The level of naysayers, resistance to change in Slashdot is the most I have seen in forever and I have been reading Slashdot for quite a while now. Could you please, please, try it before saying that it is just like [insert failed google product here] or [insert very successful google product that you don't like here].
I know this is quite a culture shift for Slashdot, but sometimes it's too much.
Well, you have two simple features: minimize ribbon and the quick access toolbar. If you use both of these features you have as much screen real estate as you can hope to get and allows you to put commonly used but unrelated things on the screen. Of course, you can customize it as one Anonymous Coward described in a reply to your post and define custom keyboard shortcuts. I understand people dislike the ribbon for any number of reasons except those that are not reasons at all, please review office one more time.
Anyway, you are correct when you say that it brings a different set of advantages and disadvantages, however that is La Palice worthy as (almost?) anything that is comparable does bring one different set of advantages and disadvantages.
I find it deeply amusing that while you try to make a point based on music history, you fail completely.
Radiohead are one of the greatest bands ever. They revolutionized rock music throughout these last 15 years in ways I can only compare to The Beatles and still you only remember them for a song they released in 1992.
I'm sorry but if I had mod points I could only mod you either funny or troll.
SWOS was a truly ground breaking sports game. It was the first to introduce the offside rule, it had management capabilities, it had a career mode. All before it became mainstream. The fast paced gameplay was just what made it addictive.
It's not that obscure if you're not in America, north of Mexico.
Blank Voting is a form of doing your duty and saying that there's no candidate with which you agree. I know several people who vote or have voted blank in some occasion.
Well... I think you missed the point in the article. The point is: There is a significant amount of people that bought a PS3 and don't want it anymore. The secondary point is: Most of those people are willing to trade for a Wii+cash and even an odd case of trading at a money loss.
Following the announcement that the US Official PlayStation Magazine is to close, Future Publishing and Sony Computer Entertainment have confirmed that the UK version will continue.
Is it a deal breaker when ALL the consoles have the same game?
Besides have you really understood what I was saying? If A => B, not A not necessarily imply not B
What I'm saying is that Not having EA => Not buying the console but Having EA =/=> Buying the console
Anyhow, as you may read in my previous post I haven't said EA was not important. I think it is, just not important #5 but important #10. This is were we may disagree, which is ok, life goes on.
This article was discussed a few days ago on Digg and the general opinion was that it was garbage. I agree with the general Digg opinion on this particular subject.
First of all, if Zelda is first does that mean that the Gamecube will receive a boost in sales as it will be released for both platforms? Games are important but the other platforms also have games, this is not a weapon as massive as others that Nintendo has.
Discarding all games we are left with three outsiders from the list: The Wiimote, which is oddly on the last place: shouldn't it be first? The Wii is almost defined by the Wiimote, it's what makes it different. The Virtual Console, on 6th place. Taking advantage of a huge back collection of games, the Virtual Console should be a huge plus for most hardcore gamers that miss a quick fix of old school gaming. I'm sure it's not a decisive feature for most but I would put it far above 6th place. And the EA support, on 5th. Is this relevant? I mean, EA is important as it guarantees plenty of games per year but it has a huge downside, most games, in my opinion, are not top notch. Besides, noone buys a console because it has EA games although I'm sure many wouldn't buy a console exactly because it didn't have any mainstream, EA games. Way too high on the list, maybe 10th place?
Besides these three, there are, at least two important features of the Wii which should have made the top10. WiiConnect24 and GCN compatibility. Nintendo finally learned that it was important to ensure a huge catalog of games in every new console right from the start. These two features help in that by making sure you'll receive demos of new games and the ability to play GCN games. These will also be joined by the Virtual Console which is part of the WiiConnect24.
Other killer features should be stuff like interoperability with the DS or support for indie developers. I, for one, would be extremely interested in developing a small fun game and selling it for 1 a copy or something through the Wii.
Conclusion: This article misses some obvious "weapons" and seems to have simply chosen 10 things wii-related and shuffled them in whatever way they seemed fit. Horrible article, Zonk should be more careful of what he posts.
