Renewable energy has made phenomenal leaps, but the storage restriction is the crux. Efficiency is great, and is a move in the right direction. What remanins is the development of efficient and economical storage devices. Imagine your car operating for a week on a one hour solar charge stored in a device the size of 4 D sized batteries.
The browser setups I use at work and at home are vastly different. I like to keep the most efficient and streamlined tool set at work, and I'll load up all the toys at home. Thus the ability to add and remove the plugins appeals to me.
Nice Troll but I feel I must clarify. I own a PS1, PS2, GC, and an Xbox. In addition to consoles, I have the opportunity to beta some PC games as well. I am not bragging, just stating the facts. CowboyNeal has just as many consoles. My game collection is already pretty extensive. Thank you for your concern. Contrary to your attempt at sarcasm, I am looking forward to a playable H2 demo. Of course, it is still some time away.
I'm not sure why you are trolling, but here are some of my observations:
My xbox stacks well in my entertainment center. Granted, I have a large center, so I never noticed the scale.
Your redundant use of Halo as the sole game for the Xbox is a bit misleading. Granted the titles are a bit limited compared to the PSX systems, but they are growing. Here are just a few Xbox Games worth the time to look at. Some are rental-only, but others are definite keepers:
1 Halo 2 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell 3 Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4 Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb 5 Rallisport Challenge 6 Max Payne 7 Panzer Dragoon Orta 8 Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance 9 Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4 10 Elder Scrolls III : Morrowind 11 FIFA Soccer 2003 12 NFL 2K3 13 NFL Fever 2002 14 Hunter: The Reckoning 15 SSX Tricky 16 Outlaw Golf 17 MechAssault 18 Enclave 19 Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee 20 Project Gotham Racing
As an Xbox owner with a very SO, I have to keep my games and gear camouflaged in her domain. (Hmmm, camouflaged controller for Ghost Recon).I showed her the new colored controllers and she stated that "Black goes with anything".
On another note, CoyboyNeal said "They do look better than I'd imagined. Makes me glad I waited on buying enough controllers for 4 player games.". What color do you like, and what Xbox 4-player do you recommend?
Nice Troll, but I'll bite.
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The Xbox provides something you overlooked, competition. With this console on the market other companies are forced to address their price matrix, and adjust accordingly. Who wins? We, the gamers do. Your inability to form a coherent thought without the intentional adolescent misspelling leads me to believe that my points are wasted on you.
An interesting read It is a little more recent than your vauge statistics from "last November".
"Video game sales disappoint
Reuters
Sales of video games in the United States rose 8 percent in March over the same month last year as Japan's Nintendo lit up the charts with three hit games, industry analysts said on Tuesday, citing market research.
Sales of games for the latest generation of consoles -- Sony's PlayStation2, Microsoft's Xbox and Nintendo's GameCube -- rose 36 percent, Deutsche Bank Securities' Jeetil Patel said, while sales for Nintendo's Game Boy Advance handheld rose 32 percent.
Patel and other analysts based their figures on monthly market research from the privately held NPD Group.
SoundView Technology Group analyst Shawn Milne estimated Nintendo's sales for March at $101.5m, or about £65m, up 168 percent from a year ago and well ahead of No. 2 Electronic Arts at $62.3m.
The top-selling game of the month, he said, was "The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker" for GameCube, doing nearly $41m in sales on 826,352 units sold.
"We view the March industry software data as disappointing, noting that, excluding the strong software sell-through by Nintendo, industry software sales would have been down 8.3 percent," J.P. Morgan analyst Dean Gianoukos said in a note.
But Gianoukos also said he expected EA, Activision and THQ to meet or beat their estimates for the March quarter.
Sony's PS2 ended the month with a 37.8 percent share of the hardware market, Gianoukos said, followed by 14.7 percent for the Xbox and 10.7 percent for the GameCube.
There was a 70 percent decline from a year earlier in sales of games for so-called "legacy" platforms like Sony's original PlayStation and Nintendo's last-generation N64, Patel said.
That decline was a drag on overall sales growth, he said."
Expect fianl report in 6 months
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Latest Columbia News
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· Score: 5, Insightful
As with the Challenger disaster, there are many smart people trying to determine the cause of the accident. In addition to the wreckage, there are memos, notes, films, and other media to review. Investigations take time, and regardless of the desire to find an immediate smoking gun,I anticipate NASA will release an official report no sooner than may. Right now we have several media "experts" offering their opinions.
