Games are designed to cache their levels on the hard drive for faster loading.....and the xbox will cache the last 3 games played.
When does it cache the data? When you play it for the first time...or atleast the first time since its cache was deleted. It installs the data without you even knowing, the only way you could possibly know, for example with Halo, is an extra 5 second load screen that you get used to not seeing if you play the game frequently.
That way the XBox is not dependent on CD-ROM access speeds to load levels, and thus we XBox gamers experience faster loading times overall than PS2 and GC gamers.
Exactly, not to mention I've used Visual Studio.NET for almost a year, besides for the lack of a service pack so far, it was definately well worth the commercial license....its easy to use, my friends who took Java in college were amazed with the usability for debugging as they had only been taught command line compiling and debugging on UNIX.
VS.NET has some of the most advanced tools, that can eliminate a huge waste of time managing make files, or debugging, or generating setup scripts.
I would suggest people hold back from knocking Microsoft's development tools.........because when it comes down to it, I can develop 2-3 times faster than most UNIX developers, with help that pops-up while you type, wizards to generate common code, and the built in setup that utilizes Windows Setup, automatically includes project dependencies, and sends your install program on its way.
People love to insult Microsoft because they are closed source and a huge corporation..but that does not mean their products are indecent. I for one do not care for having to configure, then build, then install a program on my unix servers just to find dependancy problems, path mis-matches, etc.
And WTF is your arguement? I stated PS/2 is still in 1st. The point of my post was Xbox is not in last, nor is it close to being in last place as the poster of the thread tried to paint.
Infact anyone who claims most of Xbox's titles suck, look at most of the PS/2 games....yes there are hits, but many of the other games that take up most of the space suck to most people as well. There are only a few (10-20) good titles on a platform at a time, at any time.
Have you stepped out of your house? You are completely full of **** not to mention extreamly biased. Go to best buy, funco land, gamestop, ANY PLACE THAT SELLS GAMES.
They have almost as many games and space dedicated to Xbox as PS2. What about Game Cube? About half the space. I am tired of the fact no body cares about facts on Slashdot. Xbox may not be on the top of the charts, or even close in Japan, but its clearly #2 in the United States and analists are predicting XBox will jump even further ahead of the Game Cube this holiday season.
Let me ask you this. Did you know 150,000 people bought XBox Live in the first week? Did you know there are over 200,000 XBox Live users as we speak (With friends/family logging in as guest, plus the 30,000 beta testers).
XBox is definately selling well in the US right now, and its picking up steam. PS/2 is still selling strong. Game Cube.....I don't know all of the facts, but I only know one person who owns one, and the games just aren't in the stores.....atleast the Game Stop and Best Buy near me have very few Game Cube games.
If Apple pushes into hollywood, several things happen:
People who use a mac typically end up preaching it.....so stick macs in the hands of hollywood......directors, compositors, effects artists, editors.....they all start bringing them home and pushing them with their friends....they start using them more and more for on-scene equipment props, giving apple free advertising (or maybe charging apple for the spot, but it still gives coverage), and causing more people to be interested in Apple's products.
Then Apple can also go around and claim all these movies are being done on a mac....and guess what, you get free software with a mac to make movies and dvds.......sure it might not be the same programs, but hey, it gets those ideas flowing from people who wish to start messing around with it.....and there you have it, they run out and buy a mac.
I think its all about image and advertising. The more professionals you have in the public eye using macs who will then turn around and preach them., the better it is for apple.
Infact, Apple should buy Pixar....then all these movies could start having the apple name and brand to go with them....just as many movies now have the Sony name. And there is another interesting note. Apple is competing head to head with Sony. They talk about wanting to be a house hold name, that their products should be thought of as the best just like Sony's. What a slap in the face when Sony ends up having to buy all their video compositing and editing software from Apple......think about it.
Atleast with.NET VB is no longer substandard. You can do everything in VB.Net you can in C# or J#. You can make a VB module run in a C# module run in a J# program. You can even mix in C++.....its rather neat, its Java without a specific language, its all shared runtimes and uses the same MSIL JIT setup. The only thing you can't do is x86 native, which you need C++.Net in unmanaged mode (no garbage collection, no JIT, no.NET framework).
