Look sunshine, I live in the Netherlands in a town where my cable supplier hasn't even bothered making HBO available to me. So the only way for me to get the series is by pirating it.
When American population just sits at home watching TV or playing video games, Europeans and especially Dutch tend to spend time together. Sit at cafes getting high, eat at a restaurant and have some fine wine, and socialize with people. The same is true for Asians and Australians too. And the American people introvert culture isn't a new thing that came with computers - they did this before geeks too. Sitting in front of TV watching mindless shows and eating TV dinners, alone
Sounds beautiful, no really. But I live in the Netherlands and you have no idea how wrong you are. For the past 30 years (at least), the Netherlands has been "individualizing" at an alarming rate.
Too bad our (as in: the Dutch) judges don't take a hint. Yesterday a judge ruled that a bunch of additional Dutch telcos needed to block access to The Pirate Bay. A few months back that very same judge already ruled that two telcos (XS4ALL and Ziggo) needed to block access to TPB. Not that it matters, research by an independent company has indicated that usage of TPB by XS4ALL and Ziggo customers hasn't decreased the slightest bit.
The question is though, have they lost hundreds of dollars from you because P2P has been available, or because their own distribution methods are really, really expensive and inconvenient for you?
Sure there is, but that's not what NASA is for. Besides, finding a new species of animal on Earth is not quite as much a revelation to humanity as finding life on another planet is.
As long as Chrome doesn't allow me to disable local cache like I can in FireFox, it's useless to me. I hate having to do 5 clicks to clear the cache every time I've made some changes to a stylesheet or JavaScript file.
I'm pretty sure most people don't look at what access they grant an app when they install it anyway. The whole "this app needs these permissions" screen on Android is worthless as a large scale (as in: for the majority of users) security measure.
Where do they get the figure that 30% of console owners leave their console idling (with which I assume they mean the device being fully powered on but there are just no buttons pressed on the controller). That sounds like bullshit to me.
It's about the usability. In one area console gaming is always ahead of the PC: You don't need a freaking PhD to be able to actually get your games to run.
If you buy a game for your console, you pop the disc in the tray, hit a button and you're busy playing. With a PC, you often spend ages installing the game to HDD, then finding the right drivers for you videocard, then scour forums to figure out which obscure config file needs to be tweaked to get your key bindings to actually work, then you have to find and download a hack to get a proper in-game FOV that doesn't make you sick, then you learn you need to download a day one 300MB patch to resolve some serious compatibility issues, then you need to download a day two patch to make sure your dragons don't fly backwards and then you find out that it doesn't work at all because, oh shit, you're on Linux.
The sentence is just odd to begin with.
There is a not insignificant difference? So there is a difference that is large enough to be considered significant? Or is the author of the summary mistaken and is there a difference, but is it insignificant?
My Samsung can do the same (although I don't need a separate app for it, my HTC Sensation has support for Wifi media player devices out-of-the-box) but on the TV I do need to explicitly grant the device access to my TV.
I guess it's the only answer he could have given.
I thought the forcing a yes/no answer in a courtroom was just something you see in courtroom-action movies from Hollywood, but that happens for real? I find that pretty odd, considering that not a whole lot of questions can be answered with a definitive yes or no, especially not in a courtroom.
The problem in the US is that people can either vote for Obama or vote for the republican alternative. It has little to do with being an atheist and (hypocritically) voting for the Christian guy. It's mostly just a choice between the bad Christian guy or the worse Christian guy. So unless you really don't care (and abstain your vote altogether), you'll end up voting for the least bad guy just to prevent the worst guy from getting into office.
Here in the Netherlands, where I live, we have a great diversity of parties. Some of those have a strong religious background, others haven't got that at all. It doesn't always make it easier to get things done if a multitude of parties are involved, but at least there's a much broader choice for the voters.
Indeed. If MS wanted a unified Desktop/Metro experience, then it would've been unified in the customer preview. I mean, it's such a core usability concept (and probably technical as well) that I doubt they'd save that for last. I don't have hands-on experience, but I understand from all the preview articles that Metro and the desktop are two worlds apart. It's like running two OS-es next to each other. Does anyone really believe MS will bring the two together at this point in development? I really, really doubt it.
What a nonsense statement. The systems that run on Go are equally important to these companies as Google's server farms are important to Google. Just because they aren't multinational super corporations doesn't mean it's not a risk for them to use a relatively unproven development platform.
I'm answering this but I must admit that I didn't know Wind-up Knight, so all I've got as comparison is what I've learned from watching a review video of that on YouTube.
