I remember the big hullaballoo over Pizza Hut ads all over the NES version of the Ninja Turtles arcade game!
Likewise, I'm sure early sports games such as Fifa 96 had advertising. All stadiums tend to have advert boards now, so it was obvious to include these in the game. Initially they used to use the publishing house name and other games they made, but after a point they started to accept advertising from third-party sponsors. That probably began with some "official sponsor of..." creeping into the games.
While the submitter may have incorrectly indicated that this is the first game advertising, I think it is true in terms of downloading new adverts as time goes by.
If you do decide to introduce this form or advertising, tracking is a neccessary evil. You need to know which users have seen which ads. Your clients want to know how many eyeballs saw each one. However, I see no reason why this could not be done on the client side using anonymous submission of the data.
Many countries, especially Europe don't have HD TV and we aren't going to get it. We've had interactive digital television for years now, based on mpeg2 over TCP/IP and the PAL broadcast format and HD isn't all that much on an improvement on it. Any technology embracing HD might do well in the US and any other NTSC-using country, but elsewhere that's not all relevant except to the AV buffs (like me).
Sorry, but I just can't agree with you. DVD players are getting like CDs now. I have 5 different DVD players in my house now (xbox, ps2, pc + my real players). None of these will be getting upgraded anytime soon.
I've seen this before a hundred times. A company releases a product that becomes very popular. They then extend the product, making the extension compatible with the old media. What then happens is that the media producers ignore the new one, and sell product targeted at the greater consumer base. It's all about the Benjamins.
If the extended version hits a certain threshold, then the media companies start to use it. But I've seen it go wrong so many times. The Sony PS2 is the only example I can think of where the new (backwards-compatible player) format actually took-off.
However, I may be getting this wrong. Your last sentance indicates that the media is also backwards compatible? If that's the case, then it will come down to whether the consumers are willing to pay the extra for the blu-ray media. It will of course cost more than standard DVDs, just like every media improvement.
Teeth in the USA are a bling-bling thing, that predates bling-bling culture. If you have bad teeth, you are poor. Simple as that. It's a very visible measure and imediately obvious when talking to someone.
In many other countries, denistry is provided by the state. So instead of worrying about who has the best teeth, we go on who has the best lawn at their home.
Blu-Ray will go the way of the Betamax. The reason is simple; there are thousands of DVD drives out there and the format is "good enough" for most people. Investing in Blu-Ray means new burner, new media and most importantly, new players. Then you have to deal with the fact that none of your friends/family can use the media unless they too have bought into the format.
Or, you could just burn a DVD that'll work just about anywhere.
filtering out html email (99.9% of which for me is spam)
I call bullshit on that. Are you trying to tell me you don't have any friends or family that use Fisher-Price built e-mail packages? Folk in the real world don't use pine. Folk in the real world use html. That's just the way it is. Pretty much all of my non-geek friends do this.
Not that I'm complaining. I have shares in the telco industry, so mandating plain-text email reduces overall bandwidth use, which is an attack on my investment. Unacceptible!!:-)
Grr, that thought always gets my goat. The only thing that changed was that the US got it's first taste of what it was like to be attacked at home by a foreign aggressor. It sucks. It makes you angry. It makes you hate the people who did it. The rest of us have been dealing with it for centuries. Get over it. Your solution is part of the problem.
The Iraqi's feel no different by the way. If your leaders are acting suprised by the current outcome, they are either grossly incompitent, ignorant of history, or really don't give a toss about the future of Iraq. An occupying force is only ever welcome in any country when it is dispelling another occupying force.
Do you know there was a lot of controversy and conspiricy theories about the Guy Fawkes plot, and whether he was a patsy? Last year there were a few interesting documentaries about it, I think they were on the BBC. I think the jist of it was that they'd been set-up for whatever reason, and that the plot was known about. It may have come down to religion, English history is full of religious wars, between different Christian cults. Unfortunately I couldn't find anything on Google on it, though I do remember seeing stuff online about it back then.
If you have broadband, set up an IMAP server, apache-ssl and a web interface like SquirrelMail. You get:
Unlimited storage (more-or-less, HD space is cheap)
Access to all your mail via any webbrowser using SSL encryption
Access to all your mail via IMAPS (secure IMAP) or IMAP (if the client doesn't support it)
Using this I get mail 24/7 whereever I am, including to my mobile. As soon as it gets marked as read, other clients no longer show it as unread. Move them around at will on each client; I've yet to see a sync issue. Importing mails for archive is a breeze, you can add an IMAP account in just about any client and simply drag the mails onto your server.
Throw in some anti-virus protection, spam filters and message rules, and you beat just about anything google has to offer. Many e-mail clients have been using thread-based grouping of mails for years. Google is just bringing this to the masses in a form that doesn't require editing of main.cf.
A lot of companies use patents defensively. Nintendo no doubt infringe on many unenforced patents that already exist. There are companies literally buying up patents to use them to essentially blackmail other companies.
Having patents in some of the fundamentals of online gaming would essentially protect Nintendo from their competitors. Provided they don't pull an SCO and try to profit from it themselves that is...
