Comment The Wii ones are growing up... (Score 1) 127
You make it sound like there aren't any more kids growing into that 5-10 year range.
My God! What have You done to all the children?
Comment Re:No internet? (Score 4, Interesting) 139
A curious choice. But I suppose if they didn't want to go to any effort to future proof the process and just wanted something cheap to go up against those $60 dollar motion activated Genesis knockoffs that CVS tends to carry this time of year... And it's obvious that people buying a Wii Mini aren't going to be focused on the latest and greatest Wii U stuff they want to be promoting on the Nintendo Channel... Still, it's a moderate shame about the Wii Shop and handful of online games.
*ponder* Does the Mini have fixed system memory and no SD Card support now too? I suppose without SD Card support it wouldn't have the save space memory for as many games/downloads either.
Comment Re:Apple did stop innovating in the 1990's (Score 1) 544
-OS X - Not really Apple's big innovation. It was their acquisition of NeXTStep that lead to OS X and the return of Steve Jobs and innovation at Apple.
Even worse, I believe Gil was nearly all ready to slap Macintosh Widgets atop of NeXTSTep and call it a day. I do believe it was Steve again who pushed for tighter integration and the notion of 'Carbon programs' and 'Cocoa programs' and everything looking like the same kind of bright and happy OSX Full featured application.
Comment Re:Good (Score 1) 520
Along those lines... How close do you think Apple is to already having such a Graphics software package? They've been sparring with Adobe around the edges for a bit with their video programs and such. And just like Microsoft Office and iWork, it's possibly a critical enough area for Apple to have some investment in preserving whether or not Adobe agrees.
Canadian Libraries Want $300,000 To Buy Games 229
AirborneGamer writes "The Toronto Public Library is asking for $300K to build up a collection of video games. They have not said if they will buy all types of games, or leave out the M-rated ones. As the City Councilor of Toronto said about the project, 'It may be the only time a young person comes in. It can act as a magnet to attract people. Once we get them in there, you can be darn sure that our librarians will be hard at work to introduce them to everything else the library can offer.' This is a good plan actually, and besides bringing kids into the library it will bring in parents and or guardians who otherwise may not visit the library on their own."
Comment Re:Shitty web design is not a "blind" problem (Score 1) 663
Oddly enough. It seems a lot easier to grab content if it's in Flash Video format. Sites seem to expect to have their web server, flash apps and javascript do all the fancy access controls. But if you can see the video, you can find the flv url. Download it and convert it.
From some other sites, just having enough of the flash url from a locked preview was enough to grab the entire movie.
Silly webdesigners.
From some other sites, just having enough of the flash url from a locked preview was enough to grab the entire movie.
Silly webdesigners.
Comment Re:Where's "As Seen on TV" ... (Score 1, Informative) 43
No, I'm just out of the office this week.
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