Additionally, since the games were coded for a fixed platform, they are very likely to rely on specific timings (like DVD loading performance), which are very hard to emulate, even when you have enough performance to do so.
As time goes by this is less and less likely to happen on any console. The PS2, for example, was tempting people with a hard-drive upgrade. It also wasn't unimaginable that they'd release a new PS2 with a nicer drive. It's difficult to imagine that with these in mind game developers made assumptions about just how fast the DVD was going to send data. Heck, it's difficult to picture most PS2 games running anything but smoother if you were to double the speed of the hardware components. Once you get into 3D land, you do everything by the time and not by how many frames it's chewing on.
Ironically,"touch tone" service is really only premium service in the eyes of the sales department. From an engineering POV it's actually cheaper way of signalling than make/break pulses.
Really? My dad couldn't use touch tone phones in his house until they came and 'upgraded' the line. I never really did understand that.
I thought that was because you were a pretentious wanker? (Score:2, Insightful)
I'm sorry, but as a Windows guy, it's really hard to watch a Linux guy get annoyed at somebody else bragging about their chosen OS's superiority and not have a chuckle about it.
I just don't understand all the crying about Flash on Apple devices. If it doesn't matter to you, then great, buy their device, be happy and so on. If it does matter, then do not buy their device, let them know that this is a requirement before you make a purchase, and go on with your life./quote.
And if Flash doesn't matter and you're not going to buy an Apple product anyway, bitch on Slashdot about it so we can circulate mod points!
Anyone else felt a weird evil feeling when you read "building your robot army"?
That depends... was it purchased by somebody who died 10 years ago? If so, then you have absolutely no need to be suspscious and should surround yourself with them!
I did pull my laptop out of my coat pocket to browse/., and thus indirectly to post this. And your precious iPad won't fit in my coat pocket, either.
He said iPod.
If you like the iPad better, that's fine, too. Find a pocket that it fits, and carry it -- this isn't a religious thing, so no need for crusades from any sides.
I didn't write a long ass post justifying the decision to buy a product...
The 3D in Avatar was a computer-processed generation as well.
Not the way he described it, no.
Check by your definition, all 3D images coming off a 2D screen would be classified as fake these days.
You didn't understand his point, which is kinda sad because the reference he made to 'colorization' is pretty close. That's why it fails the 'Check 2' point you mentioned. They didn't work with real depth like Avatar did, they had to work it out after the fact.
Okay well if Dragon's Lair doesn't count, then hw about the old Clue movie on VHS (and later CD-ROM)? It operated on the idea of letting many people vote on the outcome, and the majority determined which scene unfolded next.
Did my vote while playing the Clue movie on VHS affect how it played on your machine? Did you purchase a movie ticket and affect the outcome of the VHS? Etc.
Ya know - I ought to get a job at the Patent Office. I know all this old tech and would immediately recognize that the IBM Patent is invalid due to prior art.
Yeah, the rejection process is much much easier when you don't read the claims of the patent.
Almost all of the last 20 or so stories have been about either social networking sites or Google and its products. Man, I remember when programming topics actually used to make it to the front page. You know, news for nerds.
What's especially amazing is that Slashdot covers so many stories about popular sites that require having friends!
Since we've got folks going on about prior art, someone presumably can cite....
You'd think, but because they don't understand that adding a detail like "on the internet" or "on a portable music player" makes a patent less broad and not more broad, you're not going to have an interesting conversation about it.
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Dude, I had the only comment on this article for like 2 minutes and I'm the one who gets modded redundant.
a.) Another post beat yours by 2 minutes.
b.) Complaints about typos in the summary are redundant anyway. We get it, you're too smart to read something with a spelling error in it.
Additionally, since the games were coded for a fixed platform, they are very likely to rely on specific timings (like DVD loading performance), which are very hard to emulate, even when you have enough performance to do so.
As time goes by this is less and less likely to happen on any console. The PS2, for example, was tempting people with a hard-drive upgrade. It also wasn't unimaginable that they'd release a new PS2 with a nicer drive. It's difficult to imagine that with these in mind game developers made assumptions about just how fast the DVD was going to send data. Heck, it's difficult to picture most PS2 games running anything but smoother if you were to double the speed of the hardware components. Once you get into 3D land, you do everything by the time and not by how many frames it's chewing on.
Ironically,"touch tone" service is really only premium service in the eyes of the sales department. From an engineering POV it's actually cheaper way of signalling than make/break pulses.
