.. how about they send some kind of robot around their search listings, to delist any page that is little more links to another page. I've been looking for something and found links to a site that's basically links, which links to another site made up of links etc..
.. of being asked to go lightly on a game because it's an exclusive review. You know, I don't think I've ever seen a cover-highlighted 'exclusive review' where the game hasn't ended up getting 8 out of 10 or above.
Actually, I as a 360 owner, I'd have to say there there's one important area in which the X-Box beats the 360 hands down. Specifically, the X-Box was pretty damn bug free. Why? Because Microsoft had specifically stated that Live could not be used for updates. I never had a single X-Box game crash on me. 360 games, on the other hand. Ppfft. While I wouldn't give up Dead Rising, Just Cause or any other of my 360 games up, there have been several problems. Ignoring the red lights issue, several games such as 'call of duty' were released with significant bugs that needed to be fixed. Same for Dead or Alive. Both had to be patched over X-Box Live. And the 'disc read' errors are definitely not overheating related. They're down to cache problems on the hard disk. How do I know this? Because I got a reproducable error in Dead Rising, and it didn't go away till I formatted the HD and transferred my save back off a memory card. I still think my 360's a great console, but I wanted buggy games, I'd use a PC.
As for this being the game that brings the 360 success in Japan? Er, no. I'm expecting a complete rerun of the X-Box 1 situation. The only thing that really made headway with the original X-Box was cutting the price. And even that didn't have a prolonged impact.
I have heard about that, but it seems legally dodgy at best. Certainly, the notice at Scan mentions it can only be sold with a computer. A computer, not a bit of hardware. And if it's not legal, why not just pirate it?
.. but you must defeat the Knights of the Nine to claim it. That'll be the way it'll go if it's anything like the other 360 content. The problem with all the 360 content has been that the various quests/items/lairs etc have just been given to you via notes or something. Which seems pretty damn contrived.
Forget AOL CDs, we'll end up getting free copies of Windows XP in every paper and publication ever. Which wouldn't be a bad thing, as the one thing putting me off trading my Mac Mini G4 in for an Intel Core one is that I'd need to buy a new £199 copy of Windows XP if I wanted to Dual Boot it.
A developer or someone made the point that only the Wii is truly next gen, with its controller that could - to use another buzzword - take gaming to the next level. Both the 360 (I have one myself) and the PS3 are really processor upgrades.
.. 'Know how dumb the average person is? Half of 'em are dumber than that.' Now, imagine that half being given access to a potentially explosive element. Doesn't bode well for the future.
.. people do. It's sad that they'll pay nearly a quid for a few slices of apple and whatever, not caring that they can get a whole bag of apples for a quid at any market or supermarket. It's like 'There you go, little Porketta. Here's a few slices of apple - eat them up, they're good for you. Well, after you've had your Big Mac and Extra Fries.'
After all, half of the weight in the PS2 controller, the regular one, was down to the heavy vibration motors. The absence of these in any device would make it lighter than a device with the motors.
My guess is SCO didn't expect it'd go this far. They were hoping they'd get settlements, no matter how minor, from the companies they were taking action against. In the same way that companies often settle out of court when a person sues them, just to avoid the potential legal costs of the trial - no matter whether the person suing is in the wrong or not.
'Gentlemen! I have created element 118, the heaviest element on earth and' *crash*
'Doc? Where are you? Doc? Dammit, that's one big hole, we really need to get those floorboards fixed.'
... I've seen plenty of presentations where the content has been so obscured by all the bells and whistles the user has added. While they're fixing the bug, maybe Microsoft can add a 'View Presentation in Minimalist Mode' option to Powerpoint.
EweTube, the world's premier manufacturer of sheep storage devices,
EwwTube, suppliers of air freshener to travellers on the London Underground and
YuTube, a site dedicated exclusively to promoting the restaurant of David Yu, chinese cook.
After all, it only took the branching features of The Matrix to make several popular brands of DVD player come to a screeching halt until they were updated (which itself required sending the player back to the manufacturers)
Why does no-one ever discover giant kittens at the centre of galaxies? Or that dark matter is made out of candyfloss? I need more comforting science, dammit!
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.. how about they send some kind of robot around their search listings, to delist any page that is little more links to another page. I've been looking for something and found links to a site that's basically links, which links to another site made up of links etc..
.. of being asked to go lightly on a game because it's an exclusive review. You know, I don't think I've ever seen a cover-highlighted 'exclusive review' where the game hasn't ended up getting 8 out of 10 or above.
