This coincides well with other insightful articles that show Vista is probably Microsofts last dominant OS. IF things continue the way they have been. The average computer user would have enough know-how to be able to figure out how to install linux. Also, with linux's expanding hardware support. Linux is evolving into a possibly successful mainstream OS. Linux will most likely take over the higher-end portion of the Vista versions such as Vista Premium and Business, etc.
With the amount of bearacracy that is going on in MS. It looks like they are putting money in anything that looks like it can fly and a lot of it is not flying. This is not good in the longterm. MS needs to proiritize and get back to its roots if they want to continue having a high marketshare even if that market share slowly shrinks due to Linux. The best they can do is slow it down.
IF things continue like this, there will finally be a true competitor to MS.
Linux is harder to set up, thus it will be more expensive for governments to switch over to linux because it takes more time to set it up. Whereas with Windows, after being in the market for so long and having a lot of people at least be exposed to it once or twice in their lifetime, will not require as much time compared to linux. Therefore it is cheaper to use Windows both in the long term and short term.
Once linux has the same support, features, ease-of-use as Windows has then it has a chance of succeeding and taking a good chunk of market share. But as linux continues to be protrayed as the geekdom of software, it will not be a cheaper solution to Windows.
These ads are all subjective to where they simply evoke emotions that you want to feel. Automakers, and pharmaceuticals create commercials like these and those sell the car. People want to feel good, etc. So, selling the PS3 as something that will make your jaw drop and feel ephereal need not go any further, according to the commercial. Some people will feel this way when they buy it and play the games, and some people won't. Simple as that.
This is sad. They award people like him, compared to people volunteering in central Africa risking their lives for refugees. People like those deserve such awards. Nelson Mandela, Gorbachev, Thatcher are very prestigious people. With Linus on the list, he really didn't contribute to anything except for corporations having a "free" option. Linux does not feed people in Africa and other poor nations, no sirey. His presence on that list dilutes the other recipients prestige.
THis is going to flop. I doubt it will last over 3 years. Its pure marketing strategy, that's why ESA is only advertising the event (because IDG is paying for it), nothing else.
Infect and use their data to get their credit card info, etc. Show them how vulnerable they are by using their CC number to buy a whole new $3000 PC System:-).
What Linux needs to do in order to be a viable player in the market is to catch one type of consumer, the PC Illiterate type. These are people who either us MAC OS or Windows XP. All of these people use computers as tools for their job, not as a hobby. You have artists who would use a MAC over Windows, you have accountants who would use Windows because of Excel, etc. Etc. Those who work in the computer field will most likely use any of the platforms out there that their job requires them to do. Anyway, the people who do not work in the computer field just want something that makes their job easier. MS and MAC have set out to do that since the 1980s. MACs always excelled in simplicity and ease of use. In no way does a typical mac user have to learn the inner workins of the OS to fix a problem such as registry edit, etc. The overall learning curve of the MAC OS is little compared to Windows, however, MAC OS is heavily limited to its hardware (well it has been up until now, but even still, you need to be a geek to boot Windows on a mac) and thus not everyone is using it. Reason windows is out there is becuase it tries to do everything. It has evolved a lot to the point where the hardware now has to to support the OS, not the OS support the hardware. Linux is still just that, an OS that has support certain hardware first. That is why you have to be computer literate to be able to get full functionality out of Linux.
The mainstream game media press is only a marketing machine, not an advocacy group like the author of the title expects. The mainstream game media does not see any money to be made by attending those events, but in reality all they care about are dollar signs. Of course, this will change, especially if a nutcase takes over in Congress and Presidency and starts passing restrictive video-game censorship laws forcing the industry to start listening rather than strictly selling based on what hollywood sells the most.
Looks like Gamestop and EB will experience shortages like they did with the Xbox 360. This will also result in people who paid ludicrous amounts for a reservation ticket from Gamestop/EB the likelyhood that they won't get a PS3 when it is released. I feel sorry for those poor suckers.
Fox/Universal should've hired Uwe Boll to direct/write the movie. Then Halo would have, at least, been released. Although I'm not saying that the movie would've been any good because it's halo.
