Ugh, a page that has 20 links to the various articles, most of them short one paragraph blurbs about it. And we get to read them in a tiny column smushed between two sides of ads? I was going to read it, but no thanks.
Main page needs to have most of the info, not just a bunch of links that say "here are things we said before, we're lazy and don't want to type".
Most of this technology is going towards research for hands-off computing and assistance for people who are paralised. Actual mind-reading technology is a long way off. And I suspect it will always be easier to do with drugs and good old fashioned bush-sanctioned water boarding (to get information from people unwillingly).
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Thanks Slashdot, because I really want to go to Slashdot to get links to a story that I have to pay to read.
Well, NASA is requiring that people build an MMORPG and be unable to sell it. And the reward for the people making it? You get "limited brand placement".
So, you get to make a game to popularize NASA, but you can't sell it, and you can only make money off of brand placement. Oh, and it gets better. You also have to stick to deadlines that NASA sets, and the entire end product is subject to their approval.
I can't imagine why there are not hundreds of companies applying to give all of their development time to a project that will make almost no return on investment. Investors love giving away money for free based on vague promises and loss of control of their own product!
So they resell old games. Some of which are actually abandon ware and thus free. Yeah, go look it up while you're paying 10$ for a game that is legally free to download and 0$ goes to the actual creators of it.
Because, you know, WoW obviously did everything in a completely new and non-stolen fashion. Yep. Everquest, Ultima, Clan Lords (hey, who remembers this one?), and all those other MMORPGs that came before it certainly didn't have every single feature that they did. Not at all.
But in all honesty, people get upset when a MMORPG doesn't completely rewrite the genre, but the best example of a game in the genre innovated exactly nothing.
Honestly now. I thought the Japanese were the most fast paced and culturally accepting society when it comes to change... Wait, no, I was thinking of any country EXCEPT Japan.
(and all those dictatorships, but shh, this is a joke, it makes it less funny to mention those.)
See, you're ignoring the whole basis of how our debt system works. If we're "dilligent" and work on paying it off, we can do so in maybe 100 years if we spend our money responsibly.
So there are two things that economists say:
One: Debt is funny money, so long as we pay the principle, we can borrow all we want and not worry, because more investments now will bring bigger returns than the interest will cost us.
Two: OMFG! We're all going to 'splode when people come to collect the debt! (and thus, it doesn't actually matter, because if we take out more, they're not going to get any more blood from the stone of our collapsed economy).
And now back to your regularly scheduled AC trolling.
The software "is" free, literally. To anyone who wants to get it.
They shouldn't have to give away the source code, and it shouldn't "have" to be inter-operable with linux. It is made for schools, and over 95% of schools run windows. Optimizing it so it runs in wine (which it probably does, its not a graphically-complex game) would have cost money, and had very little in returns.
Now get off your linux soapbox and learn that the real world doesn't revolve around your chosen operating system.
Good that they explained it like that in the link. Instead of linking it as if it were a game review. Which the article exactly looks like throughout. With only one tiny sentence alluding to the fact that they can't ship out the disk-copy to those 3 schools that have computers but no internet.
So, they're "done" with the game, effectively. What part of their funding do they still need? The "sit on their asses and collect money for work they already did" fund?
Thanks slashdot, for providing no link to the article where the funding is being slashed, just two links to a game and people's reviews of it.
I absolutely love games that have such focus and dedication that players who want to win a dungeon have to have "required stats and builds". Makes you feel like your character is you, and customized just to fit your playstyle
Even their own forums are full of posts like "save POTBS!" and "slow-death of the burning sea" and so on.
I should know, I was a primary founder of the largest alliance on any of their servers. Almost everyone has left, or is currently leaving this game.
The developers are good at doing patches and such, and generally are the least corrupt and unfair GMs I've ever seen, so I find it unlikely that they paid for this slashvertisement.
Why the heck is this in technology and not games? It's not really "tech" news, because its not really anything that hasn't been done before. It really is just gaming news.
Nintendo has gone to amazing lengths to avoid having anything that even resembles names on any of their games. All the Wii games have anonymous players, with chat functionality purposefully removed. You can't even add people by name, you need a 15 something digit randomized ID to add a friend to your system.
I'm surprised that this was allowed at all. Maybe its because Disney will take the blame from parents the first time a child-stalker story hits CNN?
I'd suggest against the horse porn, it "is" technically illegal in the US.
I personally would use the tubgirl "taste the rainbow" picture as a desktop icon. You need to use both a disturbing visual, and a (semi-common) catchphrase that will trigger that visual to further torment them.
Well, you do know Nintendo owns the patents on both:
Water reflections in a video game
The concept of "high score"
Of course, they're not dumb enough to use them, but as part of their star fox 64 patent, they included those as sub-technologies that were patented, and it was approved.
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Ugh, a page that has 20 links to the various articles, most of them short one paragraph blurbs about it. And we get to read them in a tiny column smushed between two sides of ads? I was going to read it, but no thanks.
Main page needs to have most of the info, not just a bunch of links that say "here are things we said before, we're lazy and don't want to type".
