That's like hoping Vista turns out as good as promised. Sure competition is good, but someone always has to be on the losing side... and it might as well be the side you don't like:-)
They have (about) as many peak simultaneous players as we do, and we're doing it on four CPUs.
With all due respect to Daniel James, Second Life is much more complex than Puzzle Pirates. The peak usage numbers aren't the only factor in scalability.
Apple is a much more business driven company than this man wants to believe.
I think Apple is more business driven than most Apple fans want to believe, not just this one guy. Oh I forgot, the $99 leather iPod case promotes a culture of creation and life.
Or maybe it's just gouging people because you know they'll buy it.
First of all, regardless of whether he worked at Apple or not, he read into some decisions the company has made way too much. Trying to rationalize unrelated business moves by fitting them to an anti-gaming philosophy is just ridiculous. I think developer support just isn't there for the Mac. Why isn't it there? Market share. Case closed. I don't think there's some vast conspiracy centering around Steve Jobs and his "concerns about some components of the military and its leadership."
Second, I thought the following was funny:
Computer games, as we've come to know them, are mostly (not always) about aggressive behavior, conflict, battle, wars of power, domination, and sometimes, in the worst cases, some very unwelcome social behavior. To put it bluntly, death and destruction. Apple's public culture appears to celebrate, on the other hand, creation and life. When you have several hundred senior managers at Apple who are most likely married and typically have children, you'll find a culture of affirmation, family, and life.
All games have conflict, even the simplest childrens games. As much as we hate to hear this, the executives at Microsoft are not hedonistic killing machines bent on destruction (OK, except Ballmer if there's a chair around). Heck some of them might even have wives and children, just like those Apple managers who support a "culture of affirmation", whatever that means. I seriously doubt aggressive game content is the reason Apple sucks at games. Suggesting that Apple users want to live on a higher plane of existence where there's not "unwelcome social behavior" or aggression is why non-Mac users get ticked off at you guys.
Finally, Apple likes control. They need and love to manage and control the image of their company. If Apple computers were to become the darling of the gaming industry, then the natural evolution of the worst driving out the best would infect their culture.
If your corporate message can be severely tainted by a video game, you've got bigger problems. When I'm fragging people in UT on my Windows PC, I don't often forget that Microsoft is pushing Office/Vista/World Domination. In fact, I like Windows more because I can play my killing game, my educational/puzzle games, do my word processing, surf the web, etc. I think that's promoting more of a "culture of creation and life" than Apple does by trying to shove their philosophy down people's throats while making it appear trendy.
So Apple doesn't mind supporting game developers, but they just don't want to let outrageous success in gaming cause them to lose control of the Apple message.
And one more "we're better than you" for the road.
I find it amusing to go to a tourist area and see all these people using the cameras this way.
Well if you think looking at people take pictures is amusing, you might find this article hilarious. Otherwise, this is just a collection of boring observations about everyday tech life. Slow news week? In otherwords: Not news for nerds. Not stuff that matters.
Go to Google, check your Gmail (stored in your user space), bring up saved searches, research with Google scholar, manage your saved Google webpages, edit your Google spreadsheets (stored in your user space), edit your Google blog in a file directory using Google Word, veiw your map locations in saved tabs of Google maps, start up Google Talk to chat with your friends, manage your finances with Google Finance, etc. I mean, it doesn't take much imagination to see how this would work. Other WebOS's out there try to do things like this but lack the applications and userspace/stability. I'd expect GoogleOS to give you 5~10GB worth of space and work through any browser.
Right, and only two of the existing services you mentioned are any good. Gmail and Google Maps are great, but Google's other offerings (including search recently!) fall flat. The rest are just there for the sake of being able to say, "Google can do this too." Well yeah, but it does it worse than existing products.
If they start putting DRM on CDs, I'm going to take my 1100 discs worth of ripped CDs (100% legal) and place a 300GB hard disk copy of it in a safe deposit box in a freaking bank.
Thank God I live in a land where my representatives question industry-backed legislation before they sign off on it! I'm proud to live in a land where--
Oh wait, the title said "UK Parliament" not "US Congress". I'll be in the corner sobbing.
Piracy won't stop just because its illegal, let them make all the laws they want.
You're right. "Piracy" (interchangable with "fair use" in the industry's eyes) won't stop until Digital Rights Management systems are tightly integrated into the most widely used desktop operating system... until media content is piped through DRM-only channels... until music is sold via DRM-enabled systems exclusively... until the industry groups have complete control over Congressmen... until ordinary people are made into criminals because they want to listen to that new song on their iPod and their car CD player.
Oh wait, all of that stuff is already here or on the horizon.
Your point is valid in the short term, but there will come a point when no new media is served through the so-called analog hole. When that happens, you'll be wishing you weren't so defiant when we had a chance to stop these laws. Denying that it will become a problem is just foolish. Sure, in 10 years you may still be able to rip a movie onto your computer through some long, drawn-out process that is technically illegal. But just because it will be possible, is that how we want to live our lives and raise our children?
