Wouldn't you say it's plausible in many situations that the image they're looking at is originally scanned at a much higher resolution, but when they "zoom in" they're actually zooming in more into its original size?
I mean, practically all image viewers open images that are too big for the screen in a resized mode.
Surely some of their "extrapolations" aren't realistic but I think a good amount of them can be reasonably explained.
I've had my LCD for almost a year now, I'm very happy with it. No ghosting at all. Superb quality. I definately recommend it. (I play games rather often, like counterstrike and assorted new games that manage to make it onto linux.)
Few days ago, made me think of all the prophecies regarding World War 3 and how "the war on terror" is supposed to be a "world war". Then I remembered that hardly anyone was involved other than the US and Iraq...
And to think, if done PROPERLY, World War 3 could have actually been a GOOD thing.
At first I read the title as: "GTA Blames for Columbine-style Massacre Planning"
Thoughts rushed through my head widldly of Rock Star Games suing someone related to Columbine-style massacre planning for copyright infringement. Suddenly, it made me feel all giddy and righteous inside.
Someday, someday. Someday we'll win the war on terrorists stealing ideas from games.
Shit, I just had a strong urge to install this extension and visit the Windows Update site because I haven't visited in a long time. Just think of the outdatedness of my computer!
Then I realized... Wait, do I even have IE anymore? Then I realized... I switched to Linux last month.
(Not being sarcastic... I really did have an urge.) >.;
It has a colour screen (so it certainly isn't the first mp3 player with a colour screen) and it also serves as a USB host, allowing people to transfer photos from digital cameras onto the iRiver on the fly. It can view still pictures, and has similar music playing capabilities as the original iriver H100 series (I believe). Still no AAC though. Buuut it does maintain a 16 hour battery life from what I read.
Maybe someone will come out with a firmware hack to allow playing movies on it? That would be awesome.
They could provide online-stored logs. I use trillian, and I've about 3 years of logs, with over 200 contacts, about 50 megs. That is totally reasonable compared to offering 1 gig of email logs.
You're right but I think most MMORPGs that have been released recently and the ones that saw how well everquest, ultima online and the suches did and want to join the party, they're focusing too much on "new content for it over the span of multiple years" instead of getting plenty of content for it during launch. I think the reason MMOGs tend to make such a hassle over monthly fees is because they see it as their primary source of profit. Especially after a year or so, they start offering the game for free, just give them the monthly (ie. Anarchy Online, with a small lump sum attached to it).
If they would concentrate more on the initial impression of the game and treat it like a real GAME instead of a service, maybe they'd have more people buying it and actually sticking through with it. On that note, if they already have a complete game at release, they wont have to scramble for the forthcoming 8 months to iron out all the bugs that should have been fixed in the alpha, and by the time they're done with the bugs, they start releasing good content, which by then everyone has forgotten about it. So now that the game is in the shadows, they forget the content, and just push an expansion set onto everyone and start the whole bloody loop over again.
A good, complete game at release would reduce the stress of maintaining it which would allow for lower monthly prices. I realize bandwidth it still an issue but it's only a small fraction of the $15 they're pulling from our pockets.
Because I think their priority is to get the actual game done, and after that they can cut a few pieces out of it, put some annoying limitations on it, and pump it to your local fileplanet clone.
Or would you rather game companies focused on making a good demo first, rather than a good game that you're actually paying for first?
And besides, what's the point of having a demo before the game is released on shelves? It's not like you can go "OMG THIS DEMO IS SO COOL! I'M GOING TO GO BUY IT RIGHT NOW... err wait, it's not out yet... drat."
And lastly, they DID have the alpha all those years ago;-)
Next time I'm working on a game, I'm putting a "do not push this button" with a short EULA in very small font above it, and if someone pushes it, it shall delete all your saves and crash your game.
I think a good bit of difference is the name and the type of stereotype it holds behind it. Windows is a common word in every day life, relatively at least. Linux is unknown and unheard by most people, only familiar with a computer geek holding it up.
When people choose their first operating system, they're more likely to go with something they feel comfortable with. The "tried and true". Even if the word "windows" and the operating system have nothing to do with each other, there is still a sense of familiarity.
Linux, on the other hand, can seem rather intimidating to those who have never heard of it.
Frankly, as someone in a different article comment pointed out, if you're starting from scratch, learning windows, mac os, or linux can be equally challenging. They each present abstract concepts which take some getting used to. If you learned windows first, linux may seem strange and complicated. If you learn linux first, windows may seem like a bunch of weird nonesense (as this is the impression some of my Mac user friends have of windows).
It all depends on where you start, and where you start, I think, depends a lot on the stereotype behind the name. - shazow
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Wouldn't you say it's plausible in many situations that the image they're looking at is originally scanned at a much higher resolution, but when they "zoom in" they're actually zooming in more into its original size?
:-)
I mean, practically all image viewers open images that are too big for the screen in a resized mode.
Surely some of their "extrapolations" aren't realistic but I think a good amount of them can be reasonably explained.
Regardless, it's a very fun show.
- shazow
I'm probably wrong and not a film amateur, let alone expert but...
Don't most videos work with interlaced frames, such that the frame transition in blurry scenes seem more smooth?
In that case, if you extract a blurry frame, couldn't you extrapolate a still frame by taking the interlace and adjusting it?
- shazow
I've had my LCD for almost a year now, I'm very happy with it. No ghosting at all. Superb quality. I definately recommend it. (I play games rather often, like counterstrike and assorted new games that manage to make it onto linux.)
- shazow
You forgot the straws! The straws and the cups, oh my!! There's no stopping Kerry now!
