This must be part of what George Lucas wants for his "films." It seems to me though, that if a movie can be decoded by the player, it can be ripped with some degree of success. I think that will lead to even better copies being shared, no?
To be fair, Marweas is from Sierra, not Relic. I think the Relic people are pretty good about community relations. Do they operate the Relic Developers Network or does someone else?
Meanwhile, I think this game hasn't had the chance to show its quality. They've streamlined tactics a great deal, and it makes me wonder if they are going to present actual strategic challenges instead.
Administrators want teachers who are willing to go all out for their students. Never mind how much off-clock time or personal funds the job requires. While it is ludicrous to expect a teacher to go over 150 essays, I know people who do. They don't do much else, but their essays are full of comments and suggestions and they spend the rest of their time planning and whatnot. I really believe, though, that if grading of papers could be delegated to a machine, it would be. Then they'd pay teachers less. Teaching (especially in secondary school) is still hard to do by machine, at least to parents' satisfaction.
This sounds just like the spin line Circuit City put forward for Divx. It didn't seem to work very well then, but the commercials themselves were really anemic now that I think about it.
Heh. That site is a satire but it's really not that much different from actual advertisement materials I remember seeing and reading.
I'm sure you'll agree it could be worse. I'm actually surprised that MS is doing this instead of taking the route of litigation. They seem to love litigation.
They have a point when they say various thir parties are using their network and charging for some versions of the software, but not supporting the network.
For paragraph 1, just google "sweatshop Thailand" and hit "I'm Feeling Lucky"
Actually I think Western enterprises want to do this:
Begin operations in a third world country.
Purchase all the local sources of competing products.
Phase out the erstwhile competing products.
Promote their own higher-priced product, which people will need a "better" standard of living to enjoy.
I'm familiar with this series of events in India, where the role of "Western Enterprise" will be played today by Coca-Cola. This is not to say that they didn't do the same thing here in the US.
Turning 3rd-worlders into global consumers is a disservice. Not that it really matters when "consumer" is your goal for them. I say if these businesses can't afford to pay their workers a wage commensurate with the value to the company of the product they create, then they need to take their business someplace else, or be happy with lower profit margins. Other countries don't exist to provide profit margins and make exports possible. That's more of a Nike attitude, or Mattel.
You seem to have a great faith in the market's invisible hand.
As for Iraq, a high cost in bombs is perfect. It's not, after all, Rumsfeld's money. The US would like nothing better than to wage more expensive wars so they can unload their older, dumber bombs newly upgraded with JDAM. And if we really cared about how much fun our soldiers were having in Iraq, we'd pay them more, not expose them to depleted Uranium, and treat veterans better.
If the cotton used in my shirt comes from some poor worker in Pakistan or China, my response naturally is, "I'll bet those workers are a lot better off than the people there who don't have any job at all."
Pushing someone's head under the water and giving them a straw to breathe through isn't really doing them a favor.
I think I finished that game 3 times before I even played any other RPG. It's still here on my hard drive. Such a great game. Someone else responsible for Torment has also recently left Black Isle (I cannot find the news item I read saying so), thus maybe there can be a sequel. Infogrames has the D&D license right now, and they are backing Troika's Temple of Elemental Evil. That's a good sign for something in the vein of Torment. It's too bad TORN got cancelled.
Also, I have to second the Knights of the Old Republic recommendation made by another poster. There are some similarities between the overriding stories in the two games. Also, Jennifer Hale (Fall-From-Grace) is in it! Woo!
Too bad Vhailor isn't there. Not the actor, but Vhailor.
No you're certainly not alone in that sentiment. Along with Star Trek, SW manages to underlie many crap games and a few really good ones. You're probably better off looking at the developer to set your expectation for any upcoming game. I also agree with the other person who said KOTOR takes some time before it acquires that Star Wars feel.
Isn't a "disclaimer" like that actually restricting access to the host computer and not to any specific items contained on it? I would think that could be restricted. It's a technicality I know but that's about right for this discussion.
I didn't hear anything about that, and I'm not sure when anyone would want the patch cancelled. Still, I suppose it could be true.
