Because if I were a director and I've made a film the way I want it to be, I wouldn't want anyone going back and changing it unless I thought something was wrong with it. To a director, the point of making movies isn't necessarily to reach the largest audience possible and make the most money, it's to make the movie to the vision you intended. This is all aside of studio greed and politics, of course.:)
Played Metal Gear Solid 2? That game's SLICK. Maybe it can't render Phantom Menace in real time, but they did things in MGS2 in real time that were pretty amazing.
Just my 2c.
Yeah, too bad there's a serious shortage of really good X-Box games. I still haven't bothered to buy a unit on that alone. Just can't justify it when I have a gaming PC. No way I'm buying it JUST for Halo:)
Just an idea, I wonder if you'll be able to do drop-in installations of additional processor cores? Kinda like currently games on the PS2 and whatnot have memory card space requirements, maybe we'll see "Requres 8 cores" or something on game packages soon.
The question was posed earlier as to whether this could challenge the PC, I say sure, why not! Think about it. Engines are going to be primarily software based, so the more power you have at the CPU side the better. If the cores are truly able to handle any task, imagine this: you get a new game, and it sets up a certain number or percentage of the cores to be GPUs. If the unit's expandable and processor cores are cheap, imagine the kind of games we could see. A game running slow? Go down to the store a buy a few more cores, slap them in, and you're off.
Just some ideas from me, I'm not claiming to be an expert on how this thing's going to work, but who knows. Comments?
You just connect a bunch of them together and you can do anything! Realign warp fields, degauss tachyon emitters, and render fighting games with big bouncy breasted women. Now THAT's a good use of a teraflop or two -- accurate breast bounce.
I agree peer to peer should allow us to pay if we CHOOSE to pay, If i listen to a song I like i should be able to push a button, and 25 cents should go DIRECTLY to the musician who made that song, no RIAA, no middleman, DIRECT payment via paypal or some other system not built yet.
And why hasn't that been built yet? Because it costs time and money to build things, and a company is not going to do it for free. Are you? Who's going to pay for the bandwidth required to handle all those little transactions, since none of that 25 cents is going to pay for it and SOMEONE has to host the transaction service you're connecting to? You're asking for someone to BE a middleman, but to get nothing out of it except feeling good about itself, and that's not the way the world works.
I agree with the principle of what you're saying, but it doesn't apply to the peer-to-peer world, in my opinion. I also like the idea of paying money direct to the musician for say downloads of MP3s from their site. If I knew my money would be going straight into their pockets I'd definitely jump on that bandwagon. The problem is, the system and its infrastructure is not built yet, and to do that takes time and money as I've said before. People normally don't like to work for free.:)
Apparently the paper's been removed, so the link's invalid now. I'd ask for a mirror, but the message that came back from the link states that the paper's not meant to be distributed.:( Sounded like it might have been a good read.
The last thing I want to see is Lucas micromanaging every aspect of production for six hours. I still say the best DVD so far for additional materials was the T2:Ultimate Edition. It had that HUGE library detailing the production of the entire film from the initial concept to post theatrical release, going into meticulous detail along the way with supplemental pictures and featurettes. That's one of the few times I've actually gone through a DVD's supplemental content and wasn't bored to tears.
If you think that's bad, Band of Brothers is being released the previous week. Click here for info. Looks to be a pricey one, at $120 US, but from what I hear it will be well worth it. I haven't seen it myself, but that set looks AMAZING with the metal case and all. It'll go nicely by my Akira limited edition tin.:D
I actually enjoyed Episode 2 FAR more than Episode 1. 2 was kind of like Empire from the original trilogy.. a lot darker, a lot more plot, and lot more interesting. Just my opinion of course.:P
What'd be cool would be to have an array of blue LEDs on one side of the case, rigged up to respond like a spectrum analyser to the soundcard output. With that clear case it'd look funky as hell.
Well in some cases exploitable software flaws can be worse than a weapon. Think about it: what's worse, blowing up a single branch of a bank, or shutting down the entire organization's network for say 15 minutes? The downtime costs cumulative across the entire organization would be pretty shocking.
Just a second comment from me on this, based on a quote in the story:
"If there are legal protections they don't have that they need, we need to look at that," he said.
