How come there aren't more sources of downloads? Madonna should get together with Apple on her own and find a way to offer iTunes cards at her concerts, and she should seriously consider dumping her record label and selling her tracks directly off of her website. The only reason I can think of that explains why she has not done this is her label must give her some amazing perks to keep her around. The same goes for any big-name artist, I'm just using Madonna as an example. There must be competition among labels for headlining acts, which translates into incredible kickbacks for the artists, and of course crappier music for the fans...
Not that Madonna fans, well, let's just say I'm not a Madonna fan and leave it at that.
What we really need in this country is CONSERVATION. People need to learn how to operate and use less power. This can be achieved through building design, other innovations such as automatic lighting that turns off when you leave the room, adaptive climate control, etc. We don't really need more power, we need to use the capacity we do have more wisely.
That being said, it is sad and stupid that these special interest groups have the power and ability to prevent the entire nation from taking advantage of renewable energy resources. How shortsighted.
That was actually a very unique form of advertising. I'm curious how many people know about perpendicular because of that effort. The question is, what will the marketers come up with for future forms of storage?
True dat. On the other hand, Bill and Melinda were Time Magazine's People of the Year last year, IIRC. Based on their history for charitable giving. Gates also happens to be, you might have heard this someplace before, the most wealthy man on the planet...
I still agree with you though that he had better live a simple life, in touch with the real world, instead of off in his castle. MO, for what it's worth.
Thanks for the input. I certainly think that Garry has the right to sell his product, and I hope the quality of the mod increases because of it. I think it will.
As much as I want to disagree with you, you're probably right. I'd love to see games based in fantasy worlds, or in ages past (WWII) be ad-free, but it's likely not going to happen.
I think the best we can hope for is an improvement in the quality of games. Some crappy publishers are going to be the first ones to go for this, and advertisers could pressure them to increase the quality of the game in order for it to sell better and thus reach a bigger audience. I don't see Valve jumping on this bandwagon right away, even though advertisers probably have them in mind when thinking about the intended audience.
It will be interesting to see some findings. In America, gamers accept as fact that games have no effect on our personal willingness to commit violence, based on common sense (not studies).
Are the people doing the "examination" unbiased enough to find significant, new data that clearly shows one way or the other? And if so, can that data be found true here in the US as well? Keep us posted...
This is really true. I'm really not sure what the incentive is for populating the site. I do know people that use the communication features to actually communicate, but frequently it's just nominal communication that is occurring- chatting and whatnot.
Motion planning is a problem as well (will I hit anything when I go over there?).
Getting around tended to be more difficult than I'd like to see in a FPS. Part of it was overambition in striving for a truly 3D physical environment, replete with small ventilation ducts and bizarrely slanted ceilings, but I rather frequently found that I needed to jump to get over a 1" ledge or duck to get under a certain threshold, and sometimes both, sadly. Hopefully this is still a work in process in game physics and we see marked improvement as time goes on. Also object weights tended to be too light IMO. I really felt that objects' fall rates and throw trajectories reflected not enough weight.
Other than that, I really enjoyed what I felt was a truly innovative method of problem-solving. Way better than those old jump puzzles. +5 to Valve for the gravity gun. I want one!
The land certainly has intrinsic value, but on the other hand it is a runway, suited to whatever a runway can do. Boeing should use it for tests; it seems like it would be more friendly to testing new jets than Seattle or Kansas City airports. Someday, however, it won't be long/wide/thick enough, or the neighbors will complain, and they will tear it up and sell the land for something else.
The article speaks about the invasiveness and general irritation that DRM causes and I think when they state that DRM may be contributing to the problem of piracy, it's the same thing where legit Windows buyers have to jump through the Product Activation hoops and rigamarole. I know of at least one person who legitimately bought WinXP but installed a pirated version to avoid the hassles. Legitimate, law-abiding users pay the price.
I'm all for the Valve's Steam method of distribution. It's the wave of the future...
Mod parent up.
I looked into Auto Assault a few months ago, and I got the impression from the website that it would be one-time purchase only, similar to Guild Wars. May not be correct, but that's what I seem to remember. Browsing the website, I can't see anything that specifies either way, so that probably means that Auto Assualt will have a monthly fee.
As far as in-game advertising goes, I wouldn't mind too terribly as long as the game quality was higher (or the price was lower) and the ads weren't too obtrusive. I'm not a role-player though, so that certainly influences my opinion. If the advertising engine is not integrated well into the world, i.e. ads exist on rocks or in the middle of forests, for instance, or if you have to wait to load up a new ad, then we would have a problem and I would cancel my subscription.
Incidentally, despite the corny-sounding premise of the game, Auto Assualt seems to be fairly innovative and unique. The biggest feature being touted right now is the "fully-destructible environment" but the potential for unique characters (or, more likely, unique cars) and the ability to "craft" new items (Second Life, anyone?) are more intriguing to me. I might have to check it out come April 12.
Incorrect, sorry. Check out 1up.com, the 10th game on their hottest games of the now list is for the GCN. Get deeper in the section and you'll find lots more preiews and release dates. Maybe not on the same scale as the PS2, but still not bad for an older system.
