Actually it does. Since a new video card will generally be supported by most everything, and buying a new console will only let me play PS games (X,2, or 3), with the inclusion of nasty memory card adapters.
Plus I would be forced to adhere to ONE standard for an unspecified amount of time, instead seeing constant inovation. Video games can inovate only when the console manufacture tells them it is okay, while with a PC, inovation is ongoing, thanks to upgrades.
Plus, Resident Evil 5k, and Final Fanstasy 2001 really don't do it for me, it seems that PC games have less inferior sequals (in less number) than the dry inovative wasteland of the Console. This is due, probably, to the smaller amount of resources a console programmer has to work with.
Notice the "NEARLY", he never said NO PS2 game could match a PC game.
The day that Sony comes out with an upgradable console, in which I can install a new GForce or sound card, and let's me run games with expansions and mods, is that day I will scrap my gaming PC and go exclusivly console. Oh... wait... and the day that consoles can capture the (possible) depth of PC games, including old DOS games.
Consoles are all well and fine, but still don't hold up to the graphics and speed potentials of a good PC. Also that fact that Sony has announced the fact that I spent my money on a PS2 for no reason (thank you PS3). I'm sorry buying a new machine every 2 years doesn't do it for me.
Which, BTW (meaning back on topic), is why I use Win98 still. It ain't broke, so I ain't learning ANOTHER new OS. My Dreamcast and PSX ain't broke either, so no PS2, XBOX, or GC for me. Only a nice little GBA, since it is better, in actuallity, and not through some silly sense of "progress", or "geekish-capitalist rebellion".
I would really like to find a viable alternative to win98(or XPpro at school), but linux doesn't cut it. I used to have linux box sitting next to my Windows PC, hoping that someday I would aquire the nack to use it as fluidly as Windows. But as time wore on I left the box alone, gathering dust.
Linux is NOT going to be as intuitive as Windows EVER. Linux, sorry to say, is too much of a throw-back to the OS's of old, and I don't like to WORK to get my games running, to hook up a LAN, or anything else for that matter. Work and though are reserved for school and work, all else must be reflexive and easy.
I've given up on Linux until the time that the "community" gets away from their archaic *nix roots, meaning when they surpass DOS6 in ease of use, and OS X (Or windows, even) in the natural intuitive factor.
This might be different if I was like 90% of/.ers and worked in the tech sector, but unfortunatly (fortunatly) I am a social science person, so I don't have to use some linux like enviroment, so I cannot become familiour with it, so I won't use it at home. I grew up on DOS, I went to high school on 3.1(1), and I got through college on 98, and at 98 I will stay.
BTW: My old Linux box is now running DOS6, with Win3.1 (with NT dual boot). ROFL!
The name "Curious Yellow" comes from a novel by the british surrealist sci-fi author Jeff Noon. The Novel was called Vurt, and was about people ingesting feathers to take them to dreams. The main character lost his sister/lover to a feather (a meta-feather actually) called Curious Yellow. Curious Yellow was a feather where you lived your memories as colored by your worst nightmares, with infinited pain and all that fun stuff.
There is no attribution for the name in the article, so I feel it is my duty to pimp a great author, and give 'im credit where due.
First: the Irony. Check out the Free Speech> What we are doing on the RIAA website...
Second, just to play devils advocate: Maybe the RIAA is right in idea, though wrong in tactics. Yes, MILLIONS of people do ILLEGALLY copy music, MILLIONS of people d/l full CD's that could be supporting worthy non-clone bands. This DOES equal a loss in revenue. So stopping illegal sharing is a correct measure. God knows, even I have copied full CD's (though only from rich Amerikan bands, not poor indies or foreigners)
The recording "industries" *issue* is two fold, inferior product, and genuine market loss, due to lamer trendy downloading. 90% of the ppl on Kazaa lite WANT Britney, not The-Hoppin'-Local-Dimwits. Hence POPULAR p2p must be stopped, the rich children are getting DSL, and them rich kittlens be greedy.
I agree with the RIAA in 50% of their issue. I think we should pay for free downloads. But I don't agree with the capital-facist crap their pulling. I think there should be a service, by the RIAA, giving away TWO songs per album, and the rest is pay, for FULL market price. This service would also offer local and indie bands who want to be free.
