I'd rather those Flash examples than something like that zoomable Swiss map which was slow and kept forcing focus on the browser window when I was trying to click across somewhere else.
BTW, that ESPN example used Flash for the shot chart, but not the Game Updates.
Some good examples of Ajax-type site features using Flash and Javascript:
Flickr's slideshow Flash-app -- this one features hot chicks, so don't miss it! Mouseover top and bottom of the slideshow to get the navigation and thumbnails. Slick. http://flickr.com/photos/zuan/sets/66471/s how/
Orlando Magic's new site - in-frame Flash video and slideshow (Timberwolves did something like this about a year ago too) http://www.nba.com/magic/
ESPN's Flash-based game shot-charts http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/shotcha rt?gameId=250 222004
For an even better example of Ajax, try an ESPN Game Update page for a live game (there should be some starting in a few hours).
Another decent example, more along the lines of an app that runs in the browser as you described, is the NBA's live scores done with Flash with a dynamic boxscore, play-by-play and efficiency ratings.
I am not kidding you when I say that in a lot of department stores in China (especially when you're out of Shanghai and Beijing), you will see the cashiers adding up totals on an abacus. Often they have a cash register with all the functionality required, but they only use that as a cash drawer.
It's hilarious, but very cool.
I'd rate the dustbuster, radio, also ahead of any laptop. The dustbuster I still own today is almost identical in form to the one shown in the list.
A difference between Halo 1 and 2 that frustrates me is the interaction with tanks in a map like Blood Gulch/Coagulation.
In Halo 1, we had a custom multiplayer mode called Slaughter that gave everyone infinite grenades and found that it really balanced out the tanks in a free-for-all. Also, it was possible to snipe tank-users.
In Halo 2, it's just too easy to get on a killing spree with a tank. The projectiles of so many weapons just bounce off a tank or wraith. It might be more realistic, but it's not very balanced.
Look at something like the Brute Shot on Coagulation -- what a POS weapon!
And the Spectre! I love Halo 2 multiplayer, but that thing sucks.
If you find a site that needs javascript, complain loudly to the webmaster, and you will see it change, most of the time.
What about complaining loudly to a webmaster that inflicts pop-up ads on you that are purposely written to get around pop-up blocking techniques?
Ever tried to use a site like ESPN's NBA Game Updates with the live updates of boxscores, play-by-play information and the Flash shot chart? I guess not.
I have two plans (home is 16GB and work is 32GB) and either use it all or go close to doing so. A lot of home ADSL plans charge extra if you go over 300MB or 500MB which is ridiculous and very easy to get through if you're a moderate user.
Actually, the count is higher in the UK and Australia because new shows/series screening in the US are delayed before they're shown here.
If there was no lag, I think you'd find the download counts a lot more even, or weighted towards the US.
Australia, as you noted, really doesn't have the best speeds/rates for broadband -- a lot of customers would be hit with huge bandwidth bills if they were to regularly download movies/TV shows.
I guess you have to weigh up the business risk (I wouldn't call it economic suicide...) versus the environmental benefits and also the advantages of not having your entire country painted as "one of the bad guys" because you won't ratify the protocol.
I'm not an expert on this at all, but surely it could be one of those decisions where the outcome is worth the price?
Australia gets a lot of sun and we're in a great position to benefit from R&D in new energy sources, specifically solar. What's the use of hosting something like the solar challenge if you're not going to back it up?
FWIW, pressure is also mounting on the Australian Prime Minister to ratify the protocol.
He is arguing that "it would be against the national interest for Australia to sign the Kyoto protocol on climate change". (quote from ABC.net.au)
"Until such time as the major polluters of the world - including the United States and China - are made part of the Kyoto regime, it is next to useless and indeed harmful for a country such as Australia to sign up," he said.
The headline for the article on the ABC site is "Signing Kyoto virtually worthless: PM".
Same. 250GB in mine, full of games, XVIDs and MP3s. It's hooked up to a stereo and projector with 100" screen. Anyone in the house can walk into the room, sit down and choose between 50 or so games and however many movies are on there these days. Plus 600 DVDs.
