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With November's "The Incredibles" being Pixar's first movie to feature an all-human (er, superhuman) cast of characters, it's interesting to watch how these two studios push each other to the limits of computer animation."
It's too bad SquareSoft screwed up so badly with the Final Fantasy movie. I'd have liked to see them be the third big player in this field. Their visuals were absolutely stunning, but the plot left a lot to be desired.
Pixar and Dreamworks, as far as I know, haven't tried to do a non-cartoony movie, but even with knowing how good their teachnology and artists are, it would be quite hard to compare to the level of detail the FF movie had.
Am I alone in wanting a completely computer-generated movie that looks real instead of cartoony and actually has a good plot?
Just because they settled doesn't mean they're guilty. They most likely just decided that it would be cheaper to settle than fight it. Settlements ALWAYS includes a "this isn't an admission of guilt" clause.
Why, when I was your age, we wrote static HTML pages! None of this fancy-schmancy dynamic drek! When we wanted to update our weblog we would open up the HTML file and put the text right in there! And we liked it!
It's only "losing" if you don't charge! If you feel bad about charging money, say you'll do it for a nice home-cooked dinner. I'm sure many people would be more than happy to do that.
Indeed, 61 per cent of surveyed Canadian companies linked "good privacy practices" to customer trust and brand loyalty, compared to only 17 per cent of U.S. companies.
Maybe it's different in Canada, but there's a reason only 17% of US companies think that - because people around here just don't care! Sure, we complain about spam and junk mail, but how many people do you know (that don't read Slashdot!) actually care about their privacy at all? I'd say less than 10%. Look at how people react to invasions of privacy by the government ("It's for our protection!") and by companies ("Hey, if I use this card who cares if they track my purchases, I saved $2!"). They just don't give a damn!
Is it possible that Canadian citizens care more about privacy, making it make more sense for Canadian corporations to value privacy more?
Yes, but SC3k isn't anywhere near as beautiful, and as we all know that's what counts (or at least that's what people seem to think...)
Of course, it's not the graphics that are making the requirements so high - it's all the simulation that's going on. I seem to remember reading that traffic routes are a MAJOR CPU hog. A huge city can bring even the most top-of-the-line desktops to their knees.
perhaps this is a precursor to something big about to happen?
Not necessarily. It seems like measuring these is pretty new to us, so for all we know, this could have always been happening and we just never noticed it (or never had the technology to measure it) before.
I think he was getting at the fact that MP3 is pretty future-proof. Sure, maybe a couple portable players support OGG and FLAC right now, but people who look for that feature are RARE. If the product doesn't do well and the company sees that that feature isn't something people want, they won't use it in their products in the future. MP3, however, is pretty much guaranteed to be around for a loooooooooong time.
Would you want to be stuck using a 10-year-old OGG player in the future when the awesome 300GB new-tech MP3 players built into your watch are out?
I seriously doubt e-mail will ever die. It's FAR too convenient to just give up on. Even if it comes to the worst case scenario where you have to whitelist everyone who wants to send you e-mail, it'll never go away.
I can maybe understand Space Invaders and Pong, but TETRIS? That game is a classic time-waster and anybody I've ever shown it to couldn't put it down. People at my high school would play it on their calculator during math class. I see kids with brand new GBA SPs with a classic GB tetris cart in it (or the GBC tetris). It could quite possibly be the most popular game of all time.
The new versions of it are cool as well. I highly recommend that any tetris fan download Tetrinet.
Why is entertainment a waste of time? TV, movies, games, reading, etc. They're all "wastes of time" if you consider the fact that you could be doing something productive with that time. You could spend it building something or learning new things, but would you really want to live your life without any entertainment in it?
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With November's "The Incredibles" being Pixar's first movie to feature an all-human (er, superhuman) cast of characters, it's interesting to watch how these two studios push each other to the limits of computer animation."
It's too bad SquareSoft screwed up so badly with the Final Fantasy movie. I'd have liked to see them be the third big player in this field. Their visuals were absolutely stunning, but the plot left a lot to be desired.
Pixar and Dreamworks, as far as I know, haven't tried to do a non-cartoony movie, but even with knowing how good their teachnology and artists are, it would be quite hard to compare to the level of detail the FF movie had.
Am I alone in wanting a completely computer-generated movie that looks real instead of cartoony and actually has a good plot?
Innocent until proven guilty, remember?
