I like Apple's software, but I'm starting to dislike Apple's hardware. Before, I bought their hardware (especially laptops) even if it was to run Linux just because they had better overall features and a nice aesthetic (a sane keyboard layout and no special keys and lights everywhere). Their laptops are rugged, the case won't crack and the unit doesn't feel flimsy. They offer long battery life with their own software and usually other OSes don't perform too shabbily either.
Over time I started using OS X more and more, and I was able to carry over the software I used in Linux so I wasn't really missing anything, plus I found great native software I enjoyed as well (GarageBand, Kanji Go, iTunes, I was starting to take a shine to Xcode, and now Steam).
Now on newer models, you can't replace the batteries yourself, and I'm beginning to outgrow their hardware specifications as well and dislike being stuck with whatever they choose. Linux has broader hardware support so I don't have to count on the fact that Apple hardware will be targeted for development and well tested on distros. Apple almost had me but they're really losing me fast, and I'm sure I'm not the only one with this experience.
Dude, there's crazy people out to cause destruction to get noticed for Reason X all the time. That's not something you can control. It's a fact you're going to have to live with.
Let's just call it the Microbial Detection Array. I mean, thanks a lot Lawrence Livermore, really, but do you really want a bunch of people going around saying "lambda" because that's how they're pronouncing that crazy acronym?
It didn't make us safer, it just made us more paranoid. That may mean we are looking for trouble in more areas but it doesn't make us more effective at doing so. It increases the amount of noise in the system and costs us a lot of money, liberty, and even sanity in a lot of cases.
This system had better allow for the borrowing and lending of games, and the transfer of games to updated hardware iterations. Imagine if you'd have to re-purchase your games for the Fat DS > DS Lite move. You already can't play the games you purchased using your DSi on your DSi XL.
I've got all my old games and systems since the NES days. I like to know that if my system breaks down, all I have to do is buy a new system (or one off eBay if I can't find a new one) and I can still play all of my games. If they're tied to some network service where you have to sign in to authorize, or if they're tied with DRM to the physical hardware unit, then I may not be able to enjoy what I had payed for and kept.
It depends on the quality. Dragon Quest VIII is an excellent 80+ hour game. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is an awesome 15+ hour game. Sonic 2 is a perfect 2 hour game. After Burner Climax is a great 15 minute game.
Not only that, but with all the amount of shows on DVD, I just have a PC connected to my TV, I rip all my shows to that, and use it like a jukebox. It's worth it to be one or two seasons behind what's on TV, since I don't have to watch any commercials, there are no bugs at the bottom corner and no slide-in ads, I don't have to worry about DVRs because I can pause it, and I can choose what to watch when I want. For everything else, there's PBS. Plus, I can easily transcode any of the videos on that TV PC to play on a portable device.
Purchasing shows on disc to own them permanently instead of paying on-going cable/satellite bills is a lot more worth it to me. I also get show commentaries which I like, and they rip fine to an MKV container.
It just goes to show that if you put information somewhere online, anywhere, it's as good as writing it on bits of confetti and throwing it to the wind. Some will land in mud or in the grass, bushes and trees and be obscured, others may land in the garbage and be ignored or thrown out, but if anyone wants to look hard enough, they'll be able to find it, and some may even come across it without any pretense or forethought. Computers can help people, especially by aggregating large amounts of data, and the more data you put in, the greater the benefit can be to streamlining things for you and helping you discover the best opportunities. But that can also be turned against them since the data is somehow somewhere available.
True, but can I continue getting trophies using an old save that's part-way through the game? I'm more than halfway through Final Fantasy XIII and I'd like to progress in the game and continue getting trophies on my new system.
If you download a savegame from GameFAQs, for example, I don't think you can get any trophies if you play on your system using that save file, you will have to start a new game or use a save that originated on your system.
That's easy, the internet is all hooked up through cybernetics! Cyborgs actually have to run to carry packets of data around, that's why there are so many lag issues. But with new advances in robots it's getting easier.
