But to be fair, I think if DVD's are released sooner, then they should discount the film that is leased to the theaters. This would allow the threaters to have a larger take of the profits of the film....Which could help to lower the price of the food....And then theaters can improve the experience by nesting consession vendors in the theater prior to the start of the film. They could even issue something like a return ticket to let you back in and watch the movie at some other time if you enjoyed the film.
You're missing the big picture. If Nintendo undercuts the price of the market, the Xbox 360 and PS3 will be left out in the cold with their massivly expensive hardware - which inflates the cost of their titles. Nintendo doesn't only want to lower the cost of the games, making it an easier choice for the consumer to pick-up. They also want to lower the license fee to develop Nintendo Revolution titles. Which would help a developer decide where to put their next game. (Developer: "Hmm, Microsoft = $10 license, Nintendo = $5, Sony = $15? Lets write our next game for Nintendo and keep the extra money.") A developer could write the same game, and Nintendo will always be cheaper than the other consoles. Which system would the wise dollar pick?
I've always thought that previous product should be included in some form with new releases. So you don't buy a title to a game but the game and it's story line as well. Since it takes about 2 years for games to come back with a new chapter, the first title is usually out of print and hard to find in 2nd hand stores unless it was very popular. I'm guessing that this Revolution idea is exactly what I'm looking for.
I think the virtual console is an excellent idea. And I seriously can't wait to play some old NEC and Hudson Soft titles from the TurboGrafx again. MotoRoader and Bomberman '93 will rock if they can bring along the full 5 player support. I don't think any other game made today has been as fun as 5 player Bomberman. The Genisis also had some great games too, and I look forward to those.
That doesn't say that the entire rendering will be done 10X faster correct? Just specific parts of the rendering can be accellerated. Something like a keyboard that has a 'T' key with a repeat rate 10x faster than other keyboards. Not every thing you type will take advantage of that faster key, but when you use it, look outtttttttt!
That would be a fair bet. But I also think that they put a lot of energy in to digging oil out of the sand and using a similar technique to extract the oil from the dirt. The important thing is that the energy expended in the creation of gas can be converted into consumer goods which are purchased at a premium. If cows can produce gas (no pun intended) then a matter of discovering the best process to refine the gas would be prudent.
I think that the idea here is that your 512k business data line should be just as fast as some Tele Com 512k line. It shouldn't be subjecct to preferred data location centers or be a 10Mbit charged at 512k prices or be regulated through some QoS scheme. And every option available to that line should be available to all subscribers. It should prevent the Internet Provider from blocking certain ports or services and allow you a fair communication for your company.
Blackout Lists are a different story if you are using the ISP's servers for messages. They might still block the bad guys. But if you ran your own mail server on your leased lines you should have control on how you want to setup those items or of not at all.
Someone swap the 'd' for 'r' and it passed the spell checker, so it must be right.
Umm, how do you hard-code an Internet search engine into the OS any way? Doesn't that necessitate that you have data to search against? I can't imagine a dial-up 56k'er acting as his own search engine cataloging all the material on the Internet. Spooky.
Why not use optical, and shielding in the sensitive areas? And then use this nanotube paint that blocks cellular signals as describe in the other news article! I recall in 1998 (my most recent air plane trip) they specifically directed the passengers to shut off any such devices. This is hardly news. Any way, if these items are sensitive to common handheld devices, well that sounds like the starting point for your next terrorism plot. If it can crash a plane, why haven't these sensitive items been addressed in the last 8 years?
Does consumer forgive Sony for the rootkit incident, or does consumer boycott such a company as it is unhealthy for them to put trust in the great rootkit proponent? Vote with your dollars people. Polls will be open soon.
Windows Media Player bundled with Windows, and on the server as well, leaves the opportunity that someone would be less likely to download and install RealPlayer / Quicktime or some other media service/player.
I would rather see competition drive the needs instead of see lawyers making the choices for us.
Portable device that plays music - $100 And it has a hard drive - $150 It plays videos too - $50 On a large screen - $100 Which offers touch control - $225 And it has the Apple "iPod" product name - $74
Total cost = $699
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Microsoft NEEDS to sell Vista titles to recover its costs to develop the system. But nobody cares about Vista because there isn't anything bundled in it that is truly revolutionary. It's just a whole lot prettier than Windows XP, and that's about it. The initial hype was over some ambitious features which where rolled back when timelines and reality set in. Now that those features are nerfed, excitement has fizzled and people realize that their current OS is all ready taking them where they want to be. Why bother to upgrade?
