What if I forced you to buy a car that only runs on BP fuel? The bundling in this case is you can't choose which OS you want, and if in fact you get them to unbundle it you still pay for the OS you don't get. This is the entire point of the 'Windows Tax' arguement. Once OEMs are compelled to unbundle you can begin to undo Microsoft's monopoly. I think you'll see more and more of this as EU and Asians nations want more freedom from control of the American Microsoft. I'd like to see that happen in the US market too frankly, so we can speed up the end of vendor lock-in on the PC platform before Microsoft can sell it's 'End User PC/console' in the next few years. 'You want a computer? You have a choice between an Apple and a Microsoft.' You might welcome that day, but I sure won't as since it'll be the begging of the end for some of us.
It is funny little piss ants on internet forums like to hype Wii, Xbox, PS3, etc. Everyone that's been in the industry hates reading forums and doesn't care about fourm input for that reason as well. Did you know a top requested fourm feature for a major RPG title was 'rape'. That's why we hire forum admins to clean your horrible ideas off, before you scare off our real customers. =)
I hate to break it to you kids, but most studios could care less about doing a Wii title. Do you really think every studio wants to sink a huge team budget into a title that's very low margin? If you're selling 'to the masses' you're developing for Playstation 2. It amazes me how the idiots on this forum don't understand the cyclic console cycle yet. I guess it proves most forums are full of 12yr olds and basset hounds that can type.
That's funny I think the PSP is the most used media player that doesn't force DRM on you. I can play more non-DRM music and video on the PSP than any other mobile device of those mentioned companies. If you're going to bitch about vendor lock-in you choose a poor example. Do you really have lie just to bring a slashdot whooping boy into your 'argument'? =)
The patent system ties up many resources for US companies, and blocks progress in fields for years. China however can have companies come in and use patented designs without penalty. In fact the US will allow imports of such goods. I remember the idea behind patents, but now patents need to be more realistic with their time frames and perhaps a 'will to implement' or just go away completely.
Since posting this I found out about another video game exercise program for xbox / PS2 / PC called Yourself Fitness. I don't know much about it, but it seems it doesn't have an interactive controller. It does seem to have a big 'community' however, and there is a website at http://www.yourselffitness.com/ to browse.
I think it's great as more games move into helping keep people healthy with real workout routines. =)
It has real work out programs designed by nike motion works: cardio, tai chi, yoga, firming exercises, etc.
It's a program that also scales with use. The eyetoy is a better controller than the Wii to me as well, since you can use your whole body. Like the Wii controller you might have to adjust your lighting for perfect useage and keep an area clear for movement. I also suggest getting a mat as well. I was a judoka for a long time, and I still get a good workout from this system.
Couldn't that bitch wait a few days, and let us enjoy Linux on our PS3s? We finally get a branded PC without Windows preinstalled and like 5mins later this!;)
Welcome to developing any launch title on a new console. When you're still finalizing the hardware and making games at the same time you tend to have 'issues' like these. You should've talked to some guys that didn't go the the ps3 devcon try to figure anything out. Also if you're really just a PC game house anything not like a PC is going 'to be hard'. =)
We're all getting a little sick and tired of all the 'slashdot playwrights'. If you want to enroll in a local college course, and produce an off broadway production of "The Chair and I" that's great. That's the American Dream. This isn't the place for your dreams. Here I will step on them... like this... and that.
Please keep this in mind, and "Welcome to the world of tomorrow".
I think C# is where it's at now. The only thing java is good for is webapps, which that's a huge market. Java application development for desktop applications is another matter. Only apps built around it years ago still use it, but would be better off dumping it for C#. C# can *co-exist with your old C/C++ codebase. You can also easily extend your language support. Not to mention ease of porting applications.
I think gamerscore is just a lame way to make morons buy more games. Have you ever heard someone boasting about how they go out and import or buy crappy 360 games just to increase their gamer score? That's great for MS in terms of revenue, but I think it's a cheap gimmick. I would rather play multiplayer with more mature indivduals, and also like to 'opt-out' of sharing what games I play. Do you really need to know I play Shin Megami Tensei? What if your some ultra relgious zealot and see that? Think about it.
In Taiwan you have to effectively give the equivalant of your Social Security Number to register for things such as MMOs. It's so bad they have Taiwanese SSN generators, so you can make accounts for MMOs without using your real one. Imagine if that was done in the US. =)
IIRC South Korea has a similar deal, but it's lame if you want to join a web fourm ( like this one ) in Taiwan and you don't have an SSN.
I always do this as basic steps for ease of use: + Set 'single click actions'. + Enable desktop icons. + Put the common applications and folders on the desktop.
They know click this to go on the net, and click these to see pictures and so forth. I make sure all the names of the icons are easy to understand also with generic names along with proper names. Double clicking is something I didn't have to teach. Also this helps if I move them to a mac mini later.;)
GNOME installs now come preconfigured mostly like this by default. I don't really have to do more than click some gconf options for an all new install for people to use a new 'customized' machine. Ubuntu can also be setup to guide them with application installs or security updates if they're more knowledgable. You can even setup autoupdates in the background, or auto download updates and install later.