Really glad I didn't install this one. I wanted to keep the "Other OS" feature so I skipped it. I was going to pick up a slim anyway, so I guess I'll do that and save my "Other OS" feature on my current console. My only problem is if I can continue hunting trophies when I move all my data over to the slim:/
Better hardware doesn't necessarily mean better graphics, it's how you use them. I can point out a ton of generic D&D/Tolkien looking games and many others with completely unimaginative art direction that look like they came straight out of 90s CD-ROM cutscenes. Games like Metroid Prime, No More Heroes, 3D Dot Game Heroes, Dragon Quest, Cave Story, etc, succeed graphically due to their art direction and not how many effects they can cram in there.
Even then, there are fantastic looking console games such as Gran Turismo that while trying to look realistic, also benefit from their direction. All the hardware in the world won't mean much unless you have the inspiration and focus to use it well.
If it's not on a PC, I can't do what I want with it. I can't cut/paste, move things around, slip them into a spreadsheet, IM or email, it's pretty much useless since it's in a format I can't work with.
Why panic now? What's been stopping marketing/statistic entities from scraping and aggregating that data all along, from many sites? Perhaps there are agreements they have to sign to access the information, but how can anyone find out that's what they're doing if all they do is sell the aggregate data?
This is why when selecting earphones, I have always purchased the ones that block outside noise, so I can actually hear my music and still play it at a reasonable level so as not to damage my hearing. I get headaches when things are loud anyway, what's the sense of putting up the volume to match ambient noise?
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I like Apple's software, but I'm starting to dislike Apple's hardware. Before, I bought their hardware (especially laptops) even if it was to run Linux just because they had better overall features and a nice aesthetic (a sane keyboard layout and no special keys and lights everywhere). Their laptops are rugged, the case won't crack and the unit doesn't feel flimsy. They offer long battery life with their own software and usually other OSes don't perform too shabbily either.
Over time I started using OS X more and more, and I was able to carry over the software I used in Linux so I wasn't really missing anything, plus I found great native software I enjoyed as well (GarageBand, Kanji Go, iTunes, I was starting to take a shine to Xcode, and now Steam).
Now on newer models, you can't replace the batteries yourself, and I'm beginning to outgrow their hardware specifications as well and dislike being stuck with whatever they choose. Linux has broader hardware support so I don't have to count on the fact that Apple hardware will be targeted for development and well tested on distros. Apple almost had me but they're really losing me fast, and I'm sure I'm not the only one with this experience.
Dude, there's crazy people out to cause destruction to get noticed for Reason X all the time. That's not something you can control. It's a fact you're going to have to live with.
Let's just call it the Microbial Detection Array. I mean, thanks a lot Lawrence Livermore, really, but do you really want a bunch of people going around saying "lambda" because that's how they're pronouncing that crazy acronym?
It didn't make us safer, it just made us more paranoid. That may mean we are looking for trouble in more areas but it doesn't make us more effective at doing so. It increases the amount of noise in the system and costs us a lot of money, liberty, and even sanity in a lot of cases.
This system had better allow for the borrowing and lending of games, and the transfer of games to updated hardware iterations. Imagine if you'd have to re-purchase your games for the Fat DS > DS Lite move. You already can't play the games you purchased using your DSi on your DSi XL.
I've got all my old games and systems since the NES days. I like to know that if my system breaks down, all I have to do is buy a new system (or one off eBay if I can't find a new one) and I can still play all of my games. If they're tied to some network service where you have to sign in to authorize, or if they're tied with DRM to the physical hardware unit, then I may not be able to enjoy what I had payed for and kept.
Arnold Rimmer: Aliens!
It depends on the quality. Dragon Quest VIII is an excellent 80+ hour game. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is an awesome 15+ hour game. Sonic 2 is a perfect 2 hour game. After Burner Climax is a great 15 minute game.
