Add to this games in the spirit of Animal Crossing (which is a brilliant idea, imho) and you get a family console which is fun for everyone. Nintendo is doing pretty much everything right in my book, it's just a shame that less developers are willing to take a risk and put out games that rely on real fun gameplay rather than shock value or the kids that want to be cool in front of their friends so they get the goriest games out there.
Hey, I liked the design of the SNES you innsensitive clod!
On a serious note, though... I think nintendo has done a very good job of making their systems visually appealing (except for the model 2 versions). The snes was leaps and bounds above the genesis in that regard, imho. Not to mention the actual construction quality. Other systems of that era just felt rather cheap comparitively. Now with the gamecube they've made a small system that's very easy to move around. This must be a godsend for parents when they want their kids to go play in another room.
I will be a nintendo fan as long as they stick to their original way of doing things. Their systems are always a lot different then the competition's. They also seem to still care about more than just making money, which is rare in this day and age.
Out of curiosity, do you have a link to substantiate that? I know that there are a lot of lawsuits which are completely moronic like this, but I've never found any true evidence of one yet.
What exactly are you waiting for with service pack 2? It's pretty well past the initial testing phase. I'm all for waiting to see if a new patch or upgrade is going to be an effective fix or whether it's buggier than the previous software, but there comes a time when you have to be a little proactive about it and actually search to see what peoples experiences are with it, not to mention installing it on a test system.
The bottom line is that these things need to happen to keep us all running well. If the patch is known to break software, then send an email to the company that wrote the software and ask for a patch from them. AFAIK SP2 only broke support for applications that were written in an insecure manner, in which case the companies that wrote them should be responsible and get upgrades out that fix those issues, especially whith a service pack that fixes as many bugs as SP2.
You raise an interesting point. Maybe these white knight worms should be looked at in the perspective of systems being patched to slow down the worms progress and protect the rest of the internet rather than systems being patched to protect the administrator of that specific system. If an administrator becomes lazy and that causes grief to other admins, maybe this is deserved. It seems a lot like an ISP disconnecting a user for having a virus on there system, however a little more invasive.
Out of curiosity, how would we know that one of the broken up sections was not doing something to help one of the others? Is that something that would be watched?
The trouble there is that the user doesn't realize that it is, in fact, broken. People have this idea that once a piece of software is written, that's it. They don't realize the nature of programming and the fact that even the best programmer will have bugs in his / her software.
A lot of that is due to lack of exposure. I never really had any interest in radio shows before I went through a class on storytelling. Now I think it's quite interesting. I know the same thing was true for my friends who went through the film history class.
The iPod is completely different. This is for offloading storage from digital cameras and other flash memory based devices. It allows the user to plug that device directly into it and with one press of a button, it copies all of the data on that flash device to itself. This is VERY useful in the realm of digital photography and a large percentage of digital photographers are already using technology that is similar called FlashTrax.
I must admit that I was hoping for a new GUI when I first saw this article. Honestly though, I'd never complain because they've done a lot for everyone already.
Do you work in a business where PR is important by any chance? I do, and I can tell you that although your statement seems logically sound (and is for the most part) companies can still get pissed off whether or not there is actually something wrong with what you're doing. You don't know what sort of ties Nintendo had to the maker of those chips, who knows if they were getting a deal on buying so many in bulk, or whether they might have even been sponsored some for advertising the use of that chip in dealing whith other electronic manufacturers.
Keeping the businesses you deal with happy is not as easy as you might think, and I can certainly see some sort of trouble arising from the use of overclocked chips.
Personally I'm anxiously awaiting a calendar program that will let me synchronize a calendar between work, home and the web (so I can get it when I'm away from either office). Currently I've got Mozilla Sunbird doing that to a certain degree by publishing a webdav calendar, but it's not the most reliable setup. I often find that things aren't updating in the correct order and I get stuck with an out of date to-do list.
Anyay, I'm wandering a bit. My point is, that there are a lot of people that need the function of a calendar, and if not, then at least the to-do list. If you've got enough on your plate it gets very hard to remember everything, and it would be nice if that calendar / to-do list was able to be updated via emails that are recieved from others. I know Outlook used to be able to do this, but, again, it was buggy.
