This is a really odd thread here.
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But people will die without tornado information, among other things. Yes, radio is an option. When dealing with people, however, sometimes a graphical representation is just much more useful.
The people who use a TV will likely try to get a converter box immediately when they notice notice they aren't getting any channels regardless of the rebate program. The people who don't care enough to get converter box likely don't need a visual representation, would have never seen the broadcast on TV anyway...and nothing really has changed. The parent poster said:
If the actual people involved don't value their lives enough to buy a TV for tornado reports, I certainly don't value their life enough to buy a TV for them. Let them die for all I care.
Like I said above, nothing has changed. You think you made an intelligent retort, but it's the equivalent of telling a non-beer drinker they can't drink beer any more. These people likely didn't give a rats-ass about tornado reports on TV. If they die from lack of information, it would have absolutely nothing to do with owning a converter box.
So....is this thread much ado about nothing?
Because Acid3 only tests a small part of CSS compliance. Giving fanboys pretty number to shout about should not be a priority. Also, please don't reply to posts that you are actually not replying to. Replying to the first post is obvious attention seeking.
That was a glass half empty response. While the Acid3 test is not meant to be a total test for CSS compliance, it was designed to poke at the weaknesses of the current generation browsers. Not to mention if a developer does makes an effort to to raise their grade, it's a great way to boost goodwill for your company among web developers because it looks like they are trying to improve things. You can only half-ass the ACID3 test so much when it was made to poke at some of problems in your browser specifically.
The Playstation 2 is notorious for being hard to program for due to the complexity of the hardware involved in the console. Thus, there are relatively few people in the gaming industry that know how to utilize the full potential of the system.
It never ceases to surprise me how many people don't know that about the PS2 or ignore it.
I'm assuming the patent is on using a FAT32 driver. Not not on using FAT32 disk. Like I said...install CDs don't have to deal with this problem.
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Yes. This is exactly why everybody in the United States right now wants to have black or asian babies. Because they want to have children who will be different. I can see the numbers sky-rocketing right now. Uh-huh. Though you may be right for asian countries.
How hard is it to create a mini-FAT32 partition that auto-runs the ext3 driver install on connection to a Windows machine? No, the camera won't recognize the partition, so it shouldn't be a patent issue any more than install CDs would be.
...Speaking of which, install CDS still aren't totally uncommon with cameras and such.
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I think the more interesting usages will be when military dictatorships use it to help guarantee enough men for the army. You can actually start fashioning humans for specific jobs rather than searching for them. Maybe create a government quota. We should name all of the military babies "Kaaaaahn!!!!"
Yes, there are a magnitude many more contributors for the Linux kernel than there are for CUPS. My point was that Apple did the footwork to get the permission from the individual CUPS contributors. No one thought it would have been possible. Theoretically, Microsoft could do the same thing with the Linux kernel. But even then, it's not like a fork wouldn't be made at that point.
Extremely improbable, but it's not impossible right? I mean, no one thought that Apple could buy CUPS either. Regardless, they did manage to do all of the footwork before the GPL3 hit though.
it depends on the game. You should try a DS LITE. There are many "pick up and play" games for that system. I know it might seem underpowered from the specs but I have one and I find it infinitely more fun than the PSP. There are 20 or 30 times more fun games for the DS. It's because the DS is designed as a handheld not a mini console.
I think you hit the nail on the head. There are also few oddities that he said that got me.
Games that can be played in 5 minute intervals don't necessarily have to be focused on the evil casual type of game. Tetris anyone? Also a lot of the multiplayer can be played is small jaunts in these games.
As a gamer, you need to be smart enough to choose the right type of game for the right situation. You don't read War and Peace in small jaunts, but you do that with a comic book or newspaper.
When a game session cannot be complete in a small amount of time, you close the lid on your DS to put it to sleep (say your 5 minute car ride ends). You then go inside after finishing the social formalities, open the lid, and then carry on where you left off. I don't know if the PSP has this kind of feature?
I'm actually considering picking up the port of RE2 for the Cube because I have some nostalgia playing in on my N64...which I sold a while back. So I know the feeling.:-)
I think Resident Evil 5 might end up turning out like Resident Evil 0 did. Very nice graphics but not very memorable with a strange coop system on the side.
IE7 is actually getting a bit outdated as it is, so this claim isn't as bold as it seems. Why didn't they compare it to IE8? Or better yet if they really want to talk about speed, Google's Chrome is pretty fast.
Comparisons are most useful when done against something someone knows. Most people know IE7. It also adds to the switch to a Mac argument when comparing against IE specifically. Is this case, marketers ask themselves, "Why NOT compare it to IE7?"
