I used to work in the power industry (as part of I/T)....deregulation was starting shortly before I left. I never saw it as a "good for the customer" thing, even though that was what the activists claimed. I voted no for deregulation. My power is still coming from a regulated (city-owned) company.
With regulation, they are only allowed a fixed amount of profit. If they make more than that, then they have to reduce rates or give refunds. With deregulation, if they make more profit, they keep it.
There are some games that I treat the (playable) demo as the game. I like it enough to fire up the demo and play it but not enough to bother buying the game. Many racing games fall into that category.....what's only having one track and four cars when the game itself only has 8 tracks and 16 cars. Who cares if I lose multiplayer in a game that few people play. These games usually fall into genres I don't normally play or games that would score less than 60% on a ratings scale.
PC Gamer has to remember that their main customer is the person buying the magazine Actually, the advertisers are their main customer........how many of you actually pay for individual issues or subscribe? I'm sure the subscription revenue is very small compared to how much they make on ads.
(Like most/. posts, I have no facts to back any of this up.)
This material is self-sizing (which explains all of the future-worlds where everyone wears the same thing).....the bigger you get (stretching the cloth), the more it expands (so that it fits).
"Our company monitors Slashdot and keeps you running even when the Slashdot effect kicks in." (Wouldn't you like *YOUR* job to involve reading Slashdot.....well on purpose.)
Actually, I think it's there for the PC as well....you just don't feel it.
In the PC world, the highest of high end is available to only the few willing to pony up the cash. The software doesn't really target the new tech until "enough" people have bought into it. That doesn't mean that they aren't learning about it.
Also, the model is different because the platform is open. In the PC world, you have drivers for your card.....you might have to learn a new API, but the rest of the model stays the same. If ATI could come along and dictate the machine code and the memory model and all of that other stuff too, you'd have a much higher learning curve for each new level of tech. ATI controls only one small piece of the total picture.....that's the only piece you have to learn.
The big key to anecdotal evidence is that your circle determines your likelihood of purchase at any one point.
I'm sure that almost 100% of his 100% purchased their systems within 1 to 2 months of each other and quite likely from the same stores (or at least from the same regional shipment). So, while 33% of *ALL* XBox360's have the problem, I would expect it to be near 100% of those shipped in the first X months, 75% of those shipped in the next X months, etc. to such as point where any being shipped now should be pretty close to 0% failure rate (never 0, but closer to 0 than 100).
I, on the other hand, am still getting by with my XBox and don't have too many friends that have invested in next gen yet (I'm thinking mid-March when retailers start trying to weasel us out of our tax refunds). So, I know of exactly 0 people that have had to have their XBox360's replaced (much less multiple times).
This fight is like a battle between McDonald's Brothers Hardware (probably locally called McDonald's) and McDonald's the fast food chain. Can two companies have similar product names if they don't have overlapping markets? Usually, the answer is yes.....barring certain circumstances. (I'm pretty sure McDonald's Brothers Hardware couldn't sell burgers in the in-store deli.)
The fight about an image of the can would be pure trademark infringment.
Dude.....you totally missed his point. I don't really know if I agree with him, but at least I understand what he means.
He's referring to the empty tag form.....open tag slash close. Well-formed XML requirements. He says that he thinks HTML does not need to be XML compliant (but should support it and add support for it for the script tag).
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I'm sure there's some overriding clause in that terms of service that you didn't read that says that/. has been given blanket permission to reproduce anything you post on/. But then, I didn't read it either, so I don't really know.
Injection molded plastic is much cheaper to manufacture than cloth uniforms......
And besides, the Death Star(s) had to have been lowest bidder, too. What which having a weakness and all. The second was was probably being financed by the insurance money from the first one.
Slashdot Mirror
I'm sorry....all of my foil is being used to make hats.
I used to work in the power industry (as part of I/T)....deregulation was starting shortly before I left. I never saw it as a "good for the customer" thing, even though that was what the activists claimed. I voted no for deregulation. My power is still coming from a regulated (city-owned) company.
With regulation, they are only allowed a fixed amount of profit. If they make more than that, then they have to reduce rates or give refunds. With deregulation, if they make more profit, they keep it.
