linux just isn't ready for prime time for a number of reasons....but it all boils down to 2 main areas where linux fails(it's getting better though)....compatibility and support
the average user wants guarantees that linux just can't provide. they want their hardware to work without having to scour the net for a driver that may or may not exist. i recently installed fiesty fawn on my laptop and everything went increadably smooth up until i tried to connect to the net (wirelessly). and guess what? it didn't work. that to me was a bummer. that to Joe Average is unacceptable and a deal breaker.
the average user wants to be able to play $NEW_POPULAR_FPS or $NEW_POPULAR_RPG on his new computer. unfortunately, without windows this is rarely an option. again, to me, bummer i gotta reboot to windows or run through emulation. to Joe Average, unacceptable and a deal breaker.
the average user wants all websites and the content they host to be viewable at all times. again, without IE, wmv/asp support in the default browser, this is not an option. again, Joe Average won't have it.
the average user wants to be "safe" and up to date with software that auto updates. to me, i know how to stay current, with the exception of the Sony/BMG rootkit, i haven't had an infection since 1998. Joe Average doesn't want to be bothered installing patches, compiling kernels and what not. he just wants it to fix itself. windows update, the illusion of safety maybe, but it's a good illusion.
the average user wants to know someone is there to help if they need it. and no, i'm not talking about some nerd like you or i on an internet forum. Joe Average wants 24/7/365 tech/app support. he wants someone to slowly walk him through solving the issue. i understand red hat and a few others offer support, but it costs $ and that detracts from the allure of free software and most apps that would be installed on the box would not include any support.
where are you? what service plan do you have? i supposedly have 20down/5up even though my actual speeds are usually faster, and i only pay $40/month. i'm in central New Jersey and they don't block 80 for me...
i just dumped comcast entirely and it's about time. they've been blocking verizon from rolling out their TV service for quite some time. FiOS internet is FAR superior...my upload speed is faster hen my friends' comcast download speed. Their TV service competes as well. verizon's HD channels are much better in selection, signal, and picture quality. comcast blows verizon away in OnDemand selection though. FiOSTV offers 0 free movies on demand...$2.99 for Encino Man??...come on verizon.....
I'm only 26 and I'm still at my first job out of college. I work for a dept. of the state of NJ and have an awesome benefits package. I recently went to the ER for stitches and I paid $25 for my visit. A few weeks later I got a summary of the billing and it was as follows...
Total bill from hospital: $1600+
My co-pay: $25
Insurance paid: $360
Now, how can that be? The insurance company, which undoubtedly is filthy stinking rich, gets a "bulk rate" of less then 1/4 of the total bill? WTF!?!?! It boggles my mind. What if I didn't have insurance? Do i owe the full $1600? I understand that if you can't pay it, you get help, but at what cost? Debt for the rest of your life? What if I can afford to pay, but don't have insurance? Do they let me off with only paying less then 1/4 of the full price?...i doubt it!...
Seems like the best way to fix this problem would be to make these scumbags(read: insurance companies) pony up the full amount billed.
from NaturalMotion's site:
Q: Is euphoria a physics engine?
A: No, euphoria is not a physics engine. euphoria simulates the human (or animal) motor nervous system on Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION 3 and PC. One can think of it as biology meeting robot control theory. euphoria integrates with a game's existing physics engine, which provides the basic body physics (commonly known as 'ragdoll physics'). euphoria adds life to the dead physics simulation. In short, ragdolls are dead, floppy bodies. euphoria characters instead are alive and adaptive.
I'm sure the guys at NaturalMotion developing Euphoria(wiki) would argue...and i'm sure the guys at Lucas Arts and Rockstar would back them up on that.
they would re-work the psp. shrink it down a little, add another analog on the right, and either dump the umd drive entirely for a hd or start selling psps with a big memory stick in the box(>=4gig). with a decent d/l service, it would be everything that apple is trying to turn the ipod into and more with the addition of running ps2 quality games on a screen that is far superior!
i'll probably get modded a troll for this as i was last week for questioning the crazy demand for the wii even though the games are seriously lacking, but i feel it has to be said...for the $, the ipod is currently pretty low on the list of good buys as far as mp3 players go. i believe apple has been lucky to be able ride the ipod wave as long as it has. and unless they open the iphone up, it is going to fail miserably.
my $200 sanyo phone has a gig hdd in it with 8+ hours of play time, a 2 mega pixel camera, unlimited ev-d0 net access, and o yea, i can call people on it too!
