I completely and utterly agree with you Dark. It reminds me of the
Disturbed (a band) situation. I heard an album of theirs from my taxi
driver, loved it, downloaded the rest, then bought loads of them a while
later.
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Hi Tom.
that is true, and the way I see things going. also, when discussing the
issue of piracy with my mum, one thing she pointed out is that with a
physical book, you can lend it to friends and family, as in fact people have
been doing sinse the invention of mass printing, so why should
Hi tom.
yes, I read that artical too. Don't forget as well that t here in the Uk
things are a little less rigid life style wise as in the states.
What I mean is, my parents aren't big sf buffs, but enjoy doctor who, rather
the way a friend of mine does rp, computer games, death metal, nihlism
Hi Dark,
Very true. Its interesting that capitalism is driving the technology
boom, but at the same time its causing problems for other companies
who want to remain behind. That has never been as clear as the SOPA
and PIPA acts the recording industry tried to shove through congress
this spring.
I
Hi Dark,
Well, I think everyone is going to have a rude awakening when that
happens. I don't know if you have read it, but Elanor wrote a great
article on 7-128's website about the baby boomers reaching 60, and the
fact if mainstream video game companies don't act now they could be
losing millions
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I'm afraid I disagree tom, but probably that is primarily because of the
laughable state of access in this country.
the sooner the publishers stop trying to maintain an strangle hold on media
generally, and accessible media in particular, the sooner the digital age
and the sharing of informati
Unofrtunately Tom, with the rnib being so overbearing in this country, and
also having far more control, that atitude gets multiplied a hundred fold.
As I've also said with regards to games, I wonder what is going to happen
when the generation who grew up in the 60's and 70's, the people curren
Hi Dark,
Oh, when it comes to computers specialized digital formats are pretty
much an illusion alright. As I already stated I can go to Bookshare,
login, download any book I want, and then use the Linux command line
tool to convert the Daisy book to text, html, etc. At that point I
just removed t
Hi Dark,
Well, I think we get some of that here, but just not as bad. While it
is legal to redistribute copies of the RPG source books and campaign
guides in an accessible format I think the reason the major agencies
like APH, Learning Alley, and NLS don't is simply this belief that
blind people w
As far as I can tell, there are two different kinds of books. One
of them has the text of the book in a standard html layout, and
the other uses a .smil extension for the actual book.
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From: Thomas Ward Well, I could always ask Bookshare about that, but I was under
Here's what I'm going to do:
As it stands now I have absolutely no fuel for missions; I'll
have to gather this before I can do anything. Once I have the
fuel I'm going to do a playthrough of a ten crate mission.
Probably later next week (wednesday-friday) I'll be able to
acquire some software
Hi John,
Well, I could always ask Bookshare about that, but I was under the
understanding that anyone can redistribute printed materials in an
accessible format provided it is in accordance to the US copyright
laws. As I understand it amendment 17 section 121 states that it is
legal to redistribut
Hi Tom.
While I understand your frustration, and totally simpathize, for myself your
experience has a different ring, being as up until 2006 no starwwars books
were vailable in Britain at all! accept a few abridged commercial tape
copies. The rnib did none of them. in 2006 they recorded the th
Hi Tom.
It's a pain, especially sinse in this country there is no government impetus
or funding for access, so it's left to the Rnib who control with an iron
fist and wouldn't ever! make accessible versions of rp books because (as
they told me), "most blind people wouldn't like that"
Though
Hi Dark,
Believe me I know exactly how you feel about access and copyright
laws. I've had to put up with access issues with certain printed books
and materials here in the US even though the laws here are pretty
flexible regarding distributing printed materials in accessible
formats. Still, there
Hi Dark,
Such is the joys of international copyright law, and that's precisely
why I don't want to go through Bookshare. Sure its legal and I might
do it for no other reason than to let Bookshare subscribers have
access to the books, but international copyrights being what they are
just because it
Hi Al,
I'm talking about the newer d20 Star Wars source books and campaign
guides. As you might already know the d20 campaign books and source
guides covers the rebel era, the clone wars era, and the New Jedi
Order era. I've even heard they are working on releasing a new
expansion set for the Old
Play through or play through with commentary, I'd listen to either, but I
would like the play through with commentary best.
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Behalf Of john
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 1:42 PM
To: gamers
Subject:
Hi al.
