This post is irrational on so many levels that it's hard to point them all out. I'll make an attempt.
Do you honestly think that the programmers and the companies they work for know less about economics, marketing, and their target market than you? If so, I would suggest you start a game company immediately--you'll be rich. Programmers already to try to make their code reasonably efficient for the hardware they expect it to run on. Do you think that Quake III ever would have been released if they were trying to get it to run on a 486?
You use Quake III as an example of a bloated game. I'm not even going to get into how stupid this statement is. They have 700MB to work with on a CD. Should they try to fit it onto a floppy instead? They even have minimal installs for people who don't have much hard drive space. Quake III ran amazingly well considering the hardware limitations of the time. If making a game smaller would increase the popularity (sales), you can be sure that some company would be doing it. There may be a reason that they aren't. Think about it.
Office 2003 is nearly a Gigabyte. Stop for a second. Think of the cost of Office 2003. Let's say you can get a copy at the Microsoft store for $40. That's quite cheap compared to what most people would pay. Now lets say that it costs $100 for a 40GB Hard Drive. Quite expensive for a hard drive. One gig of space for Office would cost about $2.50. Why would someone be willing to pay $40 for software, but not be willing to pay the $2.50 for the space to run it. It doesn't make sense--just like your post.
Why do you need 300MB for a word processor? Why not? If you don't think the software is good enough to justify 300MB of disk space (probably much less than a dollar of space), don't use it.
Keep this in mind next time you post: the world doesn't revolve around you. No one cares that you're having trouble running the latest games. You are not the target market. People who are willing to pay for the games and hardware to run them are the target market. Get over it.
You don't even attempt to form logical arguments based off of your unbacked assertions. It's just one unbacked assertion after another. There may be people that agree with your assertions, but you're definitely not helping to explain your views, nor are you trying to convince people who don't already agree with you.
Maybe there's a reason that "this isn't the way people think these days." Maybe people generally think rationally, and your ideas don't stand up to scrutiny.
Why would the authenticity be questioned more than with current methods of taking prints? In the end it comes down to trusting that the police are not fabricating the evidence, and I don't think this system makes it any easier to fabricate fingerprints than it already is.
This is a very complete review of both devices, covering almost every aspect of the products that would be important to consumers. However, there seems to be no mention of the price of either item. I'm probably going to buy an SP since it beat the G3 by one point, but I don't know how much either one costs. Maybe I'll go for the G3 if the price/performance ratio beats the SP.
Unfortunately, like many other products, its presence on the market hinders the availability and viability of other unique and competitive products like Flight Unlimited.
OK... So why don't you use Flight Unlimited instead of Flight Simulator?
Isn't this just going to lead to LESS people watching TV? There's a fine line between advertising that is effective and advertising that turns customers away. It seems that marketing people don't understand this simple concept. Personally, I don't think it will take them too long to figure how stupid this idea is.
It's about time big companies realize that they can't just take over someone's system because their software is installed. It's not just AOL; programs like Realplayer and Quicktime do this also. Hopefully this settlement will discourage this type of behaviour in the future.
- Microsoft has no worthwile games for the Xbox.
Really? Lets see...
-Dead or Alive 3 [Exclusive]
-Max Payne
-Jet Set Radio Future [Exclusive]
-Project Gotham Racing [Exclusive]
-Halo [Exclusive]
-Tony Hawk 3
-Rallisport Challenge [Exclusive]
...and more than 60 other games, if you don't like any of the above.
- Halo is ok.
It seems like you are contradicting your first point here...
- Microsoft reduced the price of the Xbox.
Yes, Microsoft reduced the price of the xbox. Sony reduced the price of the Playstation 2, and it ir rumored that the Gamecube is going to drop as well. What was your point again?
- Microsoft still has no games for the Xbox.
See my response to point one.
- A game company made an announcement that they will not develop games for the Xbox.
Thank you for restating what you thought the article was about. Unfortunately, you either didn't read it, or you didn't understand it. EA did not say they weren't going to make games for the Xbox. They said they were not going to support their online service. There is quite a big difference between the two.
I have seen several articles on.net in the last week. All of them have been from Java advocates or MS haters. Could we please get some unbiased articles on.net? It is going to be a very important technology in the future, whether you like it or not. It doesn't help anyone to only look at one side of the picture.
I use 8-port Apex KVM switches at work, and they have some nice features; they also have a few flaws. These KVM switches arent the cheap ones found in this review, but if your looking for higher end equipment I might be able to give some useful nformation.
