I always found it interesting that the origin for Hermaphrodite is a mix of the Greek Gods Hermes (the interpreter/trickster) and Aphrodite (love/sexual rapture). Just FYI for those not In The Know.
I don't know which online communities you're talking about.
I'm not talking about any of them. That's the whole point. The idea that this could ever work in the utopian sense is ludacris, yet the article never alludes to the dark side of such ventures...
The theorem used here is trying to create an entire society, not just a profitable MMORPG.
If you even begin to attempt to do something of this magnitude, the first lawsuit will be the end of it.
Or the first death. Don't think someone won't track another user and kill his punk ass because he stole his deed to some ruby in Nebraska.
Put simply, we don't have the computing capacity, or bandwidth, or security to support this system. These are the kinds of games that movies are based on, and parody. Someone could potentially spend years of their life in a game like this, doing whatever they please. Running a farm, running a shop, whatever.
This is just not possible at the moment. The graphics aren't good enough, the bandwidth isn't there (think of a New York sized metropolitan area--and the massive lag associated with it).
Of course it's a good idea. A virtual society with real money and real consequences, hell, before you know it you'll have mini-governments out there, plus the added intrigue of bounty hunters who go find the bastard that killed your cousin's character and stole all his loot.
You'll vote on the president of a virtual world or continent or server or however you want to specify it. Of course, for this truly to work, it would be game-wide, and that kind of operation would require millions of people to use it to create a revenue stream good enough to make it viable.
Yes, that gold site isn't a "currency" but you damn well better believe the first time a 10 year old earns $10k off of something there would be law quicker than you can say Cease and Decist.
There are too many variables, too much shit that goes along with this kind of idea to make it never get beyond what it already is: a child's perfect dream world, with no corruption or inflation, with no abuse or discourse.
Keep hope alive, but don't even imagine this coming into existence in the next 10 years.
It reminds me of Molyneux's new game, The Movies. He pontificates on the viability of creating all of the "main parts" of your favorite movies with the game. Including Star Wars or Terminator or Fried Green Tomatoes. And you just know it's going to be a lame console game with a PC version that is probably above average. He dreams big, but he hasn't hit the mark in a long time. Black and White's UI-less UI was limp, but he tried.
And its ideas like this that are required for a true cyberspace to come into being.
Independent of that, I don't think a single artist would support this. Some artists do make lots of money from CD sales, and even those who don't are not going to be willing to give up their royalties.
Ah, ignorance. Such a wonderful pasttime.
Let's get to some facts:
Rarely do any music artists make money. Remember, the record company makes the artist pay for EVERYTHING but promotion, and sometimes that as well.
Tom Petty rocked the industry in the 80's by declaring bankruptcy and making the whole world realize that the shady, awful deals then made them, basically, indentured servants. Petty realized that no matter how well his new record did (Damn the Torpedoes, as I recall), he could not make enough money to pay back the record company for what he owed.
Most bands make their money from touring. But again that's a vicious cycle because you have to pay for the crew, the pryotechnics, the t-shirt vendors et al.
All of those huge 50's and 60's songs that the oldies stations play without end? Yeah, about 95% of them are broke.
Even in the 70's, the only people who really benefited from that era were the Bee Gee's, because they sold about 20 million records. And even at a few cents per sale you're bound to make money, and that's how they made out.
Abba makes more money now with their theater show (in London, I believe) than they ever did with "Dancing Queen". And almost everyone's heard that song, or have seen the record in their parent's old collections. But who has heard of their theater setup?
The only flaw I can see, and a small one at that, is that he hasn't mentioned artist payment directly. However, that doesn't mean this is a failure and that doesn't mean it's a bust. I'm sure he can work out something like this lately.
I've been using Outlook 2k3 for months now, and that UI is definitely better...unfortunately, Outlook is still a buggy mess, especially in beta.
I have high hopes for this new Exchange wannabe, but like someone else said, to sell this I know dozens of users who will huff and puff and cry about "having to learn something all over again." It's not as simple as it appears...plus a converter from Exchange to an OSS solution would be a godsend, and that's something I've read very little about.
Just to totally avoid pure FUD, I feel a few things should be noted:
2.) Toshiba's have a problem of having their own "helping" software that when you boot with a net connection it will call home and download "updates" automatically for you. One such update was for my model to cut the clock speed in half.
This was for Intel's Speedstep tech. This cuts the CPU down when the machine is idle in order to conserv on battery life. Mhz programs will read the CPU as half-speed, because your machine isn't doing anythign else...which leads to:
3.) Every toshiba I've owned has horrible battery life, you might as well consider them a computer with a built in UPS and easy to move around, and not a "portable laptop".
