Or just any of the Serious Sam games? What an old style shooter should be and more, minus the downsides or cheap attempts at "humour" to distract from flaws?
("killing the rape victims"? Who and why could think that was a good idea?)
DN3D wasn't that great in the first place, largely simply masking it with cheap teenage-level "humour", many cheap tricks to trick young males in... when was the last time you gamed through it?
Also, in searching for convenient scapegoat, don't forget how PC gaming actually looks like. How many things it had killed? The actual PC gaming, not some self-described "elyte" (not like things would be better if they had their way; most likely very much the contrary)
Vast majority of PCs ship with integrated GFX (and the proportions will only go up). Most popular are popcap / browser / flash / fb games, that's how the "casual" got big. Too many games always had controls, & game mechanics overall, boiling down to pointing at things (no wonder, the only widely available analogue controller is meant to... point at things) and/or grind (the hallmark, WoW, not available on any console)
You know, I do mind a bit how the last two themes are now way too widespread on consoles; how their most popular games are PC ports in those regards, not specifically taking advantage of machine characteristics. And how (first thing, GFX & "power") games are mostly made on crossplat
[3] Or some "magical" energy tech will finally give die Wunderwaffe? (of course, again judging by history, somebody else will exploit it...and/or it would be kinda like with, say, scifi cargo cultists virtually never seeing how wormholes / "jumps" / FTL / etc. make reactors or large weapons obsolete vs. just keeping a small link with the core of a nearest star)
Small, automatic "ovens" (form following their purpose, in the spirit of Roomba; also, a story about a toaster) are out there. Inexpensive, low maintenance. Formally for bread or jams (and cake?), I believe, but a cookie is basically just a larger pastry divided into pieces. Or, at the least, many robots good at mixing stuff.
The thing from TFS... looks like visions of household robots from the 50s/60s scifi (kinda like this; I've seen one actually built by "futurist" of the times, good probably only for posing to a photoshot with a normal vacuum cleaner); which were mostly a manifestation of cargo cult scifi fans pushing collective imagination on very limited path. Sad, really; Roombas or automatic mini-bakeries were probably possible much earlier than they showed up.
Those plus, in general, referendum results going against Berlusconi wishes... one day Italians will be able to throw him out (maybe... statistically, he might not remain alive long enough)
And NVM "While democracy should trump all, is it wise to hold majority opinion so high that it slows down progress?" being flamebaitish, Italy's return to nuclear power would be not too far from a book example of regress.
I wouldn't be too surprised if there is a "guaranteed"* delivery of sorts already; it's enough to direct certain containers below deck, *as long as the ship doesn't sink, etc. (and if a ship is in a condition where the container stacks are starting to overturn, it's possibly better for it to lose some on the tilt side)
That could be why I also said "good at importing it"... partly. Because otherwise you have vicious circle - from where the first wave of imported talent would come from, to the first place; how would it start? Besides, among the mentioned "nanny states" only part can be said to be built on immigration (the rest also takes refugees now, but I'm sure you'll agree they're outside the scope here); those societies more or less consciously chose to better themselves at some past point. Which included building one of better educational systems.
...and you merely assume they would change the outcome of Fukushima much; where newer designs are being built, here and there, it's the old story of massive cost overruns (also, "efficient" and "powerful" are interwoven with costs not in inversely proportional) - at least there's no more "too cheap to meter" nonsense. And you ignore how much funds was funnelled over the decades also on this premise, also via warship propulsion or weapons (which arguably made the whole industry possible); how there are very few places which done comparable amount of research into new nuclear energy generation* research as DE (and how many issue they uncovered). You want to pump tons more funds towards this one which didn't quite deliver, while fixating on the alternatives (which I didn't even mention) which were hardly given a chance (world could slightly more interesting if, for one, we'd apply new-found science of aerodynamics a bit earlier to energy generation; heck, relying on coal was also largely a by-product of one war, large scale installations of this tape were practical due to strategic reasons)
Govs are ultimately also a reflection of their society.
