Iwata also downplayed online, using the example of a PS2 online golf simulation game that did not sell as well as an offline golf simulation game. Iwata says this is "proof that customers do not want online games," and that "most customers do not wish to pay the extra money for connection to the Internet, and for some customers, connection procedures to the Internet are still not easy."
Now, I can understand looking at this and saying - "online isn't the be-all end-all of technologies for consoles", but honestly, an online golf game - most likely the least online-needing sports subgenre there is - used as proof that online isn't a capability people want? What about all the people playing SOCOM on PS2? Splinter Cell on XBox?
Also, I don't see why Nintendo would want to cripple its next console system with lack of good network/Internet features like it did to the GameCube (come on, I love Nintendo, but that was dumb), especially if it will only be seen as lagging by consumers. Also, the not-a-Game-Boy DS will have wireless connectivity, so it's not as if they're abandoning the Internet altogether...
"The Indian President Dr. A Kalam has advised defense scientists to go for open-source software for software security, rather than be stuck with insecure proprietary software...."
Anybody think we can get an interview/Q&A session with this guy? If we can let him know a little more about our position (was it the journalist from MIT that interviewed Valenti?), maybe we can avoid an out-and-out war, and let him know we really care about this stuff...
I mean seriously, someone want to sue me for working on an FTP client that "induces" piracy? Anybody? Think you'd win? And then I could appeal the ruling and get a dumb law struck down (that is, if this idiotic thing passes...).
Does Congress know what kind of technology this bill would make illegal? I mean, the DMCA is one thing (see the deCSS Haiku for awesomeness), but this is just amazing. Glad he's not the senator from my state - but I have nothing to brag about...
Lithium-Ion batteries only last so long before you have to replace them completely - I wonder if they can get these to be cheap enough to be economically competitive towards the other batteries.
If they last longer, and the cost-per-hour of use turns out to be cheaper...
1.1 General License Grant. Microsoft grants to you as an individual, a personal, nonexclusive license to make and use copies of the Software (i) for your internal use; (ii) for designing, developing, testing and demonstrating your software product(s); and (iii) for evaluation of the Software.
As in, for demonstration only. If you're going to distribute binaries, don't compile them with this tool.
Don't we already have solutions to all these issues? Isn't it already possible with software? There are already public/private keys for communication, certificate authorities, etc.
If someone doesn't want to use it, why should they be forced into it through their hardware? Why don't the companies that would like authentication just use the current methods?
Example: Blizzard wants to check that their code is unmodified? Create a certificate, sign their code, and check the signature.
Is it just me, or does the hardware solution seem extremely contrived - much more difficult to implement (besides reinventing the wheel), as well as forcing the consumer into DRM... Oh well, at least Gentoo works on PowerPCs...
I just notice that at the bottom of the article, where they 'inform the reader' about Linux's rising popularity, they measure it in the amount of money made. HAH.
Of COURSE our server revenue and PAID market share is lower. We're cheaper/free!
Finding and fixing security holes is the responsibility of the OS creators - you can say "oh, if nobody hacked into your OS here then how would we fix the security holes? The responsible OSs have people working on them that would STILL look for security holes, would STILL fix them, even if there wasn't a threat.
If a cracker wants to do good things, crack into a box and then tell the company in charge how you did it. Just being a cracker makes you no boon to the tech industry, just as being a virus writer makes you nothing but a nuisance.
In summary: If you are truly concerned about program security, go write code to make it more secure.
I'm pretty sure, from the way others have posted on this article, and from the tech skills of the reporter, that it was a double-extension trojan, i.e. "file.jpg" was actually "file.jpg.bat" or whatever.
Although this is most likely the virus that is created by this program, it is also possible to write a program thus that pretends to be a JPEG, with the way Windows handles extensions.
Hey, this is what I've been saying:
Learn ASM structure (x86, but MIPS would be easier)
Learn High-Level structure (C/BASIC/Pascal/etc)
Learn OOP structure (C++/Java/Python)
Instead of this stupid data structures core all the colleges are going with.
