Too expensive, too clumsy. I still prefer to have my iPod mounted to the dashboard via a bracket and at fingers reach (as easy to navigate the iPod as it is to start the wipers). The only thing missing would be for the iPod to speak out what menu item I'm currently selecting so I could navigate without even looking at it.
The best way, IMHO, would be to add the iPod controls to the steering wheel (or at least iPod shuffle-like controls), and use one of those "projection" system to display track/navigation information at the bottom of the windshield (so using the iPod would be even less dangerous than checking your current speed).
They need to remind everyone because people will think there are 10 (thank you hard drive manufacturers).
It's not that people think there's 10 bits in one byte, it's that they think there's 1000 bytes in one KB.
And you know what? They're right. It's the programmers who fucked up when they started using standard ISO suffixes and modified what they meant. One kilometer is not 1024 meters, it's 1000. The hard drive manufacturers are right, the programmers are wrong.
It may not seem like a big deal to americans since they're not using the metric system (I've never seen someone say "5 kilomiles" either), but for everybody else on the planet, this "computer K vs real K" is confusing for the average computer user.
Like it or not, the only way to fix things is for programmers (and the OS'es) to start using the new suffixes (KiB, MiB, GiB, etc). It'll be easier and less confusing for people to remember that "1 KiB = 1024 bytes and 1 km = 1000 meters" instead of "one computer K = 1024 and one real K = 1000".
Your rival Nintendo has given up trying to compete technologically with you in their next console and is turning to gimmicks like the Wii's pointing device.
Nintendo hasn't "given up trying to compete technologically", they never did in the first place. Nintendo is about games, not marketing numbers or CPU/GPU power like Microsoft or Sony. Anyone remember the PS2's "emotion engine"?
As for calling the Wii controller a "gimmick" or even a "pointing device", you don't even know what you're talking about.
Clumsy wording by the marketing department at best, and Microsoft should either follow through with free VPC for Mac users or a coupon and clarification. If people were pissed enough, they could bring consumer protection litigation in California - but I'm not sure about other states. Luckily, (for Microsoft) I don't think most Mac users heard about this.
You'd be surprised how much Mac users keep up with the news as much as any slashdotter...
One would have to know that Microsoft had "Virtual PC" for Windows. At the beginning, "Virtual PC" was for Macs only. Not keeping up with Microsoft news, I assumed that "Virtual PC now free" was about "Virtual PC for Mac is now free". I know ignorance is no excuse, but this is the first time I heard about Virtual PC for Windows.
I guess it's a great free solution for web devs though (since you can't install more than one version of IE on Windows).
Except that the MegaCD and 32X are extensions of the SEGA Genesis/MegaDrive, so of course one would assume you can still use your games in the exact same console. But that's still a lot of add-ons (consoles aren't computers) and the Saturn wasn't backward compatible with older SEGA consoles.
Too bad about the mix-up between SOA and SOJ with the 32X and the Saturn. SEGA shot themselves in the foot. Customers can't be expected to buy new hardware every year.
Nintendo are the ones who get it right: one console, one setup (although Sony gets it too, in a way: their low-end PS3 will have a hard drive, unlike the core Xbox 360). Of course, one could complain about Nintendo releasing the Nintendo DS Lite, but apart from a size difference for the GBA slot add-ons, both systems are the same from the software's point of view. You got a DS/DS Lite, it can play DS games.
>So why doesn't Microsoft (and other companies too) follow the example given by google and instead of rolling their own protocols (MSN keeps on altering them God knows why) contribute to the jabber standards?
So let me get this straight: you're wondering why Microsoft is pushing their own protocol, you're wondering why they keep altering it AND you're wondering why they're not pushing an open standard instead?
When I switched, I used Fire too... (previous Trillian user). But I found Fire to be unstable, etc... The IM client of choice on OS X seems to be Adium X.
In all fairness, "Virtual PC" allows you to run Windows on a Mac. So, one should be able to assume that "Virtual PC 2004" was the same program, version 2004.
You knew the difference, a lot of people didn't. VPC = Macs and VPC2004 = Windows... Great way to name your different products, Microsoft.
First there was the SEGA Master System against the NES. Fine.
Then there was the SEGA Genesis against the SNES. Fine.
But then, we got the CD-ROM extension. And then the 32X extension. And then the Saturn.
Then there was the Dreamcast (with games that look better than most PS2 games).
The problem here is that SEGA killed their own customers with the CD-ROM, 32X and Saturn. People were tired of paying for new SEGA hardware. People didn't buy the Dreamcast not because it wasn't a good console, not because there wasn't any games. They were wondering if the Dreamcast would last even one year, given SEGA's habit of releasing new hardware too fast before that.
New hardware every 4-5 years is a good thing. New hardware every year will simply destroy the credibility of your current system.... unless that new hardware can play the old games too.
You should note that I never mentionned anything about prices/costs in my analogy, aside from the fact that the two are making money (unlike the Xbox division, which is still in the red overall).
Nintendo is to the gaming world what Apple is to the computer world. Always seen as the "underdog" even though they're profitable, have excellent products, and really innovate.
Considering that Nintendo is using Opera for the Nintendo DS and will also use it for the Wii, I'd say Opera's marketshare could go up quite a lot within a year.
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The truth is considered "troll", now?
Too expensive, too clumsy. I still prefer to have my iPod mounted to the dashboard via a bracket and at fingers reach (as easy to navigate the iPod as it is to start the wipers). The only thing missing would be for the iPod to speak out what menu item I'm currently selecting so I could navigate without even looking at it.
The best way, IMHO, would be to add the iPod controls to the steering wheel (or at least iPod shuffle-like controls), and use one of those "projection" system to display track/navigation information at the bottom of the windshield (so using the iPod would be even less dangerous than checking your current speed).
