they are probably involved in something that matters, not your fantasy life.
The same principles apply everywhere. How about financial software that has a rare bug which may cause one in N users' data to be lost or corrupt? Do you believe a software company aware of such a flaw in one of its products should be allowed to keep silent? Maybe your answer depends on the value of N. Mine doesn't.
Believe it or not, none of my fantasies involve senators.
While many online games are very slow to fix bugs, you should not directly blame it on the developers. SQA's are usually in control of what (if any) bugs are fixed. At times, in large companies, the development team may not even know a bug exists.
I'm sorry, but I'm still bitter about the loss of my Phantasy Star Online character. SEGA knew there was a way for players to completely delete (well, modify beyond recognition) other players' games, but they did not fix the bug and did not disclose it (which would have enabled me to save my character).
They combined this approach with such fine techniques as not letting you back up your game to another memory card and not saving a copy on the server side.
Whenever a software developer knows of a bug that can result in users' data loss, the users should be informed. This should be a law. Any senators reading slashdot today?
The Atari 10-in-1 isn't exactly news - it's been released last year, and the games are changed in subtle ways - it's possible that the games have been re-coded or ported rather than emulated or running on identical hardware.
If you really want NEWS (should I submit this as a story?) Check out the 10-in-1 and 25-in-1 Intellivision systems.
Most PS* games look completely uninteresting to me.
Agreed, but the PS* platforms are blessed with a huge software library (possibly only the PC/MAC and the GB* platforms have more commercial games). Even if you can't be bothered with 90% of PS2 games, that still leaves 60 (and counting) domestic titles. You just need to separate the wheat/chaff. Read reviews or ask friends or something.
If I buy this console, and a friend buys it too, we can't trade games?
Do I even "own" the games I pay for?
What happens when the console breaks down and I want to replace it? Did all my games vanish with it? Phantom, indeed!
Considering the amount of games available for my non-phantom computers, why would I ever want to bother with it? I wanted to be able to root for the underdog here, but there's just no way.
Who is good enough to decide what's good taste and what's bad taste for everyone? Who is good enough to decide what's appropriate and what's inappropriate for everyone?
Yes franchise leveraging is what I'm talking about in that example.
Sorry; it seems I didn't go into enough detail. By "franchise leveraging" I was referring to using the Mario brand to sell educational software and sports titles (Mario Tennis, Mario Golf), placing Mario in cameo roles in games where you wouldn't expect him, and the like. Except for the Mario-izing of Doki Doki Panic, I don't have anything against it, and even that's been done much worse (using the Final Fantasy brand to sell those horrible SaGa gameboy titles comes to mind). And don't tell me how the entire SaGa series doesn't suck, or you'll be moderated offtopic).
What are they on, Super Mario Bros 104 including all the GBA versions?
Huh?
The main series includes
Super Mario Bros (NES) Super Mario Bros 2 (NES) Doki Doki Panic (released as SMB* 2 in the USA) (NES) Super Mario Bros 3 (NES) Super Mario World (SNES) Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (SNES)
The GBA games are just ports of the earlier games. Yes, the names are confusing.
Yes, there are many other games featuring Mario and co., but that's mostly franchise leveraging.
* SMB in this context stands for Super Mario Bros, not Server Message Block or Super Monkey Ball.
They destroyed PSO on the Dreamcast, and they STILL haven't learned their lesson yet...?
You're funny.
SEGA's in trouble. They had a non-viable financial model for PSO (buy the game, get unlimited free online play). Every hour a player is online is expense without profit.
The solution?
Let's just say exploits played right into SEGA's hand (hey, buy version 2 and pay for online access! we mean, buy the gamecube version and pay for online access!).
Does SOCOM require a monthly fee? If not, you've got your killer.
Has anyone here worked on any alternatives? The report indicates that the Microsoft sound-based alternative was totally non-functional. Is that even a worthwhile path to work on?
Can I scream now?
Instead of fixing email, let's break everything else!
It seems that the sentence..."seek actual damages, or may elect to recover liquidated damages of $1,000 for each unsolicited commercial e-mail advertisement... $1 million per incident, whichever is less."
Should be parsed as..."seek actual damages, or may elect to recover ( liquidated damages of $1,000 for each unsolicited commercial e-mail advertisement OR $1 million per incident, whichever is less.) "
But it can also be parsed as.."(seek actual damages OR may elect to recover (liquidated damages of $1,000 for each unsolicited commercial e-mail advertisement OR $1 million per incident)) whichever is less."
Many many games, especially web games (Java, Shockwave) disappear after a few months. Most kids would love a CD full of these things. Are they archived anywhere?
Slashdot Mirror
It's just the colour.
Well, does this even warrant a slashdot story?
I don't recall any stories about the Biohazard (Resident Evil), Seaman or Hello Kitty special edition Dreamcasts.
If you know what you're doing you can paint your GBA any color you like. It's probably more tricky with an SP though.
C'mon guys, post links to your GBA casemods! you know you want to!
Does it just have some kind of logo on it and has a different color, like the special edition pokemon etc. GBAs?
Is it shaped differently? Like a Famicom, or a Famicom controller?
Can it run Famicom games? Oh wait, all GBAs can do that.
they are probably involved in something that matters, not your fantasy life.
The same principles apply everywhere. How about financial software that has a rare bug which may cause one in N users' data to be lost or corrupt? Do you believe a software company aware of such a flaw in one of its products should be allowed to keep silent? Maybe your answer depends on the value of N. Mine doesn't.
Believe it or not, none of my fantasies involve senators.
