Nintendo DS Lite + Advance Wars: Dual Strike = Digital Crack.
I've been playing that one game for several hours almost every day for a month since I bought it and a DS Lite. It's so good I've barely played New Super Mario Bros., and I've been waiting years for another 2D Mario game.
New Super Mario Bros. is a great game, too, BTW. I had to visit seven stores before I found one that wasn't sold out of copies.
I was a little wary when I first picked up a DS Lite. I bought a GameBoy Advance a few years ago and ended up shelving it after a few weeks (the non-backlit screen really killed it). But the DS Lite, to my surprise, is a lot of fun.
How about comparing both to DVD as well? I'd sure like to know why I am expected to pay 50% more for a blue-ray version of a movie than a regular DVD version.
What if he purchased the DVD after viewing the downloaded torrent? It's still an unauthorized distribution of a copyrighted work, even if it did end up resulting in a sale that benefits the Plaintiff...
So what if the kid went back into the store and put the candy bar back onto the rack instead of taking it home without paying for it? He still stole it -- even thought he later returned it -- and should be prosecuted, eh?
I'd hate to live in a country where laws were enforced the way you describe they should be. Especially for such outdated and socially damaging laws like copyright.
if telepathy really exists, then we would see some derivative of it show up in a meaningful pattern of somekind in this world.
If we had the knowledge to know what to look for and the technology to be able to see it, yes. For all we know there are supra-intelligent beings in another dimension (like the Sphere is to A. Square) which can know our minds via some extra-dimensional energy fluctuation (think string- or m-theory) given off by the quantum particles in our brain (we still don't understand how consciousness arises or even what it is - maybe it has extra-dimensional aspects to it). They could 'read' our minds by simply watching us from a direction we cannot measure, then like-wise influence another person to think similar thoughts. (Why? Maybe some of them do it as a hobby? Who knows?)
What always gets me is that every generation derides the previous one for being intellectually arrogant, then goes on to be intellectually arrogant itself. There's no proof that the universe stops at the limits of modern science.
I found the transdimensional Orz to be much more disturbing. I remember having it dawn on me that there was something much more sinister about these beings after they made some strange comment. I couldn't quite place it as a lot of what they said made no sense, and you could never be quite sure if it wasn't just a miscommunication, but it sure sent shivers down my spine. I absolutely didn't want to *jump in front*, which would probably have led to *dancing*.
Sorry, dudes; my bad. Me and the guys just saw these wicked-ass sweet fleet of yachts and we just had to buy them. If you give us more money, I'll promise we won't do that again.
The article says this about the 1994 game Awesome Possum:
Fun fact: This is one of the first games to actually use digitized voice.
Um, no it's not. I believe Berzerk was one of (if not the) first games to use digitized voice...and that was fourteen years before Awesome Possum. Why does does it seem that so many online video game reviewers/reporters/etc. think video games were invented in the mid-nineties?
"Lawmakers in the French government have passed a controversial iTunes law, which has the stated intention of forcing Apple to allow purchased music to be universally useable."
How sad that a law that is in the best interests of the people in a democracy -- and of society as a whole -- is considered "controversial".
Apple said it hoped the market would be left to decide 'which music players and online music stores are offered to consumers.
And let the mythical "invisible hand of the free market" take care of consumers? Yeah, right.
The final compromise asserts that companies should share the required technical data with any rival that wants to offer compatible music players and online stores
Damn right. Proprietary file formats are an abomination unto human civilization!
Get your Linux distros ready. Prepare some simple FAQs for lusers (like me). If Microsoft really pulls off this stunt, it could be the greatest opening FOSS has ever had to get onto Joe Average's home PC. The Linux community really needs to unify and prepare for this opportunity.
I've got no kids but I pay for education, I have no car but I pay for roads...
Why should I be paying just because some selfish people decide to have kids/drive?
Did you just compare being forced to subsidize a private corporation that produces luxuries with distributing the cost of essential social services like roads and education? Please tell me you're trolling. No way on earth could anyone but a record exec be so socially and morally bankrupt as to suppose the things you describe are somehow on the same planet of relevance as essential civic infrastructure!
If your business model can't survive, get the government to legislates mandatory taxes that get passed onto you. I believe this concept is called either Communism (or similiar controlled economy) or Welfare. I don't know which.
That's not even close to what Communism is. What you're describing -- and what is actually happening in many Western governments -- is similar to corporatism, but with private corporations having legislative power rather than civic assemblies.
Someone has already posted that it was Columbus and not Edison who did this trick, but, used as an argument for the non-obviousness of certain patents, this example is terrible. A more modern variant might be to challenge people to come up with a better compression algorithm, then you presenting your "better" compression algorithm by smashing the HDD flat with a sledgehammer. Outside-the-box thinking!
It's a clever trick that belongs in a Mind Trap game; nothing more. If Edison really had used that egg trick as a patent defense, he would've been a complete asshat for doing so (although, from what I've heard of him, he was a complete asshat nonetheless).
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sentences between the subject header and the message body. Way to communicate effectively!
Nintendo DS Lite + Advance Wars: Dual Strike = Digital Crack.
I've been playing that one game for several hours almost every day for a month since I bought it and a DS Lite. It's so good I've barely played New Super Mario Bros., and I've been waiting years for another 2D Mario game.
New Super Mario Bros. is a great game, too, BTW. I had to visit seven stores before I found one that wasn't sold out of copies.
I was a little wary when I first picked up a DS Lite. I bought a GameBoy Advance a few years ago and ended up shelving it after a few weeks (the non-backlit screen really killed it). But the DS Lite, to my surprise, is a lot of fun.