I read Mark Cuban's take on this yesterday, where he suggests that the majority of P2P music trading is legal. He suggested that if you graphed file downloaded vs download count, and imagine the results as something of a bell curve, you'd see significant volume (obviously) in the most popular music. However, he suggested (and I think there could be some merit to it) that the sheer number of legal tracks would extend the tail of the curve. i.e., there might be a million downloads of a Britney Spears song. But there might be a single download each of a million other garage bands enthusiastically trying to get their name out there.
I'd say he's pushing it with the "majority" remark, but it makes me wonder if the 99% claim often made is close to the mark.
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You should send this to IMDB and their list of the Worst Films...
Never gone out at night? Never needed to call a friend to find out what pub they're drinking at, or call your girlfriend to change plans on when/where you're going to meet after she's been shopping?
Without a mobile phone, you're stuck to the original plan, or you have to trawl the city's pubs and clubs looking for whoever you're trying to meet.
If you don't want to be disturbed while you're reading the paper, turn the phone off.
I call bullshit. It's really fast and I should know. It's so fast that I'm already using it and it hasn't been released yet!
Because of the amazing speed, I use it to find out what I'm going to download or write in the future. I search for "clientX quote" and when it returns no results, I know that in the future I was too lazy to write the quote for clientX, and so I just give up, go back to procrastinating and save loads of time!
If only all of this effort was better used to produce independent content (movies and games) outside of Hollywood tripe or bland sequels from uninspired game studios, eh?
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A two part question: "Have you ever heard of the term "jump the shark"?
and "Who are you anyway??"
Wish I had mod points for you Ray. I, like you, (and as The Onion would say) can no longer believe this shit.
I couldn't make up a story this ridiculous, yet it's true. Go world, go.
Hey, 29995 BC called. It wants its microbes back.
I'd rather those Flash examples than something like that zoomable Swiss map which was slow and kept forcing focus on the browser window when I was trying to click across somewhere else.
BTW, that ESPN example used Flash for the shot chart, but not the Game Updates.
Dude, that's hardcore. ;)
Some good examples of Ajax-type site features using Flash and Javascript:
s how/
a rt?gameId=250 222004
Flickr's slideshow Flash-app -- this one features hot chicks, so don't miss it! Mouseover top and bottom of the slideshow to get the navigation and thumbnails. Slick.
http://flickr.com/photos/zuan/sets/66471/
Orlando Magic's new site - in-frame Flash video and slideshow (Timberwolves did something like this about a year ago too)
http://www.nba.com/magic/
ESPN's Flash-based game shot-charts
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/shotch
For an even better example of Ajax, try an ESPN Game Update page for a live game (there should be some starting in a few hours).
Another decent example, more along the lines of an app that runs in the browser as you described, is the NBA's live scores done with Flash with a dynamic boxscore, play-by-play and efficiency ratings.
I am not kidding you when I say that in a lot of department stores in China (especially when you're out of Shanghai and Beijing), you will see the cashiers adding up totals on an abacus. Often they have a cash register with all the functionality required, but they only use that as a cash drawer.
It's hilarious, but very cool.
I'd rate the dustbuster, radio, also ahead of any laptop. The dustbuster I still own today is almost identical in form to the one shown in the list.
A difference between Halo 1 and 2 that frustrates me is the interaction with tanks in a map like Blood Gulch/Coagulation.
In Halo 1, we had a custom multiplayer mode called Slaughter that gave everyone infinite grenades and found that it really balanced out the tanks in a free-for-all. Also, it was possible to snipe tank-users.
In Halo 2, it's just too easy to get on a killing spree with a tank. The projectiles of so many weapons just bounce off a tank or wraith. It might be more realistic, but it's not very balanced.
Look at something like the Brute Shot on Coagulation -- what a POS weapon!
And the Spectre! I love Halo 2 multiplayer, but that thing sucks.
