$9.95 a month. You can wait 6 months and then pay for a month and get everything that's been released up to that point. One would assume you lose access to all of those things if you don't pay the next month.
I wouldn't call a desire to have things be simple to do laziness. The more complicated something is, the more likely it will get messed up, and the longer it will take to perform it. This isn't about laziness, it's about productivity and efficiency.
So are EA employees going to have to clock in and out every day, and during their lunch hours?
Assuming EA makes them Salaried Non-Exempt employees, sort of. They will be required to keep track of their time (not necessarily punching a clock but this really depends on how EA wants them to keep track of it). Any time over 8 hours a day is overtime. Any time over 40 hours a week is overtime. I am salaried non-exempt and I enter my time anytime during the week in SAP.
One can't even imagine what manner of gameplay these shows will inspire. Half the time they don't make any sense yet are hilarious. I'm looking forward to losing my mind trying to figure these games out.
Here is your brand new car, sir. Drive it off the lot. Yay yay new car. Suddenly, new car shuts off. New car barely starts again and then only goes about 6 miles per hour and it belches smoke and every warning light on the dashboard is blinking on and off and the tires are screaming and the heater is blasting your feet and something smells like burned hair. You hobble back to the dealer, who only says, gosh, sorry, we thought you knew -- that's they way they all run. Enjoy!
The difference here is that thousands of people out there aren't making things to purposefully destroy the car you just bought. This is the case with Windows. I'm not excusing Windows' security holes, but relating it to a car is just silly. If 100 people waited off the lot to carjack you, or throw grenades at you, then sure, I can see the similarity. You think car manufacturers should install every car with unbreakable glass so a car jacker can't shoot you and take your car for a joyride?
It also complains loudly about a number of things I use on a regular basis - FTP server, VNC, even a copy of SoftICE (which, yes, I use legitimately to debug device drivers).
Yes, but you can tell it to ignore them every time, meaning it won't bug you about them.
I agree it's extremely fast. It is also free and in beta mode so I wouldn't expect it to be as good as commercially released subscription based software. It would be nice if it continues to be free and I expect it to only get better over time.
I find it more annoying than anything, and I generally turn off vibration.
I tend to agree with you here. I don't find that it adds much to the game.
From the article Immersion holds patents for force feedback technology which cover certain aspects of the rumble effect used in game joypads, and also named Microsoft as a defendant in its original lawsuit in 2002 - but the Xbox manufacturer settled out of court in July 2003 by signing a licensing agreement with the firm.
So other vibration controller manufacturers are probably guilty, but they went after the big dogs first. The ones they can make money off of.
I'd say that Doom 3 attempted to create an atmosphere similar to what you are describing. Unfortunately it was a bit too repepitive so you no longer got scared when the lights went out in a room and the monsters appeared around every corner. Half-Life 2 really startled me at times, when you'd round a corner and there would be some baddies right in your face. It also created a great claustrophobic atmosphere in the city levels for a more urban warlike feel.
I think one of the problems is that in order for something to really get your heart pounding there has to be some risk involved. If you can save your game at any point, this takes away risk as you can run in, attack the baddie and if you die just load your saved game.
however, I think the parent is getting at lack of original sci-fi in film, which there is a lack of. The only thing jumping out at me right now as original is Sky Captain, which wasn't a juge hit.
That's why everyone should go out and see the Firefly movie, Serenity, when it comes out. If you haven't seen the show on DVD, check that out as well. Support the good original Sci-Fi that does exist.
I'll get flamed for saying this I'm sure, but Sci-fi does not have the same wide appeal as any of the movies, for example, you just named... You need something to hook people, something they can relate to based on something they have already seen. That's why all Sci-Fi or fantasy is coming out of things that already exist.
I'm not sure that is entirely true. The first Matrix was original and created massive appeal, the first Men in Black as well. I think it would also be safe to say that Phillip K Dick's novels aren't exactly mainstream and therefore their movie adaptations' appeal isn't driven by the fact that someone has seen the stories before. What you need is a good plot, good acting, directing, cinematography, etc. Having recognizeable actors and actresses also doesn't hurt.
I wouldn't imagine making it collapse after 20 hits would be difficult, nor would making it collapse in a seemingly realistic way. The real kicker would be if you could take out enough of the supporting structures and make the building fall. And not only fall, but make it fall realistically as well, that is, make the top floors crush the bottom floors under them. That would be a sight to see.
