I can see the advertizing world jumping onboard this one, proposing new ad revenue models where an ad pays the website (or network) as long as the viewers are actually looking at the ad, rather than the page just being up or the channel turned on. Big corporations are probably starting to be fed up paying huge chunks of cash just so people without DVRs can get bathroom breaks without missing a single second of Lost or Monday Night Football.
I don't know about that. To me art is - or ought to be - something one or two steps up from routine artisanship, sonething that is somehow above and beyond the ordinary. In most cases a video game doesn't qualify as art any more than the latest album by any of the trivial boy-bands, however well-crafted it may be.
An excellent and well crafted argument, one to which I agree. While a lot of games do seem to be the quick-consumption or snack-food type, there are indeed some exceptions that give me pause and make a solid argument for the art consideration. The outstanding visual quality of Braid, for instance, which made me think all the way through "I'm not playing a game, I'm playing art!"
It's a well known fact that every new media form is plagued by censorship and "not art!" protest as it has not had a chance to establish itself past the resistance of the other art forms not being willing to let the new guy in town into their club. I'm pretty sure that cave people protested that hunting scribbles on cave walls were deemed "too violent to let the young ones see".
I'm just saying, if you think that's what happened; you are about as clueless as the stereotypical grandmother who doesn't understand the magic internet box.
Sure, sure, you tell yourself that, if it'll help you sleep through the night worried that the people at your office find out how much you really know about the company's servers.
Anyone who claims that video games can train you to kill should be given a Tony Hawk game and a month to train before they're given a real skateboard and a ramp to demonstrate all the real world skills they've learned on their Xbox.
This pretty much proves what I thought all along of the RIAA - they abandonned their goal of making music years ago, now they plan to making lawsuits their SOLE source of income.
It even claims to have Firefox beat in 'customizability.'"
Of course, they only get to that point by sneaking in windows updates into your Firefox addons that cannot be removed short of a massively complicated and obscure fix...
Its just that the Chinese have a thing about death. Its not discussed in polite company. They avoid the number 4 because the way it is spoken it sounds like death.
You're thinking of the japanese language - "shi" means "four" or "death" depending on the character used to spell it.
And if you look at other early documents you'll see government was supported to be strictly limited in what powers it had. Repeatedly Thomas Jefferson [virginia.edu] wrote that the people have the power and that government is but a servant to the people, not their dictator.
This is an interesting contrast to Canada, whose 1867 British North American Act specifically states that any fields not addressed by this document would be covered by federal authorities.
People who write legal documents usually leave much leeway to account for the unaccountable. If you look up the right articles of constitution or law, there's bound to be a section ascribing federal powers to "other areas not yet covered by current document"
Consider that ALL other forms of communications (radio, television, telephone) are regulated by federal entities. ISPs have been getting a free pass up to this point.
"The walls of the box, which need to be leak tight, are bombarded by these neutrons which can make stainless steel boil. Some people say it is just a question of inventing a stainless steel which is porous to let these particles through; personally I would have started by inventing this material."
Maybe, just maybe, they should have checked if the technology was even developped before they started allocating funds and setting deadlines? Then again, I've always been pragmatic.
okay, that one was meant for the UK internet tax article. I'm already applying my forehead to my desk for posting it here by error. That's what happens when you try to post while a coworker is bugging you about something blatantly obvious he's simply not getting.
Because it's worked so well in other countries who tried to have service providers enforce copyright laws at their own expense, just so the RIAA can make more money.
Oooooo-kay... so the article claim that this could be possible because "water can conduct electricity"... so WHERE is this water-borne electricity coming from, then? We have a magnetic field that surrounds the whole planet, wouldn't that turn the entire ocean's wildlife into fishsticks? Also, when you run electric current through water (such as when you set up a simple electro-plating rig) wouldn't that run nearby compasses nuts?
I've always viewed intelligence as the ability to take unrelated facts and create new and original ideas from their synthesis. This project may very well lead to new ideas to create the first true AI.
I'll start stockpiling food and armor piercing rounds for the moment Skynet goes live.
I could see myself controlling my Xbox interface like Tom Cruise in Minority Report. Granted it wouldn't add much to the functionality, but damn if that wouldn't be the coolest gadget ever.
Senator Hatch's position is no surprise. He's been a thorn on personal freedom's side for years, and a complete sellout to the media corporations. Would it surprise you to know that Orrin Hatch endorses having the computer industry build mandatory self-destruct mechanisms in computers, remote controlled by the RIAA?
Wait, who am I kidding? This plan is right up the **AA's alley!
This does seem to be their modus operandi. Shake down thousands of people with hundreds of thousand dollar lawsuits, then back off with "Just Kidding!" after forcing those people to waste thousands to defend themselves in court. Basically, ruin them financially without risking any sort of legal backlash of their own. It's like schoolyard all over again, except that now they use legal muscle to steal your lunch money.
Slashdot Mirror
'They've got to go someplace.' Pickens' company Mesa Power ordered the turbines from General Electric Co.
1. Form new Mesa Power subsidiary called Black Mesa 2. Use extra wind generated power to open interdimensional gate 3. ??? 4. Half-Life!!!
