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  1. Mr Rob

    Making an image of an SD Card - Is this possible?

    A clever hack around this is to make a big file of zeros to take up all the extra space on the filesystem. dd if=/dev/zero of=big-ass-file-of-zeros.img Which will get compressed very well. Though still, kind of hackish.
  2. Mr Rob

    Making an image of an SD Card - Is this possible?

    Though I completely agree with @WizardStan, for the sake of completeness, this is one way (a Unix way) to make a disk image (in case kids want to do it anyway for whatever reason). dd if=/dev/"block_device" | gzip -c > filename.img.gz Where "block_device" is the drive you're backing up...
  3. Mr Rob

    Controller Support for SNES?

    Nope, not the primary SNES emulator. That I'm aware of at least. It may be a feature added in the future....
  4. Mr Rob

    Controller Support for SNES?

    I assume you're specifically using Snes9x4P found on the repo? You are right, there are no options in any of the menus to remap a controller (that I'm aware of). Odds are, the mapping is defined in a configuration file located in the appdata directory. You'll need to get your hands a bit...
  5. Mr Rob

    What tune could/do you listen to on permanent loop..?

    All the Cave Story Remix Albums are pretty awesome. Both http://kwixmusic.com/cavestory/ and http://csrp2.org/product.html.
  6. Mr Rob

    What tune could/do you listen to on permanent loop..?

    https://www.youtube.com/embed/LHncl_XFYAI?feature=oembed Yeaaaaah!
  7. Mr Rob

    A few final questions.

    And as for open source/homebrew games, many are great. If you're not big into the open-source gaming scene, you may not have heard of many of these. The big winner is the Battle for Wesnoth, a huge turn based strategy game with some fantastic art, sound, and game mechanics. Arcade games like...
  8. Mr Rob

    fair game...

    I'm becoming more and more skeptical of the claims of 'unfairness'. I've never found Mario Kart 64 to be unfair. It's very common to focus on how terrible and awful bad luck is, but completely ignore the cases where you successful simply due to good luck. Wesnoth is a classic example. If...
  9. Mr Rob

    fair game...

    Come on over!
  10. Mr Rob

    Piracy != theft

    Instead of theft, or copyright infringement, or piracy, I think the whole industry would benefit if we called it shenanigans. You wouldn’t steal shenanigan a car You wouldn’t steal shenanigan a handbag You wouldn’t steal shenanigan a television You wouldn’t steal shenanigan a movie...
  11. Mr Rob

    fair game...

    I'll take your word for it, but I don't have many memories of it being that bad (strictly speaking about MarioKart 64, I haven't played too much of the other ones, surprisingly).
  12. Mr Rob

    fair game...

    Ah, that. I never thought they were that unfair, gives the other racers a chance to catch up.
  13. Mr Rob

    fair game...

    How was Mario Kart unfair?
  14. Mr Rob

    our own jabber-server?

    To be fair, I think you'd be better off starting a jabber server somewhere. What @GiraffeeDreams describes sounds fairly easy. And by that I mean, use Pidgin, and add an extension to update status based on last/current PND being run. I know there is an extension for Pidgin to take your...
  15. Mr Rob

    fair game...

    I've heard that in Battletoads, there's apparently a bug in the second to last level preventing the second player from even moving when he is spawned. Though I cannot confirm this as I've never gotten that far in Battletoads in two player mode (usually, most friendships will terminate at about...
  16. Mr Rob

    our own jabber-server?

    All above points are very true. In review: Jabber would be more expandable across different services (including in-game shenanigans), but more difficult to integrate into things like this forum and the repo (including user management). IPB chat would be simpler and quicker to set up (throw...
  17. Mr Rob

    A few questions...

    First off, congrats on your purchase. They are lots of fun, believe me. In other news, I can answer a couple of your questions: Is the key board backlit? Nope. Internal upgrades with LED: There are available spots on the motherboard if an avid user would like to add additional LED's to...
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    our own jabber-server?

    Ha, I know, irc isn't a perfect solution, but it is what we have now. I think IRC can scare some people away, as it's a little more divergent than the instant messaging idea people are used to. Just my two cents. Thinking a bit, IP.Board does seem to have an online chat package, too. I...
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    our own jabber-server?

    There currently is an irc....
  20. Mr Rob

    Turn on my /swap partition?

    Interesting that the reads perform similar. For the sake of science, two things pop into my head: 1. Is it possible that the left and the right card slots do have different speeds? Would be curious to reverse them and see if you get similar results. 2. And you might want to do a reboot...
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