The article the parent links to may not be all that technical, but it gave me a chuckle or two, and is definitely worth a look at. C'mon, people. Think before you mod Troll.
"...to the point where the huge resulting increase in cash flow would at last permit the company to borrow mega-billions."
Yes, because the highest aspiration of any company is to BORROW lots of money, not to, I don't know, turn a profit. Seriously, what are these people smoking?
Well, it said early 2007, which basically means that if any company decides that an online mode is crucial to their game, they can wait a few months after the system launches and add online support then. I don't think this is so much a move on Nintendo's part for them to monopolize online gaming on their system so much as giving them a few months to work out the kinks in their system (and if MMORPGs have taught us anything, it's that there are always kinks to work out) without 3rd party companies getting upset because their game doesn't work online. I fully expect to see full online functionality on 3rd party games by March 2007, so I don't think it's that big of a deal. Friend codes are more of a hassle than this.
No, you can play it in 3rd person, but IMO it's better in 1st person. Since you haven't bought the game yet, though I have a little advice to you on the best way to have fun while racking up the hours in Oblivion.
1) Boot up your computer (or XBox 360), and subsequently, the game.
2) Have your character sit there in the Imperial city.
3) Go do something else.
It hasn't failed me yet.
Me too! I've got this idea for a game where you start out as a single-cell organism, and then evolve over time until you can control all the life in a galaxy. I'm thinking of calling it Cell.
I tried pitching the idea to a guy named Wil Wright. Nothing ever came of it, though (he said the basic idea needed a lot of work before anyone would consider it), so I'm going to make it using XNA! I'll make millions! I just hope none of you people steal my idea before I make it big...
Hmm. Maybe if airlines were really that worried about hijackers they would start whining at Boeing to make a 747 in which the cockpit uses a separate entrance from the rest of the plane, so even if some psycho with nail clippers and shampoo does happen to get on board, the worst he can do is give someone a really bad manicure. Sure, it won't stop explosives from getting into the planes, but it would be a start.
Pshht. Why would you want to play Windows games on a Mac? Added stability, you say? Well let me tell you something, mister. I'm running XP here, and it's the most stable OS I've ever!@^&AF3@%***NO CARRIER***
People are buying a new computer. It makes no difference to the masses that vista is on it.
If this is true, and you buy IE7 by buying Vista, it follows logically that:
No one is buying IE7.
People are buying a new computer. It makes no difference to the masses that IE7 is on it.
Taking that to be true, why spend money on making IE7, when you could just use IE6 instead? It will get you the same results and costs approximately 0% as much in development costs.
Whenever I think consumer watchdogs want to create to much of a nanny state to protect retards from getting themselves killed someone like you comes along and shows just why we need so many fucking laws on truth in advertising. Yeah it makes the world more boring but sadly some people just can't see through the bullshit and we are not allowed to lock them up anymore.
What the hell is your problem? I ask an honest question, and you jump on me like I'm one of those people who wants the government to babysit me. The truth of the matter is, if they released IE6 with Vista instead of putting all this effort into IE7, the same people who were going to buy Vista already would still buy it. The majority of people don't know the difference, and anyone who does know the difference is just going to download Firefox or Opera anyway, so in actuality, creating a new version of IE shouldn't really affect sales at all.
Therefore, if creating a new version doesn't actually make them any more money than they would already, that means that if they didn't bother making new versions of IE, they would reduce their expenses while maintaining the same price point, which would give them a larger net profit (which seems to be the only thing Microsoft cares about). It's basic economics.
Ok, Microsoft doesn't get any money from IE, as far as I can tell. They spend lots of money and time doing something that doesn't make a profit for them, when they could just leave the creation of free web browsers to the Open Source community. Why do they do this? This is a serious question.
Is it to build/maintain brand strength?
Is it just to screw people like the Netscape guys?
Is it to increase page hits on msn.com (because IE comes with that as the default homepage), so they can charge more for advertising there?
Is it because they really have nothing better to do with their money?
As far as I can tell, Microsoft makes decisions based on what they think will make them the most money, and that alone. In that light, IE is an anomaly. It just doesn't fit.
In other news, the current South Korean Cheeto Crisis is getting even worse, by approximately 29% every year. Scientists plan to conduct a study to see if the two occurences are correlated.
it appears that Microsoft is suing Nintendo over using the controller for the Wii in a new game where you throw chairs in order to attempt to create hype, claiming prior art.
Steve Ballmer was unavailable for comment.
No, THESE are oblig:
Yeah, but does it run Linux?
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these babies!
In Soviet Russia, bulges moon YOU!
I, for one, welcome our new bulging moon overlords...
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The article the parent links to may not be all that technical, but it gave me a chuckle or two, and is definitely worth a look at. C'mon, people. Think before you mod Troll.
"...to the point where the huge resulting increase in cash flow would at last permit the company to borrow mega-billions."
Yes, because the highest aspiration of any company is to BORROW lots of money, not to, I don't know, turn a profit. Seriously, what are these people smoking?
