It all makes sense: Inside a black hole, time almost stands still for the ones inside if somebody from outside could watch, ergo the time outside as observed from the inside is passing close to infinitely fast. The massive bandwidth-black hole that is/. greatly accelerates hardware decay outside of its event horizon, in servers as well as in the unlucky guy that has to pay the provider bill (gray hair, wrinkles, hunched back).
One day in the not-too-distant future, all games that can be invented, will have been invented, and all the gaming addicts (like myself) will turn off their computers to get a life. Right. I agree that someday photorealism will be achieved. If, or rather when that starts losing its appeal, game designers will (have to) remember what gaming is about: sound game mechanics, balancing and modability. Look no further than Starcraft, Q3 and Half-Life 1 to recognize that a *good* game, one thats worth playing for a long time, is not about graphics.
Also keep in mind that hardware technology will move on as well. One far-off example is the holodeck, but it doesn't have to be that complex. Direct nerve stimulation offers - beyond the usual sight and sound - force feedback and virtual reality like no current technology could.
Additionally, gaming concepts that today only attract few people (say, traditional point&click adventures or side-scrolling shooters) may be out of date today, but what about the future? The computer is a very good gaming machine, and it will always be. And as long as the principles of supply and demand apply, there will be a gaming industry.
The second I saw it, it reminded me of Slipstream 5000, a futuristic 3D racing game. Sadly, I could not find better screenshots than these; as a matter of fact, I couldn't find any other for this 10 year old game. Does anyone know about better screenshots?
Remember the opening scenes, where Buds violent criminal career is ended just as violently? The prisoners were, prior to their trial, held in a prison without walls, but when you left a certain boundary (or were carried over it by other inmates, tehe), the infamous "cookie cutters" did their gory work inside the body.
It is no question whether it is good or bad to work towards the future. However, remember it's not us, the people, who are to decide this, it's politicians. Politicians, for the most part, are concerned with getting re-elected, since every aspect of their political career depends on getting re-elected. Since the future (i.e. the kids) doesn't vote, why bother? That's simply how the system evolved: Citizens of wealthy nations (i.e. higher income per capita) tend to have less children per capita, thus placing more value in a well-paid and secure job than on children's education.
In a more cynical take on the matter, one could say they ARE working towards their future by rejecting beneficial treaties like the Kyoto protocol (which probably would lead to reduced resource consumption), because it obviously is easier to control a relatively poor population. Not so poor that they're once more sharpening the guillotines; but poor enough so they are busy enough grappling with daily life that they basically stop caring about what and why the rich are committing against the environment or their society as a whole.
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Was that the demonstration? Was the 'fairly small programm' the server itself, maybe on a floppy disk?
It all makes sense: Inside a black hole, time almost stands still for the ones inside if somebody from outside could watch, ergo the time outside as observed from the inside is passing close to infinitely fast. /. greatly accelerates hardware decay outside of its event horizon, in servers as well as in the unlucky guy that has to pay the provider bill (gray hair, wrinkles, hunched back).
The massive bandwidth-black hole that is
Nanotubes aren't necessarily conductive. Their conductivity depends on dopants and their twist.
Considering they want to open a nanofactory...
One day in the not-too-distant future, all games that can be invented, will have been invented, and all the gaming addicts (like myself) will turn off their computers to get a life. Right. I agree that someday photorealism will be achieved. If, or rather when that starts losing its appeal, game designers will (have to) remember what gaming is about: sound game mechanics, balancing and modability. Look no further than Starcraft, Q3 and Half-Life 1 to recognize that a *good* game, one thats worth playing for a long time, is not about graphics.
Also keep in mind that hardware technology will move on as well. One far-off example is the holodeck, but it doesn't have to be that complex. Direct nerve stimulation offers - beyond the usual sight and sound - force feedback and virtual reality like no current technology could.
Additionally, gaming concepts that today only attract few people (say, traditional point&click adventures or side-scrolling shooters) may be out of date today, but what about the future? The computer is a very good gaming machine, and it will always be. And as long as the principles of supply and demand apply, there will be a gaming industry.
with LASERs on their heads...
Bill Gates and Steve Balmer promised to swim across their bath tubs, should 1 million bugs be found in IE7 within 4 days after release.
The second I saw it, it reminded me of Slipstream 5000, a futuristic 3D racing game. Sadly, I could not find better screenshots than these; as a matter of fact, I couldn't find any other for this 10 year old game. Does anyone know about better screenshots?
Looks like their server has already been pixelated as well.
Are you with us, chuck?
Not to start a flame war, but ...
I dont't know. They even failed to convince the judges. Shouldn't that therefore be the Razzie Awards?
Remember the opening scenes, where Buds violent criminal career is ended just as violently? The prisoners were, prior to their trial, held in a prison without walls, but when you left a certain boundary (or were carried over it by other inmates, tehe), the infamous "cookie cutters" did their gory work inside the body.
It is no question whether it is good or bad to work towards the future. However, remember it's not us, the people, who are to decide this, it's politicians. Politicians, for the most part, are concerned with getting re-elected, since every aspect of their political career depends on getting re-elected. Since the future (i.e. the kids) doesn't vote, why bother? That's simply how the system evolved: Citizens of wealthy nations (i.e. higher income per capita) tend to have less children per capita, thus placing more value in a well-paid and secure job than on children's education.
In a more cynical take on the matter, one could say they ARE working towards their future by rejecting beneficial treaties like the Kyoto protocol (which probably would lead to reduced resource consumption), because it obviously is easier to control a relatively poor population. Not so poor that they're once more sharpening the guillotines; but poor enough so they are busy enough grappling with daily life that they basically stop caring about what and why the rich are committing against the environment or their society as a whole.
there you go
Whats the point of that, Blizzard coming to the East Coast? Why's that an opportunity to stay at home? Because they're setting up new WoW servers?
[a minute later]
Oh wait, you mean that kind of blizzard.
[another 2 minutes later]
Wait, I get it. We're talking snow, right? That falls from the - how ya call it - "sky", so hard that you can't go outside.
Right.
"Outside". *wink*
...but your English teacher will prove you wrong.