And I agree with you. I recently went back to my GameCube and replayed Eternal Darkness. Yes it is a somewhat spooky game. But after completing it again, I went back and tried out the Resident Evil remake. HOLY CRAP. I forgot how scary it was just running into a zombie and dreading hearing their moans. RE4 didn't even have this feeling.
Now, I didn't mind Resident Evil 4. It was refreshingly different. But Resident Evil 5 is finally stepping outside of my interest zone for the series anyway....and I *gap* like the original or GameCube type C controls (use the R button like an accelerator.) Meh. Well, not like I was planning on getting a 360 or PS3 anyway.
Life is about going from one extreme to the other. Especial politics because it makes it look like your are getting things done and aren't soft.
What will this lead to? Who knows. Though it would be nice if the OEMs decided the browser (just one.) But it's not enough to worry about though. If this decision does start causing mass havoc for Europe, It's not like they won't be able to back-peddle.
On Windows, if you right click the taskbar icon, use the 'Move' menuitem and then position the window using the cursor keys. Left click to 'cancel' this move-mode.
You can do the same exact thing on Linux, but also move the Window using the mouse. I'm pretty user that Windows is the one OS that doesn't really have any OS level window functions that can be accomplished by using the mouse and keyboard together.
Yes, because MS were responsible for both the whole mess and the whole mess, weren't they ? I remember there was NS4, which sucked balls at a time everyone was getting excited about DHTML, and MSIE4 which did a lot to resolve those problems.
Yes...that is why many of the designs of current standards were based off of MS's designs in MSIE4. Most of the modifications that the w3c did to them for their specs were arbitrary. It would have been a shit load easier for MS to update their browser to work with the w3c standards than it would have been for Netscape. I have a hard time believing that Microsoft has no leeway in the W3C being one of the largest and affluent members on top of owning the most popular web browser.
I still haven't finished playing through all of my GameCube games, I am replaying some of them now, and I plan to get some more of the classics off of ebay. I am sure there are even more PS2 owners like this than GameCube owners.
I still get the feeling that the only way to make HD games spill over into multiple DVDs is to stuff them with fmv. But given how fmv is generally looked down upon over in game cut scenes, I still don't think this will be a major problem. (Resistance: Fall of Man is an fmv offender.)
Which does reminds me...how many people thought the bubble screens look better than the flat screens? I know I originally thought so. I know my parents originally thought so. Yes, the flat screens are better and easier on the eyes, but how much of that perception is just because you are told it is better and not decided yourself? Hell, there are people who would never notice the difference between an up-scaled DVD and a Blu-ray movie unless they are told the Blue-ray are sharper.
What else do these guys even make? It's kind of a shame to see them in such shape since they were a pioneer, but they need to make better decisions.
They made the highly lauded and extremely difficult F-zero GX in the GameCube era. They also created Monkey Ball series. As of late, they have released House of the Dead Overkill for the Wii. Coming up they are publishing, The Conduit and Madworld. These are all _extremely_ big games for the Wii.
As for Sonic...he has turned into junk food for little kids...and it shows. Little kids LOVE gimmicks and would be disappointed without one. This is the real Sonic to them no matter what you may think or say. This doesn't mean that Sega might try to make old school gamer fan service games every once in a while. (*Cough* Sonic the Hedgehog reboot on the 360)
I personally think if Ristar had been chosen by luck as Sega's main mascot in history, their 3D tradition would have gone a lot better. His stretching arms are begging for interesting 3D level design. Hell, it should even be a flexible design that could grow well over time. Unlike Sonic, if they created bawl sections or slow puzzle section, there wouldn't be purists screaming "That isn't Ristar!"
What also confuses me is that 6 different versions means:
6 different configurations to test for bugs
6 different versions to update with unique program and feature lists
6 versions that technical support staff need to be trained about
6 different versions that have to be mass produced and have their production numbers varied with demand
etc etc etc.
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PROFIT!
I can only wonder how much there being 6 different versions in itself adds to the price tag for all versions. 6 different versions. Yes, 7 versions different of 6 versions.
Even from a non ethical moralist view, the parent of the parent was right. When someone says maybe we should sort the paperwork out first, it doesn't mean the is a neat freak and you would be considered an ass for calling him one.
Sorting out ethics in ones mind does not make them a "moralist". Someone getting their heart ready for something big doesn't make them a moralist either.
I think the marketing angle on this is that Windows 7 is correct by design. Besides, Apple releases new versions of OS X that are basically service packs at full price all the time, and they don't even have large public betas.
