Re:I really want XBMC-HD for PS3
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PS3 Hacked?
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I dont want to start a Holy war or anything, but PS3 Media Server is a million times better than TVersity (which many people report having problems wtih it's stability etc)
Too true. The problems with the IWF is the lack of oversight. I wrote to my MP, who replied it was nothing to do with them, as they are a seperate organization, and wrote to my ISP, who said they have nothing to do with the "blacklist" itself.
The IWF seem to occupy this quasi public / private space in which the only way to get to them is via public opinion.
I think Barthes's Death of the author pretty much destroys the idea of cannon at all - so the question "is it art?" is irrelevant. It both is, and is not art, at the same time. It's how you choose to interprit it that's important.
The author of the article here uses Barthes, but then ignores him, becuase Blow's voice is too omnipresent. He wants to deconstruct the game to find his meaning, but is distracted by trying to find the difference between the character's voice and Blow's voice - both in the game and online.
There is no One True Meaning - you can only pull each thread of narrative as you find them attractive and see where it leads, using your own experiences to make connections with other works of art, or other moments in your existence.
The moment anything is created, the author loses control over it - they cannot choose how anyone will interprit anything, as they are different from you.
Kind of a similar theory presented in the Panopticon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panopticon)
The illusion of surveillance is as powerful as surveillance itself.
This browser is important
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IE7 Leaked
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· Score: 4, Insightful
Everyone seems to be making "isn't this firefox" jokes, and yes, some of the features are rather familiar, but this browser is important.
In a year or so, this browser will have > 70% of the online browser market share. This browser will be the majority's portal onto the web. Web developers should care about this browser - how your pages look on it, what CSS version (or subset) it supports. Security experts should care about this browser - what security issues does it throw up, what 'helpful' workarounds does it impliment for Phishing and the like.
I'm sorry, and you may not like, but this browser will be the standard.
This is something else to be looked at and might well be a good approach. Of course, in reality, the best thing to do is to cherry pick parts of methodologies you like and that work for you. We tend to use test-driven development in conjunction with agile techniques and that works for us - everyone is different. I've yet ot see a fully agile approach be successful however (in an "on time on budget fully featured sort os definition). Of course, YMMV.
The pricing is now interesting, as one interpritation could be that Sony over-sold the fact that PS3 was going to require you to work overtime to afford so that Microsoft would debut the Xbox360 at a high price point. Now they come in at a similar price point, with a Blue Ray drive and it looks cheap. When, of course, its as expensive as it was ever going to be. If this was a press release in a few weeks I'd definately suspect shenanigans.
Disney includes Miramax and Dimension so this may well include movies released under that label.
Re:Some people take things WAY too seriously.
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Webcomics Dissected
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I take your point, but sometimes you know there is a certain fun in looking for hidden meanings in any art form. These patterns and arguments don't even have to be conciously put their by the author - since you bring your own experiences to any art you appreciate, you automatically become a part of it, and re-interprit it in your own way. You might make a connection with some other art, or some other aspect of your life, spot of pattern and want to tell people about it because it's like, "woah":)
So, its fun. And also we get to laugh at the funny drawings:)
Seriously, I think you could watch this movie and be caught up in it without having watched the show. Of course, having watched the show, you bring a whole buch of baggage with you, but it's not essential. Of course, after you see the movie, you will want to watch the DVDs:)
What's awesome about these two movies is that the talents behind them (and I include Dave McKean here) had complete control of the movies. The scripts, the direction, the marketing - everything. And guess what, it works. They follow through on their vision, no compromise for execs who don't get it, and produce something faithful to what they want.
And they produce excellent movies. Thought-provoking, entertaining, well directed, beautifully shot movies (without any 6 figure salaries).
I was luck to see both Mirrormask and Serenity at the Edinburgh Film Festival this year and both were amazing films for completely different reasons. I realise some random comment on/. isn't going to make anyone pay 5 bucks for a movie ticket, but if Mirrormask is on near you, go see it. If you haven't seen Firefly, and Serenity is playing near you, go see it.
I was in a Q&A with Neil Gaiman once, who was talking about the film adaptations of Sandman, and how they'd gone through 7 scripts or something (this was in 2000):
"I opened the last one that was sent to me and read the first page, which began:
Camera opens on a dark alleyway, two CRIMINALS are going through a purse. A long dark shadow casts itself over their faces. They draw guns and fire!
