The gameplay still has to be there. It goes without saying that it doesn't matter how sexy a game looks, if it's boring to play it won't be a hit. The comments the article made about high-def giving people an advantage is interesting though - you really could get more accurate shots off with a higher res larger display. I don't think it takes into account the natural 'tunnel' that people's vision has though. On a really big screen, it's easy to miss stuff off to one side (try sitting at the front of a movie theatre and see how much of the action you're missing, to get my drift). Basically, unless someone's playing a sniper on an FPS, I don't see a huge advantage - it'll just be tradeoff of clarity in the small area you're staring at vs the guy without the clarity who can see the whole situation better. Interesting observations, anyway.
Gotta agree with the others here. Shaw is not only very civilized when it comes to dealing with overages (and polite!) when they could do evil stuff like just tack on extra charges to your bill without talking to you about it, but having moved around a lot and dealt with lots of ISP's, I would be a happy man to be living in an area where Shaw was available again. I was one of their first 100 customers in Canada (as an ISP of course) and still see them as second to none. Most importantly - the other dude is right - they've fought tooth and nail to protect our rights, at their expense too. To have someone like Videotron willing to roll over and give up names just because it's happening regularly is appalling. (Pick any crime you don't like and ask yourself how comfortable you'd be if people did it all the time just because it's "happening regularly"). Freedoms are always giving up a piece at a time - Videotron needs to recognize that they are members of our community too. This officially puts them on my black list.
Ah, there's something to wax poetic about when you hear the sound of the recoil from the rocket launcher. (keep your ears open - you hear that sound effect used lots in movies and ads for movies). Even the first time I got my hands on the chaingun in Doom 2. Had a new Soundblaster card with speakers with an actual subwoofer. I couldn't help but grin like a maniac. Won't ever forget that moment.
Eeeash... Some things in life can be campy and fun. Don't need to take it all so seriously. Reflecting on the fine moments that define us as human beings rather than the fine technology that defines itself is good to do once in a while.
I wonder if you can do stuff like play games that you save. I'd love to be able to hop on and play Axis and Allies with some people, not just the lame-ass games like tic-tac-toe. You ever try to get people together after the age of 25 to play a game that takes 15 hours?? Brutal!
Great venue for it though.
No there isn't - it's a good observation. I was thinking the same thing. It does strike me that males (of all ages) can be way more obsessive-compulsive about games than females. I guess Sony doesn't actually care if females will play 1 hour to the males 20, as long as it prompted the purchase, which may explain why it wasn't in the stat. If they play even very infrequently, it'll still count for them...
I was quite surprised to learn recently that 40% of PS2 gamers were female. Mostly children and teens, but even so, I had expected the numbers to be way more seriously skewed.
Based on my completely scientific analysis of the people I know, it sure seems that the adult gamers are still very much predominately male though.
thx - sux been labelled a troll when you're just getting useful into out of the article. At least this provides a useful understanding of how it could happen.
Actually, though this post was a joke, (though true) it was actually a dealbreaker for me for the same reason. I kicked her to the curb for it. If you don't have trust in a relationship, you don't have much else that matters either.
Yes indeed - I had heard the early iteration of OpenOffice was supposed to be this + a bit more - web based Office applications, to allow for easier adoption (automatic compatibility updates to MS stuff being the key to adoption of course). I don't know why it didn't happen - too tough to do at the time maybe, and internet connections still too flaky and unreliable. I totally agree though - that is the future. Everyone would rather have 10 bucks a year for the rest of your life than 50 bucks now.
As an I.T. guy myself, I certainly wouldn't. But there are tons of non-I.T. guys who still don't get the inherent risks of this type of behaviour. And even if they did, they might have enough faith in Microsoft (being a big rich multinational and all) to keep their stuff safe. Obviously a silly belief, but a very very common one in my experience.
I suspect that the road warrior might use this - independant contractors (one man companies, in other words) who need to be able to access their email from anywhere, but might also want to do stuff like sync their Palm, or manage their stuff more quickly than can be done easily through Hotmail. I do agree Microsoft isn't likely to make much money off it, though it might be profitable once it's up and running as it'll cost little to maintain over and above their regular Hotmail servers.
