Basically the study showed that kids doing puzzles on the the DS advanced the same as kids doing pencil-and-paper puzzles. It's not saying that it doesn't work, it's saying that the activity works, regardless of the medium.
Of course, if someone upgraded to Vista today, he/she would find that Vista still leaves far less unused RAM than XP, but that's one of the changes Windows 7 is supposed to be reverting.
Fixed for accuracy. Seriously, what is the issue people have with Vista making use of the memory you have?
People tend to forget that emulation, possibly even if you own copies of the software you're using, can still count as piracy.
Just because the platform's obsolete, and the games are no longer sold by your average retailer, doesn't mean the roms are in the public domain.
Lots of Vista users will be upgrading to 7, just like lots of Windows Me users upgraded to XP.
Fixed.
(Actually I'm just posting that to fit in with a lot of the Vista-Sux groupthink I've been reading in these threads - I'm happily using Vista64 atm 9SP1 made it a viable upgrade from XP), but if what I've read so far about W7 is accurate I'll be joining the crowd who switch to it)
I'm kind of lost about exactly what this 'vector based' part of the Vista UI is, as referred to in the article:
Improved scaling. With vector-based graphics, you can scale any image bigger or smaller without any loss in the image quality. This is simply not possibly with raster-based graphics. For example, if you have ever tried using larger icons in Windows or a program toolbar, you know that the resulting icons look blurry and jagged.
Yet MS themselves have said that Aero isn't vector-based (http://www.msblog.org/?p=731 ), and just used good ol' bitmaps. Is the author referring to some feature of the UI that MS has available in Vista but just forgot to use for Aero?
I started out reading with a vague interest, but it appears that this is an inferior product to the Origami. The deal-breaker for this would have to be the 2-hour battery life. (And the lack of data-entry methods didn't help it any) But I can't afford this or the Origami, so the whole thing is kind of academic. Why can't someone just come out with a bigger-screen pda, and be done with it?
Speaking as someone who doesn't have access to iTunes, due to it not being available in my country, I believe my original statement still stands. (And I don't have a credit card, so that reduces my legal options anyway)
Ultimately, though, MacDonald is confident that piracy won't be a significant issue for Viiv, as Intel promises to "make content easier to buy than it is to pirate".
Well, he lost me with that. Unless they can surpass the ease-of-use of:
1) Visit Pirate Bay.
2) Select torrent.
3) Wait until it's downloaded.
4) Watch (or listen to) downloaded media.
Well, let's just say I doubt they'll come close anytime soon.
But you have to bear in mind that they're trying to fight two of the mightiest forces in history: Marketing and Money.
That said, as a gamer I'd describe it as the 'good fight', and I'm behind them on this one. (The most disappointing game i've played recently has been Star Wars: Empire At War - proof enough for me that even the Star Wars name can't save a mediocre title. And no, I never played Galaxies.)
Competition doesn't work anymore - there is too much financial (and, descended from that, political) interest involved. What will happen is the DRM will be worked around or cracked or otherwise neutralised. The technology will be undermined, and rendered essentially inconsequential.
I'd say any success depends on it's DRM. I mean, if it can only display ebooks in a specific proprietary filetype (remember the success of ATRAC?) then I would suggest that the chance of it catching on are pretty much nil.
The reasons ipods became so popular were that it had the best UI of the time, and it played mp3s you could convert yourself. If this device can't display open formats (or at least PDFs), then it's just another electronic white elephant.
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Of course once they've shot themselves, they come back as zombies.
Basically the study showed that kids doing puzzles on the the DS advanced the same as kids doing pencil-and-paper puzzles. It's not saying that it doesn't work, it's saying that the activity works, regardless of the medium.
So if it works, how is it 'bust'?
Of course, if someone upgraded to Vista today, he/she would find that Vista still leaves far less unused RAM than XP, but that's one of the changes Windows 7 is supposed to be reverting.
Fixed for accuracy. Seriously, what is the issue people have with Vista making use of the memory you have?
People tend to forget that emulation, possibly even if you own copies of the software you're using, can still count as piracy. Just because the platform's obsolete, and the games are no longer sold by your average retailer, doesn't mean the roms are in the public domain.
Well, the card developers have already come up with a working flashcard for the DSi, so Nintendo has lost that battle. http://www.dsfanboy.com/2008/12/02/acekard-produces-first-dsi-flash-cart/
I've successfully used UltraISO to mount images, so I'd suggest you need a more compatible 3rd-party application.
Sure it has. By the media who want to warn you about it.
Lots of Vista users will be upgrading to 7, just like lots of Windows Me users upgraded to XP. Fixed. (Actually I'm just posting that to fit in with a lot of the Vista-Sux groupthink I've been reading in these threads - I'm happily using Vista64 atm 9SP1 made it a viable upgrade from XP), but if what I've read so far about W7 is accurate I'll be joining the crowd who switch to it)
Considering it's India, I'd be more inclined to thank the lasting Victorian influence of the British Empire.
I was going to make that point myself; nice to see someone else saw the obvious.
The shark, or the Spore?
$10 says little Sebastian has a cellphone of his own, which he uses to talk to all his friends who all have their own cellphones.
I would have thought that would make it a derivative work, therefore royalties would still apply.
I started out reading with a vague interest, but it appears that this is an inferior product to the Origami. The deal-breaker for this would have to be the 2-hour battery life. (And the lack of data-entry methods didn't help it any) But I can't afford this or the Origami, so the whole thing is kind of academic. Why can't someone just come out with a bigger-screen pda, and be done with it?
But did they ask how many movies the 'consumer' purchased on dvd or watched in theatres after watching an unauthorized copy?
Speaking as someone who doesn't have access to iTunes, due to it not being available in my country, I believe my original statement still stands. (And I don't have a credit card, so that reduces my legal options anyway)
Well, he lost me with that. Unless they can surpass the ease-of-use of:
1) Visit Pirate Bay.
2) Select torrent.
3) Wait until it's downloaded.
4) Watch (or listen to) downloaded media.
Well, let's just say I doubt they'll come close anytime soon.
The thing to bear in mind is that pretty much all single-player games are actually two-player - the other player is the computer.
But you have to bear in mind that they're trying to fight two of the mightiest forces in history: Marketing and Money.
That said, as a gamer I'd describe it as the 'good fight', and I'm behind them on this one. (The most disappointing game i've played recently has been Star Wars: Empire At War - proof enough for me that even the Star Wars name can't save a mediocre title. And no, I never played Galaxies.)
Well, with only 200 participants it does make finding the source of the leak noticably easier...
Competition doesn't work anymore - there is too much financial (and, descended from that, political) interest involved. What will happen is the DRM will be worked around or cracked or otherwise neutralised. The technology will be undermined, and rendered essentially inconsequential.
The assumption appears to be that we trust Symantec...
I'd say any success depends on it's DRM. I mean, if it can only display ebooks in a specific proprietary filetype (remember the success of ATRAC?) then I would suggest that the chance of it catching on are pretty much nil.
The reasons ipods became so popular were that it had the best UI of the time, and it played mp3s you could convert yourself. If this device can't display open formats (or at least PDFs), then it's just another electronic white elephant.
We used to drink. Heavily.
Which appears to be a winning strategy for this game as well...