Google will never become another Microsoft. If you think about it, the cost of moving is 0. Google will only be the market leader as long as it is the best. As soon as something better comes out, people will switch over. Google's sucess is based off of how good its product is, Microsoft's success is based off of how well it can lock its consumers in.
oh hell, the human race is obviously a bunch of cheating lying stealing bastards, why dont we just outlaw them? "dear consumer, it is now illegal to live, your existence is inducing piracy because of human nature, please throw yourself on the enclosed sword, love, the riaa"
And while we're at it, why dont we ban cd-r and dvd-r drives, since they can be used to copy cds and movies, and audio cassettes, since they can be used to copy music as well. One could even go as far as suggesting that all computers and the internet be banned, since they are obvious outputs for warez and piracy.
Well.. the real problem I see is that companies are adding realistic graphics without the mandatory elements that go along with them i.e. if you are going to render each finger individually, you better make them move like real fingers. If you are going to make the characters mouths move when they talk, you better make damn sure that the speech lines up with their motuhs, or else it will stick out like a big fking X painted across your face..
I've seen plenty of games that only used 2d sprites, cel shaded or low poly(relative) 3d graphics that had more expressive and deep characters than some if not many of todays games with lifelike chars
Thats great, but, if you were home.. why didnt you pick up the phone any of the times she called? or reply to her email? or respond to her IM? What may have seemed an obvious way 20 years ago, really isnt that obvious or practical anymore. If she really did try all those options and could not contact you, it would be safe to assume that either you werent home, or dont wish to be bothered.
I meant that fan made games are better than some of the games that are out there made by actual companies, because I know a lot of people who would disregard a game solely because it wasnt made by a real company
When it gets right down to it, games that are made are often better than some of the other games put out, even by some retail gaming companies. I've seen some damn impressive work on handhelds done by just someone or a gorup of people who program for fun in their spare time.. If only there was a way to get some of their works published on the actual carts..
69% of survey participants (aged between 13 and 16) were able to buy an M-rated game without hindrance, including 55% of unaccompanied customers.
This is not the fault of the game industry.. it's the fault of all the Wal-Marts and Best Buys in the world that employ people that don't ask for id when someone young-looking tries to buy a M rated game, or they ask for id but then sell them the game anyways. There have been several documentaries on news shows about this type of thing. Secondly, even if there was 100% enforcement, if the parents don't care, they will just go out and buy the game for the kid anyhow, so...
Prove what? If you worked for AltaVista, wrote their search engine, quit, joined Microsoft, and wrote the same exact thing, then yes, you can and probably will be sued
Because, most companies make you sign an agreement that anything you write becomes the property of the company, so you just cant pick up and take everything you've written with you when you leave.
Now, think of what I could do if I had 2 extra hands, I could eat pizza, play video games, and browse the internet all at the same time.. not to mention all the other things you guys could come up with
Who knows? stranger things have happened, and besides, never is such a strong word... theoretically... what if microsoft turns out to be another enron? certainly unlikely, but not impossible
Alright, that post makes no sense at all. Please explain your point clearly.. and I take it you are a fanatical MS basher, since anyone could say Apple is similar to MS because they are both computer software/hardware(sorta) companies
It might be a bit more secure, but remember that there is no 100% secure program. If 95% of the world was using macs, I guarantee they will find bugs, and they will exploit them. Its only a matter of time.
It may not be the only alternative in existence, but it is the only real alternative for all the grandmothers, and computer incompetents in the world. As much as you linux zealots hate to admit it, Linux is not the most user friendly OS to install and use. If all they want to do (or know how to do) is email, IM and download pictures off their cameras, they really don't need the flexibility Linux(or variants) gives them. Apple is similar to MS in the fact that pretty much anyone can install a mac and pick it up and use it without many problems
They have the same advantage over pc's that firefox has over IE, mostly that they dont have much of a market share, so hackers dont spend that much time making viruses for them. As long as they stay relatively unused by the mass public, it will stay that way. If everyone gets the same idea to move to a mac, virus wirters will shift their attention to macs.
We're down 1.6 million jobs, our schools are failing under pathetic amounts of funding, gas prices are skyrocketing, our economy is still recovering from one of the greatest depressions ever, and we are building a gps system on mars, GFG
Obviously, employers will be able to squeeze more working time out of their employees, giving them even less of a chance for a social life. Soon all they need is cars that drive themselves, and there won't be a waking moment where employees can't be working. Thank you capitalism
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Google will never become another Microsoft. If you think about it, the cost of moving is 0. Google will only be the market leader as long as it is the best. As soon as something better comes out, people will switch over. Google's sucess is based off of how good its product is, Microsoft's success is based off of how well it can lock its consumers in.
oh hell, the human race is obviously a bunch of cheating lying stealing bastards, why dont we just outlaw them? "dear consumer, it is now illegal to live, your existence is inducing piracy because of human nature, please throw yourself on the enclosed sword, love, the riaa"
And while we're at it, why dont we ban cd-r and dvd-r drives, since they can be used to copy cds and movies, and audio cassettes, since they can be used to copy music as well. One could even go as far as suggesting that all computers and the internet be banned, since they are obvious outputs for warez and piracy.
