Not all of us live in the backwards land you call the USA. So really, this only effects a country that's more of dead weight to the world than a leading entity.
I know I'll get modded flamebait, but I'm so sick of this US-centric view that's perpetuated on open discussions. Maybe think outside your indoctrinated narrow view for just a second to realise the word doesn't reflect US opinion or sentiment.
If Americans can't do this, be prepared for a nice big slap in the face in the near future. The whole anti-communism, anti-arab, pro-protectionism crap that gets spun by US citizens merely reinforces the stereotype that Americans are gun-toting, small-minded, religious nuts.
Wake up or you'll be woken up by the international community.
I am not watching current Windows scene too closely but I remember AOL applications always linking to MSHTML, even their most popular applications of their time. Today, vendors don't even feel the need of writing ''MS IE required'' as they assume it must be already there.
Perhaps pushing MS to truly remove IE is unrealistic, pushing them to make it like Apple Webkit/Safari in terms of both being open and closed with their (MS) own open source terms is the way to go? I am not saying GPL or even Apache. Well, no court can push them that hard so it won't likely happen.
I'm sorry but your rambling is quite incoherent.
Firstly, AOL is not a "die-hard rival" to MS, in fact, the complete opposite. If you remember in the good old days MS had links to sign up for AOL plastered all over your desktop. So you fail straight up.
I'm not sure what your meaning of "GPL or even Apache" means, it's rather confusing. One is an open source licensing system, the other is a web server.
To be honest, you seem like someone who's heard a few buzz words and really has no idea what you're on about. Next time maybe email your responses to a competent IT professional prior to posting on slashdot, otherwise you just come across like an idiot.
LOTRO, scripted start, middle, end. The devs are very open about how many updates/expansions there will be.
We know everything will culminate in the ring going into Mt Doom. There's not been much said about the ending (only being 1/2 way through the expansions), but I can hazard a guess that it will be quite big.
It can if Sony says it can... or at least the good old Sony fanboys will say.
I'm leaning heavily toward the snake oil side of this one. I've never had a pressed CD have ANY issues, the "benefit" I see is that these CDs will cost more, which is a benefit to Sony - more royalties.
Yet another example of Sony not really innovating, but sucking the lifeblood out of technology markets. If there's a way to kill CDs, causing the price to rise with no benefit will do it.
I've worked for some large companies that supply services to large corporations, ALL of them had their own specific versions of windows, and yes, they did upgrade with the times if justified (2k to XP). These were corporations like banks, supermarket chains, telcos, universities, the list goes on. They REFUSED to go to Vista, all new machines were shipped with it, but got reimaged to their own corporate versions of XP.
I don't know where you've worked, but it sounds like they are small companies, not corporations. Either that or you're blowing it out of your arse.
Slipstreaming your own version is quite common practice, and to justify ANY change in your image as it will impact the company - whether positive or negative. I have yet to see a corporation move to Vista, the cost is too high and the risks too great to justify it. If they are going to sell 7 to corporations they are going to need to fix this mess they call an OS, and fix the upgrade path. Why buy a new machine and 2 OSs when you can buy 1 machine with 1 OS (Mac), or even just 1 OS (Linux).
I'd like to know where people get this stupid information from.
FLASH DOES NOT COME WITH XP!
NOR DOES IT COME WITH VISTA!
I have literally JUST reinstalled XP on a machine here. Want to know what the first plug in required was? FLASH PLAYER.
It's not that there is a belief that non-MS products are better than MS products... it's a knowledge from experience that they are.
There's a difference there.
I thought myself that MS had fixed a lot of issues with Vista in 7, nope, same issues, just runs a bit quicker.
I thought MS had caught up with the browser market with IE8, nope, same issues as IE7, even some worse.
Your stalwart defence of MS and lack of knowledge outside the MS realm really takes away from anything you've posted. It's kind of like the Allegory of the cave - unfortunately you're sitting watching the wall.
We're talking about a game that's designed to be interesting (HL2), no matter if there's violence in the game or not it's a cool game.
Meanwhile, if you take something like Saints Row 2, GTA IV, or any of the ultra-violent games out there the study would have completely different findings. Seriously, would it be as much fun to either:
a) Beat a pedestrian to a pulp and take their cash
or
b) Ask nicely and have a random chance of getting a small amount of cash
I'd rather go with option a). Why? Well, these games are fun because the whole game is about being an ultra-violent thug.
Really, these "findings" are made on such a narrow scope with so many factors not taken into account that it's just pure bullshit. I'll keep playing my games for what they are, be it violent, story driven, puzzle or whatever based. They are entertaining because of what they are made for, not what you want to see in them.
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Before you get all proud about the 40MPG rating, please note that a US Gallon differs from an Imperial Gallon... and (legitimately) gets 40+MPG.
Seeing as the US Gallon is ONLY used in the US, it's not a legitimate measure for the REAL world (not this fantasy place you call the USA).
Please don't post this crap on a site read by people outside the US - it really shows the narrow minded views of US citizens.
Shell To Frustrate Users?
Not all of us live in the backwards land you call the USA. So really, this only effects a country that's more of dead weight to the world than a leading entity.
I know I'll get modded flamebait, but I'm so sick of this US-centric view that's perpetuated on open discussions. Maybe think outside your indoctrinated narrow view for just a second to realise the word doesn't reflect US opinion or sentiment.
