Which is good enough to have plenty of "hardcore gamers" lining up to buy this snake-oil. You know the type. The ones that shell out several thousands of dollars on a high end machine, spend hours hand-picking watercooling components to get another 5 MHz out of their overpriced CPU, fork over $100+ for a 36gb HDD because it's 10,000rpm... all in an effort to shave a quarter of a second off their load times and gain a few FPS in what usually ends up being Quake 3 or CS. And after all that, they still get mauled by someone running a 1200mhz Athlon with half a gig of RAM and a GeForce 4...
Call me cynical or whatever you wish, but I just had a rather disturbing thought. Would it surprise ANYONE if, somewhere down the line, it was learned that the RIAA was actually responsible for Mr. Scantlebury's death just so they could inflict as much pain and anguish as possible? They're already suing dead people, so this doesn't seem to be much of a stretch. After all, the dead don't fight back...
I'm pretty sure they're all repeats, dude. Geek my ass!
Repeats as in seeing Skin of Evil a good three times in a span when I should have only seen it once if they were running the series the way it originally aired...
I'm not one to buy into all the "police state" paranoia going about these days, but this is DEFINITELY over-reacting by the authorities. And yes, the "anti-social behavior" line was pure BS.
Except that they can't even get that right. They air things completely out of order (something from season 2 yesterday....then some season 5 or 6 stuff today...wtf) and I've seen more repeats in the last month than I care to count. Spike, despite having some really horrible shows (Raising The Roofs, The Dudesons, etc), at least does 2 DS9 episodes and 2 TNG episodes per day, and they're IN ORDER!
Ok, I've shown myself to be a geek, obviously. Mod accordingly...
If your government or seller or whatever doesn't trust you, doesn't even try in the least, how the hell are you supposed to trust him? The most logical path would be to fully distrust him. And therefore to distrust and refuse trusted computing platform.
Careful, we ARE talking about the Army here. I follow what you're saying, but this circular logic might cause someone in the Army to have an aneurysm from having more than a minimal amount of neurons firing!
(BTW, I have a lot of respect for the Army as I have a lot of friends on active duty, and almost became a soldier myself. Still, I couldn't pass up a chance to make a military joke)
I guess I'm not put together right, then (yes, I was bored enough to try this). It's doable, but I'll give you that it could get damned uncomfortable in a hurry. This is why I like having scroll buttons in addition to the wheel (ala my MX700). If I need to scroll through a long list, I have the buttons. If it's just a quick scroll or switching weapons in a game, the wheel is there as well.
Maybe the West needs a version of the "suicide bomber" who risks hard jail time by wasting some piece of shit like Thompson.
Unfortunately, that would just make him (and I hate to use this term when referencing him) a martyr. He speaks out against things people enjoy, and if someone were to "take care of him", so to speak, then his nonsensical ramblings would end up carrying more weight. More people would hear about him because of it, and they would get the idea in their head that he was right because someone brought violence upon him for what he was saying.
No, the best course of action is for more judges throw his garbage out of the courtroom, and for the rest of the world to simply ignore him. Jack Thompson is nothing but a troll, and to quote a few wise words, "Trolls are energy creatures. Stop feeding them, and they will die."
So they're comparing the first FIRST of Firefox 2.0 to the THIRD beta of IE7 and the RELEASE version of Opera 9.0. Call me crazy, but wouldn't a proper comparison look at all three browsers after they have reached their final release versions?
The shuttle can land itself without any hassle whatsoever. What prevents this from being done is the fact that the landing gear is manually activated. This was an intentional design element, as once the landing gear is activated there is no way to reverse the process. The fear was that if the computers fouled up and dropped the landing gear early, the excess drag would cause the shuttle to fall short of the runway. For this reason, they wait until the last minute (approx. 300 feet) to activate the system. As far as I know, the landing gear still requires an actual human to give the command, but the cable they installed allows this to be done remotely if the need should arise.
...then I've got one that should cause him to sweat a bit.
Quoth Phil Harrison to Spiegel Online:
On one level I understand why people say that. But it's a little stupid, if you don't mind me saying so. When we launched Playstation in 1994 we introduced the concept of real-time computer-generated 3-D-graphics for the first time.
