It's goddamn Windows. Even if this was something to get excited about, Windows users get what they deserve.... No. Just no. I'm sorry, but that's pretty much the height of stupidity, what you just said. "Even if the government were inspecting his computer, he deserves it cause he's using Windows!"
I can see a little bit of leeway for a similar argument about any other source of attack, but not one which is supposedly originating from our government (and note that those arguments aren't legit either, but they're at least a bit better than what you said). But you are correct in that this is nothing to get excited about, so it doesn't matter.
No, what you just said is a troll. You just equated supporting Bush with supporting child rape... that's quite the leap of logic, there, sir. Not only is that not true, but there is room for honest disagreement on whether or not Bush's policies have been benificial or detrimental to this nation. I don't support Bush, but I sure as hell recognize that someone can do so without being an idiot just bent on causing trouble (ie, a troll).
But then you play all the other ones in between waiting for releases and you get some perspective on the stories, characters, battle strategies, etc Yeah, I did that too. I still rate FF7 as the best in series, and is easily in my top 5 games overall (probably at #1, but it gets pretty fuzzy trying to rate legendary games against legendary games).
And like, FFVII is a popular franchise with a rich universe, but the gameplay wasn't that great. So unless they're going to make radical changes (I doubt it), then why get excited about a re-release? It's not like they used any FFVII-specific spell effects that would look SO COOL rendered in HD, relative to any other release. Disagree. I think FF7 has great gameplay. Some things didn't work (Gold Saucer, I'm lookin' at you), but the materia system was incredible. It lent great customization to the game, and I still occasionally find out about really cool materia combos.
Why not take a property that was mildly popular, and redo that one instead, and ramp up the marketing and polish on that universe? If you look at it from a fanservice perspective, you want to remake the game with the most fans. If you look at it from a sales perspective, you want to remake the game with the most fans. Either way, you take the most popular game and remake it. That's how I'd do it at least.
FFVI was remade too soon. FF6 wasn't really remade, just ported with some extra stuff tacked on. This is, however, the other obvious candidate for a remake (even though, ironically enough, I think it's vastly overrated... which is not to say I dislike it).
I'd only play a remake of FFVII if they actually changed the game engine -- updating CG is not enough. That's not what ANY fan of a game wants out of a remake, in my experience (well, almost any). The fans are going to want the same game with prettier graphics, and changing it is going to be something akin to terrible blasphemy. I'd like to think I wouldn't be horribly upset over them changing the game like that (hell, I can play the old one, and ignore the new, if it pisses me off that much), but I'd still be irked. And I'm a rather reasonable representative of a fanboy... the rabid ones are horrible.
Regardless, the point is that making a remake of FF7 is one of the most sensible remakes, just because of fan base. There are only two remakes which make sense, FF7 and FF6... and I'd hope that either of those, if done, would be followed by the other. I want an FF7 remake because that's my favorite RPG. You're acting as though the fact that some people consider FF7 overrated means it's not worthy. Fast forward to 10 years from now, if Bungie decides to remake one of their games. There are going to be people (and not a tiny number of them) who say that Marathon or Myth should be remade, because Halo is vastly overrated (hell, people say that about Halo now). However, the ideal choice for a remake would be Halo (or something in that series), just because that's the game with the biggest following. FF7 is the same way, it's either Square's #1 or tied for #1 (hard to get a good grip on this stuff from casual observation) RPG, fan-wise. That makes it worthy for a remake.
You're not. I think the PS3 is a great system, just overpriced. I love my PS3, and wish Sony would stop acting hell-bent on the destruction of the wonderful console they've made.
We want FFVII remade again because a good number of us (about half, in my experience) consider it to be the finest RPG Square has ever produced (the other half, in my experience, being proponents of FFVI). Just cause YOU don't like it doesn't mean a hell of a lot of other people don't. Your post is attempting to bring about another instance of one of the most pointless discussions since "Mac vs. PC".
Those of us who like FF7 honestly disagree with the points you made. We aren't, as we are so often accused, blinded by the fact that it was our first FF (well, some probably are, no one I've ever talked to is). Seriously, dude, let. This. One. Die. You'll never convince an FF7 fan of your points, and we'll never convince an FF7 hater. What's the point, other than to start a flame war?
