I would recommend increasing the padding around the block of text (or perhaps giving it a slight border and making the background color slightly darker than a post) for readability reasons. Perhaps make it so if you click it, it stays in "visible" mode.
As far as I can tell, if you convert that decimal number of seconds into frames you get 41, so the frame count is 1001*3600*60+15*60*60+5*60+41=216270341, still less than one frame per American
I hope I'm not saying something completely stupid here..... but proper emulation is not the same as TAS capabilities? as far as I can tell from the google code base issue, TAS functions are not yet ready?
(no flaming plz :P, I hope as much as anybody else that it will work so )
I wasn't following it that closely; I just wanted an excuse to spout an old meme.
I think the best I did on console was 5th final. It's not easy.
I got down to 6th place once, about a year after the game came out, and I didn't try to go lower because I figured out the pattern for all "below-bronze" finishes.
wait that was Mario Kart 64...I think I only went down to 4th in SMK, never mind
If an emulator allows you to use frame advance, you are expected to use it; that reminds me, one good source of new TAS records is when yet another emulator gains frame-advance ability.
There are certainly some TASers here who explicitly do not want their videos uploaded to YouTube/Rapidshare/Vimeo/whatever.
Get permission from the TASer before you do anything with their work.
On the flipside, there are TASers who prefer to have specific other people upload their runs; mostly because rogueyoshi and a couple other people are lucky enough to have YouTube accounts that can upload huge videos instead of being constrained by 100MB and 10:59.
If you have special powers like that on any video-sharing site, you will be in high demand.
You say you've found it and then you ask for a link to it?
Hey, it happens. After the first time I visited the IRC channel I had to ask how to get back to it. >_>
Anyway, you're looking for Game Resources.
thanks its a crazy site it has links everywhere
what is the best version of snes9x to use and what is the best input plugin?
and can we speed run pc games (like portal)
Once there is a way to create an input file that, when processed by a suitable emulator or command processor, exactly duplicates the input used in a game like Portal, and as soon as tools are developed like frame-advance and savestates for PC games (preferably in a PC emulator), this can be done, but for now those speedruns are best discussed in a community for unassisted runs, like http://speeddemosarchive.com/
I should mention that work is being done on getting DOSBox to allow us to TAS old DOS games, so don't give up hope; of course like most other games here it's rare that TAS-ability is developed for platforms while they are still current...I think only the GBA has that honor, though the DS and Wii just might get there before they become obsolete.
Also, the best version of snes9X is probably the TASVideos-modified "improvement 13" of v1.43, available at this site linked from the Emulator Resources page: http://www.bluetoaster.net/emu/rec.htm
The best input plugin for Mupen64 is the TAS Input Plugin, but if you don't like that you can try Rage.
Picking a game that you know and like is probably a better choice.
within reason of course, like I wouldn't recommend cutting your teeth on Ocarina of Time or Majora's Mask
Now if you want to torture yourself with a 3D N64 game anyway, this tutorial shows how to do the Backwards Long Jump, the technique that made the first 16-star runs possible, along with all later refinements including the current 0-star runs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdDA6dnhUiQ
I was about to suggest Tinhead for Sega Genesis; also you should read the FAQ, you should be able to find some pages with tons of glitches for games, though mostly games that have already been TASed to death: http://tasvideos.org/WhyAndHow.html
It's not free software if it's "free" for only a limited time.
+1
I've been addicted to giveawayoftheday for about a year, although install-worthy giveaways are few and far between.
I hope they bring back Project Dogwaffle...
This is the first Earthbound run I have watched all the way through, and I've never even gotten past the beginning part.
Needless to say I was scared when I saw and heard Giygas for the first time.
The blink CSS property is different from the blink HTML element.
superjupi wrote:
arflech wrote:
However, I do want a better browsing experience for those few times when I have to use a site that only works in IE, like Windows Update.
Windows Update works just fine under Firefox.
It must be the IE Tab extension (which embeds the IE engine in a Firefox tab); I went to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ in Firefox 3 (with IE Tab installed) and it worked, and I tried it in Netscape 9 and Flock 2 (without IE Tab) and this is what it said:
Microsoft wrote:
Thank you for your interest in obtaining updates from our site.
To use this site, you must be running Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or later.
To upgrade to the latest version of the browser, go to the Internet Explorer Downloads website.
If you prefer to use a different web browser, you can obtain updates from the Microsoft Download Center or you can stay up to date with the latest critical and security updates by using Automatic Updates. To turn on Automatic Updates:
1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
2. Depending on which Control Panel view you use, Classic or Category, do one of the following:
* Click System, and then click the Automatic Updates tab.
* Click Performance and Maintenance, click System, and then click the Automatic Updates tab.
