I think this just goes to show that any publicity is good publicity. The GTA series has been the poster-child for anti-violentvideogame groups.
However, I have to agree that it's a kickass game, and I'm glad to see that Rockstar is being successful and not taking a pounding in sales for having some content that several concerned mothers don't approve of.
I can't really see this taking off... I mean, using the AOL idea, I think it would be a fair bit of a hassle using reduced-capacity CDs.
I'm not sure about everyone, but I think most of the geeks I know would rather use a regular CD-R.
Just like you can listen to unencrypted radio broadcasts through the airwaves as much as you want, or stand next to a group of people talking and listen in, you can view web pages that are served openly over the Internet.
If you are going to be presenting something for people to observe, they can observe it however they like. Legislate all you want, but this is a fundamental component of logical (as opposed to legal) privacy.
Because there is a limited amount of ideal space around the Earth, I can't see this idea working for long.
Before long, a higher bidder will come along and pay for the removal of the old satellite so that his new one can make use of that space.
Also, we need the FBI to monitor all Internet communications so that every 11 year old who downloads a copy of "the Anarchist's Cookbook" can be apprehended and put in prison.
If Kevin Mitnick can be labelled a terrorist, then so can you.
I guess certain materials that can possibly be used to build explosives must be made examples of. Publicize that "we need to stop using peroxide or the terrorists have already won!", and people will forget about fertilizer, gunpowder, guns, and whatever dirty nuke or brick of C4 smuggled into the country by a_terrorist_group_01.
1) With the tragic destruction of the Columbia the other day, I fear that NASA will be even further from the America's popular eye, and so if technological development slows down on NASA's end, the X-Prize will become even more crucial to keep flight progess moving in a forward direction.
2) The idea of distributed computing and processing has been around for a while now, but has anyone ever thought about taking that idea and applying it to physical goods? The possibilities are endless, especially if we ever see "food replicator"-like machines, or even computer-driven tools in the home.
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I think this just goes to show that any publicity is good publicity. The GTA series has been the poster-child for anti-violentvideogame groups. However, I have to agree that it's a kickass game, and I'm glad to see that Rockstar is being successful and not taking a pounding in sales for having some content that several concerned mothers don't approve of.
I can't really see this taking off... I mean, using the AOL idea, I think it would be a fair bit of a hassle using reduced-capacity CDs. I'm not sure about everyone, but I think most of the geeks I know would rather use a regular CD-R.
... don't put merchandise in the windows.
Just like you can listen to unencrypted radio broadcasts through the airwaves as much as you want, or stand next to a group of people talking and listen in, you can view web pages that are served openly over the Internet.
If you are going to be presenting something for people to observe, they can observe it however they like. Legislate all you want, but this is a fundamental component of logical (as opposed to legal) privacy.
When moustache Pete bigwigs stand in the way of technological progress, they have invariably been trampled throughout history.
Because there is a limited amount of ideal space around the Earth, I can't see this idea working for long. Before long, a higher bidder will come along and pay for the removal of the old satellite so that his new one can make use of that space.
Also, we need the FBI to monitor all Internet communications so that every 11 year old who downloads a copy of "the Anarchist's Cookbook" can be apprehended and put in prison. If Kevin Mitnick can be labelled a terrorist, then so can you.
I guess certain materials that can possibly be used to build explosives must be made examples of. Publicize that "we need to stop using peroxide or the terrorists have already won!", and people will forget about fertilizer, gunpowder, guns, and whatever dirty nuke or brick of C4 smuggled into the country by a_terrorist_group_01.
1) With the tragic destruction of the Columbia the other day, I fear that NASA will be even further from the America's popular eye, and so if technological development slows down on NASA's end, the X-Prize will become even more crucial to keep flight progess moving in a forward direction.
2) The idea of distributed computing and processing has been around for a while now, but has anyone ever thought about taking that idea and applying it to physical goods? The possibilities are endless, especially if we ever see "food replicator"-like machines, or even computer-driven tools in the home.