I don't know why people assume there is ZERO technical difficulties with a homebrew SDK kit. Just because you have the tools, doesn't mean it is automatically easy for anyone to do.
Well not entirely true. The only death model was the 70/75 Gig. That had the worst track record among IBM products. All the other capacities are actually fine. Anyways, it's all Hitachi Deskstar nowadays.
At one time I had 6 videogame magazine evaluations going on concurrently.... GamePro, GameInformer, Electronic Gaming Monthly, Computer Gaming, Nintendo Power, NextGen. Each magazine had its flaws. Today, I only subscribe to GameInformer.
As I remembered, the biggest flaw of NextGen... 1.) NextGen was hardcore in a non-entertaining sense.
2.) You'd read about interviews from developers after developers after developers. Boring.
3.) Typical hardware console articles down to the brutal IEEE standards details was too much.
4.) So much was emphasized on next generation games to the point where most were not coming out till 3 years later.
Geee... they make it seem like Nintendo was here to benefit online games by not charging a network fee like Xbox live.
If they really want to benefit the online gaming community, they should make sure their wireless/wired standard is open and compatible with PS2 and xbox in the next generation. Especially for sports games, it'd be great if anyone can play with anyone on any system.
This is why I hate AC. This has nothing to do with Dorks and Geeks. Dell is no longer run by Michael Dell. It's been run by Kevin Rollins the new chief. Michael Dell himself couldn't shake off the Wintel monopoly over his PCs. Rollins probably won't either.
If the PCs allow AMDs and redhat as a standard with no scruff and caveats. You can expect the prices of Dell machines to drop significantly. The wintel monopoly is forcing more money out of your wallet right now. That's why generic PCs are cheaper.
ECS boards are insanely unstable. I have had 2 in my lifetime, and both fried in 3 months time. One of my relative bought a PC Chip board which also fried in half a year. I can't believe you are putting Asus in the same category.
I agree to sticking with SF cause I got a huge problem with OpenSource being tied to schools. If you look at the credits for alot of the projects, the developers names should be the only thing on the list.
I am almost offended when I see MIT, Stanford on a project list. It's not like a corporation that has a copyright lifespan. The school names never scrubs off, they last forever! When the developers are dead, the schools name is still associated with the code, project, credit....
I think the original poster really meant "PROCESSOR HOG". There is a significant problem with firefox right now where certain websites just lock the processor to 100% usage.
The memory usage was never that bad unless you're running a Java applet. In that casee it feels considerably slower than IE. But overall, it's still the best browser in the market with 1.0.
Actually No. I have played alot of PS2/XBox games online many times. The Xbox online $$$$ concept is highway robbery. Let me explain...
Most online games, especially sports, are connected in a 1-to-1 fashion. You are paying the xbox live server to do a one-time registration. That's it.
It makes little improvement toward the actual gaming experience. You're still sending your TCP/IP packet directly to your opponent player, not a centralized server.
If they showcased a Doom3 sequel and Quake4 anonymously, I think most people would struggle to tell the difference between one another. They are both dark, space/hell marine FPS. Maybe a slight variation in weapons, but that's about it.
I have yet to enjoy one starwar games in any console generation. They always seem to just take a successful formula that's popular at the time... apply the Starwars theme to it. So I am amazed there is no Grand Theft Auto type Starwar games thus far.
There are very informative blogs out there, containing useful info. Such as hidden product defects, flaws, and other critical breakspots about products.
HP, like any other big company, put too much $$$$ into these engineering projects. They can't afford to have it not be profitable.
1.) Flaw found by QA 2.) Flaw goes in internal database 3.) Fix attempt by developers 4.) Patch compiling by release eng 5.) Now you hear about it in public
SAN is the ultimate storage solution. IBM, HDS, EMC, HP, SGI, Engenio go with any of them. Go with the cheap lineups if you have to.
NAS/NetApp is so overrated, more like 7th place. Only reason why it has made a headway is because it is so close to NFS. And everyone can do NFS commands.
I have converted to firefox at ease. I still struggle to stick with thunderbird. In fact, I still highly prefer outlook (not express). I have given thunderbird a real consideration, it's just riding the firefox marketing bandwagon unfortunately.
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Region coding is overrated, all these copyrights laws are useless.
Unlimited on-demand should be the way of the future. We own none of it, but as long as we own the box, we can watch anything!
I don't know why people assume there is ZERO technical difficulties with a homebrew SDK kit. Just because you have the tools, doesn't mean it is automatically easy for anyone to do.
Well not entirely true. The only death model was the 70/75 Gig. That had the worst track record among IBM products. All the other capacities are actually fine. Anyways, it's all Hitachi Deskstar nowadays.
At one time I had 6 videogame magazine evaluations going on concurrently.... GamePro, GameInformer, Electronic Gaming Monthly, Computer Gaming, Nintendo Power, NextGen. Each magazine had its flaws. Today, I only subscribe to GameInformer.
As I remembered, the biggest flaw of NextGen...
1.) NextGen was hardcore in a non-entertaining sense.
