Hey I wouldn't buy the game if it was $20 based on what I've seen either, I'm just telling you what the company said:)
I think a few of the launch titles were rushed out. but honestly though after playing Wii I stopped playing Bully altogether and it's like, i cant imagine ever playing the old fashioned way again. and Bully is a GREAT game, of course Zelda can be partially blamed for that..;-)
I am pretty sure we will see a lot better quality in the future.
The only thing I'm really dissapointed in is the Virtual Console.
They thought it would be innovative and fun to make a racing game with licensed cars that was cel shaded, similar to what Nintendo did with a certain Zelda title. Nintendo managed to pull it off by making a great game. Nintendo is known for great games.
Personally I think when someone wants a game called GT Pro Series, they want licensed cars that LOOK like the real deal, not some cartoony graphics, and thus IMO most people who get it expect something other than what it provides.
Bad ideas, will always be, bad ideas, no matter what console they are for.
Personally if you want a good racing game on the Wii, get Need For Speed: Carbon, that delivers.
I will have to say that I agree with the person who scored a 5 with the insecure single male comment:)
I'm glad you chose to make your first-post about Apple, because we all know they're the only company that uses DRM, and also that they are just as adamant about restricting your rights as other subscription music services are, oh wait a minute iTunes isn't a subscription service.
IMO the reason why DRM is dying is because NO one wants to put up with the other subscription download services' DRM schemes. Apple is the only company who won't give in to all the RIAA's demands. They are in constant battle with the RIAA and MPAA. Why do you think only Disney sells movies on iTunes? BECAUSE THEY'RE IN BED WITH APPLE. and now they added Paramount. Apple has refused to do anything more restrictive than their unlimited use on 5 computers at one time thing.
Yet somehow everyone always disses Apple because they use DRM, even though they're the ONLY company trying to preserve what they can of our rights while still playing by the rules.
Are you living in the US? If you are I will be blunt with you. If you don't like your rights being managed by a corporation then get out, because ALL of our rights have been managed by corporations for at least 100 years.
Purchasing Wii points for me took about literally 3-5 seconds after I clicked on what essentially is a submit button (i forget what it says) and then Virtual Console games downloaded at a fair speed..
Not as fast as they should have. Being that my download speed averages about 900k/s, NES games should download instantly but they took like maybe 5-10 seconds.
A good question is when the poster of this article and other people that had problems try this? I didn't get my Wii online until 12:30 because I woke up at 10 (when the store I reserved at opened) and didn't buy the Wii til 11:30, then I got home and spent a while opening everything (3 controllers, 2 nunchuks, Wii large home organizer from Target, and the Wii itself)... but I had no problems with WiiConnect/24
I do have to say that the Switch and Carry Large Home Organizer that Target sold prior to the launch is flawed and the Wii does not fit in the stand, in any way shape or form, due to the Wii having rubber feet on the left side that are used for placing the console horizontally. The included vertical stand has notches for the feet. After I think about my experience with other Switch and Carry products I'm not surprised and I'm actually hitting myself in the head for buying it.
I agree. A lot of control problems seem to root in people trying to make over the top movements (myself included.. case in point: hammer throw in Super Monkey Ball)..
I must say when zooming in Red Steel I feel a bit like I need to be Mr. Fantastic to pull it off completely, but it turns out okay in the end.
The problems I have with Red Steel aren't control related but the game slowed to a crawl once for ~1 second and freezes everytime it loads a new checkpoint or a new area. This for me is really annoying.. I can get used to it by not moving the remote when it freezes (it caches your actions like a slow computer) but it's still kinda lame. I think the whole "drag the pictures to make this happen" in the menus is kinda unneccesary and lame, but again, once you accept it it's ok.
*thinks of all those times at parking lots without lines or signs where people drive on the left side of the road thinking they can drive anywhere and always almost hit me when I go to turn in because they're on the wrong side of the road*
It's the game companies pushing for HD, and they're missing the point. They've been missing the point for years.
Here's the point: If I want to play Half-Life 2, or some kind of crazy WW2 shooter, I will go buy it for PC. If I want to play a game like Resident Evil 4, Dead or Alive 4, Eternal Darkness or Madden 05, I will go buy a console.
Others have already illustrated part of this by saying that they would rather use 1600x1200 on a PC rather than 640x480 on a console. Although the resolutions do get a bit higher..
