It doesn't add anything that the current ID systems don't already have, and is going to cost over $10 Billion. It's also not going to replace any of the current ID systems. You'll still need a Passport to go overseas for example.
The new Nano package is probably worse for the environment. While it is a lot smaller, it's also all thick plastic. The old Nano packaging was all cardboard and could at least be recycled. The new stuff will end up in a landfill.
Also, does anyone know if my Gameucbe component cable work with the Wii? After all, Nintendo used the same S-video cable for the SNES, N64 and Gamecube.
It is not the same cable. The connector on the back of the Wii is different.
"He says he now lists an item four times on average in order to sell it, up from two listings two years ago."
Here's a tip, set the auction price at $0.01 to start, and let people bid it up to what *they* think it's currently worth. You'll sell your items the *first* time.
The author may have wanted to pay attention to the part of the keynote where Steve says there are many things they would not show about Leopard because they didn't want MS to copy them (complete with a "Top Secret" slide). To assume these are the only new features of Leopard is rather foolish. Why would Steve show his hand early if he doesn't have to? Apple has been burned enough by MS the way it is.
If he's going to compare features, wait until we get the full story of what's in Leopard.
I am an unpaid volunteer working because I believe in the party. Have you no decency, sir? Are you so jaded that you refuse to believe anybody is ever acting in anything other than purely their own self-interest?
But you are acting in your own self interest, or that of your party. Listen, if every jackass felt like they had the right to call me because they really believe in [insert item here] my phone would be ringing non stop. Why do you think your cause is any better than the 5 million others out there? It's not, it's just important to *you*.
Serously, for such a "progressive" party you sure do use some archaic ways to reach out to people.
I agree the 2600n is the best bang for the buck for small business or personal use. We use it at home and have it networked. It's basically as simple as plugging it into my router and it just works.
One tip on this printer though is that by default it's set up to stop the use of the ink cartridges after a certain number of pages printed. This is regardless of whether the ink is actually low on the cartridge or not. This is of course bad, *however*, there is a way to change this setting. There's an undocumented feature you can access on the printers control pannel that lets you turn this off so that you can continue printing until the ink carts are actually all used up. Google it if you get this printer. It ups the value of it by quite a bit if you do that.
Of course hits are going to continue to outsell the "long tail". I think what the author here misses is that when I buy a "hit" off of let's say Amazon, I may also be buying a long tail item as well. And I may be buying both off of Amazon *because* it lets me buy the long tail item as part of my purchase.
Stores always want the most selection. If it was all about hits, why stock anything other than the Top 40? Because people want other things as well, even if the Top 40 sells the most. What the long tail does, is makes offering selection much cheaper to the stores.
Say you have a mom and pop store in a town. They need to take a risk to buy one or two copies of a relatively unknown book or CD. Since they're not buying in bulk they don't get as much of a discount from their distributor. Then they have to hope someone in that area wants to buy it. If not, they're stuck with it because their customer base isn't large enough.
With an online store, suddenly your potential customer base is millions of people. Many more than the thousand or so that may come into a local store. Now you can order a small bulk order of an obscure item and most likely you will find people who want to buy it, regardless of where they are located.
In fact, people who find obscure items at your store will probably be more willing to buy other things from your store because you sell the niche items they like. Some of these may even be hits!
You're right of course. I totally forgot that Wii is not HD ready, nor is 1024x768 even an HD res. I wonder if this is the res they use as they do dev on computer monitors (which is more likely the res they'd run at). Thanks for the correction.
"Interestingly, according to documentation the Wii-mote is able to act as something of an eye, measuring coordinates between 0-1023 on the X axis and 0-767 on the Y axis, which means that it is more or less seeing a megapixel image. Whether or not this data can be interpreted into visual information remains unknown, but we're not ruling out the possibility that the pointer could sub as a camera."
It's not a cameara. The res of HD is 1024x768, so of course the Wii-mote is going to measure coordinates of the same size. All this is saying is that the Wii-mote has per-pixel accuracy. Saying it may be a camera is one of the biggest stretches I've ever seen.
"That makes me wonder... how will the sensor determine the bounds of the TV that the remote is aiming at? Will it look up somehow to see where light is emiting from the TV somehow? Or will there be general assumptions about the size and aspect ratio of the screen?"
It has nothing to do with the TV, and everything to do with the sensor bar. When you point at the TV you're actually pointing at the sensor bar and any movement you do is then translated to movement on screen.
