please replace that non-functional lump of tissue in your cranium out and replace it with a bowl of tapioca. the results will be better for all of us.
...dave
i and everyone i know has always known everything she says. who doesn't realize that games are the bleeding edge of software? hermits who live deep in the yukon nature reserves?
so, satire is entirely lost on people who ate paint chips as kids i guess.
do the world a favour and go drink some bleach, if you can still speak, step up to dran-o.
then go ahead and slap your fingers in a drawer 'til you can't type. don't even think about getting one of those stephen hawking type-with-your-eyes devices either.
...dave
intellectual property, and its progeny, closed communication and lawsuit bonanza do not promote new technology.
progress does not come by protecting what is already known.
trying to guard information is not only silly but it's counter-productive. luckily not all companies and not all industries behave the same way. the computer industry, by and large, is much more open. it is important that we fight to keep it that way, and when companies like microsoft and adobe make moves to be more like the media 'providers'.
...dave
it's not about wanting MP3s for free. do you know how many MP3s i have? i think about 15. only a few do i even listen to regularly (tenacious d @ largo), and that is not available on CD.
how many CDs do i have? 100+.
i buy CDs regularly, i rarely download any MP3s.
the issue is the music industry is lazy and overcharges for their product. i want my new albums to be in DVD audi and DTS. i want not only to hear left to right but front to back.
the troll here is you.
no one needs the notion of intellectual property to live a happy life. the artists don't, the corporations don't and i sure don't. i'm speaking as a programmer here as well.
if you can't stay ahead of those trying to copy you, then you deserve to fall behind.
there's nothing that stops one car company from mimicking another (look at lexus' entire line-up, nothing but imitations and amalgamations of european autos), yet somehow the best still stay on top, and there's still room for the immiatators as well.
you need to open your eyes and stop being such a bigot. i'm not saying down with money, down with corporations. i'm saying down with lazy greedy corporations which do nothing to improve the products they make (and this includes a lot more than just the music industry, it's just the easiest topic for most people to relate to.)
...dave
that's really what the whole discussion of intelectual property comes down to.
does anyone else remember when david letterman left NBC for CBS and was told that he could not do stupid pet tricks, top ten, etc. because these were the intellectual property of NBC?
anyone recall the prevalent attitude of the time? 'what is intellectual property? isn't that like a copy of the entire works of jung?'
the notion that someone can own an idea is ridiculous. it only came about because greedy bastards who somehow stumbled upon something that at least passed for a good idea realized they'd probably never have another one, and they really really needed to protect their single solitary precious.
the music industry knows it's fucked because it hasn't innovated in twenty years. the CD was the last big step. if they were forced to innovate and provide a product worthy of the money, right now you'd have them pushing DVD Audio, and the DTS/Dolby 5.1 music experience.
but they're not. why? because they have the CD-presses, and the stereo recording studios all set up and they can make a much better profit stamping out those at $0.02 each and charging $15 than they could having to investigate new technologies and create new recording studios, new production facilities, etc.
corporate lethargy is everywhere, there's no competition, there's just gluttony.
...dave
plus i'd like to add that i am fucking sick of 'journalists' focusing on the journal in their job description.
when did reporting degrade into bitching and moaning about your personal foibles and ignorance? every time i pick up a magazine or newspaper i'm reminded why i don't subscribe to them by articles like that one.
it's gotten so that when someone actually writes something without telling us they've got scabies they are heralded as the new paragon of writing.
...dave
which states that software must not be bloated and slow. not only has adobe been found guilty of this but bill gates is wanted on half a dozen counts.
...dave
DooM/Quake et al never needed one, it was good that Epic realized this with Unreal Tournament.
you can't unilaterally say games suck because they don't have plots. if a game depends on its plot for part of its interest and enjoyment, and the plot is weak then yes, that is a fault.
but if it's merely extraneous,.. then that's like complaining that zork never had fancy graphics.
...dave
taking a cue from VW's new Beetle S (Sport Edition), the iMac is getting beefed up suspension, a more agressive aerodynamic kit and an additional 20 horsepower.
it will be available with manual or automatic transmission and come in paisely, plaid or courderoy.
...dave
it was the FBI and the article says that he was detained, it makes no mention of an actual 'arrest'.. there's a big difference, they can detain you without any real reason, but they can only do it for so long.
you know i hadn't thought about the external ones that way and was planning on an internal hdd for my PSX2 but now that you mention it, that's a much better idea.
you're a genius! i will build a statue of you made of meatloaf.
...dave
Slashdot Mirror
they don't even know who it is yet you jackass! how can they plan a retaliation, let alone be carrying it out?!
you know your hole? the one you put pie in? SHUT IT!
...dave
http://www.somethingawful.com/jeffk/
PLAES LAUNCH YUORSELF INTO SPAEC!!!!
...dave
please replace that non-functional lump of tissue in your cranium out and replace it with a bowl of tapioca. the results will be better for all of us.
...dave
he was just speaking of making them :
a) worthwhile to produce on a performance gain v. cost increase comparison.
b) being affordable once produced.
i know it's hard to fit a single thought in when you're busy trying to get first post, but c'mon..
...dave
it was just a comment toward rich bastards in general, you twit.
...dave
captain obvious.
i and everyone i know has always known everything she says. who doesn't realize that games are the bleeding edge of software? hermits who live deep in the yukon nature reserves?
jeebus..
