yes, those chips let you own your console again, instead of renting it for a one time fee from the manufacturer whom you purchased it from...
people are so quick and ready to jump on these "circumvention" devices because they think they are only used for copyright infringement.
well i could care less about playing copied games. i just want the machine to be mine... to run code i want it to run. how hard is that to understand?
people put up with this blatantly illegal/immoral shit because they are "game machines". that you pay money for them and then don't have the ability to use them as you wish, doesn't enter their teeny tiny brains.
if they tried this with some major item, like cars, people would be up in arms.
imagine some ordinary object in your life... that you buy and then later find out, there are restrictions on what you can do with it... set by the manufacturer... who sold you the product and then has the gall to tell you what you can do with what you own.
i guess you didn't realize the massive DRM capabilities of the xbox/revolution/ps3 consoles with their IBM power cpus....
if this will be required by the industry (blackmail, extortion, whatever means they have to use to get them on board), what makes you think there will be any major manufacturers left that won't succumb to their threats?
more die space and engineering resources spent for something that NO single customer wants, err if you don't count mega-corporations as customers...
now why would anyone want to spend money to reduce their existing functionality?
palladium and NGSCB has !!ALWAYS!! been about DRM.
and the only piece of evidence needed is the following: they hide the key from the ?legitimate? owner of the machine.
if this were about security, user security, then the user would know their own key.
simple as that.
thanks to Alsee and the other clear thinking individuals who help educate us against the evils of consolifying our computers.
just an extra note... seeing that AMD is also doing the same thing... and that IBM's cell processors are basically built from the ground up for DRM... where does that leave independant (HA!) cpu manufacturers who won't implement this garbage on their products? one has to wonder, there won't be any cpus left that function the way their owners want them to... err supposed owners.
external power bricks are preferable to the innumerable cable splitters inside the machine cluttering things up.
a wire behind your desk (which you do not see for 99.9999% of the year) is far more preferable. and it has the added benefit of working on all systems, not just high end ones with powerful Power supplies. it also can regulate power more reliably. not to mention more easily deliver the amount of power it requires without even 500 watt supplies running out when you have dual/quad video processors in the future.
except that it's not nearly as powerful and more expensive. other than that, yeah it's not bad. though it has a big positive: no DRM. in other words, you actually own it.
the difference between a console and a proper computer, is that the computer won't ask for proper authorization in order to run your own code on its processors.
in other words, you own your own hardware.
try programming those cell processors to do anything sony doesn't authorize... same with MS and nintendo.
lousy c***suckers. i want to own my hardware when i BUY it.
no, the polling you talk about is done by the OS through the usb port. the internal optical sensor polls thousands of times per sec. a slight but important difference.
and the fact that they lock it down with DRM is irrelevant.
it's a computer which you don't have full access to. thats my definition of console.
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"My bias is negative towards Microsoft as I'm a Mac zealot and my Xbox is my least favorite console."
and yet you don't have any bias for sony , a member of the RIAA and MPAA...
you're welcome to your biases, no matter how irrational it may seem to others.
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in order for one to see through the BS, one would have to possess a functional brain.
hence, the current responses.
as always, general (aka non gfx, sound) Multi-processing is VERY HARD. none of the consoles will be able to deliver what they've shown on paper with the effeciency you may be salivating over.
and thats not even counting the massive butt-busting DRM that will take away your rights to the hardware you bought.
thinking about using those 8 vector processing units in your ps3 to do faster than realtime encoding of h264 video? tough luck. those processors belong to sony even though you paid the money for the hardware. and thats just but one example.
i have this old fashioned nonsensical habit of wanting to own stuff i pay for. it's a human failing, assuredly.
since you never actually "own" the game, you essentially rent the game for a one time fee. they can revoke your right to use the game at their discretion at any time for any reason.
what a wonderful model upon to base all future game publishing.
i for one am willing to be handcuffed and ask permission to play games i...buy..er rent.
