As someone has mentioned, the article isnt about product placement in games, but a whole game who's focus is selling a product. Hasnt this been done in a way in America's Army? It is not to promote a product, but to promote recruiting, but same idea. I am not sure how many people have joined the army because of this game, but i do know a lot of people who play. So their message is getting to the target audience.
Also, take a hint in the fact that this game is free. If i am going to play games, they might as well be free.
You cant shut down a 'protocol' I'm not sure if you still have to auth with a central kazaa server, but if not, one company behind the protocol or not, you cant shut it down. Who would you shut down?
I dunno if its been covered or not, I throw my modest karma at your mercy, BUT:
Microsoft has released their WinXP MCE doing all the stuff that the artcle talks about wanting to do, and it supposedly outdoes any free option out there. Unfortunatly it only works with a couple video cards, and still uses a lot of cpu power to do what it does. Despite this, Anandtech thinks that the interface is nice and polished and does quite well. I guess the major downside is that you cant actually buy it, you have to buy a computer loaded with it from the start. nngh
Oh well, take a look at that anandtech article and make your own judgements.
For me, I find violent video games do the opposite of enticing me to commit a violent act. For example: I've had a rough day at work, my boss is yelling at me and riding me all day. If I'm pretty pissed off at the end of the day, coming home to play some q3a or counter-strike and killing a few dozen people really takes the edge off. So in a way, those kind of games sate my appetite for violence. NO it doesnt mean if I dind't play video games I'd go blow someone's head off, but it sure does relax and help distract me.
But what if diverting that hurricane cause two more hurricanes to devastate other coasts half way across the world. Weather been weather, you cant really tell untill you try it, and like you said trial and error can be dangerous.
Maybe I should have RTFA a bit closer, but I couldnt tell... Can you delete the one character to play a new one on that server? Maybe an option for these outraged people is to explore their first character as much as possible, then delete it, and explore new avenues.(sp?) Or I guess selling your game along with the high level character and buying a new game and starting over is always an option to...
There is all the other mentioned stuff for taking notes in class (why its a bad idea) AND Have you ever sat next to someone with a laptop taking notes in class? They type for the whole damn lecture...I wanted to strangle the guy and hang him from the ceiling fan.. Not that there was one..crummy school <grumbles>
OOOH, I see. So the fact that every drain and toilet in the northern hemisphere spiral water the same way was the manufactueres fault, and those weirdos in the southern hemisphere are just designing things backwards.
Better? Depends what you mean by better. If disk space is important to you, dolby digital is better. It has a fixed compression ratio regardless of the audio signal. DTS' compression ratio varies to increase signal quality. Depending on how much bandwidth DTV gets, this might be important. For dvds you might notice that just about any dvd with a DTS track lacks in special features and extra audio. There just isnt the space for it.
And DTS wasnt specifically locked out. Everyone was in the way that: Dolby is now the audio standard for dvds, so there has to be a DD track on there. Doesnt mean there cant be other tracks.
Actually, this isnt really true. The CCD sensor that takes the snapshots of the tabletop responds better at to light at certain frequencies. I found a graph of responsivity vs wavelength for a standard ccd(made by Agilent, which almost all optical mice sensors are AFAIK.)It isnt my graph, I just found it on a mod page.
As you can see, the CCD responds better to red than blue. Also, contrast is important to sense the differences between shots. This is done by angling the light from the LED as close to parallel to the surface as possible, done in my mouse with(This is called 'dark field illumination') Basically use a good bright blue LED, make sure it desnt drop more than your mouse can source, (usually 5v) and you should be fine.
Yeah I did this mod myself, but I realized one problem. The bottom of my intellimouse explorer is translucent red plastic. That means it filters out everything but red. Since a blue LED makes almost perfect blue light, not just blue filtered white light, it almost doesnt shine through the plastic at all. I certainly dont have a glowing blue mouse bottom. Keep that in mind if you dont have clear mouse bottom plastic.
