***Charging $30 each for adaptors to plug in a VGA or DVI monitor is just cheap though***
Agreed. a 49$ video card comes with a DVI-VGA adapter
***Charging $150 extra for the non-rubbish display option is also a bit irritating.***
At first it was 50$. then 60, now 150$??? unless it's gold-plated and made on the moon, there's no justification for that kind of price. It's a frakin' piece of glass
That could be considered predatory and non-competitive. And could in fact cripple competition. Let's say I'm a developper, and can't afford to use more than one platform, the choice is not that hard, i'll code for the iPhonepadtouch device.
Even if a game engine is not the most recent one, it doesn't mean the game it runs is crap
-Unreal and UT are still played, Unreal being one of the best games ever IMHO -Half Life was built upon a modified Quake engine, still one of the best games (second to Unreal) -Quake 2. -DS9 The Fallen (based on the Unreal engine) -Elite Force (based on Q3)
Sure, compared to modern engines, Unreal lacks the lightning, and sound, and textures, and graphics. But it has substance, something that modern stuff lacks, like Hollywood movies...
I ran the original Tie Fighter on a 486/66 with a SB16 card. Now running it on a 5x86@160 with an AWE64 card. Graphics suck, but the MIDI interactive soundtrack is *way* better than listening to looping redbook audio in newer versions (CD)
Guess what I found the other day? my 12MB Voodoo2 cards. It's missing the SLI cable, and would propably be destroyed by a modern graphics card anyways (I think my old Radeon 7000 would blow them out of the water, so a 50$ card probably will too)
I remember playing Quake 2 at ****1024X768**** on a K6-2 (266@337). I wonder if someones still hacks drivers for those cards?
What about when a publisher doesn't support newer OS versions? Star Trek Armada support stops at Win98. It does run on XP, but sometimes it drops back to the desktop (I love when it does this in multiplayer). So I still have a machine running on 98SE, because it only runs fine on that OS.
They don't support their game, and don't release source to the game engine so people could port it to newer platforms. I'm pretty sure they don't even sell it anymore.
Same goes for Star Trek: 25th anniversary, A call for Unity, and many other games (TIE FIGHTER, I'm talking about you)
So I still have an 800Mhz P3 under 98SE (512MB) for old games, along with an overclocked (am5x86 133@160) 486 class machine (32MB beast) running DOS 6.22/Wfw 3.11 for even older games
Not all games can be run under ScummVM/DOSbox/VDMsound in a reliable fashion
I don't think a Netbook will get the same battery life. Or ease of use. (Yes I own a Netbook with OSX/XP). While on the bus, I don't use my Netbook, I use my iPhone. Even if my Netbook has a touchscreen upgrade.
Most people (that excludes us on/.) use their computer to read their email, chat with MSN/Skype and browse the web. Most people don't even multi-task (or know they can).
They want to get their email, they open Outlook Express, read the email and close it. Same goes for their browser. One task at a time.
The iPad (and iPhone/iPod Touch) do that exactly. Easy to use, nice interface and it does those things very nicely (except for Flash). Most people use their computer as an appliance, much like a microwave oven or a TV, that's what iPads/iPhones/iPods are.
I just found my old Manuals for my Nokia 3390 and Moto V360. They're *BOOKS*. What came with my iPhone was a *pamphlet* explaining multi-touch gestures and 2 stickers. My Grandma was able to use my iPhone to place a call, all by herself.
Yes, I have MACs at home (along with several Win machines), and own an iPhone, but seriously, it's way more user-friendly than anything out there. (And I've always been a Win/NT guy until I used OS X)
I recently took out the main monitor from my old G4 (Sawtooth), it automatically reverted to single-screen by itself. On a Windows machine, not so.
(it's a 10-year old Graphite G4/400 with a hacked PC nVidia 6200 with an unsupported OS (10.5.8) I tested it just for kicks on my Hackintoshed Athlon X2, same thing, reverted to single-screen mode on the remaining monitor)
Seriously, STOP Playing GOD... Nature will find a way, and might even create a new species that is *WAY* more dangerous to crops.
Many things were deemed safe until they found out otherwise. I'm pretty sure GenX and previous remembers Thalidomid. Many crippled or dead children.
Thay are many more examples but it's the only one that comes to mind at that late hour. Seems a human being needs 8 Hours of sleep *PER DAY* , not per week:)
Wow... Humanity never ceases to amaze me. They lost because the guy is a moron? It's a freaking-power tool. If you don't know how to use it safely you have no business being around one.
