No, the news item is that Microsoft isn't just putting motion tracking capabilities into the SDK, but they are also putting in the microphone capabilities. Jeez, you guys are reading way too much into this.
The PDF reading is ok, it just really depends on the pdf. For something like a PDF formatted to be 8.5x11 sheets, just text, it isn't too great, you have to be zoomed in and scrolling around is a little slow. I found the PDF viewer was great for converted to PDF powerpoint slides though. They usually have big text anyway, so once shrunk to kindle size, it was about normal readable size.
(you can't read an eBook from any vendor other than Amazon on a Kindle),
And where exactly did you come up with this? The main problem is that it can't read ePubs, but you can load anything in a format it supports (txt, mobi, html, pdf if you are masochistic, etc....) via USB, and with some (txt, mobi I think are the only two), you can even download them using the experimental web browser from any store or website.
A person gets his car remapped. This can include things like unlocking a maximum speed set by the company. Consider this as the "jailbreaking" of the car. It is possible that the car company put that limit there in order to prevent excessive wear due to crazy speeds.
"But all I did was modify the software!". Nope, no warranty, since you put the engine outside of it's expected engine parameters. Maybe going extra fast made the engine really hot and melted it into a molten block of metal.
No no, Georgie is the guy who runs the cables. He's just one man though, so he spends a few days digging a little trench, then just covers it up with his shovel. That's why the cable was so close to the surface
I think we are arguing about different things. Yes, agreed that just using the 3G is convenient. How I took chemicaldave's comment though, was that he was asking why, if the user connects to his/her home network, Amazon still charges the publisher for the network delivery fee. I never said that they were making "a lot of money", just that they have to make money, which covers the cost of the provider, and (might) pad their wallet a bit. Maybe I was a bit blunt with my original statement, but why would Amazon bother differentiating Wifi downloads and 3G downloads. Their servers still need money to be maintained, and that money can be recouped through charging the publisher even for wifi downloads.
It isn't OCR-Style errors, it IS OCR Errors. A lot of the books that Amazon provides are OCR-ed, even recent books. Some publishers are nuts and won't give Amazon the actual digital file, instead asking them to OCR it. Yes, true.
The problem is that a lot of these books are OCR'ed and then IMMEDIATELY put on the market, or OCR'ed, quickly skimmed and some problems corrected. The OCR causes problems.
Well, except that without using the Duokan replacement software, the Kindle doesn't support ePub. As well, the Kindle 1 doesn't support PDF and the Kindle 2/3 support is mediocre at best... But yes, you can load mobi or txt or any of the other many supported formats yourself. The point was though, why can't users do this, then no one gets charged for file size. The obvious reason for this is that Amazon has to make money. Case Closed.
It's technically not, but the syntax is essentially the same. Most of your standard C functions are around too, but not all. If you know C, you can essentially write a C program, and it will probably work.
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It's like wallet with your voting?
No, the news item is that Microsoft isn't just putting motion tracking capabilities into the SDK, but they are also putting in the microphone capabilities. Jeez, you guys are reading way too much into this.
This isn't about the Kinect's capabilities, it's about what capabilities Microsoft is making available in the SDK they are releasing for the kinect.
/. eds needed to rush thru this story, ASAP
Exactly, I missed that crucial point above. PDF conversion isn't always great, but typically ePubs go just fine.
I think you may be right, I think someone DID do this on the DSi, whether it was an actual game company or a homebrewer, I'm not sure.
The PDF reading is ok, it just really depends on the pdf. For something like a PDF formatted to be 8.5x11 sheets, just text, it isn't too great, you have to be zoomed in and scrolling around is a little slow. I found the PDF viewer was great for converted to PDF powerpoint slides though. They usually have big text anyway, so once shrunk to kindle size, it was about normal readable size.
No, the 3DS shows an interlaced image, and has a polarized layer over top that points the right lines at the right eyes.
(you can't read an eBook from any vendor other than Amazon on a Kindle),
And where exactly did you come up with this? The main problem is that it can't read ePubs, but you can load anything in a format it supports (txt, mobi, html, pdf if you are masochistic, etc....) via USB, and with some (txt, mobi I think are the only two), you can even download them using the experimental web browser from any store or website.
Let's put this in to a car analogy:
A person gets his car remapped. This can include things like unlocking a maximum speed set by the company. Consider this as the "jailbreaking" of the car. It is possible that the car company put that limit there in order to prevent excessive wear due to crazy speeds.
"But all I did was modify the software!". Nope, no warranty, since you put the engine outside of it's expected engine parameters. Maybe going extra fast made the engine really hot and melted it into a molten block of metal.
Same thing here.
We'll need PCs because we'll have programs that have requirements 100x higher than what we have now.
No no, Georgie is the guy who runs the cables. He's just one man though, so he spends a few days digging a little trench, then just covers it up with his shovel. That's why the cable was so close to the surface
MUCH smaller. This thing is one cubic INCH. A roomba is a couple inches tall, and bigger than a frisbee in terms of diameter.
why would we care about the local docks? Or did you mean Peer?
Don't forget the resulting tsunami!
I would have to assume by bike he meant motorbike...
I think we are arguing about different things. Yes, agreed that just using the 3G is convenient. How I took chemicaldave's comment though, was that he was asking why, if the user connects to his/her home network, Amazon still charges the publisher for the network delivery fee. I never said that they were making "a lot of money", just that they have to make money, which covers the cost of the provider, and (might) pad their wallet a bit. Maybe I was a bit blunt with my original statement, but why would Amazon bother differentiating Wifi downloads and 3G downloads. Their servers still need money to be maintained, and that money can be recouped through charging the publisher even for wifi downloads.
It isn't OCR-Style errors, it IS OCR Errors. A lot of the books that Amazon provides are OCR-ed, even recent books. Some publishers are nuts and won't give Amazon the actual digital file, instead asking them to OCR it. Yes, true.
The problem is that a lot of these books are OCR'ed and then IMMEDIATELY put on the market, or OCR'ed, quickly skimmed and some problems corrected. The OCR causes problems.
Well, except that without using the Duokan replacement software, the Kindle doesn't support ePub. As well, the Kindle 1 doesn't support PDF and the Kindle 2/3 support is mediocre at best... But yes, you can load mobi or txt or any of the other many supported formats yourself. The point was though, why can't users do this, then no one gets charged for file size. The obvious reason for this is that Amazon has to make money. Case Closed.
Considering the title of TFA is "The True Cost of Publishing On the Amazon Kindle "(Emphasis Mine), the Nook doesn't matter in this discussion...
It's not like he took it from the department name, or anything...
It's technically not, but the syntax is essentially the same. Most of your standard C functions are around too, but not all. If you know C, you can essentially write a C program, and it will probably work.
Maybe we'll get a Shockwave remake while fresh games are coming to the 3DO!