it'll end (or get a lot worse) when the MP/RI-AA turn our computers into consoles.
they encrypt the input and output and therefore you cannot control what goes on in YOUR hardware.
check out the new consoles... DRM up the wazoo... seems they forget who the owner of the machine is... err rather they are saying you pay for the privilege of renting it.
thats what they want to do to our general-purpose computers. thats what palladium/TCPA/NGSCB/LMNOP is for... they deprive the owner of the secret keys of the system... hence there can be no argument it is strictly for DRM. if it were for security purposes (actual definition of security), then they would let the owner of the hardware know their keys.
and don't let any shills tell you otherwise. knowing your secret key makes all the difference in the world.
it needs to be said loudly and often. otherwise we'll be stuck 16 years before the second millennium.
well mostly the other rpgs out for the snes at around the same time. granted they aren't very good by todays standards but they were more fun then, and even now.
the ff series, mana series, etc.
it's just i kept hearing from everyone and their mother how good it was... so i had to try it.
if you haven't figured it out already, there have been a ton of ignorant people on here already proclaiming "x" or "Y" is a better system based on the bullshit marketing hype by their respective companies.
except there are very good reasons to completely eschew closed-source proprietary software.
a poster above made some of the remarks concerning this situation, so i won't repeat it.
people who think other people who don't want to use proprietary software as some kind of idiot, are far greater an idiot than any intelligent person can imagine.
with closed source, you cannot be sure what the software is really doing. and i believe it to be in the best interest of people as a whole, to slowly abandon this bullshit idea of "information-hoarding" aka "intellectual-property". it's in our own best interests even if ignorant people like you cannot see that right this minute.
you seem to be forgetting the only member of the RIAA and MPAA is making consoles and games...
i'll give you a hint: it's spelled ynos backwards and it's sony forwards.
and lets not forget the price fixing, sue happy nintendo (i'm being terribly concise, so forgive me if i miss anything).
so basically i say a BIG FUCK YOU to all 3 console manufacturers. even more so for their damn DRM schemes to rob us of our ability to own our own hardware.
it's not concrete until it's in users' hands and even then it's still up to each individual to decide.
you of course fell for their hyped up bullshit.
to me, all 3 consoles seem more or less equal in terms of technical capability.
multiprocessing has ALWAYS been difficult. check out the ps2 and saturn for a taste of the console side of it.
now that sony has joined the 21st century (after the repugnant gfx of the ps2), their fans are no doubt even more arrogant, ignorant and oblivious to the hype.
most people have not the insight and tact that you seem to have.
how you casually slipped in SD card in there...
as you already no doubt know, the S in SD stands for secure... which is another way of saying DRM. you see, in this new age of wonders, security means secure from the owner.
enjoy your life as a slave, friend. and let us remember fondly the days of yore.
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it'll end (or get a lot worse) when the MP/RI-AA turn our computers into consoles.
they encrypt the input and output and therefore you cannot control what goes on in YOUR hardware.
check out the new consoles... DRM up the wazoo... seems they forget who the owner of the machine is... err rather they are saying you pay for the privilege of renting it.
thats what they want to do to our general-purpose computers. thats what palladium/TCPA/NGSCB/LMNOP is for... they deprive the owner of the secret keys of the system... hence there can be no argument it is strictly for DRM. if it were for security purposes (actual definition of security), then they would let the owner of the hardware know their keys.
and don't let any shills tell you otherwise. knowing your secret key makes all the difference in the world.
it needs to be said loudly and often. otherwise we'll be stuck 16 years before the second millennium.
it's even more funny that the guy asking for the parent to be modded up has a higher rating.
welcome to krazy karma.
who, me?
.... um games i don't enjoy ;0
no my first rpg was ultima exodus/bard's tale.
and my first ff was 1 on the nes.
7 and above are pure
well mostly the other rpgs out for the snes at around the same time. granted they aren't very good by todays standards but they were more fun then, and even now.
the ff series, mana series, etc.
it's just i kept hearing from everyone and their mother how good it was... so i had to try it.
oh well, to each their own.
nesticle plays very smoothly on old systems (486,586) which can't be said for the other emulators.
and it has most of the features people use so it's not like you're losing a lot.
but there's no reason you can't have all the emulators installed at once...
if you haven't figured it out already, there have been a ton of ignorant people on here already proclaiming "x" or "Y" is a better system based on the bullshit marketing hype by their respective companies.
hype and marketing work, very well in fact.