While I am not saying PP&C isn't a good brand, and maybe well known, I have heard them mentioned only in passing while people focus mostly on sparkle(mixed opinions), enermax(nothing but praise), and antec(almost all praise also.)
Despite anything, PP&C are NOT the 'only decent third party manufacturer of power supplies'
I've had antec and currently using enermax, both were cool(as in temperature) and very quiet. Nothing but praise.
(I'm basing these opinions on personal experiance and the experiance of the many (many? well some..i wish you knew who your were:)) knowledgable people on #athlon and #celeron on efnet)
You know, hes right. I am in Canada (and maybe that makes a difference) and I've been going to movies for a long time. Ive ever maybe only heard one pager or cell phone go off, and NEVER heard someone answer it and talk. Ive never been disturbed by a baby (i would get up and throw the couple out myself if I did.) There have been distrubances of course, people talking, 12 year old kids doing stupid loud things, etc. But none of this mightmare I read about on/.
Then again, I take just about everything I read on/. with a grain of salt..or a quarry.
If it is a ccd camera, why not just mount ~20ish IR LEDs to bathe your plate in IR light. Since IR is invisible, it wont be seen by cops and wont blind the people behind you. Wouldnt this render your plate into a white splotch?
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As someone has mentioned, the article isnt about product placement in games, but a whole game who's focus is selling a product. Hasnt this been done in a way in America's Army? It is not to promote a product, but to promote recruiting, but same idea. I am not sure how many people have joined the army because of this game, but i do know a lot of people who play. So their message is getting to the target audience.
Also, take a hint in the fact that this game is free. If i am going to play games, they might as well be free.
You cant shut down a 'protocol' I'm not sure if you still have to auth with a central kazaa server, but if not, one company behind the protocol or not, you cant shut it down. Who would you shut down?
I dunno if its been covered or not, I throw my modest karma at your mercy, BUT:
Microsoft has released their WinXP MCE doing all the stuff that the artcle talks about wanting to do, and it supposedly outdoes any free option out there. Unfortunatly it only works with a couple video cards, and still uses a lot of cpu power to do what it does. Despite this, Anandtech thinks that the interface is nice and polished and does quite well. I guess the major downside is that you cant actually buy it, you have to buy a computer loaded with it from the start. nngh
Oh well, take a look at that anandtech article and make your own judgements.
For me, I find violent video games do the opposite of enticing me to commit a violent act.
For example: I've had a rough day at work, my boss is yelling at me and riding me all day. If I'm pretty pissed off at the end of the day, coming home to play some q3a or counter-strike and killing a few dozen people really takes the edge off.
So in a way, those kind of games sate my appetite for violence.
NO it doesnt mean if I dind't play video games I'd go blow someone's head off, but it sure does relax and help distract me.
But what if diverting that hurricane cause two more hurricanes to devastate other coasts half way across the world. Weather been weather, you cant really tell untill you try it, and like you said trial and error can be dangerous.
Wing beat of a butterfly and all..
my 2c
Well then, in Arnold Schwarzenegger's infamous words...
"STOP WHINING!"
.inc .ltd
etc..I think a limited or incorperated company would be happy to have its own Businessname.inc
Plus its short!
(unlike SOME i could mention-- nokia.takesmeafuckinghourtotypethisonamobilephone
Maybe I should have RTFA a bit closer, but I couldnt tell...
Can you delete the one character to play a new one on that server?
Maybe an option for these outraged people is to explore their first character as much as possible, then delete it, and explore new avenues.(sp?)
Or I guess selling your game along with the high level character and buying a new game and starting over is always an option to...
"A lot of its components would not stand having voltages applied to them again," says Thorne. "I think it would probably catch fire."
Reminds me of some of the old linux kernel code, and thinking its good to have a sense of humor.
Trying to get a printer working and getting a kernel message saying Lpt:1 on fire!
I KNOW, in the old days, we had to code in the SNOW! going uphill. Both ways!
