Vid/podcasts will quickly become shunned if they sell out to corporate interests. No one wants to download something that's seemingly independent, only to find out that it's a 30-minute, 500MB commercial for HP/Canon/Sony/whatever. I started OA to geek out about games and tech and have fun. Many cool things have happened since, including a few upcoming guest segments on Call For Help, but that's just bonus. Those that start these kinds of projects for financial gain will find very little reward at this point in time and will (hopefully) jump to other get-rich-quick schemes while those of us that care about the content we're producing will merrily continue on.
If what you say is true, only Ambidex'es could use this console without ills..
I am fully ambidextrous (dominant left-hand, but I can write perfectly legibly with my right as well -- it was great drawing graphs with both hands at the same time on the board at university, but that's OT ^_^) and I can state that, while nice to be, doesn't help one bit with Virtual Boy.
I do own a VB and about 6 games and it's really too bad that this project wasn't fully thought out. You had to take breaks every 20 minutes (forced by most games by a screen that comes out to tell you to go away for 10 minutes) and it seems that most people got serious headaches from any type of play, so they didn't even make it to the twenty minute mark.
I never experienced any ill effects (yet?) even though I played the truly brilliant and enjoyable Wario game for far too many hours on end; but then there were games like Red Alert (a plane shooter) where you could not tell if those lines approaching the screen were going to be a cave or a wall... parts like that were not so fun.
I packed it away a few years ago and, even though I would love to play Wario again, I don't have the courage to play it again lest I ruin my eyesight. I will hang onto my system though, perhaps it'll be an antique one day*
*please refrain from posting that it is an antique now. The type of antique I mean is one that is actually worth some decent cash = )
The piece is using familiar faces and voices to make a point. It's the overall message that matters.
Pray tell, what would that be?
But, ultimately, the guys running the show don't give a shit about religion or terrorism. It's all about the money and power.
Was this your attempt to enlighten me? So if it's not about religion or trying to send a message about 'don't mess with the US' after lives are taken in a tragedy (yes, I know how overused that word is today) but rather about using that as a cover to get cheap oil and intimidate the world - how is that reflected in the video exactly?
Was it because the Americans refer to themselves as good guys and the terrorists as evildoers that is the tip off? Are the people expected to listen to a sound clip from a familiar face and trust it just because they are on TV?
I've also no fault with GNN's writing; it is clever and concise and an enjoyable read. My problem is with the people who accept things blindly. Actually, even that's not entirely it. My biggest problem, as I stated in my first post, are with people who watch this, take it as gospel and then go out to spread the word without a mere second or two of background research. These are the same people that often times rely on volume, rather than facts, to win an argument. This is supposed to be the enlightened age where information is available, if one is willing to look.
I respect those who defend their opinions with facts, as you have clearly done, but it pains me to see stuff like this make the rounds with no one giving it a second thought. I applaud stuff like this that can inspire people to go out and make up their own minds, but I am equally disappointed at those who are willing to let other people tell them what to think. People may go out and decide "Yeah, they are right. It's all about the power." And I will be happy with that since they made the effort to put their brain to work and exercise their free will.
... only in the way that now people are going to go around spouting this stuff as gospel because they are too lazy to go do their own research. Yes, it is well done. I even chuckled at the banjo music. However, quotes taken out of context do not count as fact. No matter who said it or how many there are in a row, it's still not the whole truth. I laugh at CNN for their egotistical 'learn about whole world's events in 30 seconds' approach to news, but this is something else entirely.
This, to me, is how MTV would cover the news in a desperate stab at keeping people's attention.
I've heard many people describe Eva and Grave of Fireflies as mind-blowing experiences. But no one that knows Karen Finley or Mac Wellman's work. I just wonder if someone can weigh in on both sides.
No one knows about it because their fans don't go making translations into other languages and having fan pages so that others can discover it. Anime outside of Japan started as the tiniest segment of the population gathering in clubs and mailing tapes until the BBSs and the internet came along.
Art films are still in the tiny club stage... it's a little hard to compare. Anime fans can be snobs/purists just as much as Art Film fans. It's only when that segment grows to include the 'common' people that you will be able to make any viable type of comparison.
Amazon does have the technology to recommend items without customers having bought them in the past. They use product viewing history to do this.
so what happens if you block cookies and/or surf as a guest at a public terminal?
