In Australia, we pay the equivalent of about US$90-95 for new, big-name Xbox 360 games (which often launch at around AU$109). Are these what Americans are paying $60 for?
Stray a tiny bit from an FPS to 3PS for GTA: San Andreas. Nothing outrageous storywise, but there was at least a bit of meat to it here and there. Some decent characters. Surprised to not see it mentioned at least tangentially.
Assassin's Creed looks really good (like Splinter Cell, which I liked, mixed with Prince of Persia:TT, which I also liked save for the idiotic way you couldn't invert the Y axis properly). However, there seemed to be a few glitches in the demo - the floating body, and some framerate issues.
Something I've long wondered about - if you run your character into a wall continuously or slowly into another person, couldn't they come up with a more realistic reaction? In the AC demo, after the guard shoves him away, he walks slowly into someone in the crowd - not hard enough to brush them off or bounce back - I just think they could surely set the head to move or look as a reaction? Otherwise, it's just one of those things that breaks your immersion in the game a little.
I think you're forgetting about trawlers ripping up the ocean floor, Japanese whaling vessels (who's stopping them?) and companies tearing down Amazonia. Ain't a whole lot of regulations and penalties stopping them IMO.
Brand inheritance. Look in your fridge and cupboards. Look in those of your parents. In most cases, you'll see similar brands. Same often stands for sports teams and parties in politics.
Another part of it is that children are led to believe what they're told by elders, especially when those people use a serious tone. "Look both ways before you cross the street."
From Richard Dawkins: There is no such thing as a Christian child. There is a child of Christian parents.
They have a chicken and egg problem on their hands. Need a larger support base to make an overwhelming case to other companies to support Vista. Need more support from those companies to get that wave of customers.
I am a happy user of XP. My single (though significant) complaint is about security, and I have felt as though Vista solves that enough to warrant a jump. People come to me asking for advice on where/what to buy and whether they need to upgrade - when it comes to the OS, I haven't recommended Vista to anyone currently using XP and not buying a new machine.
I think there's a very good chance that you're on track there. It's a shame that it works that way, but it would've.
Dell: We want to get some of the Linux market. Thinking Ubuntu. MS: I don't think you should do that. Dell: *cough* Monopoly. MS: Well, definitely not in the business market then. Dell: Deal.
If there *are* places selling Linux on machines, why aren't their ads all over Slashdot? Can't remember seeing (m)any?
Previously, I had a password in the form of AAANANAA (A=alpha, N=numeric) guessed. It wasn't a dictionary word or combination of dictionary words, and the numbers were not their typical I=1, A=4 replacements. I had assumed it would be non-trivial to guess and that there would be a system in place to limit on-going login attempts, even if coming from a range of IP addresses (e.g., botnet or whatever).
Of course, even if you suspect the host, there's only so far throwing around accusations will get you.
When I suggested that that should be happening, they didn't really have any response - surely if they did, they would've mentioned it?
So, if that were the case and it took a certain level of effort to get past low-medium level passwords, then realistically it's just a matter of time before tougher (12-15 randomised characters) passwords get done?
Some sites used scripting, MySQL, etc, most were completely dead-boring static HTML.
If it wasn't a brute force guess of the passwords, then I think you might be right about the shared server being infiltrated. If that is the case, then it's such a shame that one can get stuck in the dark because the host is too embarrassed to reveal the truth - e.g., waste days trying to research possible threats and causes.
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I'm with you, but wasn't sure if we were meant to be discussing the aesthetics or whether this was only a new project?
Checked out the screenshots and it looks really ugly. Surely this is what an interface designer comes up with on their first, embarrassing attempt?
In Australia, we pay the equivalent of about US$90-95 for new, big-name Xbox 360 games (which often launch at around AU$109). Are these what Americans are paying $60 for?
Stray a tiny bit from an FPS to 3PS for GTA: San Andreas. Nothing outrageous storywise, but there was at least a bit of meat to it here and there. Some decent characters. Surprised to not see it mentioned at least tangentially.
"I have yet to of heard about a successful "dict'ed" account crack."
Have had client sites get done. Upgraded passwords to 12-character strings of random characters.
Oops, -know, +need.
"The "light switch" analogy is one I used myself. When it's off, you don't notice ANYTHING. Welcome to oblivion."
Always surprises me that people think death is anything else. When you're done, you're done. I don't know an OOB experience to be confident of that.
