As a matter of fact, the superbowl incident was not just a matter of overwhelming traffic (though, ultimately, thats what happened) it was bad management.
VS had a website designed to handle about a million hits a day, and while their video feeds were not coming from their website, it was linked from their site, so all traffic to the video feed was funneled through their site, so to speak.
they never communicated their plans or intentions to The Big Company that was hosting their site.
So, a website that was built to handle about a million hits a day too kover a million hits an hour.
I wish the DC people would come off their high horse, the DC rollout was a total flop.
and no, they do -not- need to be multifunction.
remember CDI?
focusing on game performance is what made early consoles so good, it was all they did. sure, other functions might be used by someone, but i would prefer they are optional add-ons, for those that care to pay for them.
don't even start on gmae quality, what happened to the saturn? the genesis?
hell, sega has had playability problems since the master system, if you ask me.
nintendo has always had well-made games, but their fascist business practices caused the sony bad blood, and miffed some companies, like square, to actually jump ship.
sony has haver prevented companies from releasing games on other platforms, how many nintendo or dreamcast games have you seen on the pc?
please, be specific, what playability problems are there with the ps2? have you played one? for how long? do you own one?
>>Now, contrast this to X-box and PS/2. Sony, has released a platform that all of the developers complain about as being too complex to get good performance out of. They decided to whip up a machine that was all bells and whistles but is too hard for developers to make use of. This will hurt them in the long run.
huh? where'd you see that?
all the sports games i've seen trounce the dreamcast games, and so far summoner is amazing (decent rpgs for the dreamcast... where?)
and i need not mention tekken tag.
honestly, where do people come up with this stuff? give me a link.
this brings up another point, who cares about the hardware? it is all about, and always has been about, the games. you could have the best most powerful and hottest console ever, and sell it for $2, but if square and capcom and eidios etc don't make games for you, then you don't sell. period.
think, really think about this. will this be a competitor, or will it be the BeBox of consoles?
oh, and i loved how this vaporware machine has all the things that the -current- ps2 doesn't or needs expansion. bah! i can make a spreadsheet full of cool thingys too, does that mean i have a well built machine, with well-writted titles?
where was the mention of the n-cube/dolphin/nintendo? or the dreamcast, for that matter.
and mp3 player on a game console is about as useful to me as a dvd player, i prefer them as being an option (though, i think you can just play a dvd right off, the only option is the remote, like CDs in the ps one. i'll try tonight).
network connectivity? quit bitching about how sony will do something -before- it is done. jesus.
(afaik you will need to connect to sony's server for some games, a la battle.net. not forced to use a sony isp. oh, and @home ain't the grail dude)
plus, what gives with talking processors and memory, when the ps2 is existant, and the xbox and indrema aren't? that's like saying the 2003 300zx will have more bhp than a 1999 corvette.
(it doesn't exist yet, and the vette is here now. therefore, at present, there is no comparison. otherwise factor in sitting on your duff for 2 years for that first game to load:)
and so, studios who develop for consoles like the ps2 or the dc can focus more on the game itself, rather than how many new high-tech widgets and crap they can stuff in a game.
UT on pc- buggy as heall
quake on pc- finicky
everquest on pc-- too many problems to mention
tekken tag -- hmmm. works great.
that's all well and good, but the porblem is (and this is the point that i hope you were trying to make) for some people, $250, $2500, even $250,000 isn't compensation for data they wanted secret becoming UN-secret.
now then, if only the criminally-oriented have access or bother to fiddle with decryption, system cracking tools, and the like, what in the name of all that is binary makes you think ANY machine could POSSIBLY be secure from them?
(read: their level of hack/crack/decrypt tech progresses, while ours does not, therefore our level of secure/crypt tech does -not- progess. we get our asses handed to us, sushi-style)
not computationally tractable? what does that matter?
I can rub object A and object B together, and experience friction, so I can know that 'If A rubs with B, there is friction' is A Posteriori true.
a posteriori \A` pos*te`ri*o"ri\ [L. a (ab) + posterior latter.] 1. (Logic) Characterizing that kind of reasoning which derives propositions from the observation of facts, or by generalizations from facts arrives at principles and definitions, or infers causes from effects. This is the reverse of a priori reasoning.
