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Zidane Koopa                   Since: 07-14-06 From: Melbourne, FL Last post: 5913 days Last view: 5914 days |
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| Have you tested it? There's always a chance that he's bluffing... I looked over the log, and didn't see anything that would really be used to monitor your computer. There may be something there, but hiding itself from even the program used to scan your PC. Regardless, if any information about your computer is being sent over the network, there is some process, though maybe hidden, doing it.
I don't think anyone here can really help you.  I would've just got with a quicker fix, such as formatting the drive and installing my own copy of Windows or installing Linux. Well, I really would've just pretended to be someone else. It's more trouble than it's worth. Shame on the administrator for being an idiot and challenging students to break the school's system for protecting their computers. |
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Zidane Koopa Since: 07-14-06 From: Melbourne, FL Last post: 5913 days Last view: 5914 days |
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I think your post may have been easier to understand if you just said that you used a CD-RW to transfer files between computers located in different houses, which were far from each other. 
The worst I've had to do for copying files from one computer to another was to use a floppy to transfer more than a hundred files, one at a time. |
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Zidane Koopa Since: 07-14-06 From: Melbourne, FL Last post: 5913 days Last view: 5914 days |
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| I've tried it out and it's okay. The simpler games get pretty old quickly when playing alone, but they're fun with other people. Some of the more complex, single player games are fun at first, but the motions needed to play get boring, repetitive, tedious... It gets annoying enough that I'd rather use a normal controller that only required button pushing.
Traffic is a poor excuse for the connection issues with the shopping channel. If people are paying to download things, companies should do what they can to forsee something like heavy traffic and work on preventing it from happening. That's one reason why some people prefer Guild Wars over World of Warcraft. The multiplayer games are fun, but I don't think it's really worth buying a console to play them. I am surprised at what Nintendo has done. Not much has really changed from when people were laughing at their new controller to now. They did a great job with hype, convincing the right people. I do think that with time, though, the Wii will be like another N64. |
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Zidane Koopa Since: 07-14-06 From: Melbourne, FL Last post: 5913 days Last view: 5914 days |
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Originally posted by Grey That was my point. I was going to edit my post and explain my opinions a bit more, but I checked the thread again to see if anyone has replied.
I just think that the Wii is mediocre because what makes it special isn't so special. The technology is old, and will eventually get old to the player. I think that the Wii will be able to hold over children and fanboys for a while, but the more mature audience will soon be looking for something more powerful. When people are over the "newness" of motion sensing, they will be back to looking for superior sound and graphics, as both can improve in the current generation. Edit: Think of DDR, Donkey Konga, or Guitar Hero. The Wii is kind of like those games. It's new and fun, requiring you to do something other than push buttons, but it eventually gets old; and people go back to playing what they're used to. (edited by Zidane on 12-15-06 10:32 AM) |
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Zidane Koopa Since: 07-14-06 From: Melbourne, FL Last post: 5913 days Last view: 5914 days |
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Originally posted by NSNick They did a fantastic job, showing people that gaming can be more than just sitting on the couch, pushing buttons. A lot of people don't play games because they don't want to sit around. This is one reason that DDR did so well, with people actually playing the game for excercise. I don't know how long this will hold over that kind of person, though. I think that the non-gaming mature Wii owners will use the Wii quite a bit at first, but then take the system out of the drawer less and less frequently, until not at all. At least, that's been the case with similar original games. Who's to say what will happen, though? If Nintendo keeps innovating, they may hold everyone over for the whole generation. |
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Zidane Koopa  Since: 07-14-06 From: Melbourne, FL Last post: 5913 days Last view: 5914 days |
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Originally posted by D1337 This is sort of a different subject. The DS did well because of its affordability and durability. That, and the fact that Nintendo already controlled the handheld market. :p I'm not into handheld gaming (I sold my DS about a month after I bought it) so I'm not really supporting either side, but with the price of the PSP dropping, more and more people are deciding to go with a PSP rather than a DS. With their first handheld doing well in a market that was almost completely dominated by Nintendo, I'd have to say that Sony did a pretty good job. I think it will be an even match, maybe even in Sony's favor, when the time comes for next-generation handhelds. People are looking for totally different things in a console, though. It is a completely different market and wouldn't really be fair to compare the DS' success with how well the Wii will do. (edited by Zidane on 12-15-06 11:49 AM) |