Yes, I've been using it too, and I must say I'm VERY impressed. Especially useful is it's ability to allow you to easily identify running processes and their known function. (And stop them from loading in the future with a click). However, as a caution, I find it is far worse for removing memory resident spyware than ad-aware. It found, but could not remove, some spyware in my tests. As an aside, it also pooched my Kazaa Lite by removing the registry entries.:P
Apparently ASUS is developing a laptop board that will (optionally, but password protected) automatically deliver it's IP on bootup to an ASUS server for just this purpose. They will work with you to get it recovered if you report it stolen to them. As it's on board, even if the drive is wiped it'll still work. Don't really know what happens if they reset the BIOS, but presumably you're screwed - I suspect it does rely on the thief not being technologically terribly literate, which is likely a good bet.
I'm a big fan of this game. They just rereleased it with a slightly new ruleset (though why the hell they cant put in a plastic board instead of the crappy cardboard one I'll never know. Makes it spillproof and always flat.). Good fun!
I doubt it. I don't know for sure, of course, but sites like ITunes and Puretracks have proven that people are still willing to pay for artists that they want to support. Others (like myself, though don't tell the RIAA swat team) download music to see if I like it off Kazaa, and then if I do I go buy the CD - I like the permanance of the actual CD, and like to have the liner notes. The big flaw in the RIAA's arguments when they talk about lost revenue and such, is that they assume that everyone that downloaded a given track would have actually paid for it if there wasn't a free alternative. Two other comments: The UK had it's highest music sales ever this year, and secondly, this survey is pretty useless as I've never met a musician or artist who truly understood the ramifications of the arguments surrounding this issue.
The artists that lose big are the big artists - but most artists are struggling. The big challenge for 98% of artists isn't combating theft, but rather getting their name and work known enough to be in demand. Personally, I believe that any artist looking to get recognized would be wise to put their work out on the peer-to-peer network, with links to their websites in the filename info. Unfortunately, people like the RIAA (who represent the other 2%) who are making this kind of thing difficult.
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The gameplay still has to be there. It goes without saying that it doesn't matter how sexy a game looks, if it's boring to play it won't be a hit. The comments the article made about high-def giving people an advantage is interesting though - you really could get more accurate shots off with a higher res larger display. I don't think it takes into account the natural 'tunnel' that people's vision has though. On a really big screen, it's easy to miss stuff off to one side (try sitting at the front of a movie theatre and see how much of the action you're missing, to get my drift). Basically, unless someone's playing a sniper on an FPS, I don't see a huge advantage - it'll just be tradeoff of clarity in the small area you're staring at vs the guy without the clarity who can see the whole situation better. Interesting observations, anyway.
Gotta agree with the others here. Shaw is not only very civilized when it comes to dealing with overages (and polite!) when they could do evil stuff like just tack on extra charges to your bill without talking to you about it, but having moved around a lot and dealt with lots of ISP's, I would be a happy man to be living in an area where Shaw was available again. I was one of their first 100 customers in Canada (as an ISP of course) and still see them as second to none. Most importantly - the other dude is right - they've fought tooth and nail to protect our rights, at their expense too. To have someone like Videotron willing to roll over and give up names just because it's happening regularly is appalling. (Pick any crime you don't like and ask yourself how comfortable you'd be if people did it all the time just because it's "happening regularly"). Freedoms are always giving up a piece at a time - Videotron needs to recognize that they are members of our community too. This officially puts them on my black list.
Ah, there's something to wax poetic about when you hear the sound of the recoil from the rocket launcher. (keep your ears open - you hear that sound effect used lots in movies and ads for movies). Even the first time I got my hands on the chaingun in Doom 2. Had a new Soundblaster card with speakers with an actual subwoofer. I couldn't help but grin like a maniac. Won't ever forget that moment.
Eeeash... Some things in life can be campy and fun. Don't need to take it all so seriously. Reflecting on the fine moments that define us as human beings rather than the fine technology that defines itself is good to do once in a while.
I wonder if you can do stuff like play games that you save. I'd love to be able to hop on and play Axis and Allies with some people, not just the lame-ass games like tic-tac-toe. You ever try to get people together after the age of 25 to play a game that takes 15 hours?? Brutal! Great venue for it though.
No there isn't - it's a good observation. I was thinking the same thing. It does strike me that males (of all ages) can be way more obsessive-compulsive about games than females. I guess Sony doesn't actually care if females will play 1 hour to the males 20, as long as it prompted the purchase, which may explain why it wasn't in the stat. If they play even very infrequently, it'll still count for them...
