Difference here is that removing the CD check is not something complex and time-consuming. Making a whole new portion of multiplayer code, on the other hand, is.
If standard multiplayer gaming, which involves far less data being sent back and forth between players, still doesn't properly work and often ends up in disconnections, lag and desync issues, I seriously doubt they'll fare any better, bar having servers in every major city in the world with fiber connections linking them together. At that point, the price tag would probably be so high it would become useless to subscribe. Sure, right now it's looking good with a handful of players all set in perfect conditions (see OnLive with a few dozens of players at most), but if they get a couple thousands, their stuff will crawl to a halt or they'll need to severely diminish the quality of what you're getting (be it smaller resolution, worse graphics fidelity, faster/worse looking encoding or a mix of all that and more). Remember they have to send the commands from the client, then stream the video and the audio back. Since it's unlikely they'll send that unencoded (otherwise it'd never run on 1Mb/s), they have to encode both live while not losing too much quality; that surely means a large impact on maximum performance.
I seriously don't see that working anytime soon, except if it is 100$/month in South Korea only.
I don't want to sound like a detractor of free software (I actually favor FLOSS as much as I can), but it's not like Linux doesn't have any malware written for it. Sure, it's to a lesser degree, but it's still there and I'm not sure the costs of removing them are systematically calculated into the TCO either.
Um... No. Let's do a test: you grab that Wii MotionPlus over there. I grab my mouse and keyboard over here. We do a deathmatch for a bit and see who wins, mkay?
Seriously, there IS a difference, it is not an imaginary fallacy like you seem to think. Controllers let you do actions that would otherwise be impossible to do. Try playing God of War and tell me if you can pull out every single move in the game (otherwise what's the point of motion control?). Sure, it can work for golfing, bowling, tennis and a few things like that, but actual, physical controllers with buttons all over are far from dead.
Like podcasting is necessarily any better? Using a trademark (iPod) term combined with an English word as opposed to using a perfectly fine and dare I say self-explaining neologism on the basis that you think Quebec is overstepping? Who's in the wrong when I can't listen to France's TV without hearing an English word dropped in a French sentence every five minutes for no apparent reason (cringeworthy accent included, free!)?
I beg to differ. As someone who travelled in France, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Austria and many other places, I can tell you even the hotel staff couldn't say anything beyond "yes" and "no" in English.
What you see are higher spheres talking their asses off. What you don't is that the populace, for the most part, doesn't give a rat's ass about it and keeps on speaking the language they have for centuries. Sure, more and more people learn English as a second language, but I haven't seen many completely turning over to English. Plus, the opposite also exists.
Funny you say that; while it is true the Quebec accent is often dissed by France French, the people there are actually in a large "Englishfest", in that they will start using English expressions out of context for no apparent reason. It's as if I said "Hey, sorry for being en retard!" as opposed to "Hey, sorry for being late!". Is there any point? No. But they still do it.
In comparison, Quebec French has "Quebecismes", but those are as often inspired from English as they can be from other languages or even downright created for specific purposes. In recent years, official French has improved in Quebec while it appears to be degrading off in France. Oh and, have you EVER heard a French from France try speaking English? As a French Quebecer who speaks fluent English, I cringe every single time.
If you were outnumbered 1:45 as far as languages go in your own continent, maybe you would have a different point of view? Quebec is extremely isolated and always has been; despite the common history between the province and Canada, there have always been two very different cultures which can be symbolized as a language difference (IE one culture came from Britain, the other from France) and often actually revolve around said difference. Culture, for the most part, is transmitted through language. Hence, it is important for all nations to keep their language strong so their culture does not suffer from it. Your culture is your identity.
I'll say this: I have no problem with Canadians. I personally know many Canadians and enjoy their presence, I like them just as I would any Quebecer. However, I take pride in my language, I take pride in my culture. I don't think that's such a problem, now is it? But if we do nothing, we will eventually lose this (due to international influence, due to laws and regulations, due to politics, whatever).
Also, I'd suggest you check the news. Independendists haven't been elected in a little while, so any movement you might've noticed in recent years was made by the people, not the government.
