Look at the power connector. There's like 20 pins! No power supply on earth would need this many! They're using standard PC components, so they need a t best a ground pin, a plus 12 volt, a plus and a minus 5 volt. Let's just say maybe they also need a minus 12 volt, okay? That is 5 pins. Any guesses what's on the other pins? How about Video and USB to another machine, perhaps?
If that's the case, then they have spent zero time working on the prototype, since I could build a PC of those specs to fit in that case in 3 days.
I think this thing is vapor, and that they don't even have a factory lined up to build these things. Any real company would be negotiating with manufacturers for bulk rate deals for motherboards or video chipsets, but I've seen no evidence that any arrangements or agreements have even been attempted by Infinium Labs.
Think about it, these guys are basically going to sell PC's, and sell contracts, they have NO hardware hurdles to overcome. None. Why, then, is the "development" cycle so long? Why would they need a console at all? Why not just sell the subscriptions to anyone with a PC and add some DRM?
He's brilliant, because he convinced someone else to pay him to come up with shit for brains ideas. If ONLY I was brilliant enough to peddle crap like this, I would rule the world. Now, to be sure, this man works for COMPLETE ASSNUTS, which speaks for his brilliance as well. Only the highly intelligent could find a good-paying job working for complete idiots who believe everything they're told. I am entirely jealous of the man who came up with this completely asinine idea. It will fail horribly, but he will STILL get paid. He's most likely salaried.
First, there was pencilfighting. That was a game where you take turns whacking each other's pencils with your own pencil until only one pencil emerged victorious. Then, there was Spork, which was exactly the same thing, but with plastic sporks, and the object was to knock off all four of your opponent's tines before he broke off all four of yours. Both of these are played by schoolchildren out of total boredom, with materials that they already don't care about and get for free. I can't see anyone shelling out money to twist ONCE and see whose broke. This is the stupidest thing ever, and I sincerely hope that this devours the money of stupid investors and redistributes it into a landfill.
So it's a total coincidence that Sami is Saudi, coming from the birthplace of Wahabbism? Like it was a coincidence that all of the hijackers for Al Qaida were muslim males?
Okay, If the US government starts accusing random people of this type of crime, I will cry foul. This article does not contain enough information for me to doubt the Feds' motives.
You can say that. Some people will hate you for it. Also, I think your "superiorly educated group" is simply that group which showed up to be taught what to think. In my days in college I didn't see a whole lot of genuine free thinking. Most of it followed a trail blazed by others, especially Mao, Marx, and Lenin. Nothing truly original, just the standard idealistic prechewed pap that we all were exposed to and eventually rejected. Don't think you get originality points for the works of these three. Everyone here I bet has read them, and thought them to be novel for a while. Pragmatism eventually wins out. They're not taboo, they're pase.
This has to be the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen. Oh, it's European....That explains much. It's the dead of winter and they're bored. I can't really hold them responsible. You all know what cheap vodka is capable of.
Amazing that the "master password" that this company used was a normal dictionary entry. I use random alphanumeric strings ten digits long and I commit them to memory only once, then change them after every use. I wouldn't want my My Documents folder cracked. Some of the contents of My Pictures are embarassing. I also have my TurboTax data, for chrissakes!
Actually, I learned how to dial the telephone by whistling and vocalizing two different notes at the same time. I used to amaze my friends by dialing for pizza using only my voice and whistle. It's a wierd kind of whistle but with loads of practice and careful listening to and copying a standard touch tone telephone, I think anyone could do it. Never underestimate the power of a geek with no social life. And that's the ONLY thing I will admit to. Note non-anonymous post.
This is, unfortunately, completely unhelpful to the user we're dealing with here. The games in question do not run properly under GNU/Linux or BSD, so I fail to see the point of your reply. Maybe that's the reason Linux isn't being embraced by that many desktop users-the elitist attitude of preachy geeks. Your post did little to assist this man at all.
I don't want to gouge anybody's eyes out with a shard of broken glass. That's too gruesome even for a game. I have GTA3 and GTA:VC on my computer but I have no intention of plunking down even one dollar for Manhunt.
And this limitation is why in the future, all computers will have multiple processors. Think about it- your computer ALREADY DOES! It has a CPU, several controllers and a Graphics processor. Your sound card has a microprocessor, and your various port controllers all do some work as well. Some of the work in the future will have to be subdivided. We'll have speech synthesis on our audio boards, and full raytracing on the video card. Maybe one processor will handle user input such as speech recognition. I don't think one single processor is going to get much faster than 8GHz anytime soon. They're already having serious trouble getting incremental speed increases to make a serious difference in useable processing.
Did you ever think that maybe, to sociopaths to a greater degree than the world at large, online shooters are more attractive?
