"I can't imagine why you think it possibly would."
Naïveté, really. Do-gooders that really have no conceptual skills to realize the logistics of compliance and how badly these initiatives failed in the past.
"1. Get an LCD monitor. They weigh much less and are easier to lug around.
2. Grow some muscles. Carrying a 50lbs computer from a taxi or car to the table is not exactly labour intensive.
3. LAN parties are dorky anyways. Usually sausagefests and in desperate need of face-to-face interaction.:-)
When I go out to a friends place I'd rather play a console where instead of being buried behind a monitor you're able to see their face and the reaction as you head shot them in Halo 2:-)"
1) Still not as easily or safely transported. 2) It's the computer + all accessories + all other cables + packing up + hoping nobody stops quickly. Either way, you're technically looking at around 50lbs for an average case, 25 lbs for a CRT/10 for an LCD. It's not that any is impossibly heavy, but it can be really awkward and frustrating. Once you get the system moved over, you spend ages getting everything set up, as most any LANparty attendees can attest to. 3) So in other words, you trade a sausagefest with desperate geeks for a sausagefest with desperate geeks;)
I understand the concern over the price, but it's really a *much* easier solution if you're into PC gaming.
"That and a 15lbs laptop is stupid. That's really heavy to carry around (I suggest you put that, your adapter and a few books in a knapsack and carry that around an airport for 3 hours) and would run off batteries for what, like 30 seconds?"
"Mobile desktops" are generally meant to be that, larger notebook systems designed to be lugged around but not used away from a power source for very long. From having used both extensively, I by far prefer them to the shuttle+lcd combo.
BOY THAT JOHN EDWARD SURE IS A PSYCHIC. HE GETS THINGS RIGHT ALL THE TIME!
If you throw out enough shit, statistically has to stick. He might as well have been an astrologist for how useless his "tales of the future" turn out to be.
"If you work for one of these projects, are you tarnished for life? Is there an indelible mark on your hide that says, 'this person worked for a stupid-ass dot com, so he must be stupid?'"
Well, unless you're talking about Infinium labs here.
"Yes, but is it for the better? Changing the world is great and all, but if people (and I realize it's their own fault, not the game creators) become so obsessed with these games that they stop going to work and such then is this really something we want in the world?"
Isn't that what has been stated about every form of escapist entertainment since the dawn of civilization? Besides, we'll be safe until the holodeck gets perfected.
It's absolutely pathetic, instead of "YAY COMPETITION" to make your own personal choice of console actually try to compete for your dollars, they're offended by the mere *presence* of other competitors.
"...doesn't have a fucking clue what a "console" is.
The XBox360 is just a limited PC."
Neither do you, apparently. All consoles are "limited PC"s.
"How far can you actually get if you don't have an internet connection for all the bugfixes?"
US broadband penetration is at 64% of households, but you don't need bugfixes to play games either, only for fancy features that you're not going to use, as you're online. For the games that aren't backwards compatible out of the box, you can burn the updates to CD. New dashboard revisions will likely be included in newer games (and demo CD/DVDs) as they're rolled out.
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Actually, there is no way to let you conservative Christians or anyone for that matter block porn regardless of what the courts say.
"I can't imagine why you think it possibly would."
Naïveté, really. Do-gooders that really have no conceptual skills to realize the logistics of compliance and how badly these initiatives failed in the past.
It was a hoax, people are still biting.
"1. Get an LCD monitor. They weigh much less and are easier to lug around.
:-)
:-)"
;)
2. Grow some muscles. Carrying a 50lbs computer from a taxi or car to the table is not exactly labour intensive.
3. LAN parties are dorky anyways. Usually sausagefests and in desperate need of face-to-face interaction.
When I go out to a friends place I'd rather play a console where instead of being buried behind a monitor you're able to see their face and the reaction as you head shot them in Halo 2
1) Still not as easily or safely transported.
