Ahhh, so it was. It's basically the same people making it anyway, isn't it?
Even so, while the episode was hilarious and had a true RPG moment ("The Castle Roodpart? Who comes up with these names?"),
It's "trapdoor" spelled backwaaaaaaaaaaaaa....
it wasn't WoW and didn't have Blizzard's backing and support. The South Park episode did.
I think it was a reference to WoW. After all, it is the most popular MMORPG around, and had a very similar style. As for it not being endorsed by Blizzard, I think that makes it cooler. It's pretty lame to go to the actual company. better to just parody them without permission, so you avoid pulling any punches or being seen as an advertisement.
I also prefer the effort that went into actually drawing the game in American Dad, rather than just using screen capture.
Also, from TFA, Trey Parker got the idea last season around the time of "In the Closet".
Or so he says. I can't say I'd trust those guys to tell the truth.
but because they've started to focus more on the message then the joke.
i think the problem is exactly the opposite. The old episodes used to be more socially/politically/morally relevant. These days they just seem to focus on celebrities and fads.
Some of the best later episodes like Ginger Kids, Die Hippie Die, Raisins, Good Times with Weapons, they haven't really had any other point to them except to be funny,
Wow, I pretty much disagree with all of those. They all had pretty strong social messages, as well as being funny.
Smug Alert, Cartoon Wars, Million Little Fibers, Manbearpig, and so on, have all failed because they're episodes where the message takes precedence over the funny
With the exception of Smug Alert, those focused more on celebrities and trends than any message. That those were not funny was not really because of any message - I think it's because they were muddled and heavy-handed. Probably because they weren't really clear about what message they wanted to get across. It was more like "We hate Oprah, We hate Al Gore, We hate environmentalist celebrities," without strong social/political insight. I mean, parody Al Gore, but do it in a way that reflects what he is actually like - don't just make up bullshit. Parody Oprah, but do it with more finesse.
I just think they've lost a lot of their interesting insights into society and now latch onto celebrities and political half-truths (or outright lies) instead.
indeed, though, it is interesting how we seem to have almost opposite impressions of which shows have the "message" - because I think your "fun" shows carry more of a message than your "message" shows.
I wonder if South Park got an insider leak that Family Guy was doing a World of Warcraft episode, and slapped the episode together quickly to beat them to the punch? After all, the animation for Family Guy would take a lot longer - so they must have been developing that episode long before South Park got the idea.
I dunno, "Manbearpig" was pretty damn awful, except for the "Cartman and the gold" sub-plot. And the one about Oprah and "A Million Tiny Pieces" was excrutiating.
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I know this is probably an unpopular point to make on/. but I know many people who are using their Mac's as...PCs.
But they must be a vanishingly small portion of Apple's market, because this has only been possible for a very short time. Not very many Intel Macs have been sold yet.
Also, it is only recently that Windows has gotten anywhere near as good as MacOS. In past eras, there was no competition (well, Amiga was competitive in some areas, but still a minor player). Historically, the OS and applications have driven sales. Apple nearly died when they decided to allow "clone" hardware to run MacOS. Everybody bought the clone hardware, but continued to run Apple's OS and Mac applications.
Another reason your experience is an anomaly, is that many people buy Macs to run software that is not available on Windows, such as Final Cut Pro today. In the "olden days," Photoshop was only available for Macs. For many people, running Photoshop was the reason to own a computer. And that computer had to be a Mac.
Judge rules that entering Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Select, Start is a valid legal defense but Down, Right, Left, Left, Start, Select, Down results in Contempt of Court charges.
Remember when Google said they'd only offer search, not chat or finance pages or horoscopes? Right, now they've also added 30+ other products (luckily they've stayed away from horoscopes for now).
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A Mac would be cheaper if Apple didn't have to develop OS X.
I wouldn't bet on it. If Apple did not develop MacOS, then Mac hardware would not be as popular. If their hardware was less popular, economies of (lack of) scale would kick in, and make it more expensive. As their popularity grows, Macs get cheaper.
