What kind of casual user would be using a debugger though? Why disable the debugger if it's trivial for any person with enough knowledge to use the debugger to get the debugger to run anyway?
So are all non-mechanical things. I've had way more non-mechanical computer components die on me than mechanical ones. RAM chips, video cards, network cards. All kinds of things. I've only ever had 1 hard drive die.
Yeah, I was a little messed up on my architecture there, but Basilisk does run system 7.5.3 just fine. It also runs system 8.1 if you can find a copy of it.
You can actually download System 7.5.3 from Apple for free. Sure you don't get the source code to edit it, but at least you can still run it. I think this is a good solution. Once your software is no longer commercially viable, let people use it for free.
Is there any rule for the 360 stating that the game experience has to be the same for all versions of the console? No reason why they couldn't precache if the hard drive is available, and make the people who don't have one suffer. Anyway, I think the whole idea of different versions of a console are completely negating the purpose of the console. The purpose of the console is to give everyone the same system, so that everything works the same for everybody, and people don't have to think and choose about which model to buy. The whole idea of multiple models of consoles just confuses the consumers.
I don't see why EA couldn't do it on the Wii. Endless Ocean allows you to play songs from the SD Card when you're diving. Granted, they play the same song repeating forever, instead of continuing on with the next song, but there's no reason EA couldn't do this.
Whatever happened to the idea of loading song onto the hard drive of your console (or SD card in the case of the Wii) in MP3 format and having the game play those songs. Why make people pay for something that they should be able to do for free?
Which is why i think game developers like consoles so much more than PCs. It's much easier to ensure everyone has a good experience when everybody is running the exact same hardware.
It can be questioned, that's why there's still scientists trying every day to refine the theory of evolution. Even Darwin didn't have everything figured out with his theory. We didn't even understand DNA until well after Darwin was dead. It's not that Darwinism shouldn't be questioned. It has always been questioned, and there are scientists testing it every day. We we can't do, is put up with it with it being refuted by thinks like ID, which have no method of proving or disproving anything about how things actually work.
Are there any other theories supporting how humans and all the other species currently on earth got here? ID is not a scientific theory anymore than me stating that the extra terrestrials delivered us all here from some intergalactic ark. The problem here is that people don't realize the difference between cockamamie theory with no evidence to back it up, and a real scientific theory. Teaching intelligent design in school is quite comparable to what happened many years ago when people were taught that the earth was flat, or that earth was the centre of the universe, even though all knowledge from the scientific community points in completely the opposite direction. I'm all for teaching children the alternatives if any real ones exist. But just because a lot of people choose to believe something, doesn't make it fact, and doesn't mean that it should be taught in science class.
I think the problem here is that they are actually referring to a real drug. In this case morphine. According to some other poster, they would be able to get an R15+ rating by simply changing the name of the drug in the game to "painkiller", or something generic like that.
I agree with you, except where it applies to worker safety. People will work quite hard for money, and even put their life in danger, if it's the only job they can find. Sure you could say they are stupid for doing it, but then you've probably never been in a situation where the choice was food or descend into an unsafe mine shaft. Set up whatever crazy work hours and pay rate you want. But as soon as the actual health and well being of the employee comes into concern, the government should have some say as to what's going on. From a legal point of view, you could be quite negligent for paying somebody for risking their own life.
My dad has one for his job, and whenever he comes to visit, it seems like he's answering an email at least once every half hour. I really think it's a great thing for CEOs, and people who really do need and want to be in contact 24 hours a day. But for most people, it's just extreme overkill, and makes the job so much less enjoyable. I think cell phones are good enough. If the problem isn't big enough that you can give the person a proper phone call, then it can probably wait until tomorrow.
I seem to remember stories that MS wouldn't give support on their server OSes if you switched the default ugly green background. But that's probably just rumour. And while you are right, that the image would take up some space in memory, it would probably only take up about 4 megs, even for a 1280x1024 image. Which isn't a whole lot for most modern systems. If you're running your computer that close to the red line, you could probably do with an upgrade.
How would you recommend we store our data if not in an SQL database? I agree it has a lot of centralization issues, but what's the alternative. What other ways are there of storing data in a non-centralized manner?
Or you know, people could just read the specs on the box/website before paying for it, to ensure the product had what they were looking for, instead of relying on the product name to tell them the specs.
They keep on bringing up the price and specs on these laptops. When they initially announced the EEE, they said it was going to be a $200 laptop. I still have yet to see one for $200, and with the way they keep on upping the specs, I don't think they will ever get to the $200 price point.
That first episode of Wolfenstein 3D was a full game in and of itself. I'm sure they made a lot of sales of the rest of the episodes just based on that free version. Same goes for Commander Keen and Duke Nukem. Give people are really good experience with the "demo" and they are a lot more likely to go out and buy the full version.
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What kind of casual user would be using a debugger though? Why disable the debugger if it's trivial for any person with enough knowledge to use the debugger to get the debugger to run anyway?
Wow. Just wow. Are you serious? You owe me a new monitor. Coffee everywhere.