I just recently bought their.net upgrade and actually was impressed after a year of calling it Microsoft Dot Not.
I dunno about that. I get Ziff Davis magazines for free. I just filled out a survey in hotmail the otherday and paid $6 to get 3 other magazines for a year.
Even more of a worry. 80% of the time I never go past the Slashdot front page unless I want to see peoples responses on something contraversial....
Then to add to the fact that slashdot doesn't even make its own content 99% of the time, and I see a problem. To me, this is no better than AOL charging money just to send you ads during its signin process. Why? You are charging money to send people to other people's content!
Be careful of the legal ramifications. Deep linking has been ruled to violate a sites terms, if any sites get upset that you are charging to send people to see their articles, you are toast.
Many unix users seem to think existing solutions are great. You know, I've taken to Cocoa since I got my Mac last month, but there is one thing that drives me crazy and thats figuring out this freaking package manager. Its not easy for people use to using Windows Setup or other installation packages for Windows development tools.
The problem is UNIX isn't designed for the average user. When you look at it from a Unix perspective, it works great. When you look at the rest of the world, it doesnt. And anything thats a single platform does not create a big issue. You won't see it used on all your open-source console apps, mainly MacOS X applications. This is definately needed in Mac OS X.
Me too, I'm an avvid power user with a P4-1500MHz Dell system. I didnt sell my desktop, but replacing my recently stolen Dell laptop with the new iMac semi-portable flatscreen model with SuperDrive.....
$199? Where have you been, full retail costs $299.
Almost every thing I've used that has been open source has been a waste of time, why? Because its developed for developers, not users. Although I am a developer, I love ease-of-use, and Linux/Unix/Open Source does not focus on or even attempt in most circumstances to provide this.
I would gladly pay the $99 instead of the $299 or even the $199 upgrade fee. However, since I am a MS beta tester and get my Windows licenses for free, that changes the whole ball game....
I remember reading that all attempts in making similar long chains of silicon atoms have so far failed in labratories, whereas carbon is extreamly easy.
Come drive my car. My clutch is closer to the outside door. Of course, I beleive the order is still left to right, clutch, brake, gas............but its not next to the gearstick on american cars.
Uhhh
They file for patents during development. It just takes years for patents to be awarded.
That said, the answer is pretty much no....it wouldnt be antitrust........DVR is not enough of a market.........the video recording industry is.
Thats like saying Apple is a monopoly.......not really, they are a small manufacturer out of all the PC manufactueres, they just do their stuff different.
That said, DVR is an alternative to VHS......if a DVR manufacturer ends up having all the patents, its not nessecarly a monopoly.
I know I will most likely be marked down for this, however.........its a flaw in open source.
You CAN'T do dependency checks accurately. Sure, with Windows you can check for the latest version of microsoft runtime libraries.......but, its easier........Microsoft is a closed-source system........they control the binary compilations......
For this reason alone, Microsoft and closed-source has a much EASIER time being used by the masses. Sure, you still get version conflicts, but I have not had one that I can remember in the last two years. Installers have now started checking version numbers, and they are getting smarter.
Linux will never get to this point while users are given the option of downloading binaries that may contain pre-compiled libraries from the application's developer........they could be a much older version, or some incompatibilities introduced.......but how would the system check??
The only solution I could see is a smart-dependancy checker that is able to get a list of specifications on the functions, and verify that each is there and working properly....and I don't see that happening.
A school i worked at 3 years ago, every time a phone would ring or the bells would ring, computers in some of the computer labs would lock up. Ends up there was way too much cross talk between the cables they ran side-by-side.
I have an Inspiron 7500 with a 15.4" screen, and have had it for over a year. No problems what so ever, of course I don't drop it or carry it by the screen....I use the laptop the way it was designed to be used.
4 hinges are a lot to go through. You should look at how you are handling your laptop before you criticize Dell. If you take it into enviroments it wasnt designed for, expect failures. Buy a Panasonic ToughBook, they are designed to be beat on.
What do my Smart Tags underline? Company names, stock ticker symbols, and university names!