An update in Vista breaking something rather major (the ability to uninstall shit), qualifies as both news (hasn't happened to any other version of Windows that I recall), and something that matters (plenty of people are using Vista, even if it's only because it came with their computer, so this is potentially affecting quite a few people). It quite firmly belongs on slashdot, thanks.
That's fair. I can't pretend that it's not. Different people, different priorities I guess. I'm not of the "nothing to hide" school of thought, but I don't put that high a value on my privacy either. Others', sure. Mine, no. But my point wasn't really to convince anyone, just to try to present a rational statement of "Hey, works just fine for me", which is awfully hard to come by in the Vista debate, er, flame war.
For the money you're paying (to upgrade, much less buy the full version), it should be more than an incremental update. That's why I'd never recommend upgrading, even to someone technically literate. I recommend getting it when you get a new computer. *shrug*
OK, first, DRM is not the law. It is a scheme that copyright holders have been trying to force on consumers because they imagine that everyone they do business with is a criminal. DRM isn't the law, but I'd wager the AC was referring to the DMCA, which makes circumvention of DRM against the law.
I really don't know how you made the connection between Halo 2 and DRM either. I guess maybe you're equating OS restriction with DRM, which is fair, but Microsoft's strategy isn't testing any sort of DRM, imo. Their strategy is "Hey, we have this game that people like, let's make it exclusive to our new OS, so people will want to buy it!" No DRM-testing there, just trying to bolster sales of a new product.
At any rate, my plus point for Vista is simply that there's no real negative. I have had almost no issues with it (KOTOR won't work for some reason, much to my chagrin), but beyond that, it's simply a new version of Windows, neither great nor awful. I use Vista because it's the future of Windows, whether anyone likes it or not, and as I prefer Windows, that makes Vista a big part of my computing future. I know this won't convince any Vista haters, it's simply honesty on my part.
I don't know if that really matters. If you have something that crucial to hide, what's an obstruction of justice conviction compared to whatever else you might get slapped with? I'd imagine for any serious criminal, the potential reward is very high (won't get in jail, yeah!), while the risk is relatively low (obstruction of justice, damn... but it beats life in prison!).
Apparently you're in a country where you've never heard of speaking in a civilized fashion to your opponent in a debate.
I live in America, and I don't assume the rest of the world is just like me. However, guess what? This is the frame of reference I have. I can't help it that I don't live in your country and don't have your frame of reference. Furthermore, until such time as you said you aren't "in fucking America", it wasn't entirely unreasonable to assume you were. The Internet transcends countries, but there are still a hell of a lot of people in America, and on an English-speaking web site, hosted in the US (far as I know), which regularly discusses issues pertinent primarily to US citizens (pretty much any politics or YRO article I've ever seen)... it's not entirely unreasonable to assume that you, too, live here (until you say otherwise, which you did).
I grant you that it's still an assumption, and we all know what happens when you assume, but as far as assumptions go, you could do far worse.
Also, where the hell do you live, that a PS3 costs $1400? And surely any other console would be similarly priced (a 360 for $1200, for example)?
Sigma is out. It's sitting in my PS3 right now. Pokemon is not an AAA title, it's barely a game at all (assuming you mean Battle Revolution). It's more of an accessory for Diamond/Pearl than a real game. Wario Ware also isn't an AAA game (big? yes. AAA? Hell no.), nor is Mario Party 8. You may have me with Super Paper Mario, I guess I'm not sure how popular that one is. Wario Ware and Mario Party, however, have much smaller followings than Zelda, Mario, Final Fantasy, etc.
Your point about Resident Evil 4 is fair, though. I'll count that, I hadn't even thought of it (it hasn't been out for long, as I recall). So we're still at 2, possibly 3 for the Wii, 2 for the PS3. That's not a big gap.
Er... I'm sorry, but the Wii just doesn't have more AAA titles than the PS3. The 360... maybe. I don't particularly like any 360-exclusive games, but maybe my taste in games just isn't calibrated right for that console. The Wii, on the other hand, has:
*drumroll please*
Zelda. Wow, one whole AAA title. The PS3 has Ninja Gaiden Sigma, which is exclusive (ish), and Oblivion. Two AAA titles right away that the Wii doesn't have. I think you're right that the Wii's overall game library is bigger, but they definitely have less big name games.
...not that that's stopping me from lusting after a Wii.;)
For your extra money, you get poor list of games, $65 a pop, and Blu-Pending-Disaster support, at around $45 a pop. Whoa, dude. Slow down there. Blu-Ray movies are not $45 each, they're more like $25 each. That's not even close to what you said.
