1) Cost. The equipment and software necessary for this setup are beyond many gamers' means.
The software isn't so bad, if it's the mentioned dunjinni package @ ~$40, but that projector is
the backbreaker. Even lores projectors are a chunk of change. I know, as I've looked at them for a
variety of causes, but just can't muster the green, yet.
2) The task of scanning and editing printed maps is labor and skill intensive.
My hope is that you could help me and any others that wish to use this technique by publishing this letter or similar instructions and by making high-resolution maps, which do not contain DM-only information, available for download.
Ok, the map drawing/editing thingie doesn't strike me as bad, so long as you're a coder like me. I've
already done a few simple applications which can paint hexes (so cartesian should be less difficult) any color
and anywhere I like, I could even map brushes to create furniture or terrain. (the worst part would be shelling for
the package I delveloped it in, which I have no intention of leaving it in, for what should be obvious reason.)
Back in the day, though, for RPG's we didn't even use maps, but had the DM describe where we were and what we were to see. Kept it simple, so long as you remembered.
"Apparently an important factor is security."
We've heard this many times. Let's just wait for it and then make claims.
Security is claimed as a top priority for many things, by many people for varying reasons.
ActiveX (nuff said)
Personal information in the hands of CALPERS, ChoicePoint, Nevada DMV, Nexis Lexis, et al.
T-mobile Sidekick
Unguarded ammo dumps hundreds of miles from oil fields
In all cases security has had problems and some spokesperson states the obvious, that "security is very important to us", but leaving out, "before the sh!t hits the fan."
In short, it pays to be vague. Who'd trust you or give your their money if you came out up front and said, "Nope, no better than a hen house built over a foxes den."
Apparently we can expect 32 bit PNG support, native IDN support, new functionality that will simplify printing from inside IE and, of course, tabbed browsing. The new browser also will likely include a built-in news aggregator. Apparently an important factor is security."
Yes, it will feature the reintroduction of Clippy, who will be wearing a policeman's hat, of appropriate costume for your region (e.g. uk get a bobbies hat) Clippy will also take certain
cues from the current political climate...
It looks like you wanted to visit some heathen site unassociated with Microsoft, you would like to do the following:
Return to MSN
Remove all related items from cache
Submit your bookmarks for review
Block all futher access to [www.google.com]
[YES] [OK]
"and don't let me catch you installing any other browser or it's the clink for you!"
Or you could come up with your own new characters and go from there, with no licenses, no lawyers, no oversight. Of course, you'll have to work harder to build a brand from the ground instead of buying your way into.. I Robot (was any oversight involved there?)
Precisely, yet observe how many horrendous works come out after an artist/author dies. Think Dr. Suess would have stood still for the trashing of The Cat in the Hat?
For some utterly bizarre reason people feel they must retain absolute control of an idea, even if it means killing it. Michael Critchton was rather pissed with the treatment a couple of his books recieved, when made into films. IIRC Rising Sun was one of them, all the suspense was stripped out of the story and it became a tired showcase for actors everyone was supposed to be dying to see in another film. His mistake, for the money he signed away rights (or maybe signed them away to his publisher who then sold them to the motion picture ship of fools.) When you sell your ideas, don't look back.
Unless the production company reserves all rights, they feel they will lose money. No lawsuits over unauthorzed translations, no lawsuits over non-commercial copying and viewing, etc....
Not just money, but creative control, which is what production companies are best at screwing people out of almost as good as money.
Imagine a world where you could make your own animations featuring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, et al. without any permission as to how you use them. Same goes for the portrayal of a part in a play/screenplay. You've got to play by certain rules or rights holders revoke permissions or simply send over their Bucket o' Lawyers to cut you off at the knees.
Luke, be a Jedi tonight! Just be a Jedi tonight!
Do it for Yoda, while we serve our guests a soda.
Uh, and do it for Chewie and the Ewoks, and all the other puppets...
Luke, be a Jedi tonight!
or you could get a really cheap mouse that isn't sensitive enough to jitter.
Speaking of which, how often do you clean your mouse?
I've gone to people's desks to help them with things and found the mouse all irregular and jerky, like it was being navigated by someone with severe tremors. Often it's a build up of ecch, yecch or potrzebie and a few seconds cleaning makes it all smooth again.
It's probably a real test of patience for someone with tremors to use a dirty mouse.
Re:Good for Tivo, but... Comcast is constantly raising fees to the point where I'm dropping things I get from them. But I hope it works out for them.
Funny how someone said, back in the 70's, that people wouldn't pay for commercials and something similarly devoid of foresite that eventually TV wouldn't need commercials.
Personally I don't have cable, it's too damn much for the amount of viewing I'd do anway. I wish that a la carte bill would get a move on.
Great for Tivo, sure, but how long before they're tarred with the same brush we reserve for Comcast?
all the Amish retailers here use the same sort of thing. They can light a supermarket with redirected light during daylight hours, and light up the propane system once the natural light is gone.