...dave
so, satire is entirely lost on people who ate paint chips as kids i guess.
do the world a favour and go drink some bleach, if you can still speak, step up to dran-o.
then go ahead and slap your fingers in a drawer 'til you can't type. don't even think about getting one of those stephen hawking type-with-your-eyes devices either.
...dave
you sure don't understand jokes.
fuck you and the patronizing horse you rode in on.
...dave
that doesn't understand a simple thing called sarcasm
...dave
there is some confusion as to what exactly is going on...
...dave
intellectual property, and its progeny, closed communication and lawsuit bonanza do not promote new technology.
progress does not come by protecting what is already known.
trying to guard information is not only silly but it's counter-productive. luckily not all companies and not all industries behave the same way. the computer industry, by and large, is much more open. it is important that we fight to keep it that way, and when companies like microsoft and adobe make moves to be more like the media 'providers'.
...dave
it's not about wanting MP3s for free. do you know how many MP3s i have? i think about 15. only a few do i even listen to regularly (tenacious d @ largo), and that is not available on CD.
how many CDs do i have? 100+.
i buy CDs regularly, i rarely download any MP3s.
the issue is the music industry is lazy and overcharges for their product. i want my new albums to be in DVD audi and DTS. i want not only to hear left to right but front to back.
the troll here is you.
no one needs the notion of intellectual property to live a happy life. the artists don't, the corporations don't and i sure don't. i'm speaking as a programmer here as well.
if you can't stay ahead of those trying to copy you, then you deserve to fall behind.
there's nothing that stops one car company from mimicking another (look at lexus' entire line-up, nothing but imitations and amalgamations of european autos), yet somehow the best still stay on top, and there's still room for the immiatators as well.
you need to open your eyes and stop being such a bigot. i'm not saying down with money, down with corporations. i'm saying down with lazy greedy corporations which do nothing to improve the products they make (and this includes a lot more than just the music industry, it's just the easiest topic for most people to relate to.)
...dave
that's really what the whole discussion of intelectual property comes down to.
does anyone else remember when david letterman left NBC for CBS and was told that he could not do stupid pet tricks, top ten, etc. because these were the intellectual property of NBC?
anyone recall the prevalent attitude of the time? 'what is intellectual property? isn't that like a copy of the entire works of jung?'
the notion that someone can own an idea is ridiculous. it only came about because greedy bastards who somehow stumbled upon something that at least passed for a good idea realized they'd probably never have another one, and they really really needed to protect their single solitary precious.
the music industry knows it's fucked because it hasn't innovated in twenty years. the CD was the last big step. if they were forced to innovate and provide a product worthy of the money, right now you'd have them pushing DVD Audio, and the DTS/Dolby 5.1 music experience.
but they're not. why? because they have the CD-presses, and the stereo recording studios all set up and they can make a much better profit stamping out those at $0.02 each and charging $15 than they could having to investigate new technologies and create new recording studios, new production facilities, etc.
corporate lethargy is everywhere, there's no competition, there's just gluttony.
...dave
a) the Nintendo *64* is not 32-bit
b) the PlayStation 2, et al are not *64* bit (the X-Box, for instance, is 32-bit,.. P3.)
and what is the bit measure you speak of anyway? is it CPU register size? well which CPU?
you're discussing it like a 5-year old would.
...dave
you could a lot of things to depression,.. such as star trek. definitely LARPing, and probably MMORPGs.
the reason is that losers spend a lot of time on these things. they have no lives. they are depressed for a reason!
...dave
plus i'd like to add that i am fucking sick of 'journalists' focusing on the journal in their job description.
when did reporting degrade into bitching and moaning about your personal foibles and ignorance? every time i pick up a magazine or newspaper i'm reminded why i don't subscribe to them by articles like that one.
it's gotten so that when someone actually writes something without telling us they've got scabies they are heralded as the new paragon of writing.
...dave
totally disturbed by someone quoting thomas jefferson and picard in the same post? i realize it was his sig but, c'mon... gag...
...dave
which states that software must not be bloated and slow. not only has adobe been found guilty of this but bill gates is wanted on half a dozen counts.
...dave
Tetris has no plot.
DooM/Quake et al never needed one, it was good that Epic realized this with Unreal Tournament.
you can't unilaterally say games suck because they don't have plots. if a game depends on its plot for part of its interest and enjoyment, and the plot is weak then yes, that is a fault.
but if it's merely extraneous,.. then that's like complaining that zork never had fancy graphics.
...dave
ROFL!
in addition you can take the Mac/Apple referrences and change them to Linux/Linus when new kernels are announced.
funniest
...dave
taking a cue from VW's new Beetle S (Sport Edition), the iMac is getting beefed up suspension, a more agressive aerodynamic kit and an additional 20 horsepower.
it will be available with manual or automatic transmission and come in paisely, plaid or courderoy.
...dave
it was the FBI and the article says that he was detained, it makes no mention of an actual 'arrest'.. there's a big difference, they can detain you without any real reason, but they can only do it for so long.
jeebus cripes...
...dave
last i checked they were a software company, not a government agency.
could we please clarify what government agency actually made the arrest and on what basis?
...dave
you have one seriously fucked up definition of 'cute'...
holy jeebus,..FLEE from the beast of bregnor.
...dave
you know i hadn't thought about the external ones that way and was planning on an internal hdd for my PSX2 but now that you mention it, that's a much better idea.
you're a genius! i will build a statue of you made of meatloaf.
...dave