Actually, it's a symptom of greed. The developers know they're going to sell a helluva lot more console copies of the game, so guess who their primary target audience is? PC versions today are often done as an afterthought and treated like a red-headed stepchild.
Some of the old Dell Optiplexes had only one front USB port--and it was mounted under a front flip panel, facing downwards (like yours), with the added bonus that a lip was right under it that made it almost impossible to fit in any thumb drive (or even most USB cables) without bending or breaking the port.
I should also note that the Tivo HD models all have a huge annoying downside that my cableco's native DVR doesn't, they can't upconvert existing SD chennels to an HD signal. Why is that important? Because every time I change channels between an SD channel and HD channel on a Tivo, my TV has to auto-adjust to the new signal (causing a serious delay and screen flickering). with my cableco's DVR, the TV thinks its always getting an HD signal, and so no such adjustments needed. This probably isn't as bad on some HDTV's, but on mine it makes channel surfing annoying as hell.
Then you need to tell Time Warner and Comcast they're both violating federal law, because their newer SDV channels do not work with any existing cablecards. You have to get an SDV adapter--which may or may not be available from your local cableco, and may or may not actually work.
I used to have a Tivo. I had two in fact, including my personal favorite DVR of all-time, the Humax Tivo (to my knowledge, the only stand-alone DVR to date that allows you to burn your recordings to DVD). Tivo had great features, one-of-a-kind abilities (like the aforementioned burning to DVD option), and the best user interface in the DVR business. There were some downsides (a lousy 30 minute recording queue, sluggish menu performance on some of the models, etc.). But for the most part it was *the* superior DVR.
So why did I give it up? Two reasons: digital cable and HD. Tivo lagged way behind my cableco's native DVR on implementing both. Cablecards took a while to come out, and were buggy and a pain in the ass to install. Their HD models were expensive and, again, lagged behind my cableco. And when my cableco went to Switched Digital Video (SDV) even the cablecard stopped working for many of the newer HD channels. It just got tiring having to constantly wrestle with my cableco over my rogue DVR. It was a lot easier for me to just pay the $9 a month and get the cableco's native DVR (which is actually pretty good, though certainly no Tivo). That's probably what the cableco intended all along, I'm sure--but I'm not going to spend a fortune and put up with missing channels just to tell them to go to hell.
Tivo's collapse as DVR leader can basically be traced to one thing: their failure to license their technology to or reach an agreement with the cable companies. Without the official support of the Time-Warners and Comcasts of the world, they've essentially condemned themselves to forever being the outsider in the digital TV world. So they will always lag behind with kludgy solutions like buggy cablecards and hit-or-miss SDV adapters (don't get me started on those things). And, even for a pretty dedicated videophile and TV addict like myself, the native cableco DVR is just too tempting an alternative.
That's one of the many things I like about Wargames. David can actually type like someone who's pretty used to using a computer. And his room actually looks like mine did in the 80's.
At least five percent of respondents were ditzy girls who had drunkenly kissed another girl at a bar once on a dare from their boyfriends and who think that...like....might make them bi....or something.
Citation You'll also note in the article that there's also a healthy mix of big government contractors (who stand to make a lot of $$ on any new security contracts) involved. So I guess you can add "and to make money" to "embarrass Obama and the Democrats" and "to scare people into giving up more civil liberties" on the list of reasons behind this bullshit "exercise."
That "excercise" was conducted by a bunch of former Bush officials and other neocons. It wasn't a test of our cyber security, it was a propaganda tool designed to embarass the Obama administration and urge a further erosion of our civil liberties.
In all fairness the editors, anti-MS FUD is the/. equivalent of catnip. Can't blame them for catering to the audience when 80% of/. would happily click on an article whose headline was "Bill Gates is the Anti-Christ says random Catholic priest."
Is this the same Italy that let a a fugitive child rapist attend an awards ceremony in their country without the slightest fear of arrest? So I guess it's okay to rape a kid as long as you don't bully them on Youtube? What noble defenders of our kids, that Italian government!
It's not just child sex crimes. Dick Cheney leveraged terrorism and 9-11 to achieve two goals that he had been seeking long before anyone had ever heard of Osama Bin Laden--the restoration of pre-Watergate Presidential power and the invasion and occupation of Iraq.
That which gives us the freedom to speak freely and openly and to be more politically honest citizens also gives us the freedom to lie, cheat, and to be griefers and general douchebags.
Considering all the anti-internet, anti-gaming, anti-pron laws and sentiment that seems to have become so pervasive in Australia recently (much to the delight of/. editors, who have had no shortage of great front page stories from there recently) I propose that Australia must, to protect its citizens from the immoral influence of the internet, REMOVE ITSELF FROM THE INTERNET IMMEDIATELY. It's the only way to be sure.
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Actually, it's a symptom of greed. The developers know they're going to sell a helluva lot more console copies of the game, so guess who their primary target audience is? PC versions today are often done as an afterthought and treated like a red-headed stepchild.
Damn, you beat me to it!
Some of the old Dell Optiplexes had only one front USB port--and it was mounted under a front flip panel, facing downwards (like yours), with the added bonus that a lip was right under it that made it almost impossible to fit in any thumb drive (or even most USB cables) without bending or breaking the port.
