It's amazing that a "hardware" company like Apple can roll out a new OS nearly every year while it takes a "software" company like Microsoft seven to steal all of Apple's ideas...:P
No it isn't. Can you even imagine the complexity of making a software product which is supposed to work well on ALL possible computer configurations? Apple doesn't have to do that.
10 GB for Vista is the space of the BETA version, which probably has tons of debug code and is compiled on debug mode, which increases the size of the executables/dlls a lot!
I didn't say I was ok with that. I just thought that those prohibitions could go against fundamental rights, which I don't know if is the case or not here. I'm not a lawyer.
Sooo stupid and inconsistent with the rest of the universe. Also, enemies never pick up powerups.
Well, have you ever heard about suspension of disbelief? Now, a guard completely ignoring sudden darkness requires too much suspension of disbelief for the game to be pleasant, in this example. This is what this law tries to express.
If this is ever implemented then that's it for me... I'll never go and work in the USA*, and will probably prefer to visit other places while doing tourism. If nothing else is, then that would be jumping the shark for sure.
* My main reason for dismissing this possibility is currently not wanting to pay taxes of which a big part is used for invading other countries.
Mod parent up. And to the poster: changing your subject line to something other than "Re: " increases the chances that your post will be seen and modded;)
I smell a rat. My old windows 3.1 box worked fine when the millenium turned, as did everybody else's machines that were made way before "y2k compliance" was an issue. I doubt "pooring over code" had much to do with that.
Unfortunately, there are *some* people and organizations which use, who knows... slightly more complex software, OSes and systems? Who knows!
Yep, the Famicom (NES) maintained backwards compatibility with all of Nintendo's existing multi-game cartridge based systems... meaning that there wasn't anything to maintain backwards compatibility with.
I can also say that the NES didn't maintain backwards compatibility with any previous system.
Oh of course, stupid me. What confused me is that he was talking about "cpu heavy decompression" so I assumed that the time was due to decompression and not reading from the optical disc eheh.
I'm not an expert in law, but something smells wrong here. Why could they do that to the russian guy? Because he also knowingly sold the product to USA customers? The case with TPB is quite different, I'm not sure that they could do that...
Even the most advanced PC games to date have completely failed to exceed the capacity of a single layer of a DVD, only occasionally touching the second layer. Most games are still coming out on CD's!
Aren't you forgetting the issue of CPU heavy install time decompression of content on PC games?
Theoretically, most PC games could run on a system with a 1x speed CD-ROM if the rest of the system (CPU, graphics, etc.) is up-to-date. It would just mean waiting an extra couple of hours for the initial installation.:)
Yeah, everyone knows that all data can be compressed even to a single bit if needed...
Well, I'm not going to argue about your specific statement since I'm not a biologist; but I do know that 44 billion years weren't enough to optimize many things about us - so don't assume that everything which can be done is done by evolution.
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It's amazing that a "hardware" company like Apple can roll out a new OS nearly every year while it takes a "software" company like Microsoft seven to steal all of Apple's ideas... :P
No it isn't. Can you even imagine the complexity of making a software product which is supposed to work well on ALL possible computer configurations? Apple doesn't have to do that.
10 GB for Vista is the space of the BETA version, which probably has tons of debug code and is compiled on debug mode, which increases the size of the executables/dlls a lot!
I didn't say I was ok with that. I just thought that those prohibitions could go against fundamental rights, which I don't know if is the case or not here. I'm not a lawyer.
Can you give an example or two of those bugs you found?
Health packs!
Sooo stupid and inconsistent with the rest of the universe. Also, enemies never pick up powerups.
Well, have you ever heard about suspension of disbelief? Now, a guard completely ignoring sudden darkness requires too much suspension of disbelief for the game to be pleasant, in this example. This is what this law tries to express.
Thank goodness that was an hoax...
I was assuming we were not talking about parollees, which actually I don't know if was the case or not.
Well, many things - right for privacy comes to mind.
Let them know what you think about this here!
If this is ever implemented then that's it for me... I'll never go and work in the USA*, and will probably prefer to visit other places while doing tourism. If nothing else is, then that would be jumping the shark for sure.
* My main reason for dismissing this possibility is currently not wanting to pay taxes of which a big part is used for invading other countries.
Mod parent up. And to the poster: changing your subject line to something other than "Re: " increases the chances that your post will be seen and modded ;)
I smell a rat. My old windows 3.1 box worked fine when the millenium turned, as did everybody else's machines that were made way before "y2k compliance" was an issue. I doubt "pooring over code" had much to do with that.
Unfortunately, there are *some* people and organizations which use, who knows... slightly more complex software, OSes and systems? Who knows!
Yep, the Famicom (NES) maintained backwards compatibility with all of Nintendo's existing multi-game cartridge based systems... meaning that there wasn't anything to maintain backwards compatibility with.
I can also say that the NES didn't maintain backwards compatibility with any previous system.
True for XP. Not true for XP SP2.
On the other, Apple does:
1. Build hardware which is not always as great as everyone says
2. Charge 200$ for replacing a stupid button
3. Profit!
But there are more appropriate sections such as "IT".
Useful if you have a writer yes.
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And to play games which have that much content!
Oh of course, stupid me. What confused me is that he was talking about "cpu heavy decompression" so I assumed that the time was due to decompression and not reading from the optical disc eheh.
I'm not an expert in law, but something smells wrong here. Why could they do that to the russian guy? Because he also knowingly sold the product to USA customers? The case with TPB is quite different, I'm not sure that they could do that...
Well, 50 vs 30 is a 66% improvement which is a lot. And yes, eventually that's going to be used (maybe sooner than we expect).
Even the most advanced PC games to date have completely failed to exceed the capacity of a single layer of a DVD, only occasionally touching the second layer. Most games are still coming out on CD's!
Aren't you forgetting the issue of CPU heavy install time decompression of content on PC games?
Theoretically, most PC games could run on a system with a 1x speed CD-ROM if the rest of the system (CPU, graphics, etc.) is up-to-date. It would just mean waiting an extra couple of hours for the initial installation. :)
Yeah, everyone knows that all data can be compressed even to a single bit if needed...
How could they be arrested in the U.S.? The servers are not located there, so which law did they break?
Actually swedish uses "ö", not "ø". Danish and Norwegian use ø.
Well, I'm not going to argue about your specific statement since I'm not a biologist; but I do know that 44 billion years weren't enough to optimize many things about us - so don't assume that everything which can be done is done by evolution.