Layne
There are some games that I treat the (playable) demo as the game. I like it enough to fire up the demo and play it but not enough to bother buying the game. Many racing games fall into that category.....what's only having one track and four cars when the game itself only has 8 tracks and 16 cars. Who cares if I lose multiplayer in a game that few people play. These games usually fall into genres I don't normally play or games that would score less than 60% on a ratings scale.
Layne
Simple. By charging you $75 per game instead of $60.....of course, at one point, that AAA title rate was a lot closer to $35.
Layne
(Like most
Layne
This material is self-sizing (which explains all of the future-worlds where everyone wears the same thing).....the bigger you get (stretching the cloth), the more it expands (so that it fits).
Maybe that's why all women are a size "6".
Layne
That Indiana Jones game did it first (Temple of Doom)
Layne
Anything with the word Extreme in the title (esp. spelled "cool").
A list for your (dis)pleasure: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_games_considered_the_worst_ever
Layne
It's a selling point....
"Our company monitors Slashdot and keeps you running even when the Slashdot effect kicks in." (Wouldn't you like *YOUR* job to involve reading Slashdot.....well on purpose.)
Layne
Not any more than XP Media Center already cuts into it...... :)
Layne
Actually, I think it's there for the PC as well....you just don't feel it.
In the PC world, the highest of high end is available to only the few willing to pony up the cash. The software doesn't really target the new tech until "enough" people have bought into it. That doesn't mean that they aren't learning about it.
Also, the model is different because the platform is open. In the PC world, you have drivers for your card.....you might have to learn a new API, but the rest of the model stays the same. If ATI could come along and dictate the machine code and the memory model and all of that other stuff too, you'd have a much higher learning curve for each new level of tech. ATI controls only one small piece of the total picture.....that's the only piece you have to learn.
Layne
I think you can get retro on your watch now.....or at least in a joystick that plugs into your TV.
Layne
The big key to anecdotal evidence is that your circle determines your likelihood of purchase at any one point.
I'm sure that almost 100% of his 100% purchased their systems within 1 to 2 months of each other and quite likely from the same stores (or at least from the same regional shipment). So, while 33% of *ALL* XBox360's have the problem, I would expect it to be near 100% of those shipped in the first X months, 75% of those shipped in the next X months, etc. to such as point where any being shipped now should be pretty close to 0% failure rate (never 0, but closer to 0 than 100).
I, on the other hand, am still getting by with my XBox and don't have too many friends that have invested in next gen yet (I'm thinking mid-March when retailers start trying to weasel us out of our tax refunds). So, I know of exactly 0 people that have had to have their XBox360's replaced (much less multiple times).
Layne
I'm sorry, this machine probably violates some Nigerian keyboard patent.....
Layne
I thought that was the goal of most everyday products....to become synonymous with the product they are selling.
q-tips, band-aids, kleenex, nilla wafers, coke (I grew up drinking many flavors of "coke", one of which was Coke) etc.
Layne
Nope, that would be a different fight.
This fight is like a battle between McDonald's Brothers Hardware (probably locally called McDonald's) and McDonald's the fast food chain. Can two companies have similar product names if they don't have overlapping markets? Usually, the answer is yes.....barring certain circumstances. (I'm pretty sure McDonald's Brothers Hardware couldn't sell burgers in the in-store deli.)
The fight about an image of the can would be pure trademark infringment.
Layne
Dude.....you totally missed his point. I don't really know if I agree with him, but at least I understand what he means.
He's referring to the empty tag form.....open tag slash close. Well-formed XML requirements. He says that he thinks HTML does not need to be XML compliant (but should support it and add support for it for the script tag).
Layne
Layne
Check again.....right below the statement you quote is a link that says terms of service.....read it...section 6 in particular.
Layne
{ int j = 0; int i = j; } /* Circumvent above copyright */
I hearby release the above code into the public domain.
Layne
Layne
I'm sure there's some overriding clause in that terms of service that you didn't read that says that /. has been given blanket permission to reproduce anything you post on /. But then, I didn't read it either, so I don't really know.
Layne
I can guess anyone's middle initial.....it's F.
Bill F'ing Clinton
George F'ing Bush
Paris F'ing Hilton
etc.
Layne
Dude, where's the Roomba?
Layne
Injection molded plastic is much cheaper to manufacture than cloth uniforms......
And besides, the Death Star(s) had to have been lowest bidder, too. What which having a weakness and all. The second was was probably being financed by the insurance money from the first one.
Layne