More fully, one downloads from somewhere to one's own location (the inverse of uploading).
The computer is initiating the copy process, so it is "one's own location"; as it's the destination, not the source, downloading would be the more appropriate term.
While the LiveCD is an interesting idea (more or less how a console works), I don't think it's really feasible at the moment; you're going to be missing some driver for somebody. (And you also don't have anywhere to store saved games/configuration information, unless you force the player to have a USB key or something.)
On the other hand, nowadays there's less and less proprietary code in games. Everybody's licensing Havok's physics engine, for example. That's code that would either need to be released by the developer as open source (ha ha--when they make their money from selling the stuff, no way in hell will they give it away), or replaced wholesale (which is likely to not be as good, and would, at least in the case of gameplay-affecting physics, bork any hope of crossplatform multiplayer).
That also completely ignores the unlikelihood that any multiplayer code will be released, for fear of exposing vulnerabilities. Rather than dealing with paying to fix them, publishers would rather hide the code and hope that it works.
They have the right to complain or seek publicity. They don't (or at least shouldn't; IANAL) have the right to demand money from the company just because they don't like their attitude.
DS compatibility may be an "unintended plus", but some of us like backwards compatibility, and were disappointed that the DS doesn't play GB/GBC games (especially in light of the fact that the DS killed the Game Boy line). The lack of a GBA slot means that the DSi would be a downgrade for me.
(NP used to be owned by Nintendo up until, oh, probably about two years ago; they then sold the magazine to another company, whose name I don't remember off the top of my head.)
Significant fanfare? If you say so. I was 8 at the time the NES 2 came out, so I think that I'll have to defer to you on that.;) Nowadays, most people roll them together because their differences are negligible, so that's how I've always considered them.
The comparison to the PSone/PS2 slim is a good one, though.
Just like the DS wasn't intended to replace the GBA... And we all know that Nintendo Power is a completely unbiased source, right?;)
Actually, under their new ownership, they might be, but the quality went downhill so fast that I let my subscription lapse shortly after the changeover.
No idea. I can at least understand the vertical--some people prefer it to act like a plane, some people prefer to move it in the direction they want to go. But inverting the horizontal axis is just bizarre.
Personally, I would classify the new PS3 revisions in the same class as the NES 2/SNES 2, as the revised products perform the same basic function (play NES/SNES/PS3 games) without adding technical capabilities. (That's where I'm willing to let the DSi slide—it's does actually add new things in its revision, unlike the changes to the other three consoles.)
As for the component out, they discontinued the accessory because they pulled the port, not the other way around. Ordering cables from their store was like pulling teeth, because they kept selling out as soon as they were in stock.
Sony isn't the first to remove features over the console's life; Nintendo is notorious for doing this (NES 2 lost the RCA jacks, SNES 2 lost the RF port and RGB out, GameCube lost the component video out, and the DS is losing the GBA slot).
Not necessarily--I don't think that most games implement fallout of excess avatars. (Especially shooters.) Both because that's unfair to players to do with their enemies, and because they have a fairly limited scope of the number of avatars that can be present on screen anyways.
While it would be antitrust if their monopoly were one formed by conglomeration, cable is a bit different; in this case, each local city grants the company its monopoly. They chose to eliminate the competition; I don't think they have any ethical leg to stand on (though they may have a legal one) in claiming that there's no competition when it was deliberately eliminated by someone other than the cable providers.
Once local workers are willing to compete with workers in the rest of the world, then you'll start seeing more products made locally. As long as they keep demanding compensation disproportionate to their value, they'll be passed over.
Let's compromise and reduce Canada to 12 states by getting rid of Quebec;p
I'm sure Quebec would love us for it, too.;)
Yeah, I made up^W^W based that figure solely on population estimates; I have no idea on the intricacies on how you guys really allocate electoral votes other that that I know population is a factor.
Seriously, you only have 435 seats to represent 300 million people? The Commons here in the UK will have 650 at the general election, I wish we could reduce the number of our politicians.
435 seats in the House of Representatives (divided by population), 100 in the Senate (two per state), 535 seats in total. There's one electoral vote per member of either house (so a state with 5 Representatives and 2 Senators gets 7 electoral votes).
The split came about because Delaware was suffering penis^W population size envy, when compared to New York.
That may be true of many places, but certainly not all. (Though we only get health insurance, and aren't given options for dental/vision; it's a toss-up as to which is better.)
Canada may have 13 provinces, but their population is smaller than that of California. No reason to go to all that bureaucratic hassle of multiple states.;)
While you would end up with more electoral seats than California, I'm not sure it would necessarily be a third more. With the total number of House seats currently capped at 435, and states guaranteed a certain minimum, the redistricting would be interesting, to say the least.
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More fully, one downloads from somewhere to one's own location (the inverse of uploading). The computer is initiating the copy process, so it is "one's own location"; as it's the destination, not the source, downloading would be the more appropriate term.
Sure, if by "set up that failure" you mean "was forced out by that failure".
