I can see what you're saying. On the other hand it is incredibly complex to create an operating system and that's one of the landmarks of the FOSS movement.
I suppose that this is sheer fun for the people involved and that they are more than willing to donate their free time to the project. I think the quality might be higher since the participants self-select themselves into this. You're probably not going to put out junk if you're not 100% committed to this.
In the long-run this may make game development cheaper for everyone (developing countries?) and I think it would be cool if we saw many new innovative games as a result.
I agree with this. The DRM is the elephant in the room but I can't help but think the move to eBooks are inevitable. I really am that 1% that would like to carry all of my books in one location. If I think about what I would have to carry with me in paper at work that's contained in my laptop it would be impractical.
I think another thing that people want are physical copies of books to display in their house. Much more cool than having an eReader or Kindle on your coffee table.
I really can't wait until these become more mainstream. Maybe they could have a book subscription service like O'Reilly's Safari.
I have been thinking about this too when I'm listening to my XM radio. I think this could work if the results were hidden. It would be awful if the voting ended up in a Digg-like structure.
I have a 700p and use it for Google Maps, web browsing, and email. Having access to Google wherever you go is a godsend. I love the concept of having essentially a "Palm Extender" similar to "Windows Media Extender" but hopefully much better.
I would love to take this thing in my backpack when I'm out on the weekend and need to check email or browse the web at a cafe. The concept of a "quick laptop" sounds neat. It is a logistical pain to boot up some of these laptops on-the-go. I hear the MacBooks boot from cold in about 30 seconds but this seems like a cheap upgrade for people who already own a 700p.
Oddly enough at the top of this post there is an advertisement for a $200 trade up from a current Palm device to a BlackBerry.
I agree that the Gmail spam filter is great. There are rare circumstances where it's been too good and I have to scour the spam box for legitimate emails from friends.
I guess these guys have to be as politically neutral as possible. Perhaps that is a good thing. It seems to me that it would be the ideal solution as opposed to these Wikipedia wars I keep hearing about involving controversial entries.
A government with laws written by the businesses for the businesses.
The laws that support this don't help us at all, yet we support the government that makes the laws. I don't see a way out of this. You're not going to be able to coordinate the masses to do anything about this. This is the result of corporations pursuing the maximum return to its shareholders under our current legal constructs.
I think I remember reading somewhere that they were going to have some sort of benchmark program that would benchmark your computer on a 5 point scale so that a game like Quake 4 would be say a 4.5 in terms of demand of hardware. You would run the benchmark on your computer and find that your computer is a 4 so you could know relatively speaking where your computer stacks up.
I am curious to know how as hardware gets better if games would decline in rating. For example Sim Earth would get a 3 back in the early 90's but would probably be along the lines of 0.5 now on today's hardware. I think it is a neat idea and it will be interesting to see how this adjust to changes.
Walk into a CC, Best Buy, or EB Games and tell me what the mix of games from last-gen are. Nintendo is going to have to climb out of a big hole to come up with a large quantity of diverse titles.
It is a little better. The people who are twirly eyed over the PS3 do so based on three characters: P S 3. The people who are twirly eyed over the Wii have been following the tech news on the various consoles, read probably multiple articles and even hands on reviews on the subject.
Be more realistic about their workload and what they can do. How about a little priortization? Instead of throwing more bodies at the problem, how about scaling back or being more innovative with how you implement an IT project?
Seriously, I am finding it harder and harder to take these stories seriously. While the abstract is what would draw comments his summary completely misconstrued the spirit of the article. This site needs an ombudsman!
Obviously the consensus on/. is that he blew through school too quickly. I think this situation is different from that of the 13 year old wunderkids who have a masters degree before they can even drive. From TFA he mentioned that he had more time in college to have fun then he did in high school and he seems to be happy with his achievements.
I don't see what's so wrong with that. In fact, he will probably accomplish more than I have by the time I am married and have kids. Who knows, he may decide to take a couple of years off...because he has that luxury, unlike the most of us.
Don't forget that the standard A/V cable is being shipped with the Wii. I would think that there are a fair amount of us out there with devices that can handle a component input which drastically improves the display of graphics on a TV. I would assume that's another $30 to $40.
I think this post best sums up Internet hype. The people whose opinions you see are probably those who want to be accepted by the community they are in or want to vote for whatever else does because they want to fit in. Just like in real life.
Its a shame that there isn't a place to go on the Internet where there are diverse points of view from an individual standpoint. If you look at Digg, Fark, and especially Slashdot, you tend to see the same bashing of Sony, Microsoft and likewise the hyping of things like SoaP. The thing I cherish most about Slashdot are posts like this that are well written and stray from the pack.
I don't oppose all this outsourcing when it comes to better living conditions for the people in countries who can use the improvement. What I do oppose is the fact that products made by outsourcing are still as expensive as before, and the gain goes only to a very small point of people. Not to the costumers, not to the employees, but to management and stockholders. This will eventually widen the gap between poor and rich worldwide, which is not something we need at the moment.
How do you know that they aren't reinvesting the extra profit into the company in terms of R&D and thus passing on the benefit to consumers in terms of newer/better products or faster cycle times? I don't know the answer, but its certainly a possibility.
Let me state that by the end of the year I will be in posession of an Xbox 360, Wii, and PS3. I am in posession of an Xbox 360, DS Lite, and PSP.