The prices of consoles are getting to the point where one could buy a PC for relatively the same price or cheaper. Nintendo is doing the right thing by keeping the line between console and PC gaming crystal clear, where as Sony and MS are blurring that line, and want to continue to blur it to the point it can no longer be seen.
I for one will be buying the Wii, and boycotting the PS3, at least until they come to their senses and release one that ONLY plays games and doesn't cost a fortune, and well if any great games that are exclusive to the 360 come out then I may buy a 360, but for now Wii is the only thing I'll be buying because I already have several PC's with graphics cards that destroy what the 360 and PS3 are capable of.
It's also worthy I think to say that Nintendo is creating a platform for games that PC can't even begin to touch currently, and thus they are really creating something here. With the XBox 360 and PS3 they're basically creating a souped up version of something that has been done over and over and over again, and can be done better on a PC you probably already own. The Wii is breaking away from that redundant cycle.
Nintendo haters talk about how many times can you rehash Zelda and Mario.. how many times can you make a bloodily-shoot-everything-on-the-screen game and then throw a new name on it. There's redundancies on both sides. At least it appears Ubi-soft is taking a stab at true innovation with Assassin's Creed:)
Steve Jobs said that "70% of new cars sold today offer iPod integration." He was basically showing off the fact that they offer specific integration exclusively for their product.. WHO CARES if most of them are not ideal integrations. The fact that they're there is a milestone for Apple, and that is all he was saying, nothing more, nothing less. He didn't go into detail about it, or brag about any specific brand of integration.
This seems to me a pointless jab at Jobs' keynote, and feels like it's more qualified for a personal blog rather than a reputable news website.
It's not "all of these notebooks" unless you were just talking about the Macbooks.
I had 2 15" Macbook Pros all of which had similar problems that you experienced -- eg. crashes that got more frequent until the machine was completely unusable without crashing more than Windows ME.
The 17" Macbook Pros were updated at the end of May give or take a couple weeks. I know because when the Macbook Pros first came out I saw the 15" and 17" were EXACTLY the same in specs and display resolution, except for the screen size so I was like pfff how lame.. just get the 15".. then after I bought my 15" I noticed they had changed the 17" to make it 1650x1025 and also added 1gb of RAM standard and a MUCH better graphics card.
So you could call this something of a gen 1.5... because Apple always does that.. they come out with a new product, and then in a ridiculously small amount of time they're discontinueing this version and then updating that one..
When I returned the 2nd 15" MBP I demanded to pay the extra $300 and get a 17" (i get edu discount) and after I talked to the manager he gave me a brand new 17" MBP. I had ZERO problems with that one... unfortunately I was robbed and it was stolen from me, and so then 2 weeks ago finally the insurance came through and I went out and bought a replacement.. The replacement too has NO problems of any kind and does not even get that hot at all!:)
The notebook that got stolen did get pretty hot (though not as hot as the 15") and the top half (screen portion) was not perfectly straight when you close it, the left side was warped up a little bit.. the new one I have today is perfect. *knock on wood*
Personally I think the 15" has some design flaws and too much with the keyboard crammed on top of the dvd drive to keep the small form factor. The 17" is deeper and the dvd drive has it's own dedicated space on the case.
I just had to respond to this to keep things in perspective in case anyone thinks that all of their laptops are hosed. The 17" is rock solid.. I still wouldn't use it on any cushiony surface for long periods of time.. i always put it on a metal oven pan that I don't use.. better safe than sorry.. i DO use it on my lap occasionally and have no probs with heat:)
I'm sorry but I have to disagree, whether it be porn or anything else DRM leaves you feeling cheap and used.
Now nevermind the thousands of inuendos and puns that statement may suggest. The fact is that no one wants to pay any amount of money per month on some site that lets you download content, if the content is going to stop working when you quit paying that site money.
Whether that content is porn or music. There are millions of people who would pay a $3.95 trial to buy the ONE song they've been lookin for but unable to find elsewhere or that video they got spammed with that peaked their interest.
With the DRM ripoff schemes of RIAA and some porn sites this is not possible. So let's say you were a member of any music/porn site that used DRM on their files. Restrictive DRM.. you paid a total of maybe $200 to them and you decide you don't want the service anymore, but you do like what you've gotten so far. You quit you're screwed.. so you're telling me I gotta keep paying to keep what I ALREADY PAID FOR?
