Remember the days before E3 back when the CES was where video game publishers showcased their upcoming material? It's strange that now E3 is one of the largest conventions.
If there's one law of consumer economics that always holds true, it's that if something is too expensive, people will seek out the alternatives. There are many people who will not be able to afford $230 a month. If AOLTW thinks this is the way to raise their user base, it isn't.
Why don't they just shoot the nuclear waste into deep space? It's probably a little more expensive than storing in Nevada in the short term, but this stuff isn't going to go away unless we unleash it into the awesome reaches of space. Why isn't the government doing this instead of burying it underground?
No, videogames as they are, an interactive experience are not art. However, many game incorporate elements of film, books and fine art. These individual elements may be art, but the game itself is not. It's like saying football is art.
At my public high school, we are already assigned a nine digit number that does basically what the article proposes that this universal ID would serve.
It sounds like a neat idea, but it's immensely annoying.
Where is John Romero going to go next, I think is the question we all should be asking. Though he has shown he has precious little management skills, he still is a pretty good designer (Daikatana wouldnt have been so terrible if it had came out in 1997 when it was supposed to), and I'm sure a lot of firms would be interested. Maybe he would even return to id, who knows? Any thoughts on this?
Unfortunately, I don't think advertising will save a lot of internet sites. What mainstream advertiser would want their name assosciated with a site like Something Awful?
No I believe that the future of supporting web sites is Micropayments. It's clear that advertising makes for content that is worse, as evidenced by the enormous discrepancy between the quality of network tv, and premium channels such as HBO.
Unfortunately, most of the time, people are unable to contact prisoners being held before trial, as they are usually being held in a temporary location. Should he be convicted, he will probably get a mailing address, though I doubt he'll have access to computers.
Apparently, Microsoft execs have not surfed the web recent; it's hard to find a mainstream site which at some point doesn't use Java-based ads. I wonder if this move may entice some web advertizers to take issue with MS for removing a key component for viewing their ads.
A couple points:
1) Microsoft Execs know that what they are saying is a crock of crap. They know that no one in their right mind believes them, but lying is preferable to saying "HAHAHAHA, we shall crush Java and no one can stop us!" because that could come back to bite them in court.
2) You're absolutely right, many banner ad services are gonna be going crazy over this, but when Microsoft will inevitably refuse to back down, I bet many of them will consider switching to VBScript, or whatever the hell proprietary language Microsoft wants them to use rather than losing over half their customers (I'm sure over half of PC users will either be too stupid or lazy to download Java). The end result of this is that many banner ad services will switch to Microsoft, rather than just getting angry.
It's obvious that without Java incorporated into the browser, many webpages will be forced to create seperate "Windows XP" pages, for all the sloths too lazy to download the damn thing.
On the bright side, this will spell the end of rollover images, news tickers, and other bandwidth eating idiocies.
On the bad side, I fear many pages will choose to substitute the cursed VBScript, which is actually (in my opinion) a bit superior to Javascript, but unfortunately is proprietary Microsoft-only.
If Microsoft is trying to force people to abandon the well loved and freely availible language for a language that would, in essense, make Microsoft Internet Explorer the only browser availible, they should simply say so, rather than mucking about it.
I'm sure this will be a big hit among Napster's 5 remaining users. If they had unveiled this in Napster's heyday, I would actually think it could work, but now this is irrelevant, as everyone has moved onto unassailible Gnutella, or will have to after the next round of lawsuits.
That much makes sense, obviously. What I was wondering about is how the breaking of the protection would allow cars to read it, since you can't upload new software to your car's computer.
I highly doubt it is pop/teenybopper trash. Follow my logic.
1) 14 year old girl wants the CD "Dudez-A-Plenty - Baby I wish you were my Baby"
2) 14 year old girl searches Aimster or whatever the hell 14 year old girls use to trade files.
3) 14 year old girl gets no matches as CD is protected.
4) 14 year old girl gets easily manipulated 14 year old nerdy guy to help her (weren't we all that desperate?).
5) 14 year old guy instantly realizes what's going on, alerts message board, and suddenly we aren't having this arguement.
Nah, I'll bet it's some new age crap, Christian Deathmetal, or Country/Western.
