There's something much more free form about paper: you can throw it to the side knowing you can come back to it later, you can rearrange pages, and you can draw boxes or arrows or strike-throughs any way that you want.
You can also crumple it up and throw it in the trash. That gets pretty expensive quickly with Wacom tablets. =)
Seriously, I'd only add that there is something immediate about pencil and paper, while using a wacom tablet is good example of a technology mediated process.
What does Public Domain have to do with it? You think that because one case (ZipZap) had to do with Public Domain that all Fair Use cases must have some element of Public Domain? If so, that's just plain incorrect.
Personally, I thought the SS parody was more a parody of SS than of AMcGA. I'd played the demo once, so I was aware of Alice and it's style, and I could argue that a reasonable person could interpret PA's parody in this way. After all, it's generally refered to as the Strawberry Shortcake parody, not the Alice parody.
The point remains that PA decided not to argue the point. However, unless they signed anything, there really is nothing stopping them from putting the SS parody back on the PA site and fighting it out.
I bought my first Mac in 1993, a Centris 650, but I lusted after the PB 180 that belonged to a friend.
I had two roommates at the time. One owned a SE/30, and I remember that he was very hesitant about upgrading to System 7.1 because of problems he had heard about 7.0. My other roommate had an Atari. It was a really cool machine, but I didn't perceive it as an option, because I was just starting to get into multimedia, and I needed to run Marcromind Director. If I recall correctly, the Atari had the capability to be great for multimedia creation, but the applications just weren't there. That's always a pity and a dilemma, when there just aren't enough apps for a platform because its marketshare is too small, which only further constrains its marketshare.
Outstanding. Any trollishness is completely offset by your obvious sincerity. And the "dried zealot spooge" line was great. (Why do you think Apple is selling iPod socks?)
Yes, I didn't bother to do any updates until it had to go down. I just want to know how long this machine, just over a year old, can go without a restart!
Yeah, I remember. I also remember that taken together (each color was considered a separate model), that generation of iMacs was a best seller.
Apple might not be batting a thousand, but their batting average for innovative design is pretty high. Hell, even their marketing flops (the G4 cube) have become cult objects that fetch top dollar on the used market.
I'm a casual gamer as well, and I can stand to wait for the Mac ports. And while I'd like to have all the choices that PC gamers have in titles, it's not that big an issue.
But to the serious gamer, a Mac is just not an option. It's just not. Why? Because a Mac is not as good for the graphics intensive games as the Windows equivalent.
Have you seen the iRiver's remote? It has a separate backlit LCD that shows you the track that's playing, time, etc. You can even navigate the menus through the remote. It's very useful if you're in a confined space.
I was just saying to myself last week, after I had locked myself in the trunk of my car (again!), "Damn! I wish I had one of those iRivers with the cool remote."
The Quadra 900 and the Quadra 700 came out in 1991. Both were powered by a 25 Mhz 68040 CPU.
So I'm thinking he means his tipping point was in '93 when he actually purchased his powerbook. My guess is that he bought a PB 180, which used a 33 Mhz 68030 CPU. The 180 was arguably the finest laptop of it's day.
The first PBs to use the 040 chip was the Blackbird series, which were introduced in 1994.
For $7.95 you've got a server that is often filled and maybe you have to name your characters after products.
It's sick fucks like you that keep me coming back to slash dot. Product placement in MMORPGs!
"I tire of this quest for the Golden Nikes®. Let us go to Castle Qualcomm®, where I might get a Coke® and a Big Mac®, and perhaps have my coat of many logos repaired."
I looked all over sourceforge for your open source MMORPG and game server, but I wasn't able to find it. Let me know when your FREE as in beer game is available.
Oh, you're not developing an alternative? You're just complain^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hsharing your wisdom? Well, maybe you could help these guys out. They're looking for a RPG Guru. =)
If you don't like that one, I counted over a dozen mmorpgs under active development on the first page of search results on sf.net using mmorpg as the search term. Knock yourself out.
