i'll pay more attention to this when they figure out what the hell they are doing with their interface. all of the screen shots i've seen of the various builds make xp look like a work of art. if i have to sit at a machine and stare at a craptacular ui like that one... well, let us just say i can't take that kind of pain.
that's the superbit version you are referring to. there is a difference yes, but depending on the disc it may only be worth the extra cost for a/v buffs like myself cuz people without good equipment to watch it on are losing out on their picture and sound as it is... i've got the 5th element superbit disc btw (here's the regular one).
okay then, you get a cookie and a gold star for the day. i'm not sure how you are going to really get any sort of compensation for those supposed lost sales.
how do you suppose you are going to track or even estimate these lost sales? that is presuming you can invent a technology that will read the minds of the users that were about to click on through to your site, but alas, were blocked and went elsewhere. you don't know if that person bought something elsewhere or if they were just window shopping.
don't get me wrong, as i get your drift. the sucky thing is that you can't know how much biz you really lost in that situation. you could only make vague estimates that in the end still won't get you anything more than grief.
hell, it might just mean that your webstore sucks or your prices are too high or any number of other things...:/
you are assuming that a windows user even knows about winamp. not to put win users down, but most folks don't know one player from another and are more likely to use what came with their computer, which is windows media player...
unless you know something nobody else knows, the regulators haven't 'suddenly' allowed a buy out. the regulators haven't given a go ahead yet at all. they could still say no, though it is doubtful they will.
here's why: the echostar/directv deal would have created a monopoly, not gonna happen. the sbc/directv deal would have created a monopoly, not gonna happen. the newscorp/directv deal on the other hand doesn't create a monopoly. newscorp owns tv and cable channels and newspapers. they are content creators. unlike the other deals, they do not have distribution means by themselves, which is the reason why it will likely go through the regulators and the sbc and echostar deals went to regulator hell.
interestingly, the aol/time/warner deal created a huge monopoly and they let that one through. we've all seen what a great idea that one was.
and to parrot what others have said in this thread have said, NPR and PBS are publicly funded (though not by very much any more thanks to the wholesale cuts on arts funding).
so you are saying that they should make a new system every couple of years to stay on the 'cutting edge'? nice idea, but you are ignoring a VERY IMPORTANT FACT: stability is one of the things that game developers actually like in consoles. having a platform that is not shifting and changing under them all the time is actually an advantage.
while 'mass appeal' is one thing, developer support is another. the only reason why the gameboy has done as well as it has is because nintendo is able to attract developers to the table and make games worth purchasing. few other companies can make that claim.
it appears nintendo is starting to apply this logic to their other business, the gamecube to better affect. i suspect this will be the year of the gcn. interestingly, the gcn has seen a 110% growth in sales and the ps2 has seen a large downfall in sales recently... not sure if that is coincental or connected to the sale of the new zelda game or what...
i hate dell because i bought this stupid 286 from them in 1987 and now they have pentium 4's. waaaaaaaaaaaaah. why couldn't they have released pentium 4's back then!?!?!?!?!?!
before carmack was a 3d programming god, he was writing FAST assembly 2d games. at that time very few games ran at the speed and framerate he was pushing as the cpu's and video cards couldn't keep up. (for instance, take a look at the switch parameters some of those games had for framerate compatibility)
nowadays your screensaver requires more horsepower (exponentially!) than those old games, so the code is likely considered worthless. also take into consideration that the source code may also be lost, as so many old program sources are...
umm... netscape/mozilla has had an email client for a VERY long time now (going back to at least ns3 at least)... ms is the one that copied ns, not the other way around.
btw, perhaps you've never heard the phrase, "email is the killer app of the internet"?
they pay their lawyers by the word. sadly, the head of sco decided to replace the desks of many of the programming staff with more lawyers. i guess they felt it would bring in more revenue...
umm, perhaps i'm mistaken, but he didn't say that he actually took the data. he just states that he was told to do so. so i see no reason why he is liable for this, but i would say that it would probably be a good idea to get a lawyer just in case...
hate to break it to everyone, but this has been going on for a very long time, in a perhaps slightly different way. go down the block and look at a burger king sign at night. data transfer through visible light...
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they have a few different classic titles that are available for downloading for free, legally...
;P
they even thank the emulator community for keeping them alive all these years.
heheh, though i think it could be safely said that ie on the windows platform hasn't been updated (feature-wise anyway) in forever...
i'll pay more attention to this when they figure out what the hell they are doing with their interface. all of the screen shots i've seen of the various builds make xp look like a work of art. if i have to sit at a machine and stare at a craptacular ui like that one... well, let us just say i can't take that kind of pain.
that's the superbit version you are referring to. there is a difference yes, but depending on the disc it may only be worth the extra cost for a/v buffs like myself cuz people without good equipment to watch it on are losing out on their picture and sound as it is... i've got the 5th element superbit disc btw (here's the regular one).
okay then, you get a cookie and a gold star for the day. i'm not sure how you are going to really get any sort of compensation for those supposed lost sales.