imho, apple has got to push a little more than this to maintain their dominance. or just keep charming the masses with their stale commercials...i guess that works too...
ha, i remember going to the block for 3 for $5 deals, but they were always little baggies of a green leafy substance.
seriously though, $2 a song isn't that bad and i like the 3 for 5 talk, but even the cats on the block let me pick my baggies out of a handful...whats with these prepackaged groups? also, i want NEW songs not 'new to xbox' songs. if they released some genuinely new content and allowed me to choose the 3 songs i got in the pack, i would have no complaints.
the best way to get around in GTA:SA was to hop in a jet fly to where you wanted to go, turn 90 degrees towards space and when the plane starts to stall, jump out. i spent hours rolling around the desert and mountains looking for cool places to base jump. i just hope, they bring it back for GTA4:SomeOtherPlace in a few years...game experiences like that are very rare.
i guess i can add Nintendo to the list of things 'one must not speak semi-negatively about' along with Linux....sheesh, just speaking the truth....people that agreed with my post get 2 points positive and as the original i get trolled.......fuck you guys, your wii's, and your Linux boxes....there now you have a legitimate reason to mod me a troll, jerks...
granted, i got mine at release so this is semi-hypocritical, but i don't think the demand should be that high...
other then WiiSports, Zelda, and some VC games that any PC less then a decade old can emulate, there are no good games and other then PaperMario, which looks ok, none on the horizon either.
seriously, as of december, my wii has not been touched...the 2 360's in my house, on the other hand, are both played for hours daily and fights break out frequently over the Oblivion disc and now the GH2 guitar.
honestly, i don't understand how i can't walk into best buy and not get a wii but the shelves are packed with 360's. Is the hate for M$ really that ingrained that people won't buy it even though it is by far the best system out right now?
not that i own one, but if and when a good game ever gets released for it, i'm sure i'll buy it.
if Sony is going to actually ask me leave on my ridiculously power hungry "super-computer" while i'm not playing Socom4, they better at least agree to eat the cost and replace my machine if it fails. not fix, REPLACE. otherwise, why would i want to help "Joe's Rx" use my PS3, broadband connection, and precious power? to make some drug that they're going to charge, if not over-charge, me for when they release it?
This is a sorry attempt and positive PR. Sony, how about you concentrate on making some games for your VIDEO GAME SYSTEM!!!
anyone who doubts that there is ET life is either extremely ignorant or just a fool. seriously, i don't even see how in this day in age that there is even a debate about 'if?'. the real questions are 'what kind?', 'where?', 'how "intelligent"?'. we've known for some time now that new elements get created with every star and spread with their explosions and comets carry the ingredients for life light years way.
Comets are intergalactic sperm, planets/moons are the eggs. In my mind it couldn't be more obvious.
The point of a bigger hard drive is more space to hold data. Shouldn't have had to answer that...
Yes, people really are downloading that much content.
Yes, downloaded movies really are that popular and its not that surprising why when you think about it. I like many 360 owners have a HDTV, but I, like most, do not have the HD-DVD add-on or a stand alone player. Therefore the only ways currently for me and many others to watch a high-def movie on my high-def tv is to:
a) catch one on cable when its airing or DVR it
b) download one, be it on my cable box(ON-DEMAND) or my 360 it does not matter.
Both have the same policies on viewing and pricing(same as renting from a store, without the trip), only their selections differ.
You may not see the reason for this, and that is why M$/Sony gives you the option to pay less $ for a system that doesn't include a HD or, in Sony's case, includes a smaller less expensive HD.
i don't care about the color of the console or HDMI. i was looking forward to a processor that didn't act as a space heater in my room and a DVD player that didn't sound like an airbus taking off. i guess i'll have to wait a little longer for normal room temperature and decibel level....
since we're speculating...
it could also contain cheaper/crappier hardware that is
a) louder
b) more prone to hardware failure
judging by sony's decisions as of late, i think my speculation is closer to the truth then yours...
