security vendor SMobile Systems published a report saying that 20% of Android apps are malicious.
No, the report said that 20% of apps require access to sensitive data (ie your address book) or functionality to perform their job. You'd think people would have noticed by now if 1 in 5 Android apps were "malicious".
the unit does look fairly large compared to a dongle, maybe about the size of a large dog food tin can? (i.e. next size up tin can from a normal size one)
How many Kilderkins would you say that is? Or I may with difficulty be able to visualise the volume in Firkins if you'd prefer to stick to conventional units.
FTS I thought it was more about the solar panel material they were using for the blimp.
I don't think Bleriot would have been doing it under solar power either.. this thing just seems like a really cool project. Not sure how difficult it is to keep the helium topped up, but apart from that it could just stay up indefinitely and not need refuelling.
Obviously because Opera is named after the Sydney Opera House, which is actually a secret Japanese military base poised to take over Australia (when the time is right). Likewise the Opera browser is actually part of a large botnet, biding its time. When the uprising begins, all the Wiis in the world will unite to create Skynet.jp, which will use its fearsome army of Wii Fit balance boards to trip over their fat, lazy owners, thereby incapacitating them and bringing the western world to its knees.. or at least its backs. Just you wait.
Yeah I had SSB on pre-order but cancelled it when I got rid of the Wii. I've played it at someone's house since then and didn't really get it (of course, none of us knew the controls and we were a bit drunk, so it was pretty much button bashing all the way) - I think out of that list the only games I would buy are Mario Galaxy and Metroid (really enjoyed that on the DS, though again the DS was one I ended up giving to my sister because I was only using it while on holiday).
The best gaming year of my life was my last year of Uni where I pretty much stayed up every night playing CS/DoD/other-HL-mods and MUDding:p Since them I've just not really made time for consistent gaming, though I do have the occasional month where I'll really get into something, but then the next month I'll be watching DVDs, etc.
I've recently found myself spending more of my free time experiencing the ultimate in graphics and physics engines.. real life:p Started going to the gym last year and I started doing Parkour around 5 weeks ago.. Assassin's Creed and Mirror's Edge are fun, but learning to do all that stuff for real is even moreso, and then means that you can pretty much play games anywhere, for free, whether you have a console with you or not. Of course I have had random girls shout "WHAT ARE YOU DOING? D: " at me as if I was about to die while Kong vaulting a rail, but that just adds to the fun xD
I suppose I meant that as far as consoles were concerned I grew up with the PSX. We weren't allowed a console before that (since they were games only devices and our dad liked us to have stuff that was at least slightly educational). So I mostly grew up with Amigas.. now I think about it I used to use a Mega Drive controller in my Amiga. Before that we had a Commodore 128 as well with a little joystick.
I guess I think of the N64 and Xbox controllers as bad because of their layout of the analog sticks. I actually thought the Xbox one had a centrally mounted analog stick as well until I looked it up just now (despite using one a couple of times).
Oh yeah I definitely value gameplay above graphics, for example I recently got 3D Dot Game Heroes which purposefully emulates the oldskool 2D RPG style (but in 3D), I just also like the wow factor I get when diving out of a plane in Just Cause 2 and looking at the island below me - it really does look amazingly real.
26 here as well, so likewise I've probably been gaming for 22-23 years, but I guess I just took a different path:P I bought a Wii and a PS3 in this generation, but the Wii stopped getting used as soon as I had the PS3 so I just left it at my mum's house one Christmas.
I've mellowed towards MS somewhat since I entered the professional world, but I still don't want to encourage them too much. They really have to earn it if they want me as a customer again;)
1) I remember reading about Fable or Fable II a few years ago and thought it sounded good. Didn't realise it was XBox exclusive though.
2) I've grown up with PS controllers so I'm obviously biased that way, but I've never enjoyed stuff like the N64 and Xbox controller (they're both very similar IMO). I've never had any issues with the playstation controllers (apart from once getting blisters while playing Dynasty Warriors!), always found them to be nice and comfortable even when playing for over 13 hours straight (Uncharted 2).
