I really yearn for the days (pre-girlfriend and pre-career) when I could take the time to actually beat a game, let alone multiple times. Heck, when I was a teen, I would fall asleep playing, wake up, and play some more.
Seems kinda pathetic when I think about it, but DAMN I miss that!
It's a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there. And I did, although it was 20 years ago. It was truely a beautiful area (at least, outside the city limits - The sunsets are unbeleivable). But, when I lived there, jobs were very scarce, homelessness was a HUGE problem, and you had to kick the used needles the druggies left behind out of the way to play in the parks. Granted, that WAS 20 years ago, things have probably changed for the better. One can hope, at least.
Ok, I guess I can accept that the school is private and doesn't have to respect students' First Amendment rights, but I have to wonder how they got the information about these sites. Are they tracking their student's extra-curricular activities somehow? And is that legal? I already know it's not moral...
Cool, then I'm REALLY glad I held on to my old VCR! I only ever used it to make back-up copies of movies I already owned. No, really. Of course I that's what I did.
I was under the impressrion that the macrovision copy protection required both a hardware and software element... meaning that if the recording device and the media being copied both have macrovision on it, then the copies fail (or the signal is interfered with so it records funky).
I used to have 2 VCR's, a newer and an older one. If I tried recording from the old to the new, it would crap out, but if I did the recording on the old one (without macrovision on it) then everything was hunky-dory.
The point I'm trying to make is that if this new copy protection works the same way, then it will only work on brand new hardware... so just hold on to those older devices. Of course, they could try to release cd's that only work on macrovision-enabled cd-players, but I don't think that would go over too well("You mean I have to buy a new cd player to listen to the latest Britney Spears P.O.S? Fook that! I'll get it off the net!")
When did reporting stop being about research and start simply preying on the fears of parents?
Honestly, when was it any other way? Joseph Pulitzer's practice of embellishing the news helped to start a war (Mexican-American), and that was in the late 1800's. News programs that focus only on honest and fair reporting (there were a few, over the years) have failed or changed formats over the years, because that's not what people wanted. People like hype and dirty laundry.
It seems that all of the major challenges to free speach comes because of something that is so incredibly hard to defend... things that touch on racism, child pornography, etc. makes it hard to be proud to fight for 1st amendment rights.
This just in: In a lawsuit filed today, CRAP (Cruiseline and Railway Associated Protectorate) has filed suit agains al of the world's major airlines, citing unfair competetive practices. A spokesman for crap made the follwing statement: "Because the airlines can get people from coast to coast, or even overseas, in an incredibly short amount of time, we can't compete. Therefore, we want to limit them to travelling at the same speeds as passenger trains and ocean liners." When informed that reducing airspeeds to such an extent would cause airplanes to fall out of the sky, the represenative replied, "That's their problem."
Okay, so that's a little silly, but the point is, it's stupid to use litigation to limit competition, which is what a lot of entertainment companies these days seem to want. And, it's even more ridiculous building obsolesence into your technology to discourage fair use.
Gosh, with no oceans, we could fit another 100 billion people on this planet, easy Seems to me that the best way to manage the population on this planet would be to use your mass-drivers to launch idiots into space, crashing them into Mars. We'll call them "colonists".
This is the first I've heard about this game... I'd better start saving money now, because it looks like, when this game is released, I'll most likely be playing it so much I'll lose my job... I'll be a dirty, stinky, no-social-life, NWN-playin fool. Hmm... not much of a change from my current living conditions, really. How sad.
I don't think it's a question of intelligence or intent. Bacteria and viruses are considerably less intelligent then flies, and nobody disputes how dangerous they can be. We do have to be careful when we start bringing together these technologies.
Pokemon (the gameboy game) helped my 6-year old nephew to: 1. Learn to read (he had been having trouble before) 2. Learn to use what he was reading to solve problems 3. Learn how to keep focused on one thing for more then a minute (he has ADHD) 4. Keep his mother from going insane (see #3).
