Tho I agree, playing devil's advocate I'd have to point out they are trying to remove the market for the kiddie porn. Remove the market and the producers will dramatically drop off. Only a minor percentage are paying for it, but there are also a lot more that are funding the producers/distributors indirectly with banner impressions and clicks, and with zip files of KP with botnet/spyware sprinkled in.
Why not? It's been working so well to shut down the drug trade.
I'd argue that. Skylab parts were successfully retrieved for posterity. As far as I know nobody has recovered any Mir parts from the bottom of the Pacific. So in terms of bringing random bits of scrap back from orbit, good ol' american "let it fall and hope it doesn't hit anything expensive" beat russian planning and execution.
No way. If the Wii's any indication, you'll have to jump through hoops to get even an intermittent connection and you'll only be able to talk to random people unless you exchange a 30-digit friend code with the people you really want to call.
...so potentially $2,000,000,000 - $26,000,000 = $1,974,000,000 = Not bad even when you lost in court IMHO. And certainly *not* counting what ~7 years worth of foreseeable built-up interest on $2B either.
You should invest in free energy. You're exactly the kind of savvy investor they're looking for.
The drive-less Xbox 360 Arcade unit is cheap ($199) but to realistically use it, you'll need to buy a "Memory Unit" (basically a proprietary USB stick) or an Xbox hard drive.... A 512 MB Microsoft branded Memory Unit goes for $29.99 at BestBuy.com.
The current version of the Arcade comes with 512M internal memory, so throw this whole statement out the window.
CAE's Tropos image generators use 17 GPUs per channel in a commercially available package. Each image channel (there are usually at least 3 in a flight simulator) uses 4 quad-GPU Radeon 8500 cards in addition to the onboard GPU which is only used for the operator interface. I've been working on these things for a couple of years now.
Supervisors "try to fire" a bad employee. Human Resources and Legal decide whether the attempt is successful or not. In IT they should also be rolling a D20 saving through versus sabotage.
The big deal with the game seems to be the voice commands. In theory it sounds like a great idea.
But then I just finished Rainbow Six Vegas 2, the most recent Ubisoft/Clancy release. It had a very simple voice command system, and it was almost completely unuseable. Saying "hold" five times before my teammates eventually walk into a crossfire is not an advantage over just hitting the "hold" button.
Harley shares Grace's views on buying Easter bunnies. We think he started life as one, but when we adopted him it was just guessed at based on his age. Now he lives the good life and doesn't ever have to hide eggs.
I thought my rabbit was going to be perfectly healthy on a diet of hay and fresh greens. How many cups of coffee should he be drinking daily to be safe?
[i]To say that it runs on potential energy? The device always *has* gravity, but it's not drawing it off. Once you supply the device with some potential energy though, it takes that energy and utilizes it.[/i]
It doesn't run on potential energy. A weight held in the air has potential energy. A weight (and gravity) acting on the mechanism is kinetic.
As far as I know, Microsoft cares more about releasing Halo 3 this year than GTA IV. They are just saying it for PR purposes. I'm sure Microsoft could care less when GTA IV comes out, they have many great games coming out this year and early next year.
No, actually Microsoft made it very clear that GTA IV was expected to be one of the big three system sellers this year, along with Halo and Madden. It was important enough that Peter Moore tatooed it on his arm, for cryin' out loud!
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I think the book was published before gamelauncher existed and I'm not aware of any updates. It mentions a few that were available at the time but they may be a bit dated now. I'm also using gamelauncher, but that's because after reading the book I kept up to date on arcadecontrols.com, the author's forum.
Yes, the book does spend some time on copyright issues. It recommends the public domain roms that work with the emulator and points out that whether or not the reader uses roms they have no legal right to is for the reader to decide.
I use roms I don't own, but I also collect real system boards of my favorite games when I can find them.
As I mentioned, E3 brings the publishers and distributors together. That's not exciting or sexy, so you don't hear anything about it. Unless you're one or the other, it probably looks like a total failure. And as you said, the GDC is the place to bring the developers and publishers together, which is a very different focus. I think both can be successful and seperate.
As the GDC gains in popularity and media attention, how long will it take before it's the new media circus?
Since the whole POINT of the show is now the journalists, shouldn't it have totally centered around them?
That's a common misconception. It is NOT about the journalists. It's an industry business to business conference, where hardware and software producers network with the distributors. It evolved into a media circus and now is used to market games to the public, but the reason for the big change this year is that the big names threatened to withdraw if the public and the 3rd-tier journalists weren't excluded.
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Tho I agree, playing devil's advocate I'd have to point out they are trying to remove the market for the kiddie porn. Remove the market and the producers will dramatically drop off. Only a minor percentage are paying for it, but there are also a lot more that are funding the producers/distributors indirectly with banner impressions and clicks, and with zip files of KP with botnet/spyware sprinkled in.
Why not? It's been working so well to shut down the drug trade.
With the exception of things legally forbidden to children (alcohol and tobacco), kids can get anything they want online.
How are those things exceptions?
A child can order those online without supervision, but they can't be delivered unless an adult of legal drinking age is present to accept.
So, when it did already cause matter to have appeared?
If the matter was sent back far enough in time it may have become the basis of a popular contemporary religion.
Don't ask me why they decided to send back loaves and fishes, of all things.
The Mir didn't make a very good re-entry vehicle.
Arguably better than SkyLab?