3. Not a great excuse, as you say PCs have been able to keep cool for much longer.
I didn't realise it's been 5 years already for the 360 - the time has flown by! I still don't feel we're extracting the full potential out of this current gen though - the new input systems and stereo 3D capabilities are going to be a lot of fun:) I suppose another console generation will be necessary for nice high res, high framerate 3D on truly complex scenes, though we're almost at photorealistic level already with the current generation.. so I expect the next couple of gens will have an even longer time scale unless the console makers come out with more gimmicks that truly require a main unit upgrade. Look at how many people are still happy with the PS2 and Wii level of graphics..
I'm aware of all those reasons, but none of them are enough to sell me on the idea. If I wanted a nice social experience, I'd stick with Windows. Pretty much everyone has a Windows PC. Likewise a lot of "XBox only" titles have ended up coming out for Windows too.. and at least if you do it that way you get to choose the quality of your hardware.
It's good that they've finally sorted out the 360 issues, but I just don't really trust MS to do a good job of anything. They do have the odd decent product around (and ~10 years ago they used to have some cracking games for Windows with Midtown Madness, Mech Warrior etc), and I've been able to tolerate them in the working world since XP came out, but after Vista and the 360 RRoD problems, they've gone back to being a joke in my eyes. For me to buy an MS console they'd have to execute the whole thing flawlessly and provide a much better incentive than Halo (seriously, I'd rather play Quake I/II multiplayer, even without mods).
That doesn't really negate his point. You might as well get annoyed at toaster manufacturers for not making bath-friendly models.
I wouldn't be surprised if someone now pastes a link to a bath-friendly toaster, but the point is still that if you want to be gaming on the move, you buy a system that is designed to be portable!
Do you have to be a masochist to own a 360 or something? I mean I usually hate all the fanboy one-upping and such, but in all seriousness, why would you even put up with that kind of shit?
The only reason I started buying consoles was to get away from Microsoft software (Windows gaming is great, as long as you can put up with Windows). To then subject yourself to both MS hardware and software seems like lunacy to me.
I know it doesn't mean more money for the site, but it definitely means more chance of clicking one (even if this is only 0.01%, it's better than 0%). I'm against ads on principal, but I think I did actually click one the other day when I was on a machine without an adblocker.
Donating is good, and I would happily pay for services to get them ad-free, though with web pages that's pretty much a moot point when you have adblock enabled!
At the very least it will take as long as rendering an image that is twice the resolution of a standard 2D display.
Guess I shouldn't have said "twice as long", should have said something like "take at least the same resources", because of course it won't take longer if it has twice the graphics power/bandwidth of the iPhone or whatever you want to compare it to!
You're the only one to mention "overhead" so far, so I'm not sure what to say to that!
Though yes depending on how the scene data gets to the card, there may be some overhead in switching the rendering viewpoint. I'm not sure if you can just keep the same scene geometry in the gfx card's RAM and change the rendering point rather than having to resend the whole scene.
I just said it will have to render each scene twice, which is true. At the very least it will take as long as rendering an image that is twice the resolution of a standard 2D display.
As to the content producers [..] screw them. [..] It's my computer, my bandwidth.
That's the most childish thing I've read this week.
It's also their bandwidth, and their content (which you seem to be getting some use out of).
You have a right to try to block their ads, and they have a right to try to get around that (as long as they aren't actually infecting your machine with malware to do this). If they can't get their ads seen, they won't make money and soon there will be no content for you to mooch.
. You will very occasionally temporarily allow a site and that costs you a second or so
Or spend a few minutes filling in a form then wondering why it doesn't submit or realise that some dropdown isn't populating etc. This is especially annoying on secure payment forms, which may have elements from a couple of other websites being blocked even if you've already enabled scripting on the main site. I don't like reloading forms that may charge me again, or having to go and restart the data entry process when I find out that the payment confirmation uses Javascript..
I just use adblock to block ads, I'm fine with everything else.
Exactly - twice the resolution requires twice the power, or you'll get half the framerate. Directly comparing the visuals on a 3D system vs 2D ones at similar resolutions isn't exactly a fair comparison of power.
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Intelligence doesn't necessarily preclude arrogance, elitism and even religious fervour in a person.. unfortunately.
security vendor SMobile Systems published a report saying that 20% of Android apps are malicious.
This is even more misleading than the average Slashdot post.
And that's really saying something, considering that 80% of Slashdot posts are malicious!
it's my phone, and if I want to run malicious software on it, I feel I should be able to do so.
Fair enough.
If I want to kill those who enable the creation of botnets, I feel I should be able to do so.
