Watch closely. It doesn't look like the actors are really tapping it against the table. With good sound effects and vibrational feedback, there'd be no need to tap it against something.
In a game like tekken or halo, for example, I'm rough on the controller, and I like to grip onto something solid. This does not provide.
Which is why you'll plug it into a third-party arcade-style game controller. Or you can just use a standard Gamecube controller. But who says you'll need to be rough on the controller? What if there's a radically different fighting game, one where your hand movements control what your character does? You'd only need to press the face button or trigger button to indicate that you were kicking or grappling instead of punching.
Also, given that that is the case, why did Nintendo consciously choose to go with this phallic looking, strangely operated controller?
Probably because it's the shape that human hands are designed to hold.;) Jokes aside, look at the shape of almost every human tool. What do hammers, wrenches, shovels, and most of the rest have in common? They all have the same basic handle shape.
The article says that it works flawlessly and is comfortable when held in your lap, like a normal controller. This won't work for games that require a great deal of motion (like swinging a baseball bat), but it should be fine for most games.
It's not IR. It's RF, same as the Gamecube's wireless controllers. (They work flawlessly and from a great distance, by the way.) Nintendo knows what they're doing.
The guys at one-up said that it works flawlessly even held in your lap like a normal controller. It would seem that you don't need to make huge movements to play most of the demo games.
Otherwise they are pooched. But leave it to Nintendo to pull a rabbit out of their hats instead of release a console to be doomed to #3 behind Sony & Microsoft. This way they don't just sit contentedly in last place and fade away, they either go splat or put someone else out, I'd bet Microsoft.
They may be number three, but when was the last time Sony's games division made a profit? What about Microsoft? Nintendo has only been in the red one or two quarters of the last decade. They're not going anywhere any time soon.
But how is this going to work with Nintendo's old games and, more importantly, the pinball games which must come out for these consoles?/i.
Take a close look at the controller. See the d-pad? See the small 'a' and 'b' buttons at the bottom? Turn it sideways and you've got an NES controller.
Speaking of NES games, you'll be able to download those from Nintendo. No info (that I know of) on pricing yet.
Apparently you can also plug a standard Gamecube controller into it, so you'll have no problem playing GC games, either.
It's also such a radical departure from normal controller design that Sony and Microsoft won't steal it. Well, at least not until they know it's sucessful.;)
Even if this controller for some reason doesn't pan out it's 100% wireless so theres no reason they couldn't always fall back on a more "traditional" controller if need be.
Or they could make it part of a more traditional controller. There's no reason it couldn't plug into module shaped like a traditional controller. For that matter, there's no reason it couldn't plug into a steering wheel or keyboard module, either.
Put the CDs and DVDs in large storage binders. Recycle the plastic cases. If you want to keep the inserts/sleeves, just store them in a box in the closet. You'll be able to compress your whole collection into a couple of cubic feet.
For the tapes, I think the best thing to do would be to throw them out or convert them to DVD.
First, if you want control of the laptops, be sure to set a bios password and disable booting from devices other than the hard disk. This will keep most people from installing their own operating system.
Second, if a machine gets really fucked up, you'll want to be able to fix it quickly. I suggest using disk images. You'll need to partition the disk drive so that you can re-image without wiping out the user's files. Remember that with NTFS, you can mount a partition in any empty folder. You know what to do with that Documents and Settings folder.
Third, how about giving everyone a shot at freedom?
At first, let the users have admin rights. Enforce only basic security precautions. Keep a log of problems with each employee's machine. But if Bob from accounting is doing a lot of Bad Things, escalate the security policy on his machine. Step one would probably be revoking administrator acess. If Bob keeps finding ways to screw things up, use your exclusive admin access to set up a more restrictive security policy. If Bob still finds ways to screw things up, you could use the Final Solution: DeepFreeze.
This is where the log would be very important. When Bob's boss comes to bitch about Bob "not being able to do his job", you can whip it out and show him that you've had twice as many problems with Bob's laptop than anyone else's. You'd also need to have an explicit AUP.
De-escalating policy if an employee shows signs of being more responsible would also be a good idea, and it would give them a reason to start caring about what they run on their machine.
Disclaimer: IANA sysadmin. I haven't tested this policy. It just sounded like a good compromise to me.
