I really hate to contradict the pervious post because it has some interesting ideas....none of which will actually make cars any safer, or for that matter easily maintained. The primary thing that people forget is that almost all crashes that occur are driver error. Having numerous camera's on your car will not prevent you from rear ending the guy in front of you. And as to the point about reduced maintainance remember that although you gotten rid of all that nasty copper wiring and those pesky air flow reducing mirrors (They'll rue the day they cost me.00001 of a gallon in fuel efficiency!) you now have to worry about repairing multiple camera's all of which involve high tech electronics. Oh and a final point, although it would be great to know what precisely is wrong with my car remember that in order to measure that you need a butt load of sensors, which themselves will weigh down the car (gasp!) further and require maintenance. Just because it's high tech doesn't mean it's a good idea. Simpler can be better.
Although I do agree with you that new technological mediums will undoubtably unfold within the next 20-30 years I highly doubt that film will be going anywhere. Films, are much like books, in that they allow the reader to escape in a different manner than video games. Video games, and really any sort of interactive medium, require the user to be focused, alert, and awake. This is quite to the contrary of movies where, since the user is not a participant but merely an observer, the user is a less mentally taxing role. This is an important distinction between video games and movies. So although movies may decline somewhat in popularity they will never be completely phased out.
I should also make one other point about video games. In order to evolve as a medium and truely become better than movies they must allow for moments of tension and drama to occur (If you don't get what I mean then let me give you the example of when the hero confronts the villian: in a video game the player kills him immediatly (even if the developer forces the player to wait for a moment it does not matter becuase it must be the initiative of the player in order to be effective) while in a movie they often talk for a moment before the fighting begins [If you dont get what im talking about still go watch Goldeneye]). Right now video games are unable to accompish this and in doing so it takes away from the purpose of the game and it severely hampers their effectiveness and as a medium. Before gaining true popularity they must overcome this final hurdle.
Can we get some photo's of Infium Lab's "Actual" headquarters. I mean they told us where their "offices" are. They gave us an adress. Can we get someone from slashdot down there to take some photo's of this set of "offices"?
*Note to Infium Labs" I am making no such innuedo that infium labs does not have a headquarters but I DO refuse to correct this post. Please do not sue me.
I'm not interested in "owning" music per se, but I am interested in collecting music.;)
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This is flame bait so I really shouldn't even bother with this but here it goes:
The Navy can make a ship that generates 40 megawatts (50,000 HP).
Do I even have to touch this one? Let me guess you suggest launching rockets using nuclear reactors. It's called rocket fuel for a reason.
The Navy can make a ship that is completely self contained.
Last time I checked the space shuttle wasn't leaking. Also, im pretty sure that making a shuttle out of solid metal is just a bad idea.
The Navy can make a ship that can stay on self-sustained 6 month missions with a crew of hundreds.
That's super. Sending astonauts into a zero-g environment for 6 months is a good idea. Wait...wait...my bad, no isn't. We also have no reason to do it. Oh and last time I checked most "nautical vessels" still needed food and water. Well on the ocean theres plenty of water I suppose but as they say "an army marches on its stomach".
I'd keep going but this is like comparing apples to oranges. Oh and lets also not forget all of those wonderful "submarine accidents". You kinda failed to mention them, eh?
I wonder if they realize that this pasport is for US citizens. That's right people already living in the united states. Last time I checked the hijackers weren't US citizens. Hell, they didn't even have US passports, they wouldn't need them! They don't need US passports folks, just valid ones from any country. Ah, thank god for american post 9/11 brilliance once again.
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I'd say that the majority of people would disagree with you http://www.gamestats.com/objects/492/492830/?ui=ga mefinder.
I really hate to contradict the pervious post because it has some interesting ideas....none of which will actually make cars any safer, or for that matter easily maintained. The primary thing that people forget is that almost all crashes that occur are driver error. Having numerous camera's on your car will not prevent you from rear ending the guy in front of you. And as to the point about reduced maintainance remember that although you gotten rid of all that nasty copper wiring and those pesky air flow reducing mirrors (They'll rue the day they cost me .00001 of a gallon in fuel efficiency!) you now have to worry about repairing multiple camera's all of which involve high tech electronics. Oh and a final point, although it would be great to know what precisely is wrong with my car remember that in order to measure that you need a butt load of sensors, which themselves will weigh down the car (gasp!) further and require maintenance. Just because it's high tech doesn't mean it's a good idea. Simpler can be better.
Although I do agree with you that new technological mediums will undoubtably unfold within the next 20-30 years I highly doubt that film will be going anywhere. Films, are much like books, in that they allow the reader to escape in a different manner than video games. Video games, and really any sort of interactive medium, require the user to be focused, alert, and awake. This is quite to the contrary of movies where, since the user is not a participant but merely an observer, the user is a less mentally taxing role. This is an important distinction between video games and movies. So although movies may decline somewhat in popularity they will never be completely phased out. I should also make one other point about video games. In order to evolve as a medium and truely become better than movies they must allow for moments of tension and drama to occur (If you don't get what I mean then let me give you the example of when the hero confronts the villian: in a video game the player kills him immediatly (even if the developer forces the player to wait for a moment it does not matter becuase it must be the initiative of the player in order to be effective) while in a movie they often talk for a moment before the fighting begins [If you dont get what im talking about still go watch Goldeneye]). Right now video games are unable to accompish this and in doing so it takes away from the purpose of the game and it severely hampers their effectiveness and as a medium. Before gaining true popularity they must overcome this final hurdle.
Can we get some photo's of Infium Lab's "Actual" headquarters. I mean they told us where their "offices" are. They gave us an adress. Can we get someone from slashdot down there to take some photo's of this set of "offices"? *Note to Infium Labs" I am making no such innuedo that infium labs does not have a headquarters but I DO refuse to correct this post. Please do not sue me.
I'm not interested in "owning" music per se, but I am interested in collecting music. ;)
I wonder if they realize that this pasport is for US citizens. That's right people already living in the united states. Last time I checked the hijackers weren't US citizens. Hell, they didn't even have US passports, they wouldn't need them! They don't need US passports folks, just valid ones from any country. Ah, thank god for american post 9/11 brilliance once again.
Maybe he'll sue /. next for posting this story about him going bankrupt.
There's something you don't see everyday.
....why not just take your computer and stick it inside a min-fridge? Seems to me to be a whole lot simpler than this whole business ;).