If Sony made the UMD writable, then they'd be open to a bunch of pirated games. Using this proprietary disc is the same reason piracy doesn't exist in the Gamecube. Since the PS2 uses standard DVD, the system's games can be easily pirated. This is the second time Sony copied Nintendo, the first time being the controller (from the SNES).
Kinda ironic that a prorietary disc is called "Universal".
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Well you know, it does have one advantage. You can look like a hairy Princess Leia with this hack.
Slashdot users who bash the US get modded troll but Bush-supporting mods whose only dream is a future Senate with a 100% republican ratio.
Slashdot users who bash China get modded troll by hippie Sinophile mods who think CHina or India will be the future superpower and vote Nader.
Slashdot users who bash both the US and China in same post (and hint that they live in some better "paradise" such as Canada, Europe or Australia") get modded insightful by mods thinking it shows both views of the argument.
You know, it shouldn't be such a big deal these days when companies announce "adding FireFox support." For one, Firefox isn't "new technology" or even its own browser really, it's just a Gecko browser (and Gecko is a few years old). If they add "Firefox support" then shouldn't Galeon, Netscape, Mozilla Suite and KMeleon work too?
All this implies is that these companies ignorantly programmed all of their web technologies under ActiveX, which only works under one browser under one operating system and only if ActiveX is turned on (and SP2 turns it OFF!), and they're just NOW trying to fix this. If companies like Yahoo would, for example, write their Avatar maker in pure Flash or something instead of ActiveX, then Mac/Linux/OtherOS and even Win32 Firefox/Mozilla/Opera users can all use the technology. It seems like Y2K all over again, when companies thought hitting the 99-00 roll-over would never happen in their lifetime.
Companies are just now realizing that there's web users other than Windows/IE users, especially since Mac users tend to be music nuts and would gladly use Yahoo Launch if only it would work for them. Programming only for the "lowest common denominator" is just now seeming to be a bad business practice, and just plain lazy to boot.
Yahoo must have heard the cries of their fans, the ones they haven't lost completely to Apple and Google for similar services:
Mac/Linux User: "Hello!! We can't use Yahoo Launch! It requires Windows! I'm gonna use iTunes!"
or
Windows Gecko/Opera User: "Hello! I am using a browser other than IE here. I shouldn't be forced to use IE, despite want Microsoft wants! I'm gonna use iTunes instead!"
or even...
Windows-IE User with ActiveX Turned Off: "Hello!!! I am NOT going to turn on that shitty, insecure ActiveX 'feature' just to use Launch. I'm going to iTunes!"
I don't see how this would be positive news if it were worded correctly: "Big, responsible web company realizes that proprietary web technologies only works in one specific browser/OS combination with insecure 'feature' left on, therefor supporting monopolistic control of one product and forcing said insecure 'feature' to be turned on, and now realizes more customers can be reached if it used safe and standard code that can be accessed by more than one browser and OS."
I blame Enix. Nothing good from Square since they merged.
I actually blame the PlayStation2. Nothing good ever came from Square since that system came out. "The Bouncer" was the first turd from the pile of PS2/GC shit we've been getting. Seems these days, the only classic RPG series we can count on is Zelda.
Well it seem inevitable Sony is going to lead the way into the second video game crash of utter lack of quality in video games, with its "quantity over quality" business model. It started with PS1 and it seems PS2 games are generally lesser quality than most PS1 games at the time. But you can rest assured one name will always save us from lack of quality in the future, the same way they saved us in the 80s: Nintendo.
1. Activision, THQ, and Take Two are all indicating that they may be charging $59.99 for next gen titles.
Well who buys games from these guys anyway? This is just another nail in their coffin. IT would be a bigger deal if it was Nintendo, Electronic Arts and Square Enix saying they are going to charge $60+.