Just because they settled doesn't mean they're guilty. They most likely just decided that it would be cheaper to settle than fight it. Settlements ALWAYS includes a "this isn't an admission of guilt" clause.
No, but it's commercial so he will have to find some way to pay. Maybe he can bring along some three-breasted aliens like the one from Total Recall...
Why, when I was your age, we wrote static HTML pages! None of this fancy-schmancy dynamic drek! When we wanted to update our weblog we would open up the HTML file and put the text right in there! And we liked it!
It's only "losing" if you don't charge! If you feel bad about charging money, say you'll do it for a nice home-cooked dinner. I'm sure many people would be more than happy to do that.
There was actually a Slashdot discussion about that very thing a while ago.
Indeed, 61 per cent of surveyed Canadian companies linked "good privacy practices" to customer trust and brand loyalty, compared to only 17 per cent of U.S. companies.
Maybe it's different in Canada, but there's a reason only 17% of US companies think that - because people around here just don't care! Sure, we complain about spam and junk mail, but how many people do you know (that don't read Slashdot!) actually care about their privacy at all? I'd say less than 10%. Look at how people react to invasions of privacy by the government ("It's for our protection!") and by companies ("Hey, if I use this card who cares if they track my purchases, I saved $2!"). They just don't give a damn!
Is it possible that Canadian citizens care more about privacy, making it make more sense for Canadian corporations to value privacy more?
Yes, but SC3k isn't anywhere near as beautiful, and as we all know that's what counts (or at least that's what people seem to think...)
Of course, it's not the graphics that are making the requirements so high - it's all the simulation that's going on. I seem to remember reading that traffic routes are a MAJOR CPU hog. A huge city can bring even the most top-of-the-line desktops to their knees.
perhaps this is a precursor to something big about to happen?
Not necessarily. It seems like measuring these is pretty new to us, so for all we know, this could have always been happening and we just never noticed it (or never had the technology to measure it) before.
Or, even better, blimps! They can use it for some of those robotic security blimps.
I think he was getting at the fact that MP3 is pretty future-proof. Sure, maybe a couple portable players support OGG and FLAC right now, but people who look for that feature are RARE. If the product doesn't do well and the company sees that that feature isn't something people want, they won't use it in their products in the future. MP3, however, is pretty much guaranteed to be around for a loooooooooong time.
Would you want to be stuck using a 10-year-old OGG player in the future when the awesome 300GB new-tech MP3 players built into your watch are out?
Don't forget DRM-enabled .WMA-compatible-players only, as well.
Is this the beginning of the end of e-mail?
I seriously doubt e-mail will ever die. It's FAR too convenient to just give up on. Even if it comes to the worst case scenario where you have to whitelist everyone who wants to send you e-mail, it'll never go away.
Anyone who wants to play 99% of new games, unfortunately.
Good to know I'm safe, my name is Al Kayda.
If you want fresh groceries that you pick, you are going to have to go to a road side produce mart.
Or a garden. There is NO replacement for a nice fresh garden tomato.
Maybe, but what percentage of the other 79% can play DRM-enabled .wma files?
The [fixed] amount to be given to artists is 0.80 euro.
Given to artists, or given to the RIAA? If it will actually be given to the artist, I'd be seriously surprised and incredibly happy.
Ah, the infamous PEBCAK and ID-10-T errors.
Don't forget .gov. People who mix up whitehouse.gov with whitehouse.com are in for quite a surprise.
Yes, but there's really no way for them to know if you have a plan that has free nights and weekends.
Unless, of course, the phone company gives them your number AND what kind of plan you have, which would be really, really scummy.
I can maybe understand Space Invaders and Pong, but TETRIS? That game is a classic time-waster and anybody I've ever shown it to couldn't put it down. People at my high school would play it on their calculator during math class. I see kids with brand new GBA SPs with a classic GB tetris cart in it (or the GBC tetris). It could quite possibly be the most popular game of all time.
The new versions of it are cool as well. I highly recommend that any tetris fan download Tetrinet.
Yes, I'm sure the customers of ISPs who do that would be very happy when they can't communicate with their family back in China.
I don't think that blacklisting an entire country is an answer to the spam problem.
Why is entertainment a waste of time? TV, movies, games, reading, etc. They're all "wastes of time" if you consider the fact that you could be doing something productive with that time. You could spend it building something or learning new things, but would you really want to live your life without any entertainment in it?
At least they got a check for $30 out of it!