Huh? I can count the good games that came out on one hand, and I bought the N64 the day it came out for $350! Goldeneye, Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Smash Bros.
I posted this way earlier (like 1 AM) with a ton of links, but I guess the night shift hates video games.
Anyway, check out this article with news on where Sega is heading, including making games for PS2, Gamecube and Gameboy Advance.
Sega's got a good head on its shoulders when it comes to software. I wouldn't fret about them totally dying out (and I can't wait to see the Sega developers cut loose on the PS2. They might release some of the best games to hit the system).
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Problem one: when all the Linux companies go "Tits up", hardware companies will no longer feel a need to release a few drivers for their products. They are only catering to the niche right now because they think that niche is growing.
Problem three: if we lose these companies, we will be losing many of Linux's best programmers. Reasoning: while some of the better ones are hobbists, a lot of the best coders work for money. They are coming to Linux not only because they see a development challenge, but a monetary opportunity through companies. Watch how quickly they'll go back to Windows if they realize they need more money (or if the market bottoms out).
Problem three: You seem to have many hours a day where you can code programs to give away for free. I don't. Most of us don't. Right now I'm going to college, but even now I'm swamped with work and expenses necessary to keep food on my table. I can only imagine it getting harder when I leave. That's why I can't help you in your idealistic ways.
Of installed Windows 2000 on 3 of my home machines (the other runs Linux). 2 of the Windows 2000 boxes were desktops, one was a laptop. All installed beautifully.
Try to install it yourself before making a stupid comment about it's usability.
The "free" Balmer was talking about had nothing to do with the user's standpoint. He was referring to the Linux business model which (he is at least partly correct in saying so) is difficult because you can get the product for free.
Right now, companies like RedHat make a majority of their "good" cash off of support plans. The problem, though, is two fold:
1.) As anyone who's ever been to a CompUSA knows, most people hate support plans.
2.) Developers and Linux/FreeBSD users especially hate support plans. Why need support when all of the tools are already available.
There's the flaw. Most Linux companies are catering to the wrong niche. If RedHat worked more for companies like AOL, who are going to try to bring Linux to the "I'm an idiot how do you turn this thing on" masses, they will inevitably make more money, as the product they are selling will be more wanted.
As I posted on the site's cute little comment board, who's one "source" am I to believe? Wired's or this Mac site?
I know I can delve all I want into biases here, but I honestly don't think Wired has anything against Apple. Hell, they were the ones who published the "pray" cover story for Apple a few years ago, prompting people to help it return.
"Je suis le Québec, et je considère cette conversation un travesty! Naturellement nous sommes meilleurs, vous les porcs d'expression anglaise! Vive les crossants!"
Words from the horse's mouth, provided by Babelfish.
-Sega has huge losses over 4 straight quarters, including the very successful Dreamcast US launch.
-They still build a user base of several million rather devoted users.
-Sega says that over 100 new titles will hit the Dreamcast library this year. This I believe.
-Sega decides to release a new box that is an even more dangerous money hole than the previous one? What will stop Johnny user from downloading instructions off the internet to copy a game to his friend's? Or, more importantly, download an M rated game while Mommy isn't looking?
Furthermore, why wouldn't they learn from the relatively great decision of Sony to release a system that can play last generation's games, therefore increasing the previous generation's game base as well as the current (driving up license profits)?
This whole thing doesn't make sense, particularly since the Dreamcast has been out only 1 and a quarter years in America.
I love the Dreamcast (I like it more than my PS2), but this doesn't seem like a correct decision at all (or a credible rumor, for that matter).
First, Yahoo has never accepted money for placing a site higher in a search, and probably never will. I should know. I was an intern at a startup site that wanted to try to do this and Yahoo said it was "unethical".
Second, how is Google "competition", if Yahoo licenses their engine? If anything, Google is more like a "partner", or have you not gone to Yahoo recently to do your research.
As one of the biggest of the big on the Internet, Yahoo! is hardly a favorite of those Slashdot folks who like their net small and personal.
Huh? Very doubtful. I don't know about anyone else, but Yahoo is my portal of choice. For a brief time I switched to Google, but since Yahoo started using Google's engine I've gone back to Yahoo.
Yahoo combines the right amount of internet knowhow, big-name features (like their calender, which I use daily) and a strong search engine.
