Welcome to the fictional Bullworth Academy where you play a troubled schoolboy named Jimmy in reform school who tries to stand up to bullies, gets picked on by teachers, plays pranks on annoying kids from all over campus, and even tries to pursue a love interest.
Sounds really bad for kids... almost like REAL school. Which isn't dangerous at all, that's why they have metal detectors.
an added accessory is the "delicious bird" filter. Bad tasting birds, such as pigeons, would not be able to get chopped up by the blades, but delicious birds, like eagles, would. Mmmm... eagle burger... it comes preshredded too!
Orson Scott Card, if you put his views aside, is quite a good write. I thoroughly enjoyed the entire Bean Series (anything with Shadow in the title). The Alvin series (seventh son) is a tribute to John White, and really kindof scary. It put me off Card for awhile. My one friend who actually read died, so I am left to discover books on my own. I have not discovered anything new and interesting of late, and have spent my time rereading classics. (Zen and the art of motorcycle maintanence, Catch 22, Catcher in the Rye, not really classics but good nonetheless)
Some 20 years later, when our paths finally crossed, I asked Burroughs whether he was writing on a computer yet. "What would I want a computer for?" he asked, with evident distaste. "I have a typewriter."
But I already knew that word processing was another of God's little toys, and that the scissors and paste pot were always there for me, on the desktop of my Apple IIc. Burroughs' methods, which had also worked for Picasso, Duchamp, and Godard, were built into the technology through which I now composed my own narratives. Everything I wrote, I believed instinctively, was to some extent collage. Meaning, ultimately, seemed a matter of adjacent data.
Is what I got my info from. I wouldn't be surprised that he uses a typewriter though. Have you read his newest book? Pattern Recognition? Any thoughts on it?
I hate to nit pick (not really...) but Burroughs was the one not using a computer. Gibson EMBRACED the Mac. He saw it as the perfect place for blending everything together. It was the ultimate tool for cutting and pasting according to him. Gibson is well known for writing "future" novels. He embraces the current age and looks to see where it is headed. Quite an interesting fellow.
It seems to me that they would just have to set up an average price for every item in the game... and then monitor when things get sold for way over value. Granted, people could slowly bring up the price of an item, but this could be countered by setting up auctions by Blizzard or known non-farmers of every item in the game and getting an approximate price. It wouldn't be too absurdly hard to stop. It would also be useful to ban the people who bought the gold, as it will make the purchasing of in game items outside of the game a risky proposition. Solutions aren't too hard if you are ACTUALLY looking for them. Maybe Blizzard wants people selling items out of game, but maintains a "no tolerance" policy for legal and marketing purposes...
/.ers getting dry british wit? That's like expecting them to actually read the article instead of just posting on the blurb. It's not about understanding and making valid comments on the article and the issue, it's about posting something as quickly as possible.
Hey, Nostradomus... if you look at Apples stock, it's pretty much already coming down. It's at 38 down from 45... And the plunge started when their earnings were GOOD but not GREAT... the stock market is a fickle, fickle mistress...
Sorry, I was just stating that the vast majority of computers come with no other option than XP... but, i assume if someone is going to put linux on their box, they would not go through someone who only sold computers with XP. Some people might buy a linux box, and then pirate windows and install it, but no one is going to buy an XP box to pirate linux on... (although, an Xbox is a different story)
I just bought a new computer (building my own wouldn't save that much money) and the major retailers (Dell... etc.) seemed to only provide computers with XP pre-installed. I went with a lesser known company, and it offered XP or a blank HD... which was nice. Also Micro Center also has a Red Hat computer for sale. Seems like they really are all about choice.
Somewhat interesting to read about the design concepts... but still, just one big advertisement... the guy who designed it writing about the "problems" (not real problems, fake, hey our game is great problems)... oh well. *shrug*
If this did happen, and the kept MAC OS locked up, AMD wouldn't be able to keep up with demand (short term) and people who wanted new computers would have to buy the ones with a MAC OS (as supply decreases, price increase, making AMD based Microsoft computers more expensive)... people would start using the MAC OS in droves... Really, it's quite a crack pot theory, but if it worked just right it could force people to switch to a new OS (or just wait for AMD to increase output...)
either way, we win. Microsoft loses market share or AMD products become cheaper... (short term, at least.)