Lets look at MS Vista's feature set from the MS web site: User Experience: What does this really do for me? Prettier windows. Security: Sorry, but I expect this. It's not a feature, but a mandatory item. Search & Organization: I know where my files are. I rarely use search, and when I do some cartoon drives me nuts! Performance: Yeah, I know. Gotta buy new hardware to use it. Windows Backup: My excitement level just went through the roof. Networking: It's hard to plug in a cat5 cable and use DHCP?! Sideshow: What's this? Some laptop exclusive feature. Ho hum... Speech Recognition: This is actually pretty cool stuff, in theory. But hardly worth the upgrade cost. Help and Feedback: Didn't the previous versions of Windows have this? Windows Update: See above. Sync Center: Ahh, Windows Briefcase makes a return!
So those are the new features included in Windows Vista are. Who's ready to buy?! Hello? Any one? Is my keyboard working?
Yeah, I didn't think any of that got any of you excited about entering the hassles of upgrading. I'm certainly still waiting for something exciting.
So now that Halo 2 has all ready recouped its development cost on the Xbox, enter Halo 2 for Vista! Why not bundle Halo 2 in their home version of Windows Vista to spark interest? I wouldn't buy Vista to play Halo 2 again. But I would buy Vista if it came with Halo 2. Anyone else think that this is a good idea?
Quote: "WTF? DoJ's payment are better laws for the society to function."
My society functions very well, thank-you.
Incase you didn't notice, Google is a company that has to pay it's employees. (Well, most of them - don't go there!) Better laws, is an opinion, not a fact. I for one, don't want the government to place so much control on its people through Law that we are told what we can look at with our eyes and what words we can type with our fingers. A government should only provide security and protection for it's citizens. In some cases, special assistance is beneficial. But when they come down to demanding that your company needs to preform unpaid work for them, that's where we draw the line.
I was with you until you said that Sony should refocus on their high-end products. These expensive items would not return Sony's brand name to a favorable light for all consumers. And Sony is no longer in recognition of a high-end product in my eyes. If their high-end products are under performing as we probably both would agree, they should revamp the entire product line and focus on the low-end components first. Building the quality and dependability that consumers are looking for. Then when they establish a positive brand name again, they could go back and wow customers with a high-end product. If they take the reverse approach, it would be somewhat like Sun Ultra 20's trying to take on Dell Dimension XPS. High-end brand names become quickly forgotten to average Joe consumers who look for low prices and popularity first and foremost.
Quote: Tap all arabic/international lines, install zillions speech recognition nodes, make them write everyting to log files and use grep to find whatever you want. Your Arabic may be a hundred times better, but you cannot do anything like that even if you hire a whole Lebanon to help you.
That sounds like a job we should sub-contract to India! I'm sure it would be much cheaper, and the results would be equally hilarious.
And the 360 is doing massively worse than the first Xbox...
The Xbox 360 is sinking because Microsoft screwed up production and nobody in their key market regions can buy one. By the time Microsoft fixes their supply problems and appoligies to it's key market areas, the PS3 will be out and people will forget all about the 'box.
PC titles are gasping for life too. For Microsoft, the game market doesn't look like a place where they have much muscle at all.
Why would anyone buy an HD-DVD player that has to be connected to an XBOX360 instead of being directly connected to the TV?
Perhaps you only have one HD interface left after everything else was connected to your TV/Receiver/Sat/ReplayTV/Cable box? And since you're playing games in high def and surround sound, being able to maximize that console for playing your movies might mean that you need one less set of wires to fool with.
Well, for $500 bucks, you probably get a little HD butler to come over to your house and swap the connections for you. Or maybe it has a little robotic arm that pops out of a sphincter somewhere on the back to help replace all these cables.
Oh, and don't forget that your shiny HD Camcorder needs some interface time with the HDMI inputs too!
Sure, now you notice! When the Xbox came out, you said "My console can crush your console! Mwahahaha!" But now that this behemoth is out, you cower and complain that it's size will devastate your entertainment center, tossing all the foo-foo knick-knacks to one side! But, don't worry, you can put knick-knacks on top of it. Think of this as the Beverly Hills of knick-knack real estate.
The ISP isn't guilty of anything. It's the old handgun thing... The ISP only provides the weapons, if you're the fool who uses those to do harm, then you take the punishment. I would also think that the ISP covered their legal butts with an acceptable use policy.
It's ok. I have recently recieved an email from a king in Nigeria that said he had recently departed with his entire family in a tragic accident. And he does not have any next of kin. And the email came from the banker of this family who wishes to split this substatial fortune with me. I can forward that message to Mr. Mcallah. I'm sure it will help him out tremendously. And then he can get back to work selling ci-@alliS soft-tabs and making all these limp men walk tall and proud! Our nation needs more erections!
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...Which could help to lower the price of the food. ...And then theaters can improve the experience by nesting consession vendors in the theater prior to the start of the film. They could even issue something like a return ticket to let you back in and watch the movie at some other time if you enjoyed the film.
