Sweden != the US. 3g card plans for a laptop are at least $50 USD per month. Or you can hack together a tether with your phone IF you have a suitable device (and the $20-$30 USD data plan), and are ok violating your terms of use.
If you create something and it isn't as good as you think you are capable of, you don't want to release it. Why would they release something they aren't happy with if they don't have a publisher ready to fire them all?
I don't know about everyone else, but I found it kinda odd that PROTECTING THE INTERESTS OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE was something that almost didn't happen, and it took a hell of a lot of work by one woman to actually get any sort of recognition of fair use in the law.
This is the problem with the terms "hardcore" and "casual." There is not NEARLY enough granularity to them and they're incredibly qualitative. As such, I'm inclined to ignore pretty much any article talking about the difference between the two.
I have friends that, when they weren't playing Warcraft 3 for money, would often pick up Wii Sports for an hour or so. Which category do you lump them into? I could go on and on about how Quake 3 is one of the best multiplayer shooters of all time; I also play Peggle while waiting for the bus. Casual, or hardcore?
As far as the business side is concerned, there will always be a lot of gamers looking to play "hardcore" games. There will always be developers who want to make those games. These minigame packs sell well once, but you aren't going to sell 4 or 5 party game collections to the same person. You WILL sell 4 or 5 Burnouts, Gears of War, and Call of Duties to a "hardcore" gamer.
The summary states that Digg was stealing traffic by "hosting" the targeted site's page in a frame. Unless Digg was mirroring that site and replacing the ads, they were doing no such thing.
Not that the diggbar didn't suck- I disabled it first thing.
The key word from that quote is "entertaining." Notice what it is NOT: "fun." Watching a D-Day documentary or Saving Private Ryan is not fun, at least not for most people. It is entertaining because it is interesting, dramatic, etc. but not a joyful experience. This is a major stumbling block for this game. The vast majority of the population assumes that digital games are all about fun, joy, etc. And that's partly due to the title of "game." That type of thinking will have to change, and this game will have to treat the subject appropriately, for the game to be accepted.
Done right, this is a step forward for video games as a mature media.
Please. Not because I use Dvorak, but because I'm one of those weirdos that uses non-WASD keys. Why should I have to move from the default "home row" keys to navigate? ESDF anyone?
I once asked one of my community college professors for his thoughts on where I should transfer; what school had the best engineering program? He had taught for several years at both of the ones I asked about (one a respectable state university, the other a prestigious, nearly-ivy-league level state university) before semi-retiring to his current position. His response was pretty simple: go wherever you like better, or is cheaper. They all teach from the same books, you're going to learn the same stuff. He even said that back when the CC I was at had an engineering program, the prestigious university was working with the CC to improve its own engineering program.
The resume factor was another issue entirely, of course.
The reason to put Linux on a PS3 is the same as it has been since release day: access to the wonderfully (sinfully?) complex Cell.
If the thought of 6 128-bit wide vector processors hanging off the back of a general purpose CPU gets you all hot and bothered, the Linux on the PS3 is a great place to start.
1) There is a basic living expenses rebate in the Fair Tax system. Poor college kids (such as myself) would not be paying taxes to eat, and paychecks would not have taxes taken out.
2) How do you define the rich-but-frugal guy's fair share? What about his behavior is not fair?
Hindsight is 20/20. You can't always look at the stock market as a "should have." What happened in the past isn't worth kicking yourself over, so long as IF you made mistakes you learn from them.
Looking back I SHOULD have put all of the money I was making at my entry level IT job into AAPL stock, instead of only a small portion. But I didn't, because that's a risk I wasn't willing to take. That's not a mistake.
I SHOULD have sold AAPL when it was worth more than double what it is now. I sold when I was up ONLY ~300%. Should I be kicking myself for making ONLY 300% in a couple years on my investment? Not unless I don't like making money.
With the widespread use of P2P networks for piracy these days the problem may be the exact opposite- a generation that believes paying for software is something you just don't do.
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Sweden != the US. 3g card plans for a laptop are at least $50 USD per month. Or you can hack together a tether with your phone IF you have a suitable device (and the $20-$30 USD data plan), and are ok violating your terms of use.
The article only mentions "flooding an email server" and "installing viruses." This couldn't have been just a glorified DoS from the NSA, could it?
If you create something and it isn't as good as you think you are capable of, you don't want to release it. Why would they release something they aren't happy with if they don't have a publisher ready to fire them all?
Personally, I'd prefer there to be a setting to turn ON the framing. Leave it off by default.
