Just because the browser comes pre-installed doesn't mean that it's bundled quite the way IE is. You can still remove it, and install any other browser you want. Most Linux distros by default will install a browser too. Try installing KDE without Konquerer. I'm pretty sure it isn't possible.
I agree. I think they should do a speed test on your processor and if it can handle the load, then the feature should be enabled. Disabling a feature because you don't have a specific brand of processor is kind of low.
But how do they prove that you put the file up on the P2P networks? Maybe your computer was broken into, either by network or physically, and the file was copied off and put on the P2P network. Maybe you sent it to your friend (fair use) and he uploaded it to the P2P network.
But why do you need a computer game to do this. If you do the trading yourselves, you learn more of what actually goes on behind the scenes than if you buy some stuff on a computer screen and watch it go up and down.
Yeah, I remember computer time in school mostly being time for the teacher to either do nothing, or catch up on marking assignments. Most of the students sat around and talked, and didn't even bother playing the game. Those that did play were the ones who would have been doing the work regardless of whether or not it was a computer game. I think that teachers should just stick with the tried and true methods of teaching, and stop trying to push technology into the classroom where it isn't needed.
Isn't that a downloadable game? not a full release title that you buy on the shelves from a store? I think that's the major difference here. Some quick game that they threw together for download is going to be pretty cheap for the user. Something that they create as a full game for the system is going to cost a lot more. Why throw together something quick when you can just rerelease something that's already been programmed.
This is the best multiplayer FPS that I know of without networking
That doesn't really give you much to compare it to. Better than Wolfenstein? There isn't really that much out there without network support. Some really old stuff, and a few titles for the N64/PS1. Although I'd have to rate Metroid Prime as the best FPS sans network.
Because if they just release an old game that already exists, than hopefully it will only cost $5. A new tetris game designed specifically for the Revo wouldn't actually add anything new, but would end up costing the user $60.
I never understood the draw of Goldeneye. Most people I know loved it, but I found that it was pretty bad. Right up along with all the other FPSs on consoles. Maybe the consoles should put out a mouse or trackball so that FPSs don't suck so much on them.
So who exactly are they targeting then? Those with a computer but not TV? That's about a whole 15 people. Maybe a bunch of students and stuff. That seems like a good group to be paying more taxes.
Learning the language itself usually doens't take more than a day. Learning the libraries, api, and frameworks that go with a languages however take much longer.
I think it depends on how frequently you use one language over the other, and the similarities between the languages. For instance, when going between PHP and VB.Net, I don't have much trouble, because the are completely different, but going back and forth between the windows command line and the Linux command line is quite hard, and often find myself typing cd / rather than cd \. They are so similar, that I forget which one i'm in, and since I use Linux more, I default to the Linux language.
Bi"lingual" requires that the languages included be spoken languages. Computer languages don't count. If they did count computer languages, i'm sure most competent computer programmers would know about 10 languages, and would be able to figure out the rest of them after sitting down with a bunch of code and a manual for a couple weeks or less.
As the other guy pointed out, you missed the point. To build such a system as to lock the game to a specific machine, you would have to have it hooked up to the interent whenever you wanted to play. This would have been sure death for the PS2, as the internet wasn't that ubiquitous back when it first appeared, and people wouldn't want to have to dial in just to play a game. I don't think people will want to do it on the PS3 either. I think it will mean the death of a great console if they decide to go this route.
Sure, everybody buys specialized products, but they also buy very generalized products. Again, your example is skewed. Who has a toaster oven, but no oven? An oven can do the same job as a toaster oven, it's just that the toaster oven happens to do it a little quicker and efficiently, but everybody still has ovens.
Try cooking a roast or a 30 lb. turkey in an oven, and see how far you get.
No, a computer is capable of doing just about anything, but doesn't do any of them optimally. Why do you think the average person has such a hard time using their computer? A computer could replace the phone, dvd player, stereo system, TV, Gaming console, calculator, book shelf, filing cabinet, recipe books, and about 17 other things around the house, but it usually doesn't because there are other devices which are better suited to specific tasks.
But the PC world is a lot more complicated because of all the variation across machines. You can't just pick up a PC game and expect it to run on any PC, you have to look at the minimum specs, and multiply that by the magic number that gives the actual minimum specs for a good gaming experiece. With PS, GC or XB, you can buy a game, and it just works.
And the GC currently costs around $100, with 2 controllers, Another 2 to fill it out costs $50. The new XBox 360 costs $400 for the version that will play all the games, plus $50 for an extra controller. You want 4 controllers, that's an extra $100. Plus, if you want to play online, that's $60 per year.
