Any reason my informative post is moderated at 0? Seeing as I have experience dealing with both companies multiple times? Someone hates apple, loves nokia or dislikes me - either way pal meta moderation is coming for you!
I've delt with Nokia support for faulty handheld phones from them and I've delt with Apple. Nokia is now blacklisted for me, they will never ever ever see a cent of my money, ever again. I don't care if god personally endorses their next phone.
This relationship I'm having with my iphone is becoming a love / hate one. goddamn I hope Nexus One really takes off (and Nexus 1.1 actually works on Telstra in Australia)
"You are still using your voice minutes (incoming)"
Incoming, oh boy America, when will you exit the dark ages when it comes to mobile phones?
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Don't worry, you won't start a holy war. The only people who still use TVersity, haven't heard of PS3 media server. Mein Gott is TVersity an ugly clunky piece of shit. PS3MC 'just works'
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I bet the Asrock is AWESOME! However I don't see an Asrock in my loungeroom. I see a PS2, PS3, XB1 and XB360 - the XB1 was one of the best electronics purchases I've made in my lifetime, incredible little machine. I'd love to see the PS3 get the same kind of longetivity.
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This whole DLNA (DNLA?) rubbish is gross, it's so backwards. I don't want to transcode, I just want a damned good media centre (and a gaming machine!) the XBMC devs had started considering work on the PS3 a long time ago but then Sony closed the loophole to access the video card under linux (or rather accelerated mode?) so it was scrapped.
The PS3 is a fantastic chunk of hardware and while I'd really rather not get banned from their system as I have no intention (or time anymore) to pirate games, I'd love to see the machine play back stuff a bit better. (it does fairly well now but it's nothing on XBMC) The machine has 256mb of system ram, does 1080p output, optical output, 7.1 dolby hardware, wifi, hard disk, USB 2.0, gigabit networking - it's more than enough to do HD XBMC. Fingers crossed in 12 to 18 months time there's some kind of news.
Actually, Kittinger damaged his suit on the way up and had a leak, his hand was freezing and he could have lost it and he still went fine. That was many years ago, advances in technology and planning I would think make this stunt at least easier than it was. My god I hope it's filmed like Kittingers was (it's on google videos)
Based on the posts in this topic and how many perfectly sensible posts are mod'd down it seems pretty obvious to me someone with some kind of interest in OnLive is moderating. First time I've seen such distinct bias in moderation (both promotion of posts and demotion) Look out lads, metamoderatings gonna getcha!
"Im going 2 da park" wouldn't be so common if god damned SMS messages weren't so expensive and twitter had more than 140 chars. Efficiency is king and even I find myself re-writing a 140char tweet for 2 minutes sometimes to fit it in the optimal space, as for SMS less so nowadays but it frustrates me that good english can't be applied to it.
That being said it comes with age, I grew up with the beginnings of the 2 cool 4 school lol crowd and we all used shorthand back in the BBS and ICQ days but the vast majority of us grew up and adjusted our use of language online, none the less "2" vs "too" is sorely tempting when I'm dying for some characters nowadays. (Instead I opt for & rather than and)
I'm 32 and it seems absurd to me, appointment with my media. LOL Sorry can't think of a better word to summarise it but lol, it's so archaic, who has the time? It's 2010 not 1987.
The thing is, yes displayport is the better spec, no licensing fee, less complex. Awesome. Infact I've even seen them on some newer PC's of late, this is great, it might just make it. Problem is, we're going BACK to the bloody 1990's with different specs for the PC display and the TV display. ARGH. I want to see displayport on my PC and my PC LCD and my loungeroom 65" Plasma, when (ever?) will this happen.
I do not want 2 different standards (HDMI 1.4 'vs' DPort 1.2) it's just going to be a mess, again.
So you don't have a PS3 or a 360 so I can only conclude you haven't played GT5 Prologue or Forza 3? Forza 3 is a huge improvement over Forza 2 and has effectively rendered the game totally null and void, simply no reason to play it as they have moved on in many many ways.
GT5 Prologue however, you've played it, you've totally played it, do you know why? Because it's bloody identical to GT4 except HD, substantially less cars and no car modding (for 40$ US - awesome!) Each and ever GT product since GT4, even demo, trial, limited demo, prologue - they all feel completely and utterly the same as each other and I have to question if it's not the GT4 engine simply modified (heavily) for PS3.
