Anything worth publishing digitally should be recorded in a more permanent medium.
I constantly backup all my digital photos because they are important to me. I also print the best ones for placing in photo albums, distributing to friends, etc.
The website they are published to is just a delivery medium, and not even the primary one. It can disappear and I wouldn't care. People who know me can always get access to them. Scientists should view their work the same way.
Lineage boasts players in the millions, mostly in S. Korea. I think that qualifies them as the largest MMOG.
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Exactly. And, while it's difficult to catch someone in the act watching reality TV, this would reveal the Justin Timberlake fans who wear Miles Davis masks.
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it's not like plugging in headphones is any new technical trick, but you didn't see this w/ Sony walkman so much.
I seem to recall an early 80's commercial, I think for Reese's peanut butter cups, where a couple of roller skaters (boy and girl) collided, merged their chocolate and peanut butter, got over it, she jacked in to his two port Walkman, and they skated off together happily.
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People like to say they listen to deep, sophisticated music to impress people. What better way is there to pierce the facade than to jack into what they're playing that moment?
I love Graffiti. It's a quick and easy way to interface with a handheld without requiring a keyboard. This seems like an attempt to do something similar to the browsing experience.
Unfortunately it sounds like Graffiti is going away, mostly because people couldn't be bothered to learn it. Are mouse gestures intuitive enough to get people engaged that can't be bothered to learn Graffiti or set the clocks on their old VCRs?
That's the first thing I thought: Feasible, maybe. Realistic in the short term, no. And until Mars resources are cheaper than Earth resources, we're going to keep burning up our own planet. it will take a crisis to get real funding for this. Until then it will sit on the back burner alongside solar power.
If "Slider451" is who I think it is, I've disagreed with him dozens of times on dozens of issues, but in this case, as a fellow Minnesotan, I agree with every word of that last post.
Nice try, but you still can't have my copy of TTT EE.
Though MAME is free and ROMs are cheap, this is a good collection of games for $20.
I suppose you lose the satisfaction of building your own MAME box, but if access to your old favorite games is the goal, this provides them with little effort or cash.
He's my senator, too, though I voted independent that year. The fact that he's bringing the issue up is not an indication that he's open-minded. Rather I think it points to the fact that his only tool appears to be a hammer (taxes), thus every problem becomes a nail.
Conclusion: here's a Democrat trying to raise taxes! For shame!
P.S. I will say that paying for things with money (taxes) is much better than paying for them with debt (deficit spending), like our big gub'mint GOP friends are wont to do.
Taxing doesn't address the real problem, which is that spammers are breaking the law. We already pay for the infrastructure and the ISP, not the spammers. If the spammers had to pay for their own infrastructure instead of hijacking ours, their return on investment would drop.
Taxing would be a big wakeup call to idiots with open relays, but it's unlikely to catch the thieves who originated the spam.
You can't do anything the designer didn't think of or didn't want you to do, and part of the fun of D&D is the creativity it requires to win on some occasions.
NWN actually attempted to allow for this with the included DM tools. They are pretty versatile and, with a little imagination (e.g. there are no animations for climbing or riding), can accomplish a lot. But they absolutely require the presence of a live DM.
Most NWN modules are single-player. In that case, there is no option to go outside the rules imposed by the module designer or the game engine. AI is long ways away from replacing the human DM.
While I loved the idea of NWN, it didn't meet the expectations I had brewing for the four years of hype leading up to it. Surprised?
The endless customizations are awesome and it really is the closest thing to tabletop D&D. But it takes way too long to put together a quality module, on the order of hours of work:minutes of gameplay. The defenders will say "Yeah, but I, as the DM, can just roleplay the characters and other things I didn't have time to add." True, but you still can't match the open endedness of a PnP game, where all you need is your imagination.
Again, love the idea, but still waiting for something that truly replaces tabletop. This isn't it... yet.
