This is false, outside of the UK, the BBC is ad supported and this includes their website, so the comparison is perfectly valid.
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And don't expect it to change. I find with google that once they release things. New features are not quick in forthcoming and giving users a multitude of options is not their style.
It is pretty much take it or leave it. This is very evident with google talk, I liked the feel of it but eventually I just couldn't change one or two things that bugged me so I am not so fond of it now.
That said I welcome a new browser to it all, the more the merrier, we don't want to slip back into the days of IE 6 being all that web developers targeted.
And they are completely ruining films also. They really devalue the film. So many of the best jokes in films have the punch line shown in the trailer. And the best part of the action films is also shown. I find more and more that I just sit watching films where I recognize the scene from the trailer and so know what is going to happen.
This is getting ridiculous, smart people do watch television. Mindless entertainment has a place for everyone. This needless elitism reminds me of an onion article - http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28694
Well you are not going to find statistics on work space of cubicle farms directly affecting unemployment. My point was with employment in general, over-regulated employment laws generates more expense thus affecting employers desire to hire people.
Take it to absurd levels - if the law mandated 10 000 sq meters per employee wouldn't it have an effect?
I also seriously doubt there is a country that specifically out laws cubicles - show me one and show me the law.
You are wrong about the UK also btw, its unemployment rate is quite low - 5%, is that not considered near full employment?
As a European from western Europe, we have plenty of cubicle farms and open offices. Some day you will too - Welcome to capitalism!
I personally don't really see much problem with cubicles and open offices. It is all well and good having laws making everything great for employees, but countries that do that are often also the ones that think 10% is a low unemployment rate.
Does this not validate them somewhat though? If they invented it, and then produced it, but were undercut by others using their inventions, don't they have a point?
The hype about the Wii that has been in the States is not the same as in Europe. There has been a certain extent of hype but none of the old ladies and dead people buying them rush that has been in North America (well that is the impression I get on slashdot.)
The flame wars between fan boys could really damage something like this. Often the smaller wikis don't get policed as well so might as well get some popcorn.
However the article linked to makes no reference to that though it states: "Xbox LIVE Arcade has been an instant hit on the Xbox 360, with nearly 70% of all connected consoles already downloading and playing Xbox LIVE Arcade titles." - this does not necessarily mean purchased, you can download trial games.
Ah I remember the Indigo Prophecy (or Fahrenheit as it is called here) demo, I liked the look and feel of it so it fooled me into buying the game, then I discover that half way through the game turns into a button mashing event which I don't enjoy at all, so demos are not always the best indicator. Enjoying a demo does not mean the game is worth buying. Sometimes games lack any depth so you have the game when you have the demo, so reviews do serve a purpose from the point of view.
This teacher training course could be expanded by testing the participants to make sure no bad ones slip through. Then for more complex teaching requirements there could be longer training courses which also is examined to maintain a level of quality. Each of these exams could have a certificate to show to others that the person who took it is competent in this area. Then we wouldn't need those useless credentials.
I like their sports games, sorry but I just do. I know people don't like how they don't change drastically every year, but I kind of like the slow iterative process by which they improve. Eventually they should shut down the game play completely and only improve graphics, interface and how the leagues work. It would be nice if I could learn say Madden this year and be able to pick it up in ten years and be able to play it. How chess is played isn't drastically changed every year so something staying the same can be a good thing. And real world physics tend to stay the same, so real life sports tend to also remain fairly constant. On the flip side of this I should be able to play someone with the newest version of the game with an older version, but I don't ever see that happening.
From my / slashdot reader's perspective, not general consumers: It would have to be kinda cheap wouldn't it? I mean all the new consoles have some sort of ability to do this as far as I know. Some involves a bit of configuration on the pc but it works (programs like tversity are getting better at streaming anything you want to your console, youtube included). So if a wii is 250 and an xbox 360 is 350, this itv thing better be under 100 before it would be viable to this audience.
The demo is on xbox live if anyone wants to try it, and it is all I have played But good luck, it is very very bad. Doesn't look the worst but it is impossible to control. The camera goes all over the place and the little bastard you are supposed to be controlling just flys about the place very quickly, yes that is what sonic is supposed to be, but it is not good when you have to follow him at this pace. No idea how a modern Sonic game should go, I think it would be best if they just gave up on this one, maybe release a newer version of the platform game on the arcade services for the new consoles. I don't think anything else would work.
From a business point of view, maybe. But as a user it can really add to them or even save them. Years ago I had a commodore CDTV, one of those vcr like units. But I don't think any games came out for it (apart from Lemmings which was great!). The only thing the saved it was that you get an external amiga floppy drive with it that allowed you to play standard Amiga games on it. Might have been old games at the time, but as a ten year old, I didn't know the difference.
There are plenty of reviews of games out there as the article said, it would be too much to have read though? I thought this was a good article, it gave a good balanced technical review of this feature in both of the new consoles. Hard to find that sometimes on the web Not every article has to be about the games you know...
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This is false, outside of the UK, the BBC is ad supported and this includes their website, so the comparison is perfectly valid.
And don't expect it to change. I find with google that once they release things. New features are not quick in forthcoming and giving users a multitude of options is not their style.
