It's not circular logic - ports of AAA products won't be designed for ARM because the current AAA products aren't designed for ARM. New AAA products won't be designed for ARM, because ARM doesn't have a history of AAA products that you can point to to demonstrate to the money people that AAA titles are worth it on ARM
a ton of major gaming products designed for ARM - the DS, 3DS, and PS Vita are all ARM based.
Handhelds. Not AAA domain.
Most major gaming engines support both: Unreal, Gamebryo, Blitztech, CryEngine, etc
You really overestimate the "write once, run everywhere" nature of game engines.
ut of every generation of consoles to date, this seems like the one for which porting will be the easiest - support for porting between ARM and x86 is certainly at a much more mature state than porting between PowerPC (Xbox 360) and Cell (PS3), for example.
It will be the easiest... because all AAA titles will be ported from XBox (x86) to PS4 (x86) to PC (x86). All indie games will be published across all platforms that they can push to.
Yes. All Apple purchases are expressed in units, approximately equal to a dollar. IAPs and app prices both. These units are then translated into local currencies as Apple feels most appropriate.
The issue isn't "studio has ARM experience", its "how many hours does it take to port from the initial configuration to ARM" Because a AAA product will be designed first for Xbox/PS4/Computers.
For all of this spectacle, all the attention paid to the actors and pawns in this charade--Assange, Manning, Snowden, Obama, the US government, Sweden, UK--what has ever come of the actual substance of these disclosures? Has no one bothered to ask who should be held accountable for the lives of those journalists shot down in Iraq? Has no one lifted a finger to ensure that the NSA does not continue to violate the US Constitution?
Yes, things have changed. The NSA program you object to was ended by Congress. Things changed. You're the one who doesn't even grok that Manning's and Snowden's were totally different in level of classification; subject matter (foreign only vs. foreign and domestic); outcomes in terms of damage to national security; really anything that goes beyond 'released government secrets.' And frankly, criminal justice and clemency are important concepts worthy of discussion all on their own.
There is a difference between a pardon and commutation. Manning certainly will not be able to live the same life as though Mannig were pardoned. There are still restrictions placed on a person whose sentence was commuted. Whether those differences are significant enough is up to debate.
Assange only specified clemency, which is satisfied by commutation. Hell, he only specified clemency, which would technically have been satisfied by commutation to 34 years and 364 days.
So, the difference between pardon and commutation is not a technicality, it is very real.
Very true, but Assange only specified clemency, which refers to either. It was paraphrased as "pardon" by people who don't know the difference.
As a sidenote, a felony does not make someone unable to run for office, although in some states they will be unable to vote for themselves on the ballot. I think that commutation was the reasonable course of action for Manning.
The commitment to accept extradition to the U.S. was based on Ms Manning being released immediately,
This folks, is what we call a technicality.
No, it's called goalpost shifting and acting in bad faith. Two reasons: 1st, a release in 120 days is immediate (those days are to begin a transition to post-prision life, not punishment). 2nd, and far more relevant to this "technicality" claim, Assange never specified what type of clemency was required for him to surrender. As he phrased the offer, Obama could meet his conditions of clemency by knocking a single day off Manning's sentence.
Look, I'm not surprised that Assange backed out - whatever you feel about him he doesn't have a great record of making and keeping commitments.
The danger of not supporting a platform is increased as the platforms differences increase. The Xbox One and PS4 both have similar underlying hardware. Therefore, there is not as much danger as a publisher will ignore one of those two compared to the Switch.
If I want to look something up, and the internet is down, I cannot look something up. Most searches are useless if untimely. What would an example be of a good delayed search.
Umm.. he sought asylum in Russia not because if he flew to England they wouldn't let him in, but because if he flew to England, they would put him in chains and on a plane to the US.
Both can be true. I have no doubt that there are elite groups within the government who could track me with a satellite 24/7 or have me die of natural causes within hours of the order being given. I also have no doubt there are many people who are less competent. But then again, only 10% of any organization is competent, so...
Where's the harm in having too big to fail entities with little/no regulation keep track of all their information in a blockchain. It's not like there's a possibility of a disagreement about who owns that $1billion asset. Oh well, too big to fail, the taxpayers should just buy an additional copy of that asset so they each have one.
This is the least objectionable use for the data. If it was truly and irreversibly anonymized, I wouldn't have a problem with MS datamining trends to give users what they want.
I just have doubts about the truly or irreversible part, even if they claimed anonymity.
Trump will get Snowden extradited to the US. It'll make him look tough (I got Snowden back and Obama failed), making Putin look good for giving him back, and be more PR-ythan a pardon (because details of the prosecution can be leaked at will.)
The lawsuit is claiming they did make a deal with Carmack, and then Oculus stole the results of that deal. I have no idea who is right, but I do know that when someone buys your knowledge to build a proprietary product, you cannot take the plans to your next job.
ould HP's lawyers have gone after Stephen Wozniak in the '70s after Apple came out with a hit product?
IIRC, Woz and Jobs headed that off at the pass by getting HP to relinquish the rights before they left.
But let's invert the question. Let's say you're working for a company inventing new apps. You conceive of Uber, spec it out on company time, then quit and start a private company. Would anyone think that's a reasonable result? Keep in mind that Carmack had the budget/resources to explore fancy new graphics algorithms and concepts... he wasn't a junior engineer experimenting. He was in charge of inventing the future. When he found something promising, he took his knowledge to someone who would pay better for it.