Where is your name in this process? WPA doesn't take any personal info, and neither does WMP. Matching a unique WMP ID to a WPA string isn't going to give anyone your name or address.
Though FM radio is superior in broadcast quality and has been around over 40 years, AM radio is still doing well.
Cable TV didn't kill broadcast TV, despite (bogus) promises of superior content and quality. Same for satellite TV.
Satellite radio will provide a new service (with a new revenue method), which may be embraced by a large enough group to make it profitable. But there is no reason the old technologies (and revenue methods) won't continue to be viable for decades to come.
P.S. Any guess on how long traditional TV will last once HDTV hits critical mass? I'm thinking at least another 20 years.
It is healthy to question. And I agree that patriotism can be abused by tyrants. Nationalism is a wonderful topic for philosophical discussion.
However, no matter how much you wish to intellectualize it, the fact remains that the freedom and prosperity we enjoy in the West today was bought with the blood of our grandparents in WWII.
You can debate all day about the justifications for war. In the end, the truth remains: you likely would not possess the education, technology, or right to post your anti-government sentiments if not for the willingness of our ancestors to give their lives for us.
Regardless of how we got to this point (and the endless discussions about blame), the fact is that it will likely once again require the blood of our sons and daughters to protect our way of life.
No one is asking you to enlist. And only extremists would call you un-patriotic for disagreeing with the decisions of our leaders. But be honest with yourselves. Is your intellectual angst sincere? Or are you simply unwilling or afraid to see the ugly truth outside your narcissistic little world?
Question: yes. Protest peacefully: yes
But never doubt what it took to give you the freedom to do so.
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Anything worth publishing digitally should be recorded in a more permanent medium.
I constantly backup all my digital photos because they are important to me. I also print the best ones for placing in photo albums, distributing to friends, etc.
The website they are published to is just a delivery medium, and not even the primary one. It can disappear and I wouldn't care. People who know me can always get access to them. Scientists should view their work the same way.
Lineage boasts players in the millions, mostly in S. Korea. I think that qualifies them as the largest MMOG.
Exactly. And, while it's difficult to catch someone in the act watching reality TV, this would reveal the Justin Timberlake fans who wear Miles Davis masks.
it's not like plugging in headphones is any new technical trick, but you didn't see this w/ Sony walkman so much.
I seem to recall an early 80's commercial, I think for Reese's peanut butter cups, where a couple of roller skaters (boy and girl) collided, merged their chocolate and peanut butter, got over it, she jacked in to his two port Walkman, and they skated off together happily.
People like to say they listen to deep, sophisticated music to impress people. What better way is there to pierce the facade than to jack into what they're playing that moment?
1. It's whimsical
2. It's not Hotmail.
Oh, you asked for one.
Better to do it right and build trust in the system than implement something with known flaws.
This is the future. It's only a matter of time until it's perfected. Let's be patient.
I love Graffiti. It's a quick and easy way to interface with a handheld without requiring a keyboard. This seems like an attempt to do something similar to the browsing experience.
Unfortunately it sounds like Graffiti is going away, mostly because people couldn't be bothered to learn it. Are mouse gestures intuitive enough to get people engaged that can't be bothered to learn Graffiti or set the clocks on their old VCRs?
Never got into this show. How is it better than the Simpsons or King of the Hill?
That's the first thing I thought: Feasible, maybe. Realistic in the short term, no. And until Mars resources are cheaper than Earth resources, we're going to keep burning up our own planet. it will take a crisis to get real funding for this. Until then it will sit on the back burner alongside solar power.
If "Slider451" is who I think it is, I've disagreed with him dozens of times on dozens of issues, but in this case, as a fellow Minnesotan, I agree with every word of that last post.
Nice try, but you still can't have my copy of TTT EE.
Though MAME is free and ROMs are cheap, this is a good collection of games for $20.
I suppose you lose the satisfaction of building your own MAME box, but if access to your old favorite games is the goal, this provides them with little effort or cash.
