Why wouldn't you compare it ? Is it, yes or no, on par with CD/DVD adoption rates after the same period on the market ? If you can honestly answer than question with a no, then yes it has failed and then you can start making excuses like "upscaled DVD blah blah" and "not bringing anything really new blah blah". If it is yes, why does it matter what type of technology bump it is ? If it's on the same curve as DVD without adding all the features DVD did from VHS, then it's clearly a winner. And if you really think an upscaled DVD as anything on a Blu-ray disc, you've never seen a blu-ray disc, and my TV is just a cheap 720p set with 5$ HDMI cables.
Then the study is flawed. I have a PS3 I use to play blu-ray movies. I don't have any other kind of blu-ray device. I have bought Blu-ray movies. So any conclusions drawn from such a flawed study are themselves flawed, and the assertion that HD-DVD penetration is bigger in the US than Blu-ray is too.
It's not telling if you compare it to the adoption rate of DVD vs VHS, or CD vs tape. Basically, people are reading way too much into it. Blu-ray, like all its predecessors won't be an instant hit. That's just not how it works.
No one is saying to pretend to be some biker (besides, that'll get your ass kicked more than anything else). A motorcycle is a passion, different from technology, that gets you out and about. It's very social as an activity and you don't need to be anything but yourself to ride. It's also a liberating experience, which drives up confidence. It's the opener, not the be all, end all as you seem to have understood.
How about just calling everything life and be done with it ? Doesn't matter if you're sending an e-mail, posting to a forum, picking up the dry cleaners or going for a walk. Everything is just a part of everyday life. The day you stop making the distinction between your online persona and your offline one, is the day you will have social success. "Normal" people don't distinguish between their online and offline activities, because in the end, it's all part of your normal day. Frankly, I've been a computer geek for 20 years now, and this is the first time I've heard meatspace, and the first thing that popped into my head is "too far gone".
Look on PSN or Xbox Live. There's a ton of 2D platformers available as DLC, some with today's graphics (2.5D). Bionic Commando comes to mind as a recent remake of a classic 2D platformer.
No more than all the EyeToy games looked 5 years ago when it came out for the PS2. In the end, it's more of a niche thing than a full blown revolution. It's just better icing on the same motion capture cake.
Uh ? What are you babblering about ? Unless you're talking last month, the Wii hasn't sold as many units as you claim. The PS2 is still the highest selling console ever and current numbers for Xbox360 + PS3 overtake the Wii. It presently has a 48.44% market share for the current generation.
Not that I condone your tastes in games, but you do know that VirtualBox has been able to do 3D acceleration in guests since a few versions back right ?
You mean like technical depth in architecture documents ? The only people where I work that can ramble on for hours without ever saying 1 clear thing are IT architects.
A framework, as in "you'll have to distribute your own codec yourself". Unless Microsoft accepts your patches for inclusion in the main distribution... oh wait, Silverlight is not Open Source. And before working on Silverlight 3 features, maybe you should be making sure Moonlight properly catches up to the current Silverlight 2 ?
Of course, Barracuda by Heart might not be the best example, as it was featured in Guitar Hero 3 and the series (along with Rock Band) as the reputation of increasing sales of their featured songs. Of course the labels are going to raise prices on hits, and sell the crap for cheap, just like those DVD bargin bins.
Except right now, it only supports WMV, WMA and MP3. That's pretty far from your assertion that it supports what the user wants. From your FAQ:
Windows Media Audio and Video 7,8,9 (WMA, WMAPro, WMV/VC-1), as well as MP3 audio. Microsoft has announced support for H.264/MPEG AVC and AAC playback in a future version of Silverlight coming in early 2009. We will explore the need for additional formats and codecs based on customer feedback and market need over time. Our philosophy around media formats support is "choice". It is important to note that Silverlight is a format-agnostic RIA environment that should support any media format that users require. The addition of native H.264/AAC video and audio decode inside of Silverlight is all about providing choice to customers.