If Americans can't do this, be prepared for a nice big slap in the face in the near future. The whole anti-communism, anti-arab, pro-protectionism crap that gets spun by US citizens merely reinforces the stereotype that Americans are gun-toting, small-minded, religious nuts.
Wake up or you'll be woken up by the international community.
Didn't you hear, the only people who play PC games are sad nerds...
Console gamers are buffed gods compared to us PC gamers.
I am not watching current Windows scene too closely but I remember AOL applications always linking to MSHTML, even their most popular applications of their time. Today, vendors don't even feel the need of writing ''MS IE required'' as they assume it must be already there.
Perhaps pushing MS to truly remove IE is unrealistic, pushing them to make it like Apple Webkit/Safari in terms of both being open and closed with their (MS) own open source terms is the way to go? I am not saying GPL or even Apache. Well, no court can push them that hard so it won't likely happen.
I'm sorry but your rambling is quite incoherent.
Firstly, AOL is not a "die-hard rival" to MS, in fact, the complete opposite. If you remember in the good old days MS had links to sign up for AOL plastered all over your desktop. So you fail straight up.
I'm not sure what your meaning of "GPL or even Apache" means, it's rather confusing. One is an open source licensing system, the other is a web server.
To be honest, you seem like someone who's heard a few buzz words and really has no idea what you're on about. Next time maybe email your responses to a competent IT professional prior to posting on slashdot, otherwise you just come across like an idiot.
This is a civil case, reasonable doubt and guilt have nothing to do with it.
Incompetence is no excuse in the eyes of the law. Neither is ignorance.
Linux with a fountain pen.
While Linux is more feature packed, my fountain pen is easier to setup.
Therefore, fountain pens seem to be designed for "average Joe", and Linux is designed for engineers.
haha, lack of mod points hurts :(
Did Homer Simpson just join the Lenovo design team?
Neither are CONSOLE games...
Yes, they may have been ported to consoles, but they weren't developed for consoles.
There's at least one...
LOTRO, scripted start, middle, end. The devs are very open about how many updates/expansions there will be.
We know everything will culminate in the ring going into Mt Doom. There's not been much said about the ending (only being 1/2 way through the expansions), but I can hazard a guess that it will be quite big.
...it was a great game...
ARE YOU MAD?!?!
It can if Sony says it can... or at least the good old Sony fanboys will say.
I'm leaning heavily toward the snake oil side of this one. I've never had a pressed CD have ANY issues, the "benefit" I see is that these CDs will cost more, which is a benefit to Sony - more royalties.
Yet another example of Sony not really innovating, but sucking the lifeblood out of technology markets. If there's a way to kill CDs, causing the price to rise with no benefit will do it.
I call bullshit on that dude.
I've worked for some large companies that supply services to large corporations, ALL of them had their own specific versions of windows, and yes, they did upgrade with the times if justified (2k to XP). These were corporations like banks, supermarket chains, telcos, universities, the list goes on. They REFUSED to go to Vista, all new machines were shipped with it, but got reimaged to their own corporate versions of XP.
I don't know where you've worked, but it sounds like they are small companies, not corporations. Either that or you're blowing it out of your arse.
Slipstreaming your own version is quite common practice, and to justify ANY change in your image as it will impact the company - whether positive or negative. I have yet to see a corporation move to Vista, the cost is too high and the risks too great to justify it. If they are going to sell 7 to corporations they are going to need to fix this mess they call an OS, and fix the upgrade path. Why buy a new machine and 2 OSs when you can buy 1 machine with 1 OS (Mac), or even just 1 OS (Linux).
2 million more arrogant pricks who don't know what they're doing.
There, fixed that for you.
I have a feeling they'll be quick to change now...
Flash came in standard on WinXP
I'd like to know where people get this stupid information from. FLASH DOES NOT COME WITH XP! NOR DOES IT COME WITH VISTA! I have literally JUST reinstalled XP on a machine here. Want to know what the first plug in required was? FLASH PLAYER.
I don't normally laugh at this kind of childish crap... but today I did. Bravo to you sir, bravo indeed.
It's not that there is a belief that non-MS products are better than MS products... it's a knowledge from experience that they are.
There's a difference there.
I thought myself that MS had fixed a lot of issues with Vista in 7, nope, same issues, just runs a bit quicker.
I thought MS had caught up with the browser market with IE8, nope, same issues as IE7, even some worse.
Your stalwart defence of MS and lack of knowledge outside the MS realm really takes away from anything you've posted. It's kind of like the Allegory of the cave - unfortunately you're sitting watching the wall.
you've never heard of grow lamps? I've seen people grow quite health plants in basements... top quality too.
no no no... that's 1000 suns...
Bandwidth isn't length of message but throughput.
I really think it's bollox.
We're talking about a game that's designed to be interesting (HL2), no matter if there's violence in the game or not it's a cool game.
Meanwhile, if you take something like Saints Row 2, GTA IV, or any of the ultra-violent games out there the study would have completely different findings. Seriously, would it be as much fun to either:
a) Beat a pedestrian to a pulp and take their cash
or
b) Ask nicely and have a random chance of getting a small amount of cash
I'd rather go with option a). Why? Well, these games are fun because the whole game is about being an ultra-violent thug.
Really, these "findings" are made on such a narrow scope with so many factors not taken into account that it's just pure bullshit. I'll keep playing my games for what they are, be it violent, story driven, puzzle or whatever based. They are entertaining because of what they are made for, not what you want to see in them.
So you're just saying:
Harden the fuck up Australia!