It's only flamebait because anti-nintendo fanboys of either XBox or PS2 have a good chance of hurling the fireballs with nothing more than poorly written jibberish. Thankfully I hope the majority of Slashdot is older than 12.
I can't say the deal with PS3. I don't know, and I like the Playstation, but the XBox 360 just seems like a lot of money for something that a high-end PC can still beat.
Japanese gamers don't want a glorified PC for a console with console ports of PC games, they want a console that delivers a ton of GOOD exclusive content.
Now as to which ocnsole produces the most of that, that is up to peoples' opinions.
I'd like an XBox 360 for Dead or Alive 4, and even Oblivion, because hell.. $399 may seem like a hefty price, until you realize you need to spend $1500 on building a PC that will run the PC version at what the average geek would call a decent framerate.
The problem is, I don't want my gamesaves to randomly get corrupted or erased or for my games to crash often or lock up, or for my house to catch on fire.:)
The author seems to have jumped the gun a bit on the install, since the NVIDIA issues were announced almost immediately after the release, and subsequently have been queued for immediate repair.
I think the problem is in the latter part of that sentence.. I remember when distros released would inspire the latter part of that sentence to be more like:
"...since the NVIDIA issues were announced before the release, and subsequently have been queued for immediate repair, and THEN get released."
I don't think this guy jumped the gun, I think Fedora did, and I think everyone is jumping the gun nowadays. GNU/Linux was more stable for me in 1997 than it is today.
Good to know. Still though it's questionable whether the person at the other end of those e-mails has enough clues to figure out what.Net framework + Wine has to do with being unable to run bots in WoW.
I really sympathize with you (and it kinda scares me because I'm an avid WoW player who was thinking of buying a similar gaming keyboard)..
I think you have to realize though that your emails (if they're being read at all) are being read by laymen who may have heard the word "Linux" used only as a catch phrase, 2) Probably have no idea what Wine is and 3) have no idea what the.Net framework is and even if they do, don't know why it would prevent you from running the software on Wine.
I have been in your shoes before, trying to explain to a 'support person' (usually at an ISP) why running Linux wouldn't affect my ability to use their service *without* their crappy software, and they didn't know what Linux was. This of course was circa 1997. Nowadays people are probably more aware of Linux, but most likely would not be aware of Wine's presense, even at a game company.
Remember, Blizzard makes games for Windows. WoW runs on Mac too but I'm not sure if their other games support Mac.
If you continue to try, I would explain further as to exactly what Wine is. If they continue to be non-responsive I would try to get it out to anyone who is willing to listen. Just a crapshoot but maybe you could send copies of the e-mail to Attack of the Show and X-Play (G4tv).. they seem to like to diss stuff on the shows. That would probably be a good blow against Blizzard.. whether or not they care or would ignore it because of a chummyness with Blizzard I don't know.
I kind of agree that what he was DOING with the keyboard would have made me question my actions.. but I had been planning to buy a gaming keyboard so that I could have more keys to program. (i am running out of keys on my current keyboard)
Now, after reading about his experience I am deathly afraid to buy the keyboard, even if I don't use it for automation purposes.
Blizzard really needs to draw the line though, because the game itself contains the ability to run macros, and there are perfectly legal addons around that automatically buff you while you move, and also buff your entire party with the repeated press of that button. How is this not a different color of the same automation?
Blizzard has not banned those tools.
The banning of the posts on the WOW forums would make me diligent to post this to every gaming forum that I could get my hands on, and try to stop people from playing WoW. But I digress, there will always be thousands of players waiting in the wings to replace those who boycott the game.
At least CmdrTaco only got forced to change his name. I believe he was a little over-dramatic since it's easy to tell someone "Hey I used to be so and so" and then they recognize you from then on. I think "Taco" might be a cool name. Then he could achieve a rank higher than 'Cmdr':)
but seriously, the only thing you can effectively do is either don't play the game, or play it and be really careful about stuff like this, because (like Ebay, Paypal, etc.) Blizzard seems to have a "shoot first and ask questions later" policy and seem to not care about customer service in the least, and just like with Ebay and Paypal, it does not hurt them financially to screw-over consumers once in a while, because they have thousands upon thousands of consumers who have no problem with the service. Ebay didn't even want my money when they banned me (of course because of their lack of caring about taking care of their shit I am no longer banned:) Unfortunately though, Blizzard does take care of their shit.
