I though NCSoft's own Guild Wars handled it well too, simply by making it trivially easy to switch between servers. IT doesn't really matter what server you and your friend's log into, because communicating with them and switching to a common server (doesn't really matter which one) is as easy as a drop down menu. That's what really turns me off about WoW. How am I supposed to play with friends when then only option I have is to either create a newbie chracter on their server (not very useful if they're 70th level) and going through the ridiculously tedious process of moving a character to another server (which you can do what, once in the character's lifetime?).
Quite a few French Canadians in Quebec would probably pop a blood vessel on reading that statement. But, then again, they're always pissed off about something.
Who is even *supposed* to find that girl attractive? I mean, seriously, that's just disturbing. If I thought it was real, it would be VERY disturbing. That ad is certainly provocative, but not in the way I think it was intended to be.
I accept with your point that the 360 was primarily designed for gaming. But, that said, I must confess that I use my 360 mostly for non-gaming stuff. I'd say my 360 is used about 30% of the time for gaming and about 70% of the time for streaming Netflix and watching DVD's and HD-DVD's (yes I know that format is dead, but the discs are dirt cheap now and why pay a lot more for the blu-ray version when it's the same transfer). The 360 is the only console that can stream Netflix (without some hack, anyway) and it's one of the few DVD players I've seen that properly switches between different aspect ratios automatically on a widescreen TV--it knows I have a widescreen TV and will play an anamorphic or HD disc in 16:9, but if I put in a non-anamorphic DVD it will play it at its proper 4:3 ratio without stretching the image, whereas all my other players will try to play non-anamorphic discs at 16:9 (distorting the image) unless I manually go into the menu and tell it I have a 4:3 TV.
He was actually a federal prosecutor for years before he came to the FBI. I wonder how many innocent people are in prison today (and how many guilty people are on the streets) because of this moron's poor judgment.
It raises the question "If the head of the FBI can so easily be suckered by an email, how easily can he and the rest of the FBI be suckered by other criminals too?" This guy is supposely to be savvy enough to see through terrorist plots, but he's not even savvy enough to see through the oldest internet con in the book?
Will this "Steve Jobs" you speak of allow me to give him my life's savings and reside at a communal compound somewhere? I'm very lonely and weak-minded and will gladly participate in any mass suicide pacts if he asks.
As I was reading your comment, I noticed it was in small black letters against a big white background. Big black background too intimidating for ya, cracker??
Actually, doesn't AT&T have download caps on its cell network? I imagine someone using Skype regularly would hit that wall pretty fast, and end up paying AT&T for the overage anyway. Combine that with the fact that they will probably ultimately figure out a way to override the FCC's recent stance on net neutrality (allowing them to degrade VoIP calls with packet shaping), and it seems that they might not lose anything with this move after all. It's likely more of a PR move to placate the FCC and get Apple off the hook. I very seriously doubt they're just going to roll over and let users bypass their phone network entirely (not that this is even possible, since I don't think they even offer a data-only plan for the iPhone).
No, Apple just doesn't want people getting free flash apps on the internet when they could be paying Apple money for apps with the same functionality in the app store. It's not a technical matter, but rather a financial one, that keeps flash off the iPhone.
That's not true. Pointing out an party's bias or conflict of interest in an argument is a perfectly valid criticism. A neutral viewer has every right to know when one of the parties involved has a vested financial/political/ideological interest in defending a particular point of view, and hence a motivation to be dishonest or exaggerate their argument to serve said interest.
If history is any indication, Hollywood will be doing an American version any day now--complete with a cast of throw-offs from assorted Comedy Central shows, former SNL cast members, and various improv troupes. It will be bland and not as good as the original, but it will make the stars a lot more money than the original cast ever got and it will run for about 20 years.
Section 508 is a bitch to work with, especially the "best practices." It's one of the reasons so many government sites look like generic webpages from 1997. Designing a site that is both professional looking, presents information in a compelling way, contains modern useful tools, and complies completely with section 508 best practices is nigh impossible. I'm all for the blind having accessibility. But 98% of the population shouldn't have to suffer because 2% of the population is blind. Section 508 ideally even discourages separate alternative pages for the blind. And don't even THINK about including any video, audio, or java/flash apps (unless you're willing to pay big bucks for subtitles, transcripts, etc.).
Actually, cable-wise you pretty much *are* locked into them if they have the cable franchise in your city and you can't use satellite (your house faces the wrong way, live in an apartment, etc.). And even on the broadband internet side, most people only have 2 or 3 options at the most. In my city, if you don't go Comcast for broadband, the only other option is AT&T DSL (which is limited to a measly 3 Mbps in this city).
We're already down to just a few companies that control virtually every media producer and distribution pipeline in the country. It's little surprise these guys oppose net neutrality. Without some sort of government imposed net neutrality, they can essentially shut out even the indie media producers from online distribution. Then they would control pretty much everything we see and hear (or, more importantly, DON'T see and hear).
In that case, ebay should start a program where established sellers of legitimate software could sign up and be whitelisted, while still excluding the pirates. That would be fair, as opposed to the ridiculous blanket ban on selling ALL used PC software they seem to have now.
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I though NCSoft's own Guild Wars handled it well too, simply by making it trivially easy to switch between servers. IT doesn't really matter what server you and your friend's log into, because communicating with them and switching to a common server (doesn't really matter which one) is as easy as a drop down menu. That's what really turns me off about WoW. How am I supposed to play with friends when then only option I have is to either create a newbie chracter on their server (not very useful if they're 70th level) and going through the ridiculously tedious process of moving a character to another server (which you can do what, once in the character's lifetime?).
