The web is great, but I think lately there's been a real focus on making the web do things it shouldn't. And by that, I mean web-based applications.
There are certain things the web can do well application wise. Like an online calendar, or email application (yahoo/hotmail). However, things like office applications should not use web-based technologies. It's always slow and clunky. I mean, sure you can do drag-and-drop with dhtml, but it's inconsistant and slow. I'd much rather deal with a java applet, or ActiveX, so as to have a true GUI instead of a GUI-emulator.
Am I totally off base here, or does anyone else agree?
Get the gameboy man. Why do you need pictures? Why does anyone?
I, for one, like remember things my own way. As in, not exactly as they happened.
I was supprised to see this quoted in David Lynch's The Lost Highway a few years ago since I'd been saying that to my "get a camera" girlfriend years before that.
Anyway. Pictures only make you stop looking at what's really there. I was in Maui a few months ago, and went on a helocopter ride through the mountains. I was amazed at this couple that video taped the entire thing, and stared into the view-finder the entire time. What's an experience for if it's not done right the first time?
I know that the term security here is refering to keeping thinigs secret, but I've often wondered what is the best medium for stable storage of data. Right now I've got a large external firewire hd that I backup everything to. However, I'm really paranoid about keeping the drive level, keeping it away from monitors an all other sorts of magnetic devices. I wonder if I'm being too paranoid?
Anyway, the question I ask is what is a good place to backup data to (besides tape). I know if my firewire were to die I'd probably wanna die too. I've got gigs of my own music on there, and that stuff is not replacable. How paranoid about magnets etc. should I be?
It's a very interesting debate. In my eyes it comes down to lazyness versus saving a 'buck or two'.
Personally, I like the lazyness route. If I can order something and it comes to me, I think it's worth the extra wait. On the flip side, many would prefer going to the store to buy what they want (though paying a few pence extra) so that they can get it now. How much do you enjoy instant gratification?
Another issue how might this affect small companies, like the guy that makes and sells mIRC. Taxes are complicated, and it might make it difficult for people such as him to sell his product w/o having to spend a lot of time and money creating an e-commerce engine (or partnering with someone that does) that customizes the amount of taxes per-state.
I'm gonna have to say maybe on this one. Perhaps the "begining" was more asymptotic and there never was an actual point at which the universe began. Thus you could look back in time ever so closely to the starting "point" but never actually see it.
Yah dig?
From this point of view the universe has always "been".
I disagree a bit. Part of the point of using a higher resolution (at least for me) is not just increased image quality, but smaller icons and text... etc. I don't want to see a entirely vector-based OS anytime soon please.
What I still don't understand is why companies that make games don't release large emu packages. Imagine how badass it would be if nintendo released, say, 30 of their 1st party titles for NES on a single disc for Gamecube w/ an emu to run it all. I'd pay for that.
Or, an alternative solution, why don't we just concentrate on xbox mame? I own all three modenrn consoles, and my entertainment cabnet is pretty full as it is:)
I used to be quite the open-source advocate, until I started paying more attention to many of the successful open-source projects out there like say Gnome and KDE.
Let me focus the rest of my response on GUI development...
The problem I see with many projects like these is that they fail to innovate as much as they copy. If this world was 100% open source, we'd probably see more GUI fragmentation than we could stand. Going from one platform to another would be a very irritating process (more than it already is anyway).
So honestly, without companies like Apple and Microsoft spending millions a year on user interface research, we wouldn't have seen the tremendious WIMP evolution that we have over the past ten years.
In short, without closed source companies spending their own time and money to advance their products, the open-source competition wouldn't be near as advanced.
Holo stated that the MCS versus SCS debate is still just that, a debate. He was just giving us the latest pros and cons being debated by the SWG dev team.
So, keep in mind that this is NOT the final decision.
Here's a quote from Holo: "Now, you may agree or disagree with each of these, but I thought I would explain each one from the devs' perspective so that we can have a more constructive discussion... Let me tell you, as a player I'd like multiple characters per server too... Definitely keep debating and discussing. I just want everyone to have all the facts."
How do you know that their data structure requires anything but MySQL/Postgres? As far as seek times are concerned, I think MySQL would be plenty fast. I've done some MAJOR projects with MySQL, and it has never ceased to amaze me when it comes to seek time.
I think one thing you're forgetting is that Doom came out at a time when there wasn't as much competition in the PC Gaming market. Good games (especially like Doom) were hard to come by. Less competition naturally led to more sales in this case.
If you were to take that into consideration, I'm sure that the Quake trilogy has proportionally outsold Doom 3 to 1.
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The web is great, but I think lately there's been a real focus on making the web do things it shouldn't. And by that, I mean web-based applications.
There are certain things the web can do well application wise. Like an online calendar, or email application (yahoo/hotmail). However, things like office applications should not use web-based technologies. It's always slow and clunky. I mean, sure you can do drag-and-drop with dhtml, but it's inconsistant and slow. I'd much rather deal with a java applet, or ActiveX, so as to have a true GUI instead of a GUI-emulator.
Am I totally off base here, or does anyone else agree?
