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181.
by estel 13y ago
Theoretically it could, definitely. I don't know if anyone's done the packet sniffing for it.
182.
by estel 13y ago
Sorry, but what's that got to do with iOS7? Parent wasn't saying that the dev centre being down isn't a bad thing, just that iOS7 incompatibility errors aren't high on the priority list yet.
183.
by estel 13y ago
The argument would be that he wasn't wrongly convicted. By modern standards it's obviously a stupid, unjust and immoral law that he was convicted under; but if he was correctly found guilty under the laws of the time, then it was
184.
by estel 13y ago
All bills require multiple hearings and debates in both houses of Parliament. Why should this bill be any different?
185.
by estel 13y ago
The easiest solution is to use country specific keyboards that include characters most needed by that language ie. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:KB_France.svg
186.
by estel 13y ago
I'm not sure why Google's results might be said to be /useless/? There's definitely an interesting argument to be made about Google using a monopolistic position in search to cross-promote some of their other produc
187.
by estel 13y ago
Indeed, I wasn't really aware that the "fold" was really much of an issue any more with modern web design. Users expect to, and do, scroll down; it's no big deal :/
188.
by estel 13y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5970187
189.
by estel 13y ago
At the moment it's based on the amount of work done, the proposals would see this replaced with a flat rate.
190.
by estel 13y ago
But the focus for the respective presentations could be be said to be reflective of each company's priorities for their new machine?
191.
by estel 13y ago
Indeed: http://www.vg247.com/2013/05/21/xbox-one-live-tv-available-i...
192.
by estel 13y ago
Allegedly this was a reason that BBC's iPlayer took so long to arrive on the 360. The BBC's charter was somehow contrary to MSFT's insistence that iPlayer was available only to XBL Gold members, so the release of iPlayer on 360 was delayed
193.
by estel 13y ago
There's still some probably non-significant value in them retaining FW for at least another year or two (after all, CS6 is still less than a year old).
194.
by estel 13y ago
Lots of their promotional stuff showed the wearer in a video hangout, so I assume this is in the existing hardware.
195.
by estel 13y ago
See the replies here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5609898
196.
by estel 13y ago
Real life? Are you suggesting that there's no value in socialising online?
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by estel 14y ago
I've no doubt that it can run like that (and given SimCity works for ~30 mins or so without connecting to SimCity's servers, it's no shock to anybody who actually played the game at launch); but that doesn't mean that their intent when conc
198.
by estel 14y ago
Peter Moore isn't the new CEO, he's been COO for a couple of years, and usually comes across as pretty straight-talking.
199.
by estel 14y ago
I think I believe them: the game they wanted to make was one where the "continuous, integrated online world" was integral to the way people played SimCity: only the final product didn't do enough to justify their original intention.
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by estel 14y ago
Previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5491174
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by estel 14y ago
Sorry, but I can't help but feel you're looking at the industry through rose-tinted glasses. There were hundreds upon hundreds of games for NES/Gameboy/DOS/PS that absolutely stunk. The vast majority were rotten, rotten games that were plai
202.
by estel 14y ago
Lost my chain at http://goo.gl/maps/Oy5kw
203.
by estel 14y ago
Looks cool! Have you considered adding a Smart App Banner? http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/AppleA...
204.
by estel 14y ago
I believe I read that the sims find the nearest place that has a job available and the nearest house at the end of the day.
205.
by estel 14y ago
The agent-based simulation is probably much more CPU expensive than the statistical model in older SimCitys, which might also have informed the size limit.
206.
by estel 14y ago
I absolutely agree that that's a loss, but that argument would seem to apply equally to all online games. But a game isn't less worth playing because it's online, right?
207.
by estel 14y ago
Sure they could. But if I get £40 of value from my game before they do, I can live with that. It's not ideal, but it doesn't make it a poor purchase.
208.
by estel 14y ago
If there's an automatic block, it's more likely to be related to refund requests.
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by estel 14y ago
Or, slightly less cynically, demand is always orders of magnitude higher for the first week or two after release, so it's only a short term investment in servers if they can be merged later.
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by estel 14y ago
As a consumer: If my £40 game gives me £40 of entertainment, I will buy it. This held for Mass Effect 3 and Battlefield 3. And considering the reviews it has been receiving, I'm confident this will be true for SimCity once the early server

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