You're assuming the government would ever GIVE a "virtual" world rights of any kind. It would never happen, because when it comes right down to it, the parent company could manipulate that world all they want.
Not to mention that "people" don't get two sets of rights. They have rights based on where they are. If you're in the US, Australia's rights don't apply to you. Likewise, the only "Virtual Rights" that "Virtual People" would have apply ONLY to the "Virtual World."
Your criteria for what constitute a "nation-state" are so flawed it's not even funny. I'll let others pick that apart, but suffice it to say, if that's all it took to create a "Nation-State", I could do that in a WEEKEND with rudimentary code.
Online will never be anything more than a COMMUNITY.
You are playing with Mythic's code. No matter what you do in the context of the game, you have not "created" anything that Mythic did not program into the game. Therefore, you cannot SELL what you did not create.
It's ALL Mythic's property, and you have no right to it. You're paying for access to the code, not for the code outright. Just because you played for hundreds of hours doesn't mean you've created anything. All you've really done when it comes right down to it is flipped a few bits on a server.
Hell, not even your CHARACTER NAME is your property, because essentially, all you did was enter a variable in a program, but that variable was planned for. Everything you type was anticipated down to the exact sequence (which is why you can't type in names they don't allow, or characters the program can't interpret).
"Personally, I find it interesting that BSI is going after DAoC, calling Mythic a "software giant," while ignoring the more established compettion in EverQuest producer Sony, Asheron's Call producer Microsoft, and Ultima Online producer Electronic Arts."
It's not interesting. It's called going after the littlest guy you can so you have a better chance of winning. Once you win, a precedent has been set, making it easier to go for the bigger fish.
And how does he know that? Anyone that claims something is hopelessly broken until they've SEEN the inner workings is an idiot.
Besides, AOL has done a pretty good job of leaving WinAMP, Gnutella, and ICQ alone. Alan is simply jumping ship because of who is signing his check. That's short-sighted at best.
He's neglecting all the positive that could come from this. Linux may become a more mainstream OS now. They'll have a lot more resources at their disposal.
There's a lot he clearly hasn't considered. And for that, I call his desire to leave entirely self-serving, and against everything he supposedly stands for.
Way to go, Alan. Rather than make sure that Red Hat REMAINS what you've strived to make it, you'd pack up your bags before you know what AOL's plans are. You'd rather leave than be associated with the company. You'd help contribute to RedHat FAILING under AOL rather than make it what it SHOULD be.
Standing up for your ideals is one thing, but by leaving, you're tossing those exact same ideals out the door.
I'd much rather suck up my pride and tell people that I was employed by AOL, but trying to make it better, then tell people I gave up rather than try.
We're partially to blame. Every time we point to a Nintendo console as being "kiddy" because games are using cartoon graphics instead of being hyper-realistic, we perpetuate that belief.
Of course, when I say WE, I really mean all of you.:)
Naw. I was just in a mood is all. I read that response from the CS professor that felt he was "qualified" to answer, and read all of his attitude, and something snapped.
I posted a similar rant at The Tech Report right around the same time. Didn't quite have it all out of my system, I guess.
MIS: Take this if you want to manage geeks, and actually understand what they're talking about. Take this if you ever want to get promoted. Take this if you like dealing with bureaucratic bullshit for 8 hours a day.
CIS: Take this if you don't want anyone to understand what the fuck you're talking about. Take this if you can't figure out if you want to be a manager or a programmer, and are a wishy-washy pansy. Take this if you like computers, hate programming, and don't care about advancement.
CS: Take this if you like making fun of people in code. Take this if you like sitting behind a desk and staring at a screen for 12 hours a day. Take this if you like being a prick with a superiority complex, and don't need a girlfriend.
"And in my opinion, a nice long interview can easily seperate the people without degrees who can cut it on the job from people without degrees who can't."
Obviously not, or you wouldn't have been working with those morons, would you?
Too bad it has no bearing on FFX. The Active Time Battle system was ditched for what they call a "Conditional Turn-Based" system. What that means, is that it's turn based, but there are things you can do to shift around character's positions on the timeline.
Timeline? Yeah, you can see in a bar on the right the next ten moves.
It's incredible, adds a lot of strategy to the game, not to mention alleviates that WAIT from the previous games with the ATB.
ABC ran a special to promote the new "Atlantis" movie a few months back. It was acutally pretty informative, but one of the tidbits that came out of it was that this place in Cube is starting to be widely beleived to be the location of Atlantis. Supposedly, all the "clues" fit.
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My wife and I saw the original application for this technology, Dean Kamen's really nifty wheelchair, while at Epcot last year.
Right around that same time, we heard rumblings of this "IT" thing. Most of the speculation ended up being right on target, aside from the ridiculous theory that it would use a Stirling engine.
Regardless, I have the same thought now as I did then. For any "personal transportation" to be worthwhile, you need a place to PUT it when you're done using it. What do you do, drag it behind you?
This thing is way to expensive for anyone to want to leave behind in a "parking spot" and you certainly aren't going to chain it up anywhere.
