but the fade provides literally zero benefit, for some people
I notice you use "some" in that quote. So, I presume you do so because it is fewer than half the total population that is using Google. I'd wager the vast majority (70% or more?) of users don't care that passionately about it. So, you want this feature, which most users are fine with, to go away for everybody? Something seems a bit off there, but I wish you good luck in your journeys.
You'd be surprised what people will do. Given a homebrew mod and a SDK, a lot of interesting things will come about. Look at the Wii as an example. Sure there's one side that makes the software to run backups and the like, but there are numerous utilities like media players, cute little games, etc. Sure, you will never see something along the lines of Uncharted 2 come from the homebrew crowd, but you will get some stuff that is nonetheless entertaining.
I think by making such a major fuss over this, Sony is drawing more attention to the hack then would happen if it did nothing until they had something substantial to include in a system update, sneaking the fix in with it. But if it appears in the news over and over as each side counters the other, it'll drive some curiosity toward the mods.
The general public is still very scared of electronic devices breaking, and so, refuse to mod, pirate, etc., lest the risk the dreaded brick and have to pay for a new one. The computer savvy folks will always pirate, those sales will never come in. Provide fun, interesting games at a reasonable price, and you will make money.
The trouble is, now you'll need everything new to go with your 3DTV. You'll want top notch 3D HDMI cables first, otherwise the third dimension might not reach your eyes fast enough. Then there's the 3D remote, 3D popcorn, 3D glasses... oh, waitaminute
I never caught on that cigarettes were marketing to me all through the 80s. I didn't care about Joe Camel, Marlboro man, or whatever other mascots they had. I didn't ever think, "I gots to get me some cigs, that camel is radical!" through my teens. I guess I was missing something there...
I just Googled, "search" and Google was at number seven. Bing was at the top. Using "search engine" and Google isn't even on the first three pages (I got bored after that). So clearly, Google isn't exercising it's monopoly powers very well.
P.S. I would Google for "Google" but I didn't want to break the Internets.
My wife and I have a Nintendo DS each. My daughter wanted to play it from about six months old, just watching us play something. By perhaps 1.5, we got her a Crayola coloring game. She loved being able to scratch around the screen and wildly color the animals. It turns out she was closely watching us press Start, select a couple menu options, etc to change the picture all the time, and had those motions down pat quickly. No more crying, "I want the dinosaur now" and such. Now she is 4 and can maneuver just about any DS game, figure out what menu options do, etc., without being able to read a single word. It's funny how many very-young kid games require a lot of reading. Game makers are goofy that way. As annoying as Dora sounds, those games are pretty well built, telling the kid what to do rather than writing "Find the red circle."
Also, she loved watching me play World of Warcraft. Just make up your own games, What animal is this, etc. She loved watching scenery, bunnies, castles, etc. Just before her 3rd birthday, I got up to go the bathroom to come back to her figuring out maneuvering in a 3-D world. Within 15 minutes she knew how to time holding left/right to turn where she wanted and go anywhere. Within a couple play sessions she knew Ironforge extensively, riding the Tram, finding all the staircases (who knows why, but she loves stairs...), falling long distances, etc. Once she got outside, she had a huge panic moment when a level 3 wolf attacked my level 80 character... Good times.
It isn't that difficult, with a little Googling. The one questionable item (which you can find on the Internet) is that drive signature file. But I did it all recently in about 5 minutes. Bought an XBox360 Arcade with no hard drive. Bought an hd case from DealExtreme, a HD from newegg. Run a simple command-line utility, pointing it to the signature for the right size hd (up to 250GB). Put the drive in the hd case, put it on your Xbox, and you're done. Connect to the net, install updates, you want, etc. The core Dashboard is in the Xbox, but perhaps just updates are on the HD. Backing up an existing drive takes some time, but this was my first Xbox, so I had nothing to backup.
Over the years of using DD-WRT, I've seen this thing called Xlink Kai. How well does it work, are there many players to play against? Maybe it's time to fire that up and see what one can get for free.
This makes me wonder, how well could an app do on Apple/Android markets if it were open sourced as well? Those with the skill could download and compile it themselves, or those without (or wanting to donate) could pay 99 cents for it. Do the developer agreements for either side put restrictions on the source code? It'd be an interesting experiment to try.
