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    VMU protocol is definitely doable. Given they could also be used for VMU-VMU connections, the protocol had to be both computing-light and power-efficient. And yeah, I don't think anyone has ever figured out what happened between the Saturn controllers and the Dreamcast controller. They coulda just stuck a new cable on the Saturn analog pad and no one would've minded. Instead they re-engineered it, cut some buttons off, ruined the d-pad, and made the cable come out the bottom instead of the top.
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    If I remember right, laser blade is the official name for the lion's mouth-dagger things. The toy definitely has a "Form blazing sword!" or two in it. I know because I hopped on YouTube earlier to see what noises occur when you start combining it. Turns out it does the whole speech, from "activate interlocks" to "I'll form the head", which made me smile.
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    Is there a reason we ignore the explanation in Global Report that they did everything right but the drive was wonky because of the boobytrap?
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    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_262 Apparently.
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    I'd buy most of them.
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    Every time I see a Cosmos-inspired toy, several thoughts run through my head in rapid succession. First I think "Oh, neat, Cosmos was kinda cool. Spaceships are awesome." Then I think "Wow, that is SUPER ugly. What exactly were they thinking?!" Then I remember this is pretty much spot-on for Cosmos and I wasn't thinking of Cosmos in the first place. My flying saucer quota was filled with the Go-Bot Pathfinder, and, well, she was just BETTER in every regard and my childhood games were more enjoyable for her substitution. And then I'm sad that no one is EVER going to make a high-end Pathfinder. Except NASA, but their's wasn't toy- OR cartoon-accurate, and the production run was incredibly low.
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    Fanshobby should hire a real photographer, that is a blurry unfocused mess.
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    I haven't even watched Masterforce. It just looked like it was a blatant attach point(and one that SHOULD be hidden, but...)
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    Butbut... where would Godbomber attach?!?!
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    Powermaster Prime/Super Ginrai was the one that sprang to mind here. Most notably that they completely redid his arms so they didn't look like they were made of ladders(though they also rebuilt his chest to make him look more like the original). Awww. What I expected, but I was certainly hoping it meant Hasbro was stepping up their game.
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    Yeah, the Pi article is probably the closest we'll get to a layman's explanation. I was surprised they managed to make it as comprehensible as they did.
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    Did they say if this is from Hasbro raising quality or TakaraTomy lowering it? Because let's be honest here, that is the part that's got americans paying to import toys available at their local supermarket. And I'd like to see Hasbro doing more paint apps and less gaps.
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    Yeah, Oracle kept updating Solaris and Sparc for quite a while, even if they were late to a few parties. Though they seem to have given up, after basically killing the line through ineptitude(appartently they decided to focus exclusively on the top-end and let everyone else take over the rest of the market... which predictably ended with the x86 servers making a rapid charge towards the niche they intended to service). I gather they fired their entire Sparc development team and almost all of the Solaris team late last year. Fujitsu hasn't given up on Sparc yet, but... the architecture's days are clearly numbered and we can easily score it as yet another x86 fatality. Unless someone notices OpenSparc and decides to make "fully open" laptops. There's a niche for that, especially after the Intel Management Engine fiasco last year. For what it i worth, I did a lot of looking around at the stuff after picking up a discarded Sun Ultra10 to play with, and that's most of why I have fresh knowledge of it.
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    Actually, older Sparcs are immune because Sun/Oracle was late to adopt out-of-order execution. A Sparc box sold after 2011(seriously, Oracle?) is probably vulnerable to Spectre(Fujitsu Sparcs adopted OOE in the 90s, but are less common to my knowledge). IBM's Power series is already confirmed vulnerable, and that extends to PowerPC. Any processor using out-of-order execution should be assumed vulnerable until proven otherwise. Don't confuse "researchers only tested Intel, AMD, and ARM" to mean that only those processors are affected. Meltdown does require some architectual features, but as it works on both x86 and ARM processors, it is clear that it isn't an Intel-exclusive attack(though Intel's design makes it easier). And to be clear, the attacks are a way AROUND how modern processors handle memory, not enabled by it.
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    I was thinking of the ones that did the beamgun salute, actually. I seem to recall them having a REALLY weird head. But surely a wedding is a fancy dress party!
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    I thought the Virgin Road valks were animatien errors!
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    Tangentally, Threadripper is the best name for a processor since Sledgehammer.
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    ONE OF US! Seriously, though... this guy is awesome, and your photos really bring out the toy's dynamic nature.
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    Zen's trading blows in that field. And in terrs of performance per dollar, Intel's still losing after aggressive price cuts and spec upgrades across the board. We're probably gonna see more of that this year, as the gap's been hurting them. This isn't sledgehammer vs P4, but it is still an exciting time.
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    This is Drift's original cybertronic body, if I recall.
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    AMD parts are not immune to Meltdown, it is just harder to pull off. Basically, rumor and hearsay took hold before any public knowledge was available, and now both companies are using it to take potshots. That said, I'm still mad at Intel over the management engine omnihack, and generally abusive business practices. Edit: relevant part of the whitepaper:
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    I did notice the cockpit view shows a dual-throttle setup that "converts" your boring robotron-style inputs. It gives me all sorts of ideas. Big problem seems to be the game isn't set up for head-track aiming. If it was, dual-throttle would work AMAZING.
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    It is fantastic, isn't it? Did a bunch of that with my Rift.
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    I've INSTALLED Shenzen IO, but not played it. It looks neat.
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    Aside from knowing who Shawn is, I have no idea what this thread is even about.
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