First.. why does everything need to be innovative? Sometimes something is made just to WORK WELL* compared to what was released before it. Yes, you are right... but the new name brings me the "innovation idea". It's not MSN 9, they treat this IM like a "new concept in IMs". (or at least that's the way i feel it)
It doesn't seem like they're claiming innovation here at all. To me, the new name signifies the integration between all of the Window Live services.
Messenger and their Mail Desktop client (and I believe the Live Mail beta on the web also) are integrated somewhat. When you read email from a WLM contact you can see their WLM status and your own is displayed in the client as well. WLM constantly checks your Live Mail for new email and throws up an alert when you receive some. When one of your contacts updates their MSN Space (which I expect to be adopted into the Live family eventually) you get an alert and you can subscribe to their RSS feed in the Mail Desktop client if you have IE7 installed.
It's a lot more involved than this though. You can set up your homepage on live.com to display summaries of all your RSS feeds (they even have one built in to handle Slashdot's feed), to check your Live Mail account and display the last ~10 new emails, to scan your computer for viruses/spyware/low disk space/blahblahblah with something related to Defender and/or OneCare. It's a great use of AJAX and the sort of interoperation that only MS could provide at this point. Some of this is innovative in my mind, but their primary focus seems to be on integrating common services and giving those integrated pieces a common name to make their relationship more obvious.
A lot of these things are still in invite-only beta status so it's no surprise that they haven't been mentioned yet, but this Live family of services really does seem like something new and worthwhile. I probably haven't done a very good job of explaining them, unfortunately... but you guys will most likely see it all in the next few months and then the anti-MS trolls will come out and beat it with their magic clubs (+5 vs. monopoly) and everyone will have a good laugh. =) Regardless, it owns me in the nutsac for now and most likely will continue to do so in the forseeable future.
About a week before E3 '06 I emailed NOA about getting a Wii dev kit in the hope that I could distribute indie games over their Virtual Console service. At that point they still had the same answer as they've always had...
If you're unfamiliar with their stance on indie developers, it's something like, "LOL WTF GTFO NOOB!"
But yeah, it would be really sweet to be able to write code for the Wii. It's a shame they feel the way they do. Once the XNA Framework is done I might have to go with a 360 if I want to tinker with consoles legitimately. The 360 certainly isn't my first platform choice but rumor has it that the 360 dev kits will be ridiculously cheap and MS sure seems to be trying hard to make 360 development easy with this XNA stuff.
Seems to me like he is discriminating against Direct TV personel. Could I create a website that says no "blacks" can enter? NO! Could I be sued if I did? YES! He should not be able to create a website saying no Direct TV personel and they have every right to counter-sue in my opinion.
No "blacks" may read this post. Don't like it? Sue me.
I'm sure some corollary of Godwin's law applies here.
Also this month, it will roll out AIM Pages -- a direct broadside on MySpace. If someone on your AIM Buddy List has an AIM Page you'll get an alert whenever that person adds something to it. One click takes you to it.
So basically they're offering VOIP (like MSN/WLM) and linking blog updates to your IM profile (like MSN/WLM). IT'S MAGIC!
If they had named it the "Nintendo Donkey Turd," that would have a pretty negative effect on the sales of the console.
I don't know about everyone else, but I know I'd go out of my way to buy something called "Nintendo Donkey Turd" for the laugh factor alone. Never mind the unique controllers and a SSB launch title, just having a Donkey Turd on my entertainment center would kick ass.
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Couldn't you just start a club and teach the interested kids? They might be a little less uptight when it comes to extracurricular activities.
Sorry, just.. WOW. I'm stunned. I kept waiting for some demonic doll face to pop up and scream and scare the shit out of me, I just couldn't believe this was for real.
Excellent, seems I accomplished my goal after all. I got a Flamebait mod and you got the point of the post. =)
China has a knack for producing cheap electronics, largely because they don't have to pay as much for labor. The rest of the process could be reproduced anywhere the machinery can be built. I don't run into many Mexican electronics here in the states, but I do see a lot of cheap textiles and such produced in Mexico for the same reason.
