It sounds like a darn good idea to me. Unfortunately, my particular high school has no such accomodations, let alone any support for the program.
*insert random complaining, then a question*
We're running hand-me down Celerons, according to the head of the computers department. No one bothers to upgrade them, or even fix them when they start making funny sounds. Yet, we're in the most expensive place to live in all of the Western US. Funding should be easy to get, yet we've got some of the worst computers...
Furthermore, parents in our community believe games online are "evil", and the PTSA forced a web block of all games, period. >. None of our teachers really seem to care enough to stay after their required time (Only 3 of my six teachers participate in tutorial after school), and few people with the power to gain funding will, as all of our money goes towards sports, since they make the school look a lot better than an after-school gaming session.
So, the question is...How can I, a student, fix this problem? It sounds like a wonderful idea, and I know plenty of people interested. The problem is finding support, whether through funding or just teachers and parents who care.
And, as for your question about what games, try letting them play an online game like Ragnarok Online. There's no 'gore', unless yo uthink hitting a pink blob with a face is traumatizing. The worst thing about it the lag, and a few people who use poor judgement. Plus, it's free. ^^
*nods* I've tried this. It literally cannot find anything except Autorun, Desktop, lor-splash, START, and STARTERFILE. So, there's nothing there for Winamp to play. Same thing happened with my Abandoned Pools album. Nothing there that Winamp can play. (Er, technically, it can play this little clip from one of the songs that plays on the page it takes you to when you pop in the cd, but otherwise none."
Once again, we find ourselves faced with a large company with far too much power for it's own good (AOL-Time Warner, anyone?), since it seems ovbious that the RIAA will fight this. Yet, this time we're not faced with the Big Bad Wolf. As said by perdida, they're not completely bad. They help artists keep a good hold on what's theirs (though in some cases, this is questionable *cough* LimpBizkit *cough, hack, gag*) and they're paid for their work.
However, it isn't right for them to keep a hold on the music industry the way they have been. They keep their hands around money that should go to the artists we care about, money that could be used for new equipment or just building a third pool (depending on your imcome ^_-). Yes, the RIAA deserves this. But, something should be done to make sure they're not left completely out of the circle as well.
So, what then? Do we continue allowing them to keep too much power? Or, potentially lose their services?
It's all about the companies getting greedy. Instead of 'losing' a few dollars on the price of each CD, they spend thousands to get the CD 'guarded'. Completely ridiculous, and a result of greed in our society.
Then there's the junk going on about them safeguarding the CD's so they can't be played on a computer. Personally, I'm not the richest person around, and I can't afford a CD player seperate from the computer. I lodged my money into this thing about two years ago, and continue to do so, thinking "Hey, I can play my CD's on here, and write my papers, etc., rather than drive up the electric bill (damned prices last year for electricity...) with two seperate Watt-Guzzelers, as I call them. So, I saved some money there, right?
I ended up buying a few cds the other day, after listening to them on the radio. I pop in the Lord of the Rings OST, remembering fondly the music that scared me in the movie, and waited for it to load. Instead of my lovely music, I get a webpage with a bunch of ads I don't want, and no auto-start on the music. So, naturally, I checked to see if the files were missing or something. Sure enough, they've been 'protected' against use on a computer. So, I wasted $18, and I still haven't listened to the thing once.
Now, they're making the computers crash on us, just for fear of 'stealing' their 'hard earned songs' (even though most of them are just rewrites of old classics). Next thing you know, they'll ban CD-Roms. --;
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It sounds like a darn good idea to me. Unfortunately, my particular high school has no such accomodations, let alone any support for the program. *insert random complaining, then a question* We're running hand-me down Celerons, according to the head of the computers department. No one bothers to upgrade them, or even fix them when they start making funny sounds. Yet, we're in the most expensive place to live in all of the Western US. Funding should be easy to get, yet we've got some of the worst computers... Furthermore, parents in our community believe games online are "evil", and the PTSA forced a web block of all games, period. >. None of our teachers really seem to care enough to stay after their required time (Only 3 of my six teachers participate in tutorial after school), and few people with the power to gain funding will, as all of our money goes towards sports, since they make the school look a lot better than an after-school gaming session. So, the question is...How can I, a student, fix this problem? It sounds like a wonderful idea, and I know plenty of people interested. The problem is finding support, whether through funding or just teachers and parents who care. And, as for your question about what games, try letting them play an online game like Ragnarok Online. There's no 'gore', unless yo uthink hitting a pink blob with a face is traumatizing. The worst thing about it the lag, and a few people who use poor judgement. Plus, it's free. ^^
*nods* I've tried this. It literally cannot find anything except Autorun, Desktop, lor-splash, START, and STARTERFILE. So, there's nothing there for Winamp to play. Same thing happened with my Abandoned Pools album. Nothing there that Winamp can play. (Er, technically, it can play this little clip from one of the songs that plays on the page it takes you to when you pop in the cd, but otherwise none."
Once again, we find ourselves faced with a large company with far too much power for it's own good (AOL-Time Warner, anyone?), since it seems ovbious that the RIAA will fight this. Yet, this time we're not faced with the Big Bad Wolf. As said by perdida, they're not completely bad. They help artists keep a good hold on what's theirs (though in some cases, this is questionable *cough* LimpBizkit *cough, hack, gag*) and they're paid for their work. However, it isn't right for them to keep a hold on the music industry the way they have been. They keep their hands around money that should go to the artists we care about, money that could be used for new equipment or just building a third pool (depending on your imcome ^_-). Yes, the RIAA deserves this. But, something should be done to make sure they're not left completely out of the circle as well. So, what then? Do we continue allowing them to keep too much power? Or, potentially lose their services?
It's all about the companies getting greedy. Instead of 'losing' a few dollars on the price of each CD, they spend thousands to get the CD 'guarded'. Completely ridiculous, and a result of greed in our society.
Then there's the junk going on about them safeguarding the CD's so they can't be played on a computer. Personally, I'm not the richest person around, and I can't afford a CD player seperate from the computer. I lodged my money into this thing about two years ago, and continue to do so, thinking "Hey, I can play my CD's on here, and write my papers, etc., rather than drive up the electric bill (damned prices last year for electricity...) with two seperate Watt-Guzzelers, as I call them. So, I saved some money there, right?
I ended up buying a few cds the other day, after listening to them on the radio. I pop in the Lord of the Rings OST, remembering fondly the music that scared me in the movie, and waited for it to load. Instead of my lovely music, I get a webpage with a bunch of ads I don't want, and no auto-start on the music. So, naturally, I checked to see if the files were missing or something. Sure enough, they've been 'protected' against use on a computer. So, I wasted $18, and I still haven't listened to the thing once.
Now, they're making the computers crash on us, just for fear of 'stealing' their 'hard earned songs' (even though most of them are just rewrites of old classics). Next thing you know, they'll ban CD-Roms. --;