You're assuming that I'm talking solely about SF. I'm not. You need to broaden your horizons as to how art can affect society and culture if you think that SF writers are the only ones concerned about the future and how it will look. I suggest starting with Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales when you begin to broaden your mind. However, I'll understand if you don't read it in the original Middle English.
I would argue that the arts aren't "leeching" (proper spelling, btw) off of industry - they have to work in conjunction. Come to Detroit and see the Diego Rivera mural in the Detroit Institute of Arts - it is as reactive as it it inflective, showing a great amount of respect for industry, art and nature working together. Perhaps being from the Motor City has an affect on that (I doubt it). I am in a unique position, however. Here I am, running a help desk for a university, yet I have two degrees in English and am a UAW member (it's Detroit - practically all of us are unionized). I'm able to balance industry, nature, spirituality and the arts rather well, I think.
But I doubt you're a truly lost cause.
One cannot exist without the other, my boy. It's not leeching because it's not parasitical, it's symbiotic, almost within a yin & yang paradigm. After all, you yourself like Arthur Clarke. His writing has affected indusry and vice versa, but he hasn't always focused on "hard science" (Childhood's End, after all, is a retelling of the Book of Revelations).
Don't be so quick to dismiss those who want to work with you - you'll quickly find yourself without allies.
Ahh...but one could easily argue that the function of the literary artist, not just the paperback writer, is to help push things forward. Jules Verne was an SF writer, but if it weren't for engineers who read 20,000 Leagues would the submarines of today be what they are, or would we be looking at something that is of direct lineage from the ironclads of the Civil War?
Art and industry go hand in hand. The Oracle is very correct when she tells Neo that one (machines) cannot exist without the other (humanity). Practicality and logic cannot rule alone, not can passion and emotion.
If you'll look at that tree next to you - it's the wrong one.
Stop barking up it.
You've clearly never used iTunes, thus your input here is rather useless if all you do is make up how you think the app works. Go use it for a while and then come back.
I have to assume patience is what is needed here. Somewhere out there is something along the lines of a next-gen Myst that will completely shake our foundations.
I suspect that we will see a convergence of things like Shenmue with Grand Theft Auto begin to create a new genre that will eventually be completely open-ended in a "Choose-Your-Own-Adventure" fashion. As freely roamable as GTA is, the game is still something that you have to follow prescribed missions to "complete." I expect that, eventually, adventure games (in particular) will allow the game to judge you on how much you are acting like how your character should, being thrown random challenges with an ultimate goal that will shape itself as you make your choices in the game.
Thus, no two games would be played the same...there go all those cheat guides.;)
That said, I still think we're seeing some great games: GTA, Ikagura, Amplitude, etc. I know I'm enjoying the latest rounds of games...
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This is a similar tact, though not exact, to the help desk structures that are successful. The DI analyst's job sounds quite a bit like the job my staff has to handle, and many of the suggestions like the ones I am regularly making.
I would suggest they actually look at those models. ITIL (the IT Infrastructure Library, brought to you by the British government) is an excellent set of guidelines to start off with...
...or is it that Roxio is setting itself up as a takeover target? I can't see Roxio itself ever really pulling this off. However, there have been rumors of both MS and Apple eyeing Roxio over the years. I think Roxio's just setting itself up to become a good takeover target.
Considering the Roxio line-up, Jam could easily go into Apple's current pro music offerings (like Logic) as well as being a standalone product. On the consumer side, imagine Toast being built-in to Mac OS X...that would be very nice. Then Apple could sell an iTunes "Pro" to Windows users with Easy CD Creator bundled/built-in, and it could sell off GoBack, VideoWave and PhotoSuite to some other company.
I agree with sporty - there's no need to have open relays that other spammers, that aren't you, can get to. If I were spamming in this scenario I would just keep my own servers. The drawback to that is that these known servers could be blacklisted rather quickly.
The problem is: the revenue stream isn't going to go away because people do click through on spam and spend money at the advertised site(s). I've had the unfortunate opportunity to have my e-mail address placed in the reply-to line and, I'll tell you, there are more people interested in the spam than in actually finding a way out or finding a way to report it.
So, keeping all of this in mind, I wouldn't mind allowing spammers to do their thing - it makes them and their employer/client/etc. money in the end. But there has to be a clearinghouse of some sort - something that I could drop my e-mail addresses into and know that spammers, by law, are required to remove me, and keep me off of, their lists.
