You clearly don't have real-world experience in shipping. Having written cargo vessel mooring-space allocation software for one of the busiest ports in the US (something which is far more complex than it sounds), I had occasion to spend quite a lot of time in that environment. It is certainly theoretically possible in the sense that one can imagine ways to do this, but the real-world fact of the matter is that foreign governments do not cooperate in this endeavor, corporate entities do not wish to cooperate, and all manner of piracy and crime is basically rampant on the high seas. It *is* realistically impossible. Study the matter. It is shocking how often major vessels simply disappear -- very likely "becoming" another "new" ship while they're at sea. Bizarre but true.
Devs are already complaining the 360 is a nightmare to code for.
Which is exactly what PS2 devs are saying about the PS2, and what everyone is expecting will be true of the PS3's radically new and complex architecture. (Speaking as a person who knows several PS2 developers fairly well.)
My guess is that the 360 isn't especially hard to code for in console terms, it's just a lot harder to code for compared to the older Xbox, which was basically Win2K/D3D.
GT4 is merely "ok" at best. The graphics are merely passable on any decent-sized TV or projector, it has a number of glaringly obvious bugs, it's embarassing to call it a simulator, the sound is awful, the music is nothing but advertising for Sony Entertainment's mediocre pop catalog, and of course, PS2 controllers suck. Nevertheless it's a fun game, but the day Forza came out, our PS2 has been relegated to a dust-collection device. (We tend to only play racing games, and everybody in my house road races real cars as a hobby -- a 300HP 02 MB C320K, a 525HP 01 Viper, a 380HP 04 GTO, and the latest addition to the family is a sweet 620HP 68 Camaro originally run at IMSA events in the 70s -- we know racing.)
Of course, now it's a full day later, and there are only 8 posts including this one. It sounds boring, but some of the robots are actually pretty interesting, like this one.
You're the one wrapping it in a flag, even if it was only to follow it up with bitching and whining.
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That's a stretch. It isn't as if he invented the idea.
Actually if you read his "History" ramblings on his website, he was rather far behind the curve when it comes to computer stuff across the board. Not that it makes him a bad person or anything, but it's a far cry from giving him credit for subsequent things which happen to resemble something he did at one point.
Far more detailed (and interesting, if you're into that kind of thing) information on the Davy Crockett can be found on this page, including radiation dosages at varying ranges from the detonation point, discussions of damage potential given the variable yield settings, and of course, the one thing everybody wants -- a picture of the explosion.
Honestly it doesn't sound especially destructive. (See the "Blast Effect" discussion near the end.)
The Bush administration is, as the texas expression goes, all hat and no cattle. They're beefing up security where it doesn't matter so that they can look like they're doing something. In the mean time, the real issues are going unaddressed because it's either "too expensive" or "too difficult" to do anything meaningfull.
Replace "too difficult" with a phrase like "realistically impossible" and drop your pointless anti-Bush mewling, and you'd be on to something. For example, read "The Outlaw Sea", a book in which the author addresses this specific issue directly. Or have you become secretly aware of some sort of magical universal detector that would have been implemented by a gloriously enlightened Kerry administration? (See how political trolling utterly ruins the opportunity for serious discussion?)
I do not recall what I was trying to remove, but it was far nastier than CoolWebSearch
In your original post, you said it was CoolWebSearch. So what's the story?
Re:Enough with the Xbox hype already!
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To be fair, Microsoft pretty much invented astroturfing
Ever heard of something called "The Committee to Re-Elect the President," for example? I didn't think so. It was a textbook-definition astroturf campaign intended to get Nixon re-elected in 1972. As I recall, it involved faked White House telegrams, letters in the New York Times and other major publications, and a series of staged demonstrations of public support.
In fact, politics in general has a very long history of exactly this type of behavior.
Microsoft didn't "invent" it by any stretch of the imagination.
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They've already announced there would be a 360-specific version of Halo2.
Both are relative terms. When used in relation to something numbering in the thousands (in this case, MS patches), not only are they not interchangable, they're very nearly opposites.
You make a good point, but on the other hand, look at things like DCMA -- even with a name associated, a lot of people can't get the acronym right (which is arguably easier to remember than some random number), and it seems safe to assume that most people don't even know it exists.
Lethargy and bill-riders are probably much larger problems. But you do raise an interesting point.
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You clearly don't have real-world experience in shipping. Having written cargo vessel mooring-space allocation software for one of the busiest ports in the US (something which is far more complex than it sounds), I had occasion to spend quite a lot of time in that environment. It is certainly theoretically possible in the sense that one can imagine ways to do this, but the real-world fact of the matter is that foreign governments do not cooperate in this endeavor, corporate entities do not wish to cooperate, and all manner of piracy and crime is basically rampant on the high seas. It *is* realistically impossible. Study the matter. It is shocking how often major vessels simply disappear -- very likely "becoming" another "new" ship while they're at sea. Bizarre but true.
