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Yeah, I just got the update too. It's rather fancy, although the actual weather info seems to be slightly outdated most of the time. And the channel has good music(Different between local weather and globe), all nice and relaxing stuff. For those wondering how it works: When the weather channel is first started, it'll ask you for your region/state/province based on the country selection in the Wii itself. Once you select a region, you can select the nearest city from a list to get the weather for that place. It'll then switch to the main weather screen, where you'll see 'current' temperature, wind speed and weather conditions(Clear, cloudy, rain, snow, all that stuff). You can go up for the UV index, but also check the all-day forecast, tomorrow's forecast and a 5-day index. Once you hit up the globe, you can pan around the planet and select cities to see their weather. By default, the current sky condition is displayed. You can switch to current temperature, today's forecast, today's high, tomorrow's forecast and tomorrow's high. The overall interface is a lot like the Photo Channel in terms of layout and screen elements.

The Photo Channel also does MP3s in slideshows, just put your tracks on the same SD card. A separate MP3 channel would be kind of useless. Screenshots would be a nice option, but wouldn't really add all that much. Could be useful as a function of the Home button though, so it can be used in all games and VC titles as well. Especially if it's integrated into the Photo Channel so you can send pictures back to an SD card. Also, Nintendo states on all of their international sites that they don't accept any ideas from outside sources, mainly for copyright and patent reasons. There's no use in trying to contact them about it. Basically, if they see the demand in some way, they'll adapt to it.

Transport Tycoon is still an awesome game, even if it's over a decade old. And thanks to OpenTTD you don't even need a DOS machine or DOSbox. Then there's fun stuff like Heretic, Hexen and Hexen 2, Stunts, Lemmings, the Keen series, Space Quest, King's Quest, the Larry games, the Sim City games and others. Technically, these games are still illegal to download. However, most companies tend to not care about them too much, and in some cases the original company no longer exists. These old games are usually referred to as abandonware, so that should get you started on your search.

I wonder how many people here have actually seen a game in HD. My roomate has an HDTV and I have to say, Gears of War and Ninja Gaiden look mighty impressive on an HDTV. Take Ninja Gaiden for example. On a normal TV, it looks like any other XBox game. Its kind of fuzzy around the edges, and the camera is pulled far enough back that you can't really tell if Ryu's legs are fully modeled or just triangular prisms. Now take it to an HDTV and you can see a massive improvement in the graphics. Not only is the image sharp and vivid, but many details that are not obvious on a normal TV become quite apparent. Ryu's whole outline is quite visible, and its is amazing how good it looks on XBox. The only downside is, no real detailed texuring, making it look kind of like the original Toy Story. Then Gears of War. On a regular TV, it looks pretty damn good. Same problem though, its fuzzy, and sort of bland (and if your TV is even slightly dark Gears of War is very difficult to play). Plus, some text and icons (which are extremely important since they are the action indicators for your character) are difficult to make out at times. On an HDTV, the picture lunges to life. Sharp, distinct, vivid. The whole thing just pops off the screen. And text and icons become very visible. On a absolutely necessary basis, no HD support is not. But as far as graphical impression, its a must. PS-Super Smash Brothers Melee looks like shit on an HDTV. Pixelated, blurry (and even worse with the deflicker on). It also depends on what cables you use for the SDTV. The stock composite and S-Video cables are responsible for most of the blur and fuzz, while with component or SCART RGB cables the images are much clearer and sharper, even if you don't go HD. Text clarity is improved, colors are much better, and there's no bleeding on edges where highly-different colors meet. And yes, those improvements are noticeable enough to purchase the cables, and SCART RGB cables are available for the older consoles as well in Europe. Too bad I can only use my digital camera to get some shots of the actual difference.

So, the old thread's gotten rather large. For that reason I'm locking it and leaving it to purge itself. This is now the official new thread to talk about the Nintendo Wii. It's available all over the world now, and people are buying it and enjoying it. If you want to discuss specific games, that can be done here as well, but it's recommended to make a separate thread for the bigger titles out there. Discuss all other Wii-related things in here though, like the hardware, price, pros and cons, and how much you like yours. Have fun, and no trolling or flaming please. Edit: Here is a cool page that complements the Wii browser - http://brentalan.com/wiitabs/ (gives tabs) Also, some flash minigames for the Wii - http://www.wiicade.com Wii/DS friend codes for OCRers - http://www.ocremix.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=95806

No, he looks like a Nazi, okay? If I wanted to call him an Aryan I would have, but that carries no real negative connotations, so I chose Nazi, which means he's either blond and blue-eyed, suicidal, or Hitler. Possibly a combination. Jeez. So uhm. Godwin?

What software are you using to burn the disks, and what kind of media are you burning? I know from personal experience that XP's built-in CD burning support is horrible, and it's recommended to use another program(Nero, Alcohol 120% or others) to burn disks. If those still give errors, it could be a dead drive.

Could be anything with an issue that vague, although I'm betting on the 'overheat' card. Install a temperature monitoring program(Speedfan, MBM) and keep track of the temperature, as well as the point at which it cuts off. If it's heat, your first option would be checking the fans and CPU cooler for dust.

Also AAC(M4A/P, with the P implying protected files purchased through iTunes) and Apple Lossless. If you have the space, and the originals in a non-compressed format, you could go for Apple Lossless for the best quality. AAC also compresses better than MP3 with higher audio quality.

That's related to the huge amount of other stuff going on in the world at the same time. The overall world is a lot more detailed and has more effects going on at the same time, resulting in lower model detail in some parts, compared to the Mario games with their simpler environments, allowing more power to be used for character models.

