Anyone so quick to dismiss the greatest communication tool man has yet devised as nothing but 'air' deserves harsh criticism, regardless of past accomplishments.
THe 'law' is such an arcane, complex device that it requires exteremly overpriced specialists to make sense of it to a lay person. More often then not, court proceedings are more about procedure then justice.
Well, your statement is a little off. Sony has had a hand in every title made for the PS3, they made the dev tools and hardware. That $10 royalty if for establishing the platform, etc. Mod me down if you find me pedantic.
In a semi-related note The new Ghostbusters game is $59.99 PS3/360 and $29.99 PC
We should be pushing for legislation in this direction. That value is completely artificial. You cant have a service that is almost on par with a utility and not expect people to pressure you with legislation when you are artificially inflating the market and creating artificial value through technology suppression.
This is like saying Microsoft has no say in hardware development. Its simply not true. Netbook development is pretty severely curtailed by Microsoft's netbook licensing arrangement. You arent going to build a device that has features your biggest customer frowns upon/outright bans.
People expect that when they buy an unlimited mobile internet plan that it should automatically be able to tether too. THe straight up fact is when you tether your mobile you WILL consume more bandwidth, period. The companies know this and charge accordingly. People seem to forget realities like this, just like the morons who expected a discount on the new Iphone a year into their contract. Iphones arent jsut given to ATT for free, they have a fixed cost, which is subsidized by continued cell service payments generally over a period of 2 years.
The fundamental difference this time is that MS owns the entirety of the Xbox 360 design and can take it to any fab they want(more or less). The original Xbox was saddled with vendor parts (nvidia most notably) that they didnt fully own the design to (this is also the major hinderance in full Xbox 1 back compat). The 360 corrects that error and we should see a MUCH smoother transition to the next gen Xbox. Im thinking they are going to go the Gamecube to wii route and just crank up the speed and add to the existing architecture and gobs more memory.
LOL, I could run a Core i7 fanless outside in the arctic circle if i really wanted to. Application is everything.
I hate to break this to you but computers have fans for one reason, economics. Im sure i could rig up a self contained cooling system that filtered out all dust and dirt, but it would cost alot. Its FAR more economical to build all comps with fans and then pay some grease monkey like you to clean them out.
One last thing, no matter what you do the electronics are going to heat up causing warm air currents to flow through your machine. While less then a fan, it will still accumulate dust over time and require maint.
This is the first gen of consoles that can really leverage the internet, so past performance is a bad indicator in this case. All 3 machines have digital money printing services and all 3 are acceptable. At this point there isnt a huge pent up need for more detailed graphics like in previous gens. We have reached the 'good enough' stage. Ill be conservative and say we are looking at a 6-8 year cycle on this gen of hardware.
You seem to fall into the category of, "Digital tech should just work flawlessly, with no physical maint. of any kind." Its just not going to happen anytime soon. While fans can be inconvenient, do you REALLY want to take THAT far a step back in processing power so you dont have do some icky maintenance?
Honestly your post sounds a bit short sighted. Why do we need uniquely identified machines? Why no user upgradeable parts? Why do you want everyone to have the Imac style?
Which is easily mitigated by maintenance. Your statement is like saying its a design mistake for cars to require oil that needs to be changed regularly to operate properly.
This is why i feel Sixaxis is so underrated. Its a great blend of regular controller with some light motion control when appropriate. The only game ive seen abuse the sixaxis is Lair.
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Anyone so quick to dismiss the greatest communication tool man has yet devised as nothing but 'air' deserves harsh criticism, regardless of past accomplishments.
Technically, the internet is the largest library of information ever known to man. To dismiss it only shows his inability to truly grasp it.
Just because Intel can make 45nm parts doesnt mean IBM suddenly can.....
So if someone comes up with an colon bomb, you are going to be ok with the airlines giving routine anal cavity inspections thereafter?
There is a VAST difference between commuting and driving/cruising/racing.
