Well, the Nintendo Wii is already backwards compatable with the GameCube in software and hardware, will include 4 ports for GC controllers, have slots for 2 GC memory cards...
plus have the ability to download and play older games, so I don't see why Nintendo should bother looking. In fact, you don't need an adapter to use the GC memory cards (like you do PS2 memory cards apparently), so this appears to be more of Sony looking at Nintendo than vice versa.
Ditto. I don't regularly play these games, the challenge factor isn't there as much, but every so often I'll fire up the ol' emulator and break out the classics... Mega Man series (esp. 2), SMB3, dragon warrior 1-4, contra, zelda...
Sorry, they're still fun for me. Maybe Conker just sucks as a game? Haven't played it myself, but I don't see many people pining over the days of Conker... On the other hand, Zelda, FF series... those always have replay value.
"No person shall circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title. 17 U.S.C. 1201(a)(1)(A).
Legally, a corporation is a 'person,' and movies on DVD are almost all protected by copyright.
But in reality, corporations are rarely punished like a person would.
Sony's rootkit fiasco? If a person did it, they'd have gotten the book thrown at them, jailed, computer rights revoked for years after, life thrown in chaos. Sony? "Oh, you can just give out more CDs as punishment," despite the threats from government departments even. Barely even a wrist slap.
10 plagues of egypt... locusts, frogs, death of the first born...
also includes a 3 day solar eclipse, water into blood, lice, flies, diseased livestock, boils, and hailstones of fire.
it's a biblical reference, meaning while the vicars aren't looking into smiting yet, someone else might take the initiative... your humour mileage may vary...
From Cupertino FD, Fire Chief Big McLargehuge was exhausted. "We just got the fire put out, and then all my guys started getting covered in locusts. And the frogs...so many frogs. However, we had some good water pressure and were able to handle them pretty well.
"But when my oldest son just dropped dead right in front of me, I knew we had to get out of there."
As long as Fox maintains their current level of standards, if it takes a little sly push here and there, I'm for it. The bulk of the population is too ignorant and placid to actively pursue a new web browser.
The problem with the other three, IMO, is it's not just their method, it's the quality of service. Windows, Real and AOL hook on to you like a leech and refuse to let go. Their business model relies on keeping people, even against their will. There's either too many barriers to leave easily, or they just plain don't let you leave.
Fox, on the other hand, keeps people because of the quality of their product, and leaving is as simple as deleting the program folder.
Sure, it might be a double standard in some respects, but what isn't these days?...
Dunno how you got modded insightful. If you checked the article, you'd see that it's Firefox getting bundled with Realplayer, not the reverse.
Sure, Real is bad, horrible, evil, but if they manage to get people away from IE (perhaps with the inclusion of a subtle "[X] Check here to make Firefox your default web browser", I'd say huzzah to the lesser of two evils.
And maybe (/wishful thinking) if the Fox devs can smack some sense into Real devs during downtime, added bonus.
I'd say any way they can get an extra user on Firefox, even underhandedly, is a plus.
It'd be really great if during the Real player install there's a checkbox tucked away that says "Make Firefox your default Web Browser". The common folk rarely check what those boxes are for, and just assume the default values are best.
They probably figure anyone who bought Pro last time for their home computer would shell out for the shiny version next time around, cause "Pro -> Home" isn't an upgrade, oh no.
Well, they've got to make up some of their profit shortfall from the Euro fine...
The technical specifications of the flash memory in my USB drive says that it is guaranteed to work for, at most, 100000 (i.e., one followed by 5 zeros) writes. People do not talk about this limitation, but I have seen this limitation written into the technical specifications of the flash memory in many devices
But, on the other hand, how often do you write to your windows folder? There's the monthly update, the occassional reg hack, but all in all, once it's established, that's a pretty static area of your drive. I could see this as an incredible benefit to system files, which, as has been discussed oft here before, the big reason for this.
Loading your PPT file in flash won't help bootup. Loading that fuster-cluck of the system32 folder, though, would.
Someone will be awfully upset when she makes a final save of her million-dollar PowerPoint presentation for the CEO and discovers that the save is the 100001st write to the hybrid drive.
Backups? Alternate locations? If this is what it takes for them to learn the necessity of redundant copies, it's even better.
There should be some level of safeguard built in that anything user created should be stored to the magnetic part of the drive, my documents, program files, but they should have this anyway. I mean, nothing like the last save and then having to call Dell because your drive is spitting out an Error Code 7...
If you buy OEM, there IS none. Online help is your manual, you get a holographic disc, a COA sticker with a holographic strip, and that's about it.
Not even the holographic disc. All the Dell OEM XPs I've seen have simply been solid green with "Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 2" and other assorted junk printed in Ariel 8pt Bold.
So it seems that the number refers to the percentage of time that the game is violent. Now, how is violence defined such that Pacman gets such a brutal rating?