2. (Philos.) Applied to knowledge which is based upon or derived from facts through induction or experiment; inductive or empirical.
wait, so i should put stock in some forces i have no evidence for, other than the fact you say it's more likely than than the commonly held scientific explaination?
well, the way science works is we like evidence. you got none.
plus, any idea that is too far out (i.e. aliens knocked over my trash cans instead of local dogs) is weak, why bring god into things when we can explain it without him?
you forget that there are close to 234835789457893475 other planets, each with thwir own stars and itty-bitty puddles of primordial goo.
in other words. with an almost infinite number of planets out there, aren't the conditions for life bound to happen? (i.e. what happens if you get an infinite number of lotto tickets....)
the processor? the hard drive? the (dynamic) memory? the monitor?;)
seriously, though, where does it end? If i just upgrade my GeeWhiz processor with a faster one, is it the same machine? what about replacing my graphics card? (more common)?
I think, that OEM or not, a copy of windows is a copy of windows is a copy of...
Slashdot Mirror
>>My first rewared is that my wife will not have to work. This is something we talked about BEFORE we got married.
BAH!
you agreed to that before marriage? boy did you get the short end of the stick...
*awaits the crushing doom of bad karma*
As a matter of fact, the superbowl incident was not just a matter of overwhelming traffic (though, ultimately, thats what happened) it was bad management.
VS had a website designed to handle about a million hits a day, and while their video feeds were not coming from their website, it was linked from their site, so all traffic to the video feed was funneled through their site, so to speak.
they never communicated their plans or intentions to The Big Company that was hosting their site.
So, a website that was built to handle about a million hits a day too kover a million hits an hour.
webserver fall down go boom.
I wish the DC people would come off their high horse, the DC rollout was a total flop.
and no, they do -not- need to be multifunction.
remember CDI?
focusing on game performance is what made early consoles so good, it was all they did. sure, other functions might be used by someone, but i would prefer they are optional add-ons, for those that care to pay for them.
don't even start on gmae quality, what happened to the saturn? the genesis?
hell, sega has had playability problems since the master system, if you ask me.
nintendo has always had well-made games, but their fascist business practices caused the sony bad blood, and miffed some companies, like square, to actually jump ship.
sony has haver prevented companies from releasing games on other platforms, how many nintendo or dreamcast games have you seen on the pc?
please, be specific, what playability problems are there with the ps2? have you played one? for how long? do you own one?
if not, quit making crap up.
>>Now, contrast this to X-box and PS/2. Sony, has released a platform that all of the developers complain about as being too complex to get good performance out of. They decided to whip up a machine that was all bells and whistles but is too hard for developers to make use of. This will hurt them in the long run.
huh? where'd you see that?
all the sports games i've seen trounce the dreamcast games, and so far summoner is amazing (decent rpgs for the dreamcast... where?)
and i need not mention tekken tag.
honestly, where do people come up with this stuff? give me a link.
is there anyone that a: has a bunch of mp3's and doesn't also already have b: something to play them on?
if i want a living room mp3 player, i'd buy one.
feh.
It isn't an improvement? which game did you play?
this brings up another point, who cares about the hardware? it is all about, and always has been about, the games. you could have the best most powerful and hottest console ever, and sell it for $2, but if square and capcom and eidios etc don't make games for you, then you don't sell. period.
think, really think about this. will this be a competitor, or will it be the BeBox of consoles?
oh, and i loved how this vaporware machine has all the things that the -current- ps2 doesn't or needs expansion. bah! i can make a spreadsheet full of cool thingys too, does that mean i have a well built machine, with well-writted titles?
where was the mention of the n-cube/dolphin/nintendo? or the dreamcast, for that matter.
and mp3 player on a game console is about as useful to me as a dvd player, i prefer them as being an option (though, i think you can just play a dvd right off, the only option is the remote, like CDs in the ps one. i'll try tonight).
network connectivity? quit bitching about how sony will do something -before- it is done. jesus.
(afaik you will need to connect to sony's server for some games, a la battle.net. not forced to use a sony isp. oh, and @home ain't the grail dude)
plus, what gives with talking processors and memory, when the ps2 is existant, and the xbox and indrema aren't? that's like saying the 2003 300zx will have more bhp than a 1999 corvette.