Which User Agreement?
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· Score: 3, Interesting
FULLY TRANSPARENT to the
consumer (as long as he or she keeps the
user agreement).
This worries me. They even mention down below how static systems are easily cracked and how 'phone-home' is offensve to user privacy and still not solid. Which user agreement will they use? The one that inclides fair use or a new creation that disables any and all attempts to protect our investment?
I'm not a 'consumer' with gigs and gigs of stolen MP3's, but I am someone with backups of my legitimately bought copies. I have two siberian huskies that seem to love chewing on CD and DVD cases (I'll stop leaving them at the door, I promise) so these backups become invaluable.
Sadly, people who've read their benefits section will realize that our right (yes, it is a right) to have legitimate back ups are tossed out the window...
Yes, but isn't it up to the individual to make up their own mind? Being presented with both sides of the issue is the only way to ensure that you have the ability to make an educated decision.
Conversely,/. isn't the best spot to go for pro-Microsoft/big-corporation news, so I know my point is kind of stepped on that way...
He couldn't just swipe a sign and then attatch it to the overpass board because stealing/borrowing road signs is a criminal offense. If he did that then they'd have no choice but to punish him in some fashion.
Besides, then he wouldn't have that nifty video to show to all his artsy friends.
A few questions - if Kazaa is Uninstalled, would that mean the this 'program' would then be rendered unusable? If this thing only works while Kazaa is running, what happens when the program goes away?
Also, can these bde- and b3d-related files be safely deleted?
The new-and-improved DMCA or whatever they are calling it nowadays? You know, the one where not all comsumers are eye-patch wearing, parrot shouldering pirates...
The day this is invented: hell will freeze, pigs will fly, the leafs will win the cup, and I'll subscribe to slashdot ^_^
I figure that the academy is just waiting... They know that there are two more movies to go, with the final installment (hopefully) going to blow everything away when it is released. I would be happier if they clean up the awards that year rather than be ignored merely because they won it this year.
I know that movies should be judged in the Oscar season that they were made, but since when did the academy play fair?
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Vid/podcasts will quickly become shunned if they sell out to corporate interests. No one wants to download something that's seemingly independent, only to find out that it's a 30-minute, 500MB commercial for HP/Canon/Sony/whatever. I started OA to geek out about games and tech and have fun. Many cool things have happened since, including a few upcoming guest segments on Call For Help, but that's just bonus. Those that start these kinds of projects for financial gain will find very little reward at this point in time and will (hopefully) jump to other get-rich-quick schemes while those of us that care about the content we're producing will merrily continue on.
ps: episode 3 really IS coming
If what you say is true, only Ambidex'es could use this console without ills..
I am fully ambidextrous (dominant left-hand, but I can write perfectly legibly with my right as well -- it was great drawing graphs with both hands at the same time on the board at university, but that's OT ^_^) and I can state that, while nice to be, doesn't help one bit with Virtual Boy.
I do own a VB and about 6 games and it's really too bad that this project wasn't fully thought out. You had to take breaks every 20 minutes (forced by most games by a screen that comes out to tell you to go away for 10 minutes) and it seems that most people got serious headaches from any type of play, so they didn't even make it to the twenty minute mark.
I never experienced any ill effects (yet?) even though I played the truly brilliant and enjoyable Wario game for far too many hours on end; but then there were games like Red Alert (a plane shooter) where you could not tell if those lines approaching the screen were going to be a cave or a wall... parts like that were not so fun.
I packed it away a few years ago and, even though I would love to play Wario again, I don't have the courage to play it again lest I ruin my eyesight. I will hang onto my system though, perhaps it'll be an antique one day*
*please refrain from posting that it is an antique now. The type of antique I mean is one that is actually worth some decent cash = )
The piece is using familiar faces and voices to make a point. It's the overall message that matters.
Pray tell, what would that be?
But, ultimately, the guys running the show don't give a shit about religion or terrorism. It's all about the money and power.
Was this your attempt to enlighten me? So if it's not about religion or trying to send a message about 'don't mess with the US' after lives are taken in a tragedy (yes, I know how overused that word is today) but rather about using that as a cover to get cheap oil and intimidate the world - how is that reflected in the video exactly?