My theory was that these four were waiting until patch 1.10 was ready so that the rest of the folks at Blizz wouldn't be shorthanded at a bad time. Which would mean it's done. Bill Roper did say that they were going to wait a bit after the WC3 patch is released (today) to update everyone's Diablo to version 1.10 and that seems like the line that higher-ups would take.
I think you're attributing integrity to her, when I wouldn't.
It really depends on what serves her interests, since that seems to be where she's coming from. You can have an ethical system based on valuing only yourself. In that case, the carrot is the only important thing. Everything else falls or is shoved into place so you can get that carrot. If her new employer has some interest in promoting views contrary to her previous positions then I think she'd do that.
Being that it's NBC and Microsoft I don't think we'll see too much change in her attitude. But let's say MS does something the RIAA doesn't like (I can't imagine what that would be but I'm sure some of you can), then I bet Rosen would be first in line to say "The views the RIAA currently espouses are not the same as the views I held when I was there."
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Your rant may be insightful relative to another question, but only the very last paragraph really has anything important to the question that was posed. I'm with you in thinking that kids give themselves special needs a lot of the time (I've had more than a few pothead students who did that...hoo boy) but assuming that this person brought his condition on himself isn't necessarily fair.
Ravi
P.S. My heart goes out to all those struggling insurance companies.
I'm not sure what "moment" this publisher meets, but Gathering Of Developers seems to have been a really bad idea, considering that they haven't published any good games. The Blair Witch Games? Heavy Metal FAKK2? Oni? I defy you to find a good game published by Gathering of Developers. Actually, seeing as I gave up on them some time ago, it's entirely possible that they've made a good release since I wrote them off. Somehow I don't think so. Only Serious Sam stands out in my mind.
Call me a cynic but I think this view that cable tv/internet is a "right" is more motivated by the capacity to deliver ads. You see something similar when a multinational corporation electrifies a small village in India. They're trying to bring these people into the world economy in order to make it bigger. The bigger the economy, the more room there is at the top.
You're right about schools. It's a completely different mindset to try and teach using the internet in class than it is to just use it as a resource. Besides, look at what I'm doing with my connection.
I have to agree about education degrees; teaching is more difficult than the schooling you have to undergo to get there. With most jobs the schooling is harder. That's my impression anyway, I haven't worked all the jobs. My education classes didn't do much for me in the way of being a teacher.
But there's something else. There's no parallel in hacking I don't think, but what I teach has little to do with what I learned in college, and I'm a math teacher who was a math major. Teaching (at least in Maryland these days) is becoming more about tests and accountability than about the discipline you thought you were going to further. Take these questions from the "Algebra and Data Analysis" test that supposedly goes with Algebra I for an example.
As long as no one in a higher level of education gets hold of this and starts making it a part of No Child Left Behind these kids might accomplish something.
I'm sure you would agree that spending a lot of money doesn't make effects creative or interesting. I've been thinking about the action in the current Matrix product (MR), and it seems like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is the end of action movies. What does Trinity believe that's different from say, what Niobe believes, and how does that difference show up in how they fight or what they do? How are any of the characters different from each other, and where do these differences manifest themselves in the action? I think they do not at all. I could be wrong, and I'd love someone to explain that to me so I can watch the movie again and like it. I want the movie to be good but I don't think it was.
None of this would bother me if MR didn't think of itself as philosophically interesting. The beliefs of each character are supposed to be crucial to the way the events in the world unfold. There's no point in having people sit around using vocabulary you find in philosophy and then later go and employ standard movie action. Morpheus is rolling around on top of a truck when he notices his sword is still in the side? That's just so boring. Finding a weapon lying on the ground shouldn't be what gives Morpheus his edge.
I'm thinking the grandparent post is decrying the waste inherent in large effects budgets and the way CGI erodes the power of a movie. I hope I didn't get that part wrong.
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This must be part of what George Lucas wants for his "films." It seems to me though, that if a movie can be decoded by the player, it can be ripped with some degree of success. I think that will lead to even better copies being shared, no?