(it doesn't exist yet, and the vette is here now. therefore, at present, there is no comparison. otherwise factor in sitting on your duff for 2 years for that first game to load
um. buy an AV switcher. cheap, and it beats buying something that could suck.
:)
(i.e. i wouldn't buy this crappy thing just because it's easier to plug in. my ps2 rocks
They do not change.
and so, studios who develop for consoles like the ps2 or the dc can focus more on the game itself, rather than how many new high-tech widgets and crap they can stuff in a game.
UT on pc- buggy as heall
quake on pc- finicky
everquest on pc-- too many problems to mention
tekken tag -- hmmm. works great.
gee, i wonder what system i'll buy oni for...
maybe i'm just naysaying, but aside from the design specs for The Next Big Thing, what data on a CEO's machine could be all that important?
is he one of those rare CEO's that can write code?
that's all well and good, but the porblem is (and this is the point that i hope you were trying to make) for some people, $250, $2500, even $250,000 isn't compensation for data they wanted secret becoming UN-secret.
now then, if only the criminally-oriented have access or bother to fiddle with decryption, system cracking tools, and the like, what in the name of all that is binary makes you think ANY machine could POSSIBLY be secure from them?
(read: their level of hack/crack/decrypt tech progresses, while ours does not, therefore our level of secure/crypt tech does -not- progess. we get our asses handed to us, sushi-style)
and your evidence for god being able to speak?
if god created the universe, who created god?
when god errs, who does he/she/it confess to?
double standard! :)
not computationally tractable? what does that matter?
I can rub object A and object B together, and experience friction, so I can know that 'If A rubs with B, there is friction' is A Posteriori true.
a posteriori \A` pos*te`ri*o"ri\ [L. a (ab) + posterior latter.] 1. (Logic) Characterizing that kind of reasoning which derives propositions from the observation of facts, or by generalizations from facts arrives at principles and definitions, or infers causes from effects. This is the reverse of a priori reasoning.
2. (Philos.) Applied to knowledge which is based upon or derived from facts through induction or experiment; inductive or empirical.
in the sense of science, it is nothing, save bad science.
Ok. (without being circular here) I throw a baseball in front of me. it traves some 30-40 feet, and then plunks to the ground.
do I need God to mediate all baseballs?
Gravity. no god there. Combustion. no god there. Friction. sounds like physics to me. Fusion. heh. godless i say!
bah. name one thing you can explain better with god, and then show me the evidence.
more like they would claim they are not real questions, since they have no meaning.
i am beginning to agree.
i do not exist, but i do drink tea!
down with functionalism!
wait, so i should put stock in some forces i have no evidence for, other than the fact you say it's more likely than than the commonly held scientific explaination?
well, the way science works is we like evidence. you got none.
plus, any idea that is too far out (i.e. aliens knocked over my trash cans instead of local dogs) is weak, why bring god into things when we can explain it without him?
negative, captain!
you forget that there are close to 234835789457893475 other planets, each with thwir own stars and itty-bitty puddles of primordial goo.
in other words. with an almost infinite number of planets out there, aren't the conditions for life bound to happen? (i.e. what happens if you get an infinite number of lotto tickets....)
blah.
we cannot know the answer, for the answer and the question can never exist in the same universe....
aren't we trolling here, just a bit?
if it were phrased "why is the universe so screwed" would you have posted about how pretty it is outside in your lawn?
just because humans are stupid as a general rule is no reason -not- to ponder and question why we are here.
(also, if these social problems are such an issue for you, why do you have time to read slashdot?)
NO.
Just because we "don't know" is not a reason to throw good science out the window.
without strong evidence, the claim that cellphone radiation can cause tumors is weak to worthless.
NO!!!
MS must DIE!!
I will NOT be rational!!!
I shall give no quarter!!!
wait, what is "the system" then, 'legally'?
;)
the processor? the hard drive? the (dynamic) memory? the monitor?
seriously, though, where does it end? If i just upgrade my GeeWhiz processor with a faster one, is it the same machine? what about replacing my graphics card? (more common)?
I think, that OEM or not, a copy of windows is a copy of windows is a copy of...
just one copy on one machine at a time.
How does the Colossus do on Quake timedemo?
:)