So what if Sony didn't include "other OS" on the slim (which they have be upfront about), it's their product they can design it however they want and you are free to not buy it.
Was just pointing out to many here who believed "other OS" was removed for no reason, that geohot was heroically restoring that functionality, when it was his actions that prompted the removal in the first place.
Sony and the publishers were happy, gamers played multiplayer with relatively few cheats, homebrewers had "other os" - some were not happy with lack of GPU access but Sony never claimed we would be able to access the GPU; if you weren't happy with that you should have just bought a cheap PC which would be even easier to program.
portray him as some sort of noble Robin Hood archetype are just..well nothing comes to mind but self-righteous loners with entitlement issues.
I too am quite annoyed at how people like him are worshipped like heroes.
Villain or not, he can be nailed as the one who started the chain of events that resulted in the clusterfuck we have now.
Sony is left scrambling to security the system to appease publishers, gamers can look forward to multiplayer being ruined by hacks (and game developers more headaches from trying to prevent said hacks) and the only ones who are happy are the handful of homebrewers.
It can also be argued that they are protecting their paying customers when they removed "other OS" trying to disable geohot's hack, for said hack would open the floodgates for hacks and cheats in multiplayer ruining online play.
They were screw one way or the other, so they took what they believed was the lesser of 2 evils.
Geohot was the one who threw the first punch, he broke through the hypervisior using "other OS" and "bus glitching", Sony removed "other OS" in response.
Regardless whether you think that was the right response, it's not unexpected and unprovoked.
I have watched the TED talk, I think the point here is using game dynamics and apply them to work to make it more enjoyable and satisfying.
I had played WoW, I spent hours of my life in there doing things that are for most part can be considered a waste of time. A good amount of it was mindless "work" which gave inconsequential rewards.
I began to wonder why I can't study with the same attitude.
If we designed education courses like we designed games, with proper difficultly curves, proper effort/reward tuning (remember WoW's rewards are effectively worthless and cost Blizzard next to nothing to implement/w things like achievements being even cheaper to create), studying will be so much fun, students so much more motivated.
The same can be said for tuning work processes in a job.
Slick layout better then the previous one (which was a bit confusing) for sure.
CPU usage is retarded though, this is the first time I have my CPU fan rev up from view webpages.
14%-25% with nothing running but Chrome (v9.0.597.83; beta) on this one page in which I'm typing this comment. Will go up to 50% (maxing one core) at times when scrolling and other stuff.
The "Options" button sometimes becomes unresponsive after a few uses.
In this case, gaming is the "intermediate effect" rather than the cause.
Mental health problems cause people to get into gaming to escape, while they are gaming their school performance and social skills worsen, leading to increase depression and anxiety.
The UI feels less cluttered, I have always been a fan of Chrome's minimalist UI, although the Firefox title bar and menu bar feel like a bit of a waste of space. It also feels much neater.
Still Chrome might be safer though, Firefox is still single process correct?
Well, the average person need a lot of assistance when it comes to computing tech, and are more than happy to have someone (like Apple) take care of all the cumbersome details.
Not because it so powerful that no one wanted an upgrade, but because both MS and Sony blew a huge amount of money this generation and the next generation will cost just as much to develop.
They can now either: -sit back and collect money or -risk several billion launching a new console
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I never said it was slower, just CPU usage is abnormally high.
Don't know if it's a webkit issue but some of the posts here indicate FF is suffering from it too.
But anyway the point is moot now, they appear to have fixed it.
Wow this is a bit of a stretch.
So what if Sony didn't include "other OS" on the slim (which they have be upfront about), it's their product they can design it however they want and you are free to not buy it.
Was just pointing out to many here who believed "other OS" was removed for no reason, that geohot was heroically restoring that functionality, when it was his actions that prompted the removal in the first place.
he didn't pull the trigger...
IMO he did.
Things were fine before his hack.
Sony and the publishers were happy, gamers played multiplayer with relatively few cheats, homebrewers had "other os" - some were not happy with lack of GPU access but Sony never claimed we would be able to access the GPU; if you weren't happy with that you should have just bought a cheap PC which would be even easier to program.
Just because a bank's security isn't perfect doesnt mean you should try to break into and rob it.
portray him as some sort of noble Robin Hood archetype are just..well nothing comes to mind but self-righteous loners with entitlement issues.
I too am quite annoyed at how people like him are worshipped like heroes.
Villain or not, he can be nailed as the one who started the chain of events that resulted in the clusterfuck we have now.
