I liked Spider-Man, but it had plenty of flaws. For one, the beginning of the movie seemed too slow at times, while the end went by too fast. The director should have taken more care with the overall pace.
Everything in the movie was so obvious, and there were no surprises at all. The acting wasn't exactly the best either.
Many situations were just shortcuts or not very well thought through. For example, how can spidey and MJ fall in love with each other when they don't really know each other? And how could they not know each other after being neighbours for all their lives? I also think spidey got the hang of his powers a bit too easily.
However, it was definitely spiderman, and the action sequences were nice. The "love story" was a bit unnecessary, or it could at least have been done in more style. One gets the impression that this MJ girl is a bit of a slut, or has a problem making a commitment to one person. She's going steady with one guy while falling in love with Spider-Man and kissing him, and shortly thereafter she loves Peter Parker. Yes that's right, she suddenly loves him, even though they've hardly even talked.
But I digress. Spider-Man is well worth a watch, and now I can't ait to see AotC.
Nintendo currently own the handheld gaming market with the most popular gaming console ever (GameBoy) and the GBA. They also make money off every GameCube they sell, and since they develop many games internally, they get all the money for these sales as well. Not to mention the fact that they are innovators in hardware and software. Just look at who has shaped the controllers for the current consoles. And look who's got the incredible Shigeru Miyamoto on their team.
Nintendo drop? Doesn't sound too likely right now.
Not only do they have the most popular gaming system ever (GameBoy) and its successor, the GBA, they make a lot of money because they develop and sell their own games.
While third-party companies have to pay royalties to Nintendo (I assume that this is so, even for the GameCube), Nintendo take in all the money for their own games.
So:
Nintendo make money for each GameCube sold
Nintendo have the handheld gaming market in their pockets, making plenty of money there
Nintendo themselves produce excellent games that sell very well and are very popular - and get all the money from this
Nintendo are innovators, both when it comes to games and hardware (their controllers have always been original, and have been copied by others), and are definitely here to stay. It would be a shame to see them go as well.
This is why it is important to make people aware of Microsoft's security policies. If they were actually secure, or at least fixed vulnerabilities properly, it wouldn't be such a major issue.
2D is what you work with every day. When you browse Slashdot, you are using 2D. When you read your mail, you are using your card's 2D capabilities. Without 2D, you'd be screwed:)
The DVD quality would probably depend on whether or not the card has an MPEG decoder, but I'm not sure about that. But better 2D quality would of course affect anything displayed in 2D on your monitor (or TV) - including DVD movies.
So yes, it's the 2D part that deals with DVDs. If you have a crappy 2D card it will affect playing DVDs.
What else do you expect from most companies? Sorry, but this isn't something which is special to Microsoft. Yahoo! comes to mind.
Smaller companies generally don't screw their customers/users. That is because they can't afford to. But when they get bigger and users really depend on them, money talks.
Just notice how it gets harder and harder to get in direct contact with someone in a company as it grows. Well, generally. I am sure there are exceptions.
Most companies would probably have done the same if they were in Microsoft's position. Then again, it could be that I'm just a bit of a pessimist...
You first go on about "a non-standard browser", and then you continue to ask them to "upgrade to" any version of Netscape Navigator (i.e. Netscape 4?)?
Well my friend, Netscape 4 is perhaps one of the least standards compliant browsers around. It does not support W3C DOM, and it has virtually no CSS support. Netscape 4 is less of a standard browser than IE5/6 in every single respect.
Or am I misunderstanding you? Are you really referring to Netscape 6 only? I sure hope so...
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You obviously haven't even tried ATI's Radeon 7500 or 8500. I have one myself, and it is great. It even works flawlessly with TV-out, and the image on my monitor is crystal clear. And the 3D runs so smoothly I am beginning to wonder if there's any end to ATI's greatness:)
Wiping the floor? That's not quite correct. You will notice, if you have a look at benchmarks, that ATI generally has better 2D, and aren't very far behind on 3D. In fact, the difference is so small one should probably consider an ATI card for its great 2D and TV-out which surpasses anything I've seen in a GeForce.
I haven't tried all GeForces, but they generally seem to have TV-out of lesser quality than ATI cards.