2. You can still buy the entire range of G4 laptops
Actually, I think (and would hope) it is because right now the universal application support is seriously lacking. I don't even think there's a version of Photoshop that's universal, and Rosetta is described by Apple themselves as not to be used for production/professional application software. Basically, all Apple Pro applications won't work with Rosetta, and they say there "will" be a universal version of Logic available for owners of the current one. That disturbs me.
Also how about the many third party dsp/instrument plugins? How many of the authors have or even plan to make intel versions of their apps?
If Apple is smart they will not discontinue the G4 laptops or G5 desktops until EVERYTHING has moved over to Intel, barring third party software from small or non-existing companies that they wouldn't really care about.
Haven't you been following the MPAA/RIAA crazyness?
They've thrown people in jail who had no intention of violating copyright, simply because what they did "could" be used to circumvent copyright by a third party...but then again those people they threw in jail weren't a huge corporation like Sony either.
Sony can kiss my ass. $8 a movie? The quality required for me to pay that much would take way too long to download even on my 1.5mbit DSL connection.
I think iTunes is the way to go, as long as they can somehow get rid of that "no burning" rule they have for their videos.. Of course, understandably this is to keep the scum from the MPAA at bay, so they don't get sued but right now I'm not buying any video content because of that restriction.
I encode everything from dvd's I own.
Personally I think downloadable content is sketchy at best especially if you're paying that much. Look at iTunes, you can ONLY play the content on iTunes, and if you can't burn it, what happens when your HD dies or you reinstall Windows/Mac OS/etc.? iTunes lets you download the songs you've purchased if you lose the files.
Key word there.. "lets you" You're at THEIR whim. and if they choose to not let you then you're sol.
No thanks, I'll buy movies in DVD format, and if my computer gets caught on fire and dies, I will still be able to watch what I paid for.
This is obvious. I stopped using things like WinMX a long time ago because I got tired of downloading a bunch of raunchy pictures that said they're supposed to be what I actually am looking for.
What would you rather do?
A. P2P - Wait in a HUGE queue, sometimes days, to get a song you want, possibly from a dialup user, which may or may not be what it says, and probably has quality problems such as skipping or the song may not even be completed. Oh, by the way, while you are in that queue the user can log off and then you're sol.
B. IRC - Usually what you see is what you get, in probably reasonably good bit rates. Again, same queue problems. Add to this the possibility of the bots getting kicked off and you being sol, again.
C. iTunes - Pay $0.99 and get the song. No hassles, no waiting, no incomplete/fraudulent files. The downside being that they are 128kbit AAC files which are no where near CD quality. However, it seems the laymen computer users don't give a rats ass about this.
It's pretty easy to see why iTunes is #2. The only reason it's not number one is because you can't get the latest box office hits on it.
Too many people speak out against environmental protection in the sense that it doesn't matter unless we have gigantic amounts of hardcore evidence to the fact.
You don't have to be a scientist to know that pollution is bad for the environment, not to mention the fact that the natural resources we do have took millions of years to build up and once they're gone, they're gone for good (or at least in terms of our mortality)
Stop blocking popups. Start blocking Javascript ENTIRELY. Allow websites you deem as not-a-bunch-of-sleazy-a$$holes the privelege of having javascript turned on.
Ok, I know the subject doesn't fit the body but this is what we need. It will put an end to these parasites.
Apple has a lot of catching up to do?.. Dual 2.5ghz 64-bit G5, *dual* 1.25ghz FSB.. FSB!!! one for each CPU... PCI-X.. SMP that all apps can take advantage of (OS X)
and on PC you HAVE to run Windows or forgo running the apps you need to run.
That right there is enough to make it suck ass even if you have a 25ghz P4...not to mention that you can basically compile most any Unix sourcecode and have it work natively on the OS.
that kind of spans into a MS vs. Apple thing but it's inevitable when comparing PC's to Macs.
and ESPECIALLY you can't compare some piss poor brand-name PCs. They almost always use the cheapest components available. Of course, when talking about laptops all you can do is buy one already made.
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Hey I wouldn't buy the game if it was $20 based on what I've seen either, I'm just telling you what the company said :)
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I think a few of the launch titles were rushed out. but honestly though after playing Wii I stopped playing Bully altogether and it's like, i cant imagine ever playing the old fashioned way again. and Bully is a GREAT game, of course Zelda can be partially blamed for that..
