No, you're talking about MOST single adult males. All of the adults sitting in my living room last night (9 of us, and 5 were women) were all playing
You don't get it either. Nice attempt at trying to pigeon hole people's preferences based on their sex though. I'm sure if you actually went and collected data your statement would be much more impressive. As a single adult male, I can say my idea of what is "fun" varies a lot from what you've just stated.
When someone asks me I usually guess high then multiply by 10 or somewhere around there. There just always seems to be something that I run into while working on something that always costs me a bit of time. This is even after I carefully plan what I'm going to be doing before I start. Unless you're writing a "Hello world" type program, it almost seems like it's nearly impossible to give a reasonable estimate.
I almost get the idea that in Sony's own world this is somehow being presented to "hype" the console. The wording of these articles are priceless since I was honestly expecting someone (from the article) to try and explain how this is a good thing. (as in: PS3 = Fancy resturant, games = fancy desserts.) I am not sure how continuing to leak information about the high cost of the system is going to help Sony.
Even so, it would seem as if there are some fans who would still buy the system and games even if they continued to raise the price.
No, this is not illegal, but it will most definitely void any sort of warranty you might have. Even changing the operation of the system might be against Microsoft's Terms of Service if you try to go online with it, but the idea that changing your system's case (something that you OWN) would be "illegal" is certainly a scary thought.
Well, that part didn't really deal with the "analog hole" at all. She was trying to copy a short clip from a DVD - aka "fair use", but on a computer you're normally dealing with digital copies.
Normally. But for recording a quick clip off of a DVD it's a lot easier to run the analog out into your computer's capture device (if you have one; analog in) rather than trying to fuss around with decrypting the data to extract it digitally. Notice that the girl in the last part was doing just that; making an analog capture from her "DVD PLAYA."
Nevermind that audio/broadcast flag are anti-consumer, analog hole is pro-consumer and something they are trying to eliminate.
Pro-consumer? Seriously? The only way for me to capture TV for later viewing is to use the analog outputs on the back of the Comcast owned digital receiver, and really, that's my only option. I don't see how plugging analog holes, especially in this case, would be beneficial for people in my situation.
This seems to be a common complaint from people around here. Whats funny is that I went and replaced my power/disk lights on my case a while ago with a blue light for the power indicator (it ended up being a fairly weak aqua color, which is ok) and a ultra bright (didn't know about the ultra bright part when I bought it) white light for the disk access indicator. I usually have the computer in my room and leave it on overnight to do video processing, which as you can imagine, requires a lot of disk access. Because of this the computer acts like a miniature strobe light dark rooms. It will get your attention, but I really don't think it's so bad, since I've always been able to sleep without any problems with the white light flashing constantly.
So basically, I think it's only a problem if you stare directly into the bright lights, which I don't recommend of course. What exactly are you doing with these devices that's causing you so much irritation? (Most cell phone keypads that I've seen are a bright white/blue, not pure blue.)
Well, maybe not what they stated, but you can still find cheap dual core processors from Intel. Newegg says that the cheapest one costs $118.99. AMD's dual core processors seem to be a bit more expesnive, but I'd rather hold out for one of those instead.
I just don't see any excitement around the next Playstation... all I hear is bad news.
I do have to say that there has been a lot of bad press going around about the PS3 these days, but you would be surprised to know what's happening outside of the gaming press and Slashdot.
I know a few people who are most definitely shameless Sony/PlayStation fanboys. Although Sony, in my opinion, is horrible (probably an understatement), there were some fun games to be played on their first two consoles. With the upcoming generation, Sony is giving us more of the same with the PS3, which I guess you could say is like a "more powerful PS2." Compared to what Nintendo has been doing with their recent systems, Sony seems more concerned with playing it safe rather than giving gamers something truly new to play with.
The people who I know are PlayStation supporters seem to be aware of this, that the PS3 has a striking resemblance to the PS2, and have turned that reality completely on its head.
"Who cares if it's the same? It's the PlayStation. It's going to have great games!"
"The Wii's controller won't work. It's going to be too difficult to use. [Something about how the familiarity of the PS3's gamepad is going to be good for games.]"
"Who cares if they [Sony] are playing it safe? The games for the PS2 rocked. The games for the PS3 will rock."
I didn't get these quotes perfect, but that's generally what was being said. This is despite the fact that they are well aware of the high cost of the system/fancy resturant ($600 for the complete system.)
I sure won't be supporting Sony with my money, but there are people who don't see Sony or the PS3 in the same way as a lot of people here seem to and are ready to jump onboard with it.
but what kind of legitimate peacetime missions would require such stealth?
Helping Americans find a cheap tank of gas??
What? So they're going to use the wings to stealthily follow a commercial airliner during peacetime, take its gas tanks and glide back to America? My car needs unleaded fuel! Unleaded!!
I'd be a little more concerned with near bankruptcy from a DDoS attack or a mention on Slashdot for people who don't pay a flat fee on Internet access.