Also you're suggesting that the AI isn't the only thing which you dislike in Forza and there's more to it even if that's been fixed, would that be right? If so, good because there's a lot more than just AI which is superior, things like audio, handling, controller rumble, physics, features (rewind), AVAILABILITY SINCE ONE ISN'T OUT YET, online features, car damage, car rolling,... the list goes on. I've played both franchises extensively and as one person in this news post has said and I quote "I've played all the Gran Turismo for PS1 and 2, Forza 2 & 3 and I'd say its more accurate to say Forza is the spiritual successor to GT. I've checked out the previews for GT5 (I don't own a PS3) and I think GT lost its way. The poster above did a really good job explaining why Forza is better now."
I recommend you check out Forza 3, the series has come a long way since number 1 a long long way - that's the saddest part because GT hasn't done a damned thing really since GT3.
5850, no, 5870? Maybe and even then in 99.9% of games it's basically "here we see 90fps in 1920x1200 on the 4890 and we see 145 on the 5870!" Thing is I'm hitting 90fps already at 1920x1200, I (and very few) people have a 30" Apple display.
Not to say faster isn't better in the long run of couse but on a $ / speed ratio right now, the 5xxx series just isn't cutting it, far too overpriced - and to think it was ATI who saved us from Nvidia doing the exact thing when the GT series came out 18 months ago. One manufacturer is behind, jack the prices:/ (understandable I suppose) The cheapest 5850 is about 280$ the cheapest 4890 is about 190$ http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3650&p=12 http://techreport.com/articles.x/17652/4
I'm just not seeing 90$ extra worth of value here for the 5850, let alone the 5870. Within literally 8 weeks of the first review of the next nvidia card, you'll see these prices 30% less across the board, it's not a smart time to buy right now.
Have to agree, the meaning is quite important to designate how they should be used. Are those COMPLETE IDIOTS still banning.XXX? It's one of the most stupid things I've ever heard of and instant filter for adminsitrators of kids stuff, schools, business's to stop (some) porn in these places instantly, very very simple but you guys here already knew that, it's these idiots which don't.
We consistently see new hardware like this for people "DX10 cards now as low as 150$" or in this case DX11 cards at the 100$ price point. Time and time again the game developers couldn't give a damn and I don't blame them - they target the biggest possible audience. I'll never forget the Geforce 3 announcement at one of the Apple Expos of all things, Carmack was there and showed off some early Doom 3, it was absolute hype extravaganza. "Doom 3 will need a pixel shader card like the GF3!" So many people purchased one, problem is by the time Doom 3 came out, the GF3 was basically dead and while it could do the graphics required, it wasn't too quick.
My point is, any new tech like DX11, while great for all of us is never fast enough in the first implimentations, you'll see in 18 months time though, the DX12 cards will be bloody fantastic at DX11 features though, this is just how it is. FWIW I have a DX10 ATI 4890 card, it's summer here in Australia and it's underclocked and still runs 99.9% of games flawlessly, I pretty much intend to completely skip the ATI 5xxx series and wait for the next ones, performance bumps aren't what they used to be.
Mod this guy +6 - I couldn't agree more. Also would a native 64bit version help any time soon? The enthusiasts are starting to run 64bit Windows with 4/6/8 and 12 gb of ram now. No gamer would be caught dead with less than 4.
We mostly have dual or quad core chips, I just want to see firefox as fast as humanly possible, I spend 10 hours a dya in it.
"Good for Nintendo. I don't really care about flashy sequels and having to re-buy consoles/accessories/games or hope that the backward compatibility works (if there is one). I just want people to carry on making games for a console that almost everyone has played."
So you want Nintendo to keep re-hashing the same thing OVER and OVER and OVER as they've done (although there's some innovation with the Wii, it's the same thing again and again and again but with a new controller)
Nintendo are famous for it, the users seem to continue to lap it up, they are the apple of the gaming industry it seems. Throw me the dumb FPS and action games on the other 2, I'll gladly take them - at least the stories have some variety.
I believe the first Wii controller and natal are most definitely rubbish but Wii motion plus and Sony's new wands look interesting. I don't think they'll replace the controller but they could add to it.
I understand your sentiment on the cockpit view completely and Forza's is pretty good but they do obfuscate (sp?) the view quite badly unless you have a mammoth television. I find the roof camera (basically it's cockpit +1.5' height, minus controls) is the best one in Forza. I am not one of those dopey kiddies who does rear view third person just to see my car, that's not racing at all, it's just that both games's cockpit view is simply too small to see anything, it's all to do with FOV and TV size - if you do the cockpit view in Forza 3 with 3 TV's and 3x360's and 3x the game, it looks great (yes, it supports that)
Essentially roof cam is cockpit, with no dials - also my TV doesn't support depth of field like my eyeballs do, tuning out the dash of the car and the roof / doors.
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Any reason my informative post is moderated at 0? Seeing as I have experience dealing with both companies multiple times?