Actually, it would've been better if the guys from Red vs Blue worked on the movie. At least the movie would really be similar to the game.
Limiting contact sports in schools, ESPECIALLY inner-city schools will start to see an increase in obesity among those children as they get older.
Those kids must be playing some rough tag if a kid ends up with a broken bone. I played those games and the worst I got were scrapes and bruises. I am fit as a whistle thanks to a childhood that involved sports, with some videogames, but just going outside and playing with neighborhood kids. All it is now is a blame game. If your kid is messed up, its not your fault, it is the schools, your parents, their friends parents, etc. This country needs to get rid of these politically correct people. Too much PC an it can destroy this country inside-out. Have some common sense!
I will make sure that my kids have an active and healthy lifestyle. Not a lifestyle people like these want you to have where you kids sits on their ass all day and get fat and die from a heart attack at age 40.
I keep hearing rumors that Warhammer copies from Warcraft and vice-versa. But that is not what I'm asking. What I would like to know is how big is the learning curve for the game as well as the reward/punish (ie dying) system?
The software is optional. All you have to do, I click on "I Disagree" and installation of BF2: 2142 is completed. The installation of this 'spyware' comes after the setup installs all the neccesary files for BF2: 2142. I'd recommend the installation of the software because unlike other direct marketing approaches, this one is very much more precise. Now don't worry if EA is going to crack down on you, Kotaku, for having cookies to torrent websites, etc. That data doesn't even get transmitted. And the software is only activated when you are not playing the game and only while surfing the web.
I personally don't plan on buying BF2: 2142 because it doesn't appeal to me. I'm happy with BF2.
Thats true. Some people need someone else to keep them in 'check' and up to date on milestones and deadlines. If you're any studio, you would know that if you missed a milestone then your money is gone and most likely the IP of the game.
Another reason you still need a centralized facility to do the work (office space) is because its the only place you have a controlled development environment. The lead designer/producer cannot check and see if the PC at the employee's home, which they work out of, does not have any trojans, etc that can leak any beta code out. That employee most likely uses the same computer (under the same operating system) for entertainment, such as playing games, even pornography where the chance of malware installing and wreaking havoc to the project is most likely to occur than on a PC in the office where it is hooked up to a WAN, limited access internet (or no internet), plus monitoring software to prevent corporate espionage. Working from home is where any random, devestating, error can occur and severely damage the development of the game.
Some studios have started their business strictly online, but from my experience, they kept missing deadlines because of problems occuring with a specific computer, or something else that's related.
Overall, office space speeds up production and reliability that a project meets milestones and deadline in time.
DVD software players. PowerDVD 3.5 can play these DVDs. Of course, these programs only work well on systems with Win2K and Win98SE, but what is that to stop the piraters?
That or just do 16bit binary copy. Sure it make 3hours, but at least you get an image file, load up thru Daemon tools and burn onto DVD!.
I agree. If lets say for each PS3 sold, Sony loses $100 per console, whereas the Wii costs $130 to build but they sell at $250. This number is based on how much it costs to make the GC if they keep on making them the cost of making one is actually around $80, so the Wii costs $50 more to manufacture. Now lets say that Sony sells about.... 10million consoles before its first pricedrop, the same with the Wii console, they sell about... 5million (realistically) before their first pricedrop. And lets say that the time it takes for the prices of the consoles (lets say that they drop the price at the same time) is 2 years.
So, lets put all the numbers together. In two years Nintendo and Sony sell 5 million and 10million consoles, respectively. Nintendo makes a profit of $600million in 2 years. Sony loses $1billion. So, as far as hardware sales go, Nintendo wins. But what also counts are software sales, wehre the real money is made and helps offset that huge lose. Predicting possible software sales figure of each console in 2 years really can't be predicted so we pretty much have to wait and see.
As you can see, from a hardware-only perspective Nintendo succeeds whereas Sony loses. However, both companies also sell software. Nintendo has to make a profit on the hardware in order to compete with Sony and MS, because MS and Sony have the capacity to loose money. If nintendo were to make 25% less sales than Sony in that time (which is in rare for Nintendo if you look at recent sales trends) then their net-profit will match or exceed Sony's net-profit. That is, of course, if the current sales trend continues for Sony.
