Have you ever considered that we are the most advanced species in the universe? scary no?
maybe there is lots of alien life everywhere, but all forms are pre-Yuri Gagarin so-to-speak.
There's always a prick on the net somewhere I guess.
B and G are different standards running at different speeds. When you have a B/G network, it's actually a G network running in compatibility so that older machines with B can connect to the G access point.
PS, blueray is the new standard for physical distributable media. Better get used to that one too.
BG is good enough, tied to residential/office network, and hard to notice the benefit of N.
B is quite slow dude. G is fine. The benefits of N are faster transfers between nodes in your network wirelessly. Send/receive files 5-6times faster within your network. Internet access, as always, is only as fast as your ISP allows.
The "classic" Mega Man series jumped the shark in the NES era, and Mega Man 9 wasn't even as good as the NES series at it's absolute worst. If you're going to make a retro-style game in this day and age, you should at least try to match the source material in terms of quality. If 9 was released on the NES alongside the other games, it would be long forgotten by now. I'm not expecting no. 10 to be much better.
some people place value on older-mechanically operated things, ie watches, musicboxes, pianos, etc. this typewriter falls in the same mechanical-antiquity. this is probably because mechanical objects of this sort never change.
i wonder how large the sample size was, or if they were using half-decent speakers through a half-decent amp. you don't need expensive stuff to hear the difference.
it's so obviously different that it's comparable to listening to someone play an electric piano vs a grand piano.
if you think they sound the same, turn up your hearing aid and wait for the bus with grandma. while you're at it, try not to walk off the end of the earth since the ground looks flat.
a more valid topic would have been 'listening for a difference between.ogg and.mp3'
I have always believed that if something is networked, it can be subject to unauthorized access. I hope I am wrong.
The risks usually outweigh the benefits.
Having stations networked to an internal monitoring station would have been fine. Heavy infrastructure shouldn't have links, directly or indirectly, to public networks, ever.
Did they say how this was accomplished? Did they gain access through a web-server, or some other DMZ?
CD Copy Protection could have saved the system.
For any of you who owned the Dreamcast you know how easy it was to obtain pirated copies of games.
Or how easy it was to find tutorials on copying games yourself from your local blockbuster.
It's funny how people blame it's failure on other business reasons, management, marketing, timing, when really you can attribute a lot to the hacks.
Just like the Saturn, some of the games were second-to-none.
remember the slogan that nearly killed apple?
"what you use at work, you'll use at home." ?
well, MS knows this. it's tried and true.
they are the only system with a flagship online game of magnitude. no ps3 game can touch it as far as participation goes. "what your friends play, you will play."
it doesn't matter that the system is worse for more money, people want to play with other people they know. it's not meerly for gameplay.
this is why the wii, the most technically inferior of the three is still going for 250$. people want to play with friends while drunk. nothing wrong with that. ps3 can't get the same feeling for $299, and xbox can't for its new price either.
each has their perks. this was a good move by microsoft, and they'll milk the 360 until you can run emulators of the games on netbooks for less money.
i would go out of my way to watch a low budget but wonderfully symbolic film, like 1984.
but i am for people being brought in to the graphic novel realm by mass high-quality movies.
a great number of people who will watch the watchmen (pun heh heh) may end up buying the book.
well, yea, they do. but this one gets you to vancouver from toronto in less than 8 hours, not three days.
via isn't geared toward business people travelling much farther than a toronto-montreal trip. not that there's anything wrong with that. scenic train trips are like a rite-of-passage to be canadian afterall.
since when is building something large north america's weakness. look, thousands of miles of track have been laid coast to coast, and their immediate surrounds surveyed in the event of new tracks being built. it would be difficult, i'm not going to refute that, but, it could be done. think about the benefits of having a super-fast train traveling form new york to denver, los angeles to montreal, toronto to houston, etc. don't forget about picking up more passengers ($$$) in between. it would create a huge stake for other means of commuter transit in north america other than air travel.
as far as demand goes, yes, i agree japan has the immediate demand. but new and better systems have a way of instilling the 'now i can do this...' syndrome. it would generate demand onto itself.
now, will it happen? no.
ps, the stealing technology remark was a joke, thanks.
leave it to the japanese to set the bar.
500kmh eh? wouldn't that be more useful in places with HUGE distances to trek, like, canada or usa, or the russian frontier? haha. i'm sure we westerners will steal the technology when it become cheap enough to implement. it's gonna be a looong while.
...i disagree with this guy. and i also disagree with any person that agrees with him.
but here's what will happen: apple will continue to charge +60% on their products, the general mass of people will continue to use pirated copies of microsoft products, and linux will still be developed largely by volunteers.
wow.
thanks for the warning though.
+1 Statistically speaking, the world doesn't end all that often.
i'm a canadian and my experience here in north america is that people want the most amount of functionality for the least amount of cost in time. if they were raised and trained to use ms office, then they will stop at nothing to use it. why would they invest time in something (however similar) when the 'original' works for them. money isn't really an issue in this case, it's more about 'impending frustration'. i for one strongly support the open source projects, and i make a point of using them. i'm thankful that they are working to bring us better and better software for our daily uses.
+1 slahsdot poll about this
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Have you ever considered that we are the most advanced species in the universe? scary no? maybe there is lots of alien life everywhere, but all forms are pre-Yuri Gagarin so-to-speak.
There's always a prick on the net somewhere I guess.
B and G are different standards running at different speeds. When you have a B/G network, it's actually a G network running in compatibility so that older machines with B can connect to the G access point.
