I don't mind UMD, but why didn't they install a sliding cover over the exposed disc, ala MiniDisc? I think that would've been a much smarter option, and then I wouldn't have to worry about constantly keeping them in their oversized cases.
Well, according to their press releases, the number reflects the current number of paying subscribers. So unless they lie in the press release, I don't think the number is inflated.
Don't iPods ship HFS+ formatted? I know they used to, but I guess they may have switched over to FAT with it's recent popularity. I remember having to format my iPod before use.
and the fact that someone else can play me on the same game cart without them having it is absolutely killer and makes the PSP look like crap right there. (Sony would have NEVER allowed such abilities in the PSP.)
Erm..they did. It's called "Game Sharing", and as a game example, Burnout: Legends uses it.
I understand the DS is really nice, and that we hate Sony for the rootkit, but at least give them the small things they DO include that are nice.
I disagree, Guild Wars plays completely differently from a traditional MMORPG. It's nice that it doesn't have a monthly fee, but it's definately not WoW for the poor, as it's hard to compare the two.
http://www.sourcefortsmod.com/ is a good example of a mod that combines the fun of building and the thrill of Capture the Flag FPS. It's quite interesting.
No, you're misunderstanding. You're under the assumption that selling R rated movies to those under 17 is illegal, where in fact it is just enforced by the MPAA. If someone at the store decided to sell that R rated movie to a 12-year-old, there would be no legal repercussions whatsoever.
However, this video game law makes it truly illegal to sell M rated games to those under 17. The argument here is that if that is made illegal, than the sale of other forms of entertainment (such as R rated movies) to those under the age limit should be made illegal as well.
The ignorance of the populace is what makes this law so acceptable to some, where in fact is shouldn't be.
Don't jump the gun. For all you know, the Revolution controller will function like a floaty, laggy air-joystick.
Yeah, that's definitely a possibility, but if Nintendo has any sense at all, the controller will be as responsive as traditional analog stick methods. Nintendo isn't stupid, and they know for a fact that no one will put up with a laggy control scheme.
AFAIK, the only point of the dongle is to work around the fact that the sound card refuses to output DRM encrusted content, such as online-store bought music or DVD-Audio, out the digital port. If you don't listen to either of those things, the dongle is useless, and you might as well just route everything out the digital port.
My question is, does anyone know if DVD-Audio just refers to the DVD-Audio format discs, or does it include the audio tracks for DVD Movies as well? If so, then suddenly the dongle becomes a hell of a lot more useful.
Is the market really hot? Sure, here on Slashdot, we see a "majority" supporting the standalone sale of Mac OS X. However, is there really that much demand? Joe Consumer will most likely stick to buying Windows, and for their OS sales to eclipse their hardware profit margins, Apple will need to sell a whole ton of operating systems.
I know that on Slashdot, we'd all like to legally buy a standalone copy of OSx86, but we're definately not the market majority.
So we're allowed to listen to the music while watching the movie, but we're not allowed to turn off the screen and just listen to music? That's essentially the same thing. The only difference is that instead of using a DVD player and the DVD to playback the music, you put it on a CD to use in a CD player, or an MP3 to play on your computer or MP3 player.
I'm sorry, but that doesn't really make sense. Also, unless I'm mistaken, I believe the DCMA allows you to actually convert the soundtrack to MP3 or another format if you so choose. I'm not denying that the artists probably make less money, but that's an ethics argument, not a legal one.
You really need to stay out of this topic. This is the second uninformed post I've seen you make that's been modded up. Also, it's really hard to take your opinion as a gamer seriously when you consider Doom an XBox exclusive.
RTFA, they talked about the option of using a special cable, but mentioned that it wasn't included. All in all, it sounds like a pain in the ass, and I'd prefer just to have one more dedicated surround output.
As far as ad revenue goes, would you people please look at all the things that MS owns that can utilize advertising... now please... tell me exactly where google is beating MS at anything.