I play Return to Castle Wolfenstein online and its team environment usually has no real racist or socially inept behavior but once in a while a griefer signs on and team kills like crazy. I think they're used to QUAKE or something.
What I do is note which servers for UT2003 and RTCW actively kick/ban griefers and asswipes. I make them favorites and return to those servers over and over.
I have never used terms like OWNED and PWNED. I stay with the King's English. It's more polite.
However, to back up your original assertion, I am an unsympathetic person in general. I don't really care a whole bunch about the plight of american poverty (I have seen real poverty in Haiti, Mexico and the Phillipines, thank you very much). So maybe I'm an asshole. I don't care about that either.
You mean that the state who pays for the plowing service would like to know how quickly their roads are being serviced? OMFG what is this world coming to?
These contractors have cushy jobs with near 100% job security. They have to get up early, but let's face it- there are many people who will get up and plow the main roads and then stop for coffee (on the clock) and take their time on the backroads. It wouldn't surprise me if this is a reactionary tactic to deal with complaints of laziness.
Empty space has no materials to build with and nothing to tunnel into. The moon has both. It would be a better platform for construction of hugely expensive wastes of resorces and time than empty space.
If we gotta go to space at all, lets build a city on the fricking moon. Why not, budget's shot to hell anyway.
Yeah, sure. And I've seen the Anti-WTO protesters too, they deliberately obstruct building's entrances and exits. They refuse to cooperate with police requests to desist from blocking other people. THEN THEY GET ARRESTED AND WHINE ABOUT IT.
You are a pathetic clown. What you don't realize is that the US regularly repatriates prisoners from it's Camp Zero in Cuba. It just takes a while for them to be processed.
Also, imprisoning someone for terrorism is not equal to imprisoning people for their speech or opinion.
To equate the two not only requires that tired old "moral equivalency" train of thought where every single culture and every form of governance is equal, but the desire to diminish the suffering of people in China in forced labor factories.
I understand your hatred of George W. Bush, but really this isn't a very good way to make points for your side. Hyperbole is best used sparingly.
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Look at the power connector. There's like 20 pins! No power supply on earth would need this many! They're using standard PC components, so they need a t best a ground pin, a plus 12 volt, a plus and a minus 5 volt. Let's just say maybe they also need a minus 12 volt, okay? That is 5 pins. Any guesses what's on the other pins? How about Video and USB to another machine, perhaps?
If that's the case, then they have spent zero time working on the prototype, since I could build a PC of those specs to fit in that case in 3 days.
I think this thing is vapor, and that they don't even have a factory lined up to build these things. Any real company would be negotiating with manufacturers for bulk rate deals for motherboards or video chipsets, but I've seen no evidence that any arrangements or agreements have even been attempted by Infinium Labs.
Think about it, these guys are basically going to sell PC's, and sell contracts, they have NO hardware hurdles to overcome. None. Why, then, is the "development" cycle so long? Why would they need a console at all? Why not just sell the subscriptions to anyone with a PC and add some DRM?
He's brilliant, because he convinced someone else to pay him to come up with shit for brains ideas. If ONLY I was brilliant enough to peddle crap like this, I would rule the world.
Now, to be sure, this man works for COMPLETE ASSNUTS, which speaks for his brilliance as well. Only the highly intelligent could find a good-paying job working for complete idiots who believe everything they're told.
I am entirely jealous of the man who came up with this completely asinine idea. It will fail horribly, but he will STILL get paid. He's most likely salaried.
First, there was pencilfighting. That was a game where you take turns whacking each other's pencils with your own pencil until only one pencil emerged victorious.
Then, there was Spork, which was exactly the same thing, but with plastic sporks, and the object was to knock off all four of your opponent's tines before he broke off all four of yours.
Both of these are played by schoolchildren out of total boredom, with materials that they already don't care about and get for free.
I can't see anyone shelling out money to twist ONCE and see whose broke. This is the stupidest thing ever, and I sincerely hope that this devours the money of stupid investors and redistributes it into a landfill.
So it's a total coincidence that Sami is Saudi, coming from the birthplace of Wahabbism? Like it was a coincidence that all of the hijackers for Al Qaida were muslim males?
Okay, If the US government starts accusing random people of this type of crime, I will cry foul. This article does not contain enough information for me to doubt the Feds' motives.
This is not a problem so long as sales of hardware generates profit.
You can say that. Some people will hate you for it. Also, I think your "superiorly educated group" is simply that group which showed up to be taught what to think. In my days in college I didn't see a whole lot of genuine free thinking. Most of it followed a trail blazed by others, especially Mao, Marx, and Lenin. Nothing truly original, just the standard idealistic prechewed pap that we all were exposed to and eventually rejected.
Don't think you get originality points for the works of these three. Everyone here I bet has read them, and thought them to be novel for a while. Pragmatism eventually wins out. They're not taboo, they're pase.
