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| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=22039 |  larsig (780) Aug 19, 2009 - 10:45 am
| Yeah, there's no real reason to get 7, especially if 8 will come around in a few years which will happen if Microsoft sticks by their new model.
Only reason I'm upgrading to 7 from vista is cause i get it for free via a MSDN subscription :) Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=22038 | larsig (780) Aug 19, 2009 - 06:43 am
| | There are a lot of older games that people would still like to play. Like FF XII, and a lot of less mainstream but still good games like Disgaea. That is actually something I would love to get the ps3 for, but alas they dont offer backwards compatability on the slim... Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=22033 | larsig (780) Aug 17, 2009 - 06:53 pm
| Yeah, the outrage is rather overrated... If someone was gonna pay $50 for it that means they have the money to spare and are willing to pay any price really. So why not get $60 from them? Plus i doubt these people would care much, they have the money otherwise they wouldn't be shelving out $50 for a game in the first place.
The rest of us would have waited for a price drop anyway. This higher price point may mean what? another week of waiting? Perfectly fine in my mind.
To those so outraged, boycott all you want. I for one will enjoy shoving claymores up enemy asses with our without you. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=22017 | larsig (780) Aug 16, 2009 - 09:49 am
| virus or no, something in your computer will give out in the next few years. Most likely of which will be your hard drive which are prone to mechanical failures. Also, did you know that CPU's are only rated to run for a certain number of cycles? And after which they will usually start to fail. True it's a lot of cycles (Years for the average consumer), but your point about stuff working from 10 years ago is pointless. Computer technologies are fragile and prone to the effects of time. Even Optical media - the ones professionally made and used to distribute games for example - are not permanent. Hell, the games we bought as teens probably wont last until we're in a retirement home even if we never use them in the time between.
Yes, the RRoD issue WAS unacceptable, but you're trying to place an expectation of lifespan on the 360, and really any modern hardware, that goes beyond what they are capable of lasting, regardless of their quality. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=22019 | larsig (780) Aug 12, 2009 - 06:07 pm
| | And another one bites the dust... This economic climate is hard on a lot of people... except those that make software + products that help companies reduce costs and raise profits. Its a freaking fantastic time for them. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=22013 | larsig (780) Aug 12, 2009 - 05:33 am » Edited on Aug 12, 2009 - 05:33 am
| | Have you heard the crap that goes on from the ultra conservatives/liberals from this country? I'd be surprised if they did a lot of things, but an outry about this box would meet my expectations. Hell, they'd probably cry out because its 2k Flag this | Edit this post |
| Siteseeing Link » /news/siteseeingarticle.asp?searchid=4544 | larsig (780) Aug 12, 2009 - 05:28 am
| Damn... I wish I was living in sweden... This country is full of so many greedy retards. The US definitely needs a law restricting those malpractice law suits.
Oh, I spilled hot coffee on myself cause i didn't think it was hot, and get paid millions for my stupidity. *shotgun to face* Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=22003 | larsig (780) Aug 10, 2009 - 05:24 pm
| | Oh china... Honestly, I wouldnt be surprised if Toshiba didnt make a profit due to pirates and companies making essentially illegal copies of the tech. Chinese corps are probably the worst innovators out there. Hell, one of their major telecommunications firms, huawei i think it was, specifically hires laid-off engineers from major companies so they can have them copy what was already done. They quite literally just ask "how did x firm implement y algorithm?" and just copy it. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=21989 | larsig (780) Aug 06, 2009 - 01:57 pm
| They just want to grab headlines. Honestly, this is a minor issue that Microsoft can easily fix with a patch after launch. How many people would have to run a disk repair/check immediately after installing windows 7? Plus, barring it causing a corrupt hard drive, this appears to be a relatively minor inconvenience. It certainly doesnt warrant Microsoft pulling it back from the manufacturers and the money that would involve.
The media just loves to grab headlines by saying anything Microsoft has comes with a fatal flaw... But this is far from fatal and does not bar the OS from normal day-to-day operation. Hell, in the 2-2.5years I've had Vista the number of times i've run a disk check can be counted on one hand, all of them to fix issues comming from a failing hard drive. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=21980 | larsig (780) Aug 04, 2009 - 08:20 pm
| | Which is superior? Vista was on many levels. It had issues, but it was a drastic overhaul to fix flaws in XP and older, but overall it was an improvement. To say otherwise is to be a sheep to Apple's marketing and the opinions of the ill-informed. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=21962 | larsig (780) Aug 01, 2009 - 03:55 pm
| The harder for PS3 is not a legend... its a fact that Sony has paid for heavily. Just look at the number of developers they lost with the PS3 specs. Just because there are games doesn't mean the console isn't hard to code for, it just means that it's not impossible.
The 360 and PC will have 1 or more virtually identical cores. You dont have to deal with special behavior or differences in performance on particular tasks, you dont even need to worry about differing memory read/write speeds. For the PS3 the cores behave differently in all those metrics. It means much more attention to detail and more rigid control and the experience to properly have all the cores interact. Guess what that is for a software engineer? Complexity, difficulty, that's not a simple learning curve.
Not saying what they gave in this case is a valid excuse.... it's not, they're just not properly implementing their system. Chances are they didn't have anyone experiecned enough with the PS3 to design their engine to work well. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=21961 | larsig (780) Jul 31, 2009 - 07:05 am
| | It doesn't matter when you pick up the beta.... I'm pretty sure that the technical betas are those with msdn subscriptions... I may be wrong, pretty much pulled that out of my ass but it's the only thing I can think of. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=21940 | larsig (780) Jul 27, 2009 - 12:45 pm
| I feel a premonition comming on!
Ubisoft releases more draconian DRM that ultilizes technology that permanently damages the install of Windows on the machine by engraving itself on the hdd and has a high chance of permanently destroying hardware such as dvd drives. In addition it polls Ubisoft servers every 10 seconds requesting 1megabyte of data up and down to keep the game functioning which ultimately causes Ubisoft servers to crash due to being overloaded and preventing gamers from playing the game and causes ISP's to ban Ubisoft software from their networks.
And within 1 week of release crackers have circumvented all DRM in the software making the only audience that actually enjoys the game and do not have to shoulder the financial burden of replacing the pile of circuitry known as a their computer due to fatal malfunctions caused by DRM those that obtained the software for free via morally lacking methods.
Way to go Ubisoft. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=21931 | larsig (780) Jul 27, 2009 - 11:41 am
| | LMFAO You did actually get what you are implying with "life without windows" right? Apple would essentially say that to use an apple is to live in a box with no light. Might as well say you are living in a prison, which I would have to agree. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=21934 | larsig (780) Jul 27, 2009 - 11:37 am
| Wow, I must be the most resistant addict in the world since I've been playing games heavily for the past decade and went cold turkey the last 2 weeks with no side effects. Maybe I should do heroin now cause I'll never get addicted to that if I start.
Fucking self-sreving dipshit "researchers" Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=21916 | larsig (780) Jul 23, 2009 - 08:33 am
| | Of course there'll be bugs. it's not cause it's Microsoft, it's because it's fucking software. In the software world there is no such thing as a bug free complex software. It's like chasing the purple dragon. You never catch it. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=21907 | larsig (780) Jul 22, 2009 - 03:22 pm
| Kinda with Fable 2, but that doesn't really match cause 1-The feature was horribly implemented, and 2-Fable2 isn't a shooter.
Personally, I would have no issue with Microsoft patenting this as long as they have the tech implemented, or planning to implement it soon. Not like the fucking jackasses that think of ideas, patent them, but do nothing to implement them and just wait for a company to implement it and take their money. Flag this | Edit this post |
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