WTF is this? You're linking to a comment that links to a comment that links to another comment where you say this exact same thing. Why not just link to the first comment, or not link at all since you're not saying anything new? Here I thought I was going to a post where there was something of substance written.
Apparently, in Red Steel, the NPCs get pissed off if you try to leave while they talk to you. It's not like HL or XIII where you can fuck around and they'll keep talking.
The MGS game on the XBox was NOT the first one, but rather a sort of "director's cut" of MGS2. It was subtitled "Substance", which is part of why the MGS3 special edition is called "Subsistence".
If it includes games, it's more likely to be similar to the kind of games sold via Live Arcade for the 360. I sincerely doubt that you're going to see any BD-ROM sized games being sold via download.
You have just nailed it right on the head. I had previously been leaning towards Wii+PS3 this generation, but I'm definitely going with Wii+360 this time around. The price of the PS3 is fucking ridiculous.
Yeah, hey. This would be a funny/insightful comment if we were talking about software patents, but you're apparently too much of an idiot to tell the difference between hardware and software.
That's likely for things like caching, not a complete installation. Seriously, the original XBox used its hard drive for similar things, it was supposed to provide a speedup when compared to games on consoles relying on the optical drive only. There was no installing to the hard drive, and even the next gen Gran Turismo will be the same. That's the sort of thing that would be a one-time boon to the rental market and kill game sales completely.
Your comment is a little bit redundant. Anyone who's used both will attest that FreeBSD is a very different beast from OS X. OS X may use a lot of FreeBSD's userland, but it is NOT FreeBSD.
Actually, that violates the spirit of the GPL in a HUGE way. A big part of both the FSF definition of "free" and the OSI definition of "open" is that the license must be non-discriminatory. Your idea violates that and really does very little to improve upon the current situation, where the Java source is accessible by all and certain non-profit organisations have the freedom to port and redistribute binaries, provided they get Sun's permission beforehand. The FreeBSD project is one such non-profit.
I want to echo the AC whose post is below most people's thresholds. The parent post should be modded up, he knows the score with regards to free software.
Actually, you can overclock the NES and the Genesis both without really suffering any ill effects, but their hardware was quite a bit more simple than the SNES. You can find the Genesis guide here, and the NES one here.
That doesn't really tell the whole story. £30,000/year is roughly equivalent to $61,000/year Canadian, for example, but for someone living in London that £30,000 probably won't go anywhere near as far as that $61,000 will in most Canadian cities. In fact, your McDonalds wage is slightly more than the starting wage I made as a labourer at a lumber mill here in Edmonton, but I was able to pay rent on an apartment, insurance, gas, and maintenance on a car, buy groceries, and still have a little bit left over to go drinking with friends. I'm willing to bet the same can't be said about that McDonalds job, no offense.
That said, I doubt $7.00 or £3.83/hr goes very far in Arizona, either.
Just because she worked pizza delivery doesn't mean she's uneducated, though that's implied in the article. It could be that that's what she did to put herself through school. My last job before getting into tech support was delivering drywall. Does that make me unqualified for the job, or would you need to know my education before you could make a more informed opinion about that?
Dell's actually starting to open a few call centers in Canada these days. They've got one here in Edmonton and they actually pay pretty good as far as tech support is concerned (28-33 000/year to start). I wouldn't work there, but it seems like they're getting a clue about this whole outsourcing thing.
3. Supply the user with a competent manual that is detailed enough to cover most concerns
I hate to break it to you, but most people don't read the manual, even if it's perfectly simple and accurate. They just call tech support and expect them to walk them through exactly what tfm says to do. Then they get angry when you politely suggest they rtfm (and that's not a sarcastic "polite" either, rudeness can get you fired.) I know this from experience, and it's a big part of what makes tech support such a shitty job.
You've obviously never worked in tech support. Trust me, Mac users can fuck up just as bad if not worse than Windows users, which is a little mind-boggling considering how much simpler the UI is. I've been saying it for a while now, Mac users aren't any smarter than Windows users, they just have better taste.
Doom/Doom 2 is a bad example, because most of the console versions completely blew the DOS version away, especially in the control department. I can get the argument against a controller in a true 3D environment, but in Doom's 2.5D world the mouse/keyboard combo was cumbersome and inefficient, and the keyboard alone was no better.
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WTF is this? You're linking to a comment that links to a comment that links to another comment where you say this exact same thing. Why not just link to the first comment, or not link at all since you're not saying anything new? Here I thought I was going to a post where there was something of substance written.
As others have already posted, Java binaries are now freely redistributable for FreeBSD.
The price of a premium 360 is $399.99 here in the U.S. Are you a Canuck?