Damn, too cheap for a 'k' huh?
I don't know, but if I ever find that guy I am going to strangle him. He's damn near everywhere, and everything he says is crap.
This has to be the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen.
Oh, it's European....That explains much.
It's the dead of winter and they're bored. I can't really hold them responsible. You all know what cheap vodka is capable of.
OH MY GOD I forgot about that!
Good thing I don't write programs that other people use!
Amazing that the "master password" that this company used was a normal dictionary entry. I use random alphanumeric strings ten digits long and I commit them to memory only once, then change them after every use. I wouldn't want my My Documents folder cracked. Some of the contents of My Pictures are embarassing. I also have my TurboTax data, for chrissakes!
Actually, I learned how to dial the telephone by whistling and vocalizing two different notes at the same time. I used to amaze my friends by dialing for pizza using only my voice and whistle. It's a wierd kind of whistle but with loads of practice and careful listening to and copying a standard touch tone telephone, I think anyone could do it.
Never underestimate the power of a geek with no social life.
And that's the ONLY thing I will admit to. Note non-anonymous post.
I suppose you give your family members your root password too, then?
Come on, give the guy a break here, it's a legitimate question.
This is, unfortunately, completely unhelpful to the user we're dealing with here. The games in question do not run properly under GNU/Linux or BSD, so I fail to see the point of your reply.
Maybe that's the reason Linux isn't being embraced by that many desktop users-the elitist attitude of preachy geeks.
Your post did little to assist this man at all.
I don't want to gouge anybody's eyes out with a shard of broken glass. That's too gruesome even for a game. I have GTA3 and GTA:VC on my computer but I have no intention of plunking down even one dollar for Manhunt.
And this limitation is why in the future, all computers will have multiple processors. Think about it- your computer ALREADY DOES! It has a CPU, several controllers and a Graphics processor. Your sound card has a microprocessor, and your various port controllers all do some work as well. Some of the work in the future will have to be subdivided. We'll have speech synthesis on our audio boards, and full raytracing on the video card. Maybe one processor will handle user input such as speech recognition. I don't think one single processor is going to get much faster than 8GHz anytime soon. They're already having serious trouble getting incremental speed increases to make a serious difference in useable processing.
We really should have a (Score 10, Functioning Mirror) moderation for posts as informative | mirrored as yours is here.
I love BZflag. It is a perfect example of excellent gameplay enabled by cheesy graphics.
Did you ever think that maybe, to sociopaths to a greater degree than the world at large, online shooters are more attractive?
I play Return to Castle Wolfenstein online and its team environment usually has no real racist or socially inept behavior but once in a while a griefer signs on and team kills like crazy. I think they're used to QUAKE or something.
What I do is note which servers for UT2003 and RTCW actively kick/ban griefers and asswipes. I make them favorites and return to those servers over and over.
I have never used terms like OWNED and PWNED. I stay with the King's English. It's more polite.
However, to back up your original assertion, I am an unsympathetic person in general. I don't really care a whole bunch about the plight of american poverty (I have seen real poverty in Haiti, Mexico and the Phillipines, thank you very much). So maybe I'm an asshole. I don't care about that either.
You mean that the state who pays for the plowing service would like to know how quickly their roads are being serviced? OMFG what is this world coming to?
These contractors have cushy jobs with near 100% job security. They have to get up early, but let's face it- there are many people who will get up and plow the main roads and then stop for coffee (on the clock) and take their time on the backroads. It wouldn't surprise me if this is a reactionary tactic to deal with complaints of laziness.
Empty space has no materials to build with and nothing to tunnel into. The moon has both. It would be a better platform for construction of hugely expensive wastes of resorces and time than empty space.
If we gotta go to space at all, lets build a city on the fricking moon. Why not, budget's shot to hell anyway.
A moon base would be so much better than the ISS.
How did the US act unilaterally in the Kyoto? We merely chose not to agree to those terms. We didn't say you couldn't if you wanted to.
Yeah, sure. And I've seen the Anti-WTO protesters too, they deliberately obstruct building's entrances and exits. They refuse to cooperate with police requests to desist from blocking other people. THEN THEY GET ARRESTED AND WHINE ABOUT IT.
You are a pathetic clown. What you don't realize is that the US regularly repatriates prisoners from it's Camp Zero in Cuba. It just takes a while for them to be processed.
Also, imprisoning someone for terrorism is not equal to imprisoning people for their speech or opinion.
To equate the two not only requires that tired old "moral equivalency" train of thought where every single culture and every form of governance is equal, but the desire to diminish the suffering of people in China in forced labor factories.
I understand your hatred of George W. Bush, but really this isn't a very good way to make points for your side. Hyperbole is best used sparingly.