Okay, this one guy says 1080i games are possible. But Anandtech according to the link I put in my response said:
The Xbox features a Conexant video encoder chip that supports the following TV output resolutions: 480i, 480p, 720p and 1080i. However the input of that chip is governed to a maximum (according to Conexant's tech-docs) of 1024 x 768. Note that the input resolution and the resolution outputted to your TV don't have to be the same, but if they are not the same you're just going to be scaling or shrinking the image and won't get any additional quality out of it.
And that pretty much covers anything I would say after posting this for those who can't follow a linkish type thing. So there.:-)
Sometimes you *need* high-tech to counter low-tech. For instance, you can "counter" a nuclear missile via MAD
I don't believe I'm reading this... Mutually Assured Destruction will neither stop an incoming nuke nor necessitate higher tech stuff.
If anything M.A.D. will only thoroughly piss off the country that fires off a single nuke (having little else to do, a cease fire won't do them much good, nor do I think they would care about the environment at that point), and before the end of the day could easily be the difference between one nuke and a few hundred nukes raining down on us.
Super Smash Bros. Melee and Pikmin show some promise. Also, the Gamecube is $100 cheaper than PS2 or XBox, not like anybody who reads/. doesent already know that.
But people are stopped by the cute factor.
Smash Bros. = yellow rats and pink blobs/princesses.
Pikmin = cute alien and swarm of adorable plant creatures
They overlook the fact that in Smash Bros. you can beat the snot out of said characters, throw them into a bottomless pit and enjoy the resultant smeary blast representing whats left of them.
And in Pikmin you get to breed those little creatures and then feed them to the retarded looking bugs (which get bigger the next day, tee hee).
Doesn't matter how cute something is, just how maim/destructable it is.;-)
As further evidence, he's the creator and overseer of FIRST (the project on the top of his list of importance, supposedly,) a national robotics program and competition for high schoolers which is intended to help change teen idols from pop stars and sports athletes to scientists and mathematicians.
I know, those poor pop stars can't afford books or access to educational cable channels. We need to spend more money on pop stars because the ethiopians will starve regardless of how much we feed them.
While they still won't know how to flip the power switch, they'll know how to jam something metal into it so they can be uber-l33t (didja know your computer was located the upper left corner of that glowing thing you're sitting on?) when they realize that thick cord popping out of their 'puter is supposed to be connected to the wall.
Actually one of the big benifits with MS using commodity hardware in thier console is that by the time the 2nd run of consoles comes off the line and the new contracts for parts is made, the hardware cost will be less than the price on the box.
I'm sorry, what part of the X-Box is commodity parts, beyond the drives and CPU?
Yeah, I imagine ILM could accidentally load up Jar-Jar instead of the deathstar object in a particularly explosive scene and we could all just cheer to the fireworks, after we recover from the scene where Han Solo flys out of Jar-Jar's fiery exhaust shaft...
The first memory I had was the avatar stuttering the words 'Max Headroom' because of the roadsign.
Well, more like the tire stopping thing flinging his organic counterpart into said roadsign. Could say it was the last thing on his mind up to that point.:-)
Hey, and Max even got a girlfriend at one point. Closest thing I can recall to compare it to was Kitt getting an invincible truck nemesis. Maybe someone can best me on this one.
Gotta appreciate all the "important research projects" The Kid Genius(TM) was working on though...
I think a large part of a lot of people's "attraction" to celebrities is the fact that they *are* real. They make mistakes (drunk driving, salary disputes) just like everyone else.
You're saying it isn't likely that someday a CG character will forget to load their clothes, initialize to work naked, and be rendered in a bad light by tabloids?
" they lost 45 million buckaroos on its initial shipment of consoles"
...
Microsoft dropped a..(whole).. lot more than $45M on initial advertising and promotional costs. That money is gone even if they don't make a single XBox (and if production problems keep the units off the market so that people can't buy them, then a certain % is just wasted).
That was my own calculation regarding specifically the hardware itsself. Obviously their overpumped ad blitz would suck another huge wad of cash from them. And if I didn't mention that earlier then just add another virtual bullet stuck Microsoft's poor mangled foot.
I'm not sure how well X-Box has been selling out so I can't begin to guess how much they wasted on advertising.
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Okay, this one guy says 1080i games are possible. But Anandtech according to the link I put in my response said:
:-)
The Xbox features a Conexant video encoder chip that supports the following TV output resolutions: 480i, 480p, 720p and 1080i. However the input of that chip is governed to a maximum (according to Conexant's tech-docs) of 1024 x 768. Note that the input resolution and the resolution outputted to your TV don't have to be the same, but if they are not the same you're just going to be scaling or shrinking the image and won't get any additional quality out of it.
And that pretty much covers anything I would say after posting this for those who can't follow a linkish type thing. So there.
None of the games currently support 1080i
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And none of them ever will.
The second to highest output resolution is the best yer gunna get... (http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1561&p=1
While the most recent N64 games (Pokecrap, etc.) were obviously aimed at children
etc = Conker's Bad Fur Day
If I had a kid I'd lock that game in the closet next to the home defense mechanism I wouldn't have.
but cube would allow me to not look like a major geek...just a minor one ;).
I can hear them now.
"Freak boy is playing that monkey game on his purple lunchbox again."
In a week I'll be reading it faster than I can read analogs. Geesh, analog is medieval...
:-)
I'm considering building a wall model.
