How the heck is this modded flamebait? Are most OS/X users as security-stupid as Windows users?
Maybe because you add nothing to the discussion. You simply agree and then toss in a cheap (flame) insult. And then in your whining about accurately being modded, you simply toss another flame (Are most OS/X users as security-stupid as Windows users?) on the fire.
If your goal is to add nothing and just toss bitchy insults out there, don't be suprised of you are modded as such.
Ahhh, all three of those say the same thing. region-locked = not region free. Let me try to make it even more clear in case region-locked and region free don't have much meaning to you. If you buy a game from overseas (Japan, US, etc) it won't play if you live and bought your Wii in the UK.
Then give the specs and prototypes to the programming team to insert their code into them.
I've just seen to many cases of everybody wants a slightly different look/feel that I don't believe in any "prototype" being what will eventually be wanted. Thus developers should never "code" what the GUI will look like. Devleopers should implement a framework which seperates function from presentation and give designers the tools to allow them to completely change the design without having to recompile or touch a single line of code.
There are so many amazing tools and code examples about this type of application "skinning" that its really VERY easy to at least offer some basic functionality in this respect. In fact there are a number for 3-rd party controls which support this type of application "styling" without the developers even having to think about it or add a single line of code depending how far they want to go with it.
Obviously, this flexibility isn't important in all applications but for any application that gets distributed (not just an in-house application) I think there should at least be a serious look into offering this.
I basically agree. Being a pro at Photoshop does not a application designer make. Undertanding of html, CSS, etc (at least for web designers) is essential. Luckily there is no shortage of great graphic designers with these skills. So yes they need to know those basics and that its constructed of elements, etc.
Thats however where I'd draw the line. I don't think they should care if this stuff is pulled from a DB, from flat files, or know the difference. If they have to know that I'd argue there isn't a proper seperation of function and presentation within the application.
Well, you are absolutly correct but in my experience that doesn't dimminish the value of KPL. At 7 most kids just are developed enough to really understand a lot of the concepts, but they really don't need to. Let me explain my experience.
My nephew (11) liked playing on computers and thought programming could be cool. Thier mom (my sister) asked for suggestions on this. After looking around I suggested KPL and helped him learn a bit. Seeing that his little brother (8) of course also became interested. Anyway, after teaching them both a bit the 11 year old is making programs by creating additional methods which he calls from "Main" and is really understanding the whole method concept really well. The 8 year old doesn't really and just tosses everything in the "Main" method. And I'd say thats just fine! He doesn't really need to understand all that stuff if he isn't ready for it. He just copy/pastes the program/main lines and off he goes just like it is a linear langauge. As he gets older and gains more of an understanding of what is going on KPL will grow with him.
Is KPL the absolute best way to teach young kids? I don't know. But had the 11 year old been using BASIC and just made "hello world" pop up on the screen I doubt him or his younger brother would have been near as interested in playing with it and learning it as they are when they can make objects move around, change color, etc.
KPL is a structured not a linear language thus the requirement for well... structure. Is it a requirement for a languge to be linear for kids to learn it? If you think so then KPL obviously isn't for your kids. Many others disagree.
My hopes for wireless could begin to be met with this but the real cool stuff probably won't happen until WiMax is widespread and available on one of these.
My hopes are that you can bounce around and whenever you are in a hotspot (getting pretty common) you have access to online streaming music. There is no shortage of online services offering personalized radio station type functionality, having this available on a portable while around town sounds great to me. Don't need to download everything just have it stream to me. So I'm in the coffee shop or the mall and pickup a hotspot where I can tune to my station.
With WiMax support this would obviously expand the possiblities greatly. Why pay for XM radio when you can have customized content streamed to your car?
The "killer" aspect of the Zune I'm actually mostly hoping for is for it to also be a portable media center. The have a really nice easy interface to XP/Vista media center so I can just load a few of my recorded shows on it to watch on the train. Just load my own DVR'd version of the Colbert Report instead of having to pay ITunes for it!;-)
OK sorry to respond to myself but another link says:
9:29 am: But what's in the box? One Wii remote, one nunchuk both included. Don't forget about Wii Sports, the first pack-in game at launch since the SNES. Speaking of which, we're now seeing a demo of bowling, one of the games included in Wii Sports.
So I guess it does come with them? I guess this confusing info is what I get for reading information this early right after the announcement;-)
Just because I was curious about a more exact meaning of "fascit" (wasn't really sure the exact meaning through out time) I ran to wikipedia for a quick read and found this among the descriptions about fascits.
