IQ is such a meaningless number on the internet. Everyone pulls it out of thin air, sometimes attributing it to a website that scored them and then tried to sell them some certificates. Now, to debunk the rest of your post. First of all, the author of the blog already mentioned that no deduction was given for wrong answers; he never contended that tests cannot be fair, so we don't really need you to remind us how the SAT and many other tests are graded. Second, the topic isn't about intelligence, but simple knowledge on a given subject. On a very difficult test, for example, knowing more could even hurt you, because some wrong answers are made to "seem right," in an effort to increase the test's difficulty. I actually do agree with the blog that a test that is too difficult isn't always the best way to test individual knowledge; however, he does overestimate the probability of dumb luck.
Long story short: he is wrong. He didn't take into account what would happen to smaller websites if Network Neutrality was no longer the norm. I don't really want to go into why Network Neutrality would be a good law because this is Slashdot, and I assume most of you already know.
Bram Cohen is a smart guy, but he does not properly capitalize on his ideas. His statement regarding Network Neutrality just further proves that seeing the world in $$$ is not his forte.
Hellgate: London is being created by a group of Blizzard employees who left the company to start their own. What they do has no effect on what Blizzard will do. Furthermore, there is a rumor that Blizzard is making a Diablo 3 concerning heaven vs hell; the rumor sounds like it might be authentic, but we can't be too sure. I'm personally hoping that they release starcraft 2 the RTS, since there are so few quality RTS games out there.:(
The real big news might center on what Blizzard does. They are long overdue to announce another game, so there is a high possibility of them revealing either Diablo 3 or Starcraft 2 during E3.
Starcraft SELLS. FPS deathmatches SELL. This is not going to be any different and someone who thinks so is just staying hip with the times and ragging on MS.
While I agree with you, they didn't always "SELL!" I think there is a very real potential for console games to become competitive with the introduction of standard online-play. Hopefully Nintendo will host their own competitions.
(I realise I've just murdered my karma)
Even though I disagree with you, your comment was legit and your point had substance. I'm sure your karma will be fine.
Video/PC games, like Chess isn't very fun when watching players sit in one place. Unless the sport is athletic, don't expect much of a public following.
Poker is an exception to the rule however as it imbues drama with other players in a round-table event.
But people don't tend to watch the player in video game competitions. The action all happens on the screen, similar to how when you watch TV, you don't watch the producer sitting behind a control panel. Competitive video games are an animal of it's own; it's really hard to compare it to anything else.
Microsoft said they want to support PC gaming, so this is good news for companies like Blizzard who make PC games. While Microsoft's true intentions are only to further their own goal, they also just happen to help many others.
Accoona looks exactly like Google does. I'm all for trying new websites, but Accoona looks like nothing more but a copycat. If they used innovation rather imitation to build up their user base, then I might have gave them a little more consideration.
One of the main advantages of a console games over PC games is simplicity and compatibility. About 10 years ago, installing a computer game wasn't as simple as it is today, and you were never sure if it would run on your computer. Today such concerns are minor, but consoles still hold a considerable market share even though they are nothing more but computers that are geared for video game.
Having said that, it's really disheartening to hear that Microsoft has over-looked the key advantage of consoles and screwed it up. I certainly hope that the xbox360 sales stay low, if for no other reason than to send a message to prospective console entrepreneurs: don't screw your consumer base by releasing expensive, under-tested products!
In my personal experience, I've found that upgrading the video card impacted the performance within video games more than any other upgrade. The only exception would be in the case of RAM; RAM is one of those things where if you have enough, everything goes well, but if you're lacking, it can really hurt. Just be sure to have 1gb of RAM and then upgrade your video card if you're looking for the biggest bang for your buck in terms of performance within a video game.
>>It all depends on what you define as 'innovative'. To me, Mario 64 isn't innovative at all.
If Mario64 was not innovating to you, perhaps you didn't play it until much after its release. Before Mario64, most 3D games were having a very hard time correctly incorporating the 3D aspect of the game. Some of the first few games released for the Nintendo 64 made many grave mistakes. Many of them made jumping from one area to another too difficult while others totally ignored the added dimension provided by a 3-dimentional game.
