Mod parent down There seems to be some sense in the moderators these days, seeing as I'm still modded up.
Modern rendering in the 360 can produce shots like that on the fly Nobody questions that. This is your own conclusion, not mine.
The era of pre-rendered movies has been over for a few years So I guess you're implying that all the 'shots' from the 360 are real screenshots. Then I'll ask you why there is a Microsoft Logo on one of them? Do you have to play with the logo on it?
At least PGR3. There's the Microsoft logo on the picture! I doubt MS inserts their logo in every rendered frame, although one might be carful with the MS beast.
Not mentionning all the 20years old games are displayed with screenshots vs the newer games where prerendered 'commercial' pictures are displayed...
How can this be called a 'comparison' ? They are comparing apples with oranges on a superficial level only... Good job at screwing up! -- XviD review
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And DJs should stop playing MP3s I'd rather say: And DJs should stop playing bad MP3s. You know, it's like the 'digital quality' crap, an MP3 is as good as the one who encoded it made it to be.
Just because you haven't heard of a good MP3 yet just doesn't mean that they don't exist.
It now appears that if you go to a resturant and get bad food and bad service and write that in a review of that resturant then the resturant can sue you for giving them a bad "rank"
That has always been true. You can sue anyone for anything.
Actually, you're not even close to what it is. This is an amendment (dunno if it's an english word) to a law they are trying to pass, very close to the DMCA. This is there to shut up the people so they look quite positive overall with the entire thing. They they'll remove it just before getting it voted and it'll pass without the crap you're talking about.
Don't be mistaken, the music industry has a big influence in France as well, and they'll not give up on that one. Proof is the damn thing was supposed to be voted in December but the parliament is opposing much more resistance than the majors suspected. -- XviD review
Iraq's problem is totally different. There isn't a 'handful of civilians'. Most of the people causing the trouble down there are trained terrorists, backed by networks, not a handful of civilians...
*sigh*
The civilians are the ones getting stuffed by a war they didn't want between two parties they wouldn't have given a shit about.
Have you tried? You say you read articles and stuff on the web, but do you realise this has scarcely anything to do with reading a novel?
I was saying the exact same thing before I tried. Then I got a palm, and downloaded a couple of free short novels from the internet. I got stuck in like I would have been in a real book. That's when I realized: 'Why Not?' And I downloaded an electronic copy of the novel I was reading then (The Woman in White, Wilkie Collins), I synched it and I started reading.
It is not perfect, far from it. Very far. But it does the trick for me.
So next time, instead of saying "I don't like it" just say "I don't think I'd like it";)
Well, in a fair review you try to equally highlight both parties. If not, then it tends to be naturally biaised one way or another. The only two sentences about MCE demonstrate that they did not even get to the point where they could get anything working. Then, I am wondering how they can compare something they couldn't setup with something already set up...
I have the exact same issue. I used to read on my Palm and now I read on my MS-based Smartphone. All the books bought for the Palm are unaccessible from there. This is just unacceptable.
So I keep reading on my phone, and instead of dl'ing and paying, I dl and do not pay. That way I have TXT files that I can view everywhere.
Sad but unfortunately true of all form of media distribution over the internet. When will they learn? We WILL download for it is so much more convenient. We WILL NOT download over-crippled formats because it removes half of the convenience.
Not only that, but the thing just looks like a big advertisement for the Mac Mini. There are overall two sentences about Windows MCE in the entire 'article':
However, compared to the hair-pulling ceremonies we've held getting Window Media Center PCs to display anything at all on a TV, the Mac has delivered a nasty right-hook to Microsoft's fighter.
And:
Compared to the hours we've spent coaxing similar results out of a Microsoft Media Center system, the Mini is definitely ahead so far.
These guys have a serious problem. I don't even know how anyone can take this king of bullsh*t seriously. They probably just forgot to plug the outlet of the PC... PCs are so complex compared to Macs...
wow, then what is this cmd, edit, ping, tracert, netstat, and so forth? cmd is a command intepreter. The rest are commands integrated to Windows XP (among other Windows).
Last I checked those were DOS commands Hummm... Nope. These are text-based commands, loaded with Windows. Text-based does not mean DOS.
When I have to use the recovery console, what is that CLI interface about? It's just that, a CLI interface to Windows.
Now I know you didn't really mean DOS was dead I think he did.
Thanks to Vista I'll be using the command prompt more often Do so, buit don't be mistaken. Text mode is not DOS. Otherwise, Linux would be DOS. God help us...
I think you're seriously confused between what are TLDs and what are domain names
Hmmm... nope, I don't think so. All domain names on the internet end up with a TLD. So why exactly should all chinese peopla have to type in two or more letters in an alien alphabet to go to any website again?
