"The report says that it is a 'very intuitive process.' The researchers behind the project hope that a similar system in the cockpit of fighter planes could allow pilots to track some controls using their hearing..."
Oooooooh, I see.... More intuitive than the low altitude voice warning, low fuel voice warning, radar illumination tones, missile lock tones, etc, etc, etc....
"Whatever happened to just making hardware, and making games?"
Um, capitalism unless I missed my guess. More specifically, the relationship between gaming hardware and software is finally maturing to the point to realize one of the more advanced techniques used in making money-- Networking. Both markets are now not only making more money than before, but are increasingly reliant on one another. Something like this was only a matter of time, IMO. You may have noticed it in that "Exclusive Game Demo" story (too lazy to find the link) on slash in which companies were releasing game demos for "chosen" sites and no one else? Same concept, but something that's only been able to happen recently.
I take it as a good sign mostly. Gaming (PC gaming, at least) is finally becoming a strong enough force to actually do this sort of thing, even if it is a double edged sword.
I have to draw the line when the police move from using passive survellience and tracking to active transmitting devices on a person who has yet to be proven guilty. They want to prove something, fine. Do the footwork. Gather the evidence. Maybe even tail them if in some cases, but you do not touch the them or their property until you can prove them guilty. In theis case, I have absolutely no problem with the warrent requirement. That is unless you don't mind the police breaking into your apartment to isntall bugs because they suspect you guilty of something...
You catch a cold and you haplessly pass it on. Somebody tells you false rumors and you pass them on. Your wallet gets stolen because of your neglect.
A licence to surf? This has got to scream bureaucracy and regulation to somebody besides myself? Maybe a little empire building here and there? And since we're all getting licences, why not a little computer insurance in case we hit somebody by accident. Cause a little hard drive fender bender, you know... Infact, if you don't have computer insurence AND are caught surfing without a licence, you could get pulled over and face some really stiff fines, let me tell you. SURFING WHILE INTOXICATED!? WHAT?!?
Ok class, can any of us think of any other daily activities that don't require a license but could cause finacial and bodily harm to another> Nah, didn't think so. Why isn't the foot icon next to this story?
I would go with the Ford anology if a car weren't something most folks need, which they do (at least here in the US). Need and price can cause a person to buy a lower quality product they normally wouldn't buy.
But a console is in another catagory entirely. It's all want. The sole reason a console exists is to bring people enjoyment and it is the opinion of 60 million users that the PS2 does a pretty good job providing that in a market where console prices are seperated by less than $50. Come on-- 60 million users are so uneducated as to not know where the fun is at???
I think if they really wanted to accomplish something meaningful here they could have easily segregated the subscribers and the visitors with a simple icon. That way you could tell who was just talking out their ass and who was actually talking form experience. It would have also been an easy way to filter posts as well.
The way I see it, they just sealed off a huge publicity source. Most companies I know like word of mouth promotion if their product is any good.
So what you're saying is that out of 60 million people are wrong and you're right??? Uh-huh.
Anyway, I own an Xbox as well and can honestly say there are less than a handful of games actually worth buying. Sony may put out a lot of shit, but the shear amount of shit guarantees a large chunk of genuinely good games. Come on man, when you're calling 60 million people suckers you might as well scream "I'm a fanboy!" while you're at it.
Not that games like Ghost Recon, Rainbow Six or Counterstrike(!) did anything to bolster recruitment numbers, probably more so than any sorry ass America's Army game ever did.
Hell, open heart surgery "might not be so bad, if done properly," either. The trick is doing it properly, which seems to have the odds stacked heavily against it. I still maintain ist a hellva lot easier to have a few thousand digitally altered votes go unnoticed than it is a few thousand dead people or illegal immigrants voting. At least there is normally some sort of paper trail on the latter people can point fingers at.
Is it just me or half half these games already been resurrect in the manner he describes but under different franchises? Yah, major props to Nintendodojo. Ho-Hum.
"Deals like this hurt the industry much more than they could possibly enhance a single relationship"
Wah fucking wah. When will these people get over themselves!? Not that this has been the bedrock of economics for centuries all across the world. Deals and special relationships???? Who would thunk it!?!?! The world has yet to crumble under these same practices, so I think the gaming industry is pretty safe.
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It's not nessisarily a bad thing they're letting this woman have a crack at the new system, it's just terribly redundant. You'd think it'd be common knowledge by now that if it can be made by a man, it can and will be cracked by one. There is ALWAYS somebody with more than enough time on their hands (or being paid well enough) to find some hole or bug to exploit the system. It is a 100% guarantee. I don't think we have the best system as it stands now, but this idea is a serious mistep in the wrong direction.
And even if I were for it (which I am not), I'm gonna go against the grain here and say making this open source would probably do more harm to the process than good. Sure, it gives everybody a chance to see what's up with the software, but it also gives people a chance to see what's up with the software, providing malcontents with all the in's out's and security measures and whatnot. It's never been a good idea to give the blue prints of your bank vault to would be malcontents. It's a moot point since this vault will be cracked anyway, but no sense in handing out howto guides on the street corner.
