Easy solution to breaking the gaming habit. Get marry. As long as it's not to a gamer. Break smoking habit: live in California (where you're treated less than human) and have a baby.
Sorry, I couldn't help it. I'm getting the same feeling as the PS3 launch. I sense the hype that MSFT is trying to build but deep inside it's just not for me. I'm more excited by the PS4.
near frictionless replacement for Windows 8. Or more precisely it's easier to learn Mac OS X or Chrome coming from Windows 7. I have an office full of people and those that have Windows 8 machines generally don't like it. Some have started to switch to Mac. Why Mac instead? Because it's hard to get a new machine with Windows 7 on it. People understand the basic paradigm of the Mac OS (buttons, drop down menu, multiple overlapping windows). There isn't a software that's needed here that doesn't have a Mac equivalent (ie. Office, Adobe CS, Quickbooks). If my users really wanted to take Mac OS X to the next step, I show them Lauchpad and Mission Control and more advance gestures. Otherwise, most people are happy doing what they know to work.
Malwarebytes have been giving me false positives for years. I have several licenses that I don't actively use because it alerts you to just about every activity as dangerous. It's a good tool for getting rid of malware after infection.
Mac OS X is stuck on 10. And for a long time Street Fighter was stuck on 3.
The Count: Today on Sesame Street, we have two new friends Tim Cook and Ryu. Ryu can you start counting. Ryu: one, two, three, three-second impact, three-new generation, three... The Count: How about you Tim, can you count to eleven? Tim Cook: 10.cheetah, 10.puma, 10... The Count: Screw both of you, where's my gun? I'm going shoot both of them.
FOX actually puts on some very interesting and good shows. Without FOX, we wouldn't have X-Files, Fringe, Firefly (yes they did cancel it), Simpsons (Season 1-10, the rest don't exist), and Futurama (Season 1-5). They're about the only one crazy enough to try shows like X-Files, Terra Nova or Fringe. You knew going in that Fringe was going to have a limited audience but FOX still gave them enough time to completely the main story arc.
This is the same man that screwed up the Dreamcast by refusing to negotiate with EA for sport games. I believe his line about EA support was "we don't think it's important to have Madden on our system."
He's not exactly gamer friendly or customer friendly.
The problem is the intellectual properties. The engine is incredibly dated and I'm sure some one can port it to FreeSpace 2 engine to bring it up to date. But Disney would never allow a non-licensed Star Wars game even if it was just a mod pack to a free game engine.
Enjoy these LucasArts and Origin games, for they will not be around forever. Take on the Kilrathi and Empire until your joystick breaks. Finish all the side objectives and keep all your wingmen alive. Get the better soundcard and CDROM drive to enjoy Day of the Tentacles with full voice support. And you can never have too many Death Star trench runs so buy Rebel Assault.
You can still keep using the old software and your data. In Google's case, once the service is gone so is your data. Think of it this way, Honda discontinues the RSX they don't go and blow up all the RSX they've sold. The time, data and energy you put into an online service is your investment and when it's discontinued you lose that investment.
I go to a lot of live concerts and yes it does sound better than lossless but the "unlistenable" of some lossy track is something different. Lossy compression of some songs produces a lot of missing tonal range. Majority of songs are fine with lossy compression, but some voices and musical instruments sound hollow and lose a lot of depth to them.
Nope. Not if the quality is high enough, I can't tell the difference 99% of the times. There are some musical instruments (harpsichord) and singers (Tori Amos) where compression is very obvious. The lossy version becomes almost unlistenable once you've heard the lossless version.
On "normal" speakers I can rarely tell the difference, but on reference monitors the difference is noticeable on many tracks. Not terrible distracting but still noticeable.
QuickTime on Mac is pretty useful. It's shit on WIndows. On the Mac, QuickTime can be used for screen recording and is generally pretty fast. Never knew how useful a screen recorder was until my friend needed to record a training session. Windows version is like me trying to run a marathon in a business suit, isn't very functional and pretty slow.