While many online games are very slow to fix bugs, you should not directly blame it on the developers. SQA's are usually in control of what (if any) bugs are fixed. At times, in large companies, the development team may not even know a bug exists.
I'm sorry, but I'm still bitter about the loss of my Phantasy Star Online character. SEGA knew there was a way for players to completely delete (well, modify beyond recognition) other players' games, but they did not fix the bug and did not disclose it (which would have enabled me to save my character).
They combined this approach with such fine techniques as not letting you back up your game to another memory card and not saving a copy on the server side.
Whenever a software developer knows of a bug that can result in users' data loss, the users should be informed. This should be a law. Any senators reading slashdot today?
The Atari 10-in-1 isn't exactly news - it's been released last year, and the games are changed in subtle ways - it's possible that the games have been re-coded or ported rather than emulated or running on identical hardware.
If you really want NEWS (should I submit this as a story?) Check out the 10-in-1 and 25-in-1 Intellivision systems.
Seriously, what would you do with 17,000 PlayStations?
Imagine a beowulf cluster of these!
Most PS* games look completely uninteresting to me.
Agreed, but the PS* platforms are blessed with a huge software library (possibly only the PC/MAC and the GB* platforms have more commercial games). Even if you can't be bothered with 90% of PS2 games, that still leaves 60 (and counting) domestic titles. You just need to separate the wheat/chaff. Read reviews or ask friends or something.
So... let me get this straight.
If I buy this console, and a friend buys it too, we can't trade games?
Do I even "own" the games I pay for?
What happens when the console breaks down and I want to replace it? Did all my games vanish with it? Phantom, indeed!
Considering the amount of games available for my non-phantom computers, why would I ever want to bother with it? I wanted to be able to root for the underdog here, but there's just no way.
A /. story about making out!
Who is good enough to decide what's good taste and what's bad taste for everyone?
Who is good enough to decide what's appropriate and what's inappropriate for everyone?
Fine companies with products such as these:
* BESS
* Cyber Patrol
* WebSENSE
* Net Nanny
* SmartFilter
* X-Stop
* I-Gear
* CYBERsitter
Yes franchise leveraging is what I'm talking about in that example.
Sorry; it seems I didn't go into enough detail. By "franchise leveraging" I was referring to using the Mario brand to sell educational software and sports titles (Mario Tennis, Mario Golf), placing Mario in cameo roles in games where you wouldn't expect him, and the like. Except for the Mario-izing of Doki Doki Panic, I don't have anything against it, and even that's been done much worse (using the Final Fantasy brand to sell those horrible SaGa gameboy titles comes to mind). And don't tell me how the entire SaGa series doesn't suck, or you'll be moderated offtopic).
What are they on, Super Mario Bros 104 including all the GBA versions?
Huh?
The main series includes
Super Mario Bros (NES)
Super Mario Bros 2 (NES)
Doki Doki Panic (released as SMB* 2 in the USA) (NES)
Super Mario Bros 3 (NES)
Super Mario World (SNES)
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (SNES)
The GBA games are just ports of the earlier games. Yes, the names are confusing.
Yes, there are many other games featuring Mario and co., but that's mostly franchise leveraging.
* SMB in this context stands for Super Mario Bros, not Server Message Block or Super Monkey Ball.
We need something like this every year, don't we?
2000 - Lens flare
2001 - Motion blur
2002 - Cel shading
2003 - bullet time
2004 - ?
why bother with the string and the break? Why not just return the literal?
I recall Ultima Online or some other MMPORG having translation capability while chatting.
I think you're thinking of Sega's Phantasy Star Online - but that was an "icon-sentence" to multiple languages, not what we're dealing with here.
Still, there must be prior art - I know I thought of the idea before.
They destroyed PSO on the Dreamcast, and they STILL haven't learned their lesson yet...?
You're funny.
SEGA's in trouble. They had a non-viable financial model for PSO (buy the game, get unlimited free online play). Every hour a player is online is expense without profit.
The solution?
Let's just say exploits played right into SEGA's hand (hey, buy version 2 and pay for online access! we mean, buy the gamecube version and pay for online access!).
Does SOCOM require a monthly fee? If not, you've got your killer.
What, compile a big list of email addresses, then give it to email advertisers? I'm sure that'll help...
OF COURSE it will help.
You must have been thinking about not running the list through a digest algorithm (MD5, SHA, etc). Silly neko!
Has anyone here worked on any alternatives? The report indicates that the Microsoft sound-based alternative was totally non-functional. Is that even a worthwhile path to work on?
Can I scream now?
Instead of fixing email, let's break everything else!
Email must die.
How are your two alternatives different? You just added parentheses around the entire quoted phrase.
Not so. The parenthesis belong to the "Whichever is less" function, which you may recognize as a verbose form of the "min" function.
parser?
Yes, that's what I meant.
It seems that the sentence ..."seek actual damages, or may elect to recover liquidated damages of $1,000 for each unsolicited commercial e-mail advertisement ... $1 million per incident, whichever is less."
..."seek actual damages, or may elect to recover ( liquidated damages of $1,000 for each unsolicited commercial e-mail advertisement OR $1 million per incident, whichever is less.) "
.."(seek actual damages OR may elect to recover (liquidated damages of $1,000 for each unsolicited commercial e-mail advertisement OR $1 million per incident)) whichever is less."
Should be parsed as
But it can also be parsed as
Disclaimer: IANAP.
I thought you needed to buy the remote for that.
Many many games, especially web games (Java, Shockwave) disappear after a few months. Most kids would love a CD full of these things. Are they archived anywhere?
Man, I hope Star Trek gets a good lawyer, or the Enterprise might end up getting repo'ed.
Guys, can you change the title to something that makes sense?