Where do you live? :)
security vendor SMobile Systems published a report saying that 20% of Android apps are malicious.
No, the report said that 20% of apps require access to sensitive data (ie your address book) or functionality to perform their job. You'd think people would have noticed by now if 1 in 5 Android apps were "malicious".
if against all odds said blimp crashes on land in a populated area, it's filled up with helium, not with hydrogen
I can hear the high pitched chipmunk screams even now.. :)
the unit does look fairly large compared to a dongle, maybe about the size of a large dog food tin can? (i.e. next size up tin can from a normal size one)
How many Kilderkins would you say that is? Or I may with difficulty be able to visualise the volume in Firkins if you'd prefer to stick to conventional units.
FTS I thought it was more about the solar panel material they were using for the blimp.
I don't think Bleriot would have been doing it under solar power either.. this thing just seems like a really cool project. Not sure how difficult it is to keep the helium topped up, but apart from that it could just stay up indefinitely and not need refuelling.
Why is it dumb?
Big plans, didn't really go so well
Ambitious - but rubbish!
Obviously because Opera is named after the Sydney Opera House, which is actually a secret Japanese military base poised to take over Australia (when the time is right). Likewise the Opera browser is actually part of a large botnet, biding its time. When the uprising begins, all the Wiis in the world will unite to create Skynet.jp, which will use its fearsome army of Wii Fit balance boards to trip over their fat, lazy owners, thereby incapacitating them and bringing the western world to its knees.. or at least its backs. Just you wait.
Yeah I had SSB on pre-order but cancelled it when I got rid of the Wii. I've played it at someone's house since then and didn't really get it (of course, none of us knew the controls and we were a bit drunk, so it was pretty much button bashing all the way) - I think out of that list the only games I would buy are Mario Galaxy and Metroid (really enjoyed that on the DS, though again the DS was one I ended up giving to my sister because I was only using it while on holiday).
The best gaming year of my life was my last year of Uni where I pretty much stayed up every night playing CS/DoD/other-HL-mods and MUDding :p Since them I've just not really made time for consistent gaming, though I do have the occasional month where I'll really get into something, but then the next month I'll be watching DVDs, etc.
I've recently found myself spending more of my free time experiencing the ultimate in graphics and physics engines.. real life :p Started going to the gym last year and I started doing Parkour around 5 weeks ago.. Assassin's Creed and Mirror's Edge are fun, but learning to do all that stuff for real is even moreso, and then means that you can pretty much play games anywhere, for free, whether you have a console with you or not. Of course I have had random girls shout "WHAT ARE YOU DOING? D: " at me as if I was about to die while Kong vaulting a rail, but that just adds to the fun xD
I suppose I meant that as far as consoles were concerned I grew up with the PSX. We weren't allowed a console before that (since they were games only devices and our dad liked us to have stuff that was at least slightly educational). So I mostly grew up with Amigas.. now I think about it I used to use a Mega Drive controller in my Amiga. Before that we had a Commodore 128 as well with a little joystick.
I guess I think of the N64 and Xbox controllers as bad because of their layout of the analog sticks. I actually thought the Xbox one had a centrally mounted analog stick as well until I looked it up just now (despite using one a couple of times).
Oh yeah I definitely value gameplay above graphics, for example I recently got 3D Dot Game Heroes which purposefully emulates the oldskool 2D RPG style (but in 3D), I just also like the wow factor I get when diving out of a plane in Just Cause 2 and looking at the island below me - it really does look amazingly real.
26 here as well, so likewise I've probably been gaming for 22-23 years, but I guess I just took a different path :P I bought a Wii and a PS3 in this generation, but the Wii stopped getting used as soon as I had the PS3 so I just left it at my mum's house one Christmas.
I've mellowed towards MS somewhat since I entered the professional world, but I still don't want to encourage them too much. They really have to earn it if they want me as a customer again ;)
1) I remember reading about Fable or Fable II a few years ago and thought it sounded good. Didn't realise it was XBox exclusive though.
2) I've grown up with PS controllers so I'm obviously biased that way, but I've never enjoyed stuff like the N64 and Xbox controller (they're both very similar IMO). I've never had any issues with the playstation controllers (apart from once getting blisters while playing Dynasty Warriors!), always found them to be nice and comfortable even when playing for over 13 hours straight (Uncharted 2).
