Easy enough, they didn't think there would be a problem and they want to show off the tech. It's not like a wired controller had any less chance of being stolen.
If it IS OK to use the seal in satire, then the commerciality of the satire probably shouldn't come into play. Almost every form of satire is contained in a work that sells advertisements or is sold itself.
That's a noble outlook, and if it did happen, it would be unprecedented. It's also the only reason the U.S. has a leg to stand on right now it terms of their involvement there. But you have to look at the facts to see that the chances of a democratic Iraq are pretty slim.
There aren't a small number of political and religious factions there, each having a different agenda. Iraq's leaders differ on fundamental goals and deeply distrust each other. It would take a superhuman effort to establish a government that each faction accepts. Now I'm not saying that is impossible, but all it takes is one faction declaring war on another to screw everything up.
The people of Iraq know that violence has a lot of weight in terms of political control. They were united through it for many years under Saddam. Thrusting these people into a system where violence for political gain is abhorred is another difficult task.
On top of everything, Iraq's borders are not heavily controlled. Any person or group in the middle east who doesn't like the U.S. or Iraq's government can take a trip and fight them. So even in the case where Iraq becomes a democratic society, terrorist attacks will not cease.
My comparison between Iraq and Vietnam was not necessarily a direct one. Iraq could very well turn into a war we cannot win. With the recent hurricanes, people are starting to realize the effects of fighting a prolonged war directly affects the U.S.
There will be no "Iraq My Lai", as the murder of innocents by U.S. troops is happening, and is not widely reported. The civillian death toll in Iraq is already ten times worse then on 9-11. Abu Gharib is no My Lai, but like My Lai, it is a stain on the U.S.'s reputation, and will be remembered just as well.
You seriously think a country that has been a warzone for the past two and a half years with no end in sight is better than any country out there that's not? You are right though, I don't know for sure. We'll see what happens when we finally give up and get out, or nuke the whole place. The thing's turning into another Vietnam.
Obviously, nobody knows for sure. What we DO know is that he ruled with an iron fist, not unlike other regimes still in power today. Are those countries next on our list? Very doubtful.
All I can say is that right now Iraq is closer to hell that it ever was before. Will the end justify the means?
Seeing how FPS games are a decent portion of the gaming market, it is pretty logical that nintendo would have an API specifically geared for FPSes. They have to write one anyway for Metroid, so chances are that they will flesh it out and distribute it to take some of the strain off 3rd party developers.
Simple answer: don't read the review, submit reviews of the lesser-known games you speak of, or post a comment that says, "[linked unsubmitted game review] is WAY better than [submitted game review]." Even if it's not.
For example: Blender is WAY better than The Sims 2 Nightlife!
That is if you were successful. Most people are going to receive $0k for spending 15 days unsucessfully completing the project. On top of that, any submitted code is now property of WINE.
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.NET apps running from a webpage CAN access local files, but only if you say so. For example, you can add the website as a trusted site, and then change the.NET Framework Security settings to give full security access to trusted sites. That way, only sites the user specifically trusts will allow that to happen. AFAIK, there is no programmatical way to add a trusted site to IE.
That does not mean FFXI is the only title Square-Enix is releasing for the 360, just the first. While FFXII doesn't look like it will be, any talk about future games coming or not coming out for the 360 is pure speculation. It would seem to be in Microsoft's best interests to get any many S-E games as possible to come out for the 360.
Most online leagues have pretty strict rules about trash talking and other unsportsmanlike conduct. Even if it were allowed, first of all there is no way a player from one team can verbally communicate with a player from the opposing team, unless they are physically within earshot of each other. Second, typing a message to the other team stops the player from what he or she is doing while they type the message... in most cases not a very smart thing to do.
However, in reply to the parent, visual customization of in-game characters can go a long way in creating hype. Unfortunately, most games that do allow players to customize characters are MMOs. I WOULD like to see it added in FPSes, but sadly the idea would not work out as intended. A FPS would have to have a vast array of customization options to achieve the level of player differentiation that would result in teams having unique looks. This requires a great deal of effort, and is something most FPS designers wouldn't want to spend resources on. The other option is to allow user-made content, but that generally leads to bad things like obscene characters or cheating.