You may not like it but it works for a lot of things. It's just annoying enough to deter most casual pirates. For most people, walled gardens provide a safe and simple installation process for little utilities. And given the fact that you're a small developer it may help your exposure since most of the desktop walled gardens (Windows Store, and Mac OS Store) aren't overflowing with applications. Given your price range it's going to be very hard to justify marketing cost on your own.
Or in my case the serial number provided by Asus on the laptop doesn't work, so you end up on the phone with Microsoft for 1/2 hour trying to convince some guy that you're just install a new hard drive. And he says the license is not transferable onto the new hard drive. Then you say it's a laptop, it's the same laptop, the drive failed so I put in a new drive. Finally, after talking to his supervisor he gives you a code. Then you're kinda of done except for the hours of updates to follow a clean install.
Big changes? You mean like better customer service, good pricing, and management that doesn't have a burning hatred for customers? That's way too big of a change for Best Buy. I remember when they started to implement their "Angels and Demons" policy, that made me to never go Best Buy except when they have the absolute best price on something I want. I use to browse Best Buy all the time while waiting for my girlfriend to shop. I always ended up spending $10-$20 on random things I didn't need. Now, it's order online and in-store pick up. I don't want to browse because the staff have to hungry look. And I'm chubby.
I thought the "embedded" Flash of IE is similar to Chrome's embedded Flash. Meaning Microsoft maintains its own build of Flash like Google maintains its own Flash. So it's up to Microsoft to fix any security issues and not rely on Adobe to release a patch to the consumer. So it could be a good thing like Chrome or a terrible thing like IE6.
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"BTW, all the magic on the PS4 happens on one chip. ONE CHIP. This makes our desktop systems look like they belong in a museum."
Except that one chip is from AMD.
Joking aside, I'm guessing it's a balance approach from AMD (just enough CPU power with really good GPU power).
Easy solution to breaking the gaming habit. Get marry. As long as it's not to a gamer. Break smoking habit: live in California (where you're treated less than human) and have a baby.
Sorry, I couldn't help it. I'm getting the same feeling as the PS3 launch. I sense the hype that MSFT is trying to build but deep inside it's just not for me. I'm more excited by the PS4.
near frictionless replacement for Windows 8. Or more precisely it's easier to learn Mac OS X or Chrome coming from Windows 7. I have an office full of people and those that have Windows 8 machines generally don't like it. Some have started to switch to Mac. Why Mac instead? Because it's hard to get a new machine with Windows 7 on it. People understand the basic paradigm of the Mac OS (buttons, drop down menu, multiple overlapping windows). There isn't a software that's needed here that doesn't have a Mac equivalent (ie. Office, Adobe CS, Quickbooks). If my users really wanted to take Mac OS X to the next step, I show them Lauchpad and Mission Control and more advance gestures. Otherwise, most people are happy doing what they know to work.
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
Malwarebytes have been giving me false positives for years. I have several licenses that I don't actively use because it alerts you to just about every activity as dangerous. It's a good tool for getting rid of malware after infection.
Mac OS X is stuck on 10. And for a long time Street Fighter was stuck on 3.
The Count: Today on Sesame Street, we have two new friends Tim Cook and Ryu. Ryu can you start counting.
Ryu: one, two, three, three-second impact, three-new generation, three...
The Count: How about you Tim, can you count to eleven?
Tim Cook: 10.cheetah, 10.puma, 10...
The Count: Screw both of you, where's my gun? I'm going shoot both of them.
Not a fan of Fringe? That show just ended. Besides FOX, maybe NBC would have given Fringe a shot but certainly not ABC or CBS.
FOX actually puts on some very interesting and good shows. Without FOX, we wouldn't have X-Files, Fringe, Firefly (yes they did cancel it), Simpsons (Season 1-10, the rest don't exist), and Futurama (Season 1-5). They're about the only one crazy enough to try shows like X-Files, Terra Nova or Fringe. You knew going in that Fringe was going to have a limited audience but FOX still gave them enough time to completely the main story arc.