While the LiveCD is an interesting idea (more or less how a console works), I don't think it's really feasible at the moment; you're going to be missing some driver for somebody. (And you also don't have anywhere to store saved games/configuration information, unless you force the player to have a USB key or something.)
On the other hand, nowadays there's less and less proprietary code in games. Everybody's licensing Havok's physics engine, for example. That's code that would either need to be released by the developer as open source (ha ha--when they make their money from selling the stuff, no way in hell will they give it away), or replaced wholesale (which is likely to not be as good, and would, at least in the case of gameplay-affecting physics, bork any hope of crossplatform multiplayer).
That also completely ignores the unlikelihood that any multiplayer code will be released, for fear of exposing vulnerabilities. Rather than dealing with paying to fix them, publishers would rather hide the code and hope that it works.
They have the right to complain or seek publicity. They don't (or at least shouldn't; IANAL) have the right to demand money from the company just because they don't like their attitude.
DS compatibility may be an "unintended plus", but some of us like backwards compatibility, and were disappointed that the DS doesn't play GB/GBC games (especially in light of the fact that the DS killed the Game Boy line). The lack of a GBA slot means that the DSi would be a downgrade for me.
(NP used to be owned by Nintendo up until, oh, probably about two years ago; they then sold the magazine to another company, whose name I don't remember off the top of my head.)
Significant fanfare? If you say so. I was 8 at the time the NES 2 came out, so I think that I'll have to defer to you on that. ;) Nowadays, most people roll them together because their differences are negligible, so that's how I've always considered them.
The comparison to the PSone/PS2 slim is a good one, though.
Just like the DS wasn't intended to replace the GBA... And we all know that Nintendo Power is a completely unbiased source, right? ;)
Actually, under their new ownership, they might be, but the quality went downhill so fast that I let my subscription lapse shortly after the changeover.
I'm not saying that they don't want more, but that's not what they're asking for in this case.
In this case, it's not that they want more money; they want to keep getting the same amount as always. Slight difference.
No idea. I can at least understand the vertical--some people prefer it to act like a plane, some people prefer to move it in the direction they want to go. But inverting the horizontal axis is just bizarre.
Personally, I would classify the new PS3 revisions in the same class as the NES 2/SNES 2, as the revised products perform the same basic function (play NES/SNES/PS3 games) without adding technical capabilities. (That's where I'm willing to let the DSi slide—it's does actually add new things in its revision, unlike the changes to the other three consoles.)
As for the component out, they discontinued the accessory because they pulled the port, not the other way around. Ordering cables from their store was like pulling teeth, because they kept selling out as soon as they were in stock.
Sony isn't the first to remove features over the console's life; Nintendo is notorious for doing this (NES 2 lost the RCA jacks, SNES 2 lost the RF port and RGB out, GameCube lost the component video out, and the DS is losing the GBA slot).
Except "reverse mouse aim" only switches the up/down directions, leaving the left/right directions alone.
Not necessarily--I don't think that most games implement fallout of excess avatars. (Especially shooters.) Both because that's unfair to players to do with their enemies, and because they have a fairly limited scope of the number of avatars that can be present on screen anyways.
No, receiving calls/texts is free.
While it would be antitrust if their monopoly were one formed by conglomeration, cable is a bit different; in this case, each local city grants the company its monopoly. They chose to eliminate the competition; I don't think they have any ethical leg to stand on (though they may have a legal one) in claiming that there's no competition when it was deliberately eliminated by someone other than the cable providers.
That's the 34th rule. Rule #35 is "peace is good for business".
Once local workers are willing to compete with workers in the rest of the world, then you'll start seeing more products made locally. As long as they keep demanding compensation disproportionate to their value, they'll be passed over.
(For the record, I live in metro Detroit.)
Let's compromise and reduce Canada to 12 states by getting rid of Quebec ;p
I'm sure Quebec would love us for it, too. ;)
Yeah, I made up^W^W based that figure solely on population estimates; I have no idea on the intricacies on how you guys really allocate electoral votes other that that I know population is a factor.
Seriously, you only have 435 seats to represent 300 million people? The Commons here in the UK will have 650 at the general election, I wish we could reduce the number of our politicians.
435 seats in the House of Representatives (divided by population), 100 in the Senate (two per state), 535 seats in total. There's one electoral vote per member of either house (so a state with 5 Representatives and 2 Senators gets 7 electoral votes).
The split came about because Delaware was suffering penis^W population size envy, when compared to New York.
That may be true of many places, but certainly not all. (Though we only get health insurance, and aren't given options for dental/vision; it's a toss-up as to which is better.)
Canada may have 13 provinces, but their population is smaller than that of California. No reason to go to all that bureaucratic hassle of multiple states. ;)
While you would end up with more electoral seats than California, I'm not sure it would necessarily be a third more. With the total number of House seats currently capped at 435, and states guaranteed a certain minimum, the redistricting would be interesting, to say the least.
Funny. I'd say that it has a value of $0. I certainly don't know what case law has held for that, though.
Jury trials are reserved for criminal matters; for civil matters like this, it's generally just a bench judge ruling.
Marbury v. Madison and Roe v. Wade, probably.