As long as they stick mostly to vampire killing and have a good action director they will be fine. Having played a few of these games, I don't think that plot development was ever the key.
I remember reading about the memory leak. While others see this as a "failure" of the browser, I see it as increasing the odds that the browser exits and frees up your memory.
I mean, how hard is it to re-open a browser?
Because, like you said, it happens every day. It's not every day that we see things which aren't light go that fast... I mean, light doesn't have the useful properties that really fast not-light things do.
A human. If they see you doing something bad you can't use the lab for a week. If that compromises your ability to work then you should have thought of that before you did it. If your grades suffer, that's your problem not theirs.
The only reason this attack wasn't launched against Linux was (1) that for every one computer running Linux there are a hundred running Windows and (2) if you installed Linux odds are you have good enough computer habits that you wouldn't fall for this anyway. Seriously, we don't accomplish anything by being high-and-mighty when someone starts beating on the average Windows user. Yeah, the average user with Ubuntu was safe this time, we usually are. Still, attacking AIM is isn't aimed at the people who install Linux -- it's aimed at the average user who wants their system to behave like everyone else's.
Nintendo continues it's strategy of not being dumb. Of course they want to sell the console for a profit. The 360 and PS3 count on every sale leading to X number of games before they start turning a profit, whereas Nintendo counts on every sale turning a profit and every game turning more profit. Selling consoles at a loss is a risky business. Yes, it gets your console out there, but you then need to sell a good number of titles. Selling consoles at cost is the smartest way to do business, because you don't assume a damned thing and you make money on any games people buy. But yeah, being slightly above that doesn't hurt at launch. Nintendo does one thing and does it well: Video games. It's not that they are in dire straights right now, it's that they know this market very well. They made the Gamecube profitable. They know this industry. Selling consoles for profit is brave in that it can hurt your ability to get up your market share. But losing money on every single console so you can sell more consoles and lose more money doesn't make a lot of sense, does it?
The more a game wants to tell a detailed, interesting story, the less risk seems desirable. For example, the Final Fantasy series usually (starting with FFII) tells a reasonably complex story and gives you a chance to care about your characters. Soul Caliber, on the other hand, strongly discourages caring about anything other than hitting them until they run out of life and die. When a fighting game gets absurdly difficult, it's all fun and good, because it would be boring to win easily, since really all that the game has going for it is the gameplay. On the other hand, getting stuck in FF is annoying, because you kinda care about stopping the villian from destroying/dominating the world and would like to know just how it is that you defeat [Garland/the emperor/Golbez/Ex-Death/Kefka/Sepheroth/Ultimecia/ Kuja/Sin] and what happens then. Basically, if the game asks you to care more about a plot, it should be safer, but if it's mostly about the beating things down then it should be harder.
I don't know where you're getting $60 for a controller for any of these (360 is $40 or $50, we haven't seen a per controller price-point for the Wii or PS3 that I know of). Also, 360 Premium at list price is $400. Besides, if Wii comes with a game why do you then need to buy a game???
Maybe you could tell us what else you're looking for? If you set Linux so a user can't write to the HD then it's pretty close. Maybe add a script to run on boot-up to dial up and then launch firefox? Yes, you're theoretically vulnerable to a small number of hacks that gain super-user access, but unless you want to re-image or modify a live CD you're going to be in for a hard time.
Get a metal box. Put a thin slit in it incase passwords are ever updated. Weld it shut. If it's important enough that someone needs to retrieve the password, then it's important enough to break open the box.
The only things I've ever seen Windows prevent me from installing were a virus and some apps that weren't Windows compatible. I'd hope Microsoft would point to Firefox before OpenOffice (Firefox is slightly better known, I think), but yes you're right that there is a major problems with this suit. Bashing aside, Windows has a lot of security minded features that work pretty well. Given that they try to make it work on more or less (>90%) every PC that is produced, it's not surprising that there are flaws. I'm sure that Linux and Mac would take a beating too if they were that big a target. The OS really shouldn't be the entire of your security.
And yes, installing Linux is a much better answer than suing Microsoft.
Not necessarily. There is a large enough used game market that they would be competing with that they could do pretty well re-releasing things on VC. It's a different market if they are priced like real games, but it's a market none-the-less.
Free knowledge makes people behave, but baiting people to misbehave is pushing it. It's one thing to publish records who did certain things the way Chicago does, but this is going a little farther. I mean, there's a difference between offering "no strings attached sex" with a noose attached and looking for the people accepting those offers and busting them.
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Very bottom of the page. I just got it running Firefox 2.0 on Linux (Kubuntu).
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Clicked the link and got a "your system doesn't meet minimum requirements message." I was disappointed
As long as they stick mostly to vampire killing and have a good action director they will be fine. Having played a few of these games, I don't think that plot development was ever the key.
I remember reading about the memory leak. While others see this as a "failure" of the browser, I see it as increasing the odds that the browser exits and frees up your memory. I mean, how hard is it to re-open a browser?
I'm pretty sure the point of the VC was to support pre-GC games and the Wii can play Gamecube discs directly.
Why would anyone want things to be modular? I mean, then I'd have to think about which features are worth my money and I don't care about.