If you hover over the dashed underline (YES!, it looks different than a normal link) a dropdown arrow appears above. Clicking on this arrow drops down a popup window with options for stock information, the company's (or school's) homepage, and to have it scan for news on the organization.
No where have I seen Linux or GPL or GNU or anything be linked to anti-linux propeganda. But you know what, they probably should. Everyone else out there should know how fucking stupid, obsessive, and radical linux zealots are (worse than Mac!). Until you are put in your place, and can respect other people's innovations; why do you expect they'd respect yours? Grow up, stop trash-talking something by saying it does something it doesn't do. You complain about Microsoft making FUD against Linux, well what the fuck do you call it when you start making things up about Microsoft's products.
Thats my $0.02 for the day. Now go home and cry to your mommy because someone finally put you in your place.
I dont know if thats the best idea, i've had a Dell flat panel for about 4 months, and i just noticed that the expensive SOB has a image of SETI@Home burned in because i thought that power-saving LCDs could be left on 24x7 without me needing to worry about the long-gone burnin problems from yesterdays CRTs.........
so now what with their new monitors? expensive to have problems such as burnin (Dell and Apple use the same screens)
Oh yes, very perfect.........so then when my grandmother buys a new PC, she turns it on to see "No Boot Partition Found".....
How user friendly, you idiot.
In seriousness, computers from stores or major manufacturers should come with an OS. You should just have an option; however I'd say that from the store the options would be very limited due to the fact they are either stock piled or would require a tech to install an OS for many of the users, and that would be a huge waste of money.
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You are an idiot. You don't install games.
Games are designed to cache their levels on the hard drive for faster loading.....and the xbox will cache the last 3 games played.
When does it cache the data? When you play it for the first time...or atleast the first time since its cache was deleted. It installs the data without you even knowing, the only way you could possibly know, for example with Halo, is an extra 5 second load screen that you get used to not seeing if you play the game frequently.
That way the XBox is not dependent on CD-ROM access speeds to load levels, and thus we XBox gamers experience faster loading times overall than PS2 and GC gamers.
While you are at it, I'm tired of hearing Windows and Linux, lets change their names as well.
Exactly, not to mention I've used Visual Studio.NET for almost a year, besides for the lack of a service pack so far, it was definately well worth the commercial license....its easy to use, my friends who took Java in college were amazed with the usability for debugging as they had only been taught command line compiling and debugging on UNIX.
VS.NET has some of the most advanced tools, that can eliminate a huge waste of time managing make files, or debugging, or generating setup scripts.
I would suggest people hold back from knocking Microsoft's development tools.........because when it comes down to it, I can develop 2-3 times faster than most UNIX developers, with help that pops-up while you type, wizards to generate common code, and the built in setup that utilizes Windows Setup, automatically includes project dependencies, and sends your install program on its way.
People love to insult Microsoft because they are closed source and a huge corporation..but that does not mean their products are indecent. I for one do not care for having to configure, then build, then install a program on my unix servers just to find dependancy problems, path mis-matches, etc.
Click Advanced Search.
It has a field for containing text.
Its not that hard to find.
And WTF is your arguement? I stated PS/2 is still in 1st. The point of my post was Xbox is not in last, nor is it close to being in last place as the poster of the thread tried to paint.
Infact anyone who claims most of Xbox's titles suck, look at most of the PS/2 games....yes there are hits, but many of the other games that take up most of the space suck to most people as well. There are only a few (10-20) good titles on a platform at a time, at any time.
Have you stepped out of your house? You are completely full of **** not to mention extreamly biased. Go to best buy, funco land, gamestop, ANY PLACE THAT SELLS GAMES.
They have almost as many games and space dedicated to Xbox as PS2. What about Game Cube? About half the space. I am tired of the fact no body cares about facts on Slashdot. Xbox may not be on the top of the charts, or even close in Japan, but its clearly #2 in the United States and analists are predicting XBox will jump even further ahead of the Game Cube this holiday season.
Let me ask you this. Did you know 150,000 people bought XBox Live in the first week? Did you know there are over 200,000 XBox Live users as we speak (With friends/family logging in as guest, plus the 30,000 beta testers).