No, I thought he might be too, but I checked his deviantart page and it turns out he's just an idiot.
Apparently, in Red Steel, the NPCs get pissed off if you try to leave while they talk to you. It's not like HL or XIII where you can fuck around and they'll keep talking.
Wikipedia has your answer. Basically, it was an early home computer that was wildly popular in Japan.
The MGS game on the XBox was NOT the first one, but rather a sort of "director's cut" of MGS2. It was subtitled "Substance", which is part of why the MGS3 special edition is called "Subsistence".
Holy shit! I didn't know about that Mario Kart game! I want them to bring THAT to the Wii!
Yeah, they didn't pay for the patent on that the last two generations, so the patent holder probably didn't want to license to them.
If it includes games, it's more likely to be similar to the kind of games sold via Live Arcade for the 360. I sincerely doubt that you're going to see any BD-ROM sized games being sold via download.
You have just nailed it right on the head. I had previously been leaning towards Wii+PS3 this generation, but I'm definitely going with Wii+360 this time around. The price of the PS3 is fucking ridiculous.
Yeah, hey. This would be a funny/insightful comment if we were talking about software patents, but you're apparently too much of an idiot to tell the difference between hardware and software.
That's likely for things like caching, not a complete installation. Seriously, the original XBox used its hard drive for similar things, it was supposed to provide a speedup when compared to games on consoles relying on the optical drive only. There was no installing to the hard drive, and even the next gen Gran Turismo will be the same. That's the sort of thing that would be a one-time boon to the rental market and kill game sales completely.
You won't be putting games on the hard drive, it will be for downloadable content and saved games.
Just wait for the new handheld Sony will announce at E3 2007: the DSP!
Your comment is a little bit redundant. Anyone who's used both will attest that FreeBSD is a very different beast from OS X. OS X may use a lot of FreeBSD's userland, but it is NOT FreeBSD.
Actually, that violates the spirit of the GPL in a HUGE way. A big part of both the FSF definition of "free" and the OSI definition of "open" is that the license must be non-discriminatory. Your idea violates that and really does very little to improve upon the current situation, where the Java source is accessible by all and certain non-profit organisations have the freedom to port and redistribute binaries, provided they get Sun's permission beforehand. The FreeBSD project is one such non-profit.
I want to echo the AC whose post is below most people's thresholds. The parent post should be modded up, he knows the score with regards to free software.
Actually, you can overclock the NES and the Genesis both without really suffering any ill effects, but their hardware was quite a bit more simple than the SNES. You can find the Genesis guide here, and the NES one here.
That doesn't really tell the whole story. £30,000/year is roughly equivalent to $61,000/year Canadian, for example, but for someone living in London that £30,000 probably won't go anywhere near as far as that $61,000 will in most Canadian cities. In fact, your McDonalds wage is slightly more than the starting wage I made as a labourer at a lumber mill here in Edmonton, but I was able to pay rent on an apartment, insurance, gas, and maintenance on a car, buy groceries, and still have a little bit left over to go drinking with friends. I'm willing to bet the same can't be said about that McDonalds job, no offense.
That said, I doubt $7.00 or £3.83/hr goes very far in Arizona, either.
Just because she worked pizza delivery doesn't mean she's uneducated, though that's implied in the article. It could be that that's what she did to put herself through school. My last job before getting into tech support was delivering drywall. Does that make me unqualified for the job, or would you need to know my education before you could make a more informed opinion about that?
Dell's actually starting to open a few call centers in Canada these days. They've got one here in Edmonton and they actually pay pretty good as far as tech support is concerned (28-33 000/year to start). I wouldn't work there, but it seems like they're getting a clue about this whole outsourcing thing.
3. Supply the user with a competent manual that is detailed enough to cover most concerns
I hate to break it to you, but most people don't read the manual, even if it's perfectly simple and accurate. They just call tech support and expect them to walk them through exactly what tfm says to do. Then they get angry when you politely suggest they rtfm (and that's not a sarcastic "polite" either, rudeness can get you fired.) I know this from experience, and it's a big part of what makes tech support such a shitty job.
You've obviously never worked in tech support. Trust me, Mac users can fuck up just as bad if not worse than Windows users, which is a little mind-boggling considering how much simpler the UI is. I've been saying it for a while now, Mac users aren't any smarter than Windows users, they just have better taste.
Doom/Doom 2 is a bad example, because most of the console versions completely blew the DOS version away, especially in the control department. I can get the argument against a controller in a true 3D environment, but in Doom's 2.5D world the mouse/keyboard combo was cumbersome and inefficient, and the keyboard alone was no better.
Cheer up man! Infinium Labs is still around!