"Media Transparency documents that between 1986 and 2005 CMPA received 55 grants totaling $2,960,916 (unadjusted for inflation).[6] The data reveals that the overwhelming proportion of CMPA's funding comes from conservative foundations."
The difference is that the document you create in Word can be printed, saved as text, and used in all sorts of contexts that have nothing to do with Word.
User creations in LittleBigPlanet require LittleBigPlanet. You can't own them any more than you can own your character in an MMO.
Granted the prices are too high, and you still can't get a high enough bitrate, but they've made a move more-or-less in the right direction.
Singles cost about 2 bits more, but most DRM-free brand new releases on the iTunes store are still $9.99 for a 256 kbps AAC encoded file.
a) good luck finding new releases cheaper in any format
b) if you can find someone who can distinguish between unencoded and 256 kbps AAC encoded songs, then alert the press, because you've just encountered a human alien hybrid with superhuman audio detecting organs.
See, people call me crazy, but this is why I *always* pony up for the extended warranty on electronics items like this. My first-generation xbox had this exact problem, and it cost me exactly $0 (well, $40 if you count the cost of the original 2 year extended warranty) to get a brand-spankin new one last year.
Buyer's lack of foresight is not Microsoft's problem. Heck, EB had a trade-in deal last year where they'd give you $75 or $80 for your old box... that makes the cost of a brand new xbox less than the repair price, too.
You have lots of options. Think ahead or think creatively!
I keep seeing this comment here and elswhere, and it's flat out wrong. No professional unions? SAG? WGA? DGA? Any number of other professional unions organized around the entertainment industry?
I wish I knew the source of the macho self-destructive bullshit that keeps technical labor from organizing. I've been in the industry for nearly 20 years and it's been the same masochistic BS since I started. It nearly killed me when I worked at a high-profile internet company and had to take a month of disability leave two years in a row for serious health problems. Finally I woke up and started sticking up for myself.
Creative jobs will not get outsourced until outsourcing produces better results. The kind of jobs that do well in programmer farms are procedure and detail driven. If other cultures bridge the culture gap and start competing well in creative engineering jobs, more power to them! The US could use the competition; there's been precious little innovation in software engineering in the US in recent years.
People shouldn't let fear ruin their lives. You only get one trip on this crazy planet. It's best not to waste it.
Wouldn't surprise me if MS code includes copyrighted Apple code. When Jobs took over Apple, one of the things he did was forge a technology sharing and funding agreement with Microsoft. Apple got access to a bunch of MS code, too.
Yes, of course, because law enforcement NEVER abuses its power to detain citizens. No innocent person could possibly be charged, held, jailed or put to death for a crime they didn't commit.
And before anyone says you'd never be put to death because of domiain information, realize that treason is a capital offense.
If you haven't tried Rainbow Six 3 on xbox with voice command, you owe it to yourself to give it a spin. It's REALLY cool.
I find myself wishing all sorts of games had this feature, and on the PC as well!
I used to have DirecTV with Tivo service in the SF Bay area until I moved to LA. Now I'm stuck with Adelphia--a big building stands between me and the satellites.
Adelphia internet service has been pretty good for me, but I liked the DirecTV service MUCH better. It was cheaper, more full featured, and had integrated Tivo service. I miss it.
Oh, and what everyone else said about those ridiculous commercials. Weather had zero effect on my DirecTV signal.
Bullying people to suppress their opinion. How open and respectful of you.
I, for one, applaud the original poster's cry into the Slashdot wilderness.
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BP: We have all of the Linux-based software we need for 80% of the people in the world. The other 20% may use specialised applications that are not yet available in open source. And when I say 80%, that's all free software.
Far more than 20% of the people in the world play games on their computers. No linux desktop I've tried is ready for prime time when it comes to gaming. Emulation is a non-starter. It's hard enough to get many modern PC games running in the first place, let alone running under emulation or in an otherwise foreign operating environment.
It's a mistake to ignore this market segment. Games are a huge technology driver. Without native mainstream gaming support, 2004 will not be the year of linux on the desktop.
Gamespot voted it Best Strategy Game of 2003, and I heartily agree.
Some call it derivative of AoE, Empire Earth and their ilk, but it is really only superficially similar.
Brian Reynolds' take on epic RTS is epic RTS done right.
Ask any maintainer of a high-profile Free Software package.
Oh? What is this "Free Software" of which you speak?
People should have a choice as to whether they want their software to be free. If you choose not to make your software free, piracy takes away both your software and your freedom to choose.
I really wish some of you pro-piracy folks would work really hard on something that you care about for a long time and then have it stolen by thousands of people. Maybe then you'd wake up and smell what you're shoveling.
The financial analysts behind these "revelations" have sold video game interests short. These prognosticators are no better at telling the future than Miss Cleo.
Remember, analysts are the folks responsible for encouraging millions of Americans to invest and lose billions in tech stocks.
Funny thing about the future... it hasn't happened yet. Makes it hard to say what happens there!
If movie reviewers are writing to each other, then game reviewers are writing to the game publishers who payola them. I have yet to see an awful game savaged the way it deserves in an online review, and only occasionally in a print review. Bad movies, on the other hand, garner plenty of bad reviews:
"At the risk of understatement, The Matrix Revolutions sucks." - Peter Travers, Rolling Stone (review online)
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And yet... they ARE.
