"don't see how NOT releasing the special edition is a better option, because then you're just depriving the fans."
"Milking the franchise via special edition DVD's" has been a hot topic lately. Lots of people feel burned when they buy a DVD, only to have a new DVD a few months later that contains bonus footage.
It's possible that the Wachao..uh...however-you-spell-their-name Brothers has concerns about this release tainting a future and potentially more lucrative release.
Here are some reasons Sony wouldn't launch the PS3 this year.
1.) No advertising campaign to push them.
2.) PS2 is still going strong.
3.) They need a bunch of games to start with. Saturn's early launch didn't do much to get it in the market.
4.) Sony hasn't had time to shop it around at trade shows etc to get feedback and market it.
5.) Until Sony and MS tip their hands, Sony's unlikely to even launch the machine because the sooner they do it, the more powerful the next-gen systems will be.
Of course that's all just speculation, but I feel very strongly that this is not the year of PS3.
"I don't think so. The reason there is a tremendous push towards serial right now is because parallel interfaces create more interference at higher frequencies."
That problem is on it's way to being rectified. My company has a large LCD monitor that needs lots of data to drive it. We've got a $700 optical cable that takes it's range to some ridiculous length like 30 meters. They've made a small adapter that converts the electrical impulses to light, and back to electricity again on the other end so that the monitor itself doesn't have to be modified to use the cable.
Light doesn't cause this type of interference, so they'd be able to (in theory) apply this to other technologies as well. I don't think it'll be long before we see hard drives using something like it.
I've only paid attention to HD controllers for the last couple of years or so. But I'm starting to wonder if we're seeing a pattern here. "We'll make everything more efficient by making it serial, and then years later when that's not enough we'll make it paralell to send even MORE data through!"
Anybody think we'll have a massive paralell trend in a few years?
"Bah your dual athlong is way more 64 bit than any jaguar... It's got several 64 bit registers."
Heh yeah the Jaguar was a pretty piddly machine. Honestly, it had trouble keeping up with the older 3DO machine. (although Tempest 2000 was the only game that really put the Jag through it's paces...)
Just as a side note, the 3DO had some embarrasing shortcomings as well, the main one being the price. Some people thought that 3DO stood for "Doh! Doh! Doh!"
"The Atari Jaguar was the first 64 bit game machine, predates the N64 by a few years.."
The Jaguar was not 64-bit. They were using the same kind of math that the RIAA used to say that somebody had more CD burners than they really did. "We have more processors, that means we have more bits to play with!"
To put it another way, it was like saying my dual Athlon machine is 64-bit.
Sorry, but when you say '64-bit gaming', I imagine actually playing the game on the 64-bit machine. In this case, they're talking about a dedicated server. Sorry, but that's not very exciting, nor is it an indication that AMD's getting the jump on Intel through the gaming market.
I agree that AMD'd have one up on Intel if they did get 64-bit gaming going, but dedicated servers are not going to create a new market. Give me a game that runs noticably better on a 64-bit processor. For example, what extra can they do with Doom III?
"lay" is something that you DO to someone/something else. correct would've been "you made your bed now lie in it" i'm an expert, as you can see from my nick."
Man, it's a memorable day when somebody on Slashdot gives advice on how to get laid.
"I mean, not just being around people who use them, but using them myself. The whole idea of having to carry a phone with you is just... wrong. I don't want to be part of one of these groups."
I don't see what's so 'wrong' about it. A cell phone can be a life saver. Here in Oregon there's been an on-going story about a snow-shoer that got lost on Mount Hood. I bet his family wishes he was carrying a cell phone.
In any case, I can understand the social evolutions of carrying cell phones. When you got a group of people who wants to go do stuff, it's a lot easier to mobilize when the prerequisite is that everybody's home.
Is that wrong? I don't see how. It may be bothersome to you if you've got a large group of friends that insist on calling all the time. But that's the neat thing you can do with a cell phone you can't do with a regular phone, put it on silent. Let the voice mail get it. You really can't do that with a landline for fear of blocking calls to other people who use it.
So no, I don't have the instant "oo dat's bad" reaction to it.
"How does a summary of a story about a free game become a microsoft bashing opportunity?"
Probably because the Linux Zealots out there who use Linux solely for the purpose of flipping off Microsoft are realizing that Microsoft got the last laugh. Windows can do something that Linux can't do: attract game developers.
"Could it be you own large amounts of Microsoft stock? Do you work at the company? Or, are you just ignorant of the findings in the antitrust case?"
So why is it that when people are sick of the MS bashing, it has to be that they have some vested interest in MS? Why can't it be that they're just sick of it because it's repetitive, FUD filled, and a lot of it uncalled for? There hasn't even been any significant developments in that case for what a year now, maybe two?