But to be fair, I think if DVD's are released sooner, then they should discount the film that is leased to the theaters. This would allow the threaters to have a larger take of the profits of the film.
You're missing the big picture. If Nintendo undercuts the price of the market, the Xbox 360 and PS3 will be left out in the cold with their massivly expensive hardware - which inflates the cost of their titles. Nintendo doesn't only want to lower the cost of the games, making it an easier choice for the consumer to pick-up. They also want to lower the license fee to develop Nintendo Revolution titles. Which would help a developer decide where to put their next game. (Developer: "Hmm, Microsoft = $10 license, Nintendo = $5, Sony = $15? Lets write our next game for Nintendo and keep the extra money.") A developer could write the same game, and Nintendo will always be cheaper than the other consoles. Which system would the wise dollar pick?
Hello Revolution, goodbye outdoor life!
I've always thought that previous product should be included in some form with new releases. So you don't buy a title to a game but the game and it's story line as well. Since it takes about 2 years for games to come back with a new chapter, the first title is usually out of print and hard to find in 2nd hand stores unless it was very popular. I'm guessing that this Revolution idea is exactly what I'm looking for.
I think the virtual console is an excellent idea. And I seriously can't wait to play some old NEC and Hudson Soft titles from the TurboGrafx again. MotoRoader and Bomberman '93 will rock if they can bring along the full 5 player support. I don't think any other game made today has been as fun as 5 player Bomberman. The Genisis also had some great games too, and I look forward to those.
That doesn't say that the entire rendering will be done 10X faster correct? Just specific parts of the rendering can be accellerated. Something like a keyboard that has a 'T' key with a repeat rate 10x faster than other keyboards. Not every thing you type will take advantage of that faster key, but when you use it, look outtttttttt!
Nasty to think that I'm glactic jizz. I hope we have a better theory out there!
I think that if you take the matter and turn it over, there will be a label that reads, "Made in China."
That would be a fair bet. But I also think that they put a lot of energy in to digging oil out of the sand and using a similar technique to extract the oil from the dirt. The important thing is that the energy expended in the creation of gas can be converted into consumer goods which are purchased at a premium. If cows can produce gas (no pun intended) then a matter of discovering the best process to refine the gas would be prudent.
I think that the idea here is that your 512k business data line should be just as fast as some Tele Com 512k line. It shouldn't be subjecct to preferred data location centers or be a 10Mbit charged at 512k prices or be regulated through some QoS scheme. And every option available to that line should be available to all subscribers. It should prevent the Internet Provider from blocking certain ports or services and allow you a fair communication for your company.
Blackout Lists are a different story if you are using the ISP's servers for messages. They might still block the bad guys. But if you ran your own mail server on your leased lines you should have control on how you want to setup those items or of not at all.
At least that's how I'm reading it...
"Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouff?" - Chris Tucker / Rush Hour
Someone swap the 'd' for 'r' and it passed the spell checker, so it must be right.
Umm, how do you hard-code an Internet search engine into the OS any way? Doesn't that necessitate that you have data to search against? I can't imagine a dial-up 56k'er acting as his own search engine cataloging all the material on the Internet. Spooky.
Good question.
Why not use optical, and shielding in the sensitive areas? And then use this nanotube paint that blocks cellular signals as describe in the other news article! I recall in 1998 (my most recent air plane trip) they specifically directed the passengers to shut off any such devices. This is hardly news. Any way, if these items are sensitive to common handheld devices, well that sounds like the starting point for your next terrorism plot. If it can crash a plane, why haven't these sensitive items been addressed in the last 8 years?
Call me silly, but at least I'm not the only one who was thinking that thought!
We're going to spend several tens of millions of dollars on this new Super Computer! Wooot! Ummm, what do need it for?
Here's an idea; Hey Japan, how about an Excel Spreadsheet that calculates how much money you lose per second with that acquisition?
Precisely!
Does consumer forgive Sony for the rootkit incident, or does consumer boycott such a company as it is unhealthy for them to put trust in the great rootkit proponent? Vote with your dollars people. Polls will be open soon.
One Billion x $0.99 cents = $990,000,000.00
I know they gave away free songs through Pepsi and others. But still... That's a good return for little effort right there.
Windows Media Player bundled with Windows, and on the server as well, leaves the opportunity that someone would be less likely to download and install RealPlayer / Quicktime or some other media service/player.
I would rather see competition drive the needs instead of see lawyers making the choices for us.