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Zidane Koopa  Since: 07-14-06 From: Melbourne, FL Last post: 5913 days Last view: 5914 days |
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Originally posted by SinfjotleOriginally posted by Zidane Would you say that they're both as popular as they used to be? |
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Zidane Koopa Since: 07-14-06 From: Melbourne, FL Last post: 5913 days Last view: 5914 days |
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Originally posted by Sinfjotle I never said that people weren't playing them anymore. By old, I mean that they aren't played as often as they used to be played. Less than half of the people who played DDR when it was at its peak popularity play it at all now. I admit that Guitar Hero was a bad example, though - that game was never even nearly as popular as DDR. Originally posted by Sinfjotle I have a big problem? I'm not sure if you meant for that to be an insult or a statement. Either way, you fail to disprove my argument. While gameplay is an important factor, graphics and sound is just as important. If people were content with just gameplay, they would never have bought a SNES or N64; instead sticking to their NES, which had games that offered the same sort of gameplay. Many people want realism, which is one reason why people end up throwing their Wii-motes through their televisions. I'm not saying that graphics and sound is everything, but I think it is what will convince quite a bit of people to buy a PS3 or X360 when they get bored of motion sensing. You may have heard some people say that they'll hold off on buying a PS3 until games such as Metal Gear 4 comes out. Do they want to play the game so much because of the gameplay and story that Metal Gear usually has to offer? Maybe in some cases, but a lot of people would like to see an ultra-realistic Snake in action. :p I'm getting sort of annoyed at seeing the gameplay versus graphics argument, though. It's an old Nintendo fanboy argument; and most can agree that the majority of people will not side with the fanboy. Originally posted by Thexare They are slightly more affordable, but I would not agree with their durability. The pins on the NES bent, the NES and SNES had problems loading games (sometimes they stopped loading games altogether), and the N64 and Game Cube controllers often broke. While I can't say anything about Microsoft's products, I can say that my Playstation, Playstation 2, and all the games and accessories for them still work perfectly (with maybe a controller or two breaking from me and my brothers handling them roughly when we were younger). I have not really heard so much about how easily Sony's consoles broke; in fact, I only see more Nintendo fanboys using this argument (which is funny, as Nintendo's stuff breaks all the time). (edited by Zidane on 12-16-06 04:13 AM) (edited by Zidane on 12-16-06 04:16 AM) |
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Zidane Koopa Since: 07-14-06 From: Melbourne, FL Last post: 5913 days Last view: 5914 days |
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Originally posted by emcee Nintendo hasn't been the greatest at attracting third party developers, though. While there are some good games by other companies, the most notable games tend to be by Nintendo themselves. You are right. It is the software that matters, and companies are smart. They know that people love realism, which is why games like Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, which requires a pretty high end computer to run, exist. |
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Zidane Koopa Since: 07-14-06 From: Melbourne, FL Last post: 5913 days Last view: 5914 days |
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Originally posted by NSNickOriginally posted by Zidane People made it out to be worse than it really was. The PS2 was also the console that was sold the most, over 100 million. I don't think the defect rate was very high, just that many people had the system, many of which were the type who break the wrist straps on their Wii-motes. I really don't know many people who have had their PS2s break on them (meaning they haven't been doing something stupid), but I do know many people who have non-working NES and SNES consoles, and many broken controllers for the N64 and Game Cube, including myself. For every story of a PS2 breaking, I've heard one about a Game Cube or more about an Xbox breaking. Now, the Xbox I would say had a high defect rate. As durable as one may argue that Nintendo products may be, there are already people who have received Wii consoles that wouldn't even boot up. And, of course, many who have broken straps off their controllers. :p Sure, it's no big deal, but the system has already contributed a lot to the destruction of other things in the home, which may even convince parents not to buy a Wii for their children. If teens and adults are throwing their Wii-motes through their television, imagine what children would do. Besides, it doesn't look good when parts of a system are breaking shortly after release. If a shoddy job was done to prevent people from chucking their controllers (which isn't hard to imagine, seeing as there is a wrist strap), who's to say that something else in the Wii isn't as poorly designed? Nintendo realizes this, which is why they are giving out free wrist strap replacements. They aren't being nice, but instead they are trying to protect the integrity of the Wii. It is good business practice, though. However, I don't think durability will have too much to do with the outcome of the Wii. I think the more mature players will eventually get tired of it. It'll probably hold the children's attention longer, that is, if their parents are still willing to buy them one. (edited by Zidane on 12-16-06 01:24 PM) |
