EverQuest wasn't truely cross-platform. EverQuest PC, Macintosh, and PS2 each had their own set of servers and were not maintained and updated at the same pace.
I believe what they REALLY mean is FFXI is the first MMORPG that allows players on different platforms to play together.
The last paragraph makes it clear that the estate of Salvador Dali was somehow involved in the project. I doubt they would be too eager to participate if Disney was giving them the shaft.
The Java-based browser concept worked really well for Sun Microsystems' HotJava browser so I believe Jazilla will be a phenomenal success as well. Go Jazilla team!
Last August during the final days of subway operation I managed to make it down there and snap a bunch of pictures including some of their shop facilities if anyone is interested.
It seems this needs to be cleared up for the ignorant reactionaries in the audience...
The DVD-Audio protection does NOT cripple the Audigy 2 when compared to other sound cards because the Audigy 2 is the only card that supports DVD-Audio at all! DVD-Audio is not the same thing as audio channels on DVD playback which DO work through the Audigy 2's digital outputs.
The only time digital output is disabled is when DVD-Audio discs are played, but DVD-Audio is such a niche format right now that it isn't likely to seriously affect anyone.
Just out of curiosity, were you at the Sega arcade in Kyoto station? Or maybe the Namco Wonder Tower? That city has so many awesome arcades but those two are my favorite!
I dropped many a 100 yen coin in TnT machines when I was in Japan. The game is fun as hell (plus arcades are the only thing open past 9 PM) so I'm glad it is finally in a form I can reasonably import to the USA. I don't know much about PS2 mod chips... can anyone tell me what kind I should get to play this?
The version they had out when I was there was Taiko no Tatsujin 3 and it has some very interesting songs. All the titles are in Japanese (which I don't read). It was very embarrassing to play this with a group of high school guys I just met and inadvertently select the Sailor Moon theme song...
I don't know why the link for the Sun Fire 15K info goes to Nationwide Value Computer (whatever that is) instead of the official Sun site. NVC apparently has no bandwidth, but I'm sure Sun has plenty to spare.
Sony doesn't allow the use of the built in drive but no restrictions are placed on any USB devices. There are several USB CDRW drives which work perfectly with PS2 Linux.
Don't get excited yet, According to Infoworld the new Solaris x86 will only run on Sun hardware such as the Sun LX50. You won't be able to download it for free and use it on any system as in the past.
They are only doing this for the admins who want cheap Solaris hardware to mix in with their SPARC stuff. No more free lunches.
Of course upgrading your firmware isn't illegal. However it is illegal to sell or distribute "hacked" firmware just as it would be to redistribute any other piece of software. In the past many firmware hacks have been illegal because they are alterations of the original copyrighted firmware.
I can't read the article because it is currently slashdotted but my guess would be that they found some way to patch the firmware without distributing any code owned by the manufacturer.
In this case it is the hack itself which is "totally legal", not the act of updating firmware.
Only certain stores will do this, because it requires special licensing. Be sure to go to the "Duty Free" stores. They are easy to find in any big shopping area and usually have English speakers to help out if you have questions about the gadgets. Laox in Akihabara is a good one.
Microsoft isn't the only company that has ever released software with security vulnerabilities. Solaris, Linux, and VMS have all had their share of exploits. The only difference is Microsoft products have significantly more users than all other platforms combined so Windows/Office exploits are naturally going to gain more attention and cause more annoyance.
You don't need to be running Microsoft products to receive the Klez virus. Running AV software on the server prevents users from receiving tons of e-mail from infected users. It doesn't matter if you are running Windows, Solaris, VMS, or MacOS, Klez can fill up your inbox with unwanted e-mail and be generally annoying.
Hasbro would win if this went to court for two good reasons.
First of all, there is a Game Boy version of their board game, a "portable Monopoly" if you will. This shows that the word Monopoly as it applies to their trademark has already been introduced into this particular industry and confusion is both possible and likely.
Secondly, during part of their "we've invented this great thing that's ready to go but we aren't releasing it for several months for no apparent reason" phase, the Portable Monopoly website used the same mint green color as Monopoly boards and the Rich Uncle Pennybags character. While it was intended as a joke, it was obviously a reference to Hasbro's Monopoly even though their product had nothing to do with it.
Either of these facts would defeat Portable Monopoly's "good faith" claim in court.
They do have an interesting warning on there. The Linux kit's hard drive will not work with other games. So you'll have to buy a second hard drive for Final Fantasy 11 and swap them out!
StarOffice 6.0 is far better than 5.2. 6.0 boasts better compatibility with MS Office filetypes, a faster and cleaner interface (no more of 5.2's cheesy desktop shit), greater stability, and a bunch of super cool chart/equation/textart type plugins for all of the SO programs. I wouldn't call it an Office Killer, but it is definately pretty close.
Though it may seem strange, it is usually easier to market commercial software than it is free software. Most business customers still associate free software with shoddy shareware. By charging for StarOffice 6.0 and putting it in a nice pretty box Sun has a better chance of gaining marketshare than they would with a free download. Plus die-hard freeloaders who don't want to play still have OpenOffice, so everyone will be happy.
"Windows sucks! Open Source is good! But since everybody else uses Windows there is no point in developing for multiplatforms."
"99.9% of the world's population use Windows! But lets spend tons of money to engineer our site to work with the Open Source users' browsers even though they are all too cheap to buy our products!"
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EverQuest wasn't truely cross-platform. EverQuest PC, Macintosh, and PS2 each had their own set of servers and were not maintained and updated at the same pace.
I believe what they REALLY mean is FFXI is the first MMORPG that allows players on different platforms to play together.
This seems very debatable to me. Has anyone ever been procescuted for downloading something they own?
