I'll admit that I don't see portable video watching as the end-all be-all. But I don't have Tivo (nor cable for that matter) and have been downloading TV more than watching it on the normal screen (just got a whole season of Monk from iTunes for instance). If I want to take the episodes and show them on another TV at family or friends - or away from the computer in the office, the video iPod solves that.
Sure I could burn a DVD - but that takes a LOT of time, and I don't want to spend hours fiddling with compression settings, and waiting for a long burn to watch something that downloaded in a few minutes to begin with.
Besides some of the photoshop rasterbation going on out there is pretty nifty. Check out this fanboy mockup from Germany:
Would you droll to own this? Yes - yes you would drool. You would drool a lot. You would redefine a new paradigm for the word drool and create innovative solutions in the drool-space. You'd corner the end-user solutions in drool as well as usher in new applications of drool in the enterprise marketplace.
Seriously doubt it. GTA has three cities in the franichiese - Liberty City, Vice City and San Andreas. If you go way back to the first game - it's these three cities. With the exception of the mod-nonsense, they've stayed true to the three nom-de-plumes. They've changed things a bit with the last "city" becoming a state but the names stayed the same.
The last foray into London was a nice expansion pack for it's day - but didn't really seem true to the GTA universe. Considering there's already two games that use a virtual London called the Getaway, I don't see the point of it. But then the inquirer is about as reliable as a Yugo as far as news goes.
Also - although they could do any time-era they choose, the best of GTA uses REAL LIFE as a basis for parody. Setting it into some anime wet-dream like Tokyo 2050 doesn't make any sense - in fact it's outright lame.
The PSP version grounded it nicely back in Liberty City and kept a lot of the add-ons that dilluted gameplay in San Andreas out - for space reasons - but it's a better game as a result. Or at least it would be if the control scheme wasn't compromised to the hilt and the fact that the PSP doesn't have video-out.
I'm looking forward to playing Liberty City - set in 2007 or before - when the PS3 iteration comes out. You can bet on it unless Take 2's financial problems puts Rockstar into an outright tailspin.
re:"When will the hardcore religious faithful who try to influence these things realise that science poses no danger to their beliefs. Their actions only perpetuate a growing distaste for religious involvment among so many people worldwide."
Unfortuanately, although you might expect such rational thought to enter into the equation - religion has never been rational, and the righteous never admit to making a mistake.
Which is sad really because if there was a mechanism - or one single thing - that would enable people to drop god and get on with business on planet earth, value the people that surround them, and realize that there's going to be a short time that they're going to exist - then I'd be very proactive in supporting efforts to disseminate "it" as widely and to as many as possible.
I love the geek mentality that represents a violation of the first rule of any product. Fill a need. By trying to be a photoshop killer without being photoshop like, most artists and designers have given it the cold shoulder.
The response from the geek community? "the customer is wrong and needs to work the way we made it work".
With customer support and feedback like that - is it any wonder open source is a joke? Dollars equals votes equals sales equals company staying in business keeping customers happy.
Open source - we fuck around - we give it to you - insult you if you don't like it - and then mastrubate to Hentai porn.
VENKMAN:You're always so worried about your reputation. We don't need the University. Einstein did his best stuff while he was working as a patent clerk. They can't stop progress.
STANTZ: (not cheered) Do you know what a patent clerk makes?
VENKMAN: NO!
STANTZ: I liked the University. They gave us money, they gave us facilities and we didn't have to produce anything! You don't know what it's like out there! I've worked in the private sector. They expect results.
Kind of obvious - but if you're in the tech market in the Bay Area and you haven't been hitting Craigslist, you should be slapped across the back of the head. I'm getting callbacks two hours after posting a handfull of resumes in my contracting work. Most want me full-time, but for those I use the magic phrase "contract to hire availability".
Between the outflow of labor in the last 4 years in the SF area and the new crush of startups I'm predicting a labor crunch in about 8 months time. I've got more work than I can handle anyway - or want to.
