You know VGChartz compares their numbers to NPD and adjusts them to fit within 5-15% depending on the bias they prefer, right? Have you seen the game ranking page? There's no way in hell Nintendo has 8/10 top 10 games. Where are all the XBox and ever popular PS2 games? You'd think that with over 140 Million PS2 sales, the top ranked PS2 game might be higher than 36th place.
VGChartz is no better than nexgenwars. They both guess at the numbers, adjust them when it suits their motive and have a forum full of drones kissing ioi's ass to try to prove that their purchase is the "winner" in this market competition. Hell, with "fanboys" like that, the big companies don't even have to pay advertising dollars. Their die hard fans do all the market manipulation for them.
Even doing research for this post I realized why I stopped looking at that site. I see that the forum is still rampant with trolls starting arguments over their opinions and even the "mods" are joining in on it. Aren't mods supposed to be a little impartial? Not here my friend.
For the record, as of today, going by the thread titles on the first page of all three forums (Nintendo, MS, Sony). Nintendo (1 dislike thread), MS (None, that I can find), Sony (9). That's just by reading titles. Don't you think a sales site that wants to reduce as much bias as they can would monitor this kind of thing and keep threads on the straight and narrow? Why, for a sales site, do they even allow opinion threads? Now, I don't know about you, but I seriously don't think that a console in it's first year, with less than 1% failure rate could ever get that much hate without some help. Price is one thing, but come on.
You seriously used VGChartz for your example? You can go in to the game ranking page and see where the bias on that site lies. Not to mention, the site uses the ostentatious Z for an S. I can't wait for the "Wii-tail Report." I'm sure they have something childish like that planned with all the corn-balling on that site.
That site and nexgenwars rely on guesses. They both posted Microsoft's 10 million sales number on trust, but they both degrade and berate anyone that posts Sony published numbers. Those sites are troll magnets and ad whores.
(Sorry, I hate when people use numbers from those sites as truth, good or bad. It's like quoting Wikipedia.)
That's perfectly understandable. Take Hellgate:London. It's pretty much a 3D Diablo, but it's just not the same as that isometric classic. I think it's harder to play, control, pick up items, etc. Maybe if they patched a locked camera mouse activated control scheme into HG:L it might actually be fun to play.
Going MMO is about the only way companies claim to be able to make money nowadays. Even games that claim to be MMOs are just multi-player games with "massive" lobbies to find a group to jump into your multi-player instance.
Don't get me wrong. I love the idea of hosting my own server and having my friends join in the fun, but these scenarios are getting few and far between. Sadly.
Isn't that the Microsoft model though? Make software, distribute it, fix it, stabilize, make new software, distribute it, fix it, etc...
They've done it with every iteration of Windows so far and it gets them nothing but grief: "Wait for SP1". However, extending previous technology is the core of everything they resent. It means that your OS or language may one day get good enough that you don't have to upgrade. It becomes "good enough" for most people and they don't fork over wads of cash for the new version of the OS that happens to be needed to run this new web technology.
Personally, i see no problem extending JS via the namespace model that.NET and Java use. Implement new features in a new namespace and retain the old ones until a time comes when they are no longer used, not needed needed or replaced. Improve Javascript over time using deprecation. Offer debug tools (like Firebug) that tell the developer that they are using a deprecated command and give the description documents (that usually include an alternative method.)
This of course goes against the Microsoft model of a continuous "massive" upgrade treadmill instead of refinement over time.
- People should already have a good knowledge of what they will publish as a reference for the rest of the world. Research and referencing ones research should be secondary to the base knowledge. Using Wikipedia (for article submission) merely as an academic exercise diminishes the importance of Wikipedia
Yeah, so when you post that arc-welding using "such and such" a metal is generally more difficult than "so and so" you can have another person undo your entry because of personal bias and no cite to a blog you wrote. That may be personal preference, but what if it's true. Wikipedia is not so much about "real life" experience as you think.
