...will they have any good games by then? I love my Xbox, but I don't see anything particularly interesting coming out for the 360 at launch.
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There is a HUGE difference between indexing a web site and indexing a printed work.
Indexing a web site leads people to that actual web site, encouraging the user to do the things that will make money for that web site. In this case, Google makes money helping others make money.
Indexing a printed work in no leads to the user actually doing anything that will make money for the person(s) responsible for that work. Although Google makes money in this scenario, the owners of that content do not. This is what we call exploitation.
And I wholeheartedly agree with your opinion of the cache.
I can see the full version selling out no problem...but who in their right mind would want the "core system" that doesn't come with a hard drive? I guarantee every retailer's shelves will be full of those mistakes.
...which is arguably better than Ubisoft's other holiday offerings at the time, Prince of Persia and the Tom Clancy Game of the Week. Ubi saturated the media with so many ads for PoP and the Clancy game, they apparently had no money left for BG&E. While the other two sold well, BG&E wound up in the bargain bin a few weeks after its release.
I'm willing to bet this excellent game would've sold a lot more copies had it been released during a slower time of the year.
And if you can find it in the bargain bin, take advantage of the price.
Sure, no more local desktop, no more installing things, etc etc...but has anyone stopped to consider the security implications of such a setup? If that one box serving the web os or the web office is compromised...well, it won't be pretty the first time it happens.
I write. I'm also in IT.
Upon first hearing about Google Library, I hated the idea. I didn't like the thought of possibly losing control of my work, and thus the revenue said work could bring in.
Then I read more about it. It has definite potential as an advertising tool, as an alternative means of spreading the word about a writer and his work.
The problem isn't that authors aren't techies. It's that someone needs to take the time to sit down and really, really explain this to them. Intellectual property, especially something that involves as much of the artist as a piece of writing, is something people take very, very seriously.
That said, I do think Google needs to make sure it gets approval before it indexes an author's work. Web pages generate money through advertising. Books and such generate money through cold, hard, physical sales.
(Well, not counting Madden, obviously)
Does that mean we can infer that there haven't been any truly spectacular games since 2001? Or that the quality of recent games is less than the quality of those older titles?
Not that theory isn't important. Understanding the basic principles of computing makes it easier to both learn new programming languages and troubleshoot problems. However, as a recent graduate of a comp sci program at a tech school, I feel relatively useless. There was very little in the way of practical application of the things we were learning, and what we did work on seemed to be about five years behind the industry (for example, we spent our first two years working with C, and we never even touched the new.Net stuff).
The big problem is that most of my professors lacked any experience in the field beyond studying and teaching at universities. For a major like computer science, colleges need to hire more people who've actually held jobs in the industry.
Ok, so they give you an instantaneous view of the makeup of the class. Wonderful. They still don't give you the reasons for that makeup, or why the students might feel its important or not. Seems like a waste of money which might otherwise be spent to further educate the educators.
You buy a console primarily to play games. Anyone who really cares about HD-DVD probably already has an HD-DVD player. As long as they don't release future games on HD-DVD, limiting the library of the first generation machine, what's the big deal?
Right, but Hillary's the biggest name, so she's the target of everyone's reaction, be it positive or negative.
Speaking of negative reaction, I can't wait til someone in the mod community decides to "thank" Hillary for her diligence by modifying Hot Coffee to portray good ol' Slick Willy "not having sexual relations" with Monica Lewinsky in the Oval Office.
You've got that part right. This whole War on Terror is nothing more than a rehash of the War on Drugs with a different target. They're not actually doing anything useful; they're just making it look like they are, while using it as an excuse to cut a few civil liberties.
...as long as there aren't thirty of them popping up whenever I travel to a website. Unobtrusive ads on the side or bottom of a page that don't flash or blink or make stupid noises don't bother most people. It's not that we don't like advertising, it's that we don't like ANNOYING advertising. Ad filters were created to remove the aggravating stuff; the rest of it just kind of gets caught in the crossfire.
I realize that the number one rule of advertising is to do as much as you can to catch the eye of potential customers. But there need to be limits. And if the ad agencies and the pages hosting them aren't going to regulate that, we'll do it ourselves.
We have a campus pipeline here at school used for email, news, signing up for classes, that sort of thing...it gets a bit pissy when you try to talk to it with anything but IE.
This is a tech school, supposedly at the forefront of modern technology and standards. Why do they insist on implementing tools that only work in one browser?
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...will they have any good games by then? I love my Xbox, but I don't see anything particularly interesting coming out for the 360 at launch.
There is a HUGE difference between indexing a web site and indexing a printed work.
Indexing a web site leads people to that actual web site, encouraging the user to do the things that will make money for that web site. In this case, Google makes money helping others make money.
Indexing a printed work in no leads to the user actually doing anything that will make money for the person(s) responsible for that work. Although Google makes money in this scenario, the owners of that content do not. This is what we call exploitation.
