Mostly true, but if you didn't watch season 3 you didn't see Galactica jump into the atmosphere of a planet begin free-falling like a rock, deploy Vipers while falling, and then jump back into outerspace. That was one of the coolest scenes in either series!
We can push over 100Mb/s over 5,000' of copper _today_ using the latest, already shipping DSL technology.
Your other points aside. It still requires that the copper plant is in decent shape, which for many areas out there it is not. Water penetrated, corroded, rotted insulation, undocumented bridge taps, squirrel chewed on, aging, weather beaten, copper line that can barely sustain a 1.5Mb/s connection isn't going to handle a 100Mb/s connection very well.
If you were able to pry a game port card from an AT format PC, it would likely be an ISA board, which no newer computer has had in awhile. A lot of computers/motherboards these days don't even come with even a PCI slot, just all PCI-X.
Which doesn't even mention that Windows 7 and up don't support the game port interface anyways.
USB to Game port adapters are your best bet if you have an old game port based controller. Or just buy a new USB based controller.
I hate to dim your ray of optimism, but AT&T pulled their thumb out last August. I'm on legacy AT&T DSL where they have been enforcing their 150GB caps since then, the moment you go over you get charged $10 for a bucket of 50GB. I've been charged $20 additonal in one month due to blowing past the first bucket and getting another one.
In my home it's Minecraft of PC's. Sure they play on the Android tablet and the iPad, but they would rather play on the laptops or desktops the client is more current/capable and they can do more. Both of our consoles (Wii and PS3) have been fairly well ignored now that my three boys all have their own Minecraft accounts. Well I take that back, they watch Minecraft videos from YouTube on the PS3, while playing Minecraft on the laptops. We even got Disney Infinity for the PS3 and that's been pretty well ignored after 3 days of initial play.
Customers wanted and expected what they had in the old Wii with 1280p HD and a boost in processing power and got the Wii U.
Nintendo totally ignored the social aspect they created with the Wii. They went from a system where it was cheap enough to buy 4 controllers; so 4 people could play at a time to a system where it's just too expensive to have multiple players. Potential customers look at the Wii U as if it's essentially an expensive one player system, and just decide to keep playing the old Wii. In other words, they made a system that no one was asking for and even worse no one wanted in the Wii U.
While many of the/. crowd might consider paying more to get what they want, (and reread what I posted I didn't say better game selection and quality, I said the "quality is there" i.e. they must be comparable at least to what is offered on the other consoles), the majority of the market out there will continue with the brands they are comfortable and familiar.
For this to succeed in the marketplace over the already entrenched incumbents, then yes this is what I think they need to do. IMHO, YMMV, yada-yada-yada...
If the price for the console is right (read reasonably less than the competition), the hardware isn't lame (no red ring of deaths, no overheating, good controllers), the game selection is there (fps, rpg, fighting (Tekken et al), etc) and game quality (no horrible control layouts, stuttering, lousy gameplay); I believe they have a shot, now, before the new consoles get established in the market.
The ability to upgrade the console and have a better experience sooner than the competition certainly will be draw, as well.
I know Leo Laporte in the past has mentioned he needs more battery on the iPhone and loves and uses Mophie Juice Packs. So not "every one" is an Android user.
You do realize copper is slang for the unshielded copper pairs that phone companies use and cable is slang for shielded coaxial cable that cable companies use?
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Mostly true, but if you didn't watch season 3 you didn't see Galactica jump into the atmosphere of a planet begin free-falling like a rock, deploy Vipers while falling, and then jump back into outerspace. That was one of the coolest scenes in either series!
LG G3/G4 http://www.lg.com/us/mobile-ph... is one. I moved from a S3 last December to a G3, it's been a great replacement so far.
The whole ground assault on Hoth in The Empire Strikes Back was to take out the shield generator. Which one of the AT-AT's finally accomplishes.
Droideka's had visible shields.
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki...
The double radar domes on top of the Star Destroyers are their shield generators.
https://www.google.com/search?...
