erexx23 - Slashdot User

Comment: Video Games using Secure Distribution Channels (Score 1) 224

by erexx23 on Friday July 29 2011, @07:55PM (#36929570) Attached to: Ubisoft Considers Always-Connected DRM "A Success"

If you considered a Video Game a Distribution Channel, that you pay a one time fee or subscription for, it would be like any other sub-premium pay to view TV programming. I think the interaction involved in a video game is often better than television. That's not to say that all distribution channels should be only electronic. I prefer physical media. Something that still has some true value that can be lent, borrowed and sold or traded at will. Give me that ability with my secure electronic property and then I would have a better opinion about it.

Thief Posts His Photo To Facebook Victim's Account 222

Posted by samzenpus on Friday December 17 2010, @02:01PM
from the criminal-status-update dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Washington Post reporter Marc Fisher discovered his house had been burgled; money, a winter coat, an iPod and his son's laptop were stolen. Imagine his surprise when Facebook friends of his 15-year-old son reported that a photo of the apparent thief, wearing Fisher's coat and holding a wad of notes, had been uploaded to his son's Facebook account. How addicted do you have to be to a social network to post a status update and upload your photo *while* you're burgling someone's house?"

Combining Two Kinects To Make Better 3D Video 106

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday November 30 2010, @06:35AM
from the this-is-what-happens-when-yo dept.

suraj.sun sends this quote from Engadget about improving the Kinect 3D video recordings we discussed recently: "[Oliver Kreylos is] blowing minds and demonstrating that two Kinects can be paired and their output meshed — one basically filling in the gaps of the other. He found that the two do create some interference, the dotted IR pattern of one causing some holes and blotches in the other, but when the two are combined they basically help each other out and the results are quite impressive."

When You Really, Really Want to Upgrade a Tiny Notebook 104

Posted by timothy on Tuesday October 12 2010, @08:59PM
from the faint-of-heart-attack dept.

Benz145 writes "The famous Sony VAIO UX UMPC may have been cancelled a few years back by Sony, but the community at Micro PC Talk won't let it die. Modder Anh has carefully removed the relatively slow 1.33Ghz Core Solo CPU and installed a much faster Intel Core 2 Duo U7700 (a process which involves reballing the entire CPU). On top of this, he managed to install an incredibly small 4-port USB hub into the unit which allowed for the further instillation of a Huawei E172 modem for 3G data/voice/SMS, a GPS receiver, and a Pinnacle HD TV receiver. All of this was done without modifying the device's tiny external case. Great high-res pictures of the motherboard with the modded hardware can be seen through the link."

Comment: Works for Halo - So find another reason. (Score 1) 315

by erexx23 on Tuesday September 21 2010, @08:51AM (#33649006) Attached to: <em>Mega Man</em> Designer Explains Japan's Waning Video Game Influence

The formula seems to Work for Halo.
Americans love FPS... especially on their consoles.
And that's what they get... the same regurgitated crap over and over...
Its working and has been working here for over 10 years.

How many FPS's has Japan created in the last 10 years?
How many of those have been mega hits in the US?

I hate when "experts" say crap like this.

"When asked why, he responds, 'A lot of designers, if they find a genre that works for them, they stick with it. A lot of designers just stick to a set formula. That doesn't work any more. You can't just tweak the graphics, work just on image quality. You can't compete on that."

Comment: Re:Circular circuit board (Score 1) 134

by erexx23 on Friday February 12 2010, @02:51PM (#31117324) Attached to: Silicon Valley's Island of Misfit Tech

They make nice analog clocks after they are done being used.

Comment: Re:Gamestop -- pushing used games over new (Score 2, Insightful) 664

by erexx23 on Thursday June 04 2009, @08:45PM (#28217597) Attached to: Publishers Want a Slice of Used Game Market

Its such a crappy deal I dont know why any one uses them.
I used them once and never went back.
CraigsList if far more worth my time and money.

Comment: Personal MultiMedia and Communications Host (Score 1) 286

by erexx23 on Wednesday June 03 2009, @07:17PM (#28204043) Attached to: What Do You Do With a Personal Domain?

I use mine for personal email, image and file hosting.
I have many non published web pages and portals that I share with friends.
Its more like a private and personal internet host for me.
Not the traditional "domain" thing to do.

Comment: How Bizzare (Score 1) 665

by erexx23 on Saturday May 09 2009, @05:06PM (#27891787) Attached to: Alienware Refusing Customers As Thieves

With the costs involved in an Alienware system you would think that it would be been reported stolen immediately to Alienware.
I know I would have... and I have for some Dell laptops that where eventually recovered.
Is also very strange that Dell doesn't have a transfer of ownership program for one of their Premium products
but they do for their average systems.

Comment: A long time ago it was possible but no longer (Score 1) 541

by erexx23 on Thursday May 07 2009, @12:58AM (#27856087) Attached to: Star Trek's Warp Drive Not Impossible

Possible before the big bang fully crystallized the laws of nature.
And was possible before dark energy took over and expansion started.
Only possible today at subluminal speeds... at least that's what the brain slugs keep telling me.
We are going to need generation ships and the ability to live a lot longer.