This may have created the cheapest HD-DVD player on the market to date.
Excuse me, but last time I checked, a computer running Windows XP wasn't free. Some people have Macs, others have PCs running Linux/BSD/etc.
Saying that it's the cheapest HD-DVD player because you can hack it to work with a PC running Windows XP is as stupid as saying it's the cheapest HD-DVD player because you only have to connect it to your Xbox 360.
See that boldened part in the end? The number of the message? Just click it.
1. It didn't work that way before. 2. We had no warning whatsoever about the change. 3. Even when choosing "Threaded" in my view settings it doesn't display as threaded at all. 4. Clicking on the post # to view it alone and *then* reply to that message is not intuitive and is more work for the user *and* the server compared to the old way.
Any console that costs more than 300 is not worth getting. It's a fucking toy, nothing more. If I wanted a souped up gaming box I'd buy another PC and dedicate it to gaming...
And buying a more expensive PC simply to play games on it is better how? Not to mention all the usual Windows problems that goes with it? Service Pack 2 or not, there's always new holes being discovered and you'll never been 100% safe (or, in the case of Windows, even 50% safe I guess).
I'd rather use consoles to play games, thanks. And with the Wii coming up, it might even beat the old keyboard+mouse combo for some games. As for "PC games", well, there's the Xbox 360.
Better yet would be to artificially grow meat or create a substitute with the same nutritional content. I wonder how far the technology is into the future.
You mean like soy? That's today and it's everywhere.
Arguements like this article are a complete waste of time because they try to blame the community for Linux failure to penetrate the desktop market. In reality it has little to do with the product and much more to do with market conditions and public perception.
Agreed. Even Apple, with all their marketing, can barely make a dent into the Windows marketshare. The fact that Linux is almost only word-of-mouth between enthusiasts only makes it worst to gain any significant marketshare on the desktop.
So what. The reality is, there's two kinds of Linux users: 1. Linux is free and ready for the desktop, drop Windows/Mac OS X already! 2. Linux is ours, if you can't use it then use Windows/Mac OS X already.
The article was targeted at point of view #1, my comment was that point of view #1 is simply not true and your opinion is point of view #2. The two of us simply can't argue because we don't even believe in the same basic target users for Linux. Now stop complaining, I'm aware of people in group #2 and IMHO group #2 is simply a bunch of snob technophile elitists, just like a large % of Mac OS X users are simply snob rich elitists (which I'm not).
Oh my, how arrogant does that title sound to me. I'm tired of hearing how about "Linux is ready for the desktop" and "users are too stupid for Linux".
Here, let me fix that title for you:
Why Linux is not ready for the World.
There, I said it. In other words, stop trying to force the users to understand your software, adapt your software to the users expectations. And please no "we'll never innovate if we do things that way", Apple does it just fine. Microsoft too, for that matter (albeit poorly/clumsily at times).
And now, make way for the hurd of Linux and OSS zealots so that they can mod me down, according to their arrogance and total ignorance of real-world users.
PNG can be 8bpp (color palette or grayscale) like GIF or 24bpp like JPEG. It's not stuck at 8bpp max like GIF. And it actually has real (alpha) transparency.
PNG doesn't "compress the image", it compresses the data for the image (like GIF, not like JPEG).
I am confused with how you can say that PS2 was the weakest console of the last generation.
I meant hardware-wise, not marketshare-wise. Of course, the PS2 was the best-selling console, but the hardware was seriously lacking, even when compared to the Gamecube.
As for the controller, I really hate the PS1/PS2 gamepad. It's hard to get a real grip on it, unlike the Xbox or the Gamecube. IMHO the Gamecube has the best grip/comfort of all the gamepads I've ever used (and that ranges from the NES to the Xbox 360, including the Jaguar, Saturn, etc).
I also can't wait to try that Wiimote in less than 3 weeks.:D
Too bad Metroid Prime 3 isn't a launch title... Aside from Zelda, only Excite Truck seems fun.
I suggest if you want the experience of a last gen console that you should just buy one and save yourself a lot of money.
The thing is, I own a Gamecube, an Xbox and now an Xbox 360. Frankly, the Xbox 360 is really only an "Xbox 1.5" too (or Xbox 2 at best, but not the stupid marketing crap of "10 times more powerful" we've heard before), just like the Wii is a "Gamecube 1.5" (but finally with something that might make Metroid Prime one of the best console game ever, if only for the controls). Both machines offer better visuals than their predecessor, but not by that much.
The PS3, on the other hand, only had to beat the PS2, the weakest console of the last gen. Not that hard to do, especially with Sony throwing everything it can into the PS3.
As for which console is "the best", it doesn't matter. I've played the trial of "Dead Rising", and frankly it's a POS. Sure it looks nice (though I'm wondering why the first Xbox couldn't do almost exactly the same), but it's still the same old game style as 10 or even 20 years ago, in 3D. Woopedidoo. I don't get what the hype is all about. Maybe teens only want to play games where you shoot and kill everything.