They also developed the SDK for working with the feedback motors (which they pulled and is no longer free, bastards) and they also seem to have a pretty good idea of how to use it effectively (being that I own a couple of Immersion stamped input devices.) I wouldn't totally discount their patent because it seems obvious. Yeah, it's just motors and weights, but you also need to know how to translate the feeling of moving over a rough/sticky/whatever surface into movment of the motor so that it feels realistic. The knowledge on how to make the hardware useful is also part of the technology they are trying to protect. I think.
I doubt it. I have both a Gravis GamePad Pro (USB) and a PS1 DualShock controller. The difference between the two (besides the lack of analog sticks on the Gravis Pad) are the motors and weights for the rumble feature. The Gravis Pad, while it works just fine, DOES actually feel "flimsy" compared to the nice, weighted feeling of the DualShock controller. Seeing how a game pad will be the primary human to computer interface for the PS3, I would think that both the feeling and function of the controller are important. (I also happen to like having force feedback. If anything, it adds more to the game if used correctly.)
As for graphically, yeah its showing its age in some spots, (in the new areas though I think its mindblowing, even on the PS2) but I think we have no farther than to look at Nintendo to see that finally people are seeing that graphics doesnt mean everything
Did you check out the character creation screen recently? That had some pretty nice graphics. By comparison, the in game models and textures look incredibly low resolution. It would be nice if they addressed some issues not only with graphic quality but the game always chokes when there are "too many" models to draw at once, and I doubt they're going to be making any major chances to their rendering engine ever.
Wow. I had no idea that PS3's logo was so horrible. Taking that into consideration, I think you might have been a little hard on Microsoft. The XBOX 360 logo might not be new or anything but at least it doesn't look like that.
You're unlikely to find a regular soda with a noticably reduced sugar content. They're pretty much about all the same, or in some cases, worse. Also, stay away from diet soda! Not only does it not taste as good as the real thing, but any drink containing aspertame or equivalent should be avoided like the plague.
You were a little vague as to what you really wanted. Are you drinking soda for the caffine, the taste, or both? Here are some suggestions:
ThinkGeek has a nice collection of interesting drinks. Although, you might want to research each ones nutritional content. If you're looking for a caffeine boost without all the extras, then caffienated water might be something to look into. I haven't ever had anything like that though, so I wouldn't know if it's actually bad for you or not.
The healthiest alternative to soda is probably seltzer, although if you decide to drink this I recommend getting a variety with flavor (lemon, lime..) because plain seltzer doesn't always taste so great. I actually enjoy drinking this stuff more than water, and you can buy canned versions that come in a decent sized case at your local food market.
The other obvious choices are coffee or tea. You can buy either in bottles, although unless you make it yourself, you might end up buying something that's about as healthy as the soda you're trying to replace. The only bottled coffee that I like is the Starbucks stuff, but it's not something that I would like to have very often.
Of course, if you're actually thirsty, I've found that just having water is good enough. It might not be as tasty as soda, but (unless contaminated) it's much better for you.
I'm on my third PS2 right now, but my Atari 2600 (still fun!) works like new...
Could it be that the Atari is simpler in design and less prone to breaking whereas the PS2 is much more complex and has notably more points of failure?
I'm not sure about Flash 8, but what I used to do is use Ethereal to look at the HTTP traffic when the video player first initiates the connection. You can get a direct link to the FLV that contains the video this way and use FFMPEG to convert the FLV to some other format. Of course, you need to have Flash installed for this to work.
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You don't get it either. Nice attempt at trying to pigeon hole people's preferences based on their sex though. I'm sure if you actually went and collected data your statement would be much more impressive. As a single adult male, I can say my idea of what is "fun" varies a lot from what you've just stated.
When someone asks me I usually guess high then multiply by 10 or somewhere around there. There just always seems to be something that I run into while working on something that always costs me a bit of time. This is even after I carefully plan what I'm going to be doing before I start. Unless you're writing a "Hello world" type program, it almost seems like it's nearly impossible to give a reasonable estimate.
I almost get the idea that in Sony's own world this is somehow being presented to "hype" the console. The wording of these articles are priceless since I was honestly expecting someone (from the article) to try and explain how this is a good thing. (as in: PS3 = Fancy resturant, games = fancy desserts.) I am not sure how continuing to leak information about the high cost of the system is going to help Sony.
Even so, it would seem as if there are some fans who would still buy the system and games even if they continued to raise the price.
No, this is not illegal, but it will most definitely void any sort of warranty you might have. Even changing the operation of the system might be against Microsoft's Terms of Service if you try to go online with it, but the idea that changing your system's case (something that you OWN) would be "illegal" is certainly a scary thought.
Normally. But for recording a quick clip off of a DVD it's a lot easier to run the analog out into your computer's capture device (if you have one; analog in) rather than trying to fuss around with decrypting the data to extract it digitally. Notice that the girl in the last part was doing just that; making an analog capture from her "DVD PLAYA."
Pro-consumer? Seriously? The only way for me to capture TV for later viewing is to use the analog outputs on the back of the Comcast owned digital receiver, and really, that's my only option. I don't see how plugging analog holes, especially in this case, would be beneficial for people in my situation.
