Hrrrm....while your posting history doesn't suggest it, I can't shake the feeling that you are an astroturfer. Only someone like that would sound so damn enthusiastic about something.
Either that or you're trying to get a free ipod out of this somehow.
This is a real estate investment. The only reason this is making Slashdot is because it is happening in a virtual world. I personally don't think that he'll make much money since the game would probably need to be REALLY successful, and well, so far I haven't even heard of it.
But I'm sure this guy knew what he was doing and wasn't just some 13 year old tossing his trust fund at this game.
Oh for the love of god. Enough with the starving people argument! People are allowed to think about and spend money on themselves. If thats too selfish for you, fine, you are certainly entitled to donate your money to whatever starving children you want.
But for the love of god, stop trying to tell other people how to spend THEIR money. They don't tell you how to spend yours.
Yeah, and then when someone spreads the list of NFL players, you get a situation like with City of Heroes, where the NFL sues EA for letting people use their names.
Its funny, the whole argument about how 3D interfaces are a step back, not forward reminds me of a scene from the Matrix, where Neo is asking why he doesn't need to have the monitors on, and the answer was that he could read the code.
So...reading code, versus having a visual representation. Some people work better with the more visual stimulus they have, some people work better with less. I actually think this is a necessary step is we want to one day have true Matrix-esqe immersion into a computer. So if you don't like it, don't worry, there will always be 2D OSes.
I think we might just be witnessing the straw that breaks the camels back in terms of people shifting their viewing from the tv to the computer.
Imagine if instead of having to wait a few hours downloading torrents off of Suprnova, you could simply browse through their catalogue (which I swear is bigger than Blockbuster's, and has music and tv shows), click something you wanted to watch, and BAM, its on.
Welcome to the future of Internet TV. I just hope the law doesn't fuck it up.
Yeah, and then lets remember the fact that someway, somehow, an open source solution will arise, and in the mean time, pirates will have this a week before its released.
Actually, I disagree. A cellphone TV makes perfect sense, in the near future. You see, with the way things are going, cellphones are fast becoming our media centers away from home. When holographic or wearable display technology improves, features like this are going to be a no brainer.
Don't like the feature, thats fine, don't use it. But don't condemn an entire generation that is used to, and demands, all of their media at their fingertips.
Do you ever wonder if Timothy just kinda searches around for his own submissions on Google, and then finds a Slashdot article to put up as news? That would certainly explain a lot around here.
You know, I always have wondered if in the future we will someday be using the knowledge of skipping stones to figure out how to use the gravity wells of multiple planets to slingshot a spaceship around space.
Sorry if that seems a little offtopic, but you have to admit, its a pretty cool idea.
Ok, I'm a college student in Minneapolis, and personally, I think this is a GREAT opportunity for a romantic hookup. (Whats this? A slashdotter hooking up?!)
But what I want to know is, where near Minneapolis (less than 30 min. drive preferably) can I go to see this clearly? I mean, I'd feel like a retard if we drove out there and then its like, whoops, no meteor shower.
You just completely missed my point. I agree these people are stupid too. But my point was, that these people exist, and the game is everything to them so they DO spend all their money on it. Which goes back to my original point that THAT ISN'T GOOD FOR A GAME!
Here's an assertive idea. Find out who is boss is (without telling him of course). Present a well documented current security analysis of the school, just from what you can observe. Point out all the flaws, and how the security this prick admin is putting the school at risk of losing SERIOUS money (this is where you point out the financial effects of all the crap IE is open to). Also, feel free to mention that as a student, you know what can make your fellow students happier (and enjoy school more). Conduct a survey and get a quantitative and qualitative report of what the students think about the annoyance of spyware on school computers, and the slow speed of the browsers. Explain that firefox can even be made to look like IE (skins) to help people make the conversion.
Here's the kicker. If you're really ballsy, and want to take a stab at being an entrepeneur, offer to do a security consulting job for the school at whatever rate you can negotiate.
-You get paid by the school. -The browser issue gets solved. -You get to evaluate the prick admin and get to determine how much he gets bitched out by how badly you write him up (be professional though). -And if you're really lucky, you may wind up with his job is you want it.
Oh, and just so all you Slashdotters know, I'm a marketing person. This proves once and for all that we can indeed be ethical, generous, intelligent, and beneficial. Ya dig?
Ok, so as I understood the blurb (yeah yeah...RTFA...i know), they can ignore copyright laws on all printed books, including new releases and such and convert them to audio books. They can then release these free of charge to people who are blind?
So wait...what exactly is the legal definition of blind here? Could I just squint really hard and pretend?
Seriously, they should start a free online bittorrent system and let all of the blind people with an internet connection (wink wink.....oh god, that was doubly bad) download these audiobooks free of charge. Without of course checking to see if they're really blind or not...you know, just taking them on their word.
What I don't think you realize is that the hardcore players invest WAY more money than that in the game. They buy items and characters and game cash on eBay, and that consumes a FORTUNE.
"the game that has probably caused more divorces than any other video game in the world."
And this is a good thing? I mean, I know what they meant...but I always thought a game was supposed to be something fun that gave you a break from life, not something that consumed your bank account, hurt your health, and destroyed your marriage.