I'm not saying it was right for them to force those updates on you, but I hope you can at least see the connection.
(although if that were the only reason, the samples would be automatically destroyed at the end of the servicemember's contract)
Of course not! Hundreds of years into the future, after they figure out how to create humans from simple DNA strands, they can resurrect the greatest generals who ever lived to fight the War for the Futur...
This is noteworthy because normally there are large time spans between releases of DVDs and Sequels (although LotR had a special edition released only a few weeks before TTT).
Thankfully they're doing the same thing this time with an awesome 4-disc set for the TTT as well (just a month before Return of the King hits).
With John C's cash, don't you think he could afford some bandwidth?
I mean, seriously, how many times has he been/.'d with this website that they keep hi-res pics and videos on?
He doesn't have to have a monster monthly bill to suffice, but at the very least you would imagine he could utilize a hoster who could provide the type of bandwidth a/.-hit might cause.
I love the work, the ideas, the sheer gall of the project, but damn, why is it everytime something interesting is added I have to wait days to see any of it?
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Yes, I know. Taking things too seriously can sometimes be a Bad Thing (tm). Relax.
I wonder if it will run at the correct speed on my more modern hardware.
That's the best understatement I've heard all week.
"I wonder if this hot wheels car, traveling down a wooden plank at a steep angle, will be just slightly slower than the bullet from this gun. Hmm."
It's McFly
I always found it interesting that the origin for Hermaphrodite is a mix of the Greek Gods Hermes (the interpreter/trickster) and Aphrodite (love/sexual rapture). Just FYI for those not In The Know.
I don't know which online communities you're talking about.
I'm not talking about any of them. That's the whole point. The idea that this could ever work in the utopian sense is ludacris, yet the article never alludes to the dark side of such ventures...
The theorem used here is trying to create an entire society, not just a profitable MMORPG.
If you even begin to attempt to do something of this magnitude, the first lawsuit will be the end of it.
Or the first death. Don't think someone won't track another user and kill his punk ass because he stole his deed to some ruby in Nebraska.
Put simply, we don't have the computing capacity, or bandwidth, or security to support this system. These are the kinds of games that movies are based on, and parody. Someone could potentially spend years of their life in a game like this, doing whatever they please. Running a farm, running a shop, whatever.
This is just not possible at the moment. The graphics aren't good enough, the bandwidth isn't there (think of a New York sized metropolitan area--and the massive lag associated with it).
Of course it's a good idea. A virtual society with real money and real consequences, hell, before you know it you'll have mini-governments out there, plus the added intrigue of bounty hunters who go find the bastard that killed your cousin's character and stole all his loot.
You'll vote on the president of a virtual world or continent or server or however you want to specify it. Of course, for this truly to work, it would be game-wide, and that kind of operation would require millions of people to use it to create a revenue stream good enough to make it viable.
Yes, that gold site isn't a "currency" but you damn well better believe the first time a 10 year old earns $10k off of something there would be law quicker than you can say Cease and Decist.
There are too many variables, too much shit that goes along with this kind of idea to make it never get beyond what it already is: a child's perfect dream world, with no corruption or inflation, with no abuse or discourse.
Keep hope alive, but don't even imagine this coming into existence in the next 10 years.
It reminds me of Molyneux's new game, The Movies. He pontificates on the viability of creating all of the "main parts" of your favorite movies with the game. Including Star Wars or Terminator or Fried Green Tomatoes. And you just know it's going to be a lame console game with a PC version that is probably above average. He dreams big, but he hasn't hit the mark in a long time. Black and White's UI-less UI was limp, but he tried.
And its ideas like this that are required for a true cyberspace to come into being.
Good luck.
mapAmobile is designed more to ease the minds of worried parents and suspicious bosses than to enable unauthorised spying."
And crack is designed to give a "highly euphoric feeling" while providing the added benefit of weight loss.
And I can't imagine Xbox dev kits being too cheap anymore, either.
/joke
Yeah, PIII 700's w/ a Geforce 2 are really expensive these days.
Just picture the tractor trailer backing up full of letters...
Or the horrified receptionist and her throbbing wrist three hours later...
Independent of that, I don't think a single artist would support this. Some artists do make lots of money from CD sales, and even those who don't are not going to be willing to give up their royalties.
Ah, ignorance. Such a wonderful pasttime.
Let's get to some facts:
Rarely do any music artists make money. Remember, the record company makes the artist pay for EVERYTHING but promotion, and sometimes that as well.