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Zidane Koopa Since: 07-14-06 From: Melbourne, FL Last post: 5913 days Last view: 5914 days |
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Originally posted by NSNickOriginally posted by ZidaneOriginally posted by NSNickOriginally posted by Zidane Was it? Could you back any of those arguments with either personal experience or a link? |
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Zidane Koopa Since: 07-14-06 From: Melbourne, FL Last post: 5913 days Last view: 5914 days |
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| Posting from a Wii... It's okay, I guess. =/
Hard to read what's on the screen; and typing with the controller is rather slow. It is a demo, though, so it'll probably get better. At least, I hope so... |
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Zidane Koopa Since: 07-14-06 From: Melbourne, FL Last post: 5913 days Last view: 5914 days |
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I don't see what the big deal is. Did it ever occur to anyone that people who don't want a DS, but want a portable version of these games would like it? Instead, some of you make it sound like making the game available to more people or improving upon what many agree to be a good game could only harm the company. If you really want to get worked up about games that get repackaged over and over again, let's talk about Megaman, which doesn't even have any changes when rereleased.
Originally posted by Grey Not the Ivalice that you've come to know in Final Fantasy Tactics. The borders of Ivalice are ever-changing, what with all the wars its involved in. Or perhaps Squaresoft was referring to the era? However, Final Fantasy Tactics Advance does have a connection with FFT, so to say that FFXII draws a connection from FFTA is to say that FFXII has an indirect connection to FFT. Square could always come up with some way to link the two different Ivalices, even if they were on different worlds. Nevertheless, the keyword is "development," meaning that they hadn't worked everything out just yet. Besides, if you played the game, you would've definitely seen some connections. Originally posted by Stephan Reiken Ridiculous? Yes, I believe that the blinding hate for Sony products, the alteration of a retro game, or just Final Fantasy, of ACMLM users is the real reason why people in this thread don't like the idea of a modified release of a Final Fantasy to the PSP. |
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Zidane Koopa Since: 07-14-06 From: Melbourne, FL Last post: 5913 days Last view: 5914 days |
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Originally posted by ThexareOriginally posted by Zidane Sorry, I muddled things up a bit when trying to rationalize the world connections, as I haven't thought about it in a while. Yasumi Matsuno has already said that FFXII takes place in the same world as FFTA, just in a different time period. FFXII is the "Golden Age" that FFT refers to, with many airships in the skies. All three games take place in the same world, but obviously at different times in the world's history. I could also tie in connections to FFVII and FFX. Originally posted by Thexare I don't mean to insult anyone. I just think that people could think things through a bit before bashing a game. What is so ridiculous about making a game more available to people who want to play it on the go? If you're just going to talk about how bad the game is, you could've done that years ago when the games first came out; instead of saying how bad this release will be, tell us how bad the games have always been (if you believe them to be). Otherwise, you're just pinning it on the system. Edit: Messed up a quote tag. (edited by Zidane on 01-24-07 12:11 PM) |
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Zidane Koopa Since: 07-14-06 From: Melbourne, FL Last post: 5913 days Last view: 5914 days |
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| I've never heard of this. It's genious. Gaming without interaction... it's sort of like television, lol. | |||
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Zidane Koopa Since: 07-14-06 From: Melbourne, FL Last post: 5913 days Last view: 5914 days |
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| The later versions of the WRT54G (or more like halfway through the list of models) have much less memory and processing power. The connection issues are a hardware problem and there really isn't much you can do about it. Linksys has been getting flooded with complaints about this router for a while now. About the only thing you can do to help is to remove any port forwarding, mac address filtering, or encryption. Using only the LAN connection even helps. And unless you have an earlier model, changing the firmware won't really help.
