I don't know, I kinda like the DS-style "friends-only" system. I can still play anyone I want online, but anything that would allow someone to grief me is friends-only. Not bad at all.
The best thing it had going for it was Wipeout and Lumines, both of which didn't have Infrastructure play. I bought a few UMDs for trips. I even got the NES working on it. After buying Burnout, which required a firmware upgrade, my NES (of course) stopped working. There went the best thing about the device, its ability to play a library of twenty year-old games.
I'm not saying it's not a beautiful and powerful piece of hardware, it is. Some of the games were amazing, such as Lumines, Wipeout, Burnout, Katamari. I could even put up with re-purchasing my movies on UMD instead of dropping the hundred bucks for a suitable memory card. The kicker for me was the total lack of Infrastructure online play. No games had it, even the ones you expected - Burnout, Wipeout, Coded Arms, etc. When the DS Lite came out, I sold the PSP and picked up a DS Lite with Metroid and Tetris. I've been playing those any many other games online and offline and haven't looked back. Did I mention it's half the price?
The "ratings" are so high because expectations are set so low. Actual sales numbers show the DS Lite outselling the PSP and PS2 in the month of June, with reason.
The metacritic reviews are so high because expectations for PSP games are set so low. It's not an opinion, actual sales numbers bear it out. Likewise, the DS Lite outsold both the PSP and the PS2 in June. Gamers like the DS Lite more than the PSP, with reason: it's a hundred dollars cheaper, has double the battery life, and has the best games. The PSP is great if you want to pay an extra hundred dollars (for memory) to turn it into a media player, or better yet to spend twenty bucks each for movies you already own.
For games (why else do you buy a gaming device) you can play Lumines, Katamari, or any of a half-dozen racing games. The DS Lite is better if you want to play anything else.
I actually got some minor use out of the PSP format, for throwaway entertainment like Ghostbusters or Serenity that I didn't already own in another format. I was halfway through Zelda when I accidentally upgraded my firmware to play some game, and it broke. Strange that the most compelling content for the PSP was provided by some high school hackers, and was used to play twenty year-old games.
The major disappointment for me was the total lack of online play. It was hilarious that Sony pushed the crappy browser and other online functionality like the RSS reader, then completely ignored actual online gameplay. After reading one last review that said "great game, you will enjoy it with up to four friends in ad-hoc mode," I sold the PSP to pick up a DS. Now I'm happily playing Tetris and Metroid online with the most elegant matching system I've ever seen, and enjoying innovative games like Trauma Center offline.
Microsoft develops IE to keep MSN the homepage on as many computers as possible. With the demise of ActiveX, there's no need for it to drive standards anymore. The hottest and easiest-to-develop standards aren't Microsoft anymore, even in a corporate environment. Nobody buys Windows because the web works better on it.
He is saying 3)I didn't do it, and even if I would consider the possibility of doing it, I would have no reason to since I already own a copy.
Regardless, these MPAA/RIAA lawsuits are based on flimsy ISP records. In none of these cases has a forensic reconstruction of traffic from the suspected computer to the "sting" computer been made. In most if not all cases that would be impossible. Nobody has subpoenaed computers to see if they actually have the suspected files on them.
My own bit of turboing involved emailing the Korean VP of US Operations for Samsung when my new TV had some strange issues that the local tech couldn't (wouldn't) fix. It was a new model TV, and on top of that was a low-run model made specifically for a HTPC website. It could not be purchased from local retailers. Early 480p in 1999.
Within a day I was called by a high-level American support tech who was conferenced in with his Korean engineer counterpart. Within three days the local technician came by to replace my "display engine."
That is exactly right. I think that innovation (touch generation and all that jazz) is going to shake things up. I have friends that have never spent a buck on video games buying DS Lites. They love having _fun_ with the device, playing the games they actually want to play like Sudoku, Brain Age, etc. Fun little diversions from an inexpensive little device.
There was plenty of random humor, the plotlines simply developed the characters and relationships further. That's something every show has to do to keep fans interested. Unless you're Family Guy.
MSSQL _doesn't like_ a power outage, but it comes back up after a reboot with some complaints. MySQL takes hours to rebuild. This is in one guy's experience, take it with a grain of salt. Of course the production systems are all on UPS.;-)
Yep, you're absolutely right. UPS and RAID are absolutely necessary. I'm just saying that when those kinds of errors _do_ occur, MSSQL is up immediately after bringing the machine back up, whereas MySQL is unavailable for hours.
I don't know. My experience with MySQL, perhaps the most commonly-used application behind Apache, shows a surprising lack of robustness with regards to unexpected power outages or hardware errors. The hours can add up when you're rebuilding large indexes or fixing corrupt tables.
I agree entirely. The PSP is much more expensive than the DS, but it plays Sony-formatted movies (which I've generally already purchased for another medium) and is shinier.
I'm concerned only with quality games, and am obviously outside their target market. That's why after one last "local-only multiplayer" game came out, I traded the PSP towards a new DS Lite. I get the feeling that Nintendo understands games and amusement, whereas Sony is only interested in it as far as they can tie in their Hollywood division.
Hrm, I always thought the various pools were dynamic lists that you could join with a single request, but if your server becomes unavailable it is removed.
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I don't know, I kinda like the DS-style "friends-only" system. I can still play anyone I want online, but anything that would allow someone to grief me is friends-only. Not bad at all.