I actually do some of what you preach. But point #6 intrigues me. Why shouldn't I bank online? Is it safety concerns? It's a much easier way to know how much you've got than using the bank's phone system. The way I see it now, and hoping someone could clarify me, banking online is just a matter of preference and not a big no no as the parent put it.
The trolls, the trolls... "Mod parent down." I'll reply instead:
If you read the FAQ you would know that the PIN is only known client side. So Google uses your PIN - in your extension - to unlock that information. Or would you rather to have it forever encrypted?
WRONG, WRONG, WRONG and, huh, WRONG! I really couldn't let this pass...
Kodak - "Philologically, the word Kodak is as meaningless as a child's first 'goo'--terse, abrupt to the point of rudeness, literally bitten off by firm and unyielding consonants at both ends, it snaps like a camera shutter in your face. What more would one ask!" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodak
Mercedes - The name of the daughter. A girl's name for a car, like the grandparent stated, and NOT one of the founders'.
Virgin - Richard Branson started Virgin Records with 19. If he was, or not, a virgin, I don't know. But it would a bit strange for 19 year old with an associate (Nik Powell) would call his company Virgin because he was a virgin.
Ubuntu - "Ubuntu is a sub-Saharan African ethic or ideology focusing on people's allegiances and relations with each other. The word has its origin in the Bantu languages of Southern Africa. Ubuntu is seen as a traditional African concept." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_(ideology)
If you ask me it's a better thought out name Ubuntu when compared to Kodak, but Kodak is already a household name and Ubuntu is not. This was the point of the grandparent.
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The level of naysayers, resistance to change in Slashdot is the most I have seen in forever and I have been reading Slashdot for quite a while now.
Could you please, please, try it before saying that it is just like [insert failed google product here] or [insert very successful google product that you don't like here].
I know this is quite a culture shift for Slashdot, but sometimes it's too much.
Well, you have two simple features: minimize ribbon and the quick access toolbar. If you use both of these features you have as much screen real estate as you can hope to get and allows you to put commonly used but unrelated things on the screen. Of course, you can customize it as one Anonymous Coward described in a reply to your post and define custom keyboard shortcuts. I understand people dislike the ribbon for any number of reasons except those that are not reasons at all, please review office one more time.
Anyway, you are correct when you say that it brings a different set of advantages and disadvantages, however that is La Palice worthy as (almost?) anything that is comparable does bring one different set of advantages and disadvantages.
Actually you just have to find a country where the treaty wasn't ratified and you're set.
For a minute there, I thought they were making some sort of metaphorical statement.
I find it deeply amusing that while you try to make a point based on music history, you fail completely.
Radiohead are one of the greatest bands ever. They revolutionized rock music throughout these last 15 years in ways I can only compare to The Beatles and still you only remember them for a song they released in 1992.
I'm sorry but if I had mod points I could only mod you either funny or troll.
That's also true for Portuguese and similiar for other latin languages.
I guess the Japanese form was Portuguese influenced.
1, 2, 3, huh, some words for you:
Guitar Hero III for Wii
http://wii.ign.com/articles/783/783421p1.html
SWOS was a truly ground breaking sports game. It was the first to introduce the offside rule, it had management capabilities, it had a career mode. All before it became mainstream. The fast paced gameplay was just what made it addictive.
It's not that obscure if you're not in America, north of Mexico.
Blank Voting is a form of doing your duty and saying that there's no candidate with which you agree. I know several people who vote or have voted blank in some occasion.
Well... I think you missed the point in the article.
The point is: There is a significant amount of people that bought a PS3 and don't want it anymore. The secondary point is: Most of those people are willing to trade for a Wii+cash and even an odd case of trading at a money loss.
You do know there's a whole world that wakes up before 7am EST right?
Exactly! How hard could it be? Why don't you do it? It would help you and all of us.
My source= 21101
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid
Is it a deal breaker when ALL the consoles have the same game?
Besides have you really understood what I was saying?