Well, it said early 2007, which basically means that if any company decides that an online mode is crucial to their game, they can wait a few months after the system launches and add online support then. I don't think this is so much a move on Nintendo's part for them to monopolize online gaming on their system so much as giving them a few months to work out the kinks in their system (and if MMORPGs have taught us anything, it's that there are always kinks to work out) without 3rd party companies getting upset because their game doesn't work online. I fully expect to see full online functionality on 3rd party games by March 2007, so I don't think it's that big of a deal. Friend codes are more of a hassle than this.
I'm thinking $2.795 Billion.
This is some sort of trick question, right?
Don't trust Majoras! She created a mask that nearly destroyed the land of Termina!
No, you can play it in 3rd person, but IMO it's better in 1st person. Since you haven't bought the game yet, though I have a little advice to you on the best way to have fun while racking up the hours in Oblivion. 1) Boot up your computer (or XBox 360), and subsequently, the game. 2) Have your character sit there in the Imperial city. 3) Go do something else. It hasn't failed me yet.
Me too! I've got this idea for a game where you start out as a single-cell organism, and then evolve over time until you can control all the life in a galaxy. I'm thinking of calling it Cell.
I tried pitching the idea to a guy named Wil Wright. Nothing ever came of it, though (he said the basic idea needed a lot of work before anyone would consider it), so I'm going to make it using XNA! I'll make millions! I just hope none of you people steal my idea before I make it big...
Adamantium.
Anything less, and you might as well not try.
Hmm. Maybe if airlines were really that worried about hijackers they would start whining at Boeing to make a 747 in which the cockpit uses a separate entrance from the rest of the plane, so even if some psycho with nail clippers and shampoo does happen to get on board, the worst he can do is give someone a really bad manicure. Sure, it won't stop explosives from getting into the planes, but it would be a start.
Personally, though, my money's on AirTaxi.
Pshht. Why would you want to play Windows games on a Mac? Added stability, you say? Well let me tell you something, mister. I'm running XP here, and it's the most stable OS I've ever!@^&AF3@%***NO CARRIER***
It appears that the drive is a casing on what could be a standard PC DVD drive sized HD-DVD drive.
...takes the drive out of the casing and gets it to work on a PC (any OS)?
...gets a 360 to work normally after replacing the standard DVD drive with the internals of the HD-DVD drive?
Any guesses on how long it will be until someone...
A)
or
B)
Do you think it will happen before MS releases an "Ultimate XBox 360" that includes the HD-DVD drive built-in?
Inquiring minds want to know!
Give me a DVI-out option in addition to HDMI, and you've got 3 sales.
"it's simply impossible to say that Apple isn't having problems."
Apple isn't having problems.
See? I can make stuff up too!
(The above is a joke, not a troll. Please mod accordingly; it's not like I've got karma to burn.)
No one is buying Vista.
People are buying a new computer. It makes no difference to the masses that vista is on it.
If this is true, and you buy IE7 by buying Vista, it follows logically that:
No one is buying IE7.
People are buying a new computer. It makes no difference to the masses that IE7 is on it.
Taking that to be true, why spend money on making IE7, when you could just use IE6 instead? It will get you the same results and costs approximately 0% as much in development costs.
Whenever I think consumer watchdogs want to create to much of a nanny state to protect retards from getting themselves killed someone like you comes along and shows just why we need so many fucking laws on truth in advertising. Yeah it makes the world more boring but sadly some people just can't see through the bullshit and we are not allowed to lock them up anymore.
What the hell is your problem? I ask an honest question, and you jump on me like I'm one of those people who wants the government to babysit me. The truth of the matter is, if they released IE6 with Vista instead of putting all this effort into IE7, the same people who were going to buy Vista already would still buy it. The majority of people don't know the difference, and anyone who does know the difference is just going to download Firefox or Opera anyway, so in actuality, creating a new version of IE shouldn't really affect sales at all.
Therefore, if creating a new version doesn't actually make them any more money than they would already, that means that if they didn't bother making new versions of IE, they would reduce their expenses while maintaining the same price point, which would give them a larger net profit (which seems to be the only thing Microsoft cares about). It's basic economics.
Mmmkay?
Ok, Microsoft doesn't get any money from IE, as far as I can tell. They spend lots of money and time doing something that doesn't make a profit for them, when they could just leave the creation of free web browsers to the Open Source community. Why do they do this? This is a serious question.
Is it to build/maintain brand strength?
Is it just to screw people like the Netscape guys?
Is it to increase page hits on msn.com (because IE comes with that as the default homepage), so they can charge more for advertising there?
Is it because they really have nothing better to do with their money?
As far as I can tell, Microsoft makes decisions based on what they think will make them the most money, and that alone. In that light, IE is an anomaly. It just doesn't fit.
Sounds like this law is somewhat like Wikipedia
So you're telling me that within this law, Oregon is Idaho's Portugal?
In other news, the current South Korean Cheeto Crisis is getting even worse, by approximately 29% every year. Scientists plan to conduct a study to see if the two occurences are correlated.
it appears that Microsoft is suing Nintendo over using the controller for the Wii in a new game where you throw chairs in order to attempt to create hype, claiming prior art. Steve Ballmer was unavailable for comment.
No, THESE are oblig: Yeah, but does it run Linux? Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these babies! In Soviet Russia, bulges moon YOU! I, for one, welcome our new bulging moon overlords...