Ok, lets take GTA:SA 4.8GB minus 3.28GB (You sure on that number? That's 55 hours of audio) leaves roughly 1.5GB. I will assume at least 1GB of that is texture data. PS2 targets roughly 640x480. In your first comment, you state to expect most games to run 720p, which is 1280x720. Now lets assume they double the texture resolution. Since a double of the texture resolution equals a quadrupling of the texture data, that moves us from 1GB of texture data to 4GB. 4GB +.5GB of code and 3.28GB audio puts us at 8.78GB roughly, which is starting to butt up against the dual layer disc capacity. With the possibilty of games targetting 1080p, I can easily see texture data pushing the us over DVD capacity (As I mentioned one commenter said some Xbox360 titles already are.) This is totally ignoring the increases in polygon counts and increased world sizes that are possible with the new hardware. Current PC titles come in between 3-6GB. The new Unreal engine is supposed to allow for huge increases in model and terrain complexity, so it is no real stretch to assume that we will see content exceed the capacity of a DVD in next generation games.
Even with all that being said, I don't believe that Blu-Ray is the reason behind the large difference in price between the Xbox360 and the PS3. I am pretty sure that Sony wants to match demand to supply, something MS didn't do.
A few ideas... Most install disks ship with assets compressed. Console games likely would more closely reflect the size of an installed game. My WoW install, with the additional patched in content was in the 3-4 GB range. My EQ2 install from awhile back was 4-5 GB. Oblivion I think is around 4 GB. So it isn't a far stretch to see DVDs being filled. Especially since I am sure PC game designers probably are actually trying to keep installed size down. On the Console side of things, you know exactly how much storage capacity you can use.
If there is going to be a need for Blu-Ray, it has to be standard. Addon hardware can't be relied on by game developers so, it is often ignored. I agree that Blu-Ray likely won't be fully utilized at launch, but it won't be long before we see games that won't fit on a DVD. As installed lots of the games I am playing, will not fit on a single layer of a DVD. We may not be filling Blu-Ray discs anytime soon, but the need for higher capacity comes when exceed the capacity of the DVD. An earlier reply to this story, says some Xbox360 titles are already hitting that limit.
I don't like the price of the PS3, but I am wondering if the hardware is the reason for the higher price. With the release of the Xbox360, we saw that the market was willing to pay a large premium for the hardware, due to limited supplies. I actually think the PS3 pricing is to keep demand more in line with supply and reap the extra revenue that MS missed out to the E-Bay sellers.
Netscape (AOL) open sourced the Mozilla engine and provided some funds the startup of the Mozilla Foundation. So the Mozilla Foundation is the legitimate maintainer of the Mozilla code. Try this hypothetical scenario on for size. A small developer designs a 99.999% accurate spam blocker. They are not making much in the way of sales due to the fact they are a new software development company. A well known developer of one of the leading email suites finds it and integrates it into their product, with no mention of the original developer. The controversy comes out and you know what happened. Do you happily use the new project knowing that, while it is better since it is integrated into your email client, the original developer is getting no compensation (recognition or financial) for their work?
Did a little looking around, since I know the Dell GX620 in it's ultra small form factor. I didn't read the manual, but it claims to be able to run most P4 boards up to 3Ghz.
I don't buy the tailgating strategy either. Why trust yourself to the other car. Also, it requires that you pass at some point, otherwise you are guaranteed a slower time than the lead car. I took it to mean that (as you did) that the both vehicles were at the speed limit and the possibly Stanley passed when the CMU car slowed for some reason.
Not that I like the idea of this system, but you aren't getting how it would be used. The license plate isn't really all that relevant. It can provide some info, but not the important info. For instance my car is stolen by someone that had the forethought to bring plates along to his own car or stolen plates that won't be missed. How do we find my car? Easy, the police query the database for any vehicle that left the area, but never drove to it. Once they have the shortlist, they figure out where it went and hopefully nab the bad guy and recover the car.
Now take terrorists that have lived in the country for say a year before the commit their act of terrorism. First off, as a terrorist working on a big project you don't want to screw it up by using fake plates. Even if they were able to change their license plate on every trip, it doesn't matter. Take the London bombings, they fairly quickly figured out who did it and where they lived. Take that info and the database and we can start figuring out every place they have been. You may be able to find co-conspirators, safe houses and more.
This system can have a real impact on terrorism and crime. The problem comes when the gets abused and it will be. With this database, you could track protesters. Just start doing queries on all vehicles withing a 3 mile radius of a protest and continue to do so with each additional protest looking for duplicates. Whether the good outweighs the bad is largely up to debate. Depending on how it is used, it could go either way.