One thing to make sure of after you have the firewall up is to not go to any sites or connect to any online services other than windows update until you are fully patched.
Best piece of advice in this thread. Even with a firewall, the browser is a weakness, regardless of which browser you use. Until you get fully patched, only go to Windows Update. Do not visit any other site, even legitimate ones you trust. You don't trust their advertisers do you?
Hell, if it wasnt' for the console convergence, I'd still have a DVD player. My DVD player (once top of the line 1st gen model) has been shelved in favour of an XBox and the Media Centre package. It can do more than my DVD player can even think about, and it's cheaper. Handles any new codec with a software update.
Once you've got a box, psu, processor and storage, why stop? If it can fufill a task for you, go for it! I'd be annoyed if I had a device that plugged into a television that couldn't play video. What a waste of capability.
continuing to come out with seminal hits that people synonimize with the video game industry
I'd even take a guess that he works in marketing, or at least cut & pasted their bumf. "Seminal", now really come on. Who uses that in regular speach?
When you look at it though, Nintendo are after a younger market, just look at their games. Even the design of the consoles is very Fisher Pricy. This market doesn't really go for consoles that make their breakfast; their mommy does that for them. They just wanna see the pretty colours and funky sounds. The older teen/adult market that Sony identifed are the ones with an interest in an all-in-one gizmo and more importantly, the financial capabilities to obtain one and purchase software.
You don't sue everyone for looking around your house. "Yes, officer, he was looking at my house, looking at the complete wall from left to right."
Better analogy would be if they were seeing if your doors or windows were open. And that would not be acceptible, even if it were legal in your country or not.
Personally, I'd put lots of tanalising fake files on the honey pot. Say a small C app with "rm -rf/" in it called "XP SP2-safe keygen.exe". Make the app self destructing, with maybe a "Got One!!" e-mail sent to yourself for shits & giggles. Things that'll really screw them up. Or a few AVI goatse's with interesting titles.:-)
I'm glad I have my cell phone that... OH YEA! Just makes calls. Who'd have thunk it?
I know, I was like talking to a friend the other day, and he said he saw a computer with "CD-ROM" device attached to it. What's the point in that? Who'd ever need to play music on a computer? All you need is to be able to print letters. Floppy disks ought to be big enough for everyones storage needs.
I don't think there has been a good excuse to go to war since 1939. I'd have signed up for that one with honour, but nothing that the UK has been involved in since then.
You've just proved my point you moron. You seem to think that the US is unique in it's multiculturism. I have friends from all over the world in my social circle here in the UK. Many folk have came and left, and I now have friends in every major continent. From what I'm led to believe, that is not the case in the USA, people stick by their own ethnic community. In fact, I am led to believe that the USA is THE most racist place in the world. Just about every ethnic group has been shat upon in the past.
He claimed he had been told of atrocities. Do you deny that any such were committed by US troops? Hello? Mai Lai?
War is full of atrocities. It IS an atrocity. Only a fool would believe that "their country was above all that". The Iraq torture scandals are case in point that these things can happen on all sides, even in "todays modern world".
When you are out on the streets or jungle and people are shooting at you, you tend to lose respect for them and their humanity. In order to make the troops fight with passion and without remorse, this dehumanizing effect is embraced and extended by the army.
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As Reagan said; one mans terrorist is another mans freedom fighter.
Who's going to sponsor the little blue pills that make Pacman bigger and stronger?
Likewise, I'm sure early sports games such as Fifa 96 had advertising. All stadiums tend to have advert boards now, so it was obvious to include these in the game. Initially they used to use the publishing house name and other games they made, but after a point they started to accept advertising from third-party sponsors. That probably began with some "official sponsor of ..." creeping into the games.
While the submitter may have incorrectly indicated that this is the first game advertising, I think it is true in terms of downloading new adverts as time goes by.
If you do decide to introduce this form or advertising, tracking is a neccessary evil. You need to know which users have seen which ads. Your clients want to know how many eyeballs saw each one. However, I see no reason why this could not be done on the client side using anonymous submission of the data.
Sorry, but I just can't agree with you. DVD players are getting like CDs now. I have 5 different DVD players in my house now (xbox, ps2, pc + my real players). None of these will be getting upgraded anytime soon.
I've seen this before a hundred times. A company releases a product that becomes very popular. They then extend the product, making the extension compatible with the old media. What then happens is that the media producers ignore the new one, and sell product targeted at the greater consumer base. It's all about the Benjamins.
If the extended version hits a certain threshold, then the media companies start to use it. But I've seen it go wrong so many times. The Sony PS2 is the only example I can think of where the new (backwards-compatible player) format actually took-off.
However, I may be getting this wrong. Your last sentance indicates that the media is also backwards compatible? If that's the case, then it will come down to whether the consumers are willing to pay the extra for the blu-ray media. It will of course cost more than standard DVDs, just like every media improvement.
School children in the UK also had to do without their school milk for that year.
Oh yes, but for the wrong reasons. The movie studios would not have published on DVD if this wasn't there. They also demanded the region protection.
