Because Nintendo doesn't want them to use it that way. Because no one actually uses their system for that, since they all have DVD players. Because people who don't want to use the system for that don't want to pay extra for a useless feature. The list goes on and on.
No, the list stops right there. Come on, don't you think that it makes sense to include this functionality since it is already there (i.e. DVD optical drive)? Even people with a current DVD player wouldn't balk at having a 'spare', especially if it goes into the kids bedroom or what have you.
Praise them for their innovations, but don't excuse their gaffes. Big N ain't perfect.
Off record: If the Wii's can connect to eachother, would it be a 'wiiwii' ? And would I be in trouble if I told people I'm off playing with my friends and our WiiWii's ?
Only if you somehow ran Be on your Wi, or perhaps coded something in C.
(i know, i know.)
People are overreacting to this. It may be a dumb name, but the majority of the population isn't going to instantly think "wee" and giggle, or worry about jokes on a playground.
I agree, and furthermo.... oh crap. Sorry, I must reboot my copy of Windows Mii..r
If we can keep the "Revolution" moniker alive and well in gaming circles and sites, and only refer to the "Wii" name when talking about the name itself, we might be able to convince Nintendo that this was a stupid fucking idea.
Why don't you ask the PowerBoo^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H MacBook people how that's going?
Call it the 'N Wii' instead of the 'Nintendo Wii' and it doesn't sound so bad.
Ennui (ennui): Listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest; boredom: "The servants relieved their ennui with gambling and gossip about their masters" (John Barth).
I won't be submitting an entry for two reasons - first, I actually like the layout of Slashdot. It's one of the most readable layouts out there, conforms nicely to all of the "best practices" of typesetting, and is far more elegant than 99.9% of all other blogs out there. That's one major reason I've stayed with Slashdot. The other reason is that I regard CSS as satanic hellspawn, the consequence of major corporations molesting the W3C. It would be better for LaTeX to add hypertext links and for browsers to move to a real presentation system. That's not going to happen. Hell, efforts by people to support TCL as a replacement for Java haven't got anywhere, and far more people use TCL than use LaTeX.
aaaaaand there is is: LATEX. Yes, ladies and gentleman, CSS is junk, as it provides you with a huge canvas of typographical possibilities heretofor unrevelaed on the world wide web. We care deeply about usable type but somehow CSS is 'satanic hellspawn'. LATEX, oho, LATEX on the other hand is a writer's dream! all those hacky macro-shortcut mindmelding equation-building tools are what I'll use for my plain english, yessir!
Tell me, Mr. Cares Bout Type But Loves Slashdot - what width is your browser viewport?
Retains some sense of visual continuity with Today's Slashdot - This one is the real challenge I think. From the Slashdot 'Shade of Green' (#006666) to the curve on the upper left hand corner of the page & article headers, to the use of the Coliseo font, I really think that many of these design elements need to persist. You are welcome to ignore me of course. But I'm being totally up front about this point: the winning entry ought to echo the current design. How loud of an echo is up to you.
This one made me forget about entering. You listed the main things I hate the most about the current design. And while you say 'you can ignore me of course', it is strongly implied that this would be an exercise in futility.
I'm not sure I know how to please someone who's aesthetic discretion module is so blinkered as to actually cause an affection for Coliseo.:)
A minivan or stationwagon simply won't tow a boat on the freeway
Not sure where you got that idea, they must certainly will. I can't think of a single example, not one, where an SUV would be able to pull a boat that a Subaru or a half decent minivan would not.
The thing that I don't understand about criticisms of the controller is that they seem to ignore the fact that "attachments" seem to be the order of the day. I'll balk at the Big N as much as the next guy if each attachment runs $20 and you need 4 or 5 in order to play the best games, but ignoring that, there's no reason he couldn't create a very creative game, and then create an attachment that really works for the game -- instead of having to graft it on to a standard controller.
The thing *I* don't understand is, you may as well buy a new custom controller for that special game. See what I mean? There's not a big diff at this point between person A with the Rev controller, buying special attachments for it, and person B with a 'standard' Sony/MS controller, and simply buying an whole extra Rev style controller for a special game. You are still buying 'the special controller for that game' no matter which angle you come at it.
Having a 2 megapixel camera is pretty pointless if you only use it to put a picture of your partner on the phone's main screen, or to send multimedia messages (which reduces the quality to something like VGA quality).
That's what Bluetooth is for. (at least, one thing.)
