LaserDisc 'failed' in that it didn't become anything approaching a standard consumer video format; it was always something for the high-end videophiles.
DVD, on the other hand, completely supplanted it's competition (vhs) in the space of a few years.
Actually, what you're looking for is 'rehashed stealth action game with convoluted plot 4: now with slightly different ways of hiding in shadows! Nukes are very bad!'
Sorry, but why would it surprise you that a multi-million dollar machine, designed from the ground up for hardware redundancy and virtualization (to the point that you can yank out a processor, while the machine is running, and the mainframe won't really care) and with a much different paradigm for program development, in terms of careful code vetting, change analysis, and so on, runs differently from a two thousand dollar machine, generally built out of almost, but not quite, lowest-bidder parts, designed in no way, shape, or form for hardware redundancy, virtualization, or barely even privilege separation, with a development paradigm that stresses the ability of anybody with a compiler to write code, and gives them as much freedom as possible?
Are you also surprised when your Pontiac Sunfire can't do the same tasks that you generally do with your fleet of 18-wheelers?
Yeah. Don't you just love how nobody mentions the massive flaws and return rates for the launches of the Playstation 1, the Dreamcast, and the Playstation 2?
I remember watching, oh, 15, 20 years ago, an animated movie on TV Ontario about a little old British couple, in some British village, trying to follow the instructions in a 'how to prepare for a nuclear war' phamplet; I remember the husband biking to the nearest town to buy a protractor to get the angle right for a lean-to fallout shelter. The war happens, the the two try to survive as best they can; I also remember their hair falling out and them drinking contaminated water.
Your comment brought that movie to mind. Wish I knew what it was called.
If Shadowrun has taught us anything, it's that owning one shiny stock certificate in the corporation that interests you is a good thing, as it entitles you to their stockholder information releases, their meetings, and so on.
Is that the same Ireland that is now one of the best places in Europe to live, looking relatively good on everything from economic stability to crime levels?
Nah, it's that other Ireland, you know, the one that nobody talks about.
I'd say that one big reason is that the gov't 'officially' asking people 'so, how did you vote?' would be a huge bugaboo.
Part of what keeps it honest is that it's done by third party, non-gov't organizations. After all, if the encumbant can rig the election, he can rig the exit poll.
In 2005, stock trade was happening.
Executive 1: What happen?
Executive 2: Some one set up us the typo.
Executive 2: We get phone call.
Executive 1: What!!!
Executive 2: Main line pick up.
Executive 1: It's you!!!
Exchange commission: How are you gentlemen?
Exchange commission: All your shares are belong to us!
Exchange commission: You are on the way to insolvency.
Executive 1: What you say !!
Exchange commission: You have no chance to reverse transaction make your time.
Exchange commission: Ha ha ha ha...
Executive 2: Sir !!
Executive 1: Make every apology!
Executive 1: You know what you doing.
Executive 1: Move 'apology'.
Executive 1: For great face saving.
Instead the ASP.Net philosophy seemed to be to make as many trips to the server as possible. For a while MS virtually abandoned the idea of out-of-band requests.
Microsoft needed to be able to say "Look, ASP.NET isn't tied to the browser!".
And finally, "All the memory management calls in the code are overridden. Each time new, delete, malloc, or another similar call is made, the memory is allocated or freed from the threads private heap. That heap is thrown away between each request so the memory leaks went away." I think that says it all right there. The C++ code that MS wrote in-house using Visual C++ was buggy WRT memory leaks, so they fixed it by rewriting the entire memory management subsystem.
Any different than, say, Apache processes only servering X number of requests, then suiciding and spawning a new process, to also avoid memory leaks and what not?
It was probably using the trade name 'Risk(TM).' I can't sell Rollerblades; I can, however, sell in-line skates. I can't sell Kleenex; I can, however, sell facial tissues. And I can't sell Risk, but I can make a world conquest game using a map of the Earth.
If you do this, you also need to make damn sure that newcomers are made welcome. There's nothing more intimidating for a new fish walking into the store than a group of guys on 'the couch', like they own the place, on a first name basis with the staff.
One thing I saw at a local store was a 'gift registry' sort of thing; a kid with a birthday or whatever coming up would get a big bucket. The bucket would be placed somewhere in the store. The kid would put, into this bucket, stuff they wanted. People shopping for the kid could then come in, grab something from the bucket, and buy it for the kid.
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Sorry, it's been a while, and I might be thinking an alternative format, but doesn't he charge it with a lance?
LaserDisc 'failed' in that it didn't become anything approaching a standard consumer video format; it was always something for the high-end videophiles.
