One thing I'm surprised nobody mentioned (maybe not, this is/. after all) is that ads are creeping their way into Sports doublespeed. I've noticed within the past two weeks that ads are being put onto American Football Fields in between plays. That's right! _During_ the game! Its really annoying to see a little AOL man running across the screen. Sooner rather than later it'll be a Minority Report type deal.
... for the day when all TV is pay-per-view tv. I pick what I want to watch and pay a small sum for it. And maybe I get to watch a show without commercials since I'm paying to watch the show. Also, maybe there wouldn't be as much crap on the tube since people would have to shell out some dough in order to watch a tv show.
I think we should expect each government agency to act on its own behalf. The FBI is the law enforcement branch of the government. The FBI should try its danmed hardest, within the law, to try to enforce the law then.
The authors of our constitution had enough foresight to create a system of check and balances. This system generally means that the end result lies somewhere in the middle of any general situation. Does this mean that all of the participants in the decision had a viewpoint that was in the middle of the road? Of course not.
IMO, a law enforcement officer should do anything within his power to enforce the law. Its not his job to make the law, afterall.
While obviously the lack of third party support will make it harder for the GameCube to compete directly with the Xbox and PS2, the chances are that it won't affect the bottom line - namely Nintendo's handsome profit figure - in the slightest.
Also, the following quote gives us some insight into the types of company's that drop Cube support: Atari says that it cancelled Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines on the platform because "there simply wasn't enough time to develop the game on all three platforms".
These aren't companies that are interested in putting out quality games. These are companies interested in pushing out games that will sell as fast as possible. But we've had this discussion many times here, right?
Because the only people who are susceptible to this worm are stupid people... none of which are candidates for another OS as they shouldn't be using a computer in the first place.
Do you know how to change the oil in your vehicle? Change the break pads? Change an alternator? Transmission?
Can you fix an air conditioner? How about plumbing problem?
You're elitist I-know-about-computers-so-everyone-should-or-they- are-idiots mentality means that you don't understand that to an end user, a computer is just another appliance.
When is the last time your car mechanic told you that you couldn't drive your vehicle because you are an idiot? Does your plumber forbid you from using your faucets?
Instead of yelling at end users for not knowing enough, why don't we worry about solving the real problem: what kind of design works best of an average user. Easy and secure. Microsoft and Linux each excel in one of these categories. So lets worry about finding or working on something that excels in both categories.
1. I hope these games live up to the strict quality control standards of Microsoft.
2. 40 versions of Halo? Sweet!
3. Microsoft? Artistic? *chuckle*
4. By internally developed software, you mean, buying a good software company, right?
5. And we know nobody reads the articles, but if they did I'm sure we'd hear something about this quote: "We're actually in the process of trying to do less things," Fries comments. "Less things, and even higher quality."
6. Or this one: That's no bad thing. Microsoft can rely on third party publishers to flesh out the various genres and provide the dull but nonetheless important cross platform support
... that the RIAA is assessing penalties based on what you can pay as opposed to the crime. (The article concerning taking the college kids life savings comes to mind.) I don't suppose The General Public would go for assigning speeding fines based on how much you could pay as opposed to how fast you were going. So why does The General Public put up with the RIAA doing the same thing?
I still think the bug in converting between metric and imperial units causing a billion dollar Mars probe to crash is the top one.
That's what they want you to believe. They don't want you to know that hordes of little green men shot it down. I guess we could count these little green men as bugs though.
... same driving force that markets Brittney Spears, Christina Aguillera and many many others as sex symbols? Just take a look at some of the cd 'cover art.'
P.S. (sorry for posting twice, but this is genuinely disgusting)
When I read something like this, I think there is no way the RIAA is actually attempting something this absurd. So can we moderate the RIAA -1 Flamebait ?
I'm sure this is probably the wrong RIAA article to vent on, but hey, its still an RIAA article, right and we all like RIAA bashing.
The RIAA constantly blames illegal filesharing for a large part of the drop in cd sales. They then try to make the general public feel bad by saying that piracy hurts artists ability to make a living. While we all know this is crapola, I'd like to point out perhaps another reason their point is flawed.
