I dunno... I pronounce it like "vedge", err. Anyway.

TV broke. Bought a VEG Lite.

General concensus? It's everything they said it was.

But of course there's a nitpick... while it does a nice job of removing interlace, you can still see it in odd places, like when Mario blinks after getting hit by a baddie. The Xbox fares a lot better, actually, but it's not very anti-aliased and looks sort of like when you enlarge an image in Fireworks and then apply a slight blur effect. Personally, I'll take blocky edges over blurry-blocky edges. Perfect anti-aliasing or none.

Anyway, this is through regular composite video inputs, so I really expected sub-par quality. I've ordered SVideo connectors for my Nintendos and Xbox, so when they come in, it should at least double the resolution. (At least, that's what I've always been told... I'm going to have to see for myself. If it doesn't work, then... oh well. The cables were only about 5 bucks.)

I also bought an SNES to USB controller adapter yesterday, along with the cables, so I should be able to multiplay SNES games online through ZSNES like a pro! (Though it might take some getting used to... I've used a keyboard for SNES for sooo long.)

Oh, I also tried playing Halo 2 online today. I discovered an unranked practice gametype that I played... it was nice and relaxing... no Standbyers or Bridgers. Just good, old fashioned, LAN-party multiplayer Halo action where you frag away your worries! I ranked 4th out of 8. (Or maybe it was 10.) I think it was 10... since I was a little off-center toward the top. Got a triple kill with a rocket launcher, har har. That was sweet.

So I'm going to watch my Toy Story DVD now... bye!

No, not really.

Okay people...

I thought it was pretty much common sense to people who know what a "windowed environment" is, but Microsoft did NOT copy Apple's windowed operating system. Your only proof that MS copied Apple is that Windows came after Mac OS. Using this formula, a windowed environment was not Apple's idea, either! It wasn't Microsoft's... it wasn't Apple's... it was Xerox's. (Yes, they used to make computers.)

The year is 1981. Xerox releases a device called the 8010 Star Information System. It sports the first occurance of a windowed operating system environment for personal computers. It was obviously something worth using... because:

In 1983, Apple released the Apple Lisa. Guess what it had? A windowed system! Two years after Xerox. Now before someone goes and says "well, Apple could have been making theirs before Xerox", you have no proof of that. Microsoft could have been developing their Windows long before Xerox, too, then, couldn't they. Everyone copied Microsoft!

It was in 1985 (yey! birth year!) that Microsoft unveiled Windows 1.0 to the public. So yes, technically, Microsoft made Windows after Apple made Mac OS, which was after Xerox made Star. Unless there's proof that someone actually started started coding one of their systems first, then using your method of saying Microsoft copied Apple? Apple copied Xerox.

Xerox pioneered the graphical user interface as we know it today. Everyone else copied. Apple did not create it, they didn't innovate... neither did Microsoft. I'm not bashing Apple, of course, but I am bashing fanboys who aren't getting the facts straight and try to get "free points".

Digg n00bs... honestly.