Plagiarism or dissemination? There are complaints that North Americans are not as aware, but if blogs spark interest in topics that are important and disseminate the information thusly, is it a bad thing? One shouldn't take the information on blogs (or any one source, really,) as proven fact, but if it interests them in the topic and then they go and seek out the fact, something that they otherwise wouldn't have done, then it is beneficial. People need to stop looking at things in terms of legal/illegal, and start looking at them in terms of what's good/bad for us. Let's think for ourselves.
But the article says they ARE buying them from Lenovo. They're just not using them for classified work.
The US State Department says the 16,000 computers it bought from a Chinese firm with links to the Beijing government will not be used for classified work.
Who in their right mind would buy a game system to download movies which they cannot lend to their friends or even keep when a new game system/set-top media player comes out? XBox gamers can't even transfer their savegames to XBox 360, even though XBox 360 can play some original XBox games. What makes you think you're going to be able to transfer anything from the XBox 360 or PS3 hard drives to the next system, or burn them, or even have enough space on the hard drives (XB360 = 20GB) to store many 1920x1080p HD movies?
Probably because the only time these things are publicized is when people are hurt, or they're sensationalizing the aspect of the story where everyone feared for their lives, or there's spin on it to the effect that the people could have been plotting against the store, etc. Everyone always talks about it in a negative way, but it was just a joke, and everyone seems to miss that point. I guess that's why everyone's afraid, they're always thinking about the worst. If nothing bad ever happens, or if it's extremely rare, but people always think of the worst, of course they'll always be afraid.
1) It's a sequel from Square/Enix and Disney, two well known brands
2) The actual gameplay of the game and the level design received hardly any coverage prior to release
3) Most fans pre-ordered to make sure they received a copy, not knowing what the game was like
4) EB and other stores received bonus gifts for employees if they sold enough KH2 strategy guides and games
5) The game appeals to many, Pirates of the Caribbean, Tron, and many other popular franchises are featured in the game. Every level is an advertisement, but also relates to something that even one who hasn't played the game may already be familiar with. They may just want to live out their Tron fantasies, or see such a world realized in a video game, even if they have no idea how such a game would play. Movie-to-games sell well for this reason.
Now compare these commercials to what's on TV. I find these more entertaining and even though maybe they'll get just about as annoying, they have a lot more thought than your average ad, certainly more than any that has to do with computer software. This is the best computer software ad out there, and is certainly going to fare well against other ads currently running on TV!
Dunno, I'm from Quebec and have no problem speaking English. There's a vocal minority that's militant about maintaining "French heratige culture" that acts the way you speak. There's also a "language police" that enforces language-specific rules, whose interest is also "preserving" French culture. The problem with this, if you ask me, is that culture is a living breathing thing, constantly changing, especially now with the internet and media from around the world making its way into Quebec. The CRTC can no longer control what we see/hear. Normally they would mandate a certain amount of Canadian or French programming, but with other places to get media from these can be ignored. The French language is also constantly changing, incorporating words from other languages, or making up completely new ones. There is no way to enforce something that changes so arbitrarily, and there is no way to preserve culture in a "save state" or something. They're fighting a neverending battle. Then there's everyone else who either wants to just go on with their lives and not be bothered, or there's the opposite group who feels extremely oppressed by this "culture-preservation." All in all, it doesn't make for a healthy society, it makes for a chaotic culture. The bad part is tourism is suffering because now Quebec doesn't seem polite in the way people seem to view the rest of Canada. It's an idiotic battle. Culture shouldn't be government-mandated.
Anonymous Cowards filtered. If their words aren't worth so much as a nom de plume why should I value them
Because ignorance is ignorning information. Information can come from anywhere. Ignorning Anonymous Cowards by filtering them out is ignorance. You could simply read their comments, and then decide if you agree with them or not. To never read them in the first place is to block out a source. The less you're in touch with, the less you're exposed to, and the less rounded-out your view of things is. If you think ACs may say a lot of incorrect things, then you may be right, but knowing how certain people think is invaluable. Knowing what common disinformation is helps you avoid it. You have to keep in touch with every side of a subject to know how the subject relates to everything else. Knowing how everything relates helps you navigate life and the world. You may say that everything I wrote is in one paragraph so you'll probably just look at the format of what I wrote and decide I'm an idiot and not even read this. I might even have spelling or grammar mistakes, therefore anything I say is invalid! And you may have a retort to these last three sentences and ignore the rest of what I said because you have something to counter just this part!
If MS can start distributing Movies and TV shows through this thing, that will be HUGE.
