Yes, you would have to carry around an extra device, but those that are security and privacy conscious this is a great thing.
Yes, there will be the occasional accident where your data is wiped because you made a mistake and then couldn't find the damn thing, but one sync later and it's all better:)
Can you really take an article seriously when...
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Will the Wii Work?
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"Microsoft, meanwhile, is planning a stripped-down version of the Xbox without a hard-disk drive and other accessories that will cost about $250 in Japan..."
Do they mean the XBOX 360 Core? Don't they know that this already exists? That it is already being sold (in parts of the world, not Japan no), but they say it like its a new thing. Whoever is writing this article has *no idea whatsoever*
Rights and such mean nothing when someone is offering to give you a tax cut...
People believe what they want to, they don't stop to think.. Just about little things such as the fact that the government doesn't actually have full control over interest rates, but that they are affected by things outside their sphere of influence...
What should it be compared to?
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I notice that a lot of people seem to compare the Wii's price to that of the PS3... Yes the PS3 is *very* expensive, but the x-box 360 core isn't much more than the Wii..
The core you say? But thats crap, it's missing so much! It depends, if you compare it to the Wii (games aside), the controller is (more or less) all that the 360 doesn't have (this is of course a big lacking), on the other hand the 360 has pretty impressive horse power (games like dead rising show how horse power when properly applied can be more than just nice graphics, getting all of those zombies on one screen requires some oomph).
So is the price really that amazing? The Wii is nothing special hardware wise, sure Nintendo is taking a profit, good for them, and MS makes a loss on the 360, but what does the consumer care? All they see is $250 vs $300...
Now what about the controllers? You have to buy the parts *seperate?*... Being in australia that $20 and $40 will probably be a sales price of $95 AUD total... That is almost twice what we were paying for game cube controllers.. How can you justify that? Sure the controllers are innovative, but then again as mentioned the 360 is powerful, loss or profit aside, the public sees the price. Really tho, just how much can it cost to make a controller?..
As a small credentials check, I have owned just about every nintendo platform there is (virtual boy aside...), so I definately don't want to bash them, but really, as someone who is approaching the Wii from a gamers perspective, I have to wonder if it is all it is really cracked up to be. $250 is cheap for this generation, but it is still a lot of money, the game cube launched for $200, 5 years ago (to yesterday), and the Wii's hardware isnt *that* far ahead of it, I would have thought that it could all be manufactured for much less.. Well, I am sure it is, but Nintendo really is being a little greedy here...
As a final note, maybe its worth it, as in one of their major markets (japan), and hell, in europe, they really are only competing against the PS3 unless some major things change with the 360. Being in a country with US like tastes (finding game cube games here in australia is hard, EB is about all that stock them these days), it is frustrating...
From the parent: "Ubuntu feels foreign to me as I just don't like the way things are set up and it' s only on one CD so you need a net connection when you want more software"
All I said was that Ubuntu has a DVD download, meaning that you don't need an internet connection when you want to get more software, I *never* said that other distros don't have a DVD download... Where on earth did you get that from?? All I was doing was informing him/her that a lack of internet connection on an Ubuntu box isn't a problem
Honestly you sound like you have a real problem with Ubuntu users. Why? Ubuntu is nice for those of us who want simplicity (I am not saying other distros don't offer this, Ubuntu is just one of those that does).
The Linux = Ubuntu thing? It just happens, the amount of times I have heard "I am using Linux 3" when they are refering to Fedora Core 3 or such...
iPod batteries don't just "die", it happens over time and you will notice it. If it happens within a year, the warranty is your friend (from personal experience), if it happens after a year, you can replace it yourself real easy. I have upt my iPod through hell, I don't think something like a removable battery would be good for it sturdiness... What happens if you have an extented warranty? For one you got ripped off, and two, see the start of the post.:)
Heh, I just found it a little amusing that your post mentions one of the sore points about using Linux, but then your sig talks about the ease of Linux...
Not being a troll, I run Ubuntu on this machine and I love it, just amused
PSP had shipped 17 million last time I looked (from this years E3 Sony keynote) Keep in mind that here in Australia you just cant get your hands on a Lite without placing an order, and seems to be the same in Japan (My GF just moved there and is trying to get one), I have heard it is much the same in other parts of the world, the PSP seems to have plenty on the shelf tho.
Seeing as Tor has been brought up lately as a way to "secure" yourself... Whats to stop virus writers using a proxy?... Hell they could probably proxy through a compromised machine (if its security sucks badly enough)
Wouldnt work... Spammers would just build a list of "valid emails" (They probably exist now), if a send fails because an account doesn't exist, then don't send to that account again.
You may be interested to know that Gracenote has a liscence to legally distribute song lyrics as of about a month ago, so yes they will slaughter the lyrics sights soon as they are "stealing profit".
Will this be the only meteor shower this year of this magnitude? If I had had more warning I would have gone away camping up somewhere high and out of town.
