Don't tell me that the Xbox 360 BC was worse, that's not what I asked about. About the EU PS3s, 1000 is little more than 40% of the PS2 titles released (if the 1000 figure refers to PS2 games, which I think it does). Sony also said that they will not give much importance to backwards compatibility on the european PS3. If you think about these facts, my original question makes sense as it's written, no?
Sony criticized the Xbox 360 for not providing full backwards compatibility with the Xbox, and it was said that the PS3 would offer 100% BC. It was recently announced that that won't be the case. What was the reason for changing stance on backwards compatibility?
Darwinian rules still apply when you're 59 or 60. You're affecting your descendants with whatever diseases you develop. My godmother's mother developed Alzheimer. Taking care of her took all the free time my godmother used to have, which is probably one of the causes she got a husband late in life, too late to have children. This means she won't have any kids. Natural selection.
The programmers I know want to play with the Cell, myself included. From everything I've heard, it's living up to the hype, even if you only get to play with 6 of the vector units on the PS3. It's also living up to the "pain in the ass to program" stories too, but that just makes some of us want to take a shot at it even more. But that's still not enough motivation to spend $500 - $600 to screw around with it, even though the programmers could afford it.
The funny thing is, if many programmers get a PS3 for that purpose and don't buy any games, Sony's losing a heck of a lot of money.
In the Great Rule Book of Games Console Launches, rule number one is: "Thou must under-stock for launch." So why has Sony got so many consoles available?
According to Sony, it's because their Supply Chain Management is very good. For some unknown reason, that doesn't explain the low-market share though. I'm sure their PR department will think of a better excuse next time. Maybe not.
Apparently you've never heard of the FLV video format. That's what youtube uses. So yeah, Flash is a media player in the sense that it has built-in capabilities to play video files.
Anyway, what's the point of arguing that? The original point was that youtube is not a media player...
That Dijkstra quote certainly has its value, but I think it's either not very good or people don't apply it in the way he meant it to be applied. Computer science is much more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. Telescopes are merely a tool for astronomers, while computers are much more than simply a tool for computer scientists.
Neil McBride says computer science was populated by mathematicians and physicists but now virtual robots can be created by eight-year olds without needing programming, logic or discrete mathematics skills.
1- even if that's true, the 8-year old won't do anything revolutionary without knowing the details 2- even if he could, it would probably be just a toy, not something usable in practice 3- even if it was usable in practice, someone else with more knowledge could do something better 4- etc etc etc
Computer science has lost its mystique. There is no longer a need for a vast army of computer scientists. The applications, games and databases that students once built laboriously in final year projects are bought at bookshops and newsagents.
Civil engineering has lost its mystique. There is no longer a need for a vast army of civil engineers. Apartments and houses that civil engineers once built laboriously in final year projects are bought at internet websites and real estate agents.
Maybe it's because Sony has been screwing over its customers in many ways in the recent past. Their rootkit fiasco is, in my opinion, more than enough reason to try to fuck them in the ass by making them look bad in front of prospective customers.
It's not like we have to lie anyway, Sony is shooting itself in the foot enough to make it easy to criticize them.
Youtube is just a site which stores and transfers flash video format files to you, it's not a media player by any means. The media player is stored locally, and its name is "Macromedia Flash Player".
Encryption of the communication channel is part of the stack (TLS). In a "software as a service" model, data storage would be server-side, so a crypt library beeyond that is pointless. It's like asking where you put the port hole on a bicycle.
What if you want to encrypt data on your hard disk?
Well, the discussion was about web-based software. Of course it's possible to have a software-as-service component in many kinds of applications, but, even in that case, the client-side software is still very important.
That's exactly my point. What saves the country is the army's decision of supporting (or not fighting against) the revolution, not the fact that the population has hunting rifles.
I'm not an expert, but can the population really do anything without support (or at least inaction) from the army? What can your guns do anything against the army's equipment?
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Don't tell me that the Xbox 360 BC was worse, that's not what I asked about. About the EU PS3s, 1000 is little more than 40% of the PS2 titles released (if the 1000 figure refers to PS2 games, which I think it does). Sony also said that they will not give much importance to backwards compatibility on the european PS3. If you think about these facts, my original question makes sense as it's written, no?