This was part of his response to a question relating to the tilt controller, specifically wanting a response to those who thought they stole the idea. My question is two-fold: First, what are you hiding? It should be easy to relate the design process that ended with having a tilt controller (needing a feature now that they can't have dual-shock would have been more than sufficient). However, you simply called the allegations "stupid" and tried to move on as quickly as possible.
My second question (and the most pressing): Why are you LYING to the public about Sony's achievements? And before you get upset about the question, let me point out my proof:
1980: Atari releases Battlezone. This game featured real-time, computer-generated 3D graphics, and was also (technically) an FPS.
1992: Sega releases Virtua Racing in the arcades. The game was composed almost entirely of real-time 3D graphicsf.
February 23, 1993: Nintendo releases Star Fox for the SNES. The major selling point of the game was real-time, computer-generated 3D graphics.
November 22, 1994: Sega debuts the Saturn, which is fully capable of providing real-time, computer-generated 3D graphics. Titles such as Daytona USA sell extremely well among owners of the system. This same year, Virtua Racing is ported to the Genesis, and Virtua Racing Deluxe is released for the 32X.
December 3, 1994: Sony releases the Playstation, which was originally to become a CD add-on for the SNES to compete with the SegaCD.
This clearly shows your assertion that "...we introduced the concept of real-time computer-generated 3-D-graphics for the first time..." to be flat-out wrong. This is all commonly available information, which someone authorized to speak on Sony's behalf should know off the top of their head. So I ask again, why the lying? If it was intentional, then you have only proven the arrogant desperation of your company. If it was a mistake, then you are proving yourself unqualified to speak for an entire company. Unfortunately, I am inclined to believe that it was intentional in light of Kaz Hirai's statement of "...With our original PlayStation, we ushered in the era of the CD-ROM and 3-D..."
So to conclude, you may not think of yourselves as arrogant, but your words and actions say otherwise.
Why would anyone pay 500 dollars for Toshiba HD-DVD player when you could get an entire PS3 for the same price that plays BluRay movies at 1080p over component and has the entire support of the movie industry.
To get a dedicated device that does one thing well, rather than an a device that does multiple things poorly (PS2's horrible DVD playback, anyone?). And 1080p over component? Only until the MPAA decides to start shipping discs with the Image Constraint Token enabled. Then your $500 PS3/BluRay wonder machine becomes an overpriced console with a crippled movie player. Sure, your old titles will still work, but for newer films you will be stuck with DVD resolution unless you bent ove....err... shelled out the extra $100 to your gods at Sony for the priviledge of having an HDMI connector bestowed upon your grateful existance.
everyone is calling sony arrogant, i guess because they are the market leader.
No, everyone is calling Sony arrogant because they ARE. Let's take stock here:
Arrogant in thinking they would get away with putting rootkits on CD's
Arrogant in announcing that people will buy a $600 game system (even without any games) just because it says "Sony" on the box.
Arrogant in claiming they were the first to deliver realtime computer generated 3D graphics (Nintendo was first in the mainstream with Star Fox, while Atari was the first PERIOD with Battlezone in the arcades some 24 years ago).
Arrogant in claiming that they were the first with a CD based storage system for video games (SegaCD and Sega Saturn, anyone?).
Hating on the market leader for their position is one thing. This, however, is calling a spade a spade. Sony has proven that they don't give a flying frack about the consumer, the reactions they're receiving because of this are more than justified.
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As the previous reply stated, the launch can be aborted (either by Launch Control at KSC, or by the computer) at any time up until the SRB's ignite. There can be (and have been) aborts between the ignition of the main engines and the ignition of the SRB's. A couple (although the exact missions escape me right now) have been aborted at almost literally the last second, around T-00:00:03 or so. But yeah, once the SRB's are lit, you're leaving the pad wether you like it or not.
You are right that they have emergency landing sites in Europe. However, in order to initiate an RTLS (Return To Landing Site) abort, they have to be beyond a certain point in their ascent, around the 4 minute mark. While they would have passed that point before the weather hit, it still takes time to get rid of altitude and airspeed. It then would take another 25-30 minutes to return to KSC, in which time the weather could already be causing unfavorable landing conditions.