getting rid of the middleman (publishers) has always been a good thing... but not if you replace it with developer handcuffs. i don't want to hear excuses about why it's necessary or that "it's in my best interest" etc...
if i don't control it, someone else does.
i'm sure it's only a matter of time before consoles completely go this route too... i mean afterall, why give those darn thieving pirates who pay 50 bucks a game, a copy of our precious "intellectual property" on a plastic disc.
actually in this case, it doesn't matter if it's MS or Libra , they're both implementing an evil idea.
there are just too many problems with it. personally anonymity is good, even with all the problems we have now.
i don't want to be tracked and have all the information in a single place for someone to search.
it's 84 years after 1900 AD, do you know where your children are? unfortunetly, yes... i also know where my neighbor and everyone i care to stalk err investigate/frame.
no thanks.
it's not the technology that's evil per se, it's the fact that more than often, it'll be abused and used against people that's the problem.
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yes, those chips let you own your console again, instead of renting it for a one time fee from the manufacturer whom you purchased it from...
people are so quick and ready to jump on these "circumvention" devices because they think they are only used for copyright infringement.
well i could care less about playing copied games. i just want the machine to be mine... to run code i want it to run. how hard is that to understand?
people put up with this blatantly illegal/immoral shit because they are "game machines". that you pay money for them and then don't have the ability to use them as you wish, doesn't enter their teeny tiny brains.
if they tried this with some major item, like cars, people would be up in arms.
imagine some ordinary object in your life... that you buy and then later find out, there are restrictions on what you can do with it... set by the manufacturer... who sold you the product and then has the gall to tell you what you can do with what you own.
it is NOT about "pirating" games.
i guess you didn't realize the massive DRM capabilities of the xbox/revolution/ps3 consoles with their IBM power cpus....
if this will be required by the industry (blackmail, extortion, whatever means they have to use to get them on board), what makes you think there will be any major manufacturers left that won't succumb to their threats?
more die space and engineering resources spent for something that NO single customer wants, err if you don't count mega-corporations as customers...
now why would anyone want to spend money to reduce their existing functionality?
palladium and NGSCB has !!ALWAYS!! been about DRM.
and the only piece of evidence needed is the following: they hide the key from the ?legitimate? owner of the machine.
if this were about security, user security, then the user would know their own key.
simple as that.
thanks to Alsee and the other clear thinking individuals who help educate us against the evils of consolifying our computers.
just an extra note... seeing that AMD is also doing the same thing... and that IBM's cell processors are basically built from the ground up for DRM... where does that leave independant (HA!) cpu manufacturers who won't implement this garbage on their products? one has to wonder, there won't be any cpus left that function the way their owners want them to... err supposed owners.
external power bricks are preferable to the innumerable cable splitters inside the machine cluttering things up.
a wire behind your desk (which you do not see for 99.9999% of the year) is far more preferable. and it has the added benefit of working on all systems, not just high end ones with powerful Power supplies. it also can regulate power more reliably. not to mention more easily deliver the amount of power it requires without even 500 watt supplies running out when you have dual/quad video processors in the future.
what about the people who just want to use the machines as high speed multimedia computers?
xbox live is and always has been a kiddy thing. MP is pure shit. i just want the processors under my control to do with as i please.
and btw, what are the other reasons you hate those anti-drm chips?
except that it's not nearly as powerful and more expensive. other than that, yeah it's not bad. though it has a big positive: no DRM. in other words, you actually own it.
the difference between a console and a proper computer, is that the computer won't ask for proper authorization in order to run your own code on its processors.
in other words, you own your own hardware.
try programming those cell processors to do anything sony doesn't authorize... same with MS and nintendo.
lousy c***suckers. i want to own my hardware when i BUY it.
it's not really a video game console, more like a DRM-drenched box you rent for a one time fee.
running it at a playable speed.
my 256 hercules cga card also runs doom3 at max settings... in ascii rendering mode.
at a stupendous 1 frame per week rate.
you've obviously have no idea what you're missing and my advice would be not to find out. you'll only be disappointed with what you currently have.
