglars couldn't get into your house if you had no Gates or Windows."
Does it support OGG?
Google Video Here: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-223127182 7736577327
I haven't used Firefox in a while (Opera). Have they fixed the Memory Leak yet? I remember thats what put me off, otherwise I enjoyed Firefox quite a bit, and would certainly go back.
Hail! An Australian newspaper not owned by Rupert Murdoch!
I'm hoping X86 Powerbooks. But we'll have to wait and see I guess. Intel VIIV looks promising.
First post!
I was suprised when they made an MSN Search plugin for Firefox (http://blogs.msdn.com/msnsearch/archive/2005/09/2 9/475316.aspx)
But this...
Why does everyone forget that Nokia supports software patents? Is it becuase they seem like they are the good guys, because they are showing Linux off a little bit? I mean, wasn't the Nokia Maemo tablet computer meant to be released by now? Maybe its the sequel to Duke Nukem Forever...
Put simply, there is no way this is going to happen. I couldn't understand why SUN would want to aquire PostgreSQL... What would they gain from it? I do find it interesting that Telstra is a Sun software customer with 36,000 subscriptions as quoted by the article (Telstra is the big meanie in the telecomunations industry of Australia - the company equivelent of the big bully at school stealing your lunch money)
Gee, I wonder if it could beat Deep Thought :) (http://www.research.ibm.com/deepblue/)
Im really exited to see the Nintendo Revolution in action. -The console's games will come on standard DVDs, which indicates that it will probably function as a DVD player as well. -The console will be "very, very sleek", sitting horizontally and being no more than around an inch thick. -Revolution will also play games in High Definition and it will go online regularly. -The controllers (which will likely be radically different from what we see today) will be wireless, providing more of a clutter-free console.
I havent seen VoIP anywhere in Australia yet...