Anyway, the challenge is all but pointless and when the system is cracked, it'll be a whole lot easier to change that electronic sum than stuff a ballot box (and we've already been down that road).
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Yeeeaaaaaaaaaaah.... Anyway, the man has some demonstratable skills, but if I thought that he was the final word in internet security, I would have made a point to mention it. But thanks for pointing that out anyway.
Microsoft will be shutting down this security and spam risk as well, right? Seeing as how they are security concious all of a sudden. Or maybe they'd care to fix this problem, labelled a major security issue by the FBI. Or perhapse this URL exploit in SP1?
Come on, MS. You can do better this blatant attempt to isolate your market under the guise of a security issue, especially when there are so many more important ones that have been left lying around for so long now...
So if the SMS phenomenom has been been labelled a movie killer, what could they possible attribute to a movies success?? Surely not SMS's, which could just as easily promote a great movie. Nah, it only goes one way right? After all, texting is only used for flaming stellar productions and is obviously one of the Five Points of Evil on the Draconin Pentagram of Consumer Wickness and Product Debauchery....Yet another industry that habitually cannot take responsibility for the turds that miss the toilet on their way out. Oh, and don't blame the syndicated critics who flamed and blindsided this movie seven ways to Sunday. After all, you need them to prop your next weak release.
"Ideally, the IT department ought to recommend the best computer for the job, but more often than not, they recommend the best computer for the IT department's job."
Kinda like McDonalds recommends their own food, EB Games pushes their special magazines and BestBuy recommend a warrenty/the items that give them the most profit and kickbacks.
I guess this is another one of those WELCOME TO CAPITALISM!!! WHERE YA BEEN!?!? moments...
"which may fulfill the fantasies of Slashdot readers everywhere. 16-bit Motorola CPU with a graphics architecture "similar to the Commodore 64, Atari 800, and Apple II"
Doesn't this stike anybody as a tad underpowered to fullfill anybodies fantasies, let alone the average Slashdotter..?
Slashdot Mirror
But it ain't go nothin on the electron beam staring you right in the face at this very moment. How far way from that are you again?
"The report says that it is a 'very intuitive process.' The researchers behind the project hope that a similar system in the cockpit of fighter planes could allow pilots to track some controls using their hearing..."
Oooooooh, I see.... More intuitive than the low altitude voice warning, low fuel voice warning, radar illumination tones, missile lock tones, etc, etc, etc....
"Whatever happened to just making hardware, and making games?"
Um, capitalism unless I missed my guess. More specifically, the relationship between gaming hardware and software is finally maturing to the point to realize one of the more advanced techniques used in making money-- Networking. Both markets are now not only making more money than before, but are increasingly reliant on one another. Something like this was only a matter of time, IMO. You may have noticed it in that "Exclusive Game Demo" story (too lazy to find the link) on slash in which companies were releasing game demos for "chosen" sites and no one else? Same concept, but something that's only been able to happen recently.
I take it as a good sign mostly. Gaming (PC gaming, at least) is finally becoming a strong enough force to actually do this sort of thing, even if it is a double edged sword.
Teenage girls are what drive the cellphone economy in Japan...
I have to draw the line when the police move from using passive survellience and tracking to active transmitting devices on a person who has yet to be proven guilty. They want to prove something, fine. Do the footwork. Gather the evidence. Maybe even tail them if in some cases, but you do not touch the them or their property until you can prove them guilty. In theis case, I have absolutely no problem with the warrent requirement. That is unless you don't mind the police breaking into your apartment to isntall bugs because they suspect you guilty of something...
You catch a cold and you haplessly pass it on. Somebody tells you false rumors and you pass them on. Your wallet gets stolen because of your neglect.
A licence to surf? This has got to scream bureaucracy and regulation to somebody besides myself? Maybe a little empire building here and there? And since we're all getting licences, why not a little computer insurance in case we hit somebody by accident. Cause a little hard drive fender bender, you know... Infact, if you don't have computer insurence AND are caught surfing without a licence, you could get pulled over and face some really stiff fines, let me tell you. SURFING WHILE INTOXICATED!? WHAT?!?
Ok class, can any of us think of any other daily activities that don't require a license but could cause finacial and bodily harm to another> Nah, didn't think so. Why isn't the foot icon next to this story?
I would go with the Ford anology if a car weren't something most folks need, which they do (at least here in the US). Need and price can cause a person to buy a lower quality product they normally wouldn't buy.
But a console is in another catagory entirely. It's all want. The sole reason a console exists is to bring people enjoyment and it is the opinion of 60 million users that the PS2 does a pretty good job providing that in a market where console prices are seperated by less than $50. Come on-- 60 million users are so uneducated as to not know where the fun is at???
Sorry, but that's a bit to elitist for my blood.
I think if they really wanted to accomplish something meaningful here they could have easily segregated the subscribers and the visitors with a simple icon. That way you could tell who was just talking out their ass and who was actually talking form experience. It would have also been an easy way to filter posts as well.