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in short, yes....
linux just isn't ready for prime time for a number of reasons....but it all boils down to 2 main areas where linux fails(it's getting better though)....compatibility and support
the average user wants guarantees that linux just can't provide. they want their hardware to work without having to scour the net for a driver that may or may not exist. i recently installed fiesty fawn on my laptop and everything went increadably smooth up until i tried to connect to the net (wirelessly). and guess what? it didn't work. that to me was a bummer. that to Joe Average is unacceptable and a deal breaker.
the average user wants to be able to play $NEW_POPULAR_FPS or $NEW_POPULAR_RPG on his new computer. unfortunately, without windows this is rarely an option. again, to me, bummer i gotta reboot to windows or run through emulation. to Joe Average, unacceptable and a deal breaker.
the average user wants all websites and the content they host to be viewable at all times. again, without IE, wmv/asp support in the default browser, this is not an option. again, Joe Average won't have it.
the average user wants to be "safe" and up to date with software that auto updates. to me, i know how to stay current, with the exception of the Sony/BMG rootkit, i haven't had an infection since 1998. Joe Average doesn't want to be bothered installing patches, compiling kernels and what not. he just wants it to fix itself. windows update, the illusion of safety maybe, but it's a good illusion.
the average user wants to know someone is there to help if they need it. and no, i'm not talking about some nerd like you or i on an internet forum. Joe Average wants 24/7/365 tech/app support. he wants someone to slowly walk him through solving the issue. i understand red hat and a few others offer support, but it costs $ and that detracts from the allure of free software and most apps that would be installed on the box would not include any support.
That problem unfortunately still exists.
where are you? what service plan do you have? i supposedly have 20down/5up even though my actual speeds are usually faster, and i only pay $40/month. i'm in central New Jersey and they don't block 80 for me...
absolutely, i host a personal WAP site on 80 so i can access various things from my phone and i use BT all of the time with no issues what so ever.
if you can get it....
i just dumped comcast entirely and it's about time. they've been blocking verizon from rolling out their TV service for quite some time. FiOS internet is FAR superior...my upload speed is faster hen my friends' comcast download speed. Their TV service competes as well. verizon's HD channels are much better in selection, signal, and picture quality. comcast blows verizon away in OnDemand selection though. FiOSTV offers 0 free movies on demand...$2.99 for Encino Man??...come on verizon.....
I'm only 26 and I'm still at my first job out of college. I work for a dept. of the state of NJ and have an awesome benefits package. I recently went to the ER for stitches and I paid $25 for my visit. A few weeks later I got a summary of the billing and it was as follows...
Total bill from hospital: $1600+
My co-pay: $25
Insurance paid: $360
Now, how can that be? The insurance company, which undoubtedly is filthy stinking rich, gets a "bulk rate" of less then 1/4 of the total bill? WTF!?!?! It boggles my mind. What if I didn't have insurance? Do i owe the full $1600? I understand that if you can't pay it, you get help, but at what cost? Debt for the rest of your life? What if I can afford to pay, but don't have insurance? Do they let me off with only paying less then 1/4 of the full price?...i doubt it!...
Seems like the best way to fix this problem would be to make these scumbags(read: insurance companies) pony up the full amount billed.
why stop there?...why not just release those funny looking mo-cap spandex suits with all the balls attached as the WiiSuit??
George W. Bush!!!!!....wait a minute...WTF?!?!?!?....
from NaturalMotion's site: Q: Is euphoria a physics engine? A: No, euphoria is not a physics engine. euphoria simulates the human (or animal) motor nervous system on Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION 3 and PC. One can think of it as biology meeting robot control theory. euphoria integrates with a game's existing physics engine, which provides the basic body physics (commonly known as 'ragdoll physics'). euphoria adds life to the dead physics simulation. In short, ragdolls are dead, floppy bodies. euphoria characters instead are alive and adaptive.
I'm sure the guys at NaturalMotion developing Euphoria(wiki) would argue...and i'm sure the guys at Lucas Arts and Rockstar would back them up on that.
243 copies shipped to Chinese branches of Western companies. 1 copy shipped to the Chinese government.
spun up headlines in 2 weeks: "Bill Gates declares, 'Windows Vista huge success in China!'", "88% of Chinese computers run Windows Vista!"
they would re-work the psp. shrink it down a little, add another analog on the right, and either dump the umd drive entirely for a hd or start selling psps with a big memory stick in the box(>=4gig). with a decent d/l service, it would be everything that apple is trying to turn the ipod into and more with the addition of running ps2 quality games on a screen that is far superior!
i'll probably get modded a troll for this as i was last week for questioning the crazy demand for the wii even though the games are seriously lacking, but i feel it has to be said...for the $, the ipod is currently pretty low on the list of good buys as far as mp3 players go. i believe apple has been lucky to be able ride the ipod wave as long as it has. and unless they open the iphone up, it is going to fail miserably.