Maybe it would be a better idea to create those protections before stepping up to the podium and announcing a call to arms to people around the world to find bugs and report them.
At least if you post it to the public you're assured that the company's not just going to push the reported exploit under the rug and ignore it, or "quietly" patch it in a later version to bypass the bad press.
Being publicly accountable makes a company more diligent with security and bug testing. The only downside to public announcements is that every hacker out there now knows about it. The upside to THAT is that the company now has a hell of a lot of incentive to patch the hole in a prompt manner.
Just my 2c!
Overall an excellent test done on a wide range of songs and codecs. Though, I would have liked to have seen how they all compare to the ATRAC codec used in minidisc recordings. Some say MD is dead thanks to MP3, however local stores in my area can't keep players and blanks in stock for long. Would have been nice to see how the two compare.
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Too true. I'm not complaining too much about there being little to no non-windows content, because hey if I wanted to read about Linux I'd head online or pick up a Linux mag. You hit the nail on the head though, they kept publishing the same old tips and articles every issue. Sorry, but having "THE 25 BEST KEYBOARDS" on the cover isn't going to make me buy the magazine.:)
You know this really surprises me. Kinda. I mean with their major magazines like PC Magazine having as large a subscription base you'd figure if they'd just stuck with that, Computer Shopper, maybe one gaming mag and their website that they wouldn't be in this position. Maybe it's a matter of expanding too much too fast? Call it the Amazon.com effect?:)
Yeah I read that. I guess my issue with it is I hope they don't completely leave the targetting of those spots to computer control. Might suddenly decide at the last second that some fat little kid looks a lot like a propane tank and fizzle him.
And this is intended to... what? Blind the people, burn a wee little hole in the side of a tank, or cause some kind of explosively violent reaction with the target?
(if the latter, may I recommend Taco Bell burritos instead. cheaper, better, faster)
What the hell's with the troll mod? It's a serious point, game prices are getting higher and higher. Can't help but finger piracy as being a contributor to that in some way.
Personally, I own a PS2 and games that I like I buy. If I find I don't like them I take them to EB for trade. Call me strange for wanting to support people who work hard on these things, but I'm in the software industry myself and I know how I'd feel in their position.
Oh it was a crime, and he's guilty of it even if he's ignorant of the laws. The victim? You, me, and the rest of us who go down to a store to buy Warcraft 3 or Neverwinter Nights and see they're being sold for 90 - 100 CAN$, or any new PS2 game for 80 - 90 CAN$.
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Just my 2c worth.
Played Metal Gear Solid 2? That game's SLICK. Maybe it can't render Phantom Menace in real time, but they did things in MGS2 in real time that were pretty amazing. Just my 2c.
Yeah, too bad there's a serious shortage of really good X-Box games. I still haven't bothered to buy a unit on that alone. Just can't justify it when I have a gaming PC. No way I'm buying it JUST for Halo :)
Gee thanks, "Anonymous Coward".
The question was posed earlier as to whether this could challenge the PC, I say sure, why not! Think about it. Engines are going to be primarily software based, so the more power you have at the CPU side the better. If the cores are truly able to handle any task, imagine this: you get a new game, and it sets up a certain number or percentage of the cores to be GPUs. If the unit's expandable and processor cores are cheap, imagine the kind of games we could see. A game running slow? Go down to the store a buy a few more cores, slap them in, and you're off.
Just some ideas from me, I'm not claiming to be an expert on how this thing's going to work, but who knows. Comments?
You just connect a bunch of them together and you can do anything! Realign warp fields, degauss tachyon emitters, and render fighting games with big bouncy breasted women. Now THAT's a good use of a teraflop or two -- accurate breast bounce.
And why would you want to, pitiful-human-who-can-only-see-at-approx-24-fps? :)
And why hasn't that been built yet? Because it costs time and money to build things, and a company is not going to do it for free. Are you? Who's going to pay for the bandwidth required to handle all those little transactions, since none of that 25 cents is going to pay for it and SOMEONE has to host the transaction service you're connecting to? You're asking for someone to BE a middleman, but to get nothing out of it except feeling good about itself, and that's not the way the world works.
