I'm afraid that, you, sir, have hit the entire mindset behind the entertainment industry. Once a CEO sees one good idea that is making lots of money, they will promptly push their company into making something similar so that they can hop on the gravy train. Problem is, as you point out, a concept that works well in one game may not even be desirable in another. It really is like a bunch of 10 year olds going "me too!!1!1!"
Witness the push to make EVERY movie EVER in 3D that is taking place in Hollywood. Of course the good directors (i.e. Christopher Nolan) resist it when its not appropriate (which is pretty much all the time), but most of the others just see the dollar signs that movies like Avatar made, and a green mist descends on their vision. 3D is cool and all, but its not good for 99% of movies. The result is tons of shitty 3D movies (the 3D is shit, not the movie although those generally are too). It really adds nothing to a movie but the surcharge, but thats all the CEOs see. Also, the CEO never realizes WHY the idea was successfull in the first place, so ther are never able to create something that fits to it, trying rather to shoehorn it into everything.
Therefore, expect to see tons more "fully destructable environments", "world-building experiences", and "transformable user made content" in tons of new games. Why? Because the boss, who has no idea what those things really mean from a technical or gameplay perspective, wants it.
The thing is some (many?) customers are likely to use primarily either the DVD mail route OR the streaming route, and maybe occasionally the other. I know I, for instance, used exclusively the DVD route (a few years ago, lousy internet).
Now, I haven't even looked at their pricing scheme recently, but I know from what I've read about the change people who sign up for just the DVD route or just the streaming will end up saving money (2$USD per month, 24 per year), while people who use both will have it increased 6 dollars a month... 72$ a year... wait, you're right, that's pretty bad. Looks like I'll be sticking with Hulu and other sources for now. Just as I planned on doing even before this. Seriously, the streaming selection is too small and who actually uses discs anymore?.
Also, isn't this new plan only 1 DVD at a time? I remember ~18$ got me three + unlimited streaming had I been able to use it (could be wrong about the streaming, know there was something like that). Looks like Netflix will probably be gone in a few years. Shame, too, it was awesome there for a while.
That's okay, you can't really use that much speed what with 5 GB (maximum) data plans anyways. Really, you should be thanking the carriers that their speeds are so low, it makes going over the cap so much harder!
Two things. First, you might want to get checked for color-blindness:), and second, not sure looking up a database online is exactly gonna help you avoid speeding tickets. Well, maybe speeding tickets, but reckless drivings even worse. Just saying...
(and yes, I know, the idea would be to tie it to some kinda app that automatically displays speed limits. AKA, a GPS, and yes, the Garmin I have displays speed limits with remarkable accuracy)
So, you're saying if your parents cut your penis, then killed you, you'd be fine with that, but not if they didn't kill you afterwards?
I'm thinking there's a slight flaw in this logic...
Well, from wikipedia, it looks like the original was 2.5 million euros (~3.5 mil USD), or $11,000/kw. For comparison, coal looks to be about $1,444/kw. So, yeah, about an order of magnitude higher. (source: http://www.unenergy.org/Popup%20pages/Comparecosts.html )
Pretty rough, and doesn't take into account maintenance, fuel, or operating costs at all (work tomorrow), but still it should show that wave power is not yet ready for mainstream use. I sincerely hope that changes, since wave power is pretty close to free (no land costs little chance of damage from storms, etc), and seems like its ecological impact should be minimal (I think these things are near shore already, plus rocks and the like exist already in nature), though to be honest I really have no idea. And in many areas waves are pretty regular, although their strength does vary considerably. We will always need backups. Hopefully our battery/ capacitor tech will improve.
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I'm afraid that, you, sir, have hit the entire mindset behind the entertainment industry. Once a CEO sees one good idea that is making lots of money, they will promptly push their company into making something similar so that they can hop on the gravy train. Problem is, as you point out, a concept that works well in one game may not even be desirable in another. It really is like a bunch of 10 year olds going "me too!!1!1!"
Witness the push to make EVERY movie EVER in 3D that is taking place in Hollywood. Of course the good directors (i.e. Christopher Nolan) resist it when its not appropriate (which is pretty much all the time), but most of the others just see the dollar signs that movies like Avatar made, and a green mist descends on their vision. 3D is cool and all, but its not good for 99% of movies. The result is tons of shitty 3D movies (the 3D is shit, not the movie although those generally are too). It really adds nothing to a movie but the surcharge, but thats all the CEOs see. Also, the CEO never realizes WHY the idea was successfull in the first place, so ther are never able to create something that fits to it, trying rather to shoehorn it into everything.
Therefore, expect to see tons more "fully destructable environments", "world-building experiences", and "transformable user made content" in tons of new games. Why? Because the boss, who has no idea what those things really mean from a technical or gameplay perspective, wants it.
We should get working on that! After all, those male penguins need their porn while they're sitting on those eggs...
The thing is some (many?) customers are likely to use primarily either the DVD mail route OR the streaming route, and maybe occasionally the other. I know I, for instance, used exclusively the DVD route (a few years ago, lousy internet).
Now, I haven't even looked at their pricing scheme recently, but I know from what I've read about the change people who sign up for just the DVD route or just the streaming will end up saving money (2$USD per month, 24 per year), while people who use both will have it increased 6 dollars a month... 72$ a year... wait, you're right, that's pretty bad. Looks like I'll be sticking with Hulu and other sources for now. Just as I planned on doing even before this. Seriously, the streaming selection is too small and who actually uses discs anymore?.
Also, isn't this new plan only 1 DVD at a time? I remember ~18$ got me three + unlimited streaming had I been able to use it (could be wrong about the streaming, know there was something like that). Looks like Netflix will probably be gone in a few years. Shame, too, it was awesome there for a while.
That's okay, you can't really use that much speed what with 5 GB (maximum) data plans anyways. Really, you should be thanking the carriers that their speeds are so low, it makes going over the cap so much harder!
Two things. First, you might want to get checked for color-blindness :), and second, not sure looking up a database online is exactly gonna help you avoid speeding tickets. Well, maybe speeding tickets, but reckless drivings even worse. Just saying...
(and yes, I know, the idea would be to tie it to some kinda app that automatically displays speed limits. AKA, a GPS, and yes, the Garmin I have displays speed limits with remarkable accuracy)
So, you're saying if your parents cut your penis, then killed you, you'd be fine with that, but not if they didn't kill you afterwards? I'm thinking there's a slight flaw in this logic...
Well, from wikipedia, it looks like the original was 2.5 million euros (~3.5 mil USD), or $11,000/kw. For comparison, coal looks to be about $1,444/kw. So, yeah, about an order of magnitude higher. (source: http://www.unenergy.org/Popup%20pages/Comparecosts.html )
Pretty rough, and doesn't take into account maintenance, fuel, or operating costs at all (work tomorrow), but still it should show that wave power is not yet ready for mainstream use. I sincerely hope that changes, since wave power is pretty close to free (no land costs little chance of damage from storms, etc), and seems like its ecological impact should be minimal (I think these things are near shore already, plus rocks and the like exist already in nature), though to be honest I really have no idea. And in many areas waves are pretty regular, although their strength does vary considerably. We will always need backups. Hopefully our battery/ capacitor tech will improve.