Not knowing what the improvements will be, I'd still probably buy one. I've been looking for a reason to justify buying a second one. For some strange reason I've never even met another person who owns a DS. So pushing a second DS in someone's hands and threaten to kill him unless he plays against me sounds rather appealing.
Maybe the same thing will happen here. Let's say that the new ATI-Nintendo gfx chip won't use polygons but use spline patches instead. Then you can't compare specs (you could, in a way, but no-one would accept that the results weren't biased in one way or another).
I think Iwata would say that even when the gamecube sold as many units as the PS2. If you're creating a system that's supposed to appeal to a lot more people than your current system, in a really big way, then it's a failure if that doesn't happen. Even if, as I said before, your current console sells a metric shitload of units.
Other languages built on the JVM? There aren't many.
Try this page. From that page : The following is a list of programming languages for the Java virtual machine aside of Java itself. Currently (spring 2005), it comprises close to 200 different systems.
Maybe that's not enough for you, but it is for me.
In Dragonball (the first, when Goku is a little boy), you can see Goku's 'thingy' quite a few times. And it really adds to the story. It reminds people that he grew up in the wilderness, and has no notion of 'civilized' behaviour. I don't know if it's also in the anime (but I thought so), and if it is, I don't know if they showed it in the US (I'm European), so please enlighten me.
Well, (never having played it, but...) Guild wars has no subscription model. That's what Nintendo wants. You have PVP, quests, social interaction in the city. All that for the price of one game.
You'll love it. It's not quite single player, it's not quite MMORPG, but it comes with a pokeball at the end. You don't get completely what you would get with a normal pokemon RPG, but you get a good game.
OK. Here's your controller. For those who don't follow the GC : this is a REAL controller, made for the game Phantasy Star Online. I don't think many people bought the controller, but it still exists.
Now if you consider that you can just shove a gamecube game in the console and play the game, your idea of removing the z button and replacing the D-pad and C-stick with a trackball seems very unlikely. You need the D-pad and C-stick to play Metroid Prime. I think it would be more likely that the new controller is just a lump of play-doh and a bunch of buttons & sticks that you can shape into any controller you want. OK, not really, but it would be fun. The game needs two sticks and a shoulder button? just push it in the play-doh and shape it like you want.
I think "blogging" is the web version of rap. The basics of rap are that anyone can do it, you just take a riff and start rapping over it. And it was cheap. There was a time that rappers wanted to bring a message to the world (Grandmaster Flash, Public Enemy...). But these days it's mostly just "I'm a pimp and I'm dangerous. I've got a big dick and I fuck around, YO bitch". That is to say : this is the only kind I here on the radio these days.
I see a lot of similarities with blogging. Taking a sample (link to some story), and throw in some bullshit (most blogs don't really have a message).
That said, I do read some blogs sometimes. But those that I read try to be funny, silly, entertaining.
Well, there's a clue on the official image for V for Vendetta : "Remember, remember the 5th of November". Which is the first line of the Guy Fawkes nursery rhyme (and it's used in the graphic novel), the guy who tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament on the 5th November 1605. So the UK seems very likely.
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If LINUX wants fo compete with windows on ANYTHING, FIX THE DAMN DRIVERS, make it easy to developers, and support commercial drivers well too, manufactures have the right to keep their source in a very competitive market.
Hmm... That's not what the people from NVidea said in TFA.
Let's quote 2 paragraphs from the article (Tippett = Matthew Tippett, product team lead for Linux platform engineering, ATI ; Triantos = Nick Triantos, chief software architect for NVIDIA):
Of course, Linux drivers are not inherently difficult to develop compared to Windows drivers. And as many a gamer will attest, installing the right, updated driver for a graphics card to get a Direct3D game to run on WindowsXP can be a real pain, fraught with device conflicts and other nuisances. Indeed, the development process for Linux drivers are largely the same as creating drivers for Windows. "There is often a misunderstanding in the market that leads to the misconception that Linux [driver development] is difficult," Tippett said.
In fact, Linux driver development for graphics cards can even represent a more streamlined process than it is for Windows. "The problem with Windows is that there is so much different software out there and the quality varies, and any one piece of poorly written software can take down the whole system," Triantos said. "Printer drivers, multimedia devices, and all the junk in the bottom right hand of your system tray with Windows all add up to lots of opportunities for someone to make mistakes. Linux doesn't have all of those levels, but doesn't have those risks as well."
That doesn't mean that there are no problems, but, at least to them, the problems are not the things you stated. One thing that could improve linux drivers is just to put the same number of people on in as they put on the windows drivers. But the market needs to increase quite a lot before that happens.
He might have had midi. I had a midi cartridge for the C64, together with the SFX sound expander and the full-size 60 key keyboard. In essence, my c64 became a mini Yamaha DX7 with sequencer. If you've never heard of the sound expander, you can see a picture of it here
You don't have to be ashamed anymore : it's dead now. Besides, the website is from the Netherlands. And if you felt bad about this, how about me? I am from Genk (didn't even know we had a sundial park though).
