Ditto, if it had a keyboard I would have bought it on day one. I agree though many many more people would have bought it had it been marketed. But this geek demands a keyboard and will stick with his G1 till someone better comes out.
I spent some time working at a gas station and had to access to the gas pumps. The locks are nothing special (at least at the station I worked at). Nothing more then what you'd find on a desk drawer or filing cabinet. Probably because they assume there's nothing of real value in there. I don't think these would be hard to pick. Even if they were though, a gas station employee could easily be involved directly/bribed/conned/etc to give up a key or a copy.
Internet comics aside, there are still a lot of artists who would like such a product.
I have no interest in comics but I know I'd love to lounge at a park or somewhere other then my dark cave and do some artwork. Sure I could do that on paper but then you've got an array of pencils, paper blowing in the wind and no undo! Not to mention having to scan anything you want to share.
A single object that'd let me to everything would be awesome!
Myself, and countless others can see a difference between 30 and 60fps.
You can quote papers and talk theory all day long. I know I personally much prefer to watch something at 60fps then 30. It's not a minor difference to me. 60fps looks vastly smoother. Even when shot with the same camera with the same exposure settings.
Now maybe that's not everyone. Some people can't hear ultra sonic frequencies. Some people have better night vision. I'm willing to accept the idea that some people can't perceive anything over 24fps. But I know what I prefer.
"One should also remember that consoles hold back the development of games."...and not just on the platform they're first released on either. Many games these days don't take advantage of the latest features in PC hardware simply because they want to have a console port as well. So even PC games end up looking mediocre because there's a xbox version as well.
What's worse is when you find out how much the bands get paid for those overpriced Ticketmaster sales. It's pretty sad.
I'd gladly pay if I knew a fair portion of it went to the artists. Since that's not the case I limit my concerts only to the ones you speak of.
It's true that many developers want to do things that the consoles can't handle. But in the end, money is the driving force of any successful business. The one thing we've learned this generation is that graphics are not the selling factor they once were. From a business standpoint there's little reason to abandon consoles when console sales rake in the money.
I know I'd hate to have to debug an app on an OS that randomized the memory addresses each time I ran my code. Much better to be able to enable this sort of thing in the release builds.
But then, you'd probably never knew there was an access violation to begin with. You'd notice something odd once and perhaps only once, without any way to reproduce it.
There's always going to be bugs, and they must be fixed. The OS enforcing this on all apps would make this nearly impossible.
I've been using StrokeIt for years. It allows actions like the GP mentioned. You can teach it gestures, and they work in all or specified apps. So it's not just limited to your browser. My FireFox UI doesn't even have any typical icons.
You'd think the phone company could use better methods to determine this. As other people have pointed out, they don't use Call ID to handle billing. Why should voicemail be any different?
Maybe so but what about people running non-porn sites who are then told by someone with a different opinion that their site is porn and required to pay various fees or face prosecution. What if that happened to be Your site? Your child's site? This opens the door to a whole bunch of BS.
I'm waiting for one of these breakthroughs to happen in the US. It seems like every few months there's some leap in stem cell research. I always make it a point to look up where it happened. Never in America. It makes me sad to think while were taking over the world in search for oil, everyone else has learned to be civilized and aid each other.
On the other hand it proves that the movie studios could simply sell their own movies on the internet and people would indeed buy from them. Too bad they'd rather cling to a dying business model and sue everyone instead.
I'm in the same boat. I used to be hardcore. Had multiple consoles, elaborate PC rigs etc. etc. Now I'm in my 30's, I have maybe an hour each day for gaming. I don't necessarily want a casual game but it does need to be something I can fire up, get my fix and put down.
Or maybe I'm just burnt out on all the rehashes being offered these days and anything that's different, no matter how basic it may seem to the hardcore, is something I might want to try.
But dedicating any amount of time to something that does nothing more then look better then something I've already played is simply not going to happen.
Another simple truth is that if you sell a metered connection, some users will simply leave.
Maybe I'm getting old but we've already been down this road. ISP's back in the day all charged by the minute/MB and they all either switched to selling unlimited plans or got crushed by those that did. Nobody wants to have a meter ticking away while online.
And to anyone who responds with, "Well get used to it because they're all going to do this.", I can live just fine without the service of any of them.
Also, I wonder if the average PC/laptop with a crappy onboard Intel chipset can handle the video decoding needs of this. People with better video cards are likely to run the games normally.
So it seems that their target audience has/is A) A fast internet connection B) Willing to spend money on a gaming service but not on hardware/software/console(s) C) No desire to run games locally AND D) A video card that can handle HD decoding
The same way we always have. We track each one and if something's out of line we move it. Sure we get an occasional dead satellite but I'm pretty sure in 15 years it'll be trivial to deorbit or destroy those.
Walmart is currently selling the Wii Remote with MotionPlus included for $49. So to back up parent, Nintendo is indeed offering "True 1:1", for the same price or cheaper. Also considering it's included with the system instead of being an addon.
Joe-User doesn't even know what a router is. To him it's a blinking box put in by them TV people. And a firewall? Might as well be talking about the latest monster truck event. Fact is, most people are clueless and until they all replace their computers with smartphones and wired toasters we just have to accept that they're going to mess things up for the rest of us.
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Ditto, if it had a keyboard I would have bought it on day one. I agree though many many more people would have bought it had it been marketed. But this geek demands a keyboard and will stick with his G1 till someone better comes out.
