But really, this is ther first good news article on IP that I have heard for a while. What are the chances that other nations will start following suit? Or are there no such loopholes in other IP laws?
Opening a 3.7 Meg XML file (and a simple one at that) saw my Firefox use 240 Megs. The thing is, is that that IS the amount of RAM it was using. Even after I closed it, it still had a hold of that memory, and I had to end the process manually. Thankfully, that isn't a common occurrence, as I rarely see it use any more than 40. And you can be guaranteed that IE, Netscape, and Opera, all use more.
This just gets better and better. I ran a networked ET session for high school kids earlier this month, and it was a hit, but having the source just makes it better, as I can now get my students to play with it as well.
One possible reason is that you have to think with a game, but with a movie, you can just sit back and relax. And the experience might be a bit different, because with a game, you're just sitting in front of a small screen, but with a movie, you get to have this enormous screen and big sound. And until they make a computer like that....
As a note, here in Australia, movies cost about $US10, and about $US8 for students. Snacks might take it up to $US20.
Now, for a game taking 10-25 hours to complete and enjoy interactively, I just would not buy it. Perhaps I am a big computer user, but a game should be able to give me a 100 hours of entertainment. If it doesn't, then it sure aint worth $50. And I think this might be part of the argument. A lot of games are really just glorified interactive movies. In which case, it might be better to just go watch a movie.
Um, you forgot Semantics (the meaning of language), one of the more currently important topics.
I'm doing my BSc, majored in maths and CS, and currently doing honours in CS. However, my project/thesis is on Language Technology, based squarely around semantics (for verbs to be precise).
Now, my point is basically agreeing with the above poster. I can't really go in depth about my project with the average Joe/Jo, because it is just too complicated. There is too much jargon and linguistic basics that would need to be covered first, and well, that takes up a whole chapter of my thesis, by which time Joe/Jo would've gone back to their game of Quake.
All my characters will be thieves ~grin~
The costumes alone seem to be enough of an improvement to buy the game IMHO. Are we returning to an age when FF was *good*?
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I think you'll find the attack started when they installed Windows :p
How does he see the elk? Does he need a seeing-eye human?
First post!
But really, this is ther first good news article on IP that I have heard for a while. What are the chances that other nations will start following suit? Or are there no such loopholes in other IP laws?
Opening a 3.7 Meg XML file (and a simple one at that) saw my Firefox use 240 Megs. The thing is, is that that IS the amount of RAM it was using. Even after I closed it, it still had a hold of that memory, and I had to end the process manually. Thankfully, that isn't a common occurrence, as I rarely see it use any more than 40. And you can be guaranteed that IE, Netscape, and Opera, all use more.
:p
This just gets better and better. I ran a networked ET session for high school kids earlier this month, and it was a hit, but having the source just makes it better, as I can now get my students to play with it as well.
One possible reason is that you have to think with a game, but with a movie, you can just sit back and relax. And the experience might be a bit different, because with a game, you're just sitting in front of a small screen, but with a movie, you get to have this enormous screen and big sound. And until they make a computer like that....
As a note, here in Australia, movies cost about $US10, and about $US8 for students. Snacks might take it up to $US20.
Now, for a game taking 10-25 hours to complete and enjoy interactively, I just would not buy it. Perhaps I am a big computer user, but a game should be able to give me a 100 hours of entertainment. If it doesn't, then it sure aint worth $50. And I think this might be part of the argument. A lot of games are really just glorified interactive movies. In which case, it might be better to just go watch a movie.
You have just been /.ed
I wonder what their reaction is?
Um, you forgot Semantics (the meaning of language), one of the more currently important topics.
I'm doing my BSc, majored in maths and CS, and currently doing honours in CS. However, my project/thesis is on Language Technology, based squarely around semantics (for verbs to be precise).
Now, my point is basically agreeing with the above poster. I can't really go in depth about my project with the average Joe/Jo, because it is just too complicated. There is too much jargon and linguistic basics that would need to be covered first, and well, that takes up a whole chapter of my thesis, by which time Joe/Jo would've gone back to their game of Quake.
New York has been shut down! First a blackout, now its been slashdotted! They are just not lucky :(
I thought /. was the primary source of information for games! O_O
All my characters will be thieves ~grin~ The costumes alone seem to be enough of an improvement to buy the game IMHO. Are we returning to an age when FF was *good*?
Nethack is about building character ;)
No more jerky games of Desert Combat :D