I can already do that, though, provided a computer with DVI-output (eg: any new Mac), and a TV with HDMI-input (eg: pretty much any new TV worth owning) is available for use at the house I'm going to.
Your method requires not only a Mac, but a relatively new Mac, a high definition TV, and a short enough distance between the two to hook up a rather expensive cable.
Any bets on how many target users actually have a setup like that? It's not practical...
... but how about the ability to plug an RCA or S-Video jack directly from your very portable iPod into a TV and calling it a day?
Are you actually suggesting that their main function is to allow you to take your music to a friends house and play on their stereo?
Although I'm not the parent poster, I can attest that many users purchase iPods to plug into their stereos at work. It happens here constantly, and I highly doubt we're the only ones. The point of an iPod is to have ridiculous amounts of music with you in your pocket that you can access anywhere. How would this not translate well with movies? What is the fundamental difference between hooking it up to earphones or to speakers?
In my office at least, OSS tools are generally used because they don't require running out and getting licenses and are free. OSS popularity probably has less to do with supporting the open-source movement and more to do with the sheer convenience of downloading free programs that get the job done.
I would also imagine that Eclipse and its plugins have a bit to do with this.
The problem is that Verizon advertises the phone as having bluetooth capabilities, but declines to remark that the functionality is, indeed, crippled. Thus, the folks who bought this phone expecting it to deliver on that are a bit miffed that Verizon has omitted basic file functionality, yet continues to market the bluetooth aspect of the phone.
Well, the gut reaction is to say this a bad and terrible thing (also a bit silly, as it seems to me that anyone with any technical know-how would just use internet-based mail to get sneaky anyhow), but really, if you're on their payroll, isn't it well within their right to make sure you're not doing damage to them?
At the very least, it seems like a good way for the companies to weed out the idiots who would be stupid enough to send questional material through their servers.
Yeah, it sucks to be being watched and not trusted like that, but this shouldn't outrage anyone. They'll probably reverse their policies when the costs of something like this start racking up with nothing to show for it.
Yup, the collector's edition. I've got it. I believe all it did for the graphical end of things was just up the resolution to something like 640*480 (please correct me if I'm wrong).
I've got a big monitor, so it doesn't look too good there - I'm talking about a full-blown remake, new engine, new models, sounds, the works, but with the same missions and the same gameplay.
Nope, I just remember how much I played that game, and whenever it is mentioned I miss it. Just an awesome game, took a LONG time to beat, you could re-play it 5000 different ways, etc. For an updated version of that with modern graphics (really, it's just the resolution and textures), I would throw down decent cash - many, many hours of fun would be had for me, so I find it worth it. Hell, I basically bought an XBox just for Halo.
Maybe, but the also-equipped shields would probably ensure you'd never have children.
But perhaps if you diverted all power away from shields to the engines and lasers...
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You are correct, sir. Update the graphics and lead the gameplay alone (just add more ships and up the AI). Oh, and include all of the expansion packs, and bring back the X-Wing capability where you could build up other pilots and then use them as your wingmen...
They obviously can't get it into their heads that sending SMS while driving is no different from adjusting the stereo or changing gear.
Interesting, I have yet to see a phone that's designed to be very simple to operate without having to look at it, as opposed to car stereos which are designed with this basic functionality in mind. When's the last time you drove a car that required you to look at the gear shift or radio to change it?
In fact it's a hell of a lot safer than chattering into a hands-free kit (and a million times safer than chatting directly into the phone)
Maybe, but only if you can do it without looking at the phone. At least the pricks who blab away on their phones while driving are watching the road.
Come on, the parent has very valid points. Game systems are also nicer than PCs in the respect that you don't have to worry about configuring games or worry about how it's going to perform or whatnot. People really dig that.
Your strategy of making a general statement and then saying "Oh, I really meant *specific limiting condition*" is also not very convincing.
Yes, I made a mistake about a detail and I brought that forth myself as a mistake whereas you tried to take a fleet of game numbers and then compare them to two games and make it sound like it carried some weight.
Do you have sales numbers broken down by age ranges to prove this? Or are you just automatically assuming that nobody 18+ would ever want to play Pokemon?
Nope, but I do have some common sense, know lots of gamers, read in the gaming forums to see what people are playing, and even occasionally go to LAN parties and such once in a blue moon. If you believe that there are close to as many people in that demographic that are playing Pokemon games to the stuff that PS2 and Xbox has, then great.
