after a few months of working fine it now locks up and freezes--requiring a power-off reboot--several times a day. I have reinstalled it fresh and it occasionally still does it.
320 kbps is not bad, but I once downloaded music in 96kbps. It sounded like absolute shit, of course, but the person who encoded it didn't realize he was doing it seriously wrong. And I bet that, if you pointed it to him, he would call you a nitpicker. After I saw my sister listening to music on her cell phone -- and I mean without earbuds, really using the phone's tiny, crappy built-in speaker -- I realized that people are used to absolute crap sound.
Isn't it contradictory how a supposed fanatic for sound quality settled for a poorer format? But the CD was "good enough" for most people, as well as convenient, not too expensive, and consistent. You need a good, well-maintained turntable to surpass even the cheapest CD player. But when you surpass, boy, you do surpass. Like monitors: an LCD is always so-so, which is much better than a low-end CRT, but when you get a good CRT, the limitations of LCDs become obvious.
So, technically superior music formats like SACD or DVD-A had no chance of going mainstream. I wonder if anything ever will: not only we had a generation raised on the CD, but worse: now we have kids for whom low-bitrate MP3 files and even Youtube videos are acceptable!
Also, Ohga was the one who pushed Sony into becoming a media company, rather than a pure technology company. That makes me dislike the guy even more.
Meanwhile, pirates can play it just fine. Except most of them won't bother because the game is crap. The controls and camera system are so bad, it's almost unplayable.
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I know that, and that's what makes it real weird. The official site does not mention a Mac version.
Linux? They haven't even confirmed the Mac version!
Windows, Mac & Linux with a similar UI
The first sign of a lousy port. Try instead: Windows, Mac & Linux versions, with UIs that fit each system's UI guidelines.
Maybe we should just abolish the patent system
Yes, we should.
Switching to a Mac is a pretty significant UI change from Windows, but nobody seems to think that's such a big deal
Because the Mac interface is actually very good, while Unity and Gnome 3 are atrocious.
Well, I'd rather play on the Pippin than on a friggin' touchscreen.
It differs on the (usual) extent of the damage. Otherwise, yes it is.
Logically: ignorant african immigrants should also be allowed to mutilate their daughters. Same shit, really.
after a few months of working fine it now locks up and freezes--requiring a power-off reboot--several times a day. I have reinstalled it fresh and it occasionally still does it.
Could it be a hardware problem?
Burma shave.
A mechanic is one that repairs cars; but I understand "auto shop" as a place that sells cars or parts.
Users of this Windows 8 software have said it features a Ribbon-based user-interface, similar to the one used in recent editions of Microsoft Office.
Overheard at Microsoft: "Hey guys, you know that ribbon interface that everybody hated? How about we put it everywhere in the system?"
What's next, will they bring back Bob and Clippy as well?
You're opinion.
Is he opinion?
320 kbps is not bad, but I once downloaded music in 96kbps. It sounded like absolute shit, of course, but the person who encoded it didn't realize he was doing it seriously wrong. And I bet that, if you pointed it to him, he would call you a nitpicker. After I saw my sister listening to music on her cell phone -- and I mean without earbuds, really using the phone's tiny, crappy built-in speaker -- I realized that people are used to absolute crap sound.
Fact: the CD sucks.
Isn't it contradictory how a supposed fanatic for sound quality settled for a poorer format? But the CD was "good enough" for most people, as well as convenient, not too expensive, and consistent. You need a good, well-maintained turntable to surpass even the cheapest CD player. But when you surpass, boy, you do surpass. Like monitors: an LCD is always so-so, which is much better than a low-end CRT, but when you get a good CRT, the limitations of LCDs become obvious.
So, technically superior music formats like SACD or DVD-A had no chance of going mainstream. I wonder if anything ever will: not only we had a generation raised on the CD, but worse: now we have kids for whom low-bitrate MP3 files and even Youtube videos are acceptable!
Also, Ohga was the one who pushed Sony into becoming a media company, rather than a pure technology company. That makes me dislike the guy even more.
when you install windows, you're installing bsod.
Fixed that for you.
Better version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSkCny-HtTw
So most of the western world is pretty fucked then
Yes, pretty much.
who ever wanted a loan of Brazilian Reales?
*ahem* Reais.
Steam? Sorry, I actually meant hats and crate keys.
If you can make bucketloads of money with very little effort, why try to do something hard?
Meanwhile, pirates can play it just fine. Except most of them won't bother because the game is crap. The controls and camera system are so bad, it's almost unplayable.
Now that's an awesome site. Bookmarked.
How can we trust you? Your taste in Trek is abysmal.
Maybe he is a vorta.
Already exists.