I am pretty sure we will see a lot better quality in the future.
The only thing I'm really dissapointed in is the Virtual Console.
It's called "Cel Shading."
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They thought it would be innovative and fun to make a racing game with licensed cars that was cel shaded, similar to what Nintendo did with a certain Zelda title. Nintendo managed to pull it off by making a great game. Nintendo is known for great games.
Personally I think when someone wants a game called GT Pro Series, they want licensed cars that LOOK like the real deal, not some cartoony graphics, and thus IMO most people who get it expect something other than what it provides.
Bad ideas, will always be, bad ideas, no matter what console they are for.
Personally if you want a good racing game on the Wii, get Need For Speed: Carbon, that delivers.
I will have to say that I agree with the person who scored a 5 with the insecure single male comment
I'm glad you chose to make your first-post about Apple, because we all know they're the only company that uses DRM, and also that they are just as adamant about restricting your rights as other subscription music services are, oh wait a minute iTunes isn't a subscription service.
IMO the reason why DRM is dying is because NO one wants to put up with the other subscription download services' DRM schemes. Apple is the only company who won't give in to all the RIAA's demands. They are in constant battle with the RIAA and MPAA. Why do you think only Disney sells movies on iTunes? BECAUSE THEY'RE IN BED WITH APPLE. and now they added Paramount. Apple has refused to do anything more restrictive than their unlimited use on 5 computers at one time thing.
Yet somehow everyone always disses Apple because they use DRM, even though they're the ONLY company trying to preserve what they can of our rights while still playing by the rules.
Are you living in the US? If you are I will be blunt with you. If you don't like your rights being managed by a corporation then get out, because ALL of our rights have been managed by corporations for at least 100 years.
Purchasing Wii points for me took about literally 3-5 seconds after I clicked on what essentially is a submit button (i forget what it says) and then Virtual Console games downloaded at a fair speed..
... but I had no problems with WiiConnect/24
Not as fast as they should have. Being that my download speed averages about 900k/s, NES games should download instantly but they took like maybe 5-10 seconds.
A good question is when the poster of this article and other people that had problems try this? I didn't get my Wii online until 12:30 because I woke up at 10 (when the store I reserved at opened) and didn't buy the Wii til 11:30, then I got home and spent a while opening everything (3 controllers, 2 nunchuks, Wii large home organizer from Target, and the Wii itself)
I do have to say that the Switch and Carry Large Home Organizer that Target sold prior to the launch is flawed and the Wii does not fit in the stand, in any way shape or form, due to the Wii having rubber feet on the left side that are used for placing the console horizontally. The included vertical stand has notches for the feet. After I think about my experience with other Switch and Carry products I'm not surprised and I'm actually hitting myself in the head for buying it.
I agree. A lot of control problems seem to root in people trying to make over the top movements (myself included.. case in point: hammer throw in Super Monkey Ball)..
I must say when zooming in Red Steel I feel a bit like I need to be Mr. Fantastic to pull it off completely, but it turns out okay in the end.
The problems I have with Red Steel aren't control related but the game slowed to a crawl once for ~1 second and freezes everytime it loads a new checkpoint or a new area. This for me is really annoying.. I can get used to it by not moving the remote when it freezes (it caches your actions like a slow computer) but it's still kinda lame. I think the whole "drag the pictures to make this happen" in the menus is kinda unneccesary and lame, but again, once you accept it it's ok.
All in all it's a good game.
*thinks of all those times at parking lots without lines or signs where people drive on the left side of the road thinking they can drive anywhere and always almost hit me when I go to turn in because they're on the wrong side of the road*
yeah, it'll definitely make people drive better.
It's the game companies pushing for HD, and they're missing the point. They've been missing the point for years.
:)
Here's the point: If I want to play Half-Life 2, or some kind of crazy WW2 shooter, I will go buy it for PC. If I want to play a game like Resident Evil 4, Dead or Alive 4, Eternal Darkness or Madden 05, I will go buy a console.
Others have already illustrated part of this by saying that they would rather use 1600x1200 on a PC rather than 640x480 on a console. Although the resolutions do get a bit higher..
The prices of consoles are getting to the point where one could buy a PC for relatively the same price or cheaper. Nintendo is doing the right thing by keeping the line between console and PC gaming crystal clear, where as Sony and MS are blurring that line, and want to continue to blur it to the point it can no longer be seen.
