In the article they mention evolution as if its some kind of choice that each species made towards their own goals. Last I checked living beings don't have the ability to simply become venomous at will (though thats arguable with some folks), or shift their eyes physically somewhere else to get improved vision (with the exception of those who actually happen to have eyes in the backs of their heads)... it simply doesn't occur that way. Its really just physical or mental "anomalies" that just happen to pass down through generations simply because they survived with those new traits of improved vision, venomous fangs, or some sort of improved intelligence.
In a way thats really whats been happening over the last thousand or two years, only our intelligence has gone up not because of fear of snakes, but from our own kind.
I think that was basically the idea. Slap em on the wrist, because an M-rated game should already only be bought by non-minors. There's more sex and nudity in today's PG-13 movies than most M rated games.
Seems like a bad idea if you ask me, because last I checked they all died. Its probably also why nobody has made a machine based off the dodo. Stupid dodos.
You know, the kind of person that keeps on talking without really even thinking about what they are actually saying. It is my belief that the same kind of logic can apply to a digital format. Friends do not let friends blog.
There is likely such a thing as too many engineers working on one project, like the old adage "too many cooks in the kitchen..." and however that one ends
Just what every college student needs, more debt!!!
seriously I dig macs, but unless you get a second hand one for under 500 bucks they're just a little pricey for the average cash non-aplenty student. The mac mini is the only thing that gets close here, they just need to throw in decent but cheap monitor with it for 500 bucks and ZING!
the controller will only be a selling point if there are actually good games, and LOTS of them, which utilize it. So far it seems promising, but its really up to the game developer to facilitate the device
Re:Where to draw the line on user ignorance?
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To go a slight step further minutes after posting this, does it seem like more and more programs are doing things for us, perhaps without our knowledge? I take for example Xbox 360 games updater: it tells you there's an update, you update it while looking at a little progress bar, and then its done and you play the game again. I for one really want to know what updates there were, at least the significant ones. It would be nice to know if a certain bug that plagued me before was fixed, or if content was added/changed so I can proceed to take advantage of it.
Are people so content with blind usability of their devices?
Where to draw the line on user ignorance?
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I can agree that while something like this could help those who are not knowledgable about such things in the digital world, I wonder if perhaps we should be taking steps back to make sure people actually stay informed of such dangers.
For example, I'm creating the front-end for an application and one of the requests was that we build in such things as making sure "male connectors" on parts don't get matched up with other "male connectors", since logically only "female connectors" should work anyway. Now its no real sweat off my back, but it made me think where is the line between common sense and ignorance?
I too was in the BT:3025 beta, but there's really only truly one thing that kept it from being great: it only allowed 4 versus 4 multiplay. What the heck kind of MMO was that supposed to be if it ever got finished? I was already enjoying 8 vs 8 multiplay on Mechwarrior 4. As fun as 3025 was they really needed more of a planetside touch to it.
I suppose their high data retention (and hopefully data rate) for computers seems to be the only good thing going for them... too bad they haven't released those yet
that the genuine windows advantage checker thing is going to be making a lot of people mad when they find out their copy of windows won't update. Prepare ass for violent kicking by viruses!
don't some flash memories have limited read/writes far below platter hard drives? something like in the range of a couple thousand I thought... does this mean your hard drive will die even quicker, or will they make these drives eventually have removable and replacable flash cards, such as SD or something?
I believe they are using the term "threatening democracy" as a way to catch your attention much like how Bush does the same for his political actions. Even if the term they use brings much harsher connotations with it than what the reality is, I think they are on the right track.
Look at it this way, from a non-technical person's view point. When said person wants to play music, they play it. When they want to play a DVD, they watch it. When they want to write a document, use email, browse photos, stream internet radio/tv, or chat online, they want to be able to do it in whatever way is more comfortable for them. The problem is, that if each company has their own propriety formats for every single one of these types of media, they are suddenly forced to use that one companies' program to use it. This means they'll have to purchase a license for each one, and all of their friends who want to be able to view the content on their own pc's will have to purchase a license, and so on. This is a GREAT business model... that is if people were dumb enough and rich enough to buy into every single piece of software/mediaware they need to access all possible forms of media. That is exactly what the DRM backed companies believe the common (majority) computer user to be. They think my non-technical friends are lemmings, pawns, and nothing more.
Well, "privacy" does not really exist on the 'web and what you did have is vanishing... but not because of MySpace. Because too many companies are posting your private data on the 'web and allowing anyone with the money to search through it.
definitely spot on there, a friend of mine showed me this site which you can just type in someone's name and find out everything there is to know about them, all of it before this web 2.0 thing has even shown its face. Maybe with web 2.0 we should be concentrating more on fixing this.
...that and you can't pick up a gun in the corner of the room as it hovers and spins a foot off the ground. And don't even get me started on finding ammunition for the damn thing.
a program being aesthetically pleasing doesn't mean its being tailored for women or being dumbed down. I for one (as a member of the male species who doesn't prefer to wear much besides T-shirts and jeans) really dig applications which can both offer as much power as possible to the user and at the same time not cause them to want to vomit in their mouth a little. Functionality and style can co-exist and are both equally important.
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YES THEY DESERVE TO DIE, AND I HOPE THEY BURN IN HELL!
