If you really need that much bandwidth for a save game... the game must really be bad.
I have all my PC game saves synced with one of those online storage services. I do not have to worry about rebuilding the PC anymore. I rebuild, setup my sync, install the game and pick up where I left off. It doesn't require gigabytes of data for save games.
You only need to lose one save game and have to re-do all the content you just did... just as equivalent as not being able to go back to the chapter in that book you started reading. Games are just like that, except you can't flip the game to Chapter 12 and start there.
It's not about redundant save games and all that garbage (though some people like to make local copies in case something is corrupted to save them from having to start over.) I feel you are arguing just to argue. You may not enjoy gaming (that's the vibe I'm getting...) but there are others that do.
...locking the hard drive to the processor does not prevent piracy or anything else, it just makes people lose saved data when the box dies, which it does on a regular basis. I am now on my third PS3 hard drive, the previous two are both completely functional with completely inaccessible game saves on them.
You know... if the save games are saved on their servers that wouldn't happen...
Even the concept of "gravitationally bound" isn't sufficient, as stars and planets have objects gravitationally bound to them, and clusters of stars are gravitationally bound to each other, and the stars and clusters are bound to the "galaxy", and clusters of galaxies are gravitationally bound to one another. Where does one level end and the next level begin?
That's why I prefer Bound/Unbound Satellite instead of calling Earth a planet. The Moon is bound to Earth and the Earth bound to the Sun. Galaxies can be considered Generally Bound Satellites of each other.
I think people are too quick to rush to naming and categorizing stuff (in Astronomy and in life)... can't all bodies floating in space be called something like Satellites? Bound and unbound, just like landlocked and non-locked bodies of water. Earth would be a Bound Satellite where "Bound" was a term used for something with a regular orbit.
While both Slashdot and Steam have achievements, Steam has better voice support and "cloud" storage for some game saves... so one could say it was a step up. The unfortunate part is that you have to buy your content from Steam where Slashdot spills it on the screen for free.;)
We have noticed that you have been experiencing an uptake in visitors that meet you at your door and leave within a minute. This is suspect to charges of drug distribution. If this process continues, we will seek further action.
Why not just have all those police sitting along the median of highways start sitting next to stores in high crime areas? Wouldn't the presence of a police unit deter crime in itself?
Why go to all the trouble of EMP? Just get a spotlight to shine on the drone as it passes by your home. I'm sure you can set up some sort of video tracking to automatically pinpoint the drone with a pin light.
Makes me kind of wonder about the validity of a "home" redundancy system. One box("vault") for the car and one for the home. They'd be encrypted storage (in case the car gets stolen) linked via encrypted Wifi, and would alert you to drive failure with audible or a big red LED. It would need an upgrade path. Allow the linking (plug in cable, press link button on new unit) of several vaults and allow you to phase out small old ones or keep three linked vaults (home, car, work/friend). You'd have to limit the size of all devices to the smallest vault, but it might work.
The only way I can think of doing that would be to use the id field as a named index (which it already is) and taking the first supported tag...
<video id="somevideo"/> <object id="somevideo"/>...ignoring identical key objects placed later in the page. (I can see bad things taking the second item unless you encapsulate the id in the parent tag "scope")
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I'm not sure where you read this was mandatory.
The Kotaku link says: "users will be given the option to upload their saves remotely to a server." (emphasis mine)
"Legally" they were never YOUR games.
If you really need that much bandwidth for a save game... the game must really be bad.
I have all my PC game saves synced with one of those online storage services. I do not have to worry about rebuilding the PC anymore. I rebuild, setup my sync, install the game and pick up where I left off. It doesn't require gigabytes of data for save games.
You only need to lose one save game and have to re-do all the content you just did... just as equivalent as not being able to go back to the chapter in that book you started reading. Games are just like that, except you can't flip the game to Chapter 12 and start there.
It's not about redundant save games and all that garbage (though some people like to make local copies in case something is corrupted to save them from having to start over.) I feel you are arguing just to argue. You may not enjoy gaming (that's the vibe I'm getting...) but there are others that do.
