That used to be the idea, but Sony have stopped doing backwards compatibility. So far as I can see, the idea of the PS4 just seems to be updated graphics, controller, and social media integration.
I had a PS4 pre-order for a while. I cancelled it because likely all the games I enjoy will be out on PS3 for a good while anyway. And while AC4 does look very pretty on PS4, it's "good enough" for me on PS3 right now. I'll probably get a PS4 once it comes down to around 250GBP.
While I rarely do it, I did actually play an audio CD on my PS3 last week too. Alongside my desktop PC, it's the only device in my house that can play them now.
In addition to the other guy's comment, spotify pays around half a cent per streamed track. So currently the answer seems to be "yes". Which is kind of absurd, but interesting. There are lots of shady ways to make money though. Probably best not to think too much about them.
An advert for what? For getting people to listen to their music? That they can already listen to on Spotify. Not that many artists are better live than on their CDs. I'm happy to go to shows when people invite me, but I don't look them out myself. Listening to music while I work/drive/chill is all I need really.
That's correct, but it doesn't mean that there shouldn't be regulations to at least try to improve safety. Hey let's just forget about driving licenses all together, why don't we? Who gives a shit if someone can't tell where there attention should be, and why, when they're driving?
How do you know they don't plan to use that fork to murder someone? That cup of coffee doesn't contain illegal drugs? Their wallet doesn't contain leaked NSA secret documents?
Strawman much? Those are all pretty irrelevant for driving safety. Holding your phone in your hand in a visible manner while driving is an obvious sign of your attention being diverted from the 1.5 tonnes of steel currently hurtling around under your supposed control.
Do you seriously believe that "right to travel" means "right to drive", or "right to fly a helicopter" and that kind of thing?
Freedom of movement, mobility rights or the right to travel is a human right concept that the constitutions of numerous states respect. It asserts that a citizen of a state in which that citizen is present has the liberty to travel, reside in, and/or work in any part of the state where one pleases within the limits of respect for the liberty and rights of others,[1] and to leave that state and return at any time.
there are some houses near me that are only accessible by Interstate
It seems rather unlikely that you couldn't get to those places by foot. But why would someone who can't drive even buy their house there? Are taxis unavailable in your area? Usually people with such low user IDs make a bit more sense, but your post comes across more as trolling and/or lack of coffee.
You're right that holding the phone doesn't technically present a danger - but how do you know whether that person is holding their phone to text, check Facebook, on speakerphone, etc. What other reason is there even to have a phone in your hand while driving, other than actually using it? Better to just make it illegal to have the phone in your hand while driving, otherwise it will lead to people being sneaky.
I sometimes use my phone while sat in traffic, but if I get caught then it's my own fault..
It seems you've skimmed the article, but not actually noticed an important point that was even mentioned in the summary:
The pursuing police car presses a button, a lid pops open, and a GPS bullet is fired which becomes attached to the fleeing car
I think since it could potentially save a lot of money on damages to public roads, cars, buildings, etc, that it probably would be used. It could even be funded by local insurance companies.
The proposed move also has caught the attention of some in the think tank and consulting worlds. Dan Goure of the Lexington Institute, is as unimpressed with the idea as Forbes.
âoeThe decision to eliminate [Net Assessment] might make sense were it an expensive endeavor, employing a large staff that might be better deployed elsewhere,â he wrote.
The Net Assessment office is less than a dozen people, tiny when compared with the rest of the Pentagon sweeping bureaucracy, Goure noted.
âoeIts budget is a few million dollars annually, much of that devoted to outside studies and analyses, he wrote. âoeYou wouldnâ(TM)t save enough from this action buy even one tactical fighter. Furthermore, the loss of the intellectual energy NA provides at a critical time for the Pentagonâ(TM)s future could have negative effects far outweighing the utility of the few dollars that would be saved.â
Sounds ass backwards to me. I think the military need to do more thinking, and less invading.
That's what I was thinking. Some people probably didn't even read up on it, and just thought it was a fully fledged phone in a watch. Or they thought it would be compatible with any Samsung phone. When the Gear was released, it was only compatible with the Note 2, with more models to follow with a software update (I think the S3, S4 and some of the tablets)
Its like getting thrown clear of a car wreck when not wearing a seat belt.