Sure, Microsoft can just slap ads into all of their products...Windows, Office, the works. Now who's going to go out and buy Windows, or any other Microsoft product for that matter, when you know it's coming loaded to the brim with pre-installed Microsoft sanctioned adware? I know I'm not.
My point is that while you can say that Microsoft owns more products to advertise in than Google, the fact remains that Google advertisements are done in subtle, out of your face ways so that most people barely notice them. There's more to advertising than just slapping ads in a bunch of your flagship products, and I think Google has hit the nail on the head with their approach.
Microsoft has the worlds most used internet browser that defaults itself to msn.com as its homepage.
So are you insuniating that because of this, MSN Search is the most widely used search? I'm fairly sure you're wrong on that account. This "Microsoft products are more popular" bit has been the theme of your entire post as to why Google won't succeed, and yet when you list examples, you compare search engines. This statement makes me take the rest of your argument with a grain of salt, as I think it's fairly obvious who is winning in terms of search engines, and we all know it's not MSN.
I don't know how many times it's been said, but I'll say it once again: RTFA. To all those who are saying "this could easily be abused by the RIAA, making legit files seem bad": RTFA. Assuming you have the ability of making the decision whether a file you downloaded is bad or good, this system works by correlating your vote data with users that vote like you do, meaning that since the RIAA will obviously be voting for bad files, those files may appear even WORSE on your end because of their input. A clever system if you ask me, much like Google's pagerank.
Microsoft expected him to stay unemployed for a year after leaving work? Sounds more and more like they're trying to aim their weapons of mass destruction at Google, using lawsuits and the like to cripple their competition.
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I don't mind UMD, but why didn't they install a sliding cover over the exposed disc, ala MiniDisc? I think that would've been a much smarter option, and then I wouldn't have to worry about constantly keeping them in their oversized cases.
And how does it contact the creator? Postal service? Looks like the malware will have to wait until the postal service employees are off break. ;)
Well, according to their press releases, the number reflects the current number of paying subscribers. So unless they lie in the press release, I don't think the number is inflated.
Actually, 5.5 million subscriptions is an accurate representation of the number of current subscribers.
Blizzard has said so in their previous press releases.
"by stating that the console will retail for less than the Xbox 360 core system which currently retails for $299 in the United States."
Before correcting someone, read the entire thing.
Don't iPods ship HFS+ formatted? I know they used to, but I guess they may have switched over to FAT with it's recent popularity. I remember having to format my iPod before use.
No holy war posts? C'mon people. Apple? Kottke.org? It's obvious.
and the fact that someone else can play me on the same game cart without them having it is absolutely killer and makes the PSP look like crap right there. (Sony would have NEVER allowed such abilities in the PSP.)
Erm..they did. It's called "Game Sharing", and as a game example, Burnout: Legends uses it. I understand the DS is really nice, and that we hate Sony for the rootkit, but at least give them the small things they DO include that are nice.
I disagree, Guild Wars plays completely differently from a traditional MMORPG. It's nice that it doesn't have a monthly fee, but it's definately not WoW for the poor, as it's hard to compare the two.
Erm...Apple uses DRM'd AAC files for it's music store. Their downloads are certainly not offered in DRMless MP3 format.
lol no its not a virus
http://www.sourcefortsmod.com/ is a good example of a mod that combines the fun of building and the thrill of Capture the Flag FPS. It's quite interesting.
No, you're misunderstanding. You're under the assumption that selling R rated movies to those under 17 is illegal, where in fact it is just enforced by the MPAA. If someone at the store decided to sell that R rated movie to a 12-year-old, there would be no legal repercussions whatsoever.
However, this video game law makes it truly illegal to sell M rated games to those under 17. The argument here is that if that is made illegal, than the sale of other forms of entertainment (such as R rated movies) to those under the age limit should be made illegal as well.
The ignorance of the populace is what makes this law so acceptable to some, where in fact is shouldn't be.
Don't jump the gun. For all you know, the Revolution controller will function like a floaty, laggy air-joystick.
