Poof MS is gone.. never existed. Now, if there is something still sitting on your desk that resembles a pc, it's probably loaded with something much better than what MS has strangled the industry with for the last decade plus. Since the IT industry was not held back by their shenanagins, there is a very high chance that some form of Unix flourished and moved forward.
And just how, pray tell, does allowing my system to do something that it wouldn't otherwise do (legally), constitute putting shackles on it, and taking away any freedoms whatsoever? It would seem to me, that having a *choice* to do something that _other_ system does would be a Good Thing(tm) in this case. If you don't want it on your system, just don't install it. Choice is good.. ala the ability to install what you want rather than what some corp deems you must. I'm all for choice, but it's certainly not your place to be telling me, or anybody else, what they should, or should not desire on their system.
I don't know.. sometimes the movie previews are the best part.. you get to the the best 5 minutes of the movie without having to sit through the whole thing hehe.
Good point there... if they put the price of that down, it would make a BIG difference... at least to me. It's a real turnoff to think about spending $20+ on refreshments when you know it all cost them less than $1. Huge scam going there.
"on a related note, that 0-byte dvd would still make for better viewing than any of this summer's releases..."
Ain't that the truth. The only DVD I'm looking forward to being released this year is Animusic 2:D. Maybe they'll release the re-master Cosmos series after it airs. I'd get that also.
"Then again, I'm just one Slashdot troll, odds are my buying habits are not normal."
Don't know about "normal", but you're not alone. Sounds just like my buying habits. Now my DVD collection is not huge, but I gladly pay for what I like.
They can spend all they want. As long as the movie is viewable in some form, it can be captured. Even if they were to come out with the ultimate gee-whiz uncrackable encryption, all it takes is somebody to rig up their hdtv setup with a high def camcorder, and it's all over. It's not even a fair fight, because it's one that absolutely impossible for them to win... kinda like trying to keep people from snagging a picture off the 'net. No matter what you do to try and protect it, there are ways around it.
There are a lot of rumors and reports about terrible copy protection in Vista, whether it's this or allowing only 'approved' monitors and the simplest solution is to switch to Linux."
And this is the simplest solution to what problem, specifically (I'm guessing ripping cd's, but you mentioned monitors so you confused me)? As much as I love Linux, it too, will have the same copy protection brought to it, and require the same 'approved' monitors that Vista will in order to watch protected content. Sure, cracks will appear that will allow viewing of content.. among other methods of aquiring said content, but I'm not discussing pirate activities as those same methods will also be available to Windows users, probably before it's available to us, so there's no benefit gained. Simply stated, in order to view protected content *legitimately* in Linux, it will have to support DRM, and all required hardware in order to operate correctly. Hell, most distros still require you to aquire mp3 codecs from a 3rd party due to licensing issues. I promise you won't see ways to get around DRM and such in out of the box installs.
"When you switch back to Debian unstable and modularized X.org goes in, remember this: All the hard work and all the breaking was done first in ubuntu, because they actually developed its integration in a debian-like distro and debian will just use Ubuntu's work (they're more or less the same developers after all). If Debian sid had done that job instead of Ubuntu, it'd had been sid who would have been broken."
Hmm, how strange it is, then, that Debian has had XOrg packages since July, and they are working fine, if the Ubuntu crew are doing all the work and it is still broken there. When Xorg went into Sid, it worked and didn't break anything that I saw, and it certainly is not broken atm.
I could really give a flying fuck how much it costs, but it's not a $20 item. The main point of people problem is that the unit without the hd creates a situation where the game devs can not create the games on the same level as they could if there was a hd in every unit. The "core" unit should have been, console, wired controller, hd, $340ish price. Either that, or tell the game devs that if their game needs the hd for advanced features, to put a "Hard Drive Required" sticker on the box instead of telling them to write games as if the hd isn't there. As it is, few devs are now going to make enhanced features in their games.
"if you're not an FPS fanatic, there's not much on the xBox 360 to interest you"
Except things like Oblivion and PGR3? I could care less about FPS's *other* than Halo. I use my XBox mostly for racing games and RPG's. I do not care for the new style jap-rpg's, so I play old school on my psx if I want that (no, I don't have a ps2, nor do I want one).
And for a marketing ploy, they essentially killed any enhanced usefulness that the hdd could have provided. Now few devs will go the extra mile to service us, the true gamers, as it will be quicker to get games out for the lowest common denominator. Say goodbye to perpetual world damage, enhanced load times, etc.