I know many (college-age and adult) people that hate Halo, and would much rather sit around playing SSB and SSBM if given a choice.
And how many more do you know think the other way around?
Disagreeing with you makes me a fanboy? Umm, ok.
Absolutely not, but having a thrashing reaction because I and some other guy spoke somewhat poorly of Nintendo is usually a pretty good indicator.
No, I like to play games that are fun, and that provide an overall good gaming experience.
I wasn't referring to you in that sentence, but the answer you provided accounts for everyone who likes to play games. I was referring specifically to those who like to play the subset of games that are geared towards a younger audience.
Many games on Nintendo systems offer that, and hence I play them - I don't subscribe to the "OMG, this game has bright colors and/or some cuteness, it is teh kiddie!!!!111" mentality, sorry.
No need to apologize for your tastes, I could not care less, none of this was an attack. I don't care what games you like (that behavior is about as dorky and you can get), the basic commentary wasn't about that, it was that Nintendo makes games geared towards kids and are seemingly losing share for it among the fans of the more "mature" games and it's a shame. The end.
Maybe it's not. So what? Nintendo's not leading the market, but they're not exactly doing badly either.
Good, let's just agree here then. I hope they come out with something incredible and put out some more action-oriented games. Competition is good and it would be nice to see Nintendo become a little more competitive.
It seemed he was trying to insinuate that Nintendo titles are largely "a bunch of mario spinoffs and tetris.", and hence, un-original.
What he was getting at was that Nintendo markets towards the younger demographic, and they're not going to appeal to the older demographic with the stuff they generally put out.
Perhaps you could mention some specific titles, because i'm not seeing it here.
Zelda, Mario, Mario-Kart, Metroid, the Pokemon games you mentioned (in the sense there's a large amount of them), etc. This wouldn't be (and really isn't) a big deal, but their big games always seem to be a Mario or a Zelda or whatnot, and it seems Nintendo doesn't have too much 3rd party support. It just seems like if you buy a Nintendo, you're going to be playing updated versions of the NES favorites we played from twenty years ago, and that's it.
As well, I have to wonder why people always condem only Nintendo for re-using characters, when the number of sequels (not to mention total-piece-of-crap games) on the PS1 & 2 is gigantic.
Because Nintendo has been doing it and not too much else for about two decades, perhaps?
Ah, so that's why the two Smash Bros. titles sold a combined total of ~3 million or so?
Halo 2, all by itself, sold 2.4 million copies. In one day.
The point is moot anyhow; I was implying that given a choice between playing something like Halo and SSB, your demographic of 18+ (which I should have specified in my original post, but didn't) is probably going to go for Halo. Although SSB is a good game (I own it), I basically bought it because it was one of the few games that I could sit around with some buddies and play. Then we got XBoxs and only play Halo 2. Sure, this is anecdotal, but I have a feeling my story is mirrored by some others.
Or why the Pokemon games have sold more than Halo 1 & 2 combined a few times over?
Your strategy of taking an entire series of games and then comparing their combined sales numbers to a single game isn't very convincing. I wasn't referring to the under 15 market demographic (though I did not and should have specified that). I'm talking about people who can drive. Not too many of them are interested in Pokemon.
I'm guessing you probably don't know as much about the average American kid (or game player in general) as you think you do.
Yes, sales numbers clearly indicate that American kids are running in absolute droves to pick up Nintendo games in the face of Sony and MS offerings, especially the 18+ crowd. There's no need to make assinine remarks like that because I made some remarks about the console that you made yourself a fanboy over. You like to play games geared to a young audience? Great. Think that's the majority case? Probably not.
"If Nintendo can handle staying out of the spotlight for a little while, and then show up the next year with a console superior to the other two and good lineup of games, all the attention will be focused on them."
You mean after the target demographic already invested 500 plus dollars in a console already? Interesting idea, but it doesn't seem very sound, and Nintendo would have to do a lot better than Super Mario 4 (they really need to get into action games) to hold gamers' away from the competition when Halo 3 or whatever is right there.
Your parent poster wasn't talking about game originality or whatnot, he was talking about games that people generally want to play.
And please, let's not talk about gaming originality and Nintendo. The majority of their games seem to be sequels with the same tired characters with the same sort of gameplay. Yes, I know there are exceptions, but noone cares about originality in their games, they care about how fun they are to play. And I don't care how you cut it, your average American kid would probably rather run his friends over with trucks in Halo then play Smash Brothers Five.