Sony is left scrambling to security the system to appease publishers, gamers can look forward to multiplayer being ruined by hacks (and game developers more headaches from trying to prevent said hacks) and the only ones who are happy are the handful of homebrewers.
It can also be argued that they are protecting their paying customers when they removed "other OS" trying to disable geohot's hack, for said hack would open the floodgates for hacks and cheats in multiplayer ruining online play.
They were screw one way or the other, so they took what they believed was the lesser of 2 evils.
Let's get something straight.
Geohot was the one who threw the first punch, he broke through the hypervisior using "other OS" and "bus glitching", Sony removed "other OS" in response.
Regardless whether you think that was the right response, it's not unexpected and unprovoked.
PS: This is the end of my karma I suppose.
Oh I doubt this is an attempt to our the cat back in the bag.
This is just trying to slow the cat down temporary for as long as possible and shoot the guy who let it out of the bag.
I have watched the TED talk, I think the point here is using game dynamics and apply them to work to make it more enjoyable and satisfying.
I had played WoW, I spent hours of my life in there doing things that are for most part can be considered a waste of time.
A good amount of it was mindless "work" which gave inconsequential rewards.
I began to wonder why I can't study with the same attitude.
If we designed education courses like we designed games, with proper difficultly curves, proper effort/reward tuning (remember WoW's rewards are effectively worthless and cost Blizzard next to nothing to implement /w things like achievements being even cheaper to create), studying will be so much fun, students so much more motivated.
The same can be said for tuning work processes in a job.
The text is uncomfortably small in my iPhone 4, I can barely make out the words.
Its probably outright unreadable in the lower res iPhones and iPod touch.
Slick layout better then the previous one (which was a bit confusing) for sure.
CPU usage is retarded though, this is the first time I have my CPU fan rev up from view webpages.
14%-25% with nothing running but Chrome (v9.0.597.83; beta) on this one page in which I'm typing this comment.
Will go up to 50% (maxing one core) at times when scrolling and other stuff.
The "Options" button sometimes becomes unresponsive after a few uses.
anti-revolutionary
Heh. They don't seem to want to admit that they are the status quo now.
Those seeking to over throw them would be the revolutionary ones.
I searched "ati drivers xp" got "ati.amd.com/support/driver.HTML"
What's the problem?
From my experience, FF4.0B9 is pretty fast too, but Chrome is "smoother" and for most part more complete.
HDR screen I heard are stupid expensive though.
Current LCD TV tech has enough trouble getting the contrast up and decent blacks.
I have no idea what exotic tech those high-end professional HDR screens use.
Reasonable enough.
In this case, gaming is the "intermediate effect" rather than the cause.
Mental health problems cause people to get into gaming to escape, while they are gaming their school performance and social skills worsen, leading to increase depression and anxiety.
OK never mind, I'm an idiot who left "show menu bar" on.
Disabling that and it looks almost exactly like chrome.
Impressive. I just might switch back from Chrome.
It's fast and responsive.
The UI feels less cluttered, I have always been a fan of Chrome's minimalist UI, although the Firefox title bar and menu bar feel like a bit of a waste of space.
It also feels much neater.
Still Chrome might be safer though, Firefox is still single process correct?
Nonetheless I'm impressed, very impressed.
LOL I doubt publishers will give a shit as they are probably the ones demanding the DRM.
Look at the PC market and the retarded extend publishers go to.
Seriously they asked you to maintain a constant internet connection to play an offline game just so they can check up on you.
Well, the average person need a lot of assistance when it comes to computing tech, and are more than happy to have someone (like Apple) take care of all the cumbersome details.
Quotes to search an exact phrase works fine for me, I have no idea what you are complaining about.
I use MS software if I have to (Windows, Office, etc), but otherwise avoid their stuff.
They have shown anti-competitive behavior in the past, I don't want them getting anymore "power" and influence they can abuse their competitors with.
Not to mention they release plain broken products half the time just so they can be first to market.
Really MS less evil than Google?
Google hasn't burned down a competitor using anti-competitive practices yet, nor have they attempted to do any sort of vendor lock in to my knowledge.
"PS3 is so powerful it's going to last 10 years"
Oh it will last 10 years alright.
Not because it so powerful that no one wanted an upgrade, but because both MS and Sony blew a huge amount of money this generation and the next generation will cost just as much to develop.
They can now either:
-sit back and collect money
or
-risk several billion launching a new console
I think it's obvious why they are in no hurry.