You can think of it just like a mouse on a computer. You're not actually pointing the mouse at your comptuer monitor, but the movements you make get translated to cursor position on your monitor.
As for aspect ratio, thats set when the game loads, whether you're playing in 4:3 or 16:9. No different than changing resolutions on your computer monitor now.
Wow, I love it. I didn't have much hope for the redesign. I assumed the design would change so much it just wouldn't "feel" like Slashdot anymore. I must say the winning design keeps that Slashdot feel, which I'm very happy about.
My only nitpick would be to make the arrows for the collapseable boxes a little smaller. They look too big and bulky compared to the rest of the items on the page (keep the hit area the same size though obviously).
Honestly, how would any guild advertise something that goes against many people's societal norms and NOT expect to be targeted for it? I personally don't care as long as they don't pull an "in your face" attitude about their guild;
Read what you wrote again and tell me how this is any different from the normal trash talking that goes on between guilds on a daily basis in WoW. There are guilds with reputations, both good and bad, on every server, for a variety of reasons. Some even brag about them, and are very "in your face". Do you not think those guilds get targetted? There are several guilds on my server that we have a Kill On Sight rule against for various reasons. This has existed in WoW since day 1.
To say that a guild can't define itself in some way is ludicrous. Guilds have been doing it all the time whether they like it or not just by their actions. If people want to give that guild crap about it, hey, that's part of the game! I'm sure any gay guild that advertises as such is willing to accept the backlash, same as any other guild who may piss someone off in some way.
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And uncompressed. VC games are compressed to save space for this very reason.
The only thing a HD would be useful for at this point is any CD based game, or new games created just for VC that have higher space requirements.
It doesn't add anything that the current ID systems don't already have, and is going to cost over $10 Billion. It's also not going to replace any of the current ID systems. You'll still need a Passport to go overseas for example.
Really it's easier than that. It's just a numbers game. Take in less calories than you expend. That's all there is to it.
How does DRM increase consumer value.
It increases the value of the consumer...to Macrovision.
All that "power" that they've given to the users, coupled with the nasty CSS it takes to use it, will be their undoing.
Hate to break it to ya, but that's exactly the reason it's so popular.
Have you seen MySpace posts? I bet half their passwords are "OMGH0ttieL0lz".
I need to restart all the time. I dual boot OSX and XP. Would be great if start ups were 5 seconds like wake from sleep is.
Magnavox Odyssey, circa 1972. First light gun, or a "Trigger Operated Electronic Device" as they want to call it. I assume that's early enough for ya.
Depending on the plastic it may well be recyclable.
It's #7, non-recyclable.
The new Nano package is probably worse for the environment. While it is a lot smaller, it's also all thick plastic. The old Nano packaging was all cardboard and could at least be recycled. The new stuff will end up in a landfill.
Also, does anyone know if my Gameucbe component cable work with the Wii? After all, Nintendo used the same S-video cable for the SNES, N64 and Gamecube.
It is not the same cable. The connector on the back of the Wii is different.
I've been a slashdotter for a long time. Not a beginner, but certainly not a newbie. Check out my number.
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If you've been here a long time, I must be a fossil.
"He says he now lists an item four times on average in order to sell it, up from two listings two years ago."
Here's a tip, set the auction price at $0.01 to start, and let people bid it up to what *they* think it's currently worth. You'll sell your items the *first* time.
The only time you're too old is when you're dead.
The author may have wanted to pay attention to the part of the keynote where Steve says there are many things they would not show about Leopard because they didn't want MS to copy them (complete with a "Top Secret" slide). To assume these are the only new features of Leopard is rather foolish. Why would Steve show his hand early if he doesn't have to? Apple has been burned enough by MS the way it is.
If he's going to compare features, wait until we get the full story of what's in Leopard.
I am an unpaid volunteer working because I believe in the party. Have you no decency, sir? Are you so jaded that you refuse to believe anybody is ever acting in anything other than purely their own self-interest?
But you are acting in your own self interest, or that of your party. Listen, if every jackass felt like they had the right to call me because they really believe in [insert item here] my phone would be ringing non stop. Why do you think your cause is any better than the 5 million others out there? It's not, it's just important to *you*.
Serously, for such a "progressive" party you sure do use some archaic ways to reach out to people.
I agree the 2600n is the best bang for the buck for small business or personal use. We use it at home and have it networked. It's basically as simple as plugging it into my router and it just works.