If DVD didn't CSS, we'd be using DVDs for data purposes only. You wouldn't be buying them in the shops. So, the original statement is correct.
In many other countries, denistry is provided by the state. So instead of worrying about who has the best teeth, we go on who has the best lawn at their home.
Or, you could just burn a DVD that'll work just about anywhere.
I call bullshit on that. Are you trying to tell me you don't have any friends or family that use Fisher-Price built e-mail packages? Folk in the real world don't use pine. Folk in the real world use html. That's just the way it is. Pretty much all of my non-geek friends do this.
Not that I'm complaining. I have shares in the telco industry, so mandating plain-text email reduces overall bandwidth use, which is an attack on my investment. Unacceptible!! :-)
Grr, that thought always gets my goat. The only thing that changed was that the US got it's first taste of what it was like to be attacked at home by a foreign aggressor. It sucks. It makes you angry. It makes you hate the people who did it. The rest of us have been dealing with it for centuries. Get over it. Your solution is part of the problem.
The Iraqi's feel no different by the way. If your leaders are acting suprised by the current outcome, they are either grossly incompitent, ignorant of history, or really don't give a toss about the future of Iraq. An occupying force is only ever welcome in any country when it is dispelling another occupying force.
Do you know there was a lot of controversy and conspiricy theories about the Guy Fawkes plot, and whether he was a patsy? Last year there were a few interesting documentaries about it, I think they were on the BBC. I think the jist of it was that they'd been set-up for whatever reason, and that the plot was known about. It may have come down to religion, English history is full of religious wars, between different Christian cults. Unfortunately I couldn't find anything on Google on it, though I do remember seeing stuff online about it back then.
- Unlimited storage (more-or-less, HD space is cheap)
- Access to all your mail via any webbrowser using SSL encryption
- Access to all your mail via IMAPS (secure IMAP) or IMAP (if the client doesn't support it)
Using this I get mail 24/7 whereever I am, including to my mobile. As soon as it gets marked as read, other clients no longer show it as unread. Move them around at will on each client; I've yet to see a sync issue. Importing mails for archive is a breeze, you can add an IMAP account in just about any client and simply drag the mails onto your server.Throw in some anti-virus protection, spam filters and message rules, and you beat just about anything google has to offer. Many e-mail clients have been using thread-based grouping of mails for years. Google is just bringing this to the masses in a form that doesn't require editing of main.cf.
Having patents in some of the fundamentals of online gaming would essentially protect Nintendo from their competitors. Provided they don't pull an SCO and try to profit from it themselves that is...
No idea on the codec. I'd love decent Quicktime support.
That's not all that far from the real world. Goverment is corporations; corporations is government.
Best piece of advice in this thread. Even with a firewall, the browser is a weakness, regardless of which browser you use. Until you get fully patched, only go to Windows Update. Do not visit any other site, even legitimate ones you trust. You don't trust their advertisers do you?
Yeah, if you are 12 years old and like bright colourful platformers.
If you you want adult games, dealing with adult themes, with adult levels of difficulty, look elsewhere.
Once you've got a box, psu, processor and storage, why stop? If it can fufill a task for you, go for it! I'd be annoyed if I had a device that plugged into a television that couldn't play video. What a waste of capability.
I'd even take a guess that he works in marketing, or at least cut & pasted their bumf. "Seminal", now really come on. Who uses that in regular speach?
When you look at it though, Nintendo are after a younger market, just look at their games. Even the design of the consoles is very Fisher Pricy. This market doesn't really go for consoles that make their breakfast; their mommy does that for them. They just wanna see the pretty colours and funky sounds. The older teen/adult market that Sony identifed are the ones with an interest in an all-in-one gizmo and more importantly, the financial capabilities to obtain one and purchase software.
Nintendo are sooo boned if they don't smarten up.
Better analogy would be if they were seeing if your doors or windows were open. And that would not be acceptible, even if it were legal in your country or not.
Personally, I'd put lots of tanalising fake files on the honey pot. Say a small C app with "rm -rf /" in it called "XP SP2-safe keygen.exe". Make the app self destructing, with maybe a "Got One!!" e-mail sent to yourself for shits & giggles. Things that'll really screw them up. Or a few AVI goatse's with interesting titles. :-)
I know, I was like talking to a friend the other day, and he said he saw a computer with "CD-ROM" device attached to it. What's the point in that? Who'd ever need to play music on a computer? All you need is to be able to print letters. Floppy disks ought to be big enough for everyones storage needs.
/sarcasm (circa 1992)
I don't think there has been a good excuse to go to war since 1939. I'd have signed up for that one with honour, but nothing that the UK has been involved in since then.
America is nothing special, get over it.
War is full of atrocities. It IS an atrocity. Only a fool would believe that "their country was above all that". The Iraq torture scandals are case in point that these things can happen on all sides, even in "todays modern world".
When you are out on the streets or jungle and people are shooting at you, you tend to lose respect for them and their humanity. In order to make the troops fight with passion and without remorse, this dehumanizing effect is embraced and extended by the army.