This is major league sports, in actual life that stuff is 50% commercial anyway. They have theme songs, billboards, commercials dedicated to sports events, half time shows, etc etc... Only half of it is about the actual sport. They're only bringing the real experience home.
KDE 4.0 and 4.1 are not meant to be perfect in every way. They are meant to establish a new scheme of APIs and a new design dynamic. It is a big overhaul that is in its beginnings. Nobody is claiming KDE 4.x is feature comparable to 3.x right now. This is just one person's view, and this is another view with excellent counterpoints. It is a failure where people are expecting too much of it in its current state.
Vista is supposed to be a workstation solution ready for every day production use right now. People are considering that to be a failure in its current state as well, and you are right, these two alleged failures are similar. But one product that is at an early start (4.0 & 4.1 beta, the more mature 3.5+ still seeing a lot of active development and use due to its maturity) and the other has the promise to be mature enough to use right now. You are not forced to upgrade to KDE 4.x, but Vista is required for some of today's games and applications because they don't run in earlier versions. This is the difference.
In fact, why not extend this idea. Why not have mandatory oversight of all new laws and amendments for the first 2 years of enactment to see if they actually help or hinder their original intent?
ICQ, the one IM app that doesn't send you a message every time someone hits enter, it promotes that they should finish their idea first before clicking the Send button, so the recipient doesn't have to read the same line over and over because they keep seeing blinking or hearing "message received" noises. The only blinking you see with this program is a tiny icon in the system tray instead of multiple taskbar panes blinking in a very distracting un-synchronized way.
Yes, you can configure your clients differently, but I'm talking about the default behavior. And even if you are courteous enough to not set it to send your message every time you press enter, your friends won't, and you'll still be getting one-liners that could have waited until they were finished typing their whole idea.
Because it leads to the line of thought that one might hold a company liable for these defects, the repercussions of which would imply large changes both in the approach of software development, in the support of existing software, and in regard of the current state of widely used software.
The real question isn't whether to treat security vulnerabilities as a defect - of course you do - but - somewhat paradoxically - whether or not to treat them as security vulnerabilities.
But the president has enough power to pardon and influence their way out of any trouble their information lands them in. They also can spread disinformation campaigns... and in the case of Bush, looks like he can just ignore a problem, even ignore his own illegal actions and other politicians will follow, and the citizens and media will just take it.
We may subconsciously arrive at a decision 10 seconds before we become conscious of the decision but that's only because we have to view the solution in our conscious mind and think of things such as: all the steps we have to do, the final outcome, perhaps ponder repercussions (harming others, any inconveniences, wether it conflicts with our other goals), we have to step through it in our mind to see if it is rational and makes sense considering our priorities as well before we actually take action. That's the part that takes 10 seconds. We probably stop to think 10 seconds about any possible solution our mind comes up with.
Actually no, it's about Windows as well. Windows update, and finding dependencies for software that Microsoft promotes to the end user, IS a Windows usability issue.
Sometimes life is a lot like open source development. If you want it that bad, quit your whining and write it yourself;) Or you could start an open book and start contributing...
These days a lot of pages are dynamically generated or have long and cryptc URLs that provide no info about what you are trying to access. I enjoy being able to type up one or two key words and get relevant matches. I already know the shortcut to start typing in the URL bar and use it more frequently than my bookmarks since it's the quickest way to get to a site when I don't want to take my hands off the keyboard.
Besides, the webcam may have a hard time tracking Z-axis direction, pitch, and acceleration in the same manner that the Wii provides. Perhaps if they let you track Wiimotes with this device it could yield greater accuracy, but then you are right about the latency issue. A neat trick, but for hard core games it won't do the trick.
Oh no, some other country might find out the recipe for Canadian Bacon is really just ham cold cuts in the shape of a circle! On the other hand, maybe we could settle this amicably with a recipe swap. Please share with us the recipe for American Cheese, and tell us how to make our Hershey bars not suck! Also, let's decide how much butter and milk is the correct amount to add to Macaroni and Cheese, is it one or two tablespoons? Which country is right?
