/rolleyes @ his self-important 5-paragraph intro into a most likely made up story of him getting stopped at an airport in a thinly-veiled way of saying he owns a Macbook Air.
I was responding to someone who was also using personal anecdote as their sample size. Then again, this is Slashdot, so it really doesn't matter. Vista works for me so I chose to direct my nerd-rage at things that DON'T work for me.
Wow, I run Vista and have NONE of those problems. Sounds like a shitty install, or shitty hardware, or shitty IT. I've got Vista on my laptop and home PC, so does my roommate. Funny how none of us have had a single problem with it.
I bought the PSP as soon as I saw what all it could do with the homebrew. It is hands-down the absolute best portable emulator for all your old console games. I couldn't care less about the games or UMDs that are out for it (except for Lumines I/II and Mercury), as I don't have the time to wait for the slow ass UMDs to load up so I can play for 5-10 minutes at a time. (Damn you Lumines, you are the only exception! Thank god I've copied you to flash though!)
Sony has the resources to keep the PSP afloat and throwing enough crap at the wall until enough of it sticks with the gaming community that it becomes fairly profitable. I'm not a Sony Fanboy, I own all modern consoles and portable devices, but the PSP is a really nice device, but ironically, for me, it's not for their games or movies.
You may want to contact Adobe! There is a feature in their "Photoshop" program that will allow you to create naked celebrities! This product is available for Our Children to purchase with no age restrictions.
I didn't realize this game was still around and recognized by EA. I was aware of the emulators and such, but had no idea that it was still being officially run. Everquest is coming up on a decade in a couple of years, too I believe.
If I recall, Sony has stated a few times recently that they are looking at embracing homebrew (in one form or another). (fingers crossed)
Another thing Sony and Apple have to make a best-effort to do is protect the consumer from screwing up the iPhone/PSP unknowingly. The TIFF buffer-overrun is a good example. There was a certain TIFF that would brick your PSP if you used it. I'm sure they don't want to have to deal with holes like that with their standard firmware, as they have to protect their assests at some level.
I've personally got a hacked PSP firmware, and am waiting for the iPod touch to be jailbroken, but I do understand that companies are companies to make money.
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I don't think the ads are that bad, personally. It's to the point that you will have to accept them just like TV commercials, so save the nerd rage for other things, IMO.
I'll buy that. But he cites $100 for XBL. He didn't have to pay for 2 years of it to make his XBOX "playable". I think it's $7.50/mo or something. The wireless headset is not a requirement and neither was the wireless adapter. The $399 package he bought provided the wired headset and network cable. (Surprised he didn't lump in his ISP cost in his figure). Needing wireless is a preference, not a requirement for playability.
With the exception of you citing the $150 repair fee, all that other stuff is completely optional to make your XBOX "playable". You might as well have included the gas it took you to drive to Best Buy and your electricity bill to make the number even more meaningless.
This is a slightly off-topic response, but relevant to the commentary I've read so far:
When I was 14, I wanted to be a game developer. This was 15 years ago during the 8-bit/16-bit era where things were much more simple. I'd written a few sprite-based proof-of-concept "games" and it was fun. I didn't bank my future on it though. I'd say that there is/was some value in what I DID learn on my own to get where I am now. I don't think that these diplomma mills who are cashing in on unwitting youths is a help, but I do not see the need of discouraging kids who want to pick up a hobby on their summer vacations and learning the basics of how coding works. All this "useless" knowledge ended up being applied in the real world. Simple boolean logic, loops, variables, etc are all good skills to possess and are pretty much a requirement in the corporate world to some degree. Take your run-of-the-mill Excel junky, any kid out there could probably write the macros and VBA behind it.
At the age of 29, any sort of desire to become a game developer has left my, but I've retained relevant skills that I learned from countless days of programming over the summer and having fun learning. Maybe that's a deviation from the norm, but when you can learn something and have fun because it's a hobby and apply it to a "real job" later in life, I don't see that as a bad thing.
Break's over, I've got to get back to tightening up the macros on Workbook 3.
I have to call BS. Wouldn't recognize the Wireless NIC? Blame the OEM, not MS. I've not had any problems with wireless in Vista. Or did you install some off-brand NIC after?
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/rolleyes @ his self-important 5-paragraph intro into a most likely made up story of him getting stopped at an airport in a thinly-veiled way of saying he owns a Macbook Air.
I don't see the point of this at all.
Take your kid outside and stop showing her your "GNOME".
Care to provide a link to your 90% statistic?
I was thinking this, too. I thought Blu-Ray was already in the higher-end Sony laptops. Could have sworn I saw them last time I was in Best Buy.