3. Click the option that you want. Make sure Automatic Updates is not turned off.
Of course it could also be that pesky .NET Framework Assistant extension: http://tasvideos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7832
EDIT: It's IETab; I disabled it and then Windows Update didn't work in Firefox anymore.
EDIT Apparently there is a way to get Windows Update to work in Opera: Download an external plugin, place an extra button in your Opera menu, go to Google, search for "Windows Update", and go there; if you just type update.microsoft.com into the address bar it will switch back to the Opera engine, and when you click that "View in IE" button, you will still be viewing the "sorry but you can't download updates with this browser" page.
The main reason to save and open vs. opening them in-browser is to add that extra step of "Okay, did I really intend to view this?" and prevent automated attacks from succeeding. Obviously if you open a malicious file with a vulnerable reader you're going to get hit, but now the site has to convince you that you want to read the file before it can make its attack.
Just remember to make this the default action whenever you click PDF links, because some sites will try to push malicious PDFs to you and it's a lot easier to say "cancel" to downloading a PDF than to close Foxit when it just opens out of the blue or to close the browser tab.
blink + marquee works in Opera, which recognizes both tags: http://www.webdevout.net/test?relative-absolute
Go to that link and replace the body with a p element containing this code snippet...
<marquee><blink>text</blink></marquee>
pirate_sephiroth wrote:
actually, I don't open pdfs in my browser, I save them instead. And I only use Firefox.
1) PDF-based exploits can still harm you if you save the PDFs before opening them, regardless of what browser you use or even whether you use Foxit (with unpatched JBIG2 plugin) or an unpatched Adobe Reader, though I don't think Sumatra PDF has this problem (and it's open-source too!).
2) I don't open PDFs in my browser either, but this is only because the Foxit Reader plugin doesn't seem to install in Opera automatically, so instead the default PDF action is to open in Foxit Reader.
3) I guess the only way you're safe from things like "banner[1].pdf" opening when you visit a sketchy site is to make sure your browser never opens a pdf straight from the Web.
^^,^ Also, remember to upgrade your Foxit Reader, because that is affected by the same vulnerability that Adobe just patched in Reader and Acrobat.
Warp wrote:
Was this a paid advertisement?
I wish, then again I'd much rather get paid to say good things about Opera because it is my favorite browser.
However, I do want a better browsing experience for those few times when I have to use a site that only works in IE, like Windows Update.
At noon today, Internet Explorer 8 will become available: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/download-ie.aspx
IE8 has the same familiar interface as IE7, but it is very standards-compliant, more secure, and faster.
Among its new features are Loosely Coupled Internet Explorer (tabs running in separate processes from each other and from the outer window, so the failure of one tab doesn't crash the whole browser) and an InPrivate browsing mode, in which no history of your Web surfing is recorded.
Also, Adobe recently released patches for critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader and Acrobat that allowed malicious hackers to send malware to your computer and had been unpatched since January; if you noticed strange files like "banner[1].pdf" opening up when you visit certain sites, they're meant to exploit those vulnerabilities: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9129163
Whether you're on a PC or a Mac, and whether you use IE, Firefox, Safari, Opera, or any other browser, you should protect yourself by upgrading, whether you use version 7, 8, or 9 of Reader or Acrobat: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-04.html
Also, if you had decided to switch to Foxit Reader for its greater speed and security...well that's also vulnerable, and you should update it too; it's easily done from within the program via the Help menu, though it's only a problem if you installed the plugin to view JBIG2 images embedded in PDFs: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/160977/foxit_pdf_viewer_also_open_to_attack_say_researchers.html?loomia_ow=t0:a41:g29:r10:c0.000616:b22882398
This guy who works at Google created an excellent introduction to the wonder and variety of possibilities for video encoding, along with a presentation.
Among the common combinations...
Intended Usage|Container|Video |Audio |Caption
DVD |VOB |MPEG-2 |AC3 |Line 21/DVD
DVD Piracy |AVI |MPEG-4 ASP|MP3 |SRT/SSA
Blu-Ray |EVOB |H.264/VC-1|AC3/DTS|SUP
Blu-Ray Piracy|MKV |H.264 |AC3/DTS|SRT/SSA
Flash 8- |FLV |H.263 |MP3 |custom
Flash 9+ |MP4 |H.264 |AAC |FTT
Windows Media |ASF |WMV/VC-1 |WMA |SAMI/SMIL
Linux |OGG |Theora |Vorbis |Kate
Mac/QuickTime |MOV |H.264 |AAC |QTTT
iPod/iPhone |MP4 |H.264 |AAC |MP4TT
AppleTV |MP4 |H.264 |AAC/AC3|MP4TT