OK, I'm a bit tired today. But I honestly read this as:"The only slight problem might be the rumored replacement of the hard drive in the newer X-Box by a large Fish tank."
If you want to do drums, there's "drumkit from hell" (1, 2 and "superior"). I've got "drumkit from hell superior", and it really rocks. It's 3 VSTs (and rewire support) : one for drums, one for percussion and one for cocktail. And about 35 GIG(!!!) of drum samples.
Just to point out : the "Windows proprietary world" is not just Microsoft, it's "companies who make proprietary software for the Microsoft Windows(tm) operating system". At least, that is how I read it. And in that case, there have been enough examples of that.
Exposure is also a way to donate. Show the world the benefits. And after a while you can help beginners. Beginners who started because of you. Who could become the architects of the next generation of Free Software.
That would be nice indeed. But how would they generate revenue from that? It wouldn't do google or us any good to have such a service if it causes google to go bankrupt (and therefore deprive us of this service). We aren't living in the times of the dot com bubble anymore.
OK, now I'm going off-topic, but what's the deal with wireless keyboards? I mean, there are situations where that may come in handy, but when I walk into a store, it's bloody difficult to find an ordinary keyboard (if they are available in the store at all).
First of all : I'm a fuckin' retard when batteries are involved. My cellphone is either dead or I forget it because it's charging. My MP3 player gets better treatment, but not very much. My GBA-SP gives me even less trouble, because I play in short bursts. But still... And there are things that are meant to be battery-operated.
Secondly : Most keyboards don't have to be moved. Ever. And are 10cm away from the receiver at all times.
I want to buy a nice keyboard that works WITHOUT batteries (and without "press this button to flush your toilet" stuff). I just can't find it.
Maybe I'm becoming a grumpy old man. Wait a minute... that's it ! If I walk 10 miles in the snow, barefoot, uphill etc... I might still be able to buy a good keyboard !;-)
With regards to suse : I recently bought the 9.1 pro version. It has 2 double-sided DVD's. DVD 1 is for binaries : side A : 32bit ; side B : 64bit DVD 2 is for source, same story here.
Now I'm still on 32bit, but it's nice to see that when you buy the distro you get immediate and supported access to the 2 archs. Great if you suddenly buy a AMD64. (but I don't really understand why there's a 64bit sources disk. Couldn't this be done right by making good makefiles?)
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Not knowing what the improvements will be, I'd still probably buy one. I've been looking for a reason to justify buying a second one. For some strange reason I've never even met another person who owns a DS. So pushing a second DS in someone's hands and threaten to kill him unless he plays against me sounds rather appealing.
Maybe the same thing will happen here. Let's say that the new ATI-Nintendo gfx chip won't use polygons but use spline patches instead. Then you can't compare specs (you could, in a way, but no-one would accept that the results weren't biased in one way or another).
Nah.
I think Iwata would say that even when the gamecube sold as many units as the PS2. If you're creating a system that's supposed to appeal to a lot more people than your current system, in a really big way, then it's a failure if that doesn't happen. Even if, as I said before, your current console sells a metric shitload of units.
Other languages built on the JVM? There aren't many.
Try this page.
From that page : The following is a list of programming languages for the Java virtual machine aside of Java itself. Currently (spring 2005), it comprises close to 200 different systems.
Maybe that's not enough for you, but it is for me.
In Dragonball (the first, when Goku is a little boy), you can see Goku's 'thingy' quite a few times. And it really adds to the story. It reminds people that he grew up in the wilderness, and has no notion of 'civilized' behaviour.
I don't know if it's also in the anime (but I thought so), and if it is, I don't know if they showed it in the US (I'm European), so please enlighten me.
Well, (never having played it, but...) Guild wars has no subscription model. That's what Nintendo wants. You have PVP, quests, social interaction in the city. All that for the price of one game.
You'll love it. It's not quite single player, it's not quite MMORPG, but it comes with a pokeball at the end. You don't get completely what you would get with a normal pokemon RPG, but you get a good game.
Take pokemon. Now mix in equal part guild wars. Serve in a coctail glass. Finish with a slice of lime.
I'd buy that.
OK. Here's your controller. For those who don't follow the GC : this is a REAL controller, made for the game Phantasy Star Online. I don't think many people bought the controller, but it still exists.
Now if you consider that you can just shove a gamecube game in the console and play the game, your idea of removing the z button and replacing the D-pad and C-stick with a trackball seems very unlikely. You need the D-pad and C-stick to play Metroid Prime.
I think it would be more likely that the new controller is just a lump of play-doh and a bunch of buttons & sticks that you can shape into any controller you want.
OK, not really, but it would be fun. The game needs two sticks and a shoulder button? just push it in the play-doh and shape it like you want.
Or will they make fun of it?