Everything has it's place. Even pure crap like Barney. It's up to the parents to make sure that what the kids are doing is appropriate and useful.
how long will it be before we start having 12-step programs for video-game addicts? Games are like any other form of entertainment. A little is good, a lot can be bad, especially if it negatively impacts your schoolwork, your social life, your job, and your friendships. I've known people who play so many games, they never go out for anything. These people are usually completely miserable bastards... But you can't blame the games, because there are plenty of other people obsessed with gambling, card games, chat rooms, etc. And, all this about online play helping people interact is pure bunk. Dealing with people on a computer screen is not the same as dealing with people face to face. Of course, all this is coming from a guy who regularly takes a few days of vacation when a new game comes out...
However, I don't see how this helps much with speech recognition or easier downloading as the article suggests
I think they are trying to indicate how faster memory will make things like these work faster. They are probably trying to put things in perspective for the "common man". If they were trying to drum up interest, they should have said something like: "Hey, this will let you download more porn much faster!" The thing is, if this takes ten years before it gets to the point that this memory is cheap enough for widespread use (like it says in the article), then there will probably be something else with similar functionality already in place, and the whole thing will go the way of 8-track tapes.
We'd have to program in the desire to take over the world before this would happen. Assuming we would be that stupid, how do you even start to program ambition into a machine?
First of all, define racist. If you mean generalizing people's behavior based on race, then re-read your own statement. You seem to have some pretty strong opinions on how all white people act.
The second thing, you seem to think that whatever crimes you think white people are guilty of doesn't apply to other races. Do you think white people invented murder? Genocide? Slavery? Subjugation? All of this has been around as long as humanity has existed. By participating in those crimes, all white people have done is prove that they are as flawed as everyone else.
The third thing is, you seem to think that a crime committed by a white person applies to all white people. This is not true. This is, in fact, the core of racism, and it is what needs to be fought, on all fronts, in order to live in a multicultural world. Treat people as individuals, and not as how they are portrayed in media and stories, and have respect for everyone as an individual.
I think he's trying to say that computers might eventually have more raw proccessing power, but they will never have the finesse of the human brain. That may or may not be true. Personally, I can't think of any real way to motivate a computer into thinking and acting for itself, out of self interest. Until it does, it will just be a number-cruncher. A lot of our reasoning ability (IMHO) stems from our survival instinct and emotional responses. How do we even begin to program that?
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Hee... I just got this image of Strom Thurmand staring at a computer screen, shouting "Yes! I just got Corpse Explosion!"
Seems kinda pathetic when I think about it, but DAMN I miss that!
It's a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there. And I did, although it was 20 years ago. It was truely a beautiful area (at least, outside the city limits - The sunsets are unbeleivable). But, when I lived there, jobs were very scarce, homelessness was a HUGE problem, and you had to kick the used needles the druggies left behind out of the way to play in the parks.
Granted, that WAS 20 years ago, things have probably changed for the better. One can hope, at least.
Ok, I guess I can accept that the school is private and doesn't have to respect students' First Amendment rights, but I have to wonder how they got the information about these sites. Are they tracking their student's extra-curricular activities somehow? And is that legal? I already know it's not moral...
Cool, then I'm REALLY glad I held on to my old VCR!
I only ever used it to make back-up copies of movies I already owned. No, really. Of course I that's what I did.
The point I'm trying to make is that if this new copy protection works the same way, then it will only work on brand new hardware... so just hold on to those older devices.
Of course, they could try to release cd's that only work on macrovision-enabled cd-players, but I don't think that would go over too well("You mean I have to buy a new cd player to listen to the latest Britney Spears P.O.S? Fook that! I'll get it off the net!")
Honestly, when was it any other way? Joseph Pulitzer's practice of embellishing the news helped to start a war (Mexican-American), and that was in the late 1800's.
News programs that focus only on honest and fair reporting (there were a few, over the years) have failed or changed formats over the years, because that's not what people wanted. People like hype and dirty laundry.
It seems that all of the major challenges to free speach comes because of something that is so incredibly hard to defend... things that touch on racism, child pornography, etc. makes it hard to be proud to fight for 1st amendment rights.