Quite a few French Canadians in Quebec would probably pop a blood vessel on reading that statement. But, then again, they're always pissed off about something.
Who is even *supposed* to find that girl attractive? I mean, seriously, that's just disturbing. If I thought it was real, it would be VERY disturbing. That ad is certainly provocative, but not in the way I think it was intended to be.
Okay, who gave the FBI mod points?
It's probably best that he stay off the internet. Of course, it's probably also best that he not be the head of the FBI either.
I accept with your point that the 360 was primarily designed for gaming. But, that said, I must confess that I use my 360 mostly for non-gaming stuff. I'd say my 360 is used about 30% of the time for gaming and about 70% of the time for streaming Netflix and watching DVD's and HD-DVD's (yes I know that format is dead, but the discs are dirt cheap now and why pay a lot more for the blu-ray version when it's the same transfer). The 360 is the only console that can stream Netflix (without some hack, anyway) and it's one of the few DVD players I've seen that properly switches between different aspect ratios automatically on a widescreen TV--it knows I have a widescreen TV and will play an anamorphic or HD disc in 16:9, but if I put in a non-anamorphic DVD it will play it at its proper 4:3 ratio without stretching the image, whereas all my other players will try to play non-anamorphic discs at 16:9 (distorting the image) unless I manually go into the menu and tell it I have a 4:3 TV.
We just wait for the Al Quaida to attack the FBI director and the FBI will finally start to bring them down the next day.
He was actually a federal prosecutor for years before he came to the FBI. I wonder how many innocent people are in prison today (and how many guilty people are on the streets) because of this moron's poor judgment.
It raises the question "If the head of the FBI can so easily be suckered by an email, how easily can he and the rest of the FBI be suckered by other criminals too?" This guy is supposely to be savvy enough to see through terrorist plots, but he's not even savvy enough to see through the oldest internet con in the book?
Will this "Steve Jobs" you speak of allow me to give him my life's savings and reside at a communal compound somewhere? I'm very lonely and weak-minded and will gladly participate in any mass suicide pacts if he asks.
Until 2620, when astronomers change its name to Urectum, we're still stuck with that stupid joke.
As I was reading your comment, I noticed it was in small black letters against a big white background. Big black background too intimidating for ya, cracker??
Actually, doesn't AT&T have download caps on its cell network? I imagine someone using Skype regularly would hit that wall pretty fast, and end up paying AT&T for the overage anyway. Combine that with the fact that they will probably ultimately figure out a way to override the FCC's recent stance on net neutrality (allowing them to degrade VoIP calls with packet shaping), and it seems that they might not lose anything with this move after all. It's likely more of a PR move to placate the FCC and get Apple off the hook. I very seriously doubt they're just going to roll over and let users bypass their phone network entirely (not that this is even possible, since I don't think they even offer a data-only plan for the iPhone).
I thought AT&T denied having any involvement in pulling VoIP apps from the app store in the first place.
No, Apple just doesn't want people getting free flash apps on the internet when they could be paying Apple money for apps with the same functionality in the app store. It's not a technical matter, but rather a financial one, that keeps flash off the iPhone.
I always thought that "kdawson" was just an Alan Smithee type pseudonym that /. editors put on stories they were particularly ashamed of.
I have a Mac in the great room to impress women and my artsy friends. But I have a PC in the home office to actually get some work done.
That's not true. Pointing out an party's bias or conflict of interest in an argument is a perfectly valid criticism. A neutral viewer has every right to know when one of the parties involved has a vested financial/political/ideological interest in defending a particular point of view, and hence a motivation to be dishonest or exaggerate their argument to serve said interest.
If history is any indication, Hollywood will be doing an American version any day now--complete with a cast of throw-offs from assorted Comedy Central shows, former SNL cast members, and various improv troupes. It will be bland and not as good as the original, but it will make the stars a lot more money than the original cast ever got and it will run for about 20 years.
To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.
Section 508 is a bitch to work with, especially the "best practices." It's one of the reasons so many government sites look like generic webpages from 1997. Designing a site that is both professional looking, presents information in a compelling way, contains modern useful tools, and complies completely with section 508 best practices is nigh impossible. I'm all for the blind having accessibility. But 98% of the population shouldn't have to suffer because 2% of the population is blind. Section 508 ideally even discourages separate alternative pages for the blind. And don't even THINK about including any video, audio, or java/flash apps (unless you're willing to pay big bucks for subtitles, transcripts, etc.).
The lowly beer bottle has had a much greater impact on the world's institutions of higher learning than all other academic topics combined.
Actually, cable-wise you pretty much *are* locked into them if they have the cable franchise in your city and you can't use satellite (your house faces the wrong way, live in an apartment, etc.). And even on the broadband internet side, most people only have 2 or 3 options at the most. In my city, if you don't go Comcast for broadband, the only other option is AT&T DSL (which is limited to a measly 3 Mbps in this city).
We're already down to just a few companies that control virtually every media producer and distribution pipeline in the country. It's little surprise these guys oppose net neutrality. Without some sort of government imposed net neutrality, they can essentially shut out even the indie media producers from online distribution. Then they would control pretty much everything we see and hear (or, more importantly, DON'T see and hear).
In that case, ebay should start a program where established sellers of legitimate software could sign up and be whitelisted, while still excluding the pirates. That would be fair, as opposed to the ridiculous blanket ban on selling ALL used PC software they seem to have now.