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Put The Demoscene In Your DVD Player
Jason Scott writes "With the recent story on slashdot about a big demo party, it might be good to let everyone know about the absolutely incredible Mind Candy DVD, where a very dedicated group of people from "the scene" have spent two years painstaking recovering demos from obscurity, finding the old 286 and 386 hardware, installing the needed (obsolete) cards, and capturing them perfectly in full digital glory. They also have information on what exactly the "scene" is, in case you've missed this incredibly creative use of computers from the past 20 years. This whole process cost them thousands of dollars and untold hours. Check it out, see what you missed... or never forgot."
You're a fucking choad!
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I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Horror/Sci Fi writer Stephen King was found dead in his Maine home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.
How much does one of the frontpage /. ads cost? I would like to purchase one.
Demoscenes put YOU in Dvd Player.
This isn't a satisfying answer.
I agree with the first poster - the main reason that demos were compelling is because of the implicit knowledge of what amazing next-level shit is going on in your computer that shouldn't be capable of doing what it's doing.
If you are going to watch it on video just for the groovy colors, then you might as well get a high quality ray-traced video which will blow this thing away, or download some of the cool-ass winamp plugins that use your ATI or Nvidea chipset.
I wouldn't be surprised if Slashdot is getting a kickback from the group selling the DVDs to post this story.
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There is a fine line between being a cultivated citizen and being someone else's crop. - A. J. Patrick Liszkie
Back in those days the true Scene existed on Amiga (and C64) - the 286/386 guys were all lamers. Next time make a DVD with some propre stuff on it.
So am I. Can I suck your cock, please?