If it's B, bureaucracy aside, I can see that happening quickly, although the results would take years to be visible and be quite expensive in retraining everyone to use the new tubes.
There are relatively few deaths due to mistakes of this nature. And, as having worked in the IT and Medical fields separately, I can say, people will just become much better idiots. Blood pressure lines and IV lines haven't been identical in my ten years in medical, but I can see an idiot getting loads of tape or something to keep it secured to the line because, "It just won't stay on."
My wife had her kidneys removed and it is amazing how many nurses and other staff want her to pee in a cup for them. You can give all the specialized adapters, colors, training, etc, but people will still find a way to be stupid.
Sure, just get half a dozen friends to go along with you at that speed. Then if you were to be going the speed limit, you would be causing an accident. Safety first!
A few Google conversions turn up that 140km/h = 87mph, and 40km/h = 25mph (calculators are so 20th century!). 'Round these parts, 25mph is usually a school zone or something. Normal residential streets are 30mph.
Plus, he said he looked out before starting to go. I'm sure he could see whatever distance is needed to achieve this land speed record, plus braking time, plus anyone in their yards who might want to go across the street in the next six seconds. He is a safe driver, he says so right in the thread! Sheesh.
I figured it was muted because 99% of the audio would just be wind. I have heard going 60-100mph on a motorcycle causes quite a bit of air to pass over a microphone...
Or this bit: the woman went into a decline soon after her treatment. Within three months she required dialysis, within a year one kidney had failed, and within two years she was dead
It's not like she died soon after this stem cell treatment. Hell, it doesn't even say that's what caused her death. It just sounds like an interesting analysis of "what happens if you inject stem cells into a kidney" by doctors who weren't willing to do that to a patient themselves.
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but the fade provides literally zero benefit, for some people
I notice you use "some" in that quote. So, I presume you do so because it is fewer than half the total population that is using Google. I'd wager the vast majority (70% or more?) of users don't care that passionately about it. So, you want this feature, which most users are fine with, to go away for everybody? Something seems a bit off there, but I wish you good luck in your journeys.
You'd be surprised what people will do. Given a homebrew mod and a SDK, a lot of interesting things will come about. Look at the Wii as an example. Sure there's one side that makes the software to run backups and the like, but there are numerous utilities like media players, cute little games, etc. Sure, you will never see something along the lines of Uncharted 2 come from the homebrew crowd, but you will get some stuff that is nonetheless entertaining.
I think by making such a major fuss over this, Sony is drawing more attention to the hack then would happen if it did nothing until they had something substantial to include in a system update, sneaking the fix in with it. But if it appears in the news over and over as each side counters the other, it'll drive some curiosity toward the mods.
The general public is still very scared of electronic devices breaking, and so, refuse to mod, pirate, etc., lest the risk the dreaded brick and have to pay for a new one. The computer savvy folks will always pirate, those sales will never come in. Provide fun, interesting games at a reasonable price, and you will make money.
I'd say this software crushed OZModChip's sales of the device more than Sony. It went from $150 AUS down to a free alternative in a week.
Then get your change removed because you aren't a good enough authority on the topic.
The trouble is, now you'll need everything new to go with your 3DTV. You'll want top notch 3D HDMI cables first, otherwise the third dimension might not reach your eyes fast enough. Then there's the 3D remote, 3D popcorn, 3D glasses... oh, waitaminute
I never caught on that cigarettes were marketing to me all through the 80s. I didn't care about Joe Camel, Marlboro man, or whatever other mascots they had. I didn't ever think, "I gots to get me some cigs, that camel is radical!" through my teens. I guess I was missing something there...
I just Googled, "search" and Google was at number seven. Bing was at the top. Using "search engine" and Google isn't even on the first three pages (I got bored after that). So clearly, Google isn't exercising it's monopoly powers very well.
P.S. I would Google for "Google" but I didn't want to break the Internets.
My wife and I have a Nintendo DS each. My daughter wanted to play it from about six months old, just watching us play something. By perhaps 1.5, we got her a Crayola coloring game. She loved being able to scratch around the screen and wildly color the animals. It turns out she was closely watching us press Start, select a couple menu options, etc to change the picture all the time, and had those motions down pat quickly. No more crying, "I want the dinosaur now" and such. Now she is 4 and can maneuver just about any DS game, figure out what menu options do, etc., without being able to read a single word. It's funny how many very-young kid games require a lot of reading. Game makers are goofy that way. As annoying as Dora sounds, those games are pretty well built, telling the kid what to do rather than writing "Find the red circle."
