Funny you should mention this. When I was in high school in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, I heard an interesting story relating to TV trasmission antennas. The TV trasmission antennas are setup on the tops of hills in Rio, and it just so happens that the slums are usually located on hills, many times surrounding those antennas. Well, someone found out that fluorescent light bulbs would light up without being hooked up to any wires if you were close enough to the antennas (I have since read that this is indeed possible, but have never seen it myself). The news spread pretty quickly about this "free electricity", and supposedly all those fluorescent bulbs started to be a power drain and reducing the trasmitting power of the antennas. Supposedly the TV station(s) had to somehow persuade the slum residents to give up the free lighting, but I'm not sure how. Anyway, this could definitely be an urban myth instead.
I've heard enough quotes from people in their profession to come to that conclusion. There's my unsupported claim. Anyway, this just reinforces my desire to stay away from any sociology classes. I'd much rather study psychology and social anthropology, thank you very much.
Like someone else pointed out here, there was violence among humans way before video games, movies, or even any kind of fiction or art. Humans have inherent tendencies toward violence, which anyone should be able to see just from looking at the world around them.
Are there any sites out there that keep a comprehensive list of all the non-DRM online music stores? I've been having a hard time finding a good list by searching google.
I've heard some good things about CA's eTrust antivirus (that it's a good virus catcher and has low resource usage), although I have not used it myself, so would be curious to see what folks here think.
Regarding costs, they claim on their page that: "Affordability. eTrust Antivirus gives you industrial-strength protection at a low price. We guarantee a lower price over the cost of renewing your current antivirus subscription, and we offer the lowest total cost of ownership of any antivirus software solution on the market today." Sounds pretty good to me.
All we need now is an unannounced early release of the hardware.
Has this happened before? Was it Nintendo that did it? I'm just curious because some people are speculating whether Nintendo might try this this time around.
Yes, sure, it might take more people to program a game for such a complex controller, [...]
Also remember that a lot of the code for the new controller should be reusable. The IGN interview about Madden on Wii quotes the EA manager saying that they're sharing a lot of knowledge (and I presume code as well) among the different games' teams. I imagine that after refinement and after a few games, the extra work for the new controller will be a non-issue.
Same here. I have never owned a Nintendo "TV" console (I do have a GBA SP that I bought for a long flight and have never played since), but I have owned both Playstation and Playstation 2. It looks almost definite that I will be getting Wii as my first (maybe only?) next gen system. The controller, back-catalog of games, and great graphics (for standard definition TVs) are what sold me on it.
I don't have a HDTV and won't for the foreseeable future, so don't need XBOX360 or PS3.
The engines in cars being sold in Brazil today are 100% flexible - in other words, you can fill your tank with gasoline only, ethanol only, (neither is actually 100% pure at the pump), or any combination of the two. When they say flex-fuel, they're not talking about the not-that-flexible E85 (85% gasoline/ 15% ethanol) engines being sold in the US.
A list of 3rd party games, which are in addition to the 9(?) first party titles (presumably the playable 27 tomorrow should be in this list somewhere). Unfortunately I was unable to copy it directly here because of lameness filter, but there are about 70-80 games listed.
It's worth watching the conferences for the stuff that didn't make it to the Nintendo videos, especially the live play of Red Steel. But watch the Nintendo videos too for better video quality.
Don't spend so much energy being disgusted and hating...
Think of it this way - for $5 a month, you can listen to 1-1.5 million(?) whole songs of your choice.
If you pay for the $10 a month service and have a compatible player, you can even take your unlimited "rented" songs with you wherever you go.
If you really like some of them you can buy them "permanently" (in quotes because I doubt the permanence of DRM songs in general) just as well as itunes, except cheaper ($.79 vs $.99). Yes, you can burn them to CD, and do whatever you can do with itunes purchased songs.
So in other words this can do everything ITMS can (except play on ipods of course, which is apple's fault), plus much more. I for one think that it's quite a better deal than ITMS since I'm not locked into an ipod yet.
Greater Asia has over 3.5 Billion people! The US is just scratching 300 Million. So we are still doing better than them in Math/Science PhDs, percentage-wise.
And killing off their natural predators. Anything from the killing of the cats in the middle ages because they were "witches familiars" to killing off wolves and other predators in nature also helps them survive.