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Remember the days before E3 back when the CES was where video game publishers showcased their upcoming material? It's strange that now E3 is one of the largest conventions.
If there's one law of consumer economics that always holds true, it's that if something is too expensive, people will seek out the alternatives. There are many people who will not be able to afford $230 a month. If AOLTW thinks this is the way to raise their user base, it isn't.
Where are you getting your numbers?
Why don't they just shoot the nuclear waste into deep space? It's probably a little more expensive than storing in Nevada in the short term, but this stuff isn't going to go away unless we unleash it into the awesome reaches of space. Why isn't the government doing this instead of burying it underground?
Am I the only one that thinks the very idea of "orbiting lasers" is a bit dangerous?
Shouldn't it be SQueaLie? Or better yet SQueaLy
The obvious choice is Samuel McSamuelson. No reason, it's just a funny sounding name.
No, videogames as they are, an interactive experience are not art. However, many game incorporate elements of film, books and fine art. These individual elements may be art, but the game itself is not. It's like saying football is art.
It sounds like a neat idea, but it's immensely annoying.
Or you could (gasp) NOT buy the X-Box if you'd rather not see it turn into a subscription service.
Where is John Romero going to go next, I think is the question we all should be asking. Though he has shown he has precious little management skills, he still is a pretty good designer (Daikatana wouldnt have been so terrible if it had came out in 1997 when it was supposed to), and I'm sure a lot of firms would be interested. Maybe he would even return to id, who knows? Any thoughts on this?
How about /. readers boycott any OEM that doesn't include Java in their new computers?
No I believe that the future of supporting web sites is Micropayments. It's clear that advertising makes for content that is worse, as evidenced by the enormous discrepancy between the quality of network tv, and premium channels such as HBO.
That makes sense because me!=smart :)
Unfortunately, most of the time, people are unable to contact prisoners being held before trial, as they are usually being held in a temporary location. Should he be convicted, he will probably get a mailing address, though I doubt he'll have access to computers.
I wish the moderators thought like you did :)
Blast.
A couple points:
1) Microsoft Execs know that what they are saying is a crock of crap. They know that no one in their right mind believes them, but lying is preferable to saying "HAHAHAHA, we shall crush Java and no one can stop us!" because that could come back to bite them in court.
2) You're absolutely right, many banner ad services are gonna be going crazy over this, but when Microsoft will inevitably refuse to back down, I bet many of them will consider switching to VBScript, or whatever the hell proprietary language Microsoft wants them to use rather than losing over half their customers (I'm sure over half of PC users will either be too stupid or lazy to download Java). The end result of this is that many banner ad services will switch to Microsoft, rather than just getting angry.
Or I could just be paranoid, who knows.
On the bright side, this will spell the end of rollover images, news tickers, and other bandwidth eating idiocies.
On the bad side, I fear many pages will choose to substitute the cursed VBScript, which is actually (in my opinion) a bit superior to Javascript, but unfortunately is proprietary Microsoft-only.
If Microsoft is trying to force people to abandon the well loved and freely availible language for a language that would, in essense, make Microsoft Internet Explorer the only browser availible, they should simply say so, rather than mucking about it.
Of course, this is all speculation.
That much makes sense, obviously. What I was wondering about is how the breaking of the protection would allow cars to read it, since you can't upload new software to your car's computer.
If I ever change my sig, you're gonna look REALLY stupid :).
1) 14 year old girl wants the CD "Dudez-A-Plenty - Baby I wish you were my Baby"
2) 14 year old girl searches Aimster or whatever the hell 14 year old girls use to trade files.
3) 14 year old girl gets no matches as CD is protected.
4) 14 year old girl gets easily manipulated 14 year old nerdy guy to help her (weren't we all that desperate?).
5) 14 year old guy instantly realizes what's going on, alerts message board, and suddenly we aren't having this arguement.
Nah, I'll bet it's some new age crap, Christian Deathmetal, or Country/Western.
Of course, that raises the question of how you would break the code if a computer won't recognize it as a CD. :)
I'd assume it'd have to be country/western or the like for it to be under the tech radar and sell 100,000 copies.