I never liked the words service pack. I mean, ever since gnome 2.0 released in June 2002, you could say they have been releasing service packs every six months ever since. Every single KDE 4.x is a service pack. The the Apple comment is getting a bit strange as releases have been becoming farther apart but still...10.6 does look "service packie" though more than usual.
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But people will die without tornado information, among other things. Yes, radio is an option. When dealing with people, however, sometimes a graphical representation is just much more useful.
The people who use a TV will likely try to get a converter box immediately when they notice notice they aren't getting any channels regardless of the rebate program. The people who don't care enough to get converter box likely don't need a visual representation, would have never seen the broadcast on TV anyway...and nothing really has changed. The parent poster said:
If the actual people involved don't value their lives enough to buy a TV for tornado reports, I certainly don't value their life enough to buy a TV for them. Let them die for all I care.
Like I said above, nothing has changed. You think you made an intelligent retort, but it's the equivalent of telling a non-beer drinker they can't drink beer any more. These people likely didn't give a rats-ass about tornado reports on TV. If they die from lack of information, it would have absolutely nothing to do with owning a converter box. So....is this thread much ado about nothing?
Because Acid3 only tests a small part of CSS compliance. Giving fanboys pretty number to shout about should not be a priority. Also, please don't reply to posts that you are actually not replying to. Replying to the first post is obvious attention seeking.
That was a glass half empty response. While the Acid3 test is not meant to be a total test for CSS compliance, it was designed to poke at the weaknesses of the current generation browsers. Not to mention if a developer does makes an effort to to raise their grade, it's a great way to boost goodwill for your company among web developers because it looks like they are trying to improve things. You can only half-ass the ACID3 test so much when it was made to poke at some of problems in your browser specifically.
If I remember, the PS2 was hard to program for too...
from http://playstation2-linux.com/
The Playstation 2 is notorious for being hard to program for due to the complexity of the hardware involved in the console. Thus, there are relatively few people in the gaming industry that know how to utilize the full potential of the system.
It never ceases to surprise me how many people don't know that about the PS2 or ignore it.
I'm assuming the patent is on using a FAT32 driver. Not not on using FAT32 disk. Like I said...install CDs don't have to deal with this problem.
Yes. This is exactly why everybody in the United States right now wants to have black or asian babies. Because they want to have children who will be different. I can see the numbers sky-rocketing right now. Uh-huh. Though you may be right for asian countries.
How hard is it to create a mini-FAT32 partition that auto-runs the ext3 driver install on connection to a Windows machine? No, the camera won't recognize the partition, so it shouldn't be a patent issue any more than install CDs would be.
...Speaking of which, install CDS still aren't totally uncommon with cameras and such.
I think the more interesting usages will be when military dictatorships use it to help guarantee enough men for the army. You can actually start fashioning humans for specific jobs rather than searching for them. Maybe create a government quota. We should name all of the military babies "Kaaaaahn!!!!"
Yes, there are a magnitude many more contributors for the Linux kernel than there are for CUPS. My point was that Apple did the footwork to get the permission from the individual CUPS contributors. No one thought it would have been possible. Theoretically, Microsoft could do the same thing with the Linux kernel. But even then, it's not like a fork wouldn't be made at that point.
Extremely improbable, but it's not impossible right? I mean, no one thought that Apple could buy CUPS either. Regardless, they did manage to do all of the footwork before the GPL3 hit though.
it depends on the game. You should try a DS LITE. There are many "pick up and play" games for that system. I know it might seem underpowered from the specs but I have one and I find it infinitely more fun than the PSP. There are 20 or 30 times more fun games for the DS. It's because the DS is designed as a handheld not a mini console.
I think you hit the nail on the head. There are also few oddities that he said that got me.
I'm actually considering picking up the port of RE2 for the Cube because I have some nostalgia playing in on my N64...which I sold a while back. So I know the feeling. :-)
I think Resident Evil 5 might end up turning out like Resident Evil 0 did. Very nice graphics but not very memorable with a strange coop system on the side.
IE7 is actually getting a bit outdated as it is, so this claim isn't as bold as it seems. Why didn't they compare it to IE8? Or better yet if they really want to talk about speed, Google's Chrome is pretty fast.
Comparisons are most useful when done against something someone knows. Most people know IE7. It also adds to the switch to a Mac argument when comparing against IE specifically. Is this case, marketers ask themselves, "Why NOT compare it to IE7?"
And I agree with you. I recently went back to my GameCube and replayed Eternal Darkness. Yes it is a somewhat spooky game. But after completing it again, I went back and tried out the Resident Evil remake. HOLY CRAP. I forgot how scary it was just running into a zombie and dreading hearing their moans. RE4 didn't even have this feeling.
