" I pay $50 AUS (~ $36 US) for a 20mbit down 1mbit up connection with 20 gig download a month."
I pay ~$50 USD for a 6 megabit connection and unlimited downloads. Honestly, I prefer my deal. I've done well over 20 gigs a month a few times, plus I rarely get the full 6 megabits out of it. That's just me, though. My dad, for example, would prefer what you have.
"You will never see a DS specific program on a GBA cart because the DSs software isn't designed to interface with it."
I don't see why. It's just data storage. Considering that they use this port for a DS 'rumble pak', I'm having a hard time buying this logic.
"Not only that, but Nintendo will get neverending law suits from GBA users who can't get the software to work on their GBA."
Sorry, I just don't buy this. I don't recall massive lawsuits against Nintendo over Game Boy Color exclusive titles. (i.e. those game would work on the GBC, but NOT the original GB.)
"I personally have more GBA games, and end up switching out DS games LESS then GBA games, so, at least for me (and many others, seeing as that a large percentage of DS owners had a GBA first), it's more convenient."
I imagine the percentage of people buying DS's to play DS games (i.e. Mario Kart, Nintendogs, etc) is quite a bit larger.
"DS Cartridges are not randomly addressable, data must be loaded off them into RAM, more like a CD-ROM or SD card than a usual video game ROM cartridge."
Do you have a link that can back that up? I'm not challenging you because I think you're wrong, but rather because what you're saying sounds suspisciously like the Atari Lynx. I recently read an article covering the history of portables (all the way through the DS) and it was implied that the Lynx was unusual in this regard. Could you clarify?
Wow.. Opera for the DS, that's great! I just hope they'll put the app into a GBA cart instead of a DS cart for the simple reason that I can leave it in all the time. No need to switch cartridges just to muck around a bit on the web.
" I usualy just glare at the people who complain and ask them if human contact is really that bad of a thing."
They're not complaining about human contact, they're complaining about speed of service. If you pay at the pump, you don't have to wait in line, nor do you have to wait for the printer to print up the receipt you have to sign. Going inside adds a few minutes to the trip. It's unnecessary.
I saw an episode of Frasier once where the brothers decided they wanted to open a restaraunt that catered only to special clientelle. "We won't put up a sign.""Yeah! And we'll get an unlisted phone number!""Yeah!!" And Marty jumps in and says "Why stop there? I can get a buddy of mine to sit on the roof with a rifle and pick'em off as they come in!"
Every time I hear the phrase "...to combat piracy" I remember this line.
"How about using the money to help somebody out instead."
How do you know he's not? Even if he isn't who are you to judge? What if I said your posting on Slashdot was pointless and that you should take the $50 a month you're spending on your internet connection and send it to the local homeless shelter? You'd think I was a git, right? Think about it.
"Put up with hours and hours of this crap, and you don't get to infiltrate the mob or yakuza or anything nearly that cool... no, you get gain cred with a bunch of california street hoodlums. Yay."
Wow. To those who played San Andreas more than an hour, here's how this post sounds:
"Star Wars is just a stupid movie about a couple of droids walking in the desert. Sand, hot weather, bitching about needing an oil bath. What a stupid ass scifi movie. It didn't even have spaceships!"
"That is a thesis-level question, and to many people, when they are unprepared to deal with the question, rather than admit such (as science types are usually particularly proud and would see it as 'admitting incompetance'), the safer answer to the ego is to attack the questioner."
I think you might be right. What's irritating about this is that, in science, "I don't know" is not a bad answer. I think there's an assumption that this answer fuels acceptance of other beliefs. This seems idiotic to me. Sure, there may be some that respond that way. So what? What are you pursuing, acceptance or scientific fact?
"It's not fanatical to be annoyed with the Flat Earth crowd who are trying to take over scientific agencies (ie, NASA) and teach crap to our kids. "
I meant people around here talking to other people around here. The other day there was a story about an organism that could 'zombify' its prey and control it. Somebody asked a simple question "How does evolution cause this to happen?" Immediately, some anonymous shithead gave him a bunch of flack over it. Basically, he stated that the guy was trying to imply that Intelligent Design had something to do with it and was somewhat hostile in his response to him. All he had to do was answer the question, but instead he was ready for battle.
I've had it happen to me, too. Years ago, long before all this Intelligent Design business I posted a question about how evolution could be responsible for the development of a chameleon's skin. Very difficult for a simpleton like me to wrap my mind around. Of course, I drew fire for it. Evidently, I'm supposed to completely understand how evolution works so I MUST be challenging its credibility. (I'm happy to say that somebody did come forward and present a thoughtful explanation.) I wasn't challenging it. I was trying to understand. Frankly, it was a reasonable question, as was the other person's.