I always wanted to eat food that would make me glow green!
No matter what we will eventually start consuming more GM food because of nature simply cannot keep up with the growing population. The people who will actually be affected by food shortage if such a food shortage where to happen are those in emerging nations.
There is good intentions behind GM foods but then there are companies who really don't know how to handle this type of food and are just in it so that they control most of the market share by the time demand rises.
Funny how some of the organizations against GM foods do not donate to charities that give food to starving countries in Africa, whereas there are many of other 'industrial' food corporations that do.
GM food will ultimately replace natural foods. Which would you choose? Starve or food that provides you with the nutrients you need to stay alive?
The Author needs to realize...
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The author needs to realize that it is not the companies responsibility to protect you from being harmed by an identity theft.
The company only protects information from the consumer that protects their assets.
If the author really wants privacy then he will have to pay a lot more than what he is currently paying for certain services. A lot of service companies sell certain types of information to other companies for profit so that way their consumer won't have to pay a higher fee.
If people keep wanting to buy things cheaper, have cheaper internet acces, etc. then in order for that company to do that they might sell information about you, like your buying and surfing habits online, etc. to market research teams. THat is how they make up for it all so that you can get a service cheaper than before.
If he wants to protect his privacy then don't sign up for internet service, nor a cellphone. Just get a land-line phone, use snail-mail, shred credit card applications and basically live like a una-bomber. But if he wants cheaper services then he will have to give something up for it.
That or a server-class Intel dual gigabit port NIC which is essentially the same product (onboard NPU) but not with the fancy heatsink.
Good luck finding a modern gaming motherboard with a vacant PCI slot if you already have a seperate sound card and Agea PHYSX card since most gaming boards (SLI, etc) have 2 or 3 pci slots and usually one is unusable as it is being covered by the video card.
THis card is nowhere near worth it unless you're a linux junkie who suprisingly has money to burn.
Why did this take so long??
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Q: Why did this take so long?
A: Because people in general can be idiots and can mess around with information posted on wikipedia for a few giggles before someone has to go in and moderate it back to the article's original state. For example, remember the fiasco with Stephen Colbert? That page on elephants had to restricted because people kept on going in and changing it. Before that, there was restrictions on congressmen from editing pages on their opponents (search slashdot) because they were putting in false information about them as well as false accusations.
Although I like the idea of having information free and able to update it instantaneously, however, the vast majority of people are not ready to truly treat wikipedia the way it should be treated.
Before, information was only allowed to a select few but as technology evolved, so did the ability to acquire information as well. And now it really is becoming highly accessible for everyone, however, there are no checks and balances to see if the information that is posted/edited is correct and factual, even if a majority thinks one entry is true but in reality it isn't, this can and will happen and the rest of the world isn't ready for a true wikipedia.
I do have to say though that this venture in Germany will kick off well because Germany has less chance of people, anonymous people, go in and just start messing around.
Reality is that it is not what you know, but who you know. Not only do you need skill to be successful in the industry but know those that are already in that can help you get in, but only if you're worthy enough.
My buddy got his job as a level designer without going to school whatsoever. I mean he's a highschool graduate, went to Devry, dropped out of there cuz he didn't like it - then attended a local community college. All while doing that he's been teaching himself level editing with the unreal engine and got a job with an indie company and now they are working on a 360videogame. He's been with them for over 2 years now and at first he worked for free because it was an independent company with no money coming in, and now he makes $50K/year salary thru the same company. His skill, determination, and talking to people in the unrealEd scene got him this gig and look where he's at now.
So its basically an RTS/FPS game like Helix Core was meant to be. You play thru FPS and you have the objective of collecting resources, taking them into the structure - upgrading your weapon and then fight your way to victory. That is what an RTS is all about BUT this time you do it thru an FPS perspective and you don't control AI.
That's cool. Although Helix Core would've been cooler...
He should quickly trademark in the USA as that will override that trademark especially since the author can provide proof of creation and originally naming it.
