Game demos with feature erosion have been around for a long time in the form of developers gimping pirated versions of games or making them uncompletable/unplayable/play-hostile.
For example, in Batman: Arkham Asylum, some pirated versions would have Batman's Gliding move disabled. In Grand Theft Auto IV, pirated versions would have gravity suddenly go berserk, and with the Penny Arcade On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness game, pirated versions would be rendered uncompletable by a glitch.
Since some people "try/demo" games using the pirated versions, you could say that what Sony is trying to patent has already been done.
An elbow rest helps heaps for your mouse hand. Keep it at the same level as your wrist so that your forearm is parallel to the ground. Takes most of the pressure off your wrist. Provided instant relief for me.
They got it the other way around, but that's more or less correct.
A 1GHz Duron is roughly the same speed as a 1GHz Athlon Thunderbird since the 1GHz Duron was the then newer "Morgan" cores (which came out with the Athlon XPs). Benchmarks then showed that 1GHz Morgan Durons ran more or less at the same speed as the older 1GHz Thunderbird Athlons.
The increase in performance mostly came from the additional SSE instructions present in the 1GHz Morgan core Durons. Yep, especially since Quake III makes heavy use of SSE Instruction sets and used to be Intel-centric
I don't want to bother slogging through AMD Tech specs, but the PR numbering system I rattled of was from a rough memory of reading AMD tech specs over naming conventions with their Performance Ratings.
"is AMD going to adjust its PR Rating to the new cores that Intel has?"
I don't think so. AMD Athlon PRs are not measured against Intel Chips.
AFAIK, the AMD Athlon PR numbers are the newer CPUs' (Athlon XPs, 64s) ratings against the older Athlon Thunderbirds which were the last ones that were labeled and sold in MHz/GHz.
So roughly, an Athlon XP2600+ would be akin to an Athlon Thunderbird that was theoretically made to run at 2.6GHz
Remember, a 1.33GHz Athlon Thunderbird stacked up pretty well against a 1.7GHz P4 back then, and only lost out on SSE optimizations.
That's why giraffes have to constantly browse from tree to tree. The defense system of the tree they're eating kicks in, producing these bad-tasting toxins, then they then move on to the next tree.
Isn't cellular automata named so because it mimics cellular behavior? (well, aside from residing in grid/cells...) Or Conway's game of Life because it resembles lifelike behavior?
You get to level up and stuff by increasing you connections in the Matrix by strengthening your bonds in the massive neural network used to control fusion reactors... then you get these neat power-ups called testimonials...
and IT'S SO ADDICTIVE! Dang, it's worse than Diablo, Everquest, and Pokemon combined...
It's irritating the way the world is enslaved to such an awful spyware-magnet standards-flouting browser as MS Internet Explorer.
Microsoft declared IE6 SP1 as the last standalone browser for lame-ass reasons. The truth is, they're only truly integrating IE into the next Windows Operating System for the first time, to prove their 'point' in the anti-trust case that they couldn't remove the browser from the OS.
If IE really was such an integral part of the current slew of windows versions, how come it takes ridiculously long to load when you enter a URL into the address bar of an explorer window, and that the people at LitePC was able to remove IE from the Windows operating system?
Bunch of liars. Guys, help educate everyone and have people switch to either Mozilla or Opera -> Makes Windows boxes more secure and gets rid of the need to buy those stupid superflous pop-up killers. (you can pick up viruses or spyware just by surfing a maliciously coded website and hitting the wrong button)
None of my family and friends use IE anymore after I educated them about the dangers of IE.
No need to worry about out of Gamut warnings when working on RGB...
Hmm... the core technology behind this is something called 'electrowetting'... isn't that what the barnyard masturbators from the worst jobs in science article from PopSci used to extract sperm from pigs?
In Episode III, Padme realizes that Anakin is a major dork. The horror of the realization makes her break free of Lucas's stupid scripting...
As a side effect of the awakening, a glitch in the system creates a clone army of Natalie Portmans! Woohoo! Any excuse for a clone army of Natalie Portmans!!!
Whatever. Here boys, enjoy. Took me weeks to come up with the Algorithms. Please be kind to my server
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Game demos with feature erosion have been around for a long time in the form of developers gimping pirated versions of games or making them uncompletable/unplayable/play-hostile.
For example, in Batman: Arkham Asylum, some pirated versions would have Batman's Gliding move disabled. In Grand Theft Auto IV, pirated versions would have gravity suddenly go berserk, and with the Penny Arcade On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness game, pirated versions would be rendered uncompletable by a glitch.
Since some people "try/demo" games using the pirated versions, you could say that what Sony is trying to patent has already been done.
Now you can click in the middle of the media player bar and play the streaming file and have it play from that point with less wait... amazing...
Massive Orcish armies for hire!!! WOOHOO!!!
OpenAL is pushed by Creative and deals with standards that Creative set. It's more like the open-ness of DirectX pushed by Microsoft than OpenGL.
Use OpenOffice?
An elbow rest helps heaps for your mouse hand. Keep it at the same level as your wrist so that your forearm is parallel to the ground. Takes most of the pressure off your wrist. Provided instant relief for me.
