Not entirely correct. Facebook's history suggests that when a new feature is implemented, they automatically enroll all users without a way to turn it off. This happened with the mini-feed: initially there was no way to restrict or opt-out your information from being displayed in others' feeds. After much ado, they added privacy settings and now you can choose which or any information will show up in your friend's feeds.
It appears this may have happened again; Facebook doesn't seem to be fully disclosing the consequences of rating a product, and doesn't allow the user to rate the product without potentially using their picture and information in an advertisement.
Xen Security Issue Patched: The Black Mesa science team successfully closed the portal that was inadvertently opened this morning during the resonance cascade scenario.
It's basic human psychology that social networks become more robust by exclusion rather than inclusion.
Facebook opened itself to high schoolers and eventually to the public, much to the dismay of its original college base. Facebook's revenue increased at the cost of its perceived "integrity" by the original members.
J.J. Abrams (creator of Lost) did not reveal the title of his mysterious "Cloverfield" film first previewed during Transformers. He denied it was "Monstrous" though.
Whatever it is, its particularly intriguing, and there's enough drama and secrecy surrounding it to make its own film.
I've been to Ocean City, NJ every summer for 10+ years.
Ocean City has a large life guard staff. A lot of people (esp. from Philly) visit this beach. The guards aren't just guys sitting around getting a tan-- they actively monitor the beach. There's a stand every hundred yards or so, with 2-3 guards to a stand. I estimate at least 200 lifeguards are on the beach on a normal day. In a given week, I've seen 3-4 saves done.
By using the beach during lifeguard hours, you automatically give them consent to perform first aid, saves, CPR, etc. in the event of an emergency. Being that many beach-goers are not locals (shoobies), it would not be fair to charge a tax to citizens for a service used in a large portion by outsiders. By paying for a beach tag, you are supporting this public service that is not supported by taxes alone. The tags are only $20 for the season. I think that's a small price to pay for safety and compared to what they could charge.
I understand that Vivendi wants to make Starcraft and Diablo MMORPGs, but whether Blizz will go along with it is a different story. Until they run out Warcraft material, I won't happen. Here's why:
One of two things will happen:
-Everyone will stay with WoW because of the enourmous amount of time they've put into the game. The new SC/Diablo MMORPG will flop, and Blizzard becomes their own worst enemy.
-Everyone will migrate to the new SC/Diablo MMORPG, leaving the WoW realms nearly empty. Due to lack of subscribers, new content stops, and it becomes a liability just to keep the realms open. Blizzard becomes their own worst enemy.
MMORPGs are essentially a black hole for the gaming industry.
WoW, for example, is an endless, time- and money-sink. In that respect it's very similar to gambling for some people. They are so involved with the game that they don't want to play anything else. They can't show off their e-peens in an FPS! And if they were to play another MMORPG, they would have to start over which not many are willing to do.
This is why I don't think Blizzard will make a Starcraft or Diablo MMORPG. Nobody would leave WoW to start over.
The NSA can have all the data they want, but if there is not a useful, fast, accurate and automated way for them to search through it (which I doubt they do) then the only use it has is to assert power.
If Google weren't such an idealist company, I wouldn't be surprised to see "Google NSA" on their labs page.
Let's just hope future games-turned-movies don't go the way of the Super Mario Brothers movie.
I wouldn't mind seeing a Half Life movie. ValvE has admitted they have been approached by several studios to make the movie, but have turned them down because they all contain a love story (which is definately not in the game) or other deviation from the plot. I applaud ValvE for not trying to recklessly profit from their franchise and retaining Half Life's credibility, and I hope other companies follow suit. Noone wants to see a beloved game turned into a B-movie.
If there ever was a HL movie, I hope it does for action movies what HL the game did for the FPS genre.
"At the end of the production we fought against the clock and there were parts that I was forced to approve even though it didn't feel complete..."
I hope Blizz will confess to the same thing about WoW once its expansion is released.
I think this happens to most large video game companies with popular products. They have a reputation to live up to. The small ones, on the other hand, have a smaller mouth to feed and won't hear much gripe if their games are delayed. One exception is ValvE, they delayed HL2 for numerous reasons, but it was ultimately worth it.
Hillary could have played the "hot coffee" incident beutifully, and there is still time for other politicians to take advantage.
There are literally millions of people in the U.S. like you and me that play games every day (more than 50 million PS2's sold), and have little support in the political arena. Although many of them are not of voting age, there are still a significant number of 18+ gamers.
If a politician were to fight this investigation, state that there is no reason for government interference, allow the ESRB to do its job, and defend the gaming industry, they would gain the vote of most gamers in their state/district during the next election. In doing so, the gamers whose votes they would gain would be larger than those they lost.
Gamers are a large, untapped political base. A powerful ally, for a politican we would make.
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The simplest explanation tends to be the best. Tyrannosaurs in F-14's.
Not entirely correct. Facebook's history suggests that when a new feature is implemented, they automatically enroll all users without a way to turn it off. This happened with the mini-feed: initially there was no way to restrict or opt-out your information from being displayed in others' feeds. After much ado, they added privacy settings and now you can choose which or any information will show up in your friend's feeds.
It appears this may have happened again; Facebook doesn't seem to be fully disclosing the consequences of rating a product, and doesn't allow the user to rate the product without potentially using their picture and information in an advertisement.
Xen Security Issue Patched: The Black Mesa science team successfully closed the portal that was inadvertently opened this morning during the resonance cascade scenario.
