The speech writer was a bit off their game that day from the sounds of it. There are way to many writers currently confusing message with medium, and gadgets with tools. If the user is focussed or disciplined, it all becomes much more about what they are trying to do. So no, Obama, our brains are not rotting from too much ibox. Maybe if the Obama administration made some proactive legislation around data privacy, rights to anonymity, restrictions on advertising in public commons, rather than slinging mud around about simple living, just because the wifey gardens.
..in this thread has mentioned the obvious. In most of the world (IE the 3rd world) everyone with stuff they really need to secure, hires a guard to watch it. So you never carry a single key, you just wave to the nice man with the gun, and walk on through, leaving your car or motorbike keys in the ignition for the valet to park. Seriously people, step up, if you want to ditch keys, spend some money amd hire yourself a bouncer, doorman, groundsman, valet, elevator guy, housekeeper, driver and bodyguard (to carry your phone).
They should be playing 1st person shooters, out alone behind enemy lines, evade capture, gather intel, use the right knots on captives, start fires in enemy assets, they are training to be scouts, not nancies!
The scouts obviously can teach the declining churches a thing or two about moving with the times (how about PS3s in the confessional?' how long has it been since your last session?). Mind you, they are just following behind the US military (instead of out in front scouting) who are down with gaming as an effective recruitment tool. US military gets "Immoral but effective" badge, the scouts get a "Easy Money" badge.
It depends on what you are doing with your computers and what flavour they are. As someone who is really really really bored of training people older than me, paid 3 times more than me, how to config POP, Windows, OSX, the fax, their phone etc... I totally agree, anyone in a job that needs to use a computer should know how to..... use it. Have you considered sitting job applicants down at a workstation and doing 10 minutes of hands-on testing? eg..here is a laptop, can you use the search function to find (inside 2 mins) the documents placed somewhere titled: 'incompetent noob', 'useless bluffing greyback' and 'I saved it somewhere in here'....? Or if you really want to get tuff, how about pluggin in all the bits of computer together in 2 mins? I am sure you can make up some good fun tests.
I look forward to cruise missiles disguised as replica wooden pirate ships, or a real version of the satanic mickey mouse from Southpark wooping some ass. Maybe Disney made the vid, 'cause they are getting into the international arms business to protect their copyrights.
I good friend of mine realised this to their horror, after a political crackdown started, and they were in facebook, tagged next to several people on the hit-list. I suggested that they kill their account by posting their login and password. Viola, account compromised and not a legal liability. You can honestly say 'anyone could have done it'.....
This is OK for data you upload, but what about when you are at a party, and someone snaps an embarrassing/NSFW pic of you, uploads and then tags it? Still bad....
is in my opinion the Nokia 100, 1987, a 1G Candybar, what a phone, low power, good screen, nice feel, reliable, tough, easy... Maybe you are referring to the modern portable mobile computers that help us bring spamto ourselves in new and exciting ways?
Yes! I regularly find myself looking twice at ruined CDRS lying on the road- just because a few years ago, anything on CD cost $30 or more........Plus there is the steampunk chic appeal of the old stuff, you can see how it works/was made
metallic spray paint. or...
DIY anodising (just fill the bath with an electrolytic solution of your choice and hook the case up to a voltage with the other end attached to your favourite metal anode.)
Wow, imagine a warehouse or floating ships recycle archive store, that collects your tech, robotically stores it, lists it online, then sells it back to you at low cost. Like Freecycle meets Amazon. Somewhere dry and with cheap land, yet good transport infrastructure would be needed. perhaps the shipbreaking yards in Pakistan could branch into this industry.
Cryptimus has a point, this thread is pretty broad, making a 'game' is not the same as being 'entertaining' or 'successful', or whatever narrow goals you set out to do. It is all about quality and focus on genre, rhythm, speed whatever you like.
Dino run http://www.pixeljam.com/dinorun/ for example is doing a great job of generating a unique level each time you play. The real challenge is to maintain the structure of a complex level that is entertaining, rather than making an endurance test (as I can imagine the Mario levels becoming)
Of course, a little bit of human brain applied, users to rate the levels, and pick sections of their favourites and systems to integrate more of the good stuff/success would allow an AI to 'evolve' games and game universes.
This is such a great, simple resolution. The current copyright greed is out of control, based on a 'because we can' model. I was very inspired by http://www.ripremix.com/ . Changes in this stuff is essential for progress of global culture. Go India. PDF is here http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/4974/196/ for those who want to look further.
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If only we could observe something, without effecting it. Oh well.....
Indeed, this is great to get away from all the navel gazing on Earth. I live in the desert and this kind of expansive discoveryis inspiring
The speech writer was a bit off their game that day from the sounds of it. There are way to many writers currently confusing message with medium, and gadgets with tools. If the user is focussed or disciplined, it all becomes much more about what they are trying to do. So no, Obama, our brains are not rotting from too much ibox. Maybe if the Obama administration made some proactive legislation around data privacy, rights to anonymity, restrictions on advertising in public commons, rather than slinging mud around about simple living, just because the wifey gardens.