Middle America? Step away from the Tolkien, laddie.
What is this "hole chicken" you refer to?
Wait... nevermind, I don't want to know.
Devs are already complaining the 360 is a nightmare to code for.
Which is exactly what PS2 devs are saying about the PS2, and what everyone is expecting will be true of the PS3's radically new and complex architecture. (Speaking as a person who knows several PS2 developers fairly well.)
My guess is that the 360 isn't especially hard to code for in console terms, it's just a lot harder to code for compared to the older Xbox, which was basically Win2K/D3D.
P.S. Don't be such a dick.
YEEEAH!
I thought "the bleat of victory" was Howard Dean.
GT4 is merely "ok" at best. The graphics are merely passable on any decent-sized TV or projector, it has a number of glaringly obvious bugs, it's embarassing to call it a simulator, the sound is awful, the music is nothing but advertising for Sony Entertainment's mediocre pop catalog, and of course, PS2 controllers suck. Nevertheless it's a fun game, but the day Forza came out, our PS2 has been relegated to a dust-collection device. (We tend to only play racing games, and everybody in my house road races real cars as a hobby -- a 300HP 02 MB C320K, a 525HP 01 Viper, a 380HP 04 GTO, and the latest addition to the family is a sweet 620HP 68 Camaro originally run at IMSA events in the 70s -- we know racing.)
Of course, now it's a full day later, and there are only 8 posts including this one. It sounds boring, but some of the robots are actually pretty interesting, like this one.
You're the one wrapping it in a flag, even if it was only to follow it up with bitching and whining.
That's a stretch. It isn't as if he invented the idea.
Actually if you read his "History" ramblings on his website, he was rather far behind the curve when it comes to computer stuff across the board. Not that it makes him a bad person or anything, but it's a far cry from giving him credit for subsequent things which happen to resemble something he did at one point.
i think the American market, at that time, suffered from a fair bit of ego for the whole computer thing
Yeah, that tends to happen when you're primarily responsible for a whole series of the most important innvations in human history.
Far more detailed (and interesting, if you're into that kind of thing) information on the Davy Crockett can be found on this page, including radiation dosages at varying ranges from the detonation point, discussions of damage potential given the variable yield settings, and of course, the one thing everybody wants -- a picture of the explosion.
Honestly it doesn't sound especially destructive. (See the "Blast Effect" discussion near the end.)
The Bush administration is, as the texas expression goes, all hat and no cattle. They're beefing up security where it doesn't matter so that they can look like they're doing something. In the mean time, the real issues are going unaddressed because it's either "too expensive" or "too difficult" to do anything meaningfull.
Replace "too difficult" with a phrase like "realistically impossible" and drop your pointless anti-Bush mewling, and you'd be on to something. For example, read "The Outlaw Sea", a book in which the author addresses this specific issue directly. Or have you become secretly aware of some sort of magical universal detector that would have been implemented by a gloriously enlightened Kerry administration? (See how political trolling utterly ruins the opportunity for serious discussion?)
[golf clap]
Kudos. I virtually mod you up.
I do not recall what I was trying to remove, but it was far nastier than CoolWebSearch
In your original post, you said it was CoolWebSearch. So what's the story?
To be fair, Microsoft pretty much invented astroturfing
Ever heard of something called "The Committee to Re-Elect the President," for example? I didn't think so. It was a textbook-definition astroturf campaign intended to get Nixon re-elected in 1972. As I recall, it involved faked White House telegrams, letters in the New York Times and other major publications, and a series of staged demonstrations of public support.
In fact, politics in general has a very long history of exactly this type of behavior.
Microsoft didn't "invent" it by any stretch of the imagination.
They've already announced there would be a 360-specific version of Halo2.
Both are relative terms. When used in relation to something numbering in the thousands (in this case, MS patches), not only are they not interchangable, they're very nearly opposites.
LOL
Yup. Damn.
With MS, the cure was often worse than the disease.
"Often" is an overstatement. There were serveral incidents but given the number of patches they've released, your comment amounts to flamebait.
There are at least two.
Your psychosis is intriguing and I wish to subscribe to your vision.
You make a good point, but on the other hand, look at things like DCMA -- even with a name associated, a lot of people can't get the acronym right (which is arguably easier to remember than some random number), and it seems safe to assume that most people don't even know it exists.
Lethargy and bill-riders are probably much larger problems. But you do raise an interesting point.
RTFA. Carefully. $400 is the estimated cost of the NED panel, not the whole TV.
RTFA.
$400 is the estimated manufacturing cost of the NED PANEL.
There is a lot more to an HDTV set than just a panel, commercial or otherwise.
It's worse than that.
$400 is the estimated manufactured cost of the NED PANEL.
There is a lot more to an HDTV set than just a panel.