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Hmm, Apple in the game market, now there's an idea. Smooth and easy interfaces are already pretty standard in consoles, though, as are things that Just Work - it has been thus for years.
iPhone/iPod games already outpace PSP games sales by 200% or so.
Yeah. If I want to raise my kid to be a violent sociopathic gangster with no respect for human life or property, that should be my right. And I'll be DAMNED if someone tries to go behind my back and teach my kid that consensual sex with a female is acceptable.
If you can upgrade your pc to run oblivion for less than the cost of an xbox 360, and you intend to buy (or already have) other programs & games that will take advantage of said upgrades, go ahead.
The PC version is far superior to the 360 version when it's run on a powerful enough machine. My brother in law hates entering towns and cities on his 360, it takes a good 1-4 minutes for it to load up. My PC takes about 5-30 seconds.
And you can mod the PC version of the game, to add onto the game or change the rules. To my understanding, you won't be able to use mods on the 360 version of the game, at least not without a lot of hacking, blood and sweat.
I believe the point is that most people who don't have HDTV will not be interested in Blue-Ray because they will get little to no added benefit from Blue-Ray movies as compared to DVD movies. So buying a PS3 as an expensive Blue-Ray movie player won't be a compelling reason for those people. And the people that do have nice, large HDTV will probably be picky and wealthy enough to buy a more featureful, dedicted Blue-Ray or HD-DVD player that isn't primarily a console.
It's amazing, isn't it? A company produces a solid, FUN game that isn't a hassle to play (other than it asking for your serial # when you download patches) and doesn't contain draconian measures that get in the way of playing (i'm talking to you, mister game that wants me to insert the cd even though you don't read anything off of it once you've started) and people want to play it?! And they're willing to pay for the pleasure? A company that doesn't treat it's paying customers and potential customers as potential thieves?
I love Galactic Civ II - best game to keep me clicking without realizing it is now 3am. And I love Stardock now, for producing the game in such a fashion.
Are companies now obligated to make press releases every time they fix a bug? With a full listing of every person and organization that contributed to the discovery and fix of the bug? I would rather that they didn't. Especially if it's going to say "Thanks to AnelKaos".
Someone pointed out a bug and Google fixed it within a reasonable time limit and went back to their jobs.
I think the psp has some serious potential to be an all purpose multimedia device. You can already play music, movies and watch your pictures on this thing.
I think it would be interesting to set up a web page and some utilities to control your home stereo/digital music player, DVR, lights and anything else you would like, intended to be controled from your psp. The wireless router would have to be configured to only accept your psp's MAC, and some other authentication would have to take place on the web page/server end (having to enter a username/password would be a real drag to seamless integration)
I'm definately interested in getting a PSP now that they have included a built in web browser (that doesn't need some goofy hack to get around). Though, like many others, I also want to wait until someone figures out how to crack/bypass the security so homebrew apps can run again. Or for some company to release a signed emulator for the psp, I'd be willing to pay for a NES or SNES or whatever emulator if it wasn't complete garbage.
Does anyone know if the digital signed executables for the PSP is intended to stop piracy of UMD games, or if it is designed to stop any homebrew development? Both?
the crux of the problem is that most games don't reward roleplaying. in fact, roleplaying means you are gimping yourself, since you aren't killing monsters, getting loot and progressing the storyline.
No, a 'good phone' costs around $300-$500 USD. Most of the carriers offer signup deals, where if you buy a 1 or 2 year contract with them, they will subsidize the cost of the phone. Usually down to $0 - $40 USD for the low end phones. You can still expect to pay $80-$300 for the mid to high range phones even with a contract. And in return, they pocket $40 USD (or more) a month from you for two years.
I'd imagine that if they couldn't get a driver that integrated smoothly into the operating system with a callback that set the keyboard's keys, the very minimum that they would have an app that would poll for the active window and install the appropriate keymaps for that application or the default keymapping.
What I would like to know is this; what is the tactile feeling on the surface of the keys? Is it smooth plastic? Textured plastic? Do the key images have the capability to change when you press capslock/shift or any of the other mod keys?
When I read it, the impression I got was that you would see a different picture depending on your viewing angle to the screen, not that they would just slap 2 different channels side by side.