Amish supermarket???
What is that, like the General Merchantile from Little House On The Prairie, only much larger, with pony drawn shopping carts and several checkout counters (each with an abacus)?
Those amish, what'll they think of next (oh, wait, they shun technological advancements...)
I think it might be called hybrid solar lighting? Not sure though. Could anyone confirm?
Dunno, but light wells and tubes aren't anything new. Seems about 7-8 years ago a highrise in Japan had collectors on the roof and ran some variation on fibre optic (on a large scale) through the building. A buddy in architecture showed me the example, but I do not know the name or exact location of the building.
It's not a new thing. Michael Stackpole offered this glorious opportunity, to have characters in one of his books named for bidders in a charity auction. Names within reason, of course, subject to refusal by writer and/or publisher if you think you'll pull a funny, but lewd prank.
It appeals to the fan no less than the Daddy Warbucks out there, who likes to have a university, civic center or new species grant some sort of immortality. Besides, you could wave it under your friends nose, which probably was a rather hilarious game of one-upsmanship back in the days of the Rockefellers.
Oh come on, how often do you honestly make more than 10 calls in a five-minute period? I could see it happening occasionally, when someone needs to call everyone on their softball team to tell them a game's cancelled or whatever,
Some of us cyclists make several calls on a Sunday morning to figure out what route everyone wants to go.
Besides, some skunkbutt would offer it without the penalty if they thought it was a selling point which could attract new business.
What happens if the cost of each almost-continuous call is incremental?
Say the first 10 VOIP calls are free, and if you make the 11th call within 5 minutes of the 10th call, you pay 1 cent, and if you make your 12th call within 5 minutes of your 11th call, you pay 2 cents, then 4 cents, 8 cents and so on.
Yeah, next thing you know even us honest folk get creamed. No thanks, buddy.
"Sorry it took so long to call you, but I was running down the list and had to get in touch with so many people that it would have cost me a pile of money."
Hello Friend,
Perhaps we can be of assistance to each other. I am Dr. Vincent Nagumbo of Nigeria and I could use your assistance in claiming $8,000,000 in telephone usage fees. This is a confidential matter and... etc. etc. etc.
You can't be exposed to a network, or the internet, without burdening yourself with a bunch of software which does nothing, but
protect you from the shortsightedness of the advanced technology and those who would exploit it. Guess this must make people at Symantec rub their little hands together and hop about with glee.
Next you'll get SPAM,SPIM,SPIT and probably your Fax (SPAF?) as well.
Phirewall for Phones!
tiny fish through glass penned picture green paper plant. brown cat sunny dust ate when bat came late at hall party. byzantine rages small dimple television time for wood car.[Picture of Model with Cell Phone]
The technology was not interesting to Microsoft, lawyers insisted, so the electronic trail of communications was erased."
Strange, I found this one in my box a few years ago...
To: Windows Media Player Department Head
cc: Department of Things That Actually Work The First Time Head
This patented technology for increasing the efficiency of video and audio streaming looks great. Since we're such a big company and with our Bucket o' Lawyers we could drive anyone into the ground for having the
temerity to sue us for IP theft, let's just co-opt it like we do everything else.
By the way, how is it going with that project for selectively deleting emails from all mailboxes, archives, backup servers, backup tapes? Why don't you pick something out and just give it a test run.
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1) Cost. The equipment and software necessary for this setup are beyond many gamers' means.
The software isn't so bad, if it's the mentioned dunjinni package @ ~$40, but that projector is the backbreaker. Even lores projectors are a chunk of change. I know, as I've looked at them for a variety of causes, but just can't muster the green, yet.
2) The task of scanning and editing printed maps is labor and skill intensive.
My hope is that you could help me and any others that wish to use this technique by publishing this letter or similar instructions and by making high-resolution maps, which do not contain DM-only information, available for download.
Ok, the map drawing/editing thingie doesn't strike me as bad, so long as you're a coder like me. I've already done a few simple applications which can paint hexes (so cartesian should be less difficult) any color and anywhere I like, I could even map brushes to create furniture or terrain. (the worst part would be shelling for the package I delveloped it in, which I have no intention of leaving it in, for what should be obvious reason.)
Back in the day, though, for RPG's we didn't even use maps, but had the DM describe where we were and what we were to see. Kept it simple, so long as you remembered.
Hmm..
St. Helens, Vesuvius, Etna, Krakatoa...
'hey, this security really blows!'
Security is claimed as a top priority for many things, by many people for varying reasons.
ActiveX (nuff said)
Personal information in the hands of CALPERS, ChoicePoint, Nevada DMV, Nexis Lexis, et al.
T-mobile Sidekick
Unguarded ammo dumps hundreds of miles from oil fields
In all cases security has had problems and some spokesperson states the obvious, that "security is very important to us", but leaving out, "before the sh!t hits the fan."