Really, what's the source on this story? A Blog post on some unknown site by someone named "Technology Expert"? Hold a second while I create a blog, post that Walmart/Best Buy/Circuit City/etc decided to drop HDDVD then post it here for the editors to forward on.
Unfortunately, Beta is the new "hip". (or the new Black if you prefer) Somewhere along the line it was decided that you are edgy and groundbreaking if you "get into beta." I actually had one of my friends tell me I wasn't a real gamer because I didn't get into a beta test. (Coincidentally, I am/was not a FilePlanet subscriber and these were the only people "accepted", so I didn't feel a huge loss by it since I didn't have to pay to bug test.)
Anyone here not have the links at the top that can verify if the top link lets them "access" the new UI without being in that 1%? Or did they mean the 1% of the community that had it turned on will default to ui=2 instead of ui=1?
With engines like jME popping up 3D is pretty much there already. You only need the runtime. This is what I don't understand about Silverlight and Air. They both combine other software packages (coincidentally all controlled by the same company) to perform the same tasks a competent (sometimes incompetent) programmer can already do. I guess the key here is that it's "Web technology" driven. But is that really a good thing?
Why does lsass have to continue running after you log into your PC and generate your key? It simply doesn't make sense for a login service to remain running. You should be able to shut it off and thus further disallow people from logging into your PC. This is nothing like "killing the kernel on Linux."
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So in other words... he caught one of the flying chairs and it pissed off monkey boy?
Oh, and you'd also think that the "owner/administrator" of such a sales site would keep his profile page as neutral as possible as well.
http://vgchartz.com/profiles/profile.php?id=74
You know VGChartz compares their numbers to NPD and adjusts them to fit within 5-15% depending on the bias they prefer, right? Have you seen the game ranking page? There's no way in hell Nintendo has 8/10 top 10 games. Where are all the XBox and ever popular PS2 games? You'd think that with over 140 Million PS2 sales, the top ranked PS2 game might be higher than 36th place.
VGChartz is no better than nexgenwars. They both guess at the numbers, adjust them when it suits their motive and have a forum full of drones kissing ioi's ass to try to prove that their purchase is the "winner" in this market competition. Hell, with "fanboys" like that, the big companies don't even have to pay advertising dollars. Their die hard fans do all the market manipulation for them.
Even doing research for this post I realized why I stopped looking at that site. I see that the forum is still rampant with trolls starting arguments over their opinions and even the "mods" are joining in on it. Aren't mods supposed to be a little impartial? Not here my friend.
For the record, as of today, going by the thread titles on the first page of all three forums (Nintendo, MS, Sony). Nintendo (1 dislike thread), MS (None, that I can find), Sony (9). That's just by reading titles. Don't you think a sales site that wants to reduce as much bias as they can would monitor this kind of thing and keep threads on the straight and narrow? Why, for a sales site, do they even allow opinion threads? Now, I don't know about you, but I seriously don't think that a console in it's first year, with less than 1% failure rate could ever get that much hate without some help. Price is one thing, but come on.
You seriously used VGChartz for your example? You can go in to the game ranking page and see where the bias on that site lies. Not to mention, the site uses the ostentatious Z for an S. I can't wait for the "Wii-tail Report." I'm sure they have something childish like that planned with all the corn-balling on that site.
That site and nexgenwars rely on guesses. They both posted Microsoft's 10 million sales number on trust, but they both degrade and berate anyone that posts Sony published numbers. Those sites are troll magnets and ad whores.
(Sorry, I hate when people use numbers from those sites as truth, good or bad. It's like quoting Wikipedia.)
Blood Bowl's site has been down (at least a nice plane white screen) for about 3 months now.
That's perfectly understandable. Take Hellgate:London. It's pretty much a 3D Diablo, but it's just not the same as that isometric classic. I think it's harder to play, control, pick up items, etc. Maybe if they patched a locked camera mouse activated control scheme into HG:L it might actually be fun to play.