That horrible "America invents, China produces, Europe (especially the U.K.) buys" bit does seem to hold true though. It's nice to see the Europeans are good at something, even if it is just buying stuff.
There's nothing to say the tech industry wouldn't be even more vibrant without the outsourcing....except the aforementioned economists and two hundred years of economic theory.
In other words, a few fools and 200-year-old history lessons which can't hope to apply to products which have near zero distribution/copy cost. Good work!
You guys can call it what you want, nothing new comes out of Europe or Asia anyway. Asia takes the products of U.S. research and mass produces them while paying the workers almost enough for one meal a day and undercutting the American companies, then Europeans buy them en masse and pat themselves on the back for being such "advanced" consumers. Of course the USPTO is a joke, but they're not the reason you guys can't come up with anything on your own. I blame your educational system and your culture in general.
"O brave new world, that has such people in't!"
"CONSUME! CONFORM! OBEY!"
Let's not forget the real reason most people seem to play SL.. PORN! God, it's everywhere. You can't swing a virtual cat by its tail without hitting a shop selling porn movies/pictures, fetish gear, whores, stupid bling-encrusted avatars with OMG REAL 3D NIPPLEZORZ AND POOBIC HARE!!11
It's been said before, but there's a lot of potential in SL. There are also a lot of creative, talented people there.. but unfortunately it seems the majority of them are too busy jacking off to do anything really interesting. Welcome to the future, hand towels are in the line on the left, lube on the right.
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Well, they're not auction sites exactly but...
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First.. why does everything need to be innovative? Sometimes something is made just to WORK WELL* compared to what was released before it.
Yes, you are right... but the new name brings me the "innovation idea". It's not MSN 9, they treat this IM like a "new concept in IMs". (or at least that's the way i feel it)
It doesn't seem like they're claiming innovation here at all. To me, the new name signifies the integration between all of the Window Live services.
Messenger and their Mail Desktop client (and I believe the Live Mail beta on the web also) are integrated somewhat. When you read email from a WLM contact you can see their WLM status and your own is displayed in the client as well. WLM constantly checks your Live Mail for new email and throws up an alert when you receive some. When one of your contacts updates their MSN Space (which I expect to be adopted into the Live family eventually) you get an alert and you can subscribe to their RSS feed in the Mail Desktop client if you have IE7 installed.
It's a lot more involved than this though. You can set up your homepage on live.com to display summaries of all your RSS feeds (they even have one built in to handle Slashdot's feed), to check your Live Mail account and display the last ~10 new emails, to scan your computer for viruses/spyware/low disk space/blahblahblah with something related to Defender and/or OneCare. It's a great use of AJAX and the sort of interoperation that only MS could provide at this point. Some of this is innovative in my mind, but their primary focus seems to be on integrating common services and giving those integrated pieces a common name to make their relationship more obvious.
A lot of these things are still in invite-only beta status so it's no surprise that they haven't been mentioned yet, but this Live family of services really does seem like something new and worthwhile. I probably haven't done a very good job of explaining them, unfortunately... but you guys will most likely see it all in the next few months and then the anti-MS trolls will come out and beat it with their magic clubs (+5 vs. monopoly) and everyone will have a good laugh. =) Regardless, it owns me in the nutsac for now and most likely will continue to do so in the forseeable future.
I'm also using IE7, works fine for me. It has since the first public beta.
That can't be. If it were, we'd see Macs exploding all the time in tribute to Ellen Feiss. =)
So use C#. The syntax isn't as cumbersome as Java's and you can still do all the nasty pointer manipulation you want.
About a week before E3 '06 I emailed NOA about getting a Wii dev kit in the hope that I could distribute indie games over their Virtual Console service. At that point they still had the same answer as they've always had...
If you're unfamiliar with their stance on indie developers, it's something like, "LOL WTF GTFO NOOB!"
