I'm not excusing Apple but it appears to be horrible across the board. The Zune had issues and I'm sure there are many more applications that have as well. These are some of the biggest software companies. There is no excuse for something so basic to be so hard to get right for the likes of Microsoft of Apple. It's not like this is a brand new functionality that no one has tackled before. They should know exactly what they need to test for.
It does become a non-issue and really it's not a big deal but considering this keeps cropping up and not jsut with Apple. The Zune got hit by a new years date related bug too.
These are some of the biggest and richest companies do they not properly test date related applications? It'll require more than changing the date from Monday to Tuesday on your system.
Will the algorithm factor in push-up bras, make-up, stupid camera angles and other things women do to mask what they really like or will it still be a case of you have to wake up beside her to see what she really looks like?
Not that there is anything wrong with a natural looking woman. To be honest I'd prefer it but there is often a lot of deception put into someone's looks (especially with women) so unless they're honest it's not really going to match what you're looking for.
My account is pre-Microsoft and I still use it. Mind you I haven't used it for anything other than a spam box in over 10 years. I've logged into my account and it seems fine.
That has to be one of the longer ones that I've seen. Having read through his controversies I think he's a bigger douche bag than what I had thought before.
I think homebrew will always be a niche though. Think about it Lockjaw is arguably taking sales now but they don't shut down homebrew sites.
They do go after some of the tools (like R4) because it allows people to pirate games. I think most people just graviate towards more popular things. Pop music is generally rubbish but sells well. Lockjaw may very well be a better version of Tetris but doesn't have the name and isn't as flashy and will lack any connection to the leader boards at nintendowifi.com.
I think if a single person was outputting something that was beating a whole team's effort they'd get hired straight away and their contract would probably put an end to their homebrew efforts.
The ideal that most consumers want homebrew applications for any system is laughable. Yes there are people that want that but they're mainly developers and other tech people that take interest in that sort of thing. Everyone else just wants to steal software.
Take for instance systems that have been around awhile. The GBA only has 50 homebrew titles (maybe a few more that aren't on gbadev.org even if it is one of the main sites) Something newer like the Nintendo DS has approx 120 titles.
Compare that to how many roms have been downloaded in any given year. So it isn't ideal for Nintendo DS developers and it won't be ideal for Windows Phone 7 developers. It is a shame because there is some good stuff on for the GBA / DS. I think companies would turn a blind eye if the vast majority of people used these hacks for homebrew only because it sells more hardware and can lead to more software sales.
Not all games allow you to use as many keys as you want. Where as Quake for example will allow you to use more keys by modifying your config file compared to just setting up your controls via the in-game interface.
So yes the keys are hardware but A) you only have so many keys because the system's software (OS) primary focus isn't gaming and B) because the software developer allowed it in their game.
A game like Street fighter will have more like-for-like configurations and a keyboard / mouse combo would be absolutely awful for Street Fighter compared to a console and a gamepad. That might be different if Capcom allowed addition config modifications on the PC version.
1Yes, but you're logic is flawed. I would bet there are slightly more players on Console then on PC as DLC tends to sell better on consoles. This has less to do with the number of gamers and more to do with the way gamers on the respective platforms work together. PC gamers tend to be less "STFU NOOB" and more working as a team. I've played BF BC2 for a while and I've yet to suggested to perform any sexual acts on my progenitors. I mean the other day this guy accidentally ran over me with a tank as I was getting out, he even apologised.
You're right. There probably will be more console gamers which means means they're putting in less time individually than PC gamers so they'll be less experienced at the game. They have more games to choose from and quite rightly won't take it as seriously.
You still get the "STFU NOOB" and tea bagging on some servers but it's mainly big games like TF2 that will attract children. But it has gone away because the PC isn't a big gaming platform anymore. When Q1/2/3 and Unreal/UT were at their peak there were loads of douche bags, campers and retards calling each other faggot. Something awful's JeffK is a parody of the kind of losers you found on Quake / Unreal matches.