And before all those "what do you need this when you have the windows search tool" posts start popping up... two words: indexing and content (as in the content of files, not just the filename.
The built in Windows search tool allows you to search content of files.
While it's an interesting subject to explore, I'm not convinced of the usefulness of this product. I installed the Google desktop search when it first game out, used it for about a week, and then stopped. Usually I know where things on my computer are, and don't need to search for them. But if I do need to search for them, chances are I will just use whichever application is appropriate to search for them. For instance, if I'm in Outlook and I want to find a mail about something then I'll search in Outlook. I don't want to switch to a browser to find emails. I don't know how applicable it would be for me to want to search through both email and other documents for the same thing. Anybody have some counter examples to share?
Mr Ishiguro is confident a player of steel and wire will one day lift the most prestigious trophy in football. "The important thing to remember is what you see here is just the beginning," says Mr Ishiguro.
Steel? In 50 years I hope they can come up with something lighter and harder (though maybe softer would be more applicable in this particular scenario) than steel to put into these guys.
Perhaps part of the problem is credit ratings themselves.
I agree with this but...
There are other ways for a lender or landlord to learn whether a person is a risk. Most people have a reputation in their community that one need only ask to learn. Most credible people can provide credible references.
There is no way companies are going to do this. It is more expensive than having the computer check not to mention what's to stop people from lying. I think the problem is that it is not easy to reverse one's credit rating after it has been ruined by an identity theif. If this were more easily done then the credit rating system wouldn't be such a problem. That is assuming the person has reasonable evidence that their identity has been stolen so people can't just request things be taken off their credit rating.
To be honest, it's all about gameplay. If EA released a YMCA basketball game and it had great gameplay, who would care that there weren't NBA players in it. People would buy it and play it. Same thing goes for this Arena Football League videogame. I'm not saying that it will be good, but you shouldn't throw that idea out the window just because it's perceived as a subpar sports league. Videogames can make anything fun.
Canada is larger than the US, yes, and it is better connected, yes. But most of Canada is empty space and the space taht isn't empty is more densely populated. Take a look at this map Population Density of Canada and then at this map Population Density of the USA Sorry that they are slightly different kinds of maps, but it's pretty easy to see that the majority of Canadians live in two densely populated areas (though they are large areas) and that Americans live in a much higher number of densely populated areas. Because of this it is easier for Canada to be better connected.
It is obviously not rating the movies themselves, but rather the DVDS total content, as in special features, etc, contained on the disc and bonus discs. Even given that, it is a bit surprising that Men In Black would beat out the Star Wars Box Set.
I honestly don't remember the last time that I or anyone I know had a blue screen of death with windows 2000 or windows XP. It's time to stop complaining about the stability of windows.
I can remember, though i must say it does happen much less often than in Windows 98. Windows 98 was terrible, you couldn't use it for more than a day without it blue screening on you. XP and 2000 it happens more like once a month, if that often. But it does happen.
That may be fine for you, but it might not be fine for the people with the other systems in that area. If the game makers are willing to do this, then there's really nothing we can say/do about it, but I get the impression the only person they're hurting are themselves. Is there going to be as much buzz about the Xbox or Gamecube versions if everyone's playstation 2 friends have been yappin away about it? This will cause lower sales on the Xbox and Gamecube versions and therefore hurt both the game companies and the players who don't get to experience a great game.
Who would I have to kill to get them to do a version for x-box live?
I thoroughly enjoyed the boardgame, but i wonder what they might add to a real online version. Obviously spruce up some graphics, but what else? A more in depth battle system? An online version of just the boardgame, while fun, might not be too successful.
From the article "while we have a skill system in There's architecture, I'm not sure we're going to use it to automatically improve your aim, allow you to understand languages you can't really understand, and so forth."
Sounds pretty neat to me. I don't recall if their America's Army improved your shooting skill or not, but that game was fun and challenging. It doesn't sound like they are sure if they'll release it to the masses though.
"HomeLAN - Is there a chance that this game will be released in modified form as a commercial project?
Robert Gehorsam - That's a very interesting question, and I bet a commercial MMP exploring conflict in today's world would be pretty amazing. And useful, perhaps, to the Army itself, as civilians played roles -- like terrorists or other shadowy movements -- that it's hard to get people to play for real training. But ask me again in about a year."