What monthly fees? I've been a.Mac member from the outset (and, I will admit, a happy one) and there has yet to be any "monthly" fees.
I agree with the translation above...there's no reason to go and gerryrig a pseudo-.Mac when this one works and is integrated already. You will end up spending more than $99/year between labor, etc.
Wait...you want to play games? Why are you using a computer? Except for strategy/simulation games (which, of course, most all of those come out for the Mac), there's no game on a desktop that can outdo the consoles. Save yourself even more money and buy yourself a PlayStation 2 or a GameCube...or, hell, even a GameBoy Advance (Metroid and Castlevania rock).
Yes. The stories are now going to appear every hour. You will now dream of the stories. Your significant other's face will now look like an Apple logo. Your car will like like a Newton 100. You will not be able to escape the Appleness.
The story is merely stating that the rumored press event is now fact. I can't speak as to why it made its way to the front page. Frankly, I don't care. It's second-page newsworthy to say that the rumors have been true thus far. Obviously enough people are interested, other than you, to see this story reach the front page.
Well, since I'm writing this from an iBook and listening to Dave Matthews (legally gotten from my personal CD collection) on my iPod...I guess I wouldn't have a problem with that.:)
Seriously, though: I just said it could change our views. I didn't say it would be for the better.
Plus, Apple's already edging out the competition in the MP3 player market...they need to stay competitive.;)
It was in the Apple section first, then made its way up to the front page.
If there's any merit to the Universal rumor, then even the announcement of the press event is news. Remember, the LA Times said that if Apple was going through with the purchase it would be done before the April 29 Vivendi-Universal stockholders meeting.
Put all the naysaying aside: an IT corporation in charge of one the largest record group? In eight days time, our view of the RIAA and its view of the DMCA could be 180 degrees different than it is right now.
Try reading what I wrote, not just what your blinders will allow you to. I never attacked the capitalist model.
Need I remind you, "public television" and "public radio" aren't supposed to "make" money. They're not-for-profit organizations. My argument is is that QTSS, something that can be had for free (even the OS, Darwin, it runs on can be free), was probably pulled because Microsoft and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, both huge contributors to NPR, told them to do it. As I said before: I expect Real will disappear from the site as well.
The entire argument, which, mind you, was on topic before you voiced your opinion, is that NPR is a bunch of posers, son, for dumping a technology for cloudy reasons. They are HYPOCRITES. They clearly aren't looking out for their listeners or for the values they claim to embrace. They're covering their asses and not taking chances.
I have no admiration for those who do not take risks. That would probably include those who choose to "emulate" (read: follow) instead of lead.
NPR continues to show its true colors and become more and more of a corporate bitch.
Lessee here...I see WMP and Real mentioned on the front page.
"Public Radio," my ass. They're just another example of boomers selling out to the "corporate masters" they complained about back in the 60s and 70s.
As an infrequent NPR listener, I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft is at the root of this. Whenever I listen to NPR in the morning there is always a well-place MS "announcement" (read: advertisment - on public radio!) around 8am. I have no doubt that MS is threatening pulling its financial support if WMP is not the primary media player on the site. I bet Real will disappear soon, too.
If NPR were truly interested in being a user-friendly entity, it would post the stories in an.mp3 format and it would drop these ads for Microsoft and other corporations.
Meanwhile, I'm going back to Audible and the New York Times. At least I can deal with corporations that make it clear they're in it for the money, not some soft-and-fuzzy-bunny-bullshit smokescreen.
Let me amend that to say: later on down the road. If Jobs were to bring Apple/Pixar/Universal into one big tent then, I suspect, Nintendo might be interested in such a move (maybe more of a merger than an acquisition) seeing that the entertainment industry aspects of the corporation would be massive.
Can you imagine Pixar doing cutscenes for Pikmin or Zelda?:)
Maybe it's Jobs himself. Maybe it's Jobs and Apple. Maybe it's Jobs and Apple and Pixar. Remember, he bought the Pixar unit off of George Lucas, and Pixar has definitely become quite the cash cow in the past decade.
Steve Jobs is a multi-billionaire in his own right. If he wanted to spend $6,000,000,000 on Universal Music then he - Steve Jobs - easily could. Aruably what we are seeing is Jobs setting Apple up to be a compeitor to Sony. He has always admired that company - I wouldn't be suprised if he has always wanted to emulate it.
