When MS bought Bungie it was so they could have a title to sell their xbox. That worked pretty well. Bungie always made awesome games and were more unique and styled than others of the same genre.
What this gave Bungie was $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ and the ability that after they made the xbox for MS they could go back to doing what they love doing. Make really great games their way as an independent company.
It was win/win/loose (Mac users got screwed on Halo).
If you really enjoying nuances and subtleties in music and recording you'll prefer vinyl. I know there are things on half-mastered records which do no show up on CD's. It's really just an argument of convince vs quality.
As an indie music maker I'm stuck paying fees for record companies to make indie music (they call it a tax to recover lost sales?)
Kudos to Canadian artists for standing up for musicians!
With OS X I can't see why someone would want an inferiror product that is more aggrivating to use.
But then I can't relate to eating at McDonalds either.
Steve Balmer has nothing intelligent to say.
Who keeps getting his quotes, from where?!?! are they actually getting them from, and why or how is this slashdot news?
I come here to read news posts that are interesting. Not soap opera media attacks.
The computer industry sucks. There is no creativity, there is no R&D anymore.
Last I looked there were two HD manufacturers and everyone just bought their innards and slapped their sticker on the unit.
People persecute you for the OS you do or don't use.
It's a sick industry where rabid theiving dogs with no care but thier own wallet are heralded as kings and made the richest men in America.
Good thing I'm graduating in August to join them =)
People don't realize IT'S JUST A SCI FI MOVIE. It's not that great or impressive. To all those people who use 'Neo' as a handle Get a grip!
The second one was so bad I didn't bother with the third.
Best: D'uh! I haven't even seen RoTK but I can't put my vote anywhere else.
This is like saying McDonalds succeeds where pubs fail.
Pubs serve better food, alcohol, and have hot waitresses.
Mcdonalds servers bad food and have 'uneducated' clients.
so now there will be no reason for good tasting food. rather we'll be stuck with shitty pre-packaged food like KD, McDonalds, etc and it will taste good.
This food will be/is full of so much chemicals cancer will be hitting people before puberty.
The french (France not french Canadians) eat 30% more fat and have 40% less heart disease (G&M article) because they don't eat crappy food. Europe has a much higher food quality than NA does.
> There is enough bitching about the music industry > here to make me want to puke.
Did you honestly expect anything different? I'm not defending either side of the argument (your both right in your points) but what did you think people would do?
rather than work for a record company and get them rich artists should be doing it themselves. that way they make the music. like bum records
http://homepage.mac.com/mlkrakowski/popisdead/bumr ecords.html
record companies are just getting rich off artists.
they serve no other purpose. I don't care if people
download my music, it would be nice so i can keep doing it, so long as a record company doesn't steal the song or song idea or lyrics and make millions off it. and when there's money to be made someone with more will beat you to it.
so it took a large amount of effort from some pc users to make a machine that comes close to being as quiet as a Mac. Does anyone else think it's stupid this is not the norm? i hate listening to machines. a computer should not need 6 fans (props to my gaming friends sic) and sound like they go to 11. they should be dead quiet and very cool and very stable. not saying mine fulfils that...
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When MS bought Bungie it was so they could have a title to sell their xbox. That worked pretty well. Bungie always made awesome games and were more unique and styled than others of the same genre. What this gave Bungie was $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ and the ability that after they made the xbox for MS they could go back to doing what they love doing. Make really great games their way as an independent company. It was win/win/loose (Mac users got screwed on Halo).
If you really enjoying nuances and subtleties in music and recording you'll prefer vinyl. I know there are things on half-mastered records which do no show up on CD's. It's really just an argument of convince vs quality.
ugh, why does /. resort to posting about john dvorak?
Canada's Female astronaut has 'not' committed crimes or had a need to be fired.
Vista prompted my CTO to say "We're going to buy macs for tech instead of Vista, and we'll do a linux install setup for the rest."
Who paid for the articles?
Kinda moot to create a game based of bringing peace to the galaxy.
This news fails to be breakthrough as it's been around the science community for a while. Why does /. even bother with this sub-heading?
Calling this selfless self promotion is like validating that MS 'had' to spend 1 million in the first week of Win 95 on advertising.
100%, when I loose a connection I can't do anything.
As an indie music maker I'm stuck paying fees for record companies to make indie music (they call it a tax to recover lost sales?) Kudos to Canadian artists for standing up for musicians!
http://www.resexcellence.com/news/?p=62
So it's just an approximation of a real sound still? Woot!
It is the Ork Kustom Force Field, Xenos invasion has begun :P
With OS X I can't see why someone would want an inferiror product that is more aggrivating to use. But then I can't relate to eating at McDonalds either.
Pixar is the best. No one should bother compete with them. Did 'Sharks go straight to dvd?
maybe it's just both and people refuse to see this?
Steve Balmer has nothing intelligent to say. Who keeps getting his quotes, from where?!?! are they actually getting them from, and why or how is this slashdot news? I come here to read news posts that are interesting. Not soap opera media attacks.
The computer industry sucks. There is no creativity, there is no R&D anymore. Last I looked there were two HD manufacturers and everyone just bought their innards and slapped their sticker on the unit. People persecute you for the OS you do or don't use. It's a sick industry where rabid theiving dogs with no care but thier own wallet are heralded as kings and made the richest men in America. Good thing I'm graduating in August to join them =)
People don't realize IT'S JUST A SCI FI MOVIE. It's not that great or impressive. To all those people who use 'Neo' as a handle Get a grip! The second one was so bad I didn't bother with the third. Best: D'uh! I haven't even seen RoTK but I can't put my vote anywhere else.
This is like saying McDonalds succeeds where pubs fail. Pubs serve better food, alcohol, and have hot waitresses. Mcdonalds servers bad food and have 'uneducated' clients.
so now there will be no reason for good tasting food. rather we'll be stuck with shitty pre-packaged food like KD, McDonalds, etc and it will taste good. This food will be/is full of so much chemicals cancer will be hitting people before puberty. The french (France not french Canadians) eat 30% more fat and have 40% less heart disease (G&M article) because they don't eat crappy food. Europe has a much higher food quality than NA does.
> There is enough bitching about the music industry > here to make me want to puke. Did you honestly expect anything different? I'm not defending either side of the argument (your both right in your points) but what did you think people would do?
rather than work for a record company and get them rich artists should be doing it themselves. that way they make the music. like bum records http://homepage.mac.com/mlkrakowski/popisdead/bumr ecords.html
record companies are just getting rich off artists.
they serve no other purpose. I don't care if people
download my music, it would be nice so i can keep doing it, so long as a record company doesn't steal the song or song idea or lyrics and make millions off it. and when there's money to be made someone with more will beat you to it.
so it took a large amount of effort from some pc users to make a machine that comes close to being as quiet as a Mac. Does anyone else think it's stupid this is not the norm? i hate listening to machines. a computer should not need 6 fans (props to my gaming friends sic) and sound like they go to 11. they should be dead quiet and very cool and very stable. not saying mine fulfils that...