In fact, I blogged about this a week ago on Downloadsquad. I was also informed (loudly) that MS's start predates Google's homepage.
And this was the 3rd time it was up on Digg, so to answer many of the same comments on here, I'm going to copy my comments below:
Some facts:
1. yes, MS has owned the domain since 1996, but only launched start 1 in the past year (look it up on their beta page, link at the bottom of the start).
2. the MS start page predates Google's
3. it says it's owned by MS at the bottom and is an incubation/testing area for technologies... RTFA please
4. MS might not like Apple, but you can chalk the incompatibilities up to Safari's crappy handling of the X in Ajax... many other ajax sites don't work properly in Safari (props to Google on going the very long extra mile and getting gmail to work tho)
5. looks like this will always be a preview (and didja notice/. in the feeds? kinda funny)
I had a frontal lobotomy so I could work in an all-Windows company. Luckily my long sleeves cover up any traces.
To you youngsters, I would suggest listening to some mid-90's Jello Biafra. He discusses dressing like a punk for his first showing on Oprah (just shut up and keep reading). That first time, nobody listened to him, and he was rarely asked for an opinion.
The next time he wore a suit (the "clown suit" as he called it). As expected, even Hillary Clinton listened to him.
The point is: sometimes you have to wear the clown suit.
That said, I personally have no issues with ink, etc. Typically there are so many other valid reasons to mistrust someone's judgment.
Same old song and dance, only this time with a server (ooh, ahh) involved.
As an entrepreneur I have nothing but respect for Mr. Bushnell. As a parent, I thank him! And I still play Pong on my Gameboy Color.
Being a hack myself, I can't respond to that.
However, I see nothing really revolutionary here. Not enough details to say for sure, but I've scoured uWink's site.
Looks like the same old crap you find everywhere... Someone at Nintendo must be feeling a great disturbance in the force right now.
Look, Nolan, you REALLY want to start a revolution?
1. Rentable robot fighting machines in a live closed-circuit TV arena 2. Webcammed remote control cars (or boats, whatever) with IR-fighting capabilities, again, you can watch the show from the bar or your table 3. Scenario-based LaserQuest style gaming, complete with an edited DVD souvenir video sent to you...
This is just a taste of what I've been playing around with for about 5 years.
Makes sense to me. And as an Apple fan that's a lot to say... Doesn't it make sense to have "vanguard" users set the pace? Everything should be user-centric. Of course, that doesn't mean there should be anarchy. The empirical evidence laid out in the book bolsters this opinion, and makes a grand case for the limited viability of focus groups and closed-system processes like those at Apple and Microsoft.
This is great, because we all know these thing to be true:
Beyond the rim of the starlight,
my love is wandring in star flight.
I know he'llfind
In star clustered reaches
Love, strange love
A starwoman teaches.
I know his journey ends never.
His Star Trek will go on forever.
But tell him while
He wanders his starry sea,
Remember,
Remember me.
Due to technology concerns (stated by others) I would suggest you take the time factor out of the equation. Then you can do round-robin questioning... Using a point system, you can tally scores in a fair manner. It's all about the game's design, and working around the limitations.
Once you've done that, just use iChat, MSN Messenger, or something similar.
Seems like a great use for all those trees. Wait, aren't houses made of trees? And I thought I was cool with an iPod case made from a milk jug. I think I just got schooled.
OK, am I the only one who is seeing a legal problem here? If Coca-Cola said some study proves their cola is good for teeth, but the study shows it is harmful to teeth, don't you think the gov't, media, and a flock of 3rd party lawyers would descend upon Atlanta post-haste?
So what'll happen with this? Nothing. Your boss will still think MS is the bestest ever, the average dingaling will keep using Win98 SP1, and no major media outlet will make the tiniest peep.
Fight the power!
Especially when some of us are paying a cool hundred a year for it... Oh wait, I forgot tax! Anyway, email is down for many, and not the first time this year... I've organized a group to complain about it here:
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/dotmacstinks/
Of course, good luck finding it... Engadget had a link, and then the link vanished. Tsk, tsk.
I can see Apple's side, wanting to "play ball" with the record co's, etc. But when they make a backup program that actually BACKS UP my data properly (lost 100+ songs on the last backup) I'll stop using the plugin. I had to rely on my iPod to actually get those songs back.
Marketing gimmick not paradigm shift? Perhaps. A marketing gimmick to those who care. But the "unwashed masses" don't really care HOW movies are made any more than any of us might care how sausage (even organic soy sausage) is made. However, if you doubt the veracity of my claim, please post again in 10 years when more than 1/3 of films are made this way.
I'd been reading about this for a while, then last night (Sat, Sept. 18) I did a simple book search on Amazon. It brought up the A9 interface you've all seen by now.
Well, whoop-di-do! If I wasn't "in the know" I probably would have taken my business elsewhere. Strikingly different interface, startlingly different results, and a whole bunch of useless patooey around what I was really looking for.
Amazon, keep your hot side hot and your cool side cool. Don't spit foo at your customers!
Yeah, I like it, but I think the average consumer will be nonplussed-- for now...
