The 360 will of course sate anybody's need for HD gaming
Anyone who has an HDTV has enough money to buy all three consoles. Your logic here would work if a majority of gamers already had such a TV, but this isn't the case.
All for roughly the price of a system with a three-generation old controller
Yeah, the Xbox and 360 controllers are SUPER different than the Dualshock/N64 controllers...
no rumble support and unresponsive 3D movement
Yes, rumble support is the main selling point of games these days. Also, I didn't realize they let Anonymous Cowards into E3. Oh wait, you haven't played with a PS3, you're just making shit up to troll...
Unless Blu-Ray really IS all it's cracked up to be, I really don't see the advantage of buying the PS3 over the competition.
Yeah, some arbitrary technical aspect that doesn't affect gameplay is the REAL reason people buy game consoles. It has nothing to do with what games are available for them...
There has to be some sort of irony that we have a console named "Wii" going up against two other consoles that bicker back and forth about who has the biggest e-penis (ZOMG HD graphx, etc).
Computer components have, since their invention, defied the traditional inflation curve. We are not yet at the point where manufacturing and engineering processes have stagnated, so computer parts get either cheaper or more powerful over time. Because of this, a company can release a more powerful computer for the same price, as long as technical improvements outpace inflation.
The point most people seem to ignore is that employers, by definition, have some sort of capital and/or infrastructure already built up. If they didn't, they would not be able to offer jobs. Why is it so anathema, then, for workers to do the same?
Yeah, I'd like to point out here that if you see a homeless person, guess what? It's their fault for being homeless! The system is working fine, and any person who has fallen on hard times can't blame anyone except themselves. Sure, there are tons of lazy bastards who claim things like "I can't afford health insurance", but don't listen to them, they don't know what they're talking about.
Oh, and if anyone tries to make any argument other than this, they're a commie pinko terrorist and should be corralled for re-education.
Linus is a pragmatist. He didn't write Linux for academic purpose. He wanted it to work.
I guess it depends on what you mean by "academic". If you mean that he didn't write it for a class, then you're correct. However, he began writing Linux as a fun project, as a way to extend a terminal emulator he had built to read usenet news. He didn't intend it to get to the level it did/has. Based on these definitions (ex: "not expected to produce an immediate or practical result"), it's a pretty fair argument to say the beginnings of Linux were "academic".
Best loophole ever: send a disc that's a copy of something you own. When it's discovered, state that you send copies of discs to people you know so that you still have backups if your house burns down. It would totally work. (totally)
I know this from...a trainer, we'll leave it at that. They have ways to make dogs indicate a "hit", using body language or subtle hand movements, etc., that part varies. They use that "technique" all the time when they want to search a car for instance even when the dog doesn't have a legit "hit". Just one of the many ways they circumvent the real laws. Here's another, carrying a "throw away". They will have access to a confiscated firearm, if involved in "an unfortunate shooting when the perp made a threatening movement" they can stick the gun in his dead hands.
Why not link to some credible sources, Mr. Anonymous? Sure, everybody has a friend who was fucked over because the cops bent or broke some law, but unless you can come up with some hard, documented evidence, your assertions here are baseless.
If so many people hate their job, why don't they quit? If so many people dislike their government, why don't they move somewhere else/start a revolution?
Did you read the actual legal text? The terms don't sound all that bad. The worst part is probably the fact that if your band eventually makes it big, they can keep using the recording they have in Guitar Hero 5 or whatever, and they don't have to pay you any royalties.
Regarding copyrights and such, I wonder whether this company will comply with the GPL. With the average person not understanding copyright licensing very well, they might not even get questioned.
"enforcement" of this voluntary ratings system is coming under fire.
You know, you see these "studies" where kids are still able to buy M-rated games or whatever. The problem is that they don't also, at the same time, do the same thing for movies or whatever other media. A couple years ago, my brother bought Monty Python and the Meaning of Life (rated R) from a local Target. He was 15 at the time. Where are all the news stories about this?
I think that this study is weak, mostly because you can poke some pretty serious holes in it with only the information we currently have. The things that stick out in my mind are the age of the participants in the study, as well as the conclusions made.
So they chose 100 male undergrads. This demographic has some general qualities that are relevant here. The first is that they often are risk-taking individuals, and this comes from the general mindset of young males out on their own for the first time. More specifically, and this might be a shocker to some of you, a lot of undergrad males drink and use drugs.
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Anyone who has an HDTV has enough money to buy all three consoles. Your logic here would work if a majority of gamers already had such a TV, but this isn't the case.