Anyways, depending on what games are out (or you anticipate coming out) for a console, that can be more important than the price. There's nothing out for the 360 that could inspire me to buy one. Not for $50. The only game coming out that I want to play is Halo 3... well, that's not enough to inspire me to spend $400, either. I'll just go out and rent a 360 this fall, or borrow one from one of my friends.
The PS3's library is similarly anemic at the moment (well... ok, Ninja Gaiden Sigma is sex, but that's an Xbox port so I'm not sure how much it counts), but at least it has FF13 coming out, almost certainly more games after that, God of War 3 (rumored), AND it plays my PS2 games. That works great for me, and I'm happy with my PS3. Money is a consideration, to be sure, but games are at least an equally big consideration. Ideally, you want both, and now the PS3 is within $100 of its games-deprived competitor. Hell, if Sony hadn't dropped the ball and abandoned the 20-gig PS3, PS3s would be the same price as 360s. If I were at Microsoft, I'd be quite thankful.
This is the reason I'm opposed to it: the way it was passed. As I recall, Real ID was passed in the senate by tacking it onto a military spending bill. This, to me, reeks of untrustworthiness. Now, one possible reason to pass a law in this fashion is because you're lazy. Another is because you want it to fly under the radar. In either case, this is unacceptable.
1) Our lawmakers have the responsibility to give a big law like this its own proper attention and debate, even if they don't feel like it.
2) If you want a law to fly under the radar... that disgusts me. The members of Congress are supposed to be representing us, not trying to get things shoved through under our noses without us noticing!
In either case, tacking the bill onto something unrelated was unacceptable. These are the only two reasons for doing so I can think of at the moment, so unless someone can come up with a good reason for piggybacking Real ID, I oppose the damn law because it was passed in an unethical fashion. I might even have supported the idea if it had been given its own spotlight, as it deserved, but it comes across to me very shady, as if our lawmakers are trying to hide things from us. That's not cool.
I may be misunderstanding someone here, but I believe the GP was calling Apple idiots for having closed hardware, whereas you're showing how IBM's open hardware made them a success. I'm not sure how these two mesh, especially considering how "Apple" and "open" are basically antonyms. Am I misunderstanding someone here? Please enlighten me if so.
I respect Linux. I really do. However, something tells me that even the hardcore Linux fans must be getting tired of "Year of the Linux desktop!?" stories, let alone the people who fall in any other point on the spectrum. Or is it the goal of the Internet as a whole to give me gray hair before 30?
Yeah, and someone might really want to do their taxes on the front panel of their refrigerator. And? If they do, more power to them. It's a feature, whether you want to use it or not. Don't buy the PS3 for its extra features if you don't want them, but don't say its extra features can't be selling points.
It works like this--consoles are better at playing video games, PC's are better at being PC's. No. That's about as far from true as you can get. I've been doing both PC and console gaming for 10 years now, and the PC gaming experience has always been superior. Will it always be that way? Who knows. As long as there are certain genres of games (RTS, FPS) which work like crap on a console, and as long as controllers are available for the PC (making the PC just as good at those genres which work better with controllers), PCs will be better, I predict. Whether I'm right about that or not... you're incorrect (imho) to say consoles are better for games. They're simpler, but that isn't necessarily better. All a console has going for it is that you don't have to install your games. Nothing more.
Except the PS3, which makes a shitty PC, a decent game console if HD is the only differentiating feature for you... I have a PS3, and it's a damn good console. Too expensive? Yeah. I bought it because my PS2 was dead, and it made no sense to buy another PS2 when I knew I was getting a PS3 eventually. Otherwise I would've waited. But I have games which are quite good for it (Madden 08, Ninja Gaiden Sigma, Marvel Ultimate Alliance), not to mention my PS2 library... and hey, I got to check out the Blu-Ray thing as a bonus. I'm quite happy with my PS3, thank you very much. It's more than just "decent", and HD is not the only differentiating feature for me. I have good games now, and I have even better games to look forward to (FF13 being the notable one).
My rule of thumb in the console war going on is the same as the one I apply to Vista: "Don't believe the hype." Don't listen to everyone telling you that the PS3 is the greatest thing since sliced bread, and don't listen to everyone telling you it sucks monster balls. It's a good console, but not worthy of the positive OR negative hype people throw on it.