Excellent point. I saw on some TV documentary that at some point during the black plague epidemic in Europe someone had the brilliant idea that cats and dogs were the cause of the plague, so started mass extermination of them. You can imagine what that did to the rat population!
Master Li: One skilled in the art will appreciate that preferred embodiments of the method of the present invention may take on many different forms depending on the particular application intended. In light of this, the preferred embodiment presented here has been designed primarily to teach many of the important aspects and implications of the method of the present invention in a context which can be readily learned.
Grasshopper: But Master, how will I use these techniques?
Master Li: Once taught the method, one skilled in the art will appreciate many alternative and preferred means for implementing individual aspects of it, depending upon their specific purpose.
Very well said, and is common advice by wealthy people. There are books about this stuff, particularly "The Millionaire Next Door". Just out of curiosity (you don't have to answer), how much do you make just from web development, not including the real estate and other stuff? And how did you get into it? CS degree?
I understand the concerns that the other countries have about US control of DNS - in theory. But come on guys, sell us on this idea in practice. How would UN/EU/etc control of DNS improve the system we have now, either technically, administratively, or in any other way? Are there any documented common issues of any kind with the current structure? Isn't there a great potential that such a change would just make things worse?
Another thing, the folks saying "OMG teh internet will splinter!!1!one" should realize that 99% of Americans wouldn't even notice if the rest of the world dropped off the Internet. I was wondering to myself, what sites would I miss if this theoretical splintering of the internet took place, and I could only think of the BBC and some European rally (car racing) sites that I visit. This makes the parties that want this have a really weak bargaining position. And before you dismiss me as an ignorant American, I should tell you I was born and raised in another country.
Finding a short domain name is tough, or in the case of four letters, impossible.
Not so. I registered two previously unregistered four-letter.com domains a couple of months ago. They are there - you just have to look. Real four-letter word domains are hard to find though.
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Funny you should mention this. When I was in high school in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, I heard an interesting story relating to TV trasmission antennas. The TV trasmission antennas are setup on the tops of hills in Rio, and it just so happens that the slums are usually located on hills, many times surrounding those antennas. Well, someone found out that fluorescent light bulbs would light up without being hooked up to any wires if you were close enough to the antennas (I have since read that this is indeed possible, but have never seen it myself). The news spread pretty quickly about this "free electricity", and supposedly all those fluorescent bulbs started to be a power drain and reducing the trasmitting power of the antennas. Supposedly the TV station(s) had to somehow persuade the slum residents to give up the free lighting, but I'm not sure how. Anyway, this could definitely be an urban myth instead.
I've heard enough quotes from people in their profession to come to that conclusion. There's my unsupported claim. Anyway, this just reinforces my desire to stay away from any sociology classes. I'd much rather study psychology and social anthropology, thank you very much.
Like someone else pointed out here, there was violence among humans way before video games, movies, or even any kind of fiction or art. Humans have inherent tendencies toward violence, which anyone should be able to see just from looking at the world around them.
This is the scariest thing I've read in a long time...
Are there any sites out there that keep a comprehensive list of all the non-DRM online music stores? I've been having a hard time finding a good list by searching google.
I've heard some good things about CA's eTrust antivirus (that it's a good virus catcher and has low resource usage), although I have not used it myself, so would be curious to see what folks here think.
Regarding costs, they claim on their page that: "Affordability. eTrust Antivirus gives you industrial-strength protection at a low price. We guarantee a lower price over the cost of renewing your current antivirus subscription, and we offer the lowest total cost of ownership of any antivirus software solution on the market today." Sounds pretty good to me.
Wow, that sounds like a pretty boneheaded move, particularly not telling the stores and publishers. Thanks for the info!
Any chance you could tell us what your game is so we can check it out?
Has this happened before? Was it Nintendo that did it? I'm just curious because some people are speculating whether Nintendo might try this this time around.
Also remember that a lot of the code for the new controller should be reusable. The IGN interview about Madden on Wii quotes the EA manager saying that they're sharing a lot of knowledge (and I presume code as well) among the different games' teams. I imagine that after refinement and after a few games, the extra work for the new controller will be a non-issue.