Funny is right after Informative and right before Overrated. I'll let you pick the accidental click direction of the mod.
Hey! How did you know I haven't taken a show... erm. Never mind.
Going MMO is about the only way companies claim to be able to make money nowadays. Even games that claim to be MMOs are just multi-player games with "massive" lobbies to find a group to jump into your multi-player instance.
Don't get me wrong. I love the idea of hosting my own server and having my friends join in the fun, but these scenarios are getting few and far between. Sadly.
Isn't that the Microsoft model though? Make software, distribute it, fix it, stabilize, make new software, distribute it, fix it, etc...
.NET and Java use. Implement new features in a new namespace and retain the old ones until a time comes when they are no longer used, not needed needed or replaced. Improve Javascript over time using deprecation. Offer debug tools (like Firebug) that tell the developer that they are using a deprecated command and give the description documents (that usually include an alternative method.)
They've done it with every iteration of Windows so far and it gets them nothing but grief: "Wait for SP1". However, extending previous technology is the core of everything they resent. It means that your OS or language may one day get good enough that you don't have to upgrade. It becomes "good enough" for most people and they don't fork over wads of cash for the new version of the OS that happens to be needed to run this new web technology.
Personally, i see no problem extending JS via the namespace model that
This of course goes against the Microsoft model of a continuous "massive" upgrade treadmill instead of refinement over time.
Yeah, so when you post that arc-welding using "such and such" a metal is generally more difficult than "so and so" you can have another person undo your entry because of personal bias and no cite to a blog you wrote. That may be personal preference, but what if it's true. Wikipedia is not so much about "real life" experience as you think.
Really, what's the source on this story? A Blog post on some unknown site by someone named "Technology Expert"? Hold a second while I create a blog, post that Walmart/Best Buy/Circuit City/etc decided to drop HDDVD then post it here for the editors to forward on.
Unfortunately, Beta is the new "hip". (or the new Black if you prefer) Somewhere along the line it was decided that you are edgy and groundbreaking if you "get into beta." I actually had one of my friends tell me I wasn't a real gamer because I didn't get into a beta test. (Coincidentally, I am/was not a FilePlanet subscriber and these were the only people "accepted", so I didn't feel a huge loss by it since I didn't have to pay to bug test.)
I'm guessing they are calling it 2.0 because of the URL: http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2 instead of http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=1
But they should be calling it Gmail UI2 instead of 2.0.
You can always change her bookmark:
New Version: http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2
Old Version: http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=1
Anyone here not have the links at the top that can verify if the top link lets them "access" the new UI without being in that 1%? Or did they mean the 1% of the community that had it turned on will default to ui=2 instead of ui=1?
I thought it was called Java...
With engines like jME popping up 3D is pretty much there already. You only need the runtime. This is what I don't understand about Silverlight and Air. They both combine other software packages (coincidentally all controlled by the same company) to perform the same tasks a competent (sometimes incompetent) programmer can already do. I guess the key here is that it's "Web technology" driven. But is that really a good thing?
If your impotent: you only want to know if he can write prescriptions?
Sorry, I had to...
Are you helping one of the many projects out there trying to make an alternative in any way?
Why does lsass have to continue running after you log into your PC and generate your key? It simply doesn't make sense for a login service to remain running. You should be able to shut it off and thus further disallow people from logging into your PC. This is nothing like "killing the kernel on Linux."
Rename all your Porn to "How to build a deck." "How to fix an engine."
That will guarantee she doesn't look at it.
You can't turn anything off. Try killing lsass.exe in task manager and see how long your Windows PC remains running...
... and soon you'll have an over-the-ear cellphone that will tell you the time when you ask for it. At least that's where my money is.
Don't forget Residential Internet services. There may be more of us on, but at lower speeds. Coming from the home of the Internet, this is pretty sad.
Don't hate America... hate the lawyers.