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This coincides well with other insightful articles that show Vista is probably Microsofts last dominant OS. IF things continue the way they have been. The average computer user would have enough know-how to be able to figure out how to install linux. Also, with linux's expanding hardware support. Linux is evolving into a possibly successful mainstream OS. Linux will most likely take over the higher-end portion of the Vista versions such as Vista Premium and Business, etc.
With the amount of bearacracy that is going on in MS. It looks like they are putting money in anything that looks like it can fly and a lot of it is not flying. This is not good in the longterm. MS needs to proiritize and get back to its roots if they want to continue having a high marketshare even if that market share slowly shrinks due to Linux. The best they can do is slow it down.
IF things continue like this, there will finally be a true competitor to MS.
Linux is harder to set up, thus it will be more expensive for governments to switch over to linux because it takes more time to set it up. Whereas with Windows, after being in the market for so long and having a lot of people at least be exposed to it once or twice in their lifetime, will not require as much time compared to linux. Therefore it is cheaper to use Windows both in the long term and short term.
Once linux has the same support, features, ease-of-use as Windows has then it has a chance of succeeding and taking a good chunk of market share. But as linux continues to be protrayed as the geekdom of software, it will not be a cheaper solution to Windows.
These ads are all subjective to where they simply evoke emotions that you want to feel. Automakers, and pharmaceuticals create commercials like these and those sell the car. People want to feel good, etc. So, selling the PS3 as something that will make your jaw drop and feel ephereal need not go any further, according to the commercial. Some people will feel this way when they buy it and play the games, and some people won't. Simple as that.
This is sad. They award people like him, compared to people volunteering in central Africa risking their lives for refugees. People like those deserve such awards. Nelson Mandela, Gorbachev, Thatcher are very prestigious people. With Linus on the list, he really didn't contribute to anything except for corporations having a "free" option. Linux does not feed people in Africa and other poor nations, no sirey. His presence on that list dilutes the other recipients prestige.
THis is going to flop. I doubt it will last over 3 years. Its pure marketing strategy, that's why ESA is only advertising the event (because IDG is paying for it), nothing else.
Infect and use their data to get their credit card info, etc. Show them how vulnerable they are by using their CC number to buy a whole new $3000 PC System :-).
What Linux needs to do in order to be a viable player in the market is to catch one type of consumer, the PC Illiterate type. These are people who either us MAC OS or Windows XP. All of these people use computers as tools for their job, not as a hobby. You have artists who would use a MAC over Windows, you have accountants who would use Windows because of Excel, etc. Etc. Those who work in the computer field will most likely use any of the platforms out there that their job requires them to do. Anyway, the people who do not work in the computer field just want something that makes their job easier. MS and MAC have set out to do that since the 1980s. MACs always excelled in simplicity and ease of use. In no way does a typical mac user have to learn the inner workins of the OS to fix a problem such as registry edit, etc. The overall learning curve of the MAC OS is little compared to Windows, however, MAC OS is heavily limited to its hardware (well it has been up until now, but even still, you need to be a geek to boot Windows on a mac) and thus not everyone is using it. Reason windows is out there is becuase it tries to do everything. It has evolved a lot to the point where the hardware now has to to support the OS, not the OS support the hardware. Linux is still just that, an OS that has support certain hardware first. That is why you have to be computer literate to be able to get full functionality out of Linux.
The mainstream game media press is only a marketing machine, not an advocacy group like the author of the title expects. The mainstream game media does not see any money to be made by attending those events, but in reality all they care about are dollar signs. Of course, this will change, especially if a nutcase takes over in Congress and Presidency and starts passing restrictive video-game censorship laws forcing the industry to start listening rather than strictly selling based on what hollywood sells the most.
Looks like Gamestop and EB will experience shortages like they did with the Xbox 360. This will also result in people who paid ludicrous amounts for a reservation ticket from Gamestop/EB the likelyhood that they won't get a PS3 when it is released. I feel sorry for those poor suckers.
Let the hilarity ensue!
Fox/Universal should've hired Uwe Boll to direct/write the movie. Then Halo would have, at least, been released. Although I'm not saying that the movie would've been any good because it's halo.
Actually, it would've been better if the guys from Red vs Blue worked on the movie. At least the movie would really be similar to the game.