THe 'law' is such an arcane, complex device that it requires exteremly overpriced specialists to make sense of it to a lay person. More often then not, court proceedings are more about procedure then justice.
I find 'artists' who think they are entitled to money from every person who sees/hears their work to be offensive too.....
Well, your statement is a little off. Sony has had a hand in every title made for the PS3, they made the dev tools and hardware. That $10 royalty if for establishing the platform, etc. Mod me down if you find me pedantic.
In a semi-related note The new Ghostbusters game is $59.99 PS3/360 and $29.99 PC
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So how does on go about getting a refund for a defective ebook??
We should be pushing for legislation in this direction. That value is completely artificial. You cant have a service that is almost on par with a utility and not expect people to pressure you with legislation when you are artificially inflating the market and creating artificial value through technology suppression.
This is like saying Microsoft has no say in hardware development. Its simply not true. Netbook development is pretty severely curtailed by Microsoft's netbook licensing arrangement. You arent going to build a device that has features your biggest customer frowns upon/outright bans.
People expect that when they buy an unlimited mobile internet plan that it should automatically be able to tether too. THe straight up fact is when you tether your mobile you WILL consume more bandwidth, period. The companies know this and charge accordingly. People seem to forget realities like this, just like the morons who expected a discount on the new Iphone a year into their contract. Iphones arent jsut given to ATT for free, they have a fixed cost, which is subsidized by continued cell service payments generally over a period of 2 years.
So im not the only one in the world that actually READS the manual?
Hate that goddamn ribbon, if it wasnt for keyboard shortcuts I still couldnt print or save.
The fundamental difference this time is that MS owns the entirety of the Xbox 360 design and can take it to any fab they want(more or less). The original Xbox was saddled with vendor parts (nvidia most notably) that they didnt fully own the design to (this is also the major hinderance in full Xbox 1 back compat). The 360 corrects that error and we should see a MUCH smoother transition to the next gen Xbox. Im thinking they are going to go the Gamecube to wii route and just crank up the speed and add to the existing architecture and gobs more memory.
LOL, I could run a Core i7 fanless outside in the arctic circle if i really wanted to. Application is everything.
I hate to break this to you but computers have fans for one reason, economics. Im sure i could rig up a self contained cooling system that filtered out all dust and dirt, but it would cost alot. Its FAR more economical to build all comps with fans and then pay some grease monkey like you to clean them out.
One last thing, no matter what you do the electronics are going to heat up causing warm air currents to flow through your machine. While less then a fan, it will still accumulate dust over time and require maint.
PoP Sands of Time was a revolution in 3D platforming. Even in referencing the original PoP I wouldn't call it inferior.
Wifi dongle that costs half as much as a full 360 arcade unit that comes with console, controller, memory card and power adapter and a few GAMES!
This is the first gen of consoles that can really leverage the internet, so past performance is a bad indicator in this case. All 3 machines have digital money printing services and all 3 are acceptable. At this point there isnt a huge pent up need for more detailed graphics like in previous gens. We have reached the 'good enough' stage. Ill be conservative and say we are looking at a 6-8 year cycle on this gen of hardware.
You seem to fall into the category of, "Digital tech should just work flawlessly, with no physical maint. of any kind." Its just not going to happen anytime soon. While fans can be inconvenient, do you REALLY want to take THAT far a step back in processing power so you dont have do some icky maintenance?
Steve Jobs is that you???
Honestly your post sounds a bit short sighted. Why do we need uniquely identified machines? Why no user upgradeable parts? Why do you want everyone to have the Imac style?
Which is easily mitigated by maintenance. Your statement is like saying its a design mistake for cars to require oil that needs to be changed regularly to operate properly.
All new dell upper end monitors have Displayport too, the Dell 2408 has one for sure.
This is why i feel Sixaxis is so underrated. Its a great blend of regular controller with some light motion control when appropriate. The only game ive seen abuse the sixaxis is Lair.
Dont forget VHS has advantages that DVD couldnt match economically for a very long time.