Search results

While one level I do like the more explicit cues, I think it does break immersion and can make environment building lazy. I can't tell you the number of times in HL2 and games like it wihtout cues, I would try a few different things because it wasn't explicitly spelled out, and they'd sometimes...

This is so stupid. HBO is a curated luxury brand, and they are cheapening it with reality shows. The old tagline "It's not TV, it's HBO" was true: what you watched on HBO was a cut above the rest. The shine has diminished some, but still the some of the most watched and carefully curated...

This is why many companies are moving away from forced stack ranking. (Wish mine was one of them). As a supervisor, I had a few on the team that were under-performing, so putting them into the lower bucket was a no-brainer. Then they left the team due to a reorg. I picked up a few really high...

I understood that reference!

Speilberg is the obvious choice as director, but JJ isn't a bad choice as director, just don't give him script/story control. Other directors to consider: Christopher Nolan, Darren Aronofsky, James Cameron, Ron Howard, Joss Whedon, Guillermo Del Toro, Robert Zemeckis Writers is a tougher...

...or maybe those that don't like it have legitimate criticisms of the movie? http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/review ... w#/slide/1 I happen to know Scott and trust him. He liked the movie and ranks it between ROTJ and ROTS, but points out what I think are some criticisms that are probably...

I hope so. I have no problem believing epic and downright fun. The magical part is what I (arguably) think is going to be nigh impossible.

Yes, please. So to kick this off, what do you think? Will the movie be good? I think it will be, but I also think that, unfortunately, it won't have the magic that many hope it will. That magic was lightning in a bottle that started to expire in 1983 (hence: ewoks). I think JJ is a talented...

Call me skeptically optimistic. I think it will be a roaring good time when I see it Saturday. Disney is probably the best studio for the Star Wars home, but they will package it, milk it and repackage it. No magic, just product.

And something that we shouldn't give two shits about between consenting adults to boot

I think it is because though many of us cinephiles and the like appreciate the benefits of 4k, the general public does not (beyond a buzzword/feature list on a new TV). Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime are consumed on phones and tablets as much or more than they are on TVs. In those cases it is the...

The FCC has the final say until and unless the legislature passes a law stating they don't. The FCC was setup up in the executive branch by a law the went through congress with a mandate to regulate telecommunications.

Here is the problem with that line of thinking: we live, regardless of how sentimentally we look a back on it, in a vastly different world than the federation of states envisioned by the founders. All major and the vast majority of minor institutions are multistate/interstate, not intrastate...

So, I don't want to get too political (but the article itself does that pretty well.) It has become increasingly obvious as long time netizen that the Republican party, which used to be much more interested in liberty is now beholden to whatever business holds the purse strings. The Democrat...

Thank you for the detailed response!

Thanks (I think). That is freaking scary. How does this not run afoul of the DMCA / HDCP agreements? Pardon my ignorance, but if I were to do this I could get sued or go to prison.

So I am wondering exactly how this works. It seems they could pull this pretty easily from the Smart TV apps for Netflix, Youtube, etc., but what about when watching something connected over HDMI? Would they be breaking HDCP to figure out what you are watching?

Not fully, because, as mentioned when done right they are ok. Especially for finishers in the previous game or "last chance" type things in the excellent "Shadow of Mordor". The problem is that if they get used for more mundane gameplay actions.

Honest, but uninformed question: can these exploits be used to grant general root access to the device for more benign purposes? In other words, it seems these things are getting root access without all the pain you normally have to go through, so it would be nice to grant you root access to...

Hate to say it, but AT&T is right in this case only! They were rightfully denied from buying t-Mobile I don't have a problem with TV providers merging. (i.e. DirecTV and U-verse). ISP's merging? That is the where the problem is. Linear TV is a dying brand. If TV providers consolidate, it...