* To pay the salary of the legal team that is ramping up to sue the first website to try and sell in-game items and money
If they were smart, they'd incorporate a Lawyer class into the game that was willing to work on contingency based on the loot being sold through such websites. =)
Unless you're shooting your video in frame or progressive mode, all* home video cameras are going to give you 2 interlaced fields for every frame. A better practical experiment would be film, where you can actually see the motion blur without needing to de-interlace. However, motion blur can be controlled by the shutter angle on film cameras. (It's the equivalent of shutter speed on a still film camera.) Variable shutter angle is a feature on high speed film cameras.
Motion blur makes motion look smoother. Lack of motion blur looks jerky, unless you compensate with a high frame rate.
Anyway, you're on the right track in how you're thinking about this. I wish I could explain better, but I'm really sleepy at the moment, and I'm not at my most coherent.
In "Just For Fun", Linus recounts the time Steve Jobs tried to woo him to work on the new version of MacOS and drop Linux.
By itself, that doesn't mean anything. It's well known that Jobs likes to surround himself with the top talent, so he can subjugate them and crush their souls. =)
Besides, if Linus had actually gone to work for Apple, OS X would have been set back years, as Avie and Linus would have argued incessantly over microkernal vs. monolithic.
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I agree completely! We're trying to discuss something very important here. Penny Arcade. Oh, wait. . . .
There's something much more free form about paper: you can throw it to the side knowing you can come back to it later, you can rearrange pages, and you can draw boxes or arrows or strike-throughs any way that you want.
You can also crumple it up and throw it in the trash. That gets pretty expensive quickly with Wacom tablets. =)
Seriously, I'd only add that there is something immediate about pencil and paper, while using a wacom tablet is good example of a technology mediated process.
What does Public Domain have to do with it? You think that because one case (ZipZap) had to do with Public Domain that all Fair Use cases must have some element of Public Domain? If so, that's just plain incorrect.
Personally, I thought the SS parody was more a parody of SS than of AMcGA. I'd played the demo once, so I was aware of Alice and it's style, and I could argue that a reasonable person could interpret PA's parody in this way. After all, it's generally refered to as the Strawberry Shortcake parody, not the Alice parody.
The point remains that PA decided not to argue the point. However, unless they signed anything, there really is nothing stopping them from putting the SS parody back on the PA site and fighting it out.
I bought my first Mac in 1993, a Centris 650, but I lusted after the PB 180 that belonged to a friend.
I had two roommates at the time. One owned a SE/30, and I remember that he was very hesitant about upgrading to System 7.1 because of problems he had heard about 7.0. My other roommate had an Atari. It was a really cool machine, but I didn't perceive it as an option, because I was just starting to get into multimedia, and I needed to run Marcromind Director. If I recall correctly, the Atari had the capability to be great for multimedia creation, but the applications just weren't there. That's always a pity and a dilemma, when there just aren't enough apps for a platform because its marketshare is too small, which only further constrains its marketshare.
Outstanding. Any trollishness is completely offset by your obvious sincerity. And the "dried zealot spooge" line was great. (Why do you think Apple is selling iPod socks?)
Right, because when I rip a CD, I stop doing everything else and just sit patiently until it's done.
Hmmmmm. . . I make $60/hour. My god! I just wasted $480 sleeping!
I think he meant a native port, not something that runs under X windows.
Maybe Apple could give some developer a grant or fellowship to write a native port.
On the one hand, go easy on him because he's merely ignorant. But on the other hand, suffer not a fool to live.
So you're suggesting we kill him quickly and painlessly? I brought the jumper cables for nothing?
Yes, I didn't bother to do any updates until it had to go down. I just want to know how long this machine, just over a year old, can go without a restart!
You need to buy a UPS!
Yeah, I remember. I also remember that taken together (each color was considered a separate model), that generation of iMacs was a best seller.
Apple might not be batting a thousand, but their batting average for innovative design is pretty high. Hell, even their marketing flops (the G4 cube) have become cult objects that fetch top dollar on the used market.