If you find a site that needs javascript, complain loudly to the webmaster, and you will see it change, most of the time.
What about complaining loudly to a webmaster that inflicts pop-up ads on you that are purposely written to get around pop-up blocking techniques?
Ever tried to use a site like ESPN's NBA Game Updates with the live updates of boxscores, play-by-play information and the Flash shot chart? I guess not.
I have two plans (home is 16GB and work is 32GB) and either use it all or go close to doing so. A lot of home ADSL plans charge extra if you go over 300MB or 500MB which is ridiculous and very easy to get through if you're a moderate user.
Actually, the count is higher in the UK and Australia because new shows/series screening in the US are delayed before they're shown here.
If there was no lag, I think you'd find the download counts a lot more even, or weighted towards the US.
Australia, as you noted, really doesn't have the best speeds/rates for broadband -- a lot of customers would be hit with huge bandwidth bills if they were to regularly download movies/TV shows.
I guess you have to weigh up the business risk (I wouldn't call it economic suicide...) versus the environmental benefits and also the advantages of not having your entire country painted as "one of the bad guys" because you won't ratify the protocol.
I'm not an expert on this at all, but surely it could be one of those decisions where the outcome is worth the price?
Australia gets a lot of sun and we're in a great position to benefit from R&D in new energy sources, specifically solar. What's the use of hosting something like the solar challenge if you're not going to back it up?
FWIW, pressure is also mounting on the Australian Prime Minister to ratify the protocol.
He is arguing that "it would be against the national interest for Australia to sign the Kyoto protocol on climate change". (quote from ABC.net.au)
"Until such time as the major polluters of the world - including the United States and China - are made part of the Kyoto regime, it is next to useless and indeed harmful for a country such as Australia to sign up," he said.
The headline for the article on the ABC site is "Signing Kyoto virtually worthless: PM".
Same. 250GB in mine, full of games, XVIDs and MP3s. It's hooked up to a stereo and projector with 100" screen. Anyone in the house can walk into the room, sit down and choose between 50 or so games and however many movies are on there these days. Plus 600 DVDs.
Finger print or iris scan?
Excellent point that had been ignored until this point in the conversation.
I read Mark Cuban's take on this yesterday, where he suggests that the majority of P2P music trading is legal. He suggested that if you graphed file downloaded vs download count, and imagine the results as something of a bell curve, you'd see significant volume (obviously) in the most popular music. However, he suggested (and I think there could be some merit to it) that the sheer number of legal tracks would extend the tail of the curve. i.e., there might be a million downloads of a Britney Spears song. But there might be a single download each of a million other garage bands enthusiastically trying to get their name out there.
I'd say he's pushing it with the "majority" remark, but it makes me wonder if the 99% claim often made is close to the mark.
You should send this to IMDB and their list of the Worst Films...
But surely by believing in a creator, you are putting faith in exactly what you refuse to believe, i.e., the alternative.
Who or what created your ID?
"Seems like 2 hours prison time per copy would be more appropriate."
2 hours prison time. Watching Miss Congeniality.
Sorry, what was the difference again?
Ours is called "we can see you from up here".
Never gone out at night? Never needed to call a friend to find out what pub they're drinking at, or call your girlfriend to change plans on when/where you're going to meet after she's been shopping?
Without a mobile phone, you're stuck to the original plan, or you have to trawl the city's pubs and clubs looking for whoever you're trying to meet.
If you don't want to be disturbed while you're reading the paper, turn the phone off.
I call bullshit. It's really fast and I should know. It's so fast that I'm already using it and it hasn't been released yet!
Because of the amazing speed, I use it to find out what I'm going to download or write in the future. I search for "clientX quote" and when it returns no results, I know that in the future I was too lazy to write the quote for clientX, and so I just give up, go back to procrastinating and save loads of time!
If only all of this effort was better used to produce independent content (movies and games) outside of Hollywood tripe or bland sequels from uninspired game studios, eh?
Wow, this sounds like an awesome Frogger level...