"People don't want a single dedicated computer. They don't want their whole lives bound up in one piece of hardware. People want to get access wherever they are, from whatever device they're using."
I don't mind having a "single dedicated computer" or having "my whole life bound up in one piece of hardware" (is he saying that people don't make backups??). Why? Because it's MY machine, under MY control. Nobody else has access to it, nobody else can see anything on it unless I specifically allow them to, and that's the way I like it.
This way, if I forget to pay my internet bill, or my wireless bill, etc., I don't lose my files. They're still on my computer, and I can still use them. All I have to do is be at the machine.
*Plays 1080p HD BluRay movies over component cables... Until they implement HDCP...
*Plays 1080p games (which has been possible on PC for years)
*All the same exclusive games that 103+ million people bought Playstation 2s for (so why not just play them on that)
*Complate backwards compatibility with 8000+ Playstation games (when it decideds to work properly)
*Complete backwards compatibility with 8000+ Playstation 2 games (see above)
*Free online play for all non-MMORPG games. Nothing new here
*Linux. To what end? I'm sure it will be just as huge a success as Linux on PS2 was.......
*Webbrowsing in 1080p on your HD TV monitor and other desktop apps that you run in 1600x1200+ (higher than 1080p) on your PC
*Tilt controller that they copied from Nintendo
Compared to the 200-250 Wii which looks to be fun at parties and can produce graphics that are more than adequate, all the while maintaining an aura of FUN vs just being eye-candy.
Or the XBox 360 which will end up costing you over 700 bucks for the non-worthless version over four to five years, vs a system that will cost you well over $2000 up front to use it to its full potential ($600 for a non-crippled PS3, $200 for a few games, $1200+ on the low end for a TV that supports HDMI so you don't lose 1080p playback when HDCP is implemented). And that doesn't include a keyboard or mouse to actually USE the "other desktop apps" properly. Or the overpriced accessories.
Really, they do in most states. Also they get Summers OFF and every other holiday known to man. So while they're working less hours than us in their normal job (and getting more pay on top of that these days), a second job for them is no big deal. To be honest I'm thinking of going into teaching. It's easy work, and I like kids.
You poor, sad, horribly-mistaken individual. I sincerely hope you're being sarcastic. I know many, MANY teachers, and not a single one of them does it for the money or because it's an "easy" job. They do it because they love to teach, but they aren't getting rich doing it.
The teacher's day doesn't begin at 8:00am and end at 3:00pm. There are long hours every day of grading in-class assignments, checking homework, and preparing for the next day. Teachers also most certainly do NOT get the summer off. A lot of time is spent during the summer preparing new lesson plans for the comming school-year, and a lot of districts are adopting a "year-round" schedule, which means an even greater percentage of down-time is spent getting things together for the upcoming term. In addition to their own classroom tasks, there are also faculty meetings, PTA meetings, and various conferences with parents that come up.
On top of all of that, you have the students. No classroom anywhere is 100% full of well-behaved, polite children. In any group you work with, you will have the ones who cop an attitude, throw a tantrum, or just flat out refuse to do what they're told. Then you have the ones with actual behavioral or developmental problems that inevitably get put in the class because their parents refuse to send them to a school better suited to their needs. Oh yeah, that's another thing. You may be able to handle the kids, but the REAL headache comes from dealing with the PARENTS. These are the ones who cannot possibly conceive of little Johnny EVERY doing anything wrong, and it must be YOUR fault that he is acting that way. And it just gets worse because schools aren't allowed to use any sort of discipline other than some form of "time-out", be it detention, a trip to the office, or whatever.
It gets even worse at the high school level. I went to a small, private school and even there, we had students who simply refused to put any effort into a given class, and who seemed to have nothing better to do than make everyone else's life as difficult as possible. The problem students get worse as they get older, because they lose their fear of authority. A student who is physically bigger and/or stronger than the teacher has no incentive to follow instruction if they don't want to. Even if they aren't there is no way to FORCE a student to do their work without getting the afformentioned parents threatening to sue your underpaid ass. And chances are, if they don't want to work, the threat of failing will mean precisely nothing to them.