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Not with anyone I talk to. Apple is most definitely a hardware company, if you measure this by income.
But that's not really a wise way to "measure" it. Apple is a hardware and software company. Where would Apple be without their OS and software? It's integral to their strategy. The original Mac was revolutionary because of the software design in the OS, not the hardware (although there were hardware innovations as well.)
Same with iLife, iWork, etc... all of the consumer level offerings are not serialized.
But Apple sells a lot more than just consumer-level software. Final Cut Pro, etc. Logic Pro is not just serialized, you need a hardware dongle to run it.
They are a hardware company. They sell Macs and iPods (soon to be phones). People buy Macs because of the software, not the other way around.
If people buy Macs because of their software not the hardware, then isn't that an argument that they are a more software-driven company than hardware-driven?
Incorrect. Copying is a use of the material, at least legally speaking. In fact, I'd say it's more than just legally speaking. It's reality. It doesn't matter if you are copying it, or using the disc as a frisbee. You are still using the product.
A company doesn't have to watch a video to duplicate it and sell copies. But I'm pretty sure that the law considers duplicating and selling copies without permission to be an illegal use of the material.
Considering that most iPod buyers already have music collections from other sources, it's relly not too bad. In terms of popularity against other pay-for-download services, it is a big success. It's really the only successful business of its kind, and many others have tried. Many people are still getting used to the idea of buying music in a non-physical format.
But Zune marketplace is only a brand-new arrival on the market. Many of the Plays For Sure stores didn't offer CD burning, or made you pay extra for the CD burning option. Zune marketplace hardly seems relevant to iTunes' popularity, as it was not around when iTunes gained its marketshare.
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By God, I think the boy's got something. Come on, everyone! The fate of the city is at stake!
Link, please.
See this beowulf cluster? Garbage. See this slashdot post? Garbage.
I think you misspelled "expendable."
What if you used a really big ball of garbage?
That must be an awfully long stick.
Ahhh, so it was. It's basically the same people making it anyway, isn't it?
Even so, while the episode was hilarious and had a true RPG moment ("The Castle Roodpart? Who comes up with these names?"),
It's "trapdoor" spelled backwaaaaaaaaaaaaa....
it wasn't WoW and didn't have Blizzard's backing and support. The South Park episode did.
I think it was a reference to WoW. After all, it is the most popular MMORPG around, and had a very similar style. As for it not being endorsed by Blizzard, I think that makes it cooler. It's pretty lame to go to the actual company. better to just parody them without permission, so you avoid pulling any punches or being seen as an advertisement.
I also prefer the effort that went into actually drawing the game in American Dad, rather than just using screen capture.
Also, from TFA, Trey Parker got the idea last season around the time of "In the Closet".
Or so he says. I can't say I'd trust those guys to tell the truth.
but because they've started to focus more on the message then the joke.
i think the problem is exactly the opposite. The old episodes used to be more socially/politically/morally relevant. These days they just seem to focus on celebrities and fads.
Some of the best later episodes like Ginger Kids, Die Hippie Die, Raisins, Good Times with Weapons, they haven't really had any other point to them except to be funny,
Wow, I pretty much disagree with all of those. They all had pretty strong social messages, as well as being funny.
Smug Alert, Cartoon Wars, Million Little Fibers, Manbearpig, and so on, have all failed because they're episodes where the message takes precedence over the funny
With the exception of Smug Alert, those focused more on celebrities and trends than any message. That those were not funny was not really because of any message - I think it's because they were muddled and heavy-handed. Probably because they weren't really clear about what message they wanted to get across. It was more like "We hate Oprah, We hate Al Gore, We hate environmentalist celebrities," without strong social/political insight. I mean, parody Al Gore, but do it in a way that reflects what he is actually like - don't just make up bullshit. Parody Oprah, but do it with more finesse.
