Do you see Open Source Software (Linux, UNIX, BSD) platforms and applications a threat to DRM security? Would you prefer the world be controlled by a more DRM-friendly platform (for greater control over alleged IP infringement)? Or was that all propaganda put fourth by another agency to discredit yours?
It wasn't intended as a troll. Just an... observation?
More often than not, I've heard parents actually tell kids 'Don't ever do what you see in video games.' - merely because the only exposure those parents have had is what they've seen in the media (warmongering against violent video games). You and I have a different perspective, because we've seen almost all, if not all facets of the industry. And then of course you have the popularity circles. I know Animal Crossing well, but I can honestly tell you that I don't know any non-gamers who play it (non-gamer being one who plays console or PC games, but only to be part of a crowd), and it's these non-gamers who don't get too into it, and just play what is 'hot'. Know what I mean, at all? I see kids like that a lot - they play the 'hot' controversial games, to rebel it seems. But that's all. No real gamer-style-games. No diversity. Just hack-n'-slash titles. I know of families whose relatives bought a copy of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, for a twelve-year-old as a gift, not because they thought the child would like it, but simply because it was 'the up and coming thing' to do. To keep up with the Joneses, and done out of pure ignorance for the content of the title. Still, borne of the same ignorance, you have parents who have dismissed ALL video games as violent trash, and they are the ones who tell their children 'Do nothing of what you see in video games'.
I think I'm starting to lose the train of thought I had when I started this, so if it's making less and less sense, I'm sorry.
The comment I initially posted was from the perspective of a younger, more inexperienced and/or naive gamer, open to the opinions of their parents, and not understanding the dynamic of the industry. Or one who plays only the violent games.
I... uh... yeah. That train of thought thing. Gone. Umm..
Not all video games are bad. Not all video games are inherantly good, either. Not everyone understands that distinction.
We've got this thing... it's called 'the sun'. It's really hot. We move around it in a big circle. Whodathunk we'd catch some of that white-hot-heat coming off of it.
This product may very well give kids the wrong message.
To this point, kids have been told left and right that things which occur in video games shouldn't occur in the real world. That they should not do as they see. That it's wrong and bad and so on. I'm not saying that a First Aid Game will teach them bad things, I'm saying that the mentality surrounding gaming and it's alleged negative effect on children's minds suggests that this game will make kids come to the one of the following conclusions:
What my parents told me the first time is wrong, and that I should do what I see in games.
What my parents told me is right right right, and that I should never do what I see in this game. Perhaps even do the opposite.
My parents are fucking liars and I can't figure out what they want me to do. Do this. Don't do this. THEY'RE BOTH VIDEO GAMES.
So make up your mind. Do you want kids to do what they see in video games or not?
But I doubt this will ever happen. Not because of technology. But because people are greedy.
crmartin (98227), above, points out that the cost of energy would decrease about 50%. Why? If you're currently paying that rate for the electricity, there's no reason to decrease the price. Same with gas and oil prices. They raised the prices, MAYBE out of necessity, but when they have the opportunity to bring the price down significantly, maybe they will a few cents, to keep people buying, but why take a huge chunk out of what has become a large profit margin? They have you, by the ass, paying this rate that they've set, and just because their operating cost has decreased (and the now-bolstered remainder going into profit), doesn't immediately mean they're going to drop the price. Why would they do that? They have you over a barrel, dancing to their song. If anything, major corporations may just extort you more! I know this sounds pessimistic as hell, but it's the truth. I see it every day.
This much-anticipated first add-on for the Star Wars Galaxies series, scheduled for release in 2004, will introduce personal starships and starfighters, which can be used for interplanetary travel or space combat. The expansion also promises additional worlds, playable species, non-player characters, new creatures and more!
"The staggered release schedule of the space component of the Star Wars Galaxies series will benefit players because they will have time to establish their characters and explore different elements of the core game before we add the space layer," says Rich Vogel, director of development at Sony Online Entertainment's Austin studio. "Once the space component becomes available, players who have been with us since the beginning will be ready to buy their own starships and launch into this new arena."
I just don't want an Xbox. Ever. For any reason. Run linux on it. Fuck, run my GRANDMOTHER on it, for all I care. (That makes no sense - I'm exasperated; sue me.)
I have my three boxes running linux. I have my AmmoCanLan with a Linux disc in it. I don't want another Linux machine, Xbox or otherwise. Why bother? Don't we really have enough?
No, I willNOT imagine a beowulf cluster of those!
I know it's very ego-centric of me to say this, so instead, I'll ask - am I the only one who, even if Linux was running on the Xbox, wouldn't buy it? I don't want it. Easy as pie. I don't want it on my desk, in my nest. I do not want another mess.
Go back out to the/. homepage. Click on your username in the little 'This page was generated by a Squadron of Orange Monkeys for HaloZero (610207).' thinger.
