But boy are those scientists going to be pissed when someone points out where Mars actually is.
I also love:
Scientists say that the station is now almost ready to be built - all they have to do is to find a way to protect staff and environment from radiation What about the small problem of finding 6 people to go to Mars, to work in a nuclear power station for no people for 30 years?. I think they have been watching 'The Simpson's' too much.
That 'Enter the Matrix' is a top selling title. I have heard only bad things about it since day one. Has anyone played it and thinks it is worth it's success?
To be terribly surprised by anything like this. Just wait until the portability measures are implemented and forgotton too. Don't be surprised if the charges are still there, especially since they are effectively 'hidden' from view.
I think I must have been the only person that didn't like Planescape : Torment. After reading all the raving reviews I picked up a copy, struggled through about 75% of it and never played it again.
Personally I found the storey boring, and the whole game to be a huge chore. I'm a huge rpg fan though, and love pretty much everything else, but it just didn't do it for me.
When I played through Baldur's Gate 2 I just couldn't bring myself to play evil. This was even after playing it through a few times and looking for a new challenge.
The best I could manage was a semi-evil character who still does the good things but chooses the mean/smart mouthed dialogue options.
I don't see this as a bad thing though. I also can't bring myself to go on an online game and intentionally cause trouble or try to ruin the experience for others by killing them off. I wonder if there is a link between the two types of gamer?
It also allows them to control the pricing. This means they can sell it cheaply in regions where people would otherwise not buy it, and then raise the price in other regions to earn more profit. The region coding just enforces this control
that there is such a crackdown on file-sharing. If they take that away from us, then whats the point of having that much space?
I wonder which side of the debate the hard-disk manufacturers are on?
They must have been pretty smart to build a robot that could do all that. But surely then someone could have come up with a better name without 'MS' out the front?
Well you can guess what that means then. You can be sure the second the xbox actually makes a profit (?) it will be all over every news source in the world.
Fair point, although it's kill -1 in the Buddhist countries I suppose.
I see it as the problem with governments keeping up with technology. I mean you still hear them talking about Napster here in Australia. What would they do if/when another internet popped up that didn't need all the infrastructure that they use to control what is going on?
Make it illegal to possess or use I suppose, and thats when the real fun begins to start. It's just a matter of staying one move ahead.
It's only laws being passed. Sure it might suck for a while, but ultimately we have the power to fight these laws no matter what they come up with.
It's like they say, never, ever, piss off your system admin
When you play online, you are interacting with other human beings. You wouldn't do it for your whole life, because you miss out on the touching, the sex etc (yes I know obvious nerd jokes).
But what about when technology achieves these things? When it can make you feel stuff, or smell virtual roses etc. Is the choice so obvious then which is the best way to live your life?
It all gets a bit matrixy then, with everybody plugged into their machines living happily in a 'Better than Life' type situation. Because in that virtual world you wouldn't have the limits posed in this one. Assuming this is real... and so forth.
It follows then the most noticeable improvement for the 2.6 kernel will be that they rename the anticipatory scheduler to something that is just a little bit easier to say.
Exactly, and an xbox is just a computer with the freedom sucked out of it. The computer of the future if you like.
But even though a computer can do all those things, it's not the same as sitting on your couch and being able to relax properly whilst you do them. Give me that and I'll be happy.
For a new contender to come into the console market. One that plays burnt disks out of the box, has an MP3 player, plays DVD's and burnt games.
Would they just lose all their money to piracy? I doubt it very much. It would be rampant, but the popularity of the machine would far out-weigh this.
Imagine if Microsoft allowed you to do all the things people are modding it for by default. I would buy one today.
The only change I would recommend for the next-gen versions is they actually make the game half-decent.
I wonder how the sports game will work though. I presume you will be able to switch between the different players and the roles. But in this case wouldn't it always just be best to be the seeker and use your advantage over the AI to win the game?
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Don't worry we are all safe, I am sure noone actually read the article anyway ;)
But boy are those scientists going to be pissed when someone points out where Mars actually is.
I also love:
Scientists say that the station is now almost ready to be built - all they have to do is to find a way to protect staff and environment from radiation
What about the small problem of finding 6 people to go to Mars, to work in a nuclear power station for no people for 30 years?. I think they have been watching 'The Simpson's' too much.
