Blu-Ray has a distinct advantage that Betamax didn't: it's going to be winging its way into homes using the PS3 as a trojan horse. If the PS3 is a big success (mind you, that's up in the air at the moment) then Blu-Ray will quite likely win the format war hands down.
I could write out an interesting paragraph or three on the dilemma here, but truth be told, my reaction upon finding out about this was:
MOTHERFUCKER
This is a huge decision to make, and it's being made on my behalf by a bunch of insulated middle-class politics and law graduates who I wouldn't trust with my wallet, let alone my identity. Where's the referendum? Where's our vote on the matter? It completely breaks my trust in our system of government that in less than a generation the government could do so much on our behalf without proper representation. It's deeply disturbing.
What really terrifies me though is that I can't think of a nation I can emigrate too that doesn't have the same sorts of problems in one form or another. Suggestions? Japan, maybe? I hear they have pocky.
The map is not the territory. It doesn't matter if the theory invokes a state of matter which cannot be directly interacted with: if it fits the existing data and makes testable predictions regarding new data, then it's valid. Occam's razor (which is to do with removing theories found to be practically indistinguishable from other, simpler theories) doesn't come into it at this stage because the various theories make different predictions.
I'm meaning, in the long term. I can't help but wonder if the response from the music industry in France is going to be pressure upon the government to limit their currently aces-tacular rights for the individual. I mean, I've got no idea how well that'd work, but I imagine the industry's not simply going to say "Well, shucks, they got us" and give up.
FYI, I'm from the UK. Also FYI, "Europe" is not a single entity: "piracy tax" on blank media is not universal.
It's like placing a stack of burned DVDs on your windowsill, with a big sign saying "Meatloaf and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra", and everyone else on the street doing the same. Maybe somebody will wander past and take one of them. Maybe you'll wander past someone else's window and help yourself to some of their "Bon Jovi: Crush" CD-Rs. Sure, it's private copying, but it's pretty blatant what the intent is.
I can't help but wonder if that's just going to give legitimate fair-use copying a bad name.
Urk, I mean "It's a hit-driven industry like movies or videogames". It's surprising that any product likely to gross less than $5B makes it through the pipeline.
Where I work it's closer to $5-10B US, and about a decade post-patent. That's about 10 years of patent cover to make back $5-10B, just to break even. It's a hit-driven industry, videogames or film.
It's not an evil plot per se, obviously, but I don't believe it's simple incompetence either. I suspect it's a case of the party putting someone who matches their belief system into a position where they can likely push it effectively on their own accord.
When an appointee from a government known to be big on pushing religious viewpoints into science (from the morning after pill to high school biology), asks that the big bang be specially marked out because it's a religious issue (his words), you've got to suspect something's going on.
We all know the connotations that "theory" has with the general public when tacked onto a model of the world ("that's just a theory"). That'd be a little bit suspect. However the motivation he gives for the change makes it abundantly clear that the "presidential vision" he's promoting is a religious one.
You'll have to hope they trebled the number of enemies, or the amount of damage they can give and take, or made them 1/6th the size, because otherwise the game's going to be trivially easy to play.
Of course, watching Leon piroette on the spot like an extra from a John Woo movie, shooting zombies all the while, will be hilarious.
Agreed, while the Optimus seemed ludicrous, this manages to strike a decent balance between being expensive, pointless, cool, and high-tech: probably decent enough to slacken a few thousand wallets.
I agree that there's a big difference between the two (I imagine many of Sciam's articles could make it into a journal if they had a few references added and analogies taken away), but New Scientist's not exactly trash yet. I do wonder at the change in the types of articles it carries, though, makes me wonder if they're being moved towards a different audience - one more likely to be enticed by "robot that thinks as we do" than "interesting discoveries regarding the evolution of cats".
Do you actually read the magazine, or are you just basing this on the occasional "new theory about dark matter/energy might do the job" stories Slashdot picks up on? There's a heck of a difference between the two.