I used to be a GeForce lover, but my new ATI Radeon hasn't let me down. That said, I am not purely into 3D gaming (although I love them and play a lot). If I were, I might have considered the latest and greatest GeForce.
I have an ATI Radeon, and the drivers are fine. ATI did make terrible drivers in the past, but they have gotten better lately. Have a look at rage3d.com.
Somehow I get the feeling your opinion on ATI's drivers are colored by their history. Please don't do yourself this disfavour.
ATI cards are better at 2D (it depends a bit on which NVIDIA-based card you are using - some have better quality 2D than others). The image quality is supposedly generally better, although you probably need a good monitor to see this.
As for performance in 3D, GeForce cards mostly have the upper hand, but the differences are not very big.
And your driver comment is a bit out of place. ATI have improved their drivers considerably lately. If you go to sites like rage3d.com, you can find advice on which drivers work the best for people. Beta drivers are often popular.
ATI having terrible drivers is a myth from old times. It's improved a lot now. I know, as I have an ATI Radeon card in one of my PCs.
I don't quite think you are updated on the latest development.
In the US, ATI may still be producing their own cards (I cannot say for sure, sorry), but in Europe, they have stopped selling cards themselves. They let Club 3D, Hercules, etc. take care of that.
As for performance, the word is that ATI cards generally give better image quality, but that they aren't as fast with the 3D stuff. Although the difference is minimal, if you look at benchmark tests.
Yes, ATI cards are great all-round cards. If you are a hardcore gamers and only want pure, fast 3D, maybe the latest GeForce card is for you. But I would perhaps recommend ATI cards as better all-round cards, especially due to the great TV-out built in to the Radeons.
What makes you think it hasn't been worked on for a long time? Just have a look in the opera.* newsgroups (server news.opera.com). Opera developers mention details about coming versions all the time. Here's one:
"Unfortunately, this bug can not be fixed until the next major release, which
will have a new dynamic layout engine and a different EcmaScript-Scheduler."
Bear in mind that Opera will use memory depending on how much is available. If you have a lot available, Opera will take up more memory. But hey, the RAM is there to be used right?
On the other hand, you can disable automatic RAM caching and set fixed values in Opera. This way, you can force it to use less RAM. Or more if you insist:)
"I see people saying stuff like "Mozilla is bloated". That cracks me up. How big is a Mozilla install? About 18mb. Please compare that to Internet Explorer and yes Opera too, and I think you'll find it's favourable."
Excuse me, but do you really know what you are talking about? Opera installed is about 4 MB! The download is about 3 MB. The Mozilla download is about 11 MB. Mozilla can't even compete with Opera when it comes to size.
Why do you think everyone wants to use Opera for embedded devices? Because Opera is tiny, so they can have the exact same core (as in displaying of web pages) on embedded devices as on desktop computers. While Pocket IE sacrifices a lot, Opera is basically the same core on all platforms!
"Now there is an argument that says, well you don't have to install Composer, but parts of it will still be there if you need Messenger, because Messenger uses Composer. This is a valid argument."
Huh? What are you talking about? The Composer is an online service. The instant messaging client is included in the default install (but it's been disabled by default since AOL keep blocking them - it can be enabled in Opera's "Programs and paths" preferences).
"But really, Mozilla is not bloated as in physically big."
Yes, Mozilla is physically big, both the downloaded package and the installed package.
Opera, on the other hand is about a 3 MB download, and when installed it takes up about 4 MB (before you start getting cached items, download mail and files, add plugins etc.). But Opera itself is very small compared to Mozilla.
The Opera Composer is not a program. It is a web page. It creates a custom installation package. The only thing you download is an installer with a customized version of Opera.
Note that it doesn't actually let you remove parts of Opera, just disable them. But that doesn't matter. Opera's emailer, newsreader and IM client are all so tiny.
But anyway, how the heck can you talk about bloat when the full Opera download is about 3 MB, including everything?
"theming and customising Opera. Could you do this from the menu bar? NO!"
YES! Of course you can. Haven't you even used Opera? You can access stuff from the View menu, and skinning and buttons can be set in Opera's preferences. The Opera Composer is only there to give you the option to change the defaults on install. It is primarily aimed at ISPs and other organizations that want to, say, replace the splash screen with their own and perhaps have a different bookmarks file. That is what the Opera composer is about. It doesn't to anything you couldn't do directly in Opera without downloading any extras.