Most of the music I like is old school rock and roll - stuff from the late sixties and early seventies. Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, and Led Zeppelin just to name a few. Now, if I were to purchase a Jimmy Hendrix CD, how much of that money would go to Jimi? What about Morrison or Paige?
We have all seen the back and forth blaming of Microsoft for creating flaws in so many of its applications and then the inevitable but they released a patch for it so it's not their fault discussions.
I wonder, though, how many people will apply these patches. How many people even know they exist? Perhaps the blaster fiasco has made end users more aware of computer security? Somehow, I doubt that. Most of the end users I have had to deal with just want someone else to come and fix their problem (read: why does my computer keep rebooting?). So if there is no perceived problem there will be no fix.
Personally, I think it is a problem that Microsoft has indirectly contributed to this problem by making Computers For The Masses. IMO, *NIX doesn't have such a large problem because its user base is much more aware.
But when will Microsoft realize that their users don't care about security until its too late and if they do what will they do about it?
Does anyone know if the memory footprint has improved? It is the only thing keeping me from switching from OE (which has about 1/3 memory footprint) and the memory footprint section has not been updated on their web site.
If you want job security, know what you are doing and do it well.
How many of us know all-to-many co-workers that can't pull their weight? Or for that matter, can't pull the weight of their stack of certificates? Get some real knowledge and you'll always have a job.
Something just came to me. I apologize if anyone has mentioned this before, but I can't remember it.
When the RIAA complains about how much money illegal downloading costs them a year, many people complain that such figures are just made up. Perhaps one goal of these court cases is to show hard evidence of the dollar amounts involved. If this amount were sufficiently high, I'm sure they could annoy some politicians enough to get even more legislation to pass that would hurt P2P.
As this add seems to scratch the surface of another "What's wrong with Nintendo" thread, I'll bite.
From the looks of it, it appears that most people think that Nintendo flat out ignored the push to make a console that doubled as a home entertainment system. Has anyone considered that Nintendo may have made a concious decision, after weighing the pros and cons, to keep the GameCube purely a game console?
Isn't it concievable that Nintendo weighed the cheaper/easier-to-make pros versus the lose-market-share cons and simply decided to leave the entertainment system out of the console?
Was this really the worst business decision they could make? With Sony holding a good bit of the market share and Microsoft coming out with a new game console, perhaps Nintendo simply thought they could not afford to make a console that sold at a loss?
Hold on, I'm not ready to read through this topic yet. *Puts gigantic tin foil hat on head, checks mirror, and adds some more to be sure*. Okay, now I'm ready!
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One thing I'm surprised nobody mentioned (maybe not, this is /. after all) is that ads are creeping their way into Sports doublespeed. I've noticed within the past two weeks that ads are being put onto American Football Fields in between plays. That's right! _During_ the game! Its really annoying to see a little AOL man running across the screen. Sooner rather than later it'll be a Minority Report type deal.
... for the day when all TV is pay-per-view tv. I pick what I want to watch and pay a small sum for it. And maybe I get to watch a show without commercials since I'm paying to watch the show. Also, maybe there wouldn't be as much crap on the tube since people would have to shell out some dough in order to watch a tv show.
The authors of our constitution had enough foresight to create a system of check and balances. This system generally means that the end result lies somewhere in the middle of any general situation. Does this mean that all of the participants in the decision had a viewpoint that was in the middle of the road? Of course not.
IMO, a law enforcement officer should do anything within his power to enforce the law. Its not his job to make the law, afterall.
Also, the following quote gives us some insight into the types of company's that drop Cube support: Atari says that it cancelled Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines on the platform because "there simply wasn't enough time to develop the game on all three platforms".
These aren't companies that are interested in putting out quality games. These are companies interested in pushing out games that will sell as fast as possible. But we've had this discussion many times here, right?
Pounce!
Alcohol may be bad for your liver. Film at 11.
Few things could so quickly get the attention of most around here more than a letter from Linus and Alan!
Do you know how to change the oil in your vehicle? Change the break pads? Change an alternator? Transmission?
Can you fix an air conditioner? How about plumbing problem?
You're elitist I-know-about-computers-so-everyone-should-or-they- are-idiots mentality means that you don't understand that to an end user, a computer is just another appliance.
When is the last time your car mechanic told you that you couldn't drive your vehicle because you are an idiot? Does your plumber forbid you from using your faucets?
