Please note: If they are marked with "Anycall" they will not be released here in the States, or Europe for that matter. Only Korea. Plus, phones with these specs are not uncommon there currently. They already have phones with hard drives in them, as well as 5mp cameras (that take great pics)! Theres a slim chance that if one of the US CDMA carriers adopts the Korean Wideband CDMA network infrastructure for their 3G rollout, we may see them here, but that dosent look likely, and i can only immagine how much Verizon would fuck you over with charges. $.50 per HDD spool up sounds reasonable, dosent it?
I followed up with a simple question, "Who on this panel has played which of the games?"
Burke answered first, "I haven't played any of them." She backed up her willful ignorance of the games by suggesting that she didn't need to read Soldier of Fortune to know that she was opposed to its glorification of killing. "I think it's an irrelevant question," she concluded.
When will people learn that ignorance is not an excuse.
So your saying that its MY fault for wanting to play a game on a computer that never has / never will have net access? Since when has a net connection been a requirement of playing an OFFLINE game?
Its just like the authentication scheme on the T2 super duper edition DVD (the one with the HD-WMV version). Why should i have to contact MS to play a f-ing movie that i already paid for?
This is a bad trend. Soon enough ill have to have a net connection so my bed can authenticate me to go to sleep.
Why should i have to ask Valve permission to use an offline single-player game when i want to? I paid for the game, why cant i 'just use it'? Whats going to happen when Valve stops supporting their authentication server for HL2? Are they going to refund me my $$$, 'cause my game is now useless?
As good as the game may be, i will not give money to a company that endorses such shit policies. As soon as there is a cracked version that eliminates the need for a net connection i will be using it on my internet free gaming box, but Valve will not see a penny from me. Im not a 'pirate', i just dont support companies with shit policies.
How does this stack up against Alienwares ALX dual graphics card system. I remember reading an article where the Alienware guys bashed the SLI method. Theirs, each card renders half the screen, either top or bottom, not every other line.
Ok, so its a DC game, but its one of the best examples of 'retro' games on modern hardware. Its 2D and all through the game the story laments the death of 2D with the new generation of consoles. Its so crazy now seeing hundreds of sprites on screen at once. If only they made more games like this.
Im quite looking forward to the next Paper Mario. Its visual style is truly cool and 'new' yet quite retro.
I think battery life was much more an issue before built in rechargables. As long as i dont need to buy a pack of AAs for every session im fine with charging it every night, just like my cell phone, camera and other battery driven devices.
I do think that size will be an issue, its big, limiting its portability. Although its nice that its big in that the screen will be easily viewable without squinting or holding the thing 2 inches away from my face.
I picked up a Samsung 213t 21" arround the hollidays and i love it. I needed the size because i use it mainly for graphics work and page layout. Its native 1600x1200. The colors are very consistant, brightness is great and viewing angle is nearly 180.
I do have a few complaints. When watching movies or playing games where there is a lot of dark scenes, there just isnt the contrast to make it look good. Even at 600:1, CRTs destroy LCDs. And my Ti4200 card dosent have the muscle to run the panel at full rez DVI. It goes up to 1280x1024 and then chokes on 1600x1200. So until i get a new card ill be running it analog.
The response time is ~25ms i believe, but im usually working with static images so the little bit of ghosting whilst gaming dosent bother me. Its, for me, all about the screen size to footprint ratio, and CRTs cant touch that at all.
That would work if version 4.5 was compatable with pre 4.5 shared playlists. It isnt. I just loaded it up and wish now i hadent, because i cant listen to any of the shares i can see, itunes tells me "The shared music library is not compatable with this version of itunes."
Umm, the DC had the best launch ever when it was released.
As for its not beating out Sony, Sega had pissed off a lot of fans with the Segs CD and 32x, and then again with the Saturn. These people had latched onto the PS1 and were waiting for the PS2. Also, Sony had squat for the launch of the PS2, it was a whole lot of "Cool ive got a PS2, now when does Grand Tourismo come out?"
Ive had luck with.OBJ and STEP. OBJ going between surface modeling programs, Alias StudioTools> Rhino, and STEP going to engineering programs, Alias StudioTools > MCad. Luckily Maya imports StudioTools'.wire format seemlessly. I dont think another format is going to do anything for design / engineering 3D. Best of luck to them though.
This is going to fail miserably. The Matrix is old hat, not cool anymore. The series is done and over with. If they would have released this just before the 2nd film, sure it would have been sucessful, but now? no way. Plus they could have updated the world as the 2nd and 3rd movies released, giving a dynamic virtual environment.
These guys liquid cool and overclock it before shipping. They also f##k with XP so it runs "optimized". Dont know if theyre reputable, but they do make trick gear. Their displays look nice.