That would be a shame if we didn't get to play it.
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$9.95 a month. You can wait 6 months and then pay for a month and get everything that's been released up to that point. One would assume you lose access to all of those things if you don't pay the next month.
From the Welcome page, the first page shown when you launch the program:
Songbird is a media browser and Web player built from Firefox's browser engine.
Actually, Microsoft openly admits that it's conceivable for Joe Schmoe working in his garage to put them out of business.
They don't want people hacking the Xbox because if people only buy the Xbox, they don't make money. They make money when people buy the games.
I wouldn't call a desire to have things be simple to do laziness. The more complicated something is, the more likely it will get messed up, and the longer it will take to perform it. This isn't about laziness, it's about productivity and efficiency.
So are EA employees going to have to clock in and out every day, and during their lunch hours?
Assuming EA makes them Salaried Non-Exempt employees, sort of. They will be required to keep track of their time (not necessarily punching a clock but this really depends on how EA wants them to keep track of it). Any time over 8 hours a day is overtime. Any time over 40 hours a week is overtime. I am salaried non-exempt and I enter my time anytime during the week in SAP.
One can't even imagine what manner of gameplay these shows will inspire. Half the time they don't make any sense yet are hilarious. I'm looking forward to losing my mind trying to figure these games out.
The difference here is that thousands of people out there aren't making things to purposefully destroy the car you just bought. This is the case with Windows. I'm not excusing Windows' security holes, but relating it to a car is just silly. If 100 people waited off the lot to carjack you, or throw grenades at you, then sure, I can see the similarity. You think car manufacturers should install every car with unbreakable glass so a car jacker can't shoot you and take your car for a joyride?
It also complains loudly about a number of things I use on a regular basis - FTP server, VNC, even a copy of SoftICE (which, yes, I use legitimately to debug device drivers).
Yes, but you can tell it to ignore them every time, meaning it won't bug you about them.
I agree it's extremely fast. It is also free and in beta mode so I wouldn't expect it to be as good as commercially released subscription based software. It would be nice if it continues to be free and I expect it to only get better over time.
I find it more annoying than anything, and I generally turn off vibration.
I tend to agree with you here. I don't find that it adds much to the game.
From the article
Immersion holds patents for force feedback technology which cover certain aspects of the rumble effect used in game joypads, and also named Microsoft as a defendant in its original lawsuit in 2002 - but the Xbox manufacturer settled out of court in July 2003 by signing a licensing agreement with the firm.
So other vibration controller manufacturers are probably guilty, but they went after the big dogs first. The ones they can make money off of.
I'd say that Doom 3 attempted to create an atmosphere similar to what you are describing. Unfortunately it was a bit too repepitive so you no longer got scared when the lights went out in a room and the monsters appeared around every corner. Half-Life 2 really startled me at times, when you'd round a corner and there would be some baddies right in your face. It also created a great claustrophobic atmosphere in the city levels for a more urban warlike feel.
I think one of the problems is that in order for something to really get your heart pounding there has to be some risk involved. If you can save your game at any point, this takes away risk as you can run in, attack the baddie and if you die just load your saved game.
however, I think the parent is getting at lack of original sci-fi in film, which there is a lack of. The only thing jumping out at me right now as original is Sky Captain, which wasn't a juge hit.
That's why everyone should go out and see the Firefly movie, Serenity, when it comes out. If you haven't seen the show on DVD, check that out as well. Support the good original Sci-Fi that does exist.
I'll get flamed for saying this I'm sure, but Sci-fi does not have the same wide appeal as any of the movies, for example, you just named... You need something to hook people, something they can relate to based on something they have already seen. That's why all Sci-Fi or fantasy is coming out of things that already exist.
I'm not sure that is entirely true. The first Matrix was original and created massive appeal, the first Men in Black as well. I think it would also be safe to say that Phillip K Dick's novels aren't exactly mainstream and therefore their movie adaptations' appeal isn't driven by the fact that someone has seen the stories before. What you need is a good plot, good acting, directing, cinematography, etc. Having recognizeable actors and actresses also doesn't hurt.
I wouldn't imagine making it collapse after 20 hits would be difficult, nor would making it collapse in a seemingly realistic way. The real kicker would be if you could take out enough of the supporting structures and make the building fall. And not only fall, but make it fall realistically as well, that is, make the top floors crush the bottom floors under them. That would be a sight to see.
