I think it's a great idea for the world that Tolkien created.
I mean, you read the books and you realize that he left a TON of room for storyline improvisation and future plots and subplots.
He'll mention the name of somebody or cryptically reference some old story that leaves you thinking, "Dang man! Where can I get THAT book?!"
And I'm not necessarily talking about the Silmarillion and stuff--but actually user-contributed stuff. The possibilities are endless--the only limits really being one's own imagination (kind of like D&D).
I'd wonder, however, which time period in the course of the LOTR storyline is the MMO environment to take place? Just somewhere arbitrarily in the middle?
I think that if it's done well, it could be gnarly! Like exploring the land north of the Misty Mountains, with the 'hobgoblins' he mentions in The Hobbit. Or the region known as Angmar (as in the Witch King).
That's why we'll just have to wait and see what the market demands in terms of either
A) Quickened browsing for weak-sauce connection speed. or B) More 'pretty' web designs for marketing purposes. or C) Some combination of both (e.g. optional websites for slow connection speeds)
or D) www.archive.org for free unlimited live dead bootlegs--you'd dig it!--I've got about 217 entire shows on an external hard drive myself!
True, not being able to get rid of a simple toolbar is not exactly malware-worthy.
But let's face it, not being able to customize your own personal environment can be pretty frustrating.
Imagine having a stack of papers on your desk that could never be removed, no matter what you did. Dang man. That'd drive me nuts!
BTW, this discussion of permanent toolbars kind of reminds me of the invasive qualities of AOL. Ever try to get that junk off your PC? It's worse than a virus!
It seems plausible to think that the market forces will overpower (or otherwise direct) those of technology in this instance.
For example, do you think that Amazon will move to a simpler website design to accomodate relatively few mobile users? Or would they go to the trouble to create an alternate 'mobile-only' website?
The answer?
Yes, if the market demands for such a headache merit doing so.
Otherwise, I think the technology of mobile Internet will have to conform to the current market situation of flashy website designs.
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I think this could be good for people who aren't as interested in the conventional laptop or desktop.
The question is, which market are they going after?
It would be really cool if we could find out how to tap into similar genes in the animal kingdom--namely with humans.
It seems that at this point the science (which hasn't even been confirmed yet) is mostly 'descriptive'.
If it could get to the level of 'manipulative', that would be neat!
Imagine how many genetic diseases could be overridden (and otherwise avoided) by finding the appropriate corrective RNA gene!
Glad to hear it!
I think it's a great idea for the world that Tolkien created.
I mean, you read the books and you realize that he left a TON of room for storyline improvisation and future plots and subplots.
He'll mention the name of somebody or cryptically reference some old story that leaves you thinking, "Dang man! Where can I get THAT book?!"
And I'm not necessarily talking about the Silmarillion and stuff--but actually user-contributed stuff. The possibilities are endless--the only limits really being one's own imagination (kind of like D&D).
I'd wonder, however, which time period in the course of the LOTR storyline is the MMO environment to take place? Just somewhere arbitrarily in the middle?
I think that if it's done well, it could be gnarly! Like exploring the land north of the Misty Mountains, with the 'hobgoblins' he mentions in The Hobbit. Or the region known as Angmar (as in the Witch King).
Sounds great!
I totally agree with you.
That's why we'll just have to wait and see what the market demands in terms of either
A) Quickened browsing for weak-sauce connection speed.
or
B) More 'pretty' web designs for marketing purposes.
or
C) Some combination of both (e.g. optional websites for slow connection speeds)
or
D) www.archive.org for free unlimited live dead bootlegs--you'd dig it!--I've got about 217 entire shows on an external hard drive myself!
It's funny.
.xls files for their reports!
I'm, like, one of 5 people in my company with a PDF writer. Some people just send out raw
Then I go home to my Macs, and it's just a regular ol' button on the print window!
Gotta love it.
True, not being able to get rid of a simple toolbar is not exactly malware-worthy.
But let's face it, not being able to customize your own personal environment can be pretty frustrating.
Imagine having a stack of papers on your desk that could never be removed, no matter what you did. Dang man. That'd drive me nuts!
BTW, this discussion of permanent toolbars kind of reminds me of the invasive qualities of AOL. Ever try to get that junk off your PC? It's worse than a virus!
lol
So much for trying to give a concrete example to a more abstract idea!
That's funny, man.
It seems plausible to think that the market forces will overpower (or otherwise direct) those of technology in this instance.
For example, do you think that Amazon will move to a simpler website design to accomodate relatively few mobile users? Or would they go to the trouble to create an alternate 'mobile-only' website?
The answer?
Yes, if the market demands for such a headache merit doing so.
Otherwise, I think the technology of mobile Internet will have to conform to the current market situation of flashy website designs.
This seems kind of like California's new law that allows them to store criminals' DNA information in a database.
And I recently heard that they just caught a rapist/murderer using this new technology.
The 'tinfoil hat' people were making a big fuss about it when it was submitted to our vote ("Privacy Violations!", "Big Brother!", and the like).
But I think the benefits far outweight the costs.
Why do people have to make a big fuss over the government improving the way it communicates with itself?
(...even using technology. Who knew!)
What we really need is a radiator.
"Me ol' compy's leaking coolant again!"
It could even be fanned by your very own flatulence, and you could say you have a gas-powered cooling system.
Okay, well, it was just a thought....
Death to the paperclip.
Haha.
Ain't that the truth.
Still, it'd be too bad if the legal process gets in the way of good, solid technological progress.
"Besides, do you think for one moment that Fox will let anyone use stills and complete transcripts of The Simpsons? Not in a million years, man."
Sorry, dude.
They already did. (Not full-text, though)
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=homer
"Okay, that's the size then..." Ahh. Such have been the beginnings of some of the world's greatest inventions!