From where else would the people forming them come from? Given the chance, most "corruption is bad" folks from street interviews would be happy to cut their slice of the cake. Or consider any random (ex-)soldier; always a honourable man as far his extended family is concerned (NVM frighteningly high part of his social strata still believing that Iraq had anything to do with 9/11; or frighteningly low part not realising much of substance about bomber, missile and mineshaft gaps...or history in general). Also an engineer or blue collar worker - however his family would bitch about gov waste, if he's doing something on public funds then that particular service is of course essential, and the price fair.
...and 90s. And a product which isn't really "innovative" depending, also, on IC, optics (of various kinds), chemical and also manufacturing advances, I'm sure; all of which Sony does (sure, their manufacturing robots used by "everybody" aren't exactly visible, but...). The brand on tons of, greatly advancing over the decade, CCDs in "everything" around is also easily ignored; and Cell should be on the list. And I'm sure I miss some.
It's easy to look at the past through rose coloured glasses, of one type or another.
Whatever makes you tick:) (though you have one thing going for you - trying to "reverse" a simple whoosh is... not exactly common and charming / cute in a peculiar way)
Large part of the "from within" or "your own effort", that you speak of, is determined during single-digit age / education doesn't start at uni. Also in places with frighteningly large percentages of caregivers who are uncomfortable with, say, any science perceived as "threatening" to their ancient beliefs...
"Never emerged" and yet there's quite clear correlation between places pleasant to live in, with decently functional societies, and those heavy on education (well, and good at importing it). Better educated society makes it run more smoothly, hence education is in its best self-interest (which is not the same as perceived self-interest of few selfish pricks who are unable to realize how abundantly they benefit from niceties of smooth societies). Or between such decent places and those with (even high) taxes, for that matter.
Generally, "smarts" is only partially "thanks to deity of the times" / "being born with it"* - people as a group(!) can become smarter; part of that is determined by good educational systems acting early on (plus some side programs, like ensuring there's no hunger among kids - this one's big in determining "smarts" / it's actually quite dominating in "born this way", together with stimulating and non-abusive early environment which, again, can be corrected)
BTW are you aware that the US (together with few others, for example the UK) is at the bottom of developed countries in social mobility? (y'know, the cold, dispassionate metric actually showing what "land of opportunities" or "American Dream" slogans are worth). At the top - so called "nanny states"...
~1% of the demographic who was most into DN3D (teen to young males) is dead now (as estimated by somebody who deals with demographic data daily, when I wondered) - so it might turn out a bit sad / become a nightmare dilemma how to handle, for PR. Especially "True Believers" or "You can stop holding your breath now";p
And yet, places with taxes (or even with "high" ones) generally lead in positive societal factors, are most pleasant to live in, most "free", and so on (overall the "nice" ones, where you'd certainly prefer to live). There is very clear correlation between one and the other. Also, somehow, pretty much all nice societies / civilisations (!= "tribal groups", or those of similar size), have some way of assigning value (aka money). Maybe it makes fair cooperation a bit easier?
Sweat isn't the best as an element here - you're under Just World illusion if you think it's not pretty much universal among all our "fore-bearers"... and the amount of it (and blood) not clearly pointing to future prosperity in a given place (more in places which export its suffering there). And let me guess, maybe also the myth of "past middle class glory" or Lake Wobegon Effect? (while the US is in fact the lowest (together with few others of course, not being alone) in social mobility among developed places? (the highest being in "nanny states" such as Canada or Nordic ones); so much for "Land of Opportunities" / "American Dream"); NVM other cognitive biases, for example how we merely convince ourselves into reliability of our memory, don't remember how little we remember (via "old times were always better" this gives tiresome political results)
I long ago stopped buying and supporting sony things. my way to fight back is to just stop buying
I wonder, do you boycott manufacturers using Sony manufacturing robots? (they're big here) Do you make sure you don't end up with a Sony CCD sensor or LCD panel, mobile or "big"? (also large chunks; generally semiconductors, batteries, chemicals, electronic components, OEM optical drives,... ; yes, being "tricked" into giving them money and solidifying their tech lead in some areas, the horror)
Even with professional / industrial markets, and the world or electronics extending beyond Best Buy - once there, do you avoid equipment with S/PDIF? (guess what "S" means) Content which could pass through FDD, CD, Betacam, DAT, Video8/Hi8, DVD, miniDV, HDV, Bluray? And what about all the films and music from Sony studios? Also some TV stations of their own (NVM tons which use Sony equipment). Hm, avoid dealing with any entities which use Sony banking / financial services?
