no, not on the PS1 (although I believe WildArms may have been pre-ff7)
Regardless, the OP suggested that the game should be unique in comparison to what is already out there, and not just what is already out there on that system only.
being both cheaper, and having plenty of family-friendly titles, I think it'll make it harder for the PS3 to have a one-title-wonder breakout in this sector, like the XBox had it's one-title-wonder breakout with the Halo series.
Simply put, hardcores (Halo) will spend more money than families (this game), and the Wii will certainly provide a lot of competition in that arena. Plus, the Wii has many games (even if you count all the [animal]z games as just one game) that seem to excel in this arena, rather than just one.
Maybe it's time to come up with processor names that actually mean something again instead of confusing and usually meaningless numbers? This is especially true for AMD, whose numbers seem to be based around the clock speed an equivalent Intel chip might have run at many years ago when they invented the convention, but Intel's new "random model numbers" naming doesn't seem much better.
So... Let me get this straight... You are complaining about meaningless numbers - and then stating that a number that actually has a solid base in performance (if an old one) is worse than one that doesn't really give you a comparison at all?
Is not "not much better", that idicates it is actually better- it's just plain worse. AMDs "fake-mhz" is at least useful in that it gives you a fairly useful metric within it's own sphere, as well as a good metric with another sphere.
But I skip the whole thing anyway. I look at the benchmarks to get a rough comparison between arch's and then compare Mhz/Cache within an arch. If I can find a set of benchmarks between the exact processors of interest, I use those.
I don't think business needs are trumping individual interests - they actually parallel in a captialistic society - without the businesses, the individuals would not get what they need/want.
No, it's the businesses wants (excesses of money, power, etc) that are trumping individual interests.
what do you think is going to happen to that business when Microsoft backs out of their deal, and start publicly denouncing Suse's inability to remain compatible?
SUSE will loose market share, and may even go to the Linux-distro graveyard. But remember, while SUSE is Linux, Linux is not SUSE.
This really is classic Microsoft strategy, make your competitor's success dependent on your compliance to something (HTML, Java, CIFS, OS/2), then stop complying with it. Microsoft's market weight guarantees that customers will follow them, and not their competitor. If tomorrow Suse Linux stops working well in a Windows network, which do you think businesses are going to dump?
The situation is different here. Linux has a lot more loyalty than some of your examples. Linux will only lose the people who tried Linux because there was an MS approved variant, and those people wouldn't have come over without this anyway. Some of them might even stay.
If MS is trying an E^3 with this, they might as well try putting their guns to their collective feet, because, they aren't going to decrease the popularity of Linux below what it would have been without their intervention. They may raise it above that level however...
Well, I have this bridge in Kansas, it connects two mountains, and has a great ocean view. Just $1,000,000.00 CAN. Send me the check/money order, the bridge will be in the mail after it clears.
kindof actually, both at the summary, and the fact that the guy would bother...
"Popular open-source blogging engine WordPress has been upgraded to 2.3 -- with some unexpected nasties in the mix. As of version 2.3, WordPress now periodically (every 12 hours) sends personally identifying information (blog name & URI) to the mothership, along with an alarming amount of information including $_SERVER dumps, a list of installed plugins, and your current PHP/MySQL settings. Most unfortunately, it does not provide any way of disabling this functionality, and WordPress does not have any privacy policy protecting this information. In a thread about the issue, lead developer Matt Mullenweg defends his actions and staunchly refuses to add an opt-in interface, telling users to 'fork WordPress' if they aren't willing to put up with this behavior."
Doesn't the first bolded part contradict the second? It may not be easy, but disabling should be possible...
Odd, I've looked at ASP, from a code perspective, it doesn't seem exceptionally different from PHP. Like someone tried to combine PHP and C# or VB.NET.
Ahh, yes, my slow little FreeBSD install on my Dual Core system.
The only OSes slower that I've install on that machine are Windows, Fedora, and Ubuntu.