Select 'Preferences' from the top row of tab options.
Then choose 'Homepage' from the second row of tab options, below the first.
You can exclude all stories from michael by making sure the box next to his name is checked, in the first column.
As if there aren't enough problems with driver-assholes talking on the phone while crusing about. Now we have to worry about them tilting/paying attention to the phone, and veering off the road and into a ditch, or the rest of us. Preferably a ditch. I've been hit by enough cellular drivers.:-\
Do psychological evaluations. Based on visits to your guidance councilor, and how he or she feels about you. Sometimes your teachers are brought in to further refine the exam. If you never see your guidance councilor, then the evaluation is based purely on your teachers composited feelings.
Microsoft: *stomps foot* YOU'RE NOT PLAYING FAIR SO I'M NOT GOING TO PLAY ANY MORE! YOU'RE JUST A BIG POOP BUCKET HEAD AND YOU SUCK.
Just the first thing to come to mind. Why are they just picking on Safari, though? I do use Safari, on my iFootlong, but I also use Opera 6. I'm sure there are also hundreds of other people who don't use IE in favor of other, more common browsers. Mozilla. Yeah. Mozilla! There's a good one. Are they not a threat?
Infact, IIRC, Mozilla was why Microsoft said they wouldn't enter the browser game on Linux/UNIX.
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What if such chemical were.. say.. methane? Naturally occuring, and is already ever-present in landfills.
They're pretty much all the same, legally. It basically means you can't sell tickets specifically for watching LotR or whatever show/movie it is you may have playing. Selling drinks and such, however, for people to enjoy along with the video, or net access (if it's a cybercafe, as you said) is fine. You just can't charge them for viewing the content you're displaying. Basically means you have to let people come in and watch for free if they wish, so long as they don't break any of the rules (no disrupting the other customers).
To be honest, I never found much use for BlueTooth. The idea is nice, but... we're not ready for it, yet. And I've found other solutions which fit the bill better than BlueTooth.
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Do you see Open Source Software (Linux, UNIX, BSD) platforms and applications a threat to DRM security? Would you prefer the world be controlled by a more DRM-friendly platform (for greater control over alleged IP infringement)? Or was that all propaganda put fourth by another agency to discredit yours?
I WANT IT! :-X
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This is more often than not overlooked, and needs to be said more often.
It wasn't intended as a troll. Just an... observation?
More often than not, I've heard parents actually tell kids 'Don't ever do what you see in video games.' - merely because the only exposure those parents have had is what they've seen in the media (warmongering against violent video games). You and I have a different perspective, because we've seen almost all, if not all facets of the industry. And then of course you have the popularity circles. I know Animal Crossing well, but I can honestly tell you that I don't know any non-gamers who play it (non-gamer being one who plays console or PC games, but only to be part of a crowd), and it's these non-gamers who don't get too into it, and just play what is 'hot'. Know what I mean, at all? I see kids like that a lot - they play the 'hot' controversial games, to rebel it seems. But that's all. No real gamer-style-games. No diversity. Just hack-n'-slash titles. I know of families whose relatives bought a copy of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, for a twelve-year-old as a gift, not because they thought the child would like it, but simply because it was 'the up and coming thing' to do. To keep up with the Joneses, and done out of pure ignorance for the content of the title. Still, borne of the same ignorance, you have parents who have dismissed ALL video games as violent trash, and they are the ones who tell their children 'Do nothing of what you see in video games'.
I think I'm starting to lose the train of thought I had when I started this, so if it's making less and less sense, I'm sorry.
The comment I initially posted was from the perspective of a younger, more inexperienced and/or naive gamer, open to the opinions of their parents, and not understanding the dynamic of the industry. Or one who plays only the violent games.
I... uh... yeah. That train of thought thing. Gone. Umm..
Not all video games are bad. Not all video games are inherantly good, either. Not everyone understands that distinction.
We've got this thing... it's called 'the sun'. It's really hot. We move around it in a big circle. Whodathunk we'd catch some of that white-hot-heat coming off of it.
To this point, kids have been told left and right that things which occur in video games shouldn't occur in the real world. That they should not do as they see. That it's wrong and bad and so on. I'm not saying that a First Aid Game will teach them bad things, I'm saying that the mentality surrounding gaming and it's alleged negative effect on children's minds suggests that this game will make kids come to the one of the following conclusions:
So make up your mind. Do you want kids to do what they see in video games or not?