I'll go first:
Portable device that plays music - $100
And it has a hard drive - $150
It plays videos too - $50
On a large screen - $100
Which offers touch control - $225
And it has the Apple "iPod" product name - $74
Total cost = $699
Microsoft NEEDS to sell Vista titles to recover its costs to develop the system. But nobody cares about Vista because there isn't anything bundled in it that is truly revolutionary. It's just a whole lot prettier than Windows XP, and that's about it. The initial hype was over some ambitious features which where rolled back when timelines and reality set in. Now that those features are nerfed, excitement has fizzled and people realize that their current OS is all ready taking them where they want to be. Why bother to upgrade?
Lets look at MS Vista's feature set from the MS web site:
User Experience: What does this really do for me? Prettier windows.
Security: Sorry, but I expect this. It's not a feature, but a mandatory item.
Search & Organization: I know where my files are. I rarely use search, and when I do some cartoon drives me nuts!
Performance: Yeah, I know. Gotta buy new hardware to use it.
Windows Backup: My excitement level just went through the roof.
Networking: It's hard to plug in a cat5 cable and use DHCP?!
Sideshow: What's this? Some laptop exclusive feature. Ho hum...
Speech Recognition: This is actually pretty cool stuff, in theory. But hardly worth the upgrade cost.
Help and Feedback: Didn't the previous versions of Windows have this?
Windows Update: See above.
Sync Center: Ahh, Windows Briefcase makes a return!
So those are the new features included in Windows Vista are. Who's ready to buy?! Hello? Any one? Is my keyboard working?
Yeah, I didn't think any of that got any of you excited about entering the hassles of upgrading. I'm certainly still waiting for something exciting.
So now that Halo 2 has all ready recouped its development cost on the Xbox, enter Halo 2 for Vista! Why not bundle Halo 2 in their home version of Windows Vista to spark interest? I wouldn't buy Vista to play Halo 2 again. But I would buy Vista if it came with Halo 2. Anyone else think that this is a good idea?
My society functions very well, thank-you.
Incase you didn't notice, Google is a company that has to pay it's employees. (Well, most of them - don't go there!) Better laws, is an opinion, not a fact. I for one, don't want the government to place so much control on its people through Law that we are told what we can look at with our eyes and what words we can type with our fingers. A government should only provide security and protection for it's citizens. In some cases, special assistance is beneficial. But when they come down to demanding that your company needs to preform unpaid work for them, that's where we draw the line.
I was with you until you said that Sony should refocus on their high-end products. These expensive items would not return Sony's brand name to a favorable light for all consumers. And Sony is no longer in recognition of a high-end product in my eyes. If their high-end products are under performing as we probably both would agree, they should revamp the entire product line and focus on the low-end components first. Building the quality and dependability that consumers are looking for. Then when they establish a positive brand name again, they could go back and wow customers with a high-end product. If they take the reverse approach, it would be somewhat like Sun Ultra 20's trying to take on Dell Dimension XPS. High-end brand names become quickly forgotten to average Joe consumers who look for low prices and popularity first and foremost.
That sounds like a job we should sub-contract to India! I'm sure it would be much cheaper, and the results would be equally hilarious.
And the 360 is doing massively worse than the first Xbox...
The Xbox 360 is sinking because Microsoft screwed up production and nobody in their key market regions can buy one. By the time Microsoft fixes their supply problems and appoligies to it's key market areas, the PS3 will be out and people will forget all about the 'box.
PC titles are gasping for life too. For Microsoft, the game market doesn't look like a place where they have much muscle at all.
Perhaps you only have one HD interface left after everything else was connected to your TV/Receiver/Sat/ReplayTV/Cable box? And since you're playing games in high def and surround sound, being able to maximize that console for playing your movies might mean that you need one less set of wires to fool with.
Well, for $500 bucks, you probably get a little HD butler to come over to your house and swap the connections for you. Or maybe it has a little robotic arm that pops out of a sphincter somewhere on the back to help replace all these cables.
Oh, and don't forget that your shiny HD Camcorder needs some interface time with the HDMI inputs too!
Sure, now you notice! When the Xbox came out, you said "My console can crush your console! Mwahahaha!" But now that this behemoth is out, you cower and complain that it's size will devastate your entertainment center, tossing all the foo-foo knick-knacks to one side! But, don't worry, you can put knick-knacks on top of it. Think of this as the Beverly Hills of knick-knack real estate.
The ISP isn't guilty of anything. It's the old handgun thing... The ISP only provides the weapons, if you're the fool who uses those to do harm, then you take the punishment. I would also think that the ISP covered their legal butts with an acceptable use policy.
It's ok. I have recently recieved an email from a king in Nigeria that said he had recently departed with his entire family in a tragic accident. And he does not have any next of kin. And the email came from the banker of this family who wishes to split this substatial fortune with me. I can forward that message to Mr. Mcallah. I'm sure it will help him out tremendously. And then he can get back to work selling ci-@alliS soft-tabs and making all these limp men walk tall and proud! Our nation needs more erections!