If what you guys say is true and anti-phishing measures in IE are verified by MS's servers then it means that for every link you click MS could be tracking you.
I wouldn't put it past them. Couldn't care less, I'm running moz.
I expect the upgrades are going to work just like those on PSP. Select the Update option on the crossbar, hit OK, wait for download to finish, click OK, machine reboots, and you're done. Very simple, very monolithic so even your grandmother can deal with it. No questions about drivers or libraries, it just works.
As far as the games coming out while the OS isn't set in stone, don't worry. Typically games come with all the software they need to drive the hardware directly, so they interact with the OS firmware very little. On PS3, I think they'll just plug-in into the firmware API through standardized calls for networking stuff, like chatting and other online services.
Quote from the article: "It seems like it's a cheaper alternative to trucking in bottled water, which has a shelf life," said Rowe, who described himself as a fiscal hawk.
Wow, according to this guy, water can spoil. I'll be! >
Screen captured some text from the article, used XV to transform into tif, changing image to monochrome.
Input image: it has been touted as one of the most accurate Optical Character Recognition (OCR) programs available. Having sat on the shelf gathering dust for so many years, Google cleaned up some of the more outdated portions of the code
Output text: ii has been lamed as one of lhe mos! accurale Oplical Characler Recognilion (OCR) programs available. Having sat on lhe shelf galhering dusk for so many years, Google cleaned up some of lhe more ouldaled porlions of lhe code
I have no idea what kind of input is optimal, but for a first shot in the dark, that's not too shabby. I'll go play with it some more. (^,^)
Here's the run-down for you market analysts who seem to ignore the gamers with deep pockets:
- The PS3 comes out at outrageous prices, but Playstation fanboys buy them in droves because of brand loyalty. (I admit I'm one.)
- Christmas comes along and a bunch of pimply-headed teenagers ask for a PS3 because they want game X. They don't care that Sony is evil, nor they they even understand what DRM or E3 stand for. All they want is to blow stuff up.
- A year after launch, the second generation of games comes out and the price is reduced by about $100. Suddenly, it's not so outrageous anymore and a bunch of PS2 owners out there think "What the heck, it'll play my current games anyway". More sales.
- A year later Sony re-coups development costs.
- PROFIT!$!$1$!
Sony must be rubbing their hands and cackling...
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Both Sides of Wii
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· Score: 0, Flamebait
Well, Sony has no pretentious naming scheme. Gotta give 'em that! Hurray for simple increments!
Am I the only one who thinks that console manufacturers, when faced with the fact that the PS controller has been perfect for a long time, try to re-invent and fail every time?
The Wii's controller is a feature in search of a need that simply didn't exist. It will be a burden more than an asset.
What ATI and Nvidia could do is deliver their drivers as two parts: One would be an open-source kernel module that did nothing but jump into the second part; a closed-source user-mode program. The kernel wouldn't be tainted and the "GNU philosophy" would be side-stepped entirely.
I'm pretty sure the FSF wouldn't prohibit the running of commercial and/or closed-source user-mode programs on a GNU system.
I'm of two mind about this issue. One the one hand, sure, it'd be nice if the video card makers would open-source their drivers but on the other hand, I really appreciate them giving the Linux community some sort of support.
Can you name any other 3D cards that are open-sourced and come close to Nvidia and ATI's products?
... Just not on UMD. I've been disappointed by the catalog, so I just convert my DVDs to MP4 PSP format, put them on my 2G stick and watch them anywhere I go. I prefer video files anyway, because they start in an instant, whereas UMD movies require spin-up and seeking. I think Sony should have made all media downloadable, including games (with DRM of course), put emphasis on larger flash storage (maybe 1G standard), and they could have saved a lot on the hardware costs. Plus, the units would have been much thinner.
I've had a PSP on me since the launch. It's replaced my MP3 player and given me lots more stuff to do. I got Daxter yesterday and it's fun!
The new high capacity batteries mean that I have to charge it only once every two commute days now.
Moral of the story: People like to complain.
