The scan itself(which I translated in a post below) Says specifically that it's a "motion picture". It's possible that it's some machinema-type thing that will only play on PS2's, but I doubt that - why limit your market unnessecarily, when pre-rendered video is much better?
Yaaay, my Japanese skills are finally useful for something! A rough translation of the linked image (sorry about the bad grammar and the exclamation marks... the original isn't written very well, either:P) -
Pink text in upper-right: That Final Fantasy VII's story appears on completely new DVD!!
Yellow text near middle: See ultra-new footage that goes beyond the game!!
Pink tox with white text in lower right: (Something something) CG movie lets you enjoy the later story!! In a world 2 years after the previous work, main charachter Cloud once again journeys to battle!! If you watch this, you will understand all the mysteries of the tale... maybe?!
Extreme lower right: Sale date / 2004 scheduled sale Price / To be decided Maker / Square-Enix (Media?) / DVD Genre / Motion Picture
Upper-left: Cloud VS Sephiros again!?
Red text middle-left: Sephirohs finally resurrected...?!
That's all for now, don't have time to get into the small text, but I think I got all the important parts... Sorry if I misspelled any charachter names, I'm not familiar with the series...
Ooh, is that the hotel Intercontinental out there? I stayed there once, nice place... I really liked New Orleans, can you tell me a bit about the rent/weather/crime there? It seemed like a cool place to live, but wasn't sure about what a geek could find for work down there...
You know what, I'm going to stop looking at all these screenshots and reading the articles. One of the things that made Doom and Quake cool was when you ran into an enemy for the first time, you went, "What the -?" It looks like they're doing a lot of cool work on the monsters for this new release, so I will stop spoiling the suprises for myself. At least they're not giving away the boss designs...
Okay, I admit I have not played any of the games mentioned above. In fact, I don't even play that many games. However, it seems that they left out a *lot* of good bosses, many of them from far superior games than the ones mentioned. I mean, seriously, Earth Worm Jim? Serious Sam? I've heard those are pretty good games, and I realize this isn't a 'best games' list, but come on - what about the best bosses from the best games in history?
I recall in particular the end bosses in the shareware episode of Doom had me literally sceaming in front of the computer. Seeing those doors slide up, and revealing *two* imposing Barons of Hell standing there... It was one of the most frightening things I have ever experienced from a computer, beating even the goatse.cx guy. The fight that followed was one of the most intense I've ever had from an FPS.
And wasn't the end of X-Wing a re-creation of the trench run against the Death Star? How can you forget the Death Star?!
I guess I know where the dual-G5 systems are all going. Ah, well, it's all for a good cause. I hope.
Well, you could still get your hands on one - just call up Apple, and tell them you're building a 1,101-node cluster of those things. That should bump you to the front of the buyers queqe. After they're delivered, you can just return 1,100 of them.;-)
So basically, you're sending the other peer a file, and asking for a diff between it and the song file. Since you have the random file and the diff output, you would be able to piece together the original song file.
That's an interesting idea, but I don't think it'll hold water in court. Remember, MP3s are also machine-made derivatives of the original music tracks, and quite different data-wise from raw music - but courts have no problems holding that as copyright infringement. In the end, all that matters is what comes out of your speakers. A judge is going to look at whether you 'got' the music from someone illegally, regardless of how it's transmitted.
I can't help but think that, if we ever start building this thing, people are going to be like, "There are starving children that need food, and we're spending how much on a frickin' elevator to space?!?!" or "With that much money, we could buy 10 aircraft carriers!".
Seriously, to many people, a "space elevator" is going to sound like the "escalator to nowhere" from the Simpsons - a fairly frivolous-sounding projet, and not as inspiring as rockets. Okay, so it'll make space exploration cheaper - what benefits does it have for ordinary people?
Even worse was one time I volunteered at an underfunded Humane Society center - not technically "science", I know, but sorta related to your story.
The building itself was a decrepid old shed out by the municipal airport with a gravel driveway and rotting walls. My job was to clean out all the litter pans, then the food dishes. First, I would dump the contents of the litter into the garbage, then I would wash the litter pans with bleach in a huge sink, then wash the food bowls in the same sink. By the time I was done, the smell of bleach, dog/cat food and cat poop would be overwhelming, and I couldn't figure out how the other workers could eat their lunches there.
Still, it was rewarding helping out, as the people were nice and I could pet lots of cats:)
Well, I think *someone* is going to get their IP banned:)
But I gotta admit, that was pretty funny. My mom walked by as I clicked, and her reaction was hilarious. Even funnier than the look on that guy's face...
So that's why my neighborhood's been plauged with drive-by fecal flingings... It must be a turf war between the Chimps and Orangs. Damn bannana-pushers are taking over the whole dman block, I tell ya.
