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Here We Go Again….

I just read in the news that Rep. Joe Baca wants to pass a Bill which makes it mandatory to label all games which are ‘Teen’ or higher with this:

“WARNING: Excessive exposure to violent video games and other violent media has been linked to aggressive behavior.”

Well apparently he wants to pass this Bill (Bill H.R. 231 “The Video Game Health Labeling Act.”) before he does any research. Gamers are probably the least likely people to be killing or doing any “violent behavior”. The fact of the matter is that we vent our aggressive side via AK-47 and M-16 on COD4. In all honesty I have never had an overwhelming urge to go down to my local gun store, purchase a gun, wait the allotted time, then kill the guy who gave me the gun and go on a rampage. I have honestly already done that while playing  Saints Row. furthermore I don’t think most gamers have the stamina, drive, or strength (emotionally) to go on rampages. Gamers that do kill are mentally ill in their own rights. Killers play video games, gamers aren’t killers.

“Video Game Voters Network” 2009. May,  2, 2009. http://www.videogamevoters.org/

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Why more People should look at the Sky

November 12, 2008 Firdaush Bhadha Comments off

More people should look at the Sky. In today’s society the most important thing is to find a wife, girlfriend, good job. But if everyone looked at the sky people would change or at least realize that’s there is more. We also have bigger things to worry about then just Global warming or terrorist, or hurricanes, or tornadoes. When you look at the weather system on earth or realize that we are moving (even if that means inches a year) due to tectonic movements, or realize that if the earth life was an hour long, Homo Sapiens would last about a second. Knowing all this is great. But there are always bigger things, which are impossible for a human mind to rap their brain around.

After seeing this video, find a hole in your wall, or a spic of dust and look at it: Insignificant?.

Some questions can never be answered unless we discover how to travel the speed of light which is said to be impossible. Like, what happens when you travel the speed of light, where did light come from, how was the universe formed, what is outside the universe, could we one of BILLIONS of universes which means we live in a multiverse. But there is a no way to be faster then light by still following the Laws of Nature. But you “beat” it, this is called Time Travel.  But what is certain is the next couple things will happen and may freak you out a little but no need to worry they won’t be happening for millions of years.   This Gamma Ray burst is bit of a mind bogler. If you didn’t understand they bassically said, by the time we see the Gamma ray Burt the actaul Gamma Ray X- Rays has already reached us. So it is really messed up. 

“How Ironic…Scientist Will See What Is Just About To Kill Them. Huh?”  

“I Have a Question though, if the Universe was Born, and everything that is Born dies then doesn’t the Universe have to end?”

  I Will Finish Off With something a little less Depressing. This video to me is one of the coolest I have seen.  I will end my blog on a Funny note. Watch this video: It is on topic but has a diffrent moral. 

  While this blog may make you feel small and fragile I assure you there is more then meets the eye. What we can take from this is that while we may think we are big, and powerful, you are actually nothing, atoms are “thinking” the same thing. “Look at me I am what puts the UNIVERSE TOGEATHER”. 

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PlayStation 3 is More Like a Computer Than Everyone Thinks

October 18, 2008 Firdaush Bhadha Comments off
People have always bashed the 360 for being a PC inside a console. “The 360 is just a PC but with a fetch for games”. It is true the inside of the 360 there are many PC like a parts: 3 CPUs, RAM, GPU, Sound Card. But what about the PS3? The PS3 does have all those things but is slightly diffrent and may not be the revolutionary piece of hardware everyone thinks it is. Don’t get me wrong the PS3 is quite revolutionary but it is not standalone console that everyone thinks it is.      

The PS3 is a very powerful machine it can do a lot of things, Scientist have even made a Super Computer using a cluster of 8 PS3′s. On one side the PS3 hardware is quite difficult to program for. The Cell Broad Band Engine is not the angel it was cracked up to be. -The PS3’s Cell Broadband Engine processor, is a multiprocessor. Instead of identical cores – like the 360 - the Cell consists of a 64bit PowerPC core and 8 “synergistic co-processor elements” only 6 can be used by developers since 1 is reserved for the OS. -I can sense most of you read that and dropping your jaw- What does this all mean, well it means that the PS3 SPE’s can each send information individually, but the processors can only do one thing at a time: Only control AI, Physics, what have you. But this means unlike the 360, 6 different tasks can be done at the same time and each task is done at great precision, so this means great level of physics, AI etc but writing all that code and calculating all those things take a lot of time for developers thats why most multi-platform games are done on the 360 then ‘ported’ over to the PS3 (Bioshock). But the 360 can can do those things but not to as accuratly but it is much easier for programmer since the 360 is like a computer; -they already know what to do and how-. Learning how to use the SPE’s is like learning a new language all over again, but once the programmers get the hang of it, we will see games that the 360 would have trouble supporting, it already is with the size of the DVD. 
With the PS3 running Linux on it you can do even greater and better things. Like the Super Computer Project the PS3 is the cheapest and most cost effective Super Computer on the market.  With out Linux the Ps3 can surf the net, it can trans-code, and even do calculations (Fold @ Home). Something people may not known is that like the 360 you can have a memory card plug-in and can save your games onto a memory card. But unlike the 360 you don’t need to buy a special memory card to do it, any USB thumb drive, compatible MP3, or Mass Storage Device can be used. Even for you lazy bones out there you can go online and even download game saves. Some games like Call Of Duty 4 online you don’t even need to do that you can log on to your account at your friends house then your rank and guns will be ready to go for you since the PSN stores online things such ranks and load outs on the sever to avoid cheaters using USB thumb drives and to let you play on other consoles something the 360 can do but you need to wait for since the 360 needs to download everything from your 360 to your friends-which means its not on a sever but the sever knows what you have on your account so it can fetch your account-. The amazing thing is that once logged into your account you can share your games that you have bought. The Broswer on the Ps3 is not only a fully functional internet broswer, you can now -with the 2.50 update- watch all movies. No longer are you restricted to watching only Flash 6 -not sure what the old one was- videos you can now go on any site and watch Flash 9 videos. And say you have a nieghbour or relative with a 52″ TV with Souround Sound and the whole ten yard, you can press L3 and zoom to make the video take up the WHOLE SCREEN with no pixialating. There is also this certain insentive calle the Blu-Ray player. HD is the new wave of technology and with the Ps3 you won’t be left in the dust, infact you have a gaming console on one side, a potential pc on another, and a Blu-Ray player. 
The PS3 is really a unique machine with AMAZING capabilities, with the lack proprietary in-puts and the addition of Open source, open ending experience the PS3 is more compatible with more things than any other console. With the add-on of the Blu-Ray player and frequent updates you have the most future proof piece of hardware on the market. So which system is really more like a PC? (don’t mean to sound like a sales person always end up sounding that way :P ) 