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In Defense of FFXII
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When Grandia III came out half of the player base complained that it was too short and that some enemies were too hard (Melc Crystal, for example). Meanwhile, it has the most fun combat system I've ever seen. If these people would have just taken the time to rip through every monster on the way, they would have found the game long enough and plenty easy.
When FF7 came out, people complained that it didn't have a job system. Meanwhile, you can clearly configure any character any which way you want with the equipment and materia options so that any character can clearly be a damage dealer, magic dealer, magic healer, thief, etc...
I could go on with many other examples, but I'll spare you.
Now FFXII comes out and people complain about the gambits, and that the combat isn't interactive enough.
They're complaining about something they can turn off entirely.
I can't wait to play FFXII. To me, having the characters constantly attack without me pressing the X button every hit makes a lot of sense. I want to concentrate on giving orders that are out of the ordinary (debuffing at start of combat, performing special finishing moves, using items and spells when I judge it necessary...)
I liked the demo, even if it was a bit too easy. I really liked that the party's members are always on-screen and that there is no battle transition. It makes the experience a lot more immersive.
I've been playing every iteration of FF since... Since they've been making them and you can bet you sweet patootie I'll be in-line for this one.
I've also been playing FFXI for over 2 years now and I enjoy the combat system a lot. I makes sense to me that while engaged in combat, attacking is the default action and doesn't require pressing the X button repeatedly. You're left instead with the decisions (Use magic? Defend? Order the other characters? etc... etc...)
I loved the demo that came with Dragon Quest 8.
They're mentionning Thanksgiving as a North American release date but... Can we really expect it to be on time?
It's a rather long-winded article about many Sony topics, here's an extract of the text that addresses the PS3's "delay" and Blu-Ray:
Sony's new PlayStation 3 was widely expected to be introduced this spring, but will be delayed as the company fine-tunes the chips that are crucial to the success of the console's Blu-ray function.
The PlayStation 3 --- which is being called "the poor man's Blue-ray" --- is vital to Sony's plans because it plays Blu-ray discs as well as videogames.
Sony will roll out the PS3 by year end, in time for the holidays. If PS3 "delivers what everyone thinks it will, the game is up," Stringer boasts.
Blu-ray is the system developed by Sony to view next-generation high-definition DVDs. Rival format HD DVD is championed by Toshiba. Microsoft recently joined the HD DVD camp, a move that came as its Xbox 360 videogame console is trying to grab market share from PlayStation, the industry leader.
Software makers, electronics firms and Hollywood studios have lined up behind one or the other, or both.
For Sony, the stakes of the rivalry are colossal. The new discs are seen as a way to energize flattening DVD sales. Both the systems also make movies harder to pirate.
Some believe Stringer is betting the company on Blu-ray. The technology is more advanced than HD DVD and would allow the players to incorporate interactive features and others still to be developed. But HD DVD is easier to manufacture and the boxes will be cheaper.
Stringer, and just about every other media exec, studio chief and retailer, fears a Betamax-VHS redux -- a format war that would irritate and confuse consumers. After all, if folks don't know which player to buy, they might walk out empty-handed. "If that happens," one top entertainment exec quips, "I think someone from Wal-Mart is going to take a gun and shoot one of them."
"Once Microsoft picked sides it was clear we were going to be in a battle royale," Stringer says, vowing to protect his turf. "We won't be stampeded" by Microsoft into rushing decisions "that are there forever."
One strange twist in the battle is that Toshiba is working with Sony and IMB to produce the cell chip that's the foundation of Blu-ray -- a topsy-turvy scenario that only serves to underscore the contortions Stringer finds himself performing these days. "One day my enemy is my enemy," he says. "The next day the enemy is my friend."
The only MMORPG I've ever played is FFXI and I can't for the life of me imagine playing 5 characters at a time. Playing just one in the higher levels in a group requires my utmost and constant attention. Heck, even solo as Beastmaster (lv 75,/bow) I have to be on my toes a lot.
Yup, it is indeed the "main theme", heard as soon as you exit midgar, on the world map. The button combination can be used on Tifa's piano to get her "secret savings" of one gil and later her limit 4 break manual.