If Pacman's ghosts were replaced by rolling boulders, it would have nearly no violence. Discuss.
Also if the player didn't suck and end up dying 64% of the time while playing...
Obviously, if Pac-Man never died, and never ate a ghost, there would have been no violence toward other characters or injury or death. They even said We did not include damage to objects so snarfing power pellets and fruit wasn't considered.
I'd say ratings boards are a necessary evil. Parents don't have the time to learn about everything their kids might be interested in; but on the other hand, they need to understand ratings are subjective and take the time to, perhaps, read the back of the box if it's an M or AO.
And as far as circumventing the 1st amendment, it's not *restricting* speech in any way. Companies are still free to make games however they want and include whatever they want. Whether or not game stores decide whether or not to carry them, that's a business decision and isn't included under the 1st or 14th. While I'd admit that's pretty pathetic of them, that's their choice.
I guess in a perfect world we wouldn't need it, but I'm fine with the idea of guidelines. What I'm not fine with is that people seem to be relying entirely on the rating system as a babysitter rather than using that to open a dialogue with their spawn. It'd be a beautiful day if, when a kid asks for an 'M' rated game, that the parent doesn't say "No. It's inappropriate," but instead "This rating seems high, what is it about this game that you want it for?"
People pay trainers for physically involved sports (like tennis, golf and bowling...)
Guess it's a sign of maturity for video games that now rich nutjobs decide they can buy their way to the top since they don't "have the time" to really practice (plus they're getting annoyed that 8 year olds can beat them). And it's not like your Halo character can be PL'd...
And with Kazaa's refocusing into a pay service, it clearly shows that the RIAA is finally realizing the power that peer to peer networks have and will be able to mold it into a high quality distribution method. Plus there's already a high installed userbase to give this new service a strong kickstart.
What's that? Look at Napster? Didn't they get sued to oblivian?
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Well, the Nintendo Wii is already backwards compatable with the GameCube in software and hardware, will include 4 ports for GC controllers, have slots for 2 GC memory cards...
plus have the ability to download and play older games, so I don't see why Nintendo should bother looking. In fact, you don't need an adapter to use the GC memory cards (like you do PS2 memory cards apparently), so this appears to be more of Sony looking at Nintendo than vice versa.
Ditto. I don't regularly play these games, the challenge factor isn't there as much, but every so often I'll fire up the ol' emulator and break out the classics... Mega Man series (esp. 2), SMB3, dragon warrior 1-4, contra, zelda...
Sorry, they're still fun for me. Maybe Conker just sucks as a game? Haven't played it myself, but I don't see many people pining over the days of Conker... On the other hand, Zelda, FF series... those always have replay value.
"No person shall circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title.
17 U.S.C. 1201(a)(1)(A).
Legally, a corporation is a 'person,' and movies on DVD are almost all protected by copyright.
But in reality, corporations are rarely punished like a person would.
Sony's rootkit fiasco? If a person did it, they'd have gotten the book thrown at them, jailed, computer rights revoked for years after, life thrown in chaos. Sony? "Oh, you can just give out more CDs as punishment," despite the threats from government departments even. Barely even a wrist slap.
10 plagues of egypt... locusts, frogs, death of the first born...
also includes a 3 day solar eclipse, water into blood, lice, flies, diseased livestock, boils, and hailstones of fire.
it's a biblical reference, meaning while the vicars aren't looking into smiting yet, someone else might take the initiative... your humour mileage may vary...
Frickin...I didn't even read the article...
So I load it and BAM: Microsoft went the Apple route; Sony went the George Foreman one.
Great minds, same gutter...
Whereas the Sega Genesis looked like you could top-load a CD into it, the PS3 looks like you could top-load a side of bacon.
So Sony's next marketing gimmick is obvious: The George Foreman PS3.
From Cupertino FD, Fire Chief Big McLargehuge was exhausted. "We just got the fire put out, and then all my guys started getting covered in locusts. And the frogs...so many frogs. However, we had some good water pressure and were able to handle them pretty well.
"But when my oldest son just dropped dead right in front of me, I knew we had to get out of there."
The literal definition of Astronaut is Star Sailor...
That's because the virtual boy was only able to display red. Those are pretty much accurate.
Keep in mind, though, the originals are 3d, as opposed to 2d jpgs.
As long as Fox maintains their current level of standards, if it takes a little sly push here and there, I'm for it. The bulk of the population is too ignorant and placid to actively pursue a new web browser.
The problem with the other three, IMO, is it's not just their method, it's the quality of service. Windows, Real and AOL hook on to you like a leech and refuse to let go. Their business model relies on keeping people, even against their will. There's either too many barriers to leave easily, or they just plain don't let you leave.
Fox, on the other hand, keeps people because of the quality of their product, and leaving is as simple as deleting the program folder.
Sure, it might be a double standard in some respects, but what isn't these days?...
