When I did a search on it, it returned a "leech" message. Obviously,they didn't even bother to copy it, as far as I can tell, they are just returning wikipedia pages. In fact, the page it returned specifically warned me only to use pages from *.wikipedia.org and that this site was leeching off them. If your going to try something like this, you should at least not be a total idiot, to the point where your copy actually points out that it is fake.
While I agree conan and WoW are in different markets, I do not think its (solely) because of the system requirements. WoW is a light, cartoonish, and child-friendly world were the most brutal sight is an abomination walking around. Conan introduces itself as "the most brutal, savage, and sexy MMORPG in existence", or something like that. (couldn't find the exact quote.) Yes, Funcom is restricting itself to a smaller market than WoW, but it did that when it chose the setting. System requirements are just icing on a cake that screams "not your usual MMORPG!" and I think that is why it has done so well pre-launch (i.e. pre-orders and beta signups) and, hopefully, will continue to do well. That is, its definitely NOT WoW, nor does it try to be.
Actually, ATP has little or nothing to do with it. They are actually using the flagellum of the sperm to allow the nanobots to move. Sperm is their cell of choice as it is one of the few human cells that can move of its own volition. I'm a lottle hazy on why they need to use sperm in the first place, and don't simply desiegn their own version of flagellum (except for the obvious fact, which is the vast cheap supply of the stuff, if you know what I mean:))
The absolute need for Vista to run DX 10 killed it from the beginning. The DX 10 and Vista respectively.
Oh really? Then why, may I ask, are almost all of the PC games that are coming out soon, or even have come out recently, supporting DX10? http://www.novatek.com.au/news/confirmed-dx-10-gam es.html/ has a list of games that all support DX10, and there'll prolly be others. And believe me, from using it I can tell you that some DX10 looks much better than any DX9 game I've ever seen, and they've barely started to delve into its features. And yes, its was just an attempt by M$ to sell more copies of Vista. Did it work? I don't know, Vista was free and (almost problem free, as well) for me.
Remember, this is the same government organization that has crashed a space probe some 13 minutes after launch thanks to an ommitted negative signe, or crashed another probe on Mars becase they couldn't convert between US standard and metric. Give 'em a break, being a rocket scientist is hard work without having to worry about all these little details.;)
Wow, thats almost better. I'll be in college in California, meaning no clouds, and I won't have school the next day! Plus, I think I have to watch stars astronomy class, soooooo....;)
Only thing, they're not good listeners, as you may have noticed already.
Kinda ironic, considering they represent the music industry (supposedly). Or, maybe not, considering they (supposedly) represent the music industry, and anyone who willingly does that can't have good hearing.
No offense, but some of your comments are simply absurd. For instance, take you example NSA wiretapping. I, personally, heard very little news there. About all I heard were a bunch of reporters/ congressmen/senators/ misc. talking heads jumping on the sensationalist bandwagon commenting on how such a grave violation of our rights simply had to stop. News, I heard very little of. Heck, reading the summary on Wikipedia practically tells me more, and helps me decide the legality, better than any so-called news story.
Take other instances of "news", such as the fairly recent killing were the media blamed GTA for inciting the killer, when in fact only the victim had actually played the game. Its sensationalism, not news. Other examples abound. Paris Hilton (and Briteny Spears.... Lindsey Lohan....etc), anyone?
The simple fact is that the media couldn't care less about the truth, or whether something is accurate. They only care if it is sensational. This mole attempt is an excellent example: NBC was trying to find something sensational, and the fact that they used controversial methods only increased their interest in doing it. Just think how many advertisements or news stories you see now a day that use "controversial" or some derivation blatantly. They are marketing controversy, not news.
And yes, we do have options, now that we have the Internet. Of course, it is often worse, but at least you have options and can find good, mostly unbiased sources.
So, if someone tried to sell you a 100MHz processor, with awesome pipelining and superscaling and 8 cores, would you buy it?
Clock speed is far from irrelevant, its just not as relevant as it used to be.
I happen to believe that you are at least partly right. I personally don't care if my phone can surf the web, or listen to music, as I don't use a phone for that anyways. Its much simpler, cheaper, and more functional to have that in two devices. My phone can text and make calls, while my Zune can play music, video, and radio. Sure, I would like my phone to have a better camera, but since its so locked down I would have to pay to get he pictures off anyways, even that wouldn't be useful to me. And the best part is that both these devices are so simple I can operate them with one hand, unlike a certain phone by a certain company that was released recently.
Well, actually, everyone getst he point of games (or should): to have fun and entertain, just like Romeo and Juliet, or the Odessey, or Star Wars. Yet al three of these are art, and, I would say, high art. Anything can be art, such as taking a screenshot of a vista in TES4:Oblivion. The "high" part comes in arranging the pieces of the work in a way that conveys a deeper meaning. Making it allegorical, if you will, but allegories that are consistent to convey a meaning. For instance, Star Wars conveys a deeper, subsurface allegory for the battle between good and evil, and how evil takes root in our lives, and hence contains "high" art.
In video games, this can be present in the story line/gameplay as well. I can't really think of any off the top of my head, but they can and do exist, even though only rarely, and I think we will see more and more of them as the genre develops. (Bioshock, for instance, looks promising.)
This is actually an amusing and ironic comment, considering that I am looking at/.'s hover events right now. Sure, their not for "important" information, but it is, neveretheless, a potential problem for the iPhone.
