While most 360 games may not be that big of a leap over the XBox you probably haven't seen a PS2 running if you think a PS3 is on the same level. The PS2's graphics are butt ugly compared to any last or current gen console.
From what I heard you'd have been better off with Pangya (no idea when that's due to be released in Europe, though). Aside from being cartoony it's supposedly a very solid game.
Also keep in mind that many consoles are connected to secondary TVs and while a family may be ready to drop money on a HDTV for the family TV they sure as hell won't buy one for the kid's (or husband's computer) room yet.
Because they lost exclusivity to Dragon Quest (which they even lost completely) and GTA, easily two of the best selling game series out there and more and more developers are talking about the need to go multiplatform.
I'm going to disagree on that. Sci Fi inspires proof of concept inventions but many inventions are done out of the need to get something done. The Z3 (first turing-complete computer) and V2 (first missile to reach space) were designed because there was a use for their purpose rather than any sci fi dreams (also there's no good German Sci Fi that I'm aware of).
Much how you can tell someone they can't copy your website to make an identical website and claim it as his own. But that's not what Archive.org does. It merely records what WAS there. It doesn't create a new website. It doesn't claim to own the material.
That can still be copyright infringement. Warez groups don't claim to own the stuff they distribute but distributing it is still against the law.
However, this woman didn't file a copyright infringement claim and I agree that it's silly to assume a contract was entered because even if going on the website formed a contract, nobody went to the website. The computer went through it and a computer cannot enter contracts for obvious reasons. Who would have entered that contract? Somebody would have to have entered it and subsequently acted in violation of it, however this was an entirely automated process.
Well, if it explodes (and that WILL happen, it happens to everyone because launching rockets is always a risky operation) the radioactive crap gets blown all over the area, even without the radiation most of that is highly toxic. The result would be kinda like the Chernobyl desaster with radioactive crap raining down everywhere and all living things soaking it up.
In an educational situatiopn I'd expect there to be Linux comps somewhere. The first uni I was at had Linux and Solaris machines for the CS and math students while the less technically inclined got Windows and Mac computers. Maybe that's because all the expensive CS and math software is available under Linux while things like Photoshop don't support it.
I seem to recall there being a lot of fuss about the Altivec unit on PPC Macs being faster for applying filters in Photoshop but that strikes me as such a minor difference that I doubt it's the primary reason.
We can build pretty safe rockets but not perfectly safe ones, there's always the risk of an accident causing an explosion in the atmosphere. Also expect the number of rocket explosions to increase as commercial interest in cheaper launches increases.
That and giving shareholders excuses for why sales are declining because they can't say "videogames are cutting into our market". They can preternd to do something about illegal downloading but they can't do anything about videogames.
The money with those goes to the government who's supposed to have the people's best interest in mind and represents all of them. the RIAA, MPAA and BSA are private organizations that represent a part of their respective industries and aim to maximize profits for their clients. The government represents the people it charges, the RIAA, MPAA and BSA represent a group that's mostly disjunct from the people this would charge.
I would never consider paying the RIAA, MPAA and BSA a sacrifice for society as a whole, only a sacrifice for those who can afford membership with these organizations.
At this point, I doubt it would matter. If we stopped buying the cds they would claim it as proof of pirating.
Then let them. Claims don't keep their business afloat, money does. They can't make you buy CDs, they can only stop illegal copying. If all this anti-piracy crap doesn't increase their sales numbers they'll run out of options sooner or later.
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I think it was Kaz Hirai who said they could sell 6 million PS3s even if there weren't any games. That's an implicit yes to your question.
He said "Live, Home, etc". Live is on the XBox. Etc would include the Wii shop channel.
While most 360 games may not be that big of a leap over the XBox you probably haven't seen a PS2 running if you think a PS3 is on the same level. The PS2's graphics are butt ugly compared to any last or current gen console.