Someone hates apple, loves nokia or dislikes me - either way pal meta moderation is coming for you!
I've delt with Nokia support for faulty handheld phones from them and I've delt with Apple.
Nokia is now blacklisted for me, they will never ever ever see a cent of my money, ever again. I don't care if god personally endorses their next phone.
This relationship I'm having with my iphone is becoming a love / hate one. goddamn I hope Nexus One really takes off (and Nexus 1.1 actually works on Telstra in Australia)
Who is talking about Europe!
Incoming, oh boy America, when will you exit the dark ages when it comes to mobile phones?
Don't worry, you won't start a holy war.
The only people who still use TVersity, haven't heard of PS3 media server.
Mein Gott is TVersity an ugly clunky piece of shit. PS3MC 'just works'
I bet the Asrock is AWESOME! However I don't see an Asrock in my loungeroom.
I see a PS2, PS3, XB1 and XB360 - the XB1 was one of the best electronics purchases I've made in my lifetime, incredible little machine.
I'd love to see the PS3 get the same kind of longetivity.
This whole DLNA (DNLA?) rubbish is gross, it's so backwards.
I don't want to transcode, I just want a damned good media centre (and a gaming machine!) the XBMC devs had started considering work on the PS3 a long time ago but then Sony closed the loophole to access the video card under linux (or rather accelerated mode?) so it was scrapped.
The PS3 is a fantastic chunk of hardware and while I'd really rather not get banned from their system as I have no intention (or time anymore) to pirate games, I'd love to see the machine play back stuff a bit better. (it does fairly well now but it's nothing on XBMC)
The machine has 256mb of system ram, does 1080p output, optical output, 7.1 dolby hardware, wifi, hard disk, USB 2.0, gigabit networking - it's more than enough to do HD XBMC.
Fingers crossed in 12 to 18 months time there's some kind of news.
Actually, Kittinger damaged his suit on the way up and had a leak, his hand was freezing and he could have lost it and he still went fine.
That was many years ago, advances in technology and planning I would think make this stunt at least easier than it was.
My god I hope it's filmed like Kittingers was (it's on google videos)
I can afford the karma, either way I've never seen a thread moderated as blatantly as this one was about 8 hours ago, not sure how it's going now.
Based on the posts in this topic and how many perfectly sensible posts are mod'd down it seems pretty obvious to me someone with some kind of interest in OnLive is moderating.
First time I've seen such distinct bias in moderation (both promotion of posts and demotion)
Look out lads, metamoderatings gonna getcha!
With a single word.
"DUH!"
Who is the retard mod?
"Im going 2 da park" wouldn't be so common if god damned SMS messages weren't so expensive and twitter had more than 140 chars.
Efficiency is king and even I find myself re-writing a 140char tweet for 2 minutes sometimes to fit it in the optimal space, as for SMS less so nowadays but it frustrates me that good english can't be applied to it.
That being said it comes with age, I grew up with the beginnings of the 2 cool 4 school lol crowd and we all used shorthand back in the BBS and ICQ days but the vast majority of us grew up and adjusted our use of language online, none the less "2" vs "too" is sorely tempting when I'm dying for some characters nowadays. (Instead I opt for & rather than and)
I'm 32 and it seems absurd to me, appointment with my media. LOL
Sorry can't think of a better word to summarise it but lol, it's so archaic, who has the time? It's 2010 not 1987.
The thing is, yes displayport is the better spec, no licensing fee, less complex. Awesome.
Infact I've even seen them on some newer PC's of late, this is great, it might just make it.
Problem is, we're going BACK to the bloody 1990's with different specs for the PC display and the TV display.
ARGH.
I want to see displayport on my PC and my PC LCD and my loungeroom 65" Plasma, when (ever?) will this happen.
I do not want 2 different standards (HDMI 1.4 'vs' DPort 1.2) it's just going to be a mess, again.
So you don't have a PS3 or a 360 so I can only conclude you haven't played GT5 Prologue or Forza 3?
Forza 3 is a huge improvement over Forza 2 and has effectively rendered the game totally null and void, simply no reason to play it as they have moved on in many many ways.
GT5 Prologue however, you've played it, you've totally played it, do you know why? Because it's bloody identical to GT4 except HD, substantially less cars and no car modding (for 40$ US - awesome!)
Each and ever GT product since GT4, even demo, trial, limited demo, prologue - they all feel completely and utterly the same as each other and I have to question if it's not the GT4 engine simply modified (heavily) for PS3.
Also you're suggesting that the AI isn't the only thing which you dislike in Forza and there's more to it even if that's been fixed, would that be right?