That all started to change with the release of Mario 64. They incorporated the 3-dimensional aspect so well, that people such as yourself didn't even give it a second thought. Mario 64 set the standard for 3D and other developers learned from it how to make their own 3-dementional game.
Mario 64 might not seem like anything special now, but that's only because it raised the bar. You'll have a very hard time finding a true 3D game that was well done and released before Mario 64.
I pity you so much. Poor child, you don't even know what a quality game is.
>>The point of all this? Don't over generalise. Your experiences are very unlikely to be shared by even a small percentage of the overall population.
Sale figures back up his assumption that those who have played games during the early 90s have most likely played Zelda. Sorry, but you are in the minority.
The grisly irony, of course, is that this is from a culture which reveres aged people... but they're apparently happy to destroy the remaining artifacts those people built.
It's ironic that they treat old people differently from old things? Perhaps it's your own cultural norms you should be concerned with.
I hate when people say things like "it's been done before" or "I thought of that first." Trust me on this one: virtually everything that could be thought of already has been. The problem is not coming up with the idea but rather implementing it and explaining your idea in such a fashion that others can rally behind your idea. Do you really believe some guy at Nintendo thought of this one night and didn't give it a second thought? Companies like Nintendo don't and cannot risk millions of dollars on "trying something new" on a mere whim. A lot of thought, planning, and work goes into things like this. Many things are done but done wrong; the few innovations that stand out are those that are done right.
That's referring to software sales overall, not just 360, and specifically refers to software.
Did you stop reading the paragraph and not get to this part: "We do not expect sales of next generation software offsetting the current generation software sales decline until the PS3 and Revolution are launched."
Wow. There are four posts at 3 or greater, all of them speculating about reasons for slowing XBox 360 sales. The article says: "Needless to say, the main constricting factor for Xbox 360 sales continues to be the poor supply of the console, rather than a lack of consumers to purchase it."
Interestingly, none of the speculators have given any reason to trust them over Gamasutra, Wedbush Morgan, and Simon Carless. Hey, don't let that get in the way of a pointless flame-fest.
Why don't you finish reading the article before you tell others to read it?
"We think that the decline in overall sales of current generation software in January indicates the continuation of a trend that will persist well into 2006, and we anticipate double-digit declines in overall console software sales for the first half of 2006. We expect current generation software sales to decline at a 30% rate, or higher, for the full year. We do not expect sales of next generation software offsetting the current generation software sales decline until the PS3 and Revolution are launched."
The above quote is what an analyst actually says instead of the journalist. Further more, it indicates what most of us already know: the lack of supplies isn't the 360's biggest struggle.
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IQ is such a meaningless number on the internet. Everyone pulls it out of thin air, sometimes attributing it to a website that scored them and then tried to sell them some certificates. Now, to debunk the rest of your post. First of all, the author of the blog already mentioned that no deduction was given for wrong answers; he never contended that tests cannot be fair, so we don't really need you to remind us how the SAT and many other tests are graded. Second, the topic isn't about intelligence, but simple knowledge on a given subject. On a very difficult test, for example, knowing more could even hurt you, because some wrong answers are made to "seem right," in an effort to increase the test's difficulty. I actually do agree with the blog that a test that is too difficult isn't always the best way to test individual knowledge; however, he does overestimate the probability of dumb luck.
Long story short: he is wrong. He didn't take into account what would happen to smaller websites if Network Neutrality was no longer the norm. I don't really want to go into why Network Neutrality would be a good law because this is Slashdot, and I assume most of you already know. Bram Cohen is a smart guy, but he does not properly capitalize on his ideas. His statement regarding Network Neutrality just further proves that seeing the world in $$$ is not his forte.
I was also able to purchase Starcraft Ghost.
Wouldn't it be cool if they took it a step further and copied Blockbuster's "No Late Fees" policy? ^^
Hellgate: London is being created by a group of Blizzard employees who left the company to start their own. What they do has no effect on what Blizzard will do. Furthermore, there is a rumor that Blizzard is making a Diablo 3 concerning heaven vs hell; the rumor sounds like it might be authentic, but we can't be too sure. I'm personally hoping that they release starcraft 2 the RTS, since there are so few quality RTS games out there. :(
The real big news might center on what Blizzard does. They are long overdue to announce another game, so there is a high possibility of them revealing either Diablo 3 or Starcraft 2 during E3.