Except without the windscreen/vehicles/pedestrians/the ground/buildings/trees impacting your face.. is not wearing your seatbelt seriously considered safer by some people? Give me a seatbelt and airbag to the face over being thrown down a road at 70mph anyday..
That's why I said "ie without having to be actually running OSX". It seems like an unnecessary waste to me to have to have the operating system running just to function as a display.
I didn't think that he was implying that his brother was jealous at all. I thought he was saying more that he considered him saying "I respect what you're doing" as a type of insult. It implied that nobody else respected the way he was living his life. Which may be true, because today's media and culture glorifies sex for the sake of sex. That's what he found "funny" - that this guy doing nothing but having sex was implying that people shouldn't have anything better to do. Maybe I read it wrongly.
If the iMac doubled up as a standard monitor (ie without having to be actually running OSX to function as an external display), then it could be worth it.. it seems a bit of a waste to me to throw out such a nice display when you're getting a new desktop machine - or to be running two machines when you only need one.
Some might call it sad to think that screwing "lots" of girls is important. Sure, screwing is fun. It is pointless, but satisfying to an extent (because natural selection). Having lots of partners has always seemed to me kind of narcissistic and unnecessary. Saying that others have led a sad life just because they're not slutty is a bit much. What's wrong with him preferring to have a girlfriend rather than lots of random encounters?
I still find it weird that the games you've chosen to pay for suddenly become the most boring thing in the world when moved onto a large screen. I don't find my HDTV has that effect at all. Or perhaps I should just give in to the use of hyperbole.
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That used to be the idea, but Sony have stopped doing backwards compatibility. So far as I can see, the idea of the PS4 just seems to be updated graphics, controller, and social media integration.
My flatmate got one along with a "book" on teaching yourself Norwegian. It's kind of like Rosetta Stone, but cheaper and with more dead trees.
What's to stop you keeping your PS3 around as a media player? I wonder if the PS3 remotes will work for PS4s too.
I had a PS4 pre-order for a while. I cancelled it because likely all the games I enjoy will be out on PS3 for a good while anyway. And while AC4 does look very pretty on PS4, it's "good enough" for me on PS3 right now. I'll probably get a PS4 once it comes down to around 250GBP.
While I rarely do it, I did actually play an audio CD on my PS3 last week too. Alongside my desktop PC, it's the only device in my house that can play them now.
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Is that your latest creation in Sim City?
In addition to the other guy's comment, spotify pays around half a cent per streamed track. So currently the answer seems to be "yes". Which is kind of absurd, but interesting. There are lots of shady ways to make money though. Probably best not to think too much about them.
An advert for what? For getting people to listen to their music? That they can already listen to on Spotify. Not that many artists are better live than on their CDs. I'm happy to go to shows when people invite me, but I don't look them out myself. Listening to music while I work/drive/chill is all I need really.
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Forcing poeple to do what is right is impossible.
That's correct, but it doesn't mean that there shouldn't be regulations to at least try to improve safety. Hey let's just forget about driving licenses all together, why don't we? Who gives a shit if someone can't tell where there attention should be, and why, when they're driving?
How do you know they don't plan to use that fork to murder someone? That cup of coffee doesn't contain illegal drugs? Their wallet doesn't contain leaked NSA secret documents?
Strawman much? Those are all pretty irrelevant for driving safety. Holding your phone in your hand in a visible manner while driving is an obvious sign of your attention being diverted from the 1.5 tonnes of steel currently hurtling around under your supposed control.
Do you seriously believe that "right to travel" means "right to drive", or "right to fly a helicopter" and that kind of thing?
Freedom of movement, mobility rights or the right to travel is a human right concept that the constitutions of numerous states respect. It asserts that a citizen of a state in which that citizen is present has the liberty to travel, reside in, and/or work in any part of the state where one pleases within the limits of respect for the liberty and rights of others,[1] and to leave that state and return at any time.
there are some houses near me that are only accessible by Interstate
It seems rather unlikely that you couldn't get to those places by foot. But why would someone who can't drive even buy their house there? Are taxis unavailable in your area? Usually people with such low user IDs make a bit more sense, but your post comes across more as trolling and/or lack of coffee.