It's not that simple. One of the best things about Macs are that "they just work"... If they suddenly had to run on any old piece of hardware, using drivers from god knows where, they are going to lose one of the big edges they have over Windows/Linux based machines
Another thing is that people seem to believe Dell to be one of the best companies out there hardware wise
When built this rig, and people who came over noticed the new screen/keyboard (moved up from beige box type), I got a few "is it a Dell?"... After talking to them about it, I guess it works like this: There are lots of Dells everywhere, all the computers at Uni are Dell, so many computers in shops are Dell, and they know people with Dell computers, therefore, Dell must be *great*. The idea that they are popular mainly because they are cheap doesn't seem to occur (I don't belive Dell are a bad brand, but I certainly don't belive that they are innovative or "different" then any other PC seller)
Of course apple is trying to convert users away.. However, why would they expect people to run Windows on Apple hardware? People switch to a Mac mostly for OSX (Altho the hardware is nice looking).. In addition, Dells market is very different from Apples, Dell is cheap to the masses, Apple is for the few...
Apple has made forrays into the cheaper market (the mini) and Dell takes a poke at the top end (thier quad graphics solutions/purchase of Alienware), but they both have primarily differnt markets.
People shouldn't assume that Apple want's to be the dominant controller, just because other companies think that way, there is much profit to be made by being select too (I would imagine Apples profit per unit sold is much greater then Dells, much like Nintendos standard "make a profit not control the market" stance grants them)
I have to agree with the parent.. Yes, Intel doesn't make fancy graphics cards, but then, most of us can survive fine with onboard... Hell, I even used to play WoW off mine just fine..
There is nothing with my computer I can't do with onboard.. Watch DVD's? No prob, boot into Windows and hop on photoshop? No problems there either... Only gamers/power users *need* real graphics cards, and in most cases it's just an un-needed expense (especially in corporate purchases)
I have found that Apple's service has been great (I have only had an i-pod from them). I have put it through hell and they have always replaced anything that went wrong with it. My qualm with the i-pods is that the headphones after some time (2-10 months it seems), one of the buds "fails", going all fuzzy, but they have always replaced it straight away...
Hell, they even totally replaced my ipod when after 11 months I complained about the battery life
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Yes, you would have to carry around an extra device, but those that are security and privacy conscious this is a great thing.
:)
Yes, there will be the occasional accident where your data is wiped because you made a mistake and then couldn't find the damn thing, but one sync later and it's all better
FTA: "Microsoft, meanwhile, is planning a stripped-down version of the Xbox without a hard-disk drive and other accessories that will cost about $250 in Japan..."
Do they mean the XBOX 360 Core? Don't they know that this already exists? That it is already being sold (in parts of the world, not Japan no), but they say it like its a new thing. Whoever is writing this article has *no idea whatsoever*
That's amazing! I've got the same combination on my luggage!
People are often greedy and stupid.
Rights and such mean nothing when someone is offering to give you a tax cut...
People believe what they want to, they don't stop to think.. Just about little things such as the fact that the government doesn't actually have full control over interest rates, but that they are affected by things outside their sphere of influence...
I notice that a lot of people seem to compare the Wii's price to that of the PS3... Yes the PS3 is *very* expensive, but the x-box 360 core isn't much more than the Wii..
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The core you say? But thats crap, it's missing so much! It depends, if you compare it to the Wii (games aside), the controller is (more or less) all that the 360 doesn't have (this is of course a big lacking), on the other hand the 360 has pretty impressive horse power (games like dead rising show how horse power when properly applied can be more than just nice graphics, getting all of those zombies on one screen requires some oomph).
So is the price really that amazing? The Wii is nothing special hardware wise, sure Nintendo is taking a profit, good for them, and MS makes a loss on the 360, but what does the consumer care? All they see is $250 vs $300...
Now what about the controllers? You have to buy the parts *seperate?*... Being in australia that $20 and $40 will probably be a sales price of $95 AUD total... That is almost twice what we were paying for game cube controllers.. How can you justify that? Sure the controllers are innovative, but then again as mentioned the 360 is powerful, loss or profit aside, the public sees the price. Really tho, just how much can it cost to make a controller?..
As a small credentials check, I have owned just about every nintendo platform there is (virtual boy aside...), so I definately don't want to bash them, but really, as someone who is approaching the Wii from a gamers perspective, I have to wonder if it is all it is really cracked up to be. $250 is cheap for this generation, but it is still a lot of money, the game cube launched for $200, 5 years ago (to yesterday), and the Wii's hardware isnt *that* far ahead of it, I would have thought that it could all be manufactured for much less.. Well, I am sure it is, but Nintendo really is being a little greedy here
As a final note, maybe its worth it, as in one of their major markets (japan), and hell, in europe, they really are only competing against the PS3 unless some major things change with the 360. Being in a country with US like tastes (finding game cube games here in australia is hard, EB is about all that stock them these days), it is frustrating...