I for one will be buying the Wii, and boycotting the PS3, at least until they come to their senses and release one that ONLY plays games and doesn't cost a fortune, and well if any great games that are exclusive to the 360 come out then I may buy a 360, but for now Wii is the only thing I'll be buying because I already have several PC's with graphics cards that destroy what the 360 and PS3 are capable of.
It's also worthy I think to say that Nintendo is creating a platform for games that PC can't even begin to touch currently, and thus they are really creating something here. With the XBox 360 and PS3 they're basically creating a souped up version of something that has been done over and over and over again, and can be done better on a PC you probably already own. The Wii is breaking away from that redundant cycle.
Nintendo haters talk about how many times can you rehash Zelda and Mario.. how many times can you make a bloodily-shoot-everything-on-the-screen game and then throw a new name on it. There's redundancies on both sides. At least it appears Ubi-soft is taking a stab at true innovation with Assassin's Creed
Is there a way I can moderate this story down?
Steve Jobs said that "70% of new cars sold today offer iPod integration." He was basically showing off the fact that they offer specific integration exclusively for their product.. WHO CARES if most of them are not ideal integrations. The fact that they're there is a milestone for Apple, and that is all he was saying, nothing more, nothing less. He didn't go into detail about it, or brag about any specific brand of integration.
This seems to me a pointless jab at Jobs' keynote, and feels like it's more qualified for a personal blog rather than a reputable news website.
Just the opinion of a long time Slashdot reader..
It's not "all of these notebooks" unless you were just talking about the Macbooks.
.. then after I bought my 15" I noticed they had changed the 17" to make it 1650x1025 and also added 1gb of RAM standard and a MUCH better graphics card.
... because Apple always does that.. they come out with a new product, and then in a ridiculously small amount of time they're discontinueing this version and then updating that one..
:)
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I had 2 15" Macbook Pros all of which had similar problems that you experienced -- eg. crashes that got more frequent until the machine was completely unusable without crashing more than Windows ME.
The 17" Macbook Pros were updated at the end of May give or take a couple weeks. I know because when the Macbook Pros first came out I saw the 15" and 17" were EXACTLY the same in specs and display resolution, except for the screen size so I was like pfff how lame.. just get the 15"
So you could call this something of a gen 1.5
When I returned the 2nd 15" MBP I demanded to pay the extra $300 and get a 17" (i get edu discount) and after I talked to the manager he gave me a brand new 17" MBP. I had ZERO problems with that one... unfortunately I was robbed and it was stolen from me, and so then 2 weeks ago finally the insurance came through and I went out and bought a replacement.. The replacement too has NO problems of any kind and does not even get that hot at all!
The notebook that got stolen did get pretty hot (though not as hot as the 15") and the top half (screen portion) was not perfectly straight when you close it, the left side was warped up a little bit.. the new one I have today is perfect. *knock on wood*
Personally I think the 15" has some design flaws and too much with the keyboard crammed on top of the dvd drive to keep the small form factor. The 17" is deeper and the dvd drive has it's own dedicated space on the case.
I just had to respond to this to keep things in perspective in case anyone thinks that all of their laptops are hosed. The 17" is rock solid.. I still wouldn't use it on any cushiony surface for long periods of time.. i always put it on a metal oven pan that I don't use.. better safe than sorry.. i DO use it on my lap occasionally and have no probs with heat
I'm sorry but I have to disagree, whether it be porn or anything else DRM leaves you feeling cheap and used.
Now nevermind the thousands of inuendos and puns that statement may suggest. The fact is that no one wants to pay any amount of money per month on some site that lets you download content, if the content is going to stop working when you quit paying that site money.
Whether that content is porn or music. There are millions of people who would pay a $3.95 trial to buy the ONE song they've been lookin for but unable to find elsewhere or that video they got spammed with that peaked their interest.
With the DRM ripoff schemes of RIAA and some porn sites this is not possible. So let's say you were a member of any music/porn site that used DRM on their files. Restrictive DRM.. you paid a total of maybe $200 to them and you decide you don't want the service anymore, but you do like what you've gotten so far. You quit you're screwed.. so you're telling me I gotta keep paying to keep what I ALREADY PAID FOR?
No thanks. *gives RIAA the finger*
It's only flamebait because anti-nintendo fanboys of either XBox or PS2 have a good chance of hurling the fireballs with nothing more than poorly written jibberish. Thankfully I hope the majority of Slashdot is older than 12.