As a longtime Fallout 3 serial killer, I ain't afraid of no cops. Let's see them take me in when I'm holding a loaded Fat Man!
I should also note that the Tivo HD models all have a huge annoying downside that my cableco's native DVR doesn't, they can't upconvert existing SD chennels to an HD signal. Why is that important? Because every time I change channels between an SD channel and HD channel on a Tivo, my TV has to auto-adjust to the new signal (causing a serious delay and screen flickering). with my cableco's DVR, the TV thinks its always getting an HD signal, and so no such adjustments needed. This probably isn't as bad on some HDTV's, but on mine it makes channel surfing annoying as hell.
Then you need to tell Time Warner and Comcast they're both violating federal law, because their newer SDV channels do not work with any existing cablecards. You have to get an SDV adapter--which may or may not be available from your local cableco, and may or may not actually work.
No, but Ally Sheedy was there.
I used to have a Tivo. I had two in fact, including my personal favorite DVR of all-time, the Humax Tivo (to my knowledge, the only stand-alone DVR to date that allows you to burn your recordings to DVD). Tivo had great features, one-of-a-kind abilities (like the aforementioned burning to DVD option), and the best user interface in the DVR business. There were some downsides (a lousy 30 minute recording queue, sluggish menu performance on some of the models, etc.). But for the most part it was *the* superior DVR.
So why did I give it up? Two reasons: digital cable and HD. Tivo lagged way behind my cableco's native DVR on implementing both. Cablecards took a while to come out, and were buggy and a pain in the ass to install. Their HD models were expensive and, again, lagged behind my cableco. And when my cableco went to Switched Digital Video (SDV) even the cablecard stopped working for many of the newer HD channels. It just got tiring having to constantly wrestle with my cableco over my rogue DVR. It was a lot easier for me to just pay the $9 a month and get the cableco's native DVR (which is actually pretty good, though certainly no Tivo). That's probably what the cableco intended all along, I'm sure--but I'm not going to spend a fortune and put up with missing channels just to tell them to go to hell.
Tivo's collapse as DVR leader can basically be traced to one thing: their failure to license their technology to or reach an agreement with the cable companies. Without the official support of the Time-Warners and Comcasts of the world, they've essentially condemned themselves to forever being the outsider in the digital TV world. So they will always lag behind with kludgy solutions like buggy cablecards and hit-or-miss SDV adapters (don't get me started on those things). And, even for a pretty dedicated videophile and TV addict like myself, the native cableco DVR is just too tempting an alternative.
I already blame Rick Astley for pretty much everything else that's wrong with the world--might as well add that to the list.
I'm pretty sure it would be hard to mistake goatse as anything but an intentional prank.
That's one of the many things I like about Wargames. David can actually type like someone who's pretty used to using a computer. And his room actually looks like mine did in the 80's.
I say we nuke the cradle from space.
At least five percent of respondents were ditzy girls who had drunkenly kissed another girl at a bar once on a dare from their boyfriends and who think that...like....might make them bi....or something.
Citation You'll also note in the article that there's also a healthy mix of big government contractors (who stand to make a lot of $$ on any new security contracts) involved. So I guess you can add "and to make money" to "embarrass Obama and the Democrats" and "to scare people into giving up more civil liberties" on the list of reasons behind this bullshit "exercise."
That "excercise" was conducted by a bunch of former Bush officials and other neocons. It wasn't a test of our cyber security, it was a propaganda tool designed to embarass the Obama administration and urge a further erosion of our civil liberties.
Brains could incite zombies to violence, therefore Australia has banned them.
In all fairness the editors, anti-MS FUD is the /. equivalent of catnip. Can't blame them for catering to the audience when 80% of /. would happily click on an article whose headline was "Bill Gates is the Anti-Christ says random Catholic priest."
Well how else is he supposed to promote his new reality show?
It's Australia. Unless you hit them directly in Sydney, they probably wouldn't even notice they'd been nuked.
Is this the same Italy that let a a fugitive child rapist attend an awards ceremony in their country without the slightest fear of arrest? So I guess it's okay to rape a kid as long as you don't bully them on Youtube? What noble defenders of our kids, that Italian government!
It's not just child sex crimes. Dick Cheney leveraged terrorism and 9-11 to achieve two goals that he had been seeking long before anyone had ever heard of Osama Bin Laden--the restoration of pre-Watergate Presidential power and the invasion and occupation of Iraq.
I think the Italian government made it quiet clear that they were the enemy when they started slapping handcuffs on Google execs.
That which gives us the freedom to speak freely and openly and to be more politically honest citizens also gives us the freedom to lie, cheat, and to be griefers and general douchebags.
Considering all the anti-internet, anti-gaming, anti-pron laws and sentiment that seems to have become so pervasive in Australia recently (much to the delight of /. editors, who have had no shortage of great front page stories from there recently) I propose that Australia must, to protect its citizens from the immoral influence of the internet, REMOVE ITSELF FROM THE INTERNET IMMEDIATELY. It's the only way to be sure.