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Who Needs Windows When You Have Google

October 8, 2008 Firdaush Bhadha Comments off
 As a blogger with bad grammar and spelling, I have learned that Google comes in pretty handy. When I don’t know how to spell something I type into google click on images and check if that matches what I wanted if it doesn’t then I would spell it a different way. Usually I used to use Word to write my post, but since then and after 30,000 words I have finally evolved passed grade 2 spelling, with the help of my friends of course. But checking my spelling and with google then coping and pasting grew pretty tiresome. Then after around my 10 blog I realized that Google had a Word type feature called Google Docs. I thought it would be some lame Notepad type deal but it just so happens that this -in some ways- is much better then word. No auto-detection of i’s or auto capitalize the first word of a sentence but -I know this may sound sketchy- it does help me in the long run anyway. But with Google Docs the ENTIRE DICTIONARY is at my finger tips. Don’t know how to spell something press look up word and Google chrome will automatically open a new tab and search while I continue my blog. Also Google Docs may have a primitive  spelling detection but that forces me to figure out the spelling my self -or because I am to lazy to do a search :P , (baby steps)-. In every students life there has been a moment of “O shit my Power Point doesn’t work” or “SHIT!!!! I used a .docx instead of a .doc file type now my crappy computer at school won’t know how to read it.”. Well with Google Docs you have a PDF option, Presentation option, Document, Spread Sheet, the list goes on. So if you ever find your self in this situation your search for the ultimate cure is finally here. Google Docs is still in Beta so there may be a few minor issues like the spelling detection and other things. But now you don’t have to go out and Buy that $100 suite, that you know will screw you in the end. 


Google Docs with its online function works like a dream. Forgetting your project or screwing up your presentation is a thing of the past. But what if a scenario comes up that you don’t have Internet. Google Docs got your back in that department too. You can work offline as well, you will need to download Google gear but it opens up so many possibilities and cuts down on many issues which may come up with Word. Say your Internet goes out, Google Docs will continue to save your work on your COMPUTER, and when your Internet comes back Google Docs will update your online copy. Or say you have a laptop and you need to catch a bus just get on the bus and continue typing, when you return home again go on Google Docs and then Google Gears will update your document, presentation, etc, automatically. If I want to check something in word, I can’t even download a blog in word format, Open Office, PDF, RTF, Text, and HTML. If you are a business man and you want to present a Presentation, you can invite people to view your Presentation over a computer. Some one can be in China, while the other is showing them the business plan in the U.S.A.

I would recommend using Google Docs to anyone the only down side is that you need a Google account -but who doesn’t have one of those :P -. (plus using Gmail looks more pro on a resume, since I bet your Hotmail account has numbers and 3 for E and 8 for ATE and what not. Just don’t do that again with your Gmail account.) 

Hope this has given you and insight on my new discovery, I would probably delete the Word suite if this wasn’t my dads computer and that I don’t completely trust Google docs yet, I still keep a copy of blogs in word. Not to mention the spelling-detection ‘GOOGLE’ Docs doesn’t recognize google, and Gmail so how can I trust there product….(sorry for sounding like a sales rep :P )

 

 

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Do Ports Help the Ps3

September 28, 2008 Firdaush Bhadha 2 comments

Seeing as games are usually developed on the 360 first and then brought over to the ps3, I think this help the ps3. Games such as Alone in the Dark, and BioShock got and are getting a complete over haul before being released to the PS3. Alone in the Dark sounds a lot better and Bioshock is now nicely optimized with fewer crashes and hiccups. Xbox 360 is basically just a computer which is tailored towards gaming and media. So developers first start with the 360 and then move to the PS3 which uses the Cell CPU. The Cell is much harder to work on from scratch it uses indivisual cores as oposed to the multicore CPU of the 360. Each Processor in the PS3 can only do one job at a time but this also helps the PS3. (jack of all trades master of none). So having a base to work off, of is nice. I personally don’t mind waiting a couple of months to play games on my PS3 cause I am getting a better experience, and game ; not to mention that the game will be optimized and set for the PS3.
The only flaw I can see is that the PS3 is held back. Sure the developers can tweak it and optimize but they are only does said to the core game. The core game itself is meant for both systems. The PS3 is being held back from its best because all 360 don’t ship with a hard drive and don’t have Blu-ray disc space. I think the developers should make games separately for each console and have no ties other than the overall game. It shouldn’t matter if the PS3 will have better physics and looks, and it shouldn’t matter if the 360 version has better online, all that should matter is the game will be better to play on each console.
PS3 is being held back from its best and the 360 is not to blame it’s the developers who need to step up and get paid for proper work. I paid for a specific console (more expensive one mind you) and I want my money’s worth, even if that means putting MORE TIME AND EFFORT INTO IT.

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