I don't understand the ridiculous amound of fanboyism on here and Digg. Neither of the two main competitors have come out yet and we're declaring victory already. Have you been down the aisle of a Worst Buy or Circuit City lately? Gratned the Xbox and PS2 don't always have the highest quality games out there but on average there are fun games for everyone. GC seems to play to a very specific demographic. Same thing with DS vs. PSP. There are a ton of crap games for PSP out there but there is enough of a variety that I can pick up a game and play it on the plane. The DS is great. I like Animal Crossing and Brain Age. Beyond that though, there are slim pickings when it comes to picking out a more "mature" game.
If you take your Wii hat off and put yourself in the mindset of a typical consumer, you're not going for Pokemon, you're going for GTA, Halo, or Metal Gear. It happend in the last generation and I don't see anything changing that this go-round.
Slashdot Mirror
Seriously. You can't make this stuff up.
Traffic James ate my balls?
I suppose that this is sheer fun for the people involved and that they are more than willing to donate their free time to the project. I think the quality might be higher since the participants self-select themselves into this. You're probably not going to put out junk if you're not 100% committed to this.
In the long-run this may make game development cheaper for everyone (developing countries?) and I think it would be cool if we saw many new innovative games as a result.
I agree with this. The DRM is the elephant in the room but I can't help but think the move to eBooks are inevitable. I really am that 1% that would like to carry all of my books in one location. If I think about what I would have to carry with me in paper at work that's contained in my laptop it would be impractical. I think another thing that people want are physical copies of books to display in their house. Much more cool than having an eReader or Kindle on your coffee table. I really can't wait until these become more mainstream. Maybe they could have a book subscription service like O'Reilly's Safari.
I have been thinking about this too when I'm listening to my XM radio. I think this could work if the results were hidden. It would be awful if the voting ended up in a Digg-like structure.
I would love to take this thing in my backpack when I'm out on the weekend and need to check email or browse the web at a cafe. The concept of a "quick laptop" sounds neat. It is a logistical pain to boot up some of these laptops on-the-go. I hear the MacBooks boot from cold in about 30 seconds but this seems like a cheap upgrade for people who already own a 700p.
Oddly enough at the top of this post there is an advertisement for a $200 trade up from a current Palm device to a BlackBerry.
I agree that the Gmail spam filter is great. There are rare circumstances where it's been too good and I have to scour the spam box for legitimate emails from friends.
At any rate, Circuit City is selling one for $300. That is cheaper than any standalone Blu-Ray player I've seen out there.
I guess these guys have to be as politically neutral as possible. Perhaps that is a good thing. It seems to me that it would be the ideal solution as opposed to these Wikipedia wars I keep hearing about involving controversial entries.
A government with laws written by the businesses for the businesses.
The laws that support this don't help us at all, yet we support the government that makes the laws. I don't see a way out of this. You're not going to be able to coordinate the masses to do anything about this. This is the result of corporations pursuing the maximum return to its shareholders under our current legal constructs.
We're screwed from both ends.
I am curious to know how as hardware gets better if games would decline in rating. For example Sim Earth would get a 3 back in the early 90's but would probably be along the lines of 0.5 now on today's hardware. I think it is a neat idea and it will be interesting to see how this adjust to changes.
Walk into a CC, Best Buy, or EB Games and tell me what the mix of games from last-gen are. Nintendo is going to have to climb out of a big hole to come up with a large quantity of diverse titles.
Probably read?
ASSUME makes an ASS out of U and ME.
These fools waiting in line this far in advance or people on ./ whining about it?
Be more realistic about their workload and what they can do. How about a little priortization? Instead of throwing more bodies at the problem, how about scaling back or being more innovative with how you implement an IT project?
Seriously, I am finding it harder and harder to take these stories seriously. While the abstract is what would draw comments his summary completely misconstrued the spirit of the article. This site needs an ombudsman!
SCO is worth 36.91M USD.
I don't see what's so wrong with that. In fact, he will probably accomplish more than I have by the time I am married and have kids. Who knows, he may decide to take a couple of years off...because he has that luxury, unlike the most of us.
Don't forget that the standard A/V cable is being shipped with the Wii. I would think that there are a fair amount of us out there with devices that can handle a component input which drastically improves the display of graphics on a TV. I would assume that's another $30 to $40.
In addition I doubt that if you are poor you will have access to enough credit to obtain a very low score.
Haha, first thing to make me laugh all week...
Its a shame that there isn't a place to go on the Internet where there are diverse points of view from an individual standpoint. If you look at Digg, Fark, and especially Slashdot, you tend to see the same bashing of Sony, Microsoft and likewise the hyping of things like SoaP. The thing I cherish most about Slashdot are posts like this that are well written and stray from the pack.
In this case, zOMG SNAKES!
Yeah, I hope they leverage core synergies while aggregating horizontal darknets.
How do you know that they aren't reinvesting the extra profit into the company in terms of R&D and thus passing on the benefit to consumers in terms of newer/better products or faster cycle times? I don't know the answer, but its certainly a possibility.
I don't understand the ridiculous amound of fanboyism on here and Digg. Neither of the two main competitors have come out yet and we're declaring victory already. Have you been down the aisle of a Worst Buy or Circuit City lately? Gratned the Xbox and PS2 don't always have the highest quality games out there but on average there are fun games for everyone. GC seems to play to a very specific demographic. Same thing with DS vs. PSP. There are a ton of crap games for PSP out there but there is enough of a variety that I can pick up a game and play it on the plane. The DS is great. I like Animal Crossing and Brain Age. Beyond that though, there are slim pickings when it comes to picking out a more "mature" game.
If you take your Wii hat off and put yourself in the mindset of a typical consumer, you're not going for Pokemon, you're going for GTA, Halo, or Metal Gear. It happend in the last generation and I don't see anything changing that this go-round.