Because it might be a thin client that would allow you to surf the internet and control your iTunes (now with video capability) through Airport Express?
I very much doubt this is merely a standalone tablet, just with OS X installed.
Friendly word of warning; BayTSP did send me a notice for downloading episodes of BSG off BitTorrent (more specifically from ISOHunt). This was back in January, when the episodes were all copied in the UK but hadn't aired yet in the US. This may or may not explain why you haven't gotten anything from them or not, but just be aware that at least at some point, BayTSP were looking for BSG users.
Let me recommend a program called PeerGuardian if you're going to continue to download - it's far from completely safe, but it does block out many known IP addresses of companies like BayTSP. When you're downloading with BT, you can actually watch the PeerGuardian log as these companies try to hit you, so at the very least it provides some minimal protection.
Just a word of advice, be very wary of downloading BSG; I did receive a BayTSP notice through my ISP for downloading episodes. This was back in January, when the episodes had already aired in the UK, which may or may not have anything to do with why I got one and you didn't.
At any rate, just wanted to spread the word. If you're going to continue downloading, I'd recommend you at least use a program called Peerguardian; it certainly doesn't guarantee protection, however it does filter out a large amount of IPs (many of them belonging to BayTSP). You can see them trying to hit your connection as you use BitTorrent, so it does provide at least some small amount of protection.
I always found that if you're coding OOP, code is generally simpler to understand (assuming methods aren't obnoxiously large). Meaningful variable names and such generally take care of that.
The problem arises when I have to modify a portion of our business application (about 500 classes or so). On any given screen, we might have fifteen objects working with each other, and so the key to this isn't figuring out what the method and variable stuff does, but what the actual OOP design was. The code itself is usually very readable, but there is a lot of skipping around through various interfaces and helper objects.
This is why you can't count merely on self-documenting code, especially when you're working with polymorphism and OOP. Document at a design level!
Ya know, the scariest thing about this is that Bush and friends are pushing laws like this and they clearly aren't what the people want. Why is our government bending over for the big businesses?
The government used to watch over us, now it just watches us.
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I can already do that, though, provided a computer with DVI-output (eg: any new Mac), and a TV with HDMI-input (eg: pretty much any new TV worth owning) is available for use at the house I'm going to.
... but how about the ability to plug an RCA or S-Video jack directly from your very portable iPod into a TV and calling it a day?
Your method requires not only a Mac, but a relatively new Mac, a high definition TV, and a short enough distance between the two to hook up a rather expensive cable.
Any bets on how many target users actually have a setup like that? It's not practical...
Are you actually suggesting that their main function is to allow you to take your music to a friends house and play on their stereo?
Although I'm not the parent poster, I can attest that many users purchase iPods to plug into their stereos at work. It happens here constantly, and I highly doubt we're the only ones. The point of an iPod is to have ridiculous amounts of music with you in your pocket that you can access anywhere. How would this not translate well with movies? What is the fundamental difference between hooking it up to earphones or to speakers?
In my office at least, OSS tools are generally used because they don't require running out and getting licenses and are free. OSS popularity probably has less to do with supporting the open-source movement and more to do with the sheer convenience of downloading free programs that get the job done.
I would also imagine that Eclipse and its plugins have a bit to do with this.
The problem is that Verizon advertises the phone as having bluetooth capabilities, but declines to remark that the functionality is, indeed, crippled. Thus, the folks who bought this phone expecting it to deliver on that are a bit miffed that Verizon has omitted basic file functionality, yet continues to market the bluetooth aspect of the phone.
No offense taken at all, excellent post!
Well, the gut reaction is to say this a bad and terrible thing (also a bit silly, as it seems to me that anyone with any technical know-how would just use internet-based mail to get sneaky anyhow), but really, if you're on their payroll, isn't it well within their right to make sure you're not doing damage to them?
At the very least, it seems like a good way for the companies to weed out the idiots who would be stupid enough to send questional material through their servers.
Yeah, it sucks to be being watched and not trusted like that, but this shouldn't outrage anyone. They'll probably reverse their policies when the costs of something like this start racking up with nothing to show for it.
Yup, the collector's edition. I've got it. I believe all it did for the graphical end of things was just up the resolution to something like 640*480 (please correct me if I'm wrong).
I've got a big monitor, so it doesn't look too good there - I'm talking about a full-blown remake, new engine, new models, sounds, the works, but with the same missions and the same gameplay.