Three rules that will boost Vista sales:
(props to SNL)
"today, tomorrow and the next day are the only days we'll get dates like this: 2/8/6 3/8/6 4/8/6 like the x86 computers :-)"
Has Y2K taught you nothing? Using a single digit to store the year? You are among programmers! Hang your head in shame!
How about comparing both to DVD as well? I'd sure like to know why I am expected to pay 50% more for a blue-ray version of a movie than a regular DVD version.
One of the most popular games in America teaches a little boy how to have sex with a prostitute and then beat her to death, and then rewards that
It teaches a little boy how to have sex with a prostitute and then beat her to death? Is this how:
wwwawwaw<space><ctrl>z<ctrl><ctrl><ctrl><space>< space>wwwwwww<space>wwww<ctrl><ctrl>
(don't let your kids see this)
I need to get more sleep. I read the article title as "One Man's Sperm Is Another Man's Art"
I wish my sig weren't so appropriate today. :-/
What if he purchased the DVD after viewing the downloaded torrent? It's still an unauthorized distribution of a copyrighted work, even if it did end up resulting in a sale that benefits the Plaintiff...
So what if the kid went back into the store and put the candy bar back onto the rack instead of taking it home without paying for it? He still stole it -- even thought he later returned it -- and should be prosecuted, eh?
I'd hate to live in a country where laws were enforced the way you describe they should be. Especially for such outdated and socially damaging laws like copyright.
if telepathy really exists, then we would see some derivative of it show up in a meaningful pattern of somekind in this world.
If we had the knowledge to know what to look for and the technology to be able to see it, yes. For all we know there are supra-intelligent beings in another dimension (like the Sphere is to A. Square) which can know our minds via some extra-dimensional energy fluctuation (think string- or m-theory) given off by the quantum particles in our brain (we still don't understand how consciousness arises or even what it is - maybe it has extra-dimensional aspects to it). They could 'read' our minds by simply watching us from a direction we cannot measure, then like-wise influence another person to think similar thoughts. (Why? Maybe some of them do it as a hobby? Who knows?)
What always gets me is that every generation derides the previous one for being intellectually arrogant, then goes on to be intellectually arrogant itself. There's no proof that the universe stops at the limits of modern science.
Well, I never bothered to finish Pac-Man. Did you?
Problem solved!
Eventually the media companies are going to push too hard
What do you mean eventually?
I found the transdimensional Orz to be much more disturbing. I remember having it dawn on me that there was something much more sinister about these beings after they made some strange comment. I couldn't quite place it as a lot of what they said made no sense, and you could never be quite sure if it wasn't just a miscommunication, but it sure sent shivers down my spine. I absolutely didn't want to *jump in front*, which would probably have led to *dancing*.
Come on. Where did the money go?!
Sorry, dudes; my bad. Me and the guys just saw these wicked-ass sweet fleet of yachts and we just had to buy them. If you give us more money, I'll promise we won't do that again.
Edward Whitacre, Jr., Chairman/CEO, AT&T
The article says this about the 1994 game Awesome Possum:
Um, no it's not. I believe Berzerk was one of (if not the) first games to use digitized voice...and that was fourteen years before Awesome Possum. Why does does it seem that so many online video game reviewers/reporters/etc. think video games were invented in the mid-nineties?
How sad that a law that is in the best interests of the people in a democracy -- and of society as a whole -- is considered "controversial".
And let the mythical "invisible hand of the free market" take care of consumers? Yeah, right.
Damn right. Proprietary file formats are an abomination unto human civilization!
Sorry. I've had a little too much sugar...
Get your Linux distros ready. Prepare some simple FAQs for lusers (like me). If Microsoft really pulls off this stunt, it could be the greatest opening FOSS has ever had to get onto Joe Average's home PC. The Linux community really needs to unify and prepare for this opportunity.
As with lie detectors, I assume that these are used to cause the to usee spontaneously provide a (truthful) confession, not for accuracy.
Any chance I could get my hands on one of those brain scanners in order to figure out what this guy is saying? ;-)
I've got no kids but I pay for education, I have no car but I pay for roads...
Why should I be paying just because some selfish people decide to have kids/drive?
Did you just compare being forced to subsidize a private corporation that produces luxuries with distributing the cost of essential social services like roads and education? Please tell me you're trolling. No way on earth could anyone but a record exec be so socially and morally bankrupt as to suppose the things you describe are somehow on the same planet of relevance as essential civic infrastructure!
If your business model can't survive, get the government to legislates mandatory taxes that get passed onto you. I believe this concept is called either Communism (or similiar controlled economy) or Welfare. I don't know which.
That's not even close to what Communism is. What you're describing -- and what is actually happening in many Western governments -- is similar to corporatism, but with private corporations having legislative power rather than civic assemblies.
(Don't mod down, its just my opinion.)
You think you can get out of being modded down just by asking? Just for that, I'm gonna mod y--...aw, crap.
I'll be sure to tell President Harper that you disapprove of his foreign policy.
Someone has already posted that it was Columbus and not Edison who did this trick, but, used as an argument for the non-obviousness of certain patents, this example is terrible. A more modern variant might be to challenge people to come up with a better compression algorithm, then you presenting your "better" compression algorithm by smashing the HDD flat with a sledgehammer. Outside-the-box thinking!
It's a clever trick that belongs in a Mind Trap game; nothing more. If Edison really had used that egg trick as a patent defense, he would've been a complete asshat for doing so (although, from what I've heard of him, he was a complete asshat nonetheless).
I can print out this article and show it to all the jerkasses who think my attitude is the reason I don't have close friends. Suck on that, biatches!