The PSP isn't as popular as any of it's game boy cousins, which only do 1 thing. The iPod is way more popular than any of those PDAs which cost about the same amount, and have way more functionality. Often, people would rather buy multiple devices that do one thing well than buy 1 item that does everything. Why do people own toasters when you can toast your bread in the oven?
I have the same opinion of unions. They sprout up when they need to, when things are really bad, but they stay around even when things are good, pushing the company for more and more. I'd have to even wonder if there is a need for unions in first world countries. Most of the things that unions originally fought for are now in law, so that employees aren't working in dangerous conditions, or aren't working 80 hours a week without proper compensation. There are still a few places where unions could help when employees aren't getting quite as much money as they should. Most of the examples i've seen lately of unions are people getting more than they deserve for a job, or businesses staffing everyone as "temporary part time" even if they've been there for 3 years, working 30 hours a week, because it costs 3 times as much once someone is in the union.
Just imagine, losing all the BattleStar Galactica episodes by scratching 1 disc. Can they not put some sort of protective casing on these things? I'm tired of lose discs to the sun and dropping.
But DVDs offered a lot over VHS, not just picture and sound improvements. With Blu-Ray there's a bunch of sound and video enhancements that you'll only notice if you have an expensive system. Kind of reminds me of SACD.
Anything can be stopped by good security. Especially in the case of iloveyou.jpg.exe. Here's how it goes. First, show the extensions, it is a security hazard not to when the extension controls whether or not the file is executed. Second, Give big warnings the first time you run a new executable, and each time the executable has changed, and even more warnings if the executable has 2 extensions such as.jpg.exe. Each executable should need specific permissions for reading and writing files, including the registry, which is a separate case, and executables shouldn't be able to access the hard drive until you give them explicit permission. Also, don't let executables trash system files, and make users log into a non-priviledged account.
Exactly, and if you kill a gay man, how do they determine that you killed him because you hate gay people. Even if they could prove that you hate gay people, I think they'd have a hard time proving that you killed him because he was gay. Or is everyone who kills a gay person guilty of a hate crime. Actually, all murders are hate crimes. If you didn't hate the person, why would you kill them? is there a list of reasons that actually fall into hate crime? And would a gay person killing a straight person be convicted of a hate crime?
I don't have any problem with gay people, just using this as an example.
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Just because the browser comes pre-installed doesn't mean that it's bundled quite the way IE is. You can still remove it, and install any other browser you want. Most Linux distros by default will install a browser too. Try installing KDE without Konquerer. I'm pretty sure it isn't possible.
I agree. I think they should do a speed test on your processor and if it can handle the load, then the feature should be enabled. Disabling a feature because you don't have a specific brand of processor is kind of low.
But how do they prove that you put the file up on the P2P networks? Maybe your computer was broken into, either by network or physically, and the file was copied off and put on the P2P network. Maybe you sent it to your friend (fair use) and he uploaded it to the P2P network.
But why do you need a computer game to do this. If you do the trading yourselves, you learn more of what actually goes on behind the scenes than if you buy some stuff on a computer screen and watch it go up and down.
Yeah, I remember computer time in school mostly being time for the teacher to either do nothing, or catch up on marking assignments. Most of the students sat around and talked, and didn't even bother playing the game. Those that did play were the ones who would have been doing the work regardless of whether or not it was a computer game. I think that teachers should just stick with the tried and true methods of teaching, and stop trying to push technology into the classroom where it isn't needed.
Isn't that a downloadable game? not a full release title that you buy on the shelves from a store? I think that's the major difference here. Some quick game that they threw together for download is going to be pretty cheap for the user. Something that they create as a full game for the system is going to cost a lot more. Why throw together something quick when you can just rerelease something that's already been programmed.
This is the best multiplayer FPS that I know of without networking
That doesn't really give you much to compare it to. Better than Wolfenstein? There isn't really that much out there without network support. Some really old stuff, and a few titles for the N64/PS1. Although I'd have to rate Metroid Prime as the best FPS sans network.
Because if they just release an old game that already exists, than hopefully it will only cost $5. A new tetris game designed specifically for the Revo wouldn't actually add anything new, but would end up costing the user $60.
I never understood the draw of Goldeneye. Most people I know loved it, but I found that it was pretty bad. Right up along with all the other FPSs on consoles. Maybe the consoles should put out a mouse or trackball so that FPSs don't suck so much on them.
So who exactly are they targeting then? Those with a computer but not TV? That's about a whole 15 people. Maybe a bunch of students and stuff. That seems like a good group to be paying more taxes.
Learning the language itself usually doens't take more than a day. Learning the libraries, api, and frameworks that go with a languages however take much longer.
