NEWS FLASH: Not only is the ICS source code "nowhere in sight," like the summary says, but also, no source code for any version of Android after Gingerbread is released either!! Where's the J, K, L, M, etc source code?? Huh Google? You said you support open source, so where is it?? Typical Google fanboys will defend them, but I see the troof!
Hmm, one would think that someone smart enough to know how to tinker with the car's software would be cognizant enough to know to not let it get down to absolutely zero.
This isn't a mod every person with one of these cars will be doing on their own. It's a hacker's mod. If you know enough to do it, you know what this new zero value will mean.
Except they have said that they won't be licensing it for anyone outside of Zenimax (iD, Bethesda, and a few others), at least until it's too old and gets released as open source.
So, a tech demo for their company only? That doesn't make sense. They were trying to be cool many years ago when they started got beat by Fallout 3 and Borderlands. This interview at Gamasutra sums it up. The interviewer doesn't just drool over them like most game web sites. Uh, you can buy guns at a vendor, or wait for it to drop as loot. Revolutionary!
It sounds good for a rental but not a keeper. I pulled up Redbox to see if it was available around me, and oddly, they only have the PS3 version for rent. Most all of the games they rent are for both HD consoles.
Most people just aren't aroused by family members. There's probably some biological reasoning besides societal pressures to not engage in incest. When I'm ready to get all aroused, thinking of my mother/daughter/sister/grandma/etc isn't on the table. The reasons your looking for may not be because one finds that line of work less respectable.
I was in an infantry company in the Army National Guard. I have a sister a couple years younger than me. On family events around the holidays, other guys would tell me, "Man, your sister is hot." She may be, but I don't see her that way.
Also, I don't value any actor as a whole human. I watch movies/tv shows/etc to see a good story. The vast majority of the time I don't even know their real names. It's not germane to my goal of being entertained by the story. I'm not into the whole TMZ-type tabloid scene. I don't really care what they wear, where they shop, that they don't look movie-perfect when their walking their dog, etc. But when it comes time to do a show, I want them to perform their job well and be dramatic/funny/etc. for that role. Likewise, I don't care to learn what a porn actress, pizza deliveryboy, or checkout girl is as a whole human. If you can perform your job well, I'll partake of what you're selling.
If you want to tell me what I should do with my pets, food I eat, etc when I'm looking for something on a completely different topic, forget it. That's like all the "Bush is evil" comments at Hollywood award shows. It's not the place to get political. Pop on the 24-hour news channels or something if you want to talk politics.
But, but, he just proved it! There is no way it could work! They just need to stop now before any more people enjoy playing games. They are enjoying them for the wrong reasons.
How can anyone enjoy a story when you are like, "I need to respond to this NPC's question within 183ms so the OnLive server receives that response in 298ms and sends me back the result in 481ms. Then I need to climb this ladder within the next 218ms because the baddies up top will shoot me at precisely 817ms from the time I respond to that earlier NPC's question."
You'd think that, but in practice it works pretty damn well. I use it for games I wouldn't normally buy or play that much. Wait for it to go on sale, and boom, you've got Assassin's Creed Brotherhood for $12.50, a month or little more after release. I don't think I've seen it on Steam or much elsewhere at that sort of price.
Recently AT&T DSL decided my 6Mbps connection I've had all year just fine is impossible at my address. So they downgraded me to 3Mbps. OnLive still works. It is now using most all of that bandwidth, so I can't play while any other streaming (Youtube/Netflix) is going on. But I was surprised with the quality I am getting with such a worse bandwidth.
They are coming to Europe so you'll get a better connection to the data center sometime. UK is opening up Sept 22. They had said a few months back that they would be opening more datacenters throughout Europe immediately after.
Another benefit that will be coming soon is the portability of the service. You could play at home, move to the TV, pick up from your last save. Go to the girlfriend's house for the weekend, continue with a console/her PC. Go to a family member's for a holiday/vacation, break out your tablet and universal controller and continue right along.
I don't have a problem running games with high settings on a modest PC. AMD quad-3.4Gz CPU, $130, 8GB RAM, $55, AMD 6870 video card, $155. There is the core of a system for $340. Throw in a few bucks for a HD, monitor, power supply if you don't have a closet full of those (what are you doing here without that?).
Granted, I'm not doing multiple monitors all running 1920x1200 like this fellow, but I enjoy myself. And I use OnLive quite a bit too. I recently chronicled a few of my OnLive purchases at a 1Up.com blog. Add in Deus Ex for $25 with a 50% off coupon.
