The 16-bit consoles were the high-point of gaming for me. The NES game library was great, but the console itself was underpowered. When the Sega Genesis and SNES came out, the upgrade in graphics and sound blew away any 8-bit system. These consoles still look and play great today. I'm partial to the Genesis because that's the console I played most (and still play), but the SNES has its advantages too.
The next generation consoles brought about the dark age of video games. The introduction of 3D graphics made everything look the same. I stopped playing video games for 10 years, waiting for something interesting to happen. Honestly, we are just now starting to reach a point where technology is no longer a limitation.
However, I still appreciate the 16-bit systems. Seeing what they did with raster effects on the Genesis -- it's like graphical poetry! And the games were actually fun to play.
First of all, this is not a robots.txt issue because it's not a matter of Google linking to images on Perfect 10's web site, but images on other various web sites that are beyond their control. For those that think it's not Google's responsibility to protect Perfect 10's copyrights, under the DMCA, it is their responsibilty and they are required to remove this infringing content. Google is facilitating copyright infringement by providing an image search service. This is not unlike the old Napster and P2P cases from five years ago. The solution here is for Google to remove the infringing content. Google's defense in this case would be "fair use" of the content, but I think the DMCA has special provisions for scenarios such as this, where a web site facilitates access to infringing content, the owner of that site (Google, in this case) is required to remove it.
I completely agree. Creating whole sites in Flash is a very bad idea, unless of course you're trying to control information. Flash is based on a "frames" metaphor - which is perfect for animation and time-based content - but web sites have always used a "pages" metaphor. This is the essence of the Web. Not only can I read pages in any sequence I want, I can also create my own pages and link them to other texts very easily. Macromedia wants to change all that. They are trying to sell control to the author (which is more likely to be some corporation). They are not really interested in the free exchange of information, only the commercial aspects of the internet. They want to place their technology behind all the commercial transactions on the web - because these are the paying customers. Macromedia is free to do this, but we should realize that their vision is at odds with the spirit and best interest of the Web.
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The 16-bit consoles were the high-point of gaming for me. The NES game library was great, but the console itself was underpowered. When the Sega Genesis and SNES came out, the upgrade in graphics and sound blew away any 8-bit system. These consoles still look and play great today. I'm partial to the Genesis because that's the console I played most (and still play), but the SNES has its advantages too.
The next generation consoles brought about the dark age of video games. The introduction of 3D graphics made everything look the same. I stopped playing video games for 10 years, waiting for something interesting to happen. Honestly, we are just now starting to reach a point where technology is no longer a limitation.
However, I still appreciate the 16-bit systems. Seeing what they did with raster effects on the Genesis -- it's like graphical poetry! And the games were actually fun to play.
First of all, this is not a robots.txt issue because it's not a matter of Google linking to images on Perfect 10's web site, but images on other various web sites that are beyond their control. For those that think it's not Google's responsibility to protect Perfect 10's copyrights, under the DMCA, it is their responsibilty and they are required to remove this infringing content. Google is facilitating copyright infringement by providing an image search service. This is not unlike the old Napster and P2P cases from five years ago. The solution here is for Google to remove the infringing content. Google's defense in this case would be "fair use" of the content, but I think the DMCA has special provisions for scenarios such as this, where a web site facilitates access to infringing content, the owner of that site (Google, in this case) is required to remove it.
I completely agree. Creating whole sites in Flash is a very bad idea, unless of course you're trying to control information. Flash is based on a "frames" metaphor - which is perfect for animation and time-based content - but web sites have always used a "pages" metaphor. This is the essence of the Web. Not only can I read pages in any sequence I want, I can also create my own pages and link them to other texts very easily. Macromedia wants to change all that. They are trying to sell control to the author (which is more likely to be some corporation). They are not really interested in the free exchange of information, only the commercial aspects of the internet. They want to place their technology behind all the commercial transactions on the web - because these are the paying customers. Macromedia is free to do this, but we should realize that their vision is at odds with the spirit and best interest of the Web.