I don't like breaking laws, but I find I must break some on a daily basis in order to enjoy the content I have already paid for. I like to think I'm a law-abiding citizen with respect for the law, but when such silly laws are put in place by those claiming to serve me in Congress, I can't help but lose my faith in the entire system.
Don't be surprised if Ballmer hand delivers the documents himself.
Oh Ballmer won't just "deliver" them, not in the traditional sense. He will duct tape the documents to a chair and throw it at Intel, thereby "f**king killing" Intel.
I used to laugh at people that said we are experiencing the Dot-Com Bubble all over again, but after reading stories like this... Should those people be dismissed so quickly?
In other news, Redhat was originally supposed to be the new WCG sponsor... until WCG realized they would have to limit competition to KAstroid and Othello.
So Real's crappy phone-home player may send 100000000 pagehits to their site every month, but (I guess) people actually use MySpace, as retarded as it is. This is a meaningless statistic.
You are clearly wrong about people actually using MySpace. It has become clear to me that most people, including myself, use MySpace as an MP3 jukebox. Let me explain by telling you about my average MpSpace encounter:
Based on serious scientific studies, I can safely say the average MySpace profile contains approximately seven or eight songs in the form of small flash plugins. I simply open up 20 or 30 tabs, each eith a different person's profile, and begin playing my favorite songs; it gets me through the work day! All my favorite songs are present, including such classics as "T.I. - What You Know", "T.I. feat. DJ Mikez - What You Know (party remix!!!1)", and "T.I. feat. DJ Bonehead - What You Know (ultra party mega mix yo!!!11111!@#)".
The best part is when all the songs from each profile start playing at once, since they start when the page loads, not when the user clicks the "Play" button. That (combined with the animated GIFs and IE-only custom layout) MP3 jukebox "feature" has made MySpace the #10 website on the net! Congrats!
To DJ Mikez & DJ Bonehead (if you exist): I'm sorry to associate you with that crappy song/artist, but I needed some quick names and that's what I came up with. My apologies.
But... But... The Enterprise doesn't smash a Class 1 Probe into planets when it wants to scan for water, so why does NASA have to? Or maybe this is another instance where I'm inappropriately placing elements of Star Trek technology into contemporary science problems? I'm so confused...
Their innovation is inserting cards into sockets, connecting cables, using screwdriver and putting label onto their "product".
I know you were going for a +5 Sarcastic there, but what you said is absolutely true. Who does PC assembly and marketing better than Dell? HP/Compaq? Nope. Gateway? Hell no. People bash Dell for being generic, boring and bland computers, but that's exactly the type of computer I want. I want something that's stable, standard, and unexciting (and so do businesses, while we're on the subject). Their cases are suprisingly easy to work in, and their prices are low for good quality parts. I think a recent episode of This Week In Tech talked about this, if you listen to it.
I build my own systems, but I recommend Dell to everyone that asks, just because they sell good computers for a low price. Before I began building my own systems, I used to buy Dells (and previously, Gateways way back in the Gateway 2000 days). I've been very happy with every Dell I've bought, and I could never understand why people hate them so much. The prices were always reasonable, and they are solid as a rock... I still use a couple of my Dells! They do it right, and a lot of people would rather bash them than admit it.
I think a lot of the innovations mentioned in the article had nothing to do with Dell, but don't say Dell didn't innovate at all.
Among standards for which he said Dell deserves credit are 802.11 wireless networking, PCI Express communications technology and 64-bit extensions to Intel's x86 line of processors.
The article went on to say Dell deserves credit for developing the Internet, two-button mouse, and sliced bread.
I think people in general, not just teens, stop playing games as much in the summer because the weather is nicer, girls are wearing less, and there's generally more real life stuff to do. In my part of the country, today was a very nice day, and the two people in my dorm that stayed in to play computer/video games were asked "WTF n00b? The weather is so nice out, you should go do something!"
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Well, here's a story you won't see on Diggnation.
"This week's episode of Diggnation is brought to you by GoDaddy -- The people who are probably holding your domain hostage right now."
I use MapQuest for directions as well, but I use Google Maps if I want to get a feel for the overall area.
That's like hoping Vista turns out as good as promised. Sure competition is good, but someone always has to be on the losing side... and it might as well be the side you don't like :-)
Aye yern fer tha dae wen peepul stop youzing spelling miztakes to discrehdet uthers.
Or maybe it's just gouging people because you know they'll buy it.
Second, I thought the following was funny:
All games have conflict, even the simplest childrens games. As much as we hate to hear this, the executives at Microsoft are not hedonistic killing machines bent on destruction (OK, except Ballmer if there's a chair around). Heck some of them might even have wives and children, just like those Apple managers who support a "culture of affirmation", whatever that means. I seriously doubt aggressive game content is the reason Apple sucks at games. Suggesting that Apple users want to live on a higher plane of existence where there's not "unwelcome social behavior" or aggression is why non-Mac users get ticked off at you guys.
