> Do you think it would be better or worse for communications if ATT and Verizon each designed and developed phone technology independently of each other, meaning interoperation didn't happen?
You mean like the competition between RSS and Atom news reader formats?
though ye may be trolling, i must say thats the second worst comparison i have ever heard, besides the apples and oranges one.
count how many people on this planet use/care about phones vs. news readers.
funny things: next story on slashdot:
> What Would The World Be Like Without Microsoft?
scary things: While Witty took 30 minutes longer than SQL Slammer to infect its vulnerable population, both worms spread far faster than human intervention could stop them.
ouch. 12 hours after the worm began to spread, half of the Witty hosts were already inactive.
double-ouch. By infecting firewall devices, Witty proved particularly adept at thwarting security measures and successfully infecting hosts on internal networks.
great. besides point 2, wait until an xfiles kill switch or a modern day wintermute figures out how to mutate and evolve through all this.
Apple has had a long history with not being able to predict demand for their products, or they have some obfuscated business model that does this on purpose. Anyone remember the powerbook 520 540/c, or the first power macs? Anyone remember the magazines (ugh, it was that long ago) constantly reporting the long lead times for newly introduced models? I often wonder how much $tronger the company would be today if they would have nailed every introduction with enough supply to meet the demand. Maybe another factor in the mac price premium?
Sigh. Does no one understand that you shouldn't use a lossy compressor with screenshots? It causes the fuzzy noise around all the text and lines that just looks like crap.
I expect more from a review of a graphics editing application.
I suppose if you went to the right club and the lighting was good, meaning the lasers projected little arrows scrolling up the walls, this game could help you look like more of a freak than you really are.
BTW, are you kidding? Show me one news source besides the virus houses that even properly classify these as a worm, trojan, or virus. I consider those very precise terms, but apparently there is no such techie on these editorial staffs.
ahhh, remember those flaming reply emails that read "An EMAIL CANNOT CONTAIN A VIRUS!!!"
like the flasher on superbowl? might answer the one question about what percentage of the population is affected by said flashes...
oh wait, the search engine stories reported that as the most popular search of all time.
just turn down the refresh rate on your vid settings until it goes away, then turn it back up until they start. get empirical. and perhaps keep the wean away from computer games!
Would that work? I read about someone using a controller with thier toes but this might be a bit more ergonomic. Of course you have to hack your own interface...
How can the guy say that about a soundtrack that consists completely of one genra of music: hip-hop? And the controls to setup the music were wonky. I found myself constantly disabling songs because they seemed to be all I would hear. And every time you got in the car a new song started fresh. How the hell does that "really [make] you feel like you were listening to LA radio?"
Don't get me wrong, I loved the game, the mechanics were great and the map was huge, but I hated the music. But listening to a car revving at 7k rpm gets old too.
Maybe the guy was trying to write an article without stating the obvious about Vice City. Come on... you don't normally listen to salsa and samba but you do leave those stations on some times.;)
You show me a 22 minute show in a half hour of semi decent content. ~40 minutes for a so called "hour of television." The leftover time is spent with the marketing geniuses of america trying to get you to try and buy their laundry detergent. Uh, wasn't I just trying to figure out if he is the killer or that other shady guy... hey, does my collar have those rings do I need a new toyota I want to try that hamburger. BTW, don't move, just sit there. Stare. Bask in the glow of american capitalism.
(ooops, midway through my rant, I just realized this article was about UK, their TV is a nadge better but not much)
Or compare that to two people sitting on the same couch without the said commerical interruptions actually CHANGING the picture on the tube by playing a game. There are four people sitting in my living room right now shouting over a game. Interacting. Building skills. Laughing. And the next time you play it, it's gonna be different! (sheesh, and I'm posting on slashdot - screw it, it's labor day weekend)
So go figure. If the broadcaster(s) decide they should treat their subscribers like mindless couch potatoes with cash in their wallet and the phone waiting nearby for that next $19.95 offer, or try to scare the crap of of them with the, "what you can do to save your family for toxics already in your house, story at 11," all for by 20 minutes of laugh track crap, believe me, other forms of entertainment will take it's place. It's only a matter of time.
yep, they didn't even do it right. y'all are supposed to shoot out the tires, then go stand on top of the truck until the helicopter comes and then y'all shoot it down with yer rocket launcher.
Whats the big deal with being able to grab onto a car to get speed? Couldn't we do this in Hawk 4.0?
Larger levels and missions sounds fun, can't wait to see that. It's all about knowing where the good skate spots are in yer hood. When we can do in game tagging on the ditches and it gets saved, or the curbs start out fresh and get that truck and deck grind build up, or if your wall rides left marks that also get saved, then we have something. more persistence!
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> Do you think it would be better or worse for communications if ATT and Verizon each designed and developed phone technology independently of each other, meaning interoperation didn't happen?
You mean like the competition between RSS and Atom news reader formats?
though ye may be trolling, i must say thats the second worst comparison i have ever heard, besides the apples and oranges one.
count how many people on this planet use/care about phones vs. news readers.
btw, the width of railroads was determined by the width of a horses arse.
funny things:
next story on slashdot:
> What Would The World Be Like Without Microsoft?
scary things:
While Witty took 30 minutes longer than SQL Slammer to infect its vulnerable population, both worms spread far faster than human intervention could stop them.
ouch.
12 hours after the worm began to spread, half of the Witty hosts were already inactive.
double-ouch.