Limiting contact sports in schools, ESPECIALLY inner-city schools will start to see an increase in obesity among those children as they get older.
Those kids must be playing some rough tag if a kid ends up with a broken bone. I played those games and the worst I got were scrapes and bruises. I am fit as a whistle thanks to a childhood that involved sports, with some videogames, but just going outside and playing with neighborhood kids. All it is now is a blame game. If your kid is messed up, its not your fault, it is the schools, your parents, their friends parents, etc. This country needs to get rid of these politically correct people. Too much PC an it can destroy this country inside-out. Have some common sense!
I will make sure that my kids have an active and healthy lifestyle. Not a lifestyle people like these want you to have where you kids sits on their ass all day and get fat and die from a heart attack at age 40.
I keep hearing rumors that Warhammer copies from Warcraft and vice-versa. But that is not what I'm asking. What I would like to know is how big is the learning curve for the game as well as the reward/punish (ie dying) system?
The software is optional. All you have to do, I click on "I Disagree" and installation of BF2: 2142 is completed. The installation of this 'spyware' comes after the setup installs all the neccesary files for BF2: 2142. I'd recommend the installation of the software because unlike other direct marketing approaches, this one is very much more precise. Now don't worry if EA is going to crack down on you, Kotaku, for having cookies to torrent websites, etc. That data doesn't even get transmitted. And the software is only activated when you are not playing the game and only while surfing the web.
I personally don't plan on buying BF2: 2142 because it doesn't appeal to me. I'm happy with BF2.
Thats true. Some people need someone else to keep them in 'check' and up to date on milestones and deadlines. If you're any studio, you would know that if you missed a milestone then your money is gone and most likely the IP of the game.
Another reason you still need a centralized facility to do the work (office space) is because its the only place you have a controlled development environment. The lead designer/producer cannot check and see if the PC at the employee's home, which they work out of, does not have any trojans, etc that can leak any beta code out. That employee most likely uses the same computer (under the same operating system) for entertainment, such as playing games, even pornography where the chance of malware installing and wreaking havoc to the project is most likely to occur than on a PC in the office where it is hooked up to a WAN, limited access internet (or no internet), plus monitoring software to prevent corporate espionage. Working from home is where any random, devestating, error can occur and severely damage the development of the game.
Some studios have started their business strictly online, but from my experience, they kept missing deadlines because of problems occuring with a specific computer, or something else that's related.
Overall, office space speeds up production and reliability that a project meets milestones and deadline in time.
DVD software players. PowerDVD 3.5 can play these DVDs. Of course, these programs only work well on systems with Win2K and Win98SE, but what is that to stop the piraters?
That or just do 16bit binary copy. Sure it make 3hours, but at least you get an image file, load up thru Daemon tools and burn onto DVD!.
Hold on a minute. Since when did Yahoo become Yahoo-China?
I agree. If lets say for each PS3 sold, Sony loses $100 per console, whereas the Wii costs $130 to build but they sell at $250. This number is based on how much it costs to make the GC if they keep on making them the cost of making one is actually around $80, so the Wii costs $50 more to manufacture. Now lets say that Sony sells about.... 10million consoles before its first pricedrop, the same with the Wii console, they sell about... 5million (realistically) before their first pricedrop. And lets say that the time it takes for the prices of the consoles (lets say that they drop the price at the same time) is 2 years.
So, lets put all the numbers together. In two years Nintendo and Sony sell 5 million and 10million consoles, respectively. Nintendo makes a profit of $600million in 2 years. Sony loses $1billion. So, as far as hardware sales go, Nintendo wins. But what also counts are software sales, wehre the real money is made and helps offset that huge lose. Predicting possible software sales figure of each console in 2 years really can't be predicted so we pretty much have to wait and see.
As you can see, from a hardware-only perspective Nintendo succeeds whereas Sony loses. However, both companies also sell software. Nintendo has to make a profit on the hardware in order to compete with Sony and MS, because MS and Sony have the capacity to loose money. If nintendo were to make 25% less sales than Sony in that time (which is in rare for Nintendo if you look at recent sales trends) then their net-profit will match or exceed Sony's net-profit. That is, of course, if the current sales trend continues for Sony.