Then set up a bunch of in-depth language classes, ex. on Perl, or Lisp, or whatever to actually learn the languages.
They were teaching Pascal a little while ago in CS, but who ever uses it now? Why teach a language that is going to be obsolete when you could teach the structure, making learning the languages easier later on.
Every job I've had has required me to learn a new language: I had to learn VRML (remember that?) a couple years ago, and I haven't used it since.
Hmm.. Should probably read the article now, huh?
Looks like nVidia's hoping their massive rendering speed will minimize the need for loads of memory. I wonder if this will play out - depending on how much info everything starts sending through AGP to the card, this might have some major drawbacks.
It has been online for over two or three years (previously known as Riffage), and has a gigantic list of music online for free, as well as albums available for download from thousands (believe me, there are a lot) of bands from all over the world.
The great part about besonic is that just to be an Artist is free (you can post your own music completely free, charge euros - 'cause that's their currency - for albums, everything.) - the only thing that costs is the albums (that can also be sent in cd form to your home address) and a full artist service, with a custom web site and everything.
Can't believe nobody's heard of it here. Then again, I'm big on music and recording and everything...
Ok, turbines produce AC, right? +/-/+/- all day - so why do they need to turn the turbines around? Why can't they just make it one big Archemedes Screw?
A while ago I was going to switch all my WMAs over to MP3 format (Acid doesn't like WMAs as input), but when I went into Nero (which can decode/encode multiple files with one command) it said that it's not allowed to decode WMA files - something about Microsoft saying it's bad.
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Iwata also downplayed online, using the example of a PS2 online golf simulation game that did not sell as well as an offline golf simulation game. Iwata says this is "proof that customers do not want online games," and that "most customers do not wish to pay the extra money for connection to the Internet, and for some customers, connection procedures to the Internet are still not easy."
Now, I can understand looking at this and saying - "online isn't the be-all end-all of technologies for consoles", but honestly, an online golf game - most likely the least online-needing sports subgenre there is - used as proof that online isn't a capability people want? What about all the people playing SOCOM on PS2? Splinter Cell on XBox?
Also, I don't see why Nintendo would want to cripple its next console system with lack of good network/Internet features like it did to the GameCube (come on, I love Nintendo, but that was dumb), especially if it will only be seen as lagging by consumers. Also, the not-a-Game-Boy DS will have wireless connectivity, so it's not as if they're abandoning the Internet altogether...
In summary: proof? yeah right.
Except not - whoa, where'd my head go.
"The Indian President Dr. A Kalam has advised defense scientists to go for open-source software for software security, rather than be stuck with insecure proprietary software...."
Anybody think we can get an interview/Q&A session with this guy? If we can let him know a little more about our position (was it the journalist from MIT that interviewed Valenti?), maybe we can avoid an out-and-out war, and let him know we really care about this stuff...
I mean, come on, this is FOX. They should have some power back there, right? Geez.
Yes, but did you notice that the title is then:
"MSN Search: Linux -- More Useful Everyday"
I think that's awesome.
I mean seriously, someone want to sue me for working on an FTP client that "induces" piracy? Anybody? Think you'd win? And then I could appeal the ruling and get a dumb law struck down (that is, if this idiotic thing passes...).
Does Congress know what kind of technology this bill would make illegal? I mean, the DMCA is one thing (see the deCSS Haiku for awesomeness), but this is just amazing. Glad he's not the senator from my state - but I have nothing to brag about...
Lithium-Ion batteries only last so long before you have to replace them completely - I wonder if they can get these to be cheap enough to be economically competitive towards the other batteries.
If they last longer, and the cost-per-hour of use turns out to be cheaper...
I do: Neuros all the way, man - the $250 I spent on it could have bought me a stinkin 4 GB iPod, but instead, I have 20 GB of Vorbis awesomeness.
How much, and when is this going to get into my Neuros?
No such thing, bub - only redistribution of it. Who needs a billion sq.foot house when you most likely won't see half of it? Just pointless.
