On 13 Sep 2006 at 7:20, Gibson Jonathan wrote:
> > Why do you have a problem with the fact that some people who can use
> > technology don't view it as sacred?
> >
>
> What, no answer, again?!?
> Anyway, I don't worship at any alter. Why do you insist I do?
Because it's evidently a creed for you, and you insist on making
assumptions. So that's one made back. It's as valid as yours.
> I grew up in a dirt floor cabin in the woods. I live exceedingly
> simple and spend little - exactly as I did when I was a more
Shrug, I'm a city boy. Wilderness is nice, but I prefer living
somewhere with infrastructure. (Tech is in no way "bad" or "dirty" as
far as I'm converned, I'm just not interested in anything but the
uses I can put it to).
> the tit of the system you clearly despise. You've rarely made any
You're making an assumption again. And you're wrong. Again. I don't
despise anyone who's tolerant of other views, as you are not.
> > And interface is a pure useability issue. Thing is, my minidisk
> > recorder is also easy to use. So why should I spend cash on something
> > else? (the ability to record is, for me, required).
> >
>
> You are dead wrong on usability.
> How is usability not in the realm of function?
That's precisely what I said. Useability is a pure function issue,
and is *thus* very important to me. The minidisk player fills what I
need perfectly. I'm only going to move to something else as and when
I'm offered a substantial increase in functionality, or the minidisk
recorder dies.
> > Dream on. Future devices will have DRM lockdowns which make them
> > considerably less useful. Heck, iPod's do for their legal tunes and
> > its getting more restrictive every other update or so. To me, that's
> > a pure restriction on function.
> >
>
> Your arguing that mass market consumer component electronics will not
> get cheaper?
>
> DRM = Probably. But I run all my music through as AIFF {call me a
> snob} - until I got this small 4GB Nano and there I only use my own
> ripped MP3's. Someone will work around this if it becomes too onerous
> and we'll all move in that direction.
Cheaper, sure. But less useable. Apple's leading the charge to lock
down media devices with DRM. This is very much part of how I see
things: DRM is a simple and plain negative because it removes
function.
> > I'm shipping a story, in the form of a game. The medium is not the
> > message. Rogue Trooper, for example, is basically a paen on the
> > futility of war.
> >
> >
>
> That sounds like an oxymoron of a game there.
> You think selling a shoot'em-up is going to teach people not to
An utterly incorrect assumption again. It's not there to TEACH people
directly, anymore than Brin's novels do. They are, and Rogue Trooper
IS, a story. They are in a different medium, sure, but that does not
dictate the message.
> Why not film a documentary?
Because that's not a story. I'm not interested in telling about real
life, I'm interested in telling a story.
> called you on it and I'm glad you've stopped, but your silence is
> damning and makes a mockery of your finger-wagging here. I have
Your assumptions say all I need to know about you - you're just
another internet troll.
> move small dev groups to do this. Your management needs to insist on
> the funds to test properly as part of the package - else the whole
> investment falls over in a heap. Publishers ought to see the value of
Funny, Rogue Trooper's selling widely, especially in America and is
widely praised for its story. "Expanding the market" is not what
Rebellion do. This isn't a descision made on my level, it's a
descision from the very top. I'm not there. Yet.
> >> allowing this Trojan beast into all reaches of our government and
> >> business.
> >
> > *laughs*
> >
> > That's a case for Linux, *not* the Mac.
> >
>
> Agreed. Never made any other case except to point out a Mac is better
> secured than PC.
No, you're not. Because bluntly Mac's are just another OS as far as
security is concerned. It has none of the advantages of open source
code path review that Linux has in terms of security.
Keep your assumptions to yourself. Really.
AndrewC
Dawn Falcon
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