RIP my dear old friend you will be missed greatly.
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
World’s largest video game controller
Students create world’s largest video game controller
JANUARY 22, 2012BY MIKE FLACY
While popular console modders like Ben Heckendorn are always looking for ways to make current gaming systems portable, a team of students in the Netherlands went in the opposite direction.
Currently on display at London’s Liverpool Street Station in relation to the release of Guinness Book Of World Records Gamer’s Edition 2012, engineering students Benjamin Allen, Stephen van’t Hof, and Michel Verhulst has created a working, twelve foot long Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) controller that’s 30 times the size of a standard controller. Weighing approximately 265 pounds, the controller requires at least two people to operate both the directional pad and the red “A,B” buttons. According to Allen’s team, the planning phase for the controller took approximately five months, but the controller was constructed in about four weeks. While the buttons can simply be pushed with hands to operate NES games like Super Mario Bros and Tetris, the controller is also strong enough to handle people standing on the giant structure to jump on the buttons similar to a Dance Dance Revolution pad.
Since operating the controller requires vastly more force than a standard NES controller, Allen’s team had to include a light-based system within the $6,000 controller rather than the mesh found on the original controller’s circuit board. When a button is pushed on the huge controller, a beam of light is broken and a sensor feeds the appropriate response into the NES. The controller is built around a steel frame and designed to look identical to the original controller except for one detail. Above the two red buttons on the right side, Allen’s team painted the word “NEStalgia.” The three students built the controller to celebrate the 105th anniversary of their electrical engineering student association at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.
Other Guinness Book record holders that came to view the enormous NES creation included a Super Mario Kart fanatic that has the record for the fastest lap and the man that hold the record for most Street Fighter competition wins. The event also celebrated the longest video game marathon in the world, a ridiculous 109-hour record set while playing Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood.http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/students-create-worlds-largest-video-game-controller/
Saturday, January 21, 2012
What is ACTA? Learn more about it
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What is ACTA? Learn more about it
What is ACTA? ACTA is the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. A new intellectual property enforcement treaty being negotiated by the United States, the European Community, Switzerland, and Japan, with Australia, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Mexico, Jordan, Morocco, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, and Canada recently announcing that they will join in as well.
Why should you care about ACTA? Initial reports indicate that the treaty will have a very broad scope and will involve new tools targeting “Internet distribution and information technology.”
What is the goal of ACTA? Reportedly the goal is to create new legal standards of intellectual property enforcement, as well as increased international cooperation, an example of which would be an increase in information sharing between signatory countries’ law enforcement agencies.
Essential ACTA Resources:
- Read more about ACTA here: ACTA Fact Sheet https://www.eff.org/issues/acta
- Read the authentic version of the ACTA text as of 15 April 2011, as finalized by participating countries here: ACTA Finalized Text http://www.international.gc.ca/trade-agreements-accords-commerciaux/fo/acta-acrc.aspx?lang=eng&view=d
- Follow the history of the treaty’s formation here: ACTA history http://www.international.gc.ca/trade-agreements-accords-commerciaux/fo/intellect_property.aspx?view=d
- Read letters from U.S. Senator Ron Wyden where in he challenges the constitutionality of ACTA:
_Letter 1 http://wyden.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/?id=12a5b1cb-ccb8-4e14-bb84-a11b35b4ec53
_ Letter 2 http://infojustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Wyden-01052012.pdf
Read the Administration’s Response to Wyden’s First Letter here:
Response http://infojustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Kirk-12072011.pdf
Watch a short informative video on ACTA:
ACTA Video Say NO to ACTA
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Site Updates
Updates incoming for this February for www.jppcrepair.com andwww.thedumbassgamer.com . Adding and updating Forums for JP PC REPAIR as well as some community integration into The Dumb Ass Gamer. Looking into a total redesign of site for The Dumb Ass Gamer to better stream line and add new features (Long term project will take some time). And of course Live Gaming stream will resume vary vary soon.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Restart Past Operating Systems
Ok I have a cool link hear for everyone Restart Operating Systems from the past on http://www.therestartpage.com/#
JPPCREPAIR.COM UPDATES.
Remote Desktop support added to site. www.jppcrepair.com Yes i know not much of a update lol. And don't worry everyone I will be streaming again vary vary soon :)
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Ceiling Fan Trick Knockdown
Why ? Maybe sometimes it is better not to know why
people do what they do.
Monday, January 2, 2012
Going Live
Going Live Now The Dumb Ass Gamer playing Star Wars The Old Republic watch and chat live at www.twitch.tv/gamestop692 or www.thedumbassgamer.info
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Going Live Now Star Wars.
Star Wars The Old Republic with the Dumb Ass Gamer Live chat and watch at www.twitch.tv/gamestop692 or at www.thedumbassgamer.info
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