So are all non-mechanical things. I've had way more non-mechanical computer components die on me than mechanical ones. RAM chips, video cards, network cards. All kinds of things. I've only ever had 1 hard drive die.
I'm good with my 160 GB drive. I'm not going to upgrade though, because apparently the larger ones don't come with delete capabilities.
Yeah, I was a little messed up on my architecture there, but Basilisk does run system 7.5.3 just fine. It also runs system 8.1 if you can find a copy of it.
You can download Basilisk, which is a pretty good PowerPC emulator.
You can actually download System 7.5.3 from Apple for free. Sure you don't get the source code to edit it, but at least you can still run it. I think this is a good solution. Once your software is no longer commercially viable, let people use it for free.
Is there any rule for the 360 stating that the game experience has to be the same for all versions of the console? No reason why they couldn't precache if the hard drive is available, and make the people who don't have one suffer. Anyway, I think the whole idea of different versions of a console are completely negating the purpose of the console. The purpose of the console is to give everyone the same system, so that everything works the same for everybody, and people don't have to think and choose about which model to buy. The whole idea of multiple models of consoles just confuses the consumers.
I don't see why EA couldn't do it on the Wii. Endless Ocean allows you to play songs from the SD Card when you're diving. Granted, they play the same song repeating forever, instead of continuing on with the next song, but there's no reason EA couldn't do this.
Whatever happened to the idea of loading song onto the hard drive of your console (or SD card in the case of the Wii) in MP3 format and having the game play those songs. Why make people pay for something that they should be able to do for free?
Which is why i think game developers like consoles so much more than PCs. It's much easier to ensure everyone has a good experience when everybody is running the exact same hardware.
It can be questioned, that's why there's still scientists trying every day to refine the theory of evolution. Even Darwin didn't have everything figured out with his theory. We didn't even understand DNA until well after Darwin was dead. It's not that Darwinism shouldn't be questioned. It has always been questioned, and there are scientists testing it every day. We we can't do, is put up with it with it being refuted by thinks like ID, which have no method of proving or disproving anything about how things actually work.
Are there any other theories supporting how humans and all the other species currently on earth got here? ID is not a scientific theory anymore than me stating that the extra terrestrials delivered us all here from some intergalactic ark. The problem here is that people don't realize the difference between cockamamie theory with no evidence to back it up, and a real scientific theory. Teaching intelligent design in school is quite comparable to what happened many years ago when people were taught that the earth was flat, or that earth was the centre of the universe, even though all knowledge from the scientific community points in completely the opposite direction. I'm all for teaching children the alternatives if any real ones exist. But just because a lot of people choose to believe something, doesn't make it fact, and doesn't mean that it should be taught in science class.
I think the problem here is that they are actually referring to a real drug. In this case morphine. According to some other poster, they would be able to get an R15+ rating by simply changing the name of the drug in the game to "painkiller", or something generic like that.
I agree with you, except where it applies to worker safety. People will work quite hard for money, and even put their life in danger, if it's the only job they can find. Sure you could say they are stupid for doing it, but then you've probably never been in a situation where the choice was food or descend into an unsafe mine shaft. Set up whatever crazy work hours and pay rate you want. But as soon as the actual health and well being of the employee comes into concern, the government should have some say as to what's going on. From a legal point of view, you could be quite negligent for paying somebody for risking their own life.
My dad has one for his job, and whenever he comes to visit, it seems like he's answering an email at least once every half hour. I really think it's a great thing for CEOs, and people who really do need and want to be in contact 24 hours a day. But for most people, it's just extreme overkill, and makes the job so much less enjoyable. I think cell phones are good enough. If the problem isn't big enough that you can give the person a proper phone call, then it can probably wait until tomorrow.
I seem to remember stories that MS wouldn't give support on their server OSes if you switched the default ugly green background. But that's probably just rumour. And while you are right, that the image would take up some space in memory, it would probably only take up about 4 megs, even for a 1280x1024 image. Which isn't a whole lot for most modern systems. If you're running your computer that close to the red line, you could probably do with an upgrade.
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Wow, I've seen responding to the wrong post, but responding to the wrong story, now that's a new one.
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How would you recommend we store our data if not in an SQL database? I agree it has a lot of centralization issues, but what's the alternative. What other ways are there of storing data in a non-centralized manner?
I had an 80386 with 5 MB of RAM, so anything is possible.
Or you know, people could just read the specs on the box/website before paying for it, to ensure the product had what they were looking for, instead of relying on the product name to tell them the specs.
They keep on bringing up the price and specs on these laptops. When they initially announced the EEE, they said it was going to be a $200 laptop. I still have yet to see one for $200, and with the way they keep on upping the specs, I don't think they will ever get to the $200 price point.
That first episode of Wolfenstein 3D was a full game in and of itself. I'm sure they made a lot of sales of the rest of the episodes just based on that free version. Same goes for Commander Keen and Duke Nukem. Give people are really good experience with the "demo" and they are a lot more likely to go out and buy the full version.