XBox is definately selling well in the US right now, and its picking up steam. PS/2 is still selling strong. Game Cube.....I don't know all of the facts, but I only know one person who owns one, and the games just aren't in the stores.....atleast the Game Stop and Best Buy near me have very few Game Cube games.
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You know, I'm betting more on this idea:
If Apple pushes into hollywood, several things happen:
People who use a mac typically end up preaching it.....so stick macs in the hands of hollywood......directors, compositors, effects artists, editors.....they all start bringing them home and pushing them with their friends....they start using them more and more for on-scene equipment props, giving apple free advertising (or maybe charging apple for the spot, but it still gives coverage), and causing more people to be interested in Apple's products.
Then Apple can also go around and claim all these movies are being done on a mac....and guess what, you get free software with a mac to make movies and dvds.......sure it might not be the same programs, but hey, it gets those ideas flowing from people who wish to start messing around with it.....and there you have it, they run out and buy a mac.
I think its all about image and advertising. The more professionals you have in the public eye using macs who will then turn around and preach them., the better it is for apple.
Infact, Apple should buy Pixar....then all these movies could start having the apple name and brand to go with them....just as many movies now have the Sony name. And there is another interesting note. Apple is competing head to head with Sony. They talk about wanting to be a house hold name, that their products should be thought of as the best just like Sony's. What a slap in the face when Sony ends up having to buy all their video compositing and editing software from Apple......think about it.
Kudos to Apple, good job
Atleast with .NET VB is no longer substandard. You can do everything in VB.Net you can in C# or J#. You can make a VB module run in a C# module run in a J# program. You can even mix in C++.....its rather neat, its Java without a specific language, its all shared runtimes and uses the same MSIL JIT setup. The only thing you can't do is x86 native, which you need C++.Net in unmanaged mode (no garbage collection, no JIT, no .NET framework).
.net upgrade and actually was impressed after a year of calling it Microsoft Dot Not.
I just recently bought their
Actually, I am very happy I bought the iMac G4.
Its my first mac, I have always been die-hard PC, assembly and C programmer, built my machines myself.
But the mac works better, its stylish, its fast.
Its UNIX, the UI is nice and consistant.
Cocoa beats the shit out of MFC and the Windows APIs.
I dunno about that. I get Ziff Davis magazines for free. I just filled out a survey in hotmail the otherday and paid $6 to get 3 other magazines for a year.
Even more of a worry. 80% of the time I never go past the Slashdot front page unless I want to see peoples responses on something contraversial....
Then to add to the fact that slashdot doesn't even make its own content 99% of the time, and I see a problem. To me, this is no better than AOL charging money just to send you ads during its signin process. Why? You are charging money to send people to other people's content!
Be careful of the legal ramifications. Deep linking has been ruled to violate a sites terms, if any sites get upset that you are charging to send people to see their articles, you are toast.
Many unix users seem to think existing solutions are great. You know, I've taken to Cocoa since I got my Mac last month, but there is one thing that drives me crazy and thats figuring out this freaking package manager. Its not easy for people use to using Windows Setup or other installation packages for Windows development tools.
The problem is UNIX isn't designed for the average user. When you look at it from a Unix perspective, it works great. When you look at the rest of the world, it doesnt. And anything thats a single platform does not create a big issue. You won't see it used on all your open-source console apps, mainly MacOS X applications. This is definately needed in Mac OS X.
No Wonder. :p
K7? Gesh, them AMDs are always so unstable
Me too, I'm an avvid power user with a P4-1500MHz Dell system. I didnt sell my desktop, but replacing my recently stolen Dell laptop with the new iMac semi-portable flatscreen model with SuperDrive.....
I can't wait till they arrive next week!
$199? Where have you been, full retail costs $299.
Almost every thing I've used that has been open source has been a waste of time, why? Because its developed for developers, not users. Although I am a developer, I love ease-of-use, and Linux/Unix/Open Source does not focus on or even attempt in most circumstances to provide this.
I would gladly pay the $99 instead of the $299 or even the $199 upgrade fee. However, since I am a MS beta tester and get my Windows licenses for free, that changes the whole ball game....