How do you want your stack of Ghysal Greens sent? ^^
I'll go if they come near the East Coast. I'd be even more enthusiastic about a Black Mages tour. FF + Heavy rock? Live performance with Nobuo Uematsu at the kyeboards? Yeah!!!
Still, as long as they play X, S, T, L1+T, L1+S, X, S, T, L1+X, O, X, S, X, I'll be happy to go.
(I'll send a stack of Ghysal Greens to the first nerd who recognizes that.:)
You've got to ask yourself, are the streak, flash and smoke actually connected events or are they coincidental?
And here's the kicker: Were the two photographs really taken in that order and not the reverse? That would explain why there's absolutely no remnants of smoke in the "after" picture.
Don't get me wrong, I love Patrick & Slackware but the changelog about his health problems has the word hypochondria written all over it. That is not a small matter, it is still disabiliting and should be diagnosed and treated the right way.
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If what you guys say is true and anti-phishing measures in IE are verified by MS's servers then it means that for every link you click MS could be tracking you.
I wouldn't put it past them. Couldn't care less, I'm running moz.
Geez, now blood's found in his car, and with the passenger seat missing, history of abuse, guy is arrested with $8,900 and his passport on him...
/dev/hda3 on / type reiserfs (rw)
If he were a famous football player, he'd have a chance, but I don't think a filesystem developer can muster up a "dream team".
I expect other distros will knee-jerk too.
$ mount
I expect the upgrades are going to work just like those on PSP. Select the Update option on the crossbar, hit OK, wait for download to finish, click OK, machine reboots, and you're done. Very simple, very monolithic so even your grandmother can deal with it. No questions about drivers or libraries, it just works.
As far as the games coming out while the OS isn't set in stone, don't worry. Typically games come with all the software they need to drive the hardware directly, so they interact with the OS firmware very little. On PS3, I think they'll just plug-in into the firmware API through standardized calls for networking stuff, like chatting and other online services.
Quote from the article: "It seems like it's a cheaper alternative to trucking in bottled water, which has a shelf life," said Rowe, who described himself as a fiscal hawk.
Wow, according to this guy, water can spoil. I'll be! >
Screen captured some text from the article, used XV to transform into tif, changing image to monochrome.
Input image: it has been touted as one of the most accurate Optical Character Recognition (OCR) programs available. Having sat on the shelf gathering dust for so many years, Google cleaned up some of the more outdated portions of the code
Output text: ii has been lamed as one of lhe mos! accurale Oplical Characler Recognilion (OCR) programs available. Having sat on lhe shelf galhering dusk for so many years, Google cleaned up some of lhe more ouldaled porlions of lhe code
I have no idea what kind of input is optimal, but for a first shot in the dark, that's not too shabby. I'll go play with it some more. (^,^)
TFA states, very early, Linux file names can be up to 255 characters long, and that's where I stopped reading it.
Um...
B$ uname -a
Linux ganymede 2.4.21 #13 Sun Aug 17 10:31:38 EDT 2003 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
B$ rm *
B$ touch `seq -w 1 200|tr "\n" "_"`
B$ ls |wc -l
1
B$ ls |wc -c
801
One file, 800 character. I'd have posted the output of ls -l, but the slashdot lameness filter exploded.
Depends on the filesystem used.
Here's the run-down for you market analysts who seem to ignore the gamers with deep pockets:
- The PS3 comes out at outrageous prices, but Playstation fanboys buy them in droves because of brand loyalty. (I admit I'm one.)
- Christmas comes along and a bunch of pimply-headed teenagers ask for a PS3 because they want game X. They don't care that Sony is evil, nor they they even understand what DRM or E3 stand for. All they want is to blow stuff up.
- A year after launch, the second generation of games comes out and the price is reduced by about $100. Suddenly, it's not so outrageous anymore and a bunch of PS2 owners out there think "What the heck, it'll play my current games anyway". More sales.
- A year later Sony re-coups development costs.