Same here. I have never owned a Nintendo "TV" console (I do have a GBA SP that I bought for a long flight and have never played since), but I have owned both Playstation and Playstation 2. It looks almost definite that I will be getting Wii as my first (maybe only?) next gen system. The controller, back-catalog of games, and great graphics (for standard definition TVs) are what sold me on it.
I don't have a HDTV and won't for the foreseeable future, so don't need XBOX360 or PS3.
The engines in cars being sold in Brazil today are 100% flexible - in other words, you can fill your tank with gasoline only, ethanol only, (neither is actually 100% pure at the pump), or any combination of the two. When they say flex-fuel, they're not talking about the not-that-flexible E85 (85% gasoline/ 15% ethanol) engines being sold in the US.
From http://www.gamespot.com/news/6149746.html
A list of 3rd party games, which are in addition to the 9(?) first party titles (presumably the playable 27 tomorrow should be in this list somewhere). Unfortunately I was unable to copy it directly here because of lameness filter, but there are about 70-80 games listed.
Gamespost has all 3 major conferences:
http://www.gamespot.com/e3/e3live.html
Nintendo themselves have the games trailers they showed at the conferences:
http://wii.nintendo.com/home.html
It's worth watching the conferences for the stuff that didn't make it to the Nintendo videos, especially the live play of Red Steel. But watch the Nintendo videos too for better video quality.
Don't spend so much energy being disgusted and hating...
Think of it this way - for $5 a month, you can listen to 1-1.5 million(?) whole songs of your choice.
If you pay for the $10 a month service and have a compatible player, you can even take your unlimited "rented" songs with you wherever you go.
If you really like some of them you can buy them "permanently" (in quotes because I doubt the permanence of DRM songs in general) just as well as itunes, except cheaper ($.79 vs $.99). Yes, you can burn them to CD, and do whatever you can do with itunes purchased songs.
So in other words this can do everything ITMS can (except play on ipods of course, which is apple's fault), plus much more. I for one think that it's quite a better deal than ITMS since I'm not locked into an ipod yet.
You forgot to add "@#$%^&* NO CARRIER" to the end of your message. :)
Well put!
Greater Asia has over 3.5 Billion people! The US is just scratching 300 Million. So we are still doing better than them in Math/Science PhDs, percentage-wise.
Said Bubba "HogLeg" James, upon hearing this news.
Thanks for the reply Leabre!
Excellent point. I saw on some TV documentary that at some point during the black plague epidemic in Europe someone had the brilliant idea that cats and dogs were the cause of the plague, so started mass extermination of them. You can imagine what that did to the rat population!
Hmmm... sounds like a kung-fu movie dialog:
cut to Shaolin Temple:
Master Li:
One skilled in the art will appreciate that preferred embodiments of the method of the present invention may take on many different forms depending on the particular application intended. In light of this, the preferred embodiment presented here has been designed primarily to teach many of the important aspects and implications of the method of the present invention in a context which can be readily learned.
Grasshopper:
But Master, how will I use these techniques?
Master Li:
Once taught the method, one skilled in the art will appreciate many alternative and preferred means for implementing individual aspects of it, depending upon their specific purpose.
Very well said, and is common advice by wealthy people. There are books about this stuff, particularly "The Millionaire Next Door". Just out of curiosity (you don't have to answer), how much do you make just from web development, not including the real estate and other stuff? And how did you get into it? CS degree?
Thanks!
Shenan
I understand the concerns that the other countries have about US control of DNS - in theory. But come on guys, sell us on this idea in practice. How would UN/EU/etc control of DNS improve the system we have now, either technically, administratively, or in any other way? Are there any documented common issues of any kind with the current structure? Isn't there a great potential that such a change would just make things worse?
Another thing, the folks saying "OMG teh internet will splinter!!1!one" should realize that 99% of Americans wouldn't even notice if the rest of the world dropped off the Internet. I was wondering to myself, what sites would I miss if this theoretical splintering of the internet took place, and I could only think of the BBC and some European rally (car racing) sites that I visit. This makes the parties that want this have a really weak bargaining position. And before you dismiss me as an ignorant American, I should tell you I was born and raised in another country.
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Not so. I registered two previously unregistered four-letter .com domains a couple of months ago. They are there - you just have to look. Real four-letter word domains are hard to find though.