Are you on crack? Did you smoke to much back in the good old days??? Have you heard of a certain problem that involves dates and a certain year? That is the fault you "wonderful" cobol programmers. How can you say that it doesn't go out of date? The greatest problem is the history of computing is the result of COBOL.
That it (Beta) was only Sony was part of the problem. The main reason VHS won out over Beta (in home machines) was that VHS tapes had a longer recording time -- long enough to contain a full feature length movie, which Beta couldn't (except at lower resolution).
1. Beta picture on the worst recording speed was way better than VHS on its best speed. You are way off base. Did you ever look at one?
2. Beta lost for 2 reasons: Sony wanted to rule the market and thought they could be the IBM or APPLE of the home eletronics market. Open platforms weren't considered important at the time. The other reason is the same reason that the net is so popular: Porn. Porn was on VHS because the cameras were cheaper. It the same reason the net is so popular. Without Porn neither would have flourished in the ways they have.
I think it would be neat if we could develop a game/simulator that allows you interact with basic elements found in nature such as rocks, dirt, trees, etc on a physical level. To build a house you would first have to put together the tools you need. Everything would rely on what you wanted to do and what you could figure out how to do with the basic elements. It would be the ultimate civilization game.
It would be very impratical and hard to program because you need to model the world to a great level of detail. It also wouldn't sell to well to today's action/WWF obsessed gamers, but if done right it would be totally immersive, and I would have fun playing it.
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you are retarded.
Bush is gone. You can stop lying.
Or if you really believed this BS, take off your tin foil hat. It's just pathetic to spout this crap nowadays.
Are you on crack? Did you smoke to much back in the good old days??? Have you heard of a certain problem that involves dates and a certain year? That is the fault you "wonderful" cobol programmers. How can you say that it doesn't go out of date? The greatest problem is the history of computing is the result of COBOL.
That it (Beta) was only Sony was part of the problem. The main reason VHS won out over Beta (in home machines) was that VHS tapes had a longer recording time -- long enough to contain a full feature length movie, which Beta couldn't (except at lower resolution).
1. Beta picture on the worst recording speed was way better than VHS on its best speed. You are way off base. Did you ever look at one?
2. Beta lost for 2 reasons: Sony wanted to rule the market and thought they could be the IBM or APPLE of the home eletronics market. Open platforms weren't considered important at the time. The other reason is the same reason that the net is so popular: Porn. Porn was on VHS because the cameras were cheaper. It the same reason the net is so popular. Without Porn neither would have flourished in the ways they have.
I think it would be neat if we could develop a game/simulator that allows you interact with basic elements found in nature such as rocks, dirt, trees, etc on a physical level. To build a house you would first have to put together the tools you need. Everything would rely on what you wanted to do and what you could figure out how to do with the basic elements. It would be the ultimate civilization game.
It would be very impratical and hard to program because you need to model the world to a great level of detail. It also wouldn't sell to well to today's action/WWF obsessed gamers, but if done right it would be totally immersive, and I would have fun playing it.