*poof* everyone is happy. Except those who instantly buy into the anicapitalist rhetoric, reguardless of merit. Contrary to the old adage, INFORMATION IS *NOT* MEANT TO BE FREE. Never will be, no use fightin for it.
My favorite "mass egyptology" moment was some expose by Mauri Povich, he had an exclusive where he could go delving in a "previously unopened" tomb with a full camera crew.
He then ran around with a rock hammer bashing things and finding "previously endiscovered" treasures. My favorite moment was when he ripped open the ancient tomb and patted the ten thousand year old corpse on the stomach, and refered to it as "guy".
I swear I'm not making it up.
Americans shouldn't be allowed to leave the country...
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Feh, geographic diversity. That is WHY BBSing is dead.
Back in the day (when the internet was emerging/not available to the common plebe) The BBS was a LOCAL community where all the geeky/computer literate (a rarity back then)got to meet and converse online, in a strictly limited sense. How is this different from the internet, if you liked people you met you could call them, or meet them at a GT at Denny's. Also everyone shared the same local culture, and could discuss local events. There was a common bond.
The internet lacks this universal culture that BBS's had. Our GT's were great, you got to meet most everyone, and also had the mythical local BBS heros. You had a sense of being someone in a community, not just being another anonymous plebe that you get on the internet.
I made more lasting freindships from BBSing from the equivelent amount of time on the internet, why? Because I can meet these people FtF. We even still have GTs (get togethers for the uninitiated) now, 5 years after Netcruisers died, or moved to the evil realm of telnet BBS. Hell, three of my old BBSer freinds have even put together a webpage, 5 years AFTER we last meet in a rouseing board discussion, or an MBBS chat.
Being that they were small and local you could also classify people by their BBS, we had the Outlandish Geeks of Netcruisers, the Pedophile Dramatics of Flatland, the ubergeeky pocketprotector nerds of MagickShoppe, and the old school BBSer TUBBs people. Can you do that on the internet? No, too much diversity.
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Actually it does. Since a new video card will generally be supported by most everything, and buying a new console will only let me play PS games (X,2, or 3), with the inclusion of nasty memory card adapters.
Plus I would be forced to adhere to ONE standard for an unspecified amount of time, instead seeing constant inovation. Video games can inovate only when the console manufacture tells them it is okay, while with a PC, inovation is ongoing, thanks to upgrades.
Plus, Resident Evil 5k, and Final Fanstasy 2001 really don't do it for me, it seems that PC games have less inferior sequals (in less number) than the dry inovative wasteland of the Console. This is due, probably, to the smaller amount of resources a console programmer has to work with.
Terribly off-topic....
Notice the "NEARLY", he never said NO PS2 game could match a PC game.
The day that Sony comes out with an upgradable console, in which I can install a new GForce or sound card, and let's me run games with expansions and mods, is that day I will scrap my gaming PC and go exclusivly console. Oh... wait... and the day that consoles can capture the (possible) depth of PC games, including old DOS games.
Consoles are all well and fine, but still don't hold up to the graphics and speed potentials of a good PC. Also that fact that Sony has announced the fact that I spent my money on a PS2 for no reason (thank you PS3). I'm sorry buying a new machine every 2 years doesn't do it for me.
Which, BTW (meaning back on topic), is why I use Win98 still. It ain't broke, so I ain't learning ANOTHER new OS. My Dreamcast and PSX ain't broke either, so no PS2, XBOX, or GC for me. Only a nice little GBA, since it is better, in actuallity, and not through some silly sense of "progress", or "geekish-capitalist rebellion".
(I'll shut up now)
I would really like to find a viable alternative to win98(or XPpro at school), but linux doesn't cut it. I used to have linux box sitting next to my Windows PC, hoping that someday I would aquire the nack to use it as fluidly as Windows. But as time wore on I left the box alone, gathering dust.
/.ers and worked in the tech sector, but unfortunatly (fortunatly) I am a social science person, so I don't have to use some linux like enviroment, so I cannot become familiour with it, so I won't use it at home. I grew up on DOS, I went to high school on 3.1(1), and I got through college on 98, and at 98 I will stay.