Hmm, a study from an organization primarily funded by conservative concerns finds a liberal bias in the media. Why am I not surprised?
"Media Transparency documents that between 1986 and 2005 CMPA received 55 grants totaling $2,960,916 (unadjusted for inflation).[6] The data reveals that the overwhelming proportion of CMPA's funding comes from conservative foundations."
User creations in LittleBigPlanet require LittleBigPlanet. You can't own them any more than you can own your character in an MMO.
A good review would let you know in the title or in the first paragraph if a much-hyped game deserved a 50/100.
But who hammered in the Golden Fiber Spike?
Granted the prices are too high, and you still can't get a high enough bitrate, but they've made a move more-or-less in the right direction.
Singles cost about 2 bits more, but most DRM-free brand new releases on the iTunes store are still $9.99 for a 256 kbps AAC encoded file.
a) good luck finding new releases cheaper in any format
b) if you can find someone who can distinguish between unencoded and 256 kbps AAC encoded songs, then alert the press, because you've just encountered a human alien hybrid with superhuman audio detecting organs.
their rules.
Two words:
Product
Placement.
http://www.pennyarcadeexpo.com/
Buyer's lack of foresight is not Microsoft's problem. Heck, EB had a trade-in deal last year where they'd give you $75 or $80 for your old box... that makes the cost of a brand new xbox less than the repair price, too.
You have lots of options. Think ahead or think creatively!
I keep seeing this comment here and elswhere, and it's flat out wrong. No professional unions? SAG? WGA? DGA? Any number of other professional unions organized around the entertainment industry?
I wish I knew the source of the macho self-destructive bullshit that keeps technical labor from organizing. I've been in the industry for nearly 20 years and it's been the same masochistic BS since I started. It nearly killed me when I worked at a high-profile internet company and had to take a month of disability leave two years in a row for serious health problems. Finally I woke up and started sticking up for myself.
Creative jobs will not get outsourced until outsourcing produces better results. The kind of jobs that do well in programmer farms are procedure and detail driven. If other cultures bridge the culture gap and start competing well in creative engineering jobs, more power to them! The US could use the competition; there's been precious little innovation in software engineering in the US in recent years.
People shouldn't let fear ruin their lives. You only get one trip on this crazy planet. It's best not to waste it.
Do I think I'll be up till 3AM playing an FPS when I'm 40? I'm 42, and I played Planetside until past 3AM last night. Ya never know :)
What planet have you been living on for the past year? Shuttle is the most successful manufacturer of small-form-factor PC hardware. Begone, troll.
Wouldn't surprise me if MS code includes copyrighted Apple code. When Jobs took over Apple, one of the things he did was forge a technology sharing and funding agreement with Microsoft. Apple got access to a bunch of MS code, too.
Yes, of course, because law enforcement NEVER abuses its power to detain citizens. No innocent person could possibly be charged, held, jailed or put to death for a crime they didn't commit. And before anyone says you'd never be put to death because of domiain information, realize that treason is a capital offense.
If you haven't tried Rainbow Six 3 on xbox with voice command, you owe it to yourself to give it a spin. It's REALLY cool. I find myself wishing all sorts of games had this feature, and on the PC as well!
Adelphia internet service has been pretty good for me, but I liked the DirecTV service MUCH better. It was cheaper, more full featured, and had integrated Tivo service. I miss it.
Oh, and what everyone else said about those ridiculous commercials. Weather had zero effect on my DirecTV signal.
We have assault rifles and hunting rifles. One of them is designed expressly for killing people.
Of course, as another poster pointed out, the consequences are a bit different in this case...
iTunes is evil or it's not, make up your damn mind!
and let me buy whatever music I damn well please. Sheesh.
Speak for yourself, Coward.
Bullying people to suppress their opinion. How open and respectful of you.
I, for one, applaud the original poster's cry into the Slashdot wilderness.
BP: We have all of the Linux-based software we need for 80% of the people in the world. The other 20% may use specialised applications that are not yet available in open source. And when I say 80%, that's all free software. Far more than 20% of the people in the world play games on their computers. No linux desktop I've tried is ready for prime time when it comes to gaming. Emulation is a non-starter. It's hard enough to get many modern PC games running in the first place, let alone running under emulation or in an otherwise foreign operating environment. It's a mistake to ignore this market segment. Games are a huge technology driver. Without native mainstream gaming support, 2004 will not be the year of linux on the desktop.
Gamespot voted it Best Strategy Game of 2003, and I heartily agree. Some call it derivative of AoE, Empire Earth and their ilk, but it is really only superficially similar. Brian Reynolds' take on epic RTS is epic RTS done right.
Oh? What is this "Free Software" of which you speak? People should have a choice as to whether they want their software to be free. If you choose not to make your software free, piracy takes away both your software and your freedom to choose.
I really wish some of you pro-piracy folks would work really hard on something that you care about for a long time and then have it stolen by thousands of people. Maybe then you'd wake up and smell what you're shoveling.
The financial analysts behind these "revelations" have sold video game interests short. These prognosticators are no better at telling the future than Miss Cleo. Remember, analysts are the folks responsible for encouraging millions of Americans to invest and lose billions in tech stocks. Funny thing about the future ... it hasn't happened yet. Makes it hard to say what happens there!
"At the risk of understatement, The Matrix Revolutions sucks."
- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone (review online)