That 'Enter the Matrix' is a top selling title. I have heard only bad things about it since day one. Has anyone played it and thinks it is worth it's success?
To be terribly surprised by anything like this. Just wait until the portability measures are implemented and forgotton too. Don't be surprised if the charges are still there, especially since they are effectively 'hidden' from view.
They can use it to run eweek's server ;)
Thats all well interesting, but incorrect. You forgot to say
"and I hope you notice when he/she hacks your system.
well, I think we all know a certain game that's record is much better than that one.
I think I must have been the only person that didn't like Planescape : Torment. After reading all the raving reviews I picked up a copy, struggled through about 75% of it and never played it again.
Personally I found the storey boring, and the whole game to be a huge chore. I'm a huge rpg fan though, and love pretty much everything else, but it just didn't do it for me.
One day they will be announcing their second 1.0 release?
When I played through Baldur's Gate 2 I just couldn't bring myself to play evil. This was even after playing it through a few times and looking for a new challenge.
The best I could manage was a semi-evil character who still does the good things but chooses the mean/smart mouthed dialogue options.
I don't see this as a bad thing though. I also can't bring myself to go on an online game and intentionally cause trouble or try to ruin the experience for others by killing them off. I wonder if there is a link between the two types of gamer?
It also allows them to control the pricing. This means they can sell it cheaply in regions where people would otherwise not buy it, and then raise the price in other regions to earn more profit.
The region coding just enforces this control
that there is such a crackdown on file-sharing. If they take that away from us, then whats the point of having that much space?
I wonder which side of the debate the hard-disk manufacturers are on?
after all games containing sex and violence never sell well anyways.
> Macs are superior in just about every way
I think you just left off the small details of flexibility and value for money in that argument. Thats what the crowd has always gone for.
They must have been pretty smart to build a robot that could do all that. But surely then someone could have come up with a better name without 'MS' out the front?
Well you can guess what that means then. You can be sure the second the xbox actually makes a profit (?) it will be all over every news source in the world.
Fair point, although it's kill -1 in the Buddhist countries I suppose.
I see it as the problem with governments keeping up with technology. I mean you still hear them talking about Napster here in Australia. What would they do if/when another internet popped up that didn't need all the infrastructure that they use to control what is going on?
Make it illegal to possess or use I suppose, and thats when the real fun begins to start. It's just a matter of staying one move ahead.
It's only laws being passed. Sure it might suck for a while, but ultimately we have the power to fight these laws no matter what they come up with.
It's like they say, never, ever, piss off your system admin
When you play online, you are interacting with other human beings. You wouldn't do it for your whole life, because you miss out on the touching, the sex etc (yes I know obvious nerd jokes).
But what about when technology achieves these things? When it can make you feel stuff, or smell virtual roses etc. Is the choice so obvious then which is the best way to live your life?
It all gets a bit matrixy then, with everybody plugged into their machines living happily in a 'Better than Life' type situation. Because in that virtual world you wouldn't have the limits posed in this one. Assuming this is real... and so forth.
That if I become a slashdot subscriber and choose to turn the ads off, all the stories here will be turned off as well?
Seems that way these days
It follows then the most noticeable improvement for the 2.6 kernel will be that they rename the anticipatory scheduler to something that is just a little bit easier to say.
the anticipatory scheduler, because I haven't been expecting them to do that yet.
Exactly, and an xbox is just a computer with the freedom sucked out of it. The computer of the future if you like.
But even though a computer can do all those things, it's not the same as sitting on your couch and being able to relax properly whilst you do them. Give me that and I'll be happy.
For a new contender to come into the console market. One that plays burnt disks out of the box, has an MP3 player, plays DVD's and burnt games.
Would they just lose all their money to piracy? I doubt it very much. It would be rampant, but the popularity of the machine would far out-weigh this.
Imagine if Microsoft allowed you to do all the things people are modding it for by default. I would buy one today.
The only change I would recommend for the next-gen versions is they actually make the game half-decent.
I wonder how the sports game will work though. I presume you will be able to switch between the different players and the roles. But in this case wouldn't it always just be best to be the seeker and use your advantage over the AI to win the game?