Yeah, that's definitely a possibility, but if Nintendo has any sense at all, the controller will be as responsive as traditional analog stick methods. Nintendo isn't stupid, and they know for a fact that no one will put up with a laggy control scheme.
AFAIK, the only point of the dongle is to work around the fact that the sound card refuses to output DRM encrusted content, such as online-store bought music or DVD-Audio, out the digital port. If you don't listen to either of those things, the dongle is useless, and you might as well just route everything out the digital port. My question is, does anyone know if DVD-Audio just refers to the DVD-Audio format discs, or does it include the audio tracks for DVD Movies as well? If so, then suddenly the dongle becomes a hell of a lot more useful.
That's probably one good explanation why the XBox sells so much higher for many places in Europe.
Is the market really hot? Sure, here on Slashdot, we see a "majority" supporting the standalone sale of Mac OS X. However, is there really that much demand? Joe Consumer will most likely stick to buying Windows, and for their OS sales to eclipse their hardware profit margins, Apple will need to sell a whole ton of operating systems.
I know that on Slashdot, we'd all like to legally buy a standalone copy of OSx86, but we're definately not the market majority.
So we're allowed to listen to the music while watching the movie, but we're not allowed to turn off the screen and just listen to music? That's essentially the same thing. The only difference is that instead of using a DVD player and the DVD to playback the music, you put it on a CD to use in a CD player, or an MP3 to play on your computer or MP3 player.
I'm sorry, but that doesn't really make sense. Also, unless I'm mistaken, I believe the DCMA allows you to actually convert the soundtrack to MP3 or another format if you so choose. I'm not denying that the artists probably make less money, but that's an ethics argument, not a legal one.
You really need to stay out of this topic. This is the second uninformed post I've seen you make that's been modded up. Also, it's really hard to take your opinion as a gamer seriously when you consider Doom an XBox exclusive.
Um, guys...look at the title of the article. "20 years of NES". Doesn't that make it...1985?
RTFA, they talked about the option of using a special cable, but mentioned that it wasn't included. All in all, it sounds like a pain in the ass, and I'd prefer just to have one more dedicated surround output.
As far as ad revenue goes, would you people please look at all the things that MS owns that can utilize advertising ... now please ... tell me exactly where google is beating MS at anything.
Sure, Microsoft can just slap ads into all of their products...Windows, Office, the works. Now who's going to go out and buy Windows, or any other Microsoft product for that matter, when you know it's coming loaded to the brim with pre-installed Microsoft sanctioned adware? I know I'm not.
My point is that while you can say that Microsoft owns more products to advertise in than Google, the fact remains that Google advertisements are done in subtle, out of your face ways so that most people barely notice them. There's more to advertising than just slapping ads in a bunch of your flagship products, and I think Google has hit the nail on the head with their approach.
Microsoft has the worlds most used internet browser that defaults itself to msn.com as its homepage.
So are you insuniating that because of this, MSN Search is the most widely used search? I'm fairly sure you're wrong on that account. This "Microsoft products are more popular" bit has been the theme of your entire post as to why Google won't succeed, and yet when you list examples, you compare search engines. This statement makes me take the rest of your argument with a grain of salt, as I think it's fairly obvious who is winning in terms of search engines, and we all know it's not MSN.
Ever cross your mind that this guy wasn't being serious? People, it's called an overused Slashdot joke. Get over it.
I don't know how many times it's been said, but I'll say it once again: RTFA. To all those who are saying "this could easily be abused by the RIAA, making legit files seem bad": RTFA. Assuming you have the ability of making the decision whether a file you downloaded is bad or good, this system works by correlating your vote data with users that vote like you do, meaning that since the RIAA will obviously be voting for bad files, those files may appear even WORSE on your end because of their input. A clever system if you ask me, much like Google's pagerank.
Microsoft expected him to stay unemployed for a year after leaving work? Sounds more and more like they're trying to aim their weapons of mass destruction at Google, using lawsuits and the like to cripple their competition.