Sounds like you would have been better off exploiting the flaw.
I spent some time working at a gas station and had to access to the gas pumps. The locks are nothing special (at least at the station I worked at). Nothing more then what you'd find on a desk drawer or filing cabinet. Probably because they assume there's nothing of real value in there. I don't think these would be hard to pick.
Even if they were though, a gas station employee could easily be involved directly/bribed/conned/etc to give up a key or a copy.
Internet comics aside, there are still a lot of artists who would like such a product. I have no interest in comics but I know I'd love to lounge at a park or somewhere other then my dark cave and do some artwork. Sure I could do that on paper but then you've got an array of pencils, paper blowing in the wind and no undo! Not to mention having to scan anything you want to share. A single object that'd let me to everything would be awesome!
Myself, and countless others can see a difference between 30 and 60fps. You can quote papers and talk theory all day long. I know I personally much prefer to watch something at 60fps then 30. It's not a minor difference to me. 60fps looks vastly smoother. Even when shot with the same camera with the same exposure settings. Now maybe that's not everyone. Some people can't hear ultra sonic frequencies. Some people have better night vision. I'm willing to accept the idea that some people can't perceive anything over 24fps. But I know what I prefer.
"One should also remember that consoles hold back the development of games." ...and not just on the platform they're first released on either. Many games these days don't take advantage of the latest features in PC hardware simply because they want to have a console port as well. So even PC games end up looking mediocre because there's a xbox version as well.
How is it the same amount of exercise if your walking the same speed (relative to what your standing on) for half the amount of time?
What's worse is when you find out how much the bands get paid for those overpriced Ticketmaster sales. It's pretty sad. I'd gladly pay if I knew a fair portion of it went to the artists. Since that's not the case I limit my concerts only to the ones you speak of.
You could use a USB stick that takes SD cards for memory.
Totally agreed. They're probably just tired of trying to do their job while Johnny Photo is boating around in their way.
It's true that many developers want to do things that the consoles can't handle. But in the end, money is the driving force of any successful business. The one thing we've learned this generation is that graphics are not the selling factor they once were. From a business standpoint there's little reason to abandon consoles when console sales rake in the money.
I know I'd hate to have to debug an app on an OS that randomized the memory addresses each time I ran my code. Much better to be able to enable this sort of thing in the release builds.
But then, you'd probably never knew there was an access violation to begin with. You'd notice something odd once and perhaps only once, without any way to reproduce it.
There's always going to be bugs, and they must be fixed. The OS enforcing this on all apps would make this nearly impossible.
I've been using StrokeIt for years. It allows actions like the GP mentioned. You can teach it gestures, and they work in all or specified apps. So it's not just limited to your browser. My FireFox UI doesn't even have any typical icons.
You'd think the phone company could use better methods to determine this. As other people have pointed out, they don't use Call ID to handle billing. Why should voicemail be any different?
Normal don't make it right.
Maybe so but what about people running non-porn sites who are then told by someone with a different opinion that their site is porn and required to pay various fees or face prosecution. What if that happened to be Your site? Your child's site?
This opens the door to a whole bunch of BS.
I'm waiting for one of these breakthroughs to happen in the US. It seems like every few months there's some leap in stem cell research. I always make it a point to look up where it happened. Never in America. It makes me sad to think while were taking over the world in search for oil, everyone else has learned to be civilized and aid each other.
On the other hand it proves that the movie studios could simply sell their own movies on the internet and people would indeed buy from them. Too bad they'd rather cling to a dying business model and sue everyone instead.
I'm in the same boat. I used to be hardcore. Had multiple consoles, elaborate PC rigs etc. etc.
Now I'm in my 30's, I have maybe an hour each day for gaming. I don't necessarily want a casual game but it does need to be something I can fire up, get my fix and put down.
Or maybe I'm just burnt out on all the rehashes being offered these days and anything that's different, no matter how basic it may seem to the hardcore, is something I might want to try.
But dedicating any amount of time to something that does nothing more then look better then something I've already played is simply not going to happen.
Another simple truth is that if you sell a metered connection, some users will simply leave.
Maybe I'm getting old but we've already been down this road. ISP's back in the day all charged by the minute/MB and they all either switched to selling unlimited plans or got crushed by those that did. Nobody wants to have a meter ticking away while online.
And to anyone who responds with, "Well get used to it because they're all going to do this.", I can live just fine without the service of any of them.
From their couch.
Also, I wonder if the average PC/laptop with a crappy onboard Intel chipset can handle the video decoding needs of this. People with better video cards are likely to run the games normally.
So it seems that their target audience has/is
A) A fast internet connection
B) Willing to spend money on a gaming service but not on hardware/software/console(s)
C) No desire to run games locally AND
D) A video card that can handle HD decoding
Who the hell Is that?
The same way we always have. We track each one and if something's out of line we move it. Sure we get an occasional dead satellite but I'm pretty sure in 15 years it'll be trivial to deorbit or destroy those.
Walmart is currently selling the Wii Remote with MotionPlus included for $49. So to back up parent, Nintendo is indeed offering "True 1:1", for the same price or cheaper. Also considering it's included with the system instead of being an addon.
Joe-User doesn't even know what a router is. To him it's a blinking box put in by them TV people. And a firewall? Might as well be talking about the latest monster truck event.
Fact is, most people are clueless and until they all replace their computers with smartphones and wired toasters we just have to accept that they're going to mess things up for the rest of us.