It's trivial for the writer of the "application" to include the legitimite Word document file icon as part of the.exe. Heck, at that point, calling it Partyinvite.exe would be enough to fool most people who have the extensions hidden, because they wouldn't be used to seeing.doc at the end of the name.
So we know that we can't get non-security patches for XP after next week... In the last year or so, what types of patches has MS released that AREN'T security patches? The only example I've seen on this thread were the change in daylight savings time. Can someone give me a few other examples from the last year or so of XP updates that we wouldn't be able to get today?
Right, it's the 10 year anniversary of the Dreamcast! Didn't they use some Beatles recording to promote that release too? How did that commercial go again?
There are actually two reasons to keep a GBC instead of/in addition to an SP. The first, is the infared wireless port on the GBC. It was used in a few games (Pokemon mostly) for various quick multiplayer/data transfer bits. The second, is the game Kirby's Tilt and Tumble, which had a motion sensor in the cartridge to detect the tilting of the system. The cartridge slot points towards the bottom on the GBA SP instead of the top, so all of the tilting would be read the opposite of normal. You could play it on an original GBA though.
Games announced "for the DSi"... does this mean that DS and DS Lite will not play Mario and Luigi 3 or the new Trace Memory? Is this actually a new generation instead of an upgrade? If it's an upgrade, I'll probably pass, but if this is actually the new generation, and is required to play future games, then they probably have a sale, sad to say.
You're acting as if the judges made this decision from a pro-spam position. It's not. They are technically correct that the law is too broad, and covers certain things that shouldn't be illegal. It's a shame that it means that spam runs free (In VA) for the time being though. I wonder if because of this law being struck down, that if Virginia creates a more specific law to replace it, if it will be able to exist retroactively to the date the original law was passed...
But basically, the project is more or less doing that, actually using a subset of numbers where the exponent is a known prime. Those numbers were chosen particularly because they're easy to test. That being said, it still takes an average desktop about a month of constant computation to determine if a number that size is prime or not. So anything you can do to narrow down your search is a good thing.
Technically they aren't mandatory, but in order to be certified to run on the major platforms (Wii, 360 and PS3), the games need to be ESRB rated, and can not be rated AO. Only PC games can actually be published without being rated, and in most of these cases, stores will not carry games that don't have an ESRB rating on them.
Yes, you are paying one half the cost of the call. The cost your carrier bears. You aren't necessarily on the same carrier as the person who you are speaking with, and in such a case, each carrier gets their piece of the pie. That's why a lot of carriers provide discounts when you call people on the same carrier (well, that and it gives them cheap word of mouth advertising, but that's neither here nor there)
Lots of places stopped taking preorders on consoles, after the XBox 360 and Wii fiascos. Amazon apparently is one of them. Dunno why those other companies think they can get away with selling those for $400 over retail.
The MGS Bundle for $500 that will be in stores next week has the 80GB PS3 with backwards compatibilty. Releases June 12 at stores everywhere. This is not the same as the OMG ITZ GR3Y! Limited gunmetal edition, which is a 40GB for $600, and is only available direct from Konami (seriously, who put THAT together)
Disney licenses were used for a few classics back in the day. DuckTales and Chip and Dale Resuce Rangers come to mind. As for more recently Kingdom Hearts has been mentioned as well, but Spectrobes is another game I wish I had more time to spend on, and amazingly, it's by Disney.
Honestly, I'd trust the people who went to the convention to play it. Those people are going to be, on average, among the most dedicated gamers you can find. If a dedicated player approves, then that's good enough for me. What reason do you have to beleive that the con-goers have been coerced into providing positive reviews?
Ok, so it's obvious that the people who write these specifications don't understand what they're doing, but it isn't too much of a stretch to assume that "5 years SQL Server 2005" means "5 years of SQL Server, incliding experience with SQL Server 2005".
Well, that is their scale, others are different, but with all the games out there these days, if there are 75-80+ rated games out there in the genres you like, why would you waste time with a game rated "average"?
Someone leaked the achievements list for the Xbox 360 version of The Simpsons Game, and the list implied that there were separate levels named "Mob Rules" and "Grand Theft Scratchy"... So have they really changed the game at all, or just the marketing?
According to the Wikipedia article, you still get a shared stash, it's just half the size of the one for subscribers. And when you consider only 3 character slots instead of 20, it doesn't seem as important.
Actually, that's what subscribers get... Mule characters.:P
By slicing it into 3 minute chunks, they add places to stick ads into the middle of the show. That said, most of the video sites that do this choose horrible places to put those divisions, when they could just go where the commercials already go... except then they'd have to be larger chunks.
It's not JUST PS2 backwards compatability. It's Backwards compatibility upscaled to HiDef, and with wireless (albeit rumble-less) controllers. The lag on my LCD TV is quite noticable playing non-progressive scan PS2 games on a real PS2, and maybe playing them on a PS3 in my TV's native resolution would allieve that somewhat, so yes, I want backwards compatibility in my PS3 when I eventually get one. Still waiting on some games to make me make the jump though. Eye of Judgment looks interesting, so that makes 1, but I usually like to have 3 games to buy right away before I invest in a system.
I hated that part... I rented Bionic Commando as a kid, and managed to get there with like 4 lives left, but I couldn't make the shot. I never did finish the game and see the ending.:(
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It's trivial for the writer of the "application" to include the legitimite Word document file icon as part of the .exe. Heck, at that point, calling it Partyinvite.exe would be enough to fool most people who have the extensions hidden, because they wouldn't be used to seeing .doc at the end of the name.