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So you're saying that you don't have a problem with the fact that MS released a bundle geared towards less discriminating users, and as such, have created a situation for the game dev to cater to that lowest common denominator? There is now no real incentive for them to utilize the hdd to it's fullest, as it is not a component that is present in all machines. This irks me to no end.
I despise MS, but I love the XBox.. yes, it's a quandry for me. This gives me added reason to despise MS as they seem dead set on killing the one thing they make that I like : .
Actually back in the day, there were browsers for download on bbs's and cd's included with the OS or sitting on the checkout counter at your local compumart that included lots of little goodies including browsers. Too bad kids these days are too young to remember, and therefore assume that there is simply no other way.
It may be a cookie-cutter unit, but the ingredients to make this particular cookie are expensive indeed. Rather, I should say, when you find a triple core PowerPC processor computer, with a next gen (not currently available) GPU available at Wally World for $299, let us all know, cause we'll ALL be there.
This thing literally smokes any pc or mac made today.
Course the $400 console would totally waste anything you could get from any pc maker, much less Dell, much less their value models, and given that you obviously already have a computer, I don't see your point.
I kinda like the thought that my console is a super computer.
"Given that the price per gigabyte these days is down to around $0.48USD for the largest models, I wouldn't want to pay more than $10 for a 20GB hard drive."
You've obviously not priced small form factor drives lately... or ever.
The wireless controller comes with a cord, and will give you ample warning that it's time to plug in for a recharge.. which can be done seamlessly while still playing your game.
Seeing how a standard 3.5" form factor hd will NOT fit into the space the small form factor drive will go in, no. Unless you've got some 2.5" or 1.8" form factor drives (I'm not sure which it is..) it's kinda pointless to complain about that. Oh, btw, this size drive is NOT cheap.
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Poof MS is gone.. never existed. Now, if there is something still sitting on your desk that resembles a pc, it's probably loaded with something much better than what MS has strangled the industry with for the last decade plus. Since the IT industry was not held back by their shenanagins, there is a very high chance that some form of Unix flourished and moved forward.
And just how, pray tell, does allowing my system to do something that it wouldn't otherwise do (legally), constitute putting shackles on it, and taking away any freedoms whatsoever? It would seem to me, that having a *choice* to do something that _other_ system does would be a Good Thing(tm) in this case. If you don't want it on your system, just don't install it. Choice is good.. ala the ability to install what you want rather than what some corp deems you must. I'm all for choice, but it's certainly not your place to be telling me, or anybody else, what they should, or should not desire on their system.
"an 8' pine 2x4 is an 8' pine 2x4"
I'll just take that as a sign of a lack of familiarity with building materials.
I don't know.. sometimes the movie previews are the best part.. you get to the the best 5 minutes of the movie without having to sit through the whole thing hehe.
Good point there... if they put the price of that down, it would make a BIG difference... at least to me. It's a real turnoff to think about spending $20+ on refreshments when you know it all cost them less than $1. Huge scam going there.
LOL! :)
:D. Maybe they'll release the re-master Cosmos series after it airs. I'd get that also.
"on a related note, that 0-byte dvd would still make for better viewing than any of this summer's releases..."
Ain't that the truth. The only DVD I'm looking forward to being released this year is Animusic 2
"Then again, I'm just one Slashdot troll, odds are my buying habits are not normal."
Don't know about "normal", but you're not alone. Sounds just like my buying habits. Now my DVD collection is not huge, but I gladly pay for what I like.
They can spend all they want. As long as the movie is viewable in some form, it can be captured. Even if they were to come out with the ultimate gee-whiz uncrackable encryption, all it takes is somebody to rig up their hdtv setup with a high def camcorder, and it's all over. It's not even a fair fight, because it's one that absolutely impossible for them to win... kinda like trying to keep people from snagging a picture off the 'net. No matter what you do to try and protect it, there are ways around it.
" Time to switch to linux!!!
There are a lot of rumors and reports about terrible copy protection in Vista, whether it's this or allowing only 'approved' monitors and the simplest solution is to switch to Linux."
And this is the simplest solution to what problem, specifically (I'm guessing ripping cd's, but you mentioned monitors so you confused me)? As much as I love Linux, it too, will have the same copy protection brought to it, and require the same 'approved' monitors that Vista will in order to watch protected content. Sure, cracks will appear that will allow viewing of content.. among other methods of aquiring said content, but I'm not discussing pirate activities as those same methods will also be available to Windows users, probably before it's available to us, so there's no benefit gained. Simply stated, in order to view protected content *legitimately* in Linux, it will have to support DRM, and all required hardware in order to operate correctly. Hell, most distros still require you to aquire mp3 codecs from a 3rd party due to licensing issues. I promise you won't see ways to get around DRM and such in out of the box installs.