That's not to say that ALL students are bad. The majority are easy enough to handle, but it's always the problem ones that give you the most grief at any grade level. And then there are also students who try hard enough, but always need a little bit of extra assistance in order to keep them from falling behind. Dealing with students who fall outside of the "norm" is very taxing for a teacher. The bottom line is teaching is NOT an easy profession, and even the most well meaning class will eat you alive if you don't know how to handle them.
It's scary how far the US is willing to go to pressure other countries into changing their laws to suit US interests. I can almost imagine the US going to war with other countries that "don't have the same copyright laws as us".
Somewhere, this thought is giving an **AA exec a hard-on that even Viagra couldn't achieve...
The RIAA would sue their own mothers, given half the chance. Old lady, 9 year old girl living in public housing, it makes no difference to them. They're going to sue someone they can make an example out of. Sure, they won't sue the politicians who are with them on this one. But do you really think they aren't foaming at the mouth for a chance to takedown one of the politicians who votes against their little scheme? They would LOVE to sue the crap out of them and make an extremely high-profile example.
Side Note: If this bill covers incidental copies such as buffer memory, would that make most portable CD players illegal?
Well its blatantly obvious what they're doing now. By checking the referal header they make sure that to see the print version, you HAVE to go to the default article at least once. Ergo, they're determined to get at least one ad impression out of you wether you like it or not. THIS is why people started using things like AdBlock in the first place. They HATE HAVING ADS FORCED ON THEM!
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*sigh*...Slashdot: From Tech Article to Political Wanking in 3 posts...
Because you've been hanging around the stoner Dell guy too long?
(Time to burn some karma)
Call me cynical or whatever you wish, but I just had a rather disturbing thought. Would it surprise ANYONE if, somewhere down the line, it was learned that the RIAA was actually responsible for Mr. Scantlebury's death just so they could inflict as much pain and anguish as possible? They're already suing dead people, so this doesn't seem to be much of a stretch. After all, the dead don't fight back...
I'm not one to buy into all the "police state" paranoia going about these days, but this is DEFINITELY over-reacting by the authorities. And yes, the "anti-social behavior" line was pure BS.
Ok, I've shown myself to be a geek, obviously. Mod accordingly...
(BTW, I have a lot of respect for the Army as I have a lot of friends on active duty, and almost became a soldier myself. Still, I couldn't pass up a chance to make a military joke)
I guess I'm not put together right, then (yes, I was bored enough to try this). It's doable, but I'll give you that it could get damned uncomfortable in a hurry. This is why I like having scroll buttons in addition to the wheel (ala my MX700). If I need to scroll through a long list, I have the buttons. If it's just a quick scroll or switching weapons in a game, the wheel is there as well.
No, the best course of action is for more judges throw his garbage out of the courtroom, and for the rest of the world to simply ignore him. Jack Thompson is nothing but a troll, and to quote a few wise words, "Trolls are energy creatures. Stop feeding them, and they will die."
Disclaimer: No, I haven't RTFA yet.
So they're comparing the first FIRST of Firefox 2.0 to the THIRD beta of IE7 and the RELEASE version of Opera 9.0. Call me crazy, but wouldn't a proper comparison look at all three browsers after they have reached their final release versions?
The shuttle can land itself without any hassle whatsoever. What prevents this from being done is the fact that the landing gear is manually activated. This was an intentional design element, as once the landing gear is activated there is no way to reverse the process. The fear was that if the computers fouled up and dropped the landing gear early, the excess drag would cause the shuttle to fall short of the runway. For this reason, they wait until the last minute (approx. 300 feet) to activate the system. As far as I know, the landing gear still requires an actual human to give the command, but the cable they installed allows this to be done remotely if the need should arise.
Quoth Phil Harrison to Spiegel Online: This was part of his response to a question relating to the tilt controller, specifically wanting a response to those who thought they stole the idea. My question is two-fold: First, what are you hiding? It should be easy to relate the design process that ended with having a tilt controller (needing a feature now that they can't have dual-shock would have been more than sufficient). However, you simply called the allegations "stupid" and tried to move on as quickly as possible.