But yeah, it would be really sweet to be able to write code for the Wii. It's a shame they feel the way they do. Once the XNA Framework is done I might have to go with a 360 if I want to tinker with consoles legitimately. The 360 certainly isn't my first platform choice but rumor has it that the 360 dev kits will be ridiculously cheap and MS sure seems to be trying hard to make 360 development easy with this XNA stuff.
Masturbation more popular than iPods?
Twilight Princess. Super Smash Bros. Brawl with internet play. That'll do it for me.
If they release other games for the Wii, fine, but I'd get it just to play those two.
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So it was YOU!?!?
Seems to me like he is discriminating against Direct TV personel. Could I create a website that says no "blacks" can enter? NO! Could I be sued if I did? YES! He should not be able to create a website saying no Direct TV personel and they have every right to counter-sue in my opinion.
No "blacks" may read this post. Don't like it? Sue me.
I'm sure some corollary of Godwin's law applies here.
Wait, you mean there are other countries?
After all the deal goes both ways. Would you be happy if you find out that your manager behind you back has been advertising your job on monsterboard?
No? Then why should your employer be pleased that you are looking to replace him?
Maybe because when he replaces you, you lose your job. He's screwing with your ability to pay your bills, feed your family, etc.
When you look for a new job your current manager doesn't wind up unemployed as a result. If you can do better it's your duty to do so.
Also this month, it will roll out AIM Pages -- a direct broadside on MySpace. If someone on your AIM Buddy List has an AIM Page you'll get an alert whenever that person adds something to it. One click takes you to it.
So basically they're offering VOIP (like MSN/WLM) and linking blog updates to your IM profile (like MSN/WLM). IT'S MAGIC!
If they had named it the "Nintendo Donkey Turd," that would have a pretty negative effect on the sales of the console.
I don't know about everyone else, but I know I'd go out of my way to buy something called "Nintendo Donkey Turd" for the laugh factor alone. Never mind the unique controllers and a SSB launch title, just having a Donkey Turd on my entertainment center would kick ass.
Couldn't you just start a club and teach the interested kids? They might be a little less uptight when it comes to extracurricular activities.
Wow...
Sorry, just.. WOW. I'm stunned. I kept waiting for some demonic doll face to pop up and scream and scare the shit out of me, I just couldn't believe this was for real.
Say it with me Andrew, PURR-IF-HER-ALL!
Dear Lord, please convince the mods to mod this UP.
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Excellent, seems I accomplished my goal after all. I got a Flamebait mod and you got the point of the post. =)
China has a knack for producing cheap electronics, largely because they don't have to pay as much for labor. The rest of the process could be reproduced anywhere the machinery can be built. I don't run into many Mexican electronics here in the states, but I do see a lot of cheap textiles and such produced in Mexico for the same reason.
That horrible "America invents, China produces, Europe (especially the U.K.) buys" bit does seem to hold true though. It's nice to see the Europeans are good at something, even if it is just buying stuff.
I love tweaking Europe's collective nose. =P
It's been outsourced to India, duh.
"Thx @U 4 caling Gramer Natsi tek suport! Plz 2 say UR frase muchly @ teh beep 4 cheking of our fine translaterz oK!"
There's nothing to say the tech industry wouldn't be even more vibrant without the outsourcing. ...except the aforementioned economists and two hundred years of economic theory.
In other words, a few fools and 200-year-old history lessons which can't hope to apply to products which have near zero distribution/copy cost. Good work!
N-Gage has a future? I wasn't aware it even had a past..
Hi, I'm offtopic, whatever. That you, stultus? Greetings from spasmfrog.
Let's not forget the real reason most people seem to play SL.. PORN! God, it's everywhere. You can't swing a virtual cat by its tail without hitting a shop selling porn movies/pictures, fetish gear, whores, stupid bling-encrusted avatars with OMG REAL 3D NIPPLEZORZ AND POOBIC HARE!!11
It's been said before, but there's a lot of potential in SL. There are also a lot of creative, talented people there.. but unfortunately it seems the majority of them are too busy jacking off to do anything really interesting. Welcome to the future, hand towels are in the line on the left, lube on the right.