we're whalers on the moon
we carry a harpoon
though there ain't no whales
so we tell tall tales and sing our whaling toon
relevancy = 100
better be a tag....
I think it speaks volumes of the so called "slashdotter" that this video is a news story - very classy my friends.
plus it makes me want to do some acid real bad....
while this is pretty entertaining, and it certainly does seem like this man should be applauded - I dont see how this is anything other than a superficial victory at best. after all, what steps can really be taken against corporate entities that will ultimately buy themselves "justice" and legislature?
we just might all be screwed in the fight for "freedoms", "rights", and "privileges"
Do you buy all your computers directly from dell? No, you build it yourself to suit your need.
Do you have best buy install your tv for you after you buy it? No, that is ludicrous.
Not wanting to sound condescending, but cables are just ordinary little things - let there be no mystification surrounding them.
Besides - what if, while snaking a 300ft cable down three floors of conduit one end snags and breaks the tab? Or what if the cable gets nicked/cut? There goes your $$$ cable that you sat around and waited for - but the job needs to be finished now. Or at that point would you compromise and throw your own handmade end on?
even though this topic is beyond everyday pitiful and ridiculous standards, it does warm my heart a little to see slashdotters of all sorts getting behind this weak minded, weak willed automaton poisoned by the hollow creeds of our materialistic society.
my advice, vague as it may be - just remember that every human is equal, and you'll have the upper hand in any situation ever (yes even comebacks and conversations).
I don't see why everyone is all up molyneux's ass about games. his ideas really aren't all that innovative. there are SO MANY great game ideas that I've heard of over the years, but they all get shot/watered down by the time the project managers or whoever gets through with them. the only reason molyshit gets recognition is because he can apparently brown nose with the best of them to keep his "cool hip features" in the final cut of the games.
thumbs down molyneux, all of us gamers seeking quality and originality frown upon you and are tired of hearing your "genius" schemes.
If it were truly the list of the "most influential" games, we should see the earliest most unknown games ever that inspired the would-be programmers who made the slightly less unknown games which inspired the would-be programmers who made the slightly known games which inspired the would-be programmers to make great, fun games.
I mean, let's just be honest - what was the most influential part of the barn burning I held last night?
one match and a piece of straw
what influences the avalanch? what influences the tsunamis and hurricanes?
glad as heck to see chrono trigger on there, but what about FFIII? and what the hell is FFXII doing up there? where is dragon warrior I-V?
but, actually, now that I think about it - they never mentioned what the object being influenced was? we all assume it is the game industry, but they could mean "what influenced us as players".
is that the corporations running their fancy little money making machine got complacent and lazy after decades of profits from recorded sounds which they nearly had monopolized. I may be modded or flamebait, but honestly think - the radio stations were paid off, they purchase hundreds of thousands of copies of their own albums just to skyrocket it on the charts, the tv hosts were paid off... quite a complex machine just to convince people to buy music - sounds monopol-esque
but, as stated before my friends, they simply did not *recognize their opportunity* (ask any businessman how to be successul in what you do) and failed to adapt/correctly identify/implement any sort of plan to reach out to people via this new form of media (which was their business after all)
the riaa/mpaa have a right to be upset, at themselves. they missed the boat - the demand was there, so the internet communities generated a supply.
FURTHERMORE, I take issue with people who argue that "music is a team of people working in conjunction from the artist to promoters to managers" and blah blah blah. anyone can download a cheap and free wave editing/multitrack software editor and within one year of experimenting make music that rivals these alleged "best sellers" on the radio. People need to get over the hollow celebrity allure of these absolutely meaningless dance/club songs and realize that THEY AREN'T WORTH THAT MUCH IN THE FIRST PLACE. the industry is full of overpaid producers and overpaid promoters, all because 13 year olds go crazy over it... so can we all please just lift the veil of idiocy.
it's times like these that my heart is restored with a faint and distant hope for "civilized" humanity.
but then I remember the extreme and rampant corruption of the federal government
don't forget:
a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down - that's why they gave us barack obama
nothing's changed but the cover of the book
now all you kiddies shut up, watch your tv, and drink your carbonated sugar waters. daddy needs more control.