Could you tell me what a fast OS for a dual core optron or a Core Solo is? I'd really like to know... I can't get BeOS on them, or MacOS, so I can't test those. MINIX maybe?
Actually, I don't think that editorialism can be blamed on/., but rather ZDnet...
three possible paths Linux can take for the future: stay geeky and appeal to the advanced tech guru in all of us; go mainstream and leave the advanced functionality and reliable kernel behind to compete with Microsoft and Apple; or face a "civil war" that could lead to total Linux annihilation.
(1) and (2) can conceptualy be alligned. That's part of the purpose of distros. Many distros help abstract users from all the stuff in the kernel they don't care about, and make it "just work", without lessening the functionality/reliability.
(3) Usually results in a fork at most, a path reworking on average, and nothing at the least - and not the end of the world... It could happen, and if it does, so what?
I think your point is valid, but I also think part of the point is that the RIAA is also targetting these people, in the wide list of people they can target, rather than just targetting any offenders they find.
As if they are specifically targeting those who would have the most trouble fighting back, regardles of amount of guilt.
But, 10 years ago, hard drive speeds were 20-40 MB/s I thought?
It's not like hard drive speeds are going up rapidly or anything. Although, that may change with flash based drives.
Still, I've not seen many USB based RAID enclosures. I guess part of the reason I mentioned that is that I suspect the lack of USB RAID enclosures will change.
It seems current hard drives test to 40-80M/s (dunno if it's bit or byte, we'll assume byte since it is worst case for my example)., averaging between 50 and 60M/s
480Mbit per second = 60MByte per second. That can handle the average case for a modern hard drive.
4.8GBit/second - 600MByte/s? To utilize that with a drive, you'd need a RAID external enclosure!
Aye, the old was an X5 (excellent portable MP3 player). Current is an A2. I like the X5 better for it's MP3 related uses. I like the A2 better for video...
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FFVII had 3D and Materia. If Wild Arms came first, than all FFVII had was Materia.
Oddly enough, I thought that was the one *REALLY* nice thing about the game. I wish Square had played with that one more.
no, not on the PS1 (although I believe WildArms may have been pre-ff7)
Regardless, the OP suggested that the game should be unique in comparison to what is already out there, and not just what is already out there on that system only.
Not really - there were dozens of RPGs before FF7, it was hardly a complete departure.
You had Final Fantasy 1-6 + Mystic Quest, Chrono Trigger, Dragon Warrior, Inindo, and quite a few others
And that's just the "pure" menu based RPGs.
being both cheaper, and having plenty of family-friendly titles, I think it'll make it harder for the PS3 to have a one-title-wonder breakout in this sector, like the XBox had it's one-title-wonder breakout with the Halo series.
Simply put, hardcores (Halo) will spend more money than families (this game), and the Wii will certainly provide a lot of competition in that arena. Plus, the Wii has many games (even if you count all the [animal]z games as just one game) that seem to excel in this arena, rather than just one.
So... Let me get this straight... You are complaining about meaningless numbers - and then stating that a number that actually has a solid base in performance (if an old one) is worse than one that doesn't really give you a comparison at all?
Is not "not much better", that idicates it is actually better- it's just plain worse. AMDs "fake-mhz" is at least useful in that it gives you a fairly useful metric within it's own sphere, as well as a good metric with another sphere.
But I skip the whole thing anyway. I look at the benchmarks to get a rough comparison between arch's and then compare Mhz/Cache within an arch. If I can find a set of benchmarks between the exact processors of interest, I use those.
s/needs/wants/
I don't think business needs are trumping individual interests - they actually parallel in a captialistic society - without the businesses, the individuals would not get what they need/want.
No, it's the businesses wants (excesses of money, power, etc) that are trumping individual interests.
I guess I don't see the big deal.
MS might hurt some companies making less than brilliant decisions. So what? It won't hurt Linux.