Was it because the Americans refer to themselves as good guys and the terrorists as evildoers that is the tip off? Are the people expected to listen to a sound clip from a familiar face and trust it just because they are on TV?
I've also no fault with GNN's writing; it is clever and concise and an enjoyable read. My problem is with the people who accept things blindly. Actually, even that's not entirely it. My biggest problem, as I stated in my first post, are with people who watch this, take it as gospel and then go out to spread the word without a mere second or two of background research. These are the same people that often times rely on volume, rather than facts, to win an argument. This is supposed to be the enlightened age where information is available, if one is willing to look.
I respect those who defend their opinions with facts, as you have clearly done, but it pains me to see stuff like this make the rounds with no one giving it a second thought. I applaud stuff like this that can inspire people to go out and make up their own minds, but I am equally disappointed at those who are willing to let other people tell them what to think. People may go out and decide "Yeah, they are right. It's all about the power." And I will be happy with that since they made the effort to put their brain to work and exercise their free will.
... only in the way that now people are going to go around spouting this stuff as gospel because they are too lazy to go do their own research. Yes, it is well done. I even chuckled at the banjo music. However, quotes taken out of context do not count as fact. No matter who said it or how many there are in a row, it's still not the whole truth. I laugh at CNN for their egotistical 'learn about whole world's events in 30 seconds' approach to news, but this is something else entirely.
This, to me, is how MTV would cover the news in a desperate stab at keeping people's attention.
I've heard many people describe Eva and Grave of Fireflies as mind-blowing experiences. But no one that knows Karen Finley or Mac Wellman's work. I just wonder if someone can weigh in on both sides.
No one knows about it because their fans don't go making translations into other languages and having fan pages so that others can discover it. Anime outside of Japan started as the tiniest segment of the population gathering in clubs and mailing tapes until the BBSs and the internet came along.
Art films are still in the tiny club stage... it's a little hard to compare. Anime fans can be snobs/purists just as much as Art Film fans. It's only when that segment grows to include the 'common' people that you will be able to make any viable type of comparison.
Amazon does have the technology to recommend items without customers having bought them in the past. They use product viewing history to do this.
so what happens if you block cookies and/or surf as a guest at a public terminal?
FULLY TRANSPARENT to the consumer (as long as he or she keeps the user agreement).
This worries me. They even mention down below how static systems are easily cracked and how 'phone-home' is offensve to user privacy and still not solid. Which user agreement will they use? The one that inclides fair use or a new creation that disables any and all attempts to protect our investment?
I'm not a 'consumer' with gigs and gigs of stolen MP3's, but I am someone with backups of my legitimately bought copies. I have two siberian huskies that seem to love chewing on CD and DVD cases (I'll stop leaving them at the door, I promise) so these backups become invaluable.
Sadly, people who've read their benefits section will realize that our right (yes, it is a right) to have legitimate back ups are tossed out the window...
Yes, but isn't it up to the individual to make up their own mind? Being presented with both sides of the issue is the only way to ensure that you have the ability to make an educated decision.
/. isn't the best spot to go for pro-Microsoft/big-corporation news, so I know my point is kind of stepped on that way...
Conversely,
Once again, Penny-Arcade has beaten everyone to the punch. This is from way back: 2001-04-04
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http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?date=2001-0
He couldn't just swipe a sign and then attatch it to the overpass board because stealing/borrowing road signs is a criminal offense. If he did that then they'd have no choice but to punish him in some fashion.
Besides, then he wouldn't have that nifty video to show to all his artsy friends.
A few questions - if Kazaa is Uninstalled, would that mean the this 'program' would then be rendered unusable? If this thing only works while Kazaa is running, what happens when the program goes away? Also, can these bde- and b3d-related files be safely deleted?
The new-and-improved DMCA or whatever they are calling it nowadays? You know, the one where not all comsumers are eye-patch wearing, parrot shouldering pirates...
The day this is invented: hell will freeze, pigs will fly, the leafs will win the cup, and I'll subscribe to slashdot ^_^
I figure that the academy is just waiting... They know that there are two more movies to go, with the final installment (hopefully) going to blow everything away when it is released. I would be happier if they clean up the awards that year rather than be ignored merely because they won it this year.
I know that movies should be judged in the Oscar season that they were made, but since when did the academy play fair?