Ok, first lemme just preface: Wrong or not, it is (at least in the USA, as far as I know) illegal. VERY much so.
As for wrong, I donno. To me the logic against CP is that it hurts children. If no children are hurt, can it be considered bad? But I reckon that that's your question restated, so it's a moot point.
What if the US government made emulation legal for systems 10 years or older for librarys ONLY. I know it will take legal fanageling, but it could be worth the trouble. I see no problem of offering an archive of all the NES games ever made and an emulator. That wouldn't be so bad, would it? I can see no PS2 emulators 'till 2011, but com'on: NES etc. is old.
Yeah, but you have to look at the overhead, too. I can't speak for Mac OSs, but at least windows takes up a goodly chunk of the available power just to run. I assume it's similar for macs. The Xbox (or even the PS2), on the other hand, has only the bare minimum running, so nearly all of that 700 megahertz is pumping just for Halo 2. While this sort of set up could happen on the Mac (or even, if you were crafty, the PC) the shear number of different hardware configurations makes it a daunting task.
Also, it should be noted, that due to every Xbox being basicly the same, the developers know how to REALLY squeze every drop out of it.
Of course, perhaps the Mini Mac is also a massed produced, single configuration item, in which case only half of my argument holds.
I'd have to say it's because it makes hacking (both ligitimate and otherwise) MUCH more practical. The Xbox took off as a hackers machine mostly because of the HDD. It went to being a virtual doorstop to many to being one of the most affordable computers around (and snazzy formfactor, too!). I intend to give major consideration points to which company(s) decide to put HDDs in their next-gen systems. Is it a clinching factor? No, but it's still a chunk of browie points.
Well, I'd say a slight differance is that the RIAA doesn't tell U2 what the hell they can right. AFAIK, what Murdoch doesn't like (as interpreted by his lower level flunkeys), doesn't go out. And as for left biased media, if I recall, I think that republicans got WAY more airtime during the the 2000 election. I haven't heard stats on the 2004 election.
And considering all the acusations of ballot fakeing, non-counted votes, and minority intimidation, I might be able to see how some are still sore.:D
Well, I'm no follower of Nintendo economic theorys, but I'd have to say that the big "N" is targeting an older crowd with the DS. Still fun for kids, sure, but bells and whistles for the on-the-go big boys and, well, I'd assume there's a girl out there too, right?:D
So, you have the GC users (who come in many colors), the game boy kids (and the few adults who can find something that they're into on the little thing, not too hard, but still, not really targeted at 16 pluses), and, in theory at least, the, ahem, "power users" of the Nintendo DS. That's just my guess, though.
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Ok, first lemme just preface: Wrong or not, it is (at least in the USA, as far as I know) illegal. VERY much so. As for wrong, I donno. To me the logic against CP is that it hurts children. If no children are hurt, can it be considered bad? But I reckon that that's your question restated, so it's a moot point.
What if the US government made emulation legal for systems 10 years or older for librarys ONLY. I know it will take legal fanageling, but it could be worth the trouble. I see no problem of offering an archive of all the NES games ever made and an emulator. That wouldn't be so bad, would it? I can see no PS2 emulators 'till 2011, but com'on: NES etc. is old.
Oh come on! How could no one have modded this funny?!? Are you people dead to the Blue Oyster Cult world?!?
Yeah, but you have to look at the overhead, too. I can't speak for Mac OSs, but at least windows takes up a goodly chunk of the available power just to run. I assume it's similar for macs. The Xbox (or even the PS2), on the other hand, has only the bare minimum running, so nearly all of that 700 megahertz is pumping just for Halo 2. While this sort of set up could happen on the Mac (or even, if you were crafty, the PC) the shear number of different hardware configurations makes it a daunting task.
:D
Also, it should be noted, that due to every Xbox being basicly the same, the developers know how to REALLY squeze every drop out of it.
Of course, perhaps the Mini Mac is also a massed produced, single configuration item, in which case only half of my argument holds.
Of course, what do I know anyway?
I'd have to say it's because it makes hacking (both ligitimate and otherwise) MUCH more practical. The Xbox took off as a hackers machine mostly because of the HDD. It went to being a virtual doorstop to many to being one of the most affordable computers around (and snazzy formfactor, too!). I intend to give major consideration points to which company(s) decide to put HDDs in their next-gen systems. Is it a clinching factor? No, but it's still a chunk of browie points.
Well, I'd say a slight differance is that the RIAA doesn't tell U2 what the hell they can right. AFAIK, what Murdoch doesn't like (as interpreted by his lower level flunkeys), doesn't go out. And as for left biased media, if I recall, I think that republicans got WAY more airtime during the the 2000 election. I haven't heard stats on the 2004 election.
:D
And considering all the acusations of ballot fakeing, non-counted votes, and minority intimidation, I might be able to see how some are still sore.
"Both my cell phone and camera save movies in mp3 format."
.MP3 videos. They had TOP NOTCH sound quality... :D
I fondly think back to all my
Well, I'm no follower of Nintendo economic theorys, but I'd have to say that the big "N" is targeting an older crowd with the DS. Still fun for kids, sure, but bells and whistles for the on-the-go big boys and, well, I'd assume there's a girl out there too, right? :D
So, you have the GC users (who come in many colors), the game boy kids (and the few adults who can find something that they're into on the little thing, not too hard, but still, not really targeted at 16 pluses), and, in theory at least, the, ahem, "power users" of the Nintendo DS. That's just my guess, though.