From what I heard you'd have been better off with Pangya (no idea when that's due to be released in Europe, though). Aside from being cartoony it's supposedly a very solid game.
Also keep in mind that many consoles are connected to secondary TVs and while a family may be ready to drop money on a HDTV for the family TV they sure as hell won't buy one for the kid's (or husband's computer) room yet.
That's not going to stop a marketing droid.
Because they lost exclusivity to Dragon Quest (which they even lost completely) and GTA, easily two of the best selling game series out there and more and more developers are talking about the need to go multiplatform.
But he has a certificate stating that he is sane!
He's talking about Kutaragi, not the PS3. The underpowered CPU is probably the reason for his "great" PR statements lately :P.
Programmers who can't speak English? How does that happen? Learning English is pretty much a requirement for programming.
Settlers? Where does that include anything useful for geography?
I'm going to disagree on that. Sci Fi inspires proof of concept inventions but many inventions are done out of the need to get something done. The Z3 (first turing-complete computer) and V2 (first missile to reach space) were designed because there was a use for their purpose rather than any sci fi dreams (also there's no good German Sci Fi that I'm aware of).
I'd be careful about being this optimistic with that signature...
Medical Insurance companies will get some cancer sniffers and if the dog jumps at you your application just got rejected.
Well, they believe Jesus existed. Of course so did Pilates.
To put it like Terry Pratchett: People don't ask a witch for their fortune because a witch tells them what they asked for, not what they want to hear.
Much how you can tell someone they can't copy your website to make an identical website and claim it as his own. But that's not what Archive.org does. It merely records what WAS there. It doesn't create a new website. It doesn't claim to own the material.
That can still be copyright infringement. Warez groups don't claim to own the stuff they distribute but distributing it is still against the law.
However, this woman didn't file a copyright infringement claim and I agree that it's silly to assume a contract was entered because even if going on the website formed a contract, nobody went to the website. The computer went through it and a computer cannot enter contracts for obvious reasons. Who would have entered that contract? Somebody would have to have entered it and subsequently acted in violation of it, however this was an entirely automated process.
Fhtagn.
Well, if it explodes (and that WILL happen, it happens to everyone because launching rockets is always a risky operation) the radioactive crap gets blown all over the area, even without the radiation most of that is highly toxic. The result would be kinda like the Chernobyl desaster with radioactive crap raining down everywhere and all living things soaking it up.
In an educational situatiopn I'd expect there to be Linux comps somewhere. The first uni I was at had Linux and Solaris machines for the CS and math students while the less technically inclined got Windows and Mac computers. Maybe that's because all the expensive CS and math software is available under Linux while things like Photoshop don't support it.
I seem to recall there being a lot of fuss about the Altivec unit on PPC Macs being faster for applying filters in Photoshop but that strikes me as such a minor difference that I doubt it's the primary reason.
We can build pretty safe rockets but not perfectly safe ones, there's always the risk of an accident causing an explosion in the atmosphere. Also expect the number of rocket explosions to increase as commercial interest in cheaper launches increases.
That and giving shareholders excuses for why sales are declining because they can't say "videogames are cutting into our market". They can preternd to do something about illegal downloading but they can't do anything about videogames.
The money with those goes to the government who's supposed to have the people's best interest in mind and represents all of them. the RIAA, MPAA and BSA are private organizations that represent a part of their respective industries and aim to maximize profits for their clients. The government represents the people it charges, the RIAA, MPAA and BSA represent a group that's mostly disjunct from the people this would charge.
I would never consider paying the RIAA, MPAA and BSA a sacrifice for society as a whole, only a sacrifice for those who can afford membership with these organizations.
At this point, I doubt it would matter. If we stopped buying the cds they would claim it as proof of pirating.
Then let them. Claims don't keep their business afloat, money does. They can't make you buy CDs, they can only stop illegal copying. If all this anti-piracy crap doesn't increase their sales numbers they'll run out of options sooner or later.