These guys make KILLER boxes and from what ive read are quite reputable. Nothing fancy though, just the best parts available.
also, Alienware. But if you want a really good rig, build it yourself and save a few bucks, plus youll actually know what goes on inside your box. Nothing is more lame than some rich dude that buys the best, but has no clue whats inside. These people are the ones with "two gigahurts hard disks, and five twelve mega processors." Great boxes, stupid people.
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Please note: If they are marked with "Anycall" they will not be released here in the States, or Europe for that matter. Only Korea. Plus, phones with these specs are not uncommon there currently. They already have phones with hard drives in them, as well as 5mp cameras (that take great pics)! Theres a slim chance that if one of the US CDMA carriers adopts the Korean Wideband CDMA network infrastructure for their 3G rollout, we may see them here, but that dosent look likely, and i can only immagine how much Verizon would fuck you over with charges. $.50 per HDD spool up sounds reasonable, dosent it?
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When will people learn that ignorance is not an excuse.
Its just like the authentication scheme on the T2 super duper edition DVD (the one with the HD-WMV version). Why should i have to contact MS to play a f-ing movie that i already paid for?
This is a bad trend. Soon enough ill have to have a net connection so my bed can authenticate me to go to sleep.
As good as the game may be, i will not give money to a company that endorses such shit policies. As soon as there is a cracked version that eliminates the need for a net connection i will be using it on my internet free gaming box, but Valve will not see a penny from me. Im not a 'pirate', i just dont support companies with shit policies.
Thats 75% smaller, not 25%. Its top loading as well. Check Gizmodo.com or engadget.com for better coverage.
Just because im going to have to run the game at 800x600 dosent mean i run my desk top at that. 1600x1200 here as well please.
Aiwa makes one too, thats what i have. No messing with FM transmitters and tape adapters for me.
How does this stack up against Alienwares ALX dual graphics card system. I remember reading an article where the Alienware guys bashed the SLI method. Theirs, each card renders half the screen, either top or bottom, not every other line.
FU-FME
Shut up, nobody cares about you. Go do something productive and break all your fingers please.
Im quite looking forward to the next Paper Mario. Its visual style is truly cool and 'new' yet quite retro.
As always i stand by my sig.
I do think that size will be an issue, its big, limiting its portability. Although its nice that its big in that the screen will be easily viewable without squinting or holding the thing 2 inches away from my face.
I do have a few complaints. When watching movies or playing games where there is a lot of dark scenes, there just isnt the contrast to make it look good. Even at 600:1, CRTs destroy LCDs. And my Ti4200 card dosent have the muscle to run the panel at full rez DVI. It goes up to 1280x1024 and then chokes on 1600x1200. So until i get a new card ill be running it analog.
The response time is ~25ms i believe, but im usually working with static images so the little bit of ghosting whilst gaming dosent bother me. Its, for me, all about the screen size to footprint ratio, and CRTs cant touch that at all.
190! Read the article.
That would work if version 4.5 was compatable with pre 4.5 shared playlists. It isnt. I just loaded it up and wish now i hadent, because i cant listen to any of the shares i can see, itunes tells me "The shared music library is not compatable with this version of itunes."
Perhaps i should have included the part where you infered that this 'virtual graphics memory' would require ethernet or a pay service to enable.
Whose ass did you pull that out of?
As for its not beating out Sony, Sega had pissed off a lot of fans with the Segs CD and 32x, and then again with the Saturn. These people had latched onto the PS1 and were waiting for the PS2. Also, Sony had squat for the launch of the PS2, it was a whole lot of "Cool ive got a PS2, now when does Grand Tourismo come out?"
Ive had luck with .OBJ and STEP. OBJ going between surface modeling programs, Alias StudioTools> Rhino, and STEP going to engineering programs, Alias StudioTools > MCad. Luckily Maya imports StudioTools' .wire format seemlessly. I dont think another format is going to do anything for design / engineering 3D. Best of luck to them though.
this is old, but still cool http://www.apple.com/pro/film/lowry/
you should check it out.
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This is going to fail miserably. The Matrix is old hat, not cool anymore. The series is done and over with. If they would have released this just before the 2nd film, sure it would have been sucessful, but now? no way. Plus they could have updated the world as the 2nd and 3rd movies released, giving a dynamic virtual environment.
These guys liquid cool and overclock it before shipping. They also f##k with XP so it runs "optimized". Dont know if theyre reputable, but they do make trick gear. Their displays look nice.
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These guys make KILLER boxes and from what ive read are quite reputable. Nothing fancy though, just the best parts available.
also, Alienware. But if you want a really good rig, build it yourself and save a few bucks, plus youll actually know what goes on inside your box. Nothing is more lame than some rich dude that buys the best, but has no clue whats inside. These people are the ones with "two gigahurts hard disks, and five twelve mega processors." Great boxes, stupid people.
Hell, id pick it up if it was arround $1500.