I sure am going to miss downloading my preffered stuff of the moment. (try before you buy, of course... mostly... any day now...)
At least we got this far with comcast... Example, I work for a small (3 people small) isp in florida using motorola canopy hardware. We're the finest in reselling of bandwidth, let me tell you. Anyhow, I've been present a few times when riaa lawyers would call in and request our clients information. My boss just had to roll over on them and sell them up the river.
He lets clients download freely, burning up the line all day and night with torrents - and if riaa lawyers ever call, he's quick to give them what they want.
Kind of makes me wonder what's worse - restricting/throttling some idiot's bandwidth and keeping them out of trouble, or letting the idiot dig their own hole to bury themselves in. But the idiot really should know better, I mean, come on...
While I was humored and possibly slightly enamored with the sheer amount of posts this topic was receiving, I couldn't even bring myself to read more than ten posts.
I'm no stellar communicator by any means, but most of the replies seem to read like my 8th grade debate class.
The main question arising in me - why do so many people *seem* to have such relevant bukh, such strongly sardonic laced rebuttals for a story that affects such a small percentage of people?
Hate to say the easy topics bring out the riff raff, but...
An intelligent debate about marijuana? About as far of a stretch as "yoko ono - singer/vocal artist".
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boo I say, boo ....unless they include dance combos and hip thrusts
we're whalers on the moon we carry a harpoon though there ain't no whales so we tell tall tales and sing our whaling toon relevancy = 100
better be a tag....
I think it speaks volumes of the so called "slashdotter" that this video is a news story - very classy my friends. plus it makes me want to do some acid real bad....
let washington's dentist be chastised no more!
while this is pretty entertaining, and it certainly does seem like this man should be applauded - I dont see how this is anything other than a superficial victory at best. after all, what steps can really be taken against corporate entities that will ultimately buy themselves "justice" and legislature?
we just might all be screwed in the fight for "freedoms", "rights", and "privileges"
I had the realization that I'm not geek enough to care about posting on this topic.
I don't understand...
Do you buy all your computers directly from dell? No, you build it yourself to suit your need.
Do you have best buy install your tv for you after you buy it? No, that is ludicrous.
Not wanting to sound condescending, but cables are just ordinary little things - let there be no mystification surrounding them.
Besides - what if, while snaking a 300ft cable down three floors of conduit one end snags and breaks the tab? Or what if the cable gets nicked/cut? There goes your $$$ cable that you sat around and waited for - but the job needs to be finished now. Or at that point would you compromise and throw your own handmade end on?
Just make the damn thing
time to learn how to farm and make first person shooters out of sticks...
honestly, how much more are you willing to take before you walk away from oppression?
even though this topic is beyond everyday pitiful and ridiculous standards, it does warm my heart a little to see slashdotters of all sorts getting behind this weak minded, weak willed automaton poisoned by the hollow creeds of our materialistic society.
my advice, vague as it may be - just remember that every human is equal, and you'll have the upper hand in any situation ever (yes even comebacks and conversations).
I don't see why everyone is all up molyneux's ass about games. his ideas really aren't all that innovative. there are SO MANY great game ideas that I've heard of over the years, but they all get shot/watered down by the time the project managers or whoever gets through with them. the only reason molyshit gets recognition is because he can apparently brown nose with the best of them to keep his "cool hip features" in the final cut of the games.
thumbs down molyneux, all of us gamers seeking quality and originality frown upon you and are tired of hearing your "genius" schemes.
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If it were truly the list of the "most influential" games, we should see the earliest most unknown games ever that inspired the would-be programmers who made the slightly less unknown games which inspired the would-be programmers who made the slightly known games which inspired the would-be programmers to make great, fun games.
I mean, let's just be honest - what was the most influential part of the barn burning I held last night?
one match and a piece of straw
what influences the avalanch? what influences the tsunamis and hurricanes?
glad as heck to see chrono trigger on there, but what about FFIII? and what the hell is FFXII doing up there? where is dragon warrior I-V?
but, actually, now that I think about it - they never mentioned what the object being influenced was? we all assume it is the game industry, but they could mean "what influenced us as players".