Agreed. Back before Microsoft was going through all of this antitrust business, another program being included in the operating system would just be considered an added bonus. Don't get me wrong, I hate Microsoft, but why the hell are we focusing on things that are so ridiculous when there are a LOT of things that Microsoft does that are really worth antitrust litigation? If apple was ever to break out of the niche market, would their inclusion of iTunes and Quicktime be considered abuse of Monopoly? Everyone seems to be fine with it now.
In the past I think this type of action hurt us more than helping us. We complained that Internet Explorer was shipped with windows, and now it's been completely integrated into windows, justifying arguements against removing it. Will the same sort of thing happen with Media Player?
While I see your point, you make overthrowing a corrupt government sound like an easy thing. If you think about the military forces, all the different security angency's and everything else that governments have backing them in this day and age, I think you'll find that it would be quite a bit more difficult than taking over a corrupt corporation.
Violent uprisings are no longer capable of freeing people from that which they wish to be freed. People need to actually think and convince others to take their side. If everyone switches sides, or even the majority switches sides, a revolution is started without the need for a war which would not accomplish anything anyway.
You raise a good point, and I agree wholeheartedly. I think that seeing how other people are doing things and getting exposure to new ideas is important in all walks of life, including programming. I definately understand the reason of not having enough time, but just not wanting to check it out doesn't sit with me well.
Doki Doki Panic, it was released for the Famicom FDS System which was a double sided disk drive available in Japan. SMB made some graphical improvements on it including some extra animation, and I think they smoothed some of the movement up a bit as well.
Doubtful. TvTorrents.net is now pointing to a GoDaddy advertising page, and about a week ago it was pointing to 127.0.0.1. I think they're down for the count.
Check out the article on Why this will raise the bar. You're right that this, in and of itself, is not going to make an enormous difference in how we search. The idea of instant feedback without a browser refresh, on the other hand, is a very big deal.
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Add to this games in the spirit of Animal Crossing (which is a brilliant idea, imho) and you get a family console which is fun for everyone. Nintendo is doing pretty much everything right in my book, it's just a shame that less developers are willing to take a risk and put out games that rely on real fun gameplay rather than shock value or the kids that want to be cool in front of their friends so they get the goriest games out there.
Hey, I liked the design of the SNES you innsensitive clod!
On a serious note, though... I think nintendo has done a very good job of making their systems visually appealing (except for the model 2 versions). The snes was leaps and bounds above the genesis in that regard, imho. Not to mention the actual construction quality. Other systems of that era just felt rather cheap comparitively. Now with the gamecube they've made a small system that's very easy to move around. This must be a godsend for parents when they want their kids to go play in another room.
I will be a nintendo fan as long as they stick to their original way of doing things. Their systems are always a lot different then the competition's. They also seem to still care about more than just making money, which is rare in this day and age.
Out of curiosity, do you have a link to substantiate that? I know that there are a lot of lawsuits which are completely moronic like this, but I've never found any true evidence of one yet.
What exactly are you waiting for with service pack 2? It's pretty well past the initial testing phase. I'm all for waiting to see if a new patch or upgrade is going to be an effective fix or whether it's buggier than the previous software, but there comes a time when you have to be a little proactive about it and actually search to see what peoples experiences are with it, not to mention installing it on a test system.
The bottom line is that these things need to happen to keep us all running well. If the patch is known to break software, then send an email to the company that wrote the software and ask for a patch from them. AFAIK SP2 only broke support for applications that were written in an insecure manner, in which case the companies that wrote them should be responsible and get upgrades out that fix those issues, especially whith a service pack that fixes as many bugs as SP2.
You raise an interesting point. Maybe these white knight worms should be looked at in the perspective of systems being patched to slow down the worms progress and protect the rest of the internet rather than systems being patched to protect the administrator of that specific system. If an administrator becomes lazy and that causes grief to other admins, maybe this is deserved. It seems a lot like an ISP disconnecting a user for having a virus on there system, however a little more invasive.
Only in the eyes of the marketing department.
Out of curiosity, how would we know that one of the broken up sections was not doing something to help one of the others? Is that something that would be watched?
The trouble there is that the user doesn't realize that it is, in fact, broken. People have this idea that once a piece of software is written, that's it. They don't realize the nature of programming and the fact that even the best programmer will have bugs in his / her software.
