movies are binary encoded information and information wants to be free
Information isn't sentient and as such, can't want anything. It doesn't want to be free, it doesn't care either way.
The only people who want it to be free are the cheap bastards who never produced anything that other people would want to spend money on. Basically, the only people that believe information wants to be free are parasites who use that as justification for stealing stuff they have no right to, such as pirating movies.
Far from trashing the PSP. The fact is Sony used it as part of their convergence strategy, and tried to make it do everything, from playing movies to music, etc. Claiming that gaming on the system was a priority is incorrect. The iPhone competes more directly with the PSP than the DS because of the lack of focus on gaming.
The only way the iPhone can compete with the DS or PSP is to do what Nintendo and Sony do, make gaming a priority and get high-quality game developers on board.
Also that says the Wii's launch sales trounce the 360's, however you do have to remember that the 360 had a HORRIBLE launch when it came to product avalability, where the Wii is having an abundance of production (though they still sell out).
You have a seriously dicked up definition of abundance when you claim the Wii has an abundance of production when it doesn't even match the demand.
Maybe it is because, unlike Nintendo, Sony wasn't playing games with stock and trying to create artifical sortages to build up hype.
They didn't meet their Wii numbers, but it will look good in the financial report that they sold out of DSs and they were hard to come by....
I think you meant to say:
Maybe it is because, unlike Sony, Nintendo didn't shoot themselves in the foot in every stage of development and marketing and actually figured out what consumers want, in both the handheld and console markets.
Not to mention he's one of the few developers trying to let players "become the actual content" and "effect the world."
The reason he wants players to create their own content is because everything he touches turns into a steaming pile of crap. The player based economy in SWG was pretty decent, but the PVP part (which is what he wanted most of the content to be) just sucked incredibly.
Hiring Koster for SWG was a really bad move fromt he beginning. Promoting him to head creative guy was one of their worst decisions ever. Finally firing his ass for screwing up everything he comes into contact with was the best thing they ever did.
But they were more star wars fans than video game fans.
Even Star Wars fans thought the original game sucked. Yay for everbody being a combat medic/rifleman or fencer/tera kasi with everybody wearing composite armor:/
The original game was bad, it made me quit. If the CU/NGE made it even worse, somebody call Guinness - thats got to be the worse game ever.
The MD-11 (that Boeing assumed rights to) and the 717 both have this behavior. I believe the 777 series does this as well (since the accident in Texas was not exactly a distant memory when the 777 development started).
I had a long conversation with one of my friends about this. In the military, the pilot always has absolute command. In the commercial world, certain circumstances dictate that the computer overrides the pilot). The different philosophies surprised me, but I guess it makes sense. That is why it stuck out in my mind.
Airbus's design philosophy is that the airplane knows best, and Boeing's is that the pilot knows best. I tend to agree with Boeing.
Not quite correct. There are some planes in Boeing's inventory that will assume full command over the aircraft (overriding the pilot) in certain situations, such as a wind shear.
We will have too trust our lives more and more too machines, we already do it in hospitals...
Aircraft have been overriding pilots' intentions for years in specific instances. Computers can process and act faster than humans can to a situation that can be fatal in a matter of seconds. For instance, flight computers have *instantly* taken control of an aircraft that is either taking off or landing and it hits a wind shear. Those couple of seconds when a pilot's brain is trying to figure out what the hell just happened could easily be fatal that close to the ground. I know at least a couple models have this on them, people just don't realize it.
This has been around for more than eight years. This is only news because they are expanding its abilities.
On a side note, there was an article in The Wall Street Journal today about software glitches on aircraft. It focuses on a 777, but also alludes to some Airbus problems. Basically, the 777 flight software sent the computer conflicting data which sent it on a rollercoaster type ride, pushing it almost to stall. Airbus has been having a few problems with the onboard computers completely shutting down all the cockpit instruments/lighting/displays except one. Fun times!
I'm gonna have to ask you to clarify that. Define "hard". Keep in mind that "takes a long time" isn't hard, it's annoying. Something that requires skill is hard. Something that just anyone can do over a long period of time isn't hard, it's boring.
That is the same crap a bunch of EQ2 players think is hard. Needing to wait days or hours in realtime for something that can be killed in 30secs isn't 'hard', it is completely assinine. Hard requires some kind of skill, not how much you can ignore real life and how much caffeine or other stimulants you can pump into your body to try to stay awake through the ultimate in boring.
If a mob is spawned that you need when you get close, but completely devastates you so that you have to try multiple times to kill - that is hard, challenging, and fun. If the challenge is in how long you can wait in one place for something to happen, that isn't hard or fun.