Also, she loved watching me play World of Warcraft. Just make up your own games, What animal is this, etc. She loved watching scenery, bunnies, castles, etc. Just before her 3rd birthday, I got up to go the bathroom to come back to her figuring out maneuvering in a 3-D world. Within 15 minutes she knew how to time holding left/right to turn where she wanted and go anywhere. Within a couple play sessions she knew Ironforge extensively, riding the Tram, finding all the staircases (who knows why, but she loves stairs...), falling long distances, etc. Once she got outside, she had a huge panic moment when a level 3 wolf attacked my level 80 character... Good times.
Naturally, anything is fine in moderation.
It isn't that difficult, with a little Googling. The one questionable item (which you can find on the Internet) is that drive signature file. But I did it all recently in about 5 minutes. Bought an XBox360 Arcade with no hard drive. Bought an hd case from DealExtreme, a HD from newegg. Run a simple command-line utility, pointing it to the signature for the right size hd (up to 250GB). Put the drive in the hd case, put it on your Xbox, and you're done. Connect to the net, install updates, you want, etc. The core Dashboard is in the Xbox, but perhaps just updates are on the HD. Backing up an existing drive takes some time, but this was my first Xbox, so I had nothing to backup.
Over the years of using DD-WRT, I've seen this thing called Xlink Kai. How well does it work, are there many players to play against? Maybe it's time to fire that up and see what one can get for free.
It's a tough crowd today.
Hint for those that missed it, that post was a sarcastic take on RTFA types by me not reading the summary as well. See what I did there?
This makes me wonder, how well could an app do on Apple/Android markets if it were open sourced as well? Those with the skill could download and compile it themselves, or those without (or wanting to donate) could pay 99 cents for it. Do the developer agreements for either side put restrictions on the source code? It'd be an interesting experiment to try.
You could at least provide a link to this alleged quote of yours. How are we to know that you didn't just make all that up?!?
And as we saw in a recent article, people get lazy, skip checklists, and planes still crash.
Build a better system, the world will build better idiots.
If it's B, bureaucracy aside, I can see that happening quickly, although the results would take years to be visible and be quite expensive in retraining everyone to use the new tubes.
There are relatively few deaths due to mistakes of this nature. And, as having worked in the IT and Medical fields separately, I can say, people will just become much better idiots. Blood pressure lines and IV lines haven't been identical in my ten years in medical, but I can see an idiot getting loads of tape or something to keep it secured to the line because, "It just won't stay on."
My wife had her kidneys removed and it is amazing how many nurses and other staff want her to pee in a cup for them. You can give all the specialized adapters, colors, training, etc, but people will still find a way to be stupid.
Six digits? Noob.
Not to mention his last comment was May 1, 2008. So it's for varying definitions of the word "regular."
You're holding it the wrong way. Place the phone on the top of a desk and voila, it's now a desktop class app.
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Steven J.
Sure, just get half a dozen friends to go along with you at that speed. Then if you were to be going the speed limit, you would be causing an accident. Safety first!
A few Google conversions turn up that 140km/h = 87mph, and 40km/h = 25mph (calculators are so 20th century!). 'Round these parts, 25mph is usually a school zone or something. Normal residential streets are 30mph.
Plus, he said he looked out before starting to go. I'm sure he could see whatever distance is needed to achieve this land speed record, plus braking time, plus anyone in their yards who might want to go across the street in the next six seconds. He is a safe driver, he says so right in the thread! Sheesh.
Help! Help! I'm being reppressed!
I figured it was muted because 99% of the audio would just be wind. I have heard going 60-100mph on a motorcycle causes quite a bit of air to pass over a microphone...
I tried to Google "another country of residence," but it only came back with this...
He didn't specify using his penis to rape you. Just sayin...
Now that that is settled, I have to say, there is no way games are or will ever be art.
Thank you.
Or this bit:
the woman went into a decline soon after her treatment. Within three months she required dialysis, within a year one kidney had failed, and within two years she was dead
It's not like she died soon after this stem cell treatment. Hell, it doesn't even say that's what caused her death. It just sounds like an interesting analysis of "what happens if you inject stem cells into a kidney" by doctors who weren't willing to do that to a patient themselves.