So basically, I think it's only a problem if you stare directly into the bright lights, which I don't recommend of course. What exactly are you doing with these devices that's causing you so much irritation? (Most cell phone keypads that I've seen are a bright white/blue, not pure blue.)
Well, maybe not what they stated, but you can still find cheap dual core processors from Intel. Newegg says that the cheapest one costs $118.99. AMD's dual core processors seem to be a bit more expesnive, but I'd rather hold out for one of those instead.
I take it you're running Vista. ;p
I do have to say that there has been a lot of bad press going around about the PS3 these days, but you would be surprised to know what's happening outside of the gaming press and Slashdot.
I know a few people who are most definitely shameless Sony/PlayStation fanboys. Although Sony, in my opinion, is horrible (probably an understatement), there were some fun games to be played on their first two consoles. With the upcoming generation, Sony is giving us more of the same with the PS3, which I guess you could say is like a "more powerful PS2." Compared to what Nintendo has been doing with their recent systems, Sony seems more concerned with playing it safe rather than giving gamers something truly new to play with.
The people who I know are PlayStation supporters seem to be aware of this, that the PS3 has a striking resemblance to the PS2, and have turned that reality completely on its head.
I didn't get these quotes perfect, but that's generally what was being said. This is despite the fact that they are well aware of the high cost of the system/fancy resturant ($600 for the complete system.)
I sure won't be supporting Sony with my money, but there are people who don't see Sony or the PS3 in the same way as a lot of people here seem to and are ready to jump onboard with it.
Spending sprees are just so cliché these days anyway. It would be refershing to see a criminal that puts their millions into investments instead.
What? So they're going to use the wings to stealthily follow a commercial airliner during peacetime, take its gas tanks and glide back to America? My car needs unleaded fuel! Unleaded!!
I'd be a little more concerned with near bankruptcy from a DDoS attack or a mention on Slashdot for people who don't pay a flat fee on Internet access.
That condition is only exposed when someone's pants fall down
They also developed the SDK for working with the feedback motors (which they pulled and is no longer free, bastards) and they also seem to have a pretty good idea of how to use it effectively (being that I own a couple of Immersion stamped input devices.) I wouldn't totally discount their patent because it seems obvious. Yeah, it's just motors and weights, but you also need to know how to translate the feeling of moving over a rough/sticky/whatever surface into movment of the motor so that it feels realistic. The knowledge on how to make the hardware useful is also part of the technology they are trying to protect. I think.
I doubt it. I have both a Gravis GamePad Pro (USB) and a PS1 DualShock controller. The difference between the two (besides the lack of analog sticks on the Gravis Pad) are the motors and weights for the rumble feature. The Gravis Pad, while it works just fine, DOES actually feel "flimsy" compared to the nice, weighted feeling of the DualShock controller. Seeing how a game pad will be the primary human to computer interface for the PS3, I would think that both the feeling and function of the controller are important. (I also happen to like having force feedback. If anything, it adds more to the game if used correctly.)
The game was developed by Remedy not Rockstar. They will probably need to find someone else to port their games, though.
"So you think you can dance" on FOX?
Did you check out the character creation screen recently? That had some pretty nice graphics. By comparison, the in game models and textures look incredibly low resolution. It would be nice if they addressed some issues not only with graphic quality but the game always chokes when there are "too many" models to draw at once, and I doubt they're going to be making any major chances to their rendering engine ever.
Oh no! Jonh Dvorak created an account on Slashdot!
Wow. I had no idea that PS3's logo was so horrible. Taking that into consideration, I think you might have been a little hard on Microsoft. The XBOX 360 logo might not be new or anything but at least it doesn't look like that .
You were a little vague as to what you really wanted. Are you drinking soda for the caffine, the taste, or both? Here are some suggestions:
ThinkGeek has a nice collection of interesting drinks. Although, you might want to research each ones nutritional content. If you're looking for a caffeine boost without all the extras, then caffienated water might be something to look into. I haven't ever had anything like that though, so I wouldn't know if it's actually bad for you or not.
The healthiest alternative to soda is probably seltzer, although if you decide to drink this I recommend getting a variety with flavor (lemon, lime..) because plain seltzer doesn't always taste so great. I actually enjoy drinking this stuff more than water, and you can buy canned versions that come in a decent sized case at your local food market.
The other obvious choices are coffee or tea. You can buy either in bottles, although unless you make it yourself, you might end up buying something that's about as healthy as the soda you're trying to replace. The only bottled coffee that I like is the Starbucks stuff, but it's not something that I would like to have very often.
Of course, if you're actually thirsty, I've found that just having water is good enough. It might not be as tasty as soda, but (unless contaminated) it's much better for you.
Could it be that the Atari is simpler in design and less prone to breaking whereas the PS2 is much more complex and has notably more points of failure?
I liked the old one better
I'm not sure about Flash 8, but what I used to do is use Ethereal to look at the HTTP traffic when the video player first initiates the connection. You can get a direct link to the FLV that contains the video this way and use FFMPEG to convert the FLV to some other format. Of course, you need to have Flash installed for this to work.
Yeah, you could just disguise yourself as a box. Works all the time in Metal Gear Solid.