If A => B, not A not necessarily imply not B
What I'm saying is that
Not having EA => Not buying the console
but
Having EA =/=> Buying the console
Anyhow, as you may read in my previous post I haven't said EA was not important. I think it is, just not important #5 but important #10. This is were we may disagree, which is ok, life goes on.
Exactly, what I meant to say was
If a console isn't supported by EA, people won't buy the console.
But being supported by EA isn't a condition sine qua non for you to buy the console.
It's important but not important as in "Nintendo Arsenal".
This article was discussed a few days ago on Digg and the general opinion was that it was garbage. I agree with the general Digg opinion on this particular subject.
First of all, if Zelda is first does that mean that the Gamecube will receive a boost in sales as it will be released for both platforms? Games are important but the other platforms also have games, this is not a weapon as massive as others that Nintendo has.
Discarding all games we are left with three outsiders from the list:
The Wiimote, which is oddly on the last place: shouldn't it be first? The Wii is almost defined by the Wiimote, it's what makes it different.
The Virtual Console, on 6th place. Taking advantage of a huge back collection of games, the Virtual Console should be a huge plus for most hardcore gamers that miss a quick fix of old school gaming. I'm sure it's not a decisive feature for most but I would put it far above 6th place.
And the EA support, on 5th. Is this relevant? I mean, EA is important as it guarantees plenty of games per year but it has a huge downside, most games, in my opinion, are not top notch. Besides, noone buys a console because it has EA games although I'm sure many wouldn't buy a console exactly because it didn't have any mainstream, EA games. Way too high on the list, maybe 10th place?
Besides these three, there are, at least two important features of the Wii which should have made the top10.
WiiConnect24 and GCN compatibility. Nintendo finally learned that it was important to ensure a huge catalog of games in every new console right from the start. These two features help in that by making sure you'll receive demos of new games and the ability to play GCN games. These will also be joined by the Virtual Console which is part of the WiiConnect24.
Other killer features should be stuff like interoperability with the DS or support for indie developers. I, for one, would be extremely interested in developing a small fun game and selling it for 1 a copy or something through the Wii.
Conclusion: This article misses some obvious "weapons" and seems to have simply chosen 10 things wii-related and shuffled them in whatever way they seemed fit. Horrible article, Zonk should be more careful of what he posts.
I actually do some of what you preach. But point #6 intrigues me. Why shouldn't I bank online? Is it safety concerns? It's a much easier way to know how much you've got than using the bank's phone system. The way I see it now, and hoping someone could clarify me, banking online is just a matter of preference and not a big no no as the parent put it.
The trolls, the trolls... "Mod parent down." I'll reply instead:
If you read the FAQ you would know that the PIN is only known client side. So Google uses your PIN - in your extension - to unlock that information. Or would you rather to have it forever encrypted?
I was actually tempted to mod the parent funny :)
Because they're running Ubuntu and a shiny little button saying upgrade appears.
You're correct. It should be tagged "mistranslated" eheh
In your mind Parts of Europe = Parts of the UK, apparently...
WRONG, WRONG, WRONG and, huh, WRONG! I really couldn't let this pass...
Kodak - "Philologically, the word Kodak is as meaningless as a child's first 'goo'--terse, abrupt to the point of rudeness, literally bitten off by firm and unyielding consonants at both ends, it snaps like a camera shutter in your face. What more would one ask!" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodak
Mercedes - The name of the daughter. A girl's name for a car, like the grandparent stated, and NOT one of the founders'.
Virgin - Richard Branson started Virgin Records with 19. If he was, or not, a virgin, I don't know. But it would a bit strange for 19 year old with an associate (Nik Powell) would call his company Virgin because he was a virgin.
Ubuntu - "Ubuntu is a sub-Saharan African ethic or ideology focusing on people's allegiances and relations with each other. The word has its origin in the Bantu languages of Southern Africa. Ubuntu is seen as a traditional African concept." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_(ideology)
If you ask me it's a better thought out name Ubuntu when compared to Kodak, but Kodak is already a household name and Ubuntu is not. This was the point of the grandparent.
I thought they were bi-curious... for their interest in physical matters and curiousness in intellectual ones. *grin*
What about A3X... I think that's catchy. :)