I'm probably stating the obvious here, but in my opinion the opposite of this would be much more useful. Being able to put Mac OSX on non-proprietary PC hardware would be much more useful than installing windows on a pricey Mac. I would like the ability to poke around in OSX, but I'm certainly not going to throw down the cash for a Mac.
Ok, here's the list. I guess maybe the stormtrooper at the bottom would count, I haven't played any Dooms in a while, I just thought I remembered them all being aliens and zombies... oh well.
http://www.easton.demon.co.uk/doom/monster.htm
I think there are a lot of unintended games that this proposed bill would affect. Take for instance if you are playing The Sims and put your character in the swimming pool and remove the ladder... they will eventually drown. Wouldn't this fall under killing an image of a human being? Off the top of my head I can't think of any other examples like this, but I'm sure there are plenty.
I heard a segment on NPR this morning about this. Larry Page was saying that Google wants to stay focused on the long term and that releasing these quarterly estimates would be the equivalent of somebody who is trying to lose weight stepping on the scale every half an hour. I think this makes sense. When companies release quarterly data it can encourage business practices that boost short term profits.
I have never played World of Warcraft. Could somebody please equate an average number of hours it would take to accumulate 500 gold units in the game? I just want to get a feel for the dollar to hour ratio people are paying for in game gold. Thanks.
It's a fact that Internet Explorer is inferior to FireFox
Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but in a submission criticizing the FireFox Community of 'immature fanboyism', isn't it kind of stupid to make this statement?
I've seen the opposite. I have never seen anybody talking on the AIM network with any software other than AIM. Sure I realize people use other clients, but your average everyday user just goes to aim.com and downloads it. I've used gaim before, but now I don't really bother with chat at all. I just wanted to point out that tons of people do use the AIM client.
In "The Pirates of Silicon Valley", wasn't it Bill Gates' character who said it doesn't matter if it's a better product? I think it's true because I personally don't feel like changing the interface I use. I like Google, MS would have to blow people away to draw them over.
In West Philidelphia, born and raised, on the playground is where I spent most of my days, chilling out max and relaxing out cool, and yo shooting some B ball outside of the school
The cnet article is misleading, it implies that this guy is claiming a patent on these technologies (ajax, flash, etc...), however he has a patent on the online generation of rich media. There is a huge difference. If you go to his site: http://balthaser.com/ you will see that he sells a way to create flash animations through a web browser. I suppose it's a neat idea for some novice developers who want to make a flash animation and don't have a clue where to start. Patent worthy however? No way. It's much too vague of a process.
We'll have similar dates for a more public beta of Windows Vista
Does this mean we might be able download and run a Vista beta legally? You can normally find the betas on p2p or bit torrent, but it'd be interesting if they actually released it with an expiration date for public download. While I'm sure it wouldn't be stable, it might be cool to mess around with under dual boot or on an extra machine.
Now if I understand this correctly, this is what HDCP means:
"According to the Microsoft specification, high-definition video content that is transported using a DVI signal must be encrypted with HDCP. If HDCP is not present, regardless of whether an attempt at copying is made or not, the video is scaled down to low resolution to deter copying."
So could somebody come up with a little app to run in the background to just get around this MS check? Sorry I don't know the details of how it works but it sounds kind of similar to how you can run DVD Region Free to trick the DVD player into thinking there's no region encoding on the disc. This might not be legal, but it's not like anybody gives a shit about that.
I think they're looking at this all wrong. In GTA a prostitute makes your health improve, while in real life I would say your chances of getting syphilis are much higher than of that bullet wound in your leg healing after a visit with a hooker. With this logic they should look forward to increased business!
Here's a site with instructions for building your own 'trail camera'. These are typically used by hunters to take pictures of deer passing through their hunting area for scouting purposes. The techniques could easily be applied to other uses such as setting up a remote motion detecting security camera.
http://www.hagshouse.com/Hags%20House/Trail%20Came ra%20Project.htm
This is because of licensing. Any company can make a DVD player, DVD sales don't have to kick back licensing fees to a DVD player manufacturer. However only Sony can make PS2s, and game developers must pay to be able to make a PS2 game. Therefore Sony gains cash-flow from game sales, where DVD manufacturers obviously don't get DVD sales income.
Yeah I see that now. I, scrolled through the article pretty quickly looking at the titles in the list. The/. post doesn't mention anything about it being a list of the top 9 obscure titles.
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I'm probably stating the obvious here, but in my opinion the opposite of this would be much more useful. Being able to put Mac OSX on non-proprietary PC hardware would be much more useful than installing windows on a pricey Mac. I would like the ability to poke around in OSX, but I'm certainly not going to throw down the cash for a Mac.
