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To The Pain
Reedo writes: "If you enjoy gaming and pain, this is for you. Two German designers have developed the Painstation, which is basically a revamped Pong. Except for one major difference - The PEU(Pain Execution Unit), which delivers a dose of pain to your left hand in the form of heat, punches or electroshock, when you mess up."
In Never Say Never again, like the world domination game. Wasn't that guy a German too.
If only we could wire this up to remotely do the same to Bill gates every time Windows crashes...
PoIP (Pain over IP) protocol. Coming to an RFC near you.
maybe you could rig up the little NES robot to punch you in the face (or nuts, if you're into that) in accordance to said boxing game
Download MAME
Download Pong ROM
Buy Hammer
Thwack self on hand with hammer on death.
Rinse, lather, repeat until hand becomes bloody stump.
TODO: Something witty here...
... but it only plays R&B albums and Burt Reynolds movies. Use of the pain sender is optional during DVD or CD playback.
my friends do this to me all the time, especially when playing videogames.
four-oh-four
The funniest part was about the idiots who stuck to it because they didn't want to back down in front of an audience. This game will be great at separating showy meatheads from people who listen to their inner Pavlov despite their vanity.
"Yeah, but I didn't know you were going to be giving me electric shocks... just what are you trying to prove here, anyway?"
Indeed.
I don't. I expect you to die!
From The Princess Bride
Erm... Maybe I'm mistaken, but isn't Pong already painful enough?
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Damn the Emperor!
This is the same principle we see when people eat hot chilly peppers or engage in saddism. Pain release endorphins that cause pleasure and the body learns to want the effect. So do you shock the loser or the winner?
You can't sue us because you got carpal tunnel syndrome. Thats a FEATURE OF THIS KEYBOARD!!! Marketing information has clearly shown that people who work with computer equipment WANT to be in pain.
-Restil
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Research being wasted on silly projects like this should instead be focused on voice recognition, speech synthesis, and other computer interface technologies that will finally allow us to eliminate the torturous tools that are the modern keyboard and mouse. My friend, who once commanded a six-figure salary coding C++ for a large development firm, has been crippled by these implements and now has to struggle with demeaning part-time jobs in order to put food on the table. I would hate to see this happen to somebody again. We must throw off the shackles of the typing paradigm.
Loneliness is a power that we possess to give or take away forever
The original "to the pain" quote derives from the Princess Bride (for more detail see another post) and means long-lasting, really bad pain. This gadget delivers weak to mild momentary pain (hopefully!). It's kind of like The Forced-Feedback Enemy-Denial Smackdown Ergonomic Game Chair, without the Quad Damage Simulator.
By the way, I do believe this is the first story I've seen with a new Big F@(!*@ Ad.
This
A lot of people have been insulting this, and asking why in the world anyone would play it, but it seems pretty obvious to me. Pain makes your body produce adrenalin, which would definitely heighten the gaming experience. It's not like the pain this machine delivers is extremely intense--but it should be enough to get your endorphins pumping and get your cheeks flushed and make you enjoy the game THAT much more when you win. Sure, it's not for you wusses who wouldn't play the pain game back in grade school, but who wants to play with people who can't take the consequences of losing anyway? :)
Personally, I'd like to see a study that pits the enjoyment derived from regular pong vs. pain-pong. I wouldn't be surprised if people reported a much higher level of enjoyment during pain-pong, even if they lost some of the time.
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At first I thought it was Microsoft changing the name of their X-Box to compete with the Playstation.
Outdoor digital photography, mostly in New Engl
Zelda fan AND female. Marry me. Pain optional.
Endless arguments over trivial contradictions in books written by ignorant savages to explain thunder in the dark.
"Back off, man. I'm a scientist."
It would be interesting to set up a statistical test to compare the performance of two relatively large groups to determine if there is a significant increase in pong (or any game) playing skills when using a stimulant such as pain. Have any studies like this been performed?
Obviously, Pavlov's experiments with dogs come to mind, but the question is whether this recognition would significantly translate to digital skills, or would increase in skill be matched by non-pained individuals? Would degree of pain matter?
It would be interesting to note the threshold at which pain stops benefitting.
If they were going to go all retro with this you'd think they'd at least do an electronic clone of Operation...
Looks like most us are into that pain-pleasure thing. Coïncidence?
~shiny
WILL HACK FOR $$$
So in the future we get to talk 16 hours a day? How convenient.
They that quote Benjamin Franklin on liberty and safety deserve neither.
What's wrong with just smacking your opponent immediately after the game? It's worked for centuries!
sic transit gloria mundi
All I read here are negative comments! What's so bad about this? In the arcades in the UK, we have a stupid game where you hold a metal bars with your hand, you put the money in, and hold onto them for as long as possible. What they do is vibrate extremely quickly and ends up getting your hands hot, and then it feels like your whole arm has gone numb. Whoever holds longest wins. Same thing.
Now this is one step further, it's not just psychological, it's actually inflicting pain. This is extremely cool! But then again, I always beat everyone at Pong, so I guess I would say that.