PS, blueray is the new standard for physical distributable media. Better get used to that one too.
Have a good one, dude.
BG is good enough, tied to residential/office network, and hard to notice the benefit of N.
B is quite slow dude. G is fine. The benefits of N are faster transfers between nodes in your network wirelessly. Send/receive files 5-6times faster within your network. Internet access, as always, is only as fast as your ISP allows.
The "classic" Mega Man series jumped the shark in the NES era, and Mega Man 9 wasn't even as good as the NES series at it's absolute worst. If you're going to make a retro-style game in this day and age, you should at least try to match the source material in terms of quality. If 9 was released on the NES alongside the other games, it would be long forgotten by now. I'm not expecting no. 10 to be much better.
:'( boohoo.
$8/hr?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
throw that fish back buddy.
or, find where the ceiling is; if you're full timers aren't making much more than standard labour.. find a new posting.
some people place value on older-mechanically operated things, ie watches, musicboxes, pianos, etc. this typewriter falls in the same mechanical-antiquity. this is probably because mechanical objects of this sort never change.
that's all i got.
i wonder how large the sample size was, or if they were using half-decent speakers through a half-decent amp. you don't need expensive stuff to hear the difference.
.ogg and .mp3'
it's so obviously different that it's comparable to listening to someone play an electric piano vs a grand piano.
if you think they sound the same, turn up your hearing aid and wait for the bus with grandma. while you're at it, try not to walk off the end of the earth since the ground looks flat.
a more valid topic would have been 'listening for a difference between
just call it "goo" and call it a day.
I have always believed that if something is networked, it can be subject to unauthorized access. I hope I am wrong.
The risks usually outweigh the benefits. Having stations networked to an internal monitoring station would have been fine. Heavy infrastructure shouldn't have links, directly or indirectly, to public networks, ever. Did they say how this was accomplished? Did they gain access through a web-server, or some other DMZ?
would have been a relevant survey if it was the same audio codec.
CD Copy Protection could have saved the system.
For any of you who owned the Dreamcast you know how easy it was to obtain pirated copies of games.
Or how easy it was to find tutorials on copying games yourself from your local blockbuster.
It's funny how people blame it's failure on other business reasons, management, marketing, timing, when really you can attribute a lot to the hacks.
Just like the Saturn, some of the games were second-to-none.
(Sorry, I am a SEGA fan boy)
remember the slogan that nearly killed apple? "what you use at work, you'll use at home." ? well, MS knows this. it's tried and true. they are the only system with a flagship online game of magnitude. no ps3 game can touch it as far as participation goes. "what your friends play, you will play." it doesn't matter that the system is worse for more money, people want to play with other people they know. it's not meerly for gameplay. this is why the wii, the most technically inferior of the three is still going for 250$. people want to play with friends while drunk. nothing wrong with that. ps3 can't get the same feeling for $299, and xbox can't for its new price either. each has their perks. this was a good move by microsoft, and they'll milk the 360 until you can run emulators of the games on netbooks for less money.
i would go out of my way to watch a low budget but wonderfully symbolic film, like 1984. but i am for people being brought in to the graphic novel realm by mass high-quality movies. a great number of people who will watch the watchmen (pun heh heh) may end up buying the book.
when will it stop.
how about, to make things fair, every time i listen to a badly produced song, the record label pays me for wasting my time.
finally. something to watch.
giant faraday cage will do the trick. line the roof with brass screening. don't forget the lightning pole.
well, yea, they do. but this one gets you to vancouver from toronto in less than 8 hours, not three days.
via isn't geared toward business people travelling much farther than a toronto-montreal trip. not that there's anything wrong with that.
scenic train trips are like a rite-of-passage to be canadian afterall.
since when is building something large north america's weakness.
look, thousands of miles of track have been laid coast to coast, and their immediate surrounds surveyed in the event of new tracks being built. it would be difficult, i'm not going to refute that, but, it could be done.
think about the benefits of having a super-fast train traveling form new york to denver, los angeles to montreal, toronto to houston, etc. don't forget about picking up more passengers ($$$) in between.
it would create a huge stake for other means of commuter transit in north america other than air travel.
as far as demand goes, yes, i agree japan has the immediate demand. but new and better systems have a way of instilling the 'now i can do this...' syndrome.
it would generate demand onto itself.
now, will it happen? no.
ps, the stealing technology remark was a joke, thanks.
leave it to the japanese to set the bar.
500kmh eh? wouldn't that be more useful in places with HUGE distances to trek, like, canada or usa, or the russian frontier? haha.
i'm sure we westerners will steal the technology when it become cheap enough to implement. it's gonna be a looong while.
...i disagree with this guy. and i also disagree with any person that agrees with him.
but here's what will happen: apple will continue to charge +60% on their products, the general mass of people will continue to use pirated copies of microsoft products, and linux will still be developed largely by volunteers.
wow.
thanks for the warning though.
+1 Statistically speaking, the world doesn't end all that often.
happy bday penguin
i'm a canadian and my experience here in north america is that people want the most amount of functionality for the least amount of cost in time. if they were raised and trained to use ms office, then they will stop at nothing to use it. why would they invest time in something (however similar) when the 'original' works for them. money isn't really an issue in this case, it's more about 'impending frustration'.
i for one strongly support the open source projects, and i make a point of using them. i'm thankful that they are working to bring us better and better software for our daily uses.
+1 slahsdot poll about this