The adoption of an operating system has always been the direct or indirect cause of ONE factor, and not 100. The applications. The more applications the better.
Linux is slowly gaining ground over Windows on that front, but we're still FAR from getting there. Windows is the desktop king because almost EVERY application will run on it, irregardless of it running on another OS. THIS AND ONLY THIS is the key factor, as far as personal computers are concerned.
For development, Linux is as rich as Windows (if not richer) application-wise. As a result, many programmers are using Linux.
For general desktop usage, we're just not there yet. Image and video processing just doesn't cut it. Editing software (XPress), DVD copying (tons of soft), MP3 everything (zillions of software), iTunes (important to some), crappy drivers for stupidly cheap USB keys, bluetooth devices, cheap MP3 players, etc...
No matter how you cut it, the Linux application landscape isn't there yet. And don't cite one app in each category I have cited, for the vastness of the Windows applications there far outspace Linux's one.
I've always been in between Linux and Windows, just waiting to make the switch. But to be realistic, Windows has always had a huge advance on that front.
These guys are just plain insane. Just one more example of how being a monopoly (or overly dominant) can just blind you.
Reminds me of Apple's position before Jobs got back in there. Their catalog was HUGE, with tens of different versions.
Jobs got there and cut it down in three: iMac, Laptop and Server. Down from dozens to three, very clearly potitionned. In no time, they got back in the market.
Of course, that was not the only factor. By far, but still...
Anyways, it won't recognize my RPC-1 drive... So I guess it's time to switch this HTPC to Linux after all. Cause the MS route is definitely blocked. There is no way in hell I'm going to buy an OS that doesn't let me play my DVDs the way I want it.
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There seems to be some sense in the moderators these days, seeing as I'm still modded up.
Modern rendering in the 360 can produce shots like that on the fly
Nobody questions that. This is your own conclusion, not mine.
The era of pre-rendered movies has been over for a few years
So I guess you're implying that all the 'shots' from the 360 are real screenshots. Then I'll ask you why there is a Microsoft Logo on one of them? Do you have to play with the logo on it?
You mean they are screenshots? All of them? With the MS logo on it?
Hello, welcome on your first day.
Experienced people around here all know that everyone worth its weight of salt lives in the USA.
At least PGR3. There's the Microsoft logo on the picture! I doubt MS inserts their logo in every rendered frame, although one might be carful with the MS beast.
Not mentionning all the 20years old games are displayed with screenshots vs the newer games where prerendered 'commercial' pictures are displayed...
How can this be called a 'comparison' ? They are comparing apples with oranges on a superficial level only... Good job at screwing up!
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XviD review
And DJs should stop playing MP3s
I'd rather say: And DJs should stop playing bad MP3s. You know, it's like the 'digital quality' crap, an MP3 is as good as the one who encoded it made it to be.
Just because you haven't heard of a good MP3 yet just doesn't mean that they don't exist.
It now appears that if you go to a resturant and get bad food and bad service and write that in a review of that resturant then the resturant can sue you for giving them a bad "rank"
That has always been true. You can sue anyone for anything.
Now, if they win, on the other hand...
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Krazy Kat
Actually, you're not even close to what it is. This is an amendment (dunno if it's an english word) to a law they are trying to pass, very close to the DMCA. This is there to shut up the people so they look quite positive overall with the entire thing. They they'll remove it just before getting it voted and it'll pass without the crap you're talking about.
Don't be mistaken, the music industry has a big influence in France as well, and they'll not give up on that one. Proof is the damn thing was supposed to be voted in December but the parliament is opposing much more resistance than the majors suspected.
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XviD review
Iraq's problem is totally different. There isn't a 'handful of civilians'. Most of the people causing the trouble down there are trained terrorists, backed by networks, not a handful of civilians...
*sigh*
The civilians are the ones getting stuffed by a war they didn't want between two parties they wouldn't have given a shit about.
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Krazy Kat
Oh, it will read PRC (what is prc anyways? I used to read pdb) but all the DRM scrambled ones will be left in the dust.
Formats are not too much of a problem, DRM are.
Have you tried? You say you read articles and stuff on the web, but do you realise this has scarcely anything to do with reading a novel?
;)
I was saying the exact same thing before I tried. Then I got a palm, and downloaded a couple of free short novels from the internet. I got stuck in like I would have been in a real book. That's when I realized: 'Why Not?' And I downloaded an electronic copy of the novel I was reading then (The Woman in White, Wilkie Collins), I synched it and I started reading.
It is not perfect, far from it. Very far. But it does the trick for me.
So next time, instead of saying "I don't like it" just say "I don't think I'd like it"
Well, in a fair review you try to equally highlight both parties. If not, then it tends to be naturally biaised one way or another. The only two sentences about MCE demonstrate that they did not even get to the point where they could get anything working. Then, I am wondering how they can compare something they couldn't setup with something already set up...