My view on this whole Sony/MSFT vs Nintendo war is that Nintendo is trying to be a console, while Sony/MSFT are trying to be full blown entertainment devices. And I think Nintendo has chosen the right niche. Personally, I don't see myself buying an XBox360, or PS3, but I do see myself buying a Revolution. Nintendo has openly said that it will have emulation ability, so that you can play your old games (ie super mario, etc) on the revolution. I see this as the killer app.
I think you are right about positioning, however I feel the need to point out - if backwards compatibility is your killer app, then you must bow to the PS3 in that department - it handles PS2 and PS1 games, which is probably the biggest single-platform games library in the world outside of PCs.
Unless of course this is about the plumber, in which case I will simply say good day and good luck with those mushrooms.
I have up modding this topic to point something out.
You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar.
Nintendo do something Sony and Microsoft don't get. You'll shit yourself when you ehar what it is.. because it's like EARTH SHAKINGLY AMAZING. Nintendo make fun games, games you can pick up and just play, enjoy them and be done with them. They don't need Mario to be super realistic, or 12 hours of FMV per 3 minutes of gameplay. They just make good games.
Few things:
First, Nintendo does make some damn fine electronic entertainment, and only a fool would say otherwise. Nintendo themselves*, as a publishing house I mean.
Sony and Microsoft both own largish arms housing several more-or-less independant development entities, and they both publish a large volume of games. A lot of these games, how shall I say it... they fucking kick ass. Really. These games do exist and are popular. But the volume also contains a helluva lot of crap.
I think you would agree that it makes sense that the platform that is #1 in penetration (by vast amounts) would attract the most crap.
So when you say, Fun comes before the latest greatest graphics engine. If you'd look beyond your biast to maybe try Mario kart or something like billy hatcher you may enjoy something.
.. yeah, I know. You are in good company. Personally, I went past Mario Kart and landed on Wipeout. And I like 'em both, but Wipeout's more fun. So, what I'm saying is, don't worry about us, I'm sure I speak for all slashdotters when I say that our electronic entertainment is selected with a most judicious eye, in each and every case.:)
I am of course referring to the completely objective discreet units of fun, per billion.
I know a guy who was roommates with one of the head girlfriends of the 2nd assistant director of ALL OF NINTENDO and they said its a lot. Like, at least... 9Gf. And it is scientifically proven that the original Xbox only rated a 2.3 Gf (and only with Halo), so this is, like, way better.
Plus, the console itself sort of reminds me of those power crystals that Superman used to control his arctic fortress of solitude, and that's about all the reason I really need to buy one. If I'm being perfectly honest with myself.
Whoa, study? It's Steve Ballmer we're talking about, if he as much as SEEs his kids anywhere near iPods or within 20m of a computer displaying a Google page it'll be Chair Throwing time, he'll Fucking Bury(TM) them. He's done it before and he'll do it again. He's going to Fucking Kill(TM) his children.
Yeaaaarrrgggghh! Honor me, children! HONOR MEEEEE! GIVE IT UP FOR MEEEEEEEEEE yeaaaaaar
You know what you need? DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU NEED?!
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My point was that when presenting yourself for something important, to dress far outside the norm starts you off on the wrong foot; and that is something that is just a fact. It may not be nice. It may not be the way things should be, but that is, without a doubt, the way the world works.
On this point I agree as well. I guess I just really don't want to help perpetuate the habit (prejudging) even if it is the 'realist' approach. Thanks for the reply.
A teen, in spiky blue hair with a bolt through his nose and tons of other piercings in beatup old all black clothes who demands you ignore their appearance and treat them just like everyone else.
If appereance doesn't matter (his point, thus I should treat him just like the guy wearing the suit), then what is the point of dressing that way? It makes a statement. And if you choose to make that statement, then you have to understand other people will react to your statement. You can't make a statement and demand it is ignored at the same time.
You seem to have missed a vital detail here - you chose that reaction. And implicitly this is not a good reaction, judging by your tone. Why did you react that way? Let me see if I understand correctly, its because the spiky-haired dude made you react that way? Come on. You reacted the way you chose to react.
When someone wears something that doesn't fit into a nice little societal box, yes indeed that person is telling a story about themselves. What I find, frankly, sad and pathetic, is that you would not give this person even a chance, based on your own tightly-bound little worldview of what constitutes 'professional'. As I pointed out in another thread, and I'm sure most of you would attest to this - I've met some of the most immature and mentally stunted people of my whole life wearing expensive suits and holding high positions. It is meaningless.
Sure, I think poorly of someone who is, say, unhygenic (there are limits) - but frankly it all depends on the job. If you ask me to trust a graphic designer in a suit, and one in a black turtleneck with a brow piercing, I don't have an answer - I need to see their work and speak with them. The suit is completely meaningless. And there is a huge area between 'not wearing a suit' and 'looks like a refugee'.