I don't know about everyone else, but I found it kinda odd that PROTECTING THE INTERESTS OF THE PUBLIC AT LARGE was something that almost didn't happen, and it took a hell of a lot of work by one woman to actually get any sort of recognition of fair use in the law.
This is the problem with the terms "hardcore" and "casual." There is not NEARLY enough granularity to them and they're incredibly qualitative. As such, I'm inclined to ignore pretty much any article talking about the difference between the two.
I have friends that, when they weren't playing Warcraft 3 for money, would often pick up Wii Sports for an hour or so. Which category do you lump them into? I could go on and on about how Quake 3 is one of the best multiplayer shooters of all time; I also play Peggle while waiting for the bus. Casual, or hardcore?
As far as the business side is concerned, there will always be a lot of gamers looking to play "hardcore" games. There will always be developers who want to make those games. These minigame packs sell well once, but you aren't going to sell 4 or 5 party game collections to the same person. You WILL sell 4 or 5 Burnouts, Gears of War, and Call of Duties to a "hardcore" gamer.
The summary states that Digg was stealing traffic by "hosting" the targeted site's page in a frame. Unless Digg was mirroring that site and replacing the ads, they were doing no such thing.
Not that the diggbar didn't suck- I disabled it first thing.
You're talking speed, Bell is talking volume.
Agreed.
In fact, get rid of ridiculous bandwidth charges. Charge for speed, not volume.
The key word from that quote is "entertaining." Notice what it is NOT: "fun." Watching a D-Day documentary or Saving Private Ryan is not fun, at least not for most people. It is entertaining because it is interesting, dramatic, etc. but not a joyful experience. This is a major stumbling block for this game. The vast majority of the population assumes that digital games are all about fun, joy, etc. And that's partly due to the title of "game." That type of thinking will have to change, and this game will have to treat the subject appropriately, for the game to be accepted.
Done right, this is a step forward for video games as a mature media.
Here's the app in question, hosted by none other than Google.
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
Please. Not because I use Dvorak, but because I'm one of those weirdos that uses non-WASD keys. Why should I have to move from the default "home row" keys to navigate? ESDF anyone?
Safer to just stay inside a bomb shelter with the doors locked. That way nobody can get in to hurt you!
And if there was a Harmony Remote app for your iPhone/Andriod Phone/Blackberry/whatever?
In the US, a treaty isn't law until the Senate ratifies it.
Yeah, not much consolation, but better than nothing.
Re: your comments on school choice.
I once asked one of my community college professors for his thoughts on where I should transfer; what school had the best engineering program? He had taught for several years at both of the ones I asked about (one a respectable state university, the other a prestigious, nearly-ivy-league level state university) before semi-retiring to his current position. His response was pretty simple: go wherever you like better, or is cheaper. They all teach from the same books, you're going to learn the same stuff. He even said that back when the CC I was at had an engineering program, the prestigious university was working with the CC to improve its own engineering program.
The resume factor was another issue entirely, of course.
The reason to put Linux on a PS3 is the same as it has been since release day: access to the wonderfully (sinfully?) complex Cell.
If the thought of 6 128-bit wide vector processors hanging off the back of a general purpose CPU gets you all hot and bothered, the Linux on the PS3 is a great place to start.
I'd be happy to pay for some apps but, it looks like I'm stuck pirating now. Thanks google!
What sort of recourse does the girl have? Are there protections preventing her from suing for having three months of her life wasted?
Worrying about the mercury in Thimerosal is like complaining about the poisonous gas - chlorine - in table salt.
1) There is a basic living expenses rebate in the Fair Tax system. Poor college kids (such as myself) would not be paying taxes to eat, and paychecks would not have taxes taken out.
2) How do you define the rich-but-frugal guy's fair share? What about his behavior is not fair?
Hindsight is 20/20. You can't always look at the stock market as a "should have." What happened in the past isn't worth kicking yourself over, so long as IF you made mistakes you learn from them.
Looking back I SHOULD have put all of the money I was making at my entry level IT job into AAPL stock, instead of only a small portion. But I didn't, because that's a risk I wasn't willing to take. That's not a mistake.
I SHOULD have sold AAPL when it was worth more than double what it is now. I sold when I was up ONLY ~300%. Should I be kicking myself for making ONLY 300% in a couple years on my investment? Not unless I don't like making money.
Agreed 3000%. Trial and error - or even worse, pure random chance - is NOT gameplay.
Perhaps that's due to better hospital systems and medical techniques, and not the gun ban?
With the widespread use of P2P networks for piracy these days the problem may be the exact opposite- a generation that believes paying for software is something you just don't do.