While I agree that this will most likely bring nothing but grief to the multi-player community, it seems no one is considering the benefits for single-player mode.
Sometimes in a FPS game, I get stuck, and just don't know where to go, or where that stupid key is. These transparency modes might help me find it, without the hassle of going online to search out a walkthrough. Also, I'm lousy at finding the secret areas, easter eggs, etc. in those games. This option might be helpful in finding those things.
For those of us who aren't "hardcore" gamers, this might be handy for difficult games, since cheating and moving on is much more fun than being stuck forever in a game.
Some good thoughts from you and JCMay (who replied to you). I see your point about "vanity" domain names. And I've only considered this seriously for the past few days, but here's why I want one:
1) easier to keep in touch with friends/family. lastname.tld is easier to remember than (which is easier to remember than fischer_dj.tripod.com, so my friends will know that they can always contact me by checking the web http://lastname.tld, or emailing first@lastname.tld (and I just just update the dns reg to push the URL and mail stuff to my current addy) If we lose track of each other for a while, I move states, go overseas, etc., they can find email address@lastname.tld and the listserv thingy will auto reply with my current mailing address & phone number. I'm thinking here of maintaining the address for the next 30-50 years.
2) can provide the same service for my entire family, and they can have the same benefit (sister1@lastname.tld, mom@lastname.tld, etc.)
3) My dad is starting a "cottage-industry" business. I can then create a distinct email, like accounting@lastname.tld
4) At some point I may resume my consulting work, and then I could have consulting@lastname.tld, and the web page http://consulting.lastname.tld. Yes, I should have all those biz addresses be unique.com's, but it's cheaper, and simpler to manage if I just use subdomains of my uber-dn
Not necessarily. I submit that most people do not comparison shop. Even those that do, only do it for a few select purchases. I'd guess that 80-90% of a all purchases are made without much thought to price. It's a "I want it now, I'm getting it now" attitude.
Ebay is betting on customer lethargy. People find a service they like, and stick with it. Even if prices go up, they'll keep with it. By blocking meta-browsing by comparison sites, Ebay reduces the risk that shoppers will find those sites and switch, and thus will more likely remain "locked-in" to their service.
I've thought about things like that, along with the same idea for email addy's (john.quincy@....), but the downside is, you then have to change email/web address when you move. Yes, you've got to do that with phone & home too, but wouldn't it be nice to have one, unchanging address? Oh well, a guy can dream.
That's what I was thinking... repeat after me... "subdomains":) But what do I know, I'm just an optics guy.
Another question - why would traffic lights be wired to the web and have their own URL? And what happens when evil hackers hack them, and start using them to send Morse code across the city? In NYC, traffic might just improve...
A.tld for personal pages would help some, but there are still problems. Consider, if my name is John Q Public, then I probably want public.tld as it is simple and memorable. But there are many "publics" in the world and it will be taken soon. So then I can get johnpublic.tld, or john-public.tld, or jpublic.tld, or jqpublic.tld, etc. But with 6 billion people on earth, those too will also be taken pretty quickly. And so on - Eventually, someone is forced to use non-name dn's, or do silly things like regsiter john-q-public-143.tld (BTW: I'm currently experiencing this in a search for a dn based on my name; rather frustrating) So, is there a way to get around the "name-redundancy" problem?
Until I started looking for a domain name for myself and my family (for personal, and perhaps professional uses) I paid little heed to all the tld business. However, now that I've seen first hand that all the lastname.com,.org,.net are taken, as well as the other problems (Networks Solns "holding" expired dn's) covered, I've become very interested in the whole deal, as well as the gTLD propositions. After reading through a several of the propositions, I've got a few comments and questions:
#7.law - proposed with a view towards pro-bono work, and serving people with severe financial problems. Personally, I'm glad to see at least one with a degree of compassion behind it.
#6.web - "Dot WEB Registry Pte Ltd is a for-profit Singapore corporation... As we have already been taking pre-registrations for.WEB for 3 years since 1997, we own the rights to the.WEB(Tm) name and the TLD itself is a registered service mark under Singapore laws. We currently have over 1 Million pre-registration domains in our data base." - translation, we've got monopoly on this, and now we want to make some big bucks. Perhaps they should have a chat with the.law folks:)
#3 -.sys - Basically, they want a simple way to register/create dn's en masse. An example given is for a VPN controlling the traffic lights in London (England). Thus, they want to reserve every URL from londoncitytrafficlight00000.tld to londoncitytrafficlight99999.tld, and register a few as well for use. The idea is every traffic light has a machine with a unique dn. This tld would be limited to those who have registered > 100 names so far.
My question: Does that last one make any sense? I'm not buzzword compliant, so I don't know what a VPN is, nor why you would want 100,000 dn's to control a city's traffic lights. Seems inefficient to me, and sure-fire way to bog down DNS servers around the world (once every major city goes this route).
