ROM = Read-Only Memory, so anything that can't be written or erased qualifies. The access method doesn't change a thing.
Why would Nintendo store the game data in flash memory anyway? That would just help potential hacks to rewrite carts with other games.
But there's also the fact that most Nintendo DS carts do also have built-in flash too, in order to save games in progress. I guess the carts could be called hybrid ROM/Flash.
Wether or not it's cheaper to make than UMD, well, I'm not sure about that either. UMD is optical, so the cost even with the caddy would still be extremely low, especially since there's probably only one caddy model to manufacture. And since a regular, full-size CD-R costs mere pennies to make, a smaller, non-writable disc is probably pennies too.
The faster we switch to multi-core processors, the better. That way we can "map out" the non-working cores just like non-working sectors/blocks/whatever in flash storage. That would be a perfect way to both reduce waste (no CPUs go in the trash) AND lower prices (since there is no rejects).
Example: let's say we have a 1024-core CPU. You can sell ALL of them with different prices depending on how many cores actually work. Of course a 1024-core CPU would cost a fortune, but at least it wouldn't have to ALSO cover for the loss of the 512 working cores CPU.
101010. Light side (something) and dark side (nothing). Three of each, like the sides of a triangle. Like two triforces, one good and one evil, balancing each other, Yin and Yang.
What derivative work? We're talking about hardware accessing and displaying information. Or do you think people using Windows or Mac OS X don't have the right to use wikipedia.org?
While "WikiReader" explains in one made-up word what the device actually is, they should have tried to get bonus nerd points and get the trademark rights to sell it as "The Guide".
The game difficulty should be like a stairway instead of a straight line. That way, you struggle a bit a the beginning of each step and feel more powerful toward the end of each step.
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Higher speeds will only make you sound like a chipmunk.
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Aren't all laptops already in 3D?
Oups, sorry.
ROM = Read-Only Memory, so anything that can't be written or erased qualifies. The access method doesn't change a thing.
Why would Nintendo store the game data in flash memory anyway? That would just help potential hacks to rewrite carts with other games.
But there's also the fact that most Nintendo DS carts do also have built-in flash too, in order to save games in progress. I guess the carts could be called hybrid ROM/Flash.
Wether or not it's cheaper to make than UMD, well, I'm not sure about that either. UMD is optical, so the cost even with the caddy would still be extremely low, especially since there's probably only one caddy model to manufacture. And since a regular, full-size CD-R costs mere pennies to make, a smaller, non-writable disc is probably pennies too.
Indeed, IMHO one of the reason SEGA lost sales is the constant release of new consoles and the few titles that required them.
The DSi is only a few months old for the north american market, the Nintendo TS should be at least 2-3 years away.
Unless Nintendo are scared of Sony's PSP Go, for some strange reason...
ROM != flash.
If it doesn't move, it's not running. /duck
The faster we switch to multi-core processors, the better. That way we can "map out" the non-working cores just like non-working sectors/blocks/whatever in flash storage. That would be a perfect way to both reduce waste (no CPUs go in the trash) AND lower prices (since there is no rejects).
Example: let's say we have a 1024-core CPU. You can sell ALL of them with different prices depending on how many cores actually work. Of course a 1024-core CPU would cost a fortune, but at least it wouldn't have to ALSO cover for the loss of the 512 working cores CPU.
I think you just wrote the dialog for their TV ad.
101010. Light side (something) and dark side (nothing). Three of each, like the sides of a triangle. Like two triforces, one good and one evil, balancing each other, Yin and Yang.
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What if the fee is asked for the work of porting/compresing/whatever the content, and not the content itself?
Then again I haven't read the details of the whole thing.
What derivative work? We're talking about hardware accessing and displaying information. Or do you think people using Windows or Mac OS X don't have the right to use wikipedia.org?
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Damn, foiled again by AC!
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While "WikiReader" explains in one made-up word what the device actually is, they should have tried to get bonus nerd points and get the trademark rights to sell it as "The Guide".
Supercollider? I just met her!
Yeah but without Delta brainwaves, wouldn't you end up being an idiot?
Don't you mean Scyence Fyction?
Have you tried to simply reprogram the simulator? I don't believe in the no-win scenarios.
The game difficulty should be like a stairway instead of a straight line. That way, you struggle a bit a the beginning of each step and feel more powerful toward the end of each step.
Cartman! Stop saying the F word!
Nope, videos are recorded in H.264, then recorded on vinyl. It does require a 50000 RPM turntable though.
OMG you would fail as an airport security agent. You forgot about nail clippers!