This comic is pretty hilarious, and really does a great job of highlighting the abilities of Garry's Mod, which has had more impact on the gaming/tech community than HL2 has./.ers need to take note: G-mod is revolutionary.
This is a bad idea. Decentralization needs to occur here, to drive innovation in teleconferencing software and reduce software and hardware prices due to lower real estate costs.
Insurance is higher there, costs of doing business in general have been proven to be higher there, why, why, why are high-tech industries continuing to locate major operations in California? Highly educated workforce and weather only gets you so far in answering that question. Add in the presence of critical mass that already exists and the issue is less of an enigma, but still...
I'm no mechanical engineer (rather obviously) but wouldn't this be useful in reducing friction and alleviating part of the need for complex bearings and lube mechanisms?
Check out iGo, sold at Radioshack =( but manufactured by Mobility Electronics =) which is based in Phoenix (hence the smiley face...). May be helpful...
Great point. Nintendo, in my opinion, has been seeing much less fanboyism and "claptrap" than the rest of the next gen consoles. The Nintendo bigwigs do seem to be off in a world of thier own, but I do honestly think that the Revolution deserves at least some of the so-called hyperbole it's been given, especially since little or none of that has come from the average gamer, who is far more concerned with the pixel counts and the quality of the next sequel than innovation.
Yeah doesn't really make semse to me either. I understand (in the proposed policy) that the consumer pays for the connection again same as always, and then the ISP charges Google everytime the consumer hits Google's website. So what is the tiered system? What am I missing here?
And don't give me any more of this "when it's done" crap. They have to have an internal release target, otherwise Valve will never finish it. Why can't they go public with the target and, if they hit a snag, just push it back a bit? I think Newell is a genius and loved HL2 but his policy of not announcing release dates is a bit annoying. Also, in a episodic distribution system, I think a pre-announced release date is even more important, so I don't miss anything. Just my pair of pennies...
I'm not a troll. *whines* I'm expressing my opinion. I honestly don't care that the government can access my files without a warrant, because I truly don't have files that would incriminate me.
In fact I only care about the police going through my stuff without a warrant b/c it would be a waste of their time, and as a tax-payer, I would get annoyed that they're not doing their job properly. I really don't have any text files that I would consider "top-secret," by any means. I pay taxes using an accountant, have no medical files whatsoever on any PC that I own, and so on. Mod me down (again) if you want, but I'm really starting to think that the EFF is over-reacting to GDS. If you're that paranoid, yes I said paranoid, don't use it.
Why should I avoid using software that makes my life easier just because of the threat of my privacy being "violated" by the government (or Google either for that matter)? I believe the EFF has good intentions but is all wet in this case.
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How come there aren't more sources of downloads? Madonna should get together with Apple on her own and find a way to offer iTunes cards at her concerts, and she should seriously consider dumping her record label and selling her tracks directly off of her website. The only reason I can think of that explains why she has not done this is her label must give her some amazing perks to keep her around. The same goes for any big-name artist, I'm just using Madonna as an example. There must be competition among labels for headlining acts, which translates into incredible kickbacks for the artists, and of course crappier music for the fans...
Not that Madonna fans, well, let's just say I'm not a Madonna fan and leave it at that.
What we really need in this country is CONSERVATION. People need to learn how to operate and use less power. This can be achieved through building design, other innovations such as automatic lighting that turns off when you leave the room, adaptive climate control, etc. We don't really need more power, we need to use the capacity we do have more wisely.
That being said, it is sad and stupid that these special interest groups have the power and ability to prevent the entire nation from taking advantage of renewable energy resources. How shortsighted.
That was actually a very unique form of advertising. I'm curious how many people know about perpendicular because of that effort. The question is, what will the marketers come up with for future forms of storage?
True dat. On the other hand, Bill and Melinda were Time Magazine's People of the Year last year, IIRC. Based on their history for charitable giving. Gates also happens to be, you might have heard this someplace before, the most wealthy man on the planet...
I still agree with you though that he had better live a simple life, in touch with the real world, instead of off in his castle. MO, for what it's worth.
Thanks for the input. I certainly think that Garry has the right to sell his product, and I hope the quality of the mod increases because of it. I think it will.
As much as I want to disagree with you, you're probably right. I'd love to see games based in fantasy worlds, or in ages past (WWII) be ad-free, but it's likely not going to happen.
I think the best we can hope for is an improvement in the quality of games. Some crappy publishers are going to be the first ones to go for this, and advertisers could pressure them to increase the quality of the game in order for it to sell better and thus reach a bigger audience. I don't see Valve jumping on this bandwagon right away, even though advertisers probably have them in mind when thinking about the intended audience.
It will be interesting to see some findings. In America, gamers accept as fact that games have no effect on our personal willingness to commit violence, based on common sense (not studies).
Are the people doing the "examination" unbiased enough to find significant, new data that clearly shows one way or the other? And if so, can that data be found true here in the US as well? Keep us posted...
This is really true. I'm really not sure what the incentive is for populating the site. I do know people that use the communication features to actually communicate, but frequently it's just nominal communication that is occurring- chatting and whatnot.