My second question (and the most pressing): Why are you LYING to the public about Sony's achievements? And before you get upset about the question, let me point out my proof:
- 1980: Atari releases Battlezone. This game featured real-time, computer-generated 3D graphics, and was also (technically) an FPS.
- 1992: Sega releases Virtua Racing in the arcades. The game was composed almost entirely of real-time 3D graphicsf.
- February 23, 1993: Nintendo releases Star Fox for the SNES. The major selling point of the game was real-time, computer-generated 3D graphics.
- November 22, 1994: Sega debuts the Saturn, which is fully capable of providing real-time, computer-generated 3D graphics. Titles such as Daytona USA sell extremely well among owners of the system. This same year, Virtua Racing is ported to the Genesis, and Virtua Racing Deluxe is released for the 32X.
- December 3, 1994: Sony releases the Playstation, which was originally to become a CD add-on for the SNES to compete with the SegaCD.
This clearly shows your assertion that "...we introduced the concept of real-time computer-generated 3-D-graphics for the first time..." to be flat-out wrong. This is all commonly available information, which someone authorized to speak on Sony's behalf should know off the top of their head. So I ask again, why the lying? If it was intentional, then you have only proven the arrogant desperation of your company. If it was a mistake, then you are proving yourself unqualified to speak for an entire company. Unfortunately, I am inclined to believe that it was intentional in light of Kaz Hirai's statement of "...With our original PlayStation, we ushered in the era of the CD-ROM and 3-D..."So to conclude, you may not think of yourselves as arrogant, but your words and actions say otherwise.
No, everyone is calling Sony arrogant because they ARE. Let's take stock here:
- Arrogant in thinking they would get away with putting rootkits on CD's
- Arrogant in announcing that people will buy a $600 game system (even without any games) just because it says "Sony" on the box.
- Arrogant in claiming they were the first to deliver realtime computer generated 3D graphics (Nintendo was first in the mainstream with Star Fox, while Atari was the first PERIOD with Battlezone in the arcades some 24 years ago).
- Arrogant in claiming that they were the first with a CD based storage system for video games (SegaCD and Sega Saturn, anyone?).
Hating on the market leader for their position is one thing. This, however, is calling a spade a spade. Sony has proven that they don't give a flying frack about the consumer, the reactions they're receiving because of this are more than justified.As the previous reply stated, the launch can be aborted (either by Launch Control at KSC, or by the computer) at any time up until the SRB's ignite. There can be (and have been) aborts between the ignition of the main engines and the ignition of the SRB's. A couple (although the exact missions escape me right now) have been aborted at almost literally the last second, around T-00:00:03 or so. But yeah, once the SRB's are lit, you're leaving the pad wether you like it or not.
You are right that they have emergency landing sites in Europe. However, in order to initiate an RTLS (Return To Landing Site) abort, they have to be beyond a certain point in their ascent, around the 4 minute mark. While they would have passed that point before the weather hit, it still takes time to get rid of altitude and airspeed. It then would take another 25-30 minutes to return to KSC, in which time the weather could already be causing unfavorable landing conditions.
I don't mind having a "single dedicated computer" or having "my whole life bound up in one piece of hardware" (is he saying that people don't make backups??). Why? Because it's MY machine, under MY control. Nobody else has access to it, nobody else can see anything on it unless I specifically allow them to, and that's the way I like it.
This way, if I forget to pay my internet bill, or my wireless bill, etc., I don't lose my files. They're still on my computer, and I can still use them. All I have to do is be at the machine.
He's smoking the Blu-Ray crackpipe, of course (this can be used interchangeably with "Sony's Cock")
Yeah, go ahead and mod me down for that one. But you know someone would have said it eventually...
... and I'll say it again. Where can I get giant bags of cash to study the blindingly obvious?
For $499 you get a PS3 from Sony that:
*Plays 1080p HD BluRay movies over component cables... Until they implement HDCP...
*Plays 1080p games (which has been possible on PC for years)
*All the same exclusive games that 103+ million people bought Playstation 2s for (so why not just play them on that)
*Complate backwards compatibility with 8000+ Playstation games (when it decideds to work properly)
*Complete backwards compatibility with 8000+ Playstation 2 games (see above)
*Free online play for all non-MMORPG games. Nothing new here
*Linux. To what end? I'm sure it will be just as huge a success as Linux on PS2 was.......