I think it depends on how frequently you use one language over the other, and the similarities between the languages. For instance, when going between PHP and VB.Net, I don't have much trouble, because the are completely different, but going back and forth between the windows command line and the Linux command line is quite hard, and often find myself typing cd / rather than cd \. They are so similar, that I forget which one i'm in, and since I use Linux more, I default to the Linux language.
Bi"lingual" requires that the languages included be spoken languages. Computer languages don't count. If they did count computer languages, i'm sure most competent computer programmers would know about 10 languages, and would be able to figure out the rest of them after sitting down with a bunch of code and a manual for a couple weeks or less.
As the other guy pointed out, you missed the point. To build such a system as to lock the game to a specific machine, you would have to have it hooked up to the interent whenever you wanted to play. This would have been sure death for the PS2, as the internet wasn't that ubiquitous back when it first appeared, and people wouldn't want to have to dial in just to play a game. I don't think people will want to do it on the PS3 either. I think it will mean the death of a great console if they decide to go this route.
You got my point exactly. I guess I wasn't clear enough, but that was exactly what I was trying to say.
Sure, everybody buys specialized products, but they also buy very generalized products. Again, your example is skewed. Who has a toaster oven, but no oven? An oven can do the same job as a toaster oven, it's just that the toaster oven happens to do it a little quicker and efficiently, but everybody still has ovens.
Try cooking a roast or a 30 lb. turkey in an oven, and see how far you get.
No, a computer is capable of doing just about anything, but doesn't do any of them optimally. Why do you think the average person has such a hard time using their computer? A computer could replace the phone, dvd player, stereo system, TV, Gaming console, calculator, book shelf, filing cabinet, recipe books, and about 17 other things around the house, but it usually doesn't because there are other devices which are better suited to specific tasks.
But the PC world is a lot more complicated because of all the variation across machines. You can't just pick up a PC game and expect it to run on any PC, you have to look at the minimum specs, and multiply that by the magic number that gives the actual minimum specs for a good gaming experiece. With PS, GC or XB, you can buy a game, and it just works.
And the GC currently costs around $100, with 2 controllers, Another 2 to fill it out costs $50. The new XBox 360 costs $400 for the version that will play all the games, plus $50 for an extra controller. You want 4 controllers, that's an extra $100. Plus, if you want to play online, that's $60 per year.
The PSP isn't as popular as any of it's game boy cousins, which only do 1 thing. The iPod is way more popular than any of those PDAs which cost about the same amount, and have way more functionality. Often, people would rather buy multiple devices that do one thing well than buy 1 item that does everything. Why do people own toasters when you can toast your bread in the oven?
I have the same opinion of unions. They sprout up when they need to, when things are really bad, but they stay around even when things are good, pushing the company for more and more. I'd have to even wonder if there is a need for unions in first world countries. Most of the things that unions originally fought for are now in law, so that employees aren't working in dangerous conditions, or aren't working 80 hours a week without proper compensation. There are still a few places where unions could help when employees aren't getting quite as much money as they should. Most of the examples i've seen lately of unions are people getting more than they deserve for a job, or businesses staffing everyone as "temporary part time" even if they've been there for 3 years, working 30 hours a week, because it costs 3 times as much once someone is in the union.
Just imagine, losing all the BattleStar Galactica episodes by scratching 1 disc. Can they not put some sort of protective casing on these things? I'm tired of lose discs to the sun and dropping.
But DVDs offered a lot over VHS, not just picture and sound improvements. With Blu-Ray there's a bunch of sound and video enhancements that you'll only notice if you have an expensive system. Kind of reminds me of SACD.
Anything can be stopped by good security. Especially in the case of iloveyou.jpg.exe. Here's how it goes. First, show the extensions, it is a security hazard not to when the extension controls whether or not the file is executed. Second, Give big warnings the first time you run a new executable, and each time the executable has changed, and even more warnings if the executable has 2 extensions such as .jpg.exe. Each executable should need specific permissions for reading and writing files, including the registry, which is a separate case, and executables shouldn't be able to access the hard drive until you give them explicit permission. Also, don't let executables trash system files, and make users log into a non-priviledged account.
Exactly, and if you kill a gay man, how do they determine that you killed him because you hate gay people. Even if they could prove that you hate gay people, I think they'd have a hard time proving that you killed him because he was gay. Or is everyone who kills a gay person guilty of a hate crime. Actually, all murders are hate crimes. If you didn't hate the person, why would you kill them? is there a list of reasons that actually fall into hate crime? And would a gay person killing a straight person be convicted of a hate crime?
I don't have any problem with gay people, just using this as an example.