Spore *is* an online game....even in single-player mode.
Pure comic genius. This is why I love slashdot so much. Stories like this still make it now and then.
It's a Massively Single-Player Online Game. It uses the internet to connect to "SporeHQ" or whatever they will call it to upload your creatures and download others, thus allowing your universe to mingle with the creations of others and allowing for a virtually infinite number of scenarios.
This is also why they are releasing the first-stage editor months before the game is released. They need to *populate* that database from which they will seed the new universes.
"That's an easy one. Imagine if 80% of the US voted for one presidential candidate only to have the opponent declared the winner. That's what happened here."
Nice. Did you not bother to check you facts (like everyone else jumping on that bandwagon)?
Here's a thunk for ya:
Had ISO member nations, during the ODF vote, submitted, in writing, statements that they would vote against ODF, without discussion, without allowing comments to be addressed or even accepting that comments *could* be addressed, would you still be bitching at ISO...or the members?
The idiots from Norway that got booted from the vote did just that. They plainly stated, in writing, that they would not be open-minded, or even consider the possibility; In effect, removing themselves from the process. The only folks left were the one's who voted. Norway responded with this the *day* OXML was approved. It was widely reported (and summarily ignored by the Anti-OXML crowd)
Go figure.
I know, I know...we don't like facts here on/., but I juts can't help myself.
Patents and copyrights pose threats to third world countries because with them they cannot legally use the software they need or want to use to get themselves out of the "third world".
Nothing new here. Same thing in China and Russia, etc...
They want a free ride until they get on their own feet.
I've got no problems with that, but don't try to pass this off as some failure of the patent system.
Every single one of those reasons is not a MSFT issue but related to drivers, users being stupid, or previous installation issues.
Second,
These aren't SP1 issues. They are issues on PCs that are unable (due to the issues) to install SP1. (Well, other than the "It's already installed, Dumbass!" issue)
If they are complaining about it now, perhaps they should go back to making games designed to work on the "Budget Box, not the "God Box".
Sweeny *knew* unreal III would only run *well* on 10% (or less) of computers. If he's actually now claiming that he didn't, he needs some serious help. Brain-death can kill ya.
Uh.. Obvious?
Whoever allowed that patent to be awarded needs to be taken out back and shot. They then need to find any possible offspring of said person, take them out back and shoot them as well.
When Darwin fails to keep up his end of the bargain, we need to take it into our own hands.
The "great install experience" emphasis is provided by the summary writer.
It does appear in the blog, but only as a lead in to the explanation that OEMS are being given time to fix driver issues that caused the RCs to fail installation.
"Our beta testing identified an issue with a small set of device drivers. These drivers do not follow our guidelines for driver installation and as a result, some beta participants who were using Windows Vista and updated to Service Pack 1 reported issues with these devices."
Perhaps you should try reading the article instead of knee-jerking the summary, eh?
Any complex software undergoing major rewrites *will* be buggy and "unpolished" if suffering from a deadline.
Period.
Vista SP1 will be a major improvement, insofar as it *can* be, but Vienna (Windows 7) will be the "next" Microsoft OS to get for most. Vista is a dry-run. Just like KDE 4.0....just like MacOSX.
Do you know what Ultimate has over Home Premium? Bitlocker and Extras.
Wooooo....
Sorry, doesn't cut it. Compare Home Premium to OSX all you want, folks. The parent has apparently never even looked at the vista specs, much less actually run it.
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Learn to read the small print.
Faster speeds mean you can download that software faster. They never said "download more".
It's all about perspective. Faster speeds save time. Leaving you more to do other things (get offline, perhaps?).
You ask us to assume they won't raise that cap, yet have no problems assuming they won't.
Logic? nah...who needs it.
*shakes head*
Oh! Look! A Shiny!
Turn that pity-me boat around, boy.
You are right. A 2GB cap seemed reasonable 10 years ago.
It didn't *stay* at 2GB, now did it, sparky?
You're assumption presumes that the current 250GB limit will not rise based on a limit of a decade ago that *did* rise.
Can you see the flawed logic there, or do you really need it spelled out for ya?
Spore *is* an online game. ...even in single-player mode.
Pure comic genius. This is why I love slashdot so much. Stories like this still make it now and then.
It's a Massively Single-Player Online Game. It uses the internet to connect to "SporeHQ" or whatever they will call it to upload your creatures and download others, thus allowing your universe to mingle with the creations of others and allowing for a virtually infinite number of scenarios.
This is also why they are releasing the first-stage editor months before the game is released. They need to *populate* that database from which they will seed the new universes.
"That's an easy one. Imagine if 80% of the US voted for one presidential candidate only to have the opponent declared the winner. That's what happened here."