PS. Kids don't seem to realize something, too. Many (most?) consumers despise those who are behind the attacks.
Also, "hate" directed at some company is...not even wrong, they way I look at it. Especially with a consortium, very far from monolithic; even with divisions "infighting" in a way, as far as things for which people fight Sony go. A consortium with one of the most open ebook ecosystems or DAP lines; providing large chunk of CCDs and a NLE with fantastic bang-for-buck - both very useful to indies, both a "competition" to Sony Pictures, I guess... how the evil Sony could do that?
(NVM singling them out for bashing contest, ignoring many formats they did introduce succesfully / remembering only failures - which appear relatively numerous, simply because Sony does a lot, introduced a lot, plus a cognitive bias of associating any company more with their exclusive formats... which is simply kinda the definition of "not adopted by others")
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Within the territory in question, draft is pretty much abolished. In few places still practising it, generally only volunteers go to conflict zones.
Or just any of the Serious Sam games? What an old style shooter should be and more, minus the downsides or cheap attempts at "humour" to distract from flaws?
("killing the rape victims"? Who and why could think that was a good idea?)
DN3D wasn't that great in the first place, largely simply masking it with cheap teenage-level "humour", many cheap tricks to trick young males in... when was the last time you gamed through it?
Also, in searching for convenient scapegoat, don't forget how PC gaming actually looks like. How many things it had killed? The actual PC gaming, not some self-described "elyte" (not like things would be better if they had their way; most likely very much the contrary)
Vast majority of PCs ship with integrated GFX (and the proportions will only go up). Most popular are popcap / browser / flash / fb games, that's how the "casual" got big. Too many games always had controls, & game mechanics overall, boiling down to pointing at things (no wonder, the only widely available analogue controller is meant to... point at things) and/or grind (the hallmark, WoW, not available on any console)
You know, I do mind a bit how the last two themes are now way too widespread on consoles; how their most popular games are PC ports in those regards, not specifically taking advantage of machine characteristics. And how (first thing, GFX & "power") games are mostly made on crossplat
[3] Or some "magical" energy tech will finally give die Wunderwaffe? (of course, again judging by history, somebody else will exploit it ...and/or it would be kinda like with, say, scifi cargo cultists virtually never seeing how wormholes / "jumps" / FTL / etc. make reactors or large weapons obsolete vs. just keeping a small link with the core of a nearest star)
Small, automatic "ovens" (form following their purpose, in the spirit of Roomba; also, a story about a toaster) are out there. Inexpensive, low maintenance. Formally for bread or jams (and cake?), I believe, but a cookie is basically just a larger pastry divided into pieces. Or, at the least, many robots good at mixing stuff.
The thing from TFS... looks like visions of household robots from the 50s/60s scifi (kinda like this; I've seen one actually built by "futurist" of the times, good probably only for posing to a photoshot with a normal vacuum cleaner); which were mostly a manifestation of cargo cult scifi fans pushing collective imagination on very limited path. Sad, really; Roombas or automatic mini-bakeries were probably possible much earlier than they showed up.
May I propose the British? (or maybe their sort of still mild vassals in the north of your continent)
It's not much of stretch to count (also) all the foreign coal supporting foreign manufacture for example, so that US consumers can consume...
