IIRC, Sony had the PS controller which was basically a more uncomfortable SNES controller with 2 more shoulder buttons.
Then the N64 pad came out with the analog stick bang in the middle of a perfectly balanced pad (without attachements). Golden Eye with 2x pads 1 to look and one to move was the best control pad FPS implementation I have ever used.
Then Sony brought out the ANALOG controller, this was basically a dual shock but had no rumble, longer 'arms' and the analog sticks were plastic topped with a concave surface, and IMO was much comfier than any Sony pad since.
Then you could get rumble packs for the N64, and Sony brought out the Dual shocks, not sure on the timing there.
Sometime later The Dreamcast emerged, and this controller was pretty uncomfortable, as it forced the wrists together and caused aches after a while, but it had analog Triggers where the L+R buttons are. These are the best triggers on any controller. Good resistance and feel in the (long) motion.
The GC had a similar idea but they also added a button at the end of the trigger travel.
A good full size joystick needs a good trigger as well.
I had quite a few quickshot joysticks and always wanted one with microswitches.
Right-clicking in a menu to bring up another menu is weird behavior that doesn't work anywhere; it has nothing to do with Firefox.
Hmm, as I read this I thought - I right click a menu some where, some time... Now I realise where - The Start menu in Windows allows right - clicking to bring up another menu depending on context.
I use this all the time to create shortcuts.
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This live updating stuff is a PITA. Maybe I'll get used to it, but I can't seem to read the threads, it's laggy, Middle clicking doesn't work. How can I get the old slashdot back?
It's a well known 'feature' apparently, but I only heard about it myself recently, on this very organ.
From Wiki:
The Windows NT version of Notepad, installed by default on Windows 2000 and Windows XP, has the ability to detect Unicode files even when they are missing a byte order mark. To do this, it utilizes a Windows API function called IsTextUnicode()[2]. This function is, however, imperfect, incorrectly identifing some all-lowercase ASCII text as UTF-16. In result, Notepad interprets a file containing a phrase like "aaaa aaa aaa aaaaa" as two-byte Unicode text file and attempts to display it as such. If a font with support for Chinese is installed, Chinese characters are displayed.
Few people misinterpreted this issue for an easter egg. Many phrases, which fit the pattern (including "this app can break" and "bush hid the facts") appeared on the web as hoaxes. Experts correctly attributed it to the Unicode detection algorithm.
This issue has been resolved in Windows Vista version of Notepad.
Google brings up more links about this including some tech explanations, but I can't be bothered searching for you:)
I'm in the UK, and what your'e talking about is filter light.
"Surely just being in the turn-right lane should have been enough?"
In a lot of junctions it is, but the idea is to _keep_the_traffic_moving_. If you don't have a filter light, then cars turning right (across the carriageway) have to wait for a gap in the oncoming traffic, fine you may say, but it means cars behind are held up, and often there isn't a gap until the lights turn back to red again, so at most 1 or 2 cars get through on that lane.
This causes a tailback right as the previous set of lights will allow more cars through if there is room (which there probably won't be now...)
In many cases there is an additional _filter_lane_ which can accomodate enough cars to get them out of the main stream of traffic.
Usually the main green light turns first, and then 15-secs later the filter light turns. Filter lights can be on both the left or the right and can even filter traffic straight through.
Yeah I'm in the UK And I'd love to be able to buy a PC for £100 quid. ($200) . The EEE PC is £199 ($400). Dell sell a couple for around £200.
Oh and is ASDA walmart, or what?
You'll notice the site is cnet.co.UK, that gives a nice clue. Yes it's a standard UK double wall socket.
T'was mentioned on slashdot the other day:http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=355021&threshold=1&commentsort=0&mode=thread&cid=21290239
Man so many damn hoops to jump through to get a bleedin' post on here.
Slashdot Mirror
Telnet, isn't it? I installed cygwin/sshd which gives me remote shell, and I can use WinSCP to get a remote GUI of my FS.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=q_qgVn-Op7Q
That toy has been around for decades... I remeber playing with one 25 years ago. Now my kids have one. And I'm sure their kids will have one as well.