Before this is going to become the revolutionary transportation Kamen wants it to be, he's going to need to make it LIGHTER, less expensive, and collapsible. It won't sell until it can be stuffed into a backpack or some other bag when you're done commuting/travelling.
No, it's not useful when it's not useful. WindowFX has done alpha in Win2K for a long time.
The problem is, you need to make certain windows transparent, and only on a selective basis. A clock app, for example, would be a good candidate for alpha. WinAMP is another. Something you want to remain "on top" but still want your whole desktop real estate for.
Hell, I think having the Windows Taskbar alpha out instead of roll away is better.
Alpha is cool, but not intrinsically useful. It depends on the app, it depends on the user. But the way it's been implemented so far is just flawed. Not everything should be alpha'd.
Now what would be really cool is to SCALE windows with the mouse wheel. Roll a window away, and roll it forward. 150% down to 50% (so you can't use them.
Hell, make the mouse wheel a BALL. Now you can rotate your windows in 3D. Need more room? Just tilt that window away from you a bit. Add a titlebar to the side so you can tell what's there.
With 3D chips in nearly every computer these days, this shouldn't be hard.
It's "Ani." "Annie" is the red-headed chick with the missing eyes and the big furry dog.
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Actually, there's a pretty hefty pro-Microsoft slant here too, I've noticed. Slashdot isn't so much a Linux/Open Source forum as it is a "tech" forum now.
Slashdot Mirror
How long before you get laughed off of Slashdot.
... apparently not long.
Whoops
You're assuming the government would ever GIVE a "virtual" world rights of any kind. It would never happen, because when it comes right down to it, the parent company could manipulate that world all they want.
Not to mention that "people" don't get two sets of rights. They have rights based on where they are. If you're in the US, Australia's rights don't apply to you. Likewise, the only "Virtual Rights" that "Virtual People" would have apply ONLY to the "Virtual World."
Your criteria for what constitute a "nation-state" are so flawed it's not even funny. I'll let others pick that apart, but suffice it to say, if that's all it took to create a "Nation-State", I could do that in a WEEKEND with rudimentary code.
Online will never be anything more than a COMMUNITY.
How can you POSSIBLY be confused.
You are playing with Mythic's code. No matter what you do in the context of the game, you have not "created" anything that Mythic did not program into the game. Therefore, you cannot SELL what you did not create.
It's ALL Mythic's property, and you have no right to it. You're paying for access to the code, not for the code outright. Just because you played for hundreds of hours doesn't mean you've created anything. All you've really done when it comes right down to it is flipped a few bits on a server.
Hell, not even your CHARACTER NAME is your property, because essentially, all you did was enter a variable in a program, but that variable was planned for. Everything you type was anticipated down to the exact sequence (which is why you can't type in names they don't allow, or characters the program can't interpret).
"Personally, I find it interesting that BSI is going after DAoC, calling Mythic a "software giant," while ignoring the more established compettion in EverQuest producer Sony, Asheron's Call producer Microsoft, and Ultima Online producer Electronic Arts."
It's not interesting. It's called going after the littlest guy you can so you have a better chance of winning. Once you win, a precedent has been set, making it easier to go for the bigger fish.
That's like Lawyering 101.
"How about this conspiracy theorists? Does this in effect give m$ a media monopoly to cover the trial in its own self interest? Hmmm
... and be COMPLETELY off-base. There's Microsoft bashing, but this is just ignorant.
Somebody had to mention it."
Someone had to mention it
NO PRESS means NO PRESS. Just because Microsoft owns part of MSNBC doesn't mean that somehow they are exempt.
Two Words.
Bluetooth.
Laptop.
(Note: You can replace "Laptop" with "Handheld" if you wish.)
And how does he know that? Anyone that claims something is hopelessly broken until they've SEEN the inner workings is an idiot.
Besides, AOL has done a pretty good job of leaving WinAMP, Gnutella, and ICQ alone. Alan is simply jumping ship because of who is signing his check. That's short-sighted at best.
He's neglecting all the positive that could come from this. Linux may become a more mainstream OS now. They'll have a lot more resources at their disposal.
There's a lot he clearly hasn't considered. And for that, I call his desire to leave entirely self-serving, and against everything he supposedly stands for.
Way to go, Alan. Rather than make sure that Red Hat REMAINS what you've strived to make it, you'd pack up your bags before you know what AOL's plans are. You'd rather leave than be associated with the company. You'd help contribute to RedHat FAILING under AOL rather than make it what it SHOULD be.
Standing up for your ideals is one thing, but by leaving, you're tossing those exact same ideals out the door.
I'd much rather suck up my pride and tell people that I was employed by AOL, but trying to make it better, then tell people I gave up rather than try.
We're partially to blame. Every time we point to a Nintendo console as being "kiddy" because games are using cartoon graphics instead of being hyper-realistic, we perpetuate that belief.
:)
Of course, when I say WE, I really mean all of you.
Everyone here is talking about the "TiVo Underground" forum, but no one has posted a link. Let them see for themselves, right?