"Boo hoo, they use Direct X so we can't play it on Linux."
That's like being upset that your PS2 can't play XBOX games. Who wants to listen to bitching about not having the right gaming setup? If you're not running Windows, but you want to play Windows games, that is your fault not Microsoft's.
So no, we don't want to listen to that childish bullshit. You made your bed, now lay in it.
"uh? The ms-specific things stated mean that a lot of us can't play the game. It's not ms bashing - it's avoiding wasting our time. "
Hardly. If you're interested in GTA, then you're probably a gamer. As such, Linux isn't going to be your only OS, unless of course you're extremely masochistic.
Seriously, if you play games you should be keeping Windows around. It'll be a while before Linux gets a library.
"Note to moderators: The Hitchhiker's Guide is funny. Making the occasional reference to it is funny. Quoting random catchphrases from it in response to that reference is not funny."
"I don't have Opera installed anymore, but doesn't Opera have an option to continue from where you quit browsing last time (load up the last workspace on startup)? That seems like the most logical solution to me."
Yep. And now with 7, you can save a session. I thought that was a nice improvement. Now I can pre-define a session for doing my daily check of news etc. That's kinda cool.:)
I love Opera 7. Their new interface is so much more customizable than it was in 6. You might have renewed interest in it if you tried it for a week.
I think that's a fair hypothesis. I honestly have no idea. I don't know how fragile life was when it first started.
Consider this, though: an oxygen atmosphere is very corrosive. This planet was quite UGLY when it first formed. Volcanic activity, etc. Plus, the planet was probably exposed to more radiation as well.
Granted, this is not an area of study of mine, so take what I suggest with a grain of salt. (in other words, I'm not claiming those details are true facts...) If I'm even close to right, though, life formed despite the lack of comfort on this planet. It stands to reason that it might just form in other places too.
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"Please tell me why isn't it Microsoft's fault? "
Please tell me how it's MS's fault that people pick easy to guess passwords?
"no one can be told what the speciali edition is... ;)"
I heard that they cancelled the new release because not enough of the testers were taking the right pill that came with it.
"don't see how NOT releasing the special edition is a better option, because then you're just depriving the fans."
"Milking the franchise via special edition DVD's" has been a hot topic lately. Lots of people feel burned when they buy a DVD, only to have a new DVD a few months later that contains bonus footage.
It's possible that the Wachao..uh...however-you-spell-their-name Brothers has concerns about this release tainting a future and potentially more lucrative release.
"Actually you people joke about stuff like that, but I have a 386 Laptop running FreeDOS that does almost everything that I need a computer to do."
Liar. We all know that porn quality on an old B&W screen like that would be horrendus!
Here are some reasons Sony wouldn't launch the PS3 this year.
1.) No advertising campaign to push them.
2.) PS2 is still going strong.
3.) They need a bunch of games to start with. Saturn's early launch didn't do much to get it in the market.
4.) Sony hasn't had time to shop it around at trade shows etc to get feedback and market it.
5.) Until Sony and MS tip their hands, Sony's unlikely to even launch the machine because the sooner they do it, the more powerful the next-gen systems will be.
Of course that's all just speculation, but I feel very strongly that this is not the year of PS3.
"I don't think so. The reason there is a tremendous push towards serial right now is because parallel interfaces create more interference at higher frequencies."
That problem is on it's way to being rectified. My company has a large LCD monitor that needs lots of data to drive it. We've got a $700 optical cable that takes it's range to some ridiculous length like 30 meters. They've made a small adapter that converts the electrical impulses to light, and back to electricity again on the other end so that the monitor itself doesn't have to be modified to use the cable.
Light doesn't cause this type of interference, so they'd be able to (in theory) apply this to other technologies as well. I don't think it'll be long before we see hard drives using something like it.
"If I understand the title correctly, SCSI = Standard Coming Soon Interface?"
I think it stands for
Some Can't Stand IDE
I've only paid attention to HD controllers for the last couple of years or so. But I'm starting to wonder if we're seeing a pattern here. "We'll make everything more efficient by making it serial, and then years later when that's not enough we'll make it paralell to send even MORE data through!"
Anybody think we'll have a massive paralell trend in a few years?
"Bah your dual athlong is way more 64 bit than any jaguar... It's got several 64 bit registers."
Heh yeah the Jaguar was a pretty piddly machine. Honestly, it had trouble keeping up with the older 3DO machine. (although Tempest 2000 was the only game that really put the Jag through it's paces...)
Just as a side note, the 3DO had some embarrasing shortcomings as well, the main one being the price. Some people thought that 3DO stood for "Doh! Doh! Doh!"
"The Atari Jaguar was the first 64 bit game machine, predates the N64 by a few years.."