It's not that people think there's 10 bits in one byte, it's that they think there's 1000 bytes in one KB.
And you know what? They're right. It's the programmers who fucked up when they started using standard ISO suffixes and modified what they meant. One kilometer is not 1024 meters, it's 1000. The hard drive manufacturers are right, the programmers are wrong.
It may not seem like a big deal to americans since they're not using the metric system (I've never seen someone say "5 kilomiles" either), but for everybody else on the planet, this "computer K vs real K" is confusing for the average computer user.
Like it or not, the only way to fix things is for programmers (and the OS'es) to start using the new suffixes (KiB, MiB, GiB, etc). It'll be easier and less confusing for people to remember that "1 KiB = 1024 bytes and 1 km = 1000 meters" instead of "one computer K = 1024 and one real K = 1000".
Nintendo hasn't "given up trying to compete technologically", they never did in the first place. Nintendo is about games, not marketing numbers or CPU/GPU power like Microsoft or Sony. Anyone remember the PS2's "emotion engine"?
As for calling the Wii controller a "gimmick" or even a "pointing device", you don't even know what you're talking about.
You'd be surprised how much Mac users keep up with the news as much as any slashdotter...
Microsoft was almost right. Watch the Xbox360 sales go up a notch when Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 is released. Go download the trailer, it's worth it.
>The have all been replaced By E3 Booth Babes!
Okay, but where are the games with the E3 Booth Babes?! Aside from Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball, of course.
One would have to know that Microsoft had "Virtual PC" for Windows. At the beginning, "Virtual PC" was for Macs only. Not keeping up with Microsoft news, I assumed that "Virtual PC now free" was about "Virtual PC for Mac is now free". I know ignorance is no excuse, but this is the first time I heard about Virtual PC for Windows.
I guess it's a great free solution for web devs though (since you can't install more than one version of IE on Windows).
Except that the MegaCD and 32X are extensions of the SEGA Genesis/MegaDrive, so of course one would assume you can still use your games in the exact same console. But that's still a lot of add-ons (consoles aren't computers) and the Saturn wasn't backward compatible with older SEGA consoles.
Too bad about the mix-up between SOA and SOJ with the 32X and the Saturn. SEGA shot themselves in the foot. Customers can't be expected to buy new hardware every year.
Nintendo are the ones who get it right: one console, one setup (although Sony gets it too, in a way: their low-end PS3 will have a hard drive, unlike the core Xbox 360). Of course, one could complain about Nintendo releasing the Nintendo DS Lite, but apart from a size difference for the GBA slot add-ons, both systems are the same from the software's point of view. You got a DS/DS Lite, it can play DS games.
>So why doesn't Microsoft (and other companies too) follow the example given by google and instead of rolling their own protocols (MSN keeps on altering them God knows why) contribute to the jabber standards?
So let me get this straight: you're wondering why Microsoft is pushing their own protocol, you're wondering why they keep altering it AND you're wondering why they're not pushing an open standard instead?
You REALLY must be new here.
When I switched, I used Fire too... (previous Trillian user). But I found Fire to be unstable, etc... The IM client of choice on OS X seems to be Adium X.
In all fairness, "Virtual PC" allows you to run Windows on a Mac. So, one should be able to assume that "Virtual PC 2004" was the same program, version 2004.
You knew the difference, a lot of people didn't. VPC = Macs and VPC2004 = Windows... Great way to name your different products, Microsoft.
First there was the SEGA Master System against the NES. Fine.
Then there was the SEGA Genesis against the SNES. Fine.
But then, we got the CD-ROM extension. And then the 32X extension. And then the Saturn.
Then there was the Dreamcast (with games that look better than most PS2 games).
The problem here is that SEGA killed their own customers with the CD-ROM, 32X and Saturn. People were tired of paying for new SEGA hardware. People didn't buy the Dreamcast not because it wasn't a good console, not because there wasn't any games. They were wondering if the Dreamcast would last even one year, given SEGA's habit of releasing new hardware too fast before that.
New hardware every 4-5 years is a good thing. New hardware every year will simply destroy the credibility of your current system.... unless that new hardware can play the old games too.
>In Australia, US, Canada etc it is english.
Glad to see you think everyone in Quebec speaks english.
You should note that I never mentionned anything about prices/costs in my analogy, aside from the fact that the two are making money (unlike the Xbox division, which is still in the red overall).
Nintendo is to the gaming world what Apple is to the computer world. Always seen as the "underdog" even though they're profitable, have excellent products, and really innovate.
>It also allows law enforcement officials to force Internet service providers to remove links to the websites.
Are they really asking all USA providers to filter content to remove links? What about links from other programs (i.e. non-Web)?
Wouldn't it be more simple to ask to "not redirect to the websites"? (blank/redirect DNS entries)
The thing they're asking and the thing that should be done (in order to comply) are two different things, technically...
>Who verifies that they indeed shared copyrighted material and not something that's perfectly legal to share (say, a Linux .iso)?
Or even free domain music files such as, oh, I dunno... the whole OverClocked ReMix library?
Considering that Nintendo is using Opera for the Nintendo DS and will also use it for the Wii, I'd say Opera's marketshare could go up quite a lot within a year.
You mean like how FireFox's form widgets look like crap (i.e. Windows-like) under OS X?
Especially since Nintendo is using Opera for the Nintendo DS and is also going to use Opera for the Wii.
Didn't Google explicitely ask NOT to use Google as a verb? I expect chairs to be thr... oh wait, wrong company.
Of course, it has zero GB, can't play MP3's nor videos, can't synch to your mail program or calendar, but here's a real iPod killer.