This is the same man that screwed up the Dreamcast by refusing to negotiate with EA for sport games. I believe his line about EA support was "we don't think it's important to have Madden on our system."
He's not exactly gamer friendly or customer friendly.
Been hearing this for so long that I think I'll be dead long before hydrogen or nuclear fusion is commercially viable.
"How much extra juice does it take to spin those platters at 7200RPM? "
From my experience with their 1st-gen Momentus XT (500GB), about 15% reduction in overall battery life compare to my previous 5400 rpm drive.
The problem is the intellectual properties. The engine is incredibly dated and I'm sure some one can port it to FreeSpace 2 engine to bring it up to date. But Disney would never allow a non-licensed Star Wars game even if it was just a mod pack to a free game engine.
Enjoy these LucasArts and Origin games, for they will not be around forever. Take on the Kilrathi and Empire until your joystick breaks. Finish all the side objectives and keep all your wingmen alive. Get the better soundcard and CDROM drive to enjoy Day of the Tentacles with full voice support. And you can never have too many Death Star trench runs so buy Rebel Assault.
You can still keep using the old software and your data. In Google's case, once the service is gone so is your data. Think of it this way, Honda discontinues the RSX they don't go and blow up all the RSX they've sold. The time, data and energy you put into an online service is your investment and when it's discontinued you lose that investment.
I go to a lot of live concerts and yes it does sound better than lossless but the "unlistenable" of some lossy track is something different. Lossy compression of some songs produces a lot of missing tonal range. Majority of songs are fine with lossy compression, but some voices and musical instruments sound hollow and lose a lot of depth to them.
I remember seeing them but I can't track down the official release.
Nope. Not if the quality is high enough, I can't tell the difference 99% of the times. There are some musical instruments (harpsichord) and singers (Tori Amos) where compression is very obvious. The lossy version becomes almost unlistenable once you've heard the lossless version.
On "normal" speakers I can rarely tell the difference, but on reference monitors the difference is noticeable on many tracks. Not terrible distracting but still noticeable.
QuickTime on Mac is pretty useful. It's shit on WIndows. On the Mac, QuickTime can be used for screen recording and is generally pretty fast. Never knew how useful a screen recorder was until my friend needed to record a training session. Windows version is like me trying to run a marathon in a business suit, isn't very functional and pretty slow.
You may not like it but it works for a lot of things. It's just annoying enough to deter most casual pirates. For most people, walled gardens provide a safe and simple installation process for little utilities. And given the fact that you're a small developer it may help your exposure since most of the desktop walled gardens (Windows Store, and Mac OS Store) aren't overflowing with applications. Given your price range it's going to be very hard to justify marketing cost on your own.
Why don't we find a use for all the city pigeons we do have right now. Make them tasty and I'm sure we can get rid of them within a generation.
Once again the Simpsons predicted it.
I, for one, welcome our new dolphin overloads.
Or in my case the serial number provided by Asus on the laptop doesn't work, so you end up on the phone with Microsoft for 1/2 hour trying to convince some guy that you're just install a new hard drive. And he says the license is not transferable onto the new hard drive. Then you say it's a laptop, it's the same laptop, the drive failed so I put in a new drive. Finally, after talking to his supervisor he gives you a code. Then you're kinda of done except for the hours of updates to follow a clean install.
Big changes? You mean like better customer service, good pricing, and management that doesn't have a burning hatred for customers? That's way too big of a change for Best Buy. I remember when they started to implement their "Angels and Demons" policy, that made me to never go Best Buy except when they have the absolute best price on something I want. I use to browse Best Buy all the time while waiting for my girlfriend to shop. I always ended up spending $10-$20 on random things I didn't need. Now, it's order online and in-store pick up. I don't want to browse because the staff have to hungry look. And I'm chubby.
I thought the "embedded" Flash of IE is similar to Chrome's embedded Flash. Meaning Microsoft maintains its own build of Flash like Google maintains its own Flash. So it's up to Microsoft to fix any security issues and not rely on Adobe to release a patch to the consumer. So it could be a good thing like Chrome or a terrible thing like IE6.