The switches are only KVM, no sound, no USB. To change screens, you press the print screen key. It brings up a menu, and you can choose between any of your machines. The machines can all be named, so you know exactly what machine you are going to. Another nice feature is that you can chain them together for more than just 8 machines on the switch. My only real complaint is that sometimes the menu doesnt get erased when you switch machines, so you have to bring it up again and get rid of it. I havent had any problems with screen resolutions, keyboards or mice. Definitely worth looking into for a setup with more machines than two.
While most people might spend most of their time on commercial sites, that doesn't mean everyone does. It also doen't mean that they are forced to. If a user feels like spending his time on commercial sites, it isn't my problem.
The whole point of the internet (ok theres not really one point to the internet) is to ALLOW everyone to be able to have their own sites or visit the sites they want. This doesn't mean that everyone should be forced to go to the "underground" sites. If someone wants to go to a sanitized news source, that does not hurt me in any way. I've never understood the problem with letting people use the internet how they want. There will always be an "underground" on the net for people who want to go there.
What is the obsession with reaching version 1.0? It's not a finished product until then? Then tell me why I have been using it for everything that several finished products can do. It won't have bugs by the time it reaches 1.0? I cant understand that either. It's not everyone will stop working on it when it reaches 1.0, so that means version 1.0 is just another version in the middle of hundreds of others.
What is really important is that the browser keeps getting better, and it is. With each release they fix tons of bugs. That isn't going to change when it reaches 1.0. I don't care if it never reaches 1.0 as long as it keeps getting better. They could call the next release 1.0 and everyone would be excited, but it wouldn't really mean anything. Just like the actual 1.0 release won't.
When I first started using the web, I followed almost every link I saw, used several bad search engines, and got nowhere. I'll admit that I found sites that I never would have otherwise found, but the waste of time getting there just wasn't worth it.
I think after the excitement of the web died down a bit, everyone realized how to use it, and now uses it much more efficiently. They don't go all over the place randomly; they go straight to what they want. If you are a new user to the web it still feels exciting and new. Sadly, most people aren't new users which isn't such a bad thing really.
The last "protests" in many locations only had around ten people there. This was due in part to the confusion over the cancelation, then un-cancelation. Hopefully this time we can make a strong showing in every city with a protest.
If you show up at a protest, make sure you have plenty of information about the DMCA that most people will understand. Most people can understand that someone is wrongly imprisoned, but they need to know why. They need to know that there are laws being passed that restrict their freedom. They need to understand that this isn't going to be the only time someone is imprisoned for violating the DMCA. If nobody feels a threat to their freedom, they won't care.
When people used to go to arcades they got to play the newest and most advanced games. There was no way that any home system could compete with them. As video game systems and computers became more advanced they could run every game that was in arcades and more. Combine this with the price of arcades constantly going up, and no one wants to play anymore.
I don't really care about the loss of arcade developers because there will always be video games, just in a different form. If you really like the arcade feel, you can build your own and play your games on that. Search the net for plans and with about $400 you'll never be without an arcade again.
Anyone who wants to use these drivers can find them online already, so this won't stop the people who really want to cheat. The people who wouldn't cheat aren't going to use these if they are included, so the conclusion is... It wont make a difference!
There are so many auto-aim, modelhack, wallhack, bots, etc... that this will make no difference. Just play the game, and ignore the cheaters.
I've seen some of loki's games run, and running on a Celeron 366 with 32MB of RAM is not optimal. It sounds like a great idea in theory, but when you're getting 5 frames per second, you'll take the game over to your PC and play it. Either that or you'll put a game in your PS2/Nintendo-whatever and get a game with a good frame-rate. These all-in-one boxes never work, and in this case I think it's got even more drawbacks than usual. All that aside, it's cooler than not having loki games for it:)
Sure they can make IP laws all over the world. What is the chance that they will be enforced everywhere? Zero. In some Asian countries practically everything you can buy is pirated. They have copyright laws, but they aren't enforced. People would see these and say "Hey another stupid unenforceable law." They would then continue selling pirated Win2k CDs.
My opinion - Don't worry too much.
No matter how good your skills are, European companies are not likely to sponsor a work permit. The best route is to find an american company that will send you over there.
Here's some information about working in Europe. Hope you'll have some luck finding work over there.
It's cool to see this done on a 2d display, but I bet its possible to set up a projector to display it on the inside of a globe-screen. It wouldn't be able to get the full 360 of course, but most people can't see 360 degrees anyway. Even if it was 360 degrees, it would look a whole lot less distorted on a curved surface...
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A better space combat game than Star Wars will ever be: http://www.1337pages.com/space/
hey man, next time this happens, just change the file extension instead of zipping it. much easier.