The console version of Battlefield bad company 2 sold roughly 15 times as many copies. I suspect the vietnam expansion sales differences will be roughly the same.
The PC game sold fewer copies (4.7 million for consoles and 310,000 for PC from what I could find) which means the PC gamer is putting in more time. That's no surprise, console get many more new games so they don't have time to obsess over the handful of titles they receive that aren't Sims expansion packs like PC gamers.;-)
How many hours per user? Console games generally sell much better than PC games so if it has sold 10 times as many copies then each person isn't playing nearly as much as his PC counterpart.
They can adapt just fine, it's that they don't want to use something that's inferior to what they've been playing on for the last 15 years.
That is the dumbest thing I've heard.
The mouse and keyboard are not superior in all circumstances. In fact outside of FPS and RTS games it's starts losing its edge really quickly.
In fact I'd argue the hardware is no better. It's the fact the software in the OS and game generally allow a much finer level of configuration and yes console games do generally try to make their games more fair where as PC games don't. That may make you feel handicapped but to the guy the doesn't want to spend his weekend learning how to create binds and write the ultimate Quake config he feels handicapped.
Console were only considered kiddie because of the cost. Someone who had to lay down months of savings compared to a guy laying down $200 has to justify it some how.
PCs and consoles play the same sort of games except consoles were easily 100 times superior on platformers and fighters. PCs were better for FPS and RTS games. Everything else was pretty much a tie.
You could but most would not. They were happier with what they knew and to be honest that's good but they never had a chance.
It's not even about the controls but the fact Quake 3 would be tuned loads more on the PC than the Dreamcast. Just about anyone who took Q3 somewhat seriously has edited their config file to some extent. Dreamcast users don't get that benefit.
I've grown up with both and can function fine with either a gamepad or mouse/keyboard.
A lot of it has to do with what you're used to. Neither are completely intuitive. Place someone with zero experience of either in front of both and they'll fail with both.
PC gamers would stomp all over console gamers in shooters but I think that's not strictly because their control are better. They get a much finer level of fine tuning and depending on the game can set up tons of commands because they have more keys. So it's the freedom within the operating system and game software on the PC that makes it better not the actual hardware.
I think if you picked a game that limited both to a set of equal options and speed then the results would be more fair.
To be fair it's about as close to a one party system as a two party system can get. There are some minor differences but they both do their best to please their corporate overlords rather than US citizens.
Sure Obama got DADT done away with but he also gave the rich two more years of tax breaks which will follow by even more tax breaks no doubt because either Republicans will get in or Obama will roll over again and let them have their way again.
I don't agree with it at all. It's an awful thing to do but I'm not surprised. It seems to be standard practice to cheat to get what you want in politics whether you're a corporation or politician so I'm not surprised voters are starting to do it too.
Agreed. It's not supposed to be a just a list of the absolutely best movies ever because that's subjective anyway and it's more about their impact on culture and society.
Asking why tech companies don't use thin clients I think is bringing up a poor point.
I think they're pushing them as a way to have cheaper consumer machines. I'm not entirely sure they'd expect people to run eclipse on them.
However a clueless consumer who never bothers to back up or update is actually better off using things like Google docs and gmail if they primarily surf the net and use email and Word.
Likewise I'm sure Google view Chrome OS as something more for your grandmother / mother than your next development environment. That said you do find companies using the cloud and things like Google Apps more often. So they are moving that way too but they're going to be more selective about it.
I occasionally use it but I've never used my real name or anything that resembles it and I don't recall ever using for more than general crap rather than talking about myself so I'm not terribly bothered. If I want 'friend' someone I'll ask them for their account and likewise they can do the same.
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I'm not excusing Apple but it appears to be horrible across the board. The Zune had issues and I'm sure there are many more applications that have as well. These are some of the biggest software companies. There is no excuse for something so basic to be so hard to get right for the likes of Microsoft of Apple. It's not like this is a brand new functionality that no one has tackled before. They should know exactly what they need to test for.
