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Joyswag: Call of Booty: Prestige Edition {Joystiq}
Nov 12th 2009 3:23PM Rosie O'Donnell
Swag Saturday: Final Fantasy spinoff pack (PSP) {Joystiq}
Oct 11th 2009 2:52PM There will always be a need for physical media. I can't deny that the future holds some mild changes, but nothing can replace the feeling of a game that you own complete with instruction manual, book art, and many other things similar to how Atlus made their games happen. (Lunar 2 collectors set)
Video: Windows 7 launch party parody is bleeping genius {Engadget}
Sep 24th 2009 11:10AM Whoever shot the original video must have gone to the school of random zoom in and out. #&%&*ing thing sucks!
Enter to win a Creative World of Warcraft wireless headset {WoW}
Sep 17th 2009 9:19PM Totally commenting...
For the headset!
Interplay bringing ClayFighter to WiiWare and DSiWare {Joystiq}
Sep 17th 2009 10:47AM Clay fighter.... Clay clay fighter!
Snow Leopard shipping August 28th for $29, order now {Engadget}
Aug 24th 2009 9:29AM @ Kelmon :
pt 1: Taking the obvious aside for now, I can tell you as a programmer, unless it is entirely new release IE: a stand alone installer that doesn't require any previous installations to work or a new version number of the base software then it is a patch. Considering that Snow Leopard may have come with a lot of rewritten code, a new basal frame from which to pull from and some 64 bit tweaks to Safari, it is still considered to be a patch as it didn't change the baseline version number. A standalone release like OSX 11 would be an entirely new version number and thus not classify itself as a patch.
pt 2: Per the definition set forth above, OSX 10.6 update would be considered a service pack as it contains quite a few improvements (individual patches) put together into one stand alone installable package. Essentially you are paying for a company to make improvements to software not an entirely new release of the software, and thusly would fall under the definition of being a service pack.
Putting that aside for now, 30 bucks isn't that much to pay for the software considering that OSX itself isn't that expensive in the first place. One might argue that hardware costs make up for the difference, but that is an entirely different argument all together.
Snow Leopard shipping August 28th for $29, order now {Engadget}
Aug 24th 2009 9:02AM From Wikipedia :
A service pack (in short SP) is a collection of updates, fixes and/or enhancements to a software program delivered in the form of a single installable package. Many companies, such as Microsoft or Autodesk, typically release a service pack when the number of individual patches to a given program reaches a certain (arbitrary) limit. Installing a service pack is easier and less error-prone than installing a high number of patches individually, even more so when updating multiple computers over a network.
Service packs are usually numbered, and thus shortly referred to as SP1, SP2, SP3 etc.[1] They may also bring, besides bug fixes, entirely new features, as is the case of SP2 of Windows XP.
Sounds like Snow Leopard is a service pack to me.
Save the Pirate Bay... to your hard drive, with 21.3GB torrent index file {Download Squad}
Aug 17th 2009 10:14AM This is an amazing use of bit torrent. I can only hope that people will make use of the index and start commemorative TPB trackers in lieu of the real thing going legit.
Engadget's recession antidote: win our custom-built HTPC! {Engadget}
Jul 22nd 2009 12:44PM I don't know about fixing the world economy, but my dad sure would like one of these. He recently hurt his back and now is unable to walk. He spends a lot of time on the living room couch and I would love to get him something to keep him entertained. This would be wonderful to that effect.
Engadget's recession antidote: win an OCZ Summit Series 60GB SSD! {Engadget}
Jul 21st 2009 2:16PM I needs this for muh bawkz at home plz.