First of all, Canabalt's graphics and gameplay are very minimalistic. You can't run in the opposite direction or jump off of walls or stuff like that. There's no level structure as you're running through an environment that is (I think) randomly generated out of a handful of buildings and other objects you can run over. There's no items to pick up either and no unlockable content of any sorts.
Best thing you can do is watch this video as that shows basically all there is to it. It may seem rather plain compared to Wind-up Knight, but it brings the gameplay back to an essential core mechanic that's surprisingly pleasing to play. From what I see in the Wind-up Knight video is also that Canabalt seems way faster and more intense than Wind-up Knight.
Canabalt is a side scroller game that shows a character running across rooftops and through buildings. You can only control the jumping of the character, which must be used to jump over gaps and evade obstacles. The goal is to cover as much distance as possible without falling into some kind of pit or smacking straight into a wall. It's a really simple but a fun concept. It does trigger that "Ok, just one more go" thing every time you've stumbled in your run. Cogs is a nicely designed puzzler game, but in the end it's just a sliding blocks puzzle. They do some interesting things with it, but in all honesty, these types of puzzles frustrate me more than I enjoy them. It's all dressed up in an very steam-punk type of thing and there are quite a few original things in there but the core concept of the game will probably lose my attention fairly quicly. Zen Bound 2's menu system looks absolutely impressive. When I tap the "new game" button (on my HTC Sensation) it shows a black screen and nothing more seems to happen. Maybe I'll try this one on Windows later, as it does seem like an interesting game.
Haven't tried or looked much at the Avadon game yet. Also be aware that it won't run on Android phones, only on Android tablets. Supposedly it's some kind of RPG type of game.
I haven't played Swords & Soldiers on Android or PC yet, but I did play it quite a bit on the Wii, where it was originally released a few years back. It's definitely a fun game with good production value. It's a strategic side-scroller game where you have a base on the left side of the playing field and the enemy starts all the way to the right. You can build soldiers that slowly march towards the other side of the playing field. As they encounter enemy soldiers they duke it out and the survivor moves on. It's not unlike DOTA or LoL in that aspect. You can aid your own soldiers by using lightning bolt blasts or healing spells and such.
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Look sunshine, I live in the Netherlands in a town where my cable supplier hasn't even bothered making HBO available to me. So the only way for me to get the series is by pirating it.
His name is Chow? How apt.
When American population just sits at home watching TV or playing video games, Europeans and especially Dutch tend to spend time together. Sit at cafes getting high, eat at a restaurant and have some fine wine, and socialize with people. The same is true for Asians and Australians too. And the American people introvert culture isn't a new thing that came with computers - they did this before geeks too. Sitting in front of TV watching mindless shows and eating TV dinners, alone
Sounds beautiful, no really. But I live in the Netherlands and you have no idea how wrong you are. For the past 30 years (at least), the Netherlands has been "individualizing" at an alarming rate.
Too bad our (as in: the Dutch) judges don't take a hint. Yesterday a judge ruled that a bunch of additional Dutch telcos needed to block access to The Pirate Bay. A few months back that very same judge already ruled that two telcos (XS4ALL and Ziggo) needed to block access to TPB. Not that it matters, research by an independent company has indicated that usage of TPB by XS4ALL and Ziggo customers hasn't decreased the slightest bit.
The question is though, have they lost hundreds of dollars from you because P2P has been available, or because their own distribution methods are really, really expensive and inconvenient for you?
Incoming Hitler comparison in three..... two.... one.....
Oops, I think I just proved your point.
Should've read the title of your post first
*hides in a corner*
Sure there is, but that's not what NASA is for. Besides, finding a new species of animal on Earth is not quite as much a revelation to humanity as finding life on another planet is.
As long as Chrome doesn't allow me to disable local cache like I can in FireFox, it's useless to me. I hate having to do 5 clicks to clear the cache every time I've made some changes to a stylesheet or JavaScript file.
Actually, the PSP Vita isn't listed on the PSS website as supported device.
I'm pretty sure most people don't look at what access they grant an app when they install it anyway. The whole "this app needs these permissions" screen on Android is worthless as a large scale (as in: for the majority of users) security measure.
Where do they get the figure that 30% of console owners leave their console idling (with which I assume they mean the device being fully powered on but there are just no buttons pressed on the controller). That sounds like bullshit to me.
It's about the usability. In one area console gaming is always ahead of the PC: You don't need a freaking PhD to be able to actually get your games to run.