Not really... what are you supposed to do, transfer it to your MCE PC and then burn it to DVD? I don't think they would even let you do that unless there was some sort of DRM they could write to the DVD, but I don't think that's possible without a DVD mastering device. Are you just going to watch them until you sell your XBox 360 in 5 years (or 4, MS is trying to shorten the cycle) when the new consoles come out? Are you going to lose all those videos because they're tied to the 360? OK, even if they can transfer it to the next console, in the meantime, if you want to lend your movie to your 360-less friends or take it with you to play it on your laptop, how would you do that? It's just not useful for the XBox 360 to do this.
THe chairman of AT&T has openly lamented during hearings that he gives websites like Google a "free ride".
I guess AT&T's getting a free ride by having their site indexed by search engines? Or linked to on my or others' web sites? Should all companies linked to pay into a pool that would equally be divided by those who drive traffic to them? This is crazy. The web should be considered a neutral public service.
If AT&T doesn't want to pay for the lines, then start taxing us a flat rate. I would rather put money towards the infrastructure myself rather than leave it up to companies to decide what traffic I want most. I'd rather have it neutral, and be based on what traffic I request. Just send me the page I requested as fast as possible. Don't make me wait if I want google, and don't make Joe/Jane wait if they want Yahoo or AT&T's site or whoever else.
The only way for the PS3 to come out a winner is because of anti-microsoft mentalities, sony fanboyism, or a really killer exclusive title.
Or, simply, brand name reputation. The PSOne/PSX and PS2 were both consoles that did really well and got the biggest chunk of 3rd party titles, with also great exclusive titles. Gamers who don't follow the hype as closely as fanboys won't know which company is supporting which console, and of course that could change at any time. Gamers simply have reason to believe that the PS3 will follow in the previous consoles' footsteps. The PSOne really brought gaming into the mainstream, and the PS2 cemented this. Mainstream gamers probably equate Sony to gaming the way hardcore gamers previously equated Nintendo to gaming.
When you break out of the hardcore, you go mainstream, but after that there's not really another plateau to reach (monopoly?) so Sony already has their reputation built with most gamers. The mainstream hasn't gone out to purchase XBox 360s yet, they're waiting for Sony. The only reason the XBox 360 would win is if Sony really screwed up (Which it might because of the price and being late to market...).
Suddenly the inclusion of Blu-Ray doesn't seem like such a great idea. I know I'll be thinking twice when I look at the price tag and realize that a lot of that will go to recoup the loss on the drive and not towards gaming goodness which is primarily what I will buy the console for.
You can only launch a product once. There's no such thing as a re-launch. After that, you're just making a new campaign. This is just a way of making it seem like the console is going to get a fresh start with new direction. But really, it's just changing the direction of the old campaign and re-focusing attention on the console in hopes that people will forget all of the opinions surrounding the console's launch.
The PSP is dying, not just the UMD format. I've got a PSP and one of the launch games and that's it. Liberty City Stories, the only big PSP game, is hitting the PS2, but even if it didn't, I wouldn't have bought the PSP just for that. Me & My Katamari got cancelled. It's dead, Jim.
They make this statement just as Vista and Office are delayed, their stock goes down, and IE critical flaws make the headlines. It's not a coincidence.
What will this mean for office managers who have to plan upgrades and budgets?
Relief! Now they don't have to keep up with everyone else who is suddenly passing around files in a format the previous version can't read, they don't have to pay more for an upgrade to software that already does the job, they don't have to retrain staff and put up with support requests due to any problems the different interface may cause, or possible bugs that weren't forseen in the new software or even configuration changes that didn't apply to previous versions but need to be locked down. Oh, and everyone won't be slacking off at work checking out the new version of Flight Simulator in Excel!
Um, how could it apply to Windows 95 when IE wasn't integrated into Windows 95? You had to upgrade to Windows 95 OSR2 or Windows 98 to get IE built in. Remember the Quicklaunch bar? That wasn't in Windows 95, it was added when you updated to IE 4.0 which integrated into Explorer. Before that you could never enter an URL in "My Computer."
It's ignorant to only consider the superficial aspect of what someone is trying to say, so please don't only consider the spelling but the actual message. It's the information, feeling, and sentiment that makes communication important, not the syntax.
How can you consider it to be about power over something when the game doesn't really give you power because power is something a little mre arbitrary in real life, whereas games have clearly defined rules that you work with/around. It's not about power.
That makes no sense. Gates is wrong either way by your context. If the $100 laptop is useless, so is Gates' cell phone idea. Gates wasn't saying building a $100 laptop was a bad idea, he was saying that HIS way is the correct way. He's still basically just doing the same thing.
