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#41
Quote from: AGA on Sun 21/06/2009 16:32:41
Quote from: Nacho on Sat 20/06/2009 15:36:06
Now, your turn, Berian.

What happens at Mittens stays at Mittens.

Lets go have SEEEXXX SEEEXX RAWWWWWWR
#42
Other than that ability is built into the OS and its a media player.
#43
General Discussion / Re: Google Wave
Fri 05/06/2009 11:23:57
Sigh when threads are turned into "lol porn lol".
#44
General Discussion / Re: Google Wave
Thu 04/06/2009 13:36:10
Quote from: Andail on Thu 04/06/2009 12:06:53
I'm getting gradually less intrigued by the brand new communication/networking systems. It's like everyone has this urge to be online everywhere, all the time, to read and share everything at once, to be in perpetual contact with everyone you know, and everyone they know, and get updated in real time about everyone's opinions and moods and states and emoticons or whatnot.

Is it really our ambition to develop a hive mind? Is that our destiny as humans?

Leave your laptop at home, turn off your mobile phone and go for a long solitary walk. It's bound to do you good.

Yeah Im not a great fan of the simple status sharing things (such as twitter, well, as used by some people) but things like facebook which allow you to keep it touch with people (in a greater interactive means than simple email - and Im mostly refer to people its not practical to call), not to mention other things such as video and photo sharing etc, definitely have a place, in my opinion.

Some people take it too far, but it definitely has a place.

Quote from: Akatosh on Thu 04/06/2009 12:33:51
That's certainly true, but more people using their service and the additional data generated ALSO mean more incentive to spy and/or spam the hell out of said people. We'll see who comes out on top. And yeah, if spambots ever manage to get beyond "Gâ,¬T cHâ,¬@p vi4gr4 todey!!!!", it'll be the end of the human race.
At the same time, more spam means more training material which means less spam slipping through.  The thing with a filter like this is that although a bot could maybe slip through by making spam messages which are posts significantly different messages it soon  I imagine it would soon become too much hassle to create, tweek and change the bots.

I'm not saying nothing will slip through, I don't think it will be the spam epidemic you are thinking of though :P

Quote from: Akatosh on Thu 04/06/2009 12:33:51
Heh. Yeah, I should've probably clarified this... they're already collecting and using data about people, and running most of your communications over Google would drastically increase the ways they could collect data about you, which was my main qualm about this. This may or may not be related to my "get off my lawn / private data files" complex.
Hehe, I know I was just being facetious :P.  I personally have no qualm about my data being collected as long as its going to be used reasonably (which I so far trust Google to do,  could be misguided or whatever).  And I include targetting their advertising to be reasonable use - if Im going to have adverts I'd rather have adverts Im going to be interested in!

At the same time I can understand the "get off my datas!" mindset.

Quote from: Akatosh on Thu 04/06/2009 12:33:51
Seriously, though. What I was trying to point out was that I think people are being way too optimistic about Google, the quality of their products and their security measures / the exploitability of the collected data right now. Good track record nonwithstanding, they've got precisely zero experience with something like this. It's not a question about whether there will be bugs and security breaches in there - the question is how bad they'll be.

Well, gmail is quite large and although extremely simplified version of what wave is presenting I think it counts.  Also they have a lot of experience with developing APIs so I think we can trust them there, plus, you said it yourself... They hire a lot of bright (well, you said young - but they dont just hire anyone!) people to work for them.  The team behind Wave seem to have a lot of experience also.

Everything has the potential for security holes, I think that enough thought will go into this that they will be kept to a minimum though - this isn't just some beginners slapping google's name onto their product.
#45
General Discussion / Re: Google Wave
Thu 04/06/2009 10:32:50
Quote from: Akatosh on Thu 04/06/2009 09:25:17
Wave would change that, were it to become common enough. Google has some good programmers, but I doubt they'll manage to stay ahead of the spammers for long.
Well, part of the point isn't that they're making some big website for everyone to use - they are making this an open protocol which developers can go and make their own wave-like systems (not just embedding from the "official" google wave system).  Plus, most of google's systems (including translating, filtering etc) work by statistics, so a large number of people using their service means a large amount of data which means further refined systems.  I think they might have a chance against spam - unless, heaven forbid, spam bots become coherent - then we're all screwed.