- PROFIT!$!$1$!
Well, Sony has no pretentious naming scheme. Gotta give 'em that! Hurray for simple increments!
Am I the only one who thinks that console manufacturers, when faced with the fact that the PS controller has been perfect for a long time, try to re-invent and fail every time?
The Wii's controller is a feature in search of a need that simply didn't exist. It will be a burden more than an asset.
Here's a "power-user" trying to explain technology to the masses: "Think of it as a kind of TiVo for electricity."
I use the term "power-user" pejoratively.
In a nutshell, TFA: "I'm cool because, contrary to the masses, I think FFVII sucks and you're idiots if you disagree."
Thanks dude. People who try to force their opinions on others have other nasty habits.
What ATI and Nvidia could do is deliver their drivers as two parts: One would be an open-source kernel module that did nothing but jump into the second part; a closed-source user-mode program. The kernel wouldn't be tainted and the "GNU philosophy" would be side-stepped entirely.
I'm pretty sure the FSF wouldn't prohibit the running of commercial and/or closed-source user-mode programs on a GNU system.
I'm of two mind about this issue. One the one hand, sure, it'd be nice if the video card makers would open-source their drivers but on the other hand, I really appreciate them giving the Linux community some sort of support.
Can you name any other 3D cards that are open-sourced and come close to Nvidia and ATI's products?
... Just not on UMD. I've been disappointed by the catalog, so I just convert my DVDs to MP4 PSP format, put them on my 2G stick and watch them anywhere I go. I prefer video files anyway, because they start in an instant, whereas UMD movies require spin-up and seeking. I think Sony should have made all media downloadable, including games (with DRM of course), put emphasis on larger flash storage (maybe 1G standard), and they could have saved a lot on the hardware costs. Plus, the units would have been much thinner.
I've had a PSP on me since the launch. It's replaced my MP3 player and given me lots more stuff to do. I got Daxter yesterday and it's fun!
The new high capacity batteries mean that I have to charge it only once every two commute days now.
When Grandia III came out half of the player base complained that it was too short and that some enemies were too hard (Melc Crystal, for example). Meanwhile, it has the most fun combat system I've ever seen. If these people would have just taken the time to rip through every monster on the way, they would have found the game long enough and plenty easy.
When FF7 came out, people complained that it didn't have a job system. Meanwhile, you can clearly configure any character any which way you want with the equipment and materia options so that any character can clearly be a damage dealer, magic dealer, magic healer, thief, etc...
I could go on with many other examples, but I'll spare you.
Now FFXII comes out and people complain about the gambits, and that the combat isn't interactive enough.
They're complaining about something they can turn off entirely.
I can't wait to play FFXII. To me, having the characters constantly attack without me pressing the X button every hit makes a lot of sense. I want to concentrate on giving orders that are out of the ordinary (debuffing at start of combat, performing special finishing moves, using items and spells when I judge it necessary...)
I liked the demo, even if it was a bit too easy. I really liked that the party's members are always on-screen and that there is no battle transition. It makes the experience a lot more immersive.
{See you again!}
I've been playing every iteration of FF since... Since they've been making them and you can bet you sweet patootie I'll be in-line for this one.
I've also been playing FFXI for over 2 years now and I enjoy the combat system a lot. I makes sense to me that while engaged in combat, attacking is the default action and doesn't require pressing the X button repeatedly. You're left instead with the decisions (Use magic? Defend? Order the other characters? etc... etc...)
I loved the demo that came with Dragon Quest 8.
They're mentionning Thanksgiving as a North American release date but... Can we really expect it to be on time?
- other
right, bubba! Good job getting those links mixed up.It's a rather long-winded article about many Sony topics, here's an extract of the text that addresses the PS3's "delay" and Blu-Ray:
Sony's new PlayStation 3 was widely expected to be introduced this spring, but will be delayed as the company fine-tunes the chips that are crucial to the success of the console's Blu-ray function.
The PlayStation 3 --- which is being called "the poor man's Blue-ray" --- is vital to Sony's plans because it plays Blu-ray discs as well as videogames.
