I think there are two different kinds of advertisement that can be put into video games. One kind is ads that make sense within the world of the game. One example would be if a racing game had paid advertisements on the cars that made them look like real race cars. Another would be selling space for court-side ads in a basketball game. I think this sort of advertisement is perfectly accetptable because it adds to the verisimilitude of the game.
Well, when you talk about NASCAR and F-1 racing games, bear in mind that the publishers usually pay to license the cars from the racing organizations. As a result, they have to include all of the car sponsors all over the place, and can't remove them except in cases of legal dispute (i.e. tobacco ads). I doubt that the car sponsors get any additional money out of these deals, since they must sign contracts that say "this car will be in x races, y video games, z publicity stunts, etc" when they fork over the cash.
If there's a NASCAR or F-1 car out there with a Sony PlayStation logo on it, publishers can't remove or obscure the logo even if they're publishing the game for Xbox or GameCube.
giFT is open-source, but it is not a file sharing system. It is an interface to the FastTrack file sharing system used by Morpheus, KaZaA, and a few others. giFT is also broken, and as history has shown, can be broken very easily by FastTrack's parent company. Think you've seen enough Whac-A-Mole with AIM clients? FastTrack is much worse.
This is something that I could build with a Spacewalker case, a mid-range Celeron, a DVD-ROM drive, and a flat-panel monitor. Toss in a Logitech cordless keyboard and mouse, an inexpensive remote control, and a PCI TV tuner card, and you're good to go for less than this alleged "iCEBOX" (ugh) costs. How do I know? I have one in my kitchen right now. It runs Linux, too.
Personally, I feel that Microsoft has done a great injustice to the world of computing and to the world at large by its flagrant anti-competitive behavior. I would like to say that I am boycotting the Microsoft Corporation, as they say, because they are not supportive of fundamental rights to compete in an economy. Microsoft has a monopoly due to its predatory business practices, and will continue to do so until we, Americans, fight for what is right in the world of business.
After all, if it weren't for Microsoft, we'd still be using computers with at most 640 KB of memory. Remember when Bill Gates said "640K ought to be enough for anybody" in 1981? Well, Bill, it isn't. One of my license-free Ogg Vorbis audio files alone takes more than that much space. Thanks to my boycott of Microsoft, I would like to proudly note that I will Ogg and not WMA.
If you're going to reply, you should reply to my comment, not your own. While I enjoy talking to myself as much as the next Slashbot, I would prefer if you actually replied properly. Now, if I wanted to read a bunch of links that are irrelevant to the topic at hand, I'd go to Memepool.
P.S. This is all a game. Watch me get my karma back up to 50 the next time I post a silly anti-Microsoft knee-jerk reaction.
NO, HE DIDN'T. Jesus fucking Christ, are all of you Slashbots that stupid? I can produce evidence that he publicly denies saying that infamous quote. You say "He did, in 1981." Where? When? Were you sitting on the toilet in Redmond when he said it to an associate in the executive washroom? You weren't even born in 1981.
There is no proof, beyond typical anti-Microsoft FUD, that Bill Gates ever said "640 KB ought to be enough for anybody." Please go away now.
Bill Gates never said "640 KB of memory should be enough for anybody."
Intel does not fear AMD.
Linux in five years will be about as mature (for the home user) as Windows 98 is today. Home users do not care about stability; they care about driver support for their Winmodems and WinPrinters, and good performance on their games. Home users also do not appreciate being called "Micro$haft Winbloze lusers" by the Slashbot crowd.
The Handspring Visor Pro and both new Sony Clie's come with 16MB RAM installed. Handspring, Palm (m125, m5xx), Handera and Sony handhelds can be expanded with Springboards, Memory Sticks, SmartMedia (through Springboard interface), SD cards, CF cards, and external accessories.
The best part is that all of this memory is available for data and applications. On Windows CE, you need to allocate it between application RAM and data RAM. You couldn't load 32MB of documents onto a 32MB WinCE device if you tried -- maybe half of them. Palm OS's small footprint means much more storage for the user.
If you would kindly read the recent stories about Flash virii, you would notice that they cannot be activated by a web browser. The problem lies in self-contained EXE files used to transport Flash presentations, which when run on Windows can cause some nasty ActionScript actions to occur. Users of web browsers on all platforms, and all non-Windows users are completely safe. In fact, the so-called "Flash virii" are considered very minor threats.
