awwww...its 4:36pm CST and i was able to get through to riaa.org. dangit, i'm just going to open 2 opera windows and have them reload every 15 seconds.:)
I kinda like the series actually. The music was kick-ass, and has a way better storyline than a lot of "cartoons" that are on TV these days. Personally, I don't look at anime to be the be-all end-all of cinematic culture. It's just cool and fun to see in a niceley done animated form what you KNOW would be a horribly cheesy sci-fi movie if they tried to do it with real people.
Since I'm way out here in Wisconsin, I doubt that I'll get to see this movie anytime soon. But what I'm Really waiting for is the Trigun Movie that I keep hearing about.
You hit the nail on the head regarding the one major flaw with that type of system. A couple friends and I, who regularly play against each other at basement LAN's, and on the internet together, have developed our skills to the point where many times, we get accused of cheating, wall hacks, aimbots, gl hooks, and the like. We've all been booted off of many servers, just because we're very good. Usually, we end up being booted because the 'admin' of the server is some punk that has a problem saying, 'Nice shot man!' or 'good job!', but rather, 'You're a cheating fag, nobody can do that!' Usually, we try to compliment people when they're having a good game. It makes them feel better that their skills are recognized.
Oh well, whaddaya gonna do?
I'm thinking this whole thing with the MPAA/RIAA/xxAA is opening the eyes of a lot of people to the power that Big Money has on our governmental decisions. I for one, am actually considering voting for once, to get rid of all these asinine politicians who don't care how they vote policy, as long as they get their kickback.
The U.S. government is very powerful. So is Hollywood (film & music both). Let us not forget the truism of Lord Acton, in a letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton, 1887. 'Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.'
I think it would be a great idea. It seems to me that many students are a lot more interested in computers, programming, gaming, etc., now then there were when I was in school 10 years ago. As far as the violence factor, I would think that a parental sign-off on a per-user basis would be able to cover that. I mean, chances are the kid plays the game at home already right? so why not at school?
Dang, kids these days have it good. When i was in high school, i think my school had 2 AppleII computers in the library. no network. There was this game, some side-scrolling rpg-type game though. I was the only one that seemed to get to play it, because I was the only one (in my class of 54) that actually went to the library to check out books for more than assigned homework.
I'll have to talk to the Network Admin of the school in my area. Considering the school is across the street, and he brings me cool school equipment (switches, servers) for the LANs in my basement, I bet he'd be willing to go for it, and maybe the administration would too.
It seems to me that everything that I've mp3-ified from my own CD's at a 160KB bitrate sounds so close to the same as the CD itself, that I can't really tell the difference. In my car system, it sounds great, on my computer it sounds great, and on my home system it sounds great.
I think the RIAA and MPAA are just mad that they poo-poohed the idea of the MP3 format in the first place, and it turns out that it could have been quite lucrative for them if they hadn't been big dummies. There was a great quote in a post a few weeks ago that basically said the music business model is changing from the consumer standpoint, but the 'music business' is trying to legsislate their continual profits, rather than change with it.
Except the fact is that most of the servers I've seen require you to be sharing at least 5GB or more of your own stuff. Its kind of annoying to search for a specific item, then finally find it, then not be able to download it, because you're on your laptop with far less than 5GB of shareable files.
Azobenzene is known for its kinkiness. That made me laugh.
After reading the article, I was thinking, "go go gadget" and some Maxwell Smart type things. Or maybe a fiber-optically powered hamster wheel?
Is anyone else, at mention of nanotechnology, immediately reminded of MST3k? Speaking of Nanites, how about that one guy on techTV, that does the "Call for Help" segment? He reminds me of a nanite from MST3k every time I see him.
Are you kidding? Peru is like walking into Wisconsin?
HAH! I dare you to find a similar level (if any) of concentration of Cheese, Beer, and Harley Davidsons anywhere in Peru that comes close to that of rivaling even the smallest Unincorporated town in Wisconsin. Just because we're surrounded by these other pitiful states of Illinois and Minnesota doesn't mean that WE aren't cool, hip, and non-Peruvian.:)
I think our climate is slighly different, too.
monkey!