Oh well, feeding the trolls...
I have the exact same issue. I used to read on my Palm and now I read on my MS-based Smartphone. All the books bought for the Palm are unaccessible from there. This is just unacceptable.
So I keep reading on my phone, and instead of dl'ing and paying, I dl and do not pay. That way I have TXT files that I can view everywhere.
Sad but unfortunately true of all form of media distribution over the internet. When will they learn? We WILL download for it is so much more convenient. We WILL NOT download over-crippled formats because it removes half of the convenience.
Not only that, but the thing just looks like a big advertisement for the Mac Mini. There are overall two sentences about Windows MCE in the entire 'article':
However, compared to the hair-pulling ceremonies we've held getting Window Media Center PCs to display anything at all on a TV, the Mac has delivered a nasty right-hook to Microsoft's fighter.
And:
Compared to the hours we've spent coaxing similar results out of a Microsoft Media Center system, the Mini is definitely ahead so far.
These guys have a serious problem. I don't even know how anyone can take this king of bullsh*t seriously. They probably just forgot to plug the outlet of the PC... PCs are so complex compared to Macs...
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XviD review from 500kbps to 4000kbps
There is no way to take it out. The guy just got carried away I think.
Agreed. We were in the context of modern PCs...
According to your definition of 'have', Win2k has DOS the same way that Linux has Windows...
;)
That's not my definition of 'have'. I'd say: Win2k can emulate DOS, up to a certain point.
Damn terminology
DOS is dead!?
Yes, it is indeed.
wow, then what is this cmd, edit, ping, tracert, netstat, and so forth?
cmd is a command intepreter. The rest are commands integrated to Windows XP (among other Windows).
Last I checked those were DOS commands
Hummm... Nope. These are text-based commands, loaded with Windows. Text-based does not mean DOS.
When I have to use the recovery console, what is that CLI interface about?
It's just that, a CLI interface to Windows.
Now I know you didn't really mean DOS was dead
I think he did.
Thanks to Vista I'll be using the command prompt more often
Do so, buit don't be mistaken. Text mode is not DOS. Otherwise, Linux would be DOS. God help us...
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XviD review
I think you're seriously confused between what are TLDs and what are domain names
Hmmm... nope, I don't think so. All domain names on the internet end up with a TLD. So why exactly should all chinese peopla have to type in two or more letters in an alien alphabet to go to any website again?
Yes, a great idea. I can already see how internet would work MUCH better this way
I think a little fact escaped your narrow mind: There are on this planet around 6 billion people that do not speak english natively.
For english speaking people, it makes more sense to have TLDs in english. For Chinese speaking people, it makes more sense to have them in chinese.
To each its own. Oh - and think outside the box.
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XviD review
The adoption of an operating system has always been the direct or indirect cause of ONE factor, and not 100. The applications. The more applications the better.
Linux is slowly gaining ground over Windows on that front, but we're still FAR from getting there. Windows is the desktop king because almost EVERY application will run on it, irregardless of it running on another OS. THIS AND ONLY THIS is the key factor, as far as personal computers are concerned.
For development, Linux is as rich as Windows (if not richer) application-wise. As a result, many programmers are using Linux.
For general desktop usage, we're just not there yet. Image and video processing just doesn't cut it. Editing software (XPress), DVD copying (tons of soft), MP3 everything (zillions of software), iTunes (important to some), crappy drivers for stupidly cheap USB keys, bluetooth devices, cheap MP3 players, etc...
No matter how you cut it, the Linux application landscape isn't there yet. And don't cite one app in each category I have cited, for the vastness of the Windows applications there far outspace Linux's one.
I've always been in between Linux and Windows, just waiting to make the switch. But to be realistic, Windows has always had a huge advance on that front.
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XviD review at very low and very high bitrates
The thing is, if no parachutes are forbidden in the rules, why is it 'cheating' ?
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XviD review: 500kbps to 4000kbps
These guys are just plain insane. Just one more example of how being a monopoly (or overly dominant) can just blind you.
Reminds me of Apple's position before Jobs got back in there. Their catalog was HUGE, with tens of different versions.
Jobs got there and cut it down in three: iMac, Laptop and Server. Down from dozens to three, very clearly potitionned. In no time, they got back in the market.
Of course, that was not the only factor. By far, but still...
Anyways, it won't recognize my RPC-1 drive... So I guess it's time to switch this HTPC to Linux after all. Cause the MS route is definitely blocked. There is no way in hell I'm going to buy an OS that doesn't let me play my DVDs the way I want it.
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XviD review, from 500kbps to 4000kbps
Reminds me of that one:
Q: What is the cost of living?
A: 10% more than your income.
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Krazy Kat
You're welcome ;)
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