This meant embracing nationalism and mysticism, and advancing ideals of strength and power as means of legitimacy, glorifying war as an end in itself and victory as the determinant of truth and worthiness. An affinity to these ideas can be found in Social Darwinism. These ideas are in direct opposition to the ideals of humanism and rationalism characteristic of the Age of Enlightenment, from which liberalism and, later, Marxism would emerge.
and I'm left thinking..... which side of this "war on terror" does this sound like?
True, so as thing stand today you can get a Wii and XBox Core + HD for $50 more than the PS3. However, I'm really expecting MS to announce a price drop within the next month or so (I think they've been waiting for the offical Wii pricing). I'd really be pretty suprised now that the Wii is just $50 cheaper than the Core system that MS didn't knock $50 of both models. So the Core will be the same price. And of course that would also mean you could get a Wii and a 360 Premium for the price of a PS3.
the PlayStation 3 will be releasing in just a few months
Well I guess that depends where you live.
Spin, hype, hate, and fanboy adoration are quite typical in this business
True, but how often do you see such a large percentage of previous fanboys switch to being haters before the product even launches?
Decided to stop there because the rest of the article is very contradictory and they "point - counterpoint" themselves without my help. Example:
When defending the PS3 price they say well its got extra stuff like HDMI. When defending why the base system won't support HDMI they say because people don't really need it.
Summarizing there a bit but thats how the rest of the article comes off.
I'd mostly agree with that but not entirely. They also like thier private DRM to try to lock others out. Now yes, the iPod can play non-DRMed media but in order to legally purchase most media off the net (movies, music, etc) the content owners will only allow it if its protected with DRM so your certainly correct there. However, if Apple didn't really care they'd license thier DRM to other online stores. Apple cares a LOT about that!;-) If they did that they'd have tons of competitors to iTMS. As it is all competitors must use other DRM because Apple won't license theirs. This is mostly the MS DRM (since they are willing to license it). From there customers must find someway to strip the MS DRM and convert to mp3, etc (since iPods funny enough don't support other DRM) before they can play it on thier iPod. So just buying from iTMS in the 1st place is just WAY easier.
We'll see if this comes back to bite them later but they certainly have an interest in thier DRM. Basically thier DRM puts them in a position where even though the iPod can play non-DRMed media, you basically have to buy all your online media from them (unless you want to jump through a bunch of hoops).
Why the hell do you idiots equate Blu-Ray with Sony?
Answer this question. When the movie studios and hardware builders license the Blu-ray format where do those licesning fees end up going? Thats right Sony. Saying Blu-ray shouldn't be equated with Sony because their customers/partners also have some input on the product is like saying Windows shouldn't be equated MS because they get input from thier customers.
From the technology side I have no idea if Sony can do this. From a business side I see issues with this however. Correct me if I'm wrong here, but I believe the lion's share of revenue for licensing the DVD format goes to Toshiba. Since putting both formats (DVD and HD-DVD) on one disk could give them a competitive advantage, I'd expect Toshiba to allow disk manufactures to use both HD-DVD and DVD on the same disk basically for the same licensing fee as HD-DVD by itself. Sony won't have that same ability (unless they eat the DVD licensing fees themselves) meaning disk manufactures will have to license Blu-ray and DVD seperately and thus basically double the licensing fees.
For a more specific example, here is a article (long read though) with code examples for creating a MCE plug-in which converts the default MCE recorded TV files (DVR-MS) into WMV files. There are similar tools for converting to MPEG, etc but this has the nice article explaining everything.
Well, there are quite a number of sites where you can find pleanty of info (MS, MSDN, etc, etc) about all the above, but here is probably the best source for just about everything MCE related. Its a community site, but also offers tons of plug-in info, and can help with basically any questions you have if you cannot already find it with a quick search. A great community who are happy to answer any questions you have.
Comparing 10 properties hardly seems very detailed.
What information presented in the chart doesn't apply to MCE 2005/R2/Vista.
There is now software decoding
There is not extensive plug-in support
Its not single unit, you have the same master/slave they talk about with Myth with use of media center extenders
Record only locally but play locally or any extender device
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How the heck is this modded flamebait? Are most OS/X users as security-stupid as Windows users?
Maybe because you add nothing to the discussion. You simply agree and then toss in a cheap (flame) insult. And then in your whining about accurately being modded, you simply toss another flame (Are most OS/X users as security-stupid as Windows users?) on the fire.
If your goal is to add nothing and just toss bitchy insults out there, don't be suprised of you are modded as such.
Ahhh, all three of those say the same thing. region-locked = not region free. Let me try to make it even more clear in case region-locked and region free don't have much meaning to you. If you buy a game from overseas (Japan, US, etc) it won't play if you live and bought your Wii in the UK.