Bah, typo! "thinking FPS controls WITH that particular selection of characters..."
Sorry this is OT, but was I the only one thinking FPS controls that particular selection of characters?
They got it the other way around, but that's more or less correct.
A 1GHz Duron is roughly the same speed as a 1GHz Athlon Thunderbird since the 1GHz Duron was the then newer "Morgan" cores (which came out with the Athlon XPs). Benchmarks then showed that 1GHz Morgan Durons ran more or less at the same speed as the older 1GHz Thunderbird Athlons.
The increase in performance mostly came from the additional SSE instructions present in the 1GHz Morgan core Durons. Yep, especially since Quake III makes heavy use of SSE Instruction sets and used to be Intel-centric
I don't want to bother slogging through AMD Tech specs, but the PR numbering system I rattled of was from a rough memory of reading AMD tech specs over naming conventions with their Performance Ratings.
"is AMD going to adjust its PR Rating to the new cores that Intel has?"
I don't think so. AMD Athlon PRs are not measured against Intel Chips.
AFAIK, the AMD Athlon PR numbers are the newer CPUs' (Athlon XPs, 64s) ratings against the older Athlon Thunderbirds which were the last ones that were labeled and sold in MHz/GHz.
So roughly, an Athlon XP2600+ would be akin to an Athlon Thunderbird that was theoretically made to run at 2.6GHz
Remember, a 1.33GHz Athlon Thunderbird stacked up pretty well against a 1.7GHz P4 back then, and only lost out on SSE optimizations.
That's why giraffes have to constantly browse from tree to tree. The defense system of the tree they're eating kicks in, producing these bad-tasting toxins, then they then move on to the next tree.
Isn't cellular automata named so because it mimics cellular behavior? (well, aside from residing in grid/cells...) Or Conway's game of Life because it resembles lifelike behavior?
A MAC GAMER???
:)
We must really be in the Matrix...
Dude, go watch this "Mac Gamer" clip on Red vs Blue. It should pretty much explain everything. Seriously.
http://www.redvsblue.com/appleswitch.shtml
Aside from that, can you explain to me what's up with the "1-button only" thing?
It is a big pain gaming-wise, you know.
Cheers. Peace out.
You get to level up and stuff by increasing you connections in the Matrix by strengthening your bonds in the massive neural network used to control fusion reactors... then you get these neat power-ups called testimonials...
and IT'S SO ADDICTIVE! Dang, it's worse than Diablo, Everquest, and Pokemon combined...
FRIENDSTERS: Gotta collect 'em all!
http://www.friendster.com
What about animated pants?
I'm on dial-up, you insensitive clod!
it started as a network of hi-jacked zombie machines...
And its original purpose was more nefarious than destroying the human race: shoving SPAM down people's throats!
It's irritating the way the world is enslaved to such an awful spyware-magnet standards-flouting browser as MS Internet Explorer.
Microsoft declared IE6 SP1 as the last standalone browser for lame-ass reasons. The truth is, they're only truly integrating IE into the next Windows Operating System for the first time, to prove their 'point' in the anti-trust case that they couldn't remove the browser from the OS.
If IE really was such an integral part of the current slew of windows versions, how come it takes ridiculously long to load when you enter a URL into the address bar of an explorer window, and that the people at LitePC was able to remove IE from the Windows operating system?
Bunch of liars. Guys, help educate everyone and have people switch to either Mozilla or Opera -> Makes Windows boxes more secure and gets rid of the need to buy those stupid superflous pop-up killers. (you can pick up viruses or spyware just by surfing a maliciously coded website and hitting the wrong button)
None of my family and friends use IE anymore after I educated them about the dangers of IE.
Scroll Lock and SysRq? Those keys seem vestigial in todays MS-centric PCs...
Gameboy? Nothing still beats the The GAMEMAN!!! 3-foot, 100+lbs full-scale working version of the Gameboy!
But didn't Johnny Depp makes tons of money and critical accliam for portraying piracy?
No need to worry about out of Gamut warnings when working on RGB...
Hmm... the core technology behind this is something called 'electrowetting'... isn't that what the barnyard masturbators from the worst jobs in science article from PopSci used to extract sperm from pigs?
I for one welcome our new electrowetting masters!
Here you go bucko.
IO2 has developed Star Wars hologram technology that floats on air.
Evil, evil nerds and geeks! :P
In Episode III, Padme realizes that Anakin is a major dork. The horror of the realization makes her break free of Lucas's stupid scripting...
As a side effect of the awakening, a glitch in the system creates a clone army of Natalie Portmans! Woohoo! Any excuse for a clone army of Natalie Portmans!!!
Whatever. Here boys, enjoy. Took me weeks to come up with the Algorithms. Please be kind to my server
Natalie Portman Reloaded! (Java Applet Animation)
Natalie Portman Reloaded! (Java Applet Animation, lo-res text render version)
Natalie Portman Reloaded! (zoomed in text render still with depth)
Comments are welcome at ghost@object404.com. So are job offers. Stupid #%!@% Tech bust...
Seriously though, this bloke at that message board seems to be making good progress on creating a clone army of Natalie Portmans! Go CGI-render guy!