"Even at the low end, however, image is everything. The gPC is built using tiny components, but put inside a full-size case because research indicates that Wal-Mart shoppers are so unsophisticated they equate physical size with capability."
My favorite quote from the the original aritcle's Wired link.:)
Agreed. Although I never use the installer- a friend showed me a handy trick... just download putty.exe into C:\windows... then that way it is in your default path, so you can start -> run (or windows key + R) and then "putty "... very handy.
But you know they couldn't just stop at/etc/passwd. *nix done the MS way:
$uname -a
Microsoftix
$ls/ /bin /home /lost+found /tmp
Release Notes: /lib is hidden to keep the user from manually installing conflicting versions of libraries (as all libs have had version numbers removed)
All other directories have been hidden as they could either confuse the user or the user could render the system inoperable.
All files have permissions 774 and all users are members of group "root".
Before cd'ing into any hidden folder, Microsoftix's patented "SafeDir" will prompt the user "Are you sure? (Y/N?". Please note Microsoftix SafeDir uses MSTK to display its confirmation dialog. As such, you can only cd into hidden directories from within the X environment. This shouldn't be a problem, as Microsoftix does not support consoles outside of the X environment.
seen an NC-17 movie being played in a movie theater? Just a thought. If the ESRB ratings system roughly equates to the rating system of our other four-letter word friend, the MPAA, then EC~G,E~PG,T~PG-13,M~R,AO~NC-17.Then I would say that this does seem about right. If a game developer oversteps the "M" boundaries, is it really absurd to make them edit the game content to not receive an "AO" rating? Look at the number of films that have been rated NC-17 and then been edited down to R... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NC-17_rated_f ilms . Then again, if the bar for an "AO" is lower than an "NC-17" then that is clearly not fair to artists who choose to work in the medium of videogames.
I think that it would be better to have a single media ratings system for both movies and games. The reviewers could even be shown clips of gameplay footage (maybe they are already, I don't know) so that essentially what they are rating is no different from rating a movie. It might also help parents realize "gee, I'm guying an R-rated game for my kid?" since half of them seem to pay no attention to the ESRB's ratings. There is certainly a difference between movies you see in a theater versus what you can watch in your own home (notice how the "Unrated version" DVD's of movies have become quite popular?), so it seems that once that media comes into our house all bets are off.
Disclaimer: I think there is a lot wrong with this country and the way it rates media (i.e. violence is fine as long as there is no sex), so I am really all for using ratings as guidelines for parents but not restricting the sale/showing of anything.
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Speaking of lolcats Nice post http://icanhascheezburger.com/2007/12/12/yur-glowstix-wi-eated-dem/
Good call, remembering who these people are:
:)
"Even at the low end, however, image is everything. The gPC is built using tiny components, but put inside a full-size case because research indicates that Wal-Mart shoppers are so unsophisticated they equate physical size with capability."
My favorite quote from the the original aritcle's Wired link.
Perhaps you meant 10.5 (Leopard) rather tan 10.4 (Tiger) ?
I guess we should expect to see 10.5.1 pretty soon.
Agreed. Although I never use the installer- a friend showed me a handy trick... just download putty.exe into C:\windows ... then that way it is in your default path, so you can start -> run (or windows key + R) and then "putty " ... very handy.
But you know they couldn't just stop at /etc/passwd. *nix done the MS way:
/
/bin
/home
/lost+found
/tmp
/lib is hidden to keep the user from manually installing conflicting versions of libraries (as all libs have had version numbers removed)
$uname -a
Microsoftix
$ls
Release Notes:
All other directories have been hidden as they could either confuse the user or the user could render the system inoperable.
All files have permissions 774 and all users are members of group "root".
Before cd'ing into any hidden folder, Microsoftix's patented "SafeDir" will prompt the user "Are you sure? (Y/N?". Please note Microsoftix SafeDir uses MSTK to display its confirmation dialog. As such, you can only cd into hidden directories from within the X environment. This shouldn't be a problem, as Microsoftix does not support consoles outside of the X environment.
that this comes right after the story entitled "Attack of the Evil Monkeys From Hell".
seen an NC-17 movie being played in a movie theater? Just a thought. If the ESRB ratings system roughly equates to the rating system of our other four-letter word friend, the MPAA, then EC~G,E~PG,T~PG-13,M~R,AO~NC-17.Then I would say that this does seem about right. If a game developer oversteps the "M" boundaries, is it really absurd to make them edit the game content to not receive an "AO" rating? Look at the number of films that have been rated NC-17 and then been edited down to R... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NC-17_rated_f ilms . Then again, if the bar for an "AO" is lower than an "NC-17" then that is clearly not fair to artists who choose to work in the medium of videogames.
I think that it would be better to have a single media ratings system for both movies and games. The reviewers could even be shown clips of gameplay footage (maybe they are already, I don't know) so that essentially what they are rating is no different from rating a movie. It might also help parents realize "gee, I'm guying an R-rated game for my kid?" since half of them seem to pay no attention to the ESRB's ratings. There is certainly a difference between movies you see in a theater versus what you can watch in your own home (notice how the "Unrated version" DVD's of movies have become quite popular?), so it seems that once that media comes into our house all bets are off.
Disclaimer: I think there is a lot wrong with this country and the way it rates media (i.e. violence is fine as long as there is no sex), so I am really all for using ratings as guidelines for parents but not restricting the sale/showing of anything.