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lets hope he lasts longer than he did in Deep Blue Sea and Jurassic Park
In the article they mention evolution as if its some kind of choice that each species made towards their own goals. Last I checked living beings don't have the ability to simply become venomous at will (though thats arguable with some folks), or shift their eyes physically somewhere else to get improved vision (with the exception of those who actually happen to have eyes in the backs of their heads)... it simply doesn't occur that way. Its really just physical or mental "anomalies" that just happen to pass down through generations simply because they survived with those new traits of improved vision, venomous fangs, or some sort of improved intelligence.
In a way thats really whats been happening over the last thousand or two years, only our intelligence has gone up not because of fear of snakes, but from our own kind.
I think that was basically the idea. Slap em on the wrist, because an M-rated game should already only be bought by non-minors. There's more sex and nudity in today's PG-13 movies than most M rated games.
maybe they only eat deep sea algae... *ewwwwww*
Needs more bell...
yes... cow thereof
Seems like a bad idea if you ask me, because last I checked they all died. Its probably also why nobody has made a machine based off the dodo. Stupid dodos.
You know, the kind of person that keeps on talking without really even thinking about what they are actually saying. It is my belief that the same kind of logic can apply to a digital format. Friends do not let friends blog.
There is likely such a thing as too many engineers working on one project, like the old adage "too many cooks in the kitchen..." and however that one ends
screens will have to be replaced with holographic fields I'd imaged, a'la Minority report
that bastard children had incubation periods of at least a year
Infamous means to be well known for BAD reasons. Daikatana could be one example of an Infamous game, as can Duke Nukem Forever... not Turok.
Just what every college student needs, more debt!!!
seriously I dig macs, but unless you get a second hand one for under 500 bucks they're just a little pricey for the average cash non-aplenty student. The mac mini is the only thing that gets close here, they just need to throw in decent but cheap monitor with it for 500 bucks and ZING!
the controller will only be a selling point if there are actually good games, and LOTS of them, which utilize it. So far it seems promising, but its really up to the game developer to facilitate the device
To go a slight step further minutes after posting this, does it seem like more and more programs are doing things for us, perhaps without our knowledge? I take for example Xbox 360 games updater: it tells you there's an update, you update it while looking at a little progress bar, and then its done and you play the game again. I for one really want to know what updates there were, at least the significant ones. It would be nice to know if a certain bug that plagued me before was fixed, or if content was added/changed so I can proceed to take advantage of it.
Are people so content with blind usability of their devices?
I can agree that while something like this could help those who are not knowledgable about such things in the digital world, I wonder if perhaps we should be taking steps back to make sure people actually stay informed of such dangers.
For example, I'm creating the front-end for an application and one of the requests was that we build in such things as making sure "male connectors" on parts don't get matched up with other "male connectors", since logically only "female connectors" should work anyway. Now its no real sweat off my back, but it made me think where is the line between common sense and ignorance?
I too was in the BT:3025 beta, but there's really only truly one thing that kept it from being great: it only allowed 4 versus 4 multiplay. What the heck kind of MMO was that supposed to be if it ever got finished? I was already enjoying 8 vs 8 multiplay on Mechwarrior 4. As fun as 3025 was they really needed more of a planetside touch to it.
I suppose their high data retention (and hopefully data rate) for computers seems to be the only good thing going for them... too bad they haven't released those yet
that the genuine windows advantage checker thing is going to be making a lot of people mad when they find out their copy of windows won't update. Prepare ass for violent kicking by viruses!
don't some flash memories have limited read/writes far below platter hard drives? something like in the range of a couple thousand I thought... does this mean your hard drive will die even quicker, or will they make these drives eventually have removable and replacable flash cards, such as SD or something?
I believe they are using the term "threatening democracy" as a way to catch your attention much like how Bush does the same for his political actions. Even if the term they use brings much harsher connotations with it than what the reality is, I think they are on the right track.
Look at it this way, from a non-technical person's view point. When said person wants to play music, they play it. When they want to play a DVD, they watch it. When they want to write a document, use email, browse photos, stream internet radio/tv, or chat online, they want to be able to do it in whatever way is more comfortable for them. The problem is, that if each company has their own propriety formats for every single one of these types of media, they are suddenly forced to use that one companies' program to use it. This means they'll have to purchase a license for each one, and all of their friends who want to be able to view the content on their own pc's will have to purchase a license, and so on. This is a GREAT business model... that is if people were dumb enough and rich enough to buy into every single piece of software/mediaware they need to access all possible forms of media. That is exactly what the DRM backed companies believe the common (majority) computer user to be. They think my non-technical friends are lemmings, pawns, and nothing more.
Well, "privacy" does not really exist on the 'web and what you did have is vanishing ... but not because of MySpace. Because too many companies are posting your private data on the 'web and allowing anyone with the money to search through it.
definitely spot on there, a friend of mine showed me this site which you can just type in someone's name and find out everything there is to know about them, all of it before this web 2.0 thing has even shown its face. Maybe with web 2.0 we should be concentrating more on fixing this.
gazillion... does that figure include the dinosaurs? Sure the bible was written some time later, but that doesn't mean it wasn't the cause!
...that and you can't pick up a gun in the corner of the room as it hovers and spins a foot off the ground. And don't even get me started on finding ammunition for the damn thing.
that a monkey will one day fly out of someone's ass. It's now a matter of how, or why, just when. Just wait, you'll see that I'm never wrong.
a program being aesthetically pleasing doesn't mean its being tailored for women or being dumbed down. I for one (as a member of the male species who doesn't prefer to wear much besides T-shirts and jeans) really dig applications which can both offer as much power as possible to the user and at the same time not cause them to want to vomit in their mouth a little. Functionality and style can co-exist and are both equally important.