That section comments on the description of WIMP work done in the '70s... also, this patent was filed in 1987... what's a window's decorations if not the same actionable icon in several different areas of a 'workspace' at the same time? It's an 'object'.
Another nonsense, obvious, patent allowed in by the weak US patent system.
I don't know how much you paid, but for my forty quid I felt Heavenly Sword is well worth the cash. I got Hollywood-level cut scenes (not much of a plaudit, I admit) starring the wonderful Andy Serkis; I got exemplary - EXEMPLARY - graphics, fabulous sound and ENJOYABLE gameplay. Not the best gameplay, of course (for that I cast my mind either to Tetris or Elite on the BBC Model B) - but, nonetheless, enjoyable.
Let's see. It took me about 16 hours to finish the game, plus another fun few hours discovering unlocked artwork and anime - let's agree on 20 hours' entertainment. By my ropey calculation that's not too far off 2 pounds per hour. In the UK, I pay 6.5 pounds to see Die Hard 4 for 90 minutes, for crying out loud. Which makes Heavenly Sword a better value proposition by about 50%.
The only - ONLY - thing that you consider affords Motorstorm and Halo 3 (even with its last-generation graphics) more 'playability' is their multi-player aspect.
If I want multi-player, I have Motorstorm/Quake 4/Doom 3/Enemy Territory. I'd rather Serkis, quite frankly.
All those nasty anime shorts, the horrific unlockable art, the tedious poorly-acted cut-scenes truly make Heavenly Sword thoroughly hellish. How blinkered was I! Oh, not forgetting the outlandishly usual multi-player gaming of Motorstorm, too - it's just, well, not terribly ground-breaking, is it?, multi-player. Not these days. Wouldn't you say? That must be where Warhawk fails. Not only does it have quite the worst 1080p graphics I've ever seen; not only does it have the most god-awfully composed surround sound, but to cap it all it TOO is multi-player!!!
What is it with all these wannabe PS3 games, I ask you?
You're so right. I mean, Heavenly Sword. Motorstorm are terrible, terrible games. I do so hate playing them in 1080p - Halo 3 is much better, especially at its sublime resolution of 640p.
Read the parent again: the 360 cannot *render* 1080p pixels. It *upscales* to 1080p. In other words, it renders to 540 vertical pixels then line-doubles them. The 'highest' renderable resolution the 360 can achieve is 720p.
That is, of course, when it's not overheating.
I've got a 50" 1080p plasma, courtesy Pioneer Kuro. I play Motorstorm at 1080p.
If I want to play Halo 3, I'll kick back on an SD TV with Enemy Territory courtesy my five year old P3 with NVidia GeForce2MX.:D
Can't dodge your faultless logic there. Unreal Engine, designed to work fluidly on single-core, OpenGL architectures, doesn't work so hot on multi-core proprietary architectures. Wow. Who'd've thought.
The BBC have looked into multicast; but a few ISPs disable it but, interestingly, the key issue are home routers - most home routers filter multicast by default and most home users don't understand how to enable it.
I think the later-generation transputers were able to use a shared-memory bus, along with a few other interesting features (don't forget, transputer was RISC).
Definitely prior art. I doubt Sony are bothered at all.
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Quite. Thanks for spotting the obvious pisstake!
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Don't forget the US also 'invented' the mobile phone.
Oh, hang on. No it didn't - regardless of Wikipedia.
Do please get over your nation's inability to think innovatively.
Lol, a vain attempt. Anyway, it doesn't matter. What really matters is that there are nary decent 360 exclusives - mostly they're cross-platform, either cross-console or PC ports. On the other hand, the PS3 gets some truly exciting - yeah, EXCITING - exclusives. You know, Metal Gear Solid. Lair. Little Big Planet. Home. Motorstorm. Wipeout. God of War 3. And so on. The 360 is old hardware. Get used to it. [hypocricy]The future is all PS3, fanboy:) [/hypocricy]
Motorstorm looks, feels and plays absolutely superbly, easily besting the 'best' of 360 skid-em-ups.
Gran Turismo HD - if nothing else - looks glorious.
The real-time imagery from Lair and Heavenly Sword are stupendous.
I'm bloody happy with my PS3, the games I've got for it and the games I'm going to get for it. I don't need extra wifi cards; dodgy add-on hard drives or aftermarket wireless controllers. It's all in there.
From Dell. £40 ($80) for XP Media Centre I don't need or want on my new XPS.
Thanks, Dell.
(It took about three minutes. "Hello, this is Dell. How may I help you?" "My new XPS 1720 came with Windows, which I have not used. Instead I installed an alternative operating system -" "Linux, right?" "Yes!" "Hold on, Sir, I have to speak with my manager".... pause.... "Sir, it is not normal, but on this occasion as you are such a good customer of Dell [nb: first laptop I've bought from Dell in five years] we will today happily offer you a refund.")
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Yes, too bad.
That section comments on the description of WIMP work done in the '70s ... also, this patent was filed in 1987 ... what's a window's decorations if not the same actionable icon in several different areas of a 'workspace' at the same time? It's an 'object'.
Another nonsense, obvious, patent allowed in by the weak US patent system.
Or the AMX mouse on the BBC Micro? Reviewed 1985, dunno when first released: http://acornuser.com/acornuser/year4/issue33.html
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
Prior art, not referred to in the patent troller's application (or the original patent): Xerox PARC Smalltalk MVC, circa the 70's.