DVD, on the other hand, completely supplanted it's competition (vhs) in the space of a few years.
Western RPGs. Think Morrowwind, or Knights of the Old Republic.
Actually, what you're looking for is 'rehashed stealth action game with convoluted plot 4: now with slightly different ways of hiding in shadows! Nukes are very bad!'
Channel as in 'number of speakers you can plug into it,' not channel as in 'mixer streams.' Think surround sound.
If he's from Europe, he's talking Metric tons, or 1000 KG. 1 metric ton is around 2200 pounds.
So long as the barcode is only being used for quick tallying, but there is a mandatory hand count to get the actual numbers, great.
Sorry, but why would it surprise you that a multi-million dollar machine, designed from the ground up for hardware redundancy and virtualization (to the point that you can yank out a processor, while the machine is running, and the mainframe won't really care) and with a much different paradigm for program development, in terms of careful code vetting, change analysis, and so on, runs differently from a two thousand dollar machine, generally built out of almost, but not quite, lowest-bidder parts, designed in no way, shape, or form for hardware redundancy, virtualization, or barely even privilege separation, with a development paradigm that stresses the ability of anybody with a compiler to write code, and gives them as much freedom as possible?
Are you also surprised when your Pontiac Sunfire can't do the same tasks that you generally do with your fleet of 18-wheelers?
Japanese?
Yeah. Don't you just love how nobody mentions the massive flaws and return rates for the launches of the Playstation 1, the Dreamcast, and the Playstation 2?
A later comment reveals it to be When the Wind Blows, (IMDB)
I remember watching, oh, 15, 20 years ago, an animated movie on TV Ontario about a little old British couple, in some British village, trying to follow the instructions in a 'how to prepare for a nuclear war' phamplet; I remember the husband biking to the nearest town to buy a protractor to get the angle right for a lean-to fallout shelter. The war happens, the the two try to survive as best they can; I also remember their hair falling out and them drinking contaminated water.
Your comment brought that movie to mind. Wish I knew what it was called.
If Shadowrun has taught us anything, it's that owning one shiny stock certificate in the corporation that interests you is a good thing, as it entitles you to their stockholder information releases, their meetings, and so on.
Nah, it's that other Ireland, you know, the one that nobody talks about.
The technical term for this is 'uncanny valley.'
I'd say that one big reason is that the gov't 'officially' asking people 'so, how did you vote?' would be a huge bugaboo.
Part of what keeps it honest is that it's done by third party, non-gov't organizations. After all, if the encumbant can rig the election, he can rig the exit poll.
In 2005, stock trade was happening. ...
Executive 1: What happen?
Executive 2: Some one set up us the typo.
Executive 2: We get phone call.
Executive 1: What!!!
Executive 2: Main line pick up.
Executive 1: It's you!!!
Exchange commission: How are you gentlemen?
Exchange commission: All your shares are belong to us!
Exchange commission: You are on the way to insolvency.
Executive 1: What you say !!
Exchange commission: You have no chance to reverse transaction make your time.
Exchange commission: Ha ha ha ha
Executive 2: Sir !! Executive 1: Make every apology!
Executive 1: You know what you doing.
Executive 1: Move 'apology'.
Executive 1: For great face saving.
Microsoft needed to be able to say "Look, ASP.NET isn't tied to the browser!".
Actually, one of the Resident Evil games was ported to N64, and they crammed all of the FMV onto the cart.
Any different than, say, Apache processes only servering X number of requests, then suiciding and spawning a new process, to also avoid memory leaks and what not?
It was probably using the trade name 'Risk(TM).' I can't sell Rollerblades; I can, however, sell in-line skates. I can't sell Kleenex; I can, however, sell facial tissues. And I can't sell Risk, but I can make a world conquest game using a map of the Earth.
If you do this, you also need to make damn sure that newcomers are made welcome. There's nothing more intimidating for a new fish walking into the store than a group of guys on 'the couch', like they own the place, on a first name basis with the staff.
One thing I saw at a local store was a 'gift registry' sort of thing; a kid with a birthday or whatever coming up would get a big bucket. The bucket would be placed somewhere in the store. The kid would put, into this bucket, stuff they wanted. People shopping for the kid could then come in, grab something from the bucket, and buy it for the kid.
Otherwise, go read http://www.actsofgord.com/ and learn from the Master.
Hell yes! Gots the toys, I even still have the Anime home videos kicking around somewhere on VHS.
It is illegal to sell NC-17 films to minors, and films can easily receive that rating for violence. Games should be treated no differently.