Wait. Are the unwashed masses the ones emptying their wallets to OnLive to play games now? Or are they the ones emptying their wallets to buy Windows, PC components, and the games? I forget which side I'm supposed to be on.
But there was going to be a monthly fee!! That shall forever apply to them, no matter what. Just like Qt/KDE will never be open source/free software/etc. Just because it's GPL now, does not change some people's minds.
Um, hate to break it to ya mister, but you're posting comments on the cloud right now. It's better to stick to pen and paper. Then just tape your comment to the monitor.
I think I heard someone behind you! Quick, to the safe room! Initiate destruct sequence before they see your post-it notes!!
Well, you have to buy Windows and also buy the games. Every couple years you'll buy a better CPU/Graphics card/etc. With this, you just pay the price for the games.
OnLive may be purchasing the Windows licenses for their virtual machines, so I'm sure money is going to Microsoft, but more importantly, it's not extra money out of my wallet.
Again, it's good enough for many people. If you want to be a more hardcore gamer, and are worried of the other kids on the playground laughing at your less than Core-i99 with 587TB of RAM and 8374789HD graphics card, you can still buy all that. This is not going to take that option away from anybody for the next few decades.
On the other hand, if you just want to get into a game with whatever computer you have, you can go with OnLive.
Long ago there was considerable interface lag with the service. OnLive improved their SDK and now it's barely noticeable. Games released since Homefront (March?) are pretty much all using this better SDK. Unfortunately, getting developers to refit their older games (Dirt 2, Frontlines come to mine) for this better SDK isn't going to happen.
But yes, you can play Deus Ex HR and today's Warhammer 40k Space Marine game on that 5-10 year old computer. Or you can do the original complainer's post and just buy a better computer. And then in a couple years, buy another computer. Rinse and repeat.
They demoed Street Fighter 4 at PAX last week, so that'll arrive soonish. Otherwise, it's up to the developers to integrate their SDK and publish. Talk to your favorite devs.
How can you have this story without Netflix's response? Google it for a good read.
Spoiler: Basically Netflix said thanks for what they had, but with all their other studio agreements, Starz only accounts for 8% of what people watch now. Not much of a loss, and they'll spend that on deals with other studios.
The way I recall it, Slashdot had been around for a while before they started user accounts. But a big attitude here at the time was to avoid user accounts everywhere (privacy, tracking and what-not). Many stories included a generic username/password right with the submitter's link to a registered-users-only site like NY Times. "cypherpunk:cypherpunk" was registered around many places until web sites started blocking access from multiple IPs. I don't know if that originated here, but I first heard of it here.
I didn't wait a long time though, two days perhaps, so I could adjust the settings/filter things/etc.
And to think I waited a few days before registering an account here. "Damn, yet another site wants me to register a name/password?" If only I had known then how much this UID would help me get the girls...
Right, the item drops will need to be tightly controlled for the real-money auctionhouse. Otherwise you'll have a major crash when cheaters generate 10,000 Swords of Awesomeness and flood the auction with them at $0.25 or something.
Commander Keen is still all the Rage, and releasing it for free would cause a Quake to their business strategy. Oh, and CK is on sale on Steam today for $3.74 (and included in some multi-game packs). Releasing it now would just Doom their bottom line...
So, the one and only market which you can cite as "proof" just so happens to be the one and only market where Android and iOS don't directly compete without external influences. Bravo! I think the Android/Iphone phone sales will be a major indicator towards tablet sales in the next couple years. People are buying these smart phones in droves, and porting your apps (especially purchased ones) to the same tablet OS will be key.
Apple chose only one carrier (here in the US) for so many years, and it stopped them from completely dominating the market. They will have a lot to lose as tablet prices come down and Android phones sell more and more on every carrier.
What percentage of people buying one of these devices already own a phone with the same OS?
To me, that would be a pretty major consideration. I have an Android phone. I am used to all its apps, paid or free. Buying an Android tablet would be a seamless transition. I'm sure it's similar with an Iphone-to-Ipad transition. Having to figure out different apps to do the same tasks between the two would get mighty annoying.
Is there anyone out there that has opposite devices and likes their choice?
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NEWS FLASH: Not only is the ICS source code "nowhere in sight," like the summary says, but also, no source code for any version of Android after Gingerbread is released either!! Where's the J, K, L, M, etc source code?? Huh Google? You said you support open source, so where is it?? Typical Google fanboys will defend them, but I see the troof!