Next.
Nope. My "counter-argument" is that I disagree.
I don't know how much you paid, but for my forty quid I felt Heavenly Sword is well worth the cash. I got Hollywood-level cut scenes (not much of a plaudit, I admit) starring the wonderful Andy Serkis; I got exemplary - EXEMPLARY - graphics, fabulous sound and ENJOYABLE gameplay. Not the best gameplay, of course (for that I cast my mind either to Tetris or Elite on the BBC Model B) - but, nonetheless, enjoyable.
Let's see. It took me about 16 hours to finish the game, plus another fun few hours discovering unlocked artwork and anime - let's agree on 20 hours' entertainment. By my ropey calculation that's not too far off 2 pounds per hour. In the UK, I pay 6.5 pounds to see Die Hard 4 for 90 minutes, for crying out loud. Which makes Heavenly Sword a better value proposition by about 50%.
The only - ONLY - thing that you consider affords Motorstorm and Halo 3 (even with its last-generation graphics) more 'playability' is their multi-player aspect.
If I want multi-player, I have Motorstorm/Quake 4/Doom 3/Enemy Territory. I'd rather Serkis, quite frankly.
You are, of course, quite correct.
All those nasty anime shorts, the horrific unlockable art, the tedious poorly-acted cut-scenes truly make Heavenly Sword thoroughly hellish. How blinkered was I! Oh, not forgetting the outlandishly usual multi-player gaming of Motorstorm, too - it's just, well, not terribly ground-breaking, is it?, multi-player. Not these days. Wouldn't you say? That must be where Warhawk fails. Not only does it have quite the worst 1080p graphics I've ever seen; not only does it have the most god-awfully composed surround sound, but to cap it all it TOO is multi-player!!!
What is it with all these wannabe PS3 games, I ask you?
You're so right. I mean, Heavenly Sword. Motorstorm are terrible, terrible games. I do so hate playing them in 1080p - Halo 3 is much better, especially at its sublime resolution of 640p.
Read the parent again: the 360 cannot *render* 1080p pixels. It *upscales* to 1080p. In other words, it renders to 540 vertical pixels then line-doubles them. The 'highest' renderable resolution the 360 can achieve is 720p. That is, of course, when it's not overheating.
I've got a 50" 1080p plasma, courtesy Pioneer Kuro. I play Motorstorm at 1080p. If I want to play Halo 3, I'll kick back on an SD TV with Enemy Territory courtesy my five year old P3 with NVidia GeForce2MX. :D
Indeed; to actually render at 1080p, one needs a more powerful console - like a PS3, for example.
Can't dodge your faultless logic there. Unreal Engine, designed to work fluidly on single-core, OpenGL architectures, doesn't work so hot on multi-core proprietary architectures. Wow. Who'd've thought.
Interestingly, the Beeb have been thinking about multicasting with a twist - P2P multicasts ... ... luckily, it was just a thought. I hope :D
The BBC have looked into multicast; but a few ISPs disable it but, interestingly, the key issue are home routers - most home routers filter multicast by default and most home users don't understand how to enable it.
I think the later-generation transputers were able to use a shared-memory bus, along with a few other interesting features (don't forget, transputer was RISC).
Definitely prior art. I doubt Sony are bothered at all.
Pathetic.
I'm off to play some more MotorStorm with a mate who lives 5,000 miles away.
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Quite. Thanks for spotting the obvious pisstake!
Don't forget the US also 'invented' the mobile phone.
Oh, hang on. No it didn't - regardless of Wikipedia.
Do please get over your nation's inability to think innovatively.
Lol, a vain attempt. Anyway, it doesn't matter. What really matters is that there are nary decent 360 exclusives - mostly they're cross-platform, either cross-console or PC ports. On the other hand, the PS3 gets some truly exciting - yeah, EXCITING - exclusives. You know, Metal Gear Solid. Lair. Little Big Planet. Home. Motorstorm. Wipeout. God of War 3. And so on. The 360 is old hardware. Get used to it. [hypocricy]The future is all PS3, fanboy :) [/hypocricy]
Wrongggggggggggggg.
Motorstorm looks, feels and plays absolutely superbly, easily besting the 'best' of 360 skid-em-ups.
Gran Turismo HD - if nothing else - looks glorious.
The real-time imagery from Lair and Heavenly Sword are stupendous.
I'm bloody happy with my PS3, the games I've got for it and the games I'm going to get for it. I don't need extra wifi cards; dodgy add-on hard drives or aftermarket wireless controllers. It's all in there.
And when I'm not playing? Then my PS3 folds@home.
Certainly not you.
Like I care. I've been playing Motorstorm all weekend.
From Dell. £40 ($80) for XP Media Centre I don't need or want on my new XPS.
.... pause .... "Sir, it is not normal, but on this occasion as you are such a good customer of Dell [nb: first laptop I've bought from Dell in five years] we will today happily offer you a refund.")
Thanks, Dell.
(It took about three minutes. "Hello, this is Dell. How may I help you?" "My new XPS 1720 came with Windows, which I have not used. Instead I installed an alternative operating system -" "Linux, right?" "Yes!" "Hold on, Sir, I have to speak with my manager"
And, you know, the world will only ever need five computers.