I'm still pissed GNOME doesn't have a ink applet that works, so I wrote a newer one using mono. I need to clean it up and give it to someone to do something with it upstream. It's pretty crappy, but it more than gets the job done. http://www.icculus.org/~mongoose/files/mink-0.1.1. zip I shouldn't have to write stuff like this, but at least gtk# is quick. =)
I gave my grandparents their first computer. I'm talking about showing them how to use a mouse, and very basic tasks for the first weeks. The OS? Debian unstable I customized for their personal use -- I'm talking I even wrote some applications like an ink monitor. This year I've already got them a new box, which is an Athlon XP running Ubuntu LTS with their migrated/home partition. The typical tasks are browsing the web, writing documents for their church/recipes/etc, viewing and printing photos from yahoo email, and much more.
If you give them an old computer with Ubuntu 'pre-installed' they'll have an easy go of it. I don't even remember how many years they've ran Linux now. I do know they never got any viruses or had anyone break into their system from the internet. The only major problem they have is getting someone to help them install a new ink cart if I'm not around when the ink is out. I say Linux is a great first OS when you consider how great the USB camera support is these days! =)
Also you get "little miricles" sometimes. You'll be doing a test for some animation system or the like, and someone walks in and goes 'OMG WTF THAT IS AWESOME'. Then instead of a test you can end up with a new feature in the game, or in the extreme case of Devil May Cry -- an entire series can be born. It also helps with welding subsystems to have the 'owners' of each peice sit down and plan out wtf to do with them. Then there is the dreaded time when you can't see a problem, and all you might need is someone to come in and say 'hey why did you commented out this line?'.
Team work is important in software development, and even more so in games. You have to get art, design, and code all working together -- yes sometimes you actually need meetings.
You can use apt-get source to download the orignal source with the debian patches seperated into a directory. You can even use the --compile option to build it into a deb for you.
Here's the best part. You can compile source packages from a i386 repository for AMD64, or modify the source for a special build. Just use dpkg-buildpackage to now build into a deb package. Now you have a new deb that you can share and it will work! It's very nice.
If you do modify source use the same patching system so you can contribute upstream.;)
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What if I forced you to buy a car that only runs on BP fuel? The bundling in this case is you can't choose which OS you want, and if in fact you get them to unbundle it you still pay for the OS you don't get. This is the entire point of the 'Windows Tax' arguement. Once OEMs are compelled to unbundle you can begin to undo Microsoft's monopoly. I think you'll see more and more of this as EU and Asians nations want more freedom from control of the American Microsoft. I'd like to see that happen in the US market too frankly, so we can speed up the end of vendor lock-in on the PC platform before Microsoft can sell it's 'End User PC/console' in the next few years. 'You want a computer? You have a choice between an Apple and a Microsoft.' You might welcome that day, but I sure won't as since it'll be the begging of the end for some of us.
Sonic goes super saiyan! Does the 360 game have Freeza in it?
It is funny little piss ants on internet forums like to hype Wii, Xbox, PS3, etc. Everyone that's been in the industry hates reading forums and doesn't care about fourm input for that reason as well. Did you know a top requested fourm feature for a major RPG title was 'rape'. That's why we hire forum admins to clean your horrible ideas off, before you scare off our real customers. =)
I hate to break it to you kids, but most studios could care less about doing a Wii title. Do you really think every studio wants to sink a huge team budget into a title that's very low margin? If you're selling 'to the masses' you're developing for Playstation 2. It amazes me how the idiots on this forum don't understand the cyclic console cycle yet. I guess it proves most forums are full of 12yr olds and basset hounds that can type.
That's funny I think the PSP is the most used media player that doesn't force DRM on you. I can play more non-DRM music and video on the PSP than any other mobile device of those mentioned companies. If you're going to bitch about vendor lock-in you choose a poor example. Do you really have lie just to bring a slashdot whooping boy into your 'argument'? =)
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The patent system ties up many resources for US companies, and blocks progress in fields for years. China however can have companies come in and use patented designs without penalty. In fact the US will allow imports of such goods. I remember the idea behind patents, but now patents need to be more realistic with their time frames and perhaps a 'will to implement' or just go away completely.
Since posting this I found out about another video game exercise program for xbox / PS2 / PC called Yourself Fitness. I don't know much about it, but it seems it doesn't have an interactive controller. It does seem to have a big 'community' however, and there is a website at http://www.yourselffitness.com/ to browse.
I think it's great as more games move into helping keep people healthy with real workout routines. =)
It has real work out programs designed by nike motion works: cardio, tai chi, yoga, firming exercises, etc.
It's a program that also scales with use. The eyetoy is a better controller than the Wii to me as well, since you can use your whole body. Like the Wii controller you might have to adjust your lighting for perfect useage and keep an area clear for movement. I also suggest getting a mat as well. I was a judoka for a long time, and I still get a good workout from this system.
Sonic and Tails!
- Shadow
Couldn't that bitch wait a few days, and let us enjoy Linux on our PS3s? We finally get a branded PC without Windows preinstalled and like 5mins later this! ;)
You get it now? You have to read using the 'editor' name as context. =)
Your sources are wrong.