I hope the company appeals and wins that time. I don't want my product's prices going up because people are too stupid to use them properly.
Seen on a hairdryer *Do not use while sleeping or in the bathtub* . *Contents might be hot* on coffee cups. Because of such morons.
While we're at it, why not put a warning on every ice cream tub,Slushie and popsicle?
*Warning might cause brain freeze if eaten too fast*
Or *Eating junk food will make you fat* on McDonald's menus.
12v vs 5v (Firewire vs USB). Older iPods could use either 12v or 5V. Now since Apple ditched Firewire, it means that most older devices won't be able to charge newer iPods (and iPhones). Alarm clock, car charger, FM modulator and such. They could've kept 12V on the newer iPods for charging. Now we have to buy new ones. And I'm not even talking about my mini-stereo which is now crippled because of this (can't charge the phone), and I have to kill a popup on the phone that says *this device wasn't bla bla bla*
In order to get that market, they will have to provide something Nintendo has for years... Games for everybody. Fun games for all ages.
I'm talking about Raving Rabbids, Wii Sports, and such.
My parents *NEVER* had any kind of console in the house, even when we were kids. They never even liked video games. Until they tried some on my sister's Wii. Now they bought one with many games. They're in their 60s. So unless SONY can target that kind of audience, it won't work.
The Wii has the games, and also the price. It's the least expensive of all three.
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***Charging $30 each for adaptors to plug in a VGA or DVI monitor is just cheap though***
Agreed. a 49$ video card comes with a DVI-VGA adapter
***Charging $150 extra for the non-rubbish display option is also a bit irritating.***
At first it was 50$. then 60, now 150$??? unless it's gold-plated and made on the moon, there's no justification for that kind of price. It's a frakin' piece of glass
That could be considered predatory and non-competitive. And could in fact cripple competition. Let's say I'm a developper, and can't afford to use more than one platform, the choice is not that hard, i'll code for the iPhonepadtouch device.
Even if a game engine is not the most recent one, it doesn't mean the game it runs is crap
-Unreal and UT are still played, Unreal being one of the best games ever IMHO
-Half Life was built upon a modified Quake engine, still one of the best games (second to Unreal)
-Quake 2.
-DS9 The Fallen (based on the Unreal engine)
-Elite Force (based on Q3)
Sure, compared to modern engines, Unreal lacks the lightning, and sound, and textures, and graphics. But it has substance, something that modern stuff lacks, like Hollywood movies...
I ran the original Tie Fighter on a 486/66 with a SB16 card. Now running it on a 5x86@160 with an AWE64 card. Graphics suck, but the MIDI interactive soundtrack is *way* better than listening to looping redbook audio in newer versions (CD)
Nah, he should have used a gold plated power cable. Better current quality
A device used to watch rented porn in the '80s and '90s :)
It sure will work for shows on *different* channels...
And downloading is not an option when you have a really small internet package (because, you know, you don't need more than email?)
What they did was not OK. Besides, those IR codes don't take that much space, otherwise you wouldn't find universal remotes at the dollar store.
Guess what I found the other day? my 12MB Voodoo2 cards. It's missing the SLI cable, and would propably be destroyed by a modern graphics card anyways (I think my old Radeon 7000 would blow them out of the water, so a 50$ card probably will too)
I remember playing Quake 2 at ****1024X768**** on a K6-2 (266@337). I wonder if someones still hacks drivers for those cards?
What about when a publisher doesn't support newer OS versions? Star Trek Armada support stops at Win98. It does run on XP, but sometimes it drops back to the desktop (I love when it does this in multiplayer). So I still have a machine running on 98SE, because it only runs fine on that OS.
They don't support their game, and don't release source to the game engine so people could port it to newer platforms. I'm pretty sure they don't even sell it anymore.
Same goes for Star Trek: 25th anniversary, A call for Unity, and many other games (TIE FIGHTER, I'm talking about you)
So I still have an 800Mhz P3 under 98SE (512MB) for old games, along with an overclocked (am5x86 133@160) 486 class machine (32MB beast) running DOS 6.22/Wfw 3.11 for even older games
Not all games can be run under ScummVM/DOSbox/VDMsound in a reliable fashion
I don't think a Netbook will get the same battery life. Or ease of use. (Yes I own a Netbook with OSX/XP). While on the bus, I don't use my Netbook, I use my iPhone. Even if my Netbook has a touchscreen upgrade.
