The difference is that this is NINTENDO we're talking about. While they have a history of failures, when they intend to go out and fuck up the entire gaming world they DO IT. Analog controls were stupid, rumble packs were stupid... the POWER PAD was stupid.
Now you see people buying up DDR pads and think to yourself "Holy shit, Nintedo was 20 years ahead of the curve on that one..."
IT'S THE SAME BULLSHIT AS THE LAST ARTICLE LIKE THIS! Wow, who would have guessed that people that write about video games for a living would have nothing better to do than write the same fucking article over and over.
Here's a tip for EVERYONE that writes for these gaming websites... SHUT THE FUCK UP and PLAY SOME FUCKING GAMES. Maybe then your reviews won't suck shit.
"They were worried about noise and people stealing them or that people would be tuning in to gangsta rap on other Houston stations, which they said could incite violence," says Tish Stringer, a
graduate teacher at Rice University and organizer with Houston Indymedia.
Mind pulling your head out of your ass and actually reading an entire sentence for one?
A weekend in a busy restaurant will gather around $500 in tips for a good waiter. That's assuming a midrange restaurant like Chili's, where my sister works.
We hear this same shit every six fucking months. I swear that there is only a handful of game-related articles that can be written.
1. Games are too easy.
2. Games are too hard.
3. Games objectify women and it sucks. Stay tuned for coverage of Bloodrayne and Tomb Raider next month.
4. New games aren't fun.
5. The new consoles are too expensive.
I just summed up gaming 'journalism' for the past ten and next ten years. No need to post any more gaming articles.
Creative Commons licenses are totally useless for anyone but the most self-important of douchebags. If you want to be altruistic and give to the greater good, you'll simply release your works into the public domain. By doing so you ensure that it will be available now and forever for anyone to use as they please. If you want to keep control... that's what standard copyright law is for.
I don't particularly mind the "Use this as I say you can" restrictions placed on works under the CC licenses, but I abhor the faux "greater good" arguments. Either you want to contribute to making everything Free or you want to keep control. There is no in-between. Claiming this "but it makes sure it will always be Free!" bullshit is just that... bullshit. Find me one case where a work placed into the public domain by the original author later had its public domain status revoked. Yeah, people can make money on it. THAT IS THE WHOLE FUCKING POINT. Anyone can do ANYTHING with it. That is the TRUE definition of freedom.
Surely an artist who donates his work to the public without any expectation of compensation does not intend for someone else to profit off of his work.
You make the assumption that the artist in question gives a shit about making money. Putting something in the public domain means anyone can us it for any reason. If you don't like that... then don't use stupid fucking CC licenses and instead rely on the copyright laws we have already. Simple, isn't it?
I debated about posting this non-anonymously but frankly am afraid enough of the Religious Right and the power that they have that I felt it best to remain anonymous.
Read: "I'm too much of a fucking pussy to stand up for what I believe."
Here's the funny part. Geo didn't even exist until 1989.
Geos of that time had 3 cylinder engines that put out around 55 HP. It is incredibly easy to get good gas mileage from a 3 cylinder engine that puts out no horsepower. There are dozens of cars in Japan and Europe that do just that. What you're failing to realize is that not everyone can live their lives in a shoebox. For day to day commutes, yes something like that is usable but for anything else it's total garbage.
I don't know any Americans that speak German either. However, living in Texas, I know many Americans that speak Spanish. You know... a language that's actually useful in this country.
Shut the fuck up and deal with it. If you can't do rough conversions from imperial to metric in your head, what the fuck are you doing on slashdot? Turn in your geek badge and kill yourself.
The difference in R and NC-17 isn't the age. For R rated movies, a parent must accompany someone under the age of 17. For NC-17 movies people under 17 are not admitted at all. There are many movies violent enough to get an NC-17 out there.
Because it's ENTIRELY impossible that Rackspace and/or Indymedia are run by total fucking douchebags that are looking for any fucking reason to throw their hands up and shout about "OMG TEH GOVMENT MEN IN BLACK!!!111 FREE SPEERCH!"