Microsoft Buys Vivendi? 9:40 AM - Andrew "Andy" Burnes - Game Biz.: General News - (119) Well I was sitting on the fence with regards to posting this earlier after I heard of this from various sources but now Computer & Video Games has posted the story. As the article mentions this would mean that Microsoft would control the publishing rights of Half-Life and this would certainly make the rumour of Half-Life 2 being Xbox exclusive more of a reality:
If insider speculation is to be believed, Microsoft has bought US publisher Vivendi, with an announcement to that effect due soon. Take a deep breath and reflect on the implications of that, if true.
Half-Life 2, Warcraft, Counter-Strike, Crash, Spyro, Lord of the Rings... Vivendi has an enormous portfolio boasting some of the biggest titles on all formats, and it would be an ultra-smart move on Microsoft's part to snap them up. Such a buyout, of course, would come at a terrifically high price, making the 365 million acquisition of Rare look like peanuts. But if anyone has the necessary funds, it's Microsoft.
Furthermore, an email from Universal was accidentally sent out to developers last week stating that all work on GBA titles should be suspended. The email was promptly recalled and branded an error, but could it be that this was in some way tied in with this alleged deal?
We contacted Vivendi for comment and a spokesperson told us: "We've heard all sorts of rumours over the past months - Activision, EA and many more. They'd all like to get their hands on Blizzard. I guess Microsoft are one of the few companies that has enough money."
If this is true as various sectors of the press believe then we should be seeing an official announcement on Friday. So Microsoft now has its hands in Valve, Blizzard and others if this is true... Dark times or more security for developers considering Vivendi's habit of dropping underperforming studios?
From the press release, "Hydrogen ICE plus Hybrid Electric Powertrain - A 2.3-liter, four-cylinder supercharged, intercooled hydrogen internal combustion engine, coupled with a hybrid electric transmission, propels Model U. It offers enhanced fuel economy - the equivalent of 45 miles per gallon and about 300 miles of range - plus near-zero regulated emissions and a 99-percent reduction in carbon dioxide. The powertrain also features Ford's advanced Modular Hybrid Transmission System, a way to simplify hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) technology in manufacturing, while contributing to significant fuel economy improvements. This vehicle can meet PZEV emissions." Reducing carbon in the equation.
Doujinshi is fan drawn and developed. This is not a new phenomenon as copying original work has always been viewed as flattery in Japan. It is our application of Western laws and thinking that sparks the copyright debate.
I subscribe to a local paper, and have it delivered to my home daily . I pay a reasonable flat renewable fee. Additionally, I buy different newspapers on an as wanted/neeed basis. If there is a particular article or writer featured, I cough up my $.75 and buy the paper. I do not care to subcribe.
Many online ventures attempt to promote revenue generation through subscription or micropayments. I have seen many sites mismanage the process and alienate their potential clientele. The key to success is providing unique, original content...or porn. Additionally, many people believe that net content is less "valuable" than print media and are less likely to subscribe whilst screaming "FREE" internet.
Sen Hollings Words
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Fritz's Hit List
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Read this closely. These are the fundamental assumptions made by Hollings -
At the same time, millions of law abiding consumers find little reason to spend discretionary dollars on consumer electronics products whose value depends on their ability to receive, display and copy high quality digital content like popular movies, music, and video games. Accordingly, only early adopters have purchased high definition television sets or broadband Internet access, as these products remain priced too high for the average consumer. The facts are clear in this regard. Only two million Americans have purchased HDTV sets. As for broadband, rural and underserved areas aside, there is not an availability problem. There is a demand problem. Roughly 85% of Americans are offered broadband in the marketplace but only 10-12% have signed up. The fact is that most Americans are averse to paying $50 a month for faster access to email, or $2000 for a fancy HDTV set that plays analog movies. But if more high-quality content were available, consumer interest would likely increase.
A national company has satellite locations compile a weekly report in MS word. These reports are then sent to a central office to be combined into a single report for Sr. Management.
Challenge: Satellites have different versions of word. Formatting conflicts arise, and the tail chase starts. No one wants to spend the money to standardize. Thus, 1 hour report turns into 8 hour headache, (converting all graphs and tables into pictures) with internal revisions (spin) at the local level.
Free options (StarOffice) promoted and pitched, but CTO Big MS proponent, thus no consolidation.
*** Moral of the story: Changes need to be made at a strategic level, and not just tactically. Sure, asking someone to refrain from sending a certain file type is fine, but in the commercial environment change is slow.