In short, it pays to be vague. Who'd trust you or give your their money if you came out up front and said, "Nope, no better than a hen house built over a foxes den."
Yes, it will feature the reintroduction of Clippy, who will be wearing a policeman's hat, of appropriate costume for your region (e.g. uk get a bobbies hat) Clippy will also take certain cues from the current political climate...
It looks like you wanted to visit some heathen site unassociated with Microsoft, you would like to do the following:
Return to MSN
Remove all related items from cache
Submit your bookmarks for review
Block all futher access to [www.google.com]
"and don't let me catch you installing any other browser or it's the clink for you!"Precisely, yet observe how many horrendous works come out after an artist/author dies. Think Dr. Suess would have stood still for the trashing of The Cat in the Hat?
For some utterly bizarre reason people feel they must retain absolute control of an idea, even if it means killing it. Michael Critchton was rather pissed with the treatment a couple of his books recieved, when made into films. IIRC Rising Sun was one of them, all the suspense was stripped out of the story and it became a tired showcase for actors everyone was supposed to be dying to see in another film. His mistake, for the money he signed away rights (or maybe signed them away to his publisher who then sold them to the motion picture ship of fools.) When you sell your ideas, don't look back.
Not just money, but creative control, which is what production companies are best at screwing people out of almost as good as money.
Imagine a world where you could make your own animations featuring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, et al. without any permission as to how you use them. Same goes for the portrayal of a part in a play/screenplay. You've got to play by certain rules or rights holders revoke permissions or simply send over their Bucket o' Lawyers to cut you off at the knees.
I think most everyone who has voiced opposing opinion has found themselves at the bottom of Sydney harbor.
"right about now would be a great time to have back those gills I had as a fetus"
How about Lord of the Rings the Flash:
Luke, be a Jedi tonight! ...
Just be a Jedi tonight!
Do it for Yoda, while we serve our guests a soda.
Uh, and do it for Chewie and the Ewoks, and all the other puppets
Luke, be a Jedi tonight!
Speaking of which, how often do you clean your mouse?
I've gone to people's desks to help them with things and found the mouse all irregular and jerky, like it was being navigated by someone with severe tremors. Often it's a build up of ecch, yecch or potrzebie and a few seconds cleaning makes it all smooth again.
It's probably a real test of patience for someone with tremors to use a dirty mouse.
Shouldn't that be tremors?
My father has had these for decades, as he ages, and I'm seeing myself develop the same.
When I mess up, I just cuss at the computer, it's less than $100, but I suppose I could make an expensive mistake...
Funny how someone said, back in the 70's, that people wouldn't pay for commercials and something similarly devoid of foresite that eventually TV wouldn't need commercials.
Personally I don't have cable, it's too damn much for the amount of viewing I'd do anway. I wish that a la carte bill would get a move on.
Great for Tivo, sure, but how long before they're tarred with the same brush we reserve for Comcast?
Amish supermarket???
What is that, like the General Merchantile from Little House On The Prairie, only much larger, with pony drawn shopping carts and several checkout counters (each with an abacus)?
Those amish, what'll they think of next (oh, wait, they shun technological advancements...)
Dunno, but light wells and tubes aren't anything new. Seems about 7-8 years ago a highrise in Japan had collectors on the roof and ran some variation on fibre optic (on a large scale) through the building. A buddy in architecture showed me the example, but I do not know the name or exact location of the building.
What's wrong with Lightsabres?
"Hey, Yoda, back off, ya trying to blind me?"
It's not a new thing. Michael Stackpole offered this glorious opportunity, to have characters in one of his books named for bidders in a charity auction. Names within reason, of course, subject to refusal by writer and/or publisher if you think you'll pull a funny, but lewd prank.
It appeals to the fan no less than the Daddy Warbucks out there, who likes to have a university, civic center or new species grant some sort of immortality. Besides, you could wave it under your friends nose, which probably was a rather hilarious game of one-upsmanship back in the days of the Rockefellers.
Too bad Starship Titanic has already been used, we could sure use a new patron.
No, that's the day they threaten to drop support for the Furbie.
Some of us cyclists make several calls on a Sunday morning to figure out what route everyone wants to go.
Besides, some skunkbutt would offer it without the penalty if they thought it was a selling point which could attract new business.
Say the first 10 VOIP calls are free, and if you make the 11th call within 5 minutes of the 10th call, you pay 1 cent, and if you make your 12th call within 5 minutes of your 11th call, you pay 2 cents, then 4 cents, 8 cents and so on.
Yeah, next thing you know even us honest folk get creamed. No thanks, buddy.
"Sorry it took so long to call you, but I was running down the list and had to get in touch with so many people that it would have cost me a pile of money."
How about just a built in traceroute and block?
Strange, I found this one in my box a few years ago...
UUEncode Windows and send it to yourself over AIM.
Let Microsoft and AOL club each other to death :-)
Yeah, lotsa luck sending all zig for great justice!
or
You no get signal!
(apologies to O'Reilly)