I'd probably still have my databank watch, but a friend was playing with it and decided to see if it was shockproof. He smashed it on the edge of a table. It wasnt.
Never heard of SneakyAmp? Its been around since the Winamp 2.x days, and includes global hotkeys. Even better, it includes a pretty powerful way to search for and play mp3s without having to fumble through your mp3 directories. So for example, if I wanted to play a few random songs from my favorite cd, I could just type/> * ? 5 !Justified from any application, and I'll be listening to Justin Timberlake's sweet sweet voice. It reads the keyboard, waiting for special commands. Check it out!
So if the record companies aren't paying for advances and the artist foots the bill for everything then what does the record company do again? I understand the want of simplicity but if this situation comes to fruition where does the record company come in? Advertisement? Is that not considered an advance?
I'd assume you'd still need them to do marketing, production, and distribution. And that might even be more than necessary. But those are the big things that the average artists wouldnt know much about. Now, newer artists may need money to get things professionally recorded, and thats tricky. If the record company fronts money for the recording, not only do they have a chance at losing that money, but then they've also got their fingers in the recording process. Leaving the artists to record independantly is ideal, but who will pay for it?
Its pretty obvious that you didnt get banned for posting about the slashdot article. No one in your thread even mentioned the slashdot article, it was just anothing place for people to whine. They've already got a 16 page thread for people to whine, why do they need more?
Anything that criticizes SOE, SWG, the Developers, CSR's, or Moderators is promply locked to be buried in the multitude of posts from disgruntled players.
If this was true, then they wouldnt have much of a problem with the forums being so bad. If every negative post was locked and buried, that would make the game look awfully nice to prospective buyers, wouldnt it?
The truth is, there is a lot of complaining. And for the most part they dont care. They're glad to have people expressing their opinions, as long as its not mindless, unconstructive flaming. There are tons of "Geez you devs are stupid. Bio-Engineer sucks, and this is why and how it can be changed..." posts. The ones that get locked are more like "HOLO!!! You're a stupid asshat! Why doesnt my rancor kill everything in the game anymore? I'm going to find you and kill your mother! And you better not lock this or I'm gonna quit for real this time!" Actually, some of those dont even get locked...
I seem to remember reading more about the Morasco link somewhere, but it was so long ago I cant remember where. It was almost definately linked to on the snopes.com message board, but their search system is pretty bad.
Voice chat really only works well with small groups of friends, or with small groups of players in fast paced games where you dont get much chance to type. Thats why Roger Wilco and such work so well. MMORPGs dont really fit.
I've tried running a voice server for my old EQ guild. At first, a few people would log on and chat about the weather and whatnot, but after a few weeks nearly everyone stopped using it. Except during the few high-intensity raiding situations, it was just another way to chitchat. Even during raids only a few people used it, with too many it was just too crazy. I think most people just decided it wasnt worth the bother to use voice.
Personally, I think if I started talking to my computer regularly, they'd finally put me away. "It talks back! Really!"
Build yourself a stationary bike with a generator on it, and use it to power your PC. What better motivation is there, than knowing that if you peddle too slow you'll lose all your data?
There were plans to make a Tron 2.0 move also. Unfortunately, there hasnt been any news about it in over a year. So, either it got scrapped, or theyre really keeping it quiet somehow.
Sonofamonkey, the Eye Toy post was me. Dang Opera. Hmm, get on topic... How about some specific examples of the stellar (*cough*) games they had for the Eye Toy.
There was one where little ninjas jumped out from the sides of the screen. If they got to "you" (an outline of a person) in the middle of the screen, you lost a life. So, beyond the hand waving trick, people were mostly making the field goal sign, and waving back and forth a little. Good times.
Another was a plate spinning game. You had to keep some plate spinning by waving your hand over a spot in the air. Not much to say about this one, except that it worked especially well with the hand waving trick.