By infecting firewall devices, Witty proved particularly adept at thwarting security measures and successfully infecting hosts on internal networks.
great. besides point 2, wait until an xfiles kill switch or a modern day wintermute figures out how to mutate and evolve through all this.
my knee jerk vision(tm) was a bunch of tree huggers trying to work out a snorkel system...
Apple has had a long history with not being able to predict demand for their products, or they have some obfuscated business model that does this on purpose.
Anyone remember the powerbook 520 540/c, or the first power macs? Anyone remember the magazines (ugh, it was that long ago) constantly reporting the long lead times for newly introduced models? I often wonder how much $tronger the company would be today if they would have nailed every introduction with enough supply to meet the demand. Maybe another factor in the mac price premium?
You have obviously never dealt in inter-stellar real estate.
Would you rather want to buy a 9 planet solar system, or an 8 planet solar system?
"I don't know, we were looking at a system in NGC 876 that had a bigger sun, and that 9th planet is a bit small.... you sure that's a planet?"
The screenshots look simply awsome.
Sigh. Does no one understand that you shouldn't use a lossy compressor with screenshots? It causes the fuzzy noise around all the text and lines that just looks like crap.
I expect more from a review of a graphics editing application.
I suppose if you went to the right club and the lighting was good, meaning the lasers projected little arrows scrolling up the walls, this game could help you look like more of a freak than you really are.
Thanks. When you put it like that, it's so much easier to remember.
I've never been to Soviet Russia you insensitive clod!
> How would you address an email to a website?
they were emails addressed to port 80 silly.
BTW, are you kidding? Show me one news source besides the virus houses that even properly classify these as a worm, trojan, or virus. I consider those very precise terms, but apparently there is no such techie on these editorial staffs.
ahhh, remember those flaming reply emails that read "An EMAIL CANNOT CONTAIN A VIRUS!!!"
like the flasher on superbowl? might answer the one question about what percentage of the population is affected by said flashes...
oh wait, the search engine stories reported that as the most popular search of all time.
just turn down the refresh rate on your vid settings until it goes away, then turn it back up until they start. get empirical. and perhaps keep the wean away from computer games!
bolo.
and with your dual G5, you can play against 15 bots running in the background!
Is one really smart pissed of engineer saying I TOLD YOU THIS WAS GONNA HAPPEN.
two discs is perfect...
move the special features off to a second disc, and then take the compression setting off "worst" to encode the special features.
you know they had space left when there are 4 trailers for movies and a 30 minute making of.
maybe the trippers decided everyone needed some practice:
Four injured in second small plane crash at Burning Man
Would that work? I read about someone using a controller with thier toes but this might be a bit more ergonomic. Of course you have to hack your own interface...
Happy New Year
WE used to sail ships manned with real pirates back in my day and this sort of thing didn't happen.
How can the guy say that about a soundtrack that consists completely of one genra of music: hip-hop? And the controls to setup the music were wonky. I found myself constantly disabling songs because they seemed to be all I would hear. And every time you got in the car a new song started fresh. How the hell does that "really [make] you feel like you were listening to LA radio?"
;)
Don't get me wrong, I loved the game, the mechanics were great and the map was huge, but I hated the music. But listening to a car revving at 7k rpm gets old too.
Maybe the guy was trying to write an article without stating the obvious about Vice City. Come on... you don't normally listen to salsa and samba but you do leave those stations on some times.
"...hack-n-slash action game based on Peter Jackson's acclaimed movie trilogy.
The Ringwraiths shall come for thee anon.
Windows is on my other partition.
I used CTRL-ALT-DEL one last time on it.
I had to keep using a little button on the front of my computer to control Windows sometimes too...
Violent Television is watched by more than 95% of everyone.
guess I wont be rushing out to get that PS3 afterall...
You show me a 22 minute show in a half hour of semi decent content. ~40 minutes for a so called "hour of television." The leftover time is spent with the marketing geniuses of america trying to get you to try and buy their laundry detergent. Uh, wasn't I just trying to figure out if he is the killer or that other shady guy... hey, does my collar have those rings do I need a new toyota I want to try that hamburger. BTW, don't move, just sit there. Stare. Bask in the glow of american capitalism.
(ooops, midway through my rant, I just realized this article was about UK, their TV is a nadge better but not much)
Or compare that to two people sitting on the same couch without the said commerical interruptions actually CHANGING the picture on the tube by playing a game. There are four people sitting in my living room right now shouting over a game. Interacting. Building skills. Laughing. And the next time you play it, it's gonna be different! (sheesh, and I'm posting on slashdot - screw it, it's labor day weekend)
So go figure. If the broadcaster(s) decide they should treat their subscribers like mindless couch potatoes with cash in their wallet and the phone waiting nearby for that next $19.95 offer, or try to scare the crap of of them with the, "what you can do to save your family for toxics already in your house, story at 11," all for by 20 minutes of laugh track crap, believe me, other forms of entertainment will take it's place. It's only a matter of time.
Don't burn your television, burn your cable box.
yep, they didn't even do it right. y'all are supposed to shoot out the tires, then go stand on top of the truck until the helicopter comes and then y'all shoot it down with yer rocket launcher.
whoooooo doggie!!
Whats the big deal with being able to grab onto a car to get speed? Couldn't we do this in Hawk 4.0?
Larger levels and missions sounds fun, can't wait to see that. It's all about knowing where the good skate spots are in yer hood. When we can do in game tagging on the ditches and it gets saved, or the curbs start out fresh and get that truck and deck grind build up, or if your wall rides left marks that also get saved, then we have something. more persistence!