Hopefully this would push down the size of the iPod mini. I can't help but hide a smile when people talk about how small the minis are, when you can get 10 times the storage on something only about twice as big...
Until the iPod mini is really small (like shuffle size), it is just impractical for people with decent sized music collections. The size and weight you save vs the large models isn't enough to outweigh the loss in capacity. Of course, I guess it's ok for people who call 64kbps "near CD quality"...
Do we really need another IM client? It's just another account I'm going to have to set up because someone I want to talk to insists on using their particular IM client.
It seems to me that Google's only real offence is being too successful. I can see why people would call Microsoft evil - there's no doubt that they've abused their monopoly more than once - but until Google starts acting the same way, I don't think people have the right to complain.
I agree to an extent, but you are guilty of generalising just a tad.
There are great games out there. Sure, there are some which are only slightly more sophisticated than interactive movies, but there are some that are truly great. I was playing some Timesplitters: Future Perfect today, and I think that's an example of a new, slick game that still holds true to the old games you describe. There are plenty of tongue-in-cheek moments, the cut-scenes are short and hilarious and the characters are memorable. And that's in a FPS.
Same with music and movies. Sure, MTV churns out the same crap as usual, but we're in the digital age! It's easier than ever to find cool, weird indie bands from places you've never been on the other side of the world. And there are still meaningful movies coming out. I thought Closer was great, and that was 2005 (at least in the UK).
So you can complain, but it's easier to hunt out a good example in whatever field of entertainment it is, and to vote with your wallet. There's a Katamari sequel the works, so you can be sure it works at least some of the time.
I can see why he thinks the t-shirt is ironic - the shirt doesn't depict the earliest known example of video gaming, but I don't agree with his judgement.
If "roots" had to be the first known moment that a human did something (even if it was before your time), imagine the confusion. You couldn't say that your roots included MSDOS because the first computers did not run MSDOS. Would you have to say that the root was Babbage's mechanical computer, or would that be disqualified because it was never built?
It's a nonsense. If the person first played on the NES then the t-shirt is perfectly sincere.
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Hopefully this would push down the size of the iPod mini. I can't help but hide a smile when people talk about how small the minis are, when you can get 10 times the storage on something only about twice as big...
Until the iPod mini is really small (like shuffle size), it is just impractical for people with decent sized music collections. The size and weight you save vs the large models isn't enough to outweigh the loss in capacity. Of course, I guess it's ok for people who call 64kbps "near CD quality"...
Do we really need another IM client? It's just another account I'm going to have to set up because someone I want to talk to insists on using their particular IM client.
Thank god for Adium!
It seems to me that Google's only real offence is being too successful. I can see why people would call Microsoft evil - there's no doubt that they've abused their monopoly more than once - but until Google starts acting the same way, I don't think people have the right to complain.
I agree to an extent, but you are guilty of generalising just a tad.
There are great games out there. Sure, there are some which are only slightly more sophisticated than interactive movies, but there are some that are truly great. I was playing some Timesplitters: Future Perfect today, and I think that's an example of a new, slick game that still holds true to the old games you describe. There are plenty of tongue-in-cheek moments, the cut-scenes are short and hilarious and the characters are memorable. And that's in a FPS.
Same with music and movies. Sure, MTV churns out the same crap as usual, but we're in the digital age! It's easier than ever to find cool, weird indie bands from places you've never been on the other side of the world. And there are still meaningful movies coming out. I thought Closer was great, and that was 2005 (at least in the UK).
So you can complain, but it's easier to hunt out a good example in whatever field of entertainment it is, and to vote with your wallet. There's a Katamari sequel the works, so you can be sure it works at least some of the time.
I can see why he thinks the t-shirt is ironic - the shirt doesn't depict the earliest known example of video gaming, but I don't agree with his judgement.
If "roots" had to be the first known moment that a human did something (even if it was before your time), imagine the confusion. You couldn't say that your roots included MSDOS because the first computers did not run MSDOS. Would you have to say that the root was Babbage's mechanical computer, or would that be disqualified because it was never built?
It's a nonsense. If the person first played on the NES then the t-shirt is perfectly sincere.