Hmm, one would think that someone smart enough to know how to tinker with the car's software would be cognizant enough to know to not let it get down to absolutely zero.
This isn't a mod every person with one of these cars will be doing on their own. It's a hacker's mod. If you know enough to do it, you know what this new zero value will mean.
Except they have said that they won't be licensing it for anyone outside of Zenimax (iD, Bethesda, and a few others), at least until it's too old and gets released as open source.
So, a tech demo for their company only? That doesn't make sense. They were trying to be cool many years ago when they started got beat by Fallout 3 and Borderlands. This interview at Gamasutra sums it up. The interviewer doesn't just drool over them like most game web sites. Uh, you can buy guns at a vendor, or wait for it to drop as loot. Revolutionary!
It sounds good for a rental but not a keeper. I pulled up Redbox to see if it was available around me, and oddly, they only have the PS3 version for rent. Most all of the games they rent are for both HD consoles.
Most people just aren't aroused by family members. There's probably some biological reasoning besides societal pressures to not engage in incest. When I'm ready to get all aroused, thinking of my mother/daughter/sister/grandma/etc isn't on the table. The reasons your looking for may not be because one finds that line of work less respectable.
I was in an infantry company in the Army National Guard. I have a sister a couple years younger than me. On family events around the holidays, other guys would tell me, "Man, your sister is hot." She may be, but I don't see her that way.
Also, I don't value any actor as a whole human. I watch movies/tv shows/etc to see a good story. The vast majority of the time I don't even know their real names. It's not germane to my goal of being entertained by the story. I'm not into the whole TMZ-type tabloid scene. I don't really care what they wear, where they shop, that they don't look movie-perfect when their walking their dog, etc. But when it comes time to do a show, I want them to perform their job well and be dramatic/funny/etc. for that role. Likewise, I don't care to learn what a porn actress, pizza deliveryboy, or checkout girl is as a whole human. If you can perform your job well, I'll partake of what you're selling.
If you want to tell me what I should do with my pets, food I eat, etc when I'm looking for something on a completely different topic, forget it. That's like all the "Bush is evil" comments at Hollywood award shows. It's not the place to get political. Pop on the 24-hour news channels or something if you want to talk politics.
So, you're saying it won't work because people don't usually have 32 or more fingers? Ah, I understand now, I guess.
But, but, he just proved it! There is no way it could work! They just need to stop now before any more people enjoy playing games. They are enjoying them for the wrong reasons.
How can anyone enjoy a story when you are like, "I need to respond to this NPC's question within 183ms so the OnLive server receives that response in 298ms and sends me back the result in 481ms. Then I need to climb this ladder within the next 218ms because the baddies up top will shoot me at precisely 817ms from the time I respond to that earlier NPC's question."
It just baffles me who would find that enjoyable.
You'd think that, but in practice it works pretty damn well. I use it for games I wouldn't normally buy or play that much. Wait for it to go on sale, and boom, you've got Assassin's Creed Brotherhood for $12.50, a month or little more after release. I don't think I've seen it on Steam or much elsewhere at that sort of price.
Recently AT&T DSL decided my 6Mbps connection I've had all year just fine is impossible at my address. So they downgraded me to 3Mbps. OnLive still works. It is now using most all of that bandwidth, so I can't play while any other streaming (Youtube/Netflix) is going on. But I was surprised with the quality I am getting with such a worse bandwidth.
They are coming to Europe so you'll get a better connection to the data center sometime. UK is opening up Sept 22. They had said a few months back that they would be opening more datacenters throughout Europe immediately after.
Another benefit that will be coming soon is the portability of the service. You could play at home, move to the TV, pick up from your last save. Go to the girlfriend's house for the weekend, continue with a console/her PC. Go to a family member's for a holiday/vacation, break out your tablet and universal controller and continue right along.
I don't have a problem running games with high settings on a modest PC. AMD quad-3.4Gz CPU, $130, 8GB RAM, $55, AMD 6870 video card, $155. There is the core of a system for $340. Throw in a few bucks for a HD, monitor, power supply if you don't have a closet full of those (what are you doing here without that?).
Granted, I'm not doing multiple monitors all running 1920x1200 like this fellow, but I enjoy myself. And I use OnLive quite a bit too. I recently chronicled a few of my OnLive purchases at a 1Up.com blog. Add in Deus Ex for $25 with a 50% off coupon.