If you buy a game for your console, you pop the disc in the tray, hit a button and you're busy playing. With a PC, you often spend ages installing the game to HDD, then finding the right drivers for you videocard, then scour forums to figure out which obscure config file needs to be tweaked to get your key bindings to actually work, then you have to find and download a hack to get a proper in-game FOV that doesn't make you sick, then you learn you need to download a day one 300MB patch to resolve some serious compatibility issues, then you need to download a day two patch to make sure your dragons don't fly backwards and then you find out that it doesn't work at all because, oh shit, you're on Linux.
The sentence is just odd to begin with.
There is a not insignificant difference? So there is a difference that is large enough to be considered significant? Or is the author of the summary mistaken and is there a difference, but is it insignificant?
My Samsung can do the same (although I don't need a separate app for it, my HTC Sensation has support for Wifi media player devices out-of-the-box) but on the TV I do need to explicitly grant the device access to my TV.
I guess it's the only answer he could have given.
I thought the forcing a yes/no answer in a courtroom was just something you see in courtroom-action movies from Hollywood, but that happens for real? I find that pretty odd, considering that not a whole lot of questions can be answered with a definitive yes or no, especially not in a courtroom.
Or just stick to the grapefruit juice and skip the vodka
The problem in the US is that people can either vote for Obama or vote for the republican alternative. It has little to do with being an atheist and (hypocritically) voting for the Christian guy. It's mostly just a choice between the bad Christian guy or the worse Christian guy. So unless you really don't care (and abstain your vote altogether), you'll end up voting for the least bad guy just to prevent the worst guy from getting into office.
Here in the Netherlands, where I live, we have a great diversity of parties. Some of those have a strong religious background, others haven't got that at all. It doesn't always make it easier to get things done if a multitude of parties are involved, but at least there's a much broader choice for the voters.
So you're cheap?
Indeed. If MS wanted a unified Desktop/Metro experience, then it would've been unified in the customer preview. I mean, it's such a core usability concept (and probably technical as well) that I doubt they'd save that for last. I don't have hands-on experience, but I understand from all the preview articles that Metro and the desktop are two worlds apart. It's like running two OS-es next to each other. Does anyone really believe MS will bring the two together at this point in development? I really, really doubt it.
What a nonsense statement. The systems that run on Go are equally important to these companies as Google's server farms are important to Google. Just because they aren't multinational super corporations doesn't mean it's not a risk for them to use a relatively unproven development platform.
Where have you been the last couple of years? It is whack. Extremely whack.
I'm answering this but I must admit that I didn't know Wind-up Knight, so all I've got as comparison is what I've learned from watching a review video of that on YouTube.
First of all, Canabalt's graphics and gameplay are very minimalistic. You can't run in the opposite direction or jump off of walls or stuff like that. There's no level structure as you're running through an environment that is (I think) randomly generated out of a handful of buildings and other objects you can run over. There's no items to pick up either and no unlockable content of any sorts.
Best thing you can do is watch this video as that shows basically all there is to it. It may seem rather plain compared to Wind-up Knight, but it brings the gameplay back to an essential core mechanic that's surprisingly pleasing to play. From what I see in the Wind-up Knight video is also that Canabalt seems way faster and more intense than Wind-up Knight.
Canabalt is a side scroller game that shows a character running across rooftops and through buildings. You can only control the jumping of the character, which must be used to jump over gaps and evade obstacles. The goal is to cover as much distance as possible without falling into some kind of pit or smacking straight into a wall. It's a really simple but a fun concept. It does trigger that "Ok, just one more go" thing every time you've stumbled in your run.
Cogs is a nicely designed puzzler game, but in the end it's just a sliding blocks puzzle. They do some interesting things with it, but in all honesty, these types of puzzles frustrate me more than I enjoy them. It's all dressed up in an very steam-punk type of thing and there are quite a few original things in there but the core concept of the game will probably lose my attention fairly quicly.
Zen Bound 2's menu system looks absolutely impressive. When I tap the "new game" button (on my HTC Sensation) it shows a black screen and nothing more seems to happen. Maybe I'll try this one on Windows later, as it does seem like an interesting game.
Haven't tried or looked much at the Avadon game yet. Also be aware that it won't run on Android phones, only on Android tablets. Supposedly it's some kind of RPG type of game.
I haven't played Swords & Soldiers on Android or PC yet, but I did play it quite a bit on the Wii, where it was originally released a few years back. It's definitely a fun game with good production value. It's a strategic side-scroller game where you have a base on the left side of the playing field and the enemy starts all the way to the right. You can build soldiers that slowly march towards the other side of the playing field. As they encounter enemy soldiers they duke it out and the survivor moves on. It's not unlike DOTA or LoL in that aspect. You can aid your own soldiers by using lightning bolt blasts or healing spells and such.
You seem upset.