It does become a non-issue and really it's not a big deal but considering this keeps cropping up and not jsut with Apple. The Zune got hit by a new years date related bug too.
These are some of the biggest and richest companies do they not properly test date related applications? It'll require more than changing the date from Monday to Tuesday on your system.
Will the algorithm factor in push-up bras, make-up, stupid camera angles and other things women do to mask what they really like or will it still be a case of you have to wake up beside her to see what she really looks like?
Not that there is anything wrong with a natural looking woman. To be honest I'd prefer it but there is often a lot of deception put into someone's looks (especially with women) so unless they're honest it's not really going to match what you're looking for.
My account is pre-Microsoft and I still use it. Mind you I haven't used it for anything other than a spam box in over 10 years. I've logged into my account and it seems fine.
That has to be one of the longer ones that I've seen. Having read through his controversies I think he's a bigger douche bag than what I had thought before.
I think homebrew will always be a niche though. Think about it Lockjaw is arguably taking sales now but they don't shut down homebrew sites.
They do go after some of the tools (like R4) because it allows people to pirate games. I think most people just graviate towards more popular things. Pop music is generally rubbish but sells well. Lockjaw may very well be a better version of Tetris but doesn't have the name and isn't as flashy and will lack any connection to the leader boards at nintendowifi.com.
I think if a single person was outputting something that was beating a whole team's effort they'd get hired straight away and their contract would probably put an end to their homebrew efforts.
The ideal that most consumers want homebrew applications for any system is laughable. Yes there are people that want that but they're mainly developers and other tech people that take interest in that sort of thing. Everyone else just wants to steal software.
Take for instance systems that have been around awhile. The GBA only has 50 homebrew titles (maybe a few more that aren't on gbadev.org even if it is one of the main sites) Something newer like the Nintendo DS has approx 120 titles.
Compare that to how many roms have been downloaded in any given year. So it isn't ideal for Nintendo DS developers and it won't be ideal for Windows Phone 7 developers. It is a shame because there is some good stuff on for the GBA / DS. I think companies would turn a blind eye if the vast majority of people used these hacks for homebrew only because it sells more hardware and can lead to more software sales.
Not every does point and click Visual Studio programming.
Not all games allow you to use as many keys as you want. Where as Quake for example will allow you to use more keys by modifying your config file compared to just setting up your controls via the in-game interface.
So yes the keys are hardware but A) you only have so many keys because the system's software (OS) primary focus isn't gaming and B) because the software developer allowed it in their game.
A game like Street fighter will have more like-for-like configurations and a keyboard / mouse combo would be absolutely awful for Street Fighter compared to a console and a gamepad. That might be different if Capcom allowed addition config modifications on the PC version.
1Yes, but you're logic is flawed. I would bet there are slightly more players on Console then on PC as DLC tends to sell better on consoles. This has less to do with the number of gamers and more to do with the way gamers on the respective platforms work together. PC gamers tend to be less "STFU NOOB" and more working as a team. I've played BF BC2 for a while and I've yet to suggested to perform any sexual acts on my progenitors. I mean the other day this guy accidentally ran over me with a tank as I was getting out, he even apologised.
You're right. There probably will be more console gamers which means means they're putting in less time individually than PC gamers so they'll be less experienced at the game. They have more games to choose from and quite rightly won't take it as seriously.
You still get the "STFU NOOB" and tea bagging on some servers but it's mainly big games like TF2 that will attract children. But it has gone away because the PC isn't a big gaming platform anymore. When Q1/2/3 and Unreal/UT were at their peak there were loads of douche bags, campers and retards calling each other faggot. Something awful's JeffK is a parody of the kind of losers you found on Quake / Unreal matches.
The console version of Battlefield bad company 2 sold roughly 15 times as many copies. I suspect the vietnam expansion sales differences will be roughly the same.