SANDMAN Hah, you fools. Your weapons cannot harm me, for I am sandman..."
There should be some sort of law against posting headlines like that - my heart went quite aflutter. Sadly, it's not true, and until Valve AND Vivendi issue a press release saying "Gold, and you'll be able to play it on this date" none of these "nearly gold", "almost gold", "so almost gold I can taste it" announcements really mean anything. Mod headline -1.
Has anyone had any success running MythTV or Freevo on a linux install on an xbox? I know it can be used as a play-back device, but if I attatch a Hauppage PRV-250 USB could I use it as a cheap PVR?
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
From the transcript: The response of Scott McNealy, boss of Sun Microsystems and one of the most outspoken figures of Silicon Valley, to the challenge from electronic devices was famously blunt. "You have zero privacy," he said. "Get over it."
Much as this is the unpopular stance to take here, I think we do have zero privacy, and hopefully more people can learn what this means for them. What has alwauys comforted me in the past, however, is that to exchange informatation about my purchases, my bank details, my crimial record and my health records would be rediculously complicated with vastly different systems of data storage being used. Mibby I'm just sticking my head in the sand, but there's a difference between being watched and having data stored about me, and it being available to different people beyond it's intended purpose. That's why I opposed the RIPA extensions act. Sorry, got OT there...
Ok, for all that this is clearly asinine, I still fail to see the problem. It's obviously not cyber-squatting, and just penguin flexing their muscles a little bit. Obviously I didn`t RTFA, but have they made a cash offer for the domain or are they just being threatening? Probably an example of a heavy-handed marketing department looking for synergy or something...
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I dont want to start a Holy war or anything, but PS3 Media Server is a million times better than TVersity (which many people report having problems wtih it's stability etc)
YMMV of course
Mod Parent Up
Too true. The problems with the IWF is the lack of oversight. I wrote to my MP, who replied it was nothing to do with them, as they are a seperate organization, and wrote to my ISP, who said they have nothing to do with the "blacklist" itself.
The IWF seem to occupy this quasi public / private space in which the only way to get to them is via public opinion.
It's just Warner in the article.
Since Guitar Hero is owned by Activision / Vivendi Universal, I'm pretty sure they're OK with it.
I think Barthes's Death of the author pretty much destroys the idea of cannon at all - so the question "is it art?" is irrelevant. It both is, and is not art, at the same time. It's how you choose to interprit it that's important.
The author of the article here uses Barthes, but then ignores him, becuase Blow's voice is too omnipresent. He wants to deconstruct the game to find his meaning, but is distracted by trying to find the difference between the character's voice and Blow's voice - both in the game and online.
There is no One True Meaning - you can only pull each thread of narrative as you find them attractive and see where it leads, using your own experiences to make connections with other works of art, or other moments in your existence.
The moment anything is created, the author loses control over it - they cannot choose how anyone will interprit anything, as they are different from you.
He placed a rouge device (his personal property) on the SF network
My guess is it'll be next to his guyliner
A friend of mine set her question as:
"You're not going out dressed like that are you?"
and her password is:
"You can't talk to me like that, you're not my real dad!"
She says call center staff always crack up
Just in case you haven't seen the complete last series, there are some major spoilers in the linked article.
Kind of a similar theory presented in the Panopticon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panopticon)
The illusion of surveillance is as powerful as surveillance itself.
Everyone seems to be making "isn't this firefox" jokes, and yes, some of the features are rather familiar, but this browser is important.
In a year or so, this browser will have > 70% of the online browser market share. This browser will be the majority's portal onto the web.
Web developers should care about this browser - how your pages look on it, what CSS version (or subset) it supports. Security experts should care about this browser - what security issues does it throw up, what 'helpful' workarounds does it impliment for Phishing and the like.
I'm sorry, and you may not like, but this browser will be the standard.
This is something else to be looked at and might well be a good approach. Of course, in reality, the best thing to do is to cherry pick parts of methodologies you like and that work for you. We tend to use test-driven development in conjunction with agile techniques and that works for us - everyone is different. I've yet ot see a fully agile approach be successful however (in an "on time on budget fully featured sort os definition). Of course, YMMV.
The register has the story (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/10/sony_drm_ trojan/) but it was only a matter of time before this would be used for (more) nefarious purposes.