Ravi
To be fair, Marweas is from Sierra, not Relic. I think the Relic people are pretty good about community relations. Do they operate the Relic Developers Network or does someone else?
Meanwhile, I think this game hasn't had the chance to show its quality. They've streamlined tactics a great deal, and it makes me wonder if they are going to present actual strategic challenges instead.
Ravi
Man I'd mod you up if I had any points. That's very helpful thank you :)
Ravi
When record companies give that promo stuff away, does the retail value come out of the artist's cut? If it does, that would explain that tactic.
After all, I'm sure they charge the artist more than the cost of production. MSRP.
Ravi
Ravi
This sounds just like the spin line Circuit City put forward for Divx. It didn't seem to work very well then, but the commercials themselves were really anemic now that I think about it.
Heh. That site is a satire but it's really not that much different from actual advertisement materials I remember seeing and reading.
Ravi
I'm sure you'll agree it could be worse. I'm actually surprised that MS is doing this instead of taking the route of litigation. They seem to love litigation.
They have a point when they say various thir parties are using their network and charging for some versions of the software, but not supporting the network.
Ravi
I agree with the other poster. For TV networks, you're the product, not the customer.
Ravi
Hm specialties I just noticed that forget I said anything.
I think X-Com did that first? I didn't really play Commandos but what you're talking about sounds a lot like X-Com. Or Myth, for that matter.
Ravi
For paragraph 1, just google "sweatshop Thailand" and hit "I'm Feeling Lucky"
Actually I think Western enterprises want to do this:
I'm familiar with this series of events in India, where the role of "Western Enterprise" will be played today by Coca-Cola. This is not to say that they didn't do the same thing here in the US.
Turning 3rd-worlders into global consumers is a disservice. Not that it really matters when "consumer" is your goal for them. I say if these businesses can't afford to pay their workers a wage commensurate with the value to the company of the product they create, then they need to take their business someplace else, or be happy with lower profit margins. Other countries don't exist to provide profit margins and make exports possible. That's more of a Nike attitude, or Mattel.
You seem to have a great faith in the market's invisible hand.
As for Iraq, a high cost in bombs is perfect. It's not, after all, Rumsfeld's money. The US would like nothing better than to wage more expensive wars so they can unload their older, dumber bombs newly upgraded with JDAM. And if we really cared about how much fun our soldiers were having in Iraq, we'd pay them more, not expose them to depleted Uranium, and treat veterans better.
Ravi
Pushing someone's head under the water and giving them a straw to breathe through isn't really doing them a favor.
Ravi
I think I finished that game 3 times before I even played any other RPG. It's still here on my hard drive. Such a great game. Someone else responsible for Torment has also recently left Black Isle (I cannot find the news item I read saying so), thus maybe there can be a sequel. Infogrames has the D&D license right now, and they are backing Troika's Temple of Elemental Evil. That's a good sign for something in the vein of Torment. It's too bad TORN got cancelled.
Also, I have to second the Knights of the Old Republic recommendation made by another poster. There are some similarities between the overriding stories in the two games. Also, Jennifer Hale (Fall-From-Grace) is in it! Woo!
Too bad Vhailor isn't there. Not the actor, but Vhailor.
Ravi
No you're certainly not alone in that sentiment. Along with Star Trek, SW manages to underlie many crap games and a few really good ones. You're probably better off looking at the developer to set your expectation for any upcoming game. I also agree with the other person who said KOTOR takes some time before it acquires that Star Wars feel.
Ravi
pretty neat even if it is the "white box parts method" of car integration oh wait starting at $35,000.
Ravi
Isn't a "disclaimer" like that actually restricting access to the host computer and not to any specific items contained on it? I would think that could be restricted. It's a technicality I know but that's about right for this discussion.
Ravi
Not A Lawyer
A "No Hostile Players" checkbox at game creation time is one of the best D2 ideas I've ever heard.
Not sure about your necro ideas though. And apparently they are nerfing necromaners even more. Or were at one time anyway.
Ravi
I didn't hear anything about that, and I'm not sure when anyone would want the patch cancelled. Still, I suppose it could be true.