Now, I didn't mind Resident Evil 4. It was refreshingly different. But Resident Evil 5 is finally stepping outside of my interest zone for the series anyway....and I *gap* like the original or GameCube type C controls (use the R button like an accelerator.) Meh. Well, not like I was planning on getting a 360 or PS3 anyway.
Life is about going from one extreme to the other. Especial politics because it makes it look like your are getting things done and aren't soft.
What will this lead to? Who knows. Though it would be nice if the OEMs decided the browser (just one.) But it's not enough to worry about though. If this decision does start causing mass havoc for Europe, It's not like they won't be able to back-peddle.
On Windows, if you right click the taskbar icon, use the 'Move' menuitem and then position the window using the cursor keys. Left click to 'cancel' this move-mode.
You can do the same exact thing on Linux, but also move the Window using the mouse. I'm pretty user that Windows is the one OS that doesn't really have any OS level window functions that can be accomplished by using the mouse and keyboard together.
Yes, because MS were responsible for both the whole mess and the whole mess, weren't they ? I remember there was NS4, which sucked balls at a time everyone was getting excited about DHTML, and MSIE4 which did a lot to resolve those problems.
Yes...that is why many of the designs of current standards were based off of MS's designs in MSIE4. Most of the modifications that the w3c did to them for their specs were arbitrary. It would have been a shit load easier for MS to update their browser to work with the w3c standards than it would have been for Netscape. I have a hard time believing that Microsoft has no leeway in the W3C being one of the largest and affluent members on top of owning the most popular web browser.
I still haven't finished playing through all of my GameCube games, I am replaying some of them now, and I plan to get some more of the classics off of ebay. I am sure there are even more PS2 owners like this than GameCube owners.
FMV can make a a game's story feel disjointed from the actual gameplay. What part of that is effective?
visuals and disc storage (BD vs DVD)
I still get the feeling that the only way to make HD games spill over into multiple DVDs is to stuff them with fmv. But given how fmv is generally looked down upon over in game cut scenes, I still don't think this will be a major problem. (Resistance: Fall of Man is an fmv offender.)
Which does reminds me...how many people thought the bubble screens look better than the flat screens? I know I originally thought so. I know my parents originally thought so. Yes, the flat screens are better and easier on the eyes, but how much of that perception is just because you are told it is better and not decided yourself? Hell, there are people who would never notice the difference between an up-scaled DVD and a Blu-ray movie unless they are told the Blue-ray are sharper.
What else do these guys even make? It's kind of a shame to see them in such shape since they were a pioneer, but they need to make better decisions.
They made the highly lauded and extremely difficult F-zero GX in the GameCube era. They also created Monkey Ball series. As of late, they have released House of the Dead Overkill for the Wii. Coming up they are publishing, The Conduit and Madworld. These are all _extremely_ big games for the Wii.
As for Sonic...he has turned into junk food for little kids...and it shows. Little kids LOVE gimmicks and would be disappointed without one. This is the real Sonic to them no matter what you may think or say. This doesn't mean that Sega might try to make old school gamer fan service games every once in a while. (*Cough* Sonic the Hedgehog reboot on the 360)
I personally think if Ristar had been chosen by luck as Sega's main mascot in history, their 3D tradition would have gone a lot better. His stretching arms are begging for interesting 3D level design. Hell, it should even be a flexible design that could grow well over time. Unlike Sonic, if they created bawl sections or slow puzzle section, there wouldn't be purists screaming "That isn't Ristar!"
I can only wonder how much there being 6 different versions in itself adds to the price tag for all versions. 6 different versions. Yes, 7 versions different of 6 versions.
I thought that Mac OS X and MS Window were just BSD distos? I really wish that they would just merge. It would make things simpler.
Even from a non ethical moralist view, the parent of the parent was right. When someone says maybe we should sort the paperwork out first, it doesn't mean the is a neat freak and you would be considered an ass for calling him one.
Sorting out ethics in ones mind does not make them a "moralist". Someone getting their heart ready for something big doesn't make them a moralist either.
I think the marketing angle on this is that Windows 7 is correct by design. Besides, Apple releases new versions of OS X that are basically service packs at full price all the time, and they don't even have large public betas.
I never liked the words service pack. I mean, ever since gnome 2.0 released in June 2002, you could say they have been releasing service packs every six months ever since. Every single KDE 4.x is a service pack. The the Apple comment is getting a bit strange as releases have been becoming farther apart but still...10.6 does look "service packie" though more than usual.