The magic isn't gone... it's just been frustrated. After months of dwindling hope, I finally found one for sale last Saturday at my local Costco.
I bought it, brought it home, and... well, I LOVE it. It really is an experience-changer for gaming. Out of all the game systems I've had (and I've had many), this is truly the best experience I've had gaming. It's really the closest to VR you can get in a mass gaming system.
Not only that, my kids (5 and 8) can both enjoy it along with me - instead of asking to *watch* me play, they can play! That's a different experience in itself.
But until you actually play the games (at least the ones that take advantage of the wii's 3D controller abilities), you probably won't understand what a difference it can make.
Truth is that more and more, people are buying laptops instead of desktops. Just about every computer (desktop or laptop) on the market today is capable of efficiently performing every task the average user asks of it. So, I think for most people it comes down to price and versatility. And, while laptops are more expensive, they have been dropping in price significantly and there is no question that they are easily more versatile.
IBM et al are just taking the laptop to the next level by allowing it to (somewhat, at least) "transform" into a desktop system. I think it makes a lot of sense...
For example, if you were planning to start a colony on Mars, you could use cheaper methods to send the suppies to the planet ahead of time. Then, use the most reliable methods to send the people. The whole enterprise would be cheaper, you could use the most reliable methods to ensure that the colonists would arrive safely, and you could guarantee that the supplies would be waiting for the colonists when they did arrive.
your PC will keep track of how you work, whom you talk to, what sites you look at, how you make documents and whom you share them with, which data on the network are yours
This is a unifying technology! It will be fully endorsed by the SPA, RIAA, MPAA, FBI,...
The concept is simple, but the execution would be admittedly difficult. Microsoft is the master of this strategy so it might be difficult to turn the tables on them in this arena. Also, it would be extremely difficult for a less established, more decentralized competitor to gain the mindshare necessary to gain control.
Nevertheless, the only way it makes any sense at all to support.NET is to take control away from Microsoft. And, in order to wrest control of the.NET technology, we should be ready to follow in Microsoft's footsteps.
If I have a business that has already registered a.com domain, as soon as the new TLDs are available I'm going to rush out and buy the same name as a.biz and.web and.whatever to protect my name.
This doesn't open up new possibilities. The only thing adding TLDs like this does is make the domain registrars richer.
Slashdot Mirror
The magic isn't gone... it's just been frustrated. After months of dwindling hope, I finally found one for sale last Saturday at my local Costco.
I bought it, brought it home, and... well, I LOVE it. It really is an experience-changer for gaming. Out of all the game systems I've had (and I've had many), this is truly the best experience I've had gaming. It's really the closest to VR you can get in a mass gaming system.
Not only that, my kids (5 and 8) can both enjoy it along with me - instead of asking to *watch* me play, they can play! That's a different experience in itself.
But until you actually play the games (at least the ones that take advantage of the wii's 3D controller abilities), you probably won't understand what a difference it can make.
Can you imaging the strafing possibilities?
Circle of death, here we come!
S
Sure, but not without your knowledge!
I wasn't sure what that really meant but the idea of "Ellen" in a low-cut dress really didn't do it for me...
Truth is that more and more, people are buying laptops instead of desktops. Just about every computer (desktop or laptop) on the market today is capable of efficiently performing every task the average user asks of it. So, I think for most people it comes down to price and versatility. And, while laptops are more expensive, they have been dropping in price significantly and there is no question that they are easily more versatile.
IBM et al are just taking the laptop to the next level by allowing it to (somewhat, at least) "transform" into a desktop system. I think it makes a lot of sense...
For example, if you were planning to start a colony on Mars, you could use cheaper methods to send the suppies to the planet ahead of time. Then, use the most reliable methods to send the people. The whole enterprise would be cheaper, you could use the most reliable methods to ensure that the colonists would arrive safely, and you could guarantee that the supplies would be waiting for the colonists when they did arrive.
I mean, seriously, does anyone on Slashdot still use Windows?
Scott
This is a unifying technology! It will be fully endorsed by the SPA, RIAA, MPAA, FBI,
The concept is simple, but the execution would be admittedly difficult. Microsoft is the master of this strategy so it might be difficult to turn the tables on them in this arena. Also, it would be extremely difficult for a less established, more decentralized competitor to gain the mindshare necessary to gain control.
.NET is to take control away from Microsoft. And, in order to wrest control of the .NET technology, we should be ready to follow in Microsoft's footsteps.
Nevertheless, the only way it makes any sense at all to support
Scott
I would have agreed with this poster before yesterday... when my Dell box running W2K bluescreened.
If I have a business that has already registered a .com domain, as soon as the new TLDs are available I'm going to rush out and buy the same name as a .biz and .web and .whatever to protect my name.
This doesn't open up new possibilities. The only thing adding TLDs like this does is make the domain registrars richer.