2) It's the computer + all accessories + all other cables + packing up + hoping nobody stops quickly. Either way, you're technically looking at around 50lbs for an average case, 25 lbs for a CRT/10 for an
LCD. It's not that any is impossibly heavy, but it can be really awkward and frustrating. Once you get the system moved over, you spend ages getting everything set up, as most any LANparty attendees can attest to.
3) So in other words, you trade a sausagefest with desperate geeks for a sausagefest with desperate geeks
I understand the concern over the price, but it's really a *much* easier solution if you're into PC gaming.
"That and a 15lbs laptop is stupid. That's really heavy to carry around (I suggest you put that, your adapter and a few books in a knapsack and carry that around an airport for 3 hours) and would run off batteries for what, like 30 seconds?"
"Mobile desktops" are generally meant to be that, larger notebook systems designed to be lugged around but not used away from a power source for very long. From having used both extensively, I by far prefer them to the shuttle+lcd combo.
Neither of these systems are of Dell design. The Dellienware deal only just went through its final approval on Monday as it is.
"Where is the love going to be in this movie?"
Solo, and on the floor as soon as the night elves come on screen, sadly.
"It's actually quite an elegant idea, modular power generation and it means the car itself should be serviceable for the forseeable future."
No it isn't, the power generation isn't going to be very efficient and this shit'll never scale large enough to provide a real-world solution.
I do have to admit that on the individual level it could be fun, but it won't work for the masses.
"You know one day we'll look back on the pre-Bush era in America as a golden age of freedom"
What the fuck, this is Hillary/Tipper nanny-stating. I'm as unhappy with Bush as the rest, but this is a different set of cunts at work.
BOY THAT JOHN EDWARD SURE IS A PSYCHIC. HE GETS THINGS RIGHT ALL THE TIME!
If you throw out enough shit, statistically has to stick. He might as well have been an astrologist for how useless his "tales of the future" turn out to be.
"Every time one of those brain dead flash heavy sites tried to choke my dial up I couldn't hit the close fast enough"
:)
Every time I view one on DSL, let alone a series of T1s, I also close the tab
"If you work for one of these projects, are you tarnished for life? Is there an indelible mark on your hide that says, 'this person worked for a stupid-ass dot com, so he must be stupid?'"
Well, unless you're talking about Infinium labs here.
"Yes, but is it for the better? Changing the world is great and all, but if people (and I realize it's their own fault, not the game creators) become so obsessed with these games that they stop going to work and such then is this really something we want in the world?"
Isn't that what has been stated about every form of escapist entertainment since the dawn of civilization? Besides, we'll be safe until the holodeck gets perfected.
"whatever few franchises they can prevent from going multiplatform."
And Microsoft themselves are flirting with Rockstar. Hrmmmmmm.
It's absolutely pathetic, instead of "YAY COMPETITION" to make your own personal choice of console actually try to compete for your dollars, they're offended by the mere *presence* of other competitors.
"This would be good news if the performance stayed constant on the platform, but power consumption, noise production, etc. decreased."
That's exactly the point.
"...doesn't have a fucking clue what a "console" is.
The XBox360 is just a limited PC."
Neither do you, apparently. All consoles are "limited PC"s.
"How far can you actually get if you don't have an internet connection for all the bugfixes?"
US broadband penetration is at 64% of households, but you don't need bugfixes to play games either, only for fancy features that you're not going to use, as you're online. For the games that aren't backwards compatible out of the box, you can burn the updates to CD. New dashboard revisions will likely be included in newer games (and demo CD/DVDs) as they're rolled out.
Whoops. It isn't? Crazy.
It's for the ps3.
"who was part of the team who pitched the XBox to Bill Gates" is the "I invented the internet" of console gaming.
It'd better come with the advertised Tom Clancy and Metroid Prime!
It wasn't developed by 3dRealms, though. They farmed it out to another company.
"There is no piracy in China (since there is no copyright*)."
Unless the state decrees so. There are strict protections for state-sanctioned business.
Typical Baptist/Pentacostal/other Charismatic who believes in Creationism response: "Catholics aren't Christian!"
"Is Great Britian the 'Silicon Valley' of gaming"
I think some areas in Texas would better qualify.