You should also point out that he's saying there's no real need to move to DX10 as well in that link. Which is probably why Rage will be OGL on the PC.
DirectX *is* improved. That goes without saying and Carmack will work with D3D. He has to if he wants be on the 360. But he's still using OpenGL when given a choice between the two. Rage will be OGL on PC/Mac.
I'm sure there are some people concerned about children like her but that is the whole of her organisation.
However all the people you see making comments on places like the BBC's "Have your say" probably don't really care about children and just want to use children as an excuse to try and get rid of this. After all, I went through one of these in 2007 in London, they're not exactly new and it's not like it's the first time these have been in the news. If people were genuinely concerned they should have complained ages ago.
That may be true but, while you may not feel pain with a locale, you're aware something is going on and I don't think I want to know my chest is being cracked open. Even if I can't see it, my mind would be thinking of all sorts of shit and I just can't see myself being that relaxed and I can't see how that's good for a heart operation.
Not all images of children is child pornography. Otherwise parents taking pictures of their child in the bath should be arrested. The only reason people are bringing this up now (rather than when this technology was announced) is because it's become a reality that everyone is going to have to do this so all the fat people or people with nasty genitalia don't want stand in one of these machines.
"The full Natal hardware/sensor combo always looked like an expensive proposition in a market where Microsoft really needs to turn a profit," said tech website Digital Foundry. "The notion of offloading the processing to the 360 CPU in the name of lower costs and easier upgradability makes sense.”
If this is true and they start cutting corners is it even going to work as good as in the demos? Sounds like it'll be pricey so they're gonna have to get it right upon launch.
They would more likely have problem with the company behind the TV program Big Brother seeing how that's more recent and Google would likely be using it for media stuff closer to what the reality TV show was doing and would have registered the trademark for.
Yes two words that create one word where as Nexus One is still two words.
If you want to create a clothes detergent in small packaging and call it Micro-Soft and MS hasn't trademarked it for that usage then you can apply for it.
The government will publish you application in a trademark magazine and if no one contests it then its yours. Microsoft will likely contest it (especially if you use a similar logo font, etc) but then it's up to you to prove it won't harm their mark.
In fact it's possible that Microsoft Corporation contested Microhard corporation yet Microhard has a trademark and they're both technology companies.
There is also a company specialising computer certifications (including Microsoft) called Microhard Technical Institute. Both MS and the other Microhard could have contested that and may have done.
Like anything, if you go after something that interests larger companies with more lawyers it will be more of a struggle but if you think it's worth it then you can try it.
It depends on what they registered the trademark for. You don't register a trademark and then it's good for everything. You have to select usages and the more you pick the more it costs.
Philip K Dick did not invent the term Android or even Nexus. The name Nexus One may be a nod towards Nexus 6 but they aren't the same and one is for a mobile phone and one is a fictional character.
I don't side with them because for starters its not the creator that's complaining. It's his lecherous kids who are just being greedy. They see the Android platform taking off, they're used to getting money for doing nothing (thanks to daddy) so they think they're owed a piece of Google's business.
People would use their own currency just like they do when they buy the points.
The reason for points is that it makes all countries feel like they're getting a fair deal for once but in reality some are paying more per points than other countries.
But more importantly you'll almost certainly always end up with left over points which will encourage you to buy more. If you don't buy more then that means you've paid more than you should have.
So MS has copied Nintendo's motion control idea and now their virtual console idea. Yet they claim they're not in the same market as Nintendo so it doesn't really matter that Nintendo handed their ass to them.
They're going to have to try harder and maybe innovate for once if they want to be number one.
The xbox isn't a good example seeing how really not many people did buy the original xbox and it lost billions. The 360 took off purely because it was first out the door. They rushed it and it turned out to be shoddy hardware so, while it should be making a profit now it took forever and was quickly beaten by outdated hardware (the Wii) and if you compare same years (ie year 1 360 sales to year 1 PS3 sales) the PS3 sold more than the 360 so really the only thing that saved the 360 was being the first out the door. There is no guarantee they'll get that next time and if they don't impress US customers they're screwed seeing how the 360 is only really a success in the US and UK.
I wouldn't say the Zune is much of a success story either.
right a load of shit? hahaha. and i get modded flamebait. OK then. Who determines plans are expensive?
