toward the masses. It seems to want to provide a convenient security blanket for those who want to believe that the flow of information can truly be controlled on the net. The fact is that it can be controlled somewhat on the web, but certainly not on the net as a whole. The people sending things back and forth just need to practice a little more ingenuity than setting up a public web page. From what I read, said lawyers were not monitoring DCC bots on IRC nor FTP sites that act as online dumping grounds for such files (should I say FiLeZ:). ) Yes life can be made more inconvenient for the less clever of the ripper kids out there, but information will still be tranferred.
In all this complaining about 16.5 inch screens being too big for a portable computer, people seem to be forgetting that there is a real difference between a notebook computer and a portable computer. Think back to the old Compaq luggables. Those were portable, but certainly not notebook-sized. Whether such a screen is too big really depends on the use for which you intend it. If you want something to type into on the plane then it might be too big, but if you're looking for a desktop replacement that you can take from place to place without pulling 15 different cables and carrying 12 different parts then this is great.
Look at Kyoko Date, the virtual Japanese pop icon. Lots of polygons and lots of 3d artists made videos, and magazine spreads starting in 1996. This is just the latest iteration. Kyonko Date still looked better. I don't have a valid URL for info on this, but if you search for "Kyoko Date" about a million fan pages will come up.
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toward the masses. It seems to want to provide a convenient security blanket for those who want to believe that the flow of information can truly be controlled on the net. The fact is that it can be controlled somewhat on the web, but certainly not on the net as a whole. The people sending things back and forth just need to practice a little more ingenuity than setting up a public web page. :). ) Yes life can be made more inconvenient for the less clever of the ripper kids out there, but information will still be tranferred.
From what I read, said lawyers were not monitoring DCC bots on IRC nor FTP sites that act as online dumping grounds for such files (should I say FiLeZ
In all this complaining about 16.5 inch screens being too big for a portable computer, people seem to be forgetting that there is a real difference between a notebook computer and a portable computer. Think back to the old Compaq luggables. Those were portable, but certainly not notebook-sized. Whether such a screen is too big really depends on the use for which you intend it. If you want something to type into on the plane then it might be too big, but if you're looking for a desktop replacement that you can take from place to place without pulling 15 different cables and carrying 12 different parts then this is great.
Look at Kyoko Date, the virtual Japanese pop icon. Lots of polygons and lots of 3d artists made videos, and magazine spreads starting in 1996. This is just the latest iteration.
Kyonko Date still looked better. I don't have a valid URL for info on this, but if you search for "Kyoko Date" about a million fan pages will come up.