I have been reading a lot of comments about this being a strategy of Sony's -- push back the stand-alone player's date and the PS3 will sell because of its low price and inclusion of Blue Ray. But does anyone else realize how poor of a strategy that is? They're practically sabotaging their stand-alone for the console!
Not to be pessimistic, folks, but I think Sony's console days are numbered.
I buy a console to play games. I buy a PC to surf online and draw with my hacked Photoshop (you didn't just read that).
I don't want both together.
While the Asian market will be "Holy sheet! Smaller = better!" and praise the PS3, and still thinking one thing: If I'm buying something to play games, I want that bad boy to play until
A newer system comes out to replace it, or
The battery
I don't want to be in the store, buying a game, sitting on my couch, and getting worked up because the POS tells me I need to upgrade my memory! And what's this about an upgradeable hard drive? Aren't you satisfied with 20GB? Save the big storage for a PC for cripes sake!
I think one guy had it right in here -- bugles/trumpets go cold when not played (all instruments do). The temperature difference can kill the quality of sound the player produces, and by the time his instrument warms up properly, he's already done playing. Also note that if it is too hot outside, the instrument can also go out of tune.
Moreover, if the mouthpiece is cold and the chops (lips and mouth) aren't prepared, the bugler can literally tear his lips. It's painful, and if he's playing all day, the sound will degrade tremendously no matter what temperature the instrument is.
Last point I want to make is that trumpets and bugles, though very similar in what they are, are not the same. Just because bugles lack valves does not make trumpets a multi-note playing equivalent. I played a King valve trombone, and it felt nothing like my Holton Revelation slide trombone. Although it's technically the same instrument, the two are different musically. That's what seperates a bugle from a trumpet (or cornet, even!).
True musicians know what I mean.
honestly, I don't see much difference between our statements, but to clarify, here is what I was aiming at:
Neighbor John Doe had no influence over how the internet was constructed and so forth, but he sure did complain a lot about the benefits of CSS and PHP
if I'm not mistaken, the internet was built by scientists hired by the DoD, not "the users", although admittedly, we the people have influenced much of what the internet is now.
wow, thanks for catching my mistake. Seriously, no sarcasm involved.
Sound waves is the compression of air via vibrations; radio waves are caused through electromagnetic radiation.
Sure, Vista might have some really great security, and lemme tell ya, it has great graphics, too. But that's the thing -- it DOES have great graphics. That means a lot of people are going to need to do some upgrading before they fully enjoy Vista (of course, they could always choose the crappier settings [pardon my French])
With that in mind, it's easily provable that not everyone will switch to Vista. I still know folks running Windows 9x! It's probably safe to assume that these anti-virus companies will be in business for quite some time -- the industry will simply be more competitive.
(ps - sorry if someone posted this already, but I have a threshold of 3+)
nbert, if I seem rude, please excuse me. I simply assume you don't know much about the various medias.
The reason for both the wireless and wired media is simple. Wireless is amazing in terms of how it works through sound waves, but try sending a signal through a cement wall located between you and the access point (the antennas that pick up the wireless signal). Worse yet, TWO cement walls! Plus the sound waves will eventually become weaker as it goes further and further. With fiber, however, you can use those bad boys in ANY environment since the potential noise for other media -- including electrical magnetic signals and sound waves equal in frequency, to name a few -- do not effect it, making it useful in and through any room and at great distances without losing a hint of the signal (excluding any energy transferred into heat, for all the networking buffs... or poor termination)
I hope that answers your question.
I don't see what the problem is. As long as it's free to me, ya know?
Besides, Mozilla isn't profiting off the downloads of Firefox. It's profitting from Google for having its search features integrated into the software (but easily removed and unused)
I like to look at these sorts of stories from an optimistic POV.
You see, I really respect the people who buy at-launch consoles. Their fuck-ups let me know what NOT to do a year later when I buy one for myself. =) Side note: Do not subscribe to GameFly....
A lot of you are getting annoyed about how Jackson is being praised for his originality and such. And then many of you point out LotR and Kong -- both were created by other guys. Understandable. But try thinking outside of the box.
LotR is a trilogy of books written by Tolken. The only [decent] movie even remotely based on Tolken's work was The Hobbit, an animated feature. And if something was made on the triolgy, it certainly wasn't 9 hours long. But that's the beauty of Jackson's films. He interpretted the content in the three books and was able to show us a damn-close idea of what Tolken may have wanted. Likewise, there are people who never heard of Lord of the Ring prior to his movies; I'm sure they now know a good idea of the storyline.
As for Kong, admittedly, I've never seen the older versions. But think of it in terms of "hey, it doesn't suck!" And that, my friends, is something special. =)
I've never actually played the game, so I don't know what the UI is like, but perhaps the designers might tweak the interface a bit to allow even functionality for a disabilities.::shrugs:: It's just a suggestion=)
Google probably won't put those long banner ads on the top of their page (you know, the ones that LOVE giving us seizures). I think the best approach would be to use tiny images of the site's logo, or something that really distinguishes it from competitors. By keeping it tiny, the pages will still load fairly quickly, I'll get my kick-a** results as usual, and have some decent eye candy on the side.