First off, I'm going to ignore the fact that your user info states you haven't posted more than 3 messages in the last month or so. Even though, in my mind, the whole purpose of Slashdot is to discuss; whether or not you understand the material or not is secondary -- you learn.
I don't know who appointed you as self-regulator of Slashdot. Perhaps you consider yourself one due to your low user ID. I, myself, talk to Rob and Hemos reguarly, so I don't understand what you would know that I don't.
I consider my purpose here twofold. One, to learn what others have to say. Two, to incite conversation. I do that poorly sometimes, but from the responses I get, the majority of talk is positive.
As for this wireless issue, yes I can reconfigure my firewall to limit bandwidth to outside users. But why? Your suggestion is like showing the hacker the front door, locked, and jiggling the keys in your hand. I'd prefer to have the door hard to find, or impossible to find.
Just because you are one of the few who was the first on Slashdot doesn't necessarily make you intelligent.
I have a wireless LAN in my house right now, encrypted. Why in God's name would I want someone to a) use up my LAN bandwidth, b) use up my cable connection bandwidth and c) most importantly, gain access to my LAN?
Didn't CmdrTaco post an article a few weeks ago about "locking down your boxes"? What's the difference between locking down our boxes and locking down our LANs? I don't want Rob to use my LAN unless I let him.
Another hacker paradox. Lock our boxes. Free bandwidth for all.
Are you kidding? That's like saying alcoholics would be addicted to O'Doulls because they like the taste of the beer. And we all know where the sale of non-alcoholic brew has gone.
Nicotine is a drug, as is alcohol. It is designed to keep people hooked onto the thing they are consuming.
You don't see people who like soda struggling to quit. Or those who like to comb their frequently. In your mind, just the repeated action represents the addiction.
Oh, and by the way, smoking kills you. That's how they lose customers. If they were striving to make more money, they would make a less cancerous cigarette.
Actually, they saw it two years ago. The youngest one is now 13, followed by 15 and 16 repsectively.
As to gaguing their personalities, all I can say is they have a hell of a lot more friends than I was their age. And they're going to parties. The 16 year old (a female, but also a bit of a ditz) is one of those "popular" girls at school.
That's not to say that I approve of any of this. I'm just stating what I see.
I'm, of course, a Giants fan (NY area -- I normally root for the Jets) but this game was just awful. The Giants didn't even bother to play. (That, combined with the fact that the Ravens made their offense look like a joke).
Hell, my little brother just switched over to the movie "Little Giants" on NBC. This isn't going to bode well for Survivor, either, with their pilot going on tonight. I could care less about the show (I was one of the few and the proud that didn't watch any of it last season), but if I were CBS I'd be shitting in my pants right now. Most people have probably switched channels.
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Huh? I can count the good games that came out on one hand, and I bought the N64 the day it came out for $350! Goldeneye, Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Smash Bros.
They're continuing software development, so the ISO's will be illegal. Emulating the hardware is, and has always been, legal.
Anyway, check out this article with news on where Sega is heading, including making games for PS2, Gamecube and Gameboy Advance.
Sega's got a good head on its shoulders when it comes to software. I wouldn't fret about them totally dying out (and I can't wait to see the Sega developers cut loose on the PS2. They might release some of the best games to hit the system).
It's strong, but not a monster.
Why? I use Staroffice for Windows.
Problem three: if we lose these companies, we will be losing many of Linux's best programmers. Reasoning: while some of the better ones are hobbists, a lot of the best coders work for money. They are coming to Linux not only because they see a development challenge, but a monetary opportunity through companies. Watch how quickly they'll go back to Windows if they realize they need more money (or if the market bottoms out). Problem three: You seem to have many hours a day where you can code programs to give away for free. I don't. Most of us don't. Right now I'm going to college, but even now I'm swamped with work and expenses necessary to keep food on my table. I can only imagine it getting harder when I leave. That's why I can't help you in your idealistic ways.
It doesn't do anything in Windows 2000.
But the point is that Windows 2000 IS secure out of the box. Unlike *cough* RedHat *cough*...
Try to install it yourself before making a stupid comment about it's usability.
Right now, companies like RedHat make a majority of their "good" cash off of support plans. The problem, though, is two fold:
1.) As anyone who's ever been to a CompUSA knows, most people hate support plans.