I wonder if this will force Sony's hand a little?
The Emperor's New Groove is a misunderstood classic.
No touchy!
The pricing is now interesting, as one interpritation could be that Sony over-sold the fact that PS3 was going to require you to work overtime to afford so that Microsoft would debut the Xbox360 at a high price point. Now they come in at a similar price point, with a Blue Ray drive and it looks cheap. When, of course, its as expensive as it was ever going to be.
If this was a press release in a few weeks I'd definately suspect shenanigans.
Disney includes Miramax and Dimension so this may well include movies released under that label.
I take your point, but sometimes you know there is a certain fun in looking for hidden meanings in any art form. These patterns and arguments don't even have to be conciously put their by the author - since you bring your own experiences to any art you appreciate, you automatically become a part of it, and re-interprit it in your own way. You might make a connection with some other art, or some other aspect of your life, spot of pattern and want to tell people about it because it's like, "woah" :)
:)
So, its fun. And also we get to laugh at the funny drawings
Seriously, I think you could watch this movie and be caught up in it without having watched the show. Of course, having watched the show, you bring a whole buch of baggage with you, but it's not essential. :)
Of course, after you see the movie, you will want to watch the DVDs
What's awesome about these two movies is that the talents behind them (and I include Dave McKean here) had complete control of the movies. The scripts, the direction, the marketing - everything. And guess what, it works. They follow through on their vision, no compromise for execs who don't get it, and produce something faithful to what they want.
/. isn't going to make anyone pay 5 bucks for a movie ticket, but if Mirrormask is on near you, go see it.
:)
And they produce excellent movies. Thought-provoking, entertaining, well directed, beautifully shot movies (without any 6 figure salaries).
I was luck to see both Mirrormask and Serenity at the Edinburgh Film Festival this year and both were amazing films for completely different reasons. I realise some random comment on
If you haven't seen Firefly, and Serenity is playing near you, go see it.
This is the new age of the auteur
Presumably this is also the Avalon-skinned version of office?
I was in a Q&A with Neil Gaiman once, who was talking about the film adaptations of Sandman, and how they'd gone through 7 scripts or something (this was in 2000):
"I opened the last one that was sent to me and read the first page, which began:
Camera opens on a dark alleyway, two CRIMINALS are going through a purse. A long dark shadow casts itself over their faces. They draw guns and fire!
SANDMAN
Hah, you fools. Your weapons cannot harm me, for I am sandman..."
NEIL GAIMAN mimes dropping script into dustbin.
"
If you want to see exactly how inane this is, go out and rent the brain-dead Paul Verhoeven film, Starship Troopers.
Poor use of an example there, being that Starship Troopers is a oft-misunderstood anti-war satire.
Mod article +5 Ironic
There should be some sort of law against posting headlines like that - my heart went quite aflutter.
Sadly, it's not true, and until Valve AND Vivendi issue a press release saying "Gold, and you'll be able to play it on this date" none of these "nearly gold", "almost gold", "so almost gold I can taste it" announcements really mean anything.
Mod headline -1.
Has anyone had any success running MythTV or Freevo on a linux install on an xbox? I know it can be used as a play-back device, but if I attatch a Hauppage PRV-250 USB could I use it as a cheap PVR?
Amendment IV - Search and seizure.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
The new bill of rights.
From the transcript:
The response of Scott McNealy, boss of Sun Microsystems and one of the most outspoken figures of Silicon Valley, to the challenge from
electronic devices was famously blunt. "You have zero privacy," he said. "Get over it."
Much as this is the unpopular stance to take here, I think we do have zero privacy, and hopefully more people can learn what this means for them.
What has alwauys comforted me in the past, however, is that to exchange informatation about my purchases, my bank details, my crimial record and my health records would be rediculously complicated with vastly different systems of data storage being used.
Mibby I'm just sticking my head in the sand, but there's a difference between being watched and having data stored about me, and it being available to different people beyond it's intended purpose.
That's why I opposed the RIPA extensions act.
Sorry, got OT there...
Ok, for all that this is clearly asinine, I still fail to see the problem.
It's obviously not cyber-squatting, and just penguin flexing their muscles a little bit.
Obviously I didn`t RTFA, but have they made a cash offer for the domain or are they just being threatening?
Probably an example of a heavy-handed marketing department looking for synergy or something...