Bookshare has the same problem as the library of congress, namely that it is
not accessible to those living outside the Us, I remember having to beg,
grovel, and finally ring Washington Dc from england to persuade the library
of congress to send me books by specific authors that wren't
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I think I have to agree with you Dark. I think there should be accessible
formats for the blind, especially print stuff including rpg books. Bookshare
does a good job of it, so I don't see why wotc couldn't do something similar
if it is so nervous about electronic format.
My two cents I suppos
I was just wondering which star wars rules you were talking about. The old west
end games or the d20 star wars. Just out of curiosity and not much else. I
knowt he west end books are no longer in print so I am not sure if that matters
or not.
al
"The truth will set you free"
Jesus Christ of
Hi Zack,
As far as I know there are no official daisy readers out there for
Linux, but Bookshare has a tool Linux users can download to convert
them to html or text. So its really simply a case of running it
through the Daisy to html convertion program and then opening it in
Firefox or Epiphany, a
I appear to be at a lack of fuel currently, I'll do a mission
recording as soon as I can get my hands on a can, but until then
the recording will have to be postpone eventually. I'm currently
planning to simply run through a 10 crate mission in the large
warehouse. If you would prefer I record
I'm not saying that your posts are off-topic. I'm trying to reason with you.
What I'm trying to say which you don't appear to understand is that 1.
individuals can easily gain the information directly from the website or
subscribe to it. 2. This is a somewhat high traffic list and I personally
For some reason, some Internet Service providers don't allow Emails from
some providers such as Yahoo Groups. There isn't anything that users can do
about it. So, this way, through my Emails, they can get the info.
I don't see what your problem is about hitting the delete key when you see
th
Hi Tom.
personally I'm of the opinion that after 20 years of trying to get
accessible rp books, fantasy literature etc and being repeatedly stone
walled on the issue, copywrite can kiss my rear end!
In around the year 2000 I bought a cd which contained word documents of all
the old D&D 2nd edi
The online manual and the saved game file.
Nicole Thompson-Andrews
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From: "Thomas Ward"
To: "Gamers Discussion list"
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 11:05 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey
Hi Dentin.
I actually really enjoy the articals on the game and have read many of them,
(it was reading the turn undead one that is the reason I now have a perfect
turn undead as a clerric), so I'll enjoy the history.
As I've said before, my only regret with Alter was back in 2004 when i was
I loved that fifteen year summary. It was one of the more amusing
things I've managed to dig up for a long time.
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From: Dennis Towne Shadowfax has put together several new articles, as well as a
long and
detailed history of Alter Aeon, going back over 15 years.
The
If you've ever downloaded and studied a bookshare daisy book,
you'll notice that some of them are essentially html files. By
this I mean that you can read the book in internet explorer. As
far as bookshare goes, you can also get a brf file version, which
is braille only. I'm not sure how legal
Hmm.
If the PDF's are inaccessible, you might want to check with
www.drivethrurpg.com
I know they sell PDFs; they might be interested in selling other formats,
especially if you're doing all the converting and editing.
It may turn out to be a dead end but I think it's worth checking.
Christina
--
Thomas,
My understanding is that you can't distribute them at all in the US,
regardless of form. I believe that the courts have defined a right to
"format shift" - so you can scan them and put them into an accessible
form for yourself - but format shifting does not allow distribution.
If you hos
Hi Thomas,
I'm no lawyer, but as far as I understand these things, you are essentially
correct. Daisy is one possible format, as is .brf braille. Depending on the
method you use to convert these books to Daisy, users can open the .xml file in
something like Internet Explorer and read its content
Okay, Charles, so the question begs, why could not individuals subscribe to
the list? Is there limitations which say preclude an individual in Alaska,
or South America, or Egypt from subscribing to the list? I guess I don't
understand why information which is easily accessible to those individua
After quite a bit of hard work and editing, the Alter Aeon god
Shadowfax has put together several new articles, as well as a long and
detailed history of Alter Aeon, going back over 15 years.
The new articles cover using the in-game editor, general problem
solving, and differences between gods -
Hi all,
I was wondering if anyone knows where we stand legally on
redistributing roll playing game source books in accessible format.
The reason I ask is because I have a number of source books for the
Star Wars roll playing game I'm in the process of converting to text
or html. Once I'm done scan
Yes, you have to use a headset in order to distinguish which direction the
zombies are coming from.
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From: Charles Rivard
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 3:18 PM
To: Gamers Discussion list
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Where's my ducky?
Must the headset be used?
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Shepher
Must the headset be used?