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Plagiarism or dissemination? There are complaints that North Americans are not as aware, but if blogs spark interest in topics that are important and disseminate the information thusly, is it a bad thing? One shouldn't take the information on blogs (or any one source, really,) as proven fact, but if it interests them in the topic and then they go and seek out the fact, something that they otherwise wouldn't have done, then it is beneficial. People need to stop looking at things in terms of legal/illegal, and start looking at them in terms of what's good/bad for us. Let's think for ourselves.
The US State Department says the 16,000 computers it bought from a Chinese firm with links to the Beijing government will not be used for classified work.
Who in their right mind would buy a game system to download movies which they cannot lend to their friends or even keep when a new game system/set-top media player comes out? XBox gamers can't even transfer their savegames to XBox 360, even though XBox 360 can play some original XBox games. What makes you think you're going to be able to transfer anything from the XBox 360 or PS3 hard drives to the next system, or burn them, or even have enough space on the hard drives (XB360 = 20GB) to store many 1920x1080p HD movies?
Probably because the only time these things are publicized is when people are hurt, or they're sensationalizing the aspect of the story where everyone feared for their lives, or there's spin on it to the effect that the people could have been plotting against the store, etc. Everyone always talks about it in a negative way, but it was just a joke, and everyone seems to miss that point. I guess that's why everyone's afraid, they're always thinking about the worst. If nothing bad ever happens, or if it's extremely rare, but people always think of the worst, of course they'll always be afraid.
Duh, FOSS coders can't afford telephones! ;)
2) The actual gameplay of the game and the level design received hardly any coverage prior to release
3) Most fans pre-ordered to make sure they received a copy, not knowing what the game was like
4) EB and other stores received bonus gifts for employees if they sold enough KH2 strategy guides and games
5) The game appeals to many, Pirates of the Caribbean, Tron, and many other popular franchises are featured in the game. Every level is an advertisement, but also relates to something that even one who hasn't played the game may already be familiar with. They may just want to live out their Tron fantasies, or see such a world realized in a video game, even if they have no idea how such a game would play. Movie-to-games sell well for this reason.
Now compare these commercials to what's on TV. I find these more entertaining and even though maybe they'll get just about as annoying, they have a lot more thought than your average ad, certainly more than any that has to do with computer software. This is the best computer software ad out there, and is certainly going to fare well against other ads currently running on TV!
Dunno, I'm from Quebec and have no problem speaking English. There's a vocal minority that's militant about maintaining "French heratige culture" that acts the way you speak. There's also a "language police" that enforces language-specific rules, whose interest is also "preserving" French culture. The problem with this, if you ask me, is that culture is a living breathing thing, constantly changing, especially now with the internet and media from around the world making its way into Quebec. The CRTC can no longer control what we see/hear. Normally they would mandate a certain amount of Canadian or French programming, but with other places to get media from these can be ignored. The French language is also constantly changing, incorporating words from other languages, or making up completely new ones. There is no way to enforce something that changes so arbitrarily, and there is no way to preserve culture in a "save state" or something. They're fighting a neverending battle. Then there's everyone else who either wants to just go on with their lives and not be bothered, or there's the opposite group who feels extremely oppressed by this "culture-preservation." All in all, it doesn't make for a healthy society, it makes for a chaotic culture. The bad part is tourism is suffering because now Quebec doesn't seem polite in the way people seem to view the rest of Canada. It's an idiotic battle. Culture shouldn't be government-mandated.
People search for information, not puns or idioms. The more direct the information, the easier it is to understand, as well.
Maybe if we were more concerned about being informed rather than being entertained...
Because ignorance is ignorning information. Information can come from anywhere. Ignorning Anonymous Cowards by filtering them out is ignorance. You could simply read their comments, and then decide if you agree with them or not. To never read them in the first place is to block out a source. The less you're in touch with, the less you're exposed to, and the less rounded-out your view of things is. If you think ACs may say a lot of incorrect things, then you may be right, but knowing how certain people think is invaluable. Knowing what common disinformation is helps you avoid it. You have to keep in touch with every side of a subject to know how the subject relates to everything else. Knowing how everything relates helps you navigate life and the world. You may say that everything I wrote is in one paragraph so you'll probably just look at the format of what I wrote and decide I'm an idiot and not even read this. I might even have spelling or grammar mistakes, therefore anything I say is invalid! And you may have a retort to these last three sentences and ignore the rest of what I said because you have something to counter just this part!