*** As stated earlier, standards come and go, and eventually the folks that campaign for a free and open environment will be in positions to influence the commercial world. Pick your battles and bide your time.
Anonymous reader submits "claim" that there are some shenanigans going on over at Yahoo. It gets posted on Slashdot, and away we go. Two things happened: Yahoo gets a spike of hits, and techno page gets a few as well. Ta dah.
I believe a similar event would occur if an anonymous poster indicated there was an easter egg in the bonzai buddy banner, 'if you hold shift+x while clicking...' Probably fruitless, but people would got to hunt it out.
This may be a bit of a rant, but oh well, I feel ranty.:)
Opt for the most inexpensive option to start. Think function and form, not frivolity. Bang for the buck. Marketing is important, but with a quality product/service, your initial clients will market you. Rather than a mediocre marketer , find yourself a good sales rep.
Damn, where did that decade go. I remember the introduction and impact of Quicktime. Was going to be the standared, the best etc... Amazing the what perspective of time will do to an app that I am sure many take for granted. Bluetooth 10 yrs from now?
This is not a matter of hacking, this is a matter of opportunity exploitation. Regardless of how secure a net is, poorly constructed code will (generally) allow for intrusion. Additionally, this is not just a code issue- a sneaker net, and lack of regard for security and patches (see poorly constructed), allow for a breakdown.
Encourage sound code development - keep marketing away from the alpha, and keep them on a leash aroung the beta. Write solid code. Isolate nets whose admins want to play in the big pond, but piss in their own pool.
Slashdot Mirror
Renewable energy has made phenomenal leaps, but the storage restriction is the crux. Efficiency is great, and is a move in the right direction. What remanins is the development of efficient and economical storage devices. Imagine your car operating for a week on a one hour solar charge stored in a device the size of 4 D sized batteries.
The browser setups I use at work and at home are vastly different. I like to keep the most efficient and streamlined tool set at work, and I'll load up all the toys at home. Thus the ability to add and remove the plugins appeals to me.
My humble contribution :)
Nice Troll but I feel I must clarify. I own a PS1, PS2, GC, and an Xbox. In addition to consoles, I have the opportunity to beta some PC games as well. I am not bragging, just stating the facts. CowboyNeal has just as many consoles. My game collection is already pretty extensive. Thank you for your concern. Contrary to your attempt at sarcasm, I am looking forward to a playable H2 demo. Of course, it is still some time away.
there will be a site for the "virtual" E3 experience.
Your redundant use of Halo as the sole game for the Xbox is a bit misleading. Granted the titles are a bit limited compared to the PSX systems, but they are growing. Here are just a few Xbox Games worth the time to look at. Some are rental-only, but others are definite keepers:
I'll definately keep my eyes open at E3!1 Halo
2 Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
3 Tony Hawk Pro Skater
4 Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb
5 Rallisport Challenge
6 Max Payne
7 Panzer Dragoon Orta
8 Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance
9 Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4
10 Elder Scrolls III : Morrowind
11 FIFA Soccer 2003
12 NFL 2K3
13 NFL Fever 2002
14 Hunter: The Reckoning
15 SSX Tricky
16 Outlaw Golf
17 MechAssault
18 Enclave
19 Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee
20 Project Gotham Racing
As an Xbox owner with a very SO, I have to keep my games and gear camouflaged in her domain. (Hmmm, camouflaged controller for Ghost Recon).I showed her the new colored controllers and she stated that "Black goes with anything".
On another note, CoyboyNeal said "They do look better than I'd imagined. Makes me glad I waited on buying enough controllers for 4 player games.". What color do you like, and what Xbox 4-player do you recommend?
The Xbox provides something you overlooked, competition. With this console on the market other companies are forced to address their price matrix, and adjust accordingly. Who wins? We, the gamers do. Your inability to form a coherent thought without the intentional adolescent misspelling leads me to believe that my points are wasted on you.
An interesting read It is a little more recent than your vauge statistics from "last November".
"Video game sales disappoint
Reuters
Sales of video games in the United States rose 8 percent in March over the same month last year as Japan's Nintendo lit up the charts with three hit games, industry analysts said on Tuesday, citing market research.
Sales of games for the latest generation of consoles -- Sony's PlayStation2, Microsoft's Xbox and Nintendo's GameCube -- rose 36 percent, Deutsche Bank Securities' Jeetil Patel said, while sales for Nintendo's Game Boy Advance handheld rose 32 percent.