- reports of people saying the PS3 is barely better than an Xbox 360, the Xbox 360 already being extremely noisy (at least with Final Fantasy XI) - the Wii is 2-3 times more powerful than a Gamecube while at the same time requires half or a third of the power - the Nintendo DS can play for hours and hours on a single charge, not really so with the PSP
More expensive = more heat, more power required, less battery life (if applicable)?
What good is HD graphics if you have to keep the same quality per pixel as the last gen? I'd rather stay in normal definition and get a better picture. We're still very, VERY far away from real-life visuals. Pushing pixels only makes crappy graphics look less pixelated.
I use Firefox on a G3 700MHz iBook. Starting it up takes some time... but the obvious solution to that is to never exit the program (which is how you're supposed to use a Mac anyway). Once open, it's as fast as any other browser.
Why is that "how I'm supposed to use a Mac anyway"? Open programs take memory, I don't see how keeping them open while you don't use them makes any sense at all. Also what I meant was that Firefox is dog-slow while using it, not only when starting it up. It scrolls pages like molasses, it feels cludgy, etc. I don't like it at all.
Safari is pretty, but I can't stand browsing without Adblock and Flashblock. Besides, having a close button on each tab is just stupid IMO. Easy to fix on Firefox, impossible to fix on Safari.
Easy to fix on Firefox, no sir. Unless messing about with XML and javascript is your idea of "easy", which is out of reach of normal users. As for the adblock and flashblock, disabling pop-ups and plug-ins takes care of the most annoying ads.
Of course you'd rather use your own hardware with OS X. But the reality is, you either pay 400$ for Vista or 600$ for Leopard AND a Mac mini. That makes the Mac mini sort of only 200$ when you look at it this way. Of course, Leopard isn't 400$, but that's not what we're comparing here.
The Mac mini is the smallest computer Apple offers. If you take Rosetta out of the picture (because frankly, most users won't install anything that's not already on it), 512MB is enough for mail, browsing, instant messaging, photo editing and light video editing/DVD burning.
In order to keep costs down, I guess they'll be sticking with 512MB for now.
However, I'm really pissed at the idea of giving $400 for "Vista Ultimate" and would love the *option* to buy OSX instead.
Hum, pay 400$ for Vista Ultimate, a piece of software on a DVD-ROM (hopefully), or wait until around january 2007 and pay 600$ for a Mac mini with a 1.66Ghz Intel Core Duo, 512MB memory, 60GB hard drive, Combo Drive (DVD-ROM/CD-RW), 1000BASE-T (Gigabit), 802.11g, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) module and Leopard. That's like getting Leopard for the same 400$ as Vista Ultimate but also getting the Mac mini for only 200$! And that's today's specs and price, too. Who knows what the price and specs could become by january.
Okay, so Leopard will probably also be 129$ (like all other versions). That still makes the Mac mini, with Leopard, only 200$ more than Vista Ultimate. And a lot of people are going to need at least 200$ worth of upgrades simply to be able to run Vista comfortably.
Dude A: Hey, I got an Xbox 360! Dude B: Cool, I got one too! Do you have racing game X? Dude A: Yeah, I bought it with my Xbox 360! Dude B: Cool, log in Xbox Live and we'll race against each other! Dude A: Ok... hey, it won't let me? Dude B: Dude, you have to have a gold account to play against other people online! Dude A: What?! I've been playing non-MMORPG games online against other players for years, WTF is that "gold account required for online multiplayer" crap now? Thanks Microsoft, I'll go play Tetris DS on Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection! FOR FUCKING FREE!
That's the way I feel about it, anyway. Requiring people to have PAID ACCOUNTS to download ADS to HELP THEM SELL MORE GAMES is the stupidest marketing idea I've ever heard. In a while, anyway.
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This is an external HD-DVD USB drive, not an external Blu-Ray USB drive.
Saying that it's the cheapest HD-DVD player because you can hack it to work with a PC running Windows XP is as stupid as saying it's the cheapest HD-DVD player because you only have to connect it to your Xbox 360.
2. We had no warning whatsoever about the change.
3. Even when choosing "Threaded" in my view settings it doesn't display as threaded at all.
4. Clicking on the post # to view it alone and *then* reply to that message is not intuitive and is more work for the user *and* the server compared to the old way.
Slashdot is broken.
How do we reply to people?! Slashdot is broken!!!!
How come we can't reply to someone else's comments anymore? Is Slashdot broken again?
You could also use [blockquote]blablabla[/blockquote], it prevents newline messes.
I'd rather use consoles to play games, thanks. And with the Wii coming up, it might even beat the old keyboard+mouse combo for some games. As for "PC games", well, there's the Xbox 360.
1. Linux is free and ready for the desktop, drop Windows/Mac OS X already!
2. Linux is ours, if you can't use it then use Windows/Mac OS X already.
The article was targeted at point of view #1, my comment was that point of view #1 is simply not true and your opinion is point of view #2. The two of us simply can't argue because we don't even believe in the same basic target users for Linux. Now stop complaining, I'm aware of people in group #2 and IMHO group #2 is simply a bunch of snob technophile elitists, just like a large % of Mac OS X users are simply snob rich elitists (which I'm not).