If you still can, I recommend returning the router and getting a different one. If you still want to stay in the same price range, one router that I have been watching (and seems to be able to perform as it should) is the Belkin Wireless G Router. If you've got a G+ card, Belkin's Wireless G Plus Router isn't too bad either. The G is selling cheapest from Belkin's site, but I think stores like Walmart will sell the G+ for about $10 less. These work well and have good range, so unless you're looking for something special, I recommend using them over the WRT54G (unless you can get an older version and plan to use some other firmware). (edited by Zidane on 01-29-07 11:41 AM) |
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Zidane Koopa Since: 07-14-06 From: Melbourne, FL Last post: 5913 days Last view: 5914 days |
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Yeah, I saw this last night, too. Unless someone has never liked Castlevania or this game, there isn't really anything anyone could complain about. :p I'm definitely getting this. I don't really want to buy an X360, so Symphony of the Night on the go makes up for the one that's coming out for the X360.  |
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Zidane Koopa Since: 07-14-06 From: Melbourne, FL Last post: 5913 days Last view: 5914 days |
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Originally posted by Metal Man88 The only problem with old routers like your BEFSR41 is that they either have no wireless protocol or have very bad ones. |
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Zidane Koopa Since: 07-14-06 From: Melbourne, FL Last post: 5913 days Last view: 5914 days |
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| I thought it was the developers' job to decide what CV looked like. (edited by Zidane on 02-03-07 01:02 AM) (edited by Zidane on 02-03-07 01:03 AM) |
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Zidane Koopa Since: 07-14-06 From: Melbourne, FL Last post: 5913 days Last view: 5914 days |
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| Don't buy a Mac... Apple is a little full of itself when it comes to its OS. Given time (assuming that people choose to use their system), they'll end up just as crooked as Microsoft. That is the fate of companies who work with proprietary software. =/
If you haven't already switched to Linux, you really should. You could even use Wine to emulate those Windows programs that you just can't see yourself living without. Or maybe you just can't leave behind the graphic intensive games that are dependent upon Microsoft software for rendering? You could always dual-boot Windows XP (hopefully with an illegal copy ) so that you could switch to it when you want to play some of your games (though many games like StarCraft, Diablo II, and World of WarCraft will run under Wine). If dual-booting is too much of a hassle and you aren't interested in emulation, virtualization is also getting better.
Open source is a great idea, and more companies are liking it. They realize that by releasing their source, they can actually make more money than if they kept it to themselves, as was proven by companies like Linksys (though it was because they were forced to do so). Linux isn't difficult at all. While some distributions can be more complicated than others, the only reason why some people think Linux looks difficult is because the only thing they've ever used was Windows. Microsoft doesn't give away free software to schools because they care about the children. They know that they'll stay big if our future - the children - know how to use no other OS or software than their own. I don't want to be typing all day, so I'll just link to some reasons why Linux is great.
http://www.hoomanb.com/cs/Linux/101reasons.html http://www.faqs.org/docs/securing/chap2sec8.html http://www.jubling.com/ten-reasons-to-use-linux.html (Reason 10 is the most important here) But it's also important to know the bad things about Linux. Here are Five reasons NOT to use Linux.
Linux really is a great OS; and now that Vista has been released, it's a perfect time to switch to it. It may be difficult at first because it will take some getting used to, but it would be well worth it. I mean, look at how much free software is already out there for Linux, when compared to how many people use Windows, there is only a small percentage of Linux users. It's about time that Linux gets some real noobs, who can annoy the hell out of tech-savvy programmers and users on Linux Forums. :p Edit: Messed up on a link. I'm surprised there weren't errors all over the page. This is post 100 too. ^.^ (edited by Zidane on 02-08-07 03:05 PM) |
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