Doesn't the Kinect use generic components? Perhaps you can get around that by using OpenKinect, bypassing the SDK altogether? I wouldn't know since I don't have one.
The beauty of a PC game is you don't have to limit yourself to a specific set of hardware. You can allow the player to select which graphical options to change. Remember when Crysis came out and it would only run at maximum settings on a dual 8800 in SLI? Nowadays, pretty much any modern GPU can handle it, so in a way Crytek "future proofed" their game because it still looks great and it's still something no console can run with the same detail level.
Many people were disappointed that Crysis 2 for PC took a bit of a step backwards in the graphics department, but if you look at Crysis 2 on the consoles, they look even worse.
So you spend a bunch of time working on something and have Apple dismiss it out of hand because they don't like it or might potentially want to create something that competes at some point in the future. Sounds great.
I don't mind some ads, like the small, unobtrusive text ads. Anything that is a graphical banner, beyond a certain image or file size, a pop-up, a redirect or animated gets blocked.
I am not sure how it will turn out but my guess is that the PULSB license is for people who want to build a PC for personal use, the OEM license is for people who want to build a PC to sell and the full retail license is for people who want to build a PC for commercial use, perhaps in a small business environment where it is practical and cost effective to do so.
You can get a new passport in 2-3 days if you ask for a rush job. It costs more, but it's doable. I actually had to do that once before when an overseas employer waited until the last minute to inform me that I was hired and needed to be there within the week.
It seems Google Voice Search in Jelly Bean works a little better. Asking for sunset gives me the correct answer. Asking for sunrise this morning gives me sunrise for tomorrow. Asking for sunrise or sunset in Cleveland, Ohio works fine, but asking about a specific date brings up a Google search result which does have links to accurate information.
Meh. I will still give other companies the benefit of the doubt until they individually prove to be unscrupulous. I won't buy from Ubisoft, but I also won't let their actions taint my view of other non-open source developers.
I think this is different. The data for the in-app purchases already exists on your device. You have every right to manipulate the data on your device, computer, whatever in any way that you want. So long as you aren't then redistributing that data, there is no problem.
A tablet or a phone with an SD slot is capable of exactly the same things as one without. The SD slot is an additional feature. It expands the capabilities of the device and makes it better.
You must be a real fanatic, possibly with buyer's remorse, to not comprehend that.
How does the data magically get on these SD cards? By being copied there from a computer, or tablet, or other device. How does the data magically get on the computer or tablet? By being synced from another device, over the network, or by being copied from another computer, or other device. Either way (SD card or internal storage only), you're reliant on either a network connection, or another computer, to copy your data around.
Yes, but in my case, I only have to copy the data once. In yours, you have to copy it every single time you want to shuffle stuff around in that 16GB.
And now let's consider this proposed use case - your music library is 120GB. Let's say you want to have 8 games (1GB apiece, your own estimate). And, let's say nice round numbers, 8 movies, at 5 gb apiece. That's... 168 GB of storage you want to manage via your SD slot.
How many SD cards, exactly, are you carrying around in your pocket? 170GB of storage, assuming 16GB microSD cards, is 11 cards that will need to be managed, labeled, kept track of, stored safely, and juggled on the go. Looking at NewEgg right now, 16GB microSDHC cards look like they're going for $10 apiece. So you're spending an extra $110 on that storage, have to MANAGE all that storage, have to KEEP TRACK of all the cards (and they're small, and easily lost if you're swapping them around constantly), and have to make sure your entire library is copied TO those cards. And as your library grows, you have to keep paying for new cards, manage those new cards, and carry them around.
That's six 32GB cards (or three 64GB cards), with about 12GB to spare, after factoring in formatted capacity. They fit nicely in the pocket of my tablet's cover or even in my wallet. On Amazon, you can get a 32GB Class 4 microSD card for $13 or a Class 6 for $20.
How is this, in ANY appreciable way, preferable to saying "load the device with a reasonable amount of stuff before I leave on a long trip, and use wifi to download new stuff when the opportunity presents itself?" I have traveled around Europe and the US (including the very-wide-open midwest), and I've rarely been out of range of SOMEPLACE offering wifi for more than a few hours.
I have lived in and traveled to many countries around the entire world and there have been loads of times when I didn't have access to a wifi signal. I find it funny that you go off on having to spend a few bucks on SD cards but fail to notice that you have to pay for wifi every single time you need to use it in any place that offers it. So while you're sitting around some coffee shop, paying per MB for wifi and waiting the hour it will take to download your stuff, I never even have to stop because my stuff is with me, available instantly at all times.
And if you're truly heading into the *wilderness* for days or weeks, perhaps a tablet is just unnecessary weight that you don't need to carry in the first place.
Or maybe it is. Who are you to tell people what they should and shouldn't be doing?
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Doesn't the Kinect use generic components? Perhaps you can get around that by using OpenKinect, bypassing the SDK altogether? I wouldn't know since I don't have one.
BeOS never went open source, only Tracker did.
Like this?
I'm pretty sure the 360 controller has been available for Windows for quite some time and Kinect is also now available for Windows.
The beauty of a PC game is you don't have to limit yourself to a specific set of hardware. You can allow the player to select which graphical options to change. Remember when Crysis came out and it would only run at maximum settings on a dual 8800 in SLI? Nowadays, pretty much any modern GPU can handle it, so in a way Crytek "future proofed" their game because it still looks great and it's still something no console can run with the same detail level.
