Identifying planets like ours means nothing until we understand how life started here. If it was a simple process, then life is probably common "out there." If it was a one-in-a-trillion fluke accident, then you could have a galaxy filled with "class M" planets, and life would still be very, very rare.
The main problem with XNA games is that you HAVE to charge for them. There is no option to make them available for free. This was, in part, a pragmatic decision for MS (to keep their servers from being overwhelmed by free stuff and to make money, of course). But it only highlights once again how far the console has to go before it ever offers anywhere near the value and freedom of a PC.
The REAL problem with DRM is something common to WiiWware, 360 arcade, the PSN store, and virtually everything else DRM touches, namely:
What happens when the parent company gets tired of supporting it? What happens when they no longer answer the phone when you call them to transfer your account to a new console (or, alternatively, they answer and tell you "Sorry, we're no longer supporting that console model/DRM scheme")? What happens when they shutdown their old DRM servers (like Walmart threatened to do recently).
I'll tell you what happens. You kiss your "owned" music/games/movies goodbye. THAT'S the problem with DRM. Unlike with physical media, you never really OWN your media. All you've bought is an extended rental, whose rental period could end at any time.
I wish I had mod points. There is simply no way to arrive at any meaningful number based on what we know right now (which is very little). Until we can accurately understand how life even began HERE, there is no way to know how common or uncommon this occurrence is across the galaxy.
Not every Christian during the middle ages was a crusader, but that still doesn't excuse their tacit indifference in sitting back and allowing the church to commit such atrocities.
I know I'm invoking Godwin's Law here, but I should point out that Denmark had the guts to stand up to the Nazi's back when everyone was too scared to poke them too.
So I can publish games that include demons, prostitutes, foul language, and abhorrent levels of bloodshed and violence--just as long as it doesn't piss off a Muslim somewhere?
Back when the 2nd amendment was created, that was EXACTLY its intent (even though it ws not publicly acknowledged as such). In order to establish a stronger federal government than had been allowed under the Articles of Confederation and get the new Constitution ratified, the Federalists had to give the public and states some assurance that the new government would not set itself up as a new quasi-monarchy. One of those assurances was that the government could not divest states and citizenry of the weapons they had used to overthrow British control a few years earlier (an implied right to rebel if the new government proved as heavy-handed as the British government).
Now practically, it's true that it would be a lot more difficult to rebel today than in the late 18th century with mere firearms. But if there are enough people equipped with small arms in a guerrilla insurgency, they can hopelessly mire down any government attempting to control them (just look at what simple insurgents were able to do in Vietnam and Iraq with just rifles and simple explosives). Tanks, large bombs, and airpower are overpowering in conventional warfare, but not nearly as useful against a massive citizen-based insurgency.
I'm just glad there is finally an issue that the U.S. isn't taking the most heavy-handed puritanical stance on. Even the bible-thumpers and think-of-the-children nutballs in the U.S. don't have the brass balls to push something like THAT through.
Firewire is still the best way to import/export DV video. Most of my Mini-DV cameras only have firewire ports. So pretty important to have it for *me*, be it Mac or PC.
Yeah but, unlike ISA>PCI, Firewire is actually BETTER than the only connection the new Macbooks offer (USB 2.0). It irks me because Firewire is still my choice for importing and exporting DV video. USB 2.0 just isn't up to snuff (not with the equipment I use, anyway).
Any designer who doesn't think FIRST and FOREMOST about how his site is going to look in Internet Explorer is performing a major disservice to his clients. As a designer, I design for IE first, Firefox second, and every other browser third. If I started with W3C compliance and built out from there, I would have to double my rates (and the resulting sites would be a lot wonkier in IE to boot).
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Identifying planets like ours means nothing until we understand how life started here. If it was a simple process, then life is probably common "out there." If it was a one-in-a-trillion fluke accident, then you could have a galaxy filled with "class M" planets, and life would still be very, very rare.
If the noble anaerobic bacteria go extinct, who will putrify our corpses in their sealed graves?
The main problem with XNA games is that you HAVE to charge for them. There is no option to make them available for free. This was, in part, a pragmatic decision for MS (to keep their servers from being overwhelmed by free stuff and to make money, of course). But it only highlights once again how far the console has to go before it ever offers anywhere near the value and freedom of a PC.
