The fact that BluRay is outselling HDDVD 2-1, and has outsold HDDVD in total units apparently means that they've 'lost', and are well on their way to becoming a niche product. Now, if the format war doesn't come to a conclusion soon, neither format will win, but I just don't see this being a show stopping issue. Of course in this age of anti-Sonyism, who would want the facts to get in the way of a good bashing?
Disclaimer: I own neither an HDDVD nor a BluRay player. I'm waiting until the war is over.
"Teach her to play chess, then give her one of those eletronic chessboards. Honestly, give kids those Tinker Toys, Lincoln Logs, Legos and such and they'll keep themselves entertained for hours, develops their little brains, too!"
Well, since she's coming up on her first birthday next week, those will have to wait. We do have age-appropriate stuff for her, like shape sorters and such.
Everybody and their dog has been talking about this for the last few years, so I'm not sure that this is really 'news'. My wife and I try to keep our daughter from watching too much TV, and limiting what she does watch to Sprout. Sometimes, though, you just need the services of the electronic babysitter to keep your sanity.
You must have missed the announcement that Paramount (Not Universal, who already is HD-DVD only - my bad) and DreamWorks got $150 million between them from M$ to switch to HD-DVD only.
I'm pretty sure Microsoft said that it 'respects' not 'respect's'. Respect doesn't own anything. That said, I'm not sure that Microsoft's enthusiasm is unfounded. If they can bribe Universal and Dreamworks, then bribing India doesn't seem too far fetched.
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With the internet age of mass communication and cros-pollination of ideas, we are seeing the dawning of the democratization of science. Science, like religion before it, has enclosed itself within walls beyond public scrutiny. This age-old incestuous practice is in the process of changing before your very eyes. I hope we see more experiments like this in the future.
Really? You must never have gone to a (public) university library. Plenty of science there for one to scrutinize. One just has to get off one's duff and look for it, rather than expect that it will be delivered to them for no effort.
If the chip is secure, then no mere presentation can undermine its security. If it's not secure, then there's no security to undermine. Don't shoot the messenger.
Agreed. Another possibility is that one of them discovered a flaw with their method. Eleventh-hour bugs right before demos are the most evil ones of all.
That has been my experience in GW as well. My guild is really small (~6), but since we're all friends in RL, we're more interested in playing the game rather than becoming some 'uber-guild'. We've been around since Prophecies, and we'll probably be in GW2 (assuming the guild system gets ported over).
Now if someone could just rewrite the Starfire rules in a format that makes sense to those new to the game... *grumble* *grumble* (Yes, I spent some God-aweful amount of time trying to decode rules that were listed completely out of order, spread across two volume for no real reason other than to confuse you.)
That would require the SDS to become organized and such. And update their ordering and web site. Since the Starfire community is rather small, I just don't see that happening any time soon, unfortunately.
That's unfortunate. I've had the luck (luxury?) to get into companies that understand that bug quality is more important than bug quantity. Sometimes it's a struggle with non-dev management, but the devs usually understand the difference.
Testing is only mindless if you're not good at it. It takes a specific kind of person to be a virtuoso tester, but those people will, regularly, write more bugs than five mediocre testers combined. You are testing a system for flaws. If you understand how that type of system is built - that is, if you're a programmer - you have clues as to what might produce bugs.
More bugs is not a good measure of QA ability. What you're looking for is *better* bugs. One tester may find 20 trivial typos, while another may find a bug that will cause the game to crash. The last bugs is a far better one to find, although typos do affect the user experience. I would also disagree with your suggestion that programmers (necessarily) make better testers. While the knowledge can't hurt, Dev has a totally different mindset than QA does. Dev tends to test to make sure things work. A good QA engineer tests to try and break stuff in interesting ways. The best combination (in my professional opinion) is a good group of Devs and QA that regularly work together, and are able to communicate effectively.
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I call BS.
The fact that BluRay is outselling HDDVD 2-1, and has outsold HDDVD in total units apparently means that they've 'lost', and are well on their way to becoming a niche product. Now, if the format war doesn't come to a conclusion soon, neither format will win, but I just don't see this being a show stopping issue. Of course in this age of anti-Sonyism, who would want the facts to get in the way of a good bashing?
Disclaimer: I own neither an HDDVD nor a BluRay player. I'm waiting until the war is over.
"Teach her to play chess, then give her one of those eletronic chessboards. Honestly, give kids those Tinker Toys, Lincoln Logs, Legos and such and they'll keep themselves entertained for hours, develops their little brains, too!"
Well, since she's coming up on her first birthday next week, those will have to wait. We do have age-appropriate stuff for her, like shape sorters and such.
Everybody and their dog has been talking about this for the last few years, so I'm not sure that this is really 'news'. My wife and I try to keep our daughter from watching too much TV, and limiting what she does watch to Sprout. Sometimes, though, you just need the services of the electronic babysitter to keep your sanity.
I mean really, how many versions of '1001 Solitaire games and minor variations' do we need? Or 'Barbie: $30 Advertisement for Mattel' clones?
You must have missed the announcement that Paramount (Not Universal, who already is HD-DVD only - my bad) and DreamWorks got $150 million between them from M$ to switch to HD-DVD only.
I'm pretty sure Microsoft said that it 'respects' not 'respect's'. Respect doesn't own anything. That said, I'm not sure that Microsoft's enthusiasm is unfounded. If they can bribe Universal and Dreamworks, then bribing India doesn't seem too far fetched.
HEAD SHOT!
I guess the stars were right.
1984.
Really? You must never have gone to a (public) university library. Plenty of science there for one to scrutinize. One just has to get off one's duff and look for it, rather than expect that it will be delivered to them for no effort.
I feel more random already.
Agreed. Another possibility is that one of them discovered a flaw with their method. Eleventh-hour bugs right before demos are the most evil ones of all.
That has been my experience in GW as well. My guild is really small (~6), but since we're all friends in RL, we're more interested in playing the game rather than becoming some 'uber-guild'. We've been around since Prophecies, and we'll probably be in GW2 (assuming the guild system gets ported over).
You blew my cover! Now I will have to have my revenge! Just as soon as I get this MS Brain(tm) thing working again...
I did. Way to not get the joke.
How does one become an accidental pornographer? 'Oops! I took a full color spread of you nude by accident last night'?
That would require the SDS to become organized and such. And update their ordering and web site. Since the Starfire community is rather small, I just don't see that happening any time soon, unfortunately.
No, this is just more unconstitutional eco-fascism.
You're welcome to argue this in front of the Supreme Court. I'm sure they'll hear your case in a few hundred years.
Logic diagrams? Slide rules? REAL engineers use plain white paper and an abacus, and they like it that way.
So that's why I keep getting all of those Viagra and Cialis spams.
You must be new here.
That's unfortunate. I've had the luck (luxury?) to get into companies that understand that bug quality is more important than bug quantity. Sometimes it's a struggle with non-dev management, but the devs usually understand the difference.
More bugs is not a good measure of QA ability. What you're looking for is *better* bugs. One tester may find 20 trivial typos, while another may find a bug that will cause the game to crash. The last bugs is a far better one to find, although typos do affect the user experience. I would also disagree with your suggestion that programmers (necessarily) make better testers. While the knowledge can't hurt, Dev has a totally different mindset than QA does. Dev tends to test to make sure things work. A good QA engineer tests to try and break stuff in interesting ways. The best combination (in my professional opinion) is a good group of Devs and QA that regularly work together, and are able to communicate effectively.
Peace and long life.