What assurances do we have that we can expect a consistent game experience? With SOE getting ready to release essentially a third combat system, can I expect to not have to relearn a new system again?
I can only hope this technology is only going to be used to stop disc copies to work. If they intend to lock a game disc to a console, they are going to be opening themselves to a class action. What happens when you accidentally break your PS3, and purchase a new one? I think most people will be very upset if they even just have to contact tech support. Can you take your game to a friends for a night of multiplayer mayhem? If Sony limits any of this (not even taking the used game market into account), they are setting themselves up for a fall. I truly hope they only implement this as an antipiracy protection.
You're right. Next time I get any email with a copy of a Sony CD attached I will be really careful about any links I go to.
All kidding aside, I don't consider being able to hide a process or file from the Warden to be a security risk. Sure it sucks for WoW, but it doesn't make my system any less secure.
From a virus aspect, if your computer is secure you have no worries. If for some reason you install or a system vulnerability allows software to be installed, you or the OS are the weak link. By the time you are worrying about hidden files, you, your antivirus/spyware software and OS have allowed malicious code to be run on your machine.
Does getting rid of the so called Sony Rootkit close this hole? The answer of course is no it doesn't. Anyone with sufficient programming skills (And from the description of the code at Sysinternals, it wasn't that impressive) can implement the same functionality in their code.
Sure, it may be harder to clean your system up if you can't see the file, but at that point you have already been compromised and a virus could be patching several function calls to hide itself. The concept isn't new even, a while back I remember reading a story about the Anti-Rootkit program that Microsoft came up with to spot rootkits that commandeer devices, so they can hide their presence.
If anything this should be a wake up call telling us that we may need to implement additional scans preferably outside the OS to detect malicious code.
I don't like what Sony and First4Internet did, but the hole they used has always been there.
Sony is no way responsible for compromising system security. You can curse them for bring this to light. If a virus or cheat programmer wants to use this functionality, all they have to do is figure out how First4Internet did it. Obviously the OS either has functionality for this type of cloaking or can have it added by 3rd party drivers. This may even get the AV software guys to figure out how to spot these types of exploits, which would be a good thing.
If you check the ESRB info on the back, it should have this info already. The rating should only be the first criteria to look at. I see no reason to replace the ESRB, they do a decent job in evaluating games. I am doubtful that any other reasonably funded ratings board would be any more thorough.
This isn't anything new. 20 years ago teenage girls would spend all night on their families landline. They would also make radio mix tapes. The only difference is they can now take all of this stuff out where you can see them doing it. How many minutes you spend on your cell phone doesn't equate to tech culture. I don't use many minutes on my cell phone either, but it isn't because I am old school. It is because it is a tool for me, not a social outlet.
I believe the implication is that on a Mac G5 system, the boot process takes longer than 10 seconds. So if you powered up the Intel Dev system and a G5 system, the Intel will be at the desktop first. So it is because of Intel that it boots in 10 seconds.
You might want to look into Bart PE. It is a program to create a bootable cd that runs Microsofts Pre-execution Environment. There is a plugin for Ad-Aware, and you may be able to find plugins for Spybot-SD and MS Antispyware beta (not sure though). This is useful, because you are now running a lite version of your MS os from the CD. The antispyware software should now have a much easier time removing files, since the os won't have them open.
I don't believe the playing field is as level as Storm Shadow seems to believe. The TV already is of varying quality. TV size isn't the change HD will be, but someone playing on a 50" big screen is going to have a distinct advantage over someone playing on his old mono 15" tv. My guess is the imminent change of broadcast TV to HD, will do more to level the field than widen it. There is going to be a big wave of TV upgrades coming in the near future and the price for a tube small HDTVs isn't substantially different from projection TVs.
You seem to hint that openssl speed is the type of metric you want... So why not run openssl speed once and use one of the tests as your power rating. For example say you choose blowfish cbc 8192 as the power rating. Total power for group of servers would be the sum of all the power ratings. Available processing power would server cpu idle % * power rating. A few simple scripts and you could have a rough approximation of available processing power available across all platforms. You could also design a benchmark based on the type of processing you will be doing, to make it more relevant.
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How about Sharps LC-65D90U. 65" and 1080p.
Ok, lets take GTA:SA 4.8GB minus 3.28GB (You sure on that number? That's 55 hours of audio) leaves roughly 1.5GB. I will assume at least 1GB of that is texture data. PS2 targets roughly 640x480. In your first comment, you state to expect most games to run 720p, which is 1280x720. Now lets assume they double the texture resolution. Since a double of the texture resolution equals a quadrupling of the texture data, that moves us from 1GB of texture data to 4GB. 4GB + .5GB of code and 3.28GB audio puts us at 8.78GB roughly, which is starting to butt up against the dual layer disc capacity. With the possibilty of games targetting 1080p, I can easily see texture data pushing the us over DVD capacity (As I mentioned one commenter said some Xbox360 titles already are.) This is totally ignoring the increases in polygon counts and increased world sizes that are possible with the new hardware. Current PC titles come in between 3-6GB. The new Unreal engine is supposed to allow for huge increases in model and terrain complexity, so it is no real stretch to assume that we will see content exceed the capacity of a DVD in next generation games.