Precisely. You have no idea how many people I know who want to get a Mac for the "cool" factor while they won't use even a tenth of the hardware that is there. For most people, a notebook is NOT going to be used for processor-intensive applications, so that low-end Core 2 Duo is more appropriate than the flagship quad-core hyperthreaded one, despite the more expensive computer not being necessarily overpriced for what it offers.
Sure, but the less efficient a weapon is, the smaller the amount of victims gets. If you could kill as much people with a knife as you did with an atomic bomb, why would anyone have gone past the knife level?
I know it's just removing a symptom of a larger cause, but it's better than nothing...
Plus, if we allow Creationism to be separated from theology, we need to allow any sort of religious group wanting to get their "theories" (read: dogma) an official recognition in the form of a PhD/Master.
I don't think that kind of thing is actually meaningful at all. Sure, they are gaining more people to try out their beta. The issue is with whether they'll be able to keep them.
Look at Google Chrome; the browser's first few weeks were all rosy as people flocked to the browser. After a few months, though, things got back to "normal" and users went back to their usual browser after the hype machine had died down and the novelty wore off. If they can get that percentage and KEEP it, then we can say they've achieved something.
It reminds me of the oil companies; they're in an oligopoly and have no need to get out of it. Competition in a capitalistic market is not a good thing, it's necessary. Otherwise, shit like this happens.
"WebSlices give you an easy way to access frequently updated Web data, such as eBay listings or sections of a news-site page. When you hover the mouse over a content area on a page that supports this IE feature (...)"
Uh... And of course that's not something that completely goes in the opposite direction of standards, right? Making YET another thingy that only works in IE and requires specific code?
I guess I'll be waiting for IE10 before remotely thinking about the possibility of eventually using it very occasionally.
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Sorry if I don't feed on "legends", but I'll pass on this one.
Difference here is that removing the CD check is not something complex and time-consuming. Making a whole new portion of multiplayer code, on the other hand, is.
If standard multiplayer gaming, which involves far less data being sent back and forth between players, still doesn't properly work and often ends up in disconnections, lag and desync issues, I seriously doubt they'll fare any better, bar having servers in every major city in the world with fiber connections linking them together. At that point, the price tag would probably be so high it would become useless to subscribe. Sure, right now it's looking good with a handful of players all set in perfect conditions (see OnLive with a few dozens of players at most), but if they get a couple thousands, their stuff will crawl to a halt or they'll need to severely diminish the quality of what you're getting (be it smaller resolution, worse graphics fidelity, faster/worse looking encoding or a mix of all that and more). Remember they have to send the commands from the client, then stream the video and the audio back. Since it's unlikely they'll send that unencoded (otherwise it'd never run on 1Mb/s), they have to encode both live while not losing too much quality; that surely means a large impact on maximum performance.
I seriously don't see that working anytime soon, except if it is 100$/month in South Korea only.
At least the other manufacturers you are listing here have removeable batteries...
I don't want to sound like a detractor of free software (I actually favor FLOSS as much as I can), but it's not like Linux doesn't have any malware written for it. Sure, it's to a lesser degree, but it's still there and I'm not sure the costs of removing them are systematically calculated into the TCO either.
Um... No. Let's do a test: you grab that Wii MotionPlus over there. I grab my mouse and keyboard over here. We do a deathmatch for a bit and see who wins, mkay?
Seriously, there IS a difference, it is not an imaginary fallacy like you seem to think. Controllers let you do actions that would otherwise be impossible to do. Try playing God of War and tell me if you can pull out every single move in the game (otherwise what's the point of motion control?). Sure, it can work for golfing, bowling, tennis and a few things like that, but actual, physical controllers with buttons all over are far from dead.
Walmart wanting to shut down their DRM servers?
I, for one, welcome our new open source Canuck overlords.
It appears the film has also taken $112M for global opening weekend, which makes it very likely it'll turn a profit.
Ya both mean OnLive, right?
Like podcasting is necessarily any better? Using a trademark (iPod) term combined with an English word as opposed to using a perfectly fine and dare I say self-explaining neologism on the basis that you think Quebec is overstepping? Who's in the wrong when I can't listen to France's TV without hearing an English word dropped in a French sentence every five minutes for no apparent reason (cringeworthy accent included, free!)?