The point is that this film uses more blue screen tech than EVER before. Star Wars, Tron, etc. all had numerous practical pieces. This had the least... That's the point. A marriage of live actors with VR sets (so to speak). There's a whole new paradigm here, it's an aesthetic. No, not entirely new, but pioneering nonetheless.
The 1st agreement was before the Mac. That was silly enough, though, in a way, groundbreaking.
The 1991 agreement was when Sculley ruled Apple. Despite the Newton (oooh, a handheld computer what an idea-- no sci-fi writer's ever dreamed of THAT now have they?), Sculley, I'm convinced, never "got" technology. And now that ignorance is going to pay big time for the poor, impoverished nations known as the Beatles and their Estates.
However, contract law is quite clear, especially in the UK. If they broke a contract, no matter how stupid, they must pay. I'm a big fan of Apple (the computer company, not the record company-- boy, that IS confusing, isn't it?), but they can be a tad heavy-handed with the litigation sometimes...
My question is, what's the last largest settlement outside a class action lawsuit? Any predictions as to a dollar amount? What's Vegas betting? Obviously Wall St. doesn't see this as a problem. And with around $4B in the bank, I don't know that any of this will matter to Apple in the long or short term.
What IS scary: the potential chilling effect. I know, it isn't a trademark dispute. However, Apple Corps. was obviously able to strong arm the little Cupertino Computer Co. into signing an asinine agreement long ago... What does this mean for companies wanting to name themselves anything similar to something already out there? I guess ask Linspire, huh?
There should be room inside the machines for a hanging air freshener, as you would find in any car (like mine). Try that. Since the fans in most machines are plastic, and they would tend to absorb more odors than metal, you might want to swap those out as well. As a last resort, gut the computers, and swap out the guts with those of the corp. executives (or their immediate peons) computers. The metal cases (oh wait, are these Dells with cheap plastic cases?) shouldn't hold the smell too much... Fascinating question. I'm going to go fry up some fatback now, thanks.
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Increasing salaries at a time when jobs are going overseas. How dare they!
Hiring top talent-- jerks!
Being a "go-getter" in a capitalist system? Priceless.
Yeah, the models of Silicon Valley should be the SGI's, Real's, and Palm's of the world. I won't even mention MS because everyone else will...
Thank goodness for the 1st amendment that lets idiots say whatever damn fool thing pops in their head. Commies!
Hi, Scip Mylo here, reporting from the (insert Chinese calendar year here) large sporting event attended by the peoples of the world.
Done. What's the problem? Excuse me while I get back to not double-clicking on illegal plugin technologies on my VAX system...
In fact, I blogged about this a week ago on Downloadsquad. I was also informed (loudly) that MS's start predates Google's homepage.
/. in the feeds? kinda funny)
And this was the 3rd time it was up on Digg, so to answer many of the same comments on here, I'm going to copy my comments below:
Some facts:
1. yes, MS has owned the domain since 1996, but only launched start 1 in the past year (look it up on their beta page, link at the bottom of the start).
2. the MS start page predates Google's
3. it says it's owned by MS at the bottom and is an incubation/testing area for technologies... RTFA please
4. MS might not like Apple, but you can chalk the incompatibilities up to Safari's crappy handling of the X in Ajax... many other ajax sites don't work properly in Safari (props to Google on going the very long extra mile and getting gmail to work tho)
5. looks like this will always be a preview (and didja notice
I had a frontal lobotomy so I could work in an all-Windows company. Luckily my long sleeves cover up any traces.
To you youngsters, I would suggest listening to some mid-90's Jello Biafra. He discusses dressing like a punk for his first showing on Oprah (just shut up and keep reading). That first time, nobody listened to him, and he was rarely asked for an opinion.
The next time he wore a suit (the "clown suit" as he called it). As expected, even Hillary Clinton listened to him.
The point is: sometimes you have to wear the clown suit.
That said, I personally have no issues with ink, etc. Typically there are so many other valid reasons to mistrust someone's judgment.
Same old song and dance, only this time with a server (ooh, ahh) involved.
As an entrepreneur I have nothing but respect for Mr. Bushnell. As a parent, I thank him! And I still play Pong on my Gameboy Color.
Being a hack myself, I can't respond to that.
However, I see nothing really revolutionary here. Not enough details to say for sure, but I've scoured uWink's site.
Looks like the same old crap you find everywhere... Someone at Nintendo must be feeling a great disturbance in the force right now.
Look, Nolan, you REALLY want to start a revolution?
1. Rentable robot fighting machines in a live closed-circuit TV arena
2. Webcammed remote control cars (or boats, whatever) with IR-fighting capabilities, again, you can watch the show from the bar or your table
3. Scenario-based LaserQuest style gaming, complete with an edited DVD souvenir video sent to you...
This is just a taste of what I've been playing around with for about 5 years.
Why not?
Makes sense to me. And as an Apple fan that's a lot to say... Doesn't it make sense to have "vanguard" users set the pace? Everything should be user-centric. Of course, that doesn't mean there should be anarchy. The empirical evidence laid out in the book bolsters this opinion, and makes a grand case for the limited viability of focus groups and closed-system processes like those at Apple and Microsoft.
