Mark Maughan - Slashdot User

Comment: Re:Even with the PS2 hardware inside... (Score 1) 108

by Mark Maughan on Tuesday March 06 2007, @04:11PM (#18254116) Attached to: PS3's New Back-Compat Limit Outlined

Most PS2 games make use of the rumble feature of the dualshock controller as a part of the gaming experience. And until the PS3 has a method of using the old controller with the old games you will be missing out on that experience, when you play your PS2 games on your PS3.

You mean like the many PS2 Controler-to-usb adaptors?

(Score:3, Informative my Arse)

Scientists say Louisiana has less than 10 years

Submitted by

editor.b

on Tuesday March 06 2007, @02:43PM

editor.b writes "According to a new series by the Times-Picayune, south Louisiana has much less time than expected. Scientists say that coastal land is now disappearing at the rate of one football field every 45 minutes. In ten years or less New Orleans will be in the Gulf of Mexico."

Microsoft Patches Xbox 360

Submitted by mjdroner on Tuesday March 06 2007, @10:16AM

mjdroner writes "ZDNet reports that Microsoft has patched the Xbox 360 to disallow users from running their own apps or OSs on the platform. The article states that the patch fixes a hole in the tamper protection mechanism. It also notes that Microsoft did not describe the update as a security fix, but rather, an 'operating system update.'"

God of War is now officially coming to the PSP

Submitted by

Jake

on Sunday March 04 2007, @01:29AM

Jake writes "God of War is now officially coming to the PSP. The proof is on the back of the God of War 2 game manual. So if you want proof in person go buy the game when it comes out on March 13th or just look at the picture: http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/9914/smgowmanual2 rg0.jpg"

PSP Modded with PS2 Controller

Submitted by Croakyvoice on Saturday March 03 2007, @08:14PM

Croakyvoice writes "Foo Foo a member at DCEmu has taken apart a PSP and modded it with LED Lights and also has a working PS2 Controller Modded to it. Theres a Youtube Video that shows the process and also details of how the mod was completed from start to finish."

Windows Vista WGA Still Plagued By Problems

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 25 2007, @08:12PM

An anonymous reader writes "IWeek blogger Alex Wolfe writes that Vista is Still Plagued By Windows Genuine Advantage "False Postive" Problems. Along with his own experience (a support person hung up on him), he cites numerous cases on Microsoft's own forums where users have be forced to reactivate their copies of Vista and told there's a problem with their license.

[Messages like this: "After running vista for a few weeks, I rebooted this morning to find that my purchased copy of vista is no longer genuine."]

Based on the volume of problems, Wolfe characterized Microsoft's downplaying of false-positives last month as "spin control." Right now, the only "technical" solution when you run into this is to type "slui 4" into the command line and then go through phone activation. Have you had a problem with WGA? Do you agree with Wolfe that WGA should be shut off until Microsoft can resolve the 'false positives' problem? More importantly, do you think this could seriously undermine adoption of Vista?"

3D Mario Bros Clone Released

Submitted by Croakyvoice on Sunday February 11 2007, @10:09PM

Croakyvoice writes "Sanik has released an homebrew game for the PSP that is a clone of Super Mario Bros 1 for the NES, but with a major new addition, the game is in psuedo 3D, it plays on what looks like a wraparound screen."

Sex-ed the Tex-ed way

Submitted by zoltamatron on Sunday February 11 2007, @08:21PM

zoltamatron writes "The SF Chronicle is running a story about the Bush administration's abstinence only sex-ed program and how there is no evidence to show that it works any better than the comprehensive education it replaces. Still, California is one of only three states that does not participate in the program that pushes the Texas born curriculum. From the article:

"California took a very progressive approach," [Douglas Kirby] said. "Texas pushed abstinence and made it a little more difficult for teens to receive contraceptives. Pregnancy did go down between 1991 and 2004, but Texas had the second-lowest decline of all states, 19 percent. California had the second-greatest decrease, 46 percent."
The article says there is more than $1 billion in federal money going to these programs."

Cartoon Network "Bombs" Sell for $1000

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 10 2007, @09:29PM

An anonymous reader writes "Shortly after the bomb scare in Boston, the "bombs" themselves are being put up on ebay. While many were confiscated, or put in locations unreachable without a ladder, a select few got into the hands of the public. After the media frenzy over the alleged "bombs," the items began to appear on Ebay for prices upward of $1,000.
A link to the auction can be found here:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ATHF-Mooninite-Boston-Bomb-Sca re-Aqua-Teen-Hunger-Force_W0QQitemZ300079642847QQi hZ020QQcategoryZ201QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"

Walmart downloads reject Firefox, Apple browsers

Submitted by babooo404 on Saturday February 10 2007, @06:30PM

babooo404 writes "Last week, Walmart launched their online video download service. Immediately there were posts that the service did not work with the Firefox or Safari browsers. There was a collective, "WTF" when this happened as this is 2007, not 1997. Now it appears that reports are out that Walmart has COMPLETELY turned off the ability to get into the application at all by Firefox, Safari or any other browser it does not like.

http://www.centernetworks.com/walmart-in-bed-with- microsoft-no-to-firefox"