I always wanted to eat food that would make me glow green!
No matter what we will eventually start consuming more GM food because of nature simply cannot keep up with the growing population. The people who will actually be affected by food shortage if such a food shortage where to happen are those in emerging nations.
There is good intentions behind GM foods but then there are companies who really don't know how to handle this type of food and are just in it so that they control most of the market share by the time demand rises.
Funny how some of the organizations against GM foods do not donate to charities that give food to starving countries in Africa, whereas there are many of other 'industrial' food corporations that do.
GM food will ultimately replace natural foods. Which would you choose? Starve or food that provides you with the nutrients you need to stay alive?
The author needs to realize that it is not the companies responsibility to protect you from being harmed by an identity theft.
The company only protects information from the consumer that protects their assets.
If the author really wants privacy then he will have to pay a lot more than what he is currently paying for certain services. A lot of service companies sell certain types of information to other companies for profit so that way their consumer won't have to pay a higher fee.
If people keep wanting to buy things cheaper, have cheaper internet acces, etc. then in order for that company to do that they might sell information about you, like your buying and surfing habits online, etc. to market research teams. THat is how they make up for it all so that you can get a service cheaper than before.
If he wants to protect his privacy then don't sign up for internet service, nor a cellphone. Just get a land-line phone, use snail-mail, shred credit card applications and basically live like a una-bomber. But if he wants cheaper services then he will have to give something up for it.
That or a server-class Intel dual gigabit port NIC which is essentially the same product (onboard NPU) but not with the fancy heatsink.
Good luck finding a modern gaming motherboard with a vacant PCI slot if you already have a seperate sound card and Agea PHYSX card since most gaming boards (SLI, etc) have 2 or 3 pci slots and usually one is unusable as it is being covered by the video card.
THis card is nowhere near worth it unless you're a linux junkie who suprisingly has money to burn.
Q: Why did this take so long?
A: Because people in general can be idiots and can mess around with information posted on wikipedia for a few giggles before someone has to go in and moderate it back to the article's original state. For example, remember the fiasco with Stephen Colbert? That page on elephants had to restricted because people kept on going in and changing it. Before that, there was restrictions on congressmen from editing pages on their opponents (search slashdot) because they were putting in false information about them as well as false accusations.
Although I like the idea of having information free and able to update it instantaneously, however, the vast majority of people are not ready to truly treat wikipedia the way it should be treated.
Before, information was only allowed to a select few but as technology evolved, so did the ability to acquire information as well. And now it really is becoming highly accessible for everyone, however, there are no checks and balances to see if the information that is posted/edited is correct and factual, even if a majority thinks one entry is true but in reality it isn't, this can and will happen and the rest of the world isn't ready for a true wikipedia.
I do have to say though that this venture in Germany will kick off well because Germany has less chance of people, anonymous people, go in and just start messing around.
All this talk about game design schools, etc. reminded me of this funny commercial:
http://tightgraphs.ytmnd.com/
Reality is that it is not what you know, but who you know. Not only do you need skill to be successful in the industry but know those that are already in that can help you get in, but only if you're worthy enough.
My buddy got his job as a level designer without going to school whatsoever. I mean he's a highschool graduate, went to Devry, dropped out of there cuz he didn't like it - then attended a local community college. All while doing that he's been teaching himself level editing with the unreal engine and got a job with an indie company and now they are working on a 360videogame. He's been with them for over 2 years now and at first he worked for free because it was an independent company with no money coming in, and now he makes $50K/year salary thru the same company. His skill, determination, and talking to people in the unrealEd scene got him this gig and look where he's at now.
Awesome!
So its basically an RTS/FPS game like Helix Core was meant to be. You play thru FPS and you have the objective of collecting resources, taking them into the structure - upgrading your weapon and then fight your way to victory. That is what an RTS is all about BUT this time you do it thru an FPS perspective and you don't control AI.
That's cool. Although Helix Core would've been cooler...
Are they basing these predictions thru last generation where PS2 was dominating, then it was Xbox, then it was GC & its handhelds.
He should quickly trademark in the USA as that will override that trademark especially since the author can provide proof of creation and originally naming it.