:)
I can't say the deal with PS3. I don't know, and I like the Playstation, but the XBox 360 just seems like a lot of money for something that a high-end PC can still beat.
Japanese gamers don't want a glorified PC for a console with console ports of PC games, they want a console that delivers a ton of GOOD exclusive content.
Now as to which ocnsole produces the most of that, that is up to peoples' opinions.
I'd like an XBox 360 for Dead or Alive 4, and even Oblivion, because hell.. $399 may seem like a hefty price, until you realize you need to spend $1500 on building a PC that will run the PC version at what the average geek would call a decent framerate.
The problem is, I don't want my gamesaves to randomly get corrupted or erased or for my games to crash often or lock up, or for my house to catch on fire.
The author seems to have jumped the gun a bit on the install, since the NVIDIA issues were announced almost immediately after the release, and subsequently have been queued for immediate repair.
I think the problem is in the latter part of that sentence.. I remember when distros released would inspire the latter part of that sentence to be more like:
"...since the NVIDIA issues were announced before the release, and subsequently have been queued for immediate repair, and THEN get released."
I don't think this guy jumped the gun, I think Fedora did, and I think everyone is jumping the gun nowadays. GNU/Linux was more stable for me in 1997 than it is today.
Good to know. Still though it's questionable whether the person at the other end of those e-mails has enough clues to figure out what .Net framework + Wine has to do with being unable to run bots in WoW.
I really sympathize with you (and it kinda scares me because I'm an avid WoW player who was thinking of buying a similar gaming keyboard)..
.Net framework is and even if they do, don't know why it would prevent you from running the software on Wine.
.. they seem to like to diss stuff on the shows. That would probably be a good blow against Blizzard.. whether or not they care or would ignore it because of a chummyness with Blizzard I don't know.
I think you have to realize though that your emails (if they're being read at all) are being read by laymen who may have heard the word "Linux" used only as a catch phrase, 2) Probably have no idea what Wine is and 3) have no idea what the
I have been in your shoes before, trying to explain to a 'support person' (usually at an ISP) why running Linux wouldn't affect my ability to use their service *without* their crappy software, and they didn't know what Linux was. This of course was circa 1997. Nowadays people are probably more aware of Linux, but most likely would not be aware of Wine's presense, even at a game company.
Remember, Blizzard makes games for Windows. WoW runs on Mac too but I'm not sure if their other games support Mac.
If you continue to try, I would explain further as to exactly what Wine is. If they continue to be non-responsive I would try to get it out to anyone who is willing to listen. Just a crapshoot but maybe you could send copies of the e-mail to Attack of the Show and X-Play (G4tv)
I kind of agree that what he was DOING with the keyboard would have made me question my actions.. but I had been planning to buy a gaming keyboard so that I could have more keys to program. (i am running out of keys on my current keyboard)
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:) Unfortunately though, Blizzard does take care of their shit.
Now, after reading about his experience I am deathly afraid to buy the keyboard, even if I don't use it for automation purposes.
Blizzard really needs to draw the line though, because the game itself contains the ability to run macros, and there are perfectly legal addons around that automatically buff you while you move, and also buff your entire party with the repeated press of that button. How is this not a different color of the same automation?
Blizzard has not banned those tools.
The banning of the posts on the WOW forums would make me diligent to post this to every gaming forum that I could get my hands on, and try to stop people from playing WoW. But I digress, there will always be thousands of players waiting in the wings to replace those who boycott the game.
At least CmdrTaco only got forced to change his name. I believe he was a little over-dramatic since it's easy to tell someone "Hey I used to be so and so" and then they recognize you from then on. I think "Taco" might be a cool name. Then he could achieve a rank higher than 'Cmdr'
but seriously, the only thing you can effectively do is either don't play the game, or play it and be really careful about stuff like this, because (like Ebay, Paypal, etc.) Blizzard seems to have a "shoot first and ask questions later" policy and seem to not care about customer service in the least, and just like with Ebay and Paypal, it does not hurt them financially to screw-over consumers once in a while, because they have thousands upon thousands of consumers who have no problem with the service. Ebay didn't even want my money when they banned me (of course because of their lack of caring about taking care of their shit I am no longer banned
2. You can still buy the entire range of G4 laptops
Actually, I think (and would hope) it is because right now the universal application support is seriously lacking. I don't even think there's a version of Photoshop that's universal, and Rosetta is described by Apple themselves as not to be used for production/professional application software. Basically, all Apple Pro applications won't work with Rosetta, and they say there "will" be a universal version of Logic available for owners of the current one. That disturbs me.