This post is irrational on so many levels that it's hard to point them all out. I'll make an attempt.
Do you honestly think that the programmers and the companies they work for know less about economics, marketing, and their target market than you? If so, I would suggest you start a game company immediately--you'll be rich. Programmers already to try to make their code reasonably efficient for the hardware they expect it to run on. Do you think that Quake III ever would have been released if they were trying to get it to run on a 486?
You use Quake III as an example of a bloated game. I'm not even going to get into how stupid this statement is. They have 700MB to work with on a CD. Should they try to fit it onto a floppy instead? They even have minimal installs for people who don't have much hard drive space. Quake III ran amazingly well considering the hardware limitations of the time. If making a game smaller would increase the popularity (sales), you can be sure that some company would be doing it. There may be a reason that they aren't. Think about it.
Office 2003 is nearly a Gigabyte. Stop for a second. Think of the cost of Office 2003. Let's say you can get a copy at the Microsoft store for $40. That's quite cheap compared to what most people would pay. Now lets say that it costs $100 for a 40GB Hard Drive. Quite expensive for a hard drive. One gig of space for Office would cost about $2.50. Why would someone be willing to pay $40 for software, but not be willing to pay the $2.50 for the space to run it. It doesn't make sense--just like your post.
Why do you need 300MB for a word processor? Why not? If you don't think the software is good enough to justify 300MB of disk space (probably much less than a dollar of space), don't use it.
Keep this in mind next time you post: the world doesn't revolve around you. No one cares that you're having trouble running the latest games. You are not the target market. People who are willing to pay for the games and hardware to run them are the target market. Get over it.
You don't even attempt to form logical arguments based off of your unbacked assertions. It's just one unbacked assertion after another. There may be people that agree with your assertions, but you're definitely not helping to explain your views, nor are you trying to convince people who don't already agree with you.
Maybe there's a reason that "this isn't the way people think these days." Maybe people generally think rationally, and your ideas don't stand up to scrutiny.
Why would the authenticity be questioned more than with current methods of taking prints? In the end it comes down to trusting that the police are not fabricating the evidence, and I don't think this system makes it any easier to fabricate fingerprints than it already is.
This is a very complete review of both devices, covering almost every aspect of the products that would be important to consumers. However, there seems to be no mention of the price of either item. I'm probably going to buy an SP since it beat the G3 by one point, but I don't know how much either one costs. Maybe I'll go for the G3 if the price/performance ratio beats the SP.
Taking out 40 key developers would kill Linux.
I hate it when they use fake people as reviewers...
Unfortunately, like many other products, its presence on the market hinders the availability and viability of other unique and competitive products like Flight Unlimited.
OK... So why don't you use Flight Unlimited instead of Flight Simulator?
Isn't this just going to lead to LESS people watching TV? There's a fine line between advertising that is effective and advertising that turns customers away. It seems that marketing people don't understand this simple concept. Personally, I don't think it will take them too long to figure how stupid this idea is.
It's about time big companies realize that they can't just take over someone's system because their software is installed. It's not just AOL; programs like Realplayer and Quicktime do this also. Hopefully this settlement will discourage this type of behaviour in the future.
You made some interesting points in your post.
...and more than 60 other games, if you don't like any of the above.
- Microsoft has no worthwile games for the Xbox.
Really? Lets see...
-Dead or Alive 3 [Exclusive]
-Max Payne
-Jet Set Radio Future [Exclusive]
-Project Gotham Racing [Exclusive]
-Halo [Exclusive]
-Tony Hawk 3
-Rallisport Challenge [Exclusive]
- Halo is ok.
It seems like you are contradicting your first point here...
- Microsoft reduced the price of the Xbox.
Yes, Microsoft reduced the price of the xbox. Sony reduced the price of the Playstation 2, and it ir rumored that the Gamecube is going to drop as well. What was your point again?
- Microsoft still has no games for the Xbox.
See my response to point one.
- A game company made an announcement that they will not develop games for the Xbox.
Thank you for restating what you thought the article was about. Unfortunately, you either didn't read it, or you didn't understand it. EA did not say they weren't going to make games for the Xbox. They said they were not going to support their online service. There is quite a big difference between the two.
I have seen several articles on .net in the last week. All of them have been from Java advocates or MS haters. Could we please get some unbiased articles on .net? It is going to be a very important technology in the future, whether you like it or not. It doesn't help anyone to only look at one side of the picture.
I use 8-port Apex KVM switches at work, and they have some nice features; they also have a few flaws. These KVM switches arent the cheap ones found in this review, but if your looking for higher end equipment I might be able to give some useful nformation.
