And my point is, from the onset, one has to be blind not to realize that the company created the game to make money. Even the Salon article tries to play blind to this fact, by completely ignoring the cash cow aspect of the game. But I saw Magic when it first came out, and I spotted it as a marketing ploy that foreshadowed Pokémon by a few years. And from the onset, it was about collecting. So collecting never took the fun out of the equation: it was the purpose of the game.
The game was designed specifically to milk buyers out of money. Why else would there be rarity, and card retirement? The fact that the collecting aspect became big is just an indication that the game itself was doing great.
Thank you. I agree totally with your assessment. It may be harsh, but it's the whole truth. People: using Linux is a technological decision, not a business vision! Anybody trying to sound revolutionary by claiming otherwise is just trying to lure clueless VCs into throwing money in the Linux pit.
Hey, this is neat. I was pondering a related question two weeks ago. Namely, are customs for going from one country to another, or merely for entering a country? The idea was to ponder whether interplanetary travel would require customs as we know it. I guess the answer is, yes. Long, long before space tourism, humanity had forms to fill.
Now the question is, how long will it be before the first interplanetary cavity search?
...I have a patent on 'claiming stupid patents on widespread, every day things as a way to point out the shortcomings in logic in the lawsuit to which the article refers.' So if you try to jest by claiming you've patented air, cuttlery or reproduction, I'll see you in court!
I know. I felt compelled to reply, having bought a MD player over MP3 player only two days ago. When I saw the number of replies, I felt a big YHBT sign light up.:)
If you had made a Mouse on Mars reference instead, you would have been cool and hip on avant-garde techno culture. But noooo... You had to make it an Anime reference!
You know, what I wonder is this: if Napster is, as you claim, helping the RIAA make money, why are they fighting Napster tooth and nail? Money talks, and if indeed Napster was pushing CD sales up, like so many Napster defenders claim, then the RIAA would be shutting up.
And no, just saying they're dumb doesn't settle the case.
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It's to get past the search filter the MPAA has requested put on Slashdot.
And my point is, from the onset, one has to be blind not to realize that the company created the game to make money. Even the Salon article tries to play blind to this fact, by completely ignoring the cash cow aspect of the game. But I saw Magic when it first came out, and I spotted it as a marketing ploy that foreshadowed Pokémon by a few years. And from the onset, it was about collecting. So collecting never took the fun out of the equation: it was the purpose of the game.
The game was designed specifically to milk buyers out of money. Why else would there be rarity, and card retirement? The fact that the collecting aspect became big is just an indication that the game itself was doing great.
Stranger things (WWF buying WCW) have happened...
Funny how this story would probably be rejected if 'Microsoft' didn't figure in it somewhere...
Thank you. I agree totally with your assessment. It may be harsh, but it's the whole truth. People: using Linux is a technological decision, not a business vision! Anybody trying to sound revolutionary by claiming otherwise is just trying to lure clueless VCs into throwing money in the Linux pit.
Now the question is, how long will it be before the first interplanetary cavity search?
...I have a patent on 'claiming stupid patents on widespread, every day things as a way to point out the shortcomings in logic in the lawsuit to which the article refers.' So if you try to jest by claiming you've patented air, cuttlery or reproduction, I'll see you in court!
And, how do you know the bartender was not just pulling your leg and reciting digits at random? Hmm?
Napster is a database? News to me. It amazes me how much people stretch the truth to fit their own little opinions.
I know. I felt compelled to reply, having bought a MD player over MP3 player only two days ago. When I saw the number of replies, I felt a big YHBT sign light up. :)
Guess that now makes two of us...
Warn them? They're the ones who submitted the story... They got it coming.
-- ER, listening to his new, kick-ass MD player as he posts this
We'll have to watch for smoked kippers at breakfast...
Nope. He almost caught me, though. Me, I'd rather not overuse this principle... Keep it for special moments, like, say, a frontpage story!
...the PHP Slashdot logo is damn ugly, and looks like a brand tag you'd find on clothes made by 6 year-old Malaysians.
Hush. Somebody will figure it out. :)
Disregard parent post... I was trying something and never meant to post it.
It's much more high-level, but CNN has an article on this as well.
Nah, I thought it was pretty standard.
Where is the quote from? Can you at least tell me if the author was being insanely clever, or just clueless?
I avoid making this type of comment, but DAMN... That was FUNNY, man!
--Enoch Root, both nerd and hip
And no, just saying they're dumb doesn't settle the case.