May I be the first to say the Dreamcast was the console with the BEST ratio of AWESOME games to crappy ones. Crazy Taxi, Soul Calibur, Shenmue, F355 Challenge, Powerstone, to name a few.
It's a great day to be a PSN or XBL subscriber!! The value of a subscription just went up!!!
If I were a counterfeiter, I'd make only $5 and $10. Sure, it'd be less cost effective, since the cost of printing a $1 or $100 is the same, but no one would suspect my bills are fake.
For the same reason Psychology students cheat. For the same reason Math students cheat. For the same reason English students cheat. For the same reason Economics students cheat. For the same reason Biology students cheat.
> Why assume the A4 is a dual-core PowerPC when it's built for an OS that restricts the use of multitasking?
"WTF" quote of the day. What does dual-core have to do with multitasking??????????????? Windows did multitasking long before dual core chips existed.
On a related note, the iPhone DOES multitasking; it just doesn't let the USER multitask. How do you suppose an incoming call gets through while you´re listening to music?
> No worries mate, the high price is something any pro will happily cough up.
Everyone loves throwing that line around, but I've yet to meet a professional designer (freelancer or otherwise) who's paid for Photoshop, let alone "happily."
I suspect the $700 pricetag is Adobe's way of offsetting some of the losses incurred by piracy. Better that than SecuROM, I guess.
>It should be a selling point to students that they'll be okay if they just need a little help by proving they did nothing wrong. Again, what side is UGA on here?
Ah, yes, because people go to university to engage in illegal activities...
With f2p MMOs, I - not the developer - get to choose IF, WHEN, and HOW MUCH I'm willing to spend on the game. If the game is good, I'll gladly pay to get better gear, charms, etc. If the game sucks, I quit and I'm out of $0.
Compare that to Aion where you PAY $50 for the retail game, then PAY $15 a month just to SEE IF YOU'LL LIKE IT. That, my friend, IS a rip-off.
Obviously, the "race to the top" becomes a big spender's minigame, and you'll end up maxing out a few credit cards to get there, but that's only a minority of the player base.
F2P games were born in Asia, where most players are poor and play mostly from lan houses. So it doesn't make any sense to pay monthly fees.
Moreover, Prysm's LPD screens--which the startup plans to manufacture at a plant in Concord, MA--can be built in any size or shape, from square tiles to long, <b>thin ribbons</b>, meaning they could turn up almost anywhere someone
All arcade, most Atari 2600 and some NES games had no ending and consisted of stacking more and more points, until your thumbs bled or the PCB fried. That was the whole fun of it. The old school-way to do it.
It's when games started telling stories (example, Final Fantasy) that we had elaborate plots and game endings.
But now with the MMORPG craze, every publisher wants a piece of the action (and profit). Game endings are out, micro payments, subscriptions, DLCs are in.
It'll be a truly sad day when all we have to play are Disney MMO, Star Wars MMO, Warcraft MMO, Sonic MMO, Tomb Raider MMO, Halo MMO, etc.
"Mozilla Drumbeat is a global community of people and projects using technology to help internet users understand, participate and take control of their online lives."
It sounds like someone other than myself wants to take control of my online life...
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When was the last time you built your own car? All parts required are readily available.
What percentage of all PC users build their own PC (overall PC users, not /. geeks)??
The thing is, most people don't have patince/skill to build things, and they're better of just buying thigs they need, like TFA says.
3D printing could be the next industrial revolution, but it could also be a niche for hobbists.
May I be the first to say the Dreamcast was the console with the BEST ratio of AWESOME games to crappy ones. Crazy Taxi, Soul Calibur, Shenmue, F355 Challenge, Powerstone, to name a few.
It's a great day to be a PSN or XBL subscriber!! The value of a subscription just went up!!!
If I were a counterfeiter, I'd make only $5 and $10. Sure, it'd be less cost effective, since the cost of printing a $1 or $100 is the same, but no one would suspect my bills are fake.
For the same reason Psychology students cheat.
For the same reason Math students cheat.
For the same reason English students cheat.
For the same reason Economics students cheat.
For the same reason Biology students cheat.
You get the idea...
From TFA:
> So I called around, and I now believe this is an actual unit from Apple -- a unit Apple is very interested in getting back.
