The power of the console eh? The PS3 is basically a one core Xenon as found in the 360 but with the equivalent of an Aegia Physics card or two's worth of SPEs under it's control. And seeing as how we're already deep into the 7th console generation it would seem to me from a hardware standpoint the PS3 is a failure as a gaming device:P
But I get your point... I just fail to see how HD graphics with motion control games would bring anything new and worthwhile to the table.
Granted it's not cutting edge but a tri core power pc chip running at 3.2ghz doesn't seem to qualify as a "low powered box" to me.
And what do you mean by moving out onto the CPU? MS moved all the processing onto the Xbox really early on with Natal to bring retail costs down when and if this ever hits the shelves.
Yeah the standard webcam on the 360 works pretty good especially when you hang up say a sheet behind yourself. Looks a little worse than what the local weatherman can get done but still pretty interesting and dare I say, occasionally fun.
Well that's great for you personally, but lots of people have trouble holding on to a small remote while waving their arms around. I don't think it's unreasonable to have a wrist strap on it.
And not only that just because it has yet to occur does not mean it will not occur! An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure as they say.
I'm the guy in our household responsible for applying our patches, being an IT professional and all.
Since we have a "few" computers all around the house, it's pretty much every time I sit down to one I have to apply patches, and usually a reboot to boot. Sometimes, it's a rarely used computer that I grab (laptop) just to get a few quick things done, and it requires multiple iterations of patches and reboots. Sigh.
I'm the guy in our household responsible for applying our patches, being an part time Web Developer and all.
Since we have a "few" computers all around the house, I just set Windows Update to download and notify me when updates are available. Providing me convienence and still retaining the ability to opt to not to install a patch.
Since Win7 got installed on my desktop I rarely have to restart for 99.9% of all day to day tasks, but when something out of left field like patch time comes it's increased speed to the login screen makes it much seem less of a chore having to wait 5 minutes while my PC is being updated.
And on my gf's laptop with Vista the reboots are slightly more often and and take a little longer.
But then again I'm on the computer 12 hours out of the day, so 5-10 mins once a week for maintenance really seems to be a non issue.
I often find myself with a long list of tabs open presenting a history of my travels during searches allowing me quick backtracking to various points. Youtube or other flash content isn't unusual in many tabs. It's just easier than closing this or that tab only to find the one you closed had a potential link or piece of information you now need. When all is said and done I just X the Window and start fresh, but up till that point you could potentially have a vast number of pages of all sorts of content open at once without much thought.
I'd wouldn't say the problem is badly written software. Especially in the context given, the fact that I can create software for the Windows operating system is one of the main reasons I continue to use it. My code may be what some consider bad, but a part of me still gets giddy with every successful compile.
The root of the issue is people not understanding computers in general. They are machines with their own strengths and weaknesses and that must be understood to avoid being confused and frustrated at every turn. To say simply installing this or that software on this or that computer will alleviate technological ignorance trivialize the problem of vast swaths of the population being effectively illiterate with modern technology.
It seems to me what these people are really after is an appliance like device.
The thought they put into Civ4 in regards to modding was brilliant. But I must say that Civ:Rev DS has been the greatest Civ experience I have had since first popping in the Civ cart on my SNES. But needless to say I am excited.
When the time came to board Mr. Smith, we had only a single seat available for him to occupy. Our pilots are responsible for the Safety and comfort of all Customers on the aircraft and therefore, made the determination that Mr. Smith needed more than one seat to complete his flight
I don’t mean that it would be hard. I meant that it is physically impossible. Even for ourselves. Because of the lack of information. It would be like saying “enhance“ on a 16*16 px thumbnail, and get out the map of the world including all streets.
That's a valid point if we assume there will never be more insightful ways to utilize the information.
Yeah, this in no way lessens the accomplishment of a robot actually learning to walk, but I figured it was half on-topic, half cool-as-hell so I'd post it:-)
Yeah I was rather impressed with that myself and was curious to see what he was using for processing, sensors and etc... Apparently it was an Atom, maybe TFA said that but I'm not down with FOX links.
I would of been much more impressed if he would of done this with something akin to AVR and read about it on Society of Robots instead of FOX but that's neither here nor there...
Other than the 5 episodes they post for a handful of top of the line shows, 98% of it is junk anyways.
So they can charge if they want but until they start offering content worth paying for I'll simply go back to PBS and BBC world service for my background noise.
There is a huge difference between a cellphone and WiFi. First, a cellphone can transmit up to 5 Watts.
From:
The radio waves emitted by a GSM handset, can have a peak power of 2 watts, and a US analogue phone had a maximum transmit power of 3.6 watts. Other digital mobile technologies, such as CDMA2000 and D-AMPS, use lower output power, typically below 1 watt, UVA.
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Maybe the Move will be able to merge graphics and play-abiliy, and make PS3 gamers out of guys like me.
If your having trouble with just the joysticks on the controller, I don't think anything is going to make you much of a gamer bro.
The power of the console eh? The PS3 is basically a one core Xenon as found in the 360 but with the equivalent of an Aegia Physics card or two's worth of SPEs under it's control. And seeing as how we're already deep into the 7th console generation it would seem to me from a hardware standpoint the PS3 is a failure as a gaming device :P
But I get your point... I just fail to see how HD graphics with motion control games would bring anything new and worthwhile to the table.