Yeah, So would I. Of course, I live in fairly small-town rural area as a PC/Mac/Unix/PBX/fax/cellphone/anything-that-has-a- button-and-i-need-help type of support guy for several newspapers. I thought I was making good money, until I found out that the average went DOWN to 63k. The thing I wonder sometimes, is, does it really matter? If you like your job, and have fun most of the time, and have time to be with friends and family, while making 43k, is that worth the tradeoff of another 57 thousand dollars a year? I wouldn't mind making 100k a year just to compare, though.;)
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awwww...its 4:36pm CST and i was able to get through to riaa.org. dangit, i'm just going to open 2 opera windows and have them reload every 15 seconds. :)
I kinda like the series actually. The music was kick-ass, and has a way better storyline than a lot of "cartoons" that are on TV these days. Personally, I don't look at anime to be the be-all end-all of cinematic culture. It's just cool and fun to see in a niceley done animated form what you KNOW would be a horribly cheesy sci-fi movie if they tried to do it with real people.
Since I'm way out here in Wisconsin, I doubt that I'll get to see this movie anytime soon. But what I'm Really waiting for is the Trigun Movie that I keep hearing about.
http://www.techtv.com/news/culture/story/0,24195 ,3 369312,00.html
I'm thinking this whole thing with the MPAA/RIAA/xxAA is opening the eyes of a lot of people to the power that Big Money has on our governmental decisions. I for one, am actually considering voting for once, to get rid of all these asinine politicians who don't care how they vote policy, as long as they get their kickback.
The U.S. government is very powerful. So is Hollywood (film & music both). Let us not forget the truism of Lord Acton, in a letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton, 1887. 'Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.'
I think it would be a great idea. It seems to me that many students are a lot more interested in computers, programming, gaming, etc., now then there were when I was in school 10 years ago. As far as the violence factor, I would think that a parental sign-off on a per-user basis would be able to cover that. I mean, chances are the kid plays the game at home already right? so why not at school?
Dang, kids these days have it good. When i was in high school, i think my school had 2 AppleII computers in the library. no network. There was this game, some side-scrolling rpg-type game though. I was the only one that seemed to get to play it, because I was the only one (in my class of 54) that actually went to the library to check out books for more than assigned homework.
I'll have to talk to the Network Admin of the school in my area. Considering the school is across the street, and he brings me cool school equipment (switches, servers) for the LANs in my basement, I bet he'd be willing to go for it, and maybe the administration would too.
It seems to me that everything that I've mp3-ified from my own CD's at a 160KB bitrate sounds so close to the same as the CD itself, that I can't really tell the difference. In my car system, it sounds great, on my computer it sounds great, and on my home system it sounds great. I think the RIAA and MPAA are just mad that they poo-poohed the idea of the MP3 format in the first place, and it turns out that it could have been quite lucrative for them if they hadn't been big dummies. There was a great quote in a post a few weeks ago that basically said the music business model is changing from the consumer standpoint, but the 'music business' is trying to legsislate their continual profits, rather than change with it.
Except the fact is that most of the servers I've seen require you to be sharing at least 5GB or more of your own stuff. Its kind of annoying to search for a specific item, then finally find it, then not be able to download it, because you're on your laptop with far less than 5GB of shareable files.
Azobenzene is known for its kinkiness. That made me laugh. After reading the article, I was thinking, "go go gadget" and some Maxwell Smart type things. Or maybe a fiber-optically powered hamster wheel? Is anyone else, at mention of nanotechnology, immediately reminded of MST3k? Speaking of Nanites, how about that one guy on techTV, that does the "Call for Help" segment? He reminds me of a nanite from MST3k every time I see him.
Are you kidding? Peru is like walking into Wisconsin? HAH! I dare you to find a similar level (if any) of concentration of Cheese, Beer, and Harley Davidsons anywhere in Peru that comes close to that of rivaling even the smallest Unincorporated town in Wisconsin. Just because we're surrounded by these other pitiful states of Illinois and Minnesota doesn't mean that WE aren't cool, hip, and non-Peruvian. :)
I think our climate is slighly different, too.
monkey!
Yeah, So would I. Of course, I live in fairly small-town rural area as a PC/Mac/Unix/PBX/fax/cellphone/anything-that-has-a- button-and-i-need-help type of support guy for several newspapers. I thought I was making good money, until I found out that the average went DOWN to 63k. The thing I wonder sometimes, is, does it really matter? If you like your job, and have fun most of the time, and have time to be with friends and family, while making 43k, is that worth the tradeoff of another 57 thousand dollars a year? I wouldn't mind making 100k a year just to compare, though. ;)