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Shepherds are the best beasts, but Labs are a close second.
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From: "MamaPeach"
To: "Gamers Discussion list"
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 2:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Where's my ducky?
I just grabbed this game and have just finish
I post it to the out of sight chat list for those who don't want to, or for
some reason cannot, subscribe to the out of sight events list. I send it to
other Email lists in hopes of increasing the number of Out of Sight
subscribers. If you don't want to read it, use the delete key. Thanks for
Charles,, I'm just curious to know your thinking behind posting this
information to the list since it is easily accessible for any individual who
would wish to subscribe to their email list? I ask thisk, because I don't
want to block your messages, however I don't care to read this stuff and if
I just grabbed this game and have just finished playing. It is an awesome
game with superior sound effects. I made it to level 6 before losing the
game. Give it a try.
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From: Charles Rivard
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 3:07 PM
To: Gamers Discussion list
Subject: Re:
Just wondering if anyone has played any of Richard De Steno's games on the
iPhone? If so, could you please contact me privately as I am having trouble
progressing past certain points such as spinning the cosmic wheel in
Destination Mars and after entering my name on the games that ask for a
nam
Thanks, Phil. Not giving the correct name of an app make is harder to
locate.
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From: "Phil Vlasak"
To: "Gamers Discussion list"
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Where's
Hi,
Entombed is probably up there as one of my favourite 2 audio games. It's
definitely worth a go in my opinion. One thing that confused me the first
time I played was as you walk around the dungeon you should hear footsteps
which give you an idea of your movement but in an older version the
foot
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Hi,
Personally I'd just love to hear a recording of the gameplay. Seeing how people
play Swamp is part of the fun of these recordings.
On Jun 14, 2012, at 1:41 PM, john wrote:
> I've been pondering over the idea of making a recording of myself soloing a
> couple missions on swamp. Would anybod
I've been pondering over the idea of making a recording of myself
soloing a couple missions on swamp. Would anybody be interested
in something like this, and if so, in which way would you prefer
it made (as a podcast? as a demonstration? just as a
playthrough?) If I'm going to do something like
Hi Michael,
The name is
Where's my rubber ducky
http://www.appspy.com/wheres-my-rubber-ducky-review
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From: "michael barnes"
To:
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 3:41 AM
Subject: [Audyssey] Where's my ducky?
Hey, I was on the applevis website looking around and I saw
Ah. That must be the problem. In the original post, you said the game was
"where's my ducky". Thanks.
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From: "michael barnes"
To:
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 12:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Wher
Hey, Charles.
In the app store on your iPhone type the following title.
Where's my rubber ducky, or type in the developer which is
Accessibility Foundation.
That should help.
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I looked through the games on the site and it is not listed where I was
looking. I was looking through the free games. Where did you find it? I
also did a search in the iTunes store and it did not find the game. Thanks.
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Hi all. I have a problem in the extension. The problem is in the first
mission from campaygn. When I travel strayght ahead to the nord for
folow the objective, On the 893 or 900 north coordonate the ayrcraft
crash on the montain. The problem is that I can't climb more than 99
altitude. Any help wou
Here are the events scheduled for Thursday, June 14th:
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Hi Nicole,
Can you be more specific as to what files you can't remove? Usually
rebooting will allow you to remove files from an uninstalled program.
Another way is just to open the Windows command prompt and delete them
manually via the commandline.
Cheers!
On 6/13/12, Nicole Valicia Thompson-An
Hey, does anyone have the contact info for LOLriffic stuff?
Or maybe someone might be able to answer the questions that I have.
One what is the difference between the paid and free LOLriffic stuff iOS apps?
Second does their games have a scoring system?
Third can you ever beat any of their games,
Hi, you log in once per day and whatever income you accumulated for the
last 24 hours, you purchase more land or buildings. Then repeat daily
for a period of time which you choose. If you invest right, your income
will grow. In World War, iMobsters, and Vampires, the income grows
rapidly. It's
you use the trackpad on the front of your laptop. moving your finger
left, turns you left, moveing your finger right turns you right.
thats all there is to it.
dallas
On 14/06/2012, Nick Helms wrote:
> that sounds awesome! I'd be using a laptop for this, how would you use
> the mouse on a laptop
Hey, I was on the applevis website looking around and I saw an
interresting game!
The name of the game is Where's my ducky, and it is fully accessible to
the blind.
It is a first person shooter where you have a gun and a knife and you
got zombies coming at you.
You don't need voice over to play,
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