In response to the whole anthrax scare, most record labels are not forwarding mail to their artists. If you send a letter to Lenny Kravitz c/o Virgin Records, it will be shredded on sight. My father works in publishing, and says that the policy is the same for mail sent to authors c/o the publisher.
If you're going to protest copy protected CDs, either e-mail the artists (if possible) or send snail mail to the record companies directly.
Read the Tech Support page.. The "minimum system requirements" are a PC with Windows 95 to XP, Pentium 133, and 32 MB of RAM. They "hope to include Macintosh-based playability on copy-protected discs in the future."
Oh well. Guess they just lost seven million more customers.
That could have been the logo watermark from one of their affiliate stations. For example, much of their early feeds on September 11 came from WPIX in New York, which is a WB station and imprints "WB11" in the lower-right corner during programming. If they show WB-station news coverage as part of a report, it might appear just under the blue semi-transparent titles on the bottom.
You know, most decent MP3 players have upgradeable firmware -- including the popular Rio Volt CD players. Plus, they work with Windows, America's favorite operating system. There is software to let the iPod connect with Windows, but it is not fully capable as of yet.
Hey, shut up. I'm getting karma out of this. I just need to post one more knee-jerk negative reaction to something that Microsoft is doing, and I'll hit the cap.
I heartily endorse BoycottXP.com, and feel that it is our collective duty as citizens of the 21st century to boycott both the Microsoft and the Windows XP. This applies to both the Windows XP Home Edition and the Windows XP Professional Edition.
If two users try to log in to the Zone using the same username and password, the earlier login is booted off. My brothers tried to share an Asheron's Call account across two computers, but quickly ran into this limitation. Sorry, but it just can't be done. You'll have to pay Microsoft another $9 or so per month to play games such as the Asheron's Call on-line.
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Anybody know what the battery life is on this thing?
Not great
1. Where is the color screen?
Mid 2002
2. Way to expensive - 549 US dollars "without service activation" I kind of like my current Cellular provider.
Sorry
Well, when you talk about NASCAR and F-1 racing games, bear in mind that the publishers usually pay to license the cars from the racing organizations. As a result, they have to include all of the car sponsors all over the place, and can't remove them except in cases of legal dispute (i.e. tobacco ads). I doubt that the car sponsors get any additional money out of these deals, since they must sign contracts that say "this car will be in x races, y video games, z publicity stunts, etc" when they fork over the cash.
If there's a NASCAR or F-1 car out there with a Sony PlayStation logo on it, publishers can't remove or obscure the logo even if they're publishing the game for Xbox or GameCube.
giFT is open-source, but it is not a file sharing system. It is an interface to the FastTrack file sharing system used by Morpheus, KaZaA, and a few others. giFT is also broken, and as history has shown, can be broken very easily by FastTrack's parent company. Think you've seen enough Whac-A-Mole with AIM clients? FastTrack is much worse.
This is something that I could build with a Spacewalker case, a mid-range Celeron, a DVD-ROM drive, and a flat-panel monitor. Toss in a Logitech cordless keyboard and mouse, an inexpensive remote control, and a PCI TV tuner card, and you're good to go for less than this alleged "iCEBOX" (ugh) costs. How do I know? I have one in my kitchen right now. It runs Linux, too.
Sorry, Women's History Month is in March. Women aren't a minority, either, since they make up about 51-52% of the world's population.
Yes, Microsoft did make Windows NT for PowerPC. They ceased to support it more than five years ago, though.
Personally, I feel that Microsoft has done a great injustice to the world of computing and to the world at large by its flagrant anti-competitive behavior. I would like to say that I am boycotting the Microsoft Corporation, as they say, because they are not supportive of fundamental rights to compete in an economy. Microsoft has a monopoly due to its predatory business practices, and will continue to do so until we, Americans, fight for what is right in the world of business.
After all, if it weren't for Microsoft, we'd still be using computers with at most 640 KB of memory. Remember when Bill Gates said "640K ought to be enough for anybody" in 1981? Well, Bill, it isn't. One of my license-free Ogg Vorbis audio files alone takes more than that much space. Thanks to my boycott of Microsoft, I would like to proudly note that I will Ogg and not WMA.
