I didn't even have a tape drive. I had to spend all day typing in those games from computer magazines back then. Then they went to hex and it was painful when you mistyped any characters.
You are implying that we are aware of all the tech the military has. The Roswell crash supposedly happened in 1947. As far as I know, the first night vision patent was in 1978. I'm not saying that night vision actually came from alien tech. But you're saying it's impossible that the military had night vision tech in the 1940's before commercially "discovered" in the 70's?
I don't quite understand why this is would be an outrageous claim. Let's say that it did come from alien technology, does that mean it's magic? Surely not, even alien technology is planted in physics. "current technology came from UFOs" would simply mean that we now have the technology that may have taken longer to invent by ourselves. Alien technology wouldn't defy the laws of physics. With that said, I'm not saying we did get it from UFOs, but the statement itself isn't outrageous as you claim.
How exactly is this a freedom of speech issue? The government isn't prevent Take Two from publishing this game. The ESRB isn't preventing Take Two from publishing this game. Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft have an option to not allow AO rated games on their platform. They are proprietary platforms, so you must abide by their rules. Someone above mentioned that libraries stock questionable material. Well, libraries are public. Take Two is free to publish this game on the PC.
You do know that DRM for Windows MCE only applies to CableCard which Linux can't even support, right? If you don't use CableCard, there is no DRM and there are 3rd party add-ons for Windows MCE that allow you to strip commercials.
If you look at the link, multi-touch tabletop interfaces have been in developement for a long time. There have been lots of responses regarding Jeff Han, yet MS has publically demonstrated multi-touch before Jeff Han.
You have to seperate the belief from the organization. From the religion point of view, they are exactly the same. Bibles and the gospel weren't always free.
Having backwards compatability is a nice bullet point, but I don't think it's a major factor anymore. The only irony here is that when the 360 was first launched, Sony was making fun of the 360 for not providing full backwards compatability as it was based on software emulation and the PS3 had an edge with hardware emulation support, yet Sony is now following the 360's lead.
Nothing you've stated here invalidates the parent poster's point. Both the GPL and DRM are for the purposes of protecting the redistribution of the creator/owner's content.
Sony today is rumored to lose $200 per PS3 sold. If they cut their lower end model to $300, they'd be losing $400 per unit. Let's assume Sony gets 10% of profits for each game sold (this is probably too high). Average "next-gen" game price is $60. That would mean that for every console sold, they need an attach rate of 67 games per console. I don't see that happening.
Keep in mind that the NPD numbers only represent brick and morter stores (no online sales are included in their numbers) and even then only represent 60% of brick and morter (I believe even Walmart sales aren't included).
MS has not announced any new update other than they will be using the 65nm process for future 360's. This is all rumor so far. As for updates, these changes don't suddenly make the old 360's stop working nor does it make future games require these updates. So unlike PCs, these updates don't introduce any compatibility issues.
I doubt MS would have a built-in HD-DVD drive. For one thing, I don't believe the transfer speeds of the HD-DVD (reading DVD discs) are as fast as the current DVD drive. Also, I believe MS has stated several times that they believe the future of movie distribution is over the internet and their movie download service has been doing pretty good and they benefit directly from those sales vs sales of a HD-DVD addon.
I don't think you can call it a bogus claim yet. The Wii is targeted towards a larger range of players than the existing consoles. This means that kids or grandparents who don't have a strong grip could be playing the Wii. If the strap was designed well enough based on Nintendo's expected usage of the Wiimote, then why did they redesign the strap already to make it sturdier? Based on the commercials of people playing the Wii, I can see how an average player COULD use enough force for the Wiimote to fly out of their hands and EXPECT the strap to protect them.
Does your camera instruction manual tell you to wave your camera around? If not, then that's not a good comparison. Nintendo designed the wiimote to be waved around, they could have had some grip material on the remote rather than slick plastic.
You're assuming everyone wants or needs HD-DVD, which simply is not the case. Not everyone who buys the PS3 will play Bluray movies just like not everyone who buys a PSP plays UMD movies. The HD-DVD add-on is simply an optional accessory that has no impact on gaming.
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I didn't even have a tape drive. I had to spend all day typing in those games from computer magazines back then. Then they went to hex and it was painful when you mistyped any characters.
Sony cut backwards compat. not because it really saved them any money, it's to add value to the higher sku.
WS-Management (look it up on dmtf.org) is the protocol being used for remote hardware (BMC) management.
