you can't tell me it's an effective recruiting tool I didn't claim that it was. I mentioned that it was designed as a recruiting tool as possible motive for disseminating information that portrays it in a positive light.
It's almost certainly not propaganda, because it sites a very specific and verifiable incident Propaganda often cites specific and verifiable incidents (frequently selectively excluding pieces of information, or containing misleading information, or distorting the truth).
the medic training in the game IS informative I didn't claim that that was not the case. I was merely suggesting that the story should be viewed sceptically due to the source of the information and the possible motivation behind producing it.
My original comment was simply to highlight the importance of being sceptical about news items. This is a story that puts a video game in a positive light, and this is a forum with a large proportion of people who enjoy video games (including myself). As it is common for people to be less sceptical about things that they generally agree with, I thought it worth while to point out a reason to question the accuracy of the information provided.
My point was, "please question the claims made in this article". Of course, it can be difficult to judge how a comment will be taken, so there is always a risk of being labelled a troll (and I did expect karma damage).
That's a very bizarre interpretation of my comment.
My point is that if the source of the positive information about a particular thing is the same as the source of the item that it is being positive about, then that's a reason to be sceptical about the information.
Many sources of negative information often also have a self interest in promoting that information (and I don't just mean Jack Thompson). My point is to look at the source of information as part of the process of questioning it's validity.
I got the words "press release" from the article, so I assumed that someone was sent a press release that references the article. However, it is possible that the article could have been written after someone saw the forum.
In terms of feeling good about this, I would love to have a positive reaction to a news story about a video game. Nonetheless, I try to be cautious about the source of information.
where do you get that 200 MB download limit from? Telstra's plans start from 600 MB per month. The 200MB a month was from Telstra's Bigpond pricing and plan page on their web site. I included that link in my original post, but here it is again.
You are a fool if you are going with BigPond anyway. I don't use BigPond, but lots of Australian's do. Many got BigPond because it was the only way they could get cable.
Telstra Wholesale and Telstra Retail are quite distinct beasts, and the former is heavily regulated to allow other ISP to use Telstra's infrasturcutre. I've dealt with the Telstra's business retail arm through the reseller channel, and Telstra employee often brag about the things that they can get away with.
In the Australian market, Telstra is a state run ISP and phone company. While they do not have an outright monopoly, they own the vast majority of the countries infrastructure. Almost all other ISPs use Telstra's infrastructure, so there is little competition. With Telstra's home use internet connection (as is the case with all home internet connections) you have a limited amount of data you can download per month. A basic account only offers you 200MB of downloads per month. You are charged on a per MB basis for exceeding that amount. Telstra does not count the downloads from a limited number of sites, so downloads from those places are free.
Removing OpenOffice from one of these sites means that many people who are on the smaller Telstra plans will have to PAY to downloaded it.
And if you live in Australia, and you don't like it then it's just tough. Almost all other ISPs have similar pricing structures as Telstra, because Telstra is selling the connections to them and they setting the prices. An un-metered domestic internet plan in Australia means that your connection speed is dropped back to dail-up speeds when you reach a certain limit.
For an idea of how expensive internet connections are in Oz, look at the pricing here:
not like these changes are generally of any real significance From TFA:
when he talks about replicants being caught in an electrical field, the dialogue has been changed from: 'One of them got fried running though an electrical field' to 'Two of them got fried running through an electrical field'. This alteration fixes the problem of a sixth replicant unaccounted for in earlier versions. The first time I watched Blade Runner (Director's Cut was the first version I saw), at the end of the film when Deckard picks up the origami unicorn my first thought was, "Oh my god, Deckard's the sixth replicant". To me, accounting for that sixth replicant would completely change my impression of the movie.
Ah, but Lost reaches a mainstream audience, whereas today X-Files is predominantly for geeks. And this is Slashdot.
It will never reach the cinema
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As someone who shares a flat with an avid X-Files (or more correctly Gillian Anderson) fan, I've been hearing rumours about this for, oh, at least two years now. And even now it sounds as though the script hasn't even been finalised yet, and they might not have all the funding they require at this point.
Because the series finished so long ago, and (even according to a significant portion of fans) lost it's way over the final couple of series I think this movie is going to be a hard sell for a mainstream audience. Which I think will result in budgeting problems for the producers, which could mean delays or the filming not even being completed.
I'd love to seen another X-Files outing, (and not just to watch my flat mate explode in the ecstasy of a celluloid Anderson experience) however I'm a very long way from getting my hopes up.
So does this mean that if someone points to you and says "terrorist", you get kidnapped and transferred to another country where you are tortured for months or years, then you turn out to be completely innocent, you can be sued for the cost of your "extrodninary rendition"?
And why not, since the USA is outsourcing tourture, why not outsource the funding also?
I am greatly offended when I find the actions of the state of Israel being equated with the will of all Jewish people. It is even more appalling for criticisms of Israel (a nation state) to be labeled anti-semitic.