You can call it prejudices or whatever. But the fact remains that business has a culture.
Great. You are a prejudiced idiot. "Professionalism" is an attitude and a work ethic; it has nothing whatsoever do to with the clothes you are wearing. Nothing. I've met social retards in Armani suits, and I've met consummate experts in overalls and yes, sandals and ponytails. I feel bad for you if you cannot see this.
There is no way to definitively prove one that either evolution has occured or that God created everything.
Uh, not quite. There is a lot of compelling evidence for evolution. There's not a scrap for God. Its all faith.
Both sides rest on circumstantial evidence, and have been mounting a lot of it for a long, long time.
WTF? What does that sentence even mean?
You say that nothing will sway the creationists; I say that BOTH sides are firmly entrenched on this issue, and it's going to take a lot more than circumstantial evidence to convince either side.
The creationists have faith; this is irrational belief. If they want to go ahead and argue that its irrational, I certainly wouldn't stop them. You are framing this like it is some kind of CNN two-party debate. Listen carefully: there are not two sides. There just aren't. There is empirical evidence for evolution, and a bunch of people who refuse to believe it. That's it.
That's not true, developers do design all the time. Let's say you are writing a command line tool that does some operation on a unix file system and you need to be able to optionally recurse through directories...
Sorry, I meant graphic interface designers. The article was about interface eye candy. You are using a braoder definition of 'designer' (which is fair).
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No, the list stops right there. Come on, don't you think that it makes sense to include this functionality since it is already there (i.e. DVD optical drive)? Even people with a current DVD player wouldn't balk at having a 'spare', especially if it goes into the kids bedroom or what have you.
Praise them for their innovations, but don't excuse their gaffes. Big N ain't perfect.
Only if you somehow ran Be on your Wi, or perhaps coded something in C. (i know, i know.)
I agree, and furthermo.... oh crap. Sorry, I must reboot my copy of Windows Mii. .r
Why don't you ask the PowerBoo^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H MacBook people how that's going?
Ennui (ennui): Listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest; boredom: "The servants relieved their ennui with gambling and gossip about their masters" (John Barth).
Hmmmmmm.
aaaaaand there is is: LATEX. Yes, ladies and gentleman, CSS is junk, as it provides you with a huge canvas of typographical possibilities heretofor unrevelaed on the world wide web. We care deeply about usable type but somehow CSS is 'satanic hellspawn'. LATEX, oho, LATEX on the other hand is a writer's dream! all those hacky macro-shortcut mindmelding equation-building tools are what I'll use for my plain english, yessir!
Tell me, Mr. Cares Bout Type But Loves Slashdot - what width is your browser viewport?
This one made me forget about entering. You listed the main things I hate the most about the current design. And while you say 'you can ignore me of course', it is strongly implied that this would be an exercise in futility.
I'm not sure I know how to please someone who's aesthetic discretion module is so blinkered as to actually cause an affection for Coliseo. :)
Not sure where you got that idea, they must certainly will. I can't think of a single example, not one, where an SUV would be able to pull a boat that a Subaru or a half decent minivan would not.
The thing *I* don't understand is, you may as well buy a new custom controller for that special game. See what I mean? There's not a big diff at this point between person A with the Rev controller, buying special attachments for it, and person B with a 'standard' Sony/MS controller, and simply buying an whole extra Rev style controller for a special game. You are still buying 'the special controller for that game' no matter which angle you come at it.
Michael Crichton is a novelist.
All Adventure taught me was that you gotta aim for the neck.
Wait, that didn't come out right.
That's what Bluetooth is for. (at least, one thing.)
Wow. Just.. wow. I can't believe I just read those words. Can I sig that?
This has to be one of the funnest statements ever made on Slashdot. Your logic is completely impenetrable. Kudos!
I think you are right about positioning, however I feel the need to point out - if backwards compatibility is your killer app, then you must bow to the PS3 in that department - it handles PS2 and PS1 games, which is probably the biggest single-platform games library in the world outside of PCs.
Unless of course this is about the plumber, in which case I will simply say good day and good luck with those mushrooms.
You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar.
Nintendo do something Sony and Microsoft don't get. You'll shit yourself when you ehar what it is.. because it's like EARTH SHAKINGLY AMAZING. Nintendo make fun games, games you can pick up and just play, enjoy them and be done with them. They don't need Mario to be super realistic, or 12 hours of FMV per 3 minutes of gameplay. They just make good games.