I'm personally longing to find some billionair-head gullable enough to fund an expedition and pay me for months to cruise the oceans.
the dialogue I imagine would run as follows:
"hey guy, I found amelia earheart on mapquest"
"here's ten million dollars and a barge"
"sweet"
what changes every four years? only the cover of the book
good judgment calls though - your vote counts!
I stash things in my statues all the time
that these trials are just a precursor/warm-up for the riaa to take on torrent and tracker sites hosted here in the US?
or is there something I'm not understanding about law?
anyways, I like a good conspiracy as much as the next guy, just.... not as much as david icke....
they no like a makey no money
is that the corporations running their fancy little money making machine got complacent and lazy after decades of profits from recorded sounds which they nearly had monopolized. I may be modded or flamebait, but honestly think - the radio stations were paid off, they purchase hundreds of thousands of copies of their own albums just to skyrocket it on the charts, the tv hosts were paid off... quite a complex machine just to convince people to buy music - sounds monopol-esque
but, as stated before my friends, they simply did not *recognize their opportunity* (ask any businessman how to be successul in what you do) and failed to adapt/correctly identify/implement any sort of plan to reach out to people via this new form of media (which was their business after all)
the riaa/mpaa have a right to be upset, at themselves. they missed the boat - the demand was there, so the internet communities generated a supply.
FURTHERMORE, I take issue with people who argue that "music is a team of people working in conjunction from the artist to promoters to managers" and blah blah blah. anyone can download a cheap and free wave editing/multitrack software editor and within one year of experimenting make music that rivals these alleged "best sellers" on the radio. People need to get over the hollow celebrity allure of these absolutely meaningless dance/club songs and realize that THEY AREN'T WORTH THAT MUCH IN THE FIRST PLACE. the industry is full of overpaid producers and overpaid promoters, all because 13 year olds go crazy over it... so can we all please just lift the veil of idiocy.
I bought the protection agreement!
will they be walking the cats on leashes, or will they be peeling them off the street with a spatula at the end of the day?
it's times like these that my heart is restored with a faint and distant hope for "civilized" humanity. but then I remember the extreme and rampant corruption of the federal government don't forget: a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down - that's why they gave us barack obama nothing's changed but the cover of the book now all you kiddies shut up, watch your tv, and drink your carbonated sugar waters. daddy needs more control.
I don't EVER want to hear of another story on slashdot that begins with "MTV dah dah dah dah dah".
No! That's a bad slashdotter! Bad! We do that outside!
Seriously I thought this was an intellectual community - nobody cares about mtv
and it wasn't even tagged "troll" or "flamebait"? wtf?!
I sure am going to miss downloading my preffered stuff of the moment. (try before you buy, of course... mostly... any day now...)
At least we got this far with comcast... Example, I work for a small (3 people small) isp in florida using motorola canopy hardware. We're the finest in reselling of bandwidth, let me tell you. Anyhow, I've been present a few times when riaa lawyers would call in and request our clients information. My boss just had to roll over on them and sell them up the river.
He lets clients download freely, burning up the line all day and night with torrents - and if riaa lawyers ever call, he's quick to give them what they want.
Kind of makes me wonder what's worse - restricting/throttling some idiot's bandwidth and keeping them out of trouble, or letting the idiot dig their own hole to bury themselves in. But the idiot really should know better, I mean, come on...
While I was humored and possibly slightly enamored with the sheer amount of posts this topic was receiving, I couldn't even bring myself to read more than ten posts.
I'm no stellar communicator by any means, but most of the replies seem to read like my 8th grade debate class.
The main question arising in me - why do so many people *seem* to have such relevant bukh, such strongly sardonic laced rebuttals for a story that affects such a small percentage of people?
Hate to say the easy topics bring out the riff raff, but...
An intelligent debate about marijuana? About as far of a stretch as "yoko ono - singer/vocal artist".