The kiddies can hardly play a game with out swearing every other word
Which is why you begin with a game the kiddies can't play worth a damn, like poker. Sell the webcam gaming experience like you would a Casino: Adults Only. But leave the sex trade to the suckers prowling the adult book stores on Nineteeth Street.
Was waiting for a poker card game to come out for it. Add a camera and it sounds like LOADS of fun! Good thing there exists a powerful high performing next generation game platform to render those cards in unprecedented resolution. I might have to buy an HDTV too!
There is nothing quite like sitting across the table from your opponents, seeing and hearing their reactons. Socializing is a big part of the casual gaming experience off-line, whether it is Bingo Night at the Catholic church or Monopoly played on the kitchen table.
The reason some of the big dogs don't do this is that they want to resell the game X years in the future in a classics pack.
The other reason is that a few years in retirement can be good for a title, a character or a genre. Lara Croft and Tomb Raider is the perfect example. Fallout may be another.
The 16 RPM record was the orginal audio book format for the blind and disabled, and were first distributed in the 1930s. My mother had a LOC player in the '70s, before the transition to cassette tape.
of the zillions, I remember was a car with headlights that move when you turn the steering wheel. Or flywheel powered cars. In the micro-age, there's Quadraphonic (four channel) Sound, a much ballyhoo'd flop. Bubble memory, APL, magazine printable software distribution - the list goes on.
These "failures" often have a second life. 7.1 theater surround sound, for example.
One that comes to mind is a TV set with a built in 35mm slide viewer.
Flying-Spot scanner, color video. Mid to late sixties, no earlier. The appeal is obvious to anyone who has ever had to set up a Kodak projector and screen.
people are "impressed" that a SECOND beta is relatively stable. And this is considered a news story.
The public beta of the OS is certainly news. The public beta of Office is news. IE7, Windows Media Player 11, Messenger 8, Windows Live!, etc. There is nothing to be gained by denying that the take-up of the next generation of MS prograns and services is going to be enormous, or that these stories have no significance to the Geek.
If you are a home user, you owe it to yourself to get the best, get Linux!
with so many great free choices (Ubuntu, Mepic, PCLinuxOS, etc...) why are people getting all concerned about how much the next version of Windows is going to cost or what system requirements it has?
Necause, every now and again, reality raises its ugly head, even on Slashdot.
How many people will buy Vista-ready PC's but not actually bother to buy it when it comes out? Too many. Non-technical types who make up a good number of Windows users will not bother to upgrade past what they get with their computer at purchase time.
Windows upgrades consistently rank among the top sellers on the Amazon.com software sales charts, almost always in the top 50, usually in the top 25. The XP Home Upgrade still sells very, very well, #23 at 7 PM ET. With no significant discount off retail list. That's astonishing for an OS that has been the default OEM install for close on to five years.
What is currently considered a premium gamers box will become vanilla.
That is entirely good because you will be running Linux and get a hell of a good box for vanilla prices.
Linux is not the first thing that comes to mind when I hear the words "a premium gamer's box that costs no more than your plain vanilla Dell."
I have seen no problems with viruses, trojans or worms worth mentioning---and no additional expense since our cable ISP began bundling Norton-like subscription services into the basic service package.
You want to persuade users to migrate to the "alternative" OS of your choice, you will have to dig a little deeper.
When the major providers begin distributing content through MPlayer we'll have something to talk about. Until then, iTunes and WMP 11 will have mind and market share.
Fully half of Apple's revenues come from sales of the iPod and through iTunes.
Media is a big part of computing for the home user and the road warrior with his laptop. You aren't thinking Excel when you order the wide-screen display and the DVD drive.
True, but the main problem is that Excel doesn't run on Linux.
Build a better Excel and the people with money (and, accordingly, influence) will stampede to Linux.
The main problem is that people with money have other interests off-hours.
They can wait for the inevitable port to Windows and the Mac or for the same features to make it into Excel.
You mean like a live distro that can demo the full power of a "modern" ATI or NVIDIA graphics card? Something of more than passing interest to 99.9% of PC gamers.
Visual Studio 2005 Express was originally thought to be priced $50 a copy, then Microsoft made it free (as in beer) for anyone who downloads it before November 2006
Firefox does not have memory problems - it has a feature that is very memory intensive
So why does this "feature" remain the default?
To disable this feature, do the following: 1. type about:config in you address bar 2. scroll down to browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers 3. set its value to 0 (zero)
This is something less than obvious or user friendly. Unlike the advanced options that can simply be checked and unchecked in IE's "Internet Options."
