Well, if you want that style - vivid cartoon imagery rather than gigapolygon ultra-realism - take a look at Zelda on the Gamecube. Most people say it's appalling - they were expecting something looking like Final Fantasy, maybe. I just love it. It's almost like the illustrations used to be in the NES manuals.
Nintendo also experimented in this direction with Yoshi's Island on SNES, and Paper Mario on N64. Neither really set the world alight. Zelda, though, looks truly magnificent.
PS2? Hah! Xbox? Blech! Give me a Gamecube and a standing order for anything from Shigeru Miyamoto, and I'll be happy:-)
Great. So the S00p3r S3ckr1t satanist government conspiracy knows I'm Sitting Still In My House! They know this because there's a Chip Implanted In Me! And so they can work out that I'm At My Computer!
How do they go from 'sitting at computer' to 'pirating music' exactly? So much easier to go onto gnutella and trace my IP number, isn't it? Then send police round to the ISP to find out my physical address. No Secret Satanist plot necessary.
Was easy to find him via Google. Feel free to drop him a line via voice fax and email about how great you think he is...
Hey, how about the whois:
Administrative Contact:
Canter, Laurence larry@thecanters.com
Laurence Canter
4035 Alexander Valley Lane
Healdsburg, CA 95448
United States
(707) 473-9490
Anyone local? Go along and tell him how great he is. Oh, and put that address down on every 'YES! Please rush me my FREE...' form you find. I'm sure he'd appreciate hearing from every entrepreneur around.
Isn't that what some have speculated AOL's master plan is? Start distributing a AOL-ized version of Linux on their CDs...
Good luck to 'em if it is. Apple have shown that a user-friendly Unix is possible... AOLinux might be just what the world needs. Yes, it's AOL and everything, but what the hell...
I imagine it'll have XF86 4.2.0... which means full screen TV for 3dfx cards.
OK, OK, so it doesn't really matter to all that many people. Matters to me, though. The havoc I caused installing xf86 4.2.0 on RH7.2 the first time... *shudder*...
All this DMCA and SSSCA and whatever the new one is called boils down in the end to one question:
Which is more important for the United States?
a) Hollywood
b) Silicon Valley
I'd go for (b), especially since passing this law would kill Silicon Valley, but not passing it would only hurt Hollywood. Unrestrained napsterisation of movies would damage video sales, but not box-office take.
Actually... if all the US computer companies start producing deliberately crippled systems, it's bonanza time for Europe and Japan. Everyone will want a real, unprotected hard disk, and an OS without inbuilt DRM - let's face it, Napster and its descendants are the real killer app for broadband uptake.
Once the EU countries start to realise how profitable being outside the US copyrocracy can be, they'll probably make sure they stay that way. What can the US do? Impose more tariffs? The EU isn't afraid of trade wars with the US if it thinks it's necessary...
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Well, if you want that style - vivid cartoon imagery rather than gigapolygon ultra-realism - take a look at Zelda on the Gamecube. Most people say it's appalling - they were expecting something looking like Final Fantasy, maybe. I just love it. It's almost like the illustrations used to be in the NES manuals.
:-)
Nintendo also experimented in this direction with Yoshi's Island on SNES, and Paper Mario on N64. Neither really set the world alight. Zelda, though, looks truly magnificent.
PS2? Hah! Xbox? Blech! Give me a Gamecube and a standing order for anything from Shigeru Miyamoto, and I'll be happy
Great. So the S00p3r S3ckr1t satanist government conspiracy knows I'm Sitting Still In My House! They know this because there's a Chip Implanted In Me! And so they can work out that I'm At My Computer!
How do they go from 'sitting at computer' to 'pirating music' exactly? So much easier to go onto gnutella and trace my IP number, isn't it? Then send police round to the ISP to find out my physical address. No Secret Satanist plot necessary.
Was easy to find him via Google. Feel free to drop him a line via voice fax and email about how great you think he is... Hey, how about the whois: Administrative Contact: Canter, Laurence larry@thecanters.com Laurence Canter 4035 Alexander Valley Lane Healdsburg, CA 95448 United States (707) 473-9490 Anyone local? Go along and tell him how great he is. Oh, and put that address down on every 'YES! Please rush me my FREE...' form you find. I'm sure he'd appreciate hearing from every entrepreneur around.
Isn't that what some have speculated AOL's master plan is? Start distributing a AOL-ized version of Linux on their CDs...
Good luck to 'em if it is. Apple have shown that a user-friendly Unix is possible... AOLinux might be just what the world needs. Yes, it's AOL and everything, but what the hell...
I imagine it'll have XF86 4.2.0... which means full screen TV for 3dfx cards.
OK, OK, so it doesn't really matter to all that many people. Matters to me, though. The havoc I caused installing xf86 4.2.0 on RH7.2 the first time... *shudder*...
Actually, you could be right there...
All this DMCA and SSSCA and whatever the new one is called boils down in the end to one question:
Which is more important for the United States?
a) Hollywood
b) Silicon Valley
I'd go for (b), especially since passing this law would kill Silicon Valley, but not passing it would only hurt Hollywood. Unrestrained napsterisation of movies would damage video sales, but not box-office take.
Actually... if all the US computer companies start producing deliberately crippled systems, it's bonanza time for Europe and Japan. Everyone will want a real, unprotected hard disk, and an OS without inbuilt DRM - let's face it, Napster and its descendants are the real killer app for broadband uptake. Once the EU countries start to realise how profitable being outside the US copyrocracy can be, they'll probably make sure they stay that way. What can the US do? Impose more tariffs? The EU isn't afraid of trade wars with the US if it thinks it's necessary...