And I wholeheartedly agree with your opinion of the cache.
I can see the full version selling out no problem...but who in their right mind would want the "core system" that doesn't come with a hard drive? I guarantee every retailer's shelves will be full of those mistakes.
...pass to the right.
Send it a root kit virus over AOL Instant Messenger!
...which is arguably better than Ubisoft's other holiday offerings at the time, Prince of Persia and the Tom Clancy Game of the Week. Ubi saturated the media with so many ads for PoP and the Clancy game, they apparently had no money left for BG&E. While the other two sold well, BG&E wound up in the bargain bin a few weeks after its release. I'm willing to bet this excellent game would've sold a lot more copies had it been released during a slower time of the year. And if you can find it in the bargain bin, take advantage of the price.
Sure, no more local desktop, no more installing things, etc etc...but has anyone stopped to consider the security implications of such a setup? If that one box serving the web os or the web office is compromised...well, it won't be pretty the first time it happens.
I write. I'm also in IT. Upon first hearing about Google Library, I hated the idea. I didn't like the thought of possibly losing control of my work, and thus the revenue said work could bring in. Then I read more about it. It has definite potential as an advertising tool, as an alternative means of spreading the word about a writer and his work. The problem isn't that authors aren't techies. It's that someone needs to take the time to sit down and really, really explain this to them. Intellectual property, especially something that involves as much of the artist as a piece of writing, is something people take very, very seriously. That said, I do think Google needs to make sure it gets approval before it indexes an author's work. Web pages generate money through advertising. Books and such generate money through cold, hard, physical sales.
There are better sci fi shows than Farscape, but there aren't 50 sci fi shows better than Farscape. What a horrible omission from that list.
...but if it was an iPod that made phone calls, that would have me running to the store.
If I were them, I'd eat all the space ice-cream before I had to leave :D
But it would be so much funnier if they stole all the space toilet paper instead.
(Well, not counting Madden, obviously) Does that mean we can infer that there haven't been any truly spectacular games since 2001? Or that the quality of recent games is less than the quality of those older titles?
Not that theory isn't important. Understanding the basic principles of computing makes it easier to both learn new programming languages and troubleshoot problems. However, as a recent graduate of a comp sci program at a tech school, I feel relatively useless. There was very little in the way of practical application of the things we were learning, and what we did work on seemed to be about five years behind the industry (for example, we spent our first two years working with C, and we never even touched the new .Net stuff).
The big problem is that most of my professors lacked any experience in the field beyond studying and teaching at universities. For a major like computer science, colleges need to hire more people who've actually held jobs in the industry.
Ok, so they give you an instantaneous view of the makeup of the class. Wonderful. They still don't give you the reasons for that makeup, or why the students might feel its important or not. Seems like a waste of money which might otherwise be spent to further educate the educators.
You buy a console primarily to play games. Anyone who really cares about HD-DVD probably already has an HD-DVD player. As long as they don't release future games on HD-DVD, limiting the library of the first generation machine, what's the big deal?
Actually, it did have a sequel. Star Tropics 2: Zoda's Revenge. http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/nes/data/587654.ht ml (gamefaqs)
Right, but Hillary's the biggest name, so she's the target of everyone's reaction, be it positive or negative. Speaking of negative reaction, I can't wait til someone in the mod community decides to "thank" Hillary for her diligence by modifying Hot Coffee to portray good ol' Slick Willy "not having sexual relations" with Monica Lewinsky in the Oval Office.
You've got that part right. This whole War on Terror is nothing more than a rehash of the War on Drugs with a different target. They're not actually doing anything useful; they're just making it look like they are, while using it as an excuse to cut a few civil liberties.
...as long as there aren't thirty of them popping up whenever I travel to a website. Unobtrusive ads on the side or bottom of a page that don't flash or blink or make stupid noises don't bother most people. It's not that we don't like advertising, it's that we don't like ANNOYING advertising. Ad filters were created to remove the aggravating stuff; the rest of it just kind of gets caught in the crossfire. I realize that the number one rule of advertising is to do as much as you can to catch the eye of potential customers. But there need to be limits. And if the ad agencies and the pages hosting them aren't going to regulate that, we'll do it ourselves.
We have a campus pipeline here at school used for email, news, signing up for classes, that sort of thing...it gets a bit pissy when you try to talk to it with anything but IE. This is a tech school, supposedly at the forefront of modern technology and standards. Why do they insist on implementing tools that only work in one browser?
Plus, if you're on a console and you see your opponent cheating, just reach over and yank his control out of the socket. Revenge is sweet.
But if time travelers are like ghosts, how's Rufus going to travel back in time to help Bill and Ted pass high school? Booogus!
Apple, Google, and Blackberry owe all their success to Red Bull and Starbucks.
If I can't remember it, it ain't worth doing. That's right child support payments, I'm talking to you!
How did Yoda go so senile so quickly?