Many people were disappointed that Crysis 2 for PC took a bit of a step backwards in the graphics department, but if you look at Crysis 2 on the consoles, they look even worse.
Some games that came out in 2005-2006 on both Xbox 360 and PC.
Call of Duty 2
Condemned: Criminal Origins
F.E.A.R.
Gun
Hitman: Blood Money
Prey
Quake 4
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Tomb Raider: Legend
I have played most of this list and in every case, the PC version looks (and usually controls, due to keyboard/mouse) better than the 360 version.
What kind of tablet do you have?
So you spend a bunch of time working on something and have Apple dismiss it out of hand because they don't like it or might potentially want to create something that competes at some point in the future. Sounds great.
Psychonauts was already released in one of the Humble Bundles, if I'm not mistaken. I'd rate that as a better game than HL2.
Colony Wars for PlayStation was awesome too.
I don't mind some ads, like the small, unobtrusive text ads. Anything that is a graphical banner, beyond a certain image or file size, a pop-up, a redirect or animated gets blocked.
I am not sure how it will turn out but my guess is that the PULSB license is for people who want to build a PC for personal use, the OEM license is for people who want to build a PC to sell and the full retail license is for people who want to build a PC for commercial use, perhaps in a small business environment where it is practical and cost effective to do so.
You can get a new passport in 2-3 days if you ask for a rush job. It costs more, but it's doable. I actually had to do that once before when an overseas employer waited until the last minute to inform me that I was hired and needed to be there within the week.
If you are on PC, check out Gas Guzzlers
Go to shows on Friday or Sunday. In fact, the very first concert ad I see on that site is for Static-X, playing on a Friday.
It's really a moot point though. I doubt any classical musician is ever going to perform at a place like that.
That is not in dispute. Both spellings are valid.
Dictionary.com and Merriam-Webster disagree with you.
It seems Google Voice Search in Jelly Bean works a little better. Asking for sunset gives me the correct answer. Asking for sunrise this morning gives me sunrise for tomorrow. Asking for sunrise or sunset in Cleveland, Ohio works fine, but asking about a specific date brings up a Google search result which does have links to accurate information.
Meh. I will still give other companies the benefit of the doubt until they individually prove to be unscrupulous. I won't buy from Ubisoft, but I also won't let their actions taint my view of other non-open source developers.
It's reasons like this that I refuse to buy anything from Ubisoft.
Look at his username. He was foaming at the mouth to be able to mention his old Commodore, regardless of how off-topic it is.
I think this is different. The data for the in-app purchases already exists on your device. You have every right to manipulate the data on your device, computer, whatever in any way that you want. So long as you aren't then redistributing that data, there is no problem.
A tablet or a phone with an SD slot is capable of exactly the same things as one without. The SD slot is an additional feature. It expands the capabilities of the device and makes it better.
You must be a real fanatic, possibly with buyer's remorse, to not comprehend that.
Many of the items sold on Amazon.com are sold by small businesses or individuals. Amazon doesn't set their prices.
How does the data magically get on these SD cards? By being copied there from a computer, or tablet, or other device. How does the data magically get on the computer or tablet? By being synced from another device, over the network, or by being copied from another computer, or other device. Either way (SD card or internal storage only), you're reliant on either a network connection, or another computer, to copy your data around.
Yes, but in my case, I only have to copy the data once. In yours, you have to copy it every single time you want to shuffle stuff around in that 16GB.
And now let's consider this proposed use case - your music library is 120GB. Let's say you want to have 8 games (1GB apiece, your own estimate). And, let's say nice round numbers, 8 movies, at 5 gb apiece. That's... 168 GB of storage you want to manage via your SD slot.
How many SD cards, exactly, are you carrying around in your pocket? 170GB of storage, assuming 16GB microSD cards, is 11 cards that will need to be managed, labeled, kept track of, stored safely, and juggled on the go. Looking at NewEgg right now, 16GB microSDHC cards look like they're going for $10 apiece. So you're spending an extra $110 on that storage, have to MANAGE all that storage, have to KEEP TRACK of all the cards (and they're small, and easily lost if you're swapping them around constantly), and have to make sure your entire library is copied TO those cards. And as your library grows, you have to keep paying for new cards, manage those new cards, and carry them around.
That's six 32GB cards (or three 64GB cards), with about 12GB to spare, after factoring in formatted capacity. They fit nicely in the pocket of my tablet's cover or even in my wallet. On Amazon, you can get a 32GB Class 4 microSD card for $13 or a Class 6 for $20.
How is this, in ANY appreciable way, preferable to saying "load the device with a reasonable amount of stuff before I leave on a long trip, and use wifi to download new stuff when the opportunity presents itself?" I have traveled around Europe and the US (including the very-wide-open midwest), and I've rarely been out of range of SOMEPLACE offering wifi for more than a few hours.
I have lived in and traveled to many countries around the entire world and there have been loads of times when I didn't have access to a wifi signal. I find it funny that you go off on having to spend a few bucks on SD cards but fail to notice that you have to pay for wifi every single time you need to use it in any place that offers it. So while you're sitting around some coffee shop, paying per MB for wifi and waiting the hour it will take to download your stuff, I never even have to stop because my stuff is with me, available instantly at all times.
And if you're truly heading into the *wilderness* for days or weeks, perhaps a tablet is just unnecessary weight that you don't need to carry in the first place.
Or maybe it is. Who are you to tell people what they should and shouldn't be doing?
That should read 500KBps (kilobytes per second, not kilobits).