You know, its funny, I don't seem to recall the NY Times having this problem. Perhaps this publication simply needs to take another look at the quality of their content?
Personally, I'm ok with their decision to do this. But before you mod me down, please listen to my reasoning.
Sony was the first TRUE king of MMORPGs. UO rocked, but EQ blew it out of the water in terms of ROI and subscribers. But now the MMORPG world is saturated. New contenders need to be truly innovative, and truly good at giving gamers what they want.
Sony is taking the approach of "hey, its a skinner box...they'll keep paying no matter what we do or how much we charge for it". Ultimately, this gives new competitors a much needed advantage in their attempts at gaining a foothold in this market, and ultimately unless Sony does a 180, it will be Sony's downfall in the MMORPG market.
So I say let them shoot themselves in the foot as many times as they want. The only people it hurts are those who haven't yet learned not to give Sony their MMORPG money, and that number will shrink as more and more people hear about Sony's reputation in this market.
Any guesses as to how long it will take this company to get sued once a kid who had a car equipped with this dies in an accident?
I mean, I'm not saying they SHOULD be sued....but we know how parents get over things like this. Especially parents who feel that a GPS unit that can monitor the cars speed will save their kid.
I personally always thought teenagers should have to go to a professional driving school. Nothing to do with drifting or powersliding or anything, but just gaining actual experience on a safe, open course in bad road conditions such as sliding in snow, hydroplaning, spinning out, etc. I find the big problem with young drivers is not that they don't know about those situations, its that they've never been in them before, so their bodies don't know how to automatically react. And its those first crucial seconds that determine the outcome.
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Either that or you're trying to get a free ipod out of this somehow.
But I'm sure this guy knew what he was doing and wasn't just some 13 year old tossing his trust fund at this game.
But for the love of god, stop trying to tell other people how to spend THEIR money. They don't tell you how to spend yours.
So...reading code, versus having a visual representation. Some people work better with the more visual stimulus they have, some people work better with less. I actually think this is a necessary step is we want to one day have true Matrix-esqe immersion into a computer. So if you don't like it, don't worry, there will always be 2D OSes.
Imagine if instead of having to wait a few hours downloading torrents off of Suprnova, you could simply browse through their catalogue (which I swear is bigger than Blockbuster's, and has music and tv shows), click something you wanted to watch, and BAM, its on.
Welcome to the future of Internet TV. I just hope the law doesn't fuck it up.
Don't like the feature, thats fine, don't use it. But don't condemn an entire generation that is used to, and demands, all of their media at their fingertips.
Sorry if that seems a little offtopic, but you have to admit, its a pretty cool idea.
But what I want to know is, where near Minneapolis (less than 30 min. drive preferably) can I go to see this clearly? I mean, I'd feel like a retard if we drove out there and then its like, whoops, no meteor shower.
Also, whats the best time to drive out to watch?
Um....as I recall it wasn't free. There was a mandatory fee that was tacked on to every students tuition whether they used the service or not.
Here's the kicker. If you're really ballsy, and want to take a stab at being an entrepeneur, offer to do a security consulting job for the school at whatever rate you can negotiate.
-You get paid by the school.
-The browser issue gets solved.
-You get to evaluate the prick admin and get to determine how much he gets bitched out by how badly you write him up (be professional though).
-And if you're really lucky, you may wind up with his job is you want it.
Oh, and just so all you Slashdotters know, I'm a marketing person. This proves once and for all that we can indeed be ethical, generous, intelligent, and beneficial. Ya dig?
So wait...what exactly is the legal definition of blind here? Could I just squint really hard and pretend?
Seriously, they should start a free online bittorrent system and let all of the blind people with an internet connection (wink wink.....oh god, that was doubly bad) download these audiobooks free of charge. Without of course checking to see if they're really blind or not...you know, just taking them on their word.
And this is a good thing? I mean, I know what they meant...but I always thought a game was supposed to be something fun that gave you a break from life, not something that consumed your bank account, hurt your health, and destroyed your marriage.
Sony was the first TRUE king of MMORPGs. UO rocked, but EQ blew it out of the water in terms of ROI and subscribers. But now the MMORPG world is saturated. New contenders need to be truly innovative, and truly good at giving gamers what they want.
Sony is taking the approach of "hey, its a skinner box...they'll keep paying no matter what we do or how much we charge for it". Ultimately, this gives new competitors a much needed advantage in their attempts at gaining a foothold in this market, and ultimately unless Sony does a 180, it will be Sony's downfall in the MMORPG market.
So I say let them shoot themselves in the foot as many times as they want. The only people it hurts are those who haven't yet learned not to give Sony their MMORPG money, and that number will shrink as more and more people hear about Sony's reputation in this market.
I mean, I'm not saying they SHOULD be sued....but we know how parents get over things like this. Especially parents who feel that a GPS unit that can monitor the cars speed will save their kid.
I personally always thought teenagers should have to go to a professional driving school. Nothing to do with drifting or powersliding or anything, but just gaining actual experience on a safe, open course in bad road conditions such as sliding in snow, hydroplaning, spinning out, etc. I find the big problem with young drivers is not that they don't know about those situations, its that they've never been in them before, so their bodies don't know how to automatically react. And its those first crucial seconds that determine the outcome.