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Are Videogames Art?
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One could argue that video-games use the art of storytelling, drawing, music, etc to create the game. So it is a combination of existing arts which are used in new ways.
Then again, there has never been a truly interactive art-form, which I believe could be the new aspect video-games bring to art.
I can't wait till the time where the process of making videogames has abstracted so much that creative, but non-technical people can make them too.
It's not at all about browsing the web on your tv. It's about online games. Don't be surprised that Sony has everyques, and is co-developing star wars galaxies with lucasarts. Microsoft has asheron's call, and i'm sure they've got something lined up for the xbox
And if people don't know what ethernet is, they still know they want to play games online. And if they've already got cable internet, then what's stopping them?
From what I've heard a lot of console gamers actually like the Xbox features. It is the only console which has ethernet built in. The Ps2 has ethernet as an extention, but it's unlikely that every ps2 owner will buy one.
The graphics and sound are very good, and the hard-drive really helps a lot acording to most developers.
I personally won't buy one, because I'd rather get a gamecube which i can easily carry around. But the Xbox's features won't decide whether or not it fails. Having quality games will.
Although I disagree with gates totally, I have to say that if Compaq couldn't have used DOS for their clone pc (which would have been the case had M$ sold DOS, not licensed it, to IBM) then there wouldn't have been much point.
It is certainly true that M$ basically took IBMs influence away by controlling the Operating System. But the statemenst he makes are rediculous. Linux is designed from the ground up to run on many platforms, not just the pc. BSD is similar. QT is multi-platform. The list goes on.
innovation? (Score:-1, Flamebait)
by billie_gates on Thursday November 08, @20:28 (#123456)
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Really, the reason you see open source there at all is because we came in and said there should be a platform that's identical with millions and millions of machines
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I think he wan't talking about watermarking to be used for copyright protection, but simply for acknowledging the artist. So the watermark would simply contain the artist's name or something.
But then I feel that encrypted tags (like id3 tags for mp3) suit this purpose better.
Take a look at the Philips Expanium. Looks pretty cool and should be pretty cheap. I don't really need 5gb of mp3s with me all the time. A couple of minicds should be more than plenty for me.
In fact, as I mentioned in another article recently, if you know of anyone that has experience with usability engineering, maybe it's a good idea to introduce them to these projects. Making linux user-friendly is going to take a lot of work, and unfortunately there are just not enough people to do it.
I heartily agree. I think it would be a good idea for Open-source projects to actively start lobbying the many usability/hci students out there. If you know anyone studying Human/Computer Interaction, introduce them to the Open-source effort, and point out that their contribution is very much needed.
However, it is very important that programmers do listen to the feedback from usability engineers and use that feedback to make programs better.
Yes you're right. Check this article by Steve Gibson about it.
I think the situation hasn't been altered for WinXP build 2600 (release build).
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Mozilla 0.9.5
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No, but XP will be theme-able. I think Mozilla has made a mistake by making the application themeable. Doing so removes consistancy with other applications. Then again, since it is aimed mainly at geeks, there should be little problems. However, ordinary users might say "hey, why doesn't this look like all my other programs do".
Kazaa? Maybe they'll be down soon too. What about Audiogalaxy, Morpheus or all the other repackaged not-quite-peer-to-peer services?
Well I don't know about Audiogalaxy, but Morpheus and Kazaa are based upon a true P2P network, developed by Fasttrack.nu, a Dutch/Swedish company (i think). The only thing that Morpheus contacts Musiccity.com for is the web page embedded in the application, and chat rooms.
If musiccity.com or kazaa.com go down, the applications should still keep working.
There are projects going on that mean to make interfaces possible using the things you mention. For example there is the mit intelligent room (The project is described well here)
There are no gloves needed or anything, because a camera can keep track of the movement of your hand. I guess goggles would be pretty essential to get a truly immersive environment. But then there is also some work being done to make that less of a hassle.
Is this evidence available for the public to inspect? I for one haven't seen any evidence implicating bin Ladin. I'm not saying he's innocent, just that it's very odd that I have not seen any evidence implicating him.
So might it not be an idea to fork linux into two versions, one for mainframe stuff. What about linux embedded, how does that differ from workstation/server linux ?
Plus there are tons of geeks out there who do not know how to hack linux. I think Linux has a lot of usability design to be done, not to make it better for AOL users, but to make it better for all the other geeks in the world who are simply not interested in hacking, but are interested in the power unix offers.
I think what's more worrying though is the fact that there's not much being done on advanced user-interfaces. Microsoft has put a lot of money into AI applications such as speech-recognition, writing, etc. Linux is just starting to become user-friendly on the desktop!
Even though it is an old article, I wonder how much research is happening in the Open Source community regarding the future of operating systems. Do we have anything lined up after Linux? Or are we simply going to reverse engineer Plan9 ????
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One could argue that video-games use the art of storytelling, drawing, music, etc to create the game. So it is a combination of existing arts which are used in new ways.
Then again, there has never been a truly interactive art-form, which I believe could be the new aspect video-games bring to art.
I can't wait till the time where the process of making videogames has abstracted so much that creative, but non-technical people can make them too.