OT but i played chrono trigger recently and man was it a god-awful game.
boring as hell and bland. it was devoid of gameplay.
maybe it plays better if you're 13 years old... too bad we don't have a time machine or something.
too bad patents don't last author's lifetime + 70 years. then we could buy all our light bulbs from Edison Inc. etc etc..
apparently you think it's ok for copyright to last basically infinitely long...
those games we played 10-20 years ago, belong to the public domain now... or would if we had a remotely sensible copyright law.
you've upped your standards to a closed source proprietary OS...
i guess that says it all.
freedom is far better, even if it is inferior (according to some) in the short term.
except there are very good reasons to completely eschew closed-source proprietary software.
a poster above made some of the remarks concerning this situation, so i won't repeat it.
people who think other people who don't want to use proprietary software as some kind of idiot, are far greater an idiot than any intelligent person can imagine.
with closed source, you cannot be sure what the software is really doing. and i believe it to be in the best interest of people as a whole, to slowly abandon this bullshit idea of "information-hoarding" aka "intellectual-property". it's in our own best interests even if ignorant people like you cannot see that right this minute.
does anyone else not see the resemblance between dvorak and the telemundo anchor?
the difference is that intel's shills are harder to spot on /.
the fact that you almost never read about the evil practices of intel is a tribute to their success.
at least the government of japan has the balls to bust them for MS-esque behavior is saying a lot about the US gov.
the best solution is to stop using buggy intel processors.
intel is the MS of the cpu world after all.
have you seen the ps3? it's about 1.5 times larger than the xbox 360.
and the revolution is smaller than both of them.
you seem to be forgetting the only member of the RIAA and MPAA is making consoles and games...
i'll give you a hint: it's spelled ynos backwards and it's sony forwards.
and lets not forget the price fixing, sue happy nintendo (i'm being terribly concise, so forgive me if i miss anything).
so basically i say a BIG FUCK YOU to all 3 console manufacturers. even more so for their damn DRM schemes to rob us of our ability to own our own hardware.
is that sufficient?
i'd say it's quite eye-opening to say theoretical above.
seeing as how laboriously difficult it has been to program (ps2), one could say it was theoretically much weaker.
if the programs are too difficult to write that will efficiently make use of the hw, then for all intents and purposes it is weaker.
and as an aside, they have some gall charging $150
for such an inferior console.
there is as much doubt as you can imagine.
it's not concrete until it's in users' hands and even then it's still up to each individual to decide.
you of course fell for their hyped up bullshit.
to me, all 3 consoles seem more or less equal in terms of technical capability.
multiprocessing has ALWAYS been difficult. check out the ps2 and saturn for a taste of the console side of it.
now that sony has joined the 21st century (after the repugnant gfx of the ps2), their fans are no doubt even more arrogant, ignorant and oblivious to the hype.
thank you for your time.
very clever.
...
most people have not the insight and tact that you seem to have.
how you casually slipped in SD card in there
as you already no doubt know, the S in SD stands for secure... which is another way of saying DRM. you see, in this new age of wonders, security means secure from the owner.
enjoy your life as a slave, friend. and let us remember fondly the days of yore.
since when does anyone have to ask the manufacturer of hardware they own, permission to program it?
it IS a brave new world indeed.
true dat.
microsoft and nintendo aren't nearly as incompetent as sony in the hardware dept.
look at the monstrosity that is ps2 and now ps3.
they make elegant hw that allows for easy development.
ps2 gfx look like crap (yet it sells for the same price as an xbox).
i more than doubt programmers will truly be able to take advantage of milti-processing in the next gen consoles...
sure there'll be some improvements but real MP is very hard.
the fact is, the next generation DRM that prevents you from own your own hardware really puts a damper on any enthusiasm i might have had.
it's going to be a lot worse than this generation... no more "mod" chips for you.
I want to OWN my own hardware you sobs!
except that you won't be able to "own" a ps3 (or xbox 360 /revolution).
you don't have the legal or technical authorization to program those "computers"
and this is one area where pc's completely wipe consoles off the face of the technological world.
imagine if ford / gm / toyota / etc made cars that you couldn't, legally or technically, alter (modify) in any way...
perhaps you ignorant folks can wake up before they
get away with this (yet again)...
this time they'll be much harder to hack... so you can't reassure yourself that you can just buy a "mod" chip.
don't mod this off-topic, this is intimately intertwined with the entire console industry and customer rights.
well i'm glad you enjoyed it..
i didn't.
that about sums it up.
and if you wanted to legally own your own computer, you'd also have to use a pc.
since you are not the legal owner of the processors in your console computer.
have a nice day citizen.
ff 7 was a crappy fmv game that could have been done on the n64 with better gfx and none of the bs videos.
... battle would load very quickly too without the 10 sec "intro" to each battle.
and you wouldn't have the enormous load times
kha-nyou
can also be read as
khan-you
aka con - you....