I'm a casual gamer as well, and I can stand to wait for the Mac ports. And while I'd like to have all the choices that PC gamers have in titles, it's not that big an issue.
But to the serious gamer, a Mac is just not an option. It's just not. Why? Because a Mac is not as good for the graphics intensive games as the Windows equivalent.
I know what happened last time I got curious .....
You woke up face down in a pool of puke in an alley and your butt hurt? Man, I hate when that happens.
Sorry, I couldn't resist. =)
Let's see. You can get an emac off of the apple store for as low as $529.
Is there really an XP PC that will play HL2 for $265?
Have you seen the iRiver's remote? It has a separate backlit LCD that shows you the track that's playing, time, etc. You can even navigate the menus through the remote. It's very useful if you're in a confined space.
I was just saying to myself last week, after I had locked myself in the trunk of my car (again!), "Damn! I wish I had one of those iRivers with the cool remote."
=)
How much do you want to bet that Apple releases an iPod with Satellite radio? Maybe have Howard to an iPod commercial. =)
The Quadra 900 and the Quadra 700 came out in 1991. Both were powered by a 25 Mhz 68040 CPU.
So I'm thinking he means his tipping point was in '93 when he actually purchased his powerbook. My guess is that he bought a PB 180, which used a 33 Mhz 68030 CPU. The 180 was arguably the finest laptop of it's day.
The first PBs to use the 040 chip was the Blackbird series, which were introduced in 1994.
Same here. In fact, all my network equipment at home is linksys and has been for over 4 years.
For $7.95 you've got a server that is often filled and maybe you have to name your characters after products.
It's sick fucks like you that keep me coming back to slash dot. Product placement in MMORPGs!
"I tire of this quest for the Golden Nikes®. Let us go to Castle Qualcomm®, where I might get a Coke® and a Big Mac®, and perhaps have my coat of many logos repaired."
"But Sir Viacom®! You promised Princess Exxon®!
Aren't they already doing this in the SIM games?
I looked all over sourceforge for your open source MMORPG and game server, but I wasn't able to find it. Let me know when your FREE as in beer game is available.
Oh, you're not developing an alternative? You're just complain^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hsharing your wisdom? Well, maybe you could help these guys out. They're looking for a RPG Guru. =)
If you don't like that one, I counted over a dozen mmorpgs under active development on the first page of search results on sf.net using mmorpg as the search term. Knock yourself out.
* To pay the salary of the legal team that is ramping up to sue the first website to try and sell in-game items and money
If they were smart, they'd incorporate a Lawyer class into the game that was willing to work on contingency based on the loot being sold through such websites. =)
Unless you're shooting your video in frame or progressive mode, all* home video cameras are going to give you 2 interlaced fields for every frame. A better practical experiment would be film, where you can actually see the motion blur without needing to de-interlace. However, motion blur can be controlled by the shutter angle on film cameras. (It's the equivalent of shutter speed on a still film camera.) Variable shutter angle is a feature on high speed film cameras.
Motion blur makes motion look smoother. Lack of motion blur looks jerky, unless you compensate with a high frame rate.
Anyway, you're on the right track in how you're thinking about this. I wish I could explain better, but I'm really sleepy at the moment, and I'm not at my most coherent.
*not sure about hdv
Are you suggesting pixels at dawn?
LOL you mean bastid =)
In "Just For Fun", Linus recounts the time Steve Jobs tried to woo him to work on the new version of MacOS and drop Linux.
By itself, that doesn't mean anything. It's well known that Jobs likes to surround himself with the top talent, so he can subjugate them and crush their souls. =)
Besides, if Linus had actually gone to work for Apple, OS X would have been set back years, as Avie and Linus would have argued incessantly over microkernal vs. monolithic.
LOLOL!!11
Balmer: RELOADED
How hard would it be to whip up a flash game, using the monkey dance footage and a cross-hair sprite?