/., but I juts can't help myself.
Nice. Did you not bother to check you facts (like everyone else jumping on that bandwagon)?
Here's a thunk for ya:
Had ISO member nations, during the ODF vote, submitted, in writing, statements that they would vote against ODF, without discussion, without allowing comments to be addressed or even accepting that comments *could* be addressed, would you still be bitching at ISO...or the members?
The idiots from Norway that got booted from the vote did just that. They plainly stated, in writing, that they would not be open-minded, or even consider the possibility; In effect, removing themselves from the process. The only folks left were the one's who voted. Norway responded with this the *day* OXML was approved. It was widely reported (and summarily ignored by the Anti-OXML crowd)
Go figure.
I know, I know...we don't like facts here on
Patents and copyrights pose threats to third world countries because with them they cannot legally use the software they need or want to use to get themselves out of the "third world".
Nothing new here. Same thing in China and Russia, etc...
They want a free ride until they get on their own feet.
I've got no problems with that, but don't try to pass this off as some failure of the patent system.
Intel is planning to start mass-producing the memory for these devices as a stop-gap for the looming drop in flash memory sales.
Ars had an article on this not too long ago, I believe.
This should help swing the cost vs. performance ratio to a more consumer-desirable side.
That, Sir AC, was brilliant.
Too bad no-one will waste mod-points on an AC post.
...to the Dalmatian Plantation?
First,
Every single one of those reasons is not a MSFT issue but related to drivers, users being stupid, or previous installation issues.
Second,
These aren't SP1 issues. They are issues on PCs that are unable (due to the issues) to install SP1. (Well, other than the "It's already installed, Dumbass!" issue)
*laughing*
Yeah. 640K should be enough for anyone...
Welcome to the 21st Century, Sparky.
...and they *knew* that when they made the games.
If they are complaining about it now, perhaps they should go back to making games designed to work on the "Budget Box, not the "God Box".
Sweeny *knew* unreal III would only run *well* on 10% (or less) of computers. If he's actually now claiming that he didn't, he needs some serious help. Brain-death can kill ya.
The Dell Latitude is a *business* laptop, genius. It is a not a 3D workstation and was never advertised as such.
Man, I wish I could get 240hp out of my Toyota Yaris, but amazingly enough, it doesn't appear to have been built with that in mind...
Durrr.....
Uh.. Obvious? Whoever allowed that patent to be awarded needs to be taken out back and shot. They then need to find any possible offspring of said person, take them out back and shoot them as well. When Darwin fails to keep up his end of the bargain, we need to take it into our own hands.
Sounds like someone isn't testing patches prior to letting them be installed on production systems? Let's all point and laugh.
Big words from America's Hat...
So we know for sure that what happens in the alternate universe, *stays* in the alternate universe.
FFS..you sound like Mr. Mackey from Southpark.
DRM is bad...mmmkay? It just is, mmmkay?
I agree with you that copyright terms (The Elvis bit) are *way* too long. Hate to say it, but that isn't DRM's fault.
DRM isn't the problem. Copyright extensions and transfers *are*.
Because you bought the movie to watch it on your player, or from the disc you bought it on on devices that support it.
If you aretrying to do something unsupported with it, well, that's *your* problem. It's not a restriction.
You high?
/sarcasm
It provides *zero* support for HDCP protected content, nor does it support FLAC, Ogg, APE...
Nice try. Really.
Okay,
The "great install experience" emphasis is provided by the summary writer.
It does appear in the blog, but only as a lead in to the explanation that OEMS are being given time to fix driver issues that caused the RCs to fail installation.
"Our beta testing identified an issue with a small set of device drivers. These drivers do not follow our guidelines for driver installation and as a result, some beta participants who were using Windows Vista and updated to Service Pack 1 reported issues with these devices."
Perhaps you should try reading the article instead of knee-jerking the summary, eh?
The guy is obviously an imbecile.
Take, for example: Vista. KDE. Mac OSX.
Any complex software undergoing major rewrites *will* be buggy and "unpolished" if suffering from a deadline.
Period.
Vista SP1 will be a major improvement, insofar as it *can* be, but Vienna (Windows 7) will be the "next" Microsoft OS to get for most. Vista is a dry-run. Just like KDE 4.0....just like MacOSX.
Absolute BS.
Do you know what Ultimate has over Home Premium? Bitlocker and Extras.
Wooooo....
Sorry, doesn't cut it. Compare Home Premium to OSX all you want, folks. The parent has apparently never even looked at the vista specs, much less actually run it.
Well, no...
:p
But he said "out of", not "no longer plugged into via USB".