All of the sudden I'm feeling a little bit country.
A lot of that is due to lack of exposure. I never really had any interest in radio shows before I went through a class on storytelling. Now I think it's quite interesting. I know the same thing was true for my friends who went through the film history class.
The government sure takes enough away from me right now claiming that it's to support me when I'm older. I damn well better get that support!
The iPod is completely different. This is for offloading storage from digital cameras and other flash memory based devices. It allows the user to plug that device directly into it and with one press of a button, it copies all of the data on that flash device to itself. This is VERY useful in the realm of digital photography and a large percentage of digital photographers are already using technology that is similar called FlashTrax.
I must admit that I was hoping for a new GUI when I first saw this article. Honestly though, I'd never complain because they've done a lot for everyone already.
Do you work in a business where PR is important by any chance? I do, and I can tell you that although your statement seems logically sound (and is for the most part) companies can still get pissed off whether or not there is actually something wrong with what you're doing. You don't know what sort of ties Nintendo had to the maker of those chips, who knows if they were getting a deal on buying so many in bulk, or whether they might have even been sponsored some for advertising the use of that chip in dealing whith other electronic manufacturers.
Keeping the businesses you deal with happy is not as easy as you might think, and I can certainly see some sort of trouble arising from the use of overclocked chips.
Yup, and how the hell are we going to get the oil drillers trained by that time? We're doomed...
Ok, risking karma... Troll? Come on. Off topic possibly, but that's a stretch. Please, can we get an underrated over here for the parent?
Personally I'm anxiously awaiting a calendar program that will let me synchronize a calendar between work, home and the web (so I can get it when I'm away from either office). Currently I've got Mozilla Sunbird doing that to a certain degree by publishing a webdav calendar, but it's not the most reliable setup. I often find that things aren't updating in the correct order and I get stuck with an out of date to-do list.
Anyay, I'm wandering a bit. My point is, that there are a lot of people that need the function of a calendar, and if not, then at least the to-do list. If you've got enough on your plate it gets very hard to remember everything, and it would be nice if that calendar / to-do list was able to be updated via emails that are recieved from others. I know Outlook used to be able to do this, but, again, it was buggy.
Agreed. Back before Microsoft was going through all of this antitrust business, another program being included in the operating system would just be considered an added bonus. Don't get me wrong, I hate Microsoft, but why the hell are we focusing on things that are so ridiculous when there are a LOT of things that Microsoft does that are really worth antitrust litigation? If apple was ever to break out of the niche market, would their inclusion of iTunes and Quicktime be considered abuse of Monopoly? Everyone seems to be fine with it now.
In the past I think this type of action hurt us more than helping us. We complained that Internet Explorer was shipped with windows, and now it's been completely integrated into windows, justifying arguements against removing it. Will the same sort of thing happen with Media Player?
Actually, studies have shown that people become more attentive at higher speeds and are less likely to be involved in an accident due to that fact.
While I see your point, you make overthrowing a corrupt government sound like an easy thing. If you think about the military forces, all the different security angency's and everything else that governments have backing them in this day and age, I think you'll find that it would be quite a bit more difficult than taking over a corrupt corporation.
Violent uprisings are no longer capable of freeing people from that which they wish to be freed. People need to actually think and convince others to take their side. If everyone switches sides, or even the majority switches sides, a revolution is started without the need for a war which would not accomplish anything anyway.
You raise a good point, and I agree wholeheartedly. I think that seeing how other people are doing things and getting exposure to new ideas is important in all walks of life, including programming. I definately understand the reason of not having enough time, but just not wanting to check it out doesn't sit with me well.
Doki Doki Panic, it was released for the Famicom FDS System which was a double sided disk drive available in Japan. SMB made some graphical improvements on it including some extra animation, and I think they smoothed some of the movement up a bit as well.
Doubtful. TvTorrents.net is now pointing to a GoDaddy advertising page, and about a week ago it was pointing to 127.0.0.1. I think they're down for the count.
Funny, I thought that was basically a proven fact by now.
Check out the article on Why this will raise the bar. You're right that this, in and of itself, is not going to make an enormous difference in how we search. The idea of instant feedback without a browser refresh, on the other hand, is a very big deal.