Nation states (Israel, USA, Iran) all do terrible things, but opposing those terrible actions does not mean that you oppose the majority religion of that country. I am against the death penalty being applied (at all, but especially) to children (USA and Iran), and detention of individuals without the right to a fair trial (US, Israel, Iran) but it does not mean that I am against Christians (USA), Jews (Israel) or Muslims (Iran).
There are in fact many Jewish people who criticise the actions of Israel.
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In the U.S.A., you make jokes about a political regime that no longer exists.
Whoops, did I do it wrong?
My original comment was simply to highlight the importance of being sceptical about news items. This is a story that puts a video game in a positive light, and this is a forum with a large proportion of people who enjoy video games (including myself). As it is common for people to be less sceptical about things that they generally agree with, I thought it worth while to point out a reason to question the accuracy of the information provided.
My point was, "please question the claims made in this article". Of course, it can be difficult to judge how a comment will be taken, so there is always a risk of being labelled a troll (and I did expect karma damage).
That's a very bizarre interpretation of my comment.
My point is that if the source of the positive information about a particular thing is the same as the source of the item that it is being positive about, then that's a reason to be sceptical about the information.
Many sources of negative information often also have a self interest in promoting that information (and I don't just mean Jack Thompson). My point is to look at the source of information as part of the process of questioning it's validity.
I got the words "press release" from the article, so I assumed that someone was sent a press release that references the article. However, it is possible that the article could have been written after someone saw the forum.
In terms of feeling good about this, I would love to have a positive reaction to a news story about a video game. Nonetheless, I try to be cautious about the source of information.
My argument was not about the military recruitment, but about the whether the article was newsworthy.
To me this seems like a propaganda story. Especially considering that the article mentions that this story comes from a press release.
All in the name of making an army recruitment tool seem like a benefit to society.
http://my.bigpond.com/internetplans/broadband/adsl/plansandoffers/default.jsp
You are a fool if you are going with BigPond anyway. I don't use BigPond, but lots of Australian's do. Many got BigPond because it was the only way they could get cable.
Telstra Wholesale and Telstra Retail are quite distinct beasts, and the former is heavily regulated to allow other ISP to use Telstra's infrasturcutre. I've dealt with the Telstra's business retail arm through the reseller channel, and Telstra employee often brag about the things that they can get away with.
Sorry, yes, Telstra is now privately run company, with partial state ownership.
In the Australian market, Telstra is a state run ISP and phone company. While they do not have an outright monopoly, they own the vast majority of the countries infrastructure. Almost all other ISPs use Telstra's infrastructure, so there is little competition. With Telstra's home use internet connection (as is the case with all home internet connections) you have a limited amount of data you can download per month. A basic account only offers you 200MB of downloads per month. You are charged on a per MB basis for exceeding that amount. Telstra does not count the downloads from a limited number of sites, so downloads from those places are free.
Removing OpenOffice from one of these sites means that many people who are on the smaller Telstra plans will have to PAY to downloaded it.
And if you live in Australia, and you don't like it then it's just tough. Almost all other ISPs have similar pricing structures as Telstra, because Telstra is selling the connections to them and they setting the prices. An un-metered domestic internet plan in Australia means that your connection speed is dropped back to dail-up speeds when you reach a certain limit.
For an idea of how expensive internet connections are in Oz, look at the pricing here:
http://my.bigpond.com/internetplans/broadband/adsl/plansandoffers/default.jsp
This is news for people who live in Australia.
Ah, but Lost reaches a mainstream audience, whereas today X-Files is predominantly for geeks. And this is Slashdot.
As someone who shares a flat with an avid X-Files (or more correctly Gillian Anderson) fan, I've been hearing rumours about this for, oh, at least two years now. And even now it sounds as though the script hasn't even been finalised yet, and they might not have all the funding they require at this point. Because the series finished so long ago, and (even according to a significant portion of fans) lost it's way over the final couple of series I think this movie is going to be a hard sell for a mainstream audience. Which I think will result in budgeting problems for the producers, which could mean delays or the filming not even being completed. I'd love to seen another X-Files outing, (and not just to watch my flat mate explode in the ecstasy of a celluloid Anderson experience) however I'm a very long way from getting my hopes up.
So does this mean that if someone points to you and says "terrorist", you get kidnapped and transferred to another country where you are tortured for months or years, then you turn out to be completely innocent, you can be sued for the cost of your "extrodninary rendition"?
And why not, since the USA is outsourcing tourture, why not outsource the funding also?
I am greatly offended when I find the actions of the state of Israel being equated with the will of all Jewish people. It is even more appalling for criticisms of Israel (a nation state) to be labeled anti-semitic. Nation states (Israel, USA, Iran) all do terrible things, but opposing those terrible actions does not mean that you oppose the majority religion of that country. I am against the death penalty being applied (at all, but especially) to children (USA and Iran), and detention of individuals without the right to a fair trial (US, Israel, Iran) but it does not mean that I am against Christians (USA), Jews (Israel) or Muslims (Iran). There are in fact many Jewish people who criticise the actions of Israel.