Few things:
First, Nintendo does make some damn fine electronic entertainment, and only a fool would say otherwise. Nintendo themselves*, as a publishing house I mean.
Sony and Microsoft both own largish arms housing several more-or-less independant development entities, and they both publish a large volume of games. A lot of these games, how shall I say it... they fucking kick ass. Really. These games do exist and are popular. But the volume also contains a helluva lot of crap.
I think you would agree that it makes sense that the platform that is #1 in penetration (by vast amounts) would attract the most crap.
So when you say,
Fun comes before the latest greatest graphics engine. If you'd look beyond your biast to maybe try Mario kart or something like billy hatcher you may enjoy something.
(*Rare, not sure what else).
I am of course referring to the completely objective discreet units of fun, per billion.
I know a guy who was roommates with one of the head girlfriends of the 2nd assistant director of ALL OF NINTENDO and they said its a lot. Like, at least ... 9Gf. And it is scientifically proven that the original Xbox only rated a 2.3 Gf (and only with Halo), so this is, like, way better.
Plus, the console itself sort of reminds me of those power crystals that Superman used to control his arctic fortress of solitude, and that's about all the reason I really need to buy one. If I'm being perfectly honest with myself.
That was my favourite part. Well done, cheers.
Yeaaaarrrgggghh! Honor me, children! HONOR MEEEEE! GIVE IT UP FOR MEEEEEEEEEE yeaaaaaar
You know what you need? DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU NEED?!
DISCIPLINE DISCIPLINE DISCIPLINE DISCIPLINE DISCIPLINE DISCIPLINE DISCIPLINE DISCIPLINE DISCIPLINE DISCIPLINE DISCIPLINE DISCIPLINE DISCIPLINE DISCIPLINE *cough* DISCIPLINE DISCIPLINE DISCIPLINE *hacking paroxysm* DISCi... *pants heavily* its all about the DISCIPLINe children... jesus.... fucking.. dis.. I... I.... *collapses in a puddle of sweat and desperation*
On this point I agree as well. I guess I just really don't want to help perpetuate the habit (prejudging) even if it is the 'realist' approach. Thanks for the reply.
If appereance doesn't matter (his point, thus I should treat him just like the guy wearing the suit), then what is the point of dressing that way? It makes a statement. And if you choose to make that statement, then you have to understand other people will react to your statement. You can't make a statement and demand it is ignored at the same time.
You seem to have missed a vital detail here - you chose that reaction. And implicitly this is not a good reaction, judging by your tone. Why did you react that way? Let me see if I understand correctly, its because the spiky-haired dude made you react that way? Come on. You reacted the way you chose to react.
When someone wears something that doesn't fit into a nice little societal box, yes indeed that person is telling a story about themselves. What I find, frankly, sad and pathetic, is that you would not give this person even a chance, based on your own tightly-bound little worldview of what constitutes 'professional'. As I pointed out in another thread, and I'm sure most of you would attest to this - I've met some of the most immature and mentally stunted people of my whole life wearing expensive suits and holding high positions. It is meaningless.
Sure, I think poorly of someone who is, say, unhygenic (there are limits) - but frankly it all depends on the job. If you ask me to trust a graphic designer in a suit, and one in a black turtleneck with a brow piercing, I don't have an answer - I need to see their work and speak with them. The suit is completely meaningless. And there is a huge area between 'not wearing a suit' and 'looks like a refugee'.
Great. You are a prejudiced idiot. "Professionalism" is an attitude and a work ethic; it has nothing whatsoever do to with the clothes you are wearing. Nothing. I've met social retards in Armani suits, and I've met consummate experts in overalls and yes, sandals and ponytails. I feel bad for you if you cannot see this.
However, it should be noted, this performance simply cannot be enjoyed without partaking first in some of that famous pipeweed.
Uh, not quite. There is a lot of compelling evidence for evolution. There's not a scrap for God. Its all faith.
Both sides rest on circumstantial evidence, and have been mounting a lot of it for a long, long time.
WTF? What does that sentence even mean?
You say that nothing will sway the creationists; I say that BOTH sides are firmly entrenched on this issue, and it's going to take a lot more than circumstantial evidence to convince either side.
The creationists have faith; this is irrational belief. If they want to go ahead and argue that its irrational, I certainly wouldn't stop them. You are framing this like it is some kind of CNN two-party debate. Listen carefully: there are not two sides. There just aren't. There is empirical evidence for evolution, and a bunch of people who refuse to believe it. That's it.
Ok, who's going to tell him that he actually has an iPod?
Sorry, I meant graphic interface designers. The article was about interface eye candy. You are using a braoder definition of 'designer' (which is fair).