1.1 General License Grant. Microsoft grants to you as an individual, a personal, nonexclusive license to make and use copies of the Software (i) for your internal use; (ii) for designing, developing, testing and demonstrating your software product(s); and (iii) for evaluation of the Software.
As in, for demonstration only. If you're going to distribute binaries, don't compile them with this tool.
Don't we already have solutions to all these issues? Isn't it already possible with software? There are already public/private keys for communication, certificate authorities, etc.
If someone doesn't want to use it, why should they be forced into it through their hardware? Why don't the companies that would like authentication just use the current methods?
Example: Blizzard wants to check that their code is unmodified? Create a certificate, sign their code, and check the signature.
Is it just me, or does the hardware solution seem extremely contrived - much more difficult to implement (besides reinventing the wheel), as well as forcing the consumer into DRM... Oh well, at least Gentoo works on PowerPCs...
I just notice that at the bottom of the article, where they 'inform the reader' about Linux's rising popularity, they measure it in the amount of money made. HAH.
Of COURSE our server revenue and PAID market share is lower. We're cheaper/free!
I think you've got the focus in the wrong place.
Finding and fixing security holes is the responsibility of the OS creators - you can say "oh, if nobody hacked into your OS here then how would we fix the security holes? The responsible OSs have people working on them that would STILL look for security holes, would STILL fix them, even if there wasn't a threat.
If a cracker wants to do good things, crack into a box and then tell the company in charge how you did it. Just being a cracker makes you no boon to the tech industry, just as being a virus writer makes you nothing but a nuisance.
In summary: If you are truly concerned about program security, go write code to make it more secure.
These are hacks.
I'm pretty sure, from the way others have posted on this article, and from the tech skills of the reporter, that it was a double-extension trojan, i.e. "file.jpg" was actually "file.jpg.bat" or whatever.
Although this is most likely the virus that is created by this program, it is also possible to write a program thus that pretends to be a JPEG, with the way Windows handles extensions.
Hey, this is what I've been saying: Learn ASM structure (x86, but MIPS would be easier) Learn High-Level structure (C/BASIC/Pascal/etc) Learn OOP structure (C++/Java/Python) Instead of this stupid data structures core all the colleges are going with. Then set up a bunch of in-depth language classes, ex. on Perl, or Lisp, or whatever to actually learn the languages. They were teaching Pascal a little while ago in CS, but who ever uses it now? Why teach a language that is going to be obsolete when you could teach the structure, making learning the languages easier later on. Every job I've had has required me to learn a new language: I had to learn VRML (remember that?) a couple years ago, and I haven't used it since. Hmm.. Should probably read the article now, huh?
Looks like nVidia's hoping their massive rendering speed will minimize the need for loads of memory. I wonder if this will play out - depending on how much info everything starts sending through AGP to the card, this might have some major drawbacks.
Then again, that card goes really fast.
Anyone have any idea on how it will play out?
And earlier post mentioned a $500 minimum. Yeah. Sucks to be you.
But maybe there'll be something you can rig so as to register as non-profit, and then pay little or none...
But I don't think the RIAA will go for that. So shhhhhhh....
This utopia exists.
It is called besonic.
It has been online for over two or three years (previously known as Riffage), and has a gigantic list of music online for free, as well as albums available for download from thousands (believe me, there are a lot) of bands from all over the world.
The great part about besonic is that just to be an Artist is free (you can post your own music completely free, charge euros - 'cause that's their currency - for albums, everything.) - the only thing that costs is the albums (that can also be sent in cd form to your home address) and a full artist service, with a custom web site and everything.
Can't believe nobody's heard of it here. Then again, I'm big on music and recording and everything...
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If the console is completely contained in the controller, how am I supposed to destroy my friends in Missile Command?
Ok, turbines produce AC, right? +/-/+/- all day - so why do they need to turn the turbines around? Why can't they just make it one big Archemedes Screw?
A while ago I was going to switch all my WMAs over to MP3 format (Acid doesn't like WMAs as input), but when I went into Nero (which can decode/encode multiple files with one command) it said that it's not allowed to decode WMA files - something about Microsoft saying it's bad.
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