So basically, either you have to ask Microsoft to support it or maybe write support yourself, which you'll probably then have to distribute to everyone. Yeah, way to be open...
No, the only thing I'm implying is that "Traditional" is meaningless. There is no specs, it's not a factor in certification and in the end, it means absolutely nothing. No one really cares that OS X is not Traditional Unix. It's Unix and that is all that matters.
Exactly. Hence why your feeling doesn't matter. Some people feel right at home in OS X, just as they do in Solaris. In the end, the "Traditional" Unix people are just conservatives, and they can safely be ignored without consequence.
A quick summary : Before the French revolution, France was a monarchie. The language used in Nouvelle-France (now known as Canada), was that of the court. Instead of Français it was known as François. This is still the language used in Quebec, even though it evolved in its own way. In 1763, France ceded Nouvelle-France and all its territories in North America to buy peace with the England. This was a sour point for Quebecers at the time who were ready to continue fighting even after their lost at the Plains of Abraham. In 1774, France went through their revolution and at that point abandoned the court French as their language, opting to use the people's language. They evolved from their. You can understand how a colony of pissed off people didn't also make the switch and just stuck with what they knew best. Hence why Quebec doesn't give a damn about the Paris elite and why the languages are different.
And I'm ashamed my fellow Quebecers don't understand the law of their land. No one is forcing anyone to do anything here. If a French version exists, it needs to be available in Quebec. If no French version exists, it doesn't change a thing, that English game is going to be sitting on the shelves of your nearest EB Games or Future Shop.
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Why wouldn't you compare it ? Is it, yes or no, on par with CD/DVD adoption rates after the same period on the market ? If you can honestly answer than question with a no, then yes it has failed and then you can start making excuses like "upscaled DVD blah blah" and "not bringing anything really new blah blah". If it is yes, why does it matter what type of technology bump it is ? If it's on the same curve as DVD without adding all the features DVD did from VHS, then it's clearly a winner. And if you really think an upscaled DVD as anything on a Blu-ray disc, you've never seen a blu-ray disc, and my TV is just a cheap 720p set with 5$ HDMI cables.
Then the study is flawed. I have a PS3 I use to play blu-ray movies. I don't have any other kind of blu-ray device. I have bought Blu-ray movies. So any conclusions drawn from such a flawed study are themselves flawed, and the assertion that HD-DVD penetration is bigger in the US than Blu-ray is too.
It's not telling if you compare it to the adoption rate of DVD vs VHS, or CD vs tape. Basically, people are reading way too much into it. Blu-ray, like all its predecessors won't be an instant hit. That's just not how it works.
If you read the article, you'd see that no. The PS3 is counted seperatly, which makes absolutely no sense if you want to compare blu-ray adoption.
No one is saying to pretend to be some biker (besides, that'll get your ass kicked more than anything else). A motorcycle is a passion, different from technology, that gets you out and about. It's very social as an activity and you don't need to be anything but yourself to ride. It's also a liberating experience, which drives up confidence. It's the opener, not the be all, end all as you seem to have understood.
How about just calling everything life and be done with it ? Doesn't matter if you're sending an e-mail, posting to a forum, picking up the dry cleaners or going for a walk. Everything is just a part of everyday life. The day you stop making the distinction between your online persona and your offline one, is the day you will have social success. "Normal" people don't distinguish between their online and offline activities, because in the end, it's all part of your normal day. Frankly, I've been a computer geek for 20 years now, and this is the first time I've heard meatspace, and the first thing that popped into my head is "too far gone".
I think he meant .
Look on PSN or Xbox Live. There's a ton of 2D platformers available as DLC, some with today's graphics (2.5D). Bionic Commando comes to mind as a recent remake of a classic 2D platformer.
A slight correction. The Original Prince of Persia was not Sands of Time and it was much superior to all this 3D crap being pushed out by Ubisoft.