Not only that, but with all the amount of shows on DVD, I just have a PC connected to my TV, I rip all my shows to that, and use it like a jukebox. It's worth it to be one or two seasons behind what's on TV, since I don't have to watch any commercials, there are no bugs at the bottom corner and no slide-in ads, I don't have to worry about DVRs because I can pause it, and I can choose what to watch when I want. For everything else, there's PBS. Plus, I can easily transcode any of the videos on that TV PC to play on a portable device.
Purchasing shows on disc to own them permanently instead of paying on-going cable/satellite bills is a lot more worth it to me. I also get show commentaries which I like, and they rip fine to an MKV container.
It just goes to show that if you put information somewhere online, anywhere, it's as good as writing it on bits of confetti and throwing it to the wind. Some will land in mud or in the grass, bushes and trees and be obscured, others may land in the garbage and be ignored or thrown out, but if anyone wants to look hard enough, they'll be able to find it, and some may even come across it without any pretense or forethought. Computers can help people, especially by aggregating large amounts of data, and the more data you put in, the greater the benefit can be to streamlining things for you and helping you discover the best opportunities. But that can also be turned against them since the data is somehow somewhere available.
And while you're at it, stop using "America" to refer to only one country within America!
Does this mean Sony can no longer sidestep EC import taxes?
Why will Firefox use Direct2D instead of SDL?
True, but can I continue getting trophies using an old save that's part-way through the game? I'm more than halfway through Final Fantasy XIII and I'd like to progress in the game and continue getting trophies on my new system.
If you download a savegame from GameFAQs, for example, I don't think you can get any trophies if you play on your system using that save file, you will have to start a new game or use a save that originated on your system.
That's easy, the internet is all hooked up through cybernetics! Cyborgs actually have to run to carry packets of data around, that's why there are so many lag issues. But with new advances in robots it's getting easier.
Really glad I didn't install this one. I wanted to keep the "Other OS" feature so I skipped it. I was going to pick up a slim anyway, so I guess I'll do that and save my "Other OS" feature on my current console. My only problem is if I can continue hunting trophies when I move all my data over to the slim :/
I bought a bunch of Bly-rays. Don't know how to rip 'em, just downloaded them instead so I could have them on my media pc.
Better hardware doesn't necessarily mean better graphics, it's how you use them. I can point out a ton of generic D&D/Tolkien looking games and many others with completely unimaginative art direction that look like they came straight out of 90s CD-ROM cutscenes. Games like Metroid Prime, No More Heroes, 3D Dot Game Heroes, Dragon Quest, Cave Story, etc, succeed graphically due to their art direction and not how many effects they can cram in there.
Even then, there are fantastic looking console games such as Gran Turismo that while trying to look realistic, also benefit from their direction. All the hardware in the world won't mean much unless you have the inspiration and focus to use it well.
If it's not on a PC, I can't do what I want with it. I can't cut/paste, move things around, slip them into a spreadsheet, IM or email, it's pretty much useless since it's in a format I can't work with.
DVD upscaling also works, on the 360, DVDs look horrendous, with plenty of aliasing and interlacing artifacts.
But the improvement to Resident Evil 5 will be immense. I guess it depends how you use it.
Early sales are often one of the big quantifiers in whether a studio will start working on a sequel
Looks like publishers will have to find a different metric to use.
Why panic now? What's been stopping marketing/statistic entities from scraping and aggregating that data all along, from many sites? Perhaps there are agreements they have to sign to access the information, but how can anyone find out that's what they're doing if all they do is sell the aggregate data?
Makes it that much easier to ignore us then.
This is why when selecting earphones, I have always purchased the ones that block outside noise, so I can actually hear my music and still play it at a reasonable level so as not to damage my hearing. I get headaches when things are loud anyway, what's the sense of putting up the volume to match ambient noise?
It's kinda necessary because nobody will agree on a common runtime or at least common APIs. I'm sure intel and AMD are happy though.