I'm pretty sure that the use of a standard USB > MiniUSB cable is what makes the program cost money. Nokia has their own format for datacables and sells them for a similar price, while the software is free(And limited as fuck in some ways) Of course, you can get a compatible knockoff for $5 or so.

I assume your talking about standard support(css, html, xml, etc.) and not the number of html pages (don't limit yourself to internet webpages) that the browser will work with. If an HTML page doesn't work in Firefox, it's caused by a lazy developer who only checked to see if it worked in IE, or for some reason it's using ActiveX(Which can be bypassed with a Firefox extension) Quite a few of those same developers also force you to use IE to visit their page, because they know it works in that and don't wanna be responsible for making it work in other browsers as well. In fact, it generally takes more work to get something to display properly in IE than it does in FF.

Normally, a phone won't come with the software required to connect it to your PC if it doesn't come with a data cable. Most phone manufacturers offer the software as a free download on their site though. Unfortunately, this doesn't include Motorola as they charge $30. However, there should be free alternatives. Might wanna check here for some more info, it's where Google pointed me to.

Is it an onboard soundcard or a PCI card? If it's not onboard, you can check if it's still connected properly, and possibly move it to another PCI slot. I've had similar issues with an older motherboard where a slot just refused to work properly and always resulted in BSoDs. Another board showed similar issues to what you're mentioning(Even with a different soundcard inserted), and in the end I just swapped it out for another one. Also, check the volume settings. High volumes can sometimes result in distorted sound depending on the card. Finally: Remove the card from the Device Manager and reboot to reinstall it.

yeah, browser flame wars are dumb... but you are dumb too ...not dumb enough to use FF. You HAVE to be trolling. PLEASE. It takes a very special kind of person to prefer IE over FF. These people tend to wear helmets so they don't injure themselves, and get on buses that are shorter than usual.

I use a Logitech G5 myself, and before that I used a Logitech MX510. Both work better on the pad than on other surfaces as far as I've noticed, mainly because the glass surface and teflon underneath the G5(Pad came with teflon strips for other mice) result in a low-friction environment. The actual pad I use is this one: http://www.corepad.com/index.php?pagina=artikel&id=9 I have to clean it from time to time though, but once it's clean it's smooth. However, depending on what you use your mouse for, it might not be worth it for you.

I use a glass mousepad that I purchased about 2 years ago. It did offer a noticeable improvement as far as motion and tracking goes compared to the fabric mousepad I was using before. Takes some getting used to though. Never used my desk as a mousepad, but that's mainly because I prefer using an actual pad, it just moves better.

I guess that's why the first thing it tells me is that I must run IE4.0 or above on a Windows system. Hey it's free ain't it? Besides if you don't have IE4 by now E-Trust prob came about before firefox and some of the other browsers started to take over, hence it's only compatible with IE. That's a crummy excuse not to get with the times. I'm kinda tired of all the sites that force you to use IE for whatever the hell reason they can think of.

How would you implement this so it can't be abused easily and it doesn't turn into a level grind, or is too focused on minigames?

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I guess that's why the first thing it tells me is that I must run IE4.0 or above on a Windows system.

Do you happen to have another virusscanner installed along with Norton? Norton tends to not play nice with anything else that's a virusscanner, and it's a known issue. Only way to resolve it is by disabling one of the two(Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services)

That's your IDE activity LED. Your computer cannot think, it can only calculate. And your system can be performing massive calculations without the IDE LED even blinking. It just indicates disk activity. But yeah, full spyware/adware scan with various scanning programs, and try a different virus scanner. Which one are you running at the moment? Also fun to try: Start > Run > msconfig Check the Startup tab for anything unusual, if required you can always expand the Command section to see the folder it's loading from. Google is your friend here as well.

He does make a good point. There is a "leak" or "hole" at some point in the day where there is no mod on at all, and that is when a lot of the bots go and make threads. I am not saying to make me a mod or anything, but...ahh ya I am, I was just being humble about it * even though smoke and gray both knew how bad I wanted to be one for so long* and beating around the bush cause I know it won't happen. Personal ambition aside, seriously, something has to be done. Bots don't post more during the hours mods aren't around. They post just as much, it just takes longer for them to be spotted. And it doesn't help if people keep bumping their threads. We'll kill them on sight, just ignore them. They're not taking up valuable space or getting in the way of other threads. And even if they did, replying would have the exact opposite effect. Sidenote: Contacting a mod is easy. The profile links for all of us are listed in the Forum Rules thread thing up there, and you can also go to Community > Forums > Groups, select the Moderator group and view it there to get the same list.

I doubt it. Why would they take a game for the Gamecube, which can't connect with the DS, and port it over to the Wii, which can connect with the DS? They would have to add DS functionality along with the new controls and updated graphics. Yeah, there was that year-long hiatus, but still... The only point of such a feature would be one of two things: 1. Being able to download an older games or a mini-game to your DS and play it portable (which is pointless, because there are three older Zelda games out for the GBA already). This could work, but the limited memory of the DS means only small games would be downloadable. 2. Interaction of some sort with the upcoming DS game Phantom Hourglass. Which I think is still slated for a mid to late 2007 release. Sort of pointless to include it when the games ship over six months or more apart, don't you think? Considering the fact that Wii games can be updated via WiiConnect24, it's not too far-fetched. Alternatively, the service could check if you have a TP savegame and download a file based on that to send to the DS, or even connect to Phantom Hourglass, quite possibly by just asking if you have PH after the game comes out. Hell, it'd be a way to generate more sales: Your console tells you there's awesome to be found if you have a specific game by purchasing the matching game for your DS.