So you are saying we shouldn't bother to help a child who was born with AIDS just because some people made a poor decision? Things aren't always black or white.
Maybe not, but I don't want to pay for the same game twice. I really don't see what was so good about Halo. As far as I can tell the only reason it was successful was because there wasn't another decent shooter on the Xbox at the time.
Final Fantasy games, however, are pretty good but I find that's because of the story they tell. They involve you into the story and at some point you find yourself sucked in and making a difference in this game universe.
Maybe now they will truly release the Media Transport Protocol. Currently they have released the protocol but forbid it in the use of FOSS.
But I doubt that will ever happen.
None of these technologies that he points out are actually revolutionary. They are simply logical progressions of old tech.
The most revolutionary of these is the concept of the telephone. The telephone was the first device to allow people miles apart to communicate in real time. Cell phones are simply the same thing minus the wire. Same thing with iPods. They're a different medium and portable, but it's the same thing as a phonograph.
Chat rooms, email, and the Internet in general, are also somewhat of a social revolution as they largely remove identity and encourage anonymity. People no longer have to take responsibility for what they say as it is a lot easier to hide your true identity.
Digital camera screens? Please... there have been viewfinders for a long time.
All of this technology, though innovative, won't throw off people from the 1920's too much. What would probably throw them off more is how they got into the current day.
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So you are saying we shouldn't bother to help a child who was born with AIDS just because some people made a poor decision? Things aren't always black or white.
I'm not bashing reading here, but why should I read some Halo books? This isn't a literary classic here... it's a shooter.
Maybe not, but I don't want to pay for the same game twice. I really don't see what was so good about Halo. As far as I can tell the only reason it was successful was because there wasn't another decent shooter on the Xbox at the time. Final Fantasy games, however, are pretty good but I find that's because of the story they tell. They involve you into the story and at some point you find yourself sucked in and making a difference in this game universe.
Maybe now they will truly release the Media Transport Protocol. Currently they have released the protocol but forbid it in the use of FOSS. But I doubt that will ever happen.
None of these technologies that he points out are actually revolutionary. They are simply logical progressions of old tech. The most revolutionary of these is the concept of the telephone. The telephone was the first device to allow people miles apart to communicate in real time. Cell phones are simply the same thing minus the wire. Same thing with iPods. They're a different medium and portable, but it's the same thing as a phonograph. Chat rooms, email, and the Internet in general, are also somewhat of a social revolution as they largely remove identity and encourage anonymity. People no longer have to take responsibility for what they say as it is a lot easier to hide your true identity. Digital camera screens? Please... there have been viewfinders for a long time. All of this technology, though innovative, won't throw off people from the 1920's too much. What would probably throw them off more is how they got into the current day.