I don't get how CEOs can say "I'm going to run my business on the same operating system my kid uses to play his games". Seriously.
Oh my, how arrogant does that title sound to me. I'm tired of hearing how about "Linux is ready for the desktop" and "users are too stupid for Linux".
Here, let me fix that title for you:
Why Linux is not ready for the World.
There, I said it. In other words, stop trying to force the users to understand your software, adapt your software to the users expectations. And please no "we'll never innovate if we do things that way", Apple does it just fine. Microsoft too, for that matter (albeit poorly/clumsily at times).
And now, make way for the hurd of Linux and OSS zealots so that they can mod me down, according to their arrogance and total ignorance of real-world users.
PNG can be 8bpp (color palette or grayscale) like GIF or 24bpp like JPEG. It's not stuck at 8bpp max like GIF. And it actually has real (alpha) transparency.
PNG doesn't "compress the image", it compresses the data for the image (like GIF, not like JPEG).
Let's forget all that crap (especially 2-digit years) and switch to ISO date: today is 2006-11-02. Thank you.
As for the controller, I really hate the PS1/PS2 gamepad. It's hard to get a real grip on it, unlike the Xbox or the Gamecube. IMHO the Gamecube has the best grip/comfort of all the gamepads I've ever used (and that ranges from the NES to the Xbox 360, including the Jaguar, Saturn, etc).
I also can't wait to try that Wiimote in less than 3 weeks.
Too bad Metroid Prime 3 isn't a launch title... Aside from Zelda, only Excite Truck seems fun.
The PS3, on the other hand, only had to beat the PS2, the weakest console of the last gen. Not that hard to do, especially with Sony throwing everything it can into the PS3.
As for which console is "the best", it doesn't matter. I've played the trial of "Dead Rising", and frankly it's a POS. Sure it looks nice (though I'm wondering why the first Xbox couldn't do almost exactly the same), but it's still the same old game style as 10 or even 20 years ago, in 3D. Woopedidoo. I don't get what the hype is all about. Maybe teens only want to play games where you shoot and kill everything.
- reports of people saying the PS3 is barely better than an Xbox 360, the Xbox 360 already being extremely noisy (at least with Final Fantasy XI)
- the Wii is 2-3 times more powerful than a Gamecube while at the same time requires half or a third of the power
- the Nintendo DS can play for hours and hours on a single charge, not really so with the PSP
More expensive = more heat, more power required, less battery life (if applicable)?
What good is HD graphics if you have to keep the same quality per pixel as the last gen? I'd rather stay in normal definition and get a better picture. We're still very, VERY far away from real-life visuals. Pushing pixels only makes crappy graphics look less pixelated.
Wii:
- Metroid Prime 3 (comes out in 2007, I know)
Virtual Console:
- Contra (NES/Famicom)
- Dragon Warrior / Dragon Quest (NES/Famicom)
- R-Type (TurboGrafx-16/PC-Engine)
- Shining Force (SEGA Genesis/Megadrive)
Easy to fix on Firefox, no sir. Unless messing about with XML and javascript is your idea of "easy", which is out of reach of normal users. As for the adblock and flashblock, disabling pop-ups and plug-ins takes care of the most annoying ads.
Of course you'd rather use your own hardware with OS X. But the reality is, you either pay 400$ for Vista or 600$ for Leopard AND a Mac mini. That makes the Mac mini sort of only 200$ when you look at it this way. Of course, Leopard isn't 400$, but that's not what we're comparing here.
I'm also waiting for a "scrollwheel sensitivity" setting myself.
The Mac mini is the smallest computer Apple offers. If you take Rosetta out of the picture (because frankly, most users won't install anything that's not already on it), 512MB is enough for mail, browsing, instant messaging, photo editing and light video editing/DVD burning.
In order to keep costs down, I guess they'll be sticking with 512MB for now.
Okay, so Leopard will probably also be 129$ (like all other versions). That still makes the Mac mini, with Leopard, only 200$ more than Vista Ultimate. And a lot of people are going to need at least 200$ worth of upgrades simply to be able to run Vista comfortably.
Dude A: Hey, I got an Xbox 360!
Dude B: Cool, I got one too! Do you have racing game X?
Dude A: Yeah, I bought it with my Xbox 360!
Dude B: Cool, log in Xbox Live and we'll race against each other!
Dude A: Ok... hey, it won't let me?
Dude B: Dude, you have to have a gold account to play against other people online!
Dude A: What?! I've been playing non-MMORPG games online against other players for years, WTF is that "gold account required for online multiplayer" crap now? Thanks Microsoft, I'll go play Tetris DS on Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection! FOR FUCKING FREE!
That's the way I feel about it, anyway. Requiring people to have PAID ACCOUNTS to download ADS to HELP THEM SELL MORE GAMES is the stupidest marketing idea I've ever heard. In a while, anyway.