I don't know about that. The move from VHS to DVD has just about completed, and they are going to try to sell a new DVD format in a yearish? VHS stayed as the primary video format for something like 15 years, I don't see people rushing out to buy any of this. I think DVD (as it is now) will be around for a long time. It's good enough, just like plain old CDs which I don't see going away anytime soon either.
However I am hoping Blu-Ray wins, just because I think those plastic covers are a great idea.
Ummm, this isn't really that new. I have an Intel webcam type deal that came with games that are essentially the same thing. I'm sure the Eyetoy is more polished and all, but this type of input has been around for 3-4 years or more(just not on a console).
I don't think it's that important to MS. They're catering to something the content industry wants, providing the rope for a fee if you will. I don't think they're going to go out of their way to make sure the content industry hangs itself. MS has enough issues trying to get people to keep upgrading.
Whining isn't going to make any difference, not buying overly controlling DRM is. Everyone on/. is well aware of the issues caused by DRM, if you're going to talk about it wait till you're neighbor/co-worker/parents say they're thinking about buying DRM encumbered product x.
You know, this whining about MS and DRM is getting old. MS sees an opportunity with DRM, and they are taking it, and I don't blame them as it could be quite lucrative. But in order for DRM to work, at least as far as DRM for music/movies, comsumers have to accept it. So if the terms of the DRM MS uses for whatever aren't acceptable to the general public it will fail, doesn't matter what MS does. I think Apple's DRM is fair, so I buy from iTMS, and others must feel the same way. MS DRM will work the same way, if people feel it's fair they'll buy into it, if not it'll die.
If IntelTV has some kind of hardware DRM that won't let you TiVo or whatever, then don't buy one, and if enough people feel the same way and avoid the technology MS/Intel/whoever will have to adjust. You don't see DivX players or media in Circuit City anymore do you?
With WiFi there everything is so easily sidestepped that I don't see the point of bothering with it. WEP is like locking a door, not fool proof but it's something, so I do that. MAC filtering, turning SSID off, I don't see the point. Sure it's possible someone will read my e-mail, but it's not real likely, and online ordering and banking is all SSL'd .
I have 104-bit WEP enabled on my AP, but I don't do anything beyond that. From what I've read MAC filtering is really easy to get around, so I don't bother with that, and VPN would be overkill. There's nothing interesting or important on my network anyway, so I'm not so worried about it. Besides there's at least one other WEPless AP at my apartment complex, so why would anyone bother trying to crack mine.
I highly doubt it, what they will be borrowing is the idea of small components that can be pieced together in an optimal way depending on use and device. This should let them speed development of various versions of Windows, as there are quite a few out there now.
I'd guess this is because Nintendo isn't doing anything particularly exciting. They are doing what they've always done, making fun games for the whole family, while there is a war coming between Sony and MS.
I think it's headed for the bargin bin after the xmas season. Rockstar games are usually hard to rent, and at my local Hollywood almost every copy of Manhunt is in, it's possibly more boring than SOE was.
That's what makes this whole RSS + BT thing seem particularly arrogant to me, it's like they're saying 'my content is so popular that I need to offset my bandwidth costs using BT'. Most blogs are ego stroking, with a linking to b and then everybody sits around and gets off looking at their Google ranking and site logs. RSS is the new Pointcast.
I'll believe it when I see it. This idea has been circulating the last few days through the blog world, the same people who think they're going to crush traditional media with the sheer power of their blogs. I say whatever.
I don't believe network based software will ever catch on beyond a niche market. As things are now people feel like they own their software, even though they don't really. Networked subscription based software will take that feeling of ownership away, and that's why it will fail. If anything changes at all I think it'll be Windows being tied to hardware, so no upgrades without a new machine.
They have basically stayed the same, but not completely. Halo has the sheild deal that changes the way you play to some degree, SOF had the first sound meter I think, stuff like that. id never seems to add small elements like that, they just put out a kick ass engine that powers all the top tier FPS stuff for the next 2-3 years. Not that I don't like id, I think the GPLing of code after commercial viability is over is cool, and their games are usually fun, they just aren't innovative as far as gameplay at all.
That's the beauty of the Mac/Linux/Win arguments. Most of the people spouting off reasons not to use whatever one they hate haven't used it for years, so you end up with these retarded debates about non-issues. When it comes right down to it all three are pretty good, and all three have strengths and weaknesses, and everyone would be better off pestering the developers of their OS choice to improve on the weak points rather than debate the merits of their OS to others who probably aren't going to switch anyway.
I've used all three, and currently I'm running XP Home. Why? Because two iBook hardware failures have me tense about Apple hardware (not saying it sucks, saying my experience has been bad so I am staying away), for my purposes Linux isn't a great desktop choice yet, and Windows works better for me. So at present I am a Windows user. Yet I like many aspects of Linux and want to see it succeed, and I think OSX is great too. See we can all get along!
I don't know what the sales pitch was. Given that MS, as far as I know, won't relese figures on SA I'd say most people didn't buy into it.
I think they may over-hype SP2, but I don't think there will be any second edition, that didn't work so well with 98 as I recall. And I think they probably learned their lesson with Me...
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And aside from being an innovative concept in gaming AND a completely new approach to human input to games
Then wtf is that? And this tech, like most tech anymore, is fucking retarded.
I'm not saying the Intel webcam was awesome or anything, just pointing out that Sony didn't invent a concept here.
