i've been playing ddr on and off for the past year or so.. i'm not 16 or 17 like a lot of the ddr players at the local arcade but you know what? i still play it anyway.. some of my work friends think its stupid but i'd like to see one of them even try doing afronova in basic;P
The 'Final Flight of The Osiris' animatrix episode was done by Square USA, it was directed by Andy Jones who has done work on Final Fantasy, Titanic and 1998's Godzilla.
I'm sure this is common knowledge among those who've seen previous animatrix episodes but there will be a DVD release with the whole collection of shorts.
I -was- gonna go see Dreamcatcher to check out final flight of the osiris.. After reading your review, I hope at least the animation is good.
Some bands already do this to a certain extent. Mostly bands on independent labels, but they will let anyone with a tape recorder/minidisc/etc plug in their device directly to the mixing console.. so they can get a good sounding copy for free. as opposed to paying for a bad sounding bootleg.
Another example is pearl jam, who released a recording of every city they played on their 2001 tour.
Sounds like a good deal. Although I don't exactly know who would buy a recording of Britney - live at the Verizon amphitheater..;)
I have to agree this article does seem a little boastful. It glamourizes the feds, as well as the script kiddies using these worms to attack whoever making them seem like 'brilliant hackers'.
I've seen irc channels get flooded by 'zombies' used in a similar fashion (one person commanding them).. It doesn't take much for a kid (with a bit of free time) to gather up hundreds or even thousands of these infected clients. I've seen it happen. Why is it so easy? simple, most average Joes can't tell when their computer is infected or not. The same way there's spyware installed right under their noses.
Steve Gibson has also exposed a case similar to this where he tracked down the script kiddie (a 13 year old on an irc channel).
This article is nothing new, there's tons of exploits similar to this one floating around.
Filling up p2p networks with silent/garbage mp3's might disappoint a number of users enough into not using/trusting the service, but at least a handful of them will try to find alternatives such as IRC networks and private FTP's (which is the only thing some people use).. Not everyone is using kazaa et all. Also, what about good-old trading with their friends? This is something the RIAA/IFPI will never be able to stop. Why? because people have been trading cassette tapes/records/mix tapes/cd's forever. It might slow it down, but the RIAA is still a few dozen people trying to stop a way bigger amount of users. They should really focus on one, single solution, rather than little problems. Until they do, expect music downloading/trading to keep spreading.
Anyone care to offer some insight as to which cd titles are doing this?... so I can save the trouble of buying them and skip right ahead to downloading the mp3's:)
How about The Texas chainsaw massacre game for Atari 2600. Apparently this game was banned from a lot of retailers for violence (pixelated blood!) I've seen it go for well over $100 on ebay. Not sure if its worthy of making that top-10 list, but certainly a worthy mention.
Since cassettes came out, Vinyl has always had somewhat of a cult following. From audiophiles who liked the 'warm' vinyl sound better than hissy cassettes to the punk-rock scene, and of course nowadays, hip hop and techno dj's..
Sure, there's new digital equipment that lets you mix and even scratch.. but nothing better than putting your finger over the record, adjusting the pitch control and mixing a perfect beat.. As far as scratching goes, you can see the influence this has made in a lot of today's music. From rock bands with dj's (limp bizkit, incubus, linkin' park) to even jazz artists (courtney pine, herbie hancock). The turntable has turned into an instrument with the help of turntablists like q-bert, dj shadow, kid koala, etc.
As far as record pressers go, there's plenty of places out there cutting vinyl for hip hop/club/and techno producers. There's also a lot of independent places that do it for a lot less..
I use cnet price comparison as well as pricewatch.com very often.. any store not wanting another site publishing their prices clearly isn't competitive to begin with.. I say it's their loss.
when i see it.. nice try Microsoft.. how come they can predict the end of Tivo.. yet never saw the end of webTV, ultimateTV, and possibly the ?Xbox?..
Let's believe them for a second.. All Tivo has to do is roll out a less expensive unit ($150-$200 price range) and keep up with the times (how about an hdtv-compatible tivo in the coming years).. I think there's a good possibility that Tivo's will be around for a while..
A very good article. I think if anything Fanning will be remembered for jump starting the p2p revolution, getting the attention of the RIAA who had obviously underestimated the power of technology, as well as bringing awareness to a lot of average consumers on certain unfair aspects of the way the 'music industry' works, and last but not least introducing a lot of us to a lot of wonderful, independent music.
Anyone know where he's working these days? The article didn't mention it.
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i've been playing ddr on and off for the past year or so.. i'm not 16 or 17 like a lot of the ddr players at the local arcade but you know what? i still play it anyway.. some of my work friends think its stupid but i'd like to see one of them even try doing afronova in basic ;P
ddr rules
So this means that we'll see it up on the warez sites by this weekend?
The 'Final Flight of The Osiris' animatrix episode was done by Square USA, it was directed by Andy Jones who has done work on Final Fantasy, Titanic and 1998's Godzilla.
I'm sure this is common knowledge among those who've seen previous animatrix episodes but there will be a DVD release with the whole collection of shorts.
