I think this is yet another case of manufacturers focusing on speed, rather than rounding out functionality. That said, we've hit the max speed for DVD reading/writing at 16x, so maybe we'll see some traction there.
Sounds similar to what George RR Martin did with adapting one of his short stories "The Hedge Knight" into a six-part comic. Roland has quite a few years unaccounted for, and touched upon in at least one of Stephen King's short stories that I'm aware of.
For the most part I hope that Stephen King is doing this by his own volition, a desire to expand his genre to the more visual aspects.
Given the whole Reanimator stage of his career is behind him....right?
Has innovation slowed in the gaming industry?
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Do you believe that innovation has slowed in recent years with the increased number of sequels and 'mainstreaming' of PC and Video games? Do you welcome console gamers as an untapped market, or do you see them as a counter to games that require strategy and actually engaging one's brain?
I strongly believe that Nintendo doesn't want to simply have ports, they want to reinvent gaming. And I won't hesitate to say that it is a huge risk, but it keeps with the company's vision, which is more than you can say for most these days.
I have a feeling you're not going to find the answer you're looking for, as the scale you're talking about is indeed beyond the scope of work that most of us work in.
While isolated tests like these are all well and good, can the internet that we know and love (or hate) today, really accomodate and maintain the level of QOS to do this across the board?
Newer, seperate internets, like Internet 2 I could see having long term functionality, but I really don't think it's sustainable on the existing networks.
Is the idea here that once the schools have the licenses, that they'll feel strongly compelled to purchase a service contract agreement with Linspire to provide technical support?
I got out and buy a replacement mini-PCI card for an IBM T40. Heck it even says it works with the T40 (paid a premium). So I pop it in, put the screws back in, power it up, and....
ERROR
1802 Unauthorized network card is plugged in -Power off and remove the miniPCI card.
I ended up having to upgrade the BIOS (which wasn't indicated ANYWHERE), and I found out I had lucked out, because if the network cards hadn't been on that list supported with the BIOS update, I would have had to resort to trying hacks to the BIOS.
Moral of the story:
Short: Problem with DRM is that it is evil.
Long: DRM that is unnecessarily inflexible will ultimately restrict users to the point that they will begin to hate technology.
Well based on Blizzard's past track record regarding StarCraft and WarCraft III CD key banning, I have no doubt that the smack stick is going to come down hard on these guys.
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The wonderful thing about the World Wide Web, the Information Super Highway, the Net, etc, is its ability to provide an enormous amount of information (duh). Compliments of those companies, groups, and otherwise who have developed means to mining this information, it is becoming far easier to find information you're looking for, cross-reference it, and filter out the garbage/noise/conspiracy theorists.
Information Pollution, one of Arthur C. Clarke's insights pointed out some years back, that a time would come when the amount of noise within that enormous repository of information would become detrimental. In this case, the government might seek to inject as much contradictory information as it can.
I've been sitting on the fence for too long now as an IT professional, and if I'm always working with NT then I'm going to lose my perspective, and my edge. Here I go!
This is about finding the right balance of providing content that people are willing to pay for, and who are willing to go elsewhere for.
Ultimately this will be about finding the right number, in both how much people will pay, and how many of them will. Once we have a solid online payment solution, whether it is Paypal or Google Wallet, or whatever, that allows us to spend relatively minute amounts (ie $0.10) with ease, this shouldn't be a problem.
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I think this is yet another case of manufacturers focusing on speed, rather than rounding out functionality. That said, we've hit the max speed for DVD reading/writing at 16x, so maybe we'll see some traction there.
That's my problem with it. I wanted an MMO to get addicted to, and WoW isn't =(
For the most part I hope that Stephen King is doing this by his own volition, a desire to expand his genre to the more visual aspects.
3800 user id. I don't think someone like that would stick around this long hording karma.
...and I don't see the US backing down.
Given the whole Reanimator stage of his career is behind him....right?
Do you believe that innovation has slowed in recent years with the increased number of sequels and 'mainstreaming' of PC and Video games? Do you welcome console gamers as an untapped market, or do you see them as a counter to games that require strategy and actually engaging one's brain?
I strongly believe that Nintendo doesn't want to simply have ports, they want to reinvent gaming. And I won't hesitate to say that it is a huge risk, but it keeps with the company's vision, which is more than you can say for most these days.
I have a feeling you're not going to find the answer you're looking for, as the scale you're talking about is indeed beyond the scope of work that most of us work in.
Newer, seperate internets, like Internet 2 I could see having long term functionality, but I really don't think it's sustainable on the existing networks.
I thought there was a problem with the space-time continuum.
Is the idea here that once the schools have the licenses, that they'll feel strongly compelled to purchase a service contract agreement with Linspire to provide technical support?
ERROR 1802 Unauthorized network card is plugged in -Power off and remove the miniPCI card.
I ended up having to upgrade the BIOS (which wasn't indicated ANYWHERE), and I found out I had lucked out, because if the network cards hadn't been on that list supported with the BIOS update, I would have had to resort to trying hacks to the BIOS.
Moral of the story:
Short: Problem with DRM is that it is evil. Long: DRM that is unnecessarily inflexible will ultimately restrict users to the point that they will begin to hate technology.
Well based on Blizzard's past track record regarding StarCraft and WarCraft III CD key banning, I have no doubt that the smack stick is going to come down hard on these guys.
Hope they opt for a widescreen format.
As of 4.7 I believe.
400mhz or so.
Information Pollution, one of Arthur C. Clarke's insights pointed out some years back, that a time would come when the amount of noise within that enormous repository of information would become detrimental. In this case, the government might seek to inject as much contradictory information as it can.
Lucky bastard.
Yeah, you'd slow down *real* fast when you plow into the car in front of you while you're staring.
I've been sitting on the fence for too long now as an IT professional, and if I'm always working with NT then I'm going to lose my perspective, and my edge. Here I go!
Ultimately this will be about finding the right number, in both how much people will pay, and how many of them will. Once we have a solid online payment solution, whether it is Paypal or Google Wallet, or whatever, that allows us to spend relatively minute amounts (ie $0.10) with ease, this shouldn't be a problem.
You must be new here.
Palladium anyone?
No really, I got them de-clawed.