There's of course nothing stating that next-gen games have to be 3D. But its kind of within the idea of next-gen systems; you upgrade the technology to allow for more complexity in your graphics/sound/interface/control scheme/etc. Of course, you'd also want video game companies to still deliver with excellent storylines and interesting characters, innovative concepts as much as possible. Typically however, the market is driven by old franchises being continued by sequels and massive upgrades in graphics.
That's not to say however that they all have to follow that line. A good example of a good 2d-ish game from what was previously a next-gen console was Paper Mario for the GameCube. Its certainly not a strict necessity that games by 3D for next-gen, but you'd figure almost all would be.
...will be hammered down. That's all that's happening here. Macs entered the Intel world and Microsoft is none too happy. So Microsoft is going to try and find what tiny balls Apple has and give them a repeated and hard kicking. Good luck though because I know you've all seen an ant fall many hundreds of times it's size and be unphased. I supposed having micronads like Apple's will come in handy in this case. Of course, we've also seen ants easily crushed under our boots too. Yowie!
This was quite possibly the most nonsensical comment that I've ever read on slashdot. Most impressive.
OEM and corporate may be different; but I know my retail version states that I can. (and Microsoft has never made any fuss at activation or when when i installed GWA.)
oft overlooked aspect of a copy of XP pro: you're allowed under the license agreement to put a copy of XP pro on a laptop AND a desktop; so long as you are a principle and exclusive user of said laptop.
i'm a lefty pinko who advocates the protection and expansion of civil rights: wanna know what the worst aspect of this (and the NSA phone call database, etc is?
how much time is being wasted by the FBI when investigative man power could be directed more effectively at more pressing issues.
not that i disparage the rest of your comment, but this particular part leaps out at me:
There is no reason why it should have to be that way. In other operating systems and offices, you can open documents to see what's in them without handing over control of the OS to someone. Why should we accept a world in which unsolicited communication is banned ?
why does unsolicited communication (often refered to as SPAM,) need to have attachments in the first place? Even if I could securely view an attachment in an unsolicited e-mail, i can't possibly see a reason to WANT to do so. if the e-mail is legitimate (though few of the unsolicited e-mails or IMs i receive ARE,) then plaintext or HTML or even just a plain non-script link to a business's or organization's website ought to suffice.
but the government is created by all the people, and it should be run to the benefit of everyone, not just the power-hungry and the wealthy.
i suggest you read Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States" to gain some more insight on this topic. the united states wasn't created by all, it was created by a minority. and throughout our history, most everything has been done with the power-hungry and wealthy in mind.
government as an ideal may strive to grant and protect people's rights; but government as a reality isn't quite so simple.
HD vs Blu-Ray; which will you choose? I think I speak for the majority of people I know when I say: neither. Every single person I know is still using a standard 19" NTSC and most people don't have anything bigger than 30" in their living room. Most of them also have 19" monitors and very nice PCs, but I can't see them bothering to spend the money on any high definition drive or the media.
High Definition is a rich person (or not so rich, but with lots of disposable income,) toy. And most people aren't gonna be buying into that fad until its a lot cheaper. Throw in the heavy backlash from the tech-savvy crowd because of DRM, the lack of a single standard format, and the high cost of media compared to "traditional" DVD, and its gonna end poorly for these companies.
Very few people outside of video editing, etc, are going to take advantage of this technology for burning storage. And the PS3 may be linked with blu-ray, but that doesn't mean its going to drive sales of the media, outside of the games.
to quote V: "government should be afraid of its people, not the other way around."
transparency isn't happening when $90,000 in cash in a congressman's freezer. corruption breeds in this opaque government, and they want to hide behind the constitution to do it.
i'm considering law school myself for similar reasons.
this kind of legislation is actually very similar to another interesting bit of the history of law in this country: the miller test. This is essentially the "calculus" used to determine whether or not something is obscene, as created by the SCOTUS. It is absolutely subjective.
Microsoft didn't "lose" any money on this sale, neither did they "make" any money.
You're right, Microsoft didn't lose money per se. However, Microsoft did lose a fairly substantial potential business because of this.