I don't think consoles will merge into computer games, i think computers will merge into consoles. Each new generation of game console brings us greater compatibility, PS1 played CDs, PS2 and XBox plays DVDs, the 360 lookes like it is poised to be a complete media system (with possible DVR?)...
As the console becomes more of a part of the home entertainment system and more connected to the internet, why would anyone play computer games? Why play on your screen in your office when you can dedicate your living room to entertainment? Even though you can have "bleeding edge" graphics on a computer, not everyone has the hardware to support it. It is easier for game developers to make games for consoles and profit immediatley, as well as know there limitations (which often aren't reached until the third year of the consoles life span)...
consoles don't need to be upgraded, because it takes awhile for a developer to take complete advantage of the technology in the system.
Also, game developers know EXACTLY the number of their audience by tracking console sales... computer owners may or may not want to play game on their computers, but everyone who buys a PS3 or Xbox 360 is planning on buying at least 1 game for it.
This will eventually create a corporate utopia
A corporate utopia? No, no it won't. In an age where ANYONE can have a voice (look at blogs), and any small idea can be accessed by millions, it is hard to create an enviroment where the consumer has little control. Sony, it seems to me, is actually trying to create something that will be able to integrate future technology and *gasp* make a profit off of the switch from our current TV structure to one based around the internet. It's OK for corporations to make money, they can do it and not be evil. Sometimes they do things we do not like to keep themselves in business, but that is survival. We will always have to deal with corporations, but as long as there is competition and free speech, I think consumers will be OK. Yes, soon we might have to pay for acces to "every little thing" but think of it in terms of a restuarant. Currently we face a buffet style type of entertainment, we pay for access to all the items, regardless of how hungry we are. In a "pay per item" type ideal it would be more like a restaurant where you can choose what you want to consume, and only pay for that. It actually, shockingly, may HELP consumers. Companies only exist because people use their services, if they alienate the customers and screw them over, something better will come along.
I am actually quite impressed with this idea... it sounds like a fun way of enjoying a movie and experiencing it in a different way. The Alamo Draft House is a great place to watch movies now, as they have cheap tickets and serve food and beer as well as playing old trailers that the actors in the current movie were in (Bill and Ted's excellent adventure and Point Break before Matrix, as an example)... the real question is where do i have to camp out to get tickets?
Actually, it is quite explored. I believe the movie is known as Hackers... the final scene when the "Hackers of the World Unite" and hack the Gibson... Such Drama, such Acting...
Hack the Planet!
You are correct, about the game mechanics not eliminating forbidden action. I had a lapse. Buddhism is a path. Thus no game could be "buddhist", it could only follow buddhist philosophy... but even that would be in a vague, general sense.
Buddhism isn't about relaxation... nor do any final fantasy games really deal with it (i haven't played ALL the FF games, but I have a general idea)... seeing as how Buddhism is pretty much against any violence other than self defense, Pre-emptive strikes would be disallowed... Look up the tenants of Buddhism (just the four noble truths and the eightfold path)... Those can be emulated in a video game, but it wouldn't be very interesting, seeing as how you have to transcend desire to reach enlightenment... Thus your desire to advance in the game would be self defeating... Oh well!
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RTFR... he is twenty hours in, and not done with the game... Really we should be commenting on a review done before the game was finished...
He is an extremley conservative senator, and so Dan Savage of Savage Love decided to name something horrible after him and try to overtake Santorum's official site as the number one site on Google. He succeeded... Hilarity Ensued. Check it out!
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Paul Graham on PR
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In a article about how PR firms write stories to get attention for their clients, there is a link to the PR firm the guy worked with and a statement that they are the best... hmmm... Maybe we should learn a lesson from the article?
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Welcome to the fictional Bullworth Academy where you play a troubled schoolboy named Jimmy in reform school who tries to stand up to bullies, gets picked on by teachers, plays pranks on annoying kids from all over campus, and even tries to pursue a love interest.