Again, the Opera Composer does not add anything, it lets you change the default install. I hope I've made myself clear:)
"At the time, everybody was haranguing Mozilla for being too slow and bloated, yet here was the supposed champ of lightness and fastness forcing you to get extra programs to slim it down!"
Wrong, wrong, wrong. Opera is about a 3 MB download including everything, while Mozilla is about 11. And you are actually suggesting that Opera is bloated? It just doesn't make sense.
Opera are combining proper DOM support with a rewritten rendering engine with support for changing stuff dynamically after the page has been rendered. It looks like they are doing the right thing.
Opera 7 is supposed to have both proper DOM support and a new, dynamic, and even faster rendering engine.
If you read the Opera newsgroups at news.opera.com, you will regularly see Opera developers give out pieces of information about their plans for future versions. At the same time as they are completely rewriting the rendering engine, they are also re-doing the mailer and newsreader from scratch.
Konqueror? It's only available for KDE users, while Opera is available on a number of different platforms. And it's growing.
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Everything in the movie was so obvious, and there were no surprises at all. The acting wasn't exactly the best either.
Many situations were just shortcuts or not very well thought through. For example, how can spidey and MJ fall in love with each other when they don't really know each other? And how could they not know each other after being neighbours for all their lives? I also think spidey got the hang of his powers a bit too easily.
However, it was definitely spiderman, and the action sequences were nice. The "love story" was a bit unnecessary, or it could at least have been done in more style. One gets the impression that this MJ girl is a bit of a slut, or has a problem making a commitment to one person. She's going steady with one guy while falling in love with Spider-Man and kissing him, and shortly thereafter she loves Peter Parker. Yes that's right, she suddenly loves him, even though they've hardly even talked.
But I digress. Spider-Man is well worth a watch, and now I can't ait to see AotC.
Nintendo drop? Doesn't sound too likely right now.
When other companies do it, they do not kill off the competition, they are competing in a free market.
There is a huge difference between the effects of a monopolist and a participant in a free market.
While third-party companies have to pay royalties to Nintendo (I assume that this is so, even for the GameCube), Nintendo take in all the money for their own games.
So:
- Nintendo make money for each GameCube sold
- Nintendo have the handheld gaming market in their pockets, making plenty of money there
- Nintendo themselves produce excellent games that sell very well and are very popular - and get all the money from this
Nintendo are innovators, both when it comes to games and hardware (their controllers have always been original, and have been copied by others), and are definitely here to stay. It would be a shame to see them go as well.And they have Shigeru Miyamoto.
The problem is that MS are releasing a patch they claim fixes certain security holes, while this is not really the case.
MS claim to fix security issues (after a long time), but they don't always hit the target:
http://jscript.dk/unpatched/
This is why it is important to make people aware of Microsoft's security policies. If they were actually secure, or at least fixed vulnerabilities properly, it wouldn't be such a major issue.
The DVD quality would probably depend on whether or not the card has an MPEG decoder, but I'm not sure about that. But better 2D quality would of course affect anything displayed in 2D on your monitor (or TV) - including DVD movies.
So yes, it's the 2D part that deals with DVDs. If you have a crappy 2D card it will affect playing DVDs.
Don't ask me. I'm just telling you where I got this information from.
Smaller companies generally don't screw their customers/users. That is because they can't afford to. But when they get bigger and users really depend on them, money talks.
Just notice how it gets harder and harder to get in direct contact with someone in a company as it grows. Well, generally. I am sure there are exceptions.
Most companies would probably have done the same if they were in Microsoft's position. Then again, it could be that I'm just a bit of a pessimist...
Well my friend, Netscape 4 is perhaps one of the least standards compliant browsers around. It does not support W3C DOM, and it has virtually no CSS support. Netscape 4 is less of a standard browser than IE5/6 in every single respect.
Or am I misunderstanding you? Are you really referring to Netscape 6 only? I sure hope so...