The switches are only KVM, no sound, no USB. To change screens, you press the print screen key. It brings up a menu, and you can choose between any of your machines. The machines can all be named, so you know exactly what machine you are going to. Another nice feature is that you can chain them together for more than just 8 machines on the switch. My only real complaint is that sometimes the menu doesnt get erased when you switch machines, so you have to bring it up again and get rid of it. I havent had any problems with screen resolutions, keyboards or mice. Definitely worth looking into for a setup with more machines than two.
When the planes crashed into the world trade center the headline should have been "Planes do stuff"
While most people might spend most of their time on commercial sites, that doesn't mean everyone does. It also doen't mean that they are forced to. If a user feels like spending his time on commercial sites, it isn't my problem.
The whole point of the internet (ok theres not really one point to the internet) is to ALLOW everyone to be able to have their own sites or visit the sites they want. This doesn't mean that everyone should be forced to go to the "underground" sites. If someone wants to go to a sanitized news source, that does not hurt me in any way. I've never understood the problem with letting people use the internet how they want. There will always be an "underground" on the net for people who want to go there.
What is the obsession with reaching version 1.0? It's not a finished product until then? Then tell me why I have been using it for everything that several finished products can do. It won't have bugs by the time it reaches 1.0? I cant understand that either. It's not everyone will stop working on it when it reaches 1.0, so that means version 1.0 is just another version in the middle of hundreds of others.
What is really important is that the browser keeps getting better, and it is. With each release they fix tons of bugs. That isn't going to change when it reaches 1.0. I don't care if it never reaches 1.0 as long as it keeps getting better. They could call the next release 1.0 and everyone would be excited, but it wouldn't really mean anything. Just like the actual 1.0 release won't.
When I first started using the web, I followed almost every link I saw, used several bad search engines, and got nowhere. I'll admit that I found sites that I never would have otherwise found, but the waste of time getting there just wasn't worth it.
I think after the excitement of the web died down a bit, everyone realized how to use it, and now uses it much more efficiently. They don't go all over the place randomly; they go straight to what they want. If you are a new user to the web it still feels exciting and new. Sadly, most people aren't new users which isn't such a bad thing really.
The last "protests" in many locations only had around ten people there. This was due in part to the confusion over the cancelation, then un-cancelation. Hopefully this time we can make a strong showing in every city with a protest.
If you show up at a protest, make sure you have plenty of information about the DMCA that most people will understand. Most people can understand that someone is wrongly imprisoned, but they need to know why. They need to know that there are laws being passed that restrict their freedom. They need to understand that this isn't going to be the only time someone is imprisoned for violating the DMCA. If nobody feels a threat to their freedom, they won't care.
When people used to go to arcades they got to play the newest and most advanced games. There was no way that any home system could compete with them. As video game systems and computers became more advanced they could run every game that was in arcades and more. Combine this with the price of arcades constantly going up, and no one wants to play anymore.
I don't really care about the loss of arcade developers because there will always be video games, just in a different form. If you really like the arcade feel, you can build your own and play your games on that. Search the net for plans and with about $400 you'll never be without an arcade again.
Anyone who wants to use these drivers can find them online already, so this won't stop the people who really want to cheat. The people who wouldn't cheat aren't going to use these if they are included, so the conclusion is...
It wont make a difference!
There are so many auto-aim, modelhack, wallhack, bots, etc... that this will make no difference. Just play the game, and ignore the cheaters.
I've seen some of loki's games run, and running on a Celeron 366 with 32MB of RAM is not optimal. It sounds like a great idea in theory, but when you're getting 5 frames per second, you'll take the game over to your PC and play it. Either that or you'll put a game in your PS2/Nintendo-whatever and get a game with a good frame-rate. These all-in-one boxes never work, and in this case I think it's got even more drawbacks than usual. :)
All that aside, it's cooler than not having loki games for it
Sure they can make IP laws all over the world. What is the chance that they will be enforced everywhere? Zero. In some Asian countries practically everything you can buy is pirated. They have copyright laws, but they aren't enforced. People would see these and say "Hey another stupid unenforceable law." They would then continue selling pirated Win2k CDs.
My opinion - Don't worry too much.
No matter how good your skills are, European companies are not likely to sponsor a work permit. The best route is to find an american company that will send you over there.
Here's some information about working in Europe. Hope you'll have some luck finding work over there.
It's cool to see this done on a 2d display, but I bet its possible to set up a projector to display it on the inside of a globe-screen. It wouldn't be able to get the full 360 of course, but most people can't see 360 degrees anyway. Even if it was 360 degrees, it would look a whole lot less distorted on a curved surface...
Just my $.02