This is similar to me buying the Monopoly(tm) board game at a garage sale. Parker Brothers neither lost nor made any money on the deal.
Perhaps Parker Brothers should put some kind of license agreement in their board games that prohibits resale of Monopoly. This is of course, the move Microsoft is going to be making soon. (And already has, as in the case of OEM licenses.)
Personally I think the idea of a license agreement forcing non-resale is ridiculous. Its similiar to DRM: some company telling me what I can and can't do with something once I've purchased it. Feh.
on driving tests to keep the completely brain-dead off the road will be eliminated. I hope examiners will demand that this feature be turned off for testing.
I really doubt that being able to parallel park means much as far as how "brain-dead" a driver is. I don't know anything about the rest of the country, but here in Western New York, the average person's driving habits are beginning to get rather foolish. I'm hold particular contempt for all the people who pass on the shoulder at 50mph to get around someone making a left hand turn. Great idea, suddenly veer into a non-lane with little to no warning, into what is often an area you can't see far ahead in. These people are a pedestrian fatality waiting to happen.
Yet those people can parallel park a car and make a three-point turn, so they're qualified to drive. Feh.
So, again, not saying MS is doing anything wrong here with Virtual Server. But just remember, if it ever comes down to who has the deepest pockets, MS has some ridiculously deep pockets.
Certainly true they have some deep pockets, but I've heard they're getting more shallow.
This is one of the things about Windows Media Player. Then, you get WMP free with Windows, but you have to either download RealPlayer, or Quicktime, and while both have a limited capability free version, both are for-pay products in the full. Only WMP is free for the full version, and only WMP is included automatically with Windows. That's why this was deemed to be an abuse in Europe.
I'd never really understood that particular argument. So Microsoft bundled software with their operating system, its not really free. You had to buy the OS. And at the price for a new XP pro disc, I should hope that they bundle or give me the option to install as many programs as possible. I see no issue with that. If QuickTime or RealPlayers or whoever can't make free products that can compete with Microsoft's, then that's not really an issue of monopoly so much as its an issue of their business model being incompatible with a market that essentially, is free. Media Player Classic, Winamp, etc. Plenty of free and decent alternatives.
I think the problem as far as monopoly goes, really shows through with the fact that you can't remove them. When XP first shipped, removing various aspects of the bundled software was nearly impossible for the average user. And in some cases, removing the software would damage the integrity of the windows install. Indeed, this is what I call anticompetitive.
When monopolies hit this point, it's my opinion that controls should be leveraged to ensure that they're not gouging their captive audience.
$0 seems fair to me. I suppose at this point my choice between VMWare and Microsoft's virtulization software comes down to who's is better. I don't really care who makes it.
Although, if VMWare is giving theirs away, and Microsoft is giving theirs away, I guess whoever has the deeper pockets is going to prevail, as in your baking analogy. (Of course, this only applies to the "personal" use software I assume. Both probably still charge for server level virtulization, no?)
Everything the government does should be held to public scrutiny. How can we be reasonably informed on issues pertaining to the government when there are closed meetings between important government and private sector industries; secret courts issuing secret warrants; agencies such as the NSA performing illegal wiretapping under a veil of national security.
Perhaps it is necessary to have an agency such as the NSA or CIA that have operations that are never publicized. But its still something I have the utmost contempt for. How can the public check the government that was meant to serve them, to protect them, if they have no idea what the government is even doing.
Congressmen when given classified information, cannot release to the public that officals or even the President is involved in illegal activities, because their proof is covered in the interest of national security, and they can be arrested for a breach in such protocals.
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There's of course nothing stating that next-gen games have to be 3D. But its kind of within the idea of next-gen systems; you upgrade the technology to allow for more complexity in your graphics/sound/interface/control scheme/etc. Of course, you'd also want video game companies to still deliver with excellent storylines and interesting characters, innovative concepts as much as possible. Typically however, the market is driven by old franchises being continued by sequels and massive upgrades in graphics.
