^ well it's about bloody time someone said this.... the overheating problems are no reason to believe that finished systems will overheat on any kind of regular basis. People seem to forget the post-launch tendency of some XB360 powerpacks to overheat unless you moved them an inch or two from the surface. A need for a little ventilation is not a showstopper. Shit, if you took 90% of the PCs in the world and put them in one of those plexigalss containers, I'm sure you'd see an eventual meltdown as core temperatures start topping a couple of hundred degrees.
Anyway, the PS3 has enough problems without rampant speculation about cooling, such as the hard facts that are going to put people (including me) right off buying one without a good reason.
What I've often thought was a good idea, especially in the last few years with the situation in Iraq is the possibility of a squad-launchable UAV that could be fired/launched from a rack on the back of a hummer the minute a convoy (or whatever) came under small arms fire. The drone would circle the immediate area and send out video pictures.
The idea would be the ususal role for the squad leader to be able to see an aerial view of the immediate area (or, given the nature of a firefight, for an observer back at base to be able to give him verbal instructions on where the enemy are so he can concentrate on keeping his ass alive) and gain greater tactical awareness, thereby hopefully saving lives.
There's also the possiblity of making one that is capable of targeting ordinance (like a drone will do for a hellfire) or even flying towards and detonating near an enemy combatant (owie!), but that kind of thing is less practical. Cool though, if you like that sort of thing:0'
Cost would (as always) be an issue, so the drone would need to be recoverable (assuming it hasn't been off playing guided missile), but anything's cheaper than a soldier's life (unless you ask certain politicians, or a tobacco company ^^ ).
Pfft, ants can lift a whole sixty times their mass...... snail vs steamroller anyone?
Anyway, I don't know how this one will work out legally.... if there's a way that it can be mani[ulated to be shown to be legal, then I'm sure it'll be found.
In Ireland we have a neat slogan that pretty much sums up the Nationalist line on British interference.....
Brits Out
Perhaps if Al Quaeda had a similarly succinct slogan people would get it. They want Americans to stop meddling in the Middle East, but as long as there is oil under the sand America will be there, and terrorists will use Islam as an excuse to attack them.
Yea, I was going to mention earlier that I think that Google could actually come out of the blue and buy out Youtube...... they can easily afford it and have enough brainy people working for them to enable them to turn around the situation rampant copyright violation to a big enough extent that lawsuits will loose enough edge to become useless. It's not exactly Google's style to buy out this kind of site, but the conetnt and user loyalty that's tied in may be worth it for their existing business of selling content
Well yea, so I don't see the grounds for a lawsuit against YouTube, as they remove copyrighted material as well..... if the music companies have a problem, they need to make a complaint through the official channels first before launching a lawsuit.
I suppose you're right..... even WMA is better than RA, but that's really like saying the frying pan is better than the fire.
The BBC need to get off their asses and get their video content moved over to a format that is properly cross platform- at the very least Flash video; I know there is trouble with Linux at the moment, but Linux Flash Player v9 should be ready soon.
I agree, the case is naieve in the extreme; the kid in question was already in trouble and needed some damned *help* if he was obsessively playing that game for hours every day.
His obsessive and violent game playing (if the plaintiffs descriptions are accurate) was one of many symptoms of a deeply disturbed teenager, not the cause of the disturbance.
It's like blaming your runny nose for your headache, cough and fever when you have a cold.
Then don't buy your iTMS vouchers in Wal-mart, that's the only way that they're making money through this.
Also, I hope the amount they are getting is less than 5c for every dollar of vouchers sold. Otherwise I'm just going to have to go find an ASDA to petrol bomb.
I agree, but in response to your post I suspect people are going to say "Whoah *need* a video card? Back in my day we calculated our vertex transformations by hand, in the snow, before breakfast and with no shoes on our feet".... that or.. "pfft on my Linux workstation I don't need a graphics card for running firefox, I use my on-board graphics on my Pentium 3 from 2001 and it runs just fine. Who needs games anyway?"
Precisely- double the resolution and you multiply up the detail/pixel count greatly. 9px wide objects go from 81 pixels to 324 pixels from a 9*9 grid to an 18*18 grid
Actually, you're spot on- why sell the physical machines (a fixed profit per machine sold) when you can sell a service (a steady income).... that said a lot of companies would rather have 'their' people with their hands on their machines, but I'm sure a lot of organisations would benefit. They could even call the service Google Farm;)
Come to think of it, given the recent story on slack govornmental data security, maybe they could have Google serve their data for them. They already know how hard it is to get data out of Google, right?:p
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Hehehe, precisely - I don't hear or read the words 'wafer thin', i hear or see 'Whaafer theen!'
*head asplodes*
^ well it's about bloody time someone said this.... the overheating problems are no reason to believe that finished systems will overheat on any kind of regular basis. People seem to forget the post-launch tendency of some XB360 powerpacks to overheat unless you moved them an inch or two from the surface. A need for a little ventilation is not a showstopper. Shit, if you took 90% of the PCs in the world and put them in one of those plexigalss containers, I'm sure you'd see an eventual meltdown as core temperatures start topping a couple of hundred degrees.
Anyway, the PS3 has enough problems without rampant speculation about cooling, such as the hard facts that are going to put people (including me) right off buying one without a good reason.