Users don't give a crap if a page is friggin standards-compliant and a green or red icon would be of benefit to nobody except the nerds on this site.
I was responding to someone who was also using personal anecdote as their sample size. Then again, this is Slashdot, so it really doesn't matter. Vista works for me so I chose to direct my nerd-rage at things that DON'T work for me.
Wow, I run Vista and have NONE of those problems. Sounds like a shitty install, or shitty hardware, or shitty IT. I've got Vista on my laptop and home PC, so does my roommate. Funny how none of us have had a single problem with it.
Too late, why? Because you, the minority, run MythTV and MCE in a Virtual Machine instance? Bravo! You are not the target audience!
Pick up Super Smash Brothers.
I bought the PSP as soon as I saw what all it could do with the homebrew. It is hands-down the absolute best portable emulator for all your old console games. I couldn't care less about the games or UMDs that are out for it (except for Lumines I/II and Mercury), as I don't have the time to wait for the slow ass UMDs to load up so I can play for 5-10 minutes at a time. (Damn you Lumines, you are the only exception! Thank god I've copied you to flash though!)
Sony has the resources to keep the PSP afloat and throwing enough crap at the wall until enough of it sticks with the gaming community that it becomes fairly profitable. I'm not a Sony Fanboy, I own all modern consoles and portable devices, but the PSP is a really nice device, but ironically, for me, it's not for their games or movies.
You may want to contact Adobe! There is a feature in their "Photoshop" program that will allow you to create naked celebrities! This product is available for Our Children to purchase with no age restrictions.
Because Active Desktop caught on so well.......
Where?
Where I live, Blockbuster doesn't rent out Blu-Ray discs. (Wish they would)
I didn't realize this game was still around and recognized by EA. I was aware of the emulators and such, but had no idea that it was still being officially run. Everquest is coming up on a decade in a couple of years, too I believe.
If I recall, Sony has stated a few times recently that they are looking at embracing homebrew (in one form or another). (fingers crossed)
Another thing Sony and Apple have to make a best-effort to do is protect the consumer from screwing up the iPhone/PSP unknowingly. The TIFF buffer-overrun is a good example. There was a certain TIFF that would brick your PSP if you used it. I'm sure they don't want to have to deal with holes like that with their standard firmware, as they have to protect their assests at some level.
I've personally got a hacked PSP firmware, and am waiting for the iPod touch to be jailbroken, but I do understand that companies are companies to make money.
You need to get laid.
I don't think the ads are that bad, personally. It's to the point that you will have to accept them just like TV commercials, so save the nerd rage for other things, IMO.
I'll buy that. But he cites $100 for XBL. He didn't have to pay for 2 years of it to make his XBOX "playable". I think it's $7.50/mo or something. The wireless headset is not a requirement and neither was the wireless adapter. The $399 package he bought provided the wired headset and network cable. (Surprised he didn't lump in his ISP cost in his figure). Needing wireless is a preference, not a requirement for playability.
$860 to make my XBOX playable.
With the exception of you citing the $150 repair fee, all that other stuff is completely optional to make your XBOX "playable". You might as well have included the gas it took you to drive to Best Buy and your electricity bill to make the number even more meaningless.
That's how they all start. Report back to us in 6 months.
This is a slightly off-topic response, but relevant to the commentary I've read so far:
When I was 14, I wanted to be a game developer. This was 15 years ago during the 8-bit/16-bit era where things were much more simple. I'd written a few sprite-based proof-of-concept "games" and it was fun. I didn't bank my future on it though. I'd say that there is/was some value in what I DID learn on my own to get where I am now. I don't think that these diplomma mills who are cashing in on unwitting youths is a help, but I do not see the need of discouraging kids who want to pick up a hobby on their summer vacations and learning the basics of how coding works. All this "useless" knowledge ended up being applied in the real world. Simple boolean logic, loops, variables, etc are all good skills to possess and are pretty much a requirement in the corporate world to some degree. Take your run-of-the-mill Excel junky, any kid out there could probably write the macros and VBA behind it.
At the age of 29, any sort of desire to become a game developer has left my, but I've retained relevant skills that I learned from countless days of programming over the summer and having fun learning. Maybe that's a deviation from the norm, but when you can learn something and have fun because it's a hobby and apply it to a "real job" later in life, I don't see that as a bad thing.
Break's over, I've got to get back to tightening up the macros on Workbook 3.
Do you work for Comcast?
I have to call BS. Wouldn't recognize the Wireless NIC? Blame the OEM, not MS. I've not had any problems with wireless in Vista. Or did you install some off-brand NIC after?