You obviously haven't even tried ATI's Radeon 7500 or 8500. I have one myself, and it is great. It even works flawlessly with TV-out, and the image on my monitor is crystal clear. And the 3D runs so smoothly I am beginning to wonder if there's any end to ATI's greatness :)
I haven't tried all GeForces, but they generally seem to have TV-out of lesser quality than ATI cards.
I used to be a GeForce lover, but my new ATI Radeon hasn't let me down. That said, I am not purely into 3D gaming (although I love them and play a lot). If I were, I might have considered the latest and greatest GeForce.
Somehow I get the feeling your opinion on ATI's drivers are colored by their history. Please don't do yourself this disfavour.
As for performance in 3D, GeForce cards mostly have the upper hand, but the differences are not very big.
And your driver comment is a bit out of place. ATI have improved their drivers considerably lately. If you go to sites like rage3d.com, you can find advice on which drivers work the best for people. Beta drivers are often popular.
ATI having terrible drivers is a myth from old times. It's improved a lot now. I know, as I have an ATI Radeon card in one of my PCs.
In the US, ATI may still be producing their own cards (I cannot say for sure, sorry), but in Europe, they have stopped selling cards themselves. They let Club 3D, Hercules, etc. take care of that.
As for performance, the word is that ATI cards generally give better image quality, but that they aren't as fast with the 3D stuff. Although the difference is minimal, if you look at benchmark tests.
Yes, ATI cards are great all-round cards. If you are a hardcore gamers and only want pure, fast 3D, maybe the latest GeForce card is for you. But I would perhaps recommend ATI cards as better all-round cards, especially due to the great TV-out built in to the Radeons.
No browser iss fully CSS2 compliant. Aural CSS, anyone? Opera probably has the best CSS support of any browser out there though. Including Mozilla.
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=1103_10160178 25%40axelsiebert.de
No, he's saying that "it wouldn't have sucked so bad if...". Geez.
On the other hand, you can disable automatic RAM caching and set fixed values in Opera. This way, you can force it to use less RAM. Or more if you insist :)
Why do you think everyone wants to use Opera for embedded devices? Because Opera is tiny, so they can have the exact same core (as in displaying of web pages) on embedded devices as on desktop computers. While Pocket IE sacrifices a lot, Opera is basically the same core on all platforms!
Huh? What are you talking about? The Composer is an online service. The instant messaging client is included in the default install (but it's been disabled by default since AOL keep blocking them - it can be enabled in Opera's "Programs and paths" preferences). Yes, Mozilla is physically big, both the downloaded package and the installed package.Opera, on the other hand is about a 3 MB download, and when installed it takes up about 4 MB (before you start getting cached items, download mail and files, add plugins etc.). But Opera itself is very small compared to Mozilla.
Note that it doesn't actually let you remove parts of Opera, just disable them. But that doesn't matter. Opera's emailer, newsreader and IM client are all so tiny.
But anyway, how the heck can you talk about bloat when the full Opera download is about 3 MB, including everything?
YES! Of course you can. Haven't you even used Opera? You can access stuff from the View menu, and skinning and buttons can be set in Opera's preferences. The Opera Composer is only there to give you the option to change the defaults on install. It is primarily aimed at ISPs and other organizations that want to, say, replace the splash screen with their own and perhaps have a different bookmarks file. That is what the Opera composer is about. It doesn't to anything you couldn't do directly in Opera without downloading any extras.Again, the Opera Composer does not add anything, it lets you change the default install. I hope I've made myself clear :)
Wrong, wrong, wrong. Opera is about a 3 MB download including everything, while Mozilla is about 11. And you are actually suggesting that Opera is bloated? It just doesn't make sense.Opera are combining proper DOM support with a rewritten rendering engine with support for changing stuff dynamically after the page has been rendered. It looks like they are doing the right thing.
If you read the Opera newsgroups at news.opera.com, you will regularly see Opera developers give out pieces of information about their plans for future versions. At the same time as they are completely rewriting the rendering engine, they are also re-doing the mailer and newsreader from scratch.
Konqueror? It's only available for KDE users, while Opera is available on a number of different platforms. And it's growing.
Opera 6.02 for Windows is incredibly stable. Try it if you run Windows.
Of course Opera ignores closing tags without an opening tag. It is supposed to.