Rrrrridge racerrrr!
I hear certain manufacturers have a marshmallow option that in rare and random cases will allow you to briefly toast them on your laptop.
What I've often thought was a good idea, especially in the last few years with the situation in Iraq is the possibility of a squad-launchable UAV that could be fired/launched from a rack on the back of a hummer the minute a convoy (or whatever) came under small arms fire. The drone would circle the immediate area and send out video pictures.
:0'
The idea would be the ususal role for the squad leader to be able to see an aerial view of the immediate area (or, given the nature of a firefight, for an observer back at base to be able to give him verbal instructions on where the enemy are so he can concentrate on keeping his ass alive) and gain greater tactical awareness, thereby hopefully saving lives.
There's also the possiblity of making one that is capable of targeting ordinance (like a drone will do for a hellfire) or even flying towards and detonating near an enemy combatant (owie!), but that kind of thing is less practical. Cool though, if you like that sort of thing
Cost would (as always) be an issue, so the drone would need to be recoverable (assuming it hasn't been off playing guided missile), but anything's cheaper than a soldier's life (unless you ask certain politicians, or a tobacco company ^^ ).
Pfft, ants can lift a whole sixty times their mass...... snail vs steamroller anyone?
Anyway, I don't know how this one will work out legally.... if there's a way that it can be mani[ulated to be shown to be legal, then I'm sure it'll be found.
In Ireland we have a neat slogan that pretty much sums up the Nationalist line on British interference.....
Brits Out
Perhaps if Al Quaeda had a similarly succinct slogan people would get it. They want Americans to stop meddling in the Middle East, but as long as there is oil under the sand America will be there, and terrorists will use Islam as an excuse to attack them.
Don't forget they've probably seen most of the CSI series too...
So....... they'll get away with it too??
Alien scum!
Yea, I was going to mention earlier that I think that Google could actually come out of the blue and buy out Youtube...... they can easily afford it and have enough brainy people working for them to enable them to turn around the situation rampant copyright violation to a big enough extent that lawsuits will loose enough edge to become useless. It's not exactly Google's style to buy out this kind of site, but the conetnt and user loyalty that's tied in may be worth it for their existing business of selling content
Well yea, so I don't see the grounds for a lawsuit against YouTube, as they remove copyrighted material as well..... if the music companies have a problem, they need to make a complaint through the official channels first before launching a lawsuit.
Google have an almost identical service to YouTube, they've got cash to burn, yet I don't see them being sued.
I suppose you're right..... even WMA is better than RA, but that's really like saying the frying pan is better than the fire.
The BBC need to get off their asses and get their video content moved over to a format that is properly cross platform- at the very least Flash video; I know there is trouble with Linux at the moment, but Linux Flash Player v9 should be ready soon.
I agree, the case is naieve in the extreme; the kid in question was already in trouble and needed some damned *help* if he was obsessively playing that game for hours every day.
:0' )
His obsessive and violent game playing (if the plaintiffs descriptions are accurate) was one of many symptoms of a deeply disturbed teenager, not the cause of the disturbance.
It's like blaming your runny nose for your headache, cough and fever when you have a cold.
Case dismissed.......... ( I wish
Then don't buy your iTMS vouchers in Wal-mart, that's the only way that they're making money through this.
Also, I hope the amount they are getting is less than 5c for every dollar of vouchers sold. Otherwise I'm just going to have to go find an ASDA to petrol bomb.
Cunts.
no, it was the Non-Acceptance of Minotaur Brutality Legal Association ........... or N.A.M.B.L.A
They still can't make drives big enough for vista, so I wouldn't worry just yet :p
Funniest comment I've read in ages, and to think I nearly took offence because I thought you were serious......... :p
After you go through those 1,000 people, costs will have dropped so that another 2,000 people can afford it, and once those 2,000 have been flown?
The sky's the^H^H^H no longer the limit.
I think they should leave this one in for posterity, and call it a feature......... as if anyone's going to take it's presence too seriously :)
It's got more value as a cool link than a fixed bug.... I hope someone's got a sense of humor ^^
You're being flattering again...... Bush couldn't organize a keg party in a brewery
That's the slickest backhanded RIAA joke i've seen here in a while. Bravo! :0)
I agree, but in response to your post I suspect people are going to say "Whoah *need* a video card? Back in my day we calculated our vertex transformations by hand, in the snow, before breakfast and with no shoes on our feet" .... that or.. "pfft on my Linux workstation I don't need a graphics card for running firefox, I use my on-board graphics on my Pentium 3 from 2001 and it runs just fine. Who needs games anyway?"
:0'
Maybe I'm just hanging around here too much
Precisely- double the resolution and you multiply up the detail/pixel count greatly. 9px wide objects go from 81 pixels to 324 pixels from a 9*9 grid to an 18*18 grid
*forgot his facetious tags again*
Actually, you're spot on- why sell the physical machines (a fixed profit per machine sold) when you can sell a service (a steady income) .... that said a lot of companies would rather have 'their' people with their hands on their machines, but I'm sure a lot of organisations would benefit. They could even call the service Google Farm ;)
:p
Come to think of it, given the recent story on slack govornmental data security, maybe they could have Google serve their data for them. They already know how hard it is to get data out of Google, right?