If your corporate message can be severely tainted by a video game, you've got bigger problems. When I'm fragging people in UT on my Windows PC, I don't often forget that Microsoft is pushing Office/Vista/World Domination. In fact, I like Windows more because I can play my killing game, my educational/puzzle games, do my word processing, surf the web, etc. I think that's promoting more of a "culture of creation and life" than Apple does by trying to shove their philosophy down people's throats while making it appear trendy.
And one more "we're better than you" for the road.
I recommend this.
Thank God I live in a land where my representatives question industry-backed legislation before they sign off on it! I'm proud to live in a land where--
Oh wait, the title said "UK Parliament" not "US Congress". I'll be in the corner sobbing.
Oh wait, all of that stuff is already here or on the horizon.
Your point is valid in the short term, but there will come a point when no new media is served through the so-called analog hole. When that happens, you'll be wishing you weren't so defiant when we had a chance to stop these laws. Denying that it will become a problem is just foolish. Sure, in 10 years you may still be able to rip a movie onto your computer through some long, drawn-out process that is technically illegal. But just because it will be possible, is that how we want to live our lives and raise our children?
I don't like breaking laws, but I find I must break some on a daily basis in order to enjoy the content I have already paid for. I like to think I'm a law-abiding citizen with respect for the law, but when such silly laws are put in place by those claiming to serve me in Congress, I can't help but lose my faith in the entire system.
News for poultry. Stuff that hatches.
I downloaded my preview weeks ago from this website.
I think people are complaining that there's nothing new in Vista, and there's so much different (not new and innovative) in Office.
Don't be surprised if Ballmer hand delivers the documents himself.
Oh Ballmer won't just "deliver" them, not in the traditional sense. He will duct tape the documents to a chair and throw it at Intel, thereby "f**king killing" Intel.
Oops! Wrong corporation...
Worst. Ask Slashdot. Ever.
I used to laugh at people that said we are experiencing the Dot-Com Bubble all over again, but after reading stories like this... Should those people be dismissed so quickly?
In other news, Redhat was originally supposed to be the new WCG sponsor... until WCG realized they would have to limit competition to KAstroid and Othello.
So Real's crappy phone-home player may send 100000000 pagehits to their site every month, but (I guess) people actually use MySpace, as retarded as it is. This is a meaningless statistic.
You are clearly wrong about people actually using MySpace. It has become clear to me that most people, including myself, use MySpace as an MP3 jukebox. Let me explain by telling you about my average MpSpace encounter:
Based on serious scientific studies, I can safely say the average MySpace profile contains approximately seven or eight songs in the form of small flash plugins. I simply open up 20 or 30 tabs, each eith a different person's profile, and begin playing my favorite songs; it gets me through the work day! All my favorite songs are present, including such classics as "T.I. - What You Know", "T.I. feat. DJ Mikez - What You Know (party remix!!!1)", and "T.I. feat. DJ Bonehead - What You Know (ultra party mega mix yo!!!11111!@#)".
The best part is when all the songs from each profile start playing at once, since they start when the page loads, not when the user clicks the "Play" button. That (combined with the animated GIFs and IE-only custom layout) MP3 jukebox "feature" has made MySpace the #10 website on the net! Congrats!
To DJ Mikez & DJ Bonehead (if you exist): I'm sorry to associate you with that crappy song/artist, but I needed some quick names and that's what I came up with. My apologies.
But... But... The Enterprise doesn't smash a Class 1 Probe into planets when it wants to scan for water, so why does NASA have to? Or maybe this is another instance where I'm inappropriately placing elements of Star Trek technology into contemporary science problems? I'm so confused...
Their innovation is inserting cards into sockets, connecting cables, using screwdriver and putting label onto their "product".
I know you were going for a +5 Sarcastic there, but what you said is absolutely true. Who does PC assembly and marketing better than Dell? HP/Compaq? Nope. Gateway? Hell no. People bash Dell for being generic, boring and bland computers, but that's exactly the type of computer I want. I want something that's stable, standard, and unexciting (and so do businesses, while we're on the subject). Their cases are suprisingly easy to work in, and their prices are low for good quality parts. I think a recent episode of This Week In Tech talked about this, if you listen to it.
I build my own systems, but I recommend Dell to everyone that asks, just because they sell good computers for a low price. Before I began building my own systems, I used to buy Dells (and previously, Gateways way back in the Gateway 2000 days). I've been very happy with every Dell I've bought, and I could never understand why people hate them so much. The prices were always reasonable, and they are solid as a rock... I still use a couple of my Dells! They do it right, and a lot of people would rather bash them than admit it.
I think a lot of the innovations mentioned in the article had nothing to do with Dell, but don't say Dell didn't innovate at all.
Among standards for which he said Dell deserves credit are 802.11 wireless networking, PCI Express communications technology and 64-bit extensions to Intel's x86 line of processors.
The article went on to say Dell deserves credit for developing the Internet, two-button mouse, and sliced bread.
I think people in general, not just teens, stop playing games as much in the summer because the weather is nicer, girls are wearing less, and there's generally more real life stuff to do. In my part of the country, today was a very nice day, and the two people in my dorm that stayed in to play computer/video games were asked "WTF n00b? The weather is so nice out, you should go do something!"