Imagine in the bar, phone goes, and you whip that bad boy out on the bar and answer it - how cool you would be!
http://www.fiftythree.org/etherkiller/
Then the N64 pad came out with the analog stick bang in the middle of a perfectly balanced pad (without attachements). Golden Eye with 2x pads 1 to look and one to move was the best control pad FPS implementation I have ever used.
Then Sony brought out the ANALOG controller, this was basically a dual shock but had no rumble, longer 'arms' and the analog sticks were plastic topped with a concave surface, and IMO was much comfier than any Sony pad since.
Then you could get rumble packs for the N64, and Sony brought out the Dual shocks, not sure on the timing there.
Sometime later The Dreamcast emerged, and this controller was pretty uncomfortable, as it forced the wrists together and caused aches after a while, but it had analog Triggers where the L+R buttons are. These are the best triggers on any controller. Good resistance and feel in the (long) motion.
The GC had a similar idea but they also added a button at the end of the trigger travel.
A good full size joystick needs a good trigger as well .
I had quite a few quickshot joysticks and always wanted one with microswitches.
Hmm, as I read this I thought - I right click a menu some where, some time... Now I realise where - The Start menu in Windows allows right - clicking to bring up another menu depending on context.
I use this all the time to create shortcuts.
Nice post. That is all I have to say.
Thanks a lot, sanity is now restored.
opera on winxp.
http://paradineshift.wordpress.com/2006/10/05/where-did-i-leave-my-keys-just-google-for-them-all-ready/
http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus-tactus/
What FPS are you playing, - Quake doesn't have any of these problems?
Sounds nice, I'd like that. What job is it?
From Wiki:
The Windows NT version of Notepad, installed by default on Windows 2000 and Windows XP, has the ability to detect Unicode files even when they are missing a byte order mark. To do this, it utilizes a Windows API function called IsTextUnicode()[2]. This function is, however, imperfect, incorrectly identifing some all-lowercase ASCII text as UTF-16. In result, Notepad interprets a file containing a phrase like "aaaa aaa aaa aaaaa" as two-byte Unicode text file and attempts to display it as such. If a font with support for Chinese is installed, Chinese characters are displayed.
Few people misinterpreted this issue for an easter egg. Many phrases, which fit the pattern (including "this app can break" and "bush hid the facts") appeared on the web as hoaxes. Experts correctly attributed it to the Unicode detection algorithm.
This issue has been resolved in Windows Vista version of Notepad.
Google brings up more links about this including some tech explanations, but I can't be bothered searching for you :)
http://www.shatters.net/celestia/download.html
But more like these:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Roundabout_(Swindon)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Roundabout_(Hemel_Hempstead)
It's 65GBP to fill my tank up, that's ~$130, and I'll get between 300-350 miles out of that. (Xantia diesel, town miles)
"Surely just being in the turn-right lane should have been enough?"
In a lot of junctions it is, but the idea is to _keep_the_traffic_moving_. If you don't have a filter light, then cars turning right (across the carriageway) have to wait for a gap in the oncoming traffic, fine you may say, but it means cars behind are held up, and often there isn't a gap until the lights turn back to red again, so at most 1 or 2 cars get through on that lane.
This causes a tailback right as the previous set of lights will allow more cars through if there is room (which there probably won't be now...)
In many cases there is an additional _filter_lane_ which can accomodate enough cars to get them out of the main stream of traffic.
Usually the main green light turns first, and then 15-secs later the filter light turns. Filter lights can be on both the left or the right and can even filter traffic straight through.
LMAO. I totally Agree.
My boss's P990i has this feature! His ring tone kinda warbles a bit and then dies. Just as if the battery is permanently flat. Oh wait...
1 - a
2 - couple
3 - few
4 - ????
5 - Profit!!
Can someone post it here?. I was looking for this 'rebuttal' the other month but couln't find it.
Yeah I'm in the UK And I'd love to be able to buy a PC for £100 quid. ($200) . The EEE PC is £199 ($400). Dell sell a couple for around £200. Oh and is ASDA walmart, or what?
You'll notice the site is cnet.co.UK, that gives a nice clue. Yes it's a standard UK double wall socket.
T'was mentioned on slashdot the other day:http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=355021&threshold=1&commentsort=0&mode=thread&cid=21290239 Man so many damn hoops to jump through to get a bleedin' post on here.