Because, like you said, it happens every day. It's not every day that we see things which aren't light go that fast... I mean, light doesn't have the useful properties that really fast not-light things do.
A human. If they see you doing something bad you can't use the lab for a week. If that compromises your ability to work then you should have thought of that before you did it. If your grades suffer, that's your problem not theirs.
How vain do you have to be to prefer a nice GUI to having several hundred dollars in your pocket?
The only reason this attack wasn't launched against Linux was (1) that for every one computer running Linux there are a hundred running Windows and (2) if you installed Linux odds are you have good enough computer habits that you wouldn't fall for this anyway. Seriously, we don't accomplish anything by being high-and-mighty when someone starts beating on the average Windows user. Yeah, the average user with Ubuntu was safe this time, we usually are. Still, attacking AIM is isn't aimed at the people who install Linux -- it's aimed at the average user who wants their system to behave like everyone else's.
How well will it fare if the casino just uses several balls of different mass? Yeah, predict that.
Default bundle is two controllers, the game "Wii Sports" and a nunchuck controller-extention. Plus the system and I presume the cables.
It's worked for the last twenty years, no reason to stop now.
Nintendo continues it's strategy of not being dumb. Of course they want to sell the console for a profit. The 360 and PS3 count on every sale leading to X number of games before they start turning a profit, whereas Nintendo counts on every sale turning a profit and every game turning more profit. Selling consoles at a loss is a risky business. Yes, it gets your console out there, but you then need to sell a good number of titles. Selling consoles at cost is the smartest way to do business, because you don't assume a damned thing and you make money on any games people buy. But yeah, being slightly above that doesn't hurt at launch. Nintendo does one thing and does it well: Video games. It's not that they are in dire straights right now, it's that they know this market very well. They made the Gamecube profitable. They know this industry. Selling consoles for profit is brave in that it can hurt your ability to get up your market share. But losing money on every single console so you can sell more consoles and lose more money doesn't make a lot of sense, does it?
The more a game wants to tell a detailed, interesting story, the less risk seems desirable. For example, the Final Fantasy series usually (starting with FFII) tells a reasonably complex story and gives you a chance to care about your characters. Soul Caliber, on the other hand, strongly discourages caring about anything other than hitting them until they run out of life and die. When a fighting game gets absurdly difficult, it's all fun and good, because it would be boring to win easily, since really all that the game has going for it is the gameplay. On the other hand, getting stuck in FF is annoying, because you kinda care about stopping the villian from destroying/dominating the world and would like to know just how it is that you defeat [Garland/the emperor/Golbez/Ex-Death/Kefka/Sepheroth/Ultimecia/ Kuja/Sin] and what happens then. Basically, if the game asks you to care more about a plot, it should be safer, but if it's mostly about the beating things down then it should be harder.
SNES US release date: Aug 21, 1991 Exchange rate: 1991-08-01 136.82 yen/USD
N64 US relase date: Sept 29, 1996 Exchange rate: 1996-10-01 112.41 yen/USD
Gamecube US release date: Nov 18, 2001 Exchange rate: 2001-12-01 127.59 yen/USD
Wii US release date: Nov 19, 2006 Exchange rate: 2006-09-13 117.47 yen/USD
So, yes a good guess for the launch price would be 200 USD.
However, various sources disagree.
Roughtly 2.5 Wiis/person. I don't know that everyone is that hardcore.
I don't know where you're getting $60 for a controller for any of these (360 is $40 or $50, we haven't seen a per controller price-point for the Wii or PS3 that I know of). Also, 360 Premium at list price is $400. Besides, if Wii comes with a game why do you then need to buy a game???
At least they're ripping off something other than ix86.
Maybe you could tell us what else you're looking for? If you set Linux so a user can't write to the HD then it's pretty close. Maybe add a script to run on boot-up to dial up and then launch firefox? Yes, you're theoretically vulnerable to a small number of hacks that gain super-user access, but unless you want to re-image or modify a live CD you're going to be in for a hard time.
Get a metal box. Put a thin slit in it incase passwords are ever updated. Weld it shut. If it's important enough that someone needs to retrieve the password, then it's important enough to break open the box.
The only things I've ever seen Windows prevent me from installing were a virus and some apps that weren't Windows compatible. I'd hope Microsoft would point to Firefox before OpenOffice (Firefox is slightly better known, I think), but yes you're right that there is a major problems with this suit. Bashing aside, Windows has a lot of security minded features that work pretty well. Given that they try to make it work on more or less (>90%) every PC that is produced, it's not surprising that there are flaws. I'm sure that Linux and Mac would take a beating too if they were that big a target. The OS really shouldn't be the entire of your security. And yes, installing Linux is a much better answer than suing Microsoft.
When all of the cool kids are in the database, won't it be worth your twenty dollars to join?
In Soviet Russia, software pirate you!
Not necessarily. There is a large enough used game market that they would be competing with that they could do pretty well re-releasing things on VC. It's a different market if they are priced like real games, but it's a market none-the-less.
Free knowledge makes people behave, but baiting people to misbehave is pushing it. It's one thing to publish records who did certain things the way Chicago does, but this is going a little farther. I mean, there's a difference between offering "no strings attached sex" with a noose attached and looking for the people accepting those offers and busting them.