Even with all that being said, I don't believe that Blu-Ray is the reason behind the large difference in price between the Xbox360 and the PS3. I am pretty sure that Sony wants to match demand to supply, something MS didn't do.
A few ideas... Most install disks ship with assets compressed. Console games likely would more closely reflect the size of an installed game. My WoW install, with the additional patched in content was in the 3-4 GB range. My EQ2 install from awhile back was 4-5 GB. Oblivion I think is around 4 GB. So it isn't a far stretch to see DVDs being filled. Especially since I am sure PC game designers probably are actually trying to keep installed size down. On the Console side of things, you know exactly how much storage capacity you can use.
If there is going to be a need for Blu-Ray, it has to be standard. Addon hardware can't be relied on by game developers so, it is often ignored. I agree that Blu-Ray likely won't be fully utilized at launch, but it won't be long before we see games that won't fit on a DVD. As installed lots of the games I am playing, will not fit on a single layer of a DVD. We may not be filling Blu-Ray discs anytime soon, but the need for higher capacity comes when exceed the capacity of the DVD. An earlier reply to this story, says some Xbox360 titles are already hitting that limit.
I don't like the price of the PS3, but I am wondering if the hardware is the reason for the higher price. With the release of the Xbox360, we saw that the market was willing to pay a large premium for the hardware, due to limited supplies. I actually think the PS3 pricing is to keep demand more in line with supply and reap the extra revenue that MS missed out to the E-Bay sellers.
This is about the best I could find.
http://www.cappuccinopc.com/slimpro-sp350.asp
With options it should cover most of your requirements. CPU might be a bit weak.
Netscape (AOL) open sourced the Mozilla engine and provided some funds the startup of the Mozilla Foundation. So the Mozilla Foundation is the legitimate maintainer of the Mozilla code. Try this hypothetical scenario on for size. A small developer designs a 99.999% accurate spam blocker. They are not making much in the way of sales due to the fact they are a new software development company. A well known developer of one of the leading email suites finds it and integrates it into their product, with no mention of the original developer. The controversy comes out and you know what happened. Do you happily use the new project knowing that, while it is better since it is integrated into your email client, the original developer is getting no compensation (recognition or financial) for their work?
http://www.mini-box.com/s.nl/sc.8/category.13/it.A /id.300/.f
Did a little looking around, since I know the Dell GX620 in it's ultra small form factor. I didn't read the manual, but it claims to be able to run most P4 boards up to 3Ghz.
I don't buy the tailgating strategy either. Why trust yourself to the other car. Also, it requires that you pass at some point, otherwise you are guaranteed a slower time than the lead car. I took it to mean that (as you did) that the both vehicles were at the speed limit and the possibly Stanley passed when the CMU car slowed for some reason.
Not that I like the idea of this system, but you aren't getting how it would be used. The license plate isn't really all that relevant. It can provide some info, but not the important info. For instance my car is stolen by someone that had the forethought to bring plates along to his own car or stolen plates that won't be missed. How do we find my car? Easy, the police query the database for any vehicle that left the area, but never drove to it. Once they have the shortlist, they figure out where it went and hopefully nab the bad guy and recover the car.
Now take terrorists that have lived in the country for say a year before the commit their act of terrorism. First off, as a terrorist working on a big project you don't want to screw it up by using fake plates. Even if they were able to change their license plate on every trip, it doesn't matter. Take the London bombings, they fairly quickly figured out who did it and where they lived. Take that info and the database and we can start figuring out every place they have been. You may be able to find co-conspirators, safe houses and more.
This system can have a real impact on terrorism and crime. The problem comes when the gets abused and it will be. With this database, you could track protesters. Just start doing queries on all vehicles withing a 3 mile radius of a protest and continue to do so with each additional protest looking for duplicates. Whether the good outweighs the bad is largely up to debate. Depending on how it is used, it could go either way.
The Comcast DVRs have firewire ports that you can grab the audio/video off of.
I believe that MythTV and Got all Media (http://www.gallm.com/) both support the firewire output.
What assurances do we have that we can expect a consistent game experience? With SOE getting ready to release essentially a third combat system, can I expect to not have to relearn a new system again?