2. The possible main reason for the pirce flux is probably the cost of Blu-Ray or HD-DVD on the PS3 or Xbox Next, as oppossed to just cheapo DVD or whatever cheap propietary disc nintendo will use. Other than that, development is no more complicated than making a game for the PC, yet for some reason PC games are generally less expansive than console games (epsecially games released on console and PC simultaneously, see EA games). And we know that even with the next gen of consoles, PC gaming will still be ahead of consoles and always more complex. Once Xbox Next, Revolution and PS3 come out, shortly there will be graphics cards for PC that overshadows them. So "new console development" is no excuse.
3. I have a feeling that if Nintendo can always manage to find a way to keep the prices of their new consoles $200 or less at launch, they will find a way to keep their Revolution games $50 or under. This may be a good thing for them, if PS3 or Xbox Next games will be $60 and up.
A helpful hint, if you go to China, do not imply that Taiwan is its own country. At least, not if you don't want to get along with most mainland Chinese.
Finally, PNG support? With alpha transparency even? Finally, we can we get rid of that god-awful GIF format now that the browser that 90% of people use will have proper PNG support.
You know, with prototypes of Legend of Zelda 2005, Black and White 2, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and Final Fantasy XII being shown, I'm hardly impressed by a prototype of Millipede.
Well GAIM doesn't have all those flashy, unremovable ads that occupy all that ANNOYING idle processing time and memory I have lying around. Plus it's not released under the great honerable AOL EULA.
Well CherryOS has been proven to be using code taken (Inspired) from PearPC.
And yeah, to me anyway, NeroLinux looks awfully like a Nero-themed version of K3B.
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If Sony made the UMD writable, then they'd be open to a bunch of pirated games. Using this proprietary disc is the same reason piracy doesn't exist in the Gamecube. Since the PS2 uses standard DVD, the system's games can be easily pirated. This is the second time Sony copied Nintendo, the first time being the controller (from the SNES).
Kinda ironic that a prorietary disc is called "Universal".
Well you know, it does have one advantage. You can look like a hairy Princess Leia with this hack.
Yes, I'm sure I've seen ArchLinux's logo somewhere else before...
When Linux is better.
In other news... hippie Sinophile bashes the US under Anonymous Coward moniker.
This just in:
Slashdot users who bash the US get modded troll but Bush-supporting mods whose only dream is a future Senate with a 100% republican ratio.
Slashdot users who bash China get modded troll by hippie Sinophile mods who think CHina or India will be the future superpower and vote Nader.
Slashdot users who bash both the US and China in same post (and hint that they live in some better "paradise" such as Canada, Europe or Australia") get modded insightful by mods thinking it shows both views of the argument.
You know, it shouldn't be such a big deal these days when companies announce "adding FireFox support." For one, Firefox isn't "new technology" or even its own browser really, it's just a Gecko browser (and Gecko is a few years old). If they add "Firefox support" then shouldn't Galeon, Netscape, Mozilla Suite and KMeleon work too?
All this implies is that these companies ignorantly programmed all of their web technologies under ActiveX, which only works under one browser under one operating system and only if ActiveX is turned on (and SP2 turns it OFF!), and they're just NOW trying to fix this. If companies like Yahoo would, for example, write their Avatar maker in pure Flash or something instead of ActiveX, then Mac/Linux/OtherOS and even Win32 Firefox/Mozilla/Opera users can all use the technology. It seems like Y2K all over again, when companies thought hitting the 99-00 roll-over would never happen in their lifetime.
Companies are just now realizing that there's web users other than Windows/IE users, especially since Mac users tend to be music nuts and would gladly use Yahoo Launch if only it would work for them. Programming only for the "lowest common denominator" is just now seeming to be a bad business practice, and just plain lazy to boot.
Yahoo must have heard the cries of their fans, the ones they haven't lost completely to Apple and Google for similar services:
Mac/Linux User: "Hello!! We can't use Yahoo Launch! It requires Windows! I'm gonna use iTunes!"
or
Windows Gecko/Opera User: "Hello! I am using a browser other than IE here. I shouldn't be forced to use IE, despite want Microsoft wants! I'm gonna use iTunes instead!"
or even...
