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  1. JB0
    Is that Kakizaki, I mean Ben Dixon? Also, thank you for saving the thread.
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    Using existing open-source emulators is pretty common. Nintendo is notable for NOT doing it. The weird thing is that Sony actually obeys licenses and makes the source available instead of going "GPL, schmeePL. Sue us if you don't like it." https://doc.dl.playstation.net/doc/psclassic-oss/PCSX_ReARMed.html Actually, the other surprising thing is the PSClassic is Linux-based. Sony Computer Entertainment is a huge FreeBSD fan(likely because the BSD license is far easier to work with than the GPL).
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    Keijo!!! is pretty good in spite of all appearances. I wouldn't lump it in with the likes of Rail Wars.
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    One can only hope.
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    Private keys stored on the device? No signature checks at all on the boot code? No protection against dumping the boot ROM? Yup, it's a Playstation all right. ... Seriously, I thought SCE had learned these lessons after the PSP debacle. Whatever, good for the users. Especially since the hardware is so much more capable than the Minitendo units. (Nintendo chose hardware that was more than acceptable for Nintendo emulation, but continued to use the same hardware for Super Nintendo emulation, where it wasn't really up to the task and numerous corners had to be cut.)
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    I thought Sega forgot they owned that! Color me pleasantly surprised.
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    Sakamoto is fantastically ridiculous. Rail Wars is trash, but I liked it anyways.
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    Twenty years late.
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    Just because you don't have a pulse doesn't mean you don't have a heart! Stop being so necrophobic!
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    Stoomander looks PRETTY COOL, I gotta say. I also like how he manages to homage a few different Primes at once, though I'm not at all sure it was intentional. If coincidental, it is kind of EVEN BETTER, though. Naked, he's THE Optimus Prime. The naked truck mode reminds me of Animated's Prime. And when he puts his pants on, he makes me think of God Ginrai/Apex Armor Powermaster Prime.
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    The only one I ever owned was MP-01(until he did a front-flip off my shelf and broke a leg). I was impressed with the robot mode, but annoyed by how fake the truck looked and the complexity of the transformation(which doesn't seem that bad in comparison to, say, MP Megatron 2). That a lot of the complexity was there just so he could have a separate radiator for the truck and the robot didn't exactly do it any favors.
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    Ditto. But the fold-away windshield wipers on Transform Element are a cool touch that actually improves both modes(wipers aren't molded into the window on the truck, so they look like actual wipers.). ... Transform Element didn't paint the headlights? Is that a pre-production issue, or did they totally cheap out on paint at the last second?
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    Same diff. But yes, Striker Manus is a legally-distinct converting robot who just happens to bear an ENTIRELY COINCIDENTAL resemblance to a certain Autobot(tm) leader.
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    That alone makes Magic Square's offering the best magic square. If the truck parts aren't robot parts, the design is cheating. Looks like the Takara is the only one that doesn't use the truck windshield as the robot chest. Lame, but expected of them.
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    If I recall, they're trying to get a Porsche license so they don't get sued over Jazz. Unlicensed robot toys aren't worried so much about lawsuits. They're either a small enough production that Porsche doesn't care, or in China.
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    The fins behind them make me think of Manus' ax storage.
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    Looks a lot more like Prime. ... But looks even more like Striker Manus for some reason. I think it is the panels sticking out behind the smokestacks sending my brain that direction.
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    I admit, I like that the truck cab has seating. It ain't worth what they're asking though, even at the preorder price, given their engineering and aesthetic is getting farther and farther from my tastes.
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    The bigger problem is getting Congress to fund NASA on anything more than a shoestring budget, honestly. The volatile and unpredictable nature of their top-level planning with 4-8-year swaps is a secondary issue.
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    Actually, sitting president has made such declarations. As opposed to the last president, who did his best to gut NASA completely.
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    'S just you. Screwhead was awesome, Pathfinder was too cool for words, Bugbite was the only VW Bug robot toy you needed, Stacks was ... Umm, Stacks was... Errr... ... Okay, you can't win 'em all. Stacks was pretty awful.
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    The Honors of the Go-Bots.
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    Yup. I think New Horizons did it first, and it proved to be a very effective and low-cost PR move, so it seems like every mission is doing it now. The Parker Solar Probe launched in August is the most recent one(and I missed it entirely(though the names are simply written to a MicroSD card)). Looks like there are plans to do this with the Mars 2020 rover, scheduled for a 2020 launch. So they should be collecting names "soon".
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    Along with a couple million other people, yeah. https://mars.nasa.gov/news/8287/more-than-24-million-names-are-going-to-mars/?site=insight
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    My name's on the probe!
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