I disagree with the idea that nothing fundamental has changed. The internet has changed. Things are easier to pirate than ever and peoples expectations have changed because of this. So has the simplicity of donating and there's a whole new generation of people with a whole new mindset growing up into this world where they have never experienced the old market model.
Radiohead/NIN would never have been able to hand out their albums for free on 14.4k modems or in physical form. These are experiments and we should take value in the results. Same with McPixel.
If you could please link me to the large amount of recent companies that have failed because of this then I would be happy to consider your viewpoint, but so far all I see is a big [citation needed] behind your arguments.
New numbers and information is ALWAYS relevant. We do not know everything and it would be ridiculous to assume that nothing ever changes. Just look at how scientists work, constantly disproving known theories as new tech becomes available to them.
We can, of course, agree to disagree and all you have to do is simply not reply to this post and we will leave it at that with differing opinions.
If they don't have data to crunch the numbers they can't "know the facts perfectly well". They're just making assumptions based on their outdated business models and nobody can prove them otherwise without said data. Stop contradicting yourself.
Although you could be right because they're totally winning that war on piracy, right?
However due to the success of "Ghosts", Trent Reznor released the next traditional album "The Slip" for free saying "this one's on me,".
There is usually a lot of context that goes missing when people mention Ghosts which is odd since it was a huge success for both artists and fans alike.
There may be prior art, but it is still a resurrection in a certain way of thinking which will provide hard numbers for larger companies to crunch and consider alternatives to expensive and restrictive DRM and lawsuits against pirates.
You just painted every foreigner with the same broad stroke that a select group of foreigners did to you. Congrats. You are part of the problem, and so are they.
Put identical data on one of every type of storage technology and see which survives. In 25 years you will have a very interesting case study while being nostalgic about the data storage media used back when you were young.
If they all fail then laugh at how silly you were all those years ago and how you should have done x instead.
I always wondered what kind of effect zero gravity would have on animals with certain traits;
Will spiderwebs look the same? Does a fish swim differently in a floating body of water? Will a bird adapt to floating without wind? Will ants be able to place scent trails in mid air?
I was buying a generic gamepad for use on my comp packed in said clamshell. I couldn't figure out by reading the awkward documentation whether or not it had 2 or 4 shoulder buttons and they'd lovingly obscured the top part from every angle with cardboard. Since it wasn't it a box I could open and check, I simply left it.
Unfortunately real-time motion blur is very young tech and does tend to end up making it look worse. It certainly takes a severe hit on performance. Personally I turn it off when I can.
They still add motion blur to almost every major 3D AAA game title out there you know.
I dealt with the issue of motion blur a lot when working on 3d animated films... The problem was that non-blurred 3d animation looks a hell of a lot like claymation at times due to the lack of blur produced in that workflow. The motion blur issue with games doesn't really have an equal, but to most people it looks subconsciously better with it enabled for reasons they can't explain. It will be interesting to see whether or not a 48 fps cinema standard will effect the need for motion blur in games too!
Don't get me wrong, I love his work.. But that's like saying The Terminator discourages roboticists from picking up a screwdriver. If anything it's spawned more because of the awareness of the field and how much of an influence it would have on our lives today.
It's an added inconvenience which is working against people who would be interested in making the switch. I already have cradles for phones, ipods, game console controllers. The remote control for the TV is one of the few things I keep on a table which doesn't have access to an electrical outlet.
Slashdot Mirror
You're still free to do whatever you want. This just means the government is free to spy on you while you do it.
Future/Alien Archeologists are going to have a field day trying to decipher those.
I disagree with the idea that nothing fundamental has changed. The internet has changed. Things are easier to pirate than ever and peoples expectations have changed because of this. So has the simplicity of donating and there's a whole new generation of people with a whole new mindset growing up into this world where they have never experienced the old market model.
Radiohead/NIN would never have been able to hand out their albums for free on 14.4k modems or in physical form. These are experiments and we should take value in the results. Same with McPixel.
If you could please link me to the large amount of recent companies that have failed because of this then I would be happy to consider your viewpoint, but so far all I see is a big [citation needed] behind your arguments.
