I thought the violations in their video products had been known for a while? IIRC, there was a discussion about it in the PearPC forums. Interestingly enough, one of the people who looked into it said that if it weren't for the fact that it was in violation of the GPL, their products would actually be pretty good.
And don't forget that GameCube games are the least pirated games of all the current systems. This is mainly because:
A. It's next to impossible to get mini DVD-Rs (Although I saw some for sale the other day in an ad, and that's the first time I've ever seen them available)
B. Nintendo uses a non-standard format for burning the data onto the disk, so a computer reading the data probably wouldn't understand it.
And this is why I respect Nintendo. In today's world of companies making promises that they can't keep, Nintendo continues to remain honest. For example, when they released the information on the GameCube's max number of polygons per second, they gave a number that reflected what you would see in a real-world application, while the specs for the PS2 and the Xbox were pretty much the highest number they could get under extremely specific circumstances.
If anything, Nintendo underhypes their consoles. While this ensures that people will not be disappointed when they compare what they hear with what they get, people will see the higher (probably lab setting) specs of the other systems and go for them. What really bothers me is that people seem to be choosing games and gaming systems based on graphics alone. Sure the PS2 has a lot more games than the gamecube. Unfortunately, a large percentage of them are (for lack of a better word) crap.
Personally, I think that the review was excellent. It was very professional and stayed on subject. I've seen quite a few reviews get accepted that were mostly praising system A and bashing on system B. What's happening here just looks like someone getting overprotective of a system they really like and feels that anyone who disagrees shouldn't be allowed to post a review.
"...though it could cause problems for a few people trying to run companies from their basement..."
I have a solution for this that I think could really work. I think that by default, people should be limited to a certain number of emails per day, and in order to send more than that ammount, they have to register with their ISP or some central organization. Once the information is verified, the person can send as many emails as they want. Then it would be easier to keep track of possible spammers.
Sure it's not 100% perfect, but it's a possible solution.
...is why doesn't Microsoft just stick with a few things to do and try to make them better, instead of trying to do a little bit of everything and doing an "ok" job.
It could very easily get stuck there. When the rover was leaving the crater that it landed in, they had a little bit of trouble because of soil slippage, and the crater wasn't all that steep.
Actually, they would make up the main part of the screen assembly. OLEDs show color, as well as producing light (hence there will no longer be a need for a backlight).
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Before you guys go hammering the site with entries, note that the contest is only open to European residents.
For those of you wondering about the hidden message, that was only on one of the earlier versions.
P.S. The website just changed again...
Go figure, the time when I actually want mod points is when I don't have them...
What's sad is that when I first glanced at the summary, I was trying to figure out what the hell this had to do with Star Trek... :-(
I thought the violations in their video products had been known for a while? IIRC, there was a discussion about it in the PearPC forums. Interestingly enough, one of the people who looked into it said that if it weren't for the fact that it was in violation of the GPL, their products would actually be pretty good.
And don't forget that GameCube games are the least pirated games of all the current systems. This is mainly because:
A. It's next to impossible to get mini DVD-Rs (Although I saw some for sale the other day in an ad, and that's the first time I've ever seen them available)
B. Nintendo uses a non-standard format for burning the data onto the disk, so a computer reading the data probably wouldn't understand it.
And this is why I respect Nintendo. In today's world of companies making promises that they can't keep, Nintendo continues to remain honest. For example, when they released the information on the GameCube's max number of polygons per second, they gave a number that reflected what you would see in a real-world application, while the specs for the PS2 and the Xbox were pretty much the highest number they could get under extremely specific circumstances.
If anything, Nintendo underhypes their consoles. While this ensures that people will not be disappointed when they compare what they hear with what they get, people will see the higher (probably lab setting) specs of the other systems and go for them. What really bothers me is that people seem to be choosing games and gaming systems based on graphics alone. Sure the PS2 has a lot more games than the gamecube. Unfortunately, a large percentage of them are (for lack of a better word) crap.
Personally, I think that the review was excellent. It was very professional and stayed on subject. I've seen quite a few reviews get accepted that were mostly praising system A and bashing on system B. What's happening here just looks like someone getting overprotective of a system they really like and feels that anyone who disagrees shouldn't be allowed to post a review.
There's an interesting article about it here.
:D Thank you for sharing that! That was one of the funniest things I've read in a long time!
Um... how the hell can you slashdot slashdot.org? And if it were slashdotted, you most certainly wouldn't be able to read your comment...
Good thing too... The video on the original site seems to be taken down.
"...though it could cause problems for a few people trying to run companies from their basement..."
I have a solution for this that I think could really work. I think that by default, people should be limited to a certain number of emails per day, and in order to send more than that ammount, they have to register with their ISP or some central organization. Once the information is verified, the person can send as many emails as they want. Then it would be easier to keep track of possible spammers.
Sure it's not 100% perfect, but it's a possible solution.
...is why doesn't Microsoft just stick with a few things to do and try to make them better, instead of trying to do a little bit of everything and doing an "ok" job.
The whole point of the race is to see how well non-government groups solve these problems and to gain new insight on how to use technology.
Just getting something that works makes them winners.
Now you can bring your entire porn collection with you with just one card!
Why is the government even bothering to interfere? If people don't want Google "reading" their email, then don't use gmail, it's as simple as that.
Who here read the review mainly because of the title?
It could very easily get stuck there. When the rover was leaving the crater that it landed in, they had a little bit of trouble because of soil slippage, and the crater wasn't all that steep.
And just in time for the good stuff too. (i.e. Survivor, CSI, Without a Trace, etc...)
And, I hope, a great backlight for laptops.
Actually, they would make up the main part of the screen assembly. OLEDs show color, as well as producing light (hence there will no longer be a need for a backlight).
Small problem there, it doesn't have any hands.
A true geek would've also taken the time to personally post their article on slashdot.
Now I'm thirsty and hungry!
Hmm... I wonder if anyone's patented the art of Slshdotting a website? ;)