Isn't Molyneux' "The Movies" going to cater for this? It _appears_ you will be able to direct any kind of film, including the much coveted more adult-oriented type. Mind the heavy stress on "appears" though.
And now that I come (har har) to think of it, didn't Codemasters once say they had a similar thing in the works?
Yes, but the problem with BT for users like me is that my ISP has capped my upload severely. I'm at 1Gig/month, and if I ever cross that line I'm thrown on smallband speeds.
So, although transparency is interesting, it would require me to keep a close eye on my uploads, whereas with regular downloading (and no "sharing" with others, ie uploading to other downloaders) I will normally have no problems with my ISP.
Actually I don't care, but I can see that playing the good guy and being able to take the law into your own hands is worse than just being the bad guy and doing bad things. In a videogame.
I mean, if the character's labelled as a bad guy, whatever he does is "bad". If he's a good guy, everything he does is "good", even if it means shooting innocent people, shoving police batons up people's arses and what not.
If the games sell well, there's no need to worry about decreasing console sales, is there?
An article none too well done, I'd say. Everyone knows that money isn't made by selling consoles an sich, but by selling the games that run on them.
The article makes it appear as if that analyst has been studying graphs, without taking into account any external factors. Now that I come to think of it, it is very much possible he did just that, and drew some silly conclusions out of it.
Our company sells the solutions developed by ICMS Group. They've come up with a solution to the growing problem of data management.
The idea is to "attach" qualifiers to data, so that the data doesn't have to be ordered in a hierarchical way. The data is looked for dynamically, as the system creates a tree structure on the fly, based on the qualifiers the user has attached to the data.
Example:
A novel on the history of mathematics would by one user be stored in the folder "History" and another user would look for it in "Science".
The ICMS solution lets the user attach "History", "Science" and "Novel" to the book, so that he himself (and other users) can find the book by looking in the folder "History" AND/OR "Novel" AND/OR "Science".
Neat eh?
(If you're interested in buying anything from them, contact me at mathieu.dhondt at quatris.be - I'll give you a discount).
Don't forget about Datel's Region X (to be slotted in the memory card slot, and hey presto: region free DVD play and the "green-screen" fixed as well).
Apparently, you don't understand a thing about the European Commission, or about regulatory organs in general (let alone about its purpose). It's completely unlike what some, despite enormous evidence to the contrary, prefer to call "the best government in the world".
The EC's Competition DG (Directorate General) has only one goal, and that is to give the consumer the largest freedom of choice possible. Therefore, they investigate possible abuse of monopolies. Be that Bill Gates, Bernie Ecclestone, Interbrew or whatever.
And yes, this entails that word that all Americans (for no rational reason) fear: government regulation. Why? Because it is necessary to regulate. Letting businesses do whatever they want will lead to the excesses as demonstrated by Microsoft. It is <B>not</B> by letting the corporations go their way, without any governmental control, that you will be able to preserve the consumer's freedom of choice. You <I>need</I> regulation to come upon a healthy business climate and ultimately, economy.
Suddenly, because it's "them Euro weenies" having a look at one of the most ruthless companies in the world, you no longer have sympathy. Good, because we have lost sympathy for your government a long, long time ago. We're even now...
From the same article (http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_ 1516000/1516753.stm)
In a statement, the European Commission said its latest investigation "adds a new dimension to the Commission's concerns that Microsoft's actions may harm innovation and restrict choice for consumers".
This means that the Commission is not only investigating Media Player bundling, but that this element is part of a larger investigation, something there's frequently talk of.
Drifting off topic...
So George W. Bush is the greatest president in the world? Thanks, I'd rather be a Euro-weenie than believe that.
In any case: the investigation is based on another aspect of MS' practices. This could give completely different results. (Btw, the Euro Commission is tough on companies behaving badly. Really tough.)
Yesterday there was an interesting link here (too lazy, sorry) to an editorial claiming the bundling should in fact not be the focus. Instead, researching the abuse of the power MS has over OEM's would be far more interesting and result-yielding..
One of the exclusives is supposed to be Namco's Dead To Rights, a game already under development for the PS2. Very exclusive indeed. I really hate those straight-faced, blatantly misinforming PR suits.
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Yes, but the update will also be downloaded from Live when you connect...
Copy protection for something that hasn't hit the market yet.