Also how about the many third party dsp/instrument plugins? How many of the authors have or even plan to make intel versions of their apps?
If Apple is smart they will not discontinue the G4 laptops or G5 desktops until EVERYTHING has moved over to Intel, barring third party software from small or non-existing companies that they wouldn't really care about.
Haven't you been following the MPAA/RIAA crazyness?
..but then again those people they threw in jail weren't a huge corporation like Sony either.
They've thrown people in jail who had no intention of violating copyright, simply because what they did "could" be used to circumvent copyright by a third party.
Sony can kiss my ass. $8 a movie? The quality required for me to pay that much would take way too long to download even on my 1.5mbit DSL connection.
I think iTunes is the way to go, as long as they can somehow get rid of that "no burning" rule they have for their videos.. Of course, understandably this is to keep the scum from the MPAA at bay, so they don't get sued but right now I'm not buying any video content because of that restriction.
I encode everything from dvd's I own.
Personally I think downloadable content is sketchy at best especially if you're paying that much. Look at iTunes, you can ONLY play the content on iTunes, and if you can't burn it, what happens when your HD dies or you reinstall Windows/Mac OS/etc.? iTunes lets you download the songs you've purchased if you lose the files.
Key word there.. "lets you" You're at THEIR whim. and if they choose to not let you then you're sol.
No thanks, I'll buy movies in DVD format, and if my computer gets caught on fire and dies, I will still be able to watch what I paid for.
This is obvious. I stopped using things like WinMX a long time ago because I got tired of downloading a bunch of raunchy pictures that said they're supposed to be what I actually am looking for.
What would you rather do?
A. P2P - Wait in a HUGE queue, sometimes days, to get a song you want, possibly from a dialup user, which may or may not be what it says, and probably has quality problems such as skipping or the song may not even be completed. Oh, by the way, while you are in that queue the user can log off and then you're sol.
B. IRC - Usually what you see is what you get, in probably reasonably good bit rates. Again, same queue problems. Add to this the possibility of the bots getting kicked off and you being sol, again.
C. iTunes - Pay $0.99 and get the song. No hassles, no waiting, no incomplete/fraudulent files. The downside being that they are 128kbit AAC files which are no where near CD quality. However, it seems the laymen computer users don't give a rats ass about this.
It's pretty easy to see why iTunes is #2. The only reason it's not number one is because you can't get the latest box office hits on it.
This article should read "Microsoft copies OS X yet again."
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Oh how is Microsoft stale and unoriginal, let me count the ways. or not, I'm sure we all know them
Amen to that.
Too many people speak out against environmental protection in the sense that it doesn't matter unless we have gigantic amounts of hardcore evidence to the fact.
You don't have to be a scientist to know that pollution is bad for the environment, not to mention the fact that the natural resources we do have took millions of years to build up and once they're gone, they're gone for good (or at least in terms of our mortality)
Stop blocking popups. Start blocking Javascript ENTIRELY. Allow websites you deem as not-a-bunch-of-sleazy-a$$holes the privelege of having javascript turned on.
Ok, I know the subject doesn't fit the body but this is what we need. It will put an end to these parasites.
..or they don't know anything about wine.
That's a great idea though.. prolly one of the best and most creative i've heard in a while.
Apple has a lot of catching up to do? .. Dual 2.5ghz 64-bit G5, *dual* 1.25ghz FSB.. FSB!!! one for each CPU... PCI-X.. SMP that all apps can take advantage of (OS X)
..not to mention that you can basically compile most any Unix sourcecode and have it work natively on the OS.
and on PC you HAVE to run Windows or forgo running the apps you need to run.
That right there is enough to make it suck ass even if you have a 25ghz P4.
that kind of spans into a MS vs. Apple thing but it's inevitable when comparing PC's to Macs.
and ESPECIALLY you can't compare some piss poor brand-name PCs. They almost always use the cheapest components available. Of course, when talking about laptops all you can do is buy one already made.
Yep. OS9 comes with OS X Panther, and the classic environment allows you to run classic apps.