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While I agree that this will most likely bring nothing but grief to the multi-player community, it seems no one is considering the benefits for single-player mode.
Sometimes in a FPS game, I get stuck, and just don't know where to go, or where that stupid key is. These transparency modes might help me find it, without the hassle of going online to search out a walkthrough. Also, I'm lousy at finding the secret areas, easter eggs, etc. in those games. This option might be helpful in finding those things.
For those of us who aren't "hardcore" gamers, this might be handy for difficult games, since cheating and moving on is much more fun than being stuck forever in a game.
On the same day that Apple announces a beyond-way-cool new computer design, news leaks out that a *killer* security flaw has been found in MS Outlook.
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Mere coincidence? You be the judge
1) easier to keep in touch with friends/family. lastname.tld is easier to remember than (which is easier to remember than fischer_dj.tripod.com, so my friends will know that they can always contact me by checking the web http://lastname.tld, or emailing first@lastname.tld (and I just just update the dns reg to push the URL and mail stuff to my current addy) If we lose track of each other for a while, I move states, go overseas, etc., they can find email address@lastname.tld and the listserv thingy will auto reply with my current mailing address & phone number. I'm thinking here of maintaining the address for the next 30-50 years.
2) can provide the same service for my entire family, and they can have the same benefit (sister1@lastname.tld, mom@lastname.tld, etc.)
3) My dad is starting a "cottage-industry" business. I can then create a distinct email, like accounting@lastname.tld
4) At some point I may resume my consulting work, and then I could have consulting@lastname.tld, and the web page http://consulting.lastname.tld. Yes, I should have all those biz addresses be unique .com's, but it's cheaper, and simpler to manage if I just use subdomains of my uber-dn
Not necessarily. I submit that most people do not comparison shop. Even those that do, only do it for a few select purchases. I'd guess that 80-90% of a all purchases are made without much thought to price. It's a "I want it now, I'm getting it now" attitude.
Ebay is betting on customer lethargy. People find a service they like, and stick with it. Even if prices go up, they'll keep with it. By blocking meta-browsing by comparison sites, Ebay reduces the risk that shoppers will find those sites and switch, and thus will more likely remain "locked-in" to their service.
I've thought about things like that, along with the same idea for email addy's (john.quincy@....), but the downside is, you then have to change email/web address when you move. Yes, you've got to do that with phone & home too, but wouldn't it be nice to have one, unchanging address? Oh well, a guy can dream.
That's what I was thinking... repeat after me... "subdomains" :) But what do I know, I'm just an optics guy.
Another question - why would traffic lights be wired to the web and have their own URL? And what happens when evil hackers hack them, and start using them to send Morse code across the city? In NYC, traffic might just improve...
A .tld for personal pages would help some, but there are still problems. Consider, if my name is John Q Public, then I probably want public.tld as it is simple and memorable. But there are many "publics" in the world and it will be taken soon. So then I can get johnpublic.tld, or john-public.tld, or jpublic.tld, or jqpublic.tld, etc. But with 6 billion people on earth, those too will also be taken pretty quickly. And so on - Eventually, someone is forced to use non-name dn's, or do silly things like regsiter john-q-public-143.tld (BTW: I'm currently experiencing this in a search for a dn based on my name; rather frustrating) So, is there a way to get around the "name-redundancy" problem?
Until I started looking for a domain name for myself and my family (for personal, and perhaps professional uses) I paid little heed to all the tld business. However, now that I've seen first hand that all the lastname.com, .org, .net are taken, as well as the other problems (Networks Solns "holding" expired dn's) covered, I've become very interested in the whole deal, as well as the gTLD propositions. After reading through a several of the propositions, I've got a few comments and questions:
.law - proposed with a view towards pro-bono work, and serving people with severe financial problems. Personally, I'm glad to see at least one with a degree of compassion behind it.
.web - "Dot WEB Registry Pte Ltd is a for-profit Singapore corporation ... As we have already been taking pre-registrations for .WEB for 3 years since 1997, we own the rights to the .WEB(Tm) name and the TLD itself is a registered service mark under Singapore laws. We currently have over 1 Million pre-registration domains in our data base." - translation, we've got monopoly on this, and now we want to make some big bucks. Perhaps they should have a chat with the .law folks :)
.sys - Basically, they want a simple way to register/create dn's en masse. An example given is for a VPN controlling the traffic lights in London (England). Thus, they want to reserve every URL from londoncitytrafficlight00000.tld to londoncitytrafficlight99999.tld, and register a few as well for use. The idea is every traffic light has a machine with a unique dn. This tld would be limited to those who have registered > 100 names so far.
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My question: Does that last one make any sense? I'm not buzzword compliant, so I don't know what a VPN is, nor why you would want 100,000 dn's to control a city's traffic lights. Seems inefficient to me, and sure-fire way to bog down DNS servers around the world (once every major city goes this route).
David F.