"[virtual games] could be of great value in helping us understand what their true emotional responses would be."
Yes, I'm sure that typical responses to a real life crisis would be along the lines of "LOL," "ROFLCOPTERS," or even "LULZ EVERY1 HAS AIDZ"
Just hope you're soulstoned.
That $12K is only worth US$45. If that's the cause of problems, I'd take my money out too!
It's basic human psychology that social networks become more robust by exclusion rather than inclusion.
Facebook opened itself to high schoolers and eventually to the public, much to the dismay of its original college base. Facebook's revenue increased at the cost of its perceived "integrity" by the original members.
There's some speculation that the Emerald Dream will make it in this expansion as well.
There's a ton of other good info at that site too.
J.J. Abrams (creator of Lost) did not reveal the title of his mysterious "Cloverfield" film first previewed during Transformers. He denied it was "Monstrous" though.
Whatever it is, its particularly intriguing, and there's enough drama and secrecy surrounding it to make its own film.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloverfield
I've been to Ocean City, NJ every summer for 10+ years.
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Ocean City has a large life guard staff. A lot of people (esp. from Philly) visit this beach. The guards aren't just guys sitting around getting a tan-- they actively monitor the beach. There's a stand every hundred yards or so, with 2-3 guards to a stand. I estimate at least 200 lifeguards are on the beach on a normal day. In a given week, I've seen 3-4 saves done.
By using the beach during lifeguard hours, you automatically give them consent to perform first aid, saves, CPR, etc. in the event of an emergency. Being that many beach-goers are not locals (shoobies), it would not be fair to charge a tax to citizens for a service used in a large portion by outsiders. By paying for a beach tag, you are supporting this public service that is not supported by taxes alone. The tags are only $20 for the season. I think that's a small price to pay for safety and compared to what they could charge.
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For the record, you may use the beach for free after life guards have left (5PM I believe).
Slashdot has never made me laugh harder. It's a shame the maximum score is only 5.
"less than 60 of his company's 100,000 takedown requests to YouTube were invalid."
I think you mean VALID rather than invalid if you're trying to make a point against DCMA.
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I understand that Vivendi wants to make Starcraft and Diablo MMORPGs, but whether Blizz will go along with it is a different story. Until they run out Warcraft material, I won't happen. Here's why:
One of two things will happen:
-Everyone will stay with WoW because of the enourmous amount of time they've put into the game. The new SC/Diablo MMORPG will flop, and Blizzard becomes their own worst enemy.
-Everyone will migrate to the new SC/Diablo MMORPG, leaving the WoW realms nearly empty. Due to lack of subscribers, new content stops, and it becomes a liability just to keep the realms open. Blizzard becomes their own worst enemy.
MMORPGs are essentially a black hole for the gaming industry.
WoW, for example, is an endless, time- and money-sink. In that respect it's very similar to gambling for some people. They are so involved with the game that they don't want to play anything else. They can't show off their e-peens in an FPS! And if they were to play another MMORPG, they would have to start over which not many are willing to do.
This is why I don't think Blizzard will make a Starcraft or Diablo MMORPG. Nobody would leave WoW to start over.
That's my $.02.
The NSA can have all the data they want, but if there is not a useful, fast, accurate and automated way for them to search through it (which I doubt they do) then the only use it has is to assert power.
If Google weren't such an idealist company, I wouldn't be surprised to see "Google NSA" on their labs page.
I'm now all for a tiered Internet...
as long as the NSA is on the bottom tier.
Why can't I view this article?
Oh wait...
I would say that beer is more popular than ipods, but beer has become so cliche with college that it seems that ipods are more popular.
Popular does not necessarily equate to the latest craze.
Here they are!
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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/09/0
Grammar.
I guess Spell Check isn't a priority either.
...we had to forward our email one by one!
Let's just hope future games-turned-movies don't go the way of the Super Mario Brothers movie.
I wouldn't mind seeing a Half Life movie. ValvE has admitted they have been approached by several studios to make the movie, but have turned them down because they all contain a love story (which is definately not in the game) or other deviation from the plot. I applaud ValvE for not trying to recklessly profit from their franchise and retaining Half Life's credibility, and I hope other companies follow suit. Noone wants to see a beloved game turned into a B-movie.
If there ever was a HL movie, I hope it does for action movies what HL the game did for the FPS genre.
They're producers, not directors. Gartner's poor resume probably won't prevent this from being a good movie.
"At the end of the production we fought against the clock and there were parts that I was forced to approve even though it didn't feel complete..."
I hope Blizz will confess to the same thing about WoW once its expansion is released.
I think this happens to most large video game companies with popular products. They have a reputation to live up to. The small ones, on the other hand, have a smaller mouth to feed and won't hear much gripe if their games are delayed. One exception is ValvE, they delayed HL2 for numerous reasons, but it was ultimately worth it.
Hillary could have played the "hot coffee" incident beutifully, and there is still time for other politicians to take advantage.
There are literally millions of people in the U.S. like you and me that play games every day (more than 50 million PS2's sold), and have little support in the political arena. Although many of them are not of voting age, there are still a significant number of 18+ gamers.
If a politician were to fight this investigation, state that there is no reason for government interference, allow the ESRB to do its job, and defend the gaming industry, they would gain the vote of most gamers in their state/district during the next election. In doing so, the gamers whose votes they would gain would be larger than those they lost.
Gamers are a large, untapped political base. A powerful ally, for a politican we would make.