Then again, developers may be happy that they don't have to spend upwards of $50 million just to get a game out the door because Nintendo is forcing them to make sure it works in SD, 480p, 720p, 1080i, and maybe 1080p. Part of Nintendo's strategy is to reduce the amount of money it takes to make new games by reducing the importance of the high-cost items (CPU, GPU, HDD). And from what I hear, the DevKit is very similar to the GCN, since the architecture is merely an upgrade, as opposed to a total overhaul, so developers should be familiar with developing on it. I have extremely high hopes for what Capcom will do with the new Resident Evil game.
And the CPU is technically better. It's (supposedly) 1.5x more powerful than the GCN processor, and some degree better than the original Xbox.
I'm by far no expert, but I believe the reason people say it's better to unplug everything is the miniscule power drain from being plugged in. It won't cost you more than a few dollars a year. But when the entire world is leaving devices plugged in, it ends up being a huge amount of power devoted to doing nothing.
I miss the old Slashdot when people didn't whine about how the stories nowadays aren't as good as they used to be. Now if you'll excuse me, I'll be leaving your lawn now.
Admittedly, 4x4 is dumb. I would consider that to be a quad-processor machine with 4 cores each. But they consider it a dual-core dual-processor machine. AM2 is, I believe, the socket type. You know, instead of A,754,939,LGA775 (Intel). x.xGHz+ is something you made up. They had xx00+, which was used for marketing so people knew what it compared to in an Intel processor, since their processors ran at lower clockspeeds than the Intel competition.
My county has been rolling out FTTH for what seems like a year or so now. But, lately, it seems to have stalled. Maybe they're currently installing it in places I don't normally travel. But one thing is for sure: my neighborhood is really low on the list to get it:(
$60 isn't that much more, compared to $50 for a single game. I've paid (probably my parents, rather) up to $70 for SNES and N64 games in the past. But $60 for all games is signifying a large push towards higher prices in general. But when you start buying multiple games at that price, it really adds up.
And anyone who buys Gran Turismo HD at $60, then buys cars and tracks is a fool, plain and simple.
Slashdot always discloses whenever they link to another OSTG site. But just because they mention open source doesn't mean they should have to disclose. That'd be like MSNBC mentioning they're owned by NBC and Microsoft every time they mention computer software.
What about when the management at a company doesn't want their Word user to escalate their privileges to SYSTEM level? I'll admit, I've only had one teacher tell me to check inputs for malicious content, and that was in a security class. But I have had it beaten into my head to check for valid input any time you gather input, as to not break your program. Starting from there, it is easily extended while checking valid input to also check for valid input that will not break your system in some fashion.
But doesn't that then hurt the store who Sony just sold more to? I understand that by buying one and never buying a game from it, Sony is investing in a customer that does not actually exist. But for each console a store sells, they'll likely restock that console, and we'll be back at square one, with the store losing out on its predicted sale.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Net Neutrality brought about in response to the major ISPs wanting to charge hosts to get their traffic to the consumer at the highest speed possible, thus making it improbable that hosts who don't pay would get good transfer rates?
As you've been quick to point out, you don't have the time to troubleshoot and bugfix. Which likely is a direct result of your high-paying, high-demand job. Maybe the kernel developers aren't as lucky as you to be able to buy every motherboard known to man and test it on every single one.
If you're going to complain so much, maybe you should try to get a refund.
I concur. I've been running various distros for some time now, but I always come back to Gentoo. My MythTV/web/file server has been running it for somewhere between 3 and 4 years now, and never once have I had a major complication with the OS (MythTV hosing all of my recordings and me deleting the database like an idiot are not related to Gentoo). I've even switched the actual hardware it's running on, booted into a generic kernel, and everything worked fine.
Sure, it may take a little bit of time to get it up and running, but it's a learning process. And I usually don't have to deal with the dependency hell that some distros bring to the table when I try to upgrade a package that has a dependency version that is no longer in the tree.
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Then again, developers may be happy that they don't have to spend upwards of $50 million just to get a game out the door because Nintendo is forcing them to make sure it works in SD, 480p, 720p, 1080i, and maybe 1080p. Part of Nintendo's strategy is to reduce the amount of money it takes to make new games by reducing the importance of the high-cost items (CPU, GPU, HDD). And from what I hear, the DevKit is very similar to the GCN, since the architecture is merely an upgrade, as opposed to a total overhaul, so developers should be familiar with developing on it. I have extremely high hopes for what Capcom will do with the new Resident Evil game.