Sounds really bad for kids... almost like REAL school. Which isn't dangerous at all, that's why they have metal detectors.
an added accessory is the "delicious bird" filter. Bad tasting birds, such as pigeons, would not be able to get chopped up by the blades, but delicious birds, like eagles, would. Mmmm... eagle burger... it comes preshredded too!
Orson Scott Card, if you put his views aside, is quite a good write. I thoroughly enjoyed the entire Bean Series (anything with Shadow in the title). The Alvin series (seventh son) is a tribute to John White, and really kindof scary. It put me off Card for awhile. My one friend who actually read died, so I am left to discover books on my own. I have not discovered anything new and interesting of late, and have spent my time rereading classics. (Zen and the art of motorcycle maintanence, Catch 22, Catcher in the Rye, not really classics but good nonetheless)
That punishes whoever is watching much, much more than it punishes you... i promise.
Some 20 years later, when our paths finally crossed, I asked Burroughs whether he was writing on a computer yet. "What would I want a computer for?" he asked, with evident distaste. "I have a typewriter." But I already knew that word processing was another of God's little toys, and that the scissors and paste pot were always there for me, on the desktop of my Apple IIc. Burroughs' methods, which had also worked for Picasso, Duchamp, and Godard, were built into the technology through which I now composed my own narratives. Everything I wrote, I believed instinctively, was to some extent collage. Meaning, ultimately, seemed a matter of adjacent data. Is what I got my info from. I wouldn't be surprised that he uses a typewriter though. Have you read his newest book? Pattern Recognition? Any thoughts on it?
I hate to nit pick (not really...) but Burroughs was the one not using a computer. Gibson EMBRACED the Mac. He saw it as the perfect place for blending everything together. It was the ultimate tool for cutting and pasting according to him. Gibson is well known for writing "future" novels. He embraces the current age and looks to see where it is headed. Quite an interesting fellow.
It seems to me that they would just have to set up an average price for every item in the game... and then monitor when things get sold for way over value. Granted, people could slowly bring up the price of an item, but this could be countered by setting up auctions by Blizzard or known non-farmers of every item in the game and getting an approximate price. It wouldn't be too absurdly hard to stop. It would also be useful to ban the people who bought the gold, as it will make the purchasing of in game items outside of the game a risky proposition. Solutions aren't too hard if you are ACTUALLY looking for them. Maybe Blizzard wants people selling items out of game, but maintains a "no tolerance" policy for legal and marketing purposes...
/.ers getting dry british wit? That's like expecting them to actually read the article instead of just posting on the blurb. It's not about understanding and making valid comments on the article and the issue, it's about posting something as quickly as possible.
I thought the Chinese were in charge of building farming bots?
Hey, Nostradomus... if you look at Apples stock, it's pretty much already coming down. It's at 38 down from 45... And the plunge started when their earnings were GOOD but not GREAT... the stock market is a fickle, fickle mistress...
Sorry, I was just stating that the vast majority of computers come with no other option than XP... but, i assume if someone is going to put linux on their box, they would not go through someone who only sold computers with XP. Some people might buy a linux box, and then pirate windows and install it, but no one is going to buy an XP box to pirate linux on... (although, an Xbox is a different story)
I just bought a new computer (building my own wouldn't save that much money) and the major retailers (Dell... etc.) seemed to only provide computers with XP pre-installed. I went with a lesser known company, and it offered XP or a blank HD... which was nice. Also Micro Center also has a Red Hat computer for sale. Seems like they really are all about choice.
You know, if only we had a search engine, that would save your joke...
Consider it saved.
Somewhat interesting to read about the design concepts... but still, just one big advertisement... the guy who designed it writing about the "problems" (not real problems, fake, hey our game is great problems)... oh well. *shrug*
If this did happen, and the kept MAC OS locked up, AMD wouldn't be able to keep up with demand (short term) and people who wanted new computers would have to buy the ones with a MAC OS (as supply decreases, price increase, making AMD based Microsoft computers more expensive)... people would start using the MAC OS in droves...
