The more I think about it, you've got a good point with the weight. I've got three sets of light gun controllers, and the heaviest one (the one that came with my Sega CD version of Lethal Enforcers) is definitely my favorite. Of course, prolonged use tended to make my arm pretty sore.
Still, even if the Revmote is pretty lightweight, it seems like it's be a fairly simple matter for some third party to design an addon weight attachment to make it easier to steady (some of the mockups of pistol grip attachments would be very easy to just fill with lead or something). I guess from Nintendo's perspective it's probably better to make it as light as possible to begin with, since it's always easier for the end user to add weight than remove it.
In all fairness we don't know how much the Revmote weighs. It's mass might be comparable to a small pistol.
Also, video game characters don't necessarily have to move unrealistically fast, that's just the way it's happened to work in the past. Make them walk/run at reasonable speeds and this problem vanishes.
I think the best point was made in another post,, that holding a gun steady requires training, practice, if you will. But that's probably not a knock against the Revmote. People don't spend hours practicing holding a laser pointer steady... that's a big reason why they can't. People who own a Revolution will be getting hours of practice in holding it steady (or steady enough at the very least). They'll probably get quite good at it in the end.
That's a problem that takes care of itself over the long term. Most broadband companies aren't saying "either Tulsa or New Orleans", they're saying Tulsa AND New Orleans. If the free wifi doesn't keep up with the times, the private sector will eventually out-compete it.
libertarian?! Where the heck did you get that idea? The Rand Corp has been around since WW2, they were one of the primary advocates of among other things, pre-emptive nuclear strikes against the Soviet Union and cutting off food to the elderly in the event of war rationing to curb shortages.
They're not really partisan though... evil really transcends party lines.
Then how about picking a more prudent answer like "I lost my receipts" or "I didn't realize I could take that credit".
I don't know of anybody whose ever gone to jail for not writing off their donations to charity. Can you come up with a single example or is this just an enjoyable piece of FUD?
Here's just a random idea off the top of my head, but what about not applying for the tax credit if you don't want it?
Having the government steal slightly less of your money because you spent some of it developing open source software probably doesn't seem like a bad idea for a lot of us...
Good news, the Air Force is already on it (see page 35, note also this is a PDF, and pretty large))
Here's the money quote:
The civilian populace will likely accept an implanted microscopic chips that allow military members to defend vital national interests.
The patent system is screwed up, but lets not overstate it: Sony's implementation is almost a direct copy of the patent's implementation... Nintendo's implementation is totally different, which is why they were never sued.
Darwin Awards aside, what made people think that evolution stopped with the modern era?"
Put Simply: The Jerry Springer Show.
Seriously though, I'd guess its because at least in the western world, most everybody seems to survive long enough to procreate now.
Fewer and fewer of the serious genetic pre-dispositions to diseases are an immediate death sentence any more, so they're not being bred out of the gene pool.
Just like how the mobile phone was going to replace the handheld video game system in a few years. Or how desktops were going to be replaced by laptops, or how laptops were going to be replaced by tablet PCs.
Some people just don't want a PDA with a monthly subscription fee attached.
You're wrong on two points as well, so lets call it a tie:
1. In economics, monopoly requires complete control of a market... that is, no competition exists at all. I don't know where you got this 50% from (thin air would be my guess), but it's not remotely true.
2. According to this article it's non-obvious that Intel even has 50% of the PC CPU market anymore. Research firms are putting AMD in the lead in current sales... at least as of October.
I'd like to see the court that declares a company a predatory monopoly when research firms say they're not even the market leader.
On a similar note I actually made a bet with a friend that at least one Presidential candidate would be arrested during the election. I won, of course.
Just to play devil's advocate, though I'm inclined to agree with what you say, Apple's also positioning itself as something of a digital media company. Disney-branded limited edition iPods, offering downloads of classic disney favorites on iTunes, browbeating EA sports with the newfound ESPN license to start providing OSX versions of its titles... there's lots of stuff they COULD do.
But they could just as easily buy out Nintendo (or a merger of equals) and do lots of amazing stuff there too. Pokemon-branded iPods, Nintendo DS premium edition witth a built-in iPod... streaming media from your Macintosh to your Nintendo Revolution... maybe even use Nintendo's ties with Bandai to get a bunch of anime for the iTunes library.
These rumors are fun to speculate about, but in the end, it probably doesn't make much sense financially (you don't dillute your shares 40-50% just to create some nifty tie-in products)
To the extent that democracy is truly "government by the people", that power has been placed in incredibly incompetent hands. Which is why I'm incredibly concerned that we've gotten to the point where all the power is collected at a single elected position and his appointees, and that position is at best only "usually" elected (which is to say, it's entirely possible to lose the popular vote and still win the election). It seems to me a general progression towards greater tyranny, and we're liable to only be a decade or two off from a President who feels perfectly justified in having his detractors killed, and cancelling the next election if it looks like it might go poorly for him.
I'm saying the fact that most people don't really care all that much who they vote for is a good reason not to place nigh-limitless power in the hands of a single elected official.
But even in the cases where they make a concerted effort to stop something (like the TIA), they seem absolutely powerless to do so. They're setting up considerable precedent in the future that the President doesn't have to abide by Congressional edicts, high court rulings, or indeed, international human rights treaties.
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The more I think about it, you've got a good point with the weight. I've got three sets of light gun controllers, and the heaviest one (the one that came with my Sega CD version of Lethal Enforcers) is definitely my favorite. Of course, prolonged use tended to make my arm pretty sore.
Still, even if the Revmote is pretty lightweight, it seems like it's be a fairly simple matter for some third party to design an addon weight attachment to make it easier to steady (some of the mockups of pistol grip attachments would be very easy to just fill with lead or something). I guess from Nintendo's perspective it's probably better to make it as light as possible to begin with, since it's always easier for the end user to add weight than remove it.
