BBC: "So, Mars Global Surveyor, that name is a handful. May I call you Mars?, please, Mars, tell us what you have discovered."
MGS: "No, you may not call me Mars. That is a planet. My name is 'Mars Global Surveyor.' I have discovered mud. On Mars. The planet. A brain the size of a planet, and what do they have me doing? Out taking pictures of mud."
BBC: "Well, you certainly seem to know where your towel is!
That's it from the BBC, so long and thanks for all the fish!"
You'd have to put up with receiving a disc that won't hold as much as a +R/W disc, that's what you'd have to put up with. If you don't ever get discs from anyone else recorded on a component -R/W drive, then obviously it's not a worry.
True, but, if there are people out there with DVD-R/W component recorders that can't do VBR, that means you, with your computer DVD-R/W drive may have to put up with them.
I'd just rather go with the +, methinks.
A moot point - the + drives seem to be taking over lately, and at a pretty fast clip, too. Even Apple has slipped combo +/- drives into their machines (although they haven't 'officially' mentioned this, or enabled the + functionality, as far as I know).
DVD+R/W support is showing up in drives from everyone lately, and considering that DVD-R/W doesn't support VBR recording, it should be pretty obvious which format is about to win.
I'd buy a multi-format drive, though, to be on the safe side - consumers do stupid things all the time, and may reject the better (+R/W) format.
Yeah, the thing is, where IS that line in the technical sand at which point no further major effort in improving the engine is necessary?
I think that's a long ways off. Until real-time photorealistic (and I mean frigging PHOTO REALISTIC, not like 'Final Fantasy movie' type "photorealistic") effects are possible, there is going to be massive room for improvement. And doing that at 60+ fps (or even 100+ fps, at very high resolutions).
This is going to be many years off.
As for selling games with plots, etc., good luck - the average moron gamer only wants a first person shooter. That's why they sell so well.
The music sucks? Just a shot in the dark, there. I just checked out one mp3 posted on your site and it was pretty bad - much worse than the kind of dreck that usually makes it to the Top 40 playlists, in fact. But, there IS a market for just about anything, so let's think about some other possibilities.
What was the nature of your 'advertisement' on the radio? Was it a sample of some songs? Or was it just "we have good music - come here to buy it"?
Did you advertise the right kind of music to the right radio audience?
Are your prices out of line?
Are your CDs available in stores? Many people don't buy stuff online, and if it can't be found in a 'real store', they're not gonna buy it.
Do you even know what your target audience is LIKE?
I ran a traceroute (w/o lookup) and it was only one hop more than to my current provider, so yeah, it's almost certainly in CA somewhere. That's cool.
My current provider (I left Hurricane Electric late last year after some problems with them) is glypto.com - they're quite good, though they don't have the kind of pricing that 65535 has. They're new, but not quite as new-server-smell new that 65535 is. Still, ya gotta start somewhere, I guess.
They look interesting, but I'd be worried about connection problems due to them being on the other side of the planet from me. Excellent pricing, though.
Also, they seem rather new - that makes me nervous, as well.
Your solution: Co-Location! Mmm, co-looooo...the very word makes my tummy quiver.:)
Also note - if you're storing files that big, you're probably, oh, I don't know, transferring them, too - so watch out for those bandwidth fees - they're a killer!
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I still think his "Practice Effect" is based on one of the most original ideas I've ever about.
Didn't C start with two programmers (K&R)? :)
I thought it was Jack Russell, the Terrier. And it's not exactly a 'crater' - it's just where he likes to bury things.
Yeah, but the latency to Mars is a killer...
Nah, NAT will solve the problem - about a zillion times less expensive to implement.
BBC: "So, Mars Global Surveyor, that name is a handful. May I call you Mars?, please, Mars, tell us what you have discovered."
MGS: "No, you may not call me Mars. That is a planet. My name is 'Mars Global Surveyor.' I have discovered mud. On Mars. The planet. A brain the size of a planet, and what do they have me doing? Out taking pictures of mud."
BBC: "Well, you certainly seem to know where your towel is!
That's it from the BBC, so long and thanks for all the fish!"
MGS: *groan*
They interviewed a crater?
"Biggest...cluster...ever."