Isn't Molyneux' "The Movies" going to cater for this? It _appears_ you will be able to direct any kind of film, including the much coveted more adult-oriented type. Mind the heavy stress on "appears" though.
And now that I come (har har) to think of it, didn't Codemasters once say they had a similar thing in the works?
I would LOVE to have a GTA where everything was real. Have a look at "The Getaway" then.
Yes, but the problem with BT for users like me is that my ISP has capped my upload severely. I'm at 1Gig/month, and if I ever cross that line I'm thrown on smallband speeds. So, although transparency is interesting, it would require me to keep a close eye on my uploads, whereas with regular downloading (and no "sharing" with others, ie uploading to other downloaders) I will normally have no problems with my ISP.
Mod chips and Live! don't go together, it is said.
You don't have a good eye for languages if you think the post was written in Dutch.
That title made me think of something entirely different.
Actually I don't care, but I can see that playing the good guy and being able to take the law into your own hands is worse than just being the bad guy and doing bad things. In a videogame.
I mean, if the character's labelled as a bad guy, whatever he does is "bad". If he's a good guy, everything he does is "good", even if it means shooting innocent people, shoving police batons up people's arses and what not.
An article none too well done, I'd say. Everyone knows that money isn't made by selling consoles an sich, but by selling the games that run on them.
The article makes it appear as if that analyst has been studying graphs, without taking into account any external factors. Now that I come to think of it, it is very much possible he did just that, and drew some silly conclusions out of it.
The idea is to "attach" qualifiers to data, so that the data doesn't have to be ordered in a hierarchical way. The data is looked for dynamically, as the system creates a tree structure on the fly, based on the qualifiers the user has attached to the data.
Example: A novel on the history of mathematics would by one user be stored in the folder "History" and another user would look for it in "Science". The ICMS solution lets the user attach "History", "Science" and "Novel" to the book, so that he himself (and other users) can find the book by looking in the folder "History" AND/OR "Novel" AND/OR "Science".
Neat eh?
(If you're interested in buying anything from them, contact me at mathieu.dhondt at quatris.be - I'll give you a discount).
Don't forget about Datel's Region X (to be slotted in the memory card slot, and hey presto: region free DVD play and the "green-screen" fixed as well).
Apparently, you don't understand a thing about the European Commission, or about regulatory organs in general (let alone about its purpose). It's completely unlike what some, despite enormous evidence to the contrary, prefer to call "the best government in the world".
The EC's Competition DG (Directorate General) has only one goal, and that is to give the consumer the largest freedom of choice possible. Therefore, they investigate possible abuse of monopolies. Be that Bill Gates, Bernie Ecclestone, Interbrew or whatever.
And yes, this entails that word that all Americans (for no rational reason) fear: government regulation. Why? Because it is necessary to regulate. Letting businesses do whatever they want will lead to the excesses as demonstrated by Microsoft. It is <B>not</B> by letting the corporations go their way, without any governmental control, that you will be able to preserve the consumer's freedom of choice. You <I>need</I> regulation to come upon a healthy business climate and ultimately, economy.
Suddenly, because it's "them Euro weenies" having a look at one of the most ruthless companies in the world, you no longer have sympathy. Good, because we have lost sympathy for your government a long, long time ago. We're even now...
From the same article (http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_ 1516000/1516753.stm)
In a statement, the European Commission said its latest investigation "adds a new dimension to the Commission's concerns that Microsoft's actions may harm innovation and restrict choice for consumers".
This means that the Commission is not only investigating Media Player bundling, but that this element is part of a larger investigation, something there's frequently talk of.
Drifting off topic...
So George W. Bush is the greatest president in the world? Thanks, I'd rather be a Euro-weenie than believe that.
In any case: the investigation is based on another aspect of MS' practices. This could give completely different results. (Btw, the Euro Commission is tough on companies behaving badly. Really tough.)
Yesterday there was an interesting link here (too lazy, sorry) to an editorial claiming the bundling should in fact not be the focus. Instead, researching the abuse of the power MS has over OEM's would be far more interesting and result-yielding ..
One of the exclusives is supposed to be Namco's Dead To Rights, a game already under development for the PS2. Very exclusive indeed. I really hate those straight-faced, blatantly misinforming PR suits.
Please elaborate your "outperform" statement. I'd like to see what you are basing this on.