Good luck finding the jugular on that missile thats flying up your other hemisphere. :-)
Nice to know we're ready to fire on our own.
Laser, check...
Water cooling, check...
Meth Fuel cell, check...
Ginger platform, check...
Power Glove, check...
Now I need an autocannon, more legos, and I'm set
What? No jump-jets?
Sometimes you *need* high-tech to counter low-tech. For instance, you can "counter" a nuclear missile via MAD
I don't believe I'm reading this... Mutually Assured Destruction will neither stop an incoming nuke nor necessitate higher tech stuff.
If anything M.A.D. will only thoroughly piss off the country that fires off a single nuke (having little else to do, a cease fire won't do them much good, nor do I think they would care about the environment at that point), and before the end of the day could easily be the difference between one nuke and a few hundred nukes raining down on us.
Theres a reason for the acronym...
Super Smash Bros. Melee and Pikmin show some promise. Also, the Gamecube is $100 cheaper than PS2 or XBox, not like anybody who reads /. doesent already know that.
;-)
But people are stopped by the cute factor.
Smash Bros. = yellow rats and pink blobs/princesses.
Pikmin = cute alien and swarm of adorable plant creatures
They overlook the fact that in Smash Bros. you can beat the snot out of said characters, throw them into a bottomless pit and enjoy the resultant smeary blast representing whats left of them.
And in Pikmin you get to breed those little creatures and then feed them to the retarded looking bugs (which get bigger the next day, tee hee).
Doesn't matter how cute something is, just how maim/destructable it is.
As further evidence, he's the creator and overseer of FIRST (the project on the top of his list of importance, supposedly,) a national robotics program and competition for high schoolers which is intended to help change teen idols from pop stars and sports athletes to scientists and mathematicians.
I know, those poor pop stars can't afford books or access to educational cable channels. We need to spend more money on pop stars because the ethiopians will starve regardless of how much we feed them.
Bonus points for anyone who gets up an Apache web server on their PS2 and posts the url here ;)
Wanna slashdot a PS2 do ya?
While they still won't know how to flip the power switch, they'll know how to jam something metal into it so they can be uber-l33t (didja know your computer was located the upper left corner of that glowing thing you're sitting on?) when they realize that thick cord popping out of their 'puter is supposed to be connected to the wall.
I agree. If they were offering MP Cubes, I'd be very tempted to have opted for it instead of my single processor minitower.
I'd like to hear what tech support has to say about it when people call up asking why their cube is on fire.
"Uhhh, yeah! Innit the hottest product we've ever sold? Wanna buy some really cool speakers for it? I can transfer you to sales! -click-"
Actually one of the big benifits with MS using commodity hardware in thier console is that by the time the 2nd run of consoles comes off the line and the new contracts for parts is made, the hardware cost will be less than the price on the box.
I'm sorry, what part of the X-Box is commodity parts, beyond the drives and CPU?
That is the ultimate sign of bad game design, when you can just get stuck, with no options but hitting the reset button.
:-)
I don't see what was keeping you from dying.
Its a very clear option I think.
Ignore me, I'm just bitter because they forsook the N64.
Can anyone say Jar Jar?
Yeah, I imagine ILM could accidentally load up Jar-Jar instead of the deathstar object in a particularly explosive scene and we could all just cheer to the fireworks, after we recover from the scene where Han Solo flys out of Jar-Jar's fiery exhaust shaft...
The first memory I had was the avatar stuttering the words 'Max Headroom' because of the roadsign.
:-)
Well, more like the tire stopping thing flinging his organic counterpart into said roadsign. Could say it was the last thing on his mind up to that point.
Hey, and Max even got a girlfriend at one point. Closest thing I can recall to compare it to was Kitt getting an invincible truck nemesis. Maybe someone can best me on this one.
Gotta appreciate all the "important research projects" The Kid Genius(TM) was working on though...
Or think of Shrek vs. Final Fantasy. One tried for the most realistic graphics, the other had a script.
Ummm, all I know of Shrek is that they have horribly animated characters in a burger king commercial.
I personally think Final Fantasy had a great script. They found a way to destroy the planet that was new to me, thats quite a feat I think.
Should be quite noteworthy after all these boring movies about big rocks hitting the Earth...
I think a large part of a lot of people's "attraction" to celebrities is the fact that they *are* real. They make mistakes (drunk driving, salary disputes) just like everyone else.
You're saying it isn't likely that someday a CG character will forget to load their clothes, initialize to work naked, and be rendered in a bad light by tabloids?
No, the first we saw him he was a twitching mass of vertices saying "ma-ma..." :-)
They switched off the safety because it was interfering with what they were doing.
MORE RADIATION! I wanna be bald by the end of the century already!!!
A neural interface and a port for ejecting hot grits.
It should also be able to crack 32768 bit encryption on the fly and have a stun feature.
As well as a case that come in one of five colors name after fruits.
" they lost 45 million buckaroos on its initial shipment of consoles"
...
..(whole).. lot more than $45M on initial advertising and promotional costs. That money is gone even if they don't make a single XBox (and if production problems keep the units off the market so that people can't buy them, then a certain % is just wasted).
Microsoft dropped a
That was my own calculation regarding specifically the hardware itsself. Obviously their overpumped ad blitz would suck another huge wad of cash from them. And if I didn't mention that earlier then just add another virtual bullet stuck Microsoft's poor mangled foot.
I'm not sure how well X-Box has been selling out so I can't begin to guess how much they wasted on advertising.