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beneficii Lakitu Level: 36 Posts: 361/567 EXP: 299656 For next: 8454 Since: 06-27-04 From: Cordova, TN, USA Since last post: 14 hours Last activity: 6 hours |
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Originally posted by alte Hexe Well, you could have given some indication. Also the inane comparison you mentioned isn't inane when seen in the context of the paragraph itself. I was pointing out space launches being illegal for a time for anyone other than the government, meaning that if a private group were to do a space launch during that time, they'd have been handcuffed, they'd have been hauled off to jail, and all their stuff for the launch would have been confiscated for evidence. I made a comparison to drug smuggling at that point to indicate that it is not so easy to make a space launch as it is to smuggle drugs, basically to say that a private group wouldn't have dared try it while it was illegal. That's what I meant by that. Originally, aviation was private, started by a couple of brothers taking a spin around thier hometown. Of course, governments (especially militaries) have found loads of uses for it since then, but it wasn't until around mid-century that the U.S. government (at least) began to control the industry more and more. Also, the more space vehicles there are and the more people there are signing up, the less the prices are going to be for space launches, because designers will be mass producing to meet the demand and they'll be coming up with more efficient ways of launching into space. It's the economy of scale. |
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beneficii Lakitu Level: 36 Posts: 362/567 EXP: 299656 For next: 8454 Since: 06-27-04 From: Cordova, TN, USA Since last post: 14 hours Last activity: 6 hours |
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Originally posted by alte Hexe Right, hobbyists, private people working with private funds, and for a while it was in the realms of the hobbyists. Also, regarding the Wright brothers not being the inventors, it seems that many have made different claims and this Wikipedia article on the Wright brothers makes no mention of a Brazilian. It is mentioned in the talk page however. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_brothers I think we can be certain that if the Wright brothers did not invent the airplane, then they were certainly responsible for many of the innovations that made its widespread use possible. Also, the article states that there are many claims to the inventor of the airplane, and I remember for quite a while the U.S. government claimed that one of its own invented the airplane, but that was later discredited (and turned out that the guy couldn't get his craft to fly). You're also forgetting the many contests that were held before and after World War I that awarded prizes for first feats in aviation, including the Orteig Prize. Of course the government had a hand in it, why would it not get involved? Some government involvements were the Signal Air Corps (I think is what it's name was), when the Italian military bombed a village in Libya (the first warplane bombing) ca. 1907, and the mass production of planes during World War I. Still, especially during the '20s, there was a lot of private innovation and there was a lot of barnstorming too (which would be illegal today). If I recall, the first package delivery took place in 1924, when a store in Chicago had something shipped to a customer in California. In regards to that last poing: Well, that one guy's group already got funding from one of the founders of Microsoft to build SpaceShipOne, and plus R&D is already occuring in Branson's labs and elsewhere with not that much money being spent. I think you are extremely overexaggerating with that trillion dollar figure; again as I said, things will get cheaper as time goes on. It's just like how the computer got progressively cheaper in the '80s and down to how it is today; the market began to get into it more and more. If I recall, in 1982 computers were really expensive (these used processing chips btw), but the price went way down in 1983 and didn't go back up. Also, why are you bringing up the government's inability to bring costs down (in fact, if anything, the government's made them go up) to mean that the free market is simply unable to? Shame on you! You should know better than to think that if the government can't bring costs down, the free market surely can't! |
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beneficii Lakitu Level: 36 Posts: 363/567 EXP: 299656 For next: 8454 Since: 06-27-04 From: Cordova, TN, USA Since last post: 14 hours Last activity: 6 hours |
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Originally posted by alte Hexe It wouldn't need to. People would be making willing investments in it: they can either choose to or not. I personally think that there will be enough to start a space industry. Either way, I think NASA should be abolished because taxpayers should not be forced to pay for it. I don't buy the national security risk. Because you brought up the national security risk, I take it to mean that you want private ventures like the SpaceShipOne outlawed again (please confirm or deny this). Perhaps you can pull your head out of propaganda and realize just because stuff like rockets are legal and unregulated, doesn't mean that national security is threatened.. (After all, when aviation was unregulated in the 20s and federally machine guns and high explosives were legal in the 20s, where was all national security being threatened--aside from that related to Prohibition, which was another failed government venture?) Because of this, I do not buy the national security risk. How do you know the free market will be unable to bring down the cost? |
