They would rather you didn't do anything that would push them to spend more money on infrastructure. A DSL provider may have less incentive to throttle your access to Netflix, but the incentive is still there.
I think we're getting to the point where you pay for bytes like we pay for electricity. No cap, but you pay for what you use during peak times. At least I hope peak/off-peak times will be considered. I'd hate to have to pay per torrent during off-peak times when it doesn't cause any congestion.
But the point is that most people don't buy WoW to have a single player adventure. It wouldn't be nearly as popular or long lived if it was designed for standalone first and online play second. It is just a silly to suggest that all games be designed to play standalone.
Ok, so it isn't new, but standalone games have been the norm. Regardless of what is a new idea, the fact remains that many games would simply not be the same if designed primarily to be played standalone.
LOL! Right, because your local ISP could give a fuck about Netflix's profits. They WANT you to cancel your Netflix subscription. Don't you get it? They hate Netflix. Cable companies want you to pay for cable TV. That's what the whole Net Neutrality is all about. If it were up to the cable companies, your access to Netflix would be completely blocked..You'd be playing right into their hands by cancelling Netflix.
Um, how old are you? Multiplayer *is* new. Or at least the idea of making a game that only plays online is. It is perfectly reasonable to make a game that is designed to be played online. Think of how boring WoW or Eve Online (I'm not a big console player) would be in single player mode, for example. It just wouldn't make sense to plays those games standalone. But that's what makes them so appealing. If you want a standalone game, there are plenty that play just fine that way. To say that all games should be like that though is kind of silly.
As for not using PSN, that's a bit overreactive, don't you think? I'm not a PS3 developer, but I imagine leveraging PSN for online play cuts down on dev time significantly. You'd be dumb not to take advantage of that. Outages like PSN is experiences are just not typical. To base your technical decisions around it is not wise.
Most people think it is acceptable to buy a wireless router, drop it in their office, and suddenly they have cheap wireless for all 40 of their employees. While this may work when not everyone is using it simultaneously, this is exactly the mentality that the article suggests we move away from.
But it works. There's nothing wrong with that "mentality." OK, maybe you want to spend a little bit more on the AP, but the basic idea of relying primarily on the wired network is perfectly sound. Wired networks are fast, reliable, and cheap. You can't normally get that combination in IT. Normally it is a "pick two" situation.
It is idiotic to say 'if you are a high bandwidth user you need to sit the hell down and stop moving'
No, what's idiotic is not taking advantage of the speed, reliability, and simplicity of a wired network for users and devices which are stationary 95% of the time. It is idiotic to structure your whole network around a few high bandwidth users who like to move around.
Basically your argument for going totally wireless seems to be "because it is cool."
We don't, in fact, have a very good naturalistic explaining for the origin of *life*. We only have a good explanation for the origin of species. How life started is still a bit of a mystery. That's not to say it is reasonable to insert God in that gap in theory, but we should at least be honest about what we understand and what we don't.
Catholic school, right? Let's just say that most of the pressure to get creationism in schools isn't coming from Catholics. It is coming from evangelical, protestant, and often fundamentalist Christians. They really do believe that creationism belongs in science classes. The only question for them is whether to include evolution at all!
Devices that require regular fast data transfers will continue to need wired access, yes. This isn't really optional. Wired networks are just faster by a very wide margin. Not only that, but they're switched so you're not necessarily sharing bandwidth with the person sitting next to you. You can't just say "Oh, lets make wireless the center of our infrastructure," and BAM, faster wireless. It doesn't work like that. Even 802.11n can't hold a candle to GigE. On paper it looks like they are comparable (300Mbps vs 1000Mbps), but in practice the difference is huge. I'd take even a 100Mbps wired connection over a typical 802.11n link if I had to do any significant file transfers.
Will also certainly want network access. So add that in. At some point you just have OLPC, except far less convenient. Better to just package everything the child will need into a cheap laptop. A computer on a USB stick is a neat trick but mostly useless for the masses.
If all of those accessories are required to use the computer, why wouldn't you package them into the case? Congratulations, you've reinvented the laptop.
But the phone is useful to them. They have motivation to keep it safe and working. But a tiny computer that only plugs in at the computer lab and at home if they happen to have HDMI, keyboard, USB wifi, etc? Meh. They don't care. If they really need to work in a lab, we already have thin clients and servers. There's just so little value in letting them walk around with a fully functional computer that requires a very specific external hardware configuration to be usable.
Or even better, take the smart phones that so many people are already carrying around and make them even smarter and capable of being a full desktop w/ external keyboard and dsplay. Bonus is that it is useful even when not "docked."
You're going to entrust a kid with the physical security of a keychain sized computer when chances are that they're only going to use it in the lab? And then theyire data is basically stuck on that device. There's no simple way for them to get that data to another computer to work. A simple flash drive would be better. Or better yet, store their data such that it is accessible form anywhere there's a 'net connection and you don't have to worry about students losing/breaking their data.
Maybe I'm missing something, but where are the actual instructions? They just list a bunch of downloads and features. How do I start the process of installing Linux on my PS3?
Nintendo is the only one that really NEEDS a new console right now. I mean, no HD? Really? That's just sad.
As for missing out on cross-platform titles like GTA, I don't think they care. Nintendo is trying to separate themselves from the pack and create a new gaming experience (with great success, I might add). Not just another console that will play the FPS du jour. Nintendo is the Apple of consoles.
Who in their right mind would want to run a 12 year old Linux distribution anyway? God help you if you're still running REL 6 in 2021. You'll have more problems than just your support contract expiring.