No more than all the EyeToy games looked 5 years ago when it came out for the PS2. In the end, it's more of a niche thing than a full blown revolution. It's just better icing on the same motion capture cake.
Oh please, Project Natal didn't take off years ago when it was called EyeToy, what makes you think it'll take off now ?
Uh ? What are you babblering about ? Unless you're talking last month, the Wii hasn't sold as many units as you claim. The PS2 is still the highest selling console ever and current numbers for Xbox360 + PS3 overtake the Wii. It presently has a 48.44% market share for the current generation.
So murdering, drive-by shootings and general gangsterism is A-OK ? Because GTA sure isn't as terrible as the real thing...
Not that I condone your tastes in games, but you do know that VirtualBox has been able to do 3D acceleration in guests since a few versions back right ?
If he's none too bright (and that describes about 10 to 15% of any population)
Except we're talking about the US here. Their percentage is closer to 51%, as shown by this scientific study : http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/president/
Wait, I used an iPod without iTunes and never bought anything off the iTMS. When did iPods stop supporting MP3s ?
You mean like technical depth in architecture documents ? The only people where I work that can ramble on for hours without ever saying 1 clear thing are IT architects.
A framework, as in "you'll have to distribute your own codec yourself". Unless Microsoft accepts your patches for inclusion in the main distribution... oh wait, Silverlight is not Open Source. And before working on Silverlight 3 features, maybe you should be making sure Moonlight properly catches up to the current Silverlight 2 ?
Of course, Barracuda by Heart might not be the best example, as it was featured in Guitar Hero 3 and the series (along with Rock Band) as the reputation of increasing sales of their featured songs. Of course the labels are going to raise prices on hits, and sell the crap for cheap, just like those DVD bargin bins.
Windows Media Audio and Video 7,8,9 (WMA, WMAPro, WMV/VC-1), as well as MP3 audio. Microsoft has announced support for H.264/MPEG AVC and AAC playback in a future version of Silverlight coming in early 2009. We will explore the need for additional formats and codecs based on customer feedback and market need over time. Our philosophy around media formats support is "choice". It is important to note that Silverlight is a format-agnostic RIA environment that should support any media format that users require. The addition of native H.264/AAC video and audio decode inside of Silverlight is all about providing choice to customers.
So basically, either you have to ask Microsoft to support it or maybe write support yourself, which you'll probably then have to distribute to everyone. Yeah, way to be open...
It matters when writing Unix software. Certified means that your software will run on OS X.
No, the only thing I'm implying is that "Traditional" is meaningless. There is no specs, it's not a factor in certification and in the end, it means absolutely nothing. No one really cares that OS X is not Traditional Unix. It's Unix and that is all that matters.
Exactly. Hence why your feeling doesn't matter. Some people feel right at home in OS X, just as they do in Solaris. In the end, the "Traditional" Unix people are just conservatives, and they can safely be ignored without consequence.
A quick summary : Before the French revolution, France was a monarchie. The language used in Nouvelle-France (now known as Canada), was that of the court. Instead of Français it was known as François. This is still the language used in Quebec, even though it evolved in its own way. In 1763, France ceded Nouvelle-France and all its territories in North America to buy peace with the England. This was a sour point for Quebecers at the time who were ready to continue fighting even after their lost at the Plains of Abraham. In 1774, France went through their revolution and at that point abandoned the court French as their language, opting to use the people's language. They evolved from their. You can understand how a colony of pissed off people didn't also make the switch and just stuck with what they knew best. Hence why Quebec doesn't give a damn about the Paris elite and why the languages are different.
And I'm ashamed my fellow Quebecers don't understand the law of their land. No one is forcing anyone to do anything here. If a French version exists, it needs to be available in Quebec. If no French version exists, it doesn't change a thing, that English game is going to be sitting on the shelves of your nearest EB Games or Future Shop.