Oh yeah, and there was one that was actually sort of funny. It was a window washing game. You'd be presented with a mostly grey screen, and your have to wave your arms around to make it clear. There were some parts that didnt clean so easy - apparently they were supposed to be bird poo. You had to "scrub" extra hard to get those spots clean. Or, again, you could just wave your hand in front of the camera.
I suppose theres always a market for bird poo cleaning simulators.
I dont get it, you only have 1 LEGO? No wonder you're upset, you cant make anything with that, except maybe a brick. Somebody get this guy some more lego's so he calms down a bit. Hooray for Legos!
On a serious note, who decided that was correct? I dont like how it sounds at all. Its impossible to tell how many you're talking about. Do you have LEGO? Yep, I have LEGO. Is there LEGO in my nose? I spilled my LEGO on the floor. LEGO my Eggo.
It reminds me of who/whom. Most people use "who" where "whom" might be technically correct. But, only pretentious gits say "whom". You git.
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Pixar is the Microsoft of the computer graphics world. They have created some good stuff, yes, but they have not given much of anything back and often hurt the field.
They have all these secrets, and keep everything to themselves.
Heres a few examples of secrets theyre keeping to themselves. Luckily, I'm a 1337 h4XX0r. (-Karma)
Wow, that sounds like fun. I mightve actually considered buying SB if I was there! I wish I could play in a city at the bottom of the sea, with special monsters...
Ah well, they promoted chaos and got it.
Like I've said before, I refuse to take anything seriously that spouts such nonsense as "Neo's five previous incarnations represent the Five Books of Moses that make up the Old Testament."
Why not? It's interesting you don't give a reason to call it nonsense. Clearly, you have no reasoning behind your argument.
Oh, thanks. Now I'm stuck with burden of proof? Corporate Mofo certainly doesnt justify it, why do they get off so easy? I'm sorry, I dont accept something to be true because 2 numbers match up, and a website I've never heard of says its true.
You just don't like the movie. To ignore the Gnostic references in the movie is "insane."
Actually, I thought the movie was pretty decent. Now you're defending against arguments I didnt make? Okay, you win.
Insane... I suppose them calling Neo the "One" means he represents a fictional soft drink, correct?
Wow, that was lame and fell flat.
Why? It's interesting you don't give a reason to call it lame. Clearly, you have no reasoning behind your argument.
Like I've said before, I refuse to take anything seriously that spouts such nonsense as "Neo's five previous incarnations represent the Five Books of Moses that make up the Old Testament."
Insane... I suppose them calling Neo the "One" means he represents a fictional soft drink, correct?
People also interpret "Stairway to Heaven" as "deep". That doesnt mean it is.
Certainly, the Matrix alludes to many things. But people are going overboard with it. For example, read The Corporate Mofo's Guide to Matrix: Reloaded. Now, some of it makes sense, but then theres things like "Neo's five previous incarnations represent the Five Books of Moses that make up the Old Testament." WHAT??? In places, its hard to tell if the guide is supposed to be satire or not.
But yes, they did put some meaning behind some things. But for the most part, they put a bunch of stuff into a movie, and are letting the fans tell them what it means. Like "Stairway to Heaven"...
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Its so simple! Come up with something people will pay for! How could I be so stupid?
Up untill now my plan was:
1: ???
2: Get some unemployed programmers to write it.
3: Profit!
I'd probably still have my databank watch, but a friend was playing with it and decided to see if it was shockproof. He smashed it on the edge of a table. It wasnt.
Seems you'd just need to stop by Home Depot and pick up about about 792 100' extension cords...
Never heard of SneakyAmp? Its been around since the Winamp 2.x days, and includes global hotkeys. Even better, it includes a pretty powerful way to search for and play mp3s without having to fumble through your mp3 directories. So for example, if I wanted to play a few random songs from my favorite cd, I could just type /> * ? 5 !Justified from any application, and I'll be listening to Justin Timberlake's sweet sweet voice. It reads the keyboard, waiting for special commands. Check it out!
