If I could manage to show a movie in EVERY theatre worldwide and sell only 5% of the seats at each showing, I also could smash records. Theatres would be empty, but due to shear numbers I would win.
Well, yeah, because more people would see it than any other movie before. I don't see what the theater being empty or not has to do with it, the point is how many people are seeing the movie.
First of all, for anyone who's seen the animatrix (kid's story), did you notice that that kid, neo's lapdog, was "Mr. Popper" from Kid's Story, who killed himself and woke himself out of the matrix, because he believed in Neo (or something like that)?
Anyway, did anyone else enjoy the animatrix (particularly the second renaissance parts 1 and 2) more than the matrix movies? I'd love to see another matrix trilogy just about the creation of the matrix, how it got started and "the rise of the machines" so to speak.
What's bullshit? I mean, I can't find the slashdot story, but there was a story (and it's widely accepted, and known for a long time) that says that infra sound, or sound waves below the lowest frequency humans can hear, can affect your mood very strongly and predictably. This is not bullshit.
But that this guy made "mood-altering" music, that can be played on your PC, yes that's probably bullshit.
but we've already got an excellent solution for games on the go with the gameboy advanced.
Sure, it's a great solution for games, but why not try to make a better solution? The GBA's resolution is only 240x160 while helix will have, according the forbes article, a resolution of 320x480. That's a BIG difference. In fact, it's 4 times as many pixels (double in each dimension). And according to the PCWORLD article, it will have a 3.8 inch, backlit screen, while the GBA SP, has a 2.9 inch, sidelit screen. (though, sidelit reflective is probably actually better since you can play it in the sun. With that in mind, I'm willing to bet that tapwave will NOT be backlit, but will be sidelit reflective too, to play in the sun, and that either PCWORLD has their info wrong, or simply said "backlit" to me "lit" as people do so often.)
Why would you be against a new player entering the market just because a device to play games already exists? I mean, this is slashdot, afterall, isn't this where people are interested in NEW, more advanced technology (not to mention competition)? To me, tapwave sounds really cool. Whether it will have good games or not isn't clear yet, but I'm happy to know that they're making it.
I just don't see marketing a PDA as a gaming alternative is really worthwhile and seems sort of pathetic...unless they have some really new angle on the games...
Well, I'm sure it won't have the regular palm pda form factor and shape. It just uses Palm OS. It will likely be held like any portable game system. Other than the shape, what's the distinction between a portable gamesystem and a PDA? They're making a gamesystem, plain and simple, and if they're smart it will look and feel like a gamesystem. If it looks like a pda, it won't be successful as a gamesystem, you're right. But like I said, besides the shape, I don't see the difference between a PDA and a gamesystem.
If an alternative portable game system becomes popular, we might actually see *competittion*. Remember, for nearly two years Nintendo didn't even make a GBA with a light, simply because they didn't have to. And with competition, we might see *CHEAPER* games. That doesn't sound like a bad deal to me.
Also, the wireless 8 player multiplayer gaming sounds really cool.
So, my point is that it doesn't sound like they're just duplicating the efforts of Nintendo. It really does sound like they're making a better gamesystem. And even if they *were* merely duplicating the efforts of Nintendo, I still think it would be cool to see some competition
Is it possible your soundsystem isn't capable of the frequencies required to alter your mood?
I don't know how this particular system works, but I was reading about "infra sound" which supposedly affects your mood, and from what I gather, most sound systems can't play infra sound.
Yes, but again, you're missing the point. Read the thread again. I was simply saying that terrorists would NOT be able to send uncrackable (by law enforcement) messages to each other. I didn't say that legitimate people WOULD be able to send uncrackable (by criminals, terrorists) messages.
I was just saying that terrorists will not be able to use this system to cover their ass and make secret plans. You're right, law enforcement will get keys, the keys will likely leak, and the whole palladium system will be broken. But terrorists won't be able to send secure messages with this system because law enforcement WILL GET KEYS.