I can see the advertizing world jumping onboard this one, proposing new ad revenue models where an ad pays the website (or network) as long as the viewers are actually looking at the ad, rather than the page just being up or the channel turned on. Big corporations are probably starting to be fed up paying huge chunks of cash just so people without DVRs can get bathroom breaks without missing a single second of Lost or Monday Night Football.
*The More You Know star flies overhead and smashes into Hinderberg*
I don't know about that. To me art is - or ought to be - something one or two steps up from routine artisanship, sonething that is somehow above and beyond the ordinary. In most cases a video game doesn't qualify as art any more than the latest album by any of the trivial boy-bands, however well-crafted it may be.
An excellent and well crafted argument, one to which I agree. While a lot of games do seem to be the quick-consumption or snack-food type, there are indeed some exceptions that give me pause and make a solid argument for the art consideration. The outstanding visual quality of Braid, for instance, which made me think all the way through "I'm not playing a game, I'm playing art!"
It's a well known fact that every new media form is plagued by censorship and "not art!" protest as it has not had a chance to establish itself past the resistance of the other art forms not being willing to let the new guy in town into their club. I'm pretty sure that cave people protested that hunting scribbles on cave walls were deemed "too violent to let the young ones see".
I'm just saying, if you think that's what happened; you are about as clueless as the stereotypical grandmother who doesn't understand the magic internet box.
Sure, sure, you tell yourself that, if it'll help you sleep through the night worried that the people at your office find out how much you really know about the company's servers.
Anyone who claims that video games can train you to kill should be given a Tony Hawk game and a month to train before they're given a real skateboard and a ramp to demonstrate all the real world skills they've learned on their Xbox.
This pretty much proves what I thought all along of the RIAA - they abandonned their goal of making music years ago, now they plan to making lawsuits their SOLE source of income.
It even claims to have Firefox beat in 'customizability.'"
Of course, they only get to that point by sneaking in windows updates into your Firefox addons that cannot be removed short of a massively complicated and obscure fix...
Its just that the Chinese have a thing about death. Its not discussed in polite company. They avoid the number 4 because the way it is spoken it sounds like death.
You're thinking of the japanese language - "shi" means "four" or "death" depending on the character used to spell it.
And if you look at other early documents you'll see government was supported to be strictly limited in what powers it had. Repeatedly Thomas Jefferson [virginia.edu] wrote that the people have the power and that government is but a servant to the people, not their dictator.
This is an interesting contrast to Canada, whose 1867 British North American Act specifically states that any fields not addressed by this document would be covered by federal authorities.
People who write legal documents usually leave much leeway to account for the unaccountable. If you look up the right articles of constitution or law, there's bound to be a section ascribing federal powers to "other areas not yet covered by current document"
Consider that ALL other forms of communications (radio, television, telephone) are regulated by federal entities. ISPs have been getting a free pass up to this point.
"The walls of the box, which need to be leak tight, are bombarded by these neutrons which can make stainless steel boil. Some people say it is just a question of inventing a stainless steel which is porous to let these particles through; personally I would have started by inventing this material."
Maybe, just maybe, they should have checked if the technology was even developped before they started allocating funds and setting deadlines? Then again, I've always been pragmatic.
*shakes Magic 8-Ball* "Don't Count On It."
Hmmm, this thing is pretty accurate. I wonder if it can help me with my office's email software problems?
*shaks again* "Outlook Not No Good."
Wow, this thing DOES know a few things about computers!
okay, that one was meant for the UK internet tax article. I'm already applying my forehead to my desk for posting it here by error. That's what happens when you try to post while a coworker is bugging you about something blatantly obvious he's simply not getting.
Because it's worked so well in other countries who tried to have service providers enforce copyright laws at their own expense, just so the RIAA can make more money.
Kiff, get ready to take blame for this! In three, two, one... *points*
... but paper beats rock... and scissors beats paper! Kiff, we have a conundrum!
Oooooo-kay... so the article claim that this could be possible because "water can conduct electricity"... so WHERE is this water-borne electricity coming from, then? We have a magnetic field that surrounds the whole planet, wouldn't that turn the entire ocean's wildlife into fishsticks? Also, when you run electric current through water (such as when you set up a simple electro-plating rig) wouldn't that run nearby compasses nuts?
I'll start stockpiling food and armor piercing rounds for the moment Skynet goes live.
I could see myself controlling my Xbox interface like Tom Cruise in Minority Report. Granted it wouldn't add much to the functionality, but damn if that wouldn't be the coolest gadget ever.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/930731/posts
How will J. Random Tech know the difference between that MP3 that was "pirated" and the one I legally ripped for my own use from CD I purchased?
More to the point - will the RIAA even care? Smart money says the subpoena is on its way to you already.
Wait, who am I kidding? This plan is right up the **AA's alley!
This does seem to be their modus operandi. Shake down thousands of people with hundreds of thousand dollar lawsuits, then back off with "Just Kidding!" after forcing those people to waste thousands to defend themselves in court. Basically, ruin them financially without risking any sort of legal backlash of their own. It's like schoolyard all over again, except that now they use legal muscle to steal your lunch money.