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by Snark
Wed Apr 30, 2008 1:21 am
Forum: Emulators
Topic: Over-accuracy debate
Replies: 110
Views: 56732

If the games DO run fine then what other problem is there? Basically, as you allude, perfectionism. Remember Puzzle Bobble or whatnot in MAME? They had simulated this logic chip or whatever, and it ended up causing very subtle changes in behavior of the game that nobody noticed. Bubble Bobble /nitp...
by Snark
Tue Apr 29, 2008 2:59 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Traffic shaping. Has your ISP started capping torrents yet?
Replies: 36
Views: 13470

Re: Traffic shaping. Has your ISP started capping torrents y

Just curious do you have a static IP with cable? That is, each time you connect does your IP change? wrong static IPs stay the same no matter what (unless you pay for another IP), dynamic IPs change (usually) every time you connect to the Internet That's what I meant but I guess I badly phrased it....
by Snark
Tue Apr 29, 2008 1:39 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Traffic shaping. Has your ISP started capping torrents yet?
Replies: 36
Views: 13470

Re: Traffic shaping. Has your ISP started capping torrents y

Mine started recently...25k max...whoo...Well it's not really my ISP per-se but the company from which they depend on, see below And the real bummer is that there is no alternatives. There are dozens of ISP providers in my region but...they are all basically physically dependent on one big head hon...
by Snark
Mon Apr 28, 2008 10:31 pm
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Traffic shaping. Has your ISP started capping torrents yet?
Replies: 36
Views: 13470

Not that they aren't necessarily capping in this case, but other things do cause similar symptoms: Man discovers his net wasn't neutered I wish it was something else but it's definitely capping. They even admit so. "during peak usage" (which is, apparently, 98% of the week.) eMule is capp...
by Snark
Mon Apr 28, 2008 8:49 pm
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Traffic shaping. Has your ISP started capping torrents yet?
Replies: 36
Views: 13470

Traffic shaping. Has your ISP started capping torrents yet?

Mine started recently...25k max...whoo...Well it's not really my ISP per-se but the company from which they depend on, see below And the real bummer is that there is no alternatives. There are dozens of ISP providers in my region but...they are all basically physically dependent on one big head honc...
by Snark
Fri Apr 25, 2008 11:53 pm
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Saturn console models...
Replies: 17
Views: 5437

Ok, Saturn now boots it's bios and play fine...:?
by Snark
Fri Apr 25, 2008 8:37 pm
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Saturn console models...
Replies: 17
Views: 5437

And this was someone with good feedback? Yeah, but what does it really mean? Small and large transactions carry the same weight in the feedback summary. It is therefore easy for a dishonest user to initially build up a deceptive positive rating by buying or selling a number of very low value items,...
by Snark
Fri Apr 25, 2008 7:26 pm
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Saturn console models...
Replies: 17
Views: 5437

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by Snark
Fri Apr 25, 2008 6:58 pm
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Saturn console models...
Replies: 17
Views: 5437

edit: (see last post problem solved...it seem)
by Snark
Fri Apr 25, 2008 3:20 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Saturn console models...
Replies: 17
Views: 5437

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by Snark
Fri Apr 25, 2008 1:55 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Saturn console question (edit: fixed)
Replies: 3
Views: 1979

Edited by Snark.
by Snark
Fri Apr 25, 2008 12:51 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Saturn console question (edit: fixed)
Replies: 3
Views: 1979

Saturn console question (edit: fixed)

edit by Snark
by Snark
Thu Apr 17, 2008 3:59 pm
Forum: bsnes Dev Talk
Topic: bsnes v0.031 released
Replies: 242
Views: 101090

Just to clarify my earlier point: I was strictly referring to the naming convention and not any potential additional emulator functions. The fundamental problem is that no one loads a game without intending to run it, but on old consoles, games did not auto-run. You loaded the game, then you powered...
by Snark
Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:49 pm
Forum: bsnes Dev Talk
Topic: bsnes v0.031 released
Replies: 242
Views: 101090