I find that statement rather vague and easy to misinterpret.
1) Is he saying that JavaScript development is a mess, and thus it's easy to build spaghetti code?
Or
2) Is he saying that this 'papering over' by AJAX/XML of the mess that is javascript now makes it easier to write spaghetti code?
Spaghetti code, in every context I am aware of, is a negative thing. Hard to follow code that jumps all over the place without adequate documentation or understandability or even meaning.
I'm leaning towards #1 being the intended meaning.
Or maybe she is the beta coordinator, and uses windows xp and has no problems with it. And since windows xp is listed as required for the software, she suggested it to the user who had windows 2000 and was complaining that they can't use this beta software.
Guess what, I have no problems, crashes or issues with windows xp at home either.
Not everything is a conspiracy. That being said, that is also probably what they want you to think.
I don't think it's fair to lay the fault at the feet of the user. Although most (not all) spyware does ask you, they usually do so deceptively, in layers of legal speak and generally unreadable non-understandable contracts. Have you ever tried to read a EULA? Most of it will go above your head or put you to sleep. They count on that.
And, as another issue, they are using YOUR resources to collect information about you. I don't mind as much they use their own resources, time and effort to collect information, but when they use my computer, my ram, my cpu cycles, my hard drive and my electricity that I pay a bill for to gather information about me, even if they 'asked me' buried in some 30 page EULA, I have a right to be pissed. I'm glad Congress is doing something about it.
Seriously though, looking at the list, there are some stunning show stoppers. Photoshop CS!!?! Live Motion! and perhaps the most surprising of all, Microsoft's own Virtual PC.
Only the 64-bit version of photoshop CS, though. I imagine they would have figured something out if it was the 32 bit version that had died.
There are mod chips that ONLY allow imported games to be played, not CDR copied games. For some reason these don't seem nearly as popular as the ones that allow copied games to be played. *tongue in cheek*
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Hmm, Apple in the game market, now there's an idea. Smooth and easy interfaces are already pretty standard in consoles, though, as are things that Just Work - it has been thus for years.
iPhone/iPod games already outpace PSP games sales by 200% or so.
Yeah. If I want to raise my kid to be a violent sociopathic gangster with no respect for human life or property, that should be my right. And I'll be DAMNED if someone tries to go behind my back and teach my kid that consensual sex with a female is acceptable.
If you can upgrade your pc to run oblivion for less than the cost of an xbox 360, and you intend to buy (or already have) other programs & games that will take advantage of said upgrades, go ahead.
The PC version is far superior to the 360 version when it's run on a powerful enough machine. My brother in law hates entering towns and cities on his 360, it takes a good 1-4 minutes for it to load up. My PC takes about 5-30 seconds.
And you can mod the PC version of the game, to add onto the game or change the rules. To my understanding, you won't be able to use mods on the 360 version of the game, at least not without a lot of hacking, blood and sweat.
I believe the point is that most people who don't have HDTV will not be interested in Blue-Ray because they will get little to no added benefit from Blue-Ray movies as compared to DVD movies. So buying a PS3 as an expensive Blue-Ray movie player won't be a compelling reason for those people. And the people that do have nice, large HDTV will probably be picky and wealthy enough to buy a more featureful, dedicted Blue-Ray or HD-DVD player that isn't primarily a console.
It's amazing, isn't it? A company produces a solid, FUN game that isn't a hassle to play (other than it asking for your serial # when you download patches) and doesn't contain draconian measures that get in the way of playing (i'm talking to you, mister game that wants me to insert the cd even though you don't read anything off of it once you've started) and people want to play it?! And they're willing to pay for the pleasure? A company that doesn't treat it's paying customers and potential customers as potential thieves?
I love Galactic Civ II - best game to keep me clicking without realizing it is now 3am. And I love Stardock now, for producing the game in such a fashion.
Is ButtFuXXor Crew the one that discovered the backdoor exploit?
Are companies now obligated to make press releases every time they fix a bug? With a full listing of every person and organization that contributed to the discovery and fix of the bug? I would rather that they didn't. Especially if it's going to say "Thanks to AnelKaos".
Someone pointed out a bug and Google fixed it within a reasonable time limit and went back to their jobs.