All for roughly the price of a system with a three-generation old controller
Yeah, the Xbox and 360 controllers are SUPER different than the Dualshock/N64 controllers...
no rumble support and unresponsive 3D movement
Yes, rumble support is the main selling point of games these days. Also, I didn't realize they let Anonymous Cowards into E3. Oh wait, you haven't played with a PS3, you're just making shit up to troll...
Unless Blu-Ray really IS all it's cracked up to be, I really don't see the advantage of buying the PS3 over the competition.
Yeah, some arbitrary technical aspect that doesn't affect gameplay is the REAL reason people buy game consoles. It has nothing to do with what games are available for them...
There has to be some sort of irony that we have a console named "Wii" going up against two other consoles that bicker back and forth about who has the biggest e-penis (ZOMG HD graphx, etc).
Computer components have, since their invention, defied the traditional inflation curve. We are not yet at the point where manufacturing and engineering processes have stagnated, so computer parts get either cheaper or more powerful over time. Because of this, a company can release a more powerful computer for the same price, as long as technical improvements outpace inflation.
haha omg pwned. Yeah, just like everyone who refers to Microsoft as "MS" is a fascist.
This is the truth. Without workers, wealth would not exist.
The point most people seem to ignore is that employers, by definition, have some sort of capital and/or infrastructure already built up. If they didn't, they would not be able to offer jobs. Why is it so anathema, then, for workers to do the same?
Yeah, I'd like to point out here that if you see a homeless person, guess what? It's their fault for being homeless! The system is working fine, and any person who has fallen on hard times can't blame anyone except themselves. Sure, there are tons of lazy bastards who claim things like "I can't afford health insurance", but don't listen to them, they don't know what they're talking about.
Oh, and if anyone tries to make any argument other than this, they're a commie pinko terrorist and should be corralled for re-education.
Abstraction is harmful? Yeah, let's go back to coding in object code.
I guess it depends on what you mean by "academic". If you mean that he didn't write it for a class, then you're correct. However, he began writing Linux as a fun project, as a way to extend a terminal emulator he had built to read usenet news. He didn't intend it to get to the level it did/has. Based on these definitions (ex: "not expected to produce an immediate or practical result"), it's a pretty fair argument to say the beginnings of Linux were "academic".
Yeah, but most DRM schemes amount to about as much...
Best loophole ever: send a disc that's a copy of something you own. When it's discovered, state that you send copies of discs to people you know so that you still have backups if your house burns down. It would totally work. (totally)
Why not link to some credible sources, Mr. Anonymous? Sure, everybody has a friend who was fucked over because the cops bent or broke some law, but unless you can come up with some hard, documented evidence, your assertions here are baseless.
If so many people hate their job, why don't they quit? If so many people dislike their government, why don't they move somewhere else/start a revolution?
Question: Does this explain why Dvorak's articles are hilarious?
And if you don't win, you don't give them hardly any rights at all, just the right to post your song for download and let people vote on it.
Did you read the actual legal text? The terms don't sound all that bad. The worst part is probably the fact that if your band eventually makes it big, they can keep using the recording they have in Guitar Hero 5 or whatever, and they don't have to pay you any royalties.
Seriously, look at the submitter...
Regarding copyrights and such, I wonder whether this company will comply with the GPL. With the average person not understanding copyright licensing very well, they might not even get questioned.
You know, you see these "studies" where kids are still able to buy M-rated games or whatever. The problem is that they don't also, at the same time, do the same thing for movies or whatever other media. A couple years ago, my brother bought Monty Python and the Meaning of Life (rated R) from a local Target. He was 15 at the time. Where are all the news stories about this?
This dude that goes to my church is named Harry Wood. His wife's name is Anita. Seriously.
Maybe the games acted like a drug or calming activity? I guess I could buy into the theory that gaming makes people more laid-back or open.
You need to adjust that for per-household income.
Um, you can't be serious. Japan and Korea produce tons of games.
So they chose 100 male undergrads. This demographic has some general qualities that are relevant here. The first is that they often are risk-taking individuals, and this comes from the general mindset of young males out on their own for the first time. More specifically, and this might be a shocker to some of you, a lot of undergrad males drink and use drugs.
This Reuters article quotes Dr. Brady as saying "what this study suggests is that they might increase any type of risk-taking behavior.". Now, I don't know her personally, but she sounds a little out of touch with the people she's studying, and also seems to not understand the scientific method very well. Where is the control group (people who didn't play any games)? Where are the comparisons to general surveys of college males?