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beneficii Lakitu Level: 36 Posts: 364/567 EXP: 299656 For next: 8454 Since: 06-27-04 From: Cordova, TN, USA Since last post: 14 hours Last activity: 6 hours |
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| You know, something just seems cool about Mario being in a Metroid game (or Metroid in a Mario game). | |||
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beneficii Lakitu Level: 36 Posts: 365/567 EXP: 299656 For next: 8454 Since: 06-27-04 From: Cordova, TN, USA Since last post: 14 hours Last activity: 6 hours |
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Originally posted by Reshaper256 You know, I really do like John Stewart. I have been catching his Daily Show more often. I love it that they always bring on that guy who is always a lavish supporter of the neocons. sean, I personally doubt that an NWO is possible. I think people overestimate the crumbling international organizations. I think devolution is where it's at (or at least will be shortly). (edited by beneficii on 07-28-05 01:59 AM) |
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beneficii Lakitu Level: 36 Posts: 366/567 EXP: 299656 For next: 8454 Since: 06-27-04 From: Cordova, TN, USA Since last post: 14 hours Last activity: 6 hours |
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| Well, something like this: ldy #$00 sty locationimemory will set it to 0. You can use branching to do a loop of it. Something like this: ldx #$00 ldy #$00 loop: sty locationmemory, x inx bne loop The above will set to zero (or erase) 256 bytes starting at locationmemory. If this all goes over your head, then you have some learning to do. |
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beneficii Lakitu Level: 36 Posts: 367/567 EXP: 299656 For next: 8454 Since: 06-27-04 From: Cordova, TN, USA Since last post: 14 hours Last activity: 6 hours |
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Originally posted by Red_Oxygen If you're trying to do an ASM hack, you're going to need to learn 65c816 assembly; do you know it? If not, then you will need to do research. This is not to intimidate you, but to inform you that you need to have done your homework on this. EDIT: Should be six, not two! God! (edited by beneficii on 07-28-05 11:22 AM) |
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beneficii Lakitu Level: 36 Posts: 368/567 EXP: 299656 For next: 8454 Since: 06-27-04 From: Cordova, TN, USA Since last post: 14 hours Last activity: 6 hours |
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Originally posted by Red_Oxygen Use XVI32, Red_Oxygen. It's less bulky than Hex Workshop and won't bother you about buying it, since it's free. Seriously, you need to table these projects you have in mind right now and go about learning how to use a hex editor, the hexadecimal (and other) number system(s), and if you want to ASM hack, 65c816 assembly and (possibly) how to work the SNES. You should also learn about tile hacking. |
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beneficii Lakitu Level: 36 Posts: 369/567 EXP: 299656 For next: 8454 Since: 06-27-04 From: Cordova, TN, USA Since last post: 14 hours Last activity: 6 hours |
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Originally posted by Spel werdz rite What are you trying to accomplish? You should explain that idea better. If anything, isn't legal in the U.S. to download ROMs for systems that aren't on market anymore? If I recall, under the Digital Millennium something Act of 2000, the Librarian of Congress made a ruling on that. |
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beneficii Lakitu Level: 36 Posts: 370/567 EXP: 299656 For next: 8454 Since: 06-27-04 From: Cordova, TN, USA Since last post: 14 hours Last activity: 6 hours |
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| Red_Oxygen, Can you find a C compiler that compiles to 65c816 assembly? After that, how are you going to link it up with the program? You have to ask yourself: At what points do I need to interrupt the program and what address am I going to have to use and what formats am I going to have to respect, etc., to make this hack work? Just so you know, you can't use Borland C++, compile it, and then put the code at the end of the ROM. That just won't do anything; the machine code won't match up with that of the system you're trying to use. Of course, you'd be a first-class dumbass if you ever thought that would work. (edited by beneficii on 07-28-05 06:04 PM) |
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beneficii Lakitu Level: 36 Posts: 371/567 EXP: 299656 For next: 8454 Since: 06-27-04 From: Cordova, TN, USA Since last post: 14 hours Last activity: 6 hours |