Right on...
/.) use their computer to read their email, chat with MSN/Skype and browse the web. Most people don't even multi-task (or know they can).
Most people (that excludes us on
They want to get their email, they open Outlook Express, read the email and close it. Same goes for their browser. One task at a time.
The iPad (and iPhone/iPod Touch) do that exactly. Easy to use, nice interface and it does those things very nicely (except for Flash). Most people use their computer as an appliance, much like a microwave oven or a TV, that's what iPads/iPhones/iPods are.
I just found my old Manuals for my Nokia 3390 and Moto V360. They're *BOOKS*. What came with my iPhone was a *pamphlet* explaining multi-touch gestures and 2 stickers. My Grandma was able to use my iPhone to place a call, all by herself.
Yes, I have MACs at home (along with several Win machines), and own an iPhone, but seriously, it's way more user-friendly than anything out there. (And I've always been a Win/NT guy until I used OS X)
I recently took out the main monitor from my old G4 (Sawtooth), it automatically reverted to single-screen by itself. On a Windows machine, not so.
(it's a 10-year old Graphite G4/400 with a hacked PC nVidia 6200 with an unsupported OS (10.5.8) I tested it just for kicks on my Hackintoshed Athlon X2, same thing, reverted to single-screen mode on the remaining monitor)
Like I said, their products *just work*.
At least they didn't use any Chevette parts (Unlike the Fiero :)
Yup... I can only imagine a *MASSIVE* CTF match, would be much better than just a fragfest :)
is a .torrent file containing any copyrighted material?
Kinda looks like a modified pool table
It's available on Cydia after being rejected?
Wasn't Microsoft guilty of using private APIs and not disclosing them to Lotus and Wordperfect back in Win 3.x era?
But I wouldn't sweat it, Apple would never allow a better browser on the iPhone/touch/pad/tampon
Nimoy was really cool as Galvatron too...
*I will rip open Ultra Magnus and every other Autobot until the Matrix has been destroyed*
For a time, I considered sparing your wretched little planet, Cybertron. But now, you shall witness... its DISMEMBERMENT.
Why The Fsck are they using Windows to format SD cards?
Since most cards are in Fat32, Linux can do it, OSX can do it, BeOS could do it, and my guess is even eComstation can do it.
Why the heck are they using a *Windows* machine to prep the card in the beginning?
On another note, Am I the only one having that problem? I can only click on the first half of a line to position the cursor while typing.
WinXP (Up to date) FF 3.6 (Up to date)
Seriously, STOP Playing GOD... Nature will find a way, and might even create a new species that is *WAY* more dangerous to crops.
:)
Many things were deemed safe until they found out otherwise. I'm pretty sure GenX and previous remembers Thalidomid. Many crippled or dead children.
Thay are many more examples but it's the only one that comes to mind at that late hour. Seems a human being needs 8 Hours of sleep *PER DAY* , not per week
Wow... Humanity never ceases to amaze me. They lost because the guy is a moron? It's a freaking-power tool. If you don't know how to use it safely you have no business being around one.
,Slushie and popsicle?
I hope the company appeals and wins that time. I don't want my product's prices going up because people are too stupid to use them properly.
Seen on a hairdryer *Do not use while sleeping or in the bathtub* .
*Contents might be hot* on coffee cups. Because of such morons.
While we're at it, why not put a warning on every ice cream tub
*Warning might cause brain freeze if eaten too fast*
Or *Eating junk food will make you fat* on McDonald's menus.
Virtualbox.
12v vs 5v (Firewire vs USB). Older iPods could use either 12v or 5V. Now since Apple ditched Firewire, it means that most older devices won't be able to charge newer iPods (and iPhones). Alarm clock, car charger, FM modulator and such. They could've kept 12V on the newer iPods for charging. Now we have to buy new ones. And I'm not even talking about my mini-stereo which is now crippled because of this (can't charge the phone), and I have to kill a popup on the phone that says *this device wasn't bla bla bla*
Yes we need some standards...
In order to get that market, they will have to provide something Nintendo has for years... Games for everybody. Fun games for all ages.
I'm talking about Raving Rabbids, Wii Sports, and such.
My parents *NEVER* had any kind of console in the house, even when we were kids. They never even liked video games. Until they tried some on my sister's Wii. Now they bought one with many games. They're in their 60s. So unless SONY can target that kind of audience, it won't work.
The Wii has the games, and also the price. It's the least expensive of all three.