my $200 sanyo phone has a gig hdd in it with 8+ hours of play time, a 2 mega pixel camera, unlimited ev-d0 net access, and o yea, i can call people on it too!
imho, apple has got to push a little more than this to maintain their dominance. or just keep charming the masses with their stale commercials...i guess that works too...
ha, i remember going to the block for 3 for $5 deals, but they were always little baggies of a green leafy substance.
seriously though, $2 a song isn't that bad and i like the 3 for 5 talk, but even the cats on the block let me pick my baggies out of a handful...whats with these prepackaged groups? also, i want NEW songs not 'new to xbox' songs. if they released some genuinely new content and allowed me to choose the 3 songs i got in the pack, i would have no complaints.
the best way to get around in GTA:SA was to hop in a jet fly to where you wanted to go, turn 90 degrees towards space and when the plane starts to stall, jump out. i spent hours rolling around the desert and mountains looking for cool places to base jump. i just hope, they bring it back for GTA4:SomeOtherPlace in a few years...game experiences like that are very rare.
WOW!!!, i'm a troll for this!?!?!?
i guess i can add Nintendo to the list of things 'one must not speak semi-negatively about' along with Linux....sheesh, just speaking the truth....people that agreed with my post get 2 points positive and as the original i get trolled.......fuck you guys, your wii's, and your Linux boxes....there now you have a legitimate reason to mod me a troll, jerks...
granted, i got mine at release so this is semi-hypocritical, but i don't think the demand should be that high...
other then WiiSports, Zelda, and some VC games that any PC less then a decade old can emulate, there are no good games and other then PaperMario, which looks ok, none on the horizon either.
seriously, as of december, my wii has not been touched...the 2 360's in my house, on the other hand, are both played for hours daily and fights break out frequently over the Oblivion disc and now the GH2 guitar.
honestly, i don't understand how i can't walk into best buy and not get a wii but the shelves are packed with 360's. Is the hate for M$ really that ingrained that people won't buy it even though it is by far the best system out right now?
not that i own one, but if and when a good game ever gets released for it, i'm sure i'll buy it.
if Sony is going to actually ask me leave on my ridiculously power hungry "super-computer" while i'm not playing Socom4, they better at least agree to eat the cost and replace my machine if it fails. not fix, REPLACE. otherwise, why would i want to help "Joe's Rx" use my PS3, broadband connection, and precious power? to make some drug that they're going to charge, if not over-charge, me for when they release it?
This is a sorry attempt and positive PR. Sony, how about you concentrate on making some games for your VIDEO GAME SYSTEM!!!
anyone who doubts that there is ET life is either extremely ignorant or just a fool. seriously, i don't even see how in this day in age that there is even a debate about 'if?'. the real questions are 'what kind?', 'where?', 'how "intelligent"?'. we've known for some time now that new elements get created with every star and spread with their explosions and comets carry the ingredients for life light years way. Comets are intergalactic sperm, planets/moons are the eggs. In my mind it couldn't be more obvious.
The point of a bigger hard drive is more space to hold data. Shouldn't have had to answer that...
Yes, people really are downloading that much content.
Yes, downloaded movies really are that popular and its not that surprising why when you think about it. I like many 360 owners have a HDTV, but I, like most, do not have the HD-DVD add-on or a stand alone player. Therefore the only ways currently for me and many others to watch a high-def movie on my high-def tv is to:
a) catch one on cable when its airing or DVR it
b) download one, be it on my cable box(ON-DEMAND) or my 360 it does not matter.
Both have the same policies on viewing and pricing(same as renting from a store, without the trip), only their selections differ.
You may not see the reason for this, and that is why M$/Sony gives you the option to pay less $ for a system that doesn't include a HD or, in Sony's case, includes a smaller less expensive HD.
i don't care about the color of the console or HDMI. i was looking forward to a processor that didn't act as a space heater in my room and a DVD player that didn't sound like an airbus taking off. i guess i'll have to wait a little longer for normal room temperature and decibel level....
M$ make the purchase and then lock the PS3 out of the GTA series. If xbox360 gets that exclusive, consider the console wars over.
You think if humans weren't around cows wouldn't fuck and fart? Seriously?
since we're speculating... it could also contain cheaper/crappier hardware that is a) louder b) more prone to hardware failure judging by sony's decisions as of late, i think my speculation is closer to the truth then yours...