Yeah, it's true, I posted this story before I actually finished downloading the movie, and I included direct download links to the wrong files, to part 1. I was afraid the whole slashdot community would rise up against me, but luckily the editors took those links out and included the bittorrent link instead.
What you suggest, which looks something like this, simply does not work:
http://nytimes.com/2003/05/05/business/worldbusine ss/05BROA.html?pagewanted=all&position=&partner=GO OGLE [nytimes.com]
Not entirely true. Yes, you produced what the government told you to produce, but you were allowed to produce more if you wanted to. You could do anything you wished with the surplus. Yes, even sell it.
Well, I don't look at it like that. It's not like some big evil thing. Why not look at it like a bunch of citizens getting together to create a bandwidth cooperative. That's basically what this is. That's what government is.
Ok, very nice. It's just you made it sound like you installed Yellow Dog Linux because it supports 3 button mice and Macs don't. My problem with your post is that Macs DO support 2 and 3 button mice. But, I'm sorry, I guess I just misunderstood:)
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Heh, yeah, at the expense of 2 hours. Sorry, no thanks. Plus, I wouldn't want those touch sensitive buttons either (I like being able to press the buttons through the pouch). Though I would like a lighter ipod with an extra 10 gigs. Ah well.
Lol, relax. I just meant anyone who would be interested in Star Wars already is. You introduce people to things that are at least slightly obscure. Like Mr. Show. I introduce people to it all the time. Great show. But, I assure you, there isn't anyone left to introduce Star Wars to.
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If I could manage to show a movie in EVERY theatre worldwide and sell only 5% of the seats at each showing, I also could smash records. Theatres would be empty, but due to shear numbers I would win.
Well, yeah, because more people would see it than any other movie before. I don't see what the theater being empty or not has to do with it, the point is how many people are seeing the movie.
First of all, for anyone who's seen the animatrix (kid's story), did you notice that that kid, neo's lapdog, was "Mr. Popper" from Kid's Story, who killed himself and woke himself out of the matrix, because he believed in Neo (or something like that)?
Anyway, did anyone else enjoy the animatrix (particularly the second renaissance parts 1 and 2) more than the matrix movies? I'd love to see another matrix trilogy just about the creation of the matrix, how it got started and "the rise of the machines" so to speak.
The architect sounding like a lawyer reading a EULA.
What's bullshit? I mean, I can't find the slashdot story, but there was a story (and it's widely accepted, and known for a long time) that says that infra sound, or sound waves below the lowest frequency humans can hear, can affect your mood very strongly and predictably. This is not bullshit.
But that this guy made "mood-altering" music, that can be played on your PC, yes that's probably bullshit.
but we've already got an excellent solution for games on the go with the gameboy advanced.
Sure, it's a great solution for games, but why not try to make a better solution? The GBA's resolution is only 240x160 while helix will have, according the forbes article, a resolution of 320x480. That's a BIG difference. In fact, it's 4 times as many pixels (double in each dimension). And according to the PCWORLD article, it will have a 3.8 inch, backlit screen, while the GBA SP, has a 2.9 inch, sidelit screen. (though, sidelit reflective is probably actually better since you can play it in the sun. With that in mind, I'm willing to bet that tapwave will NOT be backlit, but will be sidelit reflective too, to play in the sun, and that either PCWORLD has their info wrong, or simply said "backlit" to me "lit" as people do so often.)
Why would you be against a new player entering the market just because a device to play games already exists? I mean, this is slashdot, afterall, isn't this where people are interested in NEW, more advanced technology (not to mention competition)? To me, tapwave sounds really cool. Whether it will have good games or not isn't clear yet, but I'm happy to know that they're making it.
I just don't see marketing a PDA as a gaming alternative is really worthwhile and seems sort of pathetic...unless they have some really new angle on the games...
Well, I'm sure it won't have the regular palm pda form factor and shape. It just uses Palm OS. It will likely be held like any portable game system. Other than the shape, what's the distinction between a portable gamesystem and a PDA? They're making a gamesystem, plain and simple, and if they're smart it will look and feel like a gamesystem. If it looks like a pda, it won't be successful as a gamesystem, you're right. But like I said, besides the shape, I don't see the difference between a PDA and a gamesystem.