Imagine an Apple/Pixar/Universal company. This isn't an ill-fitting puzzle like AOL Time Warner. This would be, very much, a calculated and very simple plan by Jobs to evolve Apple.
The last two things that Jobs would be missing in the plan would be a movie studio and a game console. Pixar could easily continue to work with the studios for distribution, thus the need for a studio goes down.
That leaves a game console. The GameCube is an excellent design, in my opinion, with digital hub aspirations of its own. "GameCube II" could prove to be a spectacular hit (especially if they have a Zelda and/or Metroid launch title)...and Apple could be heading that up. Would Nintendo sell itself to Jobs? They might...they just might.
The downside to this great (yet caffinated-induced-due-to-lack-of-sleep) fantasy is that we Mac users would almost be guaranteed of never seeing another version of MS Office past version 11.
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I would argue that the arts aren't "leeching" (proper spelling, btw) off of industry - they have to work in conjunction. Come to Detroit and see the Diego Rivera mural in the Detroit Institute of Arts - it is as reactive as it it inflective, showing a great amount of respect for industry, art and nature working together. Perhaps being from the Motor City has an affect on that (I doubt it). I am in a unique position, however. Here I am, running a help desk for a university, yet I have two degrees in English and am a UAW member (it's Detroit - practically all of us are unionized). I'm able to balance industry, nature, spirituality and the arts rather well, I think.
But I doubt you're a truly lost cause.
One cannot exist without the other, my boy. It's not leeching because it's not parasitical, it's symbiotic, almost within a yin & yang paradigm. After all, you yourself like Arthur Clarke. His writing has affected indusry and vice versa, but he hasn't always focused on "hard science" (Childhood's End, after all, is a retelling of the Book of Revelations).
Don't be so quick to dismiss those who want to work with you - you'll quickly find yourself without allies.
The boat sinks and Leo dies...oh, wait. Different fantasy. My bad.
Art and industry go hand in hand. The Oracle is very correct when she tells Neo that one (machines) cannot exist without the other (humanity). Practicality and logic cannot rule alone, not can passion and emotion.
Hmmm...methinks you might want to look out on the net and see what we "Mac people" have been using OS X for, Sparkles.
Stop barking up it.
You've clearly never used iTunes, thus your input here is rather useless if all you do is make up how you think the app works. Go use it for a while and then come back.
I suspect that we will see a convergence of things like Shenmue with Grand Theft Auto begin to create a new genre that will eventually be completely open-ended in a "Choose-Your-Own-Adventure" fashion. As freely roamable as GTA is, the game is still something that you have to follow prescribed missions to "complete." I expect that, eventually, adventure games (in particular) will allow the game to judge you on how much you are acting like how your character should, being thrown random challenges with an ultimate goal that will shape itself as you make your choices in the game.
Thus, no two games would be played the same...there go all those cheat guides. ;)
That said, I still think we're seeing some great games: GTA, Ikagura, Amplitude, etc. I know I'm enjoying the latest rounds of games...
I would suggest they actually look at those models. ITIL (the IT Infrastructure Library, brought to you by the British government) is an excellent set of guidelines to start off with...
Then they can hire me. :)
>rolls eyes Do you think SCO would like some cheese with their whine?
Considering the Roxio line-up, Jam could easily go into Apple's current pro music offerings (like Logic) as well as being a standalone product. On the consumer side, imagine Toast being built-in to Mac OS X...that would be very nice. Then Apple could sell an iTunes "Pro" to Windows users with Easy CD Creator bundled/built-in, and it could sell off GoBack, VideoWave and PhotoSuite to some other company.
The problem is: the revenue stream isn't going to go away because people do click through on spam and spend money at the advertised site(s). I've had the unfortunate opportunity to have my e-mail address placed in the reply-to line and, I'll tell you, there are more people interested in the spam than in actually finding a way out or finding a way to report it.
So, keeping all of this in mind, I wouldn't mind allowing spammers to do their thing - it makes them and their employer/client/etc. money in the end. But there has to be a clearinghouse of some sort - something that I could drop my e-mail addresses into and know that spammers, by law, are required to remove me, and keep me off of, their lists.
I doubt it would be that hard.
Perhaps Viagra would be good in this situation.
Usual Suspects didn't make sense to you? You did watch the end, right?