All I suggested was to stop promoting and subsidizing it, not to coerce people not to.
I see. I suppose I would have gotten that if you'd mentioned people who are too stupid to use proper birth control. Y'know, the ones having kids when they're not even old enough to get a driver's license.
If the only people who had kids were those who really give enough of a shit to take the responsibility seriously (like it sounds like you are) rather than just every dipshit who wants to be a part of something or wants something to love them then that problem would dissipate
Let me know when you figure out how to quash the ol' biological imperative. (No, forced sterilization is not an acceptable answer.)
No matter what the system is, there will be those that contribute and those who unfairly benefit from it. All you can do is try to intelligently manage it and keep the damage low.
False dilemma. Abolishing the system is always an option, even if it's difficult for many people to contemplate.
Shit like this is proof positive that democracies and republics are goddamn shams, because damn near everyone is goddamn stupid and their combined ineptitude ends up fucking the whole thing up.
You mean like an intervention for Alcohol abuse or drug addiction?
This is nothing like an intervention. An intervention is initiated by people who know the subject of the intervention. You don't see police tracking down people who frequent bars and organizing interventions for them, do you? It's not something that you have a right to do on behalf of a person you've never even met, firstly because it's none of your business, and secondly because you can't evaluate whether or not they need it if you don't know them.
Who pays for smokers who can't work because of emphysema, or the man who ends up in trauma care because he chose not to wear his seat belt?
We do, because the fucktards in charge think that socialism is a good idea. That's another thing you don't have the right to do: spend someone else's money.
I think people ahve the right to do as they wish without government involvement, unless that activity is going to affect the rest of us somehow.
See my previous statement.
Besides, despite faulty studies saying otherwise, video game use has no detriment to others aside from yourself. (Partners of WoW players may say otherwise however)
Hey, they can get all the attention they want by playing WoW with their S/O.;)
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I'm sure this news comes as a shock to many of us here!
Who's with me?
Watch closely. It doesn't look like the actors are really tapping it against the table. With good sound effects and vibrational feedback, there'd be no need to tap it against something.
You are correct! I rented that game, and the dual setup worked pretty well.
You got me there. s/electromagnetic/radio/
In a game like tekken or halo, for example, I'm rough on the controller, and I like to grip onto something solid. This does not provide.
Which is why you'll plug it into a third-party arcade-style game controller. Or you can just use a standard Gamecube controller. But who says you'll need to be rough on the controller? What if there's a radically different fighting game, one where your hand movements control what your character does? You'd only need to press the face button or trigger button to indicate that you were kicking or grappling instead of punching.
Wifi is RF, unless the 2.4Ghz frequency band is somehow different from the rest of the electromagnetic spectrum. ;)
Also, given that that is the case, why did Nintendo consciously choose to go with this phallic looking, strangely operated controller?
;) Jokes aside, look at the shape of almost every human tool. What do hammers, wrenches, shovels, and most of the rest have in common? They all have the same basic handle shape.
Probably because it's the shape that human hands are designed to hold.
The article says that it works flawlessly and is comfortable when held in your lap, like a normal controller. This won't work for games that require a great deal of motion (like swinging a baseball bat), but it should be fine for most games.
It's not IR. It's RF, same as the Gamecube's wireless controllers. (They work flawlessly and from a great distance, by the way.) Nintendo knows what they're doing.
The guys at one-up said that it works flawlessly even held in your lap like a normal controller. It would seem that you don't need to make huge movements to play most of the demo games.
Otherwise they are pooched. But leave it to Nintendo to pull a rabbit out of their hats instead of release a console to be doomed to #3 behind Sony & Microsoft. This way they don't just sit contentedly in last place and fade away, they either go splat or put someone else out, I'd bet Microsoft.
They may be number three, but when was the last time Sony's games division made a profit? What about Microsoft? Nintendo has only been in the red one or two quarters of the last decade. They're not going anywhere any time soon.
I hate IR game controllers.
Then you'll have no objections to the Revolution's RF wireless controller.
But how is this going to work with Nintendo's old games and, more importantly, the pinball games which must come out for these consoles?/i.
Take a close look at the controller. See the d-pad? See the small 'a' and 'b' buttons at the bottom? Turn it sideways and you've got an NES controller.
Speaking of NES games, you'll be able to download those from Nintendo. No info (that I know of) on pricing yet.