This is the sort of thing I'm talking about. I don't care how noble the pursuit of science is or how 'righteous' the theory of evolution is or how irrational the creationists are, this is bullshit. "Evolution is right and Intelligent Design is wrong!" The people that treat it like this are being fanatical, and they're not doing science any justice by treating this topic as a constant battle.
(I apolgize if my post is a little hard to follow, I wrote it in a hurry and didn't have time to clean it up.)
"Evolutionists" don't have an agenda, unless you count science as an "agenda." We don't consider science to be subject to public policy, and as such, laymen don't get a vote."
In theory, yes. However, I've seen fanatical 'evolutionists' around here on Slashdot. True, they're probably irritated by noisy creationists, but the hypocracy of it is still amazing.
"Motorola's UI department is seriously THE WORST in the industry. Having owned numerous Motorola phones I really think they need to stop hiring artists to design their phones and employ some UI engineers."
Here's an example of Motorola UI foolishiness:
If you leave a voice mail on my phone, two dialogs come up. The first says that I have a voicemail waiting. The one following it says "You missed a call from this number: ###-###-####" The first dialog has a 'call voicemail' button. If you press that and retrieve your messages, then hang up, the second dialog is still sitting there waiting for your input. Every five minutes *BEEEEP*. This is irritating. It's even more irritating if you want to see who called before bothering with the voice mail. In that situation, you have to manually dial your #, etc.
So here's my question: Do the new trendy phones like the RAZR suffer from this sort of BS, or did they actually do it right? I've seen plenty of ppl with these phones, but I haven't heard any complaints yet. I'm curious if this is because the problems magically went away or if it's because nobody wants to complain about a phone they spent so much money on.
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" I pay $50 AUS (~ $36 US) for a 20mbit down 1mbit up connection with 20 gig download a month."
I pay ~$50 USD for a 6 megabit connection and unlimited downloads. Honestly, I prefer my deal. I've done well over 20 gigs a month a few times, plus I rarely get the full 6 megabits out of it. That's just me, though. My dad, for example, would prefer what you have.
A bunch of people nodded their heads and said "$50 a month is a fair price."
You think 1.2 petabytes is impressive? Just wait 'til I unzip!
"You will never see a DS specific program on a GBA cart because the DSs software isn't designed to interface with it."
I don't see why. It's just data storage. Considering that they use this port for a DS 'rumble pak', I'm having a hard time buying this logic.
"Not only that, but Nintendo will get neverending law suits from GBA users who can't get the software to work on their GBA."
Sorry, I just don't buy this. I don't recall massive lawsuits against Nintendo over Game Boy Color exclusive titles. (i.e. those game would work on the GBC, but NOT the original GB.)
"I personally have more GBA games, and end up switching out DS games LESS then GBA games, so, at least for me (and many others, seeing as that a large percentage of DS owners had a GBA first), it's more convenient."
I imagine the percentage of people buying DS's to play DS games (i.e. Mario Kart, Nintendogs, etc) is quite a bit larger.
I get what you mean now. Thanks for taking the time to answer. :)
"DS Cartridges are not randomly addressable, data must be loaded off them into RAM, more like a CD-ROM or SD card than a usual video game ROM cartridge."
Do you have a link that can back that up? I'm not challenging you because I think you're wrong, but rather because what you're saying sounds suspisciously like the Atari Lynx. I recently read an article covering the history of portables (all the way through the DS) and it was implied that the Lynx was unusual in this regard. Could you clarify?
Wow.. Opera for the DS, that's great! I just hope they'll put the app into a GBA cart instead of a DS cart for the simple reason that I can leave it in all the time. No need to switch cartridges just to muck around a bit on the web.
" I usualy just glare at the people who complain and ask them if human contact is really that bad of a thing."
They're not complaining about human contact, they're complaining about speed of service. If you pay at the pump, you don't have to wait in line, nor do you have to wait for the printer to print up the receipt you have to sign. Going inside adds a few minutes to the trip. It's unnecessary.
"Using Watermarks to Combat Piracy"
I saw an episode of Frasier once where the brothers decided they wanted to open a restaraunt that catered only to special clientelle. "We won't put up a sign." "Yeah! And we'll get an unlisted phone number!" "Yeah!!" And Marty jumps in and says "Why stop there? I can get a buddy of mine to sit on the roof with a rifle and pick'em off as they come in!"
Every time I hear the phrase "...to combat piracy" I remember this line.
"Why is it that everyone here thinks "really fucking gay design" means "innovative?" Is homosexuality that sheik right now?"