Yeah, I used to play Illuminati too. Here's my new thang:
http://www.sjgames.com/ninjaburger/
Ninja burger is good geeky fun for us all. Play it or die with dishonor!
This is great, because we all know these thing to be true: Beyond the rim of the starlight, my love is wandring in star flight. I know he'llfind In star clustered reaches Love, strange love A starwoman teaches. I know his journey ends never. His Star Trek will go on forever. But tell him while He wanders his starry sea, Remember, Remember me.
Looks like it'll either be working for the Dept. of Homeland Security or getting arrested for pointing lasers at sugar gliders!
Once you've done that, just use iChat, MSN Messenger, or something similar.
Just like my little iPod case made from a milk jug. Yes, it really works!
Seems like a great use for all those trees. Wait, aren't houses made of trees?
And I thought I was cool with an iPod case made from a milk jug. I think I just got schooled.
OK, am I the only one who is seeing a legal problem here? If Coca-Cola said some study proves their cola is good for teeth, but the study shows it is harmful to teeth, don't you think the gov't, media, and a flock of 3rd party lawyers would descend upon Atlanta post-haste?
So what'll happen with this? Nothing. Your boss will still think MS is the bestest ever, the average dingaling will keep using Win98 SP1, and no major media outlet will make the tiniest peep.
Fight the power!
Can't wait to cram it into my iBook ;-)
This couldn't be part of MS "enforcing" it's IP on basic protocols involving the internet huh? Nah... Embrace, extend, smother and kill.
Apple can't seem to get their email servers for .Mac to work reliably...
So happy I'm paying for dot.poop
Especially when some of us are paying a cool hundred a year for it... Oh wait, I forgot tax! Anyway, email is down for many, and not the first time this year... I've organized a group to complain about it here: http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/dotmacstinks /
Of course, good luck finding it... Engadget had a link, and then the link vanished. Tsk, tsk.
I can see Apple's side, wanting to "play ball" with the record co's, etc. But when they make a backup program that actually BACKS UP my data properly (lost 100+ songs on the last backup) I'll stop using the plugin. I had to rely on my iPod to actually get those songs back.
It's only a matter of time before we can actually see Curry's bong on our photo iPods...
Marketing gimmick not paradigm shift? Perhaps. A marketing gimmick to those who care. But the "unwashed masses" don't really care HOW movies are made any more than any of us might care how sausage (even organic soy sausage) is made. However, if you doubt the veracity of my claim, please post again in 10 years when more than 1/3 of films are made this way.
I'd been reading about this for a while, then last night (Sat, Sept. 18) I did a simple book search on Amazon. It brought up the A9 interface you've all seen by now.
Well, whoop-di-do! If I wasn't "in the know" I probably would have taken my business elsewhere. Strikingly different interface, startlingly different results, and a whole bunch of useless patooey around what I was really looking for.
Amazon, keep your hot side hot and your cool side cool. Don't spit foo at your customers!
Yeah, I like it, but I think the average consumer will be nonplussed-- for now...
Armchair CEO over and out!
The point is that this film uses more blue screen tech than EVER before. Star Wars, Tron, etc. all had numerous practical pieces. This had the least... That's the point. A marriage of live actors with VR sets (so to speak). There's a whole new paradigm here, it's an aesthetic. No, not entirely new, but pioneering nonetheless.
The 1st agreement was before the Mac. That was silly enough, though, in a way, groundbreaking.
The 1991 agreement was when Sculley ruled Apple. Despite the Newton (oooh, a handheld computer what an idea-- no sci-fi writer's ever dreamed of THAT now have they?), Sculley, I'm convinced, never "got" technology. And now that ignorance is going to pay big time for the poor, impoverished nations known as the Beatles and their Estates.
However, contract law is quite clear, especially in the UK. If they broke a contract, no matter how stupid, they must pay. I'm a big fan of Apple (the computer company, not the record company-- boy, that IS confusing, isn't it?), but they can be a tad heavy-handed with the litigation sometimes...
My question is, what's the last largest settlement outside a class action lawsuit? Any predictions as to a dollar amount? What's Vegas betting? Obviously Wall St. doesn't see this as a problem. And with around $4B in the bank, I don't know that any of this will matter to Apple in the long or short term.
What IS scary: the potential chilling effect. I know, it isn't a trademark dispute. However, Apple Corps. was obviously able to strong arm the little Cupertino Computer Co. into signing an asinine agreement long ago... What does this mean for companies wanting to name themselves anything similar to something already out there? I guess ask Linspire, huh?
So much for my soda idea: Poopsie.
There should be room inside the machines for a hanging air freshener, as you would find in any car (like mine). Try that. Since the fans in most machines are plastic, and they would tend to absorb more odors than metal, you might want to swap those out as well. As a last resort, gut the computers, and swap out the guts with those of the corp. executives (or their immediate peons) computers. The metal cases (oh wait, are these Dells with cheap plastic cases?) shouldn't hold the smell too much... Fascinating question. I'm going to go fry up some fatback now, thanks.
Right on brother! My Timex Sinclair is all I need... Do they make a BT membrane keyboard?