The PC game sold fewer copies (4.7 million for consoles and 310,000 for PC from what I could find) which means the PC gamer is putting in more time. That's no surprise, console get many more new games so they don't have time to obsess over the handful of titles they receive that aren't Sims expansion packs like PC gamers. ;-)
I suspect the PC gamers are more dedicated. They get fewer new games released to distract them and consoles generally sell many more copies than PCs.
Best I could find out is that the console version of Bad company 2 (not the expansion btw) sold 4.70 million copies and the PC sold 310,000 copies.
Even if you split the console number down the middle and compare PC, 360 and PS3, the PC gamer appears to be putting in more time.
How many hours per user? Console games generally sell much better than PC games so if it has sold 10 times as many copies then each person isn't playing nearly as much as his PC counterpart.
They can adapt just fine, it's that they don't want to use something that's inferior to what they've been playing on for the last 15 years.
That is the dumbest thing I've heard.
The mouse and keyboard are not superior in all circumstances. In fact outside of FPS and RTS games it's starts losing its edge really quickly.
In fact I'd argue the hardware is no better. It's the fact the software in the OS and game generally allow a much finer level of configuration and yes console games do generally try to make their games more fair where as PC games don't. That may make you feel handicapped but to the guy the doesn't want to spend his weekend learning how to create binds and write the ultimate Quake config he feels handicapped.
Console were only considered kiddie because of the cost. Someone who had to lay down months of savings compared to a guy laying down $200 has to justify it some how.
PCs and consoles play the same sort of games except consoles were easily 100 times superior on platformers and fighters. PCs were better for FPS and RTS games. Everything else was pretty much a tie.
You could but most would not. They were happier with what they knew and to be honest that's good but they never had a chance.
It's not even about the controls but the fact Quake 3 would be tuned loads more on the PC than the Dreamcast. Just about anyone who took Q3 somewhat seriously has edited their config file to some extent. Dreamcast users don't get that benefit.
I've grown up with both and can function fine with either a gamepad or mouse/keyboard.
A lot of it has to do with what you're used to. Neither are completely intuitive. Place someone with zero experience of either in front of both and they'll fail with both.
PC gamers would stomp all over console gamers in shooters but I think that's not strictly because their control are better. They get a much finer level of fine tuning and depending on the game can set up tons of commands because they have more keys. So it's the freedom within the operating system and game software on the PC that makes it better not the actual hardware.
I think if you picked a game that limited both to a set of equal options and speed then the results would be more fair.
Amazon's MP3s are plain old MP3s which require no proprietary software that could delete your MP3s.
To be fair it's about as close to a one party system as a two party system can get. There are some minor differences but they both do their best to please their corporate overlords rather than US citizens.
Sure Obama got DADT done away with but he also gave the rich two more years of tax breaks which will follow by even more tax breaks no doubt because either Republicans will get in or Obama will roll over again and let them have their way again.
I don't agree with it at all. It's an awful thing to do but I'm not surprised. It seems to be standard practice to cheat to get what you want in politics whether you're a corporation or politician so I'm not surprised voters are starting to do it too.
It's just easier to save up all those breaks and have them in one go when you go to bed.
They've improved the safety of it since some testing and of the one known accident there was no mention of such a thing happening.
Agreed. It's not supposed to be a just a list of the absolutely best movies ever because that's subjective anyway and it's more about their impact on culture and society.
Asking why tech companies don't use thin clients I think is bringing up a poor point.
I think they're pushing them as a way to have cheaper consumer machines. I'm not entirely sure they'd expect people to run eclipse on them.
However a clueless consumer who never bothers to back up or update is actually better off using things like Google docs and gmail if they primarily surf the net and use email and Word.
Likewise I'm sure Google view Chrome OS as something more for your grandmother / mother than your next development environment. That said you do find companies using the cloud and things like Google Apps more often. So they are moving that way too but they're going to be more selective about it.
I occasionally use it but I've never used my real name or anything that resembles it and I don't recall ever using for more than general crap rather than talking about myself so I'm not terribly bothered. If I want 'friend' someone I'll ask them for their account and likewise they can do the same.