Besides, I can't recall how many times I can remember a website's logo but couldn't remember what the URL was to it. I know when I first ran into NewEgg, I forgot what it was called, but I remembered they sold computer hardware, so I typed some keywords, and after random clicking around, I finally found it. It would have been so much more convenient if I had something to visually see pertaining to the site (aka, logo), and I wouldn't have wasted so much time looking for it.
I think a lot of you are letting your imaginations run a little too far with this one.
If I'm not mistaken (since I never read the articles anyway), these are "remote controlled", meaning they're probably controlled through radio waves of some sort. With that said, similar models will probably operate through a certain range of frequencies. Likewise, different models might operate through others. Now if we have a whole bunch of these little buggers roaming about, wouldn't their incoming signals interfere with each other, making it difficult to control them remotely?
On top of that -- still going with the radio signals thing -- couldn't someone place a jammer that operates at multiple frequencies and screw them all over?
The only way I'd switch to Yahoo! Mail is if, every time I log in, I get the yodelling Yahoo! guy, and even if it was there, that voice would get so annoying after a while.
On top of that, I don't need colors and pictures cluttering up my webpage and taking longer to download. I use these services for one thing: accessing email. If that's not the top priority in the UI, then I want nothing to do with it.
I'll admit it. I'm an all-things-google fanboy, but do you know why? Because it's simple. I'll save all the complex stuff for coding Java or reading politics (haha). But when I'm on the web, I know what I want, and I don't want to have to wait just because some programmers/developers felt like adding some "pizazz" to my screen.
On a final note, fella's, I'm just way too lazy to care about whose service is better. If I were to switch to another email address, I'd have to go into everything I use online and redirect where my newsletters are subscribed to. It's a hassle.
If you like what you're using already, why bother switching?
Microsoft is planning on battling Nintendo in the streets of New York City
Why not duke it out old-school style and breakdance? I mean, even the non-gamer is gonna wonder why Master Chief and Mario are bustin' out sick moves in the middle of Time Square. I know I would! =)
(marketing at its finest, folks)
I made the mistake of not reading the article in the link first before making a comment.
I believe you're right about this being a useful survey. Not that it shows how much TV and books have dropped in popularity, but by how much kids are influenced by them.
Slashdot Mirror
uh-oh, we lost another one to Google!
Rather, I insist we send hairdressers, insurance salesmen, telephone sanitizers, and the like first.
I have been reading a lot of comments about this being a strategy of Sony's -- push back the stand-alone player's date and the PS3 will sell because of its low price and inclusion of Blue Ray. But does anyone else realize how poor of a strategy that is? They're practically sabotaging their stand-alone for the console! Not to be pessimistic, folks, but I think Sony's console days are numbered.
I buy a console to play games. I buy a PC to surf online and draw with my hacked Photoshop (you didn't just read that).
I don't want both together.
While the Asian market will be "Holy sheet! Smaller = better!" and praise the PS3, and still thinking one thing: If I'm buying something to play games, I want that bad boy to play until
to sum up with what every guy here just said, it's the fact that it's gaming. No one should be dying from it at all. Period.
I think one guy had it right in here -- bugles/trumpets go cold when not played (all instruments do). The temperature difference can kill the quality of sound the player produces, and by the time his instrument warms up properly, he's already done playing. Also note that if it is too hot outside, the instrument can also go out of tune. Moreover, if the mouthpiece is cold and the chops (lips and mouth) aren't prepared, the bugler can literally tear his lips. It's painful, and if he's playing all day, the sound will degrade tremendously no matter what temperature the instrument is. Last point I want to make is that trumpets and bugles, though very similar in what they are, are not the same. Just because bugles lack valves does not make trumpets a multi-note playing equivalent. I played a King valve trombone, and it felt nothing like my Holton Revelation slide trombone. Although it's technically the same instrument, the two are different musically. That's what seperates a bugle from a trumpet (or cornet, even!). True musicians know what I mean.
I suppose it wasn't as easy as you thought
now THAT'S funny
honestly, I don't see much difference between our statements, but to clarify, here is what I was aiming at:
Neighbor John Doe had no influence over how the internet was constructed and so forth, but he sure did complain a lot about the benefits of CSS and PHP
if I'm not mistaken, the internet was built by scientists hired by the DoD, not "the users", although admittedly, we the people have influenced much of what the internet is now.
wow, thanks for catching my mistake. Seriously, no sarcasm involved. Sound waves is the compression of air via vibrations; radio waves are caused through electromagnetic radiation.