1. PS3 Japan/US versions can no only play the same games, but the same bluray movies.
2. Japan use NTSC. It is Europe that uses PAL, and that's moot with HMDI anyway.
Thanks for playing.
Hey if you're going to lie at least get the specs right. The RSX is Nvidia, and the PS3 uses heatpipes for example. Thanks for playing! =)
Welcome to developing any launch title on a new console. When you're still finalizing the hardware and making games at the same time you tend to have 'issues' like these. You should've talked to some guys that didn't go the the ps3 devcon try to figure anything out. Also if you're really just a PC game house anything not like a PC is going 'to be hard'. =)
It'll run fine on a 7800, since that's what was used to make it. ;)
We're all getting a little sick and tired of all the 'slashdot playwrights'. If you want to enroll in a local college course, and produce an off broadway production of "The Chair and I" that's great. That's the American Dream. This isn't the place for your dreams. Here I will step on them... like this... and that.
Please keep this in mind, and "Welcome to the world of tomorrow".
I think C# is where it's at now. The only thing java is good for is webapps, which that's a huge market. Java application development for desktop applications is another matter. Only apps built around it years ago still use it, but would be better off dumping it for C#. C# can *co-exist with your old C/C++ codebase. You can also easily extend your language support. Not to mention ease of porting applications.
I think he means aliasing when he says 'pixels', since the guy likely isn't a graphics programmer. =)
I think gamerscore is just a lame way to make morons buy more games. Have you ever heard someone boasting about how they go out and import or buy crappy 360 games just to increase their gamer score? That's great for MS in terms of revenue, but I think it's a cheap gimmick. I would rather play multiplayer with more mature indivduals, and also like to 'opt-out' of sharing what games I play. Do you really need to know I play Shin Megami Tensei? What if your some ultra relgious zealot and see that? Think about it.
In Taiwan you have to effectively give the equivalant of your Social Security Number to register for things such as MMOs. It's so bad they have Taiwanese SSN generators, so you can make accounts for MMOs without using your real one. Imagine if that was done in the US. =)
IIRC South Korea has a similar deal, but it's lame if you want to join a web fourm ( like this one ) in Taiwan and you don't have an SSN.
I always do this as basic steps for ease of use:
;)
. zip I shouldn't have to write stuff like this, but at least gtk# is quick. =)
+ Set 'single click actions'.
+ Enable desktop icons.
+ Put the common applications and folders on the desktop.
They know click this to go on the net, and click these to see pictures and so forth. I make sure all the names of the icons are easy to understand also with generic names along with proper names. Double clicking is something I didn't have to teach. Also this helps if I move them to a mac mini later.
GNOME installs now come preconfigured mostly like this by default. I don't really have to do more than click some gconf options for an all new install for people to use a new 'customized' machine. Ubuntu can also be setup to guide them with application installs or security updates if they're more knowledgable. You can even setup autoupdates in the background, or auto download updates and install later.
I'm still pissed GNOME doesn't have a ink applet that works, so I wrote a newer one using mono. I need to clean it up and give it to someone to do something with it upstream. It's pretty crappy, but it more than gets the job done. http://www.icculus.org/~mongoose/files/mink-0.1.1
I gave my grandparents their first computer. I'm talking about showing them how to use a mouse, and very basic tasks for the first weeks. The OS? Debian unstable I customized for their personal use -- I'm talking I even wrote some applications like an ink monitor. This year I've already got them a new box, which is an Athlon XP running Ubuntu LTS with their migrated /home partition. The typical tasks are browsing the web, writing documents for their church/recipes/etc, viewing and printing photos from yahoo email, and much more.
If you give them an old computer with Ubuntu 'pre-installed' they'll have an easy go of it. I don't even remember how many years they've ran Linux now. I do know they never got any viruses or had anyone break into their system from the internet. The only major problem they have is getting someone to help them install a new ink cart if I'm not around when the ink is out. I say Linux is a great first OS when you consider how great the USB camera support is these days! =)
Someone will blame Sony for this somehow. "OMG I can't pirate the games. It's like a rootkit LOL."
"Bring it on."
Also you get "little miricles" sometimes. You'll be doing a test for some animation system or the like, and someone walks in and goes 'OMG WTF THAT IS AWESOME'. Then instead of a test you can end up with a new feature in the game, or in the extreme case of Devil May Cry -- an entire series can be born. It also helps with welding subsystems to have the 'owners' of each peice sit down and plan out wtf to do with them. Then there is the dreaded time when you can't see a problem, and all you might need is someone to come in and say 'hey why did you commented out this line?'.
Team work is important in software development, and even more so in games. You have to get art, design, and code all working together -- yes sometimes you actually need meetings.
You can use apt-get source to download the orignal source with the debian patches seperated into a directory. You can even use the --compile option to build it into a deb for you.
;)
Here's the best part. You can compile source packages from a i386 repository for AMD64, or modify the source for a special build. Just use dpkg-buildpackage to now build into a deb package. Now you have a new deb that you can share and it will work! It's very nice.
If you do modify source use the same patching system so you can contribute upstream.