stay ignorant and happy.
you would have noticed a small (how coincidental) portion of the article which states how the number of artifcats went up a lot.
personally, even a single artifact in a single frame is too much.
basically, if you don't care about that then yeah you can have 4 more pipelines...
like increasing the clock speed of your cpu and only getting errors once every 3 minutes or so... and running SETI/important distributed project...
nice work, but spend the extra dough, you'll be glad.
try a 3.0 intellimouse explorer.
the optical sensor is MUCH better, and very accurate in games etc.
thats the wired one, can't vouch for the wireless 3.0...
no, the polling you talk about is done by the OS through the usb port. the internal optical sensor polls thousands of times per sec. a slight but important difference.
this feature brought to you by DRM.
courtesy of your friends who won't let you own your own hardware.
i would ask bill to take off the drm on the xbox360 and convince sony and nintendo to do the same.
imagine, the possibility of us having access to our own hardware which we bought with our hard earned money.
then i'd wake up.
it's a COMPUTER in a small form factor with massive drm.
i think that defines it more accurately.
what do you think a "console" is?
and the fact that they lock it down with DRM is irrelevant.
it's a computer which you don't have full access to. thats my definition of console.
"My bias is negative towards Microsoft as I'm a Mac zealot and my Xbox is my least favorite console."
and yet you don't have any bias for sony , a member of the RIAA and MPAA...
you're welcome to your biases, no matter how irrational it may seem to others.
in order for one to see through the BS, one would have to possess a functional brain.
hence, the current responses.
as always, general (aka non gfx, sound) Multi-processing is VERY HARD. none of the consoles will be able to deliver what they've shown on paper with the effeciency you may be salivating over.
and thats not even counting the massive butt-busting DRM that will take away your rights to the hardware you bought.
thinking about using those 8 vector processing units in your ps3 to do faster than realtime encoding of h264 video? tough luck. those processors belong to sony even though you paid the money for the hardware. and thats just but one example.
i have this old fashioned nonsensical habit of wanting to own stuff i pay for. it's a human failing, assuredly.
the police from conducting a warantless "Search" of their house using infra-red imaging to find marijuana etc... among other things.
if they were smarter, they'd have lined the inside of their house.
and i congratulate you for being one of the very few people who are not complete neanderthals in regards to believing the bs hype.
it's a total cpu hog, the gfx card plays a very small role in relation to the cpu.
on a fast a64, it plays at 70+ fps with max distance view and at 1600x1200 6xAA. large cities like balmora are around 40-50.
your p4 is probably less than 3ghz.
you misunderstand..
i'm saying all of them have DRM... which is another way of saying that they can go **** themselves.
borrowing money to buy a DRM-laden console... yes, it's a good business plan.
err rather renting a DRM-laden console. my mistake.
a better analogy would be renting the game.
...buy..er rent.
since you never actually "own" the game, you essentially rent the game for a one time fee. they can revoke your right to use the game at their discretion at any time for any reason.
what a wonderful model upon to base all future game publishing.
i for one am willing to be handcuffed and ask permission to play games i
getting rid of the middleman (publishers) has always been a good thing... but not if you replace it with developer handcuffs. i don't want to hear excuses about why it's necessary or that "it's in my best interest" etc...
if i don't control it, someone else does.
i'm sure it's only a matter of time before consoles completely go this route too... i mean afterall, why give those darn thieving pirates who pay 50 bucks a game, a copy of our precious "intellectual property" on a plastic disc.
actually in this case, it doesn't matter if it's MS or Libra , they're both implementing an evil idea.
there are just too many problems with it. personally anonymity is good, even with all the problems we have now.
i don't want to be tracked and have all the information in a single place for someone to search.
it's 84 years after 1900 AD, do you know where your children are? unfortunetly, yes... i also know where my neighbor and everyone i care to stalk err investigate/frame.
no thanks.
it's not the technology that's evil per se, it's the fact that more than often, it'll be abused and used against people that's the problem.