If it's so important for Apple to get this phone back, I wonder why there's no reward...
> Why assume the A4 is a dual-core PowerPC when it's built for an OS that restricts the use of multitasking?
"WTF" quote of the day. What does dual-core have to do with multitasking??????????????? Windows did multitasking long before dual core chips existed.
On a related note, the iPhone DOES multitasking; it just doesn't let the USER multitask. How do you suppose an incoming call gets through while you´re listening to music?
Wow, citing Twitter as source material. Damn, /. has sunk to new depths...
> No worries mate, the high price is something any pro will happily cough up.
Everyone loves throwing that line around, but I've yet to meet a professional designer (freelancer or otherwise) who's paid for Photoshop, let alone "happily."
I suspect the $700 pricetag is Adobe's way of offsetting some of the losses incurred by piracy. Better that than SecuROM, I guess.
Do such platforms exist? Is there a smartphone that allows you to download and install random staff from the Internet as a PC does?
Yes, WinMo allows you to install any WinMo app you want from any site you want.
Unfortunately (or not) that may change with WP7.
Just to mention a true PC RPG classic that no one else cared to remember.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betrayal_at_Krondor
Better 3 frog livers than 80 frog livers in 45 minutes.
And then you find out that not all frogs drop livers.
Yeah, college students use the Internet to cheat on research papers.
News at 11.
Yeah Google may pull out of China, but there's no way in hell they'll just turn away over a BILLION customers (or advertisers' customers).
They'll just open a subsidiary in China and operate within the law.
There: do no evil under your own brand name.
Or worse, he probably watched it and thought it's a great idea.
Oh, and where's the gattaca tag?
>It should be a selling point to students that they'll be okay if they just need a little help by proving they did nothing wrong. Again, what side is UGA on here?
Ah, yes, because people go to university to engage in illegal activities...
Disagree on almost every level.
With f2p MMOs, I - not the developer - get to choose IF, WHEN, and HOW MUCH I'm willing to spend on the game. If the game is good, I'll gladly pay to get better gear, charms, etc. If the game sucks, I quit and I'm out of $0.
Compare that to Aion where you PAY $50 for the retail game, then PAY $15 a month just to SEE IF YOU'LL LIKE IT. That, my friend, IS a rip-off.
Obviously, the "race to the top" becomes a big spender's minigame, and you'll end up maxing out a few credit cards to get there, but that's only a minority of the player base.
F2P games were born in Asia, where most players are poor and play mostly from lan houses. So it doesn't make any sense to pay monthly fees.
Mod parent up. If you can't keep up with the upgrade cycle required to play the latest PC games, buy a console or play older games.
What, you want to have your cake and eat it too?? Have you not learnt anything from the recession??
> No more "super cables" for the sake of another super cable so i have to replace everything i own just to run a damned super cable.
Why is that?? Will your perfectly-fine HDMI audio/video gear stop working after this standard is released??
I still use a 5.1 Dolby Pro Logic amp, which won't be replaced until it dies.
It's called Supply & Demand.
You stop buying DLCs, they eventually go away.
Economics 101: F!!
Yeah, I meant to bold THIN RIBBONS.
Is that THIN enough for you??
FTFA:
Moreover, Prysm's LPD screens--which the startup plans to manufacture at a plant in Concord, MA--can be built in any size or shape, from square tiles to long, <b>thin ribbons</b>, meaning they could turn up almost anywhere someone
All arcade, most Atari 2600 and some NES games had no ending and consisted of stacking more and more points, until your thumbs bled or the PCB fried. That was the whole fun of it. The old school-way to do it.
It's when games started telling stories (example, Final Fantasy) that we had elaborate plots and game endings.
But now with the MMORPG craze, every publisher wants a piece of the action (and profit). Game endings are out, micro payments, subscriptions, DLCs are in.
It'll be a truly sad day when all we have to play are Disney MMO, Star Wars MMO, Warcraft MMO, Sonic MMO, Tomb Raider MMO, Halo MMO, etc.
Mod parent up!!
Most insightful post so far. Especially the iPhone part.
From TFA:
"Mozilla Drumbeat is a global community of people and projects using technology to help internet users understand, participate and take control of their online lives."
It sounds like someone other than myself wants to take control of my online life...
I'm sure this bot will pick up more chicks than your average slashdotter!!