Over a century? I was born before Nintendo was founded, and I assure you, I'm no where close to being a century old.
Microsoft said they want to support PC gaming, so this is good news for companies like Blizzard who make PC games. While Microsoft's true intentions are only to further their own goal, they also just happen to help many others.
We better inform chess players that their competitions were never considered a sport.
This article is the definition of misleading
Accoona looks exactly like Google does. I'm all for trying new websites, but Accoona looks like nothing more but a copycat. If they used innovation rather imitation to build up their user base, then I might have gave them a little more consideration.
Having said that, it's really disheartening to hear that Microsoft has over-looked the key advantage of consoles and screwed it up. I certainly hope that the xbox360 sales stay low, if for no other reason than to send a message to prospective console entrepreneurs: don't screw your consumer base by releasing expensive, under-tested products!
In my personal experience, I've found that upgrading the video card impacted the performance within video games more than any other upgrade. The only exception would be in the case of RAM; RAM is one of those things where if you have enough, everything goes well, but if you're lacking, it can really hurt. Just be sure to have 1gb of RAM and then upgrade your video card if you're looking for the biggest bang for your buck in terms of performance within a video game.
If Mario64 was not innovating to you, perhaps you didn't play it until much after its release. Before Mario64, most 3D games were having a very hard time correctly incorporating the 3D aspect of the game. Some of the first few games released for the Nintendo 64 made many grave mistakes. Many of them made jumping from one area to another too difficult while others totally ignored the added dimension provided by a 3-dimentional game.
That all started to change with the release of Mario 64. They incorporated the 3-dimensional aspect so well, that people such as yourself didn't even give it a second thought. Mario 64 set the standard for 3D and other developers learned from it how to make their own 3-dementional game.
Mario 64 might not seem like anything special now, but that's only because it raised the bar. You'll have a very hard time finding a true 3D game that was well done and released before Mario 64.
You reading comprehension is disturbed by a fog of bias.
>>The point of all this? Don't over generalise. Your experiences are very unlikely to be shared by even a small percentage of the overall population.
Sale figures back up his assumption that those who have played games during the early 90s have most likely played Zelda. Sorry, but you are in the minority.
>>You say they are profitable, and that's great. >>I'd ask how could they not be? Answer: see xbox and xbox360
Reading this article really warm my heart. News articles rarely speak of proper uses of the legal system.
It's ironic that they treat old people differently from old things? Perhaps it's your own cultural norms you should be concerned with.
So how much did Micro$oft pay for this "news" item?
I hate when people say things like "it's been done before" or "I thought of that first." Trust me on this one: virtually everything that could be thought of already has been. The problem is not coming up with the idea but rather implementing it and explaining your idea in such a fashion that others can rally behind your idea. Do you really believe some guy at Nintendo thought of this one night and didn't give it a second thought? Companies like Nintendo don't and cannot risk millions of dollars on "trying something new" on a mere whim. A lot of thought, planning, and work goes into things like this. Many things are done but done wrong; the few innovations that stand out are those that are done right.
Did you stop reading the paragraph and not get to this part: "We do not expect sales of next generation software offsetting the current generation software sales decline until the PS3 and Revolution are launched."
Interestingly, none of the speculators have given any reason to trust them over Gamasutra, Wedbush Morgan, and Simon Carless. Hey, don't let that get in the way of a pointless flame-fest.
Why don't you finish reading the article before you tell others to read it?
"We think that the decline in overall sales of current generation software in January indicates the continuation of a trend that will persist well into 2006, and we anticipate double-digit declines in overall console software sales for the first half of 2006. We expect current generation software sales to decline at a 30% rate, or higher, for the full year. We do not expect sales of next generation software offsetting the current generation software sales decline until the PS3 and Revolution are launched."
The above quote is what an analyst actually says instead of the journalist. Further more, it indicates what most of us already know: the lack of supplies isn't the 360's biggest struggle.