That's not to say however that they all have to follow that line. A good example of a good 2d-ish game from what was previously a next-gen console was Paper Mario for the GameCube. Its certainly not a strict necessity that games by 3D for next-gen, but you'd figure almost all would be.
...will be hammered down. That's all that's happening here. Macs entered the Intel world and Microsoft is none too happy. So Microsoft is going to try and find what tiny balls Apple has and give them a repeated and hard kicking. Good luck though because I know you've all seen an ant fall many hundreds of times it's size and be unphased. I supposed having micronads like Apple's will come in handy in this case. Of course, we've also seen ants easily crushed under our boots too. Yowie!
This was quite possibly the most nonsensical comment that I've ever read on slashdot. Most impressive.
OEM and corporate may be different; but I know my retail version states that I can. (and Microsoft has never made any fuss at activation or when when i installed GWA.)
oft overlooked aspect of a copy of XP pro: you're allowed under the license agreement to put a copy of XP pro on a laptop AND a desktop; so long as you are a principle and exclusive user of said laptop.
I don't imagine anyone going off to 'forge new business relationships' if they hadn't brushed their teeth for a week
are you sure? its probably been a couple weeks since i last brushed mine, none of my coworkers or customers have said anything so far!
thank you for one the best posts on slashdot, ever.
welcome to vietnam.
i'm a lefty pinko who advocates the protection and expansion of civil rights: wanna know what the worst aspect of this (and the NSA phone call database, etc is?
how much time is being wasted by the FBI when investigative man power could be directed more effectively at more pressing issues.
not that i disparage the rest of your comment, but this particular part leaps out at me:
There is no reason why it should have to be that way. In other operating systems and offices, you can open documents to see what's in them without handing over control of the OS to someone. Why should we accept a world in which unsolicited communication is banned ?
why does unsolicited communication (often refered to as SPAM,) need to have attachments in the first place? Even if I could securely view an attachment in an unsolicited e-mail, i can't possibly see a reason to WANT to do so. if the e-mail is legitimate (though few of the unsolicited e-mails or IMs i receive ARE,) then plaintext or HTML or even just a plain non-script link to a business's or organization's website ought to suffice.
Thank you Bill, for everything you've done for the industry and the world.
Signed, Steve Jobs
-- PS: I'll fucking kill you.
but the government is created by all the people, and it should be run to the benefit of everyone, not just the power-hungry and the wealthy.
i suggest you read Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States" to gain some more insight on this topic. the united states wasn't created by all, it was created by a minority. and throughout our history, most everything has been done with the power-hungry and wealthy in mind.
government as an ideal may strive to grant and protect people's rights; but government as a reality isn't quite so simple.
There, fixed it for ya!
i can't help but agree completely.
HD vs Blu-Ray; which will you choose? I think I speak for the majority of people I know when I say: neither. Every single person I know is still using a standard 19" NTSC and most people don't have anything bigger than 30" in their living room. Most of them also have 19" monitors and very nice PCs, but I can't see them bothering to spend the money on any high definition drive or the media.
High Definition is a rich person (or not so rich, but with lots of disposable income,) toy. And most people aren't gonna be buying into that fad until its a lot cheaper. Throw in the heavy backlash from the tech-savvy crowd because of DRM, the lack of a single standard format, and the high cost of media compared to "traditional" DVD, and its gonna end poorly for these companies.
Very few people outside of video editing, etc, are going to take advantage of this technology for burning storage. And the PS3 may be linked with blu-ray, but that doesn't mean its going to drive sales of the media, outside of the games.
there's plenty of spamming done even on other kinds of communication mediums to back up your theory.
i concur.
to quote V: "government should be afraid of its people, not the other way around."
transparency isn't happening when $90,000 in cash in a congressman's freezer. corruption breeds in this opaque government, and they want to hide behind the constitution to do it.
i'm considering law school myself for similar reasons.
this kind of legislation is actually very similar to another interesting bit of the history of law in this country: the miller test. This is essentially the "calculus" used to determine whether or not something is obscene, as created by the SCOTUS. It is absolutely subjective.
simple response to this: correlation is not causation.
the price of gas and bush's approval may be related, but where's your evidence that one causes another?