Sure, Vista might have some really great security, and lemme tell ya, it has great graphics, too. But that's the thing -- it DOES have great graphics. That means a lot of people are going to need to do some upgrading before they fully enjoy Vista (of course, they could always choose the crappier settings [pardon my French]) With that in mind, it's easily provable that not everyone will switch to Vista. I still know folks running Windows 9x! It's probably safe to assume that these anti-virus companies will be in business for quite some time -- the industry will simply be more competitive. (ps - sorry if someone posted this already, but I have a threshold of 3+)
nbert, if I seem rude, please excuse me. I simply assume you don't know much about the various medias. The reason for both the wireless and wired media is simple. Wireless is amazing in terms of how it works through sound waves, but try sending a signal through a cement wall located between you and the access point (the antennas that pick up the wireless signal). Worse yet, TWO cement walls! Plus the sound waves will eventually become weaker as it goes further and further. With fiber, however, you can use those bad boys in ANY environment since the potential noise for other media -- including electrical magnetic signals and sound waves equal in frequency, to name a few -- do not effect it, making it useful in and through any room and at great distances without losing a hint of the signal (excluding any energy transferred into heat, for all the networking buffs... or poor termination) I hope that answers your question.
I don't see what the problem is. As long as it's free to me, ya know?
Besides, Mozilla isn't profiting off the downloads of Firefox. It's profitting from Google for having its search features integrated into the software (but easily removed and unused)
I don't see why this is so special.
If Google and Apple were to come out with the OS, would that mean I should start investing in Intel, or what?
I like to look at these sorts of stories from an optimistic POV.
You see, I really respect the people who buy at-launch consoles. Their fuck-ups let me know what NOT to do a year later when I buy one for myself. =)
Side note: Do not subscribe to GameFly....
A lot of you are getting annoyed about how Jackson is being praised for his originality and such. And then many of you point out LotR and Kong -- both were created by other guys. Understandable. But try thinking outside of the box. LotR is a trilogy of books written by Tolken. The only [decent] movie even remotely based on Tolken's work was The Hobbit, an animated feature. And if something was made on the triolgy, it certainly wasn't 9 hours long. But that's the beauty of Jackson's films. He interpretted the content in the three books and was able to show us a damn-close idea of what Tolken may have wanted. Likewise, there are people who never heard of Lord of the Ring prior to his movies; I'm sure they now know a good idea of the storyline. As for Kong, admittedly, I've never seen the older versions. But think of it in terms of "hey, it doesn't suck!" And that, my friends, is something special. =)
true, but can she fit in your carry-on?
I'm sure the way this would work would be through two things: a mouse with a buttload of buttons, or a redesigned interface (or both!)
s /US/EN,CRID=2150,CONTENTID=5006
::shrugs:: It's just a suggestion=)
I know Logitech has some gaming mice with quite a few clickies to choose from -- for example,
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/detail
I've never actually played the game, so I don't know what the UI is like, but perhaps the designers might tweak the interface a bit to allow even functionality for a disabilities.
Google probably won't put those long banner ads on the top of their page (you know, the ones that LOVE giving us seizures). I think the best approach would be to use tiny images of the site's logo, or something that really distinguishes it from competitors. By keeping it tiny, the pages will still load fairly quickly, I'll get my kick-a** results as usual, and have some decent eye candy on the side. Besides, I can't recall how many times I can remember a website's logo but couldn't remember what the URL was to it. I know when I first ran into NewEgg, I forgot what it was called, but I remembered they sold computer hardware, so I typed some keywords, and after random clicking around, I finally found it. It would have been so much more convenient if I had something to visually see pertaining to the site (aka, logo), and I wouldn't have wasted so much time looking for it.
I don't know about the last two games, but I know GTA3 has the helicopter (top-down) view. all ya gotta do is press Select and BAM! Helicopter view.
If I'm not mistaken (since I never read the articles anyway), these are "remote controlled", meaning they're probably controlled through radio waves of some sort. With that said, similar models will probably operate through a certain range of frequencies. Likewise, different models might operate through others. Now if we have a whole bunch of these little buggers roaming about, wouldn't their incoming signals interfere with each other, making it difficult to control them remotely?
On top of that -- still going with the radio signals thing -- couldn't someone place a jammer that operates at multiple frequencies and screw them all over?
The only way I'd switch to Yahoo! Mail is if, every time I log in, I get the yodelling Yahoo! guy, and even if it was there, that voice would get so annoying after a while.
On top of that, I don't need colors and pictures cluttering up my webpage and taking longer to download. I use these services for one thing: accessing email. If that's not the top priority in the UI, then I want nothing to do with it.
I'll admit it. I'm an all-things-google fanboy, but do you know why? Because it's simple. I'll save all the complex stuff for coding Java or reading politics (haha). But when I'm on the web, I know what I want, and I don't want to have to wait just because some programmers/developers felt like adding some "pizazz" to my screen.
On a final note, fella's, I'm just way too lazy to care about whose service is better. If I were to switch to another email address, I'd have to go into everything I use online and redirect where my newsletters are subscribed to. It's a hassle.
If you like what you're using already, why bother switching?Why not duke it out old-school style and breakdance? I mean, even the non-gamer is gonna wonder why Master Chief and Mario are bustin' out sick moves in the middle of Time Square. I know I would! =)
(marketing at its finest, folks)
I made the mistake of not reading the article in the link first before making a comment. I believe you're right about this being a useful survey. Not that it shows how much TV and books have dropped in popularity, but by how much kids are influenced by them.