It's not at all about browsing the web on your tv. It's about online games. Don't be surprised that Sony has everyques, and is co-developing star wars galaxies with lucasarts. Microsoft has asheron's call, and i'm sure they've got something lined up for the xbox
And if people don't know what ethernet is, they still know they want to play games online. And if they've already got cable internet, then what's stopping them?
From what I've heard a lot of console gamers actually like the Xbox features. It is the only console which has ethernet built in. The Ps2 has ethernet as an extention, but it's unlikely that every ps2 owner will buy one.
The graphics and sound are very good, and the hard-drive really helps a lot acording to most developers.
I personally won't buy one, because I'd rather get a gamecube which i can easily carry around. But the Xbox's features won't decide whether or not it fails. Having quality games will.
Although I disagree with gates totally, I have to say that if Compaq couldn't have used DOS for their clone pc (which would have been the case had M$ sold DOS, not licensed it, to IBM) then there wouldn't have been much point.
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It is certainly true that M$ basically took IBMs influence away by controlling the Operating System. But the statemenst he makes are rediculous. Linux is designed from the ground up to run on many platforms, not just the pc. BSD is similar. QT is multi-platform. The list goes on.
innovation? (Score:-1, Flamebait)
by billie_gates on Thursday November 08, @20:28 (#123456)
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Really, the reason you see open source there at all is because we came in and said there should be a platform that's identical with millions and millions of machines
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I think he wan't talking about watermarking to be used for copyright protection, but simply for acknowledging the artist. So the watermark would simply contain the artist's name or something.
But then I feel that encrypted tags (like id3 tags for mp3) suit this purpose better.
Actually, mini cds can hold 185mb each
Take a look at the Philips Expanium. Looks pretty cool and should be pretty cheap. I don't really need 5gb of mp3s with me all the time. A couple of minicds should be more than plenty for me.
BeOS developers could definitely help out with these two projects:
KDE usability
Gnome usability.
In fact, as I mentioned in another article recently, if you know of anyone that has experience with usability engineering, maybe it's a good idea to introduce them to these projects. Making linux user-friendly is going to take a lot of work, and unfortunately there are just not enough people to do it.
Ok try that again here
Here is the Etext from Project Gutenberg:
w iz oz10.txt
ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/etext/gutenberg/etext93/
Goto promo.net/pg to select a ftp closer to you.
I heartily agree. I think it would be a good idea for Open-source projects to actively start lobbying the many usability/hci students out there. If you know anyone studying Human/Computer Interaction, introduce them to the Open-source effort, and point out that their contribution is very much needed.
However, it is very important that programmers do listen to the feedback from usability engineers and use that feedback to make programs better.
Currently it seems like only programmers are willing to donate their time to the open source software effort
This not true. Saying so takes away from the hard work being done by many volunteers to make Linux more user-friendly.
KDE Usability,
GNOME Usability.
Remember that the IA-64 is being developed jointly by Intel and HP, so maybe they will share the information.
Or maybe something which has the same format as the minidisc, but with the capacity of several DVDs.
Yes you're right. Check this article by Steve Gibson about it.
I think the situation hasn't been altered for WinXP build 2600 (release build).
No, but XP will be theme-able. I think Mozilla has made a mistake by making the application themeable. Doing so removes consistancy with other applications. Then again, since it is aimed mainly at geeks, there should be little problems. However, ordinary users might say "hey, why doesn't this look like all my other programs do".
RSI Anyone?
Kazaa? Maybe they'll be down soon too. What about Audiogalaxy, Morpheus or all the other repackaged not-quite-peer-to-peer services?
Well I don't know about Audiogalaxy, but Morpheus and Kazaa are based upon a true P2P network, developed by Fasttrack.nu, a Dutch/Swedish company (i think). The only thing that Morpheus contacts Musiccity.com for is the web page embedded in the application, and chat rooms.
If musiccity.com or kazaa.com go down, the applications should still keep working.
There are projects going on that mean to make interfaces possible using the things you mention. For example there is the mit intelligent room (The project is described well here)
There are no gloves needed or anything, because a camera can keep track of the movement of your hand. I guess goggles would be pretty essential to get a truly immersive environment. But then there is also some work being done to make that less of a hassle.
Specifically I am asking because of a story I read which implied that such evidence does not exist.
Is this evidence available for the public to inspect? I for one haven't seen any evidence implicating bin Ladin. I'm not saying he's innocent, just that it's very odd that I have not seen any evidence implicating him.
So might it not be an idea to fork linux into two versions, one for mainframe stuff. What about linux embedded, how does that differ from workstation/server linux ?
Plus there are tons of geeks out there who do not know how to hack linux. I think Linux has a lot of usability design to be done, not to make it better for AOL users, but to make it better for all the other geeks in the world who are simply not interested in hacking, but are interested in the power unix offers.
Dude....it's Rugby, not Football
Yeah it seems you're right.
I think what's more worrying though is the fact that there's not much being done on advanced user-interfaces. Microsoft has put a lot of money into AI applications such as speech-recognition, writing, etc. Linux is just starting to become user-friendly on the desktop!
Even though it is an old article, I wonder how much research is happening in the Open Source community regarding the future of operating systems. Do we have anything lined up after Linux? Or are we simply going to reverse engineer Plan9 ????