I think this would encourage people to play better. Think Quake 3. If you got a kick in the ass everytime you got fragged, I think you'd get better.
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Yeah. I could have used something like this back then. Oh Yeah...
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
Did you hear about the pocket version? It's just as cool, albiet a bit more manual in operation. It requires a 9volt battery and crotch clamps.
The two-player mode is cool too, you just place a certain number of fingers, based on score, in a doorjam and let your friend give it a hearty shove!
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The fact that these guys went through so much trouble to bring the element of physical pain to the typically less than tactile sport of gaming indicates that they are masochists. They were dissatisfied by the lack of pain in their gaming, so they fixed that shortcoming. Besides their basic engineering skills at accomplishing this feat, they also indicate their intelligence and cynical wit with the clever title of Painstation. This photograph provides evidence that they have the ability to perseverse through adversity.
Now if you combine these qualities, you get a formidable force. If Sony threatens them over over the use of the term "Painstation", I say that they shouldn't back down, and I would be puzzled if they did! Not many people would confuse an archiaic self contained bar-sized electronic table-tennis-torture device with the Sony Playstation line of Home gaming consoles, even with the "force-feedback" option. I say that these clever masochists should stand by their production in the face of the belligerent Sony, and who better to do it! If not for the cause of marketing technological advancement despite questionable Intellectual Property practice, then at least for the sake of art! More than just a proof-of-concept of a phyciological Human Computer Interaction theory, this is an artistic statement regarding the current reality of the gaming and home entertainment industries. All great art comes from suffering artists, and this is no exception!
Of course, I do have a few reservations. The word should not be an issue, but if this is going to be produced for mass marketing, then I might take exception to the use of the Playstation font or visual appearance. I think that bringing this into the world of commerce should impose some IP rules. The fact that most of this is preexisting technology should definitely be considerdd to th benefit of the Painstation.
The most important concern is how sanitary this is. I'd hate to pick up Hepatitis at the local video arcade...
-castlan
Heat, Punches, and Electroshocks to the hand?
I mean, come on, if you want drastically improve pong skills (as it seems everybody does in today's dog-eat-dog world) then you just have to hook this system up to testicles.
Ping - dot dot - ping - dot dot - ZAAAAP!
I guanrantee you'll see marked improvement in a very short time.
Wow! a 4358 hit rally and it's still going! That is just amazing!
:)
as you know, the bad guy almost always has a fake-german (or russian) accent. it's a shame american actors are so bad at these accents... that's why the hire dutch guys for it (eg rutger hauer, jeroen krabbe).
:-)
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This is a great one! Where are you moderators to bounce this up?
I already saw something like this months ago here
(Hate subject clipping):
Is this an Acme Forced-Feedback Enemy-Denial Smackdown Ergonomic Game Chair?
In case you don't know what I am talking about, read these links.
Buttercup: Oh, Westley, will you ever forgive me?
Westley: What hideous sin have you committed lately?
Buttercup: I got married. I didn't want to. It all happened so fast.
Westley: It never happened.
Buttercup: What?
Westley: It never happened.
Buttercup: But it did! I was there...this old man said man and wife.
Westley: Did you say I do?
Buttercup: Uh...no. We sort of skipped that part.
Westley: Then you're not married. You didn't say it. You didn't do it.
Wouldn't you agree, your highness?
Humperdink: A technicality that will shortly be remedied...but first things
first.. [He draws his sword] To the death!
Westley: [slowly sitting up] No! To the pain!
Humperdink: I don't think I'm quite familiar with that phrase?
Westley: I'll explain, and I'll use small words so that you'll be sure to
understand. You wart-hog-faced buffoon!
Humperdink: [insulted] That may be the first time in my life a man has dared
insult me.
Westley: It won't be the last. To the pain means the first thing you lose will
be your your feet below the ankles, then your hands at your wrists.
Next, your nose.
Humperdink: Then my tongue, I suppose? I killed you too quickly the last
time, a mistake I don't mean to duplicate tonight.
Westley: I wasn't finished! The next thing you lose will be your left eye
followed by your right!
Humperdink: And then my ears...I understand! Let's get on with it!
Westley: Wrong! Your ears you keep, and I'll tell you why; so that every
shriek of every child at seeing your hideousness is yours to cherish.
Every babe that weeps at your approach, every woman that cries out,
'dear god what is that thing!' will echo in your perfect ears. That is
what to the pain means. It means I leave you in anguish, wallowing in
freakish misery forever.
[Or in otherwords, you'll be turned into Cowboy Neal.]
Remember "Bring 'em on"? *sigh
Walk into Rufus McHooter's.
Yell "Harleys suck ass and I'm doing your woman!"
Less money, much more realistic effect.
Ad luna, Alicia! Ad luna!
Well, I pretty much haven't. I spend my days in lecture halls (just north of ND in fact, in Winnipeg) of about 150 people, maximum 5 of which are female. And of those, all 5 will say the same thing - they're in Computer Science because "it's a well-paying job".