If an alternative portable game system becomes popular, we might actually see *competittion*. Remember, for nearly two years Nintendo didn't even make a GBA with a light, simply because they didn't have to. And with competition, we might see *CHEAPER* games. That doesn't sound like a bad deal to me.
Also, the wireless 8 player multiplayer gaming sounds really cool.
So, my point is that it doesn't sound like they're just duplicating the efforts of Nintendo. It really does sound like they're making a better gamesystem. And even if they *were* merely duplicating the efforts of Nintendo, I still think it would be cool to see some competition
Is it possible your soundsystem isn't capable of the frequencies required to alter your mood?
I don't know how this particular system works, but I was reading about "infra sound" which supposedly affects your mood, and from what I gather, most sound systems can't play infra sound.
Yes, but again, you're missing the point. Read the thread again. I was simply saying that terrorists would NOT be able to send uncrackable (by law enforcement) messages to each other. I didn't say that legitimate people WOULD be able to send uncrackable (by criminals, terrorists) messages.
I was just saying that terrorists will not be able to use this system to cover their ass and make secret plans. You're right, law enforcement will get keys, the keys will likely leak, and the whole palladium system will be broken. But terrorists won't be able to send secure messages with this system because law enforcement WILL GET KEYS.
Please, reread the thread.
You're right, but I didn't say law enforcement would crack it. I said law enforcement would get keys.
Nope. No way, no how. There will definitely be keys for law enforcement to get into any file they want.
Yeah, it's true, I posted this story before I actually finished downloading the movie, and I included direct download links to the wrong files, to part 1. I was afraid the whole slashdot community would rise up against me, but luckily the editors took those links out and included the bittorrent link instead.
Yeah, I understood the "free as in... not as in...." part (I do read slasdhot afterall, duh). I just didn't get the words that stood in their place.
What you suggest, which looks something like this, simply does not work:e ss/05BROA.html?pagewanted=all&position=&partner=GO OGLE [nytimes.com]
http://nytimes.com/2003/05/05/business/worldbusin
Actually, that link does work, Federico.
Not entirely true. Yes, you produced what the government told you to produce, but you were allowed to produce more if you wanted to. You could do anything you wished with the surplus. Yes, even sell it.
Well, I don't look at it like that. It's not like some big evil thing. Why not look at it like a bunch of citizens getting together to create a bandwidth cooperative. That's basically what this is. That's what government is.
What does you sig mean?
Well, yes, much more starkly. Just as another example:
Microsoft: 25.94
Amazon: 28.88
Stock price usually has nothing to do with it.
What do you guys mean exactly, by "pussifying the borg" and all that? How exactly were they "domesticated"? I'm not disagreeing, just asking.
Ok, very nice. It's just you made it sound like you installed Yellow Dog Linux because it supports 3 button mice and Macs don't. My problem with your post is that Macs DO support 2 and 3 button mice. But, I'm sorry, I guess I just misunderstood :)
Hehe, wait, so what do you mean, you think I was too subtle? ;)
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Here's a form letter
Fuck you, you nazi bastards. Yes, you're nazis. Haven't you ever heard of parody? It's a LEGALLY protected form of speech, one of the few remaining. But I'm sure you corporate nazi whores will take care of that.
Heh, yeah, at the expense of 2 hours. Sorry, no thanks. Plus, I wouldn't want those touch sensitive buttons either (I like being able to press the buttons through the pouch). Though I would like a lighter ipod with an extra 10 gigs. Ah well.
So simple!!
No, in fact, I'm not. I wasn't born was Star Wars came out. I was born after Return of the Jedi came out.
You reinstall Linux or BSD on a computer that already handles 2 and 3 button mice quite nicely? Why?
Lol, relax. I just meant anyone who would be interested in Star Wars already is. You introduce people to things that are at least slightly obscure. Like Mr. Show. I introduce people to it all the time. Great show. But, I assure you, there isn't anyone left to introduce Star Wars to.
Maybe I should've been more clear.