So if the record companies aren't paying for advances and the artist foots the bill for everything then what does the record company do again? I understand the want of simplicity but if this situation comes to fruition where does the record company come in? Advertisement? Is that not considered an advance?
I'd assume you'd still need them to do marketing, production, and distribution. And that might even be more than necessary. But those are the big things that the average artists wouldnt know much about. Now, newer artists may need money to get things professionally recorded, and thats tricky. If the record company fronts money for the recording, not only do they have a chance at losing that money, but then they've also got their fingers in the recording process. Leaving the artists to record independantly is ideal, but who will pay for it?
Its pretty obvious that you didnt get banned for posting about the slashdot article. No one in your thread even mentioned the slashdot article, it was just anothing place for people to whine. They've already got a 16 page thread for people to whine, why do they need more?
Anything that criticizes SOE, SWG, the Developers, CSR's, or Moderators is promply locked to be buried in the multitude of posts from disgruntled players.
If this was true, then they wouldnt have much of a problem with the forums being so bad. If every negative post was locked and buried, that would make the game look awfully nice to prospective buyers, wouldnt it?
The truth is, there is a lot of complaining. And for the most part they dont care. They're glad to have people expressing their opinions, as long as its not mindless, unconstructive flaming. There are tons of "Geez you devs are stupid. Bio-Engineer sucks, and this is why and how it can be changed..." posts. The ones that get locked are more like "HOLO!!! You're a stupid asshat! Why doesnt my rancor kill everything in the game anymore? I'm going to find you and kill your mother! And you better not lock this or I'm gonna quit for real this time!" Actually, some of those dont even get locked...
Two years ago, a reporter found evidence that one James Morasco is behind the tiles.
I seem to remember reading more about the Morasco link somewhere, but it was so long ago I cant remember where. It was almost definately linked to on the snopes.com message board, but their search system is pretty bad.
Voice chat really only works well with small groups of friends, or with small groups of players in fast paced games where you dont get much chance to type. Thats why Roger Wilco and such work so well. MMORPGs dont really fit.
I've tried running a voice server for my old EQ guild. At first, a few people would log on and chat about the weather and whatnot, but after a few weeks nearly everyone stopped using it. Except during the few high-intensity raiding situations, it was just another way to chitchat. Even during raids only a few people used it, with too many it was just too crazy. I think most people just decided it wasnt worth the bother to use voice.
Personally, I think if I started talking to my computer regularly, they'd finally put me away. "It talks back! Really!"
...delivering the best quality gaming experience that we possibly can.
Wait, when did they start caring about quality?
Delete or rename the NO-XRATED file in the data directory. Yes really. I feel slightly dirty for finding that. :P
Okay. Parents file lawsuit over Star Wars video
Build yourself a stationary bike with a generator on it, and use it to power your PC. What better motivation is there, than knowing that if you peddle too slow you'll lose all your data?
I found this. I cant be positive that its the same article, but it seems to be.
Just dont eat it in 30 seconds too, thatd be bad news.
Yeah, the www.tronkillerapp.com website used to be completely different, but now it just redirects you to tron20.net. Even archive.org isnt much help.
There were plans to make a Tron 2.0 move also. Unfortunately, there hasnt been any news about it in over a year. So, either it got scrapped, or theyre really keeping it quiet somehow.
...an XBox controller with built in gun, razor sharp edges, and a lawnmower sticking out of the face - all running Linux!
Sonofamonkey, the Eye Toy post was me. Dang Opera. Hmm, get on topic... How about some specific examples of the stellar (*cough*) games they had for the Eye Toy.
There was one where little ninjas jumped out from the sides of the screen. If they got to "you" (an outline of a person) in the middle of the screen, you lost a life. So, beyond the hand waving trick, people were mostly making the field goal sign, and waving back and forth a little. Good times.
Another was a plate spinning game. You had to keep some plate spinning by waving your hand over a spot in the air. Not much to say about this one, except that it worked especially well with the hand waving trick.