Those plus, in general, referendum results going against Berlusconi wishes... one day Italians will be able to throw him out (maybe... statistically, he might not remain alive long enough)
And NVM "While democracy should trump all, is it wise to hold majority opinion so high that it slows down progress?" being flamebaitish, Italy's return to nuclear power would be not too far from a book example of regress.
I wouldn't be too surprised if there is a "guaranteed"* delivery of sorts already; it's enough to direct certain containers below deck, *as long as the ship doesn't sink, etc. (and if a ship is in a condition where the container stacks are starting to overturn, it's possibly better for it to lose some on the tilt side)
That could be why I also said "good at importing it"... partly. Because otherwise you have vicious circle - from where the first wave of imported talent would come from, to the first place; how would it start? Besides, among the mentioned "nanny states" only part can be said to be built on immigration (the rest also takes refugees now, but I'm sure you'll agree they're outside the scope here); those societies more or less consciously chose to better themselves at some past point. Which included building one of better educational systems.
...and you merely assume they would change the outcome of Fukushima much; where newer designs are being built, here and there, it's the old story of massive cost overruns (also, "efficient" and "powerful" are interwoven with costs not in inversely proportional) - at least there's no more "too cheap to meter" nonsense. And you ignore how much funds was funnelled over the decades also on this premise, also via warship propulsion or weapons (which arguably made the whole industry possible); how there are very few places which done comparable amount of research into new nuclear energy generation* research as DE (and how many issue they uncovered). You want to pump tons more funds towards this one which didn't quite deliver, while fixating on the alternatives (which I didn't even mention) which were hardly given a chance (world could slightly more interesting if, for one, we'd apply new-found science of aerodynamics a bit earlier to energy generation; heck, relying on coal was also largely a by-product of one war, large scale installations of this tape were practical due to strategic reasons)
Govs are ultimately also a reflection of their society.
...or history in general). Also an engineer or blue collar worker - however his family would bitch about gov waste, if he's doing something on public funds then that particular service is of course essential, and the price fair.
From where else would the people forming them come from? Given the chance, most "corruption is bad" folks from street interviews would be happy to cut their slice of the cake. Or consider any random (ex-)soldier; always a honourable man as far his extended family is concerned (NVM frighteningly high part of his social strata still believing that Iraq had anything to do with 9/11; or frighteningly low part not realising much of substance about bomber, missile and mineshaft gaps
...and 90s. And a product which isn't really "innovative" depending, also, on IC, optics (of various kinds), chemical and also manufacturing advances, I'm sure; all of which Sony does (sure, their manufacturing robots used by "everybody" aren't exactly visible, but...). The brand on tons of, greatly advancing over the decade, CCDs in "everything" around is also easily ignored; and Cell should be on the list. And I'm sure I miss some.
It's easy to look at the past through rose coloured glasses, of one type or another.
Whatever makes you tick :) (though you have one thing going for you - trying to "reverse" a simple whoosh is... not exactly common and charming / cute in a peculiar way)
Large part of the "from within" or "your own effort", that you speak of, is determined during single-digit age / education doesn't start at uni. Also in places with frighteningly large percentages of caregivers who are uncomfortable with, say, any science perceived as "threatening" to their ancient beliefs...
"Never emerged" and yet there's quite clear correlation between places pleasant to live in, with decently functional societies, and those heavy on education (well, and good at importing it). Better educated society makes it run more smoothly, hence education is in its best self-interest (which is not the same as perceived self-interest of few selfish pricks who are unable to realize how abundantly they benefit from niceties of smooth societies). Or between such decent places and those with (even high) taxes, for that matter.
Generally, "smarts" is only partially "thanks to deity of the times" / "being born with it"* - people as a group(!) can become smarter; part of that is determined by good educational systems acting early on (plus some side programs, like ensuring there's no hunger among kids - this one's big in determining "smarts" / it's actually quite dominating in "born this way", together with stimulating and non-abusive early environment which, again, can be corrected)
BTW are you aware that the US (together with few others, for example the UK) is at the bottom of developed countries in social mobility? (y'know, the cold, dispassionate metric actually showing what "land of opportunities" or "American Dream" slogans are worth). At the top - so called "nanny states"...
