Let's say I'm developing Spankman III: Out of Tissue and I've got some cross-promotional stuff going on with Kleenex and I have to ship by December 12th. It's November 15 and I'm not done.
Without a hard drive, I have to wait to ship until I'm done.
With a hard drive I can ship, even if the thing is still in beta because I can ask you - the player - to download patches later.
The Xbox means one thing to me: PC developers' bad habits can now follow them over to the console environment.
You have to buy the XBOX DVD adapter seperately. Of course, you could go with the Panasonic GC clone that's coming out in a few months - gives you a GC and a DVD player. I already have two DVD players...I think I'll buy the console I like (and I'm edging towards the GC).
Nintendo is not in an uphill battle because Nintendo isn't competing against MS or Sony - they have their market to themselves. How are you going to hook up that GameBoy to your XBOX or PS2? How are you going to play the most successful franchises of all time on an XBOX or PS2? You won't . MS knows that. Sony knows that. They're gunning for each other - Nintendo's in a win/win situation.
In all seriousness, Pokemon Stadium is the bomb, son. And, in the end, you don't matter. Your dollars aren't the ones that vote - it's all about parents buying games for their kids, not adult geeks buying games for themselves (thus the reason Nintendo survives every console war). Add that to the fact that the Biohazard/Resident Evil franchise is going to be on the GameCube (not the PS2 or the ecksBOX) for the foreseeable future and I think you'll be looking at the GameCube a little more closely. Plus, I would think that playing a game with your kids from time to time might be a good idea - even if you don't like Pokemon or Mario.
I've crashed my N64 with only one game (but I can do it repeatedly): Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine. The box will crash when Indy wanders into specific areas. I had to learn to solve the damn game by remembering where I was crashing and not touching that area again...
I've also managed to crash my Dreamcast, but it was when deleting e-mail (just to see how it worked), I crashed (damn Win CE).
SPOLIER!
But the important part to come from that climax is the fact that children release more energy when they're happy and laughing. I found the kidnapping and the screaming no worse than Farquaa (sp?) being gobbled up in Shrek or the various fates of the kids in Willy Wonka. Kids have a strong sense of right and wrong - they learn to impose societal rules on it after being exposed to society. I doubt little kids are scared of Randall-type monsters because they know the James Sullivans of the monster world are out there looking after them because, while Boo did get kidnapped, Sully did save her before she could be attacked by the machine.
DAMN! And I was preparing to go out and buy that internal combustion-powered vehicle! I almost forgot that its core technologies are over a century old. Thanks for reminding us that anything based on the past is old - and therefore sux.
There's a strong difference between "childish" and "childlike." ACs posting insults on this site are "childish," but reading children's books would be defined as "childlike." Don't pull some idea that adults are "grown" and "sophisticated." How am I supposed tro raise my kids if I can't enjoy the same things they do? If anything I envy children because they don't have the overriding worries of anthrax, planes smashing into skyscrapers, mortgage payments, taxes, etc. If I can get a few hours to think in the mind of a child I appreciate it. However, I value being an adult because I can go from reading James Joyce to J. K. Rowling in an instant - just as I can go from Citizen Kane to Star Wars.
Now, why read Rowling? Precisely put, Rowling is a better writer and storyteller than most of the people who blunder onto the bestseller lists today. She is a better writer and an equal storyteller to people like Asimov and Clarke. End all and be all is: these books are GOOD.
The stories are aimed at children, but if you cannot take time to see through the eyes of a child you are missing a great deal of what the world has to offer. I suggest going directly to the theaters to watch Monsters, Inc. this weekend and then going to Borders and pick up the first book in the Harry Potter series.
I'm on OS X and Omniweb 4.0.5 works fine, even without identifying itself as a different browser. However, "Fizzilla" (Mozilla) definitely doesn't work...