*Webbrowsing in 1080p on your HD TV monitor and other desktop apps that you run in 1600x1200+ (higher than 1080p) on your PC
*Tilt controller that they copied from Nintendo
Compared to the 200-250 Wii which looks to be fun at parties and can produce graphics that are more than adequate, all the while maintaining an aura of FUN vs just being eye-candy.
Or the XBox 360 which will end up costing you over 700 bucks for the non-worthless version over four to five years, vs a system that will cost you well over $2000 up front to use it to its full potential ($600 for a non-crippled PS3, $200 for a few games, $1200+ on the low end for a TV that supports HDMI so you don't lose 1080p playback when HDCP is implemented). And that doesn't include a keyboard or mouse to actually USE the "other desktop apps" properly. Or the overpriced accessories.
You poor, sad, horribly-mistaken individual. I sincerely hope you're being sarcastic. I know many, MANY teachers, and not a single one of them does it for the money or because it's an "easy" job. They do it because they love to teach, but they aren't getting rich doing it.
The teacher's day doesn't begin at 8:00am and end at 3:00pm. There are long hours every day of grading in-class assignments, checking homework, and preparing for the next day. Teachers also most certainly do NOT get the summer off. A lot of time is spent during the summer preparing new lesson plans for the comming school-year, and a lot of districts are adopting a "year-round" schedule, which means an even greater percentage of down-time is spent getting things together for the upcoming term. In addition to their own classroom tasks, there are also faculty meetings, PTA meetings, and various conferences with parents that come up.
On top of all of that, you have the students. No classroom anywhere is 100% full of well-behaved, polite children. In any group you work with, you will have the ones who cop an attitude, throw a tantrum, or just flat out refuse to do what they're told. Then you have the ones with actual behavioral or developmental problems that inevitably get put in the class because their parents refuse to send them to a school better suited to their needs. Oh yeah, that's another thing. You may be able to handle the kids, but the REAL headache comes from dealing with the PARENTS. These are the ones who cannot possibly conceive of little Johnny EVERY doing anything wrong, and it must be YOUR fault that he is acting that way. And it just gets worse because schools aren't allowed to use any sort of discipline other than some form of "time-out", be it detention, a trip to the office, or whatever.
It gets even worse at the high school level. I went to a small, private school and even there, we had students who simply refused to put any effort into a given class, and who seemed to have nothing better to do than make everyone else's life as difficult as possible. The problem students get worse as they get older, because they lose their fear of authority. A student who is physically bigger and/or stronger than the teacher has no incentive to follow instruction if they don't want to. Even if they aren't there is no way to FORCE a student to do their work without getting the afformentioned parents threatening to sue your underpaid ass. And chances are, if they don't want to work, the threat of failing will mean precisely nothing to them.
That's not to say that ALL students are bad. The majority are easy enough to handle, but it's always the problem ones that give you the most grief at any grade level. And then there are also students who try hard enough, but always need a little bit of extra assistance in order to keep them from falling behind. Dealing with students who fall outside of the "norm" is very taxing for a teacher. The bottom line is teaching is NOT an easy profession, and even the most well meaning class will eat you alive if you don't know how to handle them.
Somewhere, this thought is giving an **AA exec a hard-on that even Viagra couldn't achieve...
The RIAA would sue their own mothers, given half the chance. Old lady, 9 year old girl living in public housing, it makes no difference to them. They're going to sue someone they can make an example out of. Sure, they won't sue the politicians who are with them on this one. But do you really think they aren't foaming at the mouth for a chance to takedown one of the politicians who votes against their little scheme? They would LOVE to sue the crap out of them and make an extremely high-profile example.
Side Note: If this bill covers incidental copies such as buffer memory, would that make most portable CD players illegal?
Well its blatantly obvious what they're doing now. By checking the referal header they make sure that to see the print version, you HAVE to go to the default article at least once. Ergo, they're determined to get at least one ad impression out of you wether you like it or not. THIS is why people started using things like AdBlock in the first place. They HATE HAVING ADS FORCED ON THEM!
I still get kicked to the paginated-to-all-hell version =(