"When you switch back to Debian unstable and modularized X.org goes in, remember this: All the hard work and all the breaking was done first in ubuntu, because they actually developed its integration in a debian-like distro and debian will just use Ubuntu's work (they're more or less the same developers after all). If Debian sid had done that job instead of Ubuntu, it'd had been sid who would have been broken."
Hmm, how strange it is, then, that Debian has had XOrg packages since July, and they are working fine, if the Ubuntu crew are doing all the work and it is still broken there. When Xorg went into Sid, it worked and didn't break anything that I saw, and it certainly is not broken atm.
You gotta love their disclaimer...
"unless an undue burden would be imposed on us"
Who, exactly, decides what is an "undue burden" and what is their criteria for deeming it so?
Damnit already. I wish people would stop the moaning about the price of the hd already. The closest thing I've seen to it is $94.50 at newegg.2 E16822161304
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N8
I could really give a flying fuck how much it costs, but it's not a $20 item. The main point of people problem is that the unit without the hd creates a situation where the game devs can not create the games on the same level as they could if there was a hd in every unit. The "core" unit should have been, console, wired controller, hd, $340ish price. Either that, or tell the game devs that if their game needs the hd for advanced features, to put a "Hard Drive Required" sticker on the box instead of telling them to write games as if the hd isn't there. As it is, few devs are now going to make enhanced features in their games.
"if you're not an FPS fanatic, there's not much on the xBox 360 to interest you"
Except things like Oblivion and PGR3? I could care less about FPS's *other* than Halo. I use my XBox mostly for racing games and RPG's. I do not care for the new style jap-rpg's, so I play old school on my psx if I want that (no, I don't have a ps2, nor do I want one).
And for a marketing ploy, they essentially killed any enhanced usefulness that the hdd could have provided. Now few devs will go the extra mile to service us, the true gamers, as it will be quicker to get games out for the lowest common denominator. Say goodbye to perpetual world damage, enhanced load times, etc.
So you're saying that you don't have a problem with the fact that MS released a bundle geared towards less discriminating users, and as such, have created a situation for the game dev to cater to that lowest common denominator? There is now no real incentive for them to utilize the hdd to it's fullest, as it is not a component that is present in all machines. This irks me to no end.
I despise MS, but I love the XBox.. yes, it's a quandry for me. This gives me added reason to despise MS as they seem dead set on killing the one thing they make that I like : .
Actually back in the day, there were browsers for download on bbs's and cd's included with the OS or sitting on the checkout counter at your local compumart that included lots of little goodies including browsers. Too bad kids these days are too young to remember, and therefore assume that there is simply no other way.
I got no problem buying my "toys" from MS. They make good toys. I don't trust them with my pc so I keep 'em outta there, but they can make my toys.
It may be a cookie-cutter unit, but the ingredients to make this particular cookie are expensive indeed. Rather, I should say, when you find a triple core PowerPC processor computer, with a next gen (not currently available) GPU available at Wally World for $299, let us all know, cause we'll ALL be there.
This thing literally smokes any pc or mac made today.
Course the $400 console would totally waste anything you could get from any pc maker, much less Dell, much less their value models, and given that you obviously already have a computer, I don't see your point.
I kinda like the thought that my console is a super computer.
"Given that the price per gigabyte these days is down to around $0.48USD for the largest models, I wouldn't want to pay more than $10 for a 20GB hard drive."
You've obviously not priced small form factor drives lately... or ever.
The wireless controller comes with a cord, and will give you ample warning that it's time to plug in for a recharge.. which can be done seamlessly while still playing your game.
For $100 I call it a deal. Small form factor drives are not cheap. A 60GB 1.8" is $200ish.
Seeing how a standard 3.5" form factor hd will NOT fit into the space the small form factor drive will go in, no. Unless you've got some 2.5" or 1.8" form factor drives (I'm not sure which it is..) it's kinda pointless to complain about that. Oh, btw, this size drive is NOT cheap.
You just don't get it. The hd looks to be either a 2.5" or 1.8" form factor. You most certainly won't find one of those for $30.
I find it funny that alot of you people actually think these are standard sized pc hard drives.
Newsflash: They're not.