Write reviews which are more than just a description of the game with some suitable adjectives and a score attached. "Amazing level design, great graphics, 10/10" and "Horrible level design, losy graphics, 1/10" aren't really interesting to read.
Seeing as I got a flamebait mod for that, I'd like to apologise for any offense caused. I just find the image of planefuls of Glaswegians being shipped to the US amusing, and I could only imagine one possible scenario which would call for such action.
So, games aren't art, but the service of providing them, is an art form? Thanks, Kojima-san. Get your meaning exactly. I'll file that next to the S3 project and "I need scissors, 61!".
That comment isn't an analogy, it's a warning. Once we sort out our energy efficiency, the US better do the same, or we'll send the neds over to do some damage. "Hooo, paaaal, turn aaf yer telly or I'm goana glass yer faaaace".
This depends heavily on the public being interested in the system. Nintendo were able to churn out GCs super-cheap for years without taking over the market. Of course, the PS2 and Xbox were already around in large numbers and getting price cuts by that stage- a £130 Revolution going up against a limited stock of £300 360s and PS3s would have a more impressive advantage.
This will also depend on the public, especially non-gamers, "getting" the controller, which will require really good in-store demos.
There's always the risk that good value will backfire in the face of percieved value - namely, that the Revolution will be looked upon as cheap and underpowered in comparison to its competitors.
Finally, there's the assumption that the Revolution will use no exotic, hard-to-produce components. You've got to wonder if the little motion-sensor widgets for pitch/roll/yaw are going to be a rate limiting step in production.
Dupes imply that slashdot submitters don't actually bother to read Slashdot. They also spread comments between two news stories which is just a pain in the ass and leads to a lot of redundancy.
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Blu-Ray has a distinct advantage that Betamax didn't: it's going to be winging its way into homes using the PS3 as a trojan horse. If the PS3 is a big success (mind you, that's up in the air at the moment) then Blu-Ray will quite likely win the format war hands down.
I could write out an interesting paragraph or three on the dilemma here, but truth be told, my reaction upon finding out about this was:
MOTHERFUCKER
This is a huge decision to make, and it's being made on my behalf by a bunch of insulated middle-class politics and law graduates who I wouldn't trust with my wallet, let alone my identity. Where's the referendum? Where's our vote on the matter? It completely breaks my trust in our system of government that in less than a generation the government could do so much on our behalf without proper representation. It's deeply disturbing.
What really terrifies me though is that I can't think of a nation I can emigrate too that doesn't have the same sorts of problems in one form or another. Suggestions? Japan, maybe? I hear they have pocky.
The map is not the territory. It doesn't matter if the theory invokes a state of matter which cannot be directly interacted with: if it fits the existing data and makes testable predictions regarding new data, then it's valid. Occam's razor (which is to do with removing theories found to be practically indistinguishable from other, simpler theories) doesn't come into it at this stage because the various theories make different predictions.
I'm meaning, in the long term. I can't help but wonder if the response from the music industry in France is going to be pressure upon the government to limit their currently aces-tacular rights for the individual. I mean, I've got no idea how well that'd work, but I imagine the industry's not simply going to say "Well, shucks, they got us" and give up.
FYI, I'm from the UK. Also FYI, "Europe" is not a single entity: "piracy tax" on blank media is not universal.
It's like placing a stack of burned DVDs on your windowsill, with a big sign saying "Meatloaf and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra", and everyone else on the street doing the same. Maybe somebody will wander past and take one of them. Maybe you'll wander past someone else's window and help yourself to some of their "Bon Jovi: Crush" CD-Rs. Sure, it's private copying, but it's pretty blatant what the intent is.
I can't help but wonder if that's just going to give legitimate fair-use copying a bad name.
Urk, I mean "It's a hit-driven industry like movies or videogames". It's surprising that any product likely to gross less than $5B makes it through the pipeline.