What about the common case where the other person came up with a similar idea at roughly the same time? You get a patent first, and suddenly that someone else suddenly can't use their idea, even though they didn't copy you and they did put resources into developing it.
It happens all the time. With the airplane, with the telephone... with practically every major invention.
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The difference is that this is NINTENDO we're talking about. While they have a history of failures, when they intend to go out and fuck up the entire gaming world they DO IT. Analog controls were stupid, rumble packs were stupid... the POWER PAD was stupid.
Now you see people buying up DDR pads and think to yourself "Holy shit, Nintedo was 20 years ahead of the curve on that one..."
IT'S THE SAME BULLSHIT AS THE LAST ARTICLE LIKE THIS! Wow, who would have guessed that people that write about video games for a living would have nothing better to do than write the same fucking article over and over.
Here's a tip for EVERYONE that writes for these gaming websites... SHUT THE FUCK UP and PLAY SOME FUCKING GAMES. Maybe then your reviews won't suck shit.
That's a good idea! Let your website appear broken on 100% of the graphical browserw!
No browser is 100% standards compliant.
So instead of changing some graphics, he stops development altogether. Classic nerd whiny bullshit.
A weekend in a busy restaurant will gather around $500 in tips for a good waiter. That's assuming a midrange restaurant like Chili's, where my sister works.
We hear this same shit every six fucking months. I swear that there is only a handful of game-related articles that can be written.
1. Games are too easy.
2. Games are too hard.
3. Games objectify women and it sucks. Stay tuned for coverage of Bloodrayne and Tomb Raider next month.
4. New games aren't fun.
5. The new consoles are too expensive.
I just summed up gaming 'journalism' for the past ten and next ten years. No need to post any more gaming articles.
Creative Commons licenses are totally useless for anyone but the most self-important of douchebags. If you want to be altruistic and give to the greater good, you'll simply release your works into the public domain. By doing so you ensure that it will be available now and forever for anyone to use as they please. If you want to keep control... that's what standard copyright law is for.
I don't particularly mind the "Use this as I say you can" restrictions placed on works under the CC licenses, but I abhor the faux "greater good" arguments. Either you want to contribute to making everything Free or you want to keep control. There is no in-between. Claiming this "but it makes sure it will always be Free!" bullshit is just that... bullshit. Find me one case where a work placed into the public domain by the original author later had its public domain status revoked. Yeah, people can make money on it. THAT IS THE WHOLE FUCKING POINT. Anyone can do ANYTHING with it. That is the TRUE definition of freedom.
'Cause MS can't afford $200 to license the Linux trademark.
Behold the power of circular reasoning.
"Yes.... I have a girlfriend."
The Metro replaced the Sprint. It's not the same car.
Here's the funny part. Geo didn't even exist until 1989.
Geos of that time had 3 cylinder engines that put out around 55 HP. It is incredibly easy to get good gas mileage from a 3 cylinder engine that puts out no horsepower. There are dozens of cars in Japan and Europe that do just that. What you're failing to realize is that not everyone can live their lives in a shoebox. For day to day commutes, yes something like that is usable but for anything else it's total garbage.
I don't know any Americans that speak German either. However, living in Texas, I know many Americans that speak Spanish. You know... a language that's actually useful in this country.
This is the same goddamned shit that's been said for a fucking decade. The again, I wouldn't expect anything less than total shit coming from Gamepro.
Shut the fuck up and deal with it. If you can't do rough conversions from imperial to metric in your head, what the fuck are you doing on slashdot? Turn in your geek badge and kill yourself.
The difference in R and NC-17 isn't the age. For R rated movies, a parent must accompany someone under the age of 17. For NC-17 movies people under 17 are not admitted at all. There are many movies violent enough to get an NC-17 out there.
Because it doesn't fucking matter. The operating system is only an issue for dumbass dorks.
Nor is there anything amusing about psychotic fucks like you that see conspiracies behind every goddamned thing. Get a fucking life.
Because it's ENTIRELY impossible that Rackspace and/or Indymedia are run by total fucking douchebags that are looking for any fucking reason to throw their hands up and shout about "OMG TEH GOVMENT MEN IN BLACK!!!111 FREE SPEERCH!"