Though the possible implications of IDs with RFID are scary, there are some worthy applications of the technology.
Twin Cities Metro Transit has a very handy RFID card that allows riders to pass by a sensor when getting on a bus. This saves quite a bit of time compared to the mechanical card readers when there is a long queue of people waiting to board. Instead of dropping in a card and waiting for it to pop back up, you simply wave your wallet past the sensor as you walk by.
Ren and Stimpy provided fodder for an entire age demographic's elementary school dirty jokes. I count myself as one of those few. I still think back to the days of "Don't Pee on the Electric Fence" and "You iideot!" follwed by a violent slap. I'm suprised Nickelodeon allowed the show to even air. Godspeed Ren and Stimpy.
Ok, this now has nothing to do with the art of storytelling. I know Shakespeare said it, but it was the way Chang said it that I like. I know he said it because I have the.wav from ST:IV. It's there for your own interpretation. You can take it however you wish. So I'm quoting Chang, who quoted Shakespeare.
You said you don't know a single game that matches up to Elite. I know one that far exceeds it. Escape Velocity is the most versitile game I have seen. You can play it as a sort of RPG, space shooter, or simple trading game. Not only is there the story line of the Rebels vs. Confeds, you can download plugins that others have made. While the orignial game story isn't the ultimate of computer game story telling, many plugins are very detailed and have interesting plots. These plugins can be made to expand EV as it is, or completly change all the missions, ships, outfits, and planets. It is made for the Mac by Ambrosia Software, but can be used in many Mac emulators I have seen.
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Though the possible implications of IDs with RFID are scary, there are some worthy applications of the technology. Twin Cities Metro Transit has a very handy RFID card that allows riders to pass by a sensor when getting on a bus. This saves quite a bit of time compared to the mechanical card readers when there is a long queue of people waiting to board. Instead of dropping in a card and waiting for it to pop back up, you simply wave your wallet past the sensor as you walk by.
Power intensive yes, but you need to put your ear up to an iPod hard drive to hear it during normal play.
Ren and Stimpy provided fodder for an entire age demographic's elementary school dirty jokes. I count myself as one of those few. I still think back to the days of "Don't Pee on the Electric Fence" and "You iideot!" follwed by a violent slap. I'm suprised Nickelodeon allowed the show to even air. Godspeed Ren and Stimpy.
If this catches on, we'll be typing with sign language.
Ok, this now has nothing to do with the art of storytelling. I know Shakespeare said it, but it was the way Chang said it that I like. I know he said it because I have the .wav from ST:IV. It's there for your own interpretation. You can take it however you wish. So I'm quoting Chang, who quoted Shakespeare.
You said you don't know a single game that matches up to Elite. I know one that far exceeds it. Escape Velocity is the most versitile game I have seen. You can play it as a sort of RPG, space shooter, or simple trading game. Not only is there the story line of the Rebels vs. Confeds, you can download plugins that others have made. While the orignial game story isn't the ultimate of computer game story telling, many plugins are very detailed and have interesting plots. These plugins can be made to expand EV as it is, or completly change all the missions, ships, outfits, and planets. It is made for the Mac by Ambrosia Software, but can be used in many Mac emulators I have seen.