Dunno how you got modded insightful. If you checked the article, you'd see that it's Firefox getting bundled with Realplayer, not the reverse.
Sure, Real is bad, horrible, evil, but if they manage to get people away from IE (perhaps with the inclusion of a subtle "[X] Check here to make Firefox your default web browser", I'd say huzzah to the lesser of two evils.
And maybe (/wishful thinking) if the Fox devs can smack some sense into Real devs during downtime, added bonus.
I'd say any way they can get an extra user on Firefox, even underhandedly, is a plus.
It'd be really great if during the Real player install there's a checkbox tucked away that says "Make Firefox your default Web Browser". The common folk rarely check what those boxes are for, and just assume the default values are best.
Wish there was some unsettled place on this hunk of rock the free thinking minority of this country could migrate to and start up a new country.
Your morals are not my morals and it's my freaking right not to get them shoved down my throat!!
Just some frustration oozing out, I'm better now...
They probably figure anyone who bought Pro last time for their home computer would shell out for the shiny version next time around, cause "Pro -> Home" isn't an upgrade, oh no.
Well, they've got to make up some of their profit shortfall from the Euro fine...
Nothing for you to see here. Please move along
That's exactly what Diebold wants you to think...
I was thinking Ethernet over Ethernet. TCP/IP packets encapsulated within themselves...
The technical specifications of the flash memory in my USB drive says that it is guaranteed to work for, at most, 100000 (i.e., one followed by 5 zeros) writes. People do not talk about this limitation, but I have seen this limitation written into the technical specifications of the flash memory in many devices
But, on the other hand, how often do you write to your windows folder? There's the monthly update, the occassional reg hack, but all in all, once it's established, that's a pretty static area of your drive. I could see this as an incredible benefit to system files, which, as has been discussed oft here before, the big reason for this.
Loading your PPT file in flash won't help bootup. Loading that fuster-cluck of the system32 folder, though, would.
Someone will be awfully upset when she makes a final save of her million-dollar PowerPoint presentation for the CEO and discovers that the save is the 100001st write to the hybrid drive.
Backups? Alternate locations? If this is what it takes for them to learn the necessity of redundant copies, it's even better.
There should be some level of safeguard built in that anything user created should be stored to the magnetic part of the drive, my documents, program files, but they should have this anyway. I mean, nothing like the last save and then having to call Dell because your drive is spitting out an Error Code 7...
If you buy OEM, there IS none. Online help is your manual, you get a holographic disc, a COA sticker with a holographic strip, and that's about it.
Not even the holographic disc. All the Dell OEM XPs I've seen have simply been solid green with "Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 2" and other assorted junk printed in Ariel 8pt Bold.
I, for one, welcome our new Nintendo overlords
So it seems that the number refers to the percentage of time that the game is violent. Now, how is violence defined such that Pacman gets such a brutal rating?
If Pacman's ghosts were replaced by rolling boulders, it would have nearly no violence. Discuss.
Also if the player didn't suck and end up dying 64% of the time while playing...
Obviously, if Pac-Man never died, and never ate a ghost, there would have been no violence toward other characters or injury or death. They even said We did not include damage to objects so snarfing power pellets and fruit wasn't considered.
I'd say ratings boards are a necessary evil. Parents don't have the time to learn about everything their kids might be interested in; but on the other hand, they need to understand ratings are subjective and take the time to, perhaps, read the back of the box if it's an M or AO.
And as far as circumventing the 1st amendment, it's not *restricting* speech in any way. Companies are still free to make games however they want and include whatever they want. Whether or not game stores decide whether or not to carry them, that's a business decision and isn't included under the 1st or 14th. While I'd admit that's pretty pathetic of them, that's their choice.
I guess in a perfect world we wouldn't need it, but I'm fine with the idea of guidelines. What I'm not fine with is that people seem to be relying entirely on the rating system as a babysitter rather than using that to open a dialogue with their spawn. It'd be a beautiful day if, when a kid asks for an 'M' rated game, that the parent doesn't say "No. It's inappropriate," but instead "This rating seems high, what is it about this game that you want it for?"
yea, yea, that ones column was the bane of my existance...
34%... That tens column is frustrating though, I'll give you that much
People pay trainers for physically involved sports (like tennis, golf and bowling...)
Guess it's a sign of maturity for video games that now rich nutjobs decide they can buy their way to the top since they don't "have the time" to really practice (plus they're getting annoyed that 8 year olds can beat them). And it's not like your Halo character can be PL'd...
And with Kazaa's refocusing into a pay service, it clearly shows that the RIAA is finally realizing the power that peer to peer networks have and will be able to mold it into a high quality distribution method. Plus there's already a high installed userbase to give this new service a strong kickstart.
What's that? Look at Napster? Didn't they get sued to oblivian?
THAT'S a pay service now too?! We're doomed...