I -was- gonna go see Dreamcatcher to check out final flight of the osiris.. After reading your review, I hope at least the animation is good.
Some bands already do this to a certain extent. Mostly bands on independent labels, but they will let anyone with a tape recorder/minidisc/etc plug in their device directly to the mixing console .. so they can get a good sounding copy for free. as opposed to paying for a bad sounding bootleg.
Another example is pearl jam, who released a recording of every city they played on their 2001 tour.
Sounds like a good deal. Although I don't exactly know who would buy a recording of Britney - live at the Verizon amphitheater..
"It now costs about $350,000 to produce a CD" - Jack Valenti
I always wondered what this slot in front of my Dell computer was.. I've never used it. I thought it was a slot to hold your letters.
I have to agree this article does seem a little boastful. It glamourizes the feds, as well as the script kiddies using these worms to attack whoever making them seem like 'brilliant hackers'.
I've seen irc channels get flooded by 'zombies' used in a similar fashion (one person commanding them).. It doesn't take much for a kid (with a bit of free time) to gather up hundreds or even thousands of these infected clients. I've seen it happen. Why is it so easy? simple, most average Joes can't tell when their computer is infected or not. The same way there's spyware installed right under their noses.
Steve Gibson has also exposed a case similar to this where he tracked down the script kiddie (a 13 year old on an irc channel).
This article is nothing new, there's tons of exploits similar to this one floating around.
Filling up p2p networks with silent/garbage mp3's might disappoint a number of users enough into not using/trusting the service, but at least a handful of them will try to find alternatives such as IRC networks and private FTP's (which is the only thing some people use).. Not everyone is using kazaa et all. Also, what about good-old trading with their friends? This is something the RIAA/IFPI will never be able to stop. Why? because people have been trading cassette tapes/records/mix tapes/cd's forever. It might slow it down, but the RIAA is still a few dozen people trying to stop a way bigger amount of users. They should really focus on one, single solution, rather than little problems. Until they do, expect music downloading/trading to keep spreading.
Oh great.. now you tell us.. after i deleted all my mp3's!
Will someone be looking at crappy bad quality divx cam rips in 100 years appreciating them artistically?
Anyone care to offer some insight as to which cd titles are doing this? ... so I can save the trouble of buying them and skip right ahead to downloading the mp3's :)
Please don't let my boss read these... Otherwise we'll all be singing these tomorrow morning! :(
Come on baby.. the new robot is a girl. this movie empowers women!..
(it's worth a try)
How about The Texas chainsaw massacre game for Atari 2600. Apparently this game was banned from a lot of retailers for violence (pixelated blood!) I've seen it go for well over $100 on ebay. Not sure if its worthy of making that top-10 list, but certainly a worthy mention.
Since cassettes came out, Vinyl has always had somewhat of a cult following. From audiophiles who liked the 'warm' vinyl sound better than hissy cassettes to the punk-rock scene, and of course nowadays, hip hop and techno dj's..
Sure, there's new digital equipment that lets you mix and even scratch .. but nothing better than putting your finger over the record, adjusting the pitch control and mixing a perfect beat.. As far as scratching goes, you can see the influence this has made in a lot of today's music. From rock bands with dj's (limp bizkit, incubus, linkin' park) to even jazz artists (courtney pine, herbie hancock). The turntable has turned into an instrument with the help of turntablists like q-bert, dj shadow, kid koala, etc.
As far as record pressers go, there's plenty of places out there cutting vinyl for hip hop/club/and techno producers. There's also a lot of independent places that do it for a lot less..
Recently, Vestax introduced a Vinyl cutter for under $10,000 (about 8400).
Overall, I'm glad vinyl is still around after all these years. I doubt it will go away anytime soon.
If the cable industry was my friend I wouldn't have to pay $115 a month for cable internet + digital cable..
Times are changing..
"We didn't think we were going to make ads; we were just going to get the free set food."
Sounds like someone had a hit of the munchies...
I use cnet price comparison as well as pricewatch.com very often.. any store not wanting another site publishing their prices clearly isn't competitive to begin with.. I say it's their loss.
let's just hope they don't pull an advertising stunt like the last on in NY.. we all know what happened with that one :)
when i see it.. nice try Microsoft.. how come they can predict the end of Tivo.. yet never saw the end of webTV, ultimateTV, and possibly the ?Xbox?.. Let's believe them for a second.. All Tivo has to do is roll out a less expensive unit ($150-$200 price range) and keep up with the times (how about an hdtv-compatible tivo in the coming years).. I think there's a good possibility that Tivo's will be around for a while..
The first thing I would do is change my ISP/e-mail address.. no one is going to believe you with your current AOL one.
Dude! The RIAA is Bogus!
Sounds like an interesting product/technology. I can't imagine gaming with one of these though.
A very good article. I think if anything Fanning will be remembered for jump starting the p2p revolution, getting the attention of the RIAA who had obviously underestimated the power of technology, as well as bringing awareness to a lot of average consumers on certain unfair aspects of the way the 'music industry' works, and last but not least introducing a lot of us to a lot of wonderful, independent music. Anyone know where he's working these days? The article didn't mention it.