However, since this is a Resident Evil game, he instead finds zombies--lots of zombies.
Because this review seems to indicate that there are, in fact, no zombies in Resident Evil 4.
And before all those "what do you need this when you have the windows search tool" posts start popping up... two words: indexing and content (as in the content of files, not just the filename.
The built in Windows search tool allows you to search content of files.
While it's an interesting subject to explore, I'm not convinced of the usefulness of this product. I installed the Google desktop search when it first game out, used it for about a week, and then stopped. Usually I know where things on my computer are, and don't need to search for them. But if I do need to search for them, chances are I will just use whichever application is appropriate to search for them. For instance, if I'm in Outlook and I want to find a mail about something then I'll search in Outlook. I don't want to switch to a browser to find emails. I don't know how applicable it would be for me to want to search through both email and other documents for the same thing. Anybody have some counter examples to share?
Perhaps part of the problem is credit ratings themselves.
I agree with this but...
There are other ways for a lender or landlord to learn whether a person is a risk. Most people have a reputation in their community that one need only ask to learn. Most credible people can provide credible references.
There is no way companies are going to do this. It is more expensive than having the computer check not to mention what's to stop people from lying. I think the problem is that it is not easy to reverse one's credit rating after it has been ruined by an identity theif. If this were more easily done then the credit rating system wouldn't be such a problem. That is assuming the person has reasonable evidence that their identity has been stolen so people can't just request things be taken off their credit rating.
To be honest, it's all about gameplay. If EA released a YMCA basketball game and it had great gameplay, who would care that there weren't NBA players in it. People would buy it and play it. Same thing goes for this Arena Football League videogame. I'm not saying that it will be good, but you shouldn't throw that idea out the window just because it's perceived as a subpar sports league. Videogames can make anything fun.
Canada is larger than the US, yes, and it is better connected, yes. But most of Canada is empty space and the space taht isn't empty is more densely populated. Take a look at this map Population Density of Canada and then at this map Population Density of the USA Sorry that they are slightly different kinds of maps, but it's pretty easy to see that the majority of Canadians live in two densely populated areas (though they are large areas) and that Americans live in a much higher number of densely populated areas. Because of this it is easier for Canada to be better connected.
After crushing Sir Richard's fleet of Virgin ships, the Martians are quoted as saying "All your virgins are belong to us."
It is obviously not rating the movies themselves, but rather the DVDS total content, as in special features, etc, contained on the disc and bonus discs. Even given that, it is a bit surprising that Men In Black would beat out the Star Wars Box Set.
I honestly don't remember the last time that I or anyone I know had a blue screen of death with windows 2000 or windows XP. It's time to stop complaining about the stability of windows.
I can remember, though i must say it does happen much less often than in Windows 98. Windows 98 was terrible, you couldn't use it for more than a day without it blue screening on you. XP and 2000 it happens more like once a month, if that often. But it does happen.
I think it's fine as long as it's on PS2
That may be fine for you, but it might not be fine for the people with the other systems in that area. If the game makers are willing to do this, then there's really nothing we can say/do about it, but I get the impression the only person they're hurting are themselves. Is there going to be as much buzz about the Xbox or Gamecube versions if everyone's playstation 2 friends have been yappin away about it? This will cause lower sales on the Xbox and Gamecube versions and therefore hurt both the game companies and the players who don't get to experience a great game.
Who would I have to kill to get them to do a version for x-box live?
I thoroughly enjoyed the boardgame, but i wonder what they might add to a real online version. Obviously spruce up some graphics, but what else? A more in depth battle system? An online version of just the boardgame, while fun, might not be too successful.
From the article "while we have a skill system in There's architecture, I'm not sure we're going to use it to automatically improve your aim, allow you to understand languages you can't really understand, and so forth."
Sounds pretty neat to me. I don't recall if their America's Army improved your shooting skill or not, but that game was fun and challenging. It doesn't sound like they are sure if they'll release it to the masses though.
"HomeLAN - Is there a chance that this game will be released in modified form as a commercial project?
Robert Gehorsam - That's a very interesting question, and I bet a commercial MMP exploring conflict in today's world would be pretty amazing. And useful, perhaps, to the Army itself, as civilians played roles -- like terrorists or other shadowy movements -- that it's hard to get people to play for real training. But ask me again in about a year."
That would be a shame if we didn't get to play it.