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Originally posted by Red_Oxygen No, it has no operating system. No, it has no API. No, C code would be too bulky for a system like the SNES. etc etc Do your homework for once instead of coming up with inane things on this forum. |
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beneficii Lakitu Level: 36 Posts: 372/567 EXP: 299656 For next: 8454 Since: 06-27-04 From: Cordova, TN, USA Since last post: 14 hours Last activity: 6 hours |
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Originally posted by Red_Oxygen It compiles into machine code; assembly is the next level above machine code, putting things in words to make somewhat easier for coders to understand. But yes you have to use 65c816 assembly and not x86, because the SNES is a 65c816 system, meaning that machine code assembled from 65c816 assembly is the only type that it'll understand. |
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beneficii Lakitu Level: 36 Posts: 373/567 EXP: 299656 For next: 8454 Since: 06-27-04 From: Cordova, TN, USA Since last post: 14 hours Last activity: 6 hours |
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Originally posted by peter_ac Well, considering his e-mail address is registered at beer.com, he probably is. |
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beneficii Lakitu Level: 36 Posts: 374/567 EXP: 299656 For next: 8454 Since: 06-27-04 From: Cordova, TN, USA Since last post: 14 hours Last activity: 6 hours |
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| Seriously, though, who thinks that Red_Oxygen was a joke account? I do; someone who was a complete, narrow-minded idiot who was unable to understand anything we said who suddenly turned into a raging attack dog just strikes me as an unrealistic person. Either way, we'll see what he does come 08/01. EDIT: Ah ha! He's banned till 08/05 now! Sukasa, Uh, just a guess. If it's the number of screens to be scrolled before everything stops, then just have it load the value, store it in an address you know is unused for now (and that the next access to it will definitely be a write) or push it on the stack and then set the address to zero. When the fight's over, just restore the value then. (edited by beneficii on 07-29-05 02:33 PM) |
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beneficii Lakitu Level: 36 Posts: 375/567 EXP: 299656 For next: 8454 Since: 06-27-04 From: Cordova, TN, USA Since last post: 14 hours Last activity: 6 hours |
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| I wonder, If you malloc a pointer or create any variable, will it ever get assigned the address of 0 (NULL)? In other words, will a pointer ever get a NULL address from the system? (edited by beneficii on 07-30-05 01:09 PM) |
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beneficii Lakitu Level: 36 Posts: 376/567 EXP: 299656 For next: 8454 Since: 06-27-04 From: Cordova, TN, USA Since last post: 14 hours Last activity: 6 hours |
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Originally posted by Disch Whoo, that just took a load off my back! Thanks Disch! My guess is that 0 is used by the system somehow (like for BIOS or something). |
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beneficii Lakitu Level: 36 Posts: 377/567 EXP: 299656 For next: 8454 Since: 06-27-04 From: Cordova, TN, USA Since last post: 14 hours Last activity: 6 hours |
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Originally posted by SoNotNormal Of course, it's possible, though it may involve ASM editing. |
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beneficii Lakitu Level: 36 Posts: 378/567 EXP: 299656 For next: 8454 Since: 06-27-04 From: Cordova, TN, USA Since last post: 14 hours Last activity: 6 hours |
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Originally posted by The Crimson ChinOriginally posted by Disch The same applies to music as well. If you look at different pieces of movement, you'll see that you can find that pieces of different melodies are about the same. In fact, a melody you make up may end up being similar to one you heard long ago (or even not heard), but that doesn't meant you copied it or plagiarized it. It's a very grey legal area; I'll grant you that. |
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beneficii Lakitu Level: 36 Posts: 379/567 EXP: 299656 For next: 8454 Since: 06-27-04 From: Cordova, TN, USA Since last post: 14 hours Last activity: 6 hours |
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| Repent, for ye sinful Harry Potter fans still have time to be sav | |||
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beneficii Lakitu Level: 36 Posts: 380/567 EXP: 299656 For next: 8454 Since: 06-27-04 From: Cordova, TN, USA Since last post: 14 hours Last activity: 6 hours |
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Originally posted by Kirby ATW Yeah, I agree. This article here though is on the order of The Onion, so it isn't quite legitimate. Still, I think this site is a good parody of the kind of Christian that likes to force others to become Christian (and other bad crap) and are really only superficially Christian. The Harry Potter books are among some of the best that I've read and I really do enjoy them. |
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And if Nintendo cared about us using their graphics in hacks, they'd have done something by now.