You're missing a pretty big part of the income equation, only 1 million subscribers are in the U.S., probably less in Europe. A majority of the subscribers are in asia, where the game is downloaded for free and time is bought at a significantly lower price than the rest of the world pays. Don't get me wrong, its a buttload of money, but doing simple math in this case is overestimating the gross by quite a bit.
I don't see this as the real problem, every person has a right to submit whatever they want to Slashdot. The problem is the editors choosing articles submitted by the site. It definitely doesn't give a good message.
Yeah, and its a goddamn scam if you ask me. People who buy the core system are almost GUARANTEED to spend more money then the people buying the full system, if they end up wanting half the functionality of it.
no hard drive in the base system means games will use the feature a lot less...
I disagree. The base system was basically created for retailers who wanted a lower price tag on the 360. While 360 developers must take into account the fact that the hard drive may be absent, it in no way points to developers not using it (except for virtual memory of course.) Expect at least as many games to play mp3s as the original xbox.
It's actually white vendor trash, insert joke here. For some reason, it sells for much higher than auction house counterparts, which drives players to put more money into the hands of other players. The only problem I see with your suggestion is that the prices of 'good' vendor items would be through the roof, causing players to use the auction house almost as much. If they weren't, then everybody and their mother would have top-quality vendor items.
Square is developing FF 11 for the 360. New titles will probably follow. Rockstar developed GTA for the XBox, albeit much later. With the 360 coming out before the PS3, who knows if they will jump ship and release for the 360 first.
That would make the Bush Administration quite liberal... As many things have changed since it began (gas prices, unemployment rates, the defecit, wars, the country becoming a police state... I can go on forever)
It's not just PvP servers, in PvE you can still fight other players through duels or by flagging yourself for PvP. ANd then there's the battlegrounds...
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Easy enough, they didn't think there would be a problem and they want to show off the tech. It's not like a wired controller had any less chance of being stolen.
I thought you had to change it to nighttime to make the people sleep. Not 100% sure tho.
If it IS OK to use the seal in satire, then the commerciality of the satire probably shouldn't come into play. Almost every form of satire is contained in a work that sells advertisements or is sold itself.
That's a noble outlook, and if it did happen, it would be unprecedented. It's also the only reason the U.S. has a leg to stand on right now it terms of their involvement there. But you have to look at the facts to see that the chances of a democratic Iraq are pretty slim.
There aren't a small number of political and religious factions there, each having a different agenda. Iraq's leaders differ on fundamental goals and deeply distrust each other. It would take a superhuman effort to establish a government that each faction accepts. Now I'm not saying that is impossible, but all it takes is one faction declaring war on another to screw everything up.
The people of Iraq know that violence has a lot of weight in terms of political control. They were united through it for many years under Saddam. Thrusting these people into a system where violence for political gain is abhorred is another difficult task.
On top of everything, Iraq's borders are not heavily controlled. Any person or group in the middle east who doesn't like the U.S. or Iraq's government can take a trip and fight them. So even in the case where Iraq becomes a democratic society, terrorist attacks will not cease.
My comparison between Iraq and Vietnam was not necessarily a direct one. Iraq could very well turn into a war we cannot win. With the recent hurricanes, people are starting to realize the effects of fighting a prolonged war directly affects the U.S.
There will be no "Iraq My Lai", as the murder of innocents by U.S. troops is happening, and is not widely reported. The civillian death toll in Iraq is already ten times worse then on 9-11. Abu Gharib is no My Lai, but like My Lai, it is a stain on the U.S.'s reputation, and will be remembered just as well.
You seriously think a country that has been a warzone for the past two and a half years with no end in sight is better than any country out there that's not? You are right though, I don't know for sure. We'll see what happens when we finally give up and get out, or nuke the whole place. The thing's turning into another Vietnam.
Obviously, nobody knows for sure. What we DO know is that he ruled with an iron fist, not unlike other regimes still in power today. Are those countries next on our list? Very doubtful.
All I can say is that right now Iraq is closer to hell that it ever was before. Will the end justify the means?