Nonono, didn't you watch the movie? After Neo used the key to gain access to the Architect, the hall of doors blew up, meaning that having the key would be worthless anyways. Oh wait, you meant the key to the X-box?
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Thus, for your example, Kennedy's assassination occurred in 2003. That's 50 years ago...
JESUS CHRIST We've finally done it! A slashdotter from an alternate dimention has managed to cross-post here! Oh wait...
If this is anything like the "Cone of Silence" from the old TV series "Get Smart", I'm sure lots of people will buy it for their bosses:) (The cone of silence was a pair of bubbles that came down over two people's heads so they could block outside sound while talking. It worked so well, the two people couldn't talk to each other, either)
Now all I need is a shoe phone from Nokia - the N-Shoe!
I realize that was a joke, but there are lots of economists from foreign countries these days. The econ dept. at Oregon State had a lot of eastern Europeans(Ukranians, Russians, etc.), apparently because those countries have good math education. Funny how people don't complain about light-skinned immigrants....
Yeah, we really could use a (-1, Terrorist) mod around here, what with the goatse links and trolls. It would not suprise me a bit if some of those 'Anonymous Cowards' were trolling for a promised reward of 40 petrified Natalie Portmans in paradise. Too bad they're not 'suicide flamers'.
Other possible mods: (-1, Thoughcrime) (+1, Patriot) (+2, Doubleplusgood Post) (+1, With Us) (-1, Against Us)
Well, most of his arguments seem to be about sci-fi in the english-speaking world. How's sci-fi doing in the rest of the world? Are there any fresh ideas brewing in other languages that haven't made it over here yet? I was glad to hear a while back that Tezuka Osamu's Hinotori (or "Phoenix") comics were going to be translated into english, as they're really trippy sci-fi. However, I doubt it's going to make much of an impact here, especially as it's in comic form.
Heh.. did anyone else get the ad banner for the "UK Final Cut Pro User's Group?" UKFCUG - how do you pronounce that? Uck-Fug? Ook-Kug? Worst Acronym Ever:P
Is anyone else getting really slow connections to Slashdot? This might be the first time a slashdotted site is faster than slashdot itself...
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The scan itself(which I translated in a post below) Says specifically that it's a "motion picture". It's possible that it's some machinema-type thing that will only play on PS2's, but I doubt that - why limit your market unnessecarily, when pre-rendered video is much better?
Yaaay, my Japanese skills are finally useful for something! A rough translation of the linked image (sorry about the bad grammar and the exclamation marks... the original isn't written very well, either :P) -
Pink text in upper-right: That Final Fantasy VII's story appears on completely new DVD!!
Yellow text near middle: See ultra-new footage that goes beyond the game!!
Pink tox with white text in lower right: (Something something) CG movie lets you enjoy the later story!! In a world 2 years after the previous work, main charachter Cloud once again journeys to battle!! If you watch this, you will understand all the mysteries of the tale... maybe?!
Extreme lower right: Sale date / 2004 scheduled sale
Price / To be decided
Maker / Square-Enix
(Media?) / DVD
Genre / Motion Picture
Upper-left: Cloud VS Sephiros again!?
Red text middle-left: Sephirohs finally resurrected...?!
That's all for now, don't have time to get into the small text, but I think I got all the important parts... Sorry if I misspelled any charachter names, I'm not familiar with the series...
Ooh, is that the hotel Intercontinental out there? I stayed there once, nice place... I really liked New Orleans, can you tell me a bit about the rent/weather/crime there? It seemed like a cool place to live, but wasn't sure about what a geek could find for work down there...
You know what, I'm going to stop looking at all these screenshots and reading the articles. One of the things that made Doom and Quake cool was when you ran into an enemy for the first time, you went, "What the -?" It looks like they're doing a lot of cool work on the monsters for this new release, so I will stop spoiling the suprises for myself. At least they're not giving away the boss designs...
Okay, I admit I have not played any of the games mentioned above. In fact, I don't even play that many games. However, it seems that they left out a *lot* of good bosses, many of them from far superior games than the ones mentioned. I mean, seriously, Earth Worm Jim? Serious Sam? I've heard those are pretty good games, and I realize this isn't a 'best games' list, but come on - what about the best bosses from the best games in history?
I recall in particular the end bosses in the shareware episode of Doom had me literally sceaming in front of the computer. Seeing those doors slide up, and revealing *two* imposing Barons of Hell standing there... It was one of the most frightening things I have ever experienced from a computer, beating even the goatse.cx guy. The fight that followed was one of the most intense I've ever had from an FPS.
And wasn't the end of X-Wing a re-creation of the trench run against the Death Star? How can you forget the Death Star?!
I guess I know where the dual-G5 systems are all going. Ah, well, it's all for a good cause. I hope.
;-)
Well, you could still get your hands on one - just call up Apple, and tell them you're building a 1,101-node cluster of those things. That should bump you to the front of the buyers queqe. After they're delivered, you can just return 1,100 of them.