Hopefully this is still a work in process in game physics and we see marked improvement as time goes on. Also object weights tended to be too light IMO. I really felt that objects' fall rates and throw trajectories reflected not enough weight.
Other than that, I really enjoyed what I felt was a truly innovative method of problem-solving. Way better than those old jump puzzles. +5 to Valve for the gravity gun. I want one!
The land certainly has intrinsic value, but on the other hand it is a runway, suited to whatever a runway can do. Boeing should use it for tests; it seems like it would be more friendly to testing new jets than Seattle or Kansas City airports. Someday, however, it won't be long/wide/thick enough, or the neighbors will complain, and they will tear it up and sell the land for something else.
The article speaks about the invasiveness and general irritation that DRM causes and I think when they state that DRM may be contributing to the problem of piracy, it's the same thing where legit Windows buyers have to jump through the Product Activation hoops and rigamarole. I know of at least one person who legitimately bought WinXP but installed a pirated version to avoid the hassles. Legitimate, law-abiding users pay the price.
I'm all for the Valve's Steam method of distribution. It's the wave of the future...
Mod parent up.
I looked into Auto Assault a few months ago, and I got the impression from the website that it would be one-time purchase only, similar to Guild Wars. May not be correct, but that's what I seem to remember. Browsing the website, I can't see anything that specifies either way, so that probably means that Auto Assualt will have a monthly fee.
As far as in-game advertising goes, I wouldn't mind too terribly as long as the game quality was higher (or the price was lower) and the ads weren't too obtrusive. I'm not a role-player though, so that certainly influences my opinion. If the advertising engine is not integrated well into the world, i.e. ads exist on rocks or in the middle of forests, for instance, or if you have to wait to load up a new ad, then we would have a problem and I would cancel my subscription.
Incidentally, despite the corny-sounding premise of the game, Auto Assualt seems to be fairly innovative and unique. The biggest feature being touted right now is the "fully-destructible environment" but the potential for unique characters (or, more likely, unique cars) and the ability to "craft" new items (Second Life, anyone?) are more intriguing to me. I might have to check it out come April 12.
Incorrect, sorry. Check out 1up.com, the 10th game on their hottest games of the now list is for the GCN. Get deeper in the section and you'll find lots more preiews and release dates. Maybe not on the same scale as the PS2, but still not bad for an older system.
This comic is pretty hilarious, and really does a great job of highlighting the abilities of Garry's Mod, which has had more impact on the gaming/tech community than HL2 has. /.ers need to take note: G-mod is revolutionary.
This is a bad idea. Decentralization needs to occur here, to drive innovation in teleconferencing software and reduce software and hardware prices due to lower real estate costs.
Insurance is higher there, costs of doing business in general have been proven to be higher there, why, why, why are high-tech industries continuing to locate major operations in California? Highly educated workforce and weather only gets you so far in answering that question. Add in the presence of critical mass that already exists and the issue is less of an enigma, but still...
I'm no mechanical engineer (rather obviously) but wouldn't this be useful in reducing friction and alleviating part of the need for complex bearings and lube mechanisms?
Check out iGo, sold at Radioshack =( but manufactured by Mobility Electronics =) which is based in Phoenix (hence the smiley face...). May be helpful...
Easy on the eyes? This thing costs USD 150. What I wanna know is how will they distribute the browser and how much it will cost...
Great point. Nintendo, in my opinion, has been seeing much less fanboyism and "claptrap" than the rest of the next gen consoles. The Nintendo bigwigs do seem to be off in a world of thier own, but I do honestly think that the Revolution deserves at least some of the so-called hyperbole it's been given, especially since little or none of that has come from the average gamer, who is far more concerned with the pixel counts and the quality of the next sequel than innovation.
Yeah doesn't really make semse to me either. I understand (in the proposed policy) that the consumer pays for the connection again same as always, and then the ISP charges Google everytime the consumer hits Google's website. So what is the tiered system? What am I missing here?
Saweeet! tyvm
And don't give me any more of this "when it's done" crap. They have to have an internal release target, otherwise Valve will never finish it. Why can't they go public with the target and, if they hit a snag, just push it back a bit? I think Newell is a genius and loved HL2 but his policy of not announcing release dates is a bit annoying.
Also, in a episodic distribution system, I think a pre-announced release date is even more important, so I don't miss anything. Just my pair of pennies...
I'm not a troll. *whines* I'm expressing my opinion. I honestly don't care that the government can access my files without a warrant, because I truly don't have files that would incriminate me.
In fact I only care about the police going through my stuff without a warrant b/c it would be a waste of their time, and as a tax-payer, I would get annoyed that they're not doing their job properly. I really don't have any text files that I would consider "top-secret," by any means. I pay taxes using an accountant, have no medical files whatsoever on any PC that I own, and so on.
Mod me down (again) if you want, but I'm really starting to think that the EFF is over-reacting to GDS. If you're that paranoid, yes I said paranoid, don't use it.
Why should I avoid using software that makes my life easier just because of the threat of my privacy being "violated" by the government (or Google either for that matter)? I believe the EFF has good intentions but is all wet in this case.