Really, it's quite a crack pot theory, but if it worked just right it could force people to switch to a new OS (or just wait for AMD to increase output...)
either way, we win. Microsoft loses market share or AMD products become cheaper... (short term, at least.)
so let's hope he is right!
Man, i know it is friday afternoon... I read that as Ancient Cave Beer and got thirsty... sounds delicious!
I don't think consoles will merge into computer games, i think computers will merge into consoles. Each new generation of game console brings us greater compatibility, PS1 played CDs, PS2 and XBox plays DVDs, the 360 lookes like it is poised to be a complete media system (with possible DVR?)...
As the console becomes more of a part of the home entertainment system and more connected to the internet, why would anyone play computer games? Why play on your screen in your office when you can dedicate your living room to entertainment? Even though you can have "bleeding edge" graphics on a computer, not everyone has the hardware to support it. It is easier for game developers to make games for consoles and profit immediatley, as well as know there limitations (which often aren't reached until the third year of the consoles life span)...
consoles don't need to be upgraded, because it takes awhile for a developer to take complete advantage of the technology in the system.
Also, game developers know EXACTLY the number of their audience by tracking console sales... computer owners may or may not want to play game on their computers, but everyone who buys a PS3 or Xbox 360 is planning on buying at least 1 game for it.
This will eventually create a corporate utopia A corporate utopia? No, no it won't. In an age where ANYONE can have a voice (look at blogs), and any small idea can be accessed by millions, it is hard to create an enviroment where the consumer has little control. Sony, it seems to me, is actually trying to create something that will be able to integrate future technology and *gasp* make a profit off of the switch from our current TV structure to one based around the internet. It's OK for corporations to make money, they can do it and not be evil. Sometimes they do things we do not like to keep themselves in business, but that is survival. We will always have to deal with corporations, but as long as there is competition and free speech, I think consumers will be OK. Yes, soon we might have to pay for acces to "every little thing" but think of it in terms of a restuarant. Currently we face a buffet style type of entertainment, we pay for access to all the items, regardless of how hungry we are. In a "pay per item" type ideal it would be more like a restaurant where you can choose what you want to consume, and only pay for that. It actually, shockingly, may HELP consumers. Companies only exist because people use their services, if they alienate the customers and screw them over, something better will come along.
I am actually quite impressed with this idea... it sounds like a fun way of enjoying a movie and experiencing it in a different way. The Alamo Draft House is a great place to watch movies now, as they have cheap tickets and serve food and beer as well as playing old trailers that the actors in the current movie were in (Bill and Ted's excellent adventure and Point Break before Matrix, as an example)... the real question is where do i have to camp out to get tickets?
Actually, it is quite explored. I believe the movie is known as Hackers... the final scene when the "Hackers of the World Unite" and hack the Gibson... Such Drama, such Acting... Hack the Planet!
You are correct, about the game mechanics not eliminating forbidden action. I had a lapse. Buddhism is a path. Thus no game could be "buddhist", it could only follow buddhist philosophy... but even that would be in a vague, general sense.
Buddhism isn't about relaxation... nor do any final fantasy games really deal with it (i haven't played ALL the FF games, but I have a general idea)... seeing as how Buddhism is pretty much against any violence other than self defense, Pre-emptive strikes would be disallowed... Look up the tenants of Buddhism (just the four noble truths and the eightfold path)... Those can be emulated in a video game, but it wouldn't be very interesting, seeing as how you have to transcend desire to reach enlightenment... Thus your desire to advance in the game would be self defeating... Oh well!
RTFR... he is twenty hours in, and not done with the game... Really we should be commenting on a review done before the game was finished...
He is an extremley conservative senator, and so Dan Savage of Savage Love decided to name something horrible after him and try to overtake Santorum's official site as the number one site on Google. He succeeded... Hilarity Ensued. Check it out!
In a article about how PR firms write stories to get attention for their clients, there is a link to the PR firm the guy worked with and a statement that they are the best... hmmm... Maybe we should learn a lesson from the article?