One thing people constantly say is that finishing a long (timesink-wise) quest or getting a super-rare spawn to advance a quest gives them a sense of accomplishment. I don't think people realize there is a difference between the feelings of 'relief' and 'accomplishment'. The feeling of finally not having to wait for a long-spawn or other stupid timesink is a lot closer to that of relief than accomplishment.
actually my comment is very correct. IF you dont know who the head of the 360 is, why would you care about what he was saying about the Wii or the PS3.
The difference is as plain as "Some homeless guy comments on the next-gen consoles" and "Head of the 360 gives his take on next-gen consoles". Even if I don't know who he is, at least he can give more insight than some schmuck off the street. I know the position "head of 360 devlopment" or whatever, but couldn't give a crap less about the name of the person in the position. That doesn't mean I'm not interested in the industry.
To me, it seemed like as the series progressed, they got more infatuated with graphics over gameplay. RA1 and C&C1 were the best by far. RA2 was OK (the killer bimps were awesome). C&C2 did nothing for me. It felt like they changed nothing expect making fancier graphics to the detriment of gameplay.
Yes, Minot has a 52 wing. We were stationed there for 9 years. Seeing those planes fly daily was amazing. Now that the only planes I regularly see are commercial (mostly 737s), I realize how much I miss them.
Minot also had T-38s and F-15s (only for a brief time though), KC-135s and Air-Rescue.
Yeah, take away the competition so we don't have any choices. There are enough text editors, quit developing them because everybody uses the same one anyway, right? Wrong.
Choice is good, and the competition between the different choices makes each contender better. I could go on about how much I disagree with your idea, but this hangover is killing me.
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There already exist, out in the field, systems that determine whether an object is a missile based on the plume. The system 'looks' at each object, detects whether or not a plume exists, and then categorizes which tier the missile is in based on that plume.
The creation of the database is not the expensive part though, the amount of regression testing they use is.
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movies are binary encoded information and information wants to be free
Information isn't sentient and as such, can't want anything. It doesn't want to be free, it doesn't care either way.
The only people who want it to be free are the cheap bastards who never produced anything that other people would want to spend money on. Basically, the only people that believe information wants to be free are parasites who use that as justification for stealing stuff they have no right to, such as pirating movies.
Ummmm, it was planned for a Jan 07 release come hell or high water since before MS left it.
Far from trashing the PSP. The fact is Sony used it as part of their convergence strategy, and tried to make it do everything, from playing movies to music, etc. Claiming that gaming on the system was a priority is incorrect. The iPhone competes more directly with the PSP than the DS because of the lack of focus on gaming.
The only way the iPhone can compete with the DS or PSP is to do what Nintendo and Sony do, make gaming a priority and get high-quality game developers on board.
When did Sony make gaming a priority on the PSP?
Also that says the Wii's launch sales trounce the 360's, however you do have to remember that the 360 had a HORRIBLE launch when it came to product avalability, where the Wii is having an abundance of production (though they still sell out).
You have a seriously dicked up definition of abundance when you claim the Wii has an abundance of production when it doesn't even match the demand.
Maybe it is because, unlike Nintendo, Sony wasn't playing games with stock and trying to create artifical sortages to build up hype.
They didn't meet their Wii numbers, but it will look good in the financial report that they sold out of DSs and they were hard to come by....
I think you meant to say:
Maybe it is because, unlike Sony, Nintendo didn't shoot themselves in the foot in every stage of development and marketing and actually figured out what consumers want, in both the handheld and console markets.
Get some friends. They'd likely enjoy using the 2nd controller while you use the first.
Not sure, but I started out as a Leisure Suit Gamer. I still get misty-eyed when I see Lefty's.
Dude, aim away from your face. Thats how you go blind... all that 'mist'.
Dude... decaf or anger management.
I'm pretty sure it was modded 'flamebait' because 'dumbass' still isn't an option.
Not to mention he's one of the few developers trying to let players "become the actual content" and "effect the world."
The reason he wants players to create their own content is because everything he touches turns into a steaming pile of crap. The player based economy in SWG was pretty decent, but the PVP part (which is what he wanted most of the content to be) just sucked incredibly.
Hiring Koster for SWG was a really bad move fromt he beginning. Promoting him to head creative guy was one of their worst decisions ever. Finally firing his ass for screwing up everything he comes into contact with was the best thing they ever did.
But they were more star wars fans than video game fans.
:/
Even Star Wars fans thought the original game sucked. Yay for everbody being a combat medic/rifleman or fencer/tera kasi with everybody wearing composite armor
The original game was bad, it made me quit. If the CU/NGE made it even worse, somebody call Guinness - thats got to be the worse game ever.