I know it's juts semantics but I don't see the problem if the emulator says "load cartridge" instead of "load file" ("but it's not a cart! its a file!") "soft/hard reset system" instead of "emulation" etc
by Snark
Thu Apr 10, 2008 4:20 am
Forum: bsnes Dev Talk
Topic: NMIB / IRQB timing (applies to NES as well)
Replies: 49
Views: 29085

Does this fix resolve any game issue's? Nope, it doesn't fix any game. It just improves the timing precision ~15-20% of IRQs generated by almost exactly one microsecond (one ten millionth of a second.) Good job on the findings and the test byuu. TI've said this before but SNES emulation has come a ...
by Snark
Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:01 pm
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Pressure sensitive game on DS?
Replies: 9
Views: 3713

I think it's not used in commercial apps because it's probably just a hack. It doesn't work very well compared to actual drawing tablets, it feels imprecise, unresponsive yet oversensitive. That said, I -was- amazed when I first tried it. It's better than no pressure sensitivity at all. It might no...
by Snark
Thu Apr 03, 2008 5:44 pm
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: NES Mapper 99, in hardware form?
Replies: 11
Views: 4516

Well personally, I don't like the idea of emulators making up "hardware" that never existed in real life. And for those virtual "hardware" that were first made in emulators I like having proof of concept. So yeah, it might be neat if someone could pull off a "pseudo mapper&q...
by Snark
Thu Apr 03, 2008 5:34 pm
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: Pressure sensitive game on DS?
Replies: 9
Views: 3713

Pressure sensitive game on DS?

I just tried a paint application NDS homebrew Colors! and was surprised to discover the NDS touchscreen is actually pressure sensitive. I say "surprised" because I'm not aware of any commercial games that support that. So does any of you knows of any commercial games that makes use of this...
by Snark
Tue Mar 25, 2008 9:39 am
Forum: Emulators
Topic: Accurate NES Emulation
Replies: 38
Views: 21130

After that, CPU mul/div partial results would be a nice 3-6 month excursion, and then we could try and simulate bus conflicts and hardware bugs (eg CPUr1 HDMA lockup.) Wait a minute, you want to reproduce bugs in the hardware? why? wouldn't it be better to emulate a SNES where these bugs are fixed?...
by Snark
Sun Mar 23, 2008 6:02 pm
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: PS2 question
Replies: 18
Views: 6409

double sigh. turning off the power and unplugging it is going to keep you safe from a number of things, not only laser emissions. and those warning stickers are real, with precise terminology about the level of risk. however, lame disclaimers in internet guides are another matter entirely. wear sun...
by Snark
Sun Mar 23, 2008 12:05 pm
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: PS2 question
Replies: 18
Views: 6409

franpa wrote:could wear shades if your unsure.
Would probably need some special ones though for it to be safe , not just some regular sunglasses...
by Snark
Sun Mar 23, 2008 11:52 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: PS2 question
Replies: 18
Views: 6409

This "Laser Radiation" you speak of, is just a red laser (assuming you're speaking of PS2 and not PS1), which you shouldn't look at with the naked eye, but its not carcenagenic radiation or nothin. Any way, even if is PS1 and it is only emitting an infa-red laser. Its of no harm unless yo...
by Snark
Sun Mar 23, 2008 10:39 am
Forum: Tech Talk
Topic: PS2 question
Replies: 18
Views: 6409

PS2 question

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by Snark
Sun Mar 16, 2008 11:05 am
Forum: Insane Chatter
Topic: Article: Unskilled and Unaware of It
Replies: 18
Views: 6497

Re: Article: Unskilled and Unaware of It

it may very well be likely, because IQ is (or at least what I was told) stratified by age. Alright, I probably suffer from low Ayecuetus because I don't see how this is likely. According to what I read, approximately only 1 in a 1000 have an IQ of 150 or more...Now, according to the folks on teh in...
by Snark
Sun Mar 16, 2008 12:54 am
Forum: Insane Chatter
Topic: Article: Unskilled and Unaware of It
Replies: 18
Views: 6497

Re: Article: Unskilled and Unaware of It

http://www.damninteresting.com/?p=406 On the internet, there's something like 95% of people who have an I.Q of 150 and beyond (i.e: scores in the top 99.9%) and more than 95% place well above average in terms of looks. For that to be mathematically possible, I guess you'd need to have 1% of people ...