I agree with the translation above...there's no reason to go and gerryrig a pseudo-.Mac when this one works and is integrated already. You will end up spending more than $99/year between labor, etc.
Wait...you want to play games? Why are you using a computer? Except for strategy/simulation games (which, of course, most all of those come out for the Mac), there's no game on a desktop that can outdo the consoles. Save yourself even more money and buy yourself a PlayStation 2 or a GameCube...or, hell, even a GameBoy Advance (Metroid and Castlevania rock).
Neither is going to happen....unless someone has created a VGA, DVI or ADC to FireWire adapter and the appropriate software.
Hunh. I thought M$ stopped using DOS and sold off Xenix...
The story is merely stating that the rumored press event is now fact. I can't speak as to why it made its way to the front page. Frankly, I don't care. It's second-page newsworthy to say that the rumors have been true thus far. Obviously enough people are interested, other than you, to see this story reach the front page.
Seriously, though: I just said it could change our views. I didn't say it would be for the better.
Plus, Apple's already edging out the competition in the MP3 player market...they need to stay competitive. ;)
If there's any merit to the Universal rumor, then even the announcement of the press event is news. Remember, the LA Times said that if Apple was going through with the purchase it would be done before the April 29 Vivendi-Universal stockholders meeting.
Put all the naysaying aside: an IT corporation in charge of one the largest record group? In eight days time, our view of the RIAA and its view of the DMCA could be 180 degrees different than it is right now.
That deserves a Slashdot story.
Dammit. I hate it when I forget to sign in...yes, I am the AC above.
Need I remind you, "public television" and "public radio" aren't supposed to "make" money. They're not-for-profit organizations. My argument is is that QTSS, something that can be had for free (even the OS, Darwin, it runs on can be free), was probably pulled because Microsoft and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, both huge contributors to NPR, told them to do it. As I said before: I expect Real will disappear from the site as well.
The entire argument, which, mind you, was on topic before you voiced your opinion, is that NPR is a bunch of posers, son, for dumping a technology for cloudy reasons. They are HYPOCRITES. They clearly aren't looking out for their listeners or for the values they claim to embrace. They're covering their asses and not taking chances.
I have no admiration for those who do not take risks. That would probably include those who choose to "emulate" (read: follow) instead of lead.
Lessee here...I see WMP and Real mentioned on the front page.
"Public Radio," my ass. They're just another example of boomers selling out to the "corporate masters" they complained about back in the 60s and 70s.
As an infrequent NPR listener, I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft is at the root of this. Whenever I listen to NPR in the morning there is always a well-place MS "announcement" (read: advertisment - on public radio!) around 8am. I have no doubt that MS is threatening pulling its financial support if WMP is not the primary media player on the site. I bet Real will disappear soon, too.
If NPR were truly interested in being a user-friendly entity, it would post the stories in an .mp3 format and it would drop these ads for Microsoft and other corporations.
Meanwhile, I'm going back to Audible and the New York Times. At least I can deal with corporations that make it clear they're in it for the money, not some soft-and-fuzzy-bunny-bullshit smokescreen.
Doesn't make the law right though, does it Trollboy?
Do I have to spell everything out for you, or is thought a capacity you've not evolved yet?
Can you imagine Pixar doing cutscenes for Pikmin or Zelda? :)
Steve Jobs is a multi-billionaire in his own right. If he wanted to spend $6,000,000,000 on Universal Music then he - Steve Jobs - easily could. Aruably what we are seeing is Jobs setting Apple up to be a compeitor to Sony. He has always admired that company - I wouldn't be suprised if he has always wanted to emulate it.
Imagine an Apple/Pixar/Universal company. This isn't an ill-fitting puzzle like AOL Time Warner. This would be, very much, a calculated and very simple plan by Jobs to evolve Apple.
The last two things that Jobs would be missing in the plan would be a movie studio and a game console. Pixar could easily continue to work with the studios for distribution, thus the need for a studio goes down.
That leaves a game console. The GameCube is an excellent design, in my opinion, with digital hub aspirations of its own. "GameCube II" could prove to be a spectacular hit (especially if they have a Zelda and/or Metroid launch title)...and Apple could be heading that up. Would Nintendo sell itself to Jobs? They might...they just might.
The downside to this great (yet caffinated-induced-due-to-lack-of-sleep) fantasy is that we Mac users would almost be guaranteed of never seeing another version of MS Office past version 11.
But is that really a bad thing? ;)