Microsoft didn't "lose" any money on this sale, neither did they "make" any money.
You're right, Microsoft didn't lose money per se. However, Microsoft did lose a fairly substantial potential business because of this.
This is similar to me buying the Monopoly(tm) board game at a garage sale. Parker Brothers neither lost nor made any money on the deal.
Perhaps Parker Brothers should put some kind of license agreement in their board games that prohibits resale of Monopoly. This is of course, the move Microsoft is going to be making soon. (And already has, as in the case of OEM licenses.)
Personally I think the idea of a license agreement forcing non-resale is ridiculous. Its similiar to DRM: some company telling me what I can and can't do with something once I've purchased it. Feh.
see subject.
on driving tests to keep the completely brain-dead off the road will be eliminated. I hope examiners will demand that this feature be turned off for testing.
I really doubt that being able to parallel park means much as far as how "brain-dead" a driver is. I don't know anything about the rest of the country, but here in Western New York, the average person's driving habits are beginning to get rather foolish. I'm hold particular contempt for all the people who pass on the shoulder at 50mph to get around someone making a left hand turn. Great idea, suddenly veer into a non-lane with little to no warning, into what is often an area you can't see far ahead in. These people are a pedestrian fatality waiting to happen.
Yet those people can parallel park a car and make a three-point turn, so they're qualified to drive. Feh.
Yeah- the last thing we need is drivers who can't parallel park. Think of what would happen if they had to in an emergency and the system failed!
I think i missed the pressing need for emergency parallel parking skills.
So, again, not saying MS is doing anything wrong here with Virtual Server. But just remember, if it ever comes down to who has the deepest pockets, MS has some ridiculously deep pockets.
Certainly true they have some deep pockets, but I've heard they're getting more shallow.
This is one of the things about Windows Media Player. Then, you get WMP free with Windows, but you have to either download RealPlayer, or Quicktime, and while both have a limited capability free version, both are for-pay products in the full. Only WMP is free for the full version, and only WMP is included automatically with Windows. That's why this was deemed to be an abuse in Europe.
I'd never really understood that particular argument. So Microsoft bundled software with their operating system, its not really free. You had to buy the OS. And at the price for a new XP pro disc, I should hope that they bundle or give me the option to install as many programs as possible. I see no issue with that. If QuickTime or RealPlayers or whoever can't make free products that can compete with Microsoft's, then that's not really an issue of monopoly so much as its an issue of their business model being incompatible with a market that essentially, is free. Media Player Classic, Winamp, etc. Plenty of free and decent alternatives.
I think the problem as far as monopoly goes, really shows through with the fact that you can't remove them. When XP first shipped, removing various aspects of the bundled software was nearly impossible for the average user. And in some cases, removing the software would damage the integrity of the windows install. Indeed, this is what I call anticompetitive.
When monopolies hit this point, it's my opinion that controls should be leveraged to ensure that they're not gouging their captive audience.
$0 seems fair to me. I suppose at this point my choice between VMWare and Microsoft's virtulization software comes down to who's is better. I don't really care who makes it.
Although, if VMWare is giving theirs away, and Microsoft is giving theirs away, I guess whoever has the deeper pockets is going to prevail, as in your baking analogy. (Of course, this only applies to the "personal" use software I assume. Both probably still charge for server level virtulization, no?)
Everything the government does should be held to public scrutiny. How can we be reasonably informed on issues pertaining to the government when there are closed meetings between important government and private sector industries; secret courts issuing secret warrants; agencies such as the NSA performing illegal wiretapping under a veil of national security.
Perhaps it is necessary to have an agency such as the NSA or CIA that have operations that are never publicized. But its still something I have the utmost contempt for. How can the public check the government that was meant to serve them, to protect them, if they have no idea what the government is even doing.
Congressmen when given classified information, cannot release to the public that officals or even the President is involved in illegal activities, because their proof is covered in the interest of national security, and they can be arrested for a breach in such protocals.
Ignorance is power... freedom is slavery...
welcome to my respect.