I remember reading that all attempts in making similar long chains of silicon atoms have so far failed in labratories, whereas carbon is extreamly easy.
Come drive my car. My clutch is closer to the outside door. Of course, I beleive the order is still left to right, clutch, brake, gas............but its not next to the gearstick on american cars.
Pickup a copy of XBox Mag and you will find that they have inside sources that says it was running on XBox but canned when sony bought them.
Uhhh
They file for patents during development. It just takes years for patents to be awarded.
That said, the answer is pretty much no....it wouldnt be antitrust........DVR is not enough of a market.........the video recording industry is.
Thats like saying Apple is a monopoly.......not really, they are a small manufacturer out of all the PC manufactueres, they just do their stuff different.
That said, DVR is an alternative to VHS......if a DVR manufacturer ends up having all the patents, its not nessecarly a monopoly.
I know I will most likely be marked down for this, however.........its a flaw in open source.
You CAN'T do dependency checks accurately. Sure, with Windows you can check for the latest version of microsoft runtime libraries.......but, its easier........Microsoft is a closed-source system........they control the binary compilations......
For this reason alone, Microsoft and closed-source has a much EASIER time being used by the masses. Sure, you still get version conflicts, but I have not had one that I can remember in the last two years. Installers have now started checking version numbers, and they are getting smarter.
Linux will never get to this point while users are given the option of downloading binaries that may contain pre-compiled libraries from the application's developer........they could be a much older version, or some incompatibilities introduced.......but how would the system check??
The only solution I could see is a smart-dependancy checker that is able to get a list of specifications on the functions, and verify that each is there and working properly....and I don't see that happening.
A school i worked at 3 years ago, every time a phone would ring or the bells would ring, computers in some of the computer labs would lock up. Ends up there was way too much cross talk between the cables they ran side-by-side.
Just something to think about.
Lol
I don't work for ASUS, however, seeing how I can't find a place to buy them, I'm considering becoming a reseller.
I really would like to know how well it works though before I buy one, I'm looking to replace my Inspiron 7500 which was stolen a week ago.
I have an Inspiron 7500 with a 15.4" screen, and have had it for over a year. No problems what so ever, of course I don't drop it or carry it by the screen....I use the laptop the way it was designed to be used.
4 hinges are a lot to go through. You should look at how you are handling your laptop before you criticize Dell. If you take it into enviroments it wasnt designed for, expect failures. Buy a Panasonic ToughBook, they are designed to be beat on.
Have you used XP? I use it daily.
What do my Smart Tags underline? Company names, stock ticker symbols, and university names!
If you hover over the dashed underline (YES!, it looks different than a normal link) a dropdown arrow appears above. Clicking on this arrow drops down a popup window with options for stock information, the company's (or school's) homepage, and to have it scan for news on the organization.
No where have I seen Linux or GPL or GNU or anything be linked to anti-linux propeganda. But you know what, they probably should. Everyone else out there should know how fucking stupid, obsessive, and radical linux zealots are (worse than Mac!). Until you are put in your place, and can respect other people's innovations; why do you expect they'd respect yours? Grow up, stop trash-talking something by saying it does something it doesn't do. You complain about Microsoft making FUD against Linux, well what the fuck do you call it when you start making things up about Microsoft's products.
Thats my $0.02 for the day. Now go home and cry to your mommy because someone finally put you in your place.
I dont know if thats the best idea, i've had a Dell flat panel for about 4 months, and i just noticed that the expensive SOB has a image of SETI@Home burned in because i thought that power-saving LCDs could be left on 24x7 without me needing to worry about the long-gone burnin problems from yesterdays CRTs.........
so now what with their new monitors? expensive to have problems such as burnin (Dell and Apple use the same screens)
Oh yes, very perfect.........so then when my grandmother buys a new PC, she turns it on to see "No Boot Partition Found".....
How user friendly, you idiot.
In seriousness, computers from stores or major manufacturers should come with an OS. You should just have an option; however I'd say that from the store the options would be very limited due to the fact they are either stock piled or would require a tech to install an OS for many of the users, and that would be a huge waste of money.