In a lawsuit filed today, CRAP (Cruiseline and Railway Associated Protectorate) has filed suit agains al of the world's major airlines, citing unfair competetive practices. A spokesman for crap made the follwing statement:
"Because the airlines can get people from coast to coast, or even overseas, in an incredibly short amount of time, we can't compete. Therefore, we want to limit them to travelling at the same speeds as passenger trains and ocean liners."
When informed that reducing airspeeds to such an extent would cause airplanes to fall out of the sky, the represenative replied, "That's their problem."
Okay, so that's a little silly, but the point is, it's stupid to use litigation to limit competition, which is what a lot of entertainment companies these days seem to want. And, it's even more ridiculous building obsolesence into your technology to discourage fair use.
Gosh, with no oceans, we could fit another 100 billion people on this planet, easy
Seems to me that the best way to manage the population on this planet would be to use your mass-drivers to launch idiots into space, crashing them into Mars. We'll call them "colonists".
Man use... big words.... me confused... head hurts... need mindless entertainment to make the pain go away...
This is the first I've heard about this game... I'd better start saving money now, because it looks like, when this game is released, I'll most likely be playing it so much I'll lose my job... I'll be a dirty, stinky, no-social-life, NWN-playin fool.
Hmm... not much of a change from my current living conditions, really. How sad.
I don't think it's a question of intelligence or intent. Bacteria and viruses are considerably less intelligent then flies, and nobody disputes how dangerous they can be. We do have to be careful when we start bringing together these technologies.
Make robotic bugs, and program them to track down and kill real bugs! Sortof Terminator-esque, just on a smaller scale.
Not to mention the fact that, as an adult, I do indeed Quake. Sometimes for hours.
They neglected to mention the enormous positive benefits of Barbie dolls, of course.
Damn.
1. Learn to read (he had been having trouble before)
2. Learn to use what he was reading to solve problems
3. Learn how to keep focused on one thing for more then a minute (he has ADHD)
4. Keep his mother from going insane (see #3).
Everything has it's place. Even pure crap like Barney. It's up to the parents to make sure that what the kids are doing is appropriate and useful.
how long will it be before we start having 12-step programs for video-game addicts? Games are like any other form of entertainment. A little is good, a lot can be bad, especially if it negatively impacts your schoolwork, your social life, your job, and your friendships.
I've known people who play so many games, they never go out for anything. These people are usually completely miserable bastards... But you can't blame the games, because there are plenty of other people obsessed with gambling, card games, chat rooms, etc. And, all this about online play helping people interact is pure bunk. Dealing with people on a computer screen is not the same as dealing with people face to face.
Of course, all this is coming from a guy who regularly takes a few days of vacation when a new game comes out...
I think they are trying to indicate how faster memory will make things like these work faster. They are probably trying to put things in perspective for the "common man". If they were trying to drum up interest, they should have said something like: "Hey, this will let you download more porn much faster!"
The thing is, if this takes ten years before it gets to the point that this memory is cheap enough for widespread use (like it says in the article), then there will probably be something else with similar functionality already in place, and the whole thing will go the way of 8-track tapes.
We'd have to program in the desire to take over the world before this would happen. Assuming we would be that stupid, how do you even start to program ambition into a machine?
The second thing, you seem to think that whatever crimes you think white people are guilty of doesn't apply to other races. Do you think white people invented murder? Genocide? Slavery? Subjugation? All of this has been around as long as humanity has existed. By participating in those crimes, all white people have done is prove that they are as flawed as everyone else.
The third thing is, you seem to think that a crime committed by a white person applies to all white people. This is not true. This is, in fact, the core of racism, and it is what needs to be fought, on all fronts, in order to live in a multicultural world. Treat people as individuals, and not as how they are portrayed in media and stories, and have respect for everyone as an individual.
I think he's trying to say that computers might eventually have more raw proccessing power, but they will never have the finesse of the human brain. That may or may not be true. Personally, I can't think of any real way to motivate a computer into thinking and acting for itself, out of self interest. Until it does, it will just be a number-cruncher. A lot of our reasoning ability (IMHO) stems from our survival instinct and emotional responses. How do we even begin to program that?
Maybe we'll just have to use a really huge keyboard.
I thought it was more like 15%