Then give the specs and prototypes to the programming team to insert their code into them.
I've just seen to many cases of everybody wants a slightly different look/feel that I don't believe in any "prototype" being what will eventually be wanted. Thus developers should never "code" what the GUI will look like. Devleopers should implement a framework which seperates function from presentation and give designers the tools to allow them to completely change the design without having to recompile or touch a single line of code.
There are so many amazing tools and code examples about this type of application "skinning" that its really VERY easy to at least offer some basic functionality in this respect. In fact there are a number for 3-rd party controls which support this type of application "styling" without the developers even having to think about it or add a single line of code depending how far they want to go with it.
Obviously, this flexibility isn't important in all applications but for any application that gets distributed (not just an in-house application) I think there should at least be a serious look into offering this.
I basically agree. Being a pro at Photoshop does not a application designer make. Undertanding of html, CSS, etc (at least for web designers) is essential. Luckily there is no shortage of great graphic designers with these skills. So yes they need to know those basics and that its constructed of elements, etc.
Thats however where I'd draw the line. I don't think they should care if this stuff is pulled from a DB, from flat files, or know the difference. If they have to know that I'd argue there isn't a proper seperation of function and presentation within the application.
Well, you are absolutly correct but in my experience that doesn't dimminish the value of KPL. At 7 most kids just are developed enough to really understand a lot of the concepts, but they really don't need to. Let me explain my experience.
My nephew (11) liked playing on computers and thought programming could be cool. Thier mom (my sister) asked for suggestions on this. After looking around I suggested KPL and helped him learn a bit. Seeing that his little brother (8) of course also became interested. Anyway, after teaching them both a bit the 11 year old is making programs by creating additional methods which he calls from "Main" and is really understanding the whole method concept really well. The 8 year old doesn't really and just tosses everything in the "Main" method. And I'd say thats just fine! He doesn't really need to understand all that stuff if he isn't ready for it. He just copy/pastes the program/main lines and off he goes just like it is a linear langauge. As he gets older and gains more of an understanding of what is going on KPL will grow with him.
Is KPL the absolute best way to teach young kids? I don't know. But had the 11 year old been using BASIC and just made "hello world" pop up on the screen I doubt him or his younger brother would have been near as interested in playing with it and learning it as they are when they can make objects move around, change color, etc.
KPL is a structured not a linear language thus the requirement for well... structure. Is it a requirement for a languge to be linear for kids to learn it? If you think so then KPL obviously isn't for your kids. Many others disagree.
Was just going to post that myself ;-)
Here is also some more technical info on it.
Am I going to get sued for blocking all those random girls from eastern europe and asia from contacting me via Skype?
My hopes for wireless could begin to be met with this but the real cool stuff probably won't happen until WiMax is widespread and available on one of these.
;-)
My hopes are that you can bounce around and whenever you are in a hotspot (getting pretty common) you have access to online streaming music. There is no shortage of online services offering personalized radio station type functionality, having this available on a portable while around town sounds great to me. Don't need to download everything just have it stream to me. So I'm in the coffee shop or the mall and pickup a hotspot where I can tune to my station.
With WiMax support this would obviously expand the possiblities greatly. Why pay for XM radio when you can have customized content streamed to your car?
The "killer" aspect of the Zune I'm actually mostly hoping for is for it to also be a portable media center. The have a really nice easy interface to XP/Vista media center so I can just load a few of my recorded shows on it to watch on the train. Just load my own DVR'd version of the Colbert Report instead of having to pay ITunes for it!
Come on submitters! There is a generally accepted format for submissions like this! Please follow the rules. The format is:
_________ plans ________ killer!
In this case: TransMedia plans Office killer!
If you ignore these simple rules people may be confused and mistake this for actual news.
Ahhh! Reading it that way makes it all make WAY more sense ;-) Thx!
OK sorry to respond to myself but another link says:
;-)
9:29 am: But what's in the box? One Wii remote, one nunchuk both included. Don't forget about Wii Sports, the first pack-in game at launch since the SNES. Speaking of which, we're now seeing a demo of bowling, one of the games included in Wii Sports.
So I guess it does come with them? I guess this confusing info is what I get for reading information this early right after the announcement
I'm a little worried by a part of this article. Perhaps I'm just not understanding it correctly. They say:
Q: How much are additional remotes?
A: The Wiimote has a MSRP of $39.99 and the nunchuk has an MSRP of $19.99 -- they are sold separately.
So does that mean the controllers that come with the Wii AREN'T the Wiimote? So if you want to get a couple of those its going to basically cost $300?