Actually, I as a 360 owner, I'd have to say there there's one important area in which the X-Box beats the 360 hands down. Specifically, the X-Box was pretty damn bug free. Why? Because Microsoft had specifically stated that Live could not be used for updates. I never had a single X-Box game crash on me. 360 games, on the other hand. Ppfft. While I wouldn't give up Dead Rising, Just Cause or any other of my 360 games up, there have been several problems. Ignoring the red lights issue, several games such as 'call of duty' were released with significant bugs that needed to be fixed. Same for Dead or Alive. Both had to be patched over X-Box Live. And the 'disc read' errors are definitely not overheating related. They're down to cache problems on the hard disk. How do I know this? Because I got a reproducable error in Dead Rising, and it didn't go away till I formatted the HD and transferred my save back off a memory card. I still think my 360's a great console, but I wanted buggy games, I'd use a PC. As for this being the game that brings the 360 success in Japan? Er, no. I'm expecting a complete rerun of the X-Box 1 situation. The only thing that really made headway with the original X-Box was cutting the price. And even that didn't have a prolonged impact.
I wonder how long - if this takes off - it'll take for someone to set up a program on their device to auto-IM spam anyone it can connect to.
Damn. I was hoping this could herald an end to bogus virus alerts and urban legends.
I have heard about that, but it seems legally dodgy at best. Certainly, the notice at Scan mentions it can only be sold with a computer. A computer, not a bit of hardware. And if it's not legal, why not just pirate it?
.. but you must defeat the Knights of the Nine to claim it. That'll be the way it'll go if it's anything like the other 360 content. The problem with all the 360 content has been that the various quests/items/lairs etc have just been given to you via notes or something. Which seems pretty damn contrived.
Sony have announced that George and Zippy have been put in charge of the PS3's release schedule.
Forget AOL CDs, we'll end up getting free copies of Windows XP in every paper and publication ever. Which wouldn't be a bad thing, as the one thing putting me off trading my Mac Mini G4 in for an Intel Core one is that I'd need to buy a new £199 copy of Windows XP if I wanted to Dual Boot it.
A developer or someone made the point that only the Wii is truly next gen, with its controller that could - to use another buzzword - take gaming to the next level. Both the 360 (I have one myself) and the PS3 are really processor upgrades.
.. 'Know how dumb the average person is? Half of 'em are dumber than that.' Now, imagine that half being given access to a potentially explosive element. Doesn't bode well for the future.
.. people do. It's sad that they'll pay nearly a quid for a few slices of apple and whatever, not caring that they can get a whole bag of apples for a quid at any market or supermarket. It's like 'There you go, little Porketta. Here's a few slices of apple - eat them up, they're good for you. Well, after you've had your Big Mac and Extra Fries.'
After all, half of the weight in the PS2 controller, the regular one, was down to the heavy vibration motors. The absence of these in any device would make it lighter than a device with the motors.
... still, I guess you're okay if you're an Apple MacDonalds user.
.. I don't think this will have as much impact as they think.
.. will still be not allowing the player to think out of the box. You're still going to have a finite number of solutions to a problem.
.. you won't find me standing near any stairs after this.
My guess is SCO didn't expect it'd go this far. They were hoping they'd get settlements, no matter how minor, from the companies they were taking action against. In the same way that companies often settle out of court when a person sues them, just to avoid the potential legal costs of the trial - no matter whether the person suing is in the wrong or not.
'Gentlemen! I have created element 118, the heaviest element on earth and' *crash* 'Doc? Where are you? Doc? Dammit, that's one big hole, we really need to get those floorboards fixed.'
... I've seen plenty of presentations where the content has been so obscured by all the bells and whistles the user has added. While they're fixing the bug, maybe Microsoft can add a 'View Presentation in Minimalist Mode' option to Powerpoint.
EweTube, the world's premier manufacturer of sheep storage devices,
EwwTube, suppliers of air freshener to travellers on the London Underground and
YuTube, a site dedicated exclusively to promoting the restaurant of David Yu, chinese cook.
.. a giant polka-dot dong materialised floating above the podium, but was quickly removed by Second Life admins. Probably.
After all, it only took the branching features of The Matrix to make several popular brands of DVD player come to a screeching halt until they were updated (which itself required sending the player back to the manufacturers)
Yep, it was.
Why does no-one ever discover giant kittens at the centre of galaxies? Or that dark matter is made out of candyfloss? I need more comforting science, dammit!