That's not necessarily true. As I recall, the PowerMac G5 has case fans all over the damn place, but they all run very slowly. It's been a few years since I've opened one of those things up, but that's what I remember from the ones I used to work with. Now, the PowerMac G5 does get ridiculously loud when you pop open the panel... must be a sensor there or something.
We seem, after all, to have prevented the problem of people physically reaching out across the internet and strangling people... Yes, let's pat ourselves on the back for "preventing" something that's physically impossible.
Slashdot Mirror
*headasplode*
I can see a little bit of leeway for a similar argument about any other source of attack, but not one which is supposedly originating from our government (and note that those arguments aren't legit either, but they're at least a bit better than what you said). But you are correct in that this is nothing to get excited about, so it doesn't matter.
Are you suggesting that if one of our loved ones is abused, we should go out and kill the abuser!?
No, what you just said is a troll. You just equated supporting Bush with supporting child rape... that's quite the leap of logic, there, sir. Not only is that not true, but there is room for honest disagreement on whether or not Bush's policies have been benificial or detrimental to this nation. I don't support Bush, but I sure as hell recognize that someone can do so without being an idiot just bent on causing trouble (ie, a troll).
Regardless, the point is that making a remake of FF7 is one of the most sensible remakes, just because of fan base. There are only two remakes which make sense, FF7 and FF6... and I'd hope that either of those, if done, would be followed by the other. I want an FF7 remake because that's my favorite RPG. You're acting as though the fact that some people consider FF7 overrated means it's not worthy. Fast forward to 10 years from now, if Bungie decides to remake one of their games. There are going to be people (and not a tiny number of them) who say that Marathon or Myth should be remade, because Halo is vastly overrated (hell, people say that about Halo now). However, the ideal choice for a remake would be Halo (or something in that series), just because that's the game with the biggest following. FF7 is the same way, it's either Square's #1 or tied for #1 (hard to get a good grip on this stuff from casual observation) RPG, fan-wise. That makes it worthy for a remake.
You're not. I think the PS3 is a great system, just overpriced. I love my PS3, and wish Sony would stop acting hell-bent on the destruction of the wonderful console they've made.
Those of us who like FF7 honestly disagree with the points you made. We aren't, as we are so often accused, blinded by the fact that it was our first FF (well, some probably are, no one I've ever talked to is). Seriously, dude, let. This. One. Die. You'll never convince an FF7 fan of your points, and we'll never convince an FF7 hater. What's the point, other than to start a flame war?
An update in Vista breaking something rather major (the ability to uninstall shit), qualifies as both news (hasn't happened to any other version of Windows that I recall), and something that matters (plenty of people are using Vista, even if it's only because it came with their computer, so this is potentially affecting quite a few people). It quite firmly belongs on slashdot, thanks.
That's fair. I can't pretend that it's not. Different people, different priorities I guess. I'm not of the "nothing to hide" school of thought, but I don't put that high a value on my privacy either. Others', sure. Mine, no. But my point wasn't really to convince anyone, just to try to present a rational statement of "Hey, works just fine for me", which is awfully hard to come by in the Vista debate, er, flame war.
I really don't know how you made the connection between Halo 2 and DRM either. I guess maybe you're equating OS restriction with DRM, which is fair, but Microsoft's strategy isn't testing any sort of DRM, imo. Their strategy is "Hey, we have this game that people like, let's make it exclusive to our new OS, so people will want to buy it!" No DRM-testing there, just trying to bolster sales of a new product.
At any rate, my plus point for Vista is simply that there's no real negative. I have had almost no issues with it (KOTOR won't work for some reason, much to my chagrin), but beyond that, it's simply a new version of Windows, neither great nor awful. I use Vista because it's the future of Windows, whether anyone likes it or not, and as I prefer Windows, that makes Vista a big part of my computing future. I know this won't convince any Vista haters, it's simply honesty on my part.
I don't know if that really matters. If you have something that crucial to hide, what's an obstruction of justice conviction compared to whatever else you might get slapped with? I'd imagine for any serious criminal, the potential reward is very high (won't get in jail, yeah!), while the risk is relatively low (obstruction of justice, damn... but it beats life in prison!).
He doesn't even have to RTFA, it's right in the summary. We have here someone too lazy to read anything beyond the page title, apparently.