..in this thread has mentioned the obvious. In most of the world (IE the 3rd world) everyone with stuff they really need to secure, hires a guard to watch it. So you never carry a single key, you just wave to the nice man with the gun, and walk on through, leaving your car or motorbike keys in the ignition for the valet to park. Seriously people, step up, if you want to ditch keys, spend some money amd hire yourself a bouncer, doorman, groundsman, valet, elevator guy, housekeeper, driver and bodyguard (to carry your phone).
A cargo hat, wrist pouch, ankle holster and fanny pack , plus a mobile phone holster with belt clip would complete this outfit
When the cyber-retro movement takes hold and is used to sell big macs and office stationary and cordless drills... oh wait...
If you had posted a link to your own double-blind fake conference on fake conferences that would be ironic genius.
This is clearly a result of the scouts merit badge for computer gaming.
This will make spotting vamps and zombies in traffic easy, and people with SARS, fever etc... just like the body heat scanners in some Asian airports.
You need to work on your 'Tie impossible knots with controller cord' badge!
They should be playing 1st person shooters, out alone behind enemy lines, evade capture, gather intel, use the right knots on captives, start fires in enemy assets, they are training to be scouts, not nancies!
The scouts obviously can teach the declining churches a thing or two about moving with the times (how about PS3s in the confessional?' how long has it been since your last session?). Mind you, they are just following behind the US military (instead of out in front scouting) who are down with gaming as an effective recruitment tool. US military gets "Immoral but effective" badge, the scouts get a "Easy Money" badge.
It depends on what you are doing with your computers and what flavour they are. As someone who is really really really bored of training people older than me, paid 3 times more than me, how to config POP, Windows, OSX, the fax, their phone etc... I totally agree, anyone in a job that needs to use a computer should know how to..... use it. Have you considered sitting job applicants down at a workstation and doing 10 minutes of hands-on testing? eg..here is a laptop, can you use the search function to find (inside 2 mins) the documents placed somewhere titled: 'incompetent noob', 'useless bluffing greyback' and 'I saved it somewhere in here'....? Or if you really want to get tuff, how about pluggin in all the bits of computer together in 2 mins? I am sure you can make up some good fun tests.
I think they just let them run out of fuel too. Random hits is a classic terror tactic.
I look forward to cruise missiles disguised as replica wooden pirate ships, or a real version of the satanic mickey mouse from Southpark wooping some ass. Maybe Disney made the vid, 'cause they are getting into the international arms business to protect their copyrights.
I good friend of mine realised this to their horror, after a political crackdown started, and they were in facebook, tagged next to several people on the hit-list. I suggested that they kill their account by posting their login and password. Viola, account compromised and not a legal liability. You can honestly say 'anyone could have done it'.....
This is OK for data you upload, but what about when you are at a party, and someone snaps an embarrassing/NSFW pic of you, uploads and then tags it? Still bad....
is in my opinion the Nokia 100, 1987, a 1G Candybar, what a phone, low power, good screen, nice feel, reliable, tough, easy... Maybe you are referring to the modern portable mobile computers that help us bring spamto ourselves in new and exciting ways?
Respect.
Yes! I regularly find myself looking twice at ruined CDRS lying on the road- just because a few years ago, anything on CD cost $30 or more........Plus there is the steampunk chic appeal of the old stuff, you can see how it works/was made
metallic spray paint. or... DIY anodising (just fill the bath with an electrolytic solution of your choice and hook the case up to a voltage with the other end attached to your favourite metal anode.)
Wow, imagine a warehouse or floating ships recycle archive store, that collects your tech, robotically stores it, lists it online, then sells it back to you at low cost. Like Freecycle meets Amazon. Somewhere dry and with cheap land, yet good transport infrastructure would be needed. perhaps the shipbreaking yards in Pakistan could branch into this industry.
Cryptimus has a point, this thread is pretty broad, making a 'game' is not the same as being 'entertaining' or 'successful', or whatever narrow goals you set out to do. It is all about quality and focus on genre, rhythm, speed whatever you like.
Dino run http://www.pixeljam.com/dinorun/ for example is doing a great job of generating a unique level each time you play. The real challenge is to maintain the structure of a complex level that is entertaining, rather than making an endurance test (as I can imagine the Mario levels becoming) Of course, a little bit of human brain applied, users to rate the levels, and pick sections of their favourites and systems to integrate more of the good stuff/success would allow an AI to 'evolve' games and game universes.
This is such a great, simple resolution. The current copyright greed is out of control, based on a 'because we can' model. I was very inspired by http://www.ripremix.com/ . Changes in this stuff is essential for progress of global culture. Go India. PDF is here http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/4974/196/ for those who want to look further.