Tom Petty rocked the industry in the 80's by declaring bankruptcy and making the whole world realize that the shady, awful deals then made them, basically, indentured servants. Petty realized that no matter how well his new record did (Damn the Torpedoes, as I recall), he could not make enough money to pay back the record company for what he owed.
Most bands make their money from touring. But again that's a vicious cycle because you have to pay for the crew, the pryotechnics, the t-shirt vendors et al.
All of those huge 50's and 60's songs that the oldies stations play without end? Yeah, about 95% of them are broke.
Even in the 70's, the only people who really benefited from that era were the Bee Gee's, because they sold about 20 million records. And even at a few cents per sale you're bound to make money, and that's how they made out.
Abba makes more money now with their theater show (in London, I believe) than they ever did with "Dancing Queen". And almost everyone's heard that song, or have seen the record in their parent's old collections. But who has heard of their theater setup?
The only flaw I can see, and a small one at that, is that he hasn't mentioned artist payment directly. However, that doesn't mean this is a failure and that doesn't mean it's a bust. I'm sure he can work out something like this lately.
I would like to meet the moderator who scored the above comment as "+1 Insighful".
But I would not, however, like to shake his hand.
1. If Sony claims this handheld will have PS2 quality graphics, why would anyone buy a PS2 when this comes to market?
Yeah, I know I'd never lay down cash to purchase a system that could be displayed on my big screen so I could instead play on a 3" LCD.
You tell em, man.
Now, if only some kind researchers could get us all out of wearing pants at the office, we'd be set!
Judging by the general clientele of slashdot, myself included, I'm hoping that this never comes to pass.
Think of the co-workers, I tell you.
Remember kids: Graphic, disturbing images can cause hysterical blindness.
The quicker Evolution lives up to its name, and departs from an Outlook-style UI model, the better.
Hate to tell you, but it looks like they're going in the same direction, as far as UI goes...
I've been using Outlook 2k3 for months now, and that UI is definitely better...unfortunately, Outlook is still a buggy mess, especially in beta.
I have high hopes for this new Exchange wannabe, but like someone else said, to sell this I know dozens of users who will huff and puff and cry about "having to learn something all over again." It's not as simple as it appears...plus a converter from Exchange to an OSS solution would be a godsend, and that's something I've read very little about.
Hold on here. Are tech copyrights now good?
Damn you slashdot political climate, damn you!
It took me years to figure out all of the nuances, then they had to go screw it up again.
So, for the next 5 minutes, goofy tech patents rule!
Well, in that case, sue em to hell! :)
Didn't mean to wrongly accuse, I got the feeling you would've known about the speedstep issue...
My apologies.
Just to totally avoid pure FUD, I feel a few things should be noted:
2.) Toshiba's have a problem of having their own "helping" software that when you boot with a net connection it will call home and download "updates" automatically for you. One such update was for my model to cut the clock speed in half.
This was for Intel's Speedstep tech. This cuts the CPU down when the machine is idle in order to conserv on battery life. Mhz programs will read the CPU as half-speed, because your machine isn't doing anythign else...which leads to:
3.) Every toshiba I've owned has horrible battery life, you might as well consider them a computer with a built in UPS and easy to move around, and not a "portable laptop".
I'm not saying it was right for them to force those updates on you, but I hope you can at least see the connection.
Later he realizes all he got was the wrong end of a plunger.
But in regards to a plunger and a human, is there really a "right end"?
Of course not! Hundreds of years into the future, after they figure out how to create humans from simple DNA strands, they can resurrect the greatest generals who ever lived to fight the War for the Futur...
I'm such a dork.
This is noteworthy because normally there are large time spans between releases of DVDs and Sequels (although LotR had a special edition released only a few weeks before TTT).
Thankfully they're doing the same thing this time with an awesome 4-disc set for the TTT as well (just a month before Return of the King hits).
*** Looking up 65.42.25.3
*** Failed to resolve 65.42.25.3
Another one bites the dust...
I just imagine some RIAA lawyer sitting behind his desk and pumping his fist going "Yeah, you like that, don't you bitch?"
Remember to use the Bittorrent links for those who want to download the whole thing in one go.
My point exactly.
I'm not flamebaiting here, I'm generally curious:
/.'d with this website that they keep hi-res pics and videos on?
/.-hit might cause.
With John C's cash, don't you think he could afford some bandwidth?
I mean, seriously, how many times has he been
He doesn't have to have a monster monthly bill to suffice, but at the very least you would imagine he could utilize a hoster who could provide the type of bandwidth a
I love the work, the ideas, the sheer gall of the project, but damn, why is it everytime something interesting is added I have to wait days to see any of it?
Hey! I too haven't gotten around to changing my oil...and suffered for it.
And I'm a network admin at their credit union...