...bad implementation. I personally like the NIC because you aren't bound to a specific ISP and the box sells by itself. However the thing is still $199 sans monitor. For the whole appliance thing to take off I think there has to be two things: boxes priced at $150 or lower, and 802.11 (a,b or g - I don't care) compatibility so the thing can be moved. Then I'll use one in the kitchen and maybe the garage or basement just for reference (recipes in the kitchen, instructions for a project, etc.). Screw a sound card - I don't want it to play MP3s, I don't care about streaming videoI love the fact that the NIC has VGA out so you can do whatever - buy a monitor, use an old one, whatever. Like I said: good idea, bad implementation.
Apple dropped the ball on this one. This is not a breakthrough, this is not something I, as a Mac user or a computer user in general, cannot live without. And the name is just sad - just damn sad.
Looking at thinkgeek.com, there's the "Archos Jukebox Studio 20 MP3 Player," with 20 GB of space for a whopping $349. Apple wants to charge $399 for the iPod.
Someone got to Jobs during a smoke-induced haze, obviously. This has to be the dumbest move I've seen from Apple - and I really, really, really like them...
Arrrggghh. Moves like this do not help Mac users and lovers justify their existence to the IT world as a whole (and don't give me that crap about Apple being "the BMW of the computer world"...).
Now, I'm not going to knock MS on their response to the 9/11 attacks - they were admirable (well, as admirable as they can be). However, the way they're co-opting the jingoism of the day is slightly disturbing: Linux is "Communism" and "un-American;" viruses are now "terrorism."
I wonder how long it will be before a national ID proposal comes from Gates and ilk wrapped in wartime gallantry and hawkish statements while slamming the Oracle and Sun proposals as "fascist."
This is huge, once it works. Not only does it have applications in gaming, ie., imagine picking up the BFG and actually feeling the weight and the feedback (can it be those simulations be that far behind?), but imagine how it could change the entire way we actually operate our computers. Instead of GUIs, we'll be speaking of TUIs (Tactile User Interfaces). You'll be able to pick up that folder on your desktop (if folders are even used any longer). This is cool.
Yet, I still think of Ender's Game and Infocom's A Mind Forever Voyaging and their ideas of immmersive technology. Leaps in AI (well, game AIs would create a reasonable personality to interact with), voice recognition, these controls and even the thermoelectrics in the earlier story means that we're stepping into territory where we have to take care.
It's called "trade dress." There is a point where you can copyright look and feel, and Apple would have had a case against MS with Win 95 if they had taken a hard line with Win 1.0. Now, with Aqua, Apple's covering its ass. I think it's a little paranoid with the extent they're going to, but I can understand the idea of "no tolerance."
Only because Sculley was foolish enough to "license" the Mac look-and-feel to MS when Windows 1.0 came out. The "license" was for Windows and future upgrades. Apple lost the lawsuit you're referring to because of the fact that MS proved, and probably rightfully so, that each new version of Windows was an "upgrade." I think Jobs is just trying to cover Apple's ass better than Sculley did...
Yeah, but Worf has already commented on the fact that there are differences, he just didn't want to talk about it. And that's probably the best way to handle it: unsaid.
...we have a Kirk/Bones captain, a vulcan who looks amazingly like Seven of Nine, some hanger-on that reminds me of Neelix, a cute chick from an ethnic minority with a speaker in her ear, and an African-American guy who's a whiz at figuring out alien engineering...
What will they think of next? A streamlined ship that looks more like the NCC-1701 E than a century-old precursor to the NCC-1701?
To be fair, I like it more than Voyager and the last few seasons of Deep Space 90210, but Bakula's gotta lose some more hair and have a major debate as to whether he should go with a rug or shave...but there is great potential.
Of course, it could be worse. The series could have revolved around Wesley Crusher.
Kasdan? What are you smoking? Kasdan cowrote the screenplays for ESB and ROTJ, that's all. He never directed a movie.