SUSE will loose market share, and may even go to the Linux-distro graveyard. But remember, while SUSE is Linux, Linux is not SUSE.
This really is classic Microsoft strategy, make your competitor's success dependent on your compliance to something (HTML, Java, CIFS, OS/2), then stop complying with it. Microsoft's market weight guarantees that customers will follow them, and not their competitor. If tomorrow Suse Linux stops working well in a Windows network, which do you think businesses are going to dump?
The situation is different here. Linux has a lot more loyalty than some of your examples. Linux will only lose the people who tried Linux because there was an MS approved variant, and those people wouldn't have come over without this anyway. Some of them might even stay.
If MS is trying an E^3 with this, they might as well try putting their guns to their collective feet, because, they aren't going to decrease the popularity of Linux below what it would have been without their intervention. They may raise it above that level however...
Wow, talk about OT.
If you think MS has the power to E^3 Linux...
Well, I have this bridge in Kansas, it connects two mountains, and has a great ocean view. Just $1,000,000.00 CAN.
Send me the check/money order, the bridge will be in the mail after it clears.
It seems changes should be manageable on-site, while offsite monitoring should be done by dumps.
i.e. You could burn discs with the necessary logs/data, you could set up a send-only piece of hardware, etc.
Yes, but would you be willing to give up eating Cheetos to know the recipie?
it's R&D now - getting the knowledge up and cost now. Parcel shippers aren't going to find it profitable now.
Others will bring the cost down, and when they do, then you'll find the parcel shippers interested in buyin craft.
Doesn't the first bolded part contradict the second? It may not be easy, but disabling should be possible...
Odd, I've looked at ASP, from a code perspective, it doesn't seem exceptionally different from PHP. Like someone tried to combine PHP and C# or VB.NET.
So, what you are saying is...
Jack Thompson = Family Guy?
Ahh, yes, my slow little FreeBSD install on my Dual Core system.
The only OSes slower that I've install on that machine are Windows, Fedora, and Ubuntu.
Could you tell me what a fast OS for a dual core optron or a Core Solo is? I'd really like to know... I can't get BeOS on them, or MacOS, so I can't test those. MINIX maybe?
(1) and (2) can conceptualy be alligned. That's part of the purpose of distros. Many distros help abstract users from all the stuff in the kernel they don't care about, and make it "just work", without lessening the functionality/reliability.
(3) Usually results in a fork at most, a path reworking on average, and nothing at the least - and not the end of the world... It could happen, and if it does, so what?
I think your point is valid, but I also think part of the point is that the RIAA is also targetting these people, in the wide list of people they can target, rather than just targetting any offenders they find.
As if they are specifically targeting those who would have the most trouble fighting back, regardles of amount of guilt.
i.e. "Our computers now have twice the power - they can now crash twice as quick"
But, 10 years ago, hard drive speeds were 20-40 MB/s I thought?
It's not like hard drive speeds are going up rapidly or anything. Although, that may change with flash based drives.
Still, I've not seen many USB based RAID enclosures. I guess part of the reason I mentioned that is that I suspect the lack of USB RAID enclosures will change.
1.5 seconds if you all of your components were fast enough. The drive won't be.
It seems current hard drives test to 40-80M/s (dunno if it's bit or byte, we'll assume byte since it is worst case for my example)., averaging between 50 and 60M/s
480Mbit per second = 60MByte per second. That can handle the average case for a modern hard drive.
4.8GBit/second - 600MByte/s? To utilize that with a drive, you'd need a RAID external enclosure!
You can disagree with the GPL and not want a GPLed product, when there is an alternative, without being a zelot.
That being said, from what I gather, there currently is little reason to use PCC over GCC, though that may change in the future.
Aye, the old was an X5 (excellent portable MP3 player). Current is an A2. I like the X5 better for it's MP3 related uses. I like the A2 better for video...
The joystick allows for pretty fast navigation, and is quite precise.