Why? If you're on AT&T then you're already using bittorrent and have an unlimited package, why would you want to transfer to something usage-based? Why would this attract people from other ISPs? Why should bittorrent even be singled out, it's just another packet on the wire. If people start downloading a ton of videos due to subscription service, will they have "plans" that spring up to help charge you more for that too?
I don't even think it's on their radar, and the sad part is that it is becoming a huge issue, especially with the stupid hacking war between various countries, and the amount of control corporations want over software and data. The candidates are a lot older and have to know about a lot more things, and they try to take in the greater picture. How can they deal with the minutia of details that involve this fledgling of a political and human rights issue? How can they know about the implications? Even a lot of people that are deep in the tech industry don't even care about a lot of things, mostly because they work for corporations that are trying to steer the industry towards gobbling up all rights so they can secure revenue streams.
Blu ray is pretty resistant to damage. I buy a lot of used PS3 games and there's never a problem you can't just wipe away and the discs look like new. HD-DVD did not have a mandatory highly protective coating, and while I never saw any, I know that DVDs can even get scuffed pretty easily and I'm impressed with the way the coating holds up on blu-ray. It makes the switch worth it alone.
As an aside, I see a lot of people talking about resolution, but the increase in dynamic range and color fidelity is what really sets it apart from DVD. DVDs look really muddy and blotchy in comparison, and there are a lot more motion artifacts as well.
You can plug in an SD card to the Wii, and even use it to play MP3 files in some games, so it's possible for games to access the files off of the SD storage and it's not just for backing up. Harmonix can just use that as storage.
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This is major league sports, in actual life that stuff is 50% commercial anyway. They have theme songs, billboards, commercials dedicated to sports events, half time shows, etc etc... Only half of it is about the actual sport. They're only bringing the real experience home.
Wu-Tang were pioneers in this sport, and have long been the masters of chess boxing.
KDE 4.0 and 4.1 are not meant to be perfect in every way. They are meant to establish a new scheme of APIs and a new design dynamic. It is a big overhaul that is in its beginnings. Nobody is claiming KDE 4.x is feature comparable to 3.x right now. This is just one person's view, and this is another view with excellent counterpoints. It is a failure where people are expecting too much of it in its current state.
Vista is supposed to be a workstation solution ready for every day production use right now. People are considering that to be a failure in its current state as well, and you are right, these two alleged failures are similar. But one product that is at an early start (4.0 & 4.1 beta, the more mature 3.5+ still seeing a lot of active development and use due to its maturity) and the other has the promise to be mature enough to use right now. You are not forced to upgrade to KDE 4.x, but Vista is required for some of today's games and applications because they don't run in earlier versions. This is the difference.
In fact, why not extend this idea. Why not have mandatory oversight of all new laws and amendments for the first 2 years of enactment to see if they actually help or hinder their original intent?
ICQ, the one IM app that doesn't send you a message every time someone hits enter, it promotes that they should finish their idea first before clicking the Send button, so the recipient doesn't have to read the same line over and over because they keep seeing blinking or hearing "message received" noises. The only blinking you see with this program is a tiny icon in the system tray instead of multiple taskbar panes blinking in a very distracting un-synchronized way.
Yes, you can configure your clients differently, but I'm talking about the default behavior. And even if you are courteous enough to not set it to send your message every time you press enter, your friends won't, and you'll still be getting one-liners that could have waited until they were finished typing their whole idea.
It wasn't held by the same hands, in the same places, or were created by the same person. It's a historical thing, not a utilitarian one.
Why is this even a question?
Because it leads to the line of thought that one might hold a company liable for these defects, the repercussions of which would imply large changes both in the approach of software development, in the support of existing software, and in regard of the current state of widely used software.
The real question isn't whether to treat security vulnerabilities as a defect - of course you do - but - somewhat paradoxically - whether or not to treat them as security vulnerabilities.
I think that's a different question altogether...
probably "Roll your own" solutions, but as most of us know, that can provide months and months of aggravation!