The Jaguar was not 64-bit. They were using the same kind of math that the RIAA used to say that somebody had more CD burners than they really did. "We have more processors, that means we have more bits to play with!"
To put it another way, it was like saying my dual Athlon machine is 64-bit.
"Hey... it was supposed to be *funny* - not flamebait!!! :)"
If your name was D.A.R.Y.L., it might be...
Sorry, but when you say '64-bit gaming', I imagine actually playing the game on the 64-bit machine. In this case, they're talking about a dedicated server. Sorry, but that's not very exciting, nor is it an indication that AMD's getting the jump on Intel through the gaming market.
I agree that AMD'd have one up on Intel if they did get 64-bit gaming going, but dedicated servers are not going to create a new market. Give me a game that runs noticably better on a 64-bit processor. For example, what extra can they do with Doom III?
Man, it's a memorable day when somebody on Slashdot gives advice on how to get laid.
"Five Reasons to blow you life savings."
Heh. Yeah, you really got the point of the article.
"How can it better communicate to the general public about science and the scientific method?"
Well, you could have the female reporters display more of their anatomy...
"I mean, not just being around people who use them, but using them myself. The whole idea of having to carry a phone with you is just... wrong. I don't want to be part of one of these groups."
I don't see what's so 'wrong' about it. A cell phone can be a life saver. Here in Oregon there's been an on-going story about a snow-shoer that got lost on Mount Hood. I bet his family wishes he was carrying a cell phone.
In any case, I can understand the social evolutions of carrying cell phones. When you got a group of people who wants to go do stuff, it's a lot easier to mobilize when the prerequisite is that everybody's home.
Is that wrong? I don't see how. It may be bothersome to you if you've got a large group of friends that insist on calling all the time. But that's the neat thing you can do with a cell phone you can't do with a regular phone, put it on silent. Let the voice mail get it. You really can't do that with a landline for fear of blocking calls to other people who use it.
So no, I don't have the instant "oo dat's bad" reaction to it.
"How does a summary of a story about a free game become a microsoft bashing opportunity?"
Probably because the Linux Zealots out there who use Linux solely for the purpose of flipping off Microsoft are realizing that Microsoft got the last laugh. Windows can do something that Linux can't do: attract game developers.
Doh!
"Could it be you own large amounts of Microsoft stock? Do you work at the company? Or, are you just ignorant of the findings in the antitrust case?"
So why is it that when people are sick of the MS bashing, it has to be that they have some vested interest in MS? Why can't it be that they're just sick of it because it's repetitive, FUD filled, and a lot of it uncalled for? There hasn't even been any significant developments in that case for what a year now, maybe two?
"Boo hoo, they use Direct X so we can't play it on Linux."
That's like being upset that your PS2 can't play XBOX games. Who wants to listen to bitching about not having the right gaming setup? If you're not running Windows, but you want to play Windows games, that is your fault not Microsoft's.
So no, we don't want to listen to that childish bullshit. You made your bed, now lay in it.
"uh? The ms-specific things stated mean that a lot of us can't play the game. It's not ms bashing - it's avoiding wasting our time. "
Hardly. If you're interested in GTA, then you're probably a gamer. As such, Linux isn't going to be your only OS, unless of course you're extremely masochistic.
Seriously, if you play games you should be keeping Windows around. It'll be a while before Linux gets a library.
Why do they call it 'freeloader' when it requires a subscription?
"Note to moderators: The Hitchhiker's Guide is funny. Making the occasional reference to it is funny. Quoting random catchphrases from it in response to that reference is not funny."
Here, have some muscle relaxent.
"No, it's called Outlook Express."
I hate it when my cheap anti-MS jokes gets modded as interesting or insightful.
I can't tell if the moderator was sarcastically moderating or not, heh.
"I thought this was called "Windows Update"..."
No, it's called Outlook Express.
"I don't have Opera installed anymore, but doesn't Opera have an option to continue from where you quit browsing last time (load up the last workspace on startup)? That seems like the most logical solution to me."
:)
Yep. And now with 7, you can save a session. I thought that was a nice improvement. Now I can pre-define a session for doing my daily check of news etc. That's kinda cool.
I love Opera 7. Their new interface is so much more customizable than it was in 6. You might have renewed interest in it if you tried it for a week.
I think that's a fair hypothesis. I honestly have no idea. I don't know how fragile life was when it first started.
:)
Consider this, though: an oxygen atmosphere is very corrosive. This planet was quite UGLY when it first formed. Volcanic activity, etc. Plus, the planet was probably exposed to more radiation as well.
Granted, this is not an area of study of mine, so take what I suggest with a grain of salt. (in other words, I'm not claiming those details are true facts...) If I'm even close to right, though, life formed despite the lack of comfort on this planet. It stands to reason that it might just form in other places too.
At least that's my optimistic hope.