I'd argue that. Skylab parts were successfully retrieved for posterity. As far as I know nobody has recovered any Mir parts from the bottom of the Pacific. So in terms of bringing random bits of scrap back from orbit, good ol' american "let it fall and hope it doesn't hit anything expensive" beat russian planning and execution.
What aren't the shuttles just made a permanent part of the station and source of parts and the crew just sent down via MIR or something?
The Mir didn't make a very good re-entry vehicle.
I thought they were making a big comeback after watching a recent episode of Parks and Recreation.
So will this prevent the likes of Glen Beck and Ann Coulter from broadcasting outside of the USA?
To answer your question, no I didn't RTFA, I couldn't even be bothered to read past the headline.
So you're a fan, then.
Where's Weeds/Big Love/True Blood, or whatever people are watching nowadays?
Those are all on $15/month channels. People who are willing to pay for quality shows are already doing that.
No way. If the Wii's any indication, you'll have to jump through hoops to get even an intermittent connection and you'll only be able to talk to random people unless you exchange a 30-digit friend code with the people you really want to call.
...so potentially $2,000,000,000 - $26,000,000 = $1,974,000,000 = Not bad even when you lost in court IMHO. And certainly *not* counting what ~7 years worth of foreseeable built-up interest on $2B either.
You should invest in free energy. You're exactly the kind of savvy investor they're looking for.
The drive-less Xbox 360 Arcade unit is cheap ($199) but to realistically use it, you'll need to buy a "Memory Unit" (basically a proprietary USB stick) or an Xbox hard drive.... A 512 MB Microsoft branded Memory Unit goes for $29.99 at BestBuy.com.
The current version of the Arcade comes with 512M internal memory, so throw this whole statement out the window.
What happens when your gasoline powered car crashes and the tank ruptures?
Happens all the time. The best case is an annoying fuel leak, with the worst case being a dangerous car fire.
When pure lithium is mixed with water, the best case is only a small number of people are close enough to be killed/maimed by the ensuing explosion.
If you had some way to store data in particle spin, I could easily see 6 dimensions.
x,y,z position, plus x,y,z spin.
Interesting stuff....
You should let a physicist know you discovered 3 new dimensions. I think they'd want to know about that.
CAE's Tropos image generators use 17 GPUs per channel in a commercially available package. Each image channel (there are usually at least 3 in a flight simulator) uses 4 quad-GPU Radeon 8500 cards in addition to the onboard GPU which is only used for the operator interface. I've been working on these things for a couple of years now.
A parent who can't make informed decisions based on the ESRB rating isn't going to be much more successful with two warnings.
Supervisors "try to fire" a bad employee. Human Resources and Legal decide whether the attempt is successful or not. In IT they should also be rolling a D20 saving through versus sabotage.
The big deal with the game seems to be the voice commands. In theory it sounds like a great idea.
But then I just finished Rainbow Six Vegas 2, the most recent Ubisoft/Clancy release. It had a very simple voice command system, and it was almost completely unuseable. Saying "hold" five times before my teammates eventually walk into a crossfire is not an advantage over just hitting the "hold" button.
Is Grace a Rex? She seems to have that soft, short hair of a Rex.
Here's mine.
Harley shares Grace's views on buying Easter bunnies. We think he started life as one, but when we adopted him it was just guessed at based on his age. Now he lives the good life and doesn't ever have to hide eggs.
I thought my rabbit was going to be perfectly healthy on a diet of hay and fresh greens. How many cups of coffee should he be drinking daily to be safe?
Adopt a rabbit!
[i]To say that it runs on potential energy? The device always *has* gravity, but it's not drawing it off. Once you supply the device with some potential energy though, it takes that energy and utilizes it.[/i]
It doesn't run on potential energy. A weight held in the air has potential energy. A weight (and gravity) acting on the mechanism is kinetic.
As far as I know, Microsoft cares more about releasing Halo 3 this year than GTA IV. They are just saying it for PR purposes. I'm sure Microsoft could care less when GTA IV comes out, they have many great games coming out this year and early next year.
No, actually Microsoft made it very clear that GTA IV was expected to be one of the big three system sellers this year, along with Halo and Madden. It was important enough that Peter Moore tatooed it on his arm, for cryin' out loud!
I think the book was published before gamelauncher existed and I'm not aware of any updates. It mentions a few that were available at the time but they may be a bit dated now. I'm also using gamelauncher, but that's because after reading the book I kept up to date on arcadecontrols.com, the author's forum.
Yes, the book does spend some time on copyright issues. It recommends the public domain roms that work with the emulator and points out that whether or not the reader uses roms they have no legal right to is for the reader to decide.
I use roms I don't own, but I also collect real system boards of my favorite games when I can find them.
As I mentioned, E3 brings the publishers and distributors together. That's not exciting or sexy, so you don't hear anything about it. Unless you're one or the other, it probably looks like a total failure. And as you said, the GDC is the place to bring the developers and publishers together, which is a very different focus. I think both can be successful and seperate.
As the GDC gains in popularity and media attention, how long will it take before it's the new media circus?
Since the whole POINT of the show is now the journalists, shouldn't it have totally centered around them?
That's a common misconception. It is NOT about the journalists. It's an industry business to business conference, where hardware and software producers network with the distributors. It evolved into a media circus and now is used to market games to the public, but the reason for the big change this year is that the big names threatened to withdraw if the public and the 3rd-tier journalists weren't excluded.