"Revolution" packed power. It stood for what Nintendo was up for. It fit the console so well. It's control system was, indeed, "revolutionary".
But "Wii"? Nintendo is setting themselves up for failure. This move probably cost them thousands of customers who wouldn't be caught dead pre-ordering a "Wii". That, and now they're subject to endless jokes, all revolving around "Mom, me and my buddy are going to go upstairs and play with my Wii!"
I just don't see why they made this move. But, then again, Nintendo has done a lot of quirky things and managed to pull them off (Wind Waker, anyone?). Hopefully they'll put something together with Wii.
But, this is just from your average consumer's point of view. From a gamer's point of view, nothing has changed, other than a label. I'm still going to (try to) purchase one when they come out. The control system seems awesome, and well worth getting a Wii for. As far as I care, they could call it the Nintendo P.O.S., and it'll still be the same gaming experience, which, in the long run, is all that matters.
How is this helpful at all? If anything, it's more of a hassle. Since, you know, every user on this service has a cell phone already, isn't it much easier to just call the person directly and avoid the middleman?
Yet another fine reason to use Trillian, GAIM, or other multi-service messenging clients of the sort. Since some of these clients are open source, bugs can be fixed immediately.
Or others, like Trillian, don't have these kind of security holes because these worms are designed for a specific client.
1) No lines. This is always a plus. 2) No looking all over for an item. 3) You never have to wait for some high-school dropout to re-stock the shelves for you after everybody else has rushed to get whatever-it-is. 4) Less wrapping to deal with. Some sites (I know Wal-Mart's site does) offers gift-wrapping for certain items, at no additional fee. 5) Some places will offer free shipping. 6) In the long run, you'll save money when you add up the cost of gas to drive out to a store. 7) Shop whenever you want. No closing times for you! 8) Ease of finding items. Nearly all major sites for online shopping have a search function. 9) Oddly enough, you're less likely to get injured shopping online. No roads to traverse, or kids playing with shopping carts. 10) You're not limited to what's within a short drive. No Sears near your house? There's always one online.
Also, if it's the WHOIS record that's concerning you, remember that it might be out dated. Also take into consideration that this is still a beta project.
Who thinks it'd be fucking hilarious if the doctor starts rocking out in the middle of a heart transplant?
Or, more ironically, starts playing Healing Vision.
A child's walking patterns do change over time, but so do cell phones. Think about it. Most kids nowadays don't keep the same cell phone for more than six months, before they get the new model.
Who thinks that this is silly? Why go through the trouble of making a lit-up handbag? It would make more sense to just spend the extra three seconds searching.
Reminds me of a site I've done a lot of work on, YVGS. YVGS (short for Your Video Games Suck) is a wiki that gives negative reviews for video games, and basically takes the piss out on the games, much like Uncyclopedia.
Good to see that more companies are trying to keep their software free, but perhaps the Slashdot crowd could offer advice on a better business model than spam and merchandising?
Add a PayPal donation button. If users like your product enough, they'll support it. While it's not forcing anybody to pay, it gives people a chance to help out with a product that they enjoy.
This will be very helpful. I've always had compatibility issues with such kinds of files whilst using Linux. Hopefully this will allow for a bit more usability.
I've had the same problem, myself. Usually, though, I'll write down my address for somebody if they need it, because people have a tendancy to forget the spelling of such words like "Gmail".
Though, writing down your address is kind of hard to do when giving your address to somebody over the phone.
I have heard rumors, though, that Google is going to set up alternate addresses, so that you can use @gmail.com as well as @google.com or @mail.google.com... etc. Not sure if these rumors are true, though.
There is still no agreed on explaination for why the moon appears bigger when it's on the horizon than when it's high in the night sky.
Umm.... Yes there is. Hell, I learned this when I was in about third grade, in fact. It's because when the moon is lower (on the horizon), it's eaiser to compare it's size to things you can see, like buildings or a field or something. When you look straight up into the sky when the moon's high, there's nothing to compare it to, other than stars who's size you can't exactly determine by your eye, either.
The fact that I knew this since third grade, and NASA can't think of anything better is really sad. I mean, when you're shown the Ponzo Illusion theory, it's kinda hard to say "Well, there's really no explanation for this phenomenon." It's explained to you right there.
I sometimes wonder who's in charge around here.
Slashdot Mirror
Did anybody get a mirror of this? Looks like it's already feeling the Slashdot effect.
It's just a bad name.
"Revolution" packed power. It stood for what Nintendo was up for. It fit the console so well. It's control system was, indeed, "revolutionary".
But "Wii"? Nintendo is setting themselves up for failure. This move probably cost them thousands of customers who wouldn't be caught dead pre-ordering a "Wii". That, and now they're subject to endless jokes, all revolving around "Mom, me and my buddy are going to go upstairs and play with my Wii!"
I just don't see why they made this move. But, then again, Nintendo has done a lot of quirky things and managed to pull them off (Wind Waker, anyone?). Hopefully they'll put something together with Wii.