This reminds me of the kind of paranoia that resulted from the grey goo article that was run on /. a while ago
Well.. the real problem I see is that companies are adding realistic graphics without the mandatory elements that go along with them i.e. if you are going to render each finger individually, you better make them move like real fingers. If you are going to make the characters mouths move when they talk, you better make damn sure that the speech lines up with their motuhs, or else it will stick out like a big fking X painted across your face..
I've seen plenty of games that only used 2d sprites, cel shaded or low poly(relative) 3d graphics that had more expressive and deep characters than some if not many of todays games with lifelike chars
Ill take pong over "crap booth" any day
Thats great, but, if you were home.. why didnt you pick up the phone any of the times she called? or reply to her email? or respond to her IM? What may have seemed an obvious way 20 years ago, really isnt that obvious or practical anymore. If she really did try all those options and could not contact you, it would be safe to assume that either you werent home, or dont wish to be bothered.
who knows, the page with that info is /.ed atm
I meant that fan made games are better than some of the games that are out there made by actual companies, because I know a lot of people who would disregard a game solely because it wasnt made by a real company
When it gets right down to it, games that are made are often better than some of the other games put out, even by some retail gaming companies. I've seen some damn impressive work on handhelds done by just someone or a gorup of people who program for fun in their spare time.. If only there was a way to get some of their works published on the actual carts..
10 F provides a user-friendly and unified look and feel that resembles Windows including: My Computer, My Documents, Windows Network
One wonders how "Windows Network" got onto this distro...
69% of survey participants (aged between 13 and 16) were able to buy an M-rated game without hindrance, including 55% of unaccompanied customers.
This is not the fault of the game industry.. it's the fault of all the Wal-Marts and Best Buys in the world that employ people that don't ask for id when someone young-looking tries to buy a M rated game, or they ask for id but then sell them the game anyways. There have been several documentaries on news shows about this type of thing. Secondly, even if there was 100% enforcement, if the parents don't care, they will just go out and buy the game for the kid anyhow, so...
Prove what? If you worked for AltaVista, wrote their search engine, quit, joined Microsoft, and wrote the same exact thing, then yes, you can and probably will be sued
Because, most companies make you sign an agreement that anything you write becomes the property of the company, so you just cant pick up and take everything you've written with you when you leave.
Now, think of what I could do if I had 2 extra hands, I could eat pizza, play video games, and browse the internet all at the same time.. not to mention all the other things you guys could come up with
Who knows? stranger things have happened, and besides, never is such a strong word... theoretically... what if microsoft turns out to be another enron? certainly unlikely, but not impossible
Alright, that post makes no sense at all. Please explain your point clearly.. and I take it you are a fanatical MS basher, since anyone could say Apple is similar to MS because they are both computer software/hardware(sorta) companies
It might be a bit more secure, but remember that there is no 100% secure program. If 95% of the world was using macs, I guarantee they will find bugs, and they will exploit them. Its only a matter of time.
It may not be the only alternative in existence, but it is the only real alternative for all the grandmothers, and computer incompetents in the world. As much as you linux zealots hate to admit it, Linux is not the most user friendly OS to install and use. If all they want to do (or know how to do) is email, IM and download pictures off their cameras, they really don't need the flexibility Linux(or variants) gives them. Apple is similar to MS in the fact that pretty much anyone can install a mac and pick it up and use it without many problems
They have the same advantage over pc's that firefox has over IE, mostly that they dont have much of a market share, so hackers dont spend that much time making viruses for them. As long as they stay relatively unused by the mass public, it will stay that way. If everyone gets the same idea to move to a mac, virus wirters will shift their attention to macs.
not exactly, 50$/hr x 2.5 days x 8hrs/day = 1000$
Seems like a whole lot of work for 1000$, doesnt it? i can make 1000$ in about 2.5 days....
We're down 1.6 million jobs, our schools are failing under pathetic amounts of funding, gas prices are skyrocketing, our economy is still recovering from one of the greatest depressions ever, and we are building a gps system on mars, GFG
We've seen what they said about it, now all thats left is to see what they DO about it...
Obviously, employers will be able to squeeze more working time out of their employees, giving them even less of a chance for a social life. Soon all they need is cars that drive themselves, and there won't be a waking moment where employees can't be working. Thank you capitalism