Most of this technology is going towards research for hands-off computing and assistance for people who are paralised. Actual mind-reading technology is a long way off. And I suspect it will always be easier to do with drugs and good old fashioned bush-sanctioned water boarding (to get information from people unwillingly).
I'm lost, how does this relate at all to anything? I'm sure it was meant as a joke, but I completely don't get it.
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Thanks Slashdot, because I really want to go to Slashdot to get links to a story that I have to pay to read.
Lots of slashvertisements lately. Anyone know a good news site that covers the same geek range, but hasn't sold out this much?
Well yeah, but having a tool where you can have joe-average download it, press a button, and get all upset at Comcast has much more value.
Well, NASA is requiring that people build an MMORPG and be unable to sell it. And the reward for the people making it? You get "limited brand placement".
So, you get to make a game to popularize NASA, but you can't sell it, and you can only make money off of brand placement. Oh, and it gets better. You also have to stick to deadlines that NASA sets, and the entire end product is subject to their approval.
I can't imagine why there are not hundreds of companies applying to give all of their development time to a project that will make almost no return on investment. Investors love giving away money for free based on vague promises and loss of control of their own product!
So they resell old games. Some of which are actually abandon ware and thus free. Yeah, go look it up while you're paying 10$ for a game that is legally free to download and 0$ goes to the actual creators of it.
Because, you know, WoW obviously did everything in a completely new and non-stolen fashion. Yep. Everquest, Ultima, Clan Lords (hey, who remembers this one?), and all those other MMORPGs that came before it certainly didn't have every single feature that they did. Not at all.
But in all honesty, people get upset when a MMORPG doesn't completely rewrite the genre, but the best example of a game in the genre innovated exactly nothing.
Nobody is going to show up, and the continued coverage of this game is obvious that its a slashvertisement.
Honestly now. I thought the Japanese were the most fast paced and culturally accepting society when it comes to change... Wait, no, I was thinking of any country EXCEPT Japan.
(and all those dictatorships, but shh, this is a joke, it makes it less funny to mention those.)
ITS OVER NINE THOUSAAAANNNND!
See, you're ignoring the whole basis of how our debt system works. If we're "dilligent" and work on paying it off, we can do so in maybe 100 years if we spend our money responsibly.
So there are two things that economists say:
One: Debt is funny money, so long as we pay the principle, we can borrow all we want and not worry, because more investments now will bring bigger returns than the interest will cost us.
Two: OMFG! We're all going to 'splode when people come to collect the debt! (and thus, it doesn't actually matter, because if we take out more, they're not going to get any more blood from the stone of our collapsed economy).
And now back to your regularly scheduled AC trolling.
The software "is" free, literally. To anyone who wants to get it.
They shouldn't have to give away the source code, and it shouldn't "have" to be inter-operable with linux. It is made for schools, and over 95% of schools run windows. Optimizing it so it runs in wine (which it probably does, its not a graphically-complex game) would have cost money, and had very little in returns.
Now get off your linux soapbox and learn that the real world doesn't revolve around your chosen operating system.
Good that they explained it like that in the link. Instead of linking it as if it were a game review. Which the article exactly looks like throughout. With only one tiny sentence alluding to the fact that they can't ship out the disk-copy to those 3 schools that have computers but no internet.
So, they're "done" with the game, effectively. What part of their funding do they still need? The "sit on their asses and collect money for work they already did" fund?
Thanks slashdot, for providing no link to the article where the funding is being slashed, just two links to a game and people's reviews of it.
I absolutely love games that have such focus and dedication that players who want to win a dungeon have to have "required stats and builds". Makes you feel like your character is you, and customized just to fit your playstyle
/sarcasm
I thought you were cheese...
Even their own forums are full of posts like "save POTBS!" and "slow-death of the burning sea" and so on.
I should know, I was a primary founder of the largest alliance on any of their servers. Almost everyone has left, or is currently leaving this game.
The developers are good at doing patches and such, and generally are the least corrupt and unfair GMs I've ever seen, so I find it unlikely that they paid for this slashvertisement.
But, who doesn't enjoy freshly ground puppy in their morning coffee?
Why the heck is this in technology and not games? It's not really "tech" news, because its not really anything that hasn't been done before. It really is just gaming news.
Nintendo has gone to amazing lengths to avoid having anything that even resembles names on any of their games. All the Wii games have anonymous players, with chat functionality purposefully removed. You can't even add people by name, you need a 15 something digit randomized ID to add a friend to your system.
I'm surprised that this was allowed at all. Maybe its because Disney will take the blame from parents the first time a child-stalker story hits CNN?
Encrypt your traffic, done.
I'd suggest against the horse porn, it "is" technically illegal in the US.
I personally would use the tubgirl "taste the rainbow" picture as a desktop icon. You need to use both a disturbing visual, and a (semi-common) catchphrase that will trigger that visual to further torment them.
Well, you do know Nintendo owns the patents on both: Water reflections in a video game The concept of "high score" Of course, they're not dumb enough to use them, but as part of their star fox 64 patent, they included those as sub-technologies that were patented, and it was approved.