...currently, falls short in the Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
This shouldn't be any surprise for a couple of reasons.
Firstly, LoZ:TP has been in development for ages as a GameCube release. Hence, support for waving your Wii stick around wasn't part of the original game design, it's something they've added recently.
Secondly, LoZ:TP is going to be released simultaneously for GameCube and Wii. This means that the Wii stick can't be required for gameplay, so the game must still be optimized for a conventional controller.
Personally, I'm hoping LoZ:TP is going to innovate in areas other than controller. Wind Waker was just far too similar to Ocarina of Time, except for the boring sailing around parts. So on the whole I'd like Zelda on my Wii to not involve seamen...
First, don't post anonymously if you want a thoughtful critique to be taken seriously. Anonymous posting of anything in favor of a commercial product just screams "astroturfer", here and on Groklaw.
Second, if your non-anonymous comments get deleted, do what I do: repost them on your own web site, with explanatory commentary on the censorship. And then don't waste any more time using the site in question.
Freedom of speech is basically reserved for those who own their own publications; the sooner people realize that, the better.
As you seem to realize, you're never going to force a site like FARK or (you allege) Groklaw to stop engaging in invisible arbitrary censorship, so it's not worth trying. To continue to use the site is to bolster their credibility. So quit, and write your comments elsewhere.
Mainframe sales for IBM have grown consistently over the years. They still are growing, year-to-year, when you smooth out the random ups and downs caused by a smaller customer base.
Sanity check first. You say they didn't buy the computers from you, and they're not paying you for support. Therefore you are under absolutely no obligation to give them any kind of help. Not even social obligation.
So, basically you just need to say "I'm afraid I don't have enough spare resources at the moment to give you free technical support for your Windows problems. You'll have to call Best Buy's Geek Squad, Microsoft, Dell or Toshiba."
I have an old G3 iBook, and it's too big. To get me to buy another portable they need to offer something comparable to a Sony VAIO 505 in form factor. Or preferably, a tablet Mac, but I doubt Steve's biases will let that happen.
Well, if you read enough of the site and comments you'll see some one speculating that there IS going to be a new policy of some sort of crazy ass dress code of what you can't wear into their stores now.
Imagine if Hot Topic did that.
(If you go to Hot Topic you'll find that staff and customers are almost indistinguishable. Yet they don't seem to have any kind of problem with it.)
The CD drive producing this signal is not breaking any copy protection, as that is its intended functionality.
Actually, that's not true. CDs have a "copy inhibit bit", much like the proposed broadcast flag. Almost all commercial CDs have the "no copies" bit set, in fact you have to talk to duplicators to persuade them to do anything else.
The difference is that no CD drive in a computer obeys the copy protection restrictions which are part of the CD standards; whereas most DVD drives in computers obey the restrictions which are part of the DVD standards.
Yes, Linux has a lot of drivers that I just can't believe anyone really cares about these days. Like, drivers for CD-ROMs attached via parallel ports and the like.
Perhaps it's time for something like the Debian popularity contest, but for drivers. The unpopular drivers would still be available, they just wouldn't be part of the main kernel distribution.
I mean, has anyone tried custom-configuring a kernel recently? Ugh...
Yeah. I'm not religious about languages. I'm currently writing a client program in Java, because it's the best tool for the job. My web site runs on Ruby on Rails, because it was the quickest way for me to get something up and running that I could hack on myself. I've written Objective-C, because it's the best language for OS X development.
There are definitely languages I'd prefer not to use, but even then I'll make exceptions. I'm trying to avoid any further Perl, but I used some when there was a library available that made the task about 10x easier.
Pay-to-send schemes do not necessarily create a problem for free mailing lists. I've written about ways to implement pay-to-send without destroying useful things like mailing lists and without forcing your mother to pay to e-mail you.
I'm 6", and have no problem with the Prius whatsoever, I can even sit in the back seat comfortably with headroom to spare. I can't imagine the extra 2" would be a problem.
Not to be too fanboyish, but GURPS beats any other tabletop RPG hands down for clarity, simplicity, realism, and playability. Plus it only uses 6 sided dice.
If they made the English edition metric, I'd consider it. However, I'm primarily interested in modern and SF RPGs, and there's no way I'm going to be using feet, inches and pounds in a modern or futuristic setting.
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That'll make it hard to control your Wii.
"Metal Gear Trousers", featuring a new character Trouser Snake, controlled with your Wii stick.
This shouldn't be any surprise for a couple of reasons.
Firstly, LoZ:TP has been in development for ages as a GameCube release. Hence, support for waving your Wii stick around wasn't part of the original game design, it's something they've added recently.