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/
"Hence the disappearnce of backdoors."
What? They took away the backdoors in my TiVo?
*runs to check*
Nope, still there. They may change the codes for each release, but the backdoors are ALWAYS THERE.
In fact, the newest release for my DirecTiVo added the 30-skip function as a backdoor code. Where's your proof that they're being removed?
Naw. I was just in a mood is all. I read that response from the CS professor that felt he was "qualified" to answer, and read all of his attitude, and something snapped.
I posted a similar rant at The Tech Report right around the same time. Didn't quite have it all out of my system, I guess.
http://www.tech-report.com/news_reply.x/3287
You know, I really can't deal with Macs. It's mostly the software. I've always admired the hardware design.
... but I like it. And if I could stand OSX ... I'd probably buy one.
This is really nice. It's low-profile, technologically "edgy".
I'm sure Slashdot is going to cruicfy Jobs, and probably me for saying this
MIS: Take this if you want to manage geeks, and actually understand what they're talking about. Take this if you ever want to get promoted. Take this if you like dealing with bureaucratic bullshit for 8 hours a day.
CIS: Take this if you don't want anyone to understand what the fuck you're talking about. Take this if you can't figure out if you want to be a manager or a programmer, and are a wishy-washy pansy. Take this if you like computers, hate programming, and don't care about advancement.
CS: Take this if you like making fun of people in code. Take this if you like sitting behind a desk and staring at a screen for 12 hours a day. Take this if you like being a prick with a superiority complex, and don't need a girlfriend.
Exactly. And since Kazaa, Morpheus, LimeWire, etc. all do a much better job, how does Napster POSSIBLY think that they can compete now?
"And in my opinion, a nice long interview can easily seperate the people without degrees who can cut it on the job from people without degrees who can't."
Obviously not, or you wouldn't have been working with those morons, would you?
Wow. That was very long and thought out.
Too bad it has no bearing on FFX. The Active Time Battle system was ditched for what they call a "Conditional Turn-Based" system. What that means, is that it's turn based, but there are things you can do to shift around character's positions on the timeline.
Timeline? Yeah, you can see in a bar on the right the next ten moves.
It's incredible, adds a lot of strategy to the game, not to mention alleviates that WAIT from the previous games with the ATB.
ABC ran a special to promote the new "Atlantis" movie a few months back. It was acutally pretty informative, but one of the tidbits that came out of it was that this place in Cube is starting to be widely beleived to be the location of Atlantis. Supposedly, all the "clues" fit.
My wife and I saw the original application for this technology, Dean Kamen's really nifty wheelchair, while at Epcot last year.
Right around that same time, we heard rumblings of this "IT" thing. Most of the speculation ended up being right on target, aside from the ridiculous theory that it would use a Stirling engine.
Regardless, I have the same thought now as I did then. For any "personal transportation" to be worthwhile, you need a place to PUT it when you're done using it. What do you do, drag it behind you?
This thing is way to expensive for anyone to want to leave behind in a "parking spot" and you certainly aren't going to chain it up anywhere.
Before this is going to become the revolutionary transportation Kamen wants it to be, he's going to need to make it LIGHTER, less expensive, and collapsible. It won't sell until it can be stuffed into a backpack or some other bag when you're done commuting/travelling.
No, by scaling I mean scaling THE ENTIRE window. In fact, maybe scaling with a little alpha shading would work too ...
No, it's not useful when it's not useful. WindowFX has done alpha in Win2K for a long time.
The problem is, you need to make certain windows transparent, and only on a selective basis. A clock app, for example, would be a good candidate for alpha. WinAMP is another. Something you want to remain "on top" but still want your whole desktop real estate for.
Hell, I think having the Windows Taskbar alpha out instead of roll away is better.
Alpha is cool, but not intrinsically useful. It depends on the app, it depends on the user. But the way it's been implemented so far is just flawed. Not everything should be alpha'd.
Now what would be really cool is to SCALE windows with the mouse wheel. Roll a window away, and roll it forward. 150% down to 50% (so you can't use them.
Hell, make the mouse wheel a BALL. Now you can rotate your windows in 3D. Need more room? Just tilt that window away from you a bit. Add a titlebar to the side so you can tell what's there.
With 3D chips in nearly every computer these days, this shouldn't be hard.
And the fact that the laser simply cannot read past the outside edge of a Mini-DVD. It's not a standard drive.
"I don't think many IT people (myself included) consider our profession life threatening"
You clearly have never had to deal with a Vice President or CEO who just lost a proposal an hour before their meeting.
It's "Ani." "Annie" is the red-headed chick with the missing eyes and the big furry dog.
Actually, there's a pretty hefty pro-Microsoft slant here too, I've noticed. Slashdot isn't so much a Linux/Open Source forum as it is a "tech" forum now.
Nope ... I've got "small fonts", the 96-dpi ones. And I can read it just fine. I do have decent eyesight, though.
...
In the interest of full-disclosure, I do have 48x48 ICONS