You are implying that we are aware of all the tech the military has. The Roswell crash supposedly happened in 1947. As far as I know, the first night vision patent was in 1978. I'm not saying that night vision actually came from alien tech. But you're saying it's impossible that the military had night vision tech in the 1940's before commercially "discovered" in the 70's?
I don't quite understand why this is would be an outrageous claim. Let's say that it did come from alien technology, does that mean it's magic? Surely not, even alien technology is planted in physics. "current technology came from UFOs" would simply mean that we now have the technology that may have taken longer to invent by ourselves. Alien technology wouldn't defy the laws of physics. With that said, I'm not saying we did get it from UFOs, but the statement itself isn't outrageous as you claim.
How exactly is this a freedom of speech issue? The government isn't prevent Take Two from publishing this game. The ESRB isn't preventing Take Two from publishing this game. Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft have an option to not allow AO rated games on their platform. They are proprietary platforms, so you must abide by their rules. Someone above mentioned that libraries stock questionable material. Well, libraries are public. Take Two is free to publish this game on the PC.
You do know that DRM for Windows MCE only applies to CableCard which Linux can't even support, right? If you don't use CableCard, there is no DRM and there are 3rd party add-ons for Windows MCE that allow you to strip commercials.
If you look at the link, multi-touch tabletop interfaces have been in developement for a long time. There have been lots of responses regarding Jeff Han, yet MS has publically demonstrated multi-touch before Jeff Han.
Fair use is a legal defense, not a right.
You have to seperate the belief from the organization. From the religion point of view, they are exactly the same. Bibles and the gospel weren't always free.
I suspect the "Zombie" part was referring to him coming back from the dead
Microsoft has a Expose clone already. Just install the Intellimouse software and press the middle mouse button.
Having backwards compatability is a nice bullet point, but I don't think it's a major factor anymore. The only irony here is that when the 360 was first launched, Sony was making fun of the 360 for not providing full backwards compatability as it was based on software emulation and the PS3 had an edge with hardware emulation support, yet Sony is now following the 360's lead.
Nothing you've stated here invalidates the parent poster's point. Both the GPL and DRM are for the purposes of protecting the redistribution of the creator/owner's content.
Sony today is rumored to lose $200 per PS3 sold. If they cut their lower end model to $300, they'd be losing $400 per unit. Let's assume Sony gets 10% of profits for each game sold (this is probably too high). Average "next-gen" game price is $60. That would mean that for every console sold, they need an attach rate of 67 games per console. I don't see that happening.
Don't be surprised if the response is to no longer allow PC software decoders for media formats.
Keep in mind that the NPD numbers only represent brick and morter stores (no online sales are included in their numbers) and even then only represent 60% of brick and morter (I believe even Walmart sales aren't included).
MS has not announced any new update other than they will be using the 65nm process for future 360's. This is all rumor so far. As for updates, these changes don't suddenly make the old 360's stop working nor does it make future games require these updates. So unlike PCs, these updates don't introduce any compatibility issues.
I doubt MS would have a built-in HD-DVD drive. For one thing, I don't believe the transfer speeds of the HD-DVD (reading DVD discs) are as fast as the current DVD drive. Also, I believe MS has stated several times that they believe the future of movie distribution is over the internet and their movie download service has been doing pretty good and they benefit directly from those sales vs sales of a HD-DVD addon.
I'm surprised one of my biggest annoyances wasn't in the list: missing cursor. Is it that hard to add a cursor to show where the user is typing?
I don't think you can call it a bogus claim yet. The Wii is targeted towards a larger range of players than the existing consoles. This means that kids or grandparents who don't have a strong grip could be playing the Wii. If the strap was designed well enough based on Nintendo's expected usage of the Wiimote, then why did they redesign the strap already to make it sturdier? Based on the commercials of people playing the Wii, I can see how an average player COULD use enough force for the Wiimote to fly out of their hands and EXPECT the strap to protect them.
Does your camera instruction manual tell you to wave your camera around? If not, then that's not a good comparison. Nintendo designed the wiimote to be waved around, they could have had some grip material on the remote rather than slick plastic.
If you're going to state something as fact, please back it up. Mutilation or defacement of money so that it is unfit for circulation is illegal: http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=42 6715
You're assuming everyone wants or needs HD-DVD, which simply is not the case. Not everyone who buys the PS3 will play Bluray movies just like not everyone who buys a PSP plays UMD movies. The HD-DVD add-on is simply an optional accessory that has no impact on gaming.
If the intention is to allow me to protect myself from the government, shouldn't I be allowed to buy anti-aircraft, anti-tank, and assault weapons?