If you're going to reply, you should reply to my comment, not your own. While I enjoy talking to myself as much as the next Slashbot, I would prefer if you actually replied properly. Now, if I wanted to read a bunch of links that are irrelevant to the topic at hand, I'd go to Memepool.
P.S. This is all a game. Watch me get my karma back up to 50 the next time I post a silly anti-Microsoft knee-jerk reaction.
NO, HE DIDN'T. Jesus fucking Christ, are all of you Slashbots that stupid? I can produce evidence that he publicly denies saying that infamous quote. You say "He did, in 1981." Where? When? Were you sitting on the toilet in Redmond when he said it to an associate in the executive washroom? You weren't even born in 1981.
There is no proof, beyond typical anti-Microsoft FUD, that Bill Gates ever said "640 KB ought to be enough for anybody." Please go away now.
Bill Gates never said "640 KB of memory should be enough for anybody."
Intel does not fear AMD.
Linux in five years will be about as mature (for the home user) as Windows 98 is today. Home users do not care about stability; they care about driver support for their Winmodems and WinPrinters, and good performance on their games. Home users also do not appreciate being called "Micro$haft Winbloze lusers" by the Slashbot crowd.
Thanks for playing.
The Handspring Visor Pro and both new Sony Clie's come with 16MB RAM installed. Handspring, Palm (m125, m5xx), Handera and Sony handhelds can be expanded with Springboards, Memory Sticks, SmartMedia (through Springboard interface), SD cards, CF cards, and external accessories.
The best part is that all of this memory is available for data and applications. On Windows CE, you need to allocate it between application RAM and data RAM. You couldn't load 32MB of documents onto a 32MB WinCE device if you tried -- maybe half of them. Palm OS's small footprint means much more storage for the user.
If you would kindly read the recent stories about Flash virii, you would notice that they cannot be activated by a web browser. The problem lies in self-contained EXE files used to transport Flash presentations, which when run on Windows can cause some nasty ActionScript actions to occur. Users of web browsers on all platforms, and all non-Windows users are completely safe. In fact, the so-called "Flash virii" are considered very minor threats.
In response to the whole anthrax scare, most record labels are not forwarding mail to their artists. If you send a letter to Lenny Kravitz c/o Virgin Records, it will be shredded on sight. My father works in publishing, and says that the policy is the same for mail sent to authors c/o the publisher.
If you're going to protest copy protected CDs, either e-mail the artists (if possible) or send snail mail to the record companies directly.
Read the Tech Support page.. The "minimum system requirements" are a PC with Windows 95 to XP, Pentium 133, and 32 MB of RAM. They "hope to include Macintosh-based playability on copy-protected discs in the future."
Oh well. Guess they just lost seven million more customers.
Maybe it's the fact that he hasn't brushed his teeth since 1985.
That could have been the logo watermark from one of their affiliate stations. For example, much of their early feeds on September 11 came from WPIX in New York, which is a WB station and imprints "WB11" in the lower-right corner during programming. If they show WB-station news coverage as part of a report, it might appear just under the blue semi-transparent titles on the bottom.
You know, most decent MP3 players have upgradeable firmware -- including the popular Rio Volt CD players. Plus, they work with Windows, America's favorite operating system. There is software to let the iPod connect with Windows, but it is not fully capable as of yet.
My favorite reaction when I saw LotR for the second time on Saturday night:
"So it was based on a book?"
I wholeheartedly endorse your effort to fight Microsoft through images displayed on web pages.
Hey, shut up. I'm getting karma out of this. I just need to post one more knee-jerk negative reaction to something that Microsoft is doing, and I'll hit the cap.
I heartily endorse BoycottXP.com, and feel that it is our collective duty as citizens of the 21st century to boycott both the Microsoft and the Windows XP. This applies to both the Windows XP Home Edition and the Windows XP Professional Edition.
You, sir, are an inspiration to us all.
If two users try to log in to the Zone using the same username and password, the earlier login is booted off. My brothers tried to share an Asheron's Call account across two computers, but quickly ran into this limitation. Sorry, but it just can't be done. You'll have to pay Microsoft another $9 or so per month to play games such as the Asheron's Call on-line.