Secondly, I really suggest you two look at what type of work Lucas puts in on his projects - the man is involved, even when he isn't the director, from step one to the premiere. Lucas is a pretty impressive man all things considered: an active, inloved father of three kids (who he, BTW, has sole custody of); involed in numerous Lucasfilm projects; and he is a busy businessman. So he makes money - cool. I wish I could come up with a concept that would allow me to fund my own major motion pictures out of my own pocket and ensure a strong profit.
If you read Lucas's quotes on various sources you would know he was looking at not releasing the original trilogy until 2005 with the release of Episode III. The man is busy, for crying out loud. Do you really think he has time to put together great packages for the other three movies when he's working on Episodes II & III? Think about the amount of work it will take to get all the extras digitized and cleaned up. We aren't talking small projects, and Lucas wants to be involved. Be patient.
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Let's say I'm developing Spankman III: Out of Tissue and I've got some cross-promotional stuff going on with Kleenex and I have to ship by December 12th. It's November 15 and I'm not done.
Without a hard drive, I have to wait to ship until I'm done.
With a hard drive I can ship, even if the thing is still in beta because I can ask you - the player - to download patches later.
The Xbox means one thing to me: PC developers' bad habits can now follow them over to the console environment.
Bad idea.
How is this offtopic you power-mad mod freak? The parent belongs in the lists of questions, ferchrissakes!
Nintendo is not in an uphill battle because Nintendo isn't competing against MS or Sony - they have their market to themselves. How are you going to hook up that GameBoy to your XBOX or PS2? How are you going to play the most successful franchises of all time on an XBOX or PS2? You won't . MS knows that. Sony knows that. They're gunning for each other - Nintendo's in a win/win situation.
In all seriousness, Pokemon Stadium is the bomb, son. And, in the end, you don't matter. Your dollars aren't the ones that vote - it's all about parents buying games for their kids, not adult geeks buying games for themselves (thus the reason Nintendo survives every console war). Add that to the fact that the Biohazard/Resident Evil franchise is going to be on the GameCube (not the PS2 or the ecksBOX) for the foreseeable future and I think you'll be looking at the GameCube a little more closely. Plus, I would think that playing a game with your kids from time to time might be a good idea - even if you don't like Pokemon or Mario.
I've also managed to crash my Dreamcast, but it was when deleting e-mail (just to see how it worked), I crashed (damn Win CE).
Dammit! Where are my mod points now? This should be the question at the top of the list...
I saw her hand him Jesse, from Toy Story 2, but I didn't see Woody. I kept expecting a cameo from one of the A Bug's Life group, myself...
SPOLIER! But the important part to come from that climax is the fact that children release more energy when they're happy and laughing. I found the kidnapping and the screaming no worse than Farquaa (sp?) being gobbled up in Shrek or the various fates of the kids in Willy Wonka. Kids have a strong sense of right and wrong - they learn to impose societal rules on it after being exposed to society. I doubt little kids are scared of Randall-type monsters because they know the James Sullivans of the monster world are out there looking after them because, while Boo did get kidnapped, Sully did save her before she could be attacked by the machine.
DAMN! And I was preparing to go out and buy that internal combustion-powered vehicle! I almost forgot that its core technologies are over a century old. Thanks for reminding us that anything based on the past is old - and therefore sux.
Now, why read Rowling? Precisely put, Rowling is a better writer and storyteller than most of the people who blunder onto the bestseller lists today. She is a better writer and an equal storyteller to people like Asimov and Clarke. End all and be all is: these books are GOOD.
The stories are aimed at children, but if you cannot take time to see through the eyes of a child you are missing a great deal of what the world has to offer. I suggest going directly to the theaters to watch Monsters, Inc. this weekend and then going to Borders and pick up the first book in the Harry Potter series.
I'm on OS X and Omniweb 4.0.5 works fine, even without identifying itself as a different browser. However, "Fizzilla" (Mozilla) definitely doesn't work...