You mean the last one to embrace BYOD, or the last one to insist on it?
I don't grok why I would ever let an employer control/monitor my hardware. I suppose I could get a second device if they insisted on BYOD, but that's just making me pay for the hardware they're too cheap to. I hope the software they want to use runs on a prepaid $50 android phone.
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Well, the captains tend to do well afterwards. And Troi.Riker did Gargoyles. And Burton did Reading Rainbow.
And Mississippi's legislature once defined pi as 3. The legal framework being followed means the law is valid, not that it is right.
Not all preferences are equally valid. In matters of taste, sure. But this isn't a matter of taste.
You think that indicates nuclear war will take place before we master time travel?
It's not circular logic - ports of AAA products won't be designed for ARM because the current AAA products aren't designed for ARM. New AAA products won't be designed for ARM, because ARM doesn't have a history of AAA products that you can point to to demonstrate to the money people that AAA titles are worth it on ARM
Handhelds. Not AAA domain.
You really overestimate the "write once, run everywhere" nature of game engines.
It will be the easiest... because all AAA titles will be ported from XBox (x86) to PS4 (x86) to PC (x86). All indie games will be published across all platforms that they can push to.
Yes. All Apple purchases are expressed in units, approximately equal to a dollar. IAPs and app prices both. These units are then translated into local currencies as Apple feels most appropriate.
The issue isn't "studio has ARM experience", its "how many hours does it take to port from the initial configuration to ARM" Because a AAA product will be designed first for Xbox/PS4/Computers.
Yes, things have changed. The NSA program you object to was ended by Congress. Things changed. You're the one who doesn't even grok that Manning's and Snowden's were totally different in level of classification; subject matter (foreign only vs. foreign and domestic); outcomes in terms of damage to national security; really anything that goes beyond 'released government secrets.' And frankly, criminal justice and clemency are important concepts worthy of discussion all on their own.
Assange only specified clemency, which is satisfied by commutation. Hell, he only specified clemency, which would technically have been satisfied by commutation to 34 years and 364 days.
Very true, but Assange only specified clemency, which refers to either. It was paraphrased as "pardon" by people who don't know the difference.
As a sidenote, a felony does not make someone unable to run for office, although in some states they will be unable to vote for themselves on the ballot. I think that commutation was the reasonable course of action for Manning.
No, it's called goalpost shifting and acting in bad faith. Two reasons: 1st, a release in 120 days is immediate (those days are to begin a transition to post-prision life, not punishment). 2nd, and far more relevant to this "technicality" claim, Assange never specified what type of clemency was required for him to surrender. As he phrased the offer, Obama could meet his conditions of clemency by knocking a single day off Manning's sentence.
Look, I'm not surprised that Assange backed out - whatever you feel about him he doesn't have a great record of making and keeping commitments.
AAA titles are not developed for ARM. I cannot think of any game with more than $10MM in dev. costs that was for an ARM platform.
The danger of not supporting a platform is increased as the platforms differences increase. The Xbox One and PS4 both have similar underlying hardware. Therefore, there is not as much danger as a publisher will ignore one of those two compared to the Switch.
If I want to look something up, and the internet is down, I cannot look something up. Most searches are useless if untimely. What would an example be of a good delayed search.
As a collector's item, it might eventually be worth something. But probably never more than it is now.
Umm.. he sought asylum in Russia not because if he flew to England they wouldn't let him in, but because if he flew to England, they would put him in chains and on a plane to the US.
Both can be true. I have no doubt that there are elite groups within the government who could track me with a satellite 24/7 or have me die of natural causes within hours of the order being given. I also have no doubt there are many people who are less competent. But then again, only 10% of any organization is competent, so...
I do believe the federal government has experience with huge quantities of data.
Where's the harm in having too big to fail entities with little/no regulation keep track of all their information in a blockchain. It's not like there's a possibility of a disagreement about who owns that $1billion asset. Oh well, too big to fail, the taxpayers should just buy an additional copy of that asset so they each have one.
This is the least objectionable use for the data. If it was truly and irreversibly anonymized, I wouldn't have a problem with MS datamining trends to give users what they want.
I just have doubts about the truly or irreversible part, even if they claimed anonymity.
I actually think they want the 30% of all software you install even more than the data./p.
Trump will get Snowden extradited to the US. It'll make him look tough (I got Snowden back and Obama failed), making Putin look good for giving him back, and be more PR-ythan a pardon (because details of the prosecution can be leaked at will.)
The lawsuit is claiming they did make a deal with Carmack, and then Oculus stole the results of that deal. I have no idea who is right, but I do know that when someone buys your knowledge to build a proprietary product, you cannot take the plans to your next job.
IIRC, Woz and Jobs headed that off at the pass by getting HP to relinquish the rights before they left.
But let's invert the question. Let's say you're working for a company inventing new apps. You conceive of Uber, spec it out on company time, then quit and start a private company. Would anyone think that's a reasonable result? Keep in mind that Carmack had the budget/resources to explore fancy new graphics algorithms and concepts... he wasn't a junior engineer experimenting. He was in charge of inventing the future. When he found something promising, he took his knowledge to someone who would pay better for it.
You mean the last one to embrace BYOD, or the last one to insist on it?
I don't grok why I would ever let an employer control/monitor my hardware. I suppose I could get a second device if they insisted on BYOD, but that's just making me pay for the hardware they're too cheap to. I hope the software they want to use runs on a prepaid $50 android phone.