I agree with the principle of what you're saying, but it doesn't apply to the peer-to-peer world, in my opinion. I also like the idea of paying money direct to the musician for say downloads of MP3s from their site. If I knew my money would be going straight into their pockets I'd definitely jump on that bandwagon. The problem is, the system and its infrastructure is not built yet, and to do that takes time and money as I've said before. People normally don't like to work for free. :)
Apparently the paper's been removed, so the link's invalid now. I'd ask for a mirror, but the message that came back from the link states that the paper's not meant to be distributed. :( Sounded like it might have been a good read.
The last thing I want to see is Lucas micromanaging every aspect of production for six hours. I still say the best DVD so far for additional materials was the T2:Ultimate Edition. It had that HUGE library detailing the production of the entire film from the initial concept to post theatrical release, going into meticulous detail along the way with supplemental pictures and featurettes. That's one of the few times I've actually gone through a DVD's supplemental content and wasn't bored to tears.
If you think that's bad, Band of Brothers is being released the previous week. Click here for info. Looks to be a pricey one, at $120 US, but from what I hear it will be well worth it. I haven't seen it myself, but that set looks AMAZING with the metal case and all. It'll go nicely by my Akira limited edition tin. :D
I actually enjoyed Episode 2 FAR more than Episode 1. 2 was kind of like Empire from the original trilogy.. a lot darker, a lot more plot, and lot more interesting. Just my opinion of course. :P
What'd be cool would be to have an array of blue LEDs on one side of the case, rigged up to respond like a spectrum analyser to the soundcard output. With that clear case it'd look funky as hell.
Well in some cases exploitable software flaws can be worse than a weapon. Think about it: what's worse, blowing up a single branch of a bank, or shutting down the entire organization's network for say 15 minutes? The downtime costs cumulative across the entire organization would be pretty shocking.
I'm curious if you have any recourse or protection if the company has you arrested before you can go to the government with the bug. :)
"If there are legal protections they don't have that they need, we need to look at that," he said.
Maybe it would be a better idea to create those protections before stepping up to the podium and announcing a call to arms to people around the world to find bugs and report them.
Being publicly accountable makes a company more diligent with security and bug testing. The only downside to public announcements is that every hacker out there now knows about it. The upside to THAT is that the company now has a hell of a lot of incentive to patch the hole in a prompt manner. Just my 2c!
Overall an excellent test done on a wide range of songs and codecs. Though, I would have liked to have seen how they all compare to the ATRAC codec used in minidisc recordings. Some say MD is dead thanks to MP3, however local stores in my area can't keep players and blanks in stock for long. Would have been nice to see how the two compare.
Too true. I'm not complaining too much about there being little to no non-windows content, because hey if I wanted to read about Linux I'd head online or pick up a Linux mag. You hit the nail on the head though, they kept publishing the same old tips and articles every issue. Sorry, but having "THE 25 BEST KEYBOARDS" on the cover isn't going to make me buy the magazine. :)
You know this really surprises me. Kinda. I mean with their major magazines like PC Magazine having as large a subscription base you'd figure if they'd just stuck with that, Computer Shopper, maybe one gaming mag and their website that they wouldn't be in this position. Maybe it's a matter of expanding too much too fast? Call it the Amazon.com effect? :)
DOA Beach Volleyball? SWEET! :)
Yeah I read that. I guess my issue with it is I hope they don't completely leave the targetting of those spots to computer control. Might suddenly decide at the last second that some fat little kid looks a lot like a propane tank and fizzle him.
(if the latter, may I recommend Taco Bell burritos instead. cheaper, better, faster)
What the hell's with the troll mod? It's a serious point, game prices are getting higher and higher. Can't help but finger piracy as being a contributor to that in some way. Personally, I own a PS2 and games that I like I buy. If I find I don't like them I take them to EB for trade. Call me strange for wanting to support people who work hard on these things, but I'm in the software industry myself and I know how I'd feel in their position.
Oh it was a crime, and he's guilty of it even if he's ignorant of the laws. The victim? You, me, and the rest of us who go down to a store to buy Warcraft 3 or Neverwinter Nights and see they're being sold for 90 - 100 CAN$, or any new PS2 game for 80 - 90 CAN$.