He's my senator, too, though I voted independent that year. The fact that he's bringing the issue up is not an indication that he's open-minded. Rather I think it points to the fact that his only tool appears to be a hammer (taxes), thus every problem becomes a nail.
Conclusion: here's a Democrat trying to raise taxes! For shame!
P.S. I will say that paying for things with money (taxes) is much better than paying for them with debt (deficit spending), like our big gub'mint GOP friends are wont to do.
Taxing doesn't address the real problem, which is that spammers are breaking the law. We already pay for the infrastructure and the ISP, not the spammers. If the spammers had to pay for their own infrastructure instead of hijacking ours, their return on investment would drop.
Taxing would be a big wakeup call to idiots with open relays, but it's unlikely to catch the thieves who originated the spam.
Then all Kasporov would need to do is change his name to Wookie.
The Temple of Elemental Evil, released recently by Atari, is in fact MUCH closer to tabletop D&D.
The game engine may be better, but without an option for a live DM it can't get anywhere as near to tabletop as NWN.
You can't do anything the designer didn't think of or didn't want you to do, and part of the fun of D&D is the creativity it requires to win on some occasions.
NWN actually attempted to allow for this with the included DM tools. They are pretty versatile and, with a little imagination (e.g. there are no animations for climbing or riding), can accomplish a lot. But they absolutely require the presence of a live DM.
Most NWN modules are single-player. In that case, there is no option to go outside the rules imposed by the module designer or the game engine. AI is long ways away from replacing the human DM.
While I loved the idea of NWN, it didn't meet the expectations I had brewing for the four years of hype leading up to it. Surprised?
The endless customizations are awesome and it really is the closest thing to tabletop D&D. But it takes way too long to put together a quality module, on the order of hours of work:minutes of gameplay. The defenders will say "Yeah, but I, as the DM, can just roleplay the characters and other things I didn't have time to add." True, but you still can't match the open endedness of a PnP game, where all you need is your imagination.
Again, love the idea, but still waiting for something that truly replaces tabletop. This isn't it... yet.
Where is your name in this process? WPA doesn't take any personal info, and neither does WMP. Matching a unique WMP ID to a WPA string isn't going to give anyone your name or address.
Though FM radio is superior in broadcast quality and has been around over 40 years, AM radio is still doing well.
Cable TV didn't kill broadcast TV, despite (bogus) promises of superior content and quality. Same for satellite TV.
Satellite radio will provide a new service (with a new revenue method), which may be embraced by a large enough group to make it profitable. But there is no reason the old technologies (and revenue methods) won't continue to be viable for decades to come.
P.S. Any guess on how long traditional TV will last once HDTV hits critical mass? I'm thinking at least another 20 years.
Add notepad to your profile\SendTo folder and you can open any text file with a right-click\Send To\Notepad.
It's one of the first things I do on any Windows box I touch.
Alternatively, you can start notepad (and many common programs) with [WinLogoKey][R] to open the Run line, then type "notepad" (or "calc", etc.)
It is healthy to question. And I agree that patriotism can be abused by tyrants. Nationalism is a wonderful topic for philosophical discussion.
However, no matter how much you wish to intellectualize it, the fact remains that the freedom and prosperity we enjoy in the West today was bought with the blood of our grandparents in WWII.
You can debate all day about the justifications for war. In the end, the truth remains: you likely would not possess the education, technology, or right to post your anti-government sentiments if not for the willingness of our ancestors to give their lives for us.
Regardless of how we got to this point (and the endless discussions about blame), the fact is that it will likely once again require the blood of our sons and daughters to protect our way of life.
No one is asking you to enlist. And only extremists would call you un-patriotic for disagreeing with the decisions of our leaders. But be honest with yourselves. Is your intellectual angst sincere? Or are you simply unwilling or afraid to see the ugly truth outside your narcissistic little world?
Question: yes. Protest peacefully: yes
But never doubt what it took to give you the freedom to do so.
Slider451