2.) You'd read about interviews from developers after developers after developers. Boring.
3.) Typical hardware console articles down to the brutal IEEE standards details was too much.
4.) So much was emphasized on next generation games to the point where most were not coming out till 3 years later.
5.) Overloaded with Ads.
Well since the latest and greatest iPods are $400 and can't play any movies. I guess I'll have to settle for the Creative Zen Portable Media Center.
Of course if Mr Jobs want to tank the iPod price and release a $400 iPod movie edition, I am all for it.
Damn, that's very very well said! If I had mod points, I'd give you +99 extremely highIQ/Insightful/UltraInformative right now.
Geee... they make it seem like Nintendo was here to benefit online games by not charging a network fee like Xbox live.
If they really want to benefit the online gaming community, they should make sure their wireless/wired standard is open and compatible with PS2 and xbox in the next generation. Especially for sports games, it'd be great if anyone can play with anyone on any system.
This is why I hate AC. This has nothing to do with Dorks and Geeks. Dell is no longer run by Michael Dell. It's been run by Kevin Rollins the new chief. Michael Dell himself couldn't shake off the Wintel monopoly over his PCs. Rollins probably won't either.
If the PCs allow AMDs and redhat as a standard with no scruff and caveats. You can expect the prices of Dell machines to drop significantly. The wintel monopoly is forcing more money out of your wallet right now. That's why generic PCs are cheaper.
ECS boards are insanely unstable. I have had 2 in my lifetime, and both fried in 3 months time. One of my relative bought a PC Chip board which also fried in half a year. I can't believe you are putting Asus in the same category.
I agree to sticking with SF cause I got a huge problem with OpenSource being tied to schools. If you look at the credits for alot of the projects, the developers names should be the only thing on the list.
I am almost offended when I see MIT, Stanford on a project list. It's not like a corporation that has a copyright lifespan. The school names never scrubs off, they last forever! When the developers are dead, the schools name is still associated with the code, project, credit....
I think the original poster really meant "PROCESSOR HOG". There is a significant problem with firefox right now where certain websites just lock the processor to 100% usage.
The memory usage was never that bad unless you're running a Java applet. In that casee it feels considerably slower than IE. But overall, it's still the best browser in the market with 1.0.
Actually No. I have played alot of PS2/XBox games online many times. The Xbox online $$$$ concept is highway robbery. Let me explain...
Most online games, especially sports, are connected in a 1-to-1 fashion. You are paying the xbox live server to do a one-time registration. That's it.
It makes little improvement toward the actual gaming experience. You're still sending your TCP/IP packet directly to your opponent player, not a centralized server.
If they showcased a Doom3 sequel and Quake4 anonymously, I think most people would struggle to tell the difference between one another. They are both dark, space/hell marine FPS. Maybe a slight variation in weapons, but that's about it.
I am not even sure you can get 300 percent difference racing a 486 PC and a 1Gz PC in any test.
I have yet to enjoy one starwar games in any console generation. They always seem to just take a successful formula that's popular at the time... apply the Starwars theme to it. So I am amazed there is no Grand Theft Auto type Starwar games thus far.
If it tastes like chicken, why not just eat chicken. Why get all exotic over the same taste.
There are very informative blogs out there, containing useful info. Such as hidden product defects, flaws, and other critical breakspots about products.
HP, like any other big company, put too much $$$$ into these engineering projects. They can't afford to have it not be profitable.
Does that mean HL2 is the last game ever that requires online updates and online forced registration? Is this prove that the model doesn't work.
If OpenOffice ships with Solaris 10, Aix 5.4, all linux distros, Mac OS... then it's a matter of time before it becomes the standard.
SCO and RIAA need to merge into one big evil company called "SCORIAA".
They should hire nothing but lawyers, and have the lawyers scream "SCORIAA" all day long for no purposes or reason.
But it's still not so obvious.
1.) Flaw found by QA
2.) Flaw goes in internal database
3.) Fix attempt by developers
4.) Patch compiling by release eng
5.) Now you hear about it in public
LOL LOL.
Jurassic Park had the most graphical unix system I have ever seen. This was in the early 90s.
Johnny Nnemonic had almost 3D holographic.
Hacker the movie. The worst portrayal of computers period.
SAN is the ultimate storage solution. IBM, HDS, EMC, HP, SGI, Engenio go with any of them. Go with the cheap lineups if you have to.
NAS/NetApp is so overrated, more like 7th place. Only reason why it has made a headway is because it is so close to NFS. And everyone can do NFS commands.
I have converted to firefox at ease. I still struggle to stick with thunderbird. In fact, I still highly prefer outlook (not express). I have given thunderbird a real consideration, it's just riding the firefox marketing bandwagon unfortunately.
While you are at it, let me give you your wishlist for nintendo revolution.
- Pilot wings revolution
- Alpha Centauri revolution
- Mario Kart revolution
- Animal Crossing revolution
- Tetris revolution
Just take all the games, add revolution in the end. I am a genius. Nintendo marketing should hire me. LOL.