I always thought "the problem is, is..." was a verbal tic. Now I see it recreated on screen. Amazing.
The best thing it had going for it was Wipeout and Lumines, both of which didn't have Infrastructure play. I bought a few UMDs for trips. I even got the NES working on it. After buying Burnout, which required a firmware upgrade, my NES (of course) stopped working. There went the best thing about the device, its ability to play a library of twenty year-old games.
I'm not saying it's not a beautiful and powerful piece of hardware, it is. Some of the games were amazing, such as Lumines, Wipeout, Burnout, Katamari. I could even put up with re-purchasing my movies on UMD instead of dropping the hundred bucks for a suitable memory card. The kicker for me was the total lack of Infrastructure online play. No games had it, even the ones you expected - Burnout, Wipeout, Coded Arms, etc. When the DS Lite came out, I sold the PSP and picked up a DS Lite with Metroid and Tetris. I've been playing those any many other games online and offline and haven't looked back. Did I mention it's half the price?
The "ratings" are so high because expectations are set so low. Actual sales numbers show the DS Lite outselling the PSP and PS2 in the month of June, with reason.
That is, until you want to play one of the newer "official" games, and it requires a firmware upgrade.
For games (why else do you buy a gaming device) you can play Lumines, Katamari, or any of a half-dozen racing games. The DS Lite is better if you want to play anything else.
I actually got some minor use out of the PSP format, for throwaway entertainment like Ghostbusters or Serenity that I didn't already own in another format. I was halfway through Zelda when I accidentally upgraded my firmware to play some game, and it broke. Strange that the most compelling content for the PSP was provided by some high school hackers, and was used to play twenty year-old games. The major disappointment for me was the total lack of online play. It was hilarious that Sony pushed the crappy browser and other online functionality like the RSS reader, then completely ignored actual online gameplay. After reading one last review that said "great game, you will enjoy it with up to four friends in ad-hoc mode," I sold the PSP to pick up a DS. Now I'm happily playing Tetris and Metroid online with the most elegant matching system I've ever seen, and enjoying innovative games like Trauma Center offline.
Microsoft develops IE to keep MSN the homepage on as many computers as possible. With the demise of ActiveX, there's no need for it to drive standards anymore. The hottest and easiest-to-develop standards aren't Microsoft anymore, even in a corporate environment. Nobody buys Windows because the web works better on it.
He is saying 3)I didn't do it, and even if I would consider the possibility of doing it, I would have no reason to since I already own a copy. Regardless, these MPAA/RIAA lawsuits are based on flimsy ISP records. In none of these cases has a forensic reconstruction of traffic from the suspected computer to the "sting" computer been made. In most if not all cases that would be impossible. Nobody has subpoenaed computers to see if they actually have the suspected files on them.
My own bit of turboing involved emailing the Korean VP of US Operations for Samsung when my new TV had some strange issues that the local tech couldn't (wouldn't) fix. It was a new model TV, and on top of that was a low-run model made specifically for a HTPC website. It could not be purchased from local retailers. Early 480p in 1999.
Within a day I was called by a high-level American support tech who was conferenced in with his Korean engineer counterpart. Within three days the local technician came by to replace my "display engine."
That is exactly right. I think that innovation (touch generation and all that jazz) is going to shake things up. I have friends that have never spent a buck on video games buying DS Lites. They love having _fun_ with the device, playing the games they actually want to play like Sudoku, Brain Age, etc. Fun little diversions from an inexpensive little device.
No, this is a standard option in many dock-capable notebooks from all manufacturers. Nothing high-end, just the VGA adapter in the dock.
There was plenty of random humor, the plotlines simply developed the characters and relationships further. That's something every show has to do to keep fans interested. Unless you're Family Guy.
Or: .grumbling { visibility: hidden; }
MSSQL _doesn't like_ a power outage, but it comes back up after a reboot with some complaints. MySQL takes hours to rebuild. This is in one guy's experience, take it with a grain of salt. Of course the production systems are all on UPS. ;-)
Yep, you're absolutely right. UPS and RAID are absolutely necessary. I'm just saying that when those kinds of errors _do_ occur, MSSQL is up immediately after bringing the machine back up, whereas MySQL is unavailable for hours.
I don't know. My experience with MySQL, perhaps the most commonly-used application behind Apache, shows a surprising lack of robustness with regards to unexpected power outages or hardware errors. The hours can add up when you're rebuilding large indexes or fixing corrupt tables.
It's Forgent, not Fogent.
If you use Linux, you're used to disappointment.
I ran into the same issue before I subscribed. Here's the direct link.
I'm concerned only with quality games, and am obviously outside their target market. That's why after one last "local-only multiplayer" game came out, I traded the PSP towards a new DS Lite. I get the feeling that Nintendo understands games and amusement, whereas Sony is only interested in it as far as they can tie in their Hollywood division.
This corporate behemoth has two literal hands that literally cannot see each other with their beady little finger-eyes?
It's a grammatical turn of phrase. Here are some examples and exercises. I'm not the parent poster, just an interested party.
Hrm, I always thought the various pools were dynamic lists that you could join with a single request, but if your server becomes unavailable it is removed.
There are three extraneous and very verbose paragraphs leading up to the meat of your argument. Perhaps they started reading and got bored.