I think "blogging" is the web version of rap. The basics of rap are that anyone can do it, you just take a riff and start rapping over it. And it was cheap. There was a time that rappers wanted to bring a message to the world (Grandmaster Flash, Public Enemy ...). But these days it's mostly just "I'm a pimp and I'm dangerous. I've got a big dick and I fuck around, YO bitch". That is to say : this is the only kind I here on the radio these days.
I see a lot of similarities with blogging. Taking a sample (link to some story), and throw in some bullshit (most blogs don't really have a message).
That said, I do read some blogs sometimes. But those that I read try to be funny, silly, entertaining.
Well, there's a clue on the official image for V for Vendetta : "Remember, remember the 5th of November". Which is the first line of the Guy Fawkes nursery rhyme (and it's used in the graphic novel), the guy who tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament on the 5th November 1605. So the UK seems very likely.
Hmm... That's not what the people from NVidea said in TFA.
Let's quote 2 paragraphs from the article (Tippett = Matthew Tippett, product team lead for Linux platform engineering, ATI ; Triantos = Nick Triantos, chief software architect for NVIDIA):
Of course, Linux drivers are not inherently difficult to develop compared to Windows drivers. And as many a gamer will attest, installing the right, updated driver for a graphics card to get a Direct3D game to run on WindowsXP can be a real pain, fraught with device conflicts and other nuisances. Indeed, the development process for Linux drivers are largely the same as creating drivers for Windows. "There is often a misunderstanding in the market that leads to the misconception that Linux [driver development] is difficult," Tippett said.
In fact, Linux driver development for graphics cards can even represent a more streamlined process than it is for Windows. "The problem with Windows is that there is so much different software out there and the quality varies, and any one piece of poorly written software can take down the whole system," Triantos said. "Printer drivers, multimedia devices, and all the junk in the bottom right hand of your system tray with Windows all add up to lots of opportunities for someone to make mistakes. Linux doesn't have all of those levels, but doesn't have those risks as well."
That doesn't mean that there are no problems, but, at least to them, the problems are not the things you stated. One thing that could improve linux drivers is just to put the same number of people on in as they put on the windows drivers. But the market needs to increase quite a lot before that happens.He might have had midi. I had a midi cartridge for the C64, together with the SFX sound expander and the full-size 60 key keyboard. In essence, my c64 became a mini Yamaha DX7 with sequencer. If you've never heard of the sound expander, you can see a picture of it here
You don't have to be ashamed anymore : it's dead now. Besides, the website is from the Netherlands. And if you felt bad about this, how about me? I am from Genk (didn't even know we had a sundial park though).
The Fresh Prince of Persia !!!
Man, that would be a stinker.
I believe that in the UK version the people were replaced by zombies.
OK, I'm a bit tired today. But I honestly read this as :"The only slight problem might be the rumored replacement of the hard drive in the newer X-Box by a large Fish tank."
If you want to do drums, there's "drumkit from hell" (1, 2 and "superior").
I've got "drumkit from hell superior", and it really rocks. It's 3 VSTs (and rewire support) : one for drums, one for percussion and one for cocktail. And about 35 GIG(!!!) of drum samples.
The system requirements are a bit steep, though.
Then why is avalon being dropped from longhorn?
Just to point out : the "Windows proprietary world" is not just Microsoft, it's "companies who make proprietary software for the Microsoft Windows(tm) operating system".
At least, that is how I read it. And in that case, there have been enough examples of that.
Exposure is also a way to donate. Show the world the benefits. And after a while you can help beginners. Beginners who started because of you. Who could become the architects of the next generation of Free Software.
It could happen.
That would be nice indeed. But how would they generate revenue from that? It wouldn't do google or us any good to have such a service if it causes google to go bankrupt (and therefore deprive us of this service).
We aren't living in the times of the dot com bubble anymore.
OK, now I'm going off-topic, but what's the deal with wireless keyboards?
... that's it ! If I walk 10 miles in the snow, barefoot, uphill etc ... I might still be able to buy a good keyboard ! ;-)
I mean, there are situations where that may come in handy, but when I walk into a store, it's bloody difficult to find an ordinary keyboard (if they are available in the store at all).
First of all : I'm a fuckin' retard when batteries are involved. My cellphone is either dead or I forget it because it's charging. My MP3 player gets better treatment, but not very much. My GBA-SP gives me even less trouble, because I play in short bursts. But still... And there are things that are meant to be battery-operated.
Secondly : Most keyboards don't have to be moved. Ever. And are 10cm away from the receiver at all times.
I want to buy a nice keyboard that works WITHOUT batteries (and without "press this button to flush your toilet" stuff). I just can't find it.
Maybe I'm becoming a grumpy old man. Wait a minute
With regards to suse : I recently bought the 9.1 pro version. It has 2 double-sided DVD's.
DVD 1 is for binaries : side A : 32bit ; side B : 64bit
DVD 2 is for source, same story here.
Now I'm still on 32bit, but it's nice to see that when you buy the distro you get immediate and supported access to the 2 archs. Great if you suddenly buy a AMD64. (but I don't really understand why there's a 64bit sources disk. Couldn't this be done right by making good makefiles?)