;)
Ah, but also fun and learning. "You must be new here"
But the president has enough power to pardon and influence their way out of any trouble their information lands them in. They also can spread disinformation campaigns... and in the case of Bush, looks like he can just ignore a problem, even ignore his own illegal actions and other politicians will follow, and the citizens and media will just take it.
We may subconsciously arrive at a decision 10 seconds before we become conscious of the decision but that's only because we have to view the solution in our conscious mind and think of things such as: all the steps we have to do, the final outcome, perhaps ponder repercussions (harming others, any inconveniences, wether it conflicts with our other goals), we have to step through it in our mind to see if it is rational and makes sense considering our priorities as well before we actually take action. That's the part that takes 10 seconds. We probably stop to think 10 seconds about any possible solution our mind comes up with.
So I guess the plan with CCTV is to slowly replace human-aided recognition to machine-only recognition until it can report crimes on its own?
Actually no, it's about Windows as well. Windows update, and finding dependencies for software that Microsoft promotes to the end user, IS a Windows usability issue.
Sometimes life is a lot like open source development. If you want it that bad, quit your whining and write it yourself ;) Or you could start an open book and start contributing...
These days a lot of pages are dynamically generated or have long and cryptc URLs that provide no info about what you are trying to access. I enjoy being able to type up one or two key words and get relevant matches. I already know the shortcut to start typing in the URL bar and use it more frequently than my bookmarks since it's the quickest way to get to a site when I don't want to take my hands off the keyboard.
Besides, the webcam may have a hard time tracking Z-axis direction, pitch, and acceleration in the same manner that the Wii provides. Perhaps if they let you track Wiimotes with this device it could yield greater accuracy, but then you are right about the latency issue. A neat trick, but for hard core games it won't do the trick.
*shudders at a Cheney presidency*
;P
Don't kid yourself, he's probably in on it.
Oh no, some other country might find out the recipe for Canadian Bacon is really just ham cold cuts in the shape of a circle! On the other hand, maybe we could settle this amicably with a recipe swap. Please share with us the recipe for American Cheese, and tell us how to make our Hershey bars not suck! Also, let's decide how much butter and milk is the correct amount to add to Macaroni and Cheese, is it one or two tablespoons? Which country is right?
Oh, you laughed at us when you were on top, but I bet you wished you accepted our quarters now!
Why? If you're on AT&T then you're already using bittorrent and have an unlimited package, why would you want to transfer to something usage-based? Why would this attract people from other ISPs? Why should bittorrent even be singled out, it's just another packet on the wire. If people start downloading a ton of videos due to subscription service, will they have "plans" that spring up to help charge you more for that too?
Sounds like a really good opportunity for the XBMC Linux port, a distro customized to the PS3 just for XBMC.
Metal Gear Solid 4 is also an important June release.
I don't even think it's on their radar, and the sad part is that it is becoming a huge issue, especially with the stupid hacking war between various countries, and the amount of control corporations want over software and data. The candidates are a lot older and have to know about a lot more things, and they try to take in the greater picture. How can they deal with the minutia of details that involve this fledgling of a political and human rights issue? How can they know about the implications? Even a lot of people that are deep in the tech industry don't even care about a lot of things, mostly because they work for corporations that are trying to steer the industry towards gobbling up all rights so they can secure revenue streams.
Ever played Simon's Quest?
Blu ray is pretty resistant to damage. I buy a lot of used PS3 games and there's never a problem you can't just wipe away and the discs look like new. HD-DVD did not have a mandatory highly protective coating, and while I never saw any, I know that DVDs can even get scuffed pretty easily and I'm impressed with the way the coating holds up on blu-ray. It makes the switch worth it alone.
As an aside, I see a lot of people talking about resolution, but the increase in dynamic range and color fidelity is what really sets it apart from DVD. DVDs look really muddy and blotchy in comparison, and there are a lot more motion artifacts as well.
You can plug in an SD card to the Wii, and even use it to play MP3 files in some games, so it's possible for games to access the files off of the SD storage and it's not just for backing up. Harmonix can just use that as storage.