Ok, here's the list. I guess maybe the stormtrooper at the bottom would count, I haven't played any Dooms in a while, I just thought I remembered them all being aliens and zombies... oh well. http://www.easton.demon.co.uk/doom/monster.htm
I don't think Doom would count, because the enemies you kill in Doom are not 'human beings', which apparently means it's not violent.
I think there are a lot of unintended games that this proposed bill would affect. Take for instance if you are playing The Sims and put your character in the swimming pool and remove the ladder... they will eventually drown. Wouldn't this fall under killing an image of a human being? Off the top of my head I can't think of any other examples like this, but I'm sure there are plenty.
I heard a segment on NPR this morning about this. Larry Page was saying that Google wants to stay focused on the long term and that releasing these quarterly estimates would be the equivalent of somebody who is trying to lose weight stepping on the scale every half an hour. I think this makes sense. When companies release quarterly data it can encourage business practices that boost short term profits.
What does the Ontario Soccer League need with all that bandwidth?
I didn't know they had guns in Canada...
I have never played World of Warcraft. Could somebody please equate an average number of hours it would take to accumulate 500 gold units in the game? I just want to get a feel for the dollar to hour ratio people are paying for in game gold. Thanks.
It's a fact that Internet Explorer is inferior to FireFox
Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but in a submission criticizing the FireFox Community of 'immature fanboyism', isn't it kind of stupid to make this statement?
I've seen the opposite. I have never seen anybody talking on the AIM network with any software other than AIM. Sure I realize people use other clients, but your average everyday user just goes to aim.com and downloads it. I've used gaim before, but now I don't really bother with chat at all. I just wanted to point out that tons of people do use the AIM client.
In "The Pirates of Silicon Valley", wasn't it Bill Gates' character who said it doesn't matter if it's a better product? I think it's true because I personally don't feel like changing the interface I use. I like Google, MS would have to blow people away to draw them over.
Great, just what I want is to have photoshop sitting in cache in my memory all of the time. I'd rather wait 10 seconds for it to open.
In West Philidelphia, born and raised, on the playground is where I spent most of my days, chilling out max and relaxing out cool, and yo shooting some B ball outside of the school
haha, that's a good one!
I love this line from Tangent's site...
Tangent recommends Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional.
The cnet article is misleading, it implies that this guy is claiming a patent on these technologies (ajax, flash, etc...), however he has a patent on the online generation of rich media. There is a huge difference. If you go to his site: http://balthaser.com/ you will see that he sells a way to create flash animations through a web browser. I suppose it's a neat idea for some novice developers who want to make a flash animation and don't have a clue where to start. Patent worthy however? No way. It's much too vague of a process.
We'll have similar dates for a more public beta of Windows Vista
Does this mean we might be able download and run a Vista beta legally? You can normally find the betas on p2p or bit torrent, but it'd be interesting if they actually released it with an expiration date for public download. While I'm sure it wouldn't be stable, it might be cool to mess around with under dual boot or on an extra machine.
So could somebody come up with a little app to run in the background to just get around this MS check? Sorry I don't know the details of how it works but it sounds kind of similar to how you can run DVD Region Free to trick the DVD player into thinking there's no region encoding on the disc. This might not be legal, but it's not like anybody gives a shit about that.
I think they're looking at this all wrong. In GTA a prostitute makes your health improve, while in real life I would say your chances of getting syphilis are much higher than of that bullet wound in your leg healing after a visit with a hooker. With this logic they should look forward to increased business!
Here's a site with instructions for building your own 'trail camera'. These are typically used by hunters to take pictures of deer passing through their hunting area for scouting purposes. The techniques could easily be applied to other uses such as setting up a remote motion detecting security camera.e ra%20Project.htm
http://www.hagshouse.com/Hags%20House/Trail%20Cam
This is because of licensing. Any company can make a DVD player, DVD sales don't have to kick back licensing fees to a DVD player manufacturer. However only Sony can make PS2s, and game developers must pay to be able to make a PS2 game. Therefore Sony gains cash-flow from game sales, where DVD manufacturers obviously don't get DVD sales income.
Yeah I see that now. I, scrolled through the article pretty quickly looking at the titles in the list. The /. post doesn't mention anything about it being a list of the top 9 obscure titles.
Without goldeneye I don't think this list can be taken seriously. I would also like to see Mario Kart 64 myself.
I've got some cells that are lingering inside your mom too.
They would probably amplify my eyestrain/fatigue from staring at the monitor all day.