Oh yeah, and there was one that was actually sort of funny. It was a window washing game. You'd be presented with a mostly grey screen, and your have to wave your arms around to make it clear. There were some parts that didnt clean so easy - apparently they were supposed to be bird poo. You had to "scrub" extra hard to get those spots clean. Or, again, you could just wave your hand in front of the camera.
I suppose theres always a market for bird poo cleaning simulators.
I dont get it, you only have 1 LEGO? No wonder you're upset, you cant make anything with that, except maybe a brick. Somebody get this guy some more lego's so he calms down a bit. Hooray for Legos!
On a serious note, who decided that was correct? I dont like how it sounds at all. Its impossible to tell how many you're talking about. Do you have LEGO? Yep, I have LEGO. Is there LEGO in my nose? I spilled my LEGO on the floor. LEGO my Eggo.
It reminds me of who/whom. Most people use "who" where "whom" might be technically correct. But, only pretentious gits say "whom". You git.
Pixar is the Microsoft of the computer graphics world. They have created some good stuff, yes, but they have not given much of anything back and often hurt the field.
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http://www.pixar.com/companyinfo/research/deb/sig9 6.pdf
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http://www.pixar.com/companyinfo/research/deb/sig9 4.pdf
http://www.pixar.com/companyinfo/research/deb/sig9 2.pdf
http://www.pixar.com/companyinfo/research/deb/sig9 1.pdf
http://www.pixar.com/companyinfo/research/deb/sig9 0.pdf
http://www.pixar.com/companyinfo/research/deb/sig8 9.pdf
http://www.pixar.com/companyinfo/research/deb/part ition-tr.pdf
http://www.pixar.com/companyinfo/research/deb/fixt ure-tr.pdf
http://graphics.stanford.edu/papers/deepshadows/de epshad.pdf
Thats enough for now.
They have all these secrets, and keep everything to themselves.
Heres a few examples of secrets theyre keeping to themselves. Luckily, I'm a 1337 h4XX0r. (-Karma)
http://www.pixar.com/companyinfo/research/deb/sig
Wow, that sounds like fun. I mightve actually considered buying SB if I was there! I wish I could play in a city at the bottom of the sea, with special monsters... Ah well, they promoted chaos and got it.
Like I've said before, I refuse to take anything seriously that spouts such nonsense as "Neo's five previous incarnations represent the Five Books of Moses that make up the Old Testament."
Why not? It's interesting you don't give a reason to call it nonsense. Clearly, you have no reasoning behind your argument.
Oh, thanks. Now I'm stuck with burden of proof? Corporate Mofo certainly doesnt justify it, why do they get off so easy? I'm sorry, I dont accept something to be true because 2 numbers match up, and a website I've never heard of says its true.
You just don't like the movie. To ignore the Gnostic references in the movie is "insane."
Actually, I thought the movie was pretty decent. Now you're defending against arguments I didnt make? Okay, you win.
Insane... I suppose them calling Neo the "One" means he represents a fictional soft drink, correct?
Wow, that was lame and fell flat.
Why? It's interesting you don't give a reason to call it lame. Clearly, you have no reasoning behind your argument.
Like I've said before, I refuse to take anything seriously that spouts such nonsense as "Neo's five previous incarnations represent the Five Books of Moses that make up the Old Testament."
Insane... I suppose them calling Neo the "One" means he represents a fictional soft drink, correct?
People also interpret "Stairway to Heaven" as "deep". That doesnt mean it is.
Certainly, the Matrix alludes to many things. But people are going overboard with it. For example, read The Corporate Mofo's Guide to Matrix: Reloaded. Now, some of it makes sense, but then theres things like "Neo's five previous incarnations represent the Five Books of Moses that make up the Old Testament." WHAT??? In places, its hard to tell if the guide is supposed to be satire or not.
But yes, they did put some meaning behind some things. But for the most part, they put a bunch of stuff into a movie, and are letting the fans tell them what it means. Like "Stairway to Heaven"...