One big problem is that the messaging engine strips certain characters- and anything enclosed by single angles brackets - < and > 's - so these code snippets are probably a little corrupt. Not that a reasonable coder couldnt track them down a little... I know you may use ECODE tags- but they are not perfect... I think you may still have to use ampersand - gt and ampersand - lt to get angle brackets properly...
Funny- I thought of that game too...
I wonder if the British Army would ever try it?
At the moment I think Brits are a little too worried about catching the lurgy and being accidentally shot by americans....
I know one incentive over here is military funded university-its a pain in the UK to afford uni.
Ummm.. Yes and no. I happen to work in the software industry and I am not so far(but seperated) from a team who have spent more in development than they can hope to recoup. And its all in the programming. Its an ambitous project- and seems to win vapourware awards. Try porting from the X-Box to the PS-2 and tell me its not expensive.
Marketing is expensive- and thats mostly due to publisher control. MS, Sony and EA publish in-house. A smaller company may not afford to publish twice for different formats. And if it flopped- a publisher might just turn their nose up to it.
XBox has little chance though- with the PS2 on the high end and the much cheaper GameCube on the other. I already own the PS2- and am likely to buy a cube. But I already have three PCs-why would I buy an embedded one?
Dude... Thats not the TCD dude I used to discuss UFO theory with?
Sorry- Just recognised the nick.. I used to be "The Sonic"... But then I am sure there are other who would use it...
Make the legislation worldwide too- or welcome it in Britain. I really dont object to paying an internet music "tax". Anyway- the fact that it would go directly to musicians and not line fat cat pockets is a bonus. I am a musician myself outside of hours - and I happily put my music on file-sharing systems. A £1(Im a brit) per user per month guarantees me much more than my TV License, or my NTL Subscription. Maybe we could extend it to allow movies to be downloaded too.
Although I would also rather see it as an opt-in.. Maybe the tax is there if you wish to have file-sharing software on your machine(not dissimilar to TV License). Though I would not be willing to pay any more than around £5/Month.
I also think that the selection I get downloading music is far better than my local HMV- which happens to be Oxford Street(biggest music stores in UK). I might not want to listen to talent-scouts selection.
As for advertising- artists will have a continual stream, therefore giving them better resources to continue to produce music and advertise themselves. I think publishers have far too much power over what we listen to/view/play.
Anyway to finalise- I would so far see it as the most beneficial tax I have ever paid. Given that my council tax only seems to go to washing the graffiti of Maccy D's HQ and non-responsive emergency services.
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One big problem is that the messaging engine strips certain characters- and anything enclosed by single angles brackets - < and > 's - so these code snippets are probably a little corrupt. Not that a reasonable coder couldnt track them down a little... I know you may use ECODE tags- but they are not perfect... I think you may still have to use ampersand - gt and ampersand - lt to get angle brackets properly...
Funny- I thought of that game too... I wonder if the British Army would ever try it? At the moment I think Brits are a little too worried about catching the lurgy and being accidentally shot by americans.... I know one incentive over here is military funded university-its a pain in the UK to afford uni.
Ummm.. Yes and no. I happen to work in the software industry and I am not so far(but seperated) from a team who have spent more in development than they can hope to recoup. And its all in the programming. Its an ambitous project- and seems to win vapourware awards. Try porting from the X-Box to the PS-2 and tell me its not expensive. Marketing is expensive- and thats mostly due to publisher control. MS, Sony and EA publish in-house. A smaller company may not afford to publish twice for different formats. And if it flopped- a publisher might just turn their nose up to it. XBox has little chance though- with the PS2 on the high end and the much cheaper GameCube on the other. I already own the PS2- and am likely to buy a cube. But I already have three PCs-why would I buy an embedded one?
Dude... Thats not the TCD dude I used to discuss UFO theory with? Sorry- Just recognised the nick.. I used to be "The Sonic"... But then I am sure there are other who would use it...
Make the legislation worldwide too- or welcome it in Britain. I really dont object to paying an internet music "tax". Anyway- the fact that it would go directly to musicians and not line fat cat pockets is a bonus. I am a musician myself outside of hours - and I happily put my music on file-sharing systems. A £1(Im a brit) per user per month guarantees me much more than my TV License, or my NTL Subscription. Maybe we could extend it to allow movies to be downloaded too. Although I would also rather see it as an opt-in.. Maybe the tax is there if you wish to have file-sharing software on your machine(not dissimilar to TV License). Though I would not be willing to pay any more than around £5/Month. I also think that the selection I get downloading music is far better than my local HMV- which happens to be Oxford Street(biggest music stores in UK). I might not want to listen to talent-scouts selection. As for advertising- artists will have a continual stream, therefore giving them better resources to continue to produce music and advertise themselves. I think publishers have far too much power over what we listen to/view/play. Anyway to finalise- I would so far see it as the most beneficial tax I have ever paid. Given that my council tax only seems to go to washing the graffiti of Maccy D's HQ and non-responsive emergency services.