:/
how do you suppose you are going to track or even estimate these lost sales? that is presuming you can invent a technology that will read the minds of the users that were about to click on through to your site, but alas, were blocked and went elsewhere. you don't know if that person bought something elsewhere or if they were just window shopping.
don't get me wrong, as i get your drift. the sucky thing is that you can't know how much biz you really lost in that situation. you could only make vague estimates that in the end still won't get you anything more than grief.
hell, it might just mean that your webstore sucks or your prices are too high or any number of other things...
you are assuming that a windows user even knows about winamp. not to put win users down, but most folks don't know one player from another and are more likely to use what came with their computer, which is windows media player...
nice try at trolling... your first time?
i've done a *lot* of shopping through pricewatch for personal and business stuff and i've never had a retailer screw me yet.
of vivendi to make it more expensive for apple to pick it up...
unless you know something nobody else knows, the regulators haven't 'suddenly' allowed a buy out. the regulators haven't given a go ahead yet at all. they could still say no, though it is doubtful they will.
here's why: the echostar/directv deal would have created a monopoly, not gonna happen. the sbc/directv deal would have created a monopoly, not gonna happen. the newscorp/directv deal on the other hand doesn't create a monopoly. newscorp owns tv and cable channels and newspapers. they are content creators. unlike the other deals, they do not have distribution means by themselves, which is the reason why it will likely go through the regulators and the sbc and echostar deals went to regulator hell.
interestingly, the aol/time/warner deal created a huge monopoly and they let that one through. we've all seen what a great idea that one was.
and to parrot what others have said in this thread have said, NPR and PBS are publicly funded (though not by very much any more thanks to the wholesale cuts on arts funding).
a collision course with the french? surely not!
and just announced today, Naki Releases GBA SP Accessories including headphone adapters, earphones and car accessories.
okay. soooo.... what?
i've got a 95 honda civic. they just came out with 04 civics. but i've already got a car. why isn't my civic like the newest one?
you've got a gca. they just came out with a new model. but you've already got one. why isn't your gca like the newest one?
i guess we don't buy the newest models then, huh?
that doesn't make you an expert though. a friend of mine has access to almost every cheeseburger ever made. he works in macdonald's. :P
so you are saying that they should make a new system every couple of years to stay on the 'cutting edge'? nice idea, but you are ignoring a VERY IMPORTANT FACT: stability is one of the things that game developers actually like in consoles. having a platform that is not shifting and changing under them all the time is actually an advantage.
while 'mass appeal' is one thing, developer support is another. the only reason why the gameboy has done as well as it has is because nintendo is able to attract developers to the table and make games worth purchasing. few other companies can make that claim.
it appears nintendo is starting to apply this logic to their other business, the gamecube to better affect. i suspect this will be the year of the gcn. interestingly, the gcn has seen a 110% growth in sales and the ps2 has seen a large downfall in sales recently... not sure if that is coincental or connected to the sale of the new zelda game or what...
i hate dell because i bought this stupid 286 from them in 1987 and now they have pentium 4's. waaaaaaaaaaaaah. why couldn't they have released pentium 4's back then!?!?!?!?!?!
in a conversation about varieties of apples, you have just argued that you like carrots more. interesting. ;P
madcatz is releasing a bunch of accessories for the gca. read this for more. no headphone adapter though.
musicians, on the other hand, buy turtle beach sound cards...
before carmack was a 3d programming god, he was writing FAST assembly 2d games. at that time very few games ran at the speed and framerate he was pushing as the cpu's and video cards couldn't keep up. (for instance, take a look at the switch parameters some of those games had for framerate compatibility)
nowadays your screensaver requires more horsepower (exponentially!) than those old games, so the code is likely considered worthless. also take into consideration that the source code may also be lost, as so many old program sources are...
umm... netscape/mozilla has had an email client for a VERY long time now (going back to at least ns3 at least)... ms is the one that copied ns, not the other way around.
btw, perhaps you've never heard the phrase, "email is the killer app of the internet"?
they pay their lawyers by the word. sadly, the head of sco decided to replace the desks of many of the programming staff with more lawyers. i guess they felt it would bring in more revenue...
umm, perhaps i'm mistaken, but he didn't say that he actually took the data. he just states that he was told to do so. so i see no reason why he is liable for this, but i would say that it would probably be a good idea to get a lawyer just in case...
nintendo won the war against the impossible to beat atari in the 80's. NEVER say never.
hate to break it to everyone, but this has been going on for a very long time, in a perhaps slightly different way. go down the block and look at a burger king sign at night. data transfer through visible light...
:P
hope these guys aren't looking for a patent.
yeah, they are called LAWYERS...
here's an interesting read about stupid patents:
sbc patent part 1, 2 and 3...