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They would rather you didn't do anything that would push them to spend more money on infrastructure. A DSL provider may have less incentive to throttle your access to Netflix, but the incentive is still there. I think we're getting to the point where you pay for bytes like we pay for electricity. No cap, but you pay for what you use during peak times. At least I hope peak/off-peak times will be considered. I'd hate to have to pay per torrent during off-peak times when it doesn't cause any congestion.
But the point is that most people don't buy WoW to have a single player adventure. It wouldn't be nearly as popular or long lived if it was designed for standalone first and online play second. It is just a silly to suggest that all games be designed to play standalone.
Ok, so it isn't new, but standalone games have been the norm. Regardless of what is a new idea, the fact remains that many games would simply not be the same if designed primarily to be played standalone.
ALL advertising. We are under no moral obligation to consume advertising, even if it supports a site we like.
LOL! Right, because your local ISP could give a fuck about Netflix's profits. They WANT you to cancel your Netflix subscription. Don't you get it? They hate Netflix. Cable companies want you to pay for cable TV. That's what the whole Net Neutrality is all about. If it were up to the cable companies, your access to Netflix would be completely blocked..You'd be playing right into their hands by cancelling Netflix.
Um, how old are you? Multiplayer *is* new. Or at least the idea of making a game that only plays online is. It is perfectly reasonable to make a game that is designed to be played online. Think of how boring WoW or Eve Online (I'm not a big console player) would be in single player mode, for example. It just wouldn't make sense to plays those games standalone. But that's what makes them so appealing. If you want a standalone game, there are plenty that play just fine that way. To say that all games should be like that though is kind of silly. As for not using PSN, that's a bit overreactive, don't you think? I'm not a PS3 developer, but I imagine leveraging PSN for online play cuts down on dev time significantly. You'd be dumb not to take advantage of that. Outages like PSN is experiences are just not typical. To base your technical decisions around it is not wise.
Most people think it is acceptable to buy a wireless router, drop it in their office, and suddenly they have cheap wireless for all 40 of their employees. While this may work when not everyone is using it simultaneously, this is exactly the mentality that the article suggests we move away from.
But it works. There's nothing wrong with that "mentality." OK, maybe you want to spend a little bit more on the AP, but the basic idea of relying primarily on the wired network is perfectly sound. Wired networks are fast, reliable, and cheap. You can't normally get that combination in IT. Normally it is a "pick two" situation.
It is idiotic to say 'if you are a high bandwidth user you need to sit the hell down and stop moving'
No, what's idiotic is not taking advantage of the speed, reliability, and simplicity of a wired network for users and devices which are stationary 95% of the time. It is idiotic to structure your whole network around a few high bandwidth users who like to move around. Basically your argument for going totally wireless seems to be "because it is cool."
We don't, in fact, have a very good naturalistic explaining for the origin of *life*. We only have a good explanation for the origin of species. How life started is still a bit of a mystery. That's not to say it is reasonable to insert God in that gap in theory, but we should at least be honest about what we understand and what we don't.
Catholic school, right? Let's just say that most of the pressure to get creationism in schools isn't coming from Catholics. It is coming from evangelical, protestant, and often fundamentalist Christians. They really do believe that creationism belongs in science classes. The only question for them is whether to include evolution at all!
Devices that require regular fast data transfers will continue to need wired access, yes. This isn't really optional. Wired networks are just faster by a very wide margin. Not only that, but they're switched so you're not necessarily sharing bandwidth with the person sitting next to you. You can't just say "Oh, lets make wireless the center of our infrastructure," and BAM, faster wireless. It doesn't work like that. Even 802.11n can't hold a candle to GigE. On paper it looks like they are comparable (300Mbps vs 1000Mbps), but in practice the difference is huge. I'd take even a 100Mbps wired connection over a typical 802.11n link if I had to do any significant file transfers.
Will also certainly want network access. So add that in. At some point you just have OLPC, except far less convenient. Better to just package everything the child will need into a cheap laptop. A computer on a USB stick is a neat trick but mostly useless for the masses. If all of those accessories are required to use the computer, why wouldn't you package them into the case? Congratulations, you've reinvented the laptop.
But the phone is useful to them. They have motivation to keep it safe and working. But a tiny computer that only plugs in at the computer lab and at home if they happen to have HDMI, keyboard, USB wifi, etc? Meh. They don't care. If they really need to work in a lab, we already have thin clients and servers. There's just so little value in letting them walk around with a fully functional computer that requires a very specific external hardware configuration to be usable.
I could be mistaken, but it is my understanding that the USB host is supposed to supply power, not receive it.
Or even better, take the smart phones that so many people are already carrying around and make them even smarter and capable of being a full desktop w/ external keyboard and dsplay. Bonus is that it is useful even when not "docked."
You're going to entrust a kid with the physical security of a keychain sized computer when chances are that they're only going to use it in the lab? And then theyire data is basically stuck on that device. There's no simple way for them to get that data to another computer to work. A simple flash drive would be better. Or better yet, store their data such that it is accessible form anywhere there's a 'net connection and you don't have to worry about students losing/breaking their data.
> Even if fusion fizzles, Wouldn't that give us more useful fizzle material?
So you're saying we need a way to harness environmental sensitivity?
Maybe I'm missing something, but where are the actual instructions? They just list a bunch of downloads and features. How do I start the process of installing Linux on my PS3?
Nintendo is the only one that really NEEDS a new console right now. I mean, no HD? Really? That's just sad. As for missing out on cross-platform titles like GTA, I don't think they care. Nintendo is trying to separate themselves from the pack and create a new gaming experience (with great success, I might add). Not just another console that will play the FPS du jour. Nintendo is the Apple of consoles.
Still not widecreen...
Who in their right mind would want to run a 12 year old Linux distribution anyway? God help you if you're still running REL 6 in 2021. You'll have more problems than just your support contract expiring.