Also ironic, as OS X uses (at least some) hover events for important information (such as the window minimize, the programs bar, maybe some others that I don't know about because I use nothing Apple, etc.) so you'd think that they'd have thought of this. Maybe they have. Maybe the iPhone will be able to tell the difference between a light touch (for scrolling/hovering), and an actual press to "click" with the finger. Until it actually comes out, all this is rather useless speculation.
The RIAA doesn't have to follow the law. In fact, they aren't even claiming to. Only what some judge says he thinks the law should be. Legality doesn't even enter into the equation.
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When I did a search on it, it returned a "leech" message. Obviously,they didn't even bother to copy it, as far as I can tell, they are just returning wikipedia pages. In fact, the page it returned specifically warned me only to use pages from *.wikipedia.org and that this site was leeching off them. If your going to try something like this, you should at least not be a total idiot, to the point where your copy actually points out that it is fake.
While I agree conan and WoW are in different markets, I do not think its (solely) because of the system requirements. WoW is a light, cartoonish, and child-friendly world were the most brutal sight is an abomination walking around. Conan introduces itself as "the most brutal, savage, and sexy MMORPG in existence", or something like that. (couldn't find the exact quote.) Yes, Funcom is restricting itself to a smaller market than WoW, but it did that when it chose the setting. System requirements are just icing on a cake that screams "not your usual MMORPG!" and I think that is why it has done so well pre-launch (i.e. pre-orders and beta signups) and, hopefully, will continue to do well. That is, its definitely NOT WoW, nor does it try to be.
Actually, ATP has little or nothing to do with it. They are actually using the flagellum of the sperm to allow the nanobots to move. Sperm is their cell of choice as it is one of the few human cells that can move of its own volition. I'm a lottle hazy on why they need to use sperm in the first place, and don't simply desiegn their own version of flagellum (except for the obvious fact, which is the vast cheap supply of the stuff, if you know what I mean :))
Remember, this is the same government organization that has crashed a space probe some 13 minutes after launch thanks to an ommitted negative signe, or crashed another probe on Mars becase they couldn't convert between US standard and metric. Give 'em a break, being a rocket scientist is hard work without having to worry about all these little details. ;)
Wow, thats almost better. I'll be in college in California, meaning no clouds, and I won't have school the next day! Plus, I think I have to watch stars astronomy class, soooooo.... ;)
No offense, but some of your comments are simply absurd. For instance, take you example NSA wiretapping. I, personally, heard very little news there. About all I heard were a bunch of reporters/ congressmen/senators/ misc. talking heads jumping on the sensationalist bandwagon commenting on how such a grave violation of our rights simply had to stop. News, I heard very little of. Heck, reading the summary on Wikipedia practically tells me more, and helps me decide the legality, better than any so-called news story. Take other instances of "news", such as the fairly recent killing were the media blamed GTA for inciting the killer, when in fact only the victim had actually played the game. Its sensationalism, not news. Other examples abound. Paris Hilton (and Briteny Spears.... Lindsey Lohan....etc), anyone? The simple fact is that the media couldn't care less about the truth, or whether something is accurate. They only care if it is sensational. This mole attempt is an excellent example: NBC was trying to find something sensational, and the fact that they used controversial methods only increased their interest in doing it. Just think how many advertisements or news stories you see now a day that use "controversial" or some derivation blatantly. They are marketing controversy, not news. And yes, we do have options, now that we have the Internet. Of course, it is often worse, but at least you have options and can find good, mostly unbiased sources.
So, if someone tried to sell you a 100MHz processor, with awesome pipelining and superscaling and 8 cores, would you buy it? Clock speed is far from irrelevant, its just not as relevant as it used to be.
I happen to believe that you are at least partly right. I personally don't care if my phone can surf the web, or listen to music, as I don't use a phone for that anyways. Its much simpler, cheaper, and more functional to have that in two devices. My phone can text and make calls, while my Zune can play music, video, and radio. Sure, I would like my phone to have a better camera, but since its so locked down I would have to pay to get he pictures off anyways, even that wouldn't be useful to me. And the best part is that both these devices are so simple I can operate them with one hand, unlike a certain phone by a certain company that was released recently.
Well, actually, everyone getst he point of games (or should): to have fun and entertain, just like Romeo and Juliet, or the Odessey, or Star Wars. Yet al three of these are art, and, I would say, high art. Anything can be art, such as taking a screenshot of a vista in TES4:Oblivion. The "high" part comes in arranging the pieces of the work in a way that conveys a deeper meaning. Making it allegorical, if you will, but allegories that are consistent to convey a meaning. For instance, Star Wars conveys a deeper, subsurface allegory for the battle between good and evil, and how evil takes root in our lives, and hence contains "high" art. In video games, this can be present in the story line/gameplay as well. I can't really think of any off the top of my head, but they can and do exist, even though only rarely, and I think we will see more and more of them as the genre develops. (Bioshock, for instance, looks promising.)
This is actually an amusing and ironic comment, considering that I am looking at /.'s hover events right now. Sure, their not for "important" information, but it is, neveretheless, a potential problem for the iPhone.
Also ironic, as OS X uses (at least some) hover events for important information (such as the window minimize, the programs bar, maybe some others that I don't know about because I use nothing Apple, etc.) so you'd think that they'd have thought of this. Maybe they have. Maybe the iPhone will be able to tell the difference between a light touch (for scrolling/hovering), and an actual press to "click" with the finger. Until it actually comes out, all this is rather useless speculation.
The RIAA doesn't have to follow the law. In fact, they aren't even claiming to. Only what some judge says he thinks the law should be. Legality doesn't even enter into the equation.