!
Few days ago, made me think of all the prophecies regarding World War 3 and how "the war on terror" is supposed to be a "world war". Then I remembered that hardly anyone was involved other than the US and Iraq...
And to think, if done PROPERLY, World War 3 could have actually been a GOOD thing.
- shazow
He who uses shields in counter-strike.
(Of course, I have nothing against females.)
At first I read the title as:
"GTA Blames for Columbine-style Massacre Planning"
Thoughts rushed through my head widldly of Rock Star Games suing someone related to Columbine-style massacre planning for copyright infringement. Suddenly, it made me feel all giddy and righteous inside.
Someday, someday. Someday we'll win the war on terrorists stealing ideas from games.
- shazow
"God is a Mac Gamer"
;-)
Another phrase that would make Him disappear in a puff of logic.
- shazow
Shit, I just had a strong urge to install this extension and visit the Windows Update site because I haven't visited in a long time. Just think of the outdatedness of my computer!
Then I realized... Wait, do I even have IE anymore? Then I realized... I switched to Linux last month.
(Not being sarcastic... I really did have an urge.)
>.;
- shazow
The iRiver H300 Series is also worth a look.0 0
20 Gigs: http://www.iriver.com/product/info.asp?p_name=H32
40 Gigs: http://www.iriver.com/product/info.asp?p_name=H34
It has a colour screen (so it certainly isn't the first mp3 player with a colour screen) and it also serves as a USB host, allowing people to transfer photos from digital cameras onto the iRiver on the fly. It can view still pictures, and has similar music playing capabilities as the original iriver H100 series (I believe). Still no AAC though. Buuut it does maintain a 16 hour battery life from what I read.
Maybe someone will come out with a firmware hack to allow playing movies on it? That would be awesome.
- shazow
All fun and games until you see yourself.
They could provide online-stored logs.
I use trillian, and I've about 3 years of logs, with over 200 contacts, about 50 megs. That is totally reasonable compared to offering 1 gig of email logs.
I'd like that.
- shazow
"In other news, Microsoft sues NASA over trademark infringement, forcing NASA to change the rock's name from 'Longhorn' to 'Longspire'."
- shazow
Nevermind, found it. http://www.hauppauge.com/.
What's a "Happgauge"? I googled and got no results. I'm thinking of getting a TV Tuner for my computer as well, and I need to find a good PCI card.
- shazow
My monitor IS my TV...
You're right but I think most MMORPGs that have been released recently and the ones that saw how well everquest, ultima online and the suches did and want to join the party, they're focusing too much on "new content for it over the span of multiple years" instead of getting plenty of content for it during launch. I think the reason MMOGs tend to make such a hassle over monthly fees is because they see it as their primary source of profit. Especially after a year or so, they start offering the game for free, just give them the monthly (ie. Anarchy Online, with a small lump sum attached to it).
If they would concentrate more on the initial impression of the game and treat it like a real GAME instead of a service, maybe they'd have more people buying it and actually sticking through with it. On that note, if they already have a complete game at release, they wont have to scramble for the forthcoming 8 months to iron out all the bugs that should have been fixed in the alpha, and by the time they're done with the bugs, they start releasing good content, which by then everyone has forgotten about it. So now that the game is in the shadows, they forget the content, and just push an expansion set onto everyone and start the whole bloody loop over again.
A good, complete game at release would reduce the stress of maintaining it which would allow for lower monthly prices. I realize bandwidth it still an issue but it's only a small fraction of the $15 they're pulling from our pockets.
- shazow
Because I think their priority is to get the actual game done, and after that they can cut a few pieces out of it, put some annoying limitations on it, and pump it to your local fileplanet clone.
;-)
Or would you rather game companies focused on making a good demo first, rather than a good game that you're actually paying for first?
And besides, what's the point of having a demo before the game is released on shelves? It's not like you can go "OMG THIS DEMO IS SO COOL! I'M GOING TO GO BUY IT RIGHT NOW... err wait, it's not out yet... drat."
And lastly, they DID have the alpha all those years ago
- shazow
Reminds me of Carmageddon with impressive graphics and no blood. :/
WHERE ARE THE ZOMBIES!? We need zombies.
- shazow
Next time I'm working on a game, I'm putting a "do not push this button" with a short EULA in very small font above it, and if someone pushes it, it shall delete all your saves and crash your game.
Damn inobedient gamers. ^_^
- shazow
Anyone who has seen the mess in the average geek's room knows that we LIVE in bacteria! Heh. Maybe we'll be the last ones to survive afterall.
- shazow
Be grateful it isn't 6035 floppies. ;-)
- shazow
Last I heard, he quit and went off to start a consulting firm with John Smith.
- shazow
I think a good bit of difference is the name and the type of stereotype it holds behind it. Windows is a common word in every day life, relatively at least. Linux is unknown and unheard by most people, only familiar with a computer geek holding it up.
When people choose their first operating system, they're more likely to go with something they feel comfortable with. The "tried and true". Even if the word "windows" and the operating system have nothing to do with each other, there is still a sense of familiarity.
Linux, on the other hand, can seem rather intimidating to those who have never heard of it.
Frankly, as someone in a different article comment pointed out, if you're starting from scratch, learning windows, mac os, or linux can be equally challenging. They each present abstract concepts which take some getting used to. If you learned windows first, linux may seem strange and complicated. If you learn linux first, windows may seem like a bunch of weird nonesense (as this is the impression some of my Mac user friends have of windows).
It all depends on where you start, and where you start, I think, depends a lot on the stereotype behind the name.
- shazow