Science is methodology and Religion is theology. Both can be taught at the same time as they are different subjects.
Not really... what are you supposed to do, transfer it to your MCE PC and then burn it to DVD? I don't think they would even let you do that unless there was some sort of DRM they could write to the DVD, but I don't think that's possible without a DVD mastering device. Are you just going to watch them until you sell your XBox 360 in 5 years (or 4, MS is trying to shorten the cycle) when the new consoles come out? Are you going to lose all those videos because they're tied to the 360? OK, even if they can transfer it to the next console, in the meantime, if you want to lend your movie to your 360-less friends or take it with you to play it on your laptop, how would you do that? It's just not useful for the XBox 360 to do this.
I guess AT&T's getting a free ride by having their site indexed by search engines? Or linked to on my or others' web sites? Should all companies linked to pay into a pool that would equally be divided by those who drive traffic to them? This is crazy. The web should be considered a neutral public service.
If AT&T doesn't want to pay for the lines, then start taxing us a flat rate. I would rather put money towards the infrastructure myself rather than leave it up to companies to decide what traffic I want most. I'd rather have it neutral, and be based on what traffic I request. Just send me the page I requested as fast as possible. Don't make me wait if I want google, and don't make Joe/Jane wait if they want Yahoo or AT&T's site or whoever else.
Or, simply, brand name reputation. The PSOne/PSX and PS2 were both consoles that did really well and got the biggest chunk of 3rd party titles, with also great exclusive titles. Gamers who don't follow the hype as closely as fanboys won't know which company is supporting which console, and of course that could change at any time. Gamers simply have reason to believe that the PS3 will follow in the previous consoles' footsteps. The PSOne really brought gaming into the mainstream, and the PS2 cemented this. Mainstream gamers probably equate Sony to gaming the way hardcore gamers previously equated Nintendo to gaming.
When you break out of the hardcore, you go mainstream, but after that there's not really another plateau to reach (monopoly?) so Sony already has their reputation built with most gamers. The mainstream hasn't gone out to purchase XBox 360s yet, they're waiting for Sony. The only reason the XBox 360 would win is if Sony really screwed up (Which it might because of the price and being late to market...).
All that said, I'm gonna buy a Revolution...
Suddenly the inclusion of Blu-Ray doesn't seem like such a great idea. I know I'll be thinking twice when I look at the price tag and realize that a lot of that will go to recoup the loss on the drive and not towards gaming goodness which is primarily what I will buy the console for.
You can only launch a product once. There's no such thing as a re-launch. After that, you're just making a new campaign. This is just a way of making it seem like the console is going to get a fresh start with new direction. But really, it's just changing the direction of the old campaign and re-focusing attention on the console in hopes that people will forget all of the opinions surrounding the console's launch.
The PSP is dying, not just the UMD format. I've got a PSP and one of the launch games and that's it. Liberty City Stories, the only big PSP game, is hitting the PS2, but even if it didn't, I wouldn't have bought the PSP just for that. Me & My Katamari got cancelled. It's dead, Jim.
They make this statement just as Vista and Office are delayed, their stock goes down, and IE critical flaws make the headlines. It's not a coincidence.
Why don't we fix what we've done to Earth before we start fucking up other planets/moons?
Relief! Now they don't have to keep up with everyone else who is suddenly passing around files in a format the previous version can't read, they don't have to pay more for an upgrade to software that already does the job, they don't have to retrain staff and put up with support requests due to any problems the different interface may cause, or possible bugs that weren't forseen in the new software or even configuration changes that didn't apply to previous versions but need to be locked down. Oh, and everyone won't be slacking off at work checking out the new version of Flight Simulator in Excel!
Um, how could it apply to Windows 95 when IE wasn't integrated into Windows 95? You had to upgrade to Windows 95 OSR2 or Windows 98 to get IE built in. Remember the Quicklaunch bar? That wasn't in Windows 95, it was added when you updated to IE 4.0 which integrated into Explorer. Before that you could never enter an URL in "My Computer."
It's ignorant to only consider the superficial aspect of what someone is trying to say, so please don't only consider the spelling but the actual message. It's the information, feeling, and sentiment that makes communication important, not the syntax.
How can you consider it to be about power over something when the game doesn't really give you power because power is something a little mre arbitrary in real life, whereas games have clearly defined rules that you work with/around. It's not about power.
That makes no sense. Gates is wrong either way by your context. If the $100 laptop is useless, so is Gates' cell phone idea. Gates wasn't saying building a $100 laptop was a bad idea, he was saying that HIS way is the correct way. He's still basically just doing the same thing.