Linux is NOT going to be as intuitive as Windows EVER. Linux, sorry to say, is too much of a throw-back to the OS's of old, and I don't like to WORK to get my games running, to hook up a LAN, or anything else for that matter. Work and though are reserved for school and work, all else must be reflexive and easy.
I've given up on Linux until the time that the "community" gets away from their archaic *nix roots, meaning when they surpass DOS6 in ease of use, and OS X (Or windows, even) in the natural intuitive factor.
This might be different if I was like 90% of
BTW: My old Linux box is now running DOS6, with Win3.1 (with NT dual boot). ROFL!
Kinda off-topic, but needs to be said.
The name "Curious Yellow" comes from a novel by the british surrealist sci-fi author Jeff Noon. The Novel was called Vurt, and was about people ingesting feathers to take them to dreams. The main character lost his sister/lover to a feather (a meta-feather actually) called Curious Yellow. Curious Yellow was a feather where you lived your memories as colored by your worst nightmares, with infinited pain and all that fun stuff.
There is no attribution for the name in the article, so I feel it is my duty to pimp a great author, and give 'im credit where due.
It worked fine, except for all th search functions, for five minutes... But then it completely stalled out, for half an hour.
Eh, would have posted it there, except for the obvious reasons.
First: the Irony. Check out the Free Speech> What we are doing on the RIAA website...
Second, just to play devils advocate: Maybe the RIAA is right in idea, though wrong in tactics. Yes, MILLIONS of people do ILLEGALLY copy music, MILLIONS of people d/l full CD's that could be supporting worthy non-clone bands. This DOES equal a loss in revenue. So stopping illegal sharing is a correct measure. God knows, even I have copied full CD's (though only from rich Amerikan bands, not poor indies or foreigners)
The recording "industries" *issue* is two fold, inferior product, and genuine market loss, due to lamer trendy downloading. 90% of the ppl on Kazaa lite WANT Britney, not The-Hoppin'-Local-Dimwits. Hence POPULAR p2p must be stopped, the rich children are getting DSL, and them rich kittlens be greedy.
I agree with the RIAA in 50% of their issue. I think we should pay for free downloads. But I don't agree with the capital-facist crap their pulling. I think there should be a service, by the RIAA, giving away TWO songs per album, and the rest is pay, for FULL market price. This service would also offer local and indie bands who want to be free.
*poof* everyone is happy. Except those who instantly buy into the anicapitalist rhetoric, reguardless of merit. Contrary to the old adage, INFORMATION IS *NOT* MEANT TO BE FREE. Never will be, no use fightin for it.
My favorite "mass egyptology" moment was some expose by Mauri Povich, he had an exclusive where he could go delving in a "previously unopened" tomb with a full camera crew.
He then ran around with a rock hammer bashing things and finding "previously endiscovered" treasures. My favorite moment was when he ripped open the ancient tomb and patted the ten thousand year old corpse on the stomach, and refered to it as "guy".
I swear I'm not making it up.
Americans shouldn't be allowed to leave the country...
Feh, geographic diversity. That is WHY BBSing is dead.
Back in the day (when the internet was emerging/not available to the common plebe) The BBS was a LOCAL community where all the geeky/computer literate (a rarity back then)got to meet and converse online, in a strictly limited sense. How is this different from the internet, if you liked people you met you could call them, or meet them at a GT at Denny's. Also everyone shared the same local culture, and could discuss local events. There was a common bond.
The internet lacks this universal culture that BBS's had. Our GT's were great, you got to meet most everyone, and also had the mythical local BBS heros. You had a sense of being someone in a community, not just being another anonymous plebe that you get on the internet.
I made more lasting freindships from BBSing from the equivelent amount of time on the internet, why? Because I can meet these people FtF. We even still have GTs (get togethers for the uninitiated) now, 5 years after Netcruisers died, or moved to the evil realm of telnet BBS. Hell, three of my old BBSer freinds have even put together a webpage, 5 years AFTER we last meet in a rouseing board discussion, or an MBBS chat.
Being that they were small and local you could also classify people by their BBS, we had the Outlandish Geeks of Netcruisers, the Pedophile Dramatics of Flatland, the ubergeeky pocketprotector nerds of MagickShoppe, and the old school BBSer TUBBs people. Can you do that on the internet? No, too much diversity.
-Omestes
www.nonservium.org