If so, good because there's a lot more than just AI which is superior, things like audio, handling, controller rumble, physics, features (rewind), AVAILABILITY SINCE ONE ISN'T OUT YET, online features, car damage, car rolling,... the list goes on. I've played both franchises extensively and as one person in this news post has said and I quote "I've played all the Gran Turismo for PS1 and 2, Forza 2 & 3 and I'd say its more accurate to say Forza is the spiritual successor to GT. I've checked out the previews for GT5 (I don't own a PS3) and I think GT lost its way. The poster above did a really good job explaining why Forza is better now."
I recommend you check out Forza 3, the series has come a long way since number 1 a long long way - that's the saddest part because GT hasn't done a damned thing really since GT3.
5850, no, 5870? Maybe and even then in 99.9% of games it's basically "here we see 90fps in 1920x1200 on the 4890 and we see 145 on the 5870!" Thing is I'm hitting 90fps already at 1920x1200, I (and very few) people have a 30" Apple display.
Not to say faster isn't better in the long run of couse but on a $ / speed ratio right now, the 5xxx series just isn't cutting it, far too overpriced - and to think it was ATI who saved us from Nvidia doing the exact thing when the GT series came out 18 months ago. One manufacturer is behind, jack the prices :/ (understandable I suppose)
The cheapest 5850 is about 280$ the cheapest 4890 is about 190$
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3650&p=12
http://techreport.com/articles.x/17652/4
I'm just not seeing 90$ extra worth of value here for the 5850, let alone the 5870.
Within literally 8 weeks of the first review of the next nvidia card, you'll see these prices 30% less across the board, it's not a smart time to buy right now.
Touche absoloutely touche! You're completely right.
Have to agree, the meaning is quite important to designate how they should be used. .XXX? It's one of the most stupid things I've ever heard of and instant filter for adminsitrators of kids stuff, schools, business's to stop (some) porn in these places instantly, very very simple but you guys here already knew that, it's these idiots which don't.
Are those COMPLETE IDIOTS still banning
We consistently see new hardware like this for people "DX10 cards now as low as 150$" or in this case DX11 cards at the 100$ price point.
Time and time again the game developers couldn't give a damn and I don't blame them - they target the biggest possible audience.
I'll never forget the Geforce 3 announcement at one of the Apple Expos of all things, Carmack was there and showed off some early Doom 3, it was absolute hype extravaganza. "Doom 3 will need a pixel shader card like the GF3!" So many people purchased one, problem is by the time Doom 3 came out, the GF3 was basically dead and while it could do the graphics required, it wasn't too quick.
My point is, any new tech like DX11, while great for all of us is never fast enough in the first implimentations, you'll see in 18 months time though, the DX12 cards will be bloody fantastic at DX11 features though, this is just how it is.
FWIW I have a DX10 ATI 4890 card, it's summer here in Australia and it's underclocked and still runs 99.9% of games flawlessly, I pretty much intend to completely skip the ATI 5xxx series and wait for the next ones, performance bumps aren't what they used to be.
Mod this guy +6 - I couldn't agree more.
Also would a native 64bit version help any time soon? The enthusiasts are starting to run 64bit Windows with 4/6/8 and 12 gb of ram now. No gamer would be caught dead with less than 4.
We mostly have dual or quad core chips, I just want to see firefox as fast as humanly possible, I spend 10 hours a dya in it.
"Good for Nintendo. I don't really care about flashy sequels and having to re-buy consoles/accessories/games or hope that the backward compatibility works (if there is one). I just want people to carry on making games for a console that almost everyone has played."
So you want Nintendo to keep re-hashing the same thing OVER and OVER and OVER as they've done (although there's some innovation with the Wii, it's the same thing again and again and again but with a new controller)
Nintendo are famous for it, the users seem to continue to lap it up, they are the apple of the gaming industry it seems.
Throw me the dumb FPS and action games on the other 2, I'll gladly take them - at least the stories have some variety.
I believe the first Wii controller and natal are most definitely rubbish but Wii motion plus and Sony's new wands look interesting.
I don't think they'll replace the controller but they could add to it.
I understand your sentiment on the cockpit view completely and Forza's is pretty good but they do obfuscate (sp?) the view quite badly unless you have a mammoth television.
I find the roof camera (basically it's cockpit +1.5' height, minus controls) is the best one in Forza.
I am not one of those dopey kiddies who does rear view third person just to see my car, that's not racing at all, it's just that both games's cockpit view is simply too small to see anything, it's all to do with FOV and TV size - if you do the cockpit view in Forza 3 with 3 TV's and 3x360's and 3x the game, it looks great (yes, it supports that)
Essentially roof cam is cockpit, with no dials - also my TV doesn't support depth of field like my eyeballs do, tuning out the dash of the car and the roof / doors.