I don't know about that. The move from VHS to DVD has just about completed, and they are going to try to sell a new DVD format in a yearish? VHS stayed as the primary video format for something like 15 years, I don't see people rushing out to buy any of this. I think DVD (as it is now) will be around for a long time. It's good enough, just like plain old CDs which I don't see going away anytime soon either.
However I am hoping Blu-Ray wins, just because I think those plastic covers are a great idea.
Ummm, this isn't really that new. I have an Intel webcam type deal that came with games that are essentially the same thing. I'm sure the Eyetoy is more polished and all, but this type of input has been around for 3-4 years or more(just not on a console).
I'll take a shitty slashdot review over the 'reviews' on aintitcool.com any day.
Try to get a consumer model Dell without RealOne. This lawsuit seems kind of lame to me.
Yeah, it'd be like Bevis and Butthead teaming up with Bill Moyers!
I don't think it's that important to MS. They're catering to something the content industry wants, providing the rope for a fee if you will. I don't think they're going to go out of their way to make sure the content industry hangs itself. MS has enough issues trying to get people to keep upgrading.
Whining isn't going to make any difference, not buying overly controlling DRM is. Everyone on /. is well aware of the issues caused by DRM, if you're going to talk about it wait till you're neighbor/co-worker/parents say they're thinking about buying DRM encumbered product x.
The one next door is wide open, maybe if they WEP I'll filter, but for the time being I think WEP is enough.
You know, this whining about MS and DRM is getting old. MS sees an opportunity with DRM, and they are taking it, and I don't blame them as it could be quite lucrative. But in order for DRM to work, at least as far as DRM for music/movies, comsumers have to accept it. So if the terms of the DRM MS uses for whatever aren't acceptable to the general public it will fail, doesn't matter what MS does. I think Apple's DRM is fair, so I buy from iTMS, and others must feel the same way. MS DRM will work the same way, if people feel it's fair they'll buy into it, if not it'll die.
If IntelTV has some kind of hardware DRM that won't let you TiVo or whatever, then don't buy one, and if enough people feel the same way and avoid the technology MS/Intel/whoever will have to adjust. You don't see DivX players or media in Circuit City anymore do you?
With WiFi there everything is so easily sidestepped that I don't see the point of bothering with it. WEP is like locking a door, not fool proof but it's something, so I do that. MAC filtering, turning SSID off, I don't see the point. Sure it's possible someone will read my e-mail, but it's not real likely, and online ordering and banking is all SSL'd .
I have 104-bit WEP enabled on my AP, but I don't do anything beyond that. From what I've read MAC filtering is really easy to get around, so I don't bother with that, and VPN would be overkill. There's nothing interesting or important on my network anyway, so I'm not so worried about it. Besides there's at least one other WEPless AP at my apartment complex, so why would anyone bother trying to crack mine.
I highly doubt it, what they will be borrowing is the idea of small components that can be pieced together in an optimal way depending on use and device. This should let them speed development of various versions of Windows, as there are quite a few out there now.
There has been a heavily televised "Who wants to be Gov of California?" though...
I'd guess this is because Nintendo isn't doing anything particularly exciting. They are doing what they've always done, making fun games for the whole family, while there is a war coming between Sony and MS.
I think it's headed for the bargin bin after the xmas season. Rockstar games are usually hard to rent, and at my local Hollywood almost every copy of Manhunt is in, it's possibly more boring than SOE was.
IBM kill this when they feel so inclined, so just pretend SCO doesn't exist.
That's what makes this whole RSS + BT thing seem particularly arrogant to me, it's like they're saying 'my content is so popular that I need to offset my bandwidth costs using BT'. Most blogs are ego stroking, with a linking to b and then everybody sits around and gets off looking at their Google ranking and site logs. RSS is the new Pointcast.
I'll believe it when I see it. This idea has been circulating the last few days through the blog world, the same people who think they're going to crush traditional media with the sheer power of their blogs. I say whatever.
I don't believe network based software will ever catch on beyond a niche market. As things are now people feel like they own their software, even though they don't really. Networked subscription based software will take that feeling of ownership away, and that's why it will fail. If anything changes at all I think it'll be Windows being tied to hardware, so no upgrades without a new machine.
They have basically stayed the same, but not completely. Halo has the sheild deal that changes the way you play to some degree, SOF had the first sound meter I think, stuff like that. id never seems to add small elements like that, they just put out a kick ass engine that powers all the top tier FPS stuff for the next 2-3 years. Not that I don't like id, I think the GPLing of code after commercial viability is over is cool, and their games are usually fun, they just aren't innovative as far as gameplay at all.
That's the beauty of the Mac/Linux/Win arguments. Most of the people spouting off reasons not to use whatever one they hate haven't used it for years, so you end up with these retarded debates about non-issues. When it comes right down to it all three are pretty good, and all three have strengths and weaknesses, and everyone would be better off pestering the developers of their OS choice to improve on the weak points rather than debate the merits of their OS to others who probably aren't going to switch anyway.
I've used all three, and currently I'm running XP Home. Why? Because two iBook hardware failures have me tense about Apple hardware (not saying it sucks, saying my experience has been bad so I am staying away), for my purposes Linux isn't a great desktop choice yet, and Windows works better for me. So at present I am a Windows user. Yet I like many aspects of Linux and want to see it succeed, and I think OSX is great too. See we can all get along!
Ok, my bad, Quake then.
I don't know what the sales pitch was. Given that MS, as far as I know, won't relese figures on SA I'd say most people didn't buy into it.
I think they may over-hype SP2, but I don't think there will be any second edition, that didn't work so well with 98 as I recall. And I think they probably learned their lesson with Me...