2.) Developers and Linux/FreeBSD users especially hate support plans. Why need support when all of the tools are already available.
There's the flaw. Most Linux companies are catering to the wrong niche. If RedHat worked more for companies like AOL, who are going to try to bring Linux to the "I'm an idiot how do you turn this thing on" masses, they will inevitably make more money, as the product they are selling will be more wanted.
That explains so much. Is that why you're constantly ragging on stupid issues, CmdrTaco? :)
I know I can delve all I want into biases here, but I honestly don't think Wired has anything against Apple. Hell, they were the ones who published the "pray" cover story for Apple a few years ago, prompting people to help it return.
Words from the horse's mouth, provided by Babelfish.
-Sega has huge losses over 4 straight quarters, including the very successful Dreamcast US launch.
-They still build a user base of several million rather devoted users.
-Sega says that over 100 new titles will hit the Dreamcast library this year. This I believe.
-Sega decides to release a new box that is an even more dangerous money hole than the previous one? What will stop Johnny user from downloading instructions off the internet to copy a game to his friend's? Or, more importantly, download an M rated game while Mommy isn't looking?
Furthermore, why wouldn't they learn from the relatively great decision of Sony to release a system that can play last generation's games, therefore increasing the previous generation's game base as well as the current (driving up license profits)?
This whole thing doesn't make sense, particularly since the Dreamcast has been out only 1 and a quarter years in America.
I love the Dreamcast (I like it more than my PS2), but this doesn't seem like a correct decision at all (or a credible rumor, for that matter).
But this is still available.
Did that with my family (Win2K makes everybody's homepage MSN -- bleah) and they stopped using it immediately.
Not really. As anyone who's ever tried out their clubs and voice chat, Yahoo can be just as much a community as any other site.
First, Yahoo has never accepted money for placing a site higher in a search, and probably never will. I should know. I was an intern at a startup site that wanted to try to do this and Yahoo said it was "unethical".
Second, how is Google "competition", if Yahoo licenses their engine? If anything, Google is more like a "partner", or have you not gone to Yahoo recently to do your research.
In short, kindly get your head out of your ass.
Huh? Very doubtful. I don't know about anyone else, but Yahoo is my portal of choice. For a brief time I switched to Google, but since Yahoo started using Google's engine I've gone back to Yahoo.
Yahoo combines the right amount of internet knowhow, big-name features (like their calender, which I use daily) and a strong search engine.
I don't know who appointed you as self-regulator of Slashdot. Perhaps you consider yourself one due to your low user ID. I, myself, talk to Rob and Hemos reguarly, so I don't understand what you would know that I don't.
I consider my purpose here twofold. One, to learn what others have to say. Two, to incite conversation. I do that poorly sometimes, but from the responses I get, the majority of talk is positive.
As for this wireless issue, yes I can reconfigure my firewall to limit bandwidth to outside users. But why? Your suggestion is like showing the hacker the front door, locked, and jiggling the keys in your hand. I'd prefer to have the door hard to find, or impossible to find.
Just because you are one of the few who was the first on Slashdot doesn't necessarily make you intelligent.
Give me a break.
Didn't CmdrTaco post an article a few weeks ago about "locking down your boxes"? What's the difference between locking down our boxes and locking down our LANs? I don't want Rob to use my LAN unless I let him.
Another hacker paradox. Lock our boxes. Free bandwidth for all.
Nicotine is a drug, as is alcohol. It is designed to keep people hooked onto the thing they are consuming.
You don't see people who like soda struggling to quit. Or those who like to comb their frequently. In your mind, just the repeated action represents the addiction.
Oh, and by the way, smoking kills you. That's how they lose customers. If they were striving to make more money, they would make a less cancerous cigarette.
As to gaguing their personalities, all I can say is they have a hell of a lot more friends than I was their age. And they're going to parties. The 16 year old (a female, but also a bit of a ditz) is one of those "popular" girls at school.
That's not to say that I approve of any of this. I'm just stating what I see.
Hell, my little brother just switched over to the movie "Little Giants" on NBC. This isn't going to bode well for Survivor, either, with their pilot going on tonight. I could care less about the show (I was one of the few and the proud that didn't watch any of it last season), but if I were CBS I'd be shitting in my pants right now. Most people have probably switched channels.