Nope, I just remember how much I played that game, and whenever it is mentioned I miss it. Just an awesome game, took a LONG time to beat, you could re-play it 5000 different ways, etc. For an updated version of that with modern graphics (really, it's just the resolution and textures), I would throw down decent cash - many, many hours of fun would be had for me, so I find it worth it. Hell, I basically bought an XBox just for Halo.
Yeah, that'd be awesome too. Cooperative with swarms of fighters and lots of capital ships would be AMAZING.
Ah, but then you've got the missle boat loaded with 40 advanced concussion missles and one of the most advanced engines ever. Just hit "n" baby...
.. this unfortunately still fares poorly for genitalia, however.
Maybe, but the also-equipped shields would probably ensure you'd never have children.
But perhaps if you diverted all power away from shields to the engines and lasers...
You are correct, sir. Update the graphics and lead the gameplay alone (just add more ships and up the AI). Oh, and include all of the expansion packs, and bring back the X-Wing capability where you could build up other pilots and then use them as your wingmen...
I would drop 200 bucks for that game.
Interesting, but I'm usually weary of the desks whose lasers are aimed squarely at my balls.
... and an incredibly effective female repellant. Obviously should've chosen a TIE Interceptor.
They obviously can't get it into their heads that sending SMS while driving is no different from adjusting the stereo or changing gear.
Interesting, I have yet to see a phone that's designed to be very simple to operate without having to look at it, as opposed to car stereos which are designed with this basic functionality in mind. When's the last time you drove a car that required you to look at the gear shift or radio to change it?
In fact it's a hell of a lot safer than chattering into a hands-free kit (and a million times safer than chatting directly into the phone)
Maybe, but only if you can do it without looking at the phone. At least the pricks who blab away on their phones while driving are watching the road.
Come on, the parent has very valid points. Game systems are also nicer than PCs in the respect that you don't have to worry about configuring games or worry about how it's going to perform or whatnot. People really dig that.
Your strategy of making a general statement and then saying "Oh, I really meant *specific limiting condition*" is also not very convincing.
Yes, I made a mistake about a detail and I brought that forth myself as a mistake whereas you tried to take a fleet of game numbers and then compare them to two games and make it sound like it carried some weight.
Do you have sales numbers broken down by age ranges to prove this? Or are you just automatically assuming that nobody 18+ would ever want to play Pokemon?
Nope, but I do have some common sense, know lots of gamers, read in the gaming forums to see what people are playing, and even occasionally go to LAN parties and such once in a blue moon. If you believe that there are close to as many people in that demographic that are playing Pokemon games to the stuff that PS2 and Xbox has, then great.
I know many (college-age and adult) people that hate Halo, and would much rather sit around playing SSB and SSBM if given a choice.
And how many more do you know think the other way around?
Disagreeing with you makes me a fanboy? Umm, ok.
Absolutely not, but having a thrashing reaction because I and some other guy spoke somewhat poorly of Nintendo is usually a pretty good indicator.
No, I like to play games that are fun, and that provide an overall good gaming experience.
I wasn't referring to you in that sentence, but the answer you provided accounts for everyone who likes to play games. I was referring specifically to those who like to play the subset of games that are geared towards a younger audience.
Many games on Nintendo systems offer that, and hence I play them - I don't subscribe to the "OMG, this game has bright colors and/or some cuteness, it is teh kiddie!!!!111" mentality, sorry.
No need to apologize for your tastes, I could not care less, none of this was an attack. I don't care what games you like (that behavior is about as dorky and you can get), the basic commentary wasn't about that, it was that Nintendo makes games geared towards kids and are seemingly losing share for it among the fans of the more "mature" games and it's a shame. The end.
Maybe it's not. So what? Nintendo's not leading the market, but they're not exactly doing badly either.
Good, let's just agree here then. I hope they come out with something incredible and put out some more action-oriented games. Competition is good and it would be nice to see Nintendo become a little more competitive.
It seemed he was trying to insinuate that Nintendo titles are largely "a bunch of mario spinoffs and tetris.", and hence, un-original.
What he was getting at was that Nintendo markets towards the younger demographic, and they're not going to appeal to the older demographic with the stuff they generally put out.
Perhaps you could mention some specific titles, because i'm not seeing it here.
Zelda, Mario, Mario-Kart, Metroid, the Pokemon games you mentioned (in the sense there's a large amount of them), etc. This wouldn't be (and really isn't) a big deal, but their big games always seem to be a Mario or a Zelda or whatnot, and it seems Nintendo doesn't have too much 3rd party support. It just seems like if you buy a Nintendo, you're going to be playing updated versions of the NES favorites we played from twenty years ago, and that's it.