HUH??? you do? ok then don't pay for it. pretty simple, basic economics 101 stuff. I'd rather it was cheaper,
but in time the prices will fall.
Who determines? It's not that hard to figure it out with the internet.
If you go back through my comments sometime in mid-December (I think) I laid out the costs to get an iPhone in the UK and US. You can get a better model iPhone for free on a contract with more minutes, unlimited internet and more texts (I think the UK deal offered unlimited texts even). The US option you had to pay something for the phone, pay a setup fee and pay more per month.
To top this off, Europe (and afaik the rest of the world) doesn't pay to receive a call either.
Unlike the US, it's unheard of to pay the same exact fee for a contract whether or not you get a new phone.
Considering Europe pays more tax and the US *still* pays more for an iPhone means you're getting fucked.
In fact in 99.9% of cases the US pays less for software and electronics so to be paying more for mobile phones means you're probably not getting the best deal.
I'm not sure why US consumers find it acceptable to pay to receive a call on a mobile but not a land line. I suspect it comes down to ignorance. No ATT and Verizon aren't going to tell you that they're giving you a raw deal because you phone won't work on every US network let alone every international network or that you're paying more than countries that pay tax out the ass. At least T-Mobile (who are international) are starting to bring over better options like paying less per month if you have your own phone. The problem is you're fucked if your old phone is incompatible.
You failed to explain why it would be awful for every mobile phone company to use the same standards as everyone else enabling you to use your phone anywhere in the world, to be able to buy any phone from around the world for the best price will some how make things worse you as a consumer.
How has your life been held back by the FCC taking on a standard like NTSC to ensure all TVs worked anywhere in the US or by them moving to ATSC?
just imagine how people wouldn't buy TVs then. and certainly not multiple TVs in a house.
Consoles aren't compatible and they're growing. If Sony, for instance, were in a position of having a near monopoly on TVs and decided to come up with some sort of connection that only works with their TV, do you think people are just going to give up TV? I don't think so.
Forcing someone to comply with a standard is socialism. Government ownership/control is socialism, and that is
obviously exerting control, albeit somewhat minor. imagine the government forcing every webpage to comply with
some shitty standard. OH wait i can already hear it, how great that'd be and how pages would work in eveyr browser
and such. But it'd slow down innovation at the least. It might make other things impossible. It would certainly cost
people a lot of money for the time they'd have to spend making sure their webpages are compliant. It would probably
put some webpages out of commission. These are the unseen costs and side affects. And all this is assuming the
standard was good.
If things were left up to the free market completely then there would very likely be huge chunks of the US without telephone service or even electricity. Everyone who didn't want to live in the stone age would have to live in a city. What good would that be for anyone? Being a farmer would be like being Amish and like being Amish it would be a dying breed and the US would be more dependant on other countries.
This can more or less be proven by the fact that companies like Verizon try to provide minimal phone service to the country because they don't want them as a customer and the state of broadband in the US is dire. It's all w
I agree the problem with sports games is that they cater to a group where a lot of people have to buy each season's new jersey, player cards, hat an so on. Buying the new season's game is just a badge to show how hardcore of a football,baseball, etc fan they are.
That's why EA paid for an NFL licence monopoly and are willing to stick by Tiger rather than let his name go in case his scandal blows over quickly and someone else picks up his name.
EA knows they can count on them and these tactics are probably more just to keep the less dedicated fans in line with EA's plans.
The best way to stop this would be to get more competition in sports games. Then I bet you will find someone will cater for this and EA will likely copy them.
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You should also point out that he's saying there's no real need to move to DX10 as well in that link. Which is probably why Rage will be OGL on the PC.
DirectX *is* improved. That goes without saying and Carmack will work with D3D. He has to if he wants be on the 360. But he's still using OpenGL when given a choice between the two. Rage will be OGL on PC/Mac.
At a guess he would work for someone like PopCap which means they develop fun popular games.
The PC/Mac version will be OpenGL. Of course they will be working with DirectX. They have to for the 360 port.
I'm sure there are some people concerned about children like her but that is the whole of her organisation.