3. Not a great excuse, as you say PCs have been able to keep cool for much longer.
I didn't realise it's been 5 years already for the 360 - the time has flown by! I still don't feel we're extracting the full potential out of this current gen though - the new input systems and stereo 3D capabilities are going to be a lot of fun :) I suppose another console generation will be necessary for nice high res, high framerate 3D on truly complex scenes, though we're almost at photorealistic level already with the current generation.. so I expect the next couple of gens will have an even longer time scale unless the console makers come out with more gimmicks that truly require a main unit upgrade. Look at how many people are still happy with the PS2 and Wii level of graphics..
And Microsoft are the ones worth suffering for? Methinks the world has developed a bad case of Stockholm Syndrome..
I'm aware of all those reasons, but none of them are enough to sell me on the idea. If I wanted a nice social experience, I'd stick with Windows. Pretty much everyone has a Windows PC. Likewise a lot of "XBox only" titles have ended up coming out for Windows too.. and at least if you do it that way you get to choose the quality of your hardware.
It's good that they've finally sorted out the 360 issues, but I just don't really trust MS to do a good job of anything. They do have the odd decent product around (and ~10 years ago they used to have some cracking games for Windows with Midtown Madness, Mech Warrior etc), and I've been able to tolerate them in the working world since XP came out, but after Vista and the 360 RRoD problems, they've gone back to being a joke in my eyes. For me to buy an MS console they'd have to execute the whole thing flawlessly and provide a much better incentive than Halo (seriously, I'd rather play Quake I/II multiplayer, even without mods).
That doesn't really negate his point. You might as well get annoyed at toaster manufacturers for not making bath-friendly models.
I wouldn't be surprised if someone now pastes a link to a bath-friendly toaster, but the point is still that if you want to be gaming on the move, you buy a system that is designed to be portable!
Do you have to be a masochist to own a 360 or something? I mean I usually hate all the fanboy one-upping and such, but in all seriousness, why would you even put up with that kind of shit?
The only reason I started buying consoles was to get away from Microsoft software (Windows gaming is great, as long as you can put up with Windows). To then subject yourself to both MS hardware and software seems like lunacy to me.
I know it doesn't mean more money for the site, but it definitely means more chance of clicking one (even if this is only 0.01%, it's better than 0%). I'm against ads on principal, but I think I did actually click one the other day when I was on a machine without an adblocker.
Donating is good, and I would happily pay for services to get them ad-free, though with web pages that's pretty much a moot point when you have adblock enabled!
At the very least it will take as long as rendering an image that is twice the resolution of a standard 2D display.
Guess I shouldn't have said "twice as long", should have said something like "take at least the same resources", because of course it won't take longer if it has twice the graphics power/bandwidth of the iPhone or whatever you want to compare it to!
Overhead isn't really the correct term though
You're the only one to mention "overhead" so far, so I'm not sure what to say to that!
Though yes depending on how the scene data gets to the card, there may be some overhead in switching the rendering viewpoint. I'm not sure if you can just keep the same scene geometry in the gfx card's RAM and change the rendering point rather than having to resend the whole scene.
I just said it will have to render each scene twice, which is true. At the very least it will take as long as rendering an image that is twice the resolution of a standard 2D display.
As to the content producers [..] screw them. [..] It's my computer, my bandwidth.
That's the most childish thing I've read this week.
It's also their bandwidth, and their content (which you seem to be getting some use out of).
You have a right to try to block their ads, and they have a right to try to get around that (as long as they aren't actually infecting your machine with malware to do this). If they can't get their ads seen, they won't make money and soon there will be no content for you to mooch.
. You will very occasionally temporarily allow a site and that costs you a second or so
Or spend a few minutes filling in a form then wondering why it doesn't submit or realise that some dropdown isn't populating etc. This is especially annoying on secure payment forms, which may have elements from a couple of other websites being blocked even if you've already enabled scripting on the main site. I don't like reloading forms that may charge me again, or having to go and restart the data entry process when I find out that the payment confirmation uses Javascript..
I just use adblock to block ads, I'm fine with everything else.
*whooosh*
Exactly - twice the resolution requires twice the power, or you'll get half the framerate. Directly comparing the visuals on a 3D system vs 2D ones at similar resolutions isn't exactly a fair comparison of power.
Shouldn't that be "I live here"? Suspicious!