Your impersonation of a total blithering idiot is spot on! *golf claps*
"as the numbers of cores increase, and they will! the names will get more rediculous, and harder for the average John Doe to pronounce"
Yeah because AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ just rolls right off the tongue.
"They arn't weapons until they stop"
A bullet is heading right for us!
Don't worry, it won't hurt you until it stops!
Maybe it's because I haven't had my coffee yet, but I don't understand the insight of this comment.
"People won't adopt it because it has too many features?"
More features == higher price. Compare the Newton to the Palm Pilot.
Since when is bringing up Bob Saget during a conversation about unfuniness off-topic?
Q: ....????
A: Bob Saget!
"How about using the money to help somebody out instead."
How do you know he's not? Even if he isn't who are you to judge? What if I said your posting on Slashdot was pointless and that you should take the $50 a month you're spending on your internet connection and send it to the local homeless shelter? You'd think I was a git, right? Think about it.
Wow. To those who played San Andreas more than an hour, here's how this post sounds:
"NASA, not Nasa. Jackasses."
OOoooh. I was so confused until you made that correction. Thank you!
"That is a thesis-level question, and to many people, when they are unprepared to deal with the question, rather than admit such (as science types are usually particularly proud and would see it as 'admitting incompetance'), the safer answer to the ego is to attack the questioner."
I think you might be right. What's irritating about this is that, in science, "I don't know" is not a bad answer. I think there's an assumption that this answer fuels acceptance of other beliefs. This seems idiotic to me. Sure, there may be some that respond that way. So what? What are you pursuing, acceptance or scientific fact?
"It's not fanatical to be annoyed with the Flat Earth crowd who are trying to take over scientific agencies (ie, NASA) and teach crap to our kids. "
I meant people around here talking to other people around here. The other day there was a story about an organism that could 'zombify' its prey and control it. Somebody asked a simple question "How does evolution cause this to happen?" Immediately, some anonymous shithead gave him a bunch of flack over it. Basically, he stated that the guy was trying to imply that Intelligent Design had something to do with it and was somewhat hostile in his response to him. All he had to do was answer the question, but instead he was ready for battle.
I've had it happen to me, too. Years ago, long before all this Intelligent Design business I posted a question about how evolution could be responsible for the development of a chameleon's skin. Very difficult for a simpleton like me to wrap my mind around. Of course, I drew fire for it. Evidently, I'm supposed to completely understand how evolution works so I MUST be challenging its credibility. (I'm happy to say that somebody did come forward and present a thoughtful explanation.) I wasn't challenging it. I was trying to understand. Frankly, it was a reasonable question, as was the other person's.
This is the sort of thing I'm talking about. I don't care how noble the pursuit of science is or how 'righteous' the theory of evolution is or how irrational the creationists are, this is bullshit. "Evolution is right and Intelligent Design is wrong!" The people that treat it like this are being fanatical, and they're not doing science any justice by treating this topic as a constant battle.
(I apolgize if my post is a little hard to follow, I wrote it in a hurry and didn't have time to clean it up.)
"Evolutionists" don't have an agenda, unless you count science as an "agenda." We don't consider science to be subject to public policy, and as such, laymen don't get a vote."
In theory, yes. However, I've seen fanatical 'evolutionists' around here on Slashdot. True, they're probably irritated by noisy creationists, but the hypocracy of it is still amazing.
Extremists always suck.
"Does this mean I have to pay a royalty to Apple every time I go to a porn site and perform a "gesture"?"
No. However you will have to pay a licensing fee if you wish to perform this gesture as a service to others.
"Motorola's UI department is seriously THE WORST in the industry. Having owned numerous Motorola phones I really think they need to stop hiring artists to design their phones and employ some UI engineers."
Here's an example of Motorola UI foolishiness:
If you leave a voice mail on my phone, two dialogs come up. The first says that I have a voicemail waiting. The one following it says "You missed a call from this number: ###-###-####" The first dialog has a 'call voicemail' button. If you press that and retrieve your messages, then hang up, the second dialog is still sitting there waiting for your input. Every five minutes *BEEEEP*. This is irritating. It's even more irritating if you want to see who called before bothering with the voice mail. In that situation, you have to manually dial your #, etc.
So here's my question: Do the new trendy phones like the RAZR suffer from this sort of BS, or did they actually do it right? I've seen plenty of ppl with these phones, but I haven't heard any complaints yet. I'm curious if this is because the problems magically went away or if it's because nobody wants to complain about a phone they spent so much money on.
"3 techno songs is all you need - they pretty much all sound the same"
Insightful?
"What's to stop them from doing this now?"
After doing a little bit of research on the world's most popular search engine, I've discovered that they do no evil.