So basically, you're sending the other peer a file, and asking for a diff between it and the song file. Since you have the random file and the diff output, you would be able to piece together the original song file.
That's an interesting idea, but I don't think it'll hold water in court. Remember, MP3s are also machine-made derivatives of the original music tracks, and quite different data-wise from raw music - but courts have no problems holding that as copyright infringement. In the end, all that matters is what comes out of your speakers. A judge is going to look at whether you 'got' the music from someone illegally, regardless of how it's transmitted.
people bought the game because of the _story_, right?
Story? Yeah, that's what I named my double-barreled shotgun, too... she was such a good girl : )
I can't help but think that, if we ever start building this thing, people are going to be like, "There are starving children that need food, and we're spending how much on a frickin' elevator to space?!?!" or "With that much money, we could buy 10 aircraft carriers!".
Seriously, to many people, a "space elevator" is going to sound like the "escalator to nowhere" from the Simpsons - a fairly frivolous-sounding projet, and not as inspiring as rockets. Okay, so it'll make space exploration cheaper - what benefits does it have for ordinary people?
Even worse was one time I volunteered at an underfunded Humane Society center - not technically "science", I know, but sorta related to your story.
:)
The building itself was a decrepid old shed out by the municipal airport with a gravel driveway and rotting walls. My job was to clean out all the litter pans, then the food dishes. First, I would dump the contents of the litter into the garbage, then I would wash the litter pans with bleach in a huge sink, then wash the food bowls in the same sink. By the time I was done, the smell of bleach, dog/cat food and cat poop would be overwhelming, and I couldn't figure out how the other workers could eat their lunches there.
Still, it was rewarding helping out, as the people were nice and I could pet lots of cats
Well, are you just going to hold us in suspense, man?!?! What does it mean?! ;)
Good luck getting any useful intelligence outta that stream!
MI6: Sir, we've recieved disturbing reports that indicate terrorists may be increasing their penis size...
Well, I think *someone* is going to get their IP banned :)
But I gotta admit, that was pretty funny. My mom walked by as I clicked, and her reaction was hilarious. Even funnier than the look on that guy's face...
So that's why my neighborhood's been plauged with drive-by fecal flingings... It must be a turf war between the Chimps and Orangs. Damn bannana-pushers are taking over the whole dman block, I tell ya.
Nonono, didn't you watch the movie? After Neo used the key to gain access to the Architect, the hall of doors blew up, meaning that having the key would be worthless anyways. Oh wait, you meant the key to the X-box?
Thus, for your example, Kennedy's assassination occurred in 2003. That's 50 years ago ...
JESUS CHRIST We've finally done it! A slashdotter from an alternate dimention has managed to cross-post here! Oh wait...
If this is anything like the "Cone of Silence" from the old TV series "Get Smart", I'm sure lots of people will buy it for their bosses :) (The cone of silence was a pair of bubbles that came down over two people's heads so they could block outside sound while talking. It worked so well, the two people couldn't talk to each other, either)
Now all I need is a shoe phone from Nokia - the N-Shoe!
I realize that was a joke, but there are lots of economists from foreign countries these days. The econ dept. at Oregon State had a lot of eastern Europeans(Ukranians, Russians, etc.), apparently because those countries have good math education. Funny how people don't complain about light-skinned immigrants....
Maybe Linus should make them read Potty training for Dummies.
Wow, so not only did he welcome our new atomic overlords, he was useful in rounding up others to toil in the underground sugar caves, too! Eeerie...
Yeah, we really could use a (-1, Terrorist) mod around here, what with the goatse links and trolls. It would not suprise me a bit if some of those 'Anonymous Cowards' were trolling for a promised reward of 40 petrified Natalie Portmans in paradise. Too bad they're not 'suicide flamers'.
Other possible mods: (-1, Thoughcrime) (+1, Patriot) (+2, Doubleplusgood Post) (+1, With Us) (-1, Against Us)
If they're so good, why isn't this first post?!
Sorry, didn't mean to rip on you there, it just sounded funny ;) My Japanese skills aren't too good, so I probobly shouldn't be criticizing....
Well, most of his arguments seem to be about sci-fi in the english-speaking world. How's sci-fi doing in the rest of the world? Are there any fresh ideas brewing in other languages that haven't made it over here yet? I was glad to hear a while back that Tezuka Osamu's Hinotori (or "Phoenix") comics were going to be translated into english, as they're really trippy sci-fi. However, I doubt it's going to make much of an impact here, especially as it's in comic form.
Heh.. did anyone else get the ad banner for the "UK Final Cut Pro User's Group?" UKFCUG - how do you pronounce that? Uck-Fug? Ook-Kug? Worst Acronym Ever :P
Is anyone else getting really slow connections to Slashdot? This might be the first time a slashdotted site is faster than slashdot itself...