Assassin's Creed looks really good (like Splinter Cell, which I liked, mixed with Prince of Persia:TT, which I also liked save for the idiotic way you couldn't invert the Y axis properly). However, there seemed to be a few glitches in the demo - the floating body, and some framerate issues.
Something I've long wondered about - if you run your character into a wall continuously or slowly into another person, couldn't they come up with a more realistic reaction? In the AC demo, after the guard shoves him away, he walks slowly into someone in the crowd - not hard enough to brush them off or bounce back - I just think they could surely set the head to move or look as a reaction? Otherwise, it's just one of those things that breaks your immersion in the game a little.
Americans talk of their right to bear arms - wouldn't right about now be the time to use them?
IMO, the next "threat" will be domestic "terrorists" fighting back against what's happening (a la V for Vendetta).
"I came across this page..."
/. for some free publicity..."?
Doesn't the submitter mean "I wrote this page and thought I could get it on
Who are you, Jakob Nielsen?!
And, using page views, what if you open a page accidentally and close it. Page wasn't really viewed, but they count it anyway.
Anyway, given that this is likely all about video and so on, doesn't Google have it covered courtesy of their two big video sites?
Flawed (people would just go elsewhere) but interesting idea in the vein of the "make bullets $1000 each" concept for home defense.
"Microsoft doesn't remember how to make money without owning the entire market."
I disagree. I think they just see more upside to going for the whole market. Pick your battleground, etc.
There's also the visual issue - some haters deride them as ugly, but I think wind farms look kinda cool and elegant.
I think you're forgetting about trawlers ripping up the ocean floor, Japanese whaling vessels (who's stopping them?) and companies tearing down Amazonia. Ain't a whole lot of regulations and penalties stopping them IMO.
"By floating they can be located farther offshore, outside of migation patterns and coastal wildlife habitats."
Also: "farther offshore, where people won't see the sliced up birds and complain"?
Their tactics contribute to waste.
Recently, our printer needed new toner. AU$145. A new, decent printer could be bought for $89 less $20 rebate.
So, in comes a new printer, and the old one gets discarded.
I haven't purchased a CD in years either.
Do teenagers still purchase a lot of CDs? I wouldn't know to be honest.
Brand inheritance. Look in your fridge and cupboards. Look in those of your parents. In most cases, you'll see similar brands. Same often stands for sports teams and parties in politics.
Another part of it is that children are led to believe what they're told by elders, especially when those people use a serious tone. "Look both ways before you cross the street."
From Richard Dawkins: There is no such thing as a Christian child. There is a child of Christian parents.
They have a chicken and egg problem on their hands. Need a larger support base to make an overwhelming case to other companies to support Vista. Need more support from those companies to get that wave of customers.
I am a happy user of XP. My single (though significant) complaint is about security, and I have felt as though Vista solves that enough to warrant a jump. People come to me asking for advice on where/what to buy and whether they need to upgrade - when it comes to the OS, I haven't recommended Vista to anyone currently using XP and not buying a new machine.
I think there's a very good chance that you're on track there. It's a shame that it works that way, but it would've.
Dell: We want to get some of the Linux market. Thinking Ubuntu.
MS: I don't think you should do that.
Dell: *cough* Monopoly.
MS: Well, definitely not in the business market then.
Dell: Deal.
If there *are* places selling Linux on machines, why aren't their ads all over Slashdot? Can't remember seeing (m)any?
Starting to sound a lot like Ginger AKA Segway AKA overpriced nerd transporter.
Like I said, just a matter of time. ;)
Previously, I had a password in the form of AAANANAA (A=alpha, N=numeric) guessed. It wasn't a dictionary word or combination of dictionary words, and the numbers were not their typical I=1, A=4 replacements. I had assumed it would be non-trivial to guess and that there would be a system in place to limit on-going login attempts, even if coming from a range of IP addresses (e.g., botnet or whatever).
Of course, even if you suspect the host, there's only so far throwing around accusations will get you.
When I suggested that that should be happening, they didn't really have any response - surely if they did, they would've mentioned it?
So, if that were the case and it took a certain level of effort to get past low-medium level passwords, then realistically it's just a matter of time before tougher (12-15 randomised characters) passwords get done?
Some sites used scripting, MySQL, etc, most were completely dead-boring static HTML.
If it wasn't a brute force guess of the passwords, then I think you might be right about the shared server being infiltrated. If that is the case, then it's such a shame that one can get stuck in the dark because the host is too embarrassed to reveal the truth - e.g., waste days trying to research possible threats and causes.