"the real question is why do they get referred to so often on Slashdot?"
Because, drivel or not, 1up regularly has interesting or semi-interesting articles that arent your standard review/preview/newspost. When was the last time IGN or GameSpot did something similar to this?
"How to articulate this? How about, "Hey, game makers! You want more online gamers? Then don't make us pay subscriptions to special-purpose servers and instead let people host their own games for free."... None of this XBox Live nonsense."
Umm...you do know that XBox Live allows you to setup your own games with special rules and maps and what not, right?
Do you not pay your government taxes? Does your government not go to war that ends up with civilian casualties? Does that not in effect make you associated with the war?
The comparison in the second picture was this: the Xbox could only handle a 480p resolution for Halo 2. The 360 can handle a 720p resolution for Halo 2.
Wow. Get your head out of your ass for a minute, and realize that all Microsoft is doing is outlining what they're using in terms of mathematics and other means to rank players. As an 'obsessive math freak', you should be interested in the article and the fact that they publically released this information.
XBox Live allows you to keep a 'Friends' list on your account, for all games. Meaning that say, if you start enjoying a certain group of people, you can add them to your friends list, see when they're online and join them. If the next game comes out, the friends list carries over, so you can play with the same group of people easily, without having to server hunt.
It is either the biggest gladhand ever, or they really are 'nice guys' that just want to unobtrusively serve ads in exchange for letting you using their service.
Why can't they, you know, do both? All companies keep databases and profiles on the user (even ones that serve regular flash/gif/whatever banners). Is there something wrong in doing that in a way that pleases the user and not annoy him?
Yes, but unlike other companies (*coughEAcough*) that buy out smaller developers, rename them to something stupid like EA Austin or whatever, and completely eradicating the identity of the company, at least MS has allowed Bungie to go about maintaining its identity. They still maintain their own site, their own presence and their own voice. Kudos must be given to that, as it is so rare in buyouts.
YOu can connect to Windows via remote desktop from OS X , i the software comes with Office for OS X. An OS X to Windows connection works exactly the same as a Windows to Windows connection.
Why am I missing the point? If I don't need an email, why should I archive it? Say I sign up for a forum, get the confirmation email, click the link...and what. Keep the email? Why?
I hate this stupid argument that because I have 2 gigs, I shouldn't need to delete it. I have over 500 gigs on my pc, and I still regularly delete email from my pop3 account. Why should I archive irrelevant stuff?
Deleting email in gmail moves it to the trash. How is that destructive? Its not permananetly gone unless you go in and empty the trash.
The problem that people (including me) have is that there's no easy delete button. In one click I can chose to "archive" my email or "report spam". Why not delete?
The iPod Mini was and still is the best-selling MP3 player in the world, and Apple had introduced it only 11 months earlier. Jobs was proposing to fix something that decidedly was not broken. "Not very many companies are bold enough to shoot their best-selling product at the peak of its popularity," Gartner analyst Van Baker says. "That's what Apple just did."
Or maybe they just know that the iPod has become a cultural icon, lead by Apple fanboys, followed by people who just love the newest and latest thing. And to capitalize on the market, they can release a 'newer', 'better' iPod every few months?
Granted the iPod Nano is really the only iPod that has ever peaked my interest. I may end up getting it, but I'd like to avoid using iTunes.
He's saying its important to compare Vista and OS X, and Vista and the promises Microsoft made. As in, is Vista living up to what Microsoft said it would do? The statement doesn't mean he's comparing "vista+promises" to OSX
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Good luck getting that "computer" to play games the Xbox 360 can handle.
Because, drivel or not, 1up regularly has interesting or semi-interesting articles that arent your standard review/preview/newspost. When was the last time IGN or GameSpot did something similar to this?
Define 'affordable'? My 19 inch widescreen HDTV cost me around $800 Canadian. Granted, it doubles as an LCD monitor, but that's still quite expensive.
Recent publicity? You think someone who doesn't read Slashdot will have heard of Sony's rootkit?
Umm...you do know that XBox Live allows you to setup your own games with special rules and maps and what not, right?
Do you not pay your government taxes? Does your government not go to war that ends up with civilian casualties? Does that not in effect make you associated with the war?
The comparison in the second picture was this: the Xbox could only handle a 480p resolution for Halo 2. The 360 can handle a 720p resolution for Halo 2.
Wow. Get your head out of your ass for a minute, and realize that all Microsoft is doing is outlining what they're using in terms of mathematics and other means to rank players. As an 'obsessive math freak', you should be interested in the article and the fact that they publically released this information.
XBox Live allows you to keep a 'Friends' list on your account, for all games. Meaning that say, if you start enjoying a certain group of people, you can add them to your friends list, see when they're online and join them. If the next game comes out, the friends list carries over, so you can play with the same group of people easily, without having to server hunt.
Do I know you? Sounds very familiar to someone I play with. ;)
Why can't they, you know, do both? All companies keep databases and profiles on the user (even ones that serve regular flash/gif/whatever banners). Is there something wrong in doing that in a way that pleases the user and not annoy him?
While it doesn't specifically backup your argument, it definitely alludes to it. You can read the article here: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.06/xbox.html
Indeed. Lets hope www.autoassault.com does that :)
Doesn't seem to be working with Opera. Its a shame a company as big as Google can't seem to support Opera right off the bat.
Yes, but unlike other companies (*coughEAcough*) that buy out smaller developers, rename them to something stupid like EA Austin or whatever, and completely eradicating the identity of the company, at least MS has allowed Bungie to go about maintaining its identity. They still maintain their own site, their own presence and their own voice. Kudos must be given to that, as it is so rare in buyouts.
This is either sarcasm at its finest, or idiocy at its finest. I'm going with the benefit of the doubt on this one and go with sarcasm.
Play Pikmin II then. Half the stuff you hd to pickup was an advertisement of some sort.
YOu can connect to Windows via remote desktop from OS X , i the software comes with Office for OS X. An OS X to Windows connection works exactly the same as a Windows to Windows connection.
Why am I missing the point? If I don't need an email, why should I archive it? Say I sign up for a forum, get the confirmation email, click the link...and what. Keep the email? Why? I hate this stupid argument that because I have 2 gigs, I shouldn't need to delete it. I have over 500 gigs on my pc, and I still regularly delete email from my pop3 account. Why should I archive irrelevant stuff?
The problem is not having an easy access to a delete button in the inbox.
Deleting email in gmail moves it to the trash. How is that destructive? Its not permananetly gone unless you go in and empty the trash. The problem that people (including me) have is that there's no easy delete button. In one click I can chose to "archive" my email or "report spam". Why not delete?
Or maybe they just know that the iPod has become a cultural icon, lead by Apple fanboys, followed by people who just love the newest and latest thing. And to capitalize on the market, they can release a 'newer', 'better' iPod every few months?
Granted the iPod Nano is really the only iPod that has ever peaked my interest. I may end up getting it, but I'd like to avoid using iTunes.
I haven't. Does that mean I'm dead?
He's saying its important to compare Vista and OS X, and Vista and the promises Microsoft made. As in, is Vista living up to what Microsoft said it would do? The statement doesn't mean he's comparing "vista+promises" to OSX
From what I understand you'd transfer your existing membership. So fi you have 4 months left, you'd have 4 months left on your Xbox 360.