And the CPU is technically better. It's (supposedly) 1.5x more powerful than the GCN processor, and some degree better than the original Xbox.
I'm by far no expert, but I believe the reason people say it's better to unplug everything is the miniscule power drain from being plugged in. It won't cost you more than a few dollars a year. But when the entire world is leaving devices plugged in, it ends up being a huge amount of power devoted to doing nothing.
I miss the old Slashdot when people didn't whine about how the stories nowadays aren't as good as they used to be. Now if you'll excuse me, I'll be leaving your lawn now.
Sounds about as fun as Alice Cooper in Wayne's World.
Does this guy know how to party, or what?
Admittedly, 4x4 is dumb. I would consider that to be a quad-processor machine with 4 cores each. But they consider it a dual-core dual-processor machine.
AM2 is, I believe, the socket type. You know, instead of A,754,939,LGA775 (Intel).
x.xGHz+ is something you made up. They had xx00+, which was used for marketing so people knew what it compared to in an Intel processor, since their processors ran at lower clockspeeds than the Intel competition.
Ummm... I thought the point of a zombie movie was gore.
The hot chick definitely had my attention while she was on the screen. But soon after, all camera focus was on the desktop.
I'd say it is possible within the context of the show, since her son seems to be a super-genius. He probably set it up for her.
My world file is too large to sync quickly :(
My county has been rolling out FTTH for what seems like a year or so now. But, lately, it seems to have stalled. Maybe they're currently installing it in places I don't normally travel. But one thing is for sure: my neighborhood is really low on the list to get it :(
Halo RTS was left to the homebrew crowd until about 3 weeks ago, when they were sent a C&D letter from Microsoft.
$60 isn't that much more, compared to $50 for a single game. I've paid (probably my parents, rather) up to $70 for SNES and N64 games in the past. But $60 for all games is signifying a large push towards higher prices in general. But when you start buying multiple games at that price, it really adds up.
And anyone who buys Gran Turismo HD at $60, then buys cars and tracks is a fool, plain and simple.
Facts? On slashdot?!
Thanks but no thanks. I prefer to spread FUD and rumors.
Slashdot always discloses whenever they link to another OSTG site. But just because they mention open source doesn't mean they should have to disclose. That'd be like MSNBC mentioning they're owned by NBC and Microsoft every time they mention computer software.
What about when the management at a company doesn't want their Word user to escalate their privileges to SYSTEM level? I'll admit, I've only had one teacher tell me to check inputs for malicious content, and that was in a security class. But I have had it beaten into my head to check for valid input any time you gather input, as to not break your program. Starting from there, it is easily extended while checking valid input to also check for valid input that will not break your system in some fashion.
But doesn't that then hurt the store who Sony just sold more to? I understand that by buying one and never buying a game from it, Sony is investing in a customer that does not actually exist. But for each console a store sells, they'll likely restock that console, and we'll be back at square one, with the store losing out on its predicted sale.
http://bt.etree.org/
It's a start.
OH NO! Killer giants on Mars! Run for your life!
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Net Neutrality brought about in response to the major ISPs wanting to charge hosts to get their traffic to the consumer at the highest speed possible, thus making it improbable that hosts who don't pay would get good transfer rates?
Perhaps we can make it a little easier to understand for him. Remember, it's not a truck you can just dump things on. It's a series of tubes!
Likely, it will only go the way of this lame mp3 player.
As you've been quick to point out, you don't have the time to troubleshoot and bugfix. Which likely is a direct result of your high-paying, high-demand job. Maybe the kernel developers aren't as lucky as you to be able to buy every motherboard known to man and test it on every single one.
If you're going to complain so much, maybe you should try to get a refund.
I concur. I've been running various distros for some time now, but I always come back to Gentoo. My MythTV/web/file server has been running it for somewhere between 3 and 4 years now, and never once have I had a major complication with the OS (MythTV hosing all of my recordings and me deleting the database like an idiot are not related to Gentoo). I've even switched the actual hardware it's running on, booted into a generic kernel, and everything worked fine.
Sure, it may take a little bit of time to get it up and running, but it's a learning process. And I usually don't have to deal with the dependency hell that some distros bring to the table when I try to upgrade a package that has a dependency version that is no longer in the tree.
Why would you do that when all you need is an OpenOffice plug-in for emacs?
Some people don't like to drink, or be surrounded with people who don't know when to stop drinking.