The 'homebrew software development' that people seem most intersted in are emulators.
Okay, now I am confused.
Who is saying who said what about what, now?
It's about time.
I think the psp has some serious potential to be an all purpose multimedia device. You can already play music, movies and watch your pictures on this thing.
I think it would be interesting to set up a web page and some utilities to control your home stereo/digital music player, DVR, lights and anything else you would like, intended to be controled from your psp. The wireless router would have to be configured to only accept your psp's MAC, and some other authentication would have to take place on the web page/server end (having to enter a username/password would be a real drag to seamless integration)
I'm definately interested in getting a PSP now that they have included a built in web browser (that doesn't need some goofy hack to get around). Though, like many others, I also want to wait until someone figures out how to crack/bypass the security so homebrew apps can run again. Or for some company to release a signed emulator for the psp, I'd be willing to pay for a NES or SNES or whatever emulator if it wasn't complete garbage.
Does anyone know if the digital signed executables for the PSP is intended to stop piracy of UMD games, or if it is designed to stop any homebrew development? Both?
the crux of the problem is that most games don't reward roleplaying. in fact, roleplaying means you are gimping yourself, since you aren't killing monsters, getting loot and progressing the storyline.
So, they are patenting the IMG tag with local images that exist on the client?
No, a 'good phone' costs around $300-$500 USD. Most of the carriers offer signup deals, where if you buy a 1 or 2 year contract with them, they will subsidize the cost of the phone. Usually down to $0 - $40 USD for the low end phones. You can still expect to pay $80-$300 for the mid to high range phones even with a contract. And in return, they pocket $40 USD (or more) a month from you for two years.
I'd imagine that if they couldn't get a driver that integrated smoothly into the operating system with a callback that set the keyboard's keys, the very minimum that they would have an app that would poll for the active window and install the appropriate keymaps for that application or the default keymapping.
What I would like to know is this; what is the tactile feeling on the surface of the keys? Is it smooth plastic? Textured plastic? Do the key images have the capability to change when you press capslock/shift or any of the other mod keys?
Ubuntu changelogs suggest some work was taken from Debian as well.
When I read it, the impression I got was that you would see a different picture depending on your viewing angle to the screen, not that they would just slap 2 different channels side by side.
I'm almost certain that the blink and maraquee tags were IE introductions, not Netscape.
Yeah. It's like everyone is trying to drive a...
er, never mind.
I find that statement rather vague and easy to misinterpret.
1) Is he saying that JavaScript development is a mess, and thus it's easy to build spaghetti code?
Or
2) Is he saying that this 'papering over' by AJAX/XML of the mess that is javascript now makes it easier to write spaghetti code?
Spaghetti code, in every context I am aware of, is a negative thing. Hard to follow code that jumps all over the place without adequate documentation or understandability or even meaning.
I'm leaning towards #1 being the intended meaning.
Guess what, I have no problems, crashes or issues with windows xp at home either.
Not everything is a conspiracy. That being said, that is also probably what they want you to think.
Doesn't that descripe most oss apps?
I don't think it's fair to lay the fault at the feet of the user. Although most (not all) spyware does ask you, they usually do so deceptively, in layers of legal speak and generally unreadable non-understandable contracts. Have you ever tried to read a EULA? Most of it will go above your head or put you to sleep. They count on that.
And, as another issue, they are using YOUR resources to collect information about you. I don't mind as much they use their own resources, time and effort to collect information, but when they use my computer, my ram, my cpu cycles, my hard drive and my electricity that I pay a bill for to gather information about me, even if they 'asked me' buried in some 30 page EULA, I have a right to be pissed. I'm glad Congress is doing something about it.
Not just a pony. A beowulf cluster of ponies.
Seriously though, looking at the list, there are some stunning show stoppers. Photoshop CS!!?! Live Motion! and perhaps the most surprising of all, Microsoft's own Virtual PC.
Only the 64-bit version of photoshop CS, though. I imagine they would have figured something out if it was the 32 bit version that had died.
There are mod chips that ONLY allow imported games to be played, not CDR copied games. For some reason these don't seem nearly as popular as the ones that allow copied games to be played. *tongue in cheek*