"There is no emoticon adequate to express what I'm feeling right now."
You'd have to put up with receiving a disc that won't hold as much as a +R/W disc, that's what you'd have to put up with. If you don't ever get discs from anyone else recorded on a component -R/W drive, then obviously it's not a worry.
Just forget about it.
True, but, if there are people out there with DVD-R/W component recorders that can't do VBR, that means you, with your computer DVD-R/W drive may have to put up with them.
I'd just rather go with the +, methinks.
A moot point - the + drives seem to be taking over lately, and at a pretty fast clip, too. Even Apple has slipped combo +/- drives into their machines (although they haven't 'officially' mentioned this, or enabled the + functionality, as far as I know).
I think it's just for the component machines, but it's a big difference.
It's the difference between using the drive as a computer storage disc and using a DVD-R/W component to record video.
DVD+R/W support is showing up in drives from everyone lately, and considering that DVD-R/W doesn't support VBR recording, it should be pretty obvious which format is about to win.
I'd buy a multi-format drive, though, to be on the safe side - consumers do stupid things all the time, and may reject the better (+R/W) format.
Yeah, the thing is, where IS that line in the technical sand at which point no further major effort in improving the engine is necessary?
I think that's a long ways off. Until real-time photorealistic (and I mean frigging PHOTO REALISTIC, not like 'Final Fantasy movie' type "photorealistic") effects are possible, there is going to be massive room for improvement. And doing that at 60+ fps (or even 100+ fps, at very high resolutions).
This is going to be many years off.
As for selling games with plots, etc., good luck - the average moron gamer only wants a first person shooter. That's why they sell so well.
I still like Tetris, though.
> Then maybe america should move out of the dark ages sometime.
Yeah, tell it to the Queen.
This will help us with our project.
:)
Since the dawn of time, Man has yearned to destroy the Sun...
The music sucks? Just a shot in the dark, there. I just checked out one mp3 posted on your site and it was pretty bad - much worse than the kind of dreck that usually makes it to the Top 40 playlists, in fact. But, there IS a market for just about anything, so let's think about some other possibilities.
What was the nature of your 'advertisement' on the radio? Was it a sample of some songs? Or was it just "we have good music - come here to buy it"?
Did you advertise the right kind of music to the right radio audience?
Are your prices out of line?
Are your CDs available in stores? Many people don't buy stuff online, and if it can't be found in a 'real store', they're not gonna buy it.
Do you even know what your target audience is LIKE?
Just some thoughts.
No, but he probably learned the German for 'Innovation' - it's the only word Microsofties know how to say.
I'll have you know there's nothing 'lowly' about the magnificent Tumbleweed!
Maybe if they had been able to drive TWO of these in tandem, and been able to carry a coconut between them, they might have succeeded.
:)
I guess you'd have to call those a Beowulf Cluster, though.
("One...Two...Two bad jokes, hahahahaha!" - The Count)
Nobody did the "I'm not dead, yet" joke, though - this thing really does look dead.
Strangely, I first saw one of these in person just a few days ago. A bright green thing in downtown Seattle; it turned lots of heads.
I ran a traceroute (w/o lookup) and it was only one hop more than to my current provider, so yeah, it's almost certainly in CA somewhere. That's cool.
My current provider (I left Hurricane Electric late last year after some problems with them) is glypto.com - they're quite good, though they don't have the kind of pricing that 65535 has. They're new, but not quite as new-server-smell new that 65535 is. Still, ya gotta start somewhere, I guess.
They look interesting, but I'd be worried about connection problems due to them being on the other side of the planet from me. Excellent pricing, though.
Also, they seem rather new - that makes me nervous, as well.
Because they CAN, that's why.
:)
Your solution: Co-Location! Mmm, co-looooo...the very word makes my tummy quiver.
Also note - if you're storing files that big, you're probably, oh, I don't know, transferring them, too - so watch out for those bandwidth fees - they're a killer!
Is there any way to mark an entire Slashdot story as a Troll? This is ridiculous.
( Go ahead, mod me down - I can take the hit. )
> out our version controlled dynamic webservices portal IN FAVOUR OF HTML
Ahhh, so you'll be hiring lots of HTML monkeys soon. Good.
The country needs jobs!