Granted it's not cutting edge but a tri core power pc chip running at 3.2ghz doesn't seem to qualify as a "low powered box" to me.
And what do you mean by moving out onto the CPU? MS moved all the processing onto the Xbox really early on with Natal to bring retail costs down when and if this ever hits the shelves.
IR Projector with a monochrome CMOS sensor.
Yeah the standard webcam on the 360 works pretty good especially when you hang up say a sheet behind yourself. Looks a little worse than what the local weatherman can get done but still pretty interesting and dare I say, occasionally fun.
Well that's great for you personally, but lots of people have trouble holding on to a small remote while waving their arms around. I don't think it's unreasonable to have a wrist strap on it.
And not only that just because it has yet to occur does not mean it will not occur! An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure as they say.
3000k at the nanotube level.
I'm the guy in our household responsible for applying our patches, being an IT professional and all.
Since we have a "few" computers all around the house, it's pretty much every time I sit down to one I have to apply patches, and usually a reboot to boot. Sometimes, it's a rarely used computer that I grab (laptop) just to get a few quick things done, and it requires multiple iterations of patches and reboots. Sigh.
I'm the guy in our household responsible for applying our patches, being an part time Web Developer and all.
Since we have a "few" computers all around the house, I just set Windows Update to download and notify me when updates are available. Providing me convienence and still retaining the ability to opt to not to install a patch.
Since Win7 got installed on my desktop I rarely have to restart for 99.9% of all day to day tasks, but when something out of left field like patch time comes it's increased speed to the login screen makes it much seem less of a chore having to wait 5 minutes while my PC is being updated.
And on my gf's laptop with Vista the reboots are slightly more often and and take a little longer.
But then again I'm on the computer 12 hours out of the day, so 5-10 mins once a week for maintenance really seems to be a non issue.
You can also avoid being retarded and you won't get viruses and trojans.
I understand why that was modded troll but let's be honest with ourselves; your average infecto is an idiot.
Entropy
I often find myself with a long list of tabs open presenting a history of my travels during searches allowing me quick backtracking to various points. Youtube or other flash content isn't unusual in many tabs. It's just easier than closing this or that tab only to find the one you closed had a potential link or piece of information you now need. When all is said and done I just X the Window and start fresh, but up till that point you could potentially have a vast number of pages of all sorts of content open at once without much thought.
I'd wouldn't say the problem is badly written software. Especially in the context given, the fact that I can create software for the Windows operating system is one of the main reasons I continue to use it. My code may be what some consider bad, but a part of me still gets giddy with every successful compile.
The root of the issue is people not understanding computers in general. They are machines with their own strengths and weaknesses and that must be understood to avoid being confused and frustrated at every turn. To say simply installing this or that software on this or that computer will alleviate technological ignorance trivialize the problem of vast swaths of the population being effectively illiterate with modern technology.
It seems to me what these people are really after is an appliance like device.
Give it to newborns before they get intoxicated be anything else.
> The BBC is carrying a report on how people confused and frustrated by computers can now turn to...
Those people might already suffer from permanent damages from using what they are using now.... ;-))
I am confused and frustrated by your post.
If he doesn't get awarded fees, there would hopefully be thousands willing to pitch in to reimburse him for the precedent he bought us.
I'd Paypal that for a dollar.
The thought they put into Civ4 in regards to modding was brilliant. But I must say that Civ:Rev DS has been the greatest Civ experience I have had since first popping in the Civ cart on my SNES. But needless to say I am excited.
Since when did we stop using Coax for networking? Granted Cat5/6 is the way to go but back in the day it was not uncommon.
Seems like it's still kicking in one for or another...
When the time came to board Mr. Smith, we had only a single seat available for him to occupy. Our pilots are responsible for the Safety and comfort of all Customers on the aircraft and therefore, made the determination that Mr. Smith needed more than one seat to complete his flight
LOL
Bring back the cartridge.
I don’t mean that it would be hard. I meant that it is physically impossible. Even for ourselves. Because of the lack of information. It would be like saying “enhance“ on a 16*16 px thumbnail, and get out the map of the world including all streets.
That's a valid point if we assume there will never be more insightful ways to utilize the information.
Yeah, this in no way lessens the accomplishment of a robot actually learning to walk, but I figured it was half on-topic, half cool-as-hell so I'd post it :-)
Yeah I was rather impressed with that myself and was curious to see what he was using for processing, sensors and etc... Apparently it was an Atom, maybe TFA said that but I'm not down with FOX links.
http://www.engineering.arizona.edu/news/story.php?id=114
I would of been much more impressed if he would of done this with something akin to AVR and read about it on Society of Robots instead of FOX but that's neither here nor there...
Hulu is fail.
Other than the 5 episodes they post for a handful of top of the line shows, 98% of it is junk anyways.
So they can charge if they want but until they start offering content worth paying for I'll simply go back to PBS and BBC world service for my background noise.
There is a huge difference between a cellphone and WiFi. First, a cellphone can transmit up to 5 Watts.
From:
The radio waves emitted by a GSM handset, can have a peak power of 2 watts, and a US analogue phone had a maximum transmit power of 3.6 watts. Other digital mobile technologies, such as CDMA2000 and D-AMPS, use lower output power, typically below 1 watt, UVA.
Thanks for the heads up bro, and to think I was just about to get up off the couch!
The shielding is to prevent the microwave like burning that could occur.
What about all the browser applications written in flash? Will we just not have them?
With any luck!