I doubt such a situation has ever presented itself...
...before you jump to conclusions.
The last paragraph makes it clear that the estate of Salvador Dali was somehow involved in the project. I doubt they would be too eager to participate if Disney was giving them the shaft.
Nope, Windows 95 was Chicago.
Too bad that tool is totally useless on PDFs containing no text.
The Java-based browser concept worked really well for Sun Microsystems' HotJava browser so I believe Jazilla will be a phenomenal success as well. Go Jazilla team!
Last August during the final days of subway operation I managed to make it down there and snap a bunch of pictures including some of their shop facilities if anyone is interested.
Remember kids, musicians don't steal. They SAMPLE!
It seems this needs to be cleared up for the ignorant reactionaries in the audience...
The DVD-Audio protection does NOT cripple the Audigy 2 when compared to other sound cards because the Audigy 2 is the only card that supports DVD-Audio at all! DVD-Audio is not the same thing as audio channels on DVD playback which DO work through the Audigy 2's digital outputs.
The only time digital output is disabled is when DVD-Audio discs are played, but DVD-Audio is such a niche format right now that it isn't likely to seriously affect anyone.
Curses! I meant to check the "No Score +1 Bonus" box, not the "Post Anonymously" box.
Just out of curiosity, were you at the Sega arcade in Kyoto station? Or maybe the Namco Wonder Tower? That city has so many awesome arcades but those two are my favorite!
I dropped many a 100 yen coin in TnT machines when I was in Japan. The game is fun as hell (plus arcades are the only thing open past 9 PM) so I'm glad it is finally in a form I can reasonably import to the USA. I don't know much about PS2 mod chips... can anyone tell me what kind I should get to play this?
The version they had out when I was there was Taiko no Tatsujin 3 and it has some very interesting songs. All the titles are in Japanese (which I don't read). It was very embarrassing to play this with a group of high school guys I just met and inadvertently select the Sailor Moon theme song...
I don't know why the link for the Sun Fire 15K info goes to Nationwide Value Computer (whatever that is) instead of the official Sun site. NVC apparently has no bandwidth, but I'm sure Sun has plenty to spare.
Here's a link to the official site: http://www.sun.com/servers/highend/sunfire15k/
Sony doesn't allow the use of the built in drive but no restrictions are placed on any USB devices. There are several USB CDRW drives which work perfectly with PS2 Linux.
Don't get excited yet, According to Infoworld the new Solaris x86 will only run on Sun hardware such as the Sun LX50. You won't be able to download it for free and use it on any system as in the past.
They are only doing this for the admins who want cheap Solaris hardware to mix in with their SPARC stuff. No more free lunches.
Of course upgrading your firmware isn't illegal. However it is illegal to sell or distribute "hacked" firmware just as it would be to redistribute any other piece of software. In the past many firmware hacks have been illegal because they are alterations of the original copyrighted firmware.
I can't read the article because it is currently slashdotted but my guess would be that they found some way to patch the firmware without distributing any code owned by the manufacturer.
In this case it is the hack itself which is "totally legal", not the act of updating firmware.
Only certain stores will do this, because it requires special licensing. Be sure to go to the "Duty Free" stores. They are easy to find in any big shopping area and usually have English speakers to help out if you have questions about the gadgets. Laox in Akihabara is a good one.
Microsoft isn't the only company that has ever released software with security vulnerabilities. Solaris, Linux, and VMS have all had their share of exploits. The only difference is Microsoft products have significantly more users than all other platforms combined so Windows/Office exploits are naturally going to gain more attention and cause more annoyance.
You don't need to be running Microsoft products to receive the Klez virus. Running AV software on the server prevents users from receiving tons of e-mail from infected users. It doesn't matter if you are running Windows, Solaris, VMS, or MacOS, Klez can fill up your inbox with unwanted e-mail and be generally annoying.
Hasbro would win if this went to court for two good reasons.
First of all, there is a Game Boy version of their board game, a "portable Monopoly" if you will. This shows that the word Monopoly as it applies to their trademark has already been introduced into this particular industry and confusion is both possible and likely.
Secondly, during part of their "we've invented this great thing that's ready to go but we aren't releasing it for several months for no apparent reason" phase, the Portable Monopoly website used the same mint green color as Monopoly boards and the Rich Uncle Pennybags character. While it was intended as a joke, it was obviously a reference to Hasbro's Monopoly even though their product had nothing to do with it.
Either of these facts would defeat Portable Monopoly's "good faith" claim in court.
I think you've got Microsoft mixed up with nurv. ;)
If you really want one of these it might not hurt to pre-order it on Sony's site!
They do have an interesting warning on there. The Linux kit's hard drive will not work with other games. So you'll have to buy a second hard drive for Final Fantasy 11 and swap them out!
StarOffice 6.0 is far better than 5.2. 6.0 boasts better compatibility with MS Office filetypes, a faster and cleaner interface (no more of 5.2's cheesy desktop shit), greater stability, and a bunch of super cool chart/equation/textart type plugins for all of the SO programs. I wouldn't call it an Office Killer, but it is definately pretty close.
Though it may seem strange, it is usually easier to market commercial software than it is free software. Most business customers still associate free software with shoddy shareware. By charging for StarOffice 6.0 and putting it in a nice pretty box Sun has a better chance of gaining marketshare than they would with a free download. Plus die-hard freeloaders who don't want to play still have OpenOffice, so everyone will be happy.
You mean like Kevin Mitnick?
Oh wait, nevermind....
"Windows sucks! Open Source is good! But since everybody else uses Windows there is no point in developing for multiplatforms."
"99.9% of the world's population use Windows! But lets spend tons of money to engineer our site to work with the Open Source users' browsers even though they are all too cheap to buy our products!"