I beg to differ. As someone who travelled in France, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Austria and many other places, I can tell you even the hotel staff couldn't say anything beyond "yes" and "no" in English.
What you see are higher spheres talking their asses off. What you don't is that the populace, for the most part, doesn't give a rat's ass about it and keeps on speaking the language they have for centuries. Sure, more and more people learn English as a second language, but I haven't seen many completely turning over to English. Plus, the opposite also exists.
Funny you say that; while it is true the Quebec accent is often dissed by France French, the people there are actually in a large "Englishfest", in that they will start using English expressions out of context for no apparent reason. It's as if I said "Hey, sorry for being en retard!" as opposed to "Hey, sorry for being late!". Is there any point? No. But they still do it.
In comparison, Quebec French has "Quebecismes", but those are as often inspired from English as they can be from other languages or even downright created for specific purposes. In recent years, official French has improved in Quebec while it appears to be degrading off in France. Oh and, have you EVER heard a French from France try speaking English? As a French Quebecer who speaks fluent English, I cringe every single time.
If you were outnumbered 1:45 as far as languages go in your own continent, maybe you would have a different point of view? Quebec is extremely isolated and always has been; despite the common history between the province and Canada, there have always been two very different cultures which can be symbolized as a language difference (IE one culture came from Britain, the other from France) and often actually revolve around said difference. Culture, for the most part, is transmitted through language. Hence, it is important for all nations to keep their language strong so their culture does not suffer from it. Your culture is your identity.
I'll say this: I have no problem with Canadians. I personally know many Canadians and enjoy their presence, I like them just as I would any Quebecer. However, I take pride in my language, I take pride in my culture. I don't think that's such a problem, now is it? But if we do nothing, we will eventually lose this (due to international influence, due to laws and regulations, due to politics, whatever).
Also, I'd suggest you check the news. Independendists haven't been elected in a little while, so any movement you might've noticed in recent years was made by the people, not the government.
Precisely. You have no idea how many people I know who want to get a Mac for the "cool" factor while they won't use even a tenth of the hardware that is there. For most people, a notebook is NOT going to be used for processor-intensive applications, so that low-end Core 2 Duo is more appropriate than the flagship quad-core hyperthreaded one, despite the more expensive computer not being necessarily overpriced for what it offers.
Sure, but the less efficient a weapon is, the smaller the amount of victims gets. If you could kill as much people with a knife as you did with an atomic bomb, why would anyone have gone past the knife level?
I know it's just removing a symptom of a larger cause, but it's better than nothing...
Plus, if we allow Creationism to be separated from theology, we need to allow any sort of religious group wanting to get their "theories" (read: dogma) an official recognition in the form of a PhD/Master.
Ya, my bluescreen never looked so pretty!
I don't think that kind of thing is actually meaningful at all. Sure, they are gaining more people to try out their beta. The issue is with whether they'll be able to keep them.
Look at Google Chrome; the browser's first few weeks were all rosy as people flocked to the browser. After a few months, though, things got back to "normal" and users went back to their usual browser after the hype machine had died down and the novelty wore off. If they can get that percentage and KEEP it, then we can say they've achieved something.
It reminds me of the oil companies; they're in an oligopoly and have no need to get out of it. Competition in a capitalistic market is not a good thing, it's necessary. Otherwise, shit like this happens.
(Yet, I'm a Videotron customer. Go figure)
"WebSlices give you an easy way to access frequently updated Web data, such as eBay listings or sections of a news-site page. When you hover the mouse over a content area on a page that supports this IE feature (...)"
Uh... And of course that's not something that completely goes in the opposite direction of standards, right? Making YET another thingy that only works in IE and requires specific code?
I guess I'll be waiting for IE10 before remotely thinking about the possibility of eventually using it very occasionally.
Guess the dad is named Sam...
All that from your flying car, I assume?
Nah, I say from his grave, from the look of things.
Now you can blame plane crashes on Flight Simulator!
Someone's been playing Left 4 Dead too much I think!