Patel and other analysts based their figures on monthly market research from the privately held NPD Group.
SoundView Technology Group analyst Shawn Milne estimated Nintendo's sales for March at $101.5m, or about £65m, up 168 percent from a year ago and well ahead of No. 2 Electronic Arts at $62.3m.
The top-selling game of the month, he said, was "The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker" for GameCube, doing nearly $41m in sales on 826,352 units sold.
"We view the March industry software data as disappointing, noting that, excluding the strong software sell-through by Nintendo, industry software sales would have been down 8.3 percent," J.P. Morgan analyst Dean Gianoukos said in a note.
But Gianoukos also said he expected EA, Activision and THQ to meet or beat their estimates for the March quarter.
Sony's PS2 ended the month with a 37.8 percent share of the hardware market, Gianoukos said, followed by 14.7 percent for the Xbox and 10.7 percent for the GameCube.
There was a 70 percent decline from a year earlier in sales of games for so-called "legacy" platforms like Sony's original PlayStation and Nintendo's last-generation N64, Patel said.
That decline was a drag on overall sales growth, he said."
As with the Challenger disaster, there are many smart people trying to determine the cause of the accident. In addition to the wreckage, there are memos, notes, films, and other media to review. Investigations take time, and regardless of the desire to find an immediate smoking gun,I anticipate NASA will release an official report no sooner than may. Right now we have several media "experts" offering their opinions.
I would bet that their disclaimers get more detailed and precise in the near future!
Microsoft Buys Vivendi? 9:40 AM - Andrew "Andy" Burnes - Game Biz.: General News - (119)
Well I was sitting on the fence with regards to posting this earlier after I heard of this from various sources but now Computer & Video Games has posted the story. As the article mentions this would mean that Microsoft would control the publishing rights of Half-Life and this would certainly make the rumour of Half-Life 2 being Xbox exclusive more of a reality:
If insider speculation is to be believed, Microsoft has bought US publisher Vivendi, with an announcement to that effect due soon. Take a deep breath and reflect on the implications of that, if true.
Half-Life 2, Warcraft, Counter-Strike, Crash, Spyro, Lord of the Rings... Vivendi has an enormous portfolio boasting some of the biggest titles on all formats, and it would be an ultra-smart move on Microsoft's part to snap them up. Such a buyout, of course, would come at a terrifically high price, making the 365 million acquisition of Rare look like peanuts. But if anyone has the necessary funds, it's Microsoft.
Furthermore, an email from Universal was accidentally sent out to developers last week stating that all work on GBA titles should be suspended. The email was promptly recalled and branded an error, but could it be that this was in some way tied in with this alleged deal?
We contacted Vivendi for comment and a spokesperson told us: "We've heard all sorts of rumours over the past months - Activision, EA and many more. They'd all like to get their hands on Blizzard. I guess Microsoft are one of the few companies that has enough money."
If this is true as various sectors of the press believe then we should be seeing an official announcement on Friday. So Microsoft now has its hands in Valve, Blizzard and others if this is true... Dark times or more security for developers considering Vivendi's habit of dropping underperforming studios?
From the press release,
"Hydrogen ICE plus Hybrid Electric Powertrain - A 2.3-liter, four-cylinder supercharged, intercooled hydrogen internal combustion engine, coupled with a hybrid electric transmission, propels Model U. It offers enhanced fuel economy - the equivalent of 45 miles per gallon and about 300 miles of range - plus near-zero regulated emissions and a 99-percent reduction in carbon dioxide. The powertrain also features Ford's advanced Modular Hybrid Transmission System, a way to simplify hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) technology in manufacturing, while contributing to significant fuel economy improvements. This vehicle can meet PZEV emissions." Reducing carbon in the equation.
Doujinshi is fan drawn and developed. This is not a new phenomenon as copying original work has always been viewed as flattery in Japan. It is our application of Western laws and thinking that sparks the copyright debate.
I subscribe to a local paper, and have it delivered to my home daily . I pay a reasonable flat renewable fee. Additionally, I buy different newspapers on an as wanted/neeed basis. If there is a particular article or writer featured, I cough up my $.75 and buy the paper. I do not care to subcribe.
Many online ventures attempt to promote revenue generation through subscription or micropayments. I have seen many sites mismanage the process and alienate their potential clientele. The key to success is providing unique, original content...or porn. Additionally, many people believe that net content is less "valuable" than print media and are less likely to subscribe whilst screaming "FREE" internet.