I live in America, and I don't assume the rest of the world is just like me. However, guess what? This is the frame of reference I have. I can't help it that I don't live in your country and don't have your frame of reference. Furthermore, until such time as you said you aren't "in fucking America", it wasn't entirely unreasonable to assume you were. The Internet transcends countries, but there are still a hell of a lot of people in America, and on an English-speaking web site, hosted in the US (far as I know), which regularly discusses issues pertinent primarily to US citizens (pretty much any politics or YRO article I've ever seen)... it's not entirely unreasonable to assume that you, too, live here (until you say otherwise, which you did).
I grant you that it's still an assumption, and we all know what happens when you assume, but as far as assumptions go, you could do far worse.
Also, where the hell do you live, that a PS3 costs $1400? And surely any other console would be similarly priced (a 360 for $1200, for example)?
Your point about Resident Evil 4 is fair, though. I'll count that, I hadn't even thought of it (it hasn't been out for long, as I recall). So we're still at 2, possibly 3 for the Wii, 2 for the PS3. That's not a big gap.
*drumroll please*
Zelda. Wow, one whole AAA title. The PS3 has Ninja Gaiden Sigma, which is exclusive (ish), and Oblivion. Two AAA titles right away that the Wii doesn't have. I think you're right that the Wii's overall game library is bigger, but they definitely have less big name games.
Anyways, depending on what games are out (or you anticipate coming out) for a console, that can be more important than the price. There's nothing out for the 360 that could inspire me to buy one. Not for $50. The only game coming out that I want to play is Halo 3... well, that's not enough to inspire me to spend $400, either. I'll just go out and rent a 360 this fall, or borrow one from one of my friends.
The PS3's library is similarly anemic at the moment (well... ok, Ninja Gaiden Sigma is sex, but that's an Xbox port so I'm not sure how much it counts), but at least it has FF13 coming out, almost certainly more games after that, God of War 3 (rumored), AND it plays my PS2 games. That works great for me, and I'm happy with my PS3. Money is a consideration, to be sure, but games are at least an equally big consideration. Ideally, you want both, and now the PS3 is within $100 of its games-deprived competitor. Hell, if Sony hadn't dropped the ball and abandoned the 20-gig PS3, PS3s would be the same price as 360s. If I were at Microsoft, I'd be quite thankful.
1) Our lawmakers have the responsibility to give a big law like this its own proper attention and debate, even if they don't feel like it.
2) If you want a law to fly under the radar... that disgusts me. The members of Congress are supposed to be representing us, not trying to get things shoved through under our noses without us noticing!
In either case, tacking the bill onto something unrelated was unacceptable. These are the only two reasons for doing so I can think of at the moment, so unless someone can come up with a good reason for piggybacking Real ID, I oppose the damn law because it was passed in an unethical fashion. I might even have supported the idea if it had been given its own spotlight, as it deserved, but it comes across to me very shady, as if our lawmakers are trying to hide things from us. That's not cool.
I may be misunderstanding someone here, but I believe the GP was calling Apple idiots for having closed hardware, whereas you're showing how IBM's open hardware made them a success. I'm not sure how these two mesh, especially considering how "Apple" and "open" are basically antonyms. Am I misunderstanding someone here? Please enlighten me if so.
I respect Linux. I really do. However, something tells me that even the hardcore Linux fans must be getting tired of "Year of the Linux desktop!?" stories, let alone the people who fall in any other point on the spectrum. Or is it the goal of the Internet as a whole to give me gray hair before 30?
My rule of thumb in the console war going on is the same as the one I apply to Vista: "Don't believe the hype." Don't listen to everyone telling you that the PS3 is the greatest thing since sliced bread, and don't listen to everyone telling you it sucks monster balls. It's a good console, but not worthy of the positive OR negative hype people throw on it.
- Someone might want to do all those things specifically on their console
- As long as you're going as far as you have, you might as well say "I can play games on my PC, thus I don't need any console at all!"
You really are comparing apples and oranges here.Update your system software. Upconverting DVDs got added in the latest system update.
That's not necessarily true. As I recall, the PowerMac G5 has case fans all over the damn place, but they all run very slowly. It's been a few years since I've opened one of those things up, but that's what I remember from the ones I used to work with. Now, the PowerMac G5 does get ridiculously loud when you pop open the panel... must be a sensor there or something.