I get a good number of heli kills using the Support Kit. If they are fresh, I can at least get them to head home to repair.
I can only hope this technology is only going to be used to stop disc copies to work. If they intend to lock a game disc to a console, they are going to be opening themselves to a class action. What happens when you accidentally break your PS3, and purchase a new one? I think most people will be very upset if they even just have to contact tech support. Can you take your game to a friends for a night of multiplayer mayhem? If Sony limits any of this (not even taking the used game market into account), they are setting themselves up for a fall. I truly hope they only implement this as an antipiracy protection.
You're right. Next time I get any email with a copy of a Sony CD attached I will be really careful about any links I go to.
All kidding aside, I don't consider being able to hide a process or file from the Warden to be a security risk. Sure it sucks for WoW, but it doesn't make my system any less secure.
From a virus aspect, if your computer is secure you have no worries. If for some reason you install or a system vulnerability allows software to be installed, you or the OS are the weak link. By the time you are worrying about hidden files, you, your antivirus/spyware software and OS have allowed malicious code to be run on your machine.
Does getting rid of the so called Sony Rootkit close this hole? The answer of course is no it doesn't. Anyone with sufficient programming skills (And from the description of the code at Sysinternals, it wasn't that impressive) can implement the same functionality in their code.
Sure, it may be harder to clean your system up if you can't see the file, but at that point you have already been compromised and a virus could be patching several function calls to hide itself. The concept isn't new even, a while back I remember reading a story about the Anti-Rootkit program that Microsoft came up with to spot rootkits that commandeer devices, so they can hide their presence.
If anything this should be a wake up call telling us that we may need to implement additional scans preferably outside the OS to detect malicious code.
I don't like what Sony and First4Internet did, but the hole they used has always been there.
Sony is no way responsible for compromising system security. You can curse them for bring this to light. If a virus or cheat programmer wants to use this functionality, all they have to do is figure out how First4Internet did it. Obviously the OS either has functionality for this type of cloaking or can have it added by 3rd party drivers. This may even get the AV software guys to figure out how to spot these types of exploits, which would be a good thing.
If you check the ESRB info on the back, it should have this info already. The rating should only be the first criteria to look at. I see no reason to replace the ESRB, they do a decent job in evaluating games. I am doubtful that any other reasonably funded ratings board would be any more thorough.
This isn't anything new. 20 years ago teenage girls would spend all night on their families landline. They would also make radio mix tapes. The only difference is they can now take all of this stuff out where you can see them doing it. How many minutes you spend on your cell phone doesn't equate to tech culture. I don't use many minutes on my cell phone either, but it isn't because I am old school. It is because it is a tool for me, not a social outlet.
I believe the implication is that on a Mac G5 system, the boot process takes longer than 10 seconds. So if you powered up the Intel Dev system and a G5 system, the Intel will be at the desktop first. So it is because of Intel that it boots in 10 seconds.
1) The recent press release by Atmel and u-blox announcing indoor capable GPS http://www.u-blox.com/news/SuperCS.html
2) Better coverage area
3) Not reliant on the masses to provide APs and keep them in a consistent spot
4) GPS probably functions better in a blackout
5) Don't need a laptop (Not sure if WPS requires one)
And to finish off the list, I'm sure if you just scan the rest of the comments you will find 5 more.
Interesting idea, but it doesn't seem like a good bet when there is already a good solution out there.
You might want to look into Bart PE. It is a program to create a bootable cd that runs Microsofts Pre-execution Environment. There is a plugin for Ad-Aware, and you may be able to find plugins for Spybot-SD and MS Antispyware beta (not sure though). This is useful, because you are now running a lite version of your MS os from the CD. The antispyware software should now have a much easier time removing files, since the os won't have them open.
I don't believe the playing field is as level as Storm Shadow seems to believe. The TV already is of varying quality. TV size isn't the change HD will be, but someone playing on a 50" big screen is going to have a distinct advantage over someone playing on his old mono 15" tv. My guess is the imminent change of broadcast TV to HD, will do more to level the field than widen it. There is going to be a big wave of TV upgrades coming in the near future and the price for a tube small HDTVs isn't substantially different from projection TVs.
You seem to hint that openssl speed is the type of metric you want... So why not run openssl speed once and use one of the tests as your power rating. For example say you choose blowfish cbc 8192 as the power rating. Total power for group of servers would be the sum of all the power ratings. Available processing power would server cpu idle % * power rating. A few simple scripts and you could have a rough approximation of available processing power available across all platforms. You could also design a benchmark based on the type of processing you will be doing, to make it more relevant.
Don't you get it? This was a clever social engineered DDOS attack on an MS bashing site.
Try this http://supercast.sourceforge.net/.