However all the people you see making comments on places like the BBC's "Have your say" probably don't really care about children and just want to use children as an excuse to try and get rid of this. After all, I went through one of these in 2007 in London, they're not exactly new and it's not like it's the first time these have been in the news. If people were genuinely concerned they should have complained ages ago.
That may be true but, while you may not feel pain with a locale, you're aware something is going on and I don't think I want to know my chest is being cracked open. Even if I can't see it, my mind would be thinking of all sorts of shit and I just can't see myself being that relaxed and I can't see how that's good for a heart operation.
Not all images of children is child pornography. Otherwise parents taking pictures of their child in the bath should be arrested. The only reason people are bringing this up now (rather than when this technology was announced) is because it's become a reality that everyone is going to have to do this so all the fat people or people with nasty genitalia don't want stand in one of these machines.
"The full Natal hardware/sensor combo always looked like an expensive proposition in a market where Microsoft really needs to turn a profit," said tech website Digital Foundry. "The notion of offloading the processing to the 360 CPU in the name of lower costs and easier upgradability makes sense.”
If this is true and they start cutting corners is it even going to work as good as in the demos? Sounds like it'll be pricey so they're gonna have to get it right upon launch.
They would more likely have problem with the company behind the TV program Big Brother seeing how that's more recent and Google would likely be using it for media stuff closer to what the reality TV show was doing and would have registered the trademark for.
Yes two words that create one word where as Nexus One is still two words.
If you want to create a clothes detergent in small packaging and call it Micro-Soft and MS hasn't trademarked it for that usage then you can apply for it.
The government will publish you application in a trademark magazine and if no one contests it then its yours. Microsoft will likely contest it (especially if you use a similar logo font, etc) but then it's up to you to prove it won't harm their mark.
In fact it's possible that Microsoft Corporation contested Microhard corporation yet Microhard has a trademark and they're both technology companies.
There is also a company specialising computer certifications (including Microsoft) called Microhard Technical Institute. Both MS and the other Microhard could have contested that and may have done.
Like anything, if you go after something that interests larger companies with more lawyers it will be more of a struggle but if you think it's worth it then you can try it.
No but then again Google are not using Nexus-6 and both Nexus and One are in the dictionary.
Lucas also has a load of trademarks using droid. Where as nexus one is only similar to Nexus-6 and a trademark search returns nothing for nexus-6.
Because Lucas is a shill and has loads of merchandise there's also a much better chance some of his droid trademarks cover electronic goods as well.
It depends on what they registered the trademark for. You don't register a trademark and then it's good for everything. You have to select usages and the more you pick the more it costs.
Philip K Dick did not invent the term Android or even Nexus. The name Nexus One may be a nod towards Nexus 6 but they aren't the same and one is for a mobile phone and one is a fictional character.
I don't side with them because for starters its not the creator that's complaining. It's his lecherous kids who are just being greedy. They see the Android platform taking off, they're used to getting money for doing nothing (thanks to daddy) so they think they're owed a piece of Google's business.
People would use their own currency just like they do when they buy the points.
The reason for points is that it makes all countries feel like they're getting a fair deal for once but in reality some are paying more per points than other countries.
But more importantly you'll almost certainly always end up with left over points which will encourage you to buy more. If you don't buy more then that means you've paid more than you should have.
New games might cost a $1.00 but I don't ever recall anyone ever charging that to let people play Donkey Kong, Pac Man, etc.
So MS has copied Nintendo's motion control idea and now their virtual console idea. Yet they claim they're not in the same market as Nintendo so it doesn't really matter that Nintendo handed their ass to them.
They're going to have to try harder and maybe innovate for once if they want to be number one.
Indeed but a lot of people like to dismiss Smash Bros. because of the characters.
I would agree that the hardware is probably pretty solid now but people shouldn't have to wait 2-3 years though for reliable hardware.
What's the point of operating systems that can run more than one program if we're happy to let one program eat up all the memory?
It doesn't but it's hardly newsworthy and if people are upset then they should vote with their wallet and not buy it in the first place.
Ah so the 360 is so loud so they could sell you Microsoft headphones. http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/digitalcommunication/productdetails.aspx?pid=006
Everyone is pretty much in agreement that the 360 hardware was abysmal which is no surprise since they rushed it out the door to beat Sony.
