I'd be willing to bet that this is somebody's objective over there...whether they admit it or not. The military has long been involved in leading tech college research. C'mon Predator camouflage!
I'd rather buy conflict diamonds from africa, and have some vietnamese $1-a-day wage-slave set it into a ring made of nazi-gold than ever buy anything ever made by the labels that are part of the BPI or the RIAA or the MPAA.
That has to be the funniest thing I've read for months. Thank you for that!
Make the system so that only the police or a government agency can use the system (and only then during emergencies), not the parent. It should be illegal for the parents to use it. Think about what I'm saying before flaming me in response.
Pencil me in as "totally agree". Some of my favorite moments of gaming life were in the Thief and System Shock (no, not Bioshock) mythologies. The immersion-level of these games was unlike anything that had come before them. (Thank you Looking Glass Studios, R.I.P.) Thief 4 is currently being produced (fuck yeah!), and my hope is that System Shock is going to be in the pipe sometime soon as well.
I see games like Thief and System Shock flourishing as time goes on, because they reward paying close attention, strategy, careful progress and style of play rather than the cookie-cutter crap that passes for "good games" these days.
There IS a God. Thank you once again to Lookinglass Studios (R.I.P.) for creating this in the first place. I, for one, can't friggin wait!
My favorite game of all time.
I believe user-created content is the future of MMOs. It's a paradigm whose time has come. City of Heros is starting the trend, and other MMOs will have to incorporate user-created content or risk losing customers to those that do. I've already seen many user-created story ideas that trump the developer-created ones. Conversely, there are lots that suck--but that's to be expected!;) That said, there's a rating system built-in that allows the great content to rise to the top. It's not completely free from tampering at this point, but nice none-the-less.
Keep in mind that "The Architect" is in version 1.0. The Mission Arc creator will only get more powerful in subsequent issues. (I personally want the ability to fine-tune the placement of geometry and mobs, but I cetainly appreciate what The Architect is so far!)
Exactly. And just to set the record straight, the new Asus 1000he has the new Atom 280 micro and 9 hour (advertised...probably more like 8 and change) battery life. These highly portable computers are seeming more like a viable option and less like toys all the time.
Very insightful, but that's just version 1.5. Version 2.0 will be projected on your eyeball, or optic-nerve. The tendency of technology is to become invisible. I imagine that by 2050 everything we use on a day-to-day basis will be either embedded within us or the environment (or both).
Amen. I couldn't have said it better myself. I think we have yet to see the killer app for eInk.
Personally, I think that the first netbook manufacturer to put an eInk display on the top cover of one of its models (that you can send text, etc. to) will win all the prizes. With Wimax...and using Skype for VoIP calls...you have the perfect device.
You're an unhappy person, who's become so desensitized that nothing you see or hear has any merit. What's sad is that you cannot see how amazing this is.
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I'd be willing to bet that this is somebody's objective over there...whether they admit it or not. The military has long been involved in leading tech college research. C'mon Predator camouflage!
We're Earthlings. Let's blow-up Earth things!
I'd rather buy conflict diamonds from africa, and have some vietnamese $1-a-day wage-slave set it into a ring made of nazi-gold than ever buy anything ever made by the labels that are part of the BPI or the RIAA or the MPAA.
That has to be the funniest thing I've read for months. Thank you for that!
Ahhh...Geocities circa 1998. How I remember thee...
Make the system so that only the police or a government agency can use the system (and only then during emergencies), not the parent. It should be illegal for the parents to use it. Think about what I'm saying before flaming me in response.
The first to put an eInk screen in addition to the normal screen in a Netbook or tablet form-factor will win all the prizes.
Think about it...all the features of a netbook you love, but the eInk display from a Kindle that allows you to send documents to it. Oh, the humanity!
Pencil me in as "totally agree". Some of my favorite moments of gaming life were in the Thief and System Shock (no, not Bioshock) mythologies. The immersion-level of these games was unlike anything that had come before them. (Thank you Looking Glass Studios, R.I.P.) Thief 4 is currently being produced (fuck yeah!), and my hope is that System Shock is going to be in the pipe sometime soon as well.
I see games like Thief and System Shock flourishing as time goes on, because they reward paying close attention, strategy, careful progress and style of play rather than the cookie-cutter crap that passes for "good games" these days.
There IS a God. Thank you once again to Lookinglass Studios (R.I.P.) for creating this in the first place. I, for one, can't friggin wait! My favorite game of all time.
...Peter Jackson's disgusting rape of Lord of the Rings.
*irate British voice*
Hooooow DARE you, sir! Pistols at dawn!
I have, and it's fantastic.
;) That said, there's a rating system built-in that allows the great content to rise to the top. It's not completely free from tampering at this point, but nice none-the-less.
I believe user-created content is the future of MMOs. It's a paradigm whose time has come. City of Heros is starting the trend, and other MMOs will have to incorporate user-created content or risk losing customers to those that do. I've already seen many user-created story ideas that trump the developer-created ones. Conversely, there are lots that suck--but that's to be expected!
Keep in mind that "The Architect" is in version 1.0. The Mission Arc creator will only get more powerful in subsequent issues. (I personally want the ability to fine-tune the placement of geometry and mobs, but I cetainly appreciate what The Architect is so far!)
I didn't see this posted, so... http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/shai_agassi_on_electric_cars.html
Right, and you the customer (client?) are charged for "miles driven". It's the same as the "minutes talked" paradigm in cellphone usage.
iCar? I suppose it will have some sort of circular gizmo to control which direction you want to go.
It may also have a shuffle feature that takes you to random destinations.
battery swapping is the key.
You mean like Better Place is suggesting? :)
Hey, man, the jury is not something that you just dump something on. It's not a big truck.
In a similar story Tiki states they've had a run on torches.
Well...without the monetary system we currently enjoy (*cough*), I guess we would create technology that was for the betterment of us all.
Or...hit the debris with an inverse-tachyon pulse from the primary array! Yeah, that's the ticket.
Exactly. And just to set the record straight, the new Asus 1000he has the new Atom 280 micro and 9 hour (advertised...probably more like 8 and change) battery life. These highly portable computers are seeming more like a viable option and less like toys all the time.
Very insightful, but that's just version 1.5. Version 2.0 will be projected on your eyeball, or optic-nerve. The tendency of technology is to become invisible. I imagine that by 2050 everything we use on a day-to-day basis will be either embedded within us or the environment (or both).
Amen. I couldn't have said it better myself. I think we have yet to see the killer app for eInk.
Personally, I think that the first netbook manufacturer to put an eInk display on the top cover of one of its models (that you can send text, etc. to) will win all the prizes. With Wimax...and using Skype for VoIP calls...you have the perfect device.
How will we "copy" things with Silly Putty?
You had me at Silly Putty.
You're an unhappy person, who's become so desensitized that nothing you see or hear has any merit. What's sad is that you cannot see how amazing this is.
Oh, oh...then you could put it to music! *vomits*
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