Just because I was curious about a more exact meaning of "fascit" (wasn't really sure the exact meaning through out time) I ran to wikipedia for a quick read and found this among the descriptions about fascits.
This meant embracing nationalism and mysticism, and advancing ideals of strength and power as means of legitimacy, glorifying war as an end in itself and victory as the determinant of truth and worthiness. An affinity to these ideas can be found in Social Darwinism. These ideas are in direct opposition to the ideals of humanism and rationalism characteristic of the Age of Enlightenment, from which liberalism and, later, Marxism would emerge.
and I'm left thinking..... which side of this "war on terror" does this sound like?
True, so as thing stand today you can get a Wii and XBox Core + HD for $50 more than the PS3. However, I'm really expecting MS to announce a price drop within the next month or so (I think they've been waiting for the offical Wii pricing). I'd really be pretty suprised now that the Wii is just $50 cheaper than the Core system that MS didn't knock $50 of both models. So the Core will be the same price. And of course that would also mean you could get a Wii and a 360 Premium for the price of a PS3.
Also for the price of the high-end PS3 you can by a Wii, an XBox 360 Core, and one game.
the PlayStation 3 will be releasing in just a few months
Well I guess that depends where you live.
Spin, hype, hate, and fanboy adoration are quite typical in this business
True, but how often do you see such a large percentage of previous fanboys switch to being haters before the product even launches?
Decided to stop there because the rest of the article is very contradictory and they "point - counterpoint" themselves without my help. Example:
When defending the PS3 price they say well its got extra stuff like HDMI.
When defending why the base system won't support HDMI they say because people don't really need it.
Summarizing there a bit but thats how the rest of the article comes off.
I'd mostly agree with that but not entirely. They also like thier private DRM to try to lock others out. Now yes, the iPod can play non-DRMed media but in order to legally purchase most media off the net (movies, music, etc) the content owners will only allow it if its protected with DRM so your certainly correct there. However, if Apple didn't really care they'd license thier DRM to other online stores. Apple cares a LOT about that! ;-) If they did that they'd have tons of competitors to iTMS. As it is all competitors must use other DRM because Apple won't license theirs. This is mostly the MS DRM (since they are willing to license it). From there customers must find someway to strip the MS DRM and convert to mp3, etc (since iPods funny enough don't support other DRM) before they can play it on thier iPod. So just buying from iTMS in the 1st place is just WAY easier.
We'll see if this comes back to bite them later but they certainly have an interest in thier DRM. Basically thier DRM puts them in a position where even though the iPod can play non-DRMed media, you basically have to buy all your online media from them (unless you want to jump through a bunch of hoops).
Because if you don't have the patent, someone else will get it and enforce it on you.
Why the hell do you idiots equate Blu-Ray with Sony?
Answer this question. When the movie studios and hardware builders license the Blu-ray format where do those licesning fees end up going? Thats right Sony. Saying Blu-ray shouldn't be equated with Sony because their customers/partners also have some input on the product is like saying Windows shouldn't be equated MS because they get input from thier customers.
From the technology side I have no idea if Sony can do this. From a business side I see issues with this however. Correct me if I'm wrong here, but I believe the lion's share of revenue for licensing the DVD format goes to Toshiba. Since putting both formats (DVD and HD-DVD) on one disk could give them a competitive advantage, I'd expect Toshiba to allow disk manufactures to use both HD-DVD and DVD on the same disk basically for the same licensing fee as HD-DVD by itself. Sony won't have that same ability (unless they eat the DVD licensing fees themselves) meaning disk manufactures will have to license Blu-ray and DVD seperately and thus basically double the licensing fees.
Just more some interesting (and sometimes scary) information. Not actually that site, but found it on a link from that site is interesting site about senators approval ratings. One of those scary things is the infamous Ted "bridge to nowhere" "internet is series of tubes" Stevens has the 28th highest approval rating of the 100 senators :-(
For a more specific example, here is a article (long read though) with code examples for creating a MCE plug-in which converts the default MCE recorded TV files (DVR-MS) into WMV files. There are similar tools for converting to MPEG, etc but this has the nice article explaining everything.
Well, there are quite a number of sites where you can find pleanty of info (MS, MSDN, etc, etc) about all the above, but here is probably the best source for just about everything MCE related. Its a community site, but also offers tons of plug-in info, and can help with basically any questions you have if you cannot already find it with a quick search. A great community who are happy to answer any questions you have.
Comparing 10 properties hardly seems very detailed.
What information presented in the chart doesn't apply to MCE 2005/R2/Vista.
There is now software decoding
There is not extensive plug-in support
Its not single unit, you have the same master/slave they talk about with Myth with use of media center extenders
Record only locally but play locally or any extender device