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This quote caught my attention because it exposes the doubts I have about any sort of VR controller, including the Wii.
Which is why you begin with a game the kiddies can't play worth a damn, like poker.
Sell the webcam gaming experience like you would a Casino: Adults Only. But leave the sex trade to the suckers prowling the adult book stores on Nineteeth Street.
There is nothing quite like sitting across the table from your opponents, seeing and hearing their reactons.
Socializing is a big part of the casual gaming experience off-line, whether it is Bingo Night at the Catholic church or Monopoly played on the kitchen table.
The other reason is that a few years in retirement can be good for a title, a character or a genre. Lara Croft and Tomb Raider is the perfect example. Fallout may be another.
The 16 RPM record was the orginal audio book format for the blind and disabled, and were first distributed in the 1930s. My mother had a LOC player in the '70s, before the transition to cassette tape.
Flat rate.
No credit card required.
Local access pretty much everywhere. Software anyone could find and anyone could use.
These "failures" often have a second life. 7.1 theater surround sound, for example.
Flying-Spot scanner, color video. Mid to late sixties, no earlier. The appeal is obvious to anyone who has ever had to set up a Kodak projector and screen.
The public beta of the OS is certainly news. The public beta of Office is news. IE7, Windows Media Player 11, Messenger 8, Windows Live!, etc. There is nothing to be gained by denying that the take-up of the next generation of MS prograns and services is going to be enormous, or that these stories have no significance to the Geek.
Attention? What attention?
The home team has a shot at the Stanley Cup. The kids are out playing soccer. We'll be launching the boat this weekend.
One of these projects has been market tested for over a year.
The other has yet to demonstrate a working prototype, an OS or an application.
One is based on the privately financed, pay-as-you go, service model familiar to anyone using a cell phone in the third world.
The other depends on massive government subsidies (taxes or borrowing) to reach its theoretical $100 price point.
Can you guess which is which?
with so many great free choices (Ubuntu, Mepic, PCLinuxOS, etc...) why are people getting all concerned about how much the next version of Windows is going to cost or what system requirements it has?
Necause, every now and again, reality raises its ugly head, even on Slashdot.
Windows upgrades consistently rank among the top sellers on the Amazon.com software sales charts, almost always in the top 50, usually in the top 25. The XP Home Upgrade still sells very, very well, #23 at 7 PM ET.
With no significant discount off retail list. That's astonishing for an OS that has been the default OEM install for close on to five years.
Linux is not the first thing that comes to mind when I hear the words "a premium gamer's box that costs no more than your plain vanilla Dell."
I have been using Windows at home for ten years.
I have seen no problems with viruses, trojans or worms worth mentioning---and no additional expense since our cable ISP began bundling Norton-like subscription services into the basic service package.
You want to persuade users to migrate to the "alternative" OS of your choice, you will have to dig a little deeper.
"Everyone" doesn't. But "everyone" isn't paying Google for product placement. Those who do have certain expectations.
one quick question: by "fireproof" do you mean "fire-rated for computer media?"
IE may still be the browser of choice for his target audience and that is where he needs to spend his time and money.
When the major providers begin distributing content through MPlayer we'll have something to talk about. Until then, iTunes and WMP 11 will have mind and market share.
The disposable camcorder is $20 at Rite-Aid.
Fully half of Apple's revenues come from sales of the iPod and through iTunes.
Media is a big part of computing for the home user and the road warrior with his laptop. You aren't thinking Excel when you order the wide-screen display and the DVD drive.
not that XP crashes often.
and when it does, Microsoft's crash analysis will usually pop up with an explanation and a fix, in plain English.
Build a better Excel and the people with money (and, accordingly, influence) will stampede to Linux.
The main problem is that people with money have other interests off-hours.
They can wait for the inevitable port to Windows and the Mac or for the same features to make it into Excel.
You mean like a live distro that can demo the full power of a "modern" ATI or NVIDIA graphics card? Something of more than passing interest to 99.9% of PC gamers.
Visual Studio Express and all components will remain free. Visual Studio Express
This is becoming a very large and very rich site for the hobbyist programmer, including many starter kits and tutorials.
So why does this "feature" remain the default?
To disable this feature, do the following: 1. type about:config in you address bar 2. scroll down to browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers 3. set its value to 0 (zero)
This is something less than obvious or user friendly. Unlike the advanced options that can simply be checked and unchecked in IE's "Internet Options."