New numbers and information is ALWAYS relevant. We do not know everything and it would be ridiculous to assume that nothing ever changes. Just look at how scientists work, constantly disproving known theories as new tech becomes available to them.
We can, of course, agree to disagree and all you have to do is simply not reply to this post and we will leave it at that with differing opinions.
If they don't have data to crunch the numbers they can't "know the facts perfectly well". They're just making assumptions based on their outdated business models and nobody can prove them otherwise without said data. Stop contradicting yourself.
Although you could be right because they're totally winning that war on piracy, right?
However due to the success of "Ghosts", Trent Reznor released the next traditional album "The Slip" for free saying "this one's on me,".
There is usually a lot of context that goes missing when people mention Ghosts which is odd since it was a huge success for both artists and fans alike.
There may be prior art, but it is still a resurrection in a certain way of thinking which will provide hard numbers for larger companies to crunch and consider alternatives to expensive and restrictive DRM and lawsuits against pirates.
Although tracking you by your stump-prints might be even easier! Better to be safe and chop the whole limb off.
You just painted every foreigner with the same broad stroke that a select group of foreigners did to you. Congrats. You are part of the problem, and so are they.
I can't wait for the lawsuit where they sue the new OnLive for copyright breach and take them(selves) to court.
Don't buy it.
Déjà Vista
Make it a science project.
Put identical data on one of every type of storage technology and see which survives. In 25 years you will have a very interesting case study while being nostalgic about the data storage media used back when you were young.
If they all fail then laugh at how silly you were all those years ago and how you should have done x instead.
I always wondered what kind of effect zero gravity would have on animals with certain traits;
Will spiderwebs look the same?
Does a fish swim differently in a floating body of water?
Will a bird adapt to floating without wind?
Will ants be able to place scent trails in mid air?
The list goes on.
And then a comic book spin-off
For future reference the title of that episode is "Space Seed" which, unfortunately, sounds like a porn version of Star Trek.
Never be a problem for YOU.
ANECDOTE TIME.
I was buying a generic gamepad for use on my comp packed in said clamshell. I couldn't figure out by reading the awkward documentation whether or not it had 2 or 4 shoulder buttons and they'd lovingly obscured the top part from every angle with cardboard. Since it wasn't it a box I could open and check, I simply left it.
It also means you can't return it in the original packaging.
Unfortunately real-time motion blur is very young tech and does tend to end up making it look worse. It certainly takes a severe hit on performance. Personally I turn it off when I can.
They still add motion blur to almost every major 3D AAA game title out there you know.
I dealt with the issue of motion blur a lot when working on 3d animated films... The problem was that non-blurred 3d animation looks a hell of a lot like claymation at times due to the lack of blur produced in that workflow. The motion blur issue with games doesn't really have an equal, but to most people it looks subconsciously better with it enabled for reasons they can't explain. It will be interesting to see whether or not a 48 fps cinema standard will effect the need for motion blur in games too!
Don't get me wrong, I love his work.. But that's like saying The Terminator discourages roboticists from picking up a screwdriver. If anything it's spawned more because of the awareness of the field and how much of an influence it would have on our lives today.
In an attempt to go green they should try going solar powered or maybe wat.. oh, wait.
Hah! You fell into the same trap as me. It's just hotlinking protection. Refresh the page and it appears.
Hindsight 20-20.
A .txt document with 1000 random words gave me a 5.17 KB file. This value is an estimate since not all words are equal in the eyes of storage.
For comparison here is a 5.17 KB image: http://www.dreslough.com/main/bandw/cutedrg3.gif.
I've always been a fan of my personal variant of the saying; "A picture is worth a thousand words, but a word can inspire a thousand pictures."
Attach rope (or use inevitable safety strap), swing it around. If a kid wants to be lazy, they will.
It's an added inconvenience which is working against people who would be interested in making the switch. I already have cradles for phones, ipods, game console controllers. The remote control for the TV is one of the few things I keep on a table which doesn't have access to an electrical outlet.