These types of mods aren't exactly for people who don't have an Xbox and are looking for a cheap PC. They are for people who already have an Xbox.
When the next gen of consoles is out, converting the Xbox to some sort of media center would sound like a great idea to a whole bunch of people.
-My two cents
Get the gameboy man. Why do you need pictures? Why does anyone?
I, for one, like remember things my own way. As in, not exactly as they happened.
I was supprised to see this quoted in David Lynch's The Lost Highway a few years ago since I'd been saying that to my "get a camera" girlfriend years before that.
Anyway. Pictures only make you stop looking at what's really there. I was in Maui a few months ago, and went on a helocopter ride through the mountains. I was amazed at this couple that video taped the entire thing, and stared into the view-finder the entire time. What's an experience for if it's not done right the first time?
Right, and next time I run a red-light I'm going to pull over and call the police.
Keep in mind that the most probable reason that Microsoft invested in Corel was to keep the FCC off their back since MS owns both Windows and Office.
My two cents.
I know that the term security here is refering to keeping thinigs secret, but I've often wondered what is the best medium for stable storage of data. Right now I've got a large external firewire hd that I backup everything to. However, I'm really paranoid about keeping the drive level, keeping it away from monitors an all other sorts of magnetic devices. I wonder if I'm being too paranoid?
Anyway, the question I ask is what is a good place to backup data to (besides tape). I know if my firewire were to die I'd probably wanna die too. I've got gigs of my own music on there, and that stuff is not replacable. How paranoid about magnets etc. should I be?
I can't wait to register salon.com for myself!
If you are running 50 instances of NT Server on a single box, that box having 4 processors ,how many NT licenses do you need?
When someone drops a silent but deadly, I obviously can't hear it, but it definitely affects my emotions (such as "RUNNN!!!").
It's a very interesting debate. In my eyes it comes down to lazyness versus saving a 'buck or two'.
Personally, I like the lazyness route. If I can order something and it comes to me, I think it's worth the extra wait. On the flip side, many would prefer going to the store to buy what they want (though paying a few pence extra) so that they can get it now. How much do you enjoy instant gratification?
Another issue how might this affect small companies, like the guy that makes and sells mIRC. Taxes are complicated, and it might make it difficult for people such as him to sell his product w/o having to spend a lot of time and money creating an e-commerce engine (or partnering with someone that does) that customizes the amount of taxes per-state.
Speaking of Monopoly, I can't believe there isn't a version of Monopoly centered around the man Microsoft.
Who wouldn't want to play a game that has locations such as 'Internet Explorer Place', or 'OfficeWalk'.
Laugh!
The universe came into being.
I'm gonna have to say maybe on this one. Perhaps the "begining" was more asymptotic and there never was an actual point at which the universe began. Thus you could look back in time ever so closely to the starting "point" but never actually see it.
Yah dig?
From this point of view the universe has always "been".
I'll pay 50 bucks to the first guy to get quake running in pure DHTML code.
Anyone wanna post one of these games up here, site seems to have been slashdotted. I bet you'll get +5 so come on... why wait?!
I disagree a bit. Part of the point of using a higher resolution (at least for me) is not just increased image quality, but smaller icons and text... etc. I don't want to see a entirely vector-based OS anytime soon please.
Then explain compilations like Super Mario Allstars for SNES which was all previous mario games on one cartrige.
Or, an alternative solution, why don't we just concentrate on xbox mame? I own all three modenrn consoles, and my entertainment cabnet is pretty full as it is :)
Just a thought :)
Let me focus the rest of my response on GUI development...
The problem I see with many projects like these is that they fail to innovate as much as they copy. If this world was 100% open source, we'd probably see more GUI fragmentation than we could stand. Going from one platform to another would be a very irritating process (more than it already is anyway).
So honestly, without companies like Apple and Microsoft spending millions a year on user interface research, we wouldn't have seen the tremendious WIMP evolution that we have over the past ten years.
In short, without closed source companies spending their own time and money to advance their products, the open-source competition wouldn't be near as advanced.
I guess the next system from Sony won't be a "box", "cube", or "station". How about "Sony Girlfriend Eliminator"?
So, keep in mind that this is NOT the final decision.
Here's a quote from Holo: "Now, you may agree or disagree with each of these, but I thought I would explain each one from the devs' perspective so that we can have a more constructive discussion... Let me tell you, as a player I'd like multiple characters per server too... Definitely keep debating and discussing. I just want everyone to have all the facts."
How do you know that their data structure requires anything but MySQL/Postgres? As far as seek times are concerned, I think MySQL would be plenty fast. I've done some MAJOR projects with MySQL, and it has never ceased to amaze me when it comes to seek time.
How much of the Captain Kirk character was developed by you, and how much was developed by Roddenberry?
You tired Cliff?
I think one thing you're forgetting is that Doom came out at a time when there wasn't as much competition in the PC Gaming market. Good games (especially like Doom) were hard to come by. Less competition naturally led to more sales in this case.
If you were to take that into consideration, I'm sure that the Quake trilogy has proportionally outsold Doom 3 to 1.