But, this is just from your average consumer's point of view. From a gamer's point of view, nothing has changed, other than a label. I'm still going to (try to) purchase one when they come out. The control system seems awesome, and well worth getting a Wii for. As far as I care, they could call it the Nintendo P.O.S., and it'll still be the same gaming experience, which, in the long run, is all that matters.
How is this helpful at all? If anything, it's more of a hassle. Since, you know, every user on this service has a cell phone already, isn't it much easier to just call the person directly and avoid the middleman?
How do you remove violence from a game that's already been released? It doesn't look like there's much that can be done at this point.
C'mon, Slashdot. Digg had this posted over a day ago. I come to Slashdot for news, not reruns.
Yet another fine reason to use Trillian, GAIM, or other multi-service messenging clients of the sort. Since some of these clients are open source, bugs can be fixed immediately. Or others, like Trillian, don't have these kind of security holes because these worms are designed for a specific client.
1) No lines. This is always a plus.
2) No looking all over for an item.
3) You never have to wait for some high-school dropout to re-stock the shelves for you after everybody else has rushed to get whatever-it-is.
4) Less wrapping to deal with. Some sites (I know Wal-Mart's site does) offers gift-wrapping for certain items, at no additional fee.
5) Some places will offer free shipping.
6) In the long run, you'll save money when you add up the cost of gas to drive out to a store.
7) Shop whenever you want. No closing times for you!
8) Ease of finding items. Nearly all major sites for online shopping have a search function.
9) Oddly enough, you're less likely to get injured shopping online. No roads to traverse, or kids playing with shopping carts.
10) You're not limited to what's within a short drive. No Sears near your house? There's always one online.
So, the question is, why not?
So now they have two phrases now for hosting an audio file on the internet and making it available for download.
1) Podcasting
2) File hosting
Because "Podcasting" is such a novel idea that it needs it's own term in a dictionary.
Then tell me, why would Amazon promote it on their site, themselves, as shown here below?
1 _3435361_1/103-1222474-4643020?_encoding=UTF8&node =15879911&no=3435361&me=A36L942TSJ2AJA
http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html/ref=sc_fe_c_
Also, if it's the WHOIS record that's concerning you, remember that it might be out dated. Also take into consideration that this is still a beta project.
Who thinks it'd be fucking hilarious if the doctor starts rocking out in the middle of a heart transplant? Or, more ironically, starts playing Healing Vision.
If I lock my phone, I'm going to have to stick it in my pocket and walk around the block until it unlocks? That seems silly.
A child's walking patterns do change over time, but so do cell phones. Think about it. Most kids nowadays don't keep the same cell phone for more than six months, before they get the new model.
What exactly can we accomplish with a robotic fish?
I saw "Intelligent" and "Beer" in the same line. I'm calling bullshit.
Who thinks that this is silly? Why go through the trouble of making a lit-up handbag? It would make more sense to just spend the extra three seconds searching.
Reminds me of a site I've done a lot of work on, YVGS. YVGS (short for Your Video Games Suck) is a wiki that gives negative reviews for video games, and basically takes the piss out on the games, much like Uncyclopedia.
Good to see that more companies are trying to keep their software free, but perhaps the Slashdot crowd could offer advice on a better business model than spam and merchandising?
Add a PayPal donation button. If users like your product enough, they'll support it. While it's not forcing anybody to pay, it gives people a chance to help out with a product that they enjoy.
"The best open source A/V production environment for Linux today, Cinelerra, has reached version 2.0...
No clue...
This will be very helpful. I've always had compatibility issues with such kinds of files whilst using Linux. Hopefully this will allow for a bit more usability.
I've had the same problem, myself. Usually, though, I'll write down my address for somebody if they need it, because people have a tendancy to forget the spelling of such words like "Gmail". Though, writing down your address is kind of hard to do when giving your address to somebody over the phone. I have heard rumors, though, that Google is going to set up alternate addresses, so that you can use @gmail.com as well as @google.com or @mail.google.com... etc. Not sure if these rumors are true, though.
I'm curious as to what the guys at OpenOffice.Org are making of this. Will they use any of MS's features in their product or anything of the sort?
They're going against Google because of a similar name? Can they even do that? I mean, the name isn't even the same.
G-Mail =! Gmail
There is still no agreed on explaination for why the moon appears bigger when it's on the horizon than when it's high in the night sky. Umm.... Yes there is. Hell, I learned this when I was in about third grade, in fact. It's because when the moon is lower (on the horizon), it's eaiser to compare it's size to things you can see, like buildings or a field or something. When you look straight up into the sky when the moon's high, there's nothing to compare it to, other than stars who's size you can't exactly determine by your eye, either. The fact that I knew this since third grade, and NASA can't think of anything better is really sad. I mean, when you're shown the Ponzo Illusion theory, it's kinda hard to say "Well, there's really no explanation for this phenomenon." It's explained to you right there. I sometimes wonder who's in charge around here.
Or perhaps I don't want to waste time learning how to operate something I don't need?
I see this failing. I don't think it's going to work very well. Though, if it does, it won't likely be any better than previous BT usage.