In all fairness we don't know how much the Revmote weighs. It's mass might be comparable to a small pistol.
Also, video game characters don't necessarily have to move unrealistically fast, that's just the way it's happened to work in the past. Make them walk/run at reasonable speeds and this problem vanishes.
I think the best point was made in another post,, that holding a gun steady requires training, practice, if you will. But that's probably not a knock against the Revmote. People don't spend hours practicing holding a laser pointer steady... that's a big reason why they can't. People who own a Revolution will be getting hours of practice in holding it steady (or steady enough at the very least). They'll probably get quite good at it in the end.
That's a problem that takes care of itself over the long term. Most broadband companies aren't saying "either Tulsa or New Orleans", they're saying Tulsa AND New Orleans. If the free wifi doesn't keep up with the times, the private sector will eventually out-compete it.
libertarian?! Where the heck did you get that idea? The Rand Corp has been around since WW2, they were one of the primary advocates of among other things, pre-emptive nuclear strikes against the Soviet Union and cutting off food to the elderly in the event of war rationing to curb shortages.
They're not really partisan though... evil really transcends party lines.
Then how about picking a more prudent answer like "I lost my receipts" or "I didn't realize I could take that credit".
I don't know of anybody whose ever gone to jail for not writing off their donations to charity. Can you come up with a single example or is this just an enjoyable piece of FUD?
Here's just a random idea off the top of my head, but what about not applying for the tax credit if you don't want it?
Having the government steal slightly less of your money because you spent some of it developing open source software probably doesn't seem like a bad idea for a lot of us...
To quote Tycho from Penny Arcade:
User experience on the PSP - while the system is off, at any rate - really is amazing.
I think if I were running a mainstream political site, I'd plan on getting a .xxx domain for whenever the other party is in power.
Democracynow.xxx
Good news, the Air Force is already on it (see page 35, note also this is a PDF, and pretty large))
Here's the money quote:
The civilian populace will likely accept an implanted microscopic chips that allow military members to defend vital national interests.
figuring out how to win wars with a minimal loss of life.
Isn't that a bit like praising a mugger for using a taser instead of a knife?
The patent system is screwed up, but lets not overstate it: Sony's implementation is almost a direct copy of the patent's implementation... Nintendo's implementation is totally different, which is why they were never sued.
Darwin Awards aside, what made people think that evolution stopped with the modern era?"
Put Simply: The Jerry Springer Show.
Seriously though, I'd guess its because at least in the western world, most everybody seems to survive long enough to procreate now. Fewer and fewer of the serious genetic pre-dispositions to diseases are an immediate death sentence any more, so they're not being bred out of the gene pool.
Well for one... nobody can get a multimillion dollar contract to develop a live mule.
Just like how the mobile phone was going to replace the handheld video game system in a few years. Or how desktops were going to be replaced by laptops, or how laptops were going to be replaced by tablet PCs.
Some people just don't want a PDA with a monthly subscription fee attached.
You're wrong on two points as well, so lets call it a tie:
1. In economics, monopoly requires complete control of a market... that is, no competition exists at all. I don't know where you got this 50% from (thin air would be my guess), but it's not remotely true.
2. According to this article it's non-obvious that Intel even has 50% of the PC CPU market anymore. Research firms are putting AMD in the lead in current sales... at least as of October.
I'd like to see the court that declares a company a predatory monopoly when research firms say they're not even the market leader.
1. Intel is not remotely a monopoly
2. This is Skype's program, not Intels... if you want to blame someone, it's the former
Shhhhhh!! You'll make Ollie North cry, and we just finally got him to go to sleep.
It wouldn't entirely have surprised me.
On a similar note I actually made a bet with a friend that at least one Presidential candidate would be arrested during the election. I won, of course.
I'm just going out on a limb here and taking a wild guess... but I'm thinking it's because they're stealing his money.
Just to play devil's advocate, though I'm inclined to agree with what you say, Apple's also positioning itself as something of a digital media company. Disney-branded limited edition iPods, offering downloads of classic disney favorites on iTunes, browbeating EA sports with the newfound ESPN license to start providing OSX versions of its titles... there's lots of stuff they COULD do.
But they could just as easily buy out Nintendo (or a merger of equals) and do lots of amazing stuff there too. Pokemon-branded iPods, Nintendo DS premium edition witth a built-in iPod... streaming media from your Macintosh to your Nintendo Revolution... maybe even use Nintendo's ties with Bandai to get a bunch of anime for the iTunes library.
These rumors are fun to speculate about, but in the end, it probably doesn't make much sense financially (you don't dillute your shares 40-50% just to create some nifty tie-in products)
To the extent that democracy is truly "government by the people", that power has been placed in incredibly incompetent hands. Which is why I'm incredibly concerned that we've gotten to the point where all the power is collected at a single elected position and his appointees, and that position is at best only "usually" elected (which is to say, it's entirely possible to lose the popular vote and still win the election). It seems to me a general progression towards greater tyranny, and we're liable to only be a decade or two off from a President who feels perfectly justified in having his detractors killed, and cancelling the next election if it looks like it might go poorly for him.
I'm saying the fact that most people don't really care all that much who they vote for is a good reason not to place nigh-limitless power in the hands of a single elected official.
But even in the cases where they make a concerted effort to stop something (like the TIA), they seem absolutely powerless to do so. They're setting up considerable precedent in the future that the President doesn't have to abide by Congressional edicts, high court rulings, or indeed, international human rights treaties.
That's the kind of thinking that got Hitler elected.
Come to think of it, thanks for making my point.
Yeah, and we see how well the power of the purse has worked in this partcular case.