Apparently you didn't read the question properly. It says "for the sole purpose of gaming". As far as I know, watching Blu-ray movies is not gaming.
Sony criticized the Xbox 360 for not providing full backwards compatibility with the Xbox, and it was said that the PS3 would offer 100% BC. It was recently announced that that won't be the case. What was the reason for changing stance on backwards compatibility?
I can attest that the study is correct in its results.
My grandmother never played GTA, and she only drives in the city, always in 1st or 2nd gear at most. She never had any serious accident.
Forget your Herb Schildt, check Knuth's books...
Darwinian rules still apply when you're 59 or 60. You're affecting your descendants with whatever diseases you develop. My godmother's mother developed Alzheimer. Taking care of her took all the free time my godmother used to have, which is probably one of the causes she got a husband late in life, too late to have children. This means she won't have any kids. Natural selection.
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/54360
So they have to sell one copy of Windows Vista to compensate. Big deal...
The funny thing is, if many programmers get a PS3 for that purpose and don't buy any games, Sony's losing a heck of a lot of money.
According to Sony, it's because their Supply Chain Management is very good. For some unknown reason, that doesn't explain the low-market share though. I'm sure their PR department will think of a better excuse next time. Maybe not.
Apparently you've never heard of the FLV video format. That's what youtube uses. So yeah, Flash is a media player in the sense that it has built-in capabilities to play video files.
Anyway, what's the point of arguing that? The original point was that youtube is not a media player...
That Dijkstra quote certainly has its value, but I think it's either not very good or people don't apply it in the way he meant it to be applied. Computer science is much more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes. Telescopes are merely a tool for astronomers, while computers are much more than simply a tool for computer scientists.
1- even if that's true, the 8-year old won't do anything revolutionary without knowing the details
2- even if he could, it would probably be just a toy, not something usable in practice
3- even if it was usable in practice, someone else with more knowledge could do something better
4- etc etc etc
Civil engineering has lost its mystique. There is no longer a need for a vast army of civil engineers. Apartments and houses that civil engineers once built laboriously in final year projects are bought at internet websites and real estate agents.
Maybe it's because Sony has been screwing over its customers in many ways in the recent past. Their rootkit fiasco is, in my opinion, more than enough reason to try to fuck them in the ass by making them look bad in front of prospective customers.
It's not like we have to lie anyway, Sony is shooting itself in the foot enough to make it easy to criticize them.
Cable is not a media player, it's a means for transferring data.
Youtube is just a site which stores and transfers flash video format files to you, it's not a media player by any means. The media player is stored locally, and its name is "Macromedia Flash Player".
What if you want to encrypt data on your hard disk?
It's time those Brown Zune comments died already. They're funny and all, but not real... The Brown Zune actually sold more units than the white one.
Well, the discussion was about web-based software. Of course it's possible to have a software-as-service component in many kinds of applications, but, even in that case, the client-side software is still very important.
Your post is mostly in the bullseye, but I'd replace Microsoft with Google on that sentence
Implement a media player on the "software as a service" model.
Now implement a cryptography library on the "software as a service" model. Oops, you're sending plain text data through the cables...
Now implement a real time application on the "software as a service" model.
Now implement an application which requires near-100% availability on the "software as a service" model.
Now implement a high-end game on the "software as a service" model.
Are you done? Do you like the results?
Well, can you find a single source which implies that my statements were not true? I can't, maybe you can...
That's exactly my point. What saves the country is the army's decision of supporting (or not fighting against) the revolution, not the fact that the population has hunting rifles.
So you're basically saying that the UK's doing this because other countries demand it? Can I have a bit of whatever you're smoking please?
And then what, you're stuck in the UK forever, waiting for even worse laws to be imposed on you?
When I think that way, I really feel for you all who are living there right now... The least you can do is protest, massively.
I'm not an expert, but can the population really do anything without support (or at least inaction) from the army? What can your guns do anything against the army's equipment?