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I fully agree with the first comment, the blogger was a complete [A number of non KSS words omitted].
I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.
Stephen Hawking
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"Meanwhile, Microsoft is filing patents for projection-based gaming technology that may take over your living room. "
Can you say "Holodeck?" 
Will Rogers never met me.
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I've never been into gaming (Tetris probably doesn't count) but that would interest me.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
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Roger Wright wrote: Can you say "Holodeck?"
There will never be holodecks if everyone spends all their time and effort on obtaining millions of spurious patents for the basic technology behind it and the miniscule details in its implementation.
All tech is going to suffer because of the "ownership of concept" patent issues.
Implementation ideas alone were never patentable, until recently. You had to have something concrete and functional, and things like "putting curved corners on a device that is to he stored in trouser pockets" would never have even come close to getting a patent; it's just common sense, it's not something where you can say "I came up with something no-one had ever thought of, and made plans for a functional device".
Can you imagine the world we would live in now, if the pioneers of Physics, Mathematics, chemistry, and biology had gone the same route as the "I make minor changes to computer code and the shape of plastic shells" idiots of today?
So don't expect your descendants to live in the world of Star Trek, because it can't evolve from the world we live in now.
That's not to say that it doesn't shoot them in the foot, sometimes -- I much prefer Android's new "swipe left-to-right anywhere on the screen to unlock" to the slidery-unlockery gizmo, so, by protecting their "ingenious new invention" (a switch that does nothing but switch between On and Off), apple has ended up with a worse interface.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Oh, I'm sure wives, girlfriends, and significant others are going to love this. Sounds like a single guy's dream though.
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I got a hands on opportunity with the Wii U a while back, and I think it has a pretty good chance. I think this time Nintendo managed to hit both the hardcore and casual gamers: they have the hardware to play some serious titles (beyond a glitch in the demo, Batman Arkham City felt just like the PC version, with a few conveniences from the touch screen, nothing too gimmicky) and the flexibility of the Wii for casual games (it is compatible with Wii controllers for starters). All together I'd say it's a pretty solid contender, though it may have difficulty when Sony and Microsoft make their next generation, but how far away is that? And, if they get out this much sooner, they could get a leg up in snatching up developers and customers.
Now, personally I think the console wars are hilarious, when you can just get a PC and upgrade it piecewise cheaper than buying a new console every few years, plus it does so much more...but even then I'm actually considering getting a Wii U, there are some games on it I would definitely like to play (biggest one for me right now is Pikmin 3, I love that series).
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I really want a Wii U, just for Super Smash Bros. 4 (The in-process title).
I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.
Stephen Hawking
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What is that ugly thing with the screen on it that I will never use? I've managed to play every game console that has come out with my one good hand (even Wii with nunchuck), but this one looks impossible for me.
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