Comment Re:Windows Media Center (Score 1) 536
Do you have file indexing turned off?
Comment Re:If he was paid $50, he wasn't a "slave" (Score 1) 802
Should I pipe up here about DeBeers and those diamond mines?
Comment Re:LyX (Score 4, Insightful) 823
AND when you copy those onto your computer later, you'll be even MORE likely to remember it.
Comment Re:Apple's activity is criminal here, Palm's is le (Score 1) 656
>> It's not as elegant as an iPod, since it doesn't use the main Library file
So Palm did the work on their hardware to make it be "as elegant as an ipod"; and people somehow think that's a bad thing?
Apple doesn't have to provide ANY support. They just have to stop intentionally blocking 3rd parties.
Submission + - Wii Update 4.2 tries (and fails) to block homebrew (hackmii.com) 3
marcansoft writes: "On September 28, Nintendo released a Wii update, titled 4.2. This update was targeted squarely at homebrew, performing sweeping changes throughout the system. It hardly achieved that goal, though, because just two days later a new version of the HackMii installer was released that brings full homebrew capabilities back to all Wii consoles, including unmodified consoles running 4.2.
However, as part of their attempt to annoy homebrew users, Nintendo updated the lowest level updateable component of the Wii software stack: boot2 (part of the system bootloader chain). Homebrew users have been using BootMii to patch boot2 in order to gain low level system access and recovery functions (running Linux natively, fixing bricks, etc). The update hasn't hindered this, as users can simply reinstall BootMii after updating (it is compatible with the update). But there's a much bigger problem: Nintendo's boot2 update code is buggy. Boot2 had never been updated in retail consoles until now. During BootMii's development, its authors noticed that Nintendo's code had critical bugs and could sometimes permanently brick a console by writing incorrect or unchecked data to flash memory, so they decided to write their own, much safer flashing code. Now, Nintendo has pushed a boot2 update to all Wii users, and the results are what was expected: users are reporting bricks after installing 4.2 on unmodified consoles. Nintendo is currently attempting to censor posts and remove references to homebrew.
It is worth noting that the new boot2 does not attempt to block anything or offer any additional protection or functionality. Its sole purpose is to simply replace current versions which may or may not have been modified with BootMii. Another interesting tidbit is that Nintendo is not believed to have any method to repair this kind of brick at a factory, short of replacing the entire motherboard."
However, as part of their attempt to annoy homebrew users, Nintendo updated the lowest level updateable component of the Wii software stack: boot2 (part of the system bootloader chain). Homebrew users have been using BootMii to patch boot2 in order to gain low level system access and recovery functions (running Linux natively, fixing bricks, etc). The update hasn't hindered this, as users can simply reinstall BootMii after updating (it is compatible with the update). But there's a much bigger problem: Nintendo's boot2 update code is buggy. Boot2 had never been updated in retail consoles until now. During BootMii's development, its authors noticed that Nintendo's code had critical bugs and could sometimes permanently brick a console by writing incorrect or unchecked data to flash memory, so they decided to write their own, much safer flashing code. Now, Nintendo has pushed a boot2 update to all Wii users, and the results are what was expected: users are reporting bricks after installing 4.2 on unmodified consoles. Nintendo is currently attempting to censor posts and remove references to homebrew.
It is worth noting that the new boot2 does not attempt to block anything or offer any additional protection or functionality. Its sole purpose is to simply replace current versions which may or may not have been modified with BootMii. Another interesting tidbit is that Nintendo is not believed to have any method to repair this kind of brick at a factory, short of replacing the entire motherboard."
Comment Re:Prometheus Mod for UT3 (Score 1) 106
Was looking to see if anyone posted this yet. Looks like an interesting puzzler (not action game AC).
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/09/03/prometheus-unbound-keys-unreal-time-travelosity/
Comment Re:same as the PC (Score 1) 389
actually, the wii is the only console that allows direct pointing.
Comment Re:Quality of the failure not just quantity (Score 2, Insightful) 607
So somehow between the title/summary and your post, you managed to translate "54.2%" to 2/3?
Better work on that math.
Comment Re:Customer service apparently alive still (Score 1) 284
You are probably ordering items that ship directly from the manufacture. I think there's usually a note indicating this is the case.
Comment Re:Does it ... (Score -1, Troll) 205
> this has resulted in the reliance of out dated closed source Linux drivers.
So pretty much like any other graphics "card" under Linux?
Comment Re:I thought they.. (Score 1) 635
Ahhhh, but would a placebo have worked, and without risk of side effects?
Comment Re:Where are the mods? (Score 1) 635
> most slashdotters don't have a clue about psychology
That hasn't stopped us from commenting yet! (See also, clues about: law, politics, what Bill Gates REALLY said, opposite sex, Slashdot demographics, grammar, news, average "users", etc.)
Comment Re:News at 11 (Score 1) 582
That's the 360 model without the HDD.
They have managed to bring the "real" 360 down to Wii price, but it didn't start out that way.
Comment Re:Gimmee a break (Score 1) 306
Conditionally true, but completely off-topic.
Comment Re:BD-ROM already? (Score 1) 231
I meant uncompressed. Meaning that the final installation (not download) would be stored in completely non-compressed format. I guess it'd use less CPU time, but CPU de-compressing is faster than loading from disk most likely.
However, my meaning was probably completely NOT clear from my post due to the time of said posting. And (noting the time) this one may not be any better, but I won't know until tomorrow.