Where I work it's closer to $5-10B US, and about a decade post-patent. That's about 10 years of patent cover to make back $5-10B, just to break even. It's a hit-driven industry, videogames or film.
It's not an evil plot per se, obviously, but I don't believe it's simple incompetence either. I suspect it's a case of the party putting someone who matches their belief system into a position where they can likely push it effectively on their own accord.
When an appointee from a government known to be big on pushing religious viewpoints into science (from the morning after pill to high school biology), asks that the big bang be specially marked out because it's a religious issue (his words), you've got to suspect something's going on.
We all know the connotations that "theory" has with the general public when tacked onto a model of the world ("that's just a theory"). That'd be a little bit suspect. However the motivation he gives for the change makes it abundantly clear that the "presidential vision" he's promoting is a religious one.
You'll have to hope they trebled the number of enemies, or the amount of damage they can give and take, or made them 1/6th the size, because otherwise the game's going to be trivially easy to play. Of course, watching Leon piroette on the spot like an extra from a John Woo movie, shooting zombies all the while, will be hilarious.
Agreed, while the Optimus seemed ludicrous, this manages to strike a decent balance between being expensive, pointless, cool, and high-tech: probably decent enough to slacken a few thousand wallets.
Somebody's never used an Amiga.
I agree that there's a big difference between the two (I imagine many of Sciam's articles could make it into a journal if they had a few references added and analogies taken away), but New Scientist's not exactly trash yet. I do wonder at the change in the types of articles it carries, though, makes me wonder if they're being moved towards a different audience - one more likely to be enticed by "robot that thinks as we do" than "interesting discoveries regarding the evolution of cats".
Do you actually read the magazine, or are you just basing this on the occasional "new theory about dark matter/energy might do the job" stories Slashdot picks up on? There's a heck of a difference between the two.
I always wondered what the "Woohoo, I'm rich" and "OMG, I'm sitting next to a big lump of vomit" expressions would look like combined.
Write reviews which are more than just a description of the game with some suitable adjectives and a score attached. "Amazing level design, great graphics, 10/10" and "Horrible level design, losy graphics, 1/10" aren't really interesting to read.
Seeing as I got a flamebait mod for that, I'd like to apologise for any offense caused. I just find the image of planefuls of Glaswegians being shipped to the US amusing, and I could only imagine one possible scenario which would call for such action.
So, games aren't art, but the service of providing them, is an art form? Thanks, Kojima-san. Get your meaning exactly. I'll file that next to the S3 project and "I need scissors, 61!".
That comment isn't an analogy, it's a warning. Once we sort out our energy efficiency, the US better do the same, or we'll send the neds over to do some damage. "Hooo, paaaal, turn aaf yer telly or I'm goana glass yer faaaace".
This depends heavily on the public being interested in the system. Nintendo were able to churn out GCs super-cheap for years without taking over the market. Of course, the PS2 and Xbox were already around in large numbers and getting price cuts by that stage- a £130 Revolution going up against a limited stock of £300 360s and PS3s would have a more impressive advantage.
This will also depend on the public, especially non-gamers, "getting" the controller, which will require really good in-store demos.
There's always the risk that good value will backfire in the face of percieved value - namely, that the Revolution will be looked upon as cheap and underpowered in comparison to its competitors.
Finally, there's the assumption that the Revolution will use no exotic, hard-to-produce components. You've got to wonder if the little motion-sensor widgets for pitch/roll/yaw are going to be a rate limiting step in production.
Well, this is the internet after all. ;)
That's true, it's easy to forget what things are like from their perspective.
"News that only matters to stuffy nerds"?
Dupes imply that slashdot submitters don't actually bother to read Slashdot. They also spread comments between two news stories which is just a pain in the ass and leads to a lot of redundancy.
Bill Thompson: Mac users really shouldn't get complacent, and should use decent security measures.
Slashdot: Kind of hard to install security measures for problems which don't exist, Bill.