It's not static, but they do hand out IPv6 IP's.
This 5-digit thought it was smirk worthy, maybe not outright LOL, but definitely smirk worthy.
We can push over 100Mb/s over 5,000' of copper _today_ using the latest, already shipping DSL technology.
Your other points aside. It still requires that the copper plant is in decent shape, which for many areas out there it is not. Water penetrated, corroded, rotted insulation, undocumented bridge taps, squirrel chewed on, aging, weather beaten, copper line that can barely sustain a 1.5Mb/s connection isn't going to handle a 100Mb/s connection very well.
You just have decent top level priorities. Latin and French? Two dead languages. Why would anybody bother?
I think France, Canada (namely Quebec), and many other countries in Europe, and Africa, might have an alternate viewpoint.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L...
If you were able to pry a game port card from an AT format PC, it would likely be an ISA board, which no newer computer has had in awhile. A lot of computers/motherboards these days don't even come with even a PCI slot, just all PCI-X.
Which doesn't even mention that Windows 7 and up don't support the game port interface anyways.
USB to Game port adapters are your best bet if you have an old game port based controller. Or just buy a new USB based controller.
I hate to dim your ray of optimism, but AT&T pulled their thumb out last August. I'm on legacy AT&T DSL where they have been enforcing their 150GB caps since then, the moment you go over you get charged $10 for a bucket of 50GB. I've been charged $20 additonal in one month due to blowing past the first bucket and getting another one.
This isn't living, this is getting by or making the best of a bad situation, but it isn't living.
In my home it's Minecraft of PC's. Sure they play on the Android tablet and the iPad, but they would rather play on the laptops or desktops the client is more current/capable and they can do more. Both of our consoles (Wii and PS3) have been fairly well ignored now that my three boys all have their own Minecraft accounts. Well I take that back, they watch Minecraft videos from YouTube on the PS3, while playing Minecraft on the laptops. We even got Disney Infinity for the PS3 and that's been pretty well ignored after 3 days of initial play.
Customers wanted and expected what they had in the old Wii with 1280p HD and a boost in processing power and got the Wii U.
Nintendo totally ignored the social aspect they created with the Wii. They went from a system where it was cheap enough to buy 4 controllers; so 4 people could play at a time to a system where it's just too expensive to have multiple players. Potential customers look at the Wii U as if it's essentially an expensive one player system, and just decide to keep playing the old Wii. In other words, they made a system that no one was asking for and even worse no one wanted in the Wii U.
IMO, if Nintendo wants to recover make a Wii HD.
n/t
Perhaps, because it is still primarily a content consumption device and not a content creation device.
While many of the /. crowd might consider paying more to get what they want, (and reread what I posted I didn't say better game selection and quality, I said the "quality is there" i.e. they must be comparable at least to what is offered on the other consoles), the majority of the market out there will continue with the brands they are comfortable and familiar.
For this to succeed in the marketplace over the already entrenched incumbents, then yes this is what I think they need to do. IMHO, YMMV, yada-yada-yada...
I have a copy I've been trying to read for the last ten years. I keep putting it down to read other more interesting books.
If the price for the console is right (read reasonably less than the competition), the hardware isn't lame (no red ring of deaths, no overheating, good controllers), the game selection is there (fps, rpg, fighting (Tekken et al), etc) and game quality (no horrible control layouts, stuttering, lousy gameplay); I believe they have a shot, now, before the new consoles get established in the market. The ability to upgrade the console and have a better experience sooner than the competition certainly will be draw, as well.
+1
Why wait until April Fool's day? Probably be one before the weekend.
I know Leo Laporte in the past has mentioned he needs more battery on the iPhone and loves and uses Mophie Juice Packs. So not "every one" is an Android user.
PCS stands for Personal Communication Service. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Communications_Service
I don't think "peace" means, what you think it means.
You do realize copper is slang for the unshielded copper pairs that phone companies use and cable is slang for shielded coaxial cable that cable companies use?