One tip on this printer though is that by default it's set up to stop the use of the ink cartridges after a certain number of pages printed. This is regardless of whether the ink is actually low on the cartridge or not. This is of course bad, *however*, there is a way to change this setting. There's an undocumented feature you can access on the printers control pannel that lets you turn this off so that you can continue printing until the ink carts are actually all used up. Google it if you get this printer. It ups the value of it by quite a bit if you do that.
Of course hits are going to continue to outsell the "long tail". I think what the author here misses is that when I buy a "hit" off of let's say Amazon, I may also be buying a long tail item as well. And I may be buying both off of Amazon *because* it lets me buy the long tail item as part of my purchase.
Stores always want the most selection. If it was all about hits, why stock anything other than the Top 40? Because people want other things as well, even if the Top 40 sells the most. What the long tail does, is makes offering selection much cheaper to the stores.
Say you have a mom and pop store in a town. They need to take a risk to buy one or two copies of a relatively unknown book or CD. Since they're not buying in bulk they don't get as much of a discount from their distributor. Then they have to hope someone in that area wants to buy it. If not, they're stuck with it because their customer base isn't large enough.
With an online store, suddenly your potential customer base is millions of people. Many more than the thousand or so that may come into a local store. Now you can order a small bulk order of an obscure item and most likely you will find people who want to buy it, regardless of where they are located.
In fact, people who find obscure items at your store will probably be more willing to buy other things from your store because you sell the niche items they like. Some of these may even be hits!
I think this is why the Long Tail is important.
You're right of course. I totally forgot that Wii is not HD ready, nor is 1024x768 even an HD res. I wonder if this is the res they use as they do dev on computer monitors (which is more likely the res they'd run at). Thanks for the correction.
From TFA:
"Interestingly, according to documentation the Wii-mote is able to act as something of an eye, measuring coordinates between 0-1023 on the X axis and 0-767 on the Y axis, which means that it is more or less seeing a megapixel image. Whether or not this data can be interpreted into visual information remains unknown, but we're not ruling out the possibility that the pointer could sub as a camera."
It's not a cameara. The res of HD is 1024x768, so of course the Wii-mote is going to measure coordinates of the same size. All this is saying is that the Wii-mote has per-pixel accuracy. Saying it may be a camera is one of the biggest stretches I've ever seen.
"That makes me wonder... how will the sensor determine the bounds of the TV that the remote is aiming at? Will it look up somehow to see where light is emiting from the TV somehow? Or will there be general assumptions about the size and aspect ratio of the screen?"
It has nothing to do with the TV, and everything to do with the sensor bar. When you point at the TV you're actually pointing at the sensor bar and any movement you do is then translated to movement on screen.
You can think of it just like a mouse on a computer. You're not actually pointing the mouse at your comptuer monitor, but the movements you make get translated to cursor position on your monitor.
As for aspect ratio, thats set when the game loads, whether you're playing in 4:3 or 16:9. No different than changing resolutions on your computer monitor now.
Wow, I love it. I didn't have much hope for the redesign. I assumed the design would change so much it just wouldn't "feel" like Slashdot anymore. I must say the winning design keeps that Slashdot feel, which I'm very happy about.
My only nitpick would be to make the arrows for the collapseable boxes a little smaller. They look too big and bulky compared to the rest of the items on the page (keep the hit area the same size though obviously).
Great job.
I'm not saying everyone can afford it, but if you can't, then you've got bigger problems to solve anyway.
Actually, if I can't afford it, it's the video game companies that have the problem, not me.
They've actually been doing this for years. Nintendo has always been the most ruthless when going after ROM sites.
Honestly, how would any guild advertise something that goes against many people's societal norms and NOT expect to be targeted for it? I personally don't care as long as they don't pull an "in your face" attitude about their guild;
Read what you wrote again and tell me how this is any different from the normal trash talking that goes on between guilds on a daily basis in WoW. There are guilds with reputations, both good and bad, on every server, for a variety of reasons. Some even brag about them, and are very "in your face". Do you not think those guilds get targetted? There are several guilds on my server that we have a Kill On Sight rule against for various reasons. This has existed in WoW since day 1.
To say that a guild can't define itself in some way is ludicrous. Guilds have been doing it all the time whether they like it or not just by their actions. If people want to give that guild crap about it, hey, that's part of the game! I'm sure any gay guild that advertises as such is willing to accept the backlash, same as any other guild who may piss someone off in some way.