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mobile watching vs mobile playback
I'll admit that I don't see portable video watching as the end-all be-all. But I don't have Tivo (nor cable for that matter) and have been downloading TV more than watching it on the normal screen (just got a whole season of Monk from iTunes for instance). If I want to take the episodes and show them on another TV at family or friends - or away from the computer in the office, the video iPod solves that.
Sure I could burn a DVD - but that takes a LOT of time, and I don't want to spend hours fiddling with compression settings, and waiting for a long burn to watch something that downloaded in a few minutes to begin with.
Besides some of the photoshop rasterbation going on out there is pretty nifty. Check out this fanboy mockup from Germany:
http://fd05.de/gagahaDAV/iPodvideoweb.jpg
Would you droll to own this? Yes - yes you would drool. You would drool a lot. You would redefine a new paradigm for the word drool and create innovative solutions in the drool-space. You'd corner the end-user solutions in drool as well as usher in new applications of drool in the enterprise marketplace.
Seriously doubt it. GTA has three cities in the franichiese - Liberty City, Vice City and San Andreas. If you go way back to the first game - it's these three cities. With the exception of the mod-nonsense, they've stayed true to the three nom-de-plumes. They've changed things a bit with the last "city" becoming a state but the names stayed the same.
The last foray into London was a nice expansion pack for it's day - but didn't really seem true to the GTA universe. Considering there's already two games that use a virtual London called the Getaway, I don't see the point of it. But then the inquirer is about as reliable as a Yugo as far as news goes.
Also - although they could do any time-era they choose, the best of GTA uses REAL LIFE as a basis for parody. Setting it into some anime wet-dream like Tokyo 2050 doesn't make any sense - in fact it's outright lame.
The PSP version grounded it nicely back in Liberty City and kept a lot of the add-ons that dilluted gameplay in San Andreas out - for space reasons - but it's a better game as a result. Or at least it would be if the control scheme wasn't compromised to the hilt and the fact that the PSP doesn't have video-out.
I'm looking forward to playing Liberty City - set in 2007 or before - when the PS3 iteration comes out. You can bet on it unless Take 2's financial problems puts Rockstar into an outright tailspin.
re:"When will the hardcore religious faithful who try to influence these things realise that science poses no danger to their beliefs. Their actions only perpetuate a growing distaste for religious involvment among so many people worldwide."
Unfortuanately, although you might expect such rational thought to enter into the equation - religion has never been rational, and the righteous never admit to making a mistake.
Which is sad really because if there was a mechanism - or one single thing - that would enable people to drop god and get on with business on planet earth, value the people that surround them, and realize that there's going to be a short time that they're going to exist - then I'd be very proactive in supporting efforts to disseminate "it" as widely and to as many as possible.
I love the geek mentality that represents a violation of the first rule of any product. Fill a need. By trying to be a photoshop killer without being photoshop like, most artists and designers have given it the cold shoulder.
The response from the geek community? "the customer is wrong and needs to work the way we made it work".
With customer support and feedback like that - is it any wonder open source is a joke? Dollars equals votes equals sales equals company staying in business keeping customers happy.
Open source - we fuck around - we give it to you - insult you if you don't like it - and then mastrubate to Hentai porn.
Back to work amigo!
VENKMAN:You're always so worried about your reputation. We don't need the University. Einstein did his best stuff while he was working as a patent clerk. They can't stop progress.
STANTZ: (not cheered) Do you know what a patent clerk makes?
VENKMAN: NO!
STANTZ: I liked the University. They gave us money, they gave us facilities and we didn't have to produce anything! You don't know what it's like out there! I've worked in the private sector. They expect results.
re:"can I have a job"
Kind of obvious - but if you're in the tech market in the Bay Area and you haven't been hitting Craigslist, you should be slapped across the back of the head. I'm getting callbacks two hours after posting a handfull of resumes in my contracting work. Most want me full-time, but for those I use the magic phrase "contract to hire availability".
Between the outflow of labor in the last 4 years in the SF area and the new crush of startups I'm predicting a labor crunch in about 8 months time. I've got more work than I can handle anyway - or want to.