Yeah the 360 is quality. It's not like they're prone to breaking or anything.
The xbox isn't a good example seeing how really not many people did buy the original xbox and it lost billions. The 360 took off purely because it was first out the door. They rushed it and it turned out to be shoddy hardware so, while it should be making a profit now it took forever and was quickly beaten by outdated hardware (the Wii) and if you compare same years (ie year 1 360 sales to year 1 PS3 sales) the PS3 sold more than the 360 so really the only thing that saved the 360 was being the first out the door. There is no guarantee they'll get that next time and if they don't impress US customers they're screwed seeing how the 360 is only really a success in the US and UK.
I wouldn't say the Zune is much of a success story either.
right a load of shit? hahaha. and i get modded flamebait. OK then. Who determines plans are expensive? HUH??? you do? ok then don't pay for it. pretty simple, basic economics 101 stuff. I'd rather it was cheaper, but in time the prices will fall.
Who determines? It's not that hard to figure it out with the internet.
If you go back through my comments sometime in mid-December (I think) I laid out the costs to get an iPhone in the UK and US. You can get a better model iPhone for free on a contract with more minutes, unlimited internet and more texts (I think the UK deal offered unlimited texts even). The US option you had to pay something for the phone, pay a setup fee and pay more per month.
To top this off, Europe (and afaik the rest of the world) doesn't pay to receive a call either.
Unlike the US, it's unheard of to pay the same exact fee for a contract whether or not you get a new phone.
Considering Europe pays more tax and the US *still* pays more for an iPhone means you're getting fucked.
In fact in 99.9% of cases the US pays less for software and electronics so to be paying more for mobile phones means you're probably not getting the best deal.
I'm not sure why US consumers find it acceptable to pay to receive a call on a mobile but not a land line. I suspect it comes down to ignorance. No ATT and Verizon aren't going to tell you that they're giving you a raw deal because you phone won't work on every US network let alone every international network or that you're paying more than countries that pay tax out the ass. At least T-Mobile (who are international) are starting to bring over better options like paying less per month if you have your own phone. The problem is you're fucked if your old phone is incompatible.
You failed to explain why it would be awful for every mobile phone company to use the same standards as everyone else enabling you to use your phone anywhere in the world, to be able to buy any phone from around the world for the best price will some how make things worse you as a consumer.
How has your life been held back by the FCC taking on a standard like NTSC to ensure all TVs worked anywhere in the US or by them moving to ATSC?
just imagine how people wouldn't buy TVs then. and certainly not multiple TVs in a house.
Consoles aren't compatible and they're growing. If Sony, for instance, were in a position of having a near monopoly on TVs and decided to come up with some sort of connection that only works with their TV, do you think people are just going to give up TV? I don't think so.
Forcing someone to comply with a standard is socialism. Government ownership/control is socialism, and that is obviously exerting control, albeit somewhat minor. imagine the government forcing every webpage to comply with some shitty standard. OH wait i can already hear it, how great that'd be and how pages would work in eveyr browser and such. But it'd slow down innovation at the least. It might make other things impossible. It would certainly cost people a lot of money for the time they'd have to spend making sure their webpages are compliant. It would probably put some webpages out of commission. These are the unseen costs and side affects. And all this is assuming the standard was good.
If things were left up to the free market completely then there would very likely be huge chunks of the US without telephone service or even electricity. Everyone who didn't want to live in the stone age would have to live in a city. What good would that be for anyone? Being a farmer would be like being Amish and like being Amish it would be a dying breed and the US would be more dependant on other countries.
This can more or less be proven by the fact that companies like Verizon try to provide minimal phone service to the country because they don't want them as a customer and the state of broadband in the US is dire. It's all w
I agree the problem with sports games is that they cater to a group where a lot of people have to buy each season's new jersey, player cards, hat an so on. Buying the new season's game is just a badge to show how hardcore of a football,baseball, etc fan they are.
That's why EA paid for an NFL licence monopoly and are willing to stick by Tiger rather than let his name go in case his scandal blows over quickly and someone else picks up his name.
EA knows they can count on them and these tactics are probably more just to keep the less dedicated fans in line with EA's plans.
The best way to stop this would be to get more competition in sports games. Then I bet you will find someone will cater for this and EA will likely copy them.