The REAL problem with DRM is something common to WiiWware, 360 arcade, the PSN store, and virtually everything else DRM touches, namely:
What happens when the parent company gets tired of supporting it? What happens when they no longer answer the phone when you call them to transfer your account to a new console (or, alternatively, they answer and tell you "Sorry, we're no longer supporting that console model/DRM scheme")? What happens when they shutdown their old DRM servers (like Walmart threatened to do recently).
I'll tell you what happens. You kiss your "owned" music/games/movies goodbye. THAT'S the problem with DRM. Unlike with physical media, you never really OWN your media. All you've bought is an extended rental, whose rental period could end at any time.
I wish I had mod points. There is simply no way to arrive at any meaningful number based on what we know right now (which is very little). Until we can accurately understand how life even began HERE, there is no way to know how common or uncommon this occurrence is across the galaxy.
Does this mean my PSN account will get banned if I quote the Quran?
That argument would hold a lot more water if Sony had shown the same respect "not to be intentionally offensive" when Christians complained.
Not every Christian during the middle ages was a crusader, but that still doesn't excuse their tacit indifference in sitting back and allowing the church to commit such atrocities.
Get back to me when abortion clinic bombings become an everyday occurrence like religious murders in the Muslim world.
I know I'm invoking Godwin's Law here, but I should point out that Denmark had the guts to stand up to the Nazi's back when everyone was too scared to poke them too.
Yeah, but crazy Islamo-nutballs don't come blow up your building when you quote the Bible.
Sadly, this is not a troll post.
Yeah, but the West left most of their worst religious-nutball-inspired-violence behind hundreds of years ago. Muslims are still doing it.
"Religion of Peace" indeed.
So I can publish games that include demons, prostitutes, foul language, and abhorrent levels of bloodshed and violence--just as long as it doesn't piss off a Muslim somewhere?
Back when the 2nd amendment was created, that was EXACTLY its intent (even though it ws not publicly acknowledged as such). In order to establish a stronger federal government than had been allowed under the Articles of Confederation and get the new Constitution ratified, the Federalists had to give the public and states some assurance that the new government would not set itself up as a new quasi-monarchy. One of those assurances was that the government could not divest states and citizenry of the weapons they had used to overthrow British control a few years earlier (an implied right to rebel if the new government proved as heavy-handed as the British government).
Now practically, it's true that it would be a lot more difficult to rebel today than in the late 18th century with mere firearms. But if there are enough people equipped with small arms in a guerrilla insurgency, they can hopelessly mire down any government attempting to control them (just look at what simple insurgents were able to do in Vietnam and Iraq with just rifles and simple explosives). Tanks, large bombs, and airpower are overpowering in conventional warfare, but not nearly as useful against a massive citizen-based insurgency.
I'm just glad there is finally an issue that the U.S. isn't taking the most heavy-handed puritanical stance on. Even the bible-thumpers and think-of-the-children nutballs in the U.S. don't have the brass balls to push something like THAT through.
Firewire is still the best way to import/export DV video. Most of my Mini-DV cameras only have firewire ports. So pretty important to have it for *me*, be it Mac or PC.
Yeah but, unlike ISA>PCI, Firewire is actually BETTER than the only connection the new Macbooks offer (USB 2.0). It irks me because Firewire is still my choice for importing and exporting DV video. USB 2.0 just isn't up to snuff (not with the equipment I use, anyway).
As a friend of Bill W., I can tell you that he probably really needs a drink right now. God knows I do.
My status as a Google shareholder is in beta too.
Part of me wants to say "Wow, what an impressive accomplishment!" Another part of me wants to get him some serious psychiatric help.
Warner Brothers announced today that they are going to keep making Batman movies until the franchise is no longer profitable.
Well, if in space no one can hear you scream when the alien attacks, at least they can tell that you've shit your pants.
Any designer who doesn't think FIRST and FOREMOST about how his site is going to look in Internet Explorer is performing a major disservice to his clients. As a designer, I design for IE first, Firefox second, and every other browser third. If I started with W3C compliance and built out from there, I would have to double my rates (and the resulting sites would be a lot wonkier in IE to boot).