But I doubt this will ever happen. Not because of technology. But because people are greedy.
crmartin (98227), above, points out that the cost of energy would decrease about 50%. Why? If you're currently paying that rate for the electricity, there's no reason to decrease the price. Same with gas and oil prices. They raised the prices, MAYBE out of necessity, but when they have the opportunity to bring the price down significantly, maybe they will a few cents, to keep people buying, but why take a huge chunk out of what has become a large profit margin? They have you, by the ass, paying this rate that they've set, and just because their operating cost has decreased (and the now-bolstered remainder going into profit), doesn't immediately mean they're going to drop the price. Why would they do that? They have you over a barrel, dancing to their song. If anything, major corporations may just extort you more! I know this sounds pessimistic as hell, but it's the truth. I see it every day.
British pounds (£) are the American equivalent of dollars. 'p', referrs to pents, or smaller denominations, much like American cents.
Garfield. Y'know. When they stop thinking of new stuff to add.
Through what sort of model? (I'm curious).
Would you suggest minutes/hours-used? Days spent online? Transactions? Saves?
Here ya go. http://starwarsgalaxies.station.sony.com/expansion s.jsp?page=Expansions
The First Star Wars Galaxies(TM) Expansion: Space
This much-anticipated first add-on for the Star Wars Galaxies series, scheduled for release in 2004, will introduce personal starships and starfighters, which can be used for interplanetary travel or space combat. The expansion also promises additional worlds, playable species, non-player characters, new creatures and more!
"The staggered release schedule of the space component of the Star Wars Galaxies series will benefit players because they will have time to establish their characters and explore different elements of the core game before we add the space layer," says Rich Vogel, director of development at Sony Online Entertainment's Austin studio. "Once the space component becomes available, players who have been with us since the beginning will be ready to buy their own starships and launch into this new arena."
A space-combat sim addon will be released by LucasArts in the next 18 months.
Source: CFR - I read it somewhere.
It's called rectaphobia.
PowerBook G4 12" (iFootlong)
Mac OS X 10.2.6
Darwin Kernel Version 6.6
Wow. I'm shocked. That sucks. It's an easy-ass fix, though. Now to just shoot anyone who goes near my computer, until Software Update beeps.
I just don't want an Xbox. Ever. For any reason. Run linux on it. Fuck, run my GRANDMOTHER on it, for all I care. (That makes no sense - I'm exasperated; sue me.)
I have my three boxes running linux. I have my AmmoCanLan with a Linux disc in it. I don't want another Linux machine, Xbox or otherwise. Why bother? Don't we really have enough?
No, I will NOT imagine a beowulf cluster of those!
I know it's very ego-centric of me to say this, so instead, I'll ask - am I the only one who, even if Linux was running on the Xbox, wouldn't buy it? I don't want it. Easy as pie. I don't want it on my desk, in my nest. I do not want another mess.
Go back out to the /. homepage. Click on your username in the little 'This page was generated by a Squadron of Orange Monkeys for HaloZero (610207).' thinger.
Select 'Preferences' from the top row of tab options.
Then choose 'Homepage' from the second row of tab options, below the first.
You can exclude all stories from michael by making sure the box next to his name is checked, in the first column.
As if there aren't enough problems with driver-assholes talking on the phone while crusing about. Now we have to worry about them tilting/paying attention to the phone, and veering off the road and into a ditch, or the rest of us. Preferably a ditch. I've been hit by enough cellular drivers. :-\
Do psychological evaluations. Based on visits to your guidance councilor, and how he or she feels about you. Sometimes your teachers are brought in to further refine the exam. If you never see your guidance councilor, then the evaluation is based purely on your teachers composited feelings.
Which is really, really sad.
Calculating the Mean Time Between Failures?
I prefer to measure time by the emergence of one integral anomoly to the next.
Microsoft: *stomps foot* YOU'RE NOT PLAYING FAIR SO I'M NOT GOING TO PLAY ANY MORE! YOU'RE JUST A BIG POOP BUCKET HEAD AND YOU SUCK.
Just the first thing to come to mind. Why are they just picking on Safari, though? I do use Safari, on my iFootlong, but I also use Opera 6. I'm sure there are also hundreds of other people who don't use IE in favor of other, more common browsers. Mozilla. Yeah. Mozilla! There's a good one. Are they not a threat?
Infact, IIRC, Mozilla was why Microsoft said they wouldn't enter the browser game on Linux/UNIX.
What if such chemical were.. say.. methane? Naturally occuring, and is already ever-present in landfills.
Y'know... flying pigs, and all.
They're pretty much all the same, legally. It basically means you can't sell tickets specifically for watching LotR or whatever show/movie it is you may have playing. Selling drinks and such, however, for people to enjoy along with the video, or net access (if it's a cybercafe, as you said) is fine. You just can't charge them for viewing the content you're displaying. Basically means you have to let people come in and watch for free if they wish, so long as they don't break any of the rules (no disrupting the other customers).
...when you're dead.
To be honest, I never found much use for BlueTooth. The idea is nice, but... we're not ready for it, yet. And I've found other solutions which fit the bill better than BlueTooth.