Really? My dad couldn't use touch tone phones in his house until they came and 'upgraded' the line. I never really did understand that.
Whats the odds that there are people quietly trying things like this on humans somewhere?
1 in 0 if they aren't, 1 in 1 if they are... so the odds are 1:2.
And that's why I use OpenBSD :)
I thought that was because you were a pretentious wanker? (Score:2, Insightful)
I'm sorry, but as a Windows guy, it's really hard to watch a Linux guy get annoyed at somebody else bragging about their chosen OS's superiority and not have a chuckle about it.
There's no chance this coupon is going to bring down the price of a computer by $50 to correspond to the loss of features....
Why, did AMD stop making CPUs?
I wonder if the Intel Fanboys have udders, because Intel sure is trying to milk them.
Heh yeah because AMD is sooOOoo altruistic.
I just don't understand all the crying about Flash on Apple devices. If it doesn't matter to you, then great, buy their device, be happy and so on. If it does matter, then do not buy their device, let them know that this is a requirement before you make a purchase, and go on with your life./quote.
And if Flash doesn't matter and you're not going to buy an Apple product anyway, bitch on Slashdot about it so we can circulate mod points!
Anyone else felt a weird evil feeling when you read "building your robot army"?
That depends... was it purchased by somebody who died 10 years ago? If so, then you have absolutely no need to be suspscious and should surround yourself with them!
Well.. that depends on where the put the reset button.
And finally, we can see you go for short ass-posts.
I would have written more if the replies had anything to do with what I said. :D
Oops he used the wrong vowel that makes his point invalid.
Oops, he used the wrong product name and invalidated his own point.
FTFY. :)
I did pull my laptop out of my coat pocket to browse /., and thus indirectly to post this. And your precious iPad won't fit in my coat pocket, either.
He said iPod.
If you like the iPad better, that's fine, too. Find a pocket that it fits, and carry it -- this isn't a religious thing, so no need for crusades from any sides.
I didn't write a long ass post justifying the decision to buy a product...
Since this is about iPads...
You said iPod.
Its the same size as a netbook...
No, it's not.
...just a lot less functional...
That door swings both ways.
iPod owning retards will finally be able to do yet another thing they could have done better all along had they bought a laptop in the first place.
Did you pull your laptop out of your pocket to post that?
The 3D in Avatar was a computer-processed generation as well.
Not the way he described it, no.
Check by your definition, all 3D images coming off a 2D screen would be classified as fake these days.
You didn't understand his point, which is kinda sad because the reference he made to 'colorization' is pretty close. That's why it fails the 'Check 2' point you mentioned. They didn't work with real depth like Avatar did, they had to work it out after the fact.
Oh, god. Just what Hollywood has been moving towards for years -- a movie plot decided upon by a steering committee. :-P
Hah...
Although, picture it... Han shooting first...
Okay well if Dragon's Lair doesn't count, then hw about the old Clue movie on VHS (and later CD-ROM)? It operated on the idea of letting many people vote on the outcome, and the majority determined which scene unfolded next.
Did my vote while playing the Clue movie on VHS affect how it played on your machine? Did you purchase a movie ticket and affect the outcome of the VHS? Etc.
Ya know - I ought to get a job at the Patent Office. I know all this old tech and would immediately recognize that the IBM Patent is invalid due to prior art.
Yeah, the rejection process is much much easier when you don't read the claims of the patent.
Take a vote, go with the majority, seems fairly obvious.
Not with a movie or a video game, no. You should read the patent.
Your inputs decides which way things forked at key points.
'Your' is singular. The patent is about a number of people voting to take paths, not a single person choosing.
Rule 34, man.
Almost all of the last 20 or so stories have been about either social networking sites or Google and its products. Man, I remember when programming topics actually used to make it to the front page. You know, news for nerds.
What's especially amazing is that Slashdot covers so many stories about popular sites that require having friends!
Since we've got folks going on about prior art, someone presumably can cite....
You'd think, but because they don't understand that adding a detail like "on the internet" or "on a portable music player" makes a patent less broad and not more broad, you're not going to have an interesting conversation about it.
Isn't the porn industry already doing this? I mean, I HEARD they are already doing this.
Fast forwarding to the money-shot isn't considered 'choose-your-own-adventure'.
Thank you. That is PRECISELY what I'm getting at. Heh.