I'm not sure about saying that print ads are more dangerous than craigslist, but I'd guess they'd be about the same danger as far as I'm concerned. It is a useful site, I'm using it now to see if I can find someone to loan me some WiFi access while I stay with my autistic son in Pittsburgh.
If you look at the DS/PSP "war", you can see how a lower price and a different approach (touch screen) to gaming can possibly lead to success in the gaming world. So far, the DS is in the lead overall around the globe compared to the PSP.
If you apply this comparison to the home console war, it may be Nintendo in the lead once again. The Revolution will be at a lower price, and will approach gaming a bit differently compared to its console brethren.
This analogy has its flaws, however. The PSP is a newcomer, and many people seem to trust Nintendo in the handheld market because they haven't been exposed to anything else. As time passes, more people may begin to trust Sony. Also, the DS had a launch head start before the PSP could even get its foot in the door.
Only time will tell who will win the PSP/DS and Revo/360/PS3 war.
/Owner of a DS, Gamecube, XBox, and Dreamcast//Cut my teeth on NES
You already can--if you have a modded xbox. The Avalaunch dashboard has a telnet client built in. It would be hell to enter in characters using the controller, however.
There is one big difference between CRobots, Core Wars and the programs mentioned in this article. CRobots code never evolved, it was static code that reacted to certain circumstances, such as the distance to another robot, level of shields left, etc.
The programs mentioned here are evolving "on the fly". This would be equivelent to CRobots code learning from the last battle against an oppenent and applying the knowledge learned against a new opponent, something I personally have never seen.
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I'm not sure about saying that print ads are more dangerous than craigslist, but I'd guess they'd be about the same danger as far as I'm concerned. It is a useful site, I'm using it now to see if I can find someone to loan me some WiFi access while I stay with my autistic son in Pittsburgh.
If you look at the DS/PSP "war", you can see how a lower price and a different approach (touch screen) to gaming can possibly lead to success in the gaming world. So far, the DS is in the lead overall around the globe compared to the PSP.
/Owner of a DS, Gamecube, XBox, and Dreamcast //Cut my teeth on NES
If you apply this comparison to the home console war, it may be Nintendo in the lead once again. The Revolution will be at a lower price, and will approach gaming a bit differently compared to its console brethren.
This analogy has its flaws, however. The PSP is a newcomer, and many people seem to trust Nintendo in the handheld market because they haven't been exposed to anything else. As time passes, more people may begin to trust Sony. Also, the DS had a launch head start before the PSP could even get its foot in the door.
Only time will tell who will win the PSP/DS and Revo/360/PS3 war.
You already can--if you have a modded xbox. The Avalaunch dashboard has a telnet client built in. It would be hell to enter in characters using the controller, however.
I don't know about you guys, but this sounds like an effective form a birth control....
There is one big difference between CRobots, Core Wars and the programs mentioned in this article. CRobots code never evolved, it was static code that reacted to certain circumstances, such as the distance to another robot, level of shields left, etc.
The programs mentioned here are evolving "on the fly". This would be equivelent to CRobots code learning from the last battle against an oppenent and applying the knowledge learned against a new opponent, something I personally have never seen.