Reminds me of Snowcrash. Been a while since I've read it, but wasn't there a whole strip dedicated to this sort of thing where people (including large Corporations) could design their own "block" of land in cyberspace?
Perhaps we can have an Asheron's Call sort of setup where not only do you get to customize and grow your character, but also your plot of "land."
"At the film company DreamWorks, Ed Leonard has ported the entire graphics animation department to Linux; Shrek was created on a "renderfarm" (a powerful, refrigerator-size rack of servers) that had 800 processors running Linux. Leonard took the money he saved by not having maintenance contracts and used it to buy far more inexpensive Linux PCs. He says the money he has saved will allow DreamWorks to replace desktops and the renderfarm every two years instead of every five."
Wow...haven't thought about Second Reality in forever. I remember getting a new Diamond video card and immediately playing Second Reality to see how much faster it ran -- it was my benchmark.
Ok...anyone remember Kosmic Free Music Foundation's "Little Green Men"? What about good old Cubic Player and.mod's?
How many people out there still have those musty smelling bound dead-tree editions of the encyclopedia sitting on their shelves? Ok...how many would buy a new set?
For most, the internet is their encyclopedia. When I want to know about something, I turn to the internet first (granted not all of the information is good...or decent for that matter).
The point is, the internet will always be both serious and fun. It's a place where we get information about the world , our hobbies, our health and our games.
Think of it like this: They have a table with your name and account number on. They have another that records what programmes were watched by what account number. The only real problem appears when the two are put together; and even then it depends who is going to receive the information and how easy it is for them to get it.
Exactly. What may seem harmless (like tracking which television shows you watch) can become harmful when combined with other data such as criminal records, which MP3's you download, how much alcohol you purchase at the grocery store, your votes on/. polls, etc. What's even worse is that they could do it in the name of "Homeland Defense(TM)" and everyone would be perfectly OK with it. I'm not saying the sky is falling, but the potential for some really bad stuff to come about is there (and has always been there.)
Wait a minute? You mean that if I go out and get a Tivo, then they can tell exactly what commercials I watch? I was always a little spooked by the fact that your cable television provider could tell which channel you were watching, but this is far worse than that!
So everyone is cool with this then? I haven't seen a major/. story of Tivo aka Big Brother. Shouldn't this be under YRO?
Why is it when anyone mentions robots fighting, they always think of sawblades and pneumatic spikes? I want to see.50 caliber machine guns, napalm and mines. I mean come on a metal ball on a spike spinning at 3000rpm? How about a 1/2" slug of steel traveling at 1500fps?
Underlying all the elements of CoolTown is the potential of the internet to affect people's lives.
I'm not so sure that this is a good thing. Although I'm for devices (soda machines, information kiosks, etc) interconnecting with other devices (PDA's, laptops, etc), I really don't think the internet as it stands now is a good "hub" as the article would suggest.
I'm not too familiar with how the mod chip works on the PS2 -- I have a mod chip on my original PS1.
Does the mod chip on the PS2 have any effect on the DVD region code? Are you able to play DVD's from different regions than the one for which the PS2 was set? If so, then I'm sure it would have far-reaching implications for the mod chip developers.
I've been running an OpenBSD firewall for about a year and a half now using IPF. Now that 3.0 is out and includes PF, I've already migrated most of my rules over and really like some of the features that come with it (like variables). Most of the IPF rules are similar to the PF rules, so there really isn't much of a learning curve for migration.
I don't have a bias for one or the other (IPF vs PF), but will probably stick with PF since it's included in the default OBSD 3.0 installation.
Is there any reason why I should keep using IPF? Isn't it still included in the ports if I really needed it? Doesn't this sound like a political move?
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Not trying to call a horse a fish but more like calling them a GNU/Horse and a GNU/fish. :^)
So...if we can't buy it because we're "boycotting" Blizzard, then would it be morally wrong to pirate it? ;^)
Reminds me of Snowcrash. Been a while since I've read it, but wasn't there a whole strip dedicated to this sort of thing where people (including large Corporations) could design their own "block" of land in cyberspace?
Perhaps we can have an Asheron's Call sort of setup where not only do you get to customize and grow your character, but also your plot of "land."
From this article at CIO.com:
"At the film company DreamWorks, Ed Leonard has ported the entire graphics animation department to Linux; Shrek was created on a "renderfarm" (a powerful, refrigerator-size rack of servers) that had 800 processors running Linux. Leonard took the money he saved by not having maintenance contracts and used it to buy far more inexpensive Linux PCs. He says the money he has saved will allow DreamWorks to replace desktops and the renderfarm every two years instead of every five."
Am I missing something here?
Didn't California also do the same thing with locking electricity rates at insane prices for 5 years?
Is it April Fools Day or something? /. is sending us to MSNBC??!! The horror!! ;^)
How artistically can you use the technology?"
For me it was the music in sync with the visuals. A demo can have the coolest visuals ever, but if the tunes suck...
Ok...anyone remember Kosmic Free Music Foundation's "Little Green Men"? What about good old Cubic Player and .mod's?
btw: Thanks for the wheelbarrow tip, I have the same problem and now I know how to solve it!
How many people out there still have those musty smelling bound dead-tree editions of the encyclopedia sitting on their shelves? Ok...how many would buy a new set?
For most, the internet is their encyclopedia. When I want to know about something, I turn to the internet first (granted not all of the information is good...or decent for that matter).
The point is, the internet will always be both serious and fun. It's a place where we get information about the world , our hobbies, our health and our games.
This is probably bigger than you're thinking, but cool none-the-less: Draganflyer.
We're outta here as soon as the Vogons show up. ;^)
What, they cloned the ::::CueCat? Isn't that illegal? :^)
Exactly. What may seem harmless (like tracking which television shows you watch) can become harmful when combined with other data such as criminal records, which MP3's you download, how much alcohol you purchase at the grocery store, your votes on /. polls, etc. What's even worse is that they could do it in the name of "Homeland Defense(TM)" and everyone would be perfectly OK with it. I'm not saying the sky is falling, but the potential for some really bad stuff to come about is there (and has always been there.)
Thanks for the detailed clarification!
So everyone is cool with this then? I haven't seen a major /. story of Tivo aka Big Brother. Shouldn't this be under YRO?
Sounds like a page out of Neuromancer.
Mmmmmm....A10 Warthog -- capable of destroying a tank in 1.7 seconds.
Yar!
I'm not so sure that this is a good thing. Although I'm for devices (soda machines, information kiosks, etc) interconnecting with other devices (PDA's, laptops, etc), I really don't think the internet as it stands now is a good "hub" as the article would suggest.
I'm not too familiar with how the mod chip works on the PS2 -- I have a mod chip on my original PS1.
Does the mod chip on the PS2 have any effect on the DVD region code? Are you able to play DVD's from different regions than the one for which the PS2 was set? If so, then I'm sure it would have far-reaching implications for the mod chip developers.
$100,000 for the premium domain free.tv.
I stand corrected. Thanks for the clarification.
True. I read through the Theo rant before and it seems like a lot more politics than I would care to deal with.
But the OS is pretty good, eh? ;^)
I don't have a bias for one or the other (IPF vs PF), but will probably stick with PF since it's included in the default OBSD 3.0 installation.
Is there any reason why I should keep using IPF? Isn't it still included in the ports if I really needed it? Doesn't this sound like a political move?