Secondly, LoZ:TP is going to be released simultaneously for GameCube and Wii. This means that the Wii stick can't be required for gameplay, so the game must still be optimized for a conventional controller.
Personally, I'm hoping LoZ:TP is going to innovate in areas other than controller. Wind Waker was just far too similar to Ocarina of Time, except for the boring sailing around parts. So on the whole I'd like Zelda on my Wii to not involve seamen...
First, don't post anonymously if you want a thoughtful critique to be taken seriously. Anonymous posting of anything in favor of a commercial product just screams "astroturfer", here and on Groklaw.
Second, if your non-anonymous comments get deleted, do what I do: repost them on your own web site, with explanatory commentary on the censorship. And then don't waste any more time using the site in question.
Freedom of speech is basically reserved for those who own their own publications; the sooner people realize that, the better.
As you seem to realize, you're never going to force a site like FARK or (you allege) Groklaw to stop engaging in invisible arbitrary censorship, so it's not worth trying. To continue to use the site is to bolster their credibility. So quit, and write your comments elsewhere.
Super Mario Wii?
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http://img68.imageshack.us/my.php?image=supermari
Mainframe sales for IBM have grown consistently over the years. They still are growing, year-to-year, when you smooth out the random ups and downs caused by a smaller customer base.
Sanity check first. You say they didn't buy the computers from you, and they're not paying you for support. Therefore you are under absolutely no obligation to give them any kind of help. Not even social obligation.
So, basically you just need to say "I'm afraid I don't have enough spare resources at the moment to give you free technical support for your Windows problems. You'll have to call Best Buy's Geek Squad, Microsoft, Dell or Toshiba."
You wish. The Wii jokes will continue in an unending stream. People are just moving on to subtler double-entendres.
Well, I have the opposite problem. The PS2 controller I can use for hours without a problem.
The GameCube controller has an edge on the underside in the wrong place, and wears a blister onto one of my fingers.
I also don't like the looser feel of the analog stick on the GameCube.
There are a couple of companies making soda that's carbonated fruit juice, rather than carbonated sugar syrup. It's expensive, but it's really good...
RIAA. MPAA.
I have an old G3 iBook, and it's too big. To get me to buy another portable they need to offer something comparable to a Sony VAIO 505 in form factor. Or preferably, a tablet Mac, but I doubt Steve's biases will let that happen.
Imagine if Hot Topic did that.
(If you go to Hot Topic you'll find that staff and customers are almost indistinguishable. Yet they don't seem to have any kind of problem with it.)
It's funny for two reasons.
Firstly, because it's somewhat surreal, providing people with the experience of reality suddenly warping unexpectedly.
Secondly, because of the reaction of humorless drones and people who overreact, like you.
Actually, that's not true. CDs have a "copy inhibit bit", much like the proposed broadcast flag. Almost all commercial CDs have the "no copies" bit set, in fact you have to talk to duplicators to persuade them to do anything else.
The difference is that no CD drive in a computer obeys the copy protection restrictions which are part of the CD standards; whereas most DVD drives in computers obey the restrictions which are part of the DVD standards.
Yes, Linux has a lot of drivers that I just can't believe anyone really cares about these days. Like, drivers for CD-ROMs attached via parallel ports and the like.
Perhaps it's time for something like the Debian popularity contest, but for drivers. The unpopular drivers would still be available, they just wouldn't be part of the main kernel distribution.
I mean, has anyone tried custom-configuring a kernel recently? Ugh...
Yeah. I'm not religious about languages. I'm currently writing a client program in Java, because it's the best tool for the job. My web site runs on Ruby on Rails, because it was the quickest way for me to get something up and running that I could hack on myself. I've written Objective-C, because it's the best language for OS X development.
There are definitely languages I'd prefer not to use, but even then I'll make exceptions. I'm trying to avoid any further Perl, but I used some when there was a library available that made the task about 10x easier.
Pay-to-send schemes do not necessarily create a problem for free mailing lists. I've written about ways to implement pay-to-send without destroying useful things like mailing lists and without forcing your mother to pay to e-mail you.
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I'm 6", and have no problem with the Prius whatsoever, I can even sit in the back seat comfortably with headroom to spare. I can't imagine the extra 2" would be a problem.
The idea that McAfee is trying to drum up sales for its Mac anti-virus product seems unlikely to me.
If they wanted to sell the product, they'd actually, you know, let people buy single licenses for their Macs.
If they made the English edition metric, I'd consider it. However, I'm primarily interested in modern and SF RPGs, and there's no way I'm going to be using feet, inches and pounds in a modern or futuristic setting.
Hence, it's T20 for me.
Jeez, next thing programmers will be expected to document their code.
What will the XP weenies do then?
True, but it sure as hell cuts down on the rate of re-offending.
No, there's a much better way.