So we know that we can't get non-security patches for XP after next week... In the last year or so, what types of patches has MS released that AREN'T security patches? The only example I've seen on this thread were the change in daylight savings time. Can someone give me a few other examples from the last year or so of XP updates that we wouldn't be able to get today?
It's ok, it's not like anyone reads this far down the thread, right?
Oh wait.
Is he singing "All we wanna do is ban your games"?
I'm sorry JoCo... I had to.
Right, it's the 10 year anniversary of the Dreamcast! Didn't they use some Beatles recording to promote that release too? How did that commercial go again?
There are actually two reasons to keep a GBC instead of/in addition to an SP. The first, is the infared wireless port on the GBC. It was used in a few games (Pokemon mostly) for various quick multiplayer/data transfer bits. The second, is the game Kirby's Tilt and Tumble, which had a motion sensor in the cartridge to detect the tilting of the system. The cartridge slot points towards the bottom on the GBA SP instead of the top, so all of the tilting would be read the opposite of normal. You could play it on an original GBA though.
Games announced "for the DSi"... does this mean that DS and DS Lite will not play Mario and Luigi 3 or the new Trace Memory? Is this actually a new generation instead of an upgrade? If it's an upgrade, I'll probably pass, but if this is actually the new generation, and is required to play future games, then they probably have a sale, sad to say.
You're acting as if the judges made this decision from a pro-spam position. It's not. They are technically correct that the law is too broad, and covers certain things that shouldn't be illegal. It's a shame that it means that spam runs free (In VA) for the time being though. I wonder if because of this law being struck down, that if Virginia creates a more specific law to replace it, if it will be able to exist retroactively to the date the original law was passed...
Umm... 2? 5? 11? (10, 101, and 1011 respectively)
But basically, the project is more or less doing that, actually using a subset of numbers where the exponent is a known prime. Those numbers were chosen particularly because they're easy to test. That being said, it still takes an average desktop about a month of constant computation to determine if a number that size is prime or not. So anything you can do to narrow down your search is a good thing.
Technically they aren't mandatory, but in order to be certified to run on the major platforms (Wii, 360 and PS3), the games need to be ESRB rated, and can not be rated AO. Only PC games can actually be published without being rated, and in most of these cases, stores will not carry games that don't have an ESRB rating on them.
Yes, you are paying one half the cost of the call. The cost your carrier bears. You aren't necessarily on the same carrier as the person who you are speaking with, and in such a case, each carrier gets their piece of the pie. That's why a lot of carriers provide discounts when you call people on the same carrier (well, that and it gives them cheap word of mouth advertising, but that's neither here nor there)
I didn't misread anything. Other companies are selling through Amazon at that price. Look for yourself
Lots of places stopped taking preorders on consoles, after the XBox 360 and Wii fiascos. Amazon apparently is one of them. Dunno why those other companies think they can get away with selling those for $400 over retail.
The MGS Bundle for $500 that will be in stores next week has the 80GB PS3 with backwards compatibilty. Releases June 12 at stores everywhere. This is not the same as the OMG ITZ GR3Y! Limited gunmetal edition, which is a 40GB for $600, and is only available direct from Konami (seriously, who put THAT together)
Disney licenses were used for a few classics back in the day. DuckTales and Chip and Dale Resuce Rangers come to mind. As for more recently Kingdom Hearts has been mentioned as well, but Spectrobes is another game I wish I had more time to spend on, and amazingly, it's by Disney.
Honestly, I'd trust the people who went to the convention to play it. Those people are going to be, on average, among the most dedicated gamers you can find. If a dedicated player approves, then that's good enough for me. What reason do you have to beleive that the con-goers have been coerced into providing positive reviews?
Ok, so it's obvious that the people who write these specifications don't understand what they're doing, but it isn't too much of a stretch to assume that "5 years SQL Server 2005" means "5 years of SQL Server, incliding experience with SQL Server 2005".
I'd ask how I could vote for my journalists, but you probably don't think we're really able to vote for our politicians either.
Well, that is their scale, others are different, but with all the games out there these days, if there are 75-80+ rated games out there in the genres you like, why would you waste time with a game rated "average"?
Someone leaked the achievements list for the Xbox 360 version of The Simpsons Game, and the list implied that there were separate levels named "Mob Rules" and "Grand Theft Scratchy"... So have they really changed the game at all, or just the marketing?
According to the Wikipedia article, you still get a shared stash, it's just half the size of the one for subscribers. And when you consider only 3 character slots instead of 20, it doesn't seem as important.
:P
Actually, that's what subscribers get... Mule characters.
By slicing it into 3 minute chunks, they add places to stick ads into the middle of the show. That said, most of the video sites that do this choose horrible places to put those divisions, when they could just go where the commercials already go... except then they'd have to be larger chunks.
It's not JUST PS2 backwards compatability. It's Backwards compatibility upscaled to HiDef, and with wireless (albeit rumble-less) controllers. The lag on my LCD TV is quite noticable playing non-progressive scan PS2 games on a real PS2, and maybe playing them on a PS3 in my TV's native resolution would allieve that somewhat, so yes, I want backwards compatibility in my PS3 when I eventually get one. Still waiting on some games to make me make the jump though. Eye of Judgment looks interesting, so that makes 1, but I usually like to have 3 games to buy right away before I invest in a system.
I hated that part... I rented Bionic Commando as a kid, and managed to get there with like 4 lives left, but I couldn't make the shot. I never did finish the game and see the ending. :(
It requires more RAM than free hard disc space. That made me chuckle that little extra bit.