I just think they've lost a lot of their interesting insights into society and now latch onto celebrities and political half-truths (or outright lies) instead.
indeed, though, it is interesting how we seem to have almost opposite impressions of which shows have the "message" - because I think your "fun" shows carry more of a message than your "message" shows.
Tablets were good enough for Moses and the X commandments, why not Jobs and the X commands?
Don't believe that! GNU's Not Unintentional. GNUs are very deliberate, indeed.
Just like there's a big difference between making a joke and not getting it.
I wonder if South Park got an insider leak that Family Guy was doing a World of Warcraft episode, and slapped the episode together quickly to beat them to the punch? After all, the animation for Family Guy would take a lot longer - so they must have been developing that episode long before South Park got the idea.
I think you're doing it wrong.
I dunno, "Manbearpig" was pretty damn awful, except for the "Cartman and the gold" sub-plot. And the one about Oprah and "A Million Tiny Pieces" was excrutiating.
But they must be a vanishingly small portion of Apple's market, because this has only been possible for a very short time. Not very many Intel Macs have been sold yet.
Also, it is only recently that Windows has gotten anywhere near as good as MacOS. In past eras, there was no competition (well, Amiga was competitive in some areas, but still a minor player). Historically, the OS and applications have driven sales. Apple nearly died when they decided to allow "clone" hardware to run MacOS. Everybody bought the clone hardware, but continued to run Apple's OS and Mac applications.
Another reason your experience is an anomaly, is that many people buy Macs to run software that is not available on Windows, such as Final Cut Pro today. In the "olden days," Photoshop was only available for Macs. For many people, running Photoshop was the reason to own a computer. And that computer had to be a Mac.
Judge rules that entering Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Select, Start is a valid legal defense but Down, Right, Left, Left, Start, Select, Down results in Contempt of Court charges.
If he has tortious interference, he should probably go see a Doctor ASAP, not a lawyer. That shit is itchy as hell.
What do tambourines have to do with this?
You must be a Virgo, with that attitude.
Sure, but it's cheaper to do it with computers than textbooks. Don't you think poor countries would like a cheaper way of doing things?
Computers are a smaller part of our living standards than you realize.
How would you know what proportion of our living standards I think are derived from computers? I never stated a position on this in my post.
On slashdot, nobody can hear you type.
I wouldn't bet on it. If Apple did not develop MacOS, then Mac hardware would not be as popular. If their hardware was less popular, economies of (lack of) scale would kick in, and make it more expensive. As their popularity grows, Macs get cheaper.
But that's not really a wise way to "measure" it. Apple is a hardware and software company. Where would Apple be without their OS and software? It's integral to their strategy. The original Mac was revolutionary because of the software design in the OS, not the hardware (although there were hardware innovations as well.)
Same with iLife, iWork, etc... all of the consumer level offerings are not serialized.
But Apple sells a lot more than just consumer-level software. Final Cut Pro, etc. Logic Pro is not just serialized, you need a hardware dongle to run it.
They are a hardware company. They sell Macs and iPods (soon to be phones). People buy Macs because of the software, not the other way around.
If people buy Macs because of their software not the hardware, then isn't that an argument that they are a more software-driven company than hardware-driven?
A company doesn't have to watch a video to duplicate it and sell copies. But I'm pretty sure that the law considers duplicating and selling copies without permission to be an illegal use of the material.
Considering that most iPod buyers already have music collections from other sources, it's relly not too bad. In terms of popularity against other pay-for-download services, it is a big success. It's really the only successful business of its kind, and many others have tried. Many people are still getting used to the idea of buying music in a non-physical format.
But Zune marketplace is only a brand-new arrival on the market. Many of the Plays For Sure stores didn't offer CD burning, or made you pay extra for the CD burning option. Zune marketplace hardly seems relevant to iTunes' popularity, as it was not around when iTunes gained its marketshare.