...bad implementation. I personally like the NIC because you aren't bound to a specific ISP and the box sells by itself. However the thing is still $199 sans monitor. For the whole appliance thing to take off I think there has to be two things: boxes priced at $150 or lower, and 802.11 (a,b or g - I don't care) compatibility so the thing can be moved. Then I'll use one in the kitchen and maybe the garage or basement just for reference (recipes in the kitchen, instructions for a project, etc.). Screw a sound card - I don't want it to play MP3s, I don't care about streaming videoI love the fact that the NIC has VGA out so you can do whatever - buy a monitor, use an old one, whatever. Like I said: good idea, bad implementation.
Looking at thinkgeek.com, there's the "Archos Jukebox Studio 20 MP3 Player," with 20 GB of space for a whopping $349. Apple wants to charge $399 for the iPod.
Someone got to Jobs during a smoke-induced haze, obviously. This has to be the dumbest move I've seen from Apple - and I really, really, really like them...
Arrrggghh. Moves like this do not help Mac users and lovers justify their existence to the IT world as a whole (and don't give me that crap about Apple being "the BMW of the computer world"...).
I wonder how long it will be before a national ID proposal comes from Gates and ilk wrapped in wartime gallantry and hawkish statements while slamming the Oracle and Sun proposals as "fascist."
Curiouser and curiouser.
There's a Bill trucking company?
Yet, I still think of Ender's Game and Infocom's A Mind Forever Voyaging and their ideas of immmersive technology. Leaps in AI (well, game AIs would create a reasonable personality to interact with), voice recognition, these controls and even the thermoelectrics in the earlier story means that we're stepping into territory where we have to take care.
Still, imagine your PDA in 15 years...
It's called "trade dress." There is a point where you can copyright look and feel, and Apple would have had a case against MS with Win 95 if they had taken a hard line with Win 1.0. Now, with Aqua, Apple's covering its ass. I think it's a little paranoid with the extent they're going to, but I can understand the idea of "no tolerance."
Only because Sculley was foolish enough to "license" the Mac look-and-feel to MS when Windows 1.0 came out. The "license" was for Windows and future upgrades. Apple lost the lawsuit you're referring to because of the fact that MS proved, and probably rightfully so, that each new version of Windows was an "upgrade." I think Jobs is just trying to cover Apple's ass better than Sculley did...
Yeah, but Worf has already commented on the fact that there are differences, he just didn't want to talk about it. And that's probably the best way to handle it: unsaid.
"IT IS NOT SOMETHING WE TALK ABOUT!"
- Worf, "Trials and Tribbilations"
What will they think of next? A streamlined ship that looks more like the NCC-1701 E than a century-old precursor to the NCC-1701?
To be fair, I like it more than Voyager and the last few seasons of Deep Space 90210, but Bakula's gotta lose some more hair and have a major debate as to whether he should go with a rug or shave...but there is great potential.
Of course, it could be worse. The series could have revolved around Wesley Crusher.
My bad...I was busy. I know it was WWII. I just didn't hit "I" enough...
Secondly, I really suggest you two look at what type of work Lucas puts in on his projects - the man is involved, even when he isn't the director, from step one to the premiere. Lucas is a pretty impressive man all things considered: an active, inloved father of three kids (who he, BTW, has sole custody of); involed in numerous Lucasfilm projects; and he is a busy businessman. So he makes money - cool. I wish I could come up with a concept that would allow me to fund my own major motion pictures out of my own pocket and ensure a strong profit.
...and how would we have broken Enigma in WWI if scientists weren't used to reverse engineering?
If you read Lucas's quotes on various sources you would know he was looking at not releasing the original trilogy until 2005 with the release of Episode III. The man is busy, for crying out loud. Do you really think he has time to put together great packages for the other three movies when he's working on Episodes II & III? Think about the amount of work it will take to get all the extras digitized and cleaned up. We aren't talking small projects, and Lucas wants to be involved. Be patient.