In Soviet Russia, there were beowulf clusters of these, making first posts to slashdot..
Enough already!
it was already said on this article
Is it just me or is slashdot screwed up? I keep getting weird errors, etc.
Yeah, if he spell-checked/corrected it first...
That and there is only one of each question
There is all the other mentioned stuff for taking notes in class (why its a bad idea)
AND
Have you ever sat next to someone with a laptop taking notes in class? They type for the whole damn lecture...I wanted to strangle the guy and hang him from the ceiling fan..
Not that there was one..crummy school <grumbles>
OOOH, I see. So the fact that every drain and toilet in the northern hemisphere spiral water the same way was the manufactueres fault, and those weirdos in the southern hemisphere are just designing things backwards.
Better?
Depends what you mean by better.
If disk space is important to you, dolby digital is better. It has a fixed compression ratio regardless of the audio signal.
DTS' compression ratio varies to increase signal quality. Depending on how much bandwidth DTV gets, this might be important. For dvds you might notice that just about any dvd with a DTS track lacks in special features and extra audio. There just isnt the space for it.
And DTS wasnt specifically locked out. Everyone was in the way that: Dolby is now the audio standard for dvds, so there has to be a DD track on there. Doesnt mean there cant be other tracks.
Actually, this isnt really true. The CCD sensor that takes the snapshots of the tabletop responds better at to light at certain frequencies.
I found a graph of responsivity vs wavelength for a standard ccd(made by Agilent, which almost all optical mice sensors are AFAIK.)It isnt my graph, I just found it on a mod page.
You can see it here.
As you can see, the CCD responds better to red than blue.
Also, contrast is important to sense the differences between shots. This is done by angling the light from the LED as close to parallel to the surface as possible, done in my mouse with(This is called 'dark field illumination')
Basically use a good bright blue LED, make sure it desnt drop more than your mouse can source, (usually 5v) and you should be fine.
Yeah I did this mod myself, but I realized one problem. The bottom of my intellimouse explorer is translucent red plastic. That means it filters out everything but red. Since a blue LED makes almost perfect blue light, not just blue filtered white light, it almost doesnt shine through the plastic at all. I certainly dont have a glowing blue mouse bottom. Keep that in mind if you dont have clear mouse bottom plastic.
Microsoft Hypes Microsoft product!
;)
Some news
You mean 19 years -ago-
While I am not saying PP&C isn't a good brand, and maybe well known, I have heard them mentioned only in passing while people focus mostly on sparkle(mixed opinions), enermax(nothing but praise), and antec(almost all praise also.)
Despite anything, PP&C are NOT the 'only decent third party manufacturer of power supplies'
I've had antec and currently using enermax, both were cool(as in temperature) and very quiet. Nothing but praise.
(I'm basing these opinions on personal experiance and the experiance of the many (many? well some..i wish you knew who your were:)) knowledgable people on #athlon and #celeron on efnet)
Makes me wonder. I doubt very much this is a result of geek inbreeding. I mean seriously, where are they getting all these female geeks?
/. readers are getting women on a large scale. Why didn't someone let me know hell froze over?
You are implying that
You know, hes right. I am in Canada (and maybe that makes a difference) and I've been going to movies for a long time. Ive ever maybe only heard one pager or cell phone go off, and NEVER heard someone answer it and talk. Ive never been disturbed by a baby (i would get up and throw the couple out myself if I did.) There have been distrubances of course, people talking, 12 year old kids doing stupid loud things, etc. But none of this mightmare I read about on /.
/. with a grain of salt..or a quarry.
Then again, I take just about everything I read on
Your nick is DickPhallus and you are talking about snuggling at home with a girlfriend?
:)
Riiiight...
If it is a ccd camera, why not just mount ~20ish IR LEDs to bathe your plate in IR light. Since IR is invisible, it wont be seen by cops and wont blind the people behind you.
Wouldnt this render your plate into a white splotch?