Apparently you can also plug a standard Gamecube controller into it, so you'll have no problem playing GC games, either.
It's also such a radical departure from normal controller design that Sony and Microsoft won't steal it. Well, at least not until they know it's sucessful. ;)
Even if this controller for some reason doesn't pan out it's 100% wireless so theres no reason they couldn't always fall back on a more "traditional" controller if need be.
Or they could make it part of a more traditional controller. There's no reason it couldn't plug into module shaped like a traditional controller. For that matter, there's no reason it couldn't plug into a steering wheel or keyboard module, either.
Nope.
Indeed. I can't wait to try it out!
but you access a push button and a directional pad with the same finger? does not seem very functional.
RTFA. You don't use the d-pad for movement. You MOVE THE CONTROLLER.
Put the CDs and DVDs in large storage binders. Recycle the plastic cases. If you want to keep the inserts/sleeves, just store them in a box in the closet. You'll be able to compress your whole collection into a couple of cubic feet.
For the tapes, I think the best thing to do would be to throw them out or convert them to DVD.
First, if you want control of the laptops, be sure to set a bios password and disable booting from devices other than the hard disk. This will keep most people from installing their own operating system.
Second, if a machine gets really fucked up, you'll want to be able to fix it quickly. I suggest using disk images. You'll need to partition the disk drive so that you can re-image without wiping out the user's files. Remember that with NTFS, you can mount a partition in any empty folder. You know what to do with that Documents and Settings folder.
Third, how about giving everyone a shot at freedom?
At first, let the users have admin rights. Enforce only basic security precautions. Keep a log of problems with each employee's machine. But if Bob from accounting is doing a lot of Bad Things, escalate the security policy on his machine. Step one would probably be revoking administrator acess. If Bob keeps finding ways to screw things up, use your exclusive admin access to set up a more restrictive security policy. If Bob still finds ways to screw things up, you could use the Final Solution: DeepFreeze.
This is where the log would be very important. When Bob's boss comes to bitch about Bob "not being able to do his job", you can whip it out and show him that you've had twice as many problems with Bob's laptop than anyone else's. You'd also need to have an explicit AUP.
De-escalating policy if an employee shows signs of being more responsible would also be a good idea, and it would give them a reason to start caring about what they run on their machine.
Disclaimer: IANA sysadmin. I haven't tested this policy. It just sounded like a good compromise to me.
All I suggested was to stop promoting and subsidizing it, not to coerce people not to.
I see. I suppose I would have gotten that if you'd mentioned people who are too stupid to use proper birth control. Y'know, the ones having kids when they're not even old enough to get a driver's license.
If the only people who had kids were those who really give enough of a shit to take the responsibility seriously (like it sounds like you are) rather than just every dipshit who wants to be a part of something or wants something to love them then that problem would dissipate
Let me know when you figure out how to quash the ol' biological imperative. (No, forced sterilization is not an acceptable answer.)
No matter what the system is, there will be those that contribute and those who unfairly benefit from it. All you can do is try to intelligently manage it and keep the damage low.
False dilemma. Abolishing the system is always an option, even if it's difficult for many people to contemplate.
Shit like this is proof positive that democracies and republics are goddamn shams, because damn near everyone is goddamn stupid and their combined ineptitude ends up fucking the whole thing up.
None of us is as dumb as all of us.
You mean like an intervention for Alcohol abuse or drug addiction?
;)
This is nothing like an intervention. An intervention is initiated by people who know the subject of the intervention. You don't see police tracking down people who frequent bars and organizing interventions for them, do you? It's not something that you have a right to do on behalf of a person you've never even met, firstly because it's none of your business, and secondly because you can't evaluate whether or not they need it if you don't know them.
Who pays for smokers who can't work because of emphysema, or the man who ends up in trauma care because he chose not to wear his seat belt?
We do, because the fucktards in charge think that socialism is a good idea. That's another thing you don't have the right to do: spend someone else's money.
I think people ahve the right to do as they wish without government involvement, unless that activity is going to affect the rest of us somehow.
See my previous statement.
Besides, despite faulty studies saying otherwise, video game use has no detriment to others aside from yourself. (Partners of WoW players may say otherwise however)
Hey, they can get all the attention they want by playing WoW with their S/O.