I don't even know if it is on the market here.
I've seen two Toshiba HD-DVD players on the market here (in the US if that is what you mean by 'here'). One is for $499 and the other for $799.
The MD-11 (that Boeing assumed rights to) and the 717 both have this behavior. I believe the 777 series does this as well (since the accident in Texas was not exactly a distant memory when the 777 development started).
I had a long conversation with one of my friends about this. In the military, the pilot always has absolute command. In the commercial world, certain circumstances dictate that the computer overrides the pilot). The different philosophies surprised me, but I guess it makes sense. That is why it stuck out in my mind.
Airbus's design philosophy is that the airplane knows best, and Boeing's is that the pilot knows best. I tend to agree with Boeing.
Not quite correct. There are some planes in Boeing's inventory that will assume full command over the aircraft (overriding the pilot) in certain situations, such as a wind shear.
We will have too trust our lives more and more too machines, we already do it in hospitals...
Aircraft have been overriding pilots' intentions for years in specific instances. Computers can process and act faster than humans can to a situation that can be fatal in a matter of seconds. For instance, flight computers have *instantly* taken control of an aircraft that is either taking off or landing and it hits a wind shear. Those couple of seconds when a pilot's brain is trying to figure out what the hell just happened could easily be fatal that close to the ground. I know at least a couple models have this on them, people just don't realize it.
This has been around for more than eight years. This is only news because they are expanding its abilities.
On a side note, there was an article in The Wall Street Journal today about software glitches on aircraft. It focuses on a 777, but also alludes to some Airbus problems. Basically, the 777 flight software sent the computer conflicting data which sent it on a rollercoaster type ride, pushing it almost to stall. Airbus has been having a few problems with the onboard computers completely shutting down all the cockpit instruments/lighting/displays except one. Fun times!
Instead of +5 insightful, this should really be moderated as -1 whining.
I'm gonna have to ask you to clarify that. Define "hard". Keep in mind that "takes a long time" isn't hard, it's annoying. Something that requires skill is hard. Something that just anyone can do over a long period of time isn't hard, it's boring.
That is the same crap a bunch of EQ2 players think is hard. Needing to wait days or hours in realtime for something that can be killed in 30secs isn't 'hard', it is completely assinine. Hard requires some kind of skill, not how much you can ignore real life and how much caffeine or other stimulants you can pump into your body to try to stay awake through the ultimate in boring.
If a mob is spawned that you need when you get close, but completely devastates you so that you have to try multiple times to kill - that is hard, challenging, and fun. If the challenge is in how long you can wait in one place for something to happen, that isn't hard or fun.
One thing people constantly say is that finishing a long (timesink-wise) quest or getting a super-rare spawn to advance a quest gives them a sense of accomplishment. I don't think people realize there is a difference between the feelings of 'relief' and 'accomplishment'. The feeling of finally not having to wait for a long-spawn or other stupid timesink is a lot closer to that of relief than accomplishment.
actually my comment is very correct. IF you dont know who the head of the 360 is, why would you care about what he was saying about the Wii or the PS3.
The difference is as plain as "Some homeless guy comments on the next-gen consoles" and "Head of the 360 gives his take on next-gen consoles". Even if I don't know who he is, at least he can give more insight than some schmuck off the street. I know the position "head of 360 devlopment" or whatever, but couldn't give a crap less about the name of the person in the position. That doesn't mean I'm not interested in the industry.
Your girlfriend is correct, you are an idiot.
To me, it seemed like as the series progressed, they got more infatuated with graphics over gameplay. RA1 and C&C1 were the best by far. RA2 was OK (the killer bimps were awesome). C&C2 did nothing for me. It felt like they changed nothing expect making fancier graphics to the detriment of gameplay.
I know, I'm late :)
Yes, Minot has a 52 wing. We were stationed there for 9 years. Seeing those planes fly daily was amazing. Now that the only planes I regularly see are commercial (mostly 737s), I realize how much I miss them.
Minot also had T-38s and F-15s (only for a brief time though), KC-135s and Air-Rescue.
You really have no clue, do you?
Until you've heard one, used one, experienced one, the price might seem high. Afterwards, it seems reasonable.
Yeah, take away the competition so we don't have any choices. There are enough text editors, quit developing them because everybody uses the same one anyway, right? Wrong.
Choice is good, and the competition between the different choices makes each contender better. I could go on about how much I disagree with your idea, but this hangover is killing me.
There already exist, out in the field, systems that determine whether an object is a missile based on the plume. The system 'looks' at each object, detects whether or not a plume exists, and then categorizes which tier the missile is in based on that plume.
The creation of the database is not the expensive part though, the amount of regression testing they use is.