From the parent: "Ubuntu feels foreign to me as I just don't like the way things are set up and it' s only on one CD so you need a net connection when you want more software"
All I said was that Ubuntu has a DVD download, meaning that you don't need an internet connection when you want to get more software, I *never* said that other distros don't have a DVD download... Where on earth did you get that from?? All I was doing was informing him/her that a lack of internet connection on an Ubuntu box isn't a problem
Honestly you sound like you have a real problem with Ubuntu users. Why? Ubuntu is nice for those of us who want simplicity (I am not saying other distros don't offer this, Ubuntu is just one of those that does).
The Linux = Ubuntu thing? It just happens, the amount of times I have heard "I am using Linux 3" when they are refering to Fedora Core 3 or such...
Actually, you can get the Ubuntu DVD.. Then you dont need an internet connection.
iPod batteries don't just "die", it happens over time and you will notice it. If it happens within a year, the warranty is your friend (from personal experience), if it happens after a year, you can replace it yourself real easy. I have upt my iPod through hell, I don't think something like a removable battery would be good for it sturdiness... What happens if you have an extented warranty? For one you got ripped off, and two, see the start of the post. :)
What a terrible night to have a curse...
Heh, I just found it a little amusing that your post mentions one of the sore points about using Linux, but then your sig talks about the ease of Linux...
Not being a troll, I run Ubuntu on this machine and I love it, just amused
Many of these posts mention alternate ways to get weapons onto a plane...
;)
I am sure lots of us remember the laptop gun from Perfect Dark right?.. Damn good thing the terrorists haven't had *that* idea yet
Actually, the DS has sold 20 million units: http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/24/ 126203
PSP had shipped 17 million last time I looked (from this years E3 Sony keynote) Keep in mind that here in Australia you just cant get your hands on a Lite without placing an order, and seems to be the same in Japan (My GF just moved there and is trying to get one), I have heard it is much the same in other parts of the world, the PSP seems to have plenty on the shelf tho.
Not bashing the PSP, just kudos to the DS
Seeing as Tor has been brought up lately as a way to "secure" yourself... Whats to stop virus writers using a proxy?... Hell they could probably proxy through a compromised machine (if its security sucks badly enough)
"Laying"...
Lying perhaps?
"The guys over at Inventgeek have come up with a project and how artical"
Honestly a 4 year old would have better grammar, and arical?.. I dont know what to say...
Wouldnt work... Spammers would just build a list of "valid emails" (They probably exist now), if a send fails because an account doesn't exist, then don't send to that account again.
You may be interested to know that Gracenote has a liscence to legally distribute song lyrics as of about a month ago, so yes they will slaughter the lyrics sights soon as they are "stealing profit".
Will this be the only meteor shower this year of this magnitude? If I had had more warning I would have gone away camping up somewhere high and out of town.
Would really appreciate the info!
It's not that simple. One of the best things about Macs are that "they just work"... If they suddenly had to run on any old piece of hardware, using drivers from god knows where, they are going to lose one of the big edges they have over Windows/Linux based machines
Another thing is that people seem to believe Dell to be one of the best companies out there hardware wise
When built this rig, and people who came over noticed the new screen/keyboard (moved up from beige box type), I got a few "is it a Dell?"... After talking to them about it, I guess it works like this:
There are lots of Dells everywhere, all the computers at Uni are Dell, so many computers in shops are Dell, and they know people with Dell computers, therefore, Dell must be *great*. The idea that they are popular mainly because they are cheap doesn't seem to occur (I don't belive Dell are a bad brand, but I certainly don't belive that they are innovative or "different" then any other PC seller)
Err?... I always thought Bugzilla was just where you reported bugs in Mozilla suite products?...
How does this bug detection software work anyway?
For sure, the article however makes it sound like people would buy a mac, use windows, fall in love with the machine, and then switch to OSX
Of course apple is trying to convert users away.. However, why would they expect people to run Windows on Apple hardware? People switch to a Mac mostly for OSX (Altho the hardware is nice looking).. In addition, Dells market is very different from Apples, Dell is cheap to the masses, Apple is for the few...
Apple has made forrays into the cheaper market (the mini) and Dell takes a poke at the top end (thier quad graphics solutions/purchase of Alienware), but they both have primarily differnt markets.
People shouldn't assume that Apple want's to be the dominant controller, just because other companies think that way, there is much profit to be made by being select too (I would imagine Apples profit per unit sold is much greater then Dells, much like Nintendos standard "make a profit not control the market" stance grants them)
I have to agree with the parent.. Yes, Intel doesn't make fancy graphics cards, but then, most of us can survive fine with onboard... Hell, I even used to play WoW off mine just fine..
There is nothing with my computer I can't do with onboard.. Watch DVD's? No prob, boot into Windows and hop on photoshop? No problems there either... Only gamers/power users *need* real graphics cards, and in most cases it's just an un-needed expense (especially in corporate purchases)
I have found that Apple's service has been great (I have only had an i-pod from them). I have put it through hell and they have always replaced anything that went wrong with it. My qualm with the i-pods is that the headphones after some time (2-10 months it seems), one of the buds "fails", going all fuzzy, but they have always replaced it straight away...
Hell, they even totally replaced my ipod when after 11 months I complained about the battery life