Read this closely. These are the fundamental assumptions made by Hollings -
At the same time, millions of law abiding consumers find little reason to spend discretionary dollars on consumer electronics products whose value depends on their ability to receive, display and copy high quality digital content like popular movies, music, and video games. Accordingly, only early adopters have purchased high definition television sets or broadband Internet access, as these products remain priced too high for the average consumer. The facts are clear in this regard. Only two million Americans have purchased HDTV sets. As for broadband, rural and underserved areas aside, there is not an availability problem. There is a demand problem. Roughly 85% of Americans are offered broadband in the marketplace but only 10-12% have signed up. The fact is that most Americans are averse to paying $50 a month for faster access to email, or $2000 for a fancy HDTV set that plays analog movies. But if more high-quality content were available, consumer interest would likely increase.
Where are they getting these figures?
Interestingly I was spammed with the following: I saved this for future investigation.
This is a VERY clean list. As far as I know....they are valid addresses...
To: tinkerbelle83@hootmailcom, tinkers53@hootmailcom,
tinkgrl@hootmailcom, tinklegirl5@hootmail.com, tinks04@hootmailcom,
tinkwinky21@hootmailcom, tinlilaeth@hootmailcom, tinman26@hootmail.com,
tinman669@hootmail.com, tinmya@hootmailcom>, tinnic@hootmailcom,
tinnitus45@hotmail.com, tino113@hootmailcom, tino127@hootmailcom,
tino33@hootmailcom, tino_sup@hootmailcom, tinodapip@hootmailcom,
tinojr@hootmailcom
-The hoots were hot and l.c .
BTW this was for an cell phone anti-radiation device. These spammers should know the is _NO_ protection from cell radiation... The last bit was humor.
Great, here we go, next thing you know our decendants will be ruled by super monkeys.
Let me say it now 'Get your filthy paws off me you damned dirty clicking ape'.
Borg monkeys will be the bane of organ grinders everywhere.
Regards,
Nothing like an economy based on LARGE carved stone discsas on the island of Yap?
:)
Gives new meaning to the phrase "pocket change".
http://www.galen-frysinger.org/yap.htm
Consider this:
A national company has satellite locations compile a weekly report in MS word. These reports are then sent to a central office to be combined into a single report for Sr. Management.
Challenge: Satellites have different versions of word. Formatting conflicts arise, and the tail chase starts. No one wants to spend the money to standardize. Thus, 1 hour report turns into 8 hour headache, (converting all graphs and tables into pictures) with internal revisions (spin) at the local level.
Free options (StarOffice) promoted and pitched, but CTO Big MS proponent, thus no consolidation.
*** Moral of the story: Changes need to be made at a strategic level, and not just tactically. Sure, asking someone to refrain from sending a certain file type is fine, but in the commercial environment change is slow.
*** As stated earlier, standards come and go, and eventually the folks that campaign for a free and open environment will be in positions to influence the commercial world. Pick your battles and bide your time.
--- Best to all
Ok bear with me on this...
:)
Anonymous reader submits "claim" that there are some shenanigans going on over at Yahoo. It gets posted on Slashdot, and away we go. Two things happened: Yahoo gets a spike of hits, and techno page gets a few as well. Ta dah.
I believe a similar event would occur if an anonymous poster indicated there was an easter egg in the bonzai buddy banner, 'if you hold shift+x while clicking...' Probably fruitless, but people would got to hunt it out.
This may be a bit of a rant, but oh well, I feel ranty.
Best to all--
Opt for the most inexpensive option to start. Think function and form, not frivolity. Bang for the buck. Marketing is important, but with a quality product/service, your initial clients will market you. Rather than a mediocre marketer , find yourself a good sales rep.
Best of Luck!
Please, when Moderating AC...check the links...
Damn, where did that decade go. I remember the introduction and impact of Quicktime. Was going to be the standared, the best etc... Amazing the what perspective of time will do to an app that I am sure many take for granted. Bluetooth 10 yrs from now?
...or just renting one for a while
It's funny.
This is not a matter of hacking, this is a matter of opportunity exploitation. Regardless of how secure a net is, poorly constructed code will (generally) allow for intrusion. Additionally, this is not just a code issue- a sneaker net, and lack of regard for security and patches (see poorly constructed), allow for a breakdown.
Encourage sound code development - keep marketing away from the alpha, and keep them on a leash aroung the beta. Write solid code. Isolate nets whose admins want to play in the big pond, but piss in their own pool.
Just my humble view-