Windows-IE User with ActiveX Turned Off: "Hello!!! I am NOT going to turn on that shitty, insecure ActiveX 'feature' just to use Launch. I'm going to iTunes!"
I don't see how this would be positive news if it were worded correctly: "Big, responsible web company realizes that proprietary web technologies only works in one specific browser/OS combination with insecure 'feature' left on, therefor supporting monopolistic control of one product and forcing said insecure 'feature' to be turned on, and now realizes more customers can be reached if it used safe and standard code that can be accessed by more than one browser and OS."
I blame Enix. Nothing good from Square since they merged.
I actually blame the PlayStation2. Nothing good ever came from Square since that system came out. "The Bouncer" was the first turd from the pile of PS2/GC shit we've been getting. Seems these days, the only classic RPG series we can count on is Zelda.
Actually, if you look on every RPG or Squaresoft fansite (such as RPGamer), you'll notice FF6 is more beloved than FF7.
For the record, GTA4 is already out, It's called Vice City.
Well it seem inevitable Sony is going to lead the way into the second video game crash of utter lack of quality in video games, with its "quantity over quality" business model. It started with PS1 and it seems PS2 games are generally lesser quality than most PS1 games at the time. But you can rest assured one name will always save us from lack of quality in the future, the same way they saved us in the 80s: Nintendo.
1. Activision, THQ, and Take Two are all indicating that they may be charging $59.99 for next gen titles.
Well who buys games from these guys anyway? This is just another nail in their coffin. IT would be a bigger deal if it was Nintendo, Electronic Arts and Square Enix saying they are going to charge $60+.
2. The possible main reason for the pirce flux is probably the cost of Blu-Ray or HD-DVD on the PS3 or Xbox Next, as oppossed to just cheapo DVD or whatever cheap propietary disc nintendo will use. Other than that, development is no more complicated than making a game for the PC, yet for some reason PC games are generally less expansive than console games (epsecially games released on console and PC simultaneously, see EA games). And we know that even with the next gen of consoles, PC gaming will still be ahead of consoles and always more complex. Once Xbox Next, Revolution and PS3 come out, shortly there will be graphics cards for PC that overshadows them. So "new console development" is no excuse.
3. I have a feeling that if Nintendo can always manage to find a way to keep the prices of their new consoles $200 or less at launch, they will find a way to keep their Revolution games $50 or under. This may be a good thing for them, if PS3 or Xbox Next games will be $60 and up.
A helpful hint, if you go to China, do not imply that Taiwan is its own country. At least, not if you don't want to get along with most mainland Chinese.
Of course, if the Blu-Ray movie player in the PS3 is anything like the quality of the DVD movie player in the PS2, then we are all doomed...
You do realize that Sony is the front runner of the recording industry, eh?
Awesome. Funny. The best part is that what you've described is a better concept for a game than what Square Enix actually programmed as FFXI.
Finally, PNG support? With alpha transparency even? Finally, we can we get rid of that god-awful GIF format now that the browser that 90% of people use will have proper PNG support.
Hey. Nintendo is in Redmond, too.
You know, with prototypes of Legend of Zelda 2005, Black and White 2, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and Final Fantasy XII being shown, I'm hardly impressed by a prototype of Millipede.
Apperently, if anyone was wondering what the Apple lawyers were gonna do, it's here
Oh my goodness. Ohio is officially off of my "states I can live in" list. Thanks for the heads-up.
The 2004 elections were what put it on my list.
Well GAIM doesn't have all those flashy, unremovable ads that occupy all that ANNOYING idle processing time and memory I have lying around. Plus it's not released under the great honerable AOL EULA.
Well CherryOS has been proven to be using code taken (Inspired) from PearPC. And yeah, to me anyway, NeroLinux looks awfully like a Nero-themed version of K3B.
I wonder how many people who use PearPC to "test" Mac OSX used a legal copy of it.
Um, new? Is this at all similar to what Cinergy (and probably others) has been experimenting with since March 2004?