Wait. Are the unwashed masses the ones emptying their wallets to OnLive to play games now? Or are they the ones emptying their wallets to buy Windows, PC components, and the games? I forget which side I'm supposed to be on.
But there was going to be a monthly fee!! That shall forever apply to them, no matter what. Just like Qt/KDE will never be open source/free software/etc. Just because it's GPL now, does not change some people's minds.
Um, hate to break it to ya mister, but you're posting comments on the cloud right now. It's better to stick to pen and paper. Then just tape your comment to the monitor.
I think I heard someone behind you! Quick, to the safe room! Initiate destruct sequence before they see your post-it notes!!
Well, you have to buy Windows and also buy the games. Every couple years you'll buy a better CPU/Graphics card/etc. With this, you just pay the price for the games.
OnLive may be purchasing the Windows licenses for their virtual machines, so I'm sure money is going to Microsoft, but more importantly, it's not extra money out of my wallet.
Again, it's good enough for many people. If you want to be a more hardcore gamer, and are worried of the other kids on the playground laughing at your less than Core-i99 with 587TB of RAM and 8374789HD graphics card, you can still buy all that. This is not going to take that option away from anybody for the next few decades.
On the other hand, if you just want to get into a game with whatever computer you have, you can go with OnLive.
Long ago there was considerable interface lag with the service. OnLive improved their SDK and now it's barely noticeable. Games released since Homefront (March?) are pretty much all using this better SDK. Unfortunately, getting developers to refit their older games (Dirt 2, Frontlines come to mine) for this better SDK isn't going to happen.
But yes, you can play Deus Ex HR and today's Warhammer 40k Space Marine game on that 5-10 year old computer. Or you can do the original complainer's post and just buy a better computer. And then in a couple years, buy another computer. Rinse and repeat.
They demoed Street Fighter 4 at PAX last week, so that'll arrive soonish. Otherwise, it's up to the developers to integrate their SDK and publish. Talk to your favorite devs.
How can you have this story without Netflix's response? Google it for a good read.
Spoiler: Basically Netflix said thanks for what they had, but with all their other studio agreements, Starz only accounts for 8% of what people watch now. Not much of a loss, and they'll spend that on deals with other studios.
The way I recall it, Slashdot had been around for a while before they started user accounts. But a big attitude here at the time was to avoid user accounts everywhere (privacy, tracking and what-not). Many stories included a generic username/password right with the submitter's link to a registered-users-only site like NY Times. "cypherpunk:cypherpunk" was registered around many places until web sites started blocking access from multiple IPs. I don't know if that originated here, but I first heard of it here.
I didn't wait a long time though, two days perhaps, so I could adjust the settings/filter things/etc.
There is this interview with the OnLive CEO. It mentions a Linux client someday...
And to think I waited a few days before registering an account here. "Damn, yet another site wants me to register a name/password?" If only I had known then how much this UID would help me get the girls...
Everyone here would just say it was photoshopped.
The chopper was done in by a wall, and I think China has that technology covered. So they're protected from an attack by us.
Good idea. I say we shall henceforth pronouce this language as Pee-thon.
Right, the item drops will need to be tightly controlled for the real-money auctionhouse. Otherwise you'll have a major crash when cheaters generate 10,000 Swords of Awesomeness and flood the auction with them at $0.25 or something.
Commander Keen is still all the Rage, and releasing it for free would cause a Quake to their business strategy. Oh, and CK is on sale on Steam today for $3.74 (and included in some multi-game packs). Releasing it now would just Doom their bottom line...
So, the one and only market which you can cite as "proof" just so happens to be the one and only market where Android and iOS don't directly compete without external influences. Bravo!
I think the Android/Iphone phone sales will be a major indicator towards tablet sales in the next couple years. People are buying these smart phones in droves, and porting your apps (especially purchased ones) to the same tablet OS will be key.
Apple chose only one carrier (here in the US) for so many years, and it stopped them from completely dominating the market. They will have a lot to lose as tablet prices come down and Android phones sell more and more on every carrier.
What percentage of people buying one of these devices already own a phone with the same OS?
To me, that would be a pretty major consideration. I have an Android phone. I am used to all its apps, paid or free. Buying an Android tablet would be a seamless transition. I'm sure it's similar with an Iphone-to-Ipad transition. Having to figure out different apps to do the same tasks between the two would get mighty annoying.
Is there anyone out there that has opposite devices and likes their choice?