Sony will roll out the PS3 by year end, in time for the holidays. If PS3 "delivers what everyone thinks it will, the game is up," Stringer boasts.
Blu-ray is the system developed by Sony to view next-generation high-definition DVDs. Rival format HD DVD is championed by Toshiba. Microsoft recently joined the HD DVD camp, a move that came as its Xbox 360 videogame console is trying to grab market share from PlayStation, the industry leader.
Software makers, electronics firms and Hollywood studios have lined up behind one or the other, or both.
For Sony, the stakes of the rivalry are colossal. The new discs are seen as a way to energize flattening DVD sales. Both the systems also make movies harder to pirate.
Some believe Stringer is betting the company on Blu-ray. The technology is more advanced than HD DVD and would allow the players to incorporate interactive features and others still to be developed. But HD DVD is easier to manufacture and the boxes will be cheaper.
Stringer, and just about every other media exec, studio chief and retailer, fears a Betamax-VHS redux -- a format war that would irritate and confuse consumers. After all, if folks don't know which player to buy, they might walk out empty-handed. "If that happens," one top entertainment exec quips, "I think someone from Wal-Mart is going to take a gun and shoot one of them."
"Once Microsoft picked sides it was clear we were going to be in a battle royale," Stringer says, vowing to protect his turf. "We won't be stampeded" by Microsoft into rushing decisions "that are there forever."
One strange twist in the battle is that Toshiba is working with Sony and IMB to produce the cell chip that's the foundation of Blu-ray -- a topsy-turvy scenario that only serves to underscore the contortions Stringer finds himself performing these days. "One day my enemy is my enemy," he says. "The next day the enemy is my friend."
Wasn't it a couple of years ago that Microsoft promised us that the SPAM problem would be fixed by now? This is their solution? {Hmmmm.}
The only MMORPG I've ever played is FFXI and I can't for the life of me imagine playing 5 characters at a time. Playing just one in the higher levels in a group requires my utmost and constant attention. Heck, even solo as Beastmaster (lv 75, /bow) I have to be on my toes a lot.
Is EQII so simple as that?
Yup, it is indeed the "main theme", heard as soon as you exit midgar, on the world map. The button combination can be used on Tifa's piano to get her "secret savings" of one gil and later her limit 4 break manual.
How do you want your stack of Ghysal Greens sent? ^^
BZZZZT! Wrong. What you're thinking of is D, L, U, L1+T, L1+S, D, L, U, L1+X, R, D, L, D.
Meh. Go defeat Emerald, you'll get Master Summon; it's more useful.
I'll go if they come near the East Coast. I'd be even more enthusiastic about a Black Mages tour. FF + Heavy rock? Live performance with Nobuo Uematsu at the kyeboards? Yeah!!!
:)
Still, as long as they play X, S, T, L1+T, L1+S, X, S, T, L1+X, O, X, S, X, I'll be happy to go.
(I'll send a stack of Ghysal Greens to the first nerd who recognizes that.
All lies. The new PS2 works fine with old memory cards even PS ones, no need to reformat.
As far as FFXI is concerned, Sony said they plan to release another form of external storage for it (probably usb based).
Trying to use the old network adapter on the new PS2 would be plain stupid, the new one has one integrated.
Rumors of overheating are just that, rumors.
And the new PS2 does have a fan. It's just so quiet people think there isn't one. I've blocked my vents for a while and heard mine spin up to speed.
The Nintendo fanboys are foaming at mouth. ^^
Man, Tifa can kick some major butt. Her Kung Fu is very impressive. ^^
You've got to ask yourself, are the streak, flash and smoke actually connected events or are they coincidental?
And here's the kicker: Were the two photographs really taken in that order and not the reverse? That would explain why there's absolutely no remnants of smoke in the "after" picture.
Don't get me wrong, I love Patrick & Slackware but the changelog about his health problems has the word hypochondria written all over it. That is not a small matter, it is still disabiliting and should be diagnosed and treated the right way.
I wish him all the luck in the world.