It is pretty much take it or leave it. This is very evident with google talk, I liked the feel of it but eventually I just couldn't change one or two things that bugged me so I am not so fond of it now.
That said I welcome a new browser to it all, the more the merrier, we don't want to slip back into the days of IE 6 being all that web developers targeted.
And they are completely ruining films also. They really devalue the film. So many of the best jokes in films have the punch line shown in the trailer. And the best part of the action films is also shown. I find more and more that I just sit watching films where I recognize the scene from the trailer and so know what is going to happen.
In a completely unrelated matter, how do I turn off those damn tags?
This is getting ridiculous, smart people do watch television. Mindless entertainment has a place for everyone. This needless elitism reminds me of an onion article - http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28694
Well you are not going to find statistics on work space of cubicle farms directly affecting unemployment. My point was with employment in general, over-regulated employment laws generates more expense thus affecting employers desire to hire people.
Take it to absurd levels - if the law mandated 10 000 sq meters per employee wouldn't it have an effect?
I also seriously doubt there is a country that specifically out laws cubicles - show me one and show me the law.
You are wrong about the UK also btw, its unemployment rate is quite low - 5%, is that not considered near full employment?
As a European from western Europe, we have plenty of cubicle farms and open offices. Some day you will too - Welcome to capitalism!
I personally don't really see much problem with cubicles and open offices. It is all well and good having laws making everything great for employees, but countries that do that are often also the ones that think 10% is a low unemployment rate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editor_war
Does this not validate them somewhat though? If they invented it, and then produced it, but were undercut by others using their inventions, don't they have a point?
iphucing love the name
I think you have the wrong forum for that.
This website is good for this. I used it for looking at the ISS and it was accurate.
The hype about the Wii that has been in the States is not the same as in Europe. There has been a certain extent of hype but none of the old ladies and dead people buying them rush that has been in North America (well that is the impression I get on slashdot.)
The flame wars between fan boys could really damage something like this. Often the smaller wikis don't get policed as well so might as well get some popcorn.
However the article linked to makes no reference to that though it states: "Xbox LIVE Arcade has been an instant hit on the Xbox 360, with nearly 70% of all connected consoles already downloading and playing Xbox LIVE Arcade titles." - this does not necessarily mean purchased, you can download trial games.
Ah I remember the Indigo Prophecy (or Fahrenheit as it is called here) demo, I liked the look and feel of it so it fooled me into buying the game, then I discover that half way through the game turns into a button mashing event which I don't enjoy at all, so demos are not always the best indicator. Enjoying a demo does not mean the game is worth buying. Sometimes games lack any depth so you have the game when you have the demo, so reviews do serve a purpose from the point of view.
Does anyone know where I could find some pictures of the moon passing in front of Saturn on Thursday night? I could see it but had no telescope.
I didn't think I needed a tag... seems I was wrong.
This teacher training course could be expanded by testing the participants to make sure no bad ones slip through. Then for more complex teaching requirements there could be longer training courses which also is examined to maintain a level of quality. Each of these exams could have a certificate to show to others that the person who took it is competent in this area. Then we wouldn't need those useless credentials.
I like their sports games, sorry but I just do.
I know people don't like how they don't change drastically every year, but I kind of like the slow iterative process by which they improve. Eventually they should shut down the game play completely and only improve graphics, interface and how the leagues work.
It would be nice if I could learn say Madden this year and be able to pick it up in ten years and be able to play it. How chess is played isn't drastically changed every year so something staying the same can be a good thing. And real world physics tend to stay the same, so real life sports tend to also remain fairly constant.
On the flip side of this I should be able to play someone with the newest version of the game with an older version, but I don't ever see that happening.
From my / slashdot reader's perspective, not general consumers: It would have to be kinda cheap wouldn't it? I mean all the new consoles have some sort of ability to do this as far as I know. Some involves a bit of configuration on the pc but it works (programs like tversity are getting better at streaming anything you want to your console, youtube included). So if a wii is 250 and an xbox 360 is 350, this itv thing better be under 100 before it would be viable to this audience.
The demo is on xbox live if anyone wants to try it, and it is all I have played
But good luck, it is very very bad. Doesn't look the worst but it is impossible to control. The camera goes all over the place and the little bastard you are supposed to be controlling just flys about the place very quickly, yes that is what sonic is supposed to be, but it is not good when you have to follow him at this pace.
No idea how a modern Sonic game should go, I think it would be best if they just gave up on this one, maybe release a newer version of the platform game on the arcade services for the new consoles. I don't think anything else would work.
From a business point of view, maybe.
But as a user it can really add to them or even save them. Years ago I had a commodore CDTV, one of those vcr like units. But I don't think any games came out for it (apart from Lemmings which was great!). The only thing the saved it was that you get an external amiga floppy drive with it that allowed you to play standard Amiga games on it. Might have been old games at the time, but as a ten year old, I didn't know the difference.
There are plenty of reviews of games out there as the article said, it would be too much to have read though? I thought this was a good article, it gave a good balanced technical review of this feature in both of the new consoles. Hard to find that sometimes on the web
Not every article has to be about the games you know...
I for one welcome our new Bacteria overlords!