Srsly, in one post doing the same cargo cult you accuse others of? ("new nuclear designs get rid of practical* issues, are the wundersolution")
*NOT technical, that's not much of an issue for "50 years old designs"
~1% of the demographic who was most into DN3D (teen to young males) is dead now (as estimated by somebody who deals with demographic data daily, when I wondered) - so it might turn out a bit sad / become a nightmare dilemma how to handle, for PR. Especially "True Believers" or "You can stop holding your breath now" ;p
And yet, places with taxes (or even with "high" ones) generally lead in positive societal factors, are most pleasant to live in, most "free", and so on (overall the "nice" ones, where you'd certainly prefer to live). There is very clear correlation between one and the other. Also, somehow, pretty much all nice societies / civilisations (!= "tribal groups", or those of similar size), have some way of assigning value (aka money). Maybe it makes fair cooperation a bit easier?
Sweat isn't the best as an element here - you're under Just World illusion if you think it's not pretty much universal among all our "fore-bearers"... and the amount of it (and blood) not clearly pointing to future prosperity in a given place (more in places which export its suffering there). And let me guess, maybe also the myth of "past middle class glory" or Lake Wobegon Effect? (while the US is in fact the lowest (together with few others of course, not being alone) in social mobility among developed places? (the highest being in "nanny states" such as Canada or Nordic ones); so much for "Land of Opportunities" / "American Dream"); NVM other cognitive biases, for example how we merely convince ourselves into reliability of our memory, don't remember how little we remember (via "old times were always better" this gives tiresome political results)
Yet you start by missing why miniDV was listed... hey, more rose-coloured past (uberrecent even) / more power to you, if you need it for some reason.
Yes, it's kinda the point of whoooshes.
Pedantic. Ignoring.
And that tells somebody whooshed... (nvm role of context in "discussions")
Parent poster mentioned Umatic, Betamax, Betacam, MO discs as, clearly, examples of pushing the tech, etc. Not of winning mass market.
Whoooosh...
(you've found "problem" only with miniDV?)
I long ago stopped buying and supporting sony things. my way to fight back is to just stop buying
I wonder, do you boycott manufacturers using Sony manufacturing robots? (they're big here) Do you make sure you don't end up with a Sony CCD sensor or LCD panel, mobile or "big"? (also large chunks; generally semiconductors, batteries, chemicals, electronic components, OEM optical drives, ... ; yes, being "tricked" into giving them money and solidifying their tech lead in some areas, the horror)
Even with professional / industrial markets, and the world or electronics extending beyond Best Buy - once there, do you avoid equipment with S/PDIF? (guess what "S" means) Content which could pass through FDD, CD, Betacam, DAT, Video8/Hi8, DVD, miniDV, HDV, Bluray? And what about all the films and music from Sony studios? Also some TV stations of their own (NVM tons which use Sony equipment). Hm, avoid dealing with any entities which use Sony banking / financial services?
PS. Kids don't seem to realize something, too. Many (most?) consumers despise those who are behind the attacks.
Also, "hate" directed at some company is...not even wrong, they way I look at it. Especially with a consortium, very far from monolithic; even with divisions "infighting" in a way, as far as things for which people fight Sony go. A consortium with one of the most open ebook ecosystems or DAP lines; providing large chunk of CCDs and a NLE with fantastic bang-for-buck - both very useful to indies, both a "competition" to Sony Pictures, I guess... how the evil Sony could do that?
(NVM singling them out for bashing contest, ignoring many formats they did introduce succesfully / remembering only failures - which appear relatively numerous, simply because Sony does a lot, introduced a lot, plus a cognitive bias of associating any company more with their exclusive formats... which is simply kinda the definition of "not adopted by others")