You're right that holding the phone doesn't technically present a danger - but how do you know whether that person is holding their phone to text, check Facebook, on speakerphone, etc. What other reason is there even to have a phone in your hand while driving, other than actually using it? Better to just make it illegal to have the phone in your hand while driving, otherwise it will lead to people being sneaky.
I sometimes use my phone while sat in traffic, but if I get caught then it's my own fault..
It seems you've skimmed the article, but not actually noticed an important point that was even mentioned in the summary:
The pursuing police car presses a button, a lid pops open, and a GPS bullet is fired which becomes attached to the fleeing car
I think since it could potentially save a lot of money on damages to public roads, cars, buildings, etc, that it probably would be used. It could even be funded by local insurance companies.
(which isn't actually Ireland, I keep thinking Great Britain includes Ireland too.. but I'm probably thinking of the "British Isles").
Like I said, Britain.
The proposed move also has caught the attention of some in the think tank and consulting worlds. Dan Goure of the Lexington Institute, is as unimpressed with the idea as Forbes.
âoeThe decision to eliminate [Net Assessment] might make sense were it an expensive endeavor, employing a large staff that might be better deployed elsewhere,â he wrote.
The Net Assessment office is less than a dozen people, tiny when compared with the rest of the Pentagon sweeping bureaucracy, Goure noted.
âoeIts budget is a few million dollars annually, much of that devoted to outside studies and analyses, he wrote. âoeYou wouldnâ(TM)t save enough from this action buy even one tactical fighter. Furthermore, the loss of the intellectual energy NA provides at a critical time for the Pentagonâ(TM)s future could have negative effects far outweighing the utility of the few dollars that would be saved.â
Sounds ass backwards to me. I think the military need to do more thinking, and less invading.
3. He's got something really radical up his sleeve that no public company in their right mind would go along with.
Releasing a games console? Steambox?
Bringing the call centres back to Britain? :p
That's what I was thinking. Some people probably didn't even read up on it, and just thought it was a fully fledged phone in a watch. Or they thought it would be compatible with any Samsung phone. When the Gear was released, it was only compatible with the Note 2, with more models to follow with a software update (I think the S3, S4 and some of the tablets)
Its like getting thrown clear of a car wreck when not wearing a seat belt.
Except without the windscreen/vehicles/pedestrians/the ground/buildings/trees impacting your face.. is not wearing your seatbelt seriously considered safer by some people? Give me a seatbelt and airbag to the face over being thrown down a road at 70mph anyday..
That's why I said "ie without having to be actually running OSX". It seems like an unnecessary waste to me to have to have the operating system running just to function as a display.
I didn't think that he was implying that his brother was jealous at all. I thought he was saying more that he considered him saying "I respect what you're doing" as a type of insult. It implied that nobody else respected the way he was living his life. Which may be true, because today's media and culture glorifies sex for the sake of sex. That's what he found "funny" - that this guy doing nothing but having sex was implying that people shouldn't have anything better to do. Maybe I read it wrongly.
If the iMac doubled up as a standard monitor (ie without having to be actually running OSX to function as an external display), then it could be worth it.. it seems a bit of a waste to me to throw out such a nice display when you're getting a new desktop machine - or to be running two machines when you only need one.
Some might call it sad to think that screwing "lots" of girls is important. Sure, screwing is fun. It is pointless, but satisfying to an extent (because natural selection). Having lots of partners has always seemed to me kind of narcissistic and unnecessary. Saying that others have led a sad life just because they're not slutty is a bit much. What's wrong with him preferring to have a girlfriend rather than lots of random encounters?
I guess that explains why you created a child comment with it.
I still find it weird that the games you've chosen to pay for suddenly become the most boring thing in the world when moved onto a large screen. I don't find my HDTV has that effect at all. Or perhaps I should just give in to the use of hyperbole.