Instead of yelling at end users for not knowing enough, why don't we worry about solving the real problem: what kind of design works best of an average user. Easy and secure. Microsoft and Linux each excel in one of these categories. So lets worry about finding or working on something that excels in both categories.
2. 40 versions of Halo? Sweet!
3. Microsoft? Artistic? *chuckle*
4. By internally developed software, you mean, buying a good software company, right?
5. And we know nobody reads the articles, but if they did I'm sure we'd hear something about this quote: "We're actually in the process of trying to do less things," Fries comments. "Less things, and even higher quality."
6. Or this one: That's no bad thing. Microsoft can rely on third party publishers to flesh out the various genres and provide the dull but nonetheless important cross platform support
... that the RIAA is assessing penalties based on what you can pay as opposed to the crime. (The article concerning taking the college kids life savings comes to mind.) I don't suppose The General Public would go for assigning speeding fines based on how much you could pay as opposed to how fast you were going. So why does The General Public put up with the RIAA doing the same thing?
That's what they want you to believe. They don't want you to know that hordes of little green men shot it down. I guess we could count these little green men as bugs though.
P.S. (sorry for posting twice, but this is genuinely disgusting)
When I read something like this, I think there is no way the RIAA is actually attempting something this absurd. So can we moderate the RIAA -1 Flamebait ?
The RIAA constantly blames illegal filesharing for a large part of the drop in cd sales. They then try to make the general public feel bad by saying that piracy hurts artists ability to make a living. While we all know this is crapola, I'd like to point out perhaps another reason their point is flawed.
Most of the music I like is old school rock and roll - stuff from the late sixties and early seventies. Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, and Led Zeppelin just to name a few. Now, if I were to purchase a Jimmy Hendrix CD, how much of that money would go to Jimi? What about Morrison or Paige?
I wonder, though, how many people will apply these patches. How many people even know they exist? Perhaps the blaster fiasco has made end users more aware of computer security? Somehow, I doubt that. Most of the end users I have had to deal with just want someone else to come and fix their problem (read: why does my computer keep rebooting?). So if there is no perceived problem there will be no fix.
Personally, I think it is a problem that Microsoft has indirectly contributed to this problem by making Computers For The Masses. IMO, *NIX doesn't have such a large problem because its user base is much more aware.
But when will Microsoft realize that their users don't care about security until its too late and if they do what will they do about it?
Does anyone know if the memory footprint has improved? It is the only thing keeping me from switching from OE (which has about 1/3 memory footprint) and the memory footprint section has not been updated on their web site.
You don't let the fact that MS decided to let permissions be based on extension instead of on what level the user is on bother you, do you?
If you want job security, know what you are doing and do it well.
How many of us know all-to-many co-workers that can't pull their weight? Or for that matter, can't pull the weight of their stack of certificates? Get some real knowledge and you'll always have a job.
When the RIAA complains about how much money illegal downloading costs them a year, many people complain that such figures are just made up. Perhaps one goal of these court cases is to show hard evidence of the dollar amounts involved. If this amount were sufficiently high, I'm sure they could annoy some politicians enough to get even more legislation to pass that would hurt P2P.
Takes tin foil hat off.
From the looks of it, it appears that most people think that Nintendo flat out ignored the push to make a console that doubled as a home entertainment system. Has anyone considered that Nintendo may have made a concious decision, after weighing the pros and cons, to keep the GameCube purely a game console?
Isn't it concievable that Nintendo weighed the cheaper/easier-to-make pros versus the lose-market-share cons and simply decided to leave the entertainment system out of the console?
Was this really the worst business decision they could make? With Sony holding a good bit of the market share and Microsoft coming out with a new game console, perhaps Nintendo simply thought they could not afford to make a console that sold at a loss?
... who is skeptical about whether a Fortune 500 company _actually_ purchased a license?
In addition, lets not forget that the GameCube is the only console that makes a _profit_ on a sale.
Hold on, I'm not ready to read through this topic yet. *Puts gigantic tin foil hat on head, checks mirror, and adds some more to be sure*. Okay, now I'm ready!
You could always vote. A right so many seem to forget. Many, however, do not forget their right to complain.
Naturally though, I agree with you. Console sales will eventually drop, despite price lowering, bundleing and other such tactics.