But what got me excited was the videogame love, and of course the insane geekiness of actually posting on
Endless arguments over trivial contradictions in books written by ignorant savages to explain thunder in the dark.
disable holodeck safeties, authorization, Worf, alpha-1-alpha.
Warning. Holodeck safeties have been removed.
-- You can't idiot-proof anything, because they're always coming out with better idiots.
Is this going to be the basis for another game-show on FOX?
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"Outlook not so good." That magic 8-ball knows everything! I'll ask about Exchange Server next.
We're just not ready as a society for this yet, we squabble over incompetance in copyrights and intelectual property rights more than we try to improve the world for the betterment of man.
Where does pain-inducing Pong fit into the betterment of man?
"I gotz mad tuba skillz."
There are but weeks to go; time to start reviewing other 04/01 RFCs for further inspiration....
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
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As the coldwar progressed, the villains became commies. As the south american drug trade progressed, se saw more of them. In the near future, we'll see more arabs with bad afghanistan accents--though I expect there will always be a token "good Arab" to show that the producer isn't prejudiced . .
hawk
One of the problems with the FuckU-FuckMe is that it's so straightlaced. It's good to see technology advancing to address the needs of people who are into S&M.
As copyright owner of this comment, I authorize everyone to defeat any technological measure which limits access to it.
Moderators drive me crazy.
I swear, that post only lasted about 30 seconds...
Perhaps I'll try to explain slightly more (as it appears moderators have no sense of humor).
There is a difference betweening being a programmer and programming. One is a state of being and the other is a function.
I do not believe that women are less capable of programming (performing the function) than men. What I do believe though, is that women do not choose programming as a state of being.
Men and women are fundamentally different. Many people are entirely too liberal in assuming that they are the same. Being different does not necessarly make one superior to the other.
If you observe the posters journal, she states, "I'm not a hardcore geek. I'm a thinker, and the computer and technology field has a huge are for new thoughts". There is a fundamental drive for people who are hardcore geeks. There's a passion and a beauty in it that I swear is genetic.
There's a difference between posting flame bait and an idea that is different than what most people think. I don't mind being mod'd down, but atleast give people a chance to read it for god sakes.
int func(int a);
func((b += 3, b));
Walk into Rufus McHooter's.
Yell "Harleys suck ass and I'm doing your woman!"
no, that's for when you lose on Mortal Kombat
Fatality!
Kilroy was here!
So, does this mean I should wear tight black leather, studded collar, S&M mask, and have a "mistress" with me when I use this device?
In Bushworld, they struggle to keep church and state separate in Iraq as they increasingly merge the two in America.
agree to the terms of this EULA? [Yes/No]
No
Ouch!
No
Ouch!
okay, yes!
The game itself is based on the first-generation PC game known as Pong, or bar tennis, and is followed by both players through a graphics display in the center of the table.
Huh, the author makes it sound like pong was first implemented on a PC. Hello ???
- sigs are for wimps.
So, just yesterday I was having a conversation with this guy from the Netherlands, and he was telling me how weird the Germans are. I told him they seemed pretty much like everyone else to me. Today, I'm not so sure.
But hey, if you want to be involved with activities where there is potential for pain if you mess up, may I suggest the following:
- Mountain Biking: Ever seen the "radius" seperated from the "ulna" and sticking "out of the arm"? Mmmm. Compound fractures.
- Rock climbing: You'll probably be saved from most permanent injury by clipping in, but it doesn't always stop people from breaking both kneecaps on a bad fall.
- In-line skating: Actually, ice skating can work too, but gravel or pavement are better surfaces for abrasive punishment on top of impact punishment. They absorb blood better, too.
- Playing with Microwave/EM Cores. What's that smell? Liver? (Don't do this. Seriously. Don't.)
- Dating: Nothing gives good internal pain without permanant damage like dating (well, maybe not permanent).
- River rafting: I'll never forget my dislocated shoulder. Sigh.
Really, I don't know why adding pain to an activity is an accomplishment. Sure, it makes the "stakes" more real, but if you want real stakes, do something real.Tweet, tweet.
Let me guess: Some of your best friends are Germans, you swear. Really, they are.
1) Drive to local store and buy PC game.
2) Install game on PC, enter 157 digit serial code on back of jewel case.
3) (With great anticipation) Start up game - locks up.
4) Reboot, connect to game Web site, download patchs 1 - 5.
5) Install patches 1 - 5
6) (With anticipation) Start-up game - locks up.
7) Go to M$ site, and download latest version of DirectX
8) Install latest version of DirectX
9) Reboot
10) (With resignation) Start-up game - locks up.
11) Go to Video card manufacturer Web site - download updates to video card driver.
12) Install updates to video driver.
13) Reboot
14) (With great resignation) Start-up game - locks up.
15) Go out to "Gaming" Web site - look through FAQ's, message boards
16) Tweak video card configuration settings
17) Reboot
18) (With fear and loathing) Start up game - it runs!
Compared to this "Painstation" is for WIMPS!!
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