...locking the hard drive to the processor does not prevent piracy or anything else, it just makes people lose saved data when the box dies, which it does on a regular basis. I am now on my third PS3 hard drive, the previous two are both completely functional with completely inaccessible game saves on them.
You know... if the save games are saved on their servers that wouldn't happen...
You can cancel the updates (Circle button = cancel). You just won't be able to play online.
Even the concept of "gravitationally bound" isn't sufficient, as stars and planets have objects gravitationally bound to them, and clusters of stars are gravitationally bound to each other, and the stars and clusters are bound to the "galaxy", and clusters of galaxies are gravitationally bound to one another. Where does one level end and the next level begin?
That's why I prefer Bound/Unbound Satellite instead of calling Earth a planet. The Moon is bound to Earth and the Earth bound to the Sun. Galaxies can be considered Generally Bound Satellites of each other.
So what about lakes and ponds?
I think people are too quick to rush to naming and categorizing stuff (in Astronomy and in life)... can't all bodies floating in space be called something like Satellites? Bound and unbound, just like landlocked and non-locked bodies of water. Earth would be a Bound Satellite where "Bound" was a term used for something with a regular orbit.
I don't mind the smaller headings actually, and I'm not seeing the text as "too small" but then again, I generally like minimal design/small fonts.
There is quite a bit to like here. Not sure why I replied to you. Mainly wanted to see the reply dialog and test it out.
I do not like that it resets the page to the top when you hit options though!
That option already exists... create your APK file, host it on a web server and put a 3D bar code with the URL all over your web page.
While both Slashdot and Steam have achievements, Steam has better voice support and "cloud" storage for some game saves... so one could say it was a step up. The unfortunate part is that you have to buy your content from Steam where Slashdot spills it on the screen for free. ;)
Stupid "History" and "Facts"... They always get in the way of me doing something unique.
Dear Citizen,
We have noticed that you have been experiencing an uptake in visitors that meet you at your door and leave within a minute. This is suspect to charges of drug distribution. If this process continues, we will seek further action.
Signed,
Your Local Police
You know, the same analogy works for citizens as well.
Not all people are criminals and surveying a whole city block because one man has a criminal record is borderline abuse.
Police don't have to take away any of your freedoms unless you take away another person's freedoms.
Why not just have all those police sitting along the median of highways start sitting next to stores in high crime areas? Wouldn't the presence of a police unit deter crime in itself?
Or the ever popular 'unlicensed' backyard pool fiasco:
http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2010/08/03/google-earth-used-to-bust-illegal-pools-on-long-island/
Why go to all the trouble of EMP? Just get a spotlight to shine on the drone as it passes by your home. I'm sure you can set up some sort of video tracking to automatically pinpoint the drone with a pin light.
Makes me kind of wonder about the validity of a "home" redundancy system. One box("vault") for the car and one for the home. They'd be encrypted storage (in case the car gets stolen) linked via encrypted Wifi, and would alert you to drive failure with audible or a big red LED. It would need an upgrade path. Allow the linking (plug in cable, press link button on new unit) of several vaults and allow you to phase out small old ones or keep three linked vaults (home, car, work/friend). You'd have to limit the size of all devices to the smallest vault, but it might work.
It's really ironic that the logo is not in SVG though. Isn't it?
The only way I can think of doing that would be to use the id field as a named index (which it already is) and taking the first supported tag...
<video id="somevideo" /> /> ...ignoring identical key objects placed later in the page. (I can see bad things taking the second item unless you encapsulate the id in the parent tag "scope")
<object id="somevideo"
Honestly... how many browsers do that?
I can think of one. IE with their doctype hacks to determine what rendering mode to put it in.
Otherwise, the other browsers render the pages (new or old) in pretty much the standard way that new pages are rendered.
Just have the browser "not render" the element that's not supported anymore. That's pretty much what they do now.
Sure it is. The standard is what is currently on their page. If you are using deprecated methods, you are non-standard.
You could be standard compliant one day and be out of compliance the next.
Maybe it's better if I put it this way. There's a new standard every day. It's just the nobody puts a version on it.