Seeing how FPS games are a decent portion of the gaming market, it is pretty logical that nintendo would have an API specifically geared for FPSes. They have to write one anyway for Metroid, so chances are that they will flesh it out and distribute it to take some of the strain off 3rd party developers.
Simple answer: don't read the review, submit reviews of the lesser-known games you speak of, or post a comment that says, "[linked unsubmitted game review] is WAY better than [submitted game review]." Even if it's not.
For example: Blender is WAY better than The Sims 2 Nightlife!
That is if you were successful. Most people are going to receive $0k for spending 15 days unsucessfully completing the project. On top of that, any submitted code is now property of WINE.
.NET apps running from a webpage CAN access local files, but only if you say so. For example, you can add the website as a trusted site, and then change the .NET Framework Security settings to give full security access to trusted sites. That way, only sites the user specifically trusts will allow that to happen. AFAIK, there is no programmatical way to add a trusted site to IE.
That does not mean FFXI is the only title Square-Enix is releasing for the 360, just the first. While FFXII doesn't look like it will be, any talk about future games coming or not coming out for the 360 is pure speculation. It would seem to be in Microsoft's best interests to get any many S-E games as possible to come out for the 360.
Most online leagues have pretty strict rules about trash talking and other unsportsmanlike conduct. Even if it were allowed, first of all there is no way a player from one team can verbally communicate with a player from the opposing team, unless they are physically within earshot of each other. Second, typing a message to the other team stops the player from what he or she is doing while they type the message... in most cases not a very smart thing to do.
However, in reply to the parent, visual customization of in-game characters can go a long way in creating hype. Unfortunately, most games that do allow players to customize characters are MMOs. I WOULD like to see it added in FPSes, but sadly the idea would not work out as intended. A FPS would have to have a vast array of customization options to achieve the level of player differentiation that would result in teams having unique looks. This requires a great deal of effort, and is something most FPS designers wouldn't want to spend resources on. The other option is to allow user-made content, but that generally leads to bad things like obscene characters or cheating.
This is not a confirmed story by the maker of the chips. Once it is confirmed by a reputable source, then I would criticize /. for not reporting it.
You're missing a pretty big part of the income equation, only 1 million subscribers are in the U.S., probably less in Europe. A majority of the subscribers are in asia, where the game is downloaded for free and time is bought at a significantly lower price than the rest of the world pays. Don't get me wrong, its a buttload of money, but doing simple math in this case is overestimating the gross by quite a bit.
I don't see this as the real problem, every person has a right to submit whatever they want to Slashdot. The problem is the editors choosing articles submitted by the site. It definitely doesn't give a good message.
Yeah, and its a goddamn scam if you ask me. People who buy the core system are almost GUARANTEED to spend more money then the people buying the full system, if they end up wanting half the functionality of it.
no hard drive in the base system means games will use the feature a lot less...
I disagree. The base system was basically created for retailers who wanted a lower price tag on the 360. While 360 developers must take into account the fact that the hard drive may be absent, it in no way points to developers not using it (except for virtual memory of course.) Expect at least as many games to play mp3s as the original xbox.
That doesn't mean it's impossible, like most systems it eventually WILL be cracked.
Seriously, at $60 apiece, dropping 3 games would cause the bundle would drop to around $520-$530.
It's actually white vendor trash, insert joke here. For some reason, it sells for much higher than auction house counterparts, which drives players to put more money into the hands of other players. The only problem I see with your suggestion is that the prices of 'good' vendor items would be through the roof, causing players to use the auction house almost as much. If they weren't, then everybody and their mother would have top-quality vendor items.
Square is developing FF 11 for the 360. New titles will probably follow. Rockstar developed GTA for the XBox, albeit much later. With the 360 coming out before the PS3, who knows if they will jump ship and release for the 360 first.
That would make the Bush Administration quite liberal... As many things have changed since it began (gas prices, unemployment rates, the defecit, wars, the country becoming a police state... I can go on forever)
It's not just PvP servers, in PvE you can still fight other players through duels or by flagging yourself for PvP. ANd then there's the battlegrounds...
Above your head? You missed it... his point. Most statistics are garbage.
Yes, and while they're lowering taxes, they're putting the country in deep debt for a generation. But that doesn't mean anything to you, does it?