My theory was that these four were waiting until patch 1.10 was ready so that the rest of the folks at Blizz wouldn't be shorthanded at a bad time. Which would mean it's done. Bill Roper did say that they were going to wait a bit after the WC3 patch is released (today) to update everyone's Diablo to version 1.10 and that seems like the line that higher-ups would take.
Ravi
I think you're attributing integrity to her, when I wouldn't.
It really depends on what serves her interests, since that seems to be where she's coming from. You can have an ethical system based on valuing only yourself. In that case, the carrot is the only important thing. Everything else falls or is shoved into place so you can get that carrot. If her new employer has some interest in promoting views contrary to her previous positions then I think she'd do that.
Being that it's NBC and Microsoft I don't think we'll see too much change in her attitude. But let's say MS does something the RIAA doesn't like (I can't imagine what that would be but I'm sure some of you can), then I bet Rosen would be first in line to say "The views the RIAA currently espouses are not the same as the views I held when I was there."
Ravi
Your rant may be insightful relative to another question, but only the very last paragraph really has anything important to the question that was posed. I'm with you in thinking that kids give themselves special needs a lot of the time (I've had more than a few pothead students who did that...hoo boy) but assuming that this person brought his condition on himself isn't necessarily fair.
Ravi
P.S. My heart goes out to all those struggling insurance companies.
I'm not sure what "moment" this publisher meets, but Gathering Of Developers seems to have been a really bad idea, considering that they haven't published any good games. The Blair Witch Games? Heavy Metal FAKK2? Oni? I defy you to find a good game published by Gathering of Developers. Actually, seeing as I gave up on them some time ago, it's entirely possible that they've made a good release since I wrote them off. Somehow I don't think so. Only Serious Sam stands out in my mind.
Ravi
Call me a cynic but I think this view that cable tv/internet is a "right" is more motivated by the capacity to deliver ads. You see something similar when a multinational corporation electrifies a small village in India. They're trying to bring these people into the world economy in order to make it bigger. The bigger the economy, the more room there is at the top.
You're right about schools. It's a completely different mindset to try and teach using the internet in class than it is to just use it as a resource. Besides, look at what I'm doing with my connection.
Ravi
I have to agree about education degrees; teaching is more difficult than the schooling you have to undergo to get there. With most jobs the schooling is harder. That's my impression anyway, I haven't worked all the jobs. My education classes didn't do much for me in the way of being a teacher.
But there's something else. There's no parallel in hacking I don't think, but what I teach has little to do with what I learned in college, and I'm a math teacher who was a math major. Teaching (at least in Maryland these days) is becoming more about tests and accountability than about the discipline you thought you were going to further. Take these questions from the "Algebra and Data Analysis" test that supposedly goes with Algebra I for an example.
As long as no one in a higher level of education gets hold of this and starts making it a part of No Child Left Behind these kids might accomplish something.
Ravi
No,I think it means people in Vietnam have pirated Duke Nukem Forever.
I'm sorry.
Ravi
I'm sure you would agree that spending a lot of money doesn't make effects creative or interesting. I've been thinking about the action in the current Matrix product (MR), and it seems like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is the end of action movies. What does Trinity believe that's different from say, what Niobe believes, and how does that difference show up in how they fight or what they do? How are any of the characters different from each other, and where do these differences manifest themselves in the action? I think they do not at all. I could be wrong, and I'd love someone to explain that to me so I can watch the movie again and like it. I want the movie to be good but I don't think it was.
None of this would bother me if MR didn't think of itself as philosophically interesting. The beliefs of each character are supposed to be crucial to the way the events in the world unfold. There's no point in having people sit around using vocabulary you find in philosophy and then later go and employ standard movie action. Morpheus is rolling around on top of a truck when he notices his sword is still in the side? That's just so boring. Finding a weapon lying on the ground shouldn't be what gives Morpheus his edge.
I'm thinking the grandparent post is decrying the waste inherent in large effects budgets and the way CGI erodes the power of a movie. I hope I didn't get that part wrong.
Ravi