I was quite surprised to learn recently that 40% of PS2 gamers were female. Mostly children and teens, but even so, I had expected the numbers to be way more seriously skewed. Based on my completely scientific analysis of the people I know, it sure seems that the adult gamers are still very much predominately male though.
thx - sux been labelled a troll when you're just getting useful into out of the article. At least this provides a useful understanding of how it could happen.
Thx for the very informative reply! I will indeed be your John and go check out the site.
What exactly is a podcast? Is it only good on an IPod, or can I burn it to CD to listen to it in the car?
Never mind. I'm an idiot... It's not a reflection, but rather a selective passthrough of light. Doh!!!
But wouldn't the picture be backwards?
Actually, though this post was a joke, (though true) it was actually a dealbreaker for me for the same reason. I kicked her to the curb for it. If you don't have trust in a relationship, you don't have much else that matters either.
Turns out bad sex is better than no sex. I'll have to be more grateful for what I get with the next girlfriend.
Yes indeed - I had heard the early iteration of OpenOffice was supposed to be this + a bit more - web based Office applications, to allow for easier adoption (automatic compatibility updates to MS stuff being the key to adoption of course). I don't know why it didn't happen - too tough to do at the time maybe, and internet connections still too flaky and unreliable. I totally agree though - that is the future. Everyone would rather have 10 bucks a year for the rest of your life than 50 bucks now.
As an I.T. guy myself, I certainly wouldn't. But there are tons of non-I.T. guys who still don't get the inherent risks of this type of behaviour. And even if they did, they might have enough faith in Microsoft (being a big rich multinational and all) to keep their stuff safe. Obviously a silly belief, but a very very common one in my experience.
I suspect that the road warrior might use this - independant contractors (one man companies, in other words) who need to be able to access their email from anywhere, but might also want to do stuff like sync their Palm, or manage their stuff more quickly than can be done easily through Hotmail. I do agree Microsoft isn't likely to make much money off it, though it might be profitable once it's up and running as it'll cost little to maintain over and above their regular Hotmail servers.
More to the point, I was curious what it would blow away, as Kazaa Lite doesn't have spyware. Not that I was aware, anyway.
I was actually curious what impact it would have, so I deliberately told it to blow away the registry entries.
Yes, I've been using it too, and I must say I'm VERY impressed. Especially useful is it's ability to allow you to easily identify running processes and their known function. (And stop them from loading in the future with a click). However, as a caution, I find it is far worse for removing memory resident spyware than ad-aware. It found, but could not remove, some spyware in my tests. As an aside, it also pooched my Kazaa Lite by removing the registry entries. :P
Doesn't the Patriot Act allow law enforcement to dodge around a subpeona if they wish to anyway?
Apparently ASUS is developing a laptop board that will (optionally, but password protected) automatically deliver it's IP on bootup to an ASUS server for just this purpose. They will work with you to get it recovered if you report it stolen to them. As it's on board, even if the drive is wiped it'll still work. Don't really know what happens if they reset the BIOS, but presumably you're screwed - I suspect it does rely on the thief not being technologically terribly literate, which is likely a good bet.
I'm a big fan of this game. They just rereleased it with a slightly new ruleset (though why the hell they cant put in a plastic board instead of the crappy cardboard one I'll never know. Makes it spillproof and always flat.). Good fun!
I doubt it. I don't know for sure, of course, but sites like ITunes and Puretracks have proven that people are still willing to pay for artists that they want to support. Others (like myself, though don't tell the RIAA swat team) download music to see if I like it off Kazaa, and then if I do I go buy the CD - I like the permanance of the actual CD, and like to have the liner notes. The big flaw in the RIAA's arguments when they talk about lost revenue and such, is that they assume that everyone that downloaded a given track would have actually paid for it if there wasn't a free alternative. Two other comments: The UK had it's highest music sales ever this year, and secondly, this survey is pretty useless as I've never met a musician or artist who truly understood the ramifications of the arguments surrounding this issue.
The artists that lose big are the big artists - but most artists are struggling. The big challenge for 98% of artists isn't combating theft, but rather getting their name and work known enough to be in demand. Personally, I believe that any artist looking to get recognized would be wise to put their work out on the peer-to-peer network, with links to their websites in the filename info. Unfortunately, people like the RIAA (who represent the other 2%) who are making this kind of thing difficult.