As well, I have to wonder why people always condem only Nintendo for re-using characters, when the number of sequels (not to mention total-piece-of-crap games) on the PS1 & 2 is gigantic.
Because Nintendo has been doing it and not too much else for about two decades, perhaps?
Ah, so that's why the two Smash Bros. titles sold a combined total of ~3 million or so?
Halo 2, all by itself, sold 2.4 million copies. In one day.
The point is moot anyhow; I was implying that given a choice between playing something like Halo and SSB, your demographic of 18+ (which I should have specified in my original post, but didn't) is probably going to go for Halo. Although SSB is a good game (I own it), I basically bought it because it was one of the few games that I could sit around with some buddies and play. Then we got XBoxs and only play Halo 2. Sure, this is anecdotal, but I have a feeling my story is mirrored by some others.
Or why the Pokemon games have sold more than Halo 1 & 2 combined a few times over?
Your strategy of taking an entire series of games and then comparing their combined sales numbers to a single game isn't very convincing. I wasn't referring to the under 15 market demographic (though I did not and should have specified that). I'm talking about people who can drive. Not too many of them are interested in Pokemon.
I'm guessing you probably don't know as much about the average American kid (or game player in general) as you think you do.
Yes, sales numbers clearly indicate that American kids are running in absolute droves to pick up Nintendo games in the face of Sony and MS offerings, especially the 18+ crowd. There's no need to make assinine remarks like that because I made some remarks about the console that you made yourself a fanboy over. You like to play games geared to a young audience? Great. Think that's the majority case? Probably not.
"If Nintendo can handle staying out of the spotlight for a little while, and then show up the next year with a console superior to the other two and good lineup of games, all the attention will be focused on them."
You mean after the target demographic already invested 500 plus dollars in a console already? Interesting idea, but it doesn't seem very sound, and Nintendo would have to do a lot better than Super Mario 4 (they really need to get into action games) to hold gamers' away from the competition when Halo 3 or whatever is right there.
Your parent poster wasn't talking about game originality or whatnot, he was talking about games that people generally want to play.
And please, let's not talk about gaming originality and Nintendo. The majority of their games seem to be sequels with the same tired characters with the same sort of gameplay. Yes, I know there are exceptions, but noone cares about originality in their games, they care about how fun they are to play. And I don't care how you cut it, your average American kid would probably rather run his friends over with trucks in Halo then play Smash Brothers Five.
I very much doubt this is merely a standalone tablet, just with OS X installed.
Friendly word of warning; BayTSP did send me a notice for downloading episodes of BSG off BitTorrent (more specifically from ISOHunt). This was back in January, when the episodes were all copied in the UK but hadn't aired yet in the US. This may or may not explain why you haven't gotten anything from them or not, but just be aware that at least at some point, BayTSP were looking for BSG users.
Let me recommend a program called PeerGuardian if you're going to continue to download - it's far from completely safe, but it does block out many known IP addresses of companies like BayTSP. When you're downloading with BT, you can actually watch the PeerGuardian log as these companies try to hit you, so at the very least it provides some minimal protection.
Just a word of advice, be very wary of downloading BSG; I did receive a BayTSP notice through my ISP for downloading episodes. This was back in January, when the episodes had already aired in the UK, which may or may not have anything to do with why I got one and you didn't.
At any rate, just wanted to spread the word. If you're going to continue downloading, I'd recommend you at least use a program called Peerguardian; it certainly doesn't guarantee protection, however it does filter out a large amount of IPs (many of them belonging to BayTSP). You can see them trying to hit your connection as you use BitTorrent, so it does provide at least some small amount of protection.
The problem arises when I have to modify a portion of our business application (about 500 classes or so). On any given screen, we might have fifteen objects working with each other, and so the key to this isn't figuring out what the method and variable stuff does, but what the actual OOP design was. The code itself is usually very readable, but there is a lot of skipping around through various interfaces and helper objects.
This is why you can't count merely on self-documenting code, especially when you're working with polymorphism and OOP. Document at a design level!
Ya know, the scariest thing about this is that Bush and friends are pushing laws like this and they clearly aren't what the people want. Why is our government bending over for the big businesses?
The government used to watch over us, now it just watches us.
I highly doubt the /. crowd will be quick to click any link that ends in a ".cx"