Quote from: Akatosh on Thu 04/06/2009 09:25:17
Plus, don't forget that Google "spams" ads, too. That's how they earn their money.
Yeah small text adverts annoy the crap out of me too.

Quote from: Akatosh on Thu 04/06/2009 09:25:17
As I said, maybe I'm just a grumpy old war veteran already (at age 18 no less :P)
:D

Quote from: Akatosh on Thu 04/06/2009 09:25:17
/EDIT: Plus, I find it pretty funny how Google is starting to resemble early Microsoft. Pretty much total hegemony over an important market, to the point that the product is becoming synonymous with the product category? Check. Hiring young talent, especially programmers? Check. Privacy concerns don't even make the priority list? Check. Ambitions to revolutionise entire markets, even outside the "core"? Check. Attacking established companies with similar-but-slightly-changed products? Check. Seriously, outside of PR (and, well, products), they're hardly different.
Hiring promising employees, going for a market share? Its almost like its a business!
#46
General Discussion / Re: Google Wave
Wed 03/06/2009 10:06:33
I think part of the point is they want people like facebook to take their APIs/Protocols and use them to develop their system further, so this is likely what will happen.
#47
Where as playing them might be fun for a while, I cant imagine programming a giant spreadsheet would be that fun for most people around these parts :P
#48
I use facebook, also:



These settings are a bit hidden, I agree, they should move  them to "Privacy" under the Settings menu or something.
#49
General Discussion / Re: R.I.P Red Dwarf
Sat 18/04/2009 01:59:27
Shes in it for 5 minutes and really really old.
#50
Aren't there like mountains of tycoon games released every day?  Im not saying all (or any) are any good, but there are plenty of tycoon games about still, Im sure!

Unless even thats died down now
#51
He does? I don't hate him so much, just Fable (and specifically Fable II) which just sucks ass.
#52
Quote from: Stupot on Wed 15/04/2009 23:20:24
I think there is a lot of innovative stuff out there at the moment.  Nintendo have got innovation coming out of their ears with first the DS and now the Wii and I think they've created an arena for some really interesting stuff that just wasn't possible before.

Personally I wouldn't call Nintendo innovative.

I think Progz (and Fish) hit the nail on the head, innovative doesn't always mean good.  Over the past few years I've played some good games which I wouldn't call innovative but which I also wouldn't call cookie cutter copies.  Innovative and good aren't the same - and I'd rather play a good game than an innovative one!  Different for the sake of it is pointless.

(Also Molyneux sucks)

#53
General Discussion / Re: R.I.P Red Dwarf
Sun 12/04/2009 19:59:57
The second episode was a lot better than the first.  Although it was one giant blade runner reference.
#54
Count me in, homeslice
#55
Quote from: Esseb on Tue 24/02/2009 19:49:20
Scammed and cheated by LucasArts, eh?

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I'm still waiting!

Not seen Indy 4?! Could be coming in the form of Indy 5!
#56
Quote from: Meowster on Tue 27/01/2009 00:00:36
Molyneux

Slap him for Fable.


And I doubt I'll go.. I'd like to go to one again, been a while since I went to Reading, but none of them are good enough to warrant me spending so much money at the moment - sure they're fun, but eh.. Don't have that much to waste when I could waste it on things I'd enjoy more

Have fun though!
#57
They could always stay the same
#58
Just completed it. It was pretty good, enjoyed the style more than the gameplay (or anything else) really.
I'll be downloading the other episodes when they are out though.
#60
I'll live
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