The way I see it, they just sealed off a huge publicity source. Most companies I know like word of mouth promotion if their product is any good.
So what you're saying is that out of 60 million people are wrong and you're right??? Uh-huh.
Anyway, I own an Xbox as well and can honestly say there are less than a handful of games actually worth buying. Sony may put out a lot of shit, but the shear amount of shit guarantees a large chunk of genuinely good games. Come on man, when you're calling 60 million people suckers you might as well scream "I'm a fanboy!" while you're at it.
Not that games like Ghost Recon, Rainbow Six or Counterstrike(!) did anything to bolster recruitment numbers, probably more so than any sorry ass America's Army game ever did.
Hell, open heart surgery "might not be so bad, if done properly," either. The trick is doing it properly, which seems to have the odds stacked heavily against it. I still maintain ist a hellva lot easier to have a few thousand digitally altered votes go unnoticed than it is a few thousand dead people or illegal immigrants voting. At least there is normally some sort of paper trail on the latter people can point fingers at.
Imagine a beowolf cluster of-- FUCK, they're gone!!!!/I>
Is it just me or half half these games already been resurrect in the manner he describes but under different franchises? Yah, major props to Nintendodojo. Ho-Hum.
"Deals like this hurt the industry much more than they could possibly enhance a single relationship"
Wah fucking wah. When will these people get over themselves!? Not that this has been the bedrock of economics for centuries all across the world. Deals and special relationships???? Who would thunk it!?!?! The world has yet to crumble under these same practices, so I think the gaming industry is pretty safe.
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"but if they have time to hack into something that other people have made, why don't they make something of their own?"
Probably for the same reason people think that anybody who has time to make games should be doing something more productive. Judgemental dumbass.
It's not nessisarily a bad thing they're letting this woman have a crack at the new system, it's just terribly redundant. You'd think it'd be common knowledge by now that if it can be made by a man, it can and will be cracked by one. There is ALWAYS somebody with more than enough time on their hands (or being paid well enough) to find some hole or bug to exploit the system. It is a 100% guarantee. I don't think we have the best system as it stands now, but this idea is a serious mistep in the wrong direction.
And even if I were for it (which I am not), I'm gonna go against the grain here and say making this open source would probably do more harm to the process than good. Sure, it gives everybody a chance to see what's up with the software, but it also gives people a chance to see what's up with the software, providing malcontents with all the in's out's and security measures and whatnot. It's never been a good idea to give the blue prints of your bank vault to would be malcontents. It's a moot point since this vault will be cracked anyway, but no sense in handing out howto guides on the street corner.
Anyway, the challenge is all but pointless and when the system is cracked, it'll be a whole lot easier to change that electronic sum than stuff a ballot box (and we've already been down that road).
Actually, no, but you're right. You would have thunk I'd have remembered to mention that big green box :p
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Yeeeaaaaaaaaaaah....
Anyway, the man has some demonstratable skills, but if I thought that he was the final word in internet security, I would have made a point to mention it. But thanks for pointing that out anyway.
Microsoft will be shutting down this security and spam risk as well, right? Seeing as how they are security concious all of a sudden. Or maybe they'd care to fix this problem, labelled a major security issue by the FBI. Or perhapse this URL exploit in SP1?
Come on, MS. You can do better this blatant attempt to isolate your market under the guise of a security issue, especially when there are so many more important ones that have been left lying around for so long now...
So if the SMS phenomenom has been been labelled a movie killer, what could they possible attribute to a movies success?? Surely not SMS's, which could just as easily promote a great movie. Nah, it only goes one way right? After all, texting is only used for flaming stellar productions and is obviously one of the Five Points of Evil on the Draconin Pentagram of Consumer Wickness and Product Debauchery. ...Yet another industry that habitually cannot take responsibility for the turds that miss the toilet on their way out. Oh, and don't blame the syndicated critics who flamed and blindsided this movie seven ways to Sunday. After all, you need them to prop your next weak release.
Which does not alter or nullify my post in the least.
"You'll need an installed Windows version of the game to start the binary."
"That's right! Linux-- Bringing up the ass-end of gaming for over a decade!"
"Ideally, the IT department ought to recommend the best computer for the job, but more often than not, they recommend the best computer for the IT department's job."
Kinda like McDonalds recommends their own food, EB Games pushes their special magazines and BestBuy recommend a warrenty/the items that give them the most profit and kickbacks.
I guess this is another one of those WELCOME TO CAPITALISM!!! WHERE YA BEEN!?!? moments...
"The plants will be largely owned by Taiwanese manufacturers, though. Taiwan is current #1."
At least until they get the shit blown out of them by the massive bulk of missiles China has produced specifically for targeting them...
"which may fulfill the fantasies of Slashdot readers everywhere. 16-bit Motorola CPU with a graphics architecture "similar to the Commodore 64, Atari 800, and Apple II"
Doesn't this stike anybody as a tad underpowered to fullfill anybodies fantasies, let alone the average Slashdotter..?