Working with problem players
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No Problem Working With Manickam: PC
No Problem Working With Manickam: PC
05/25/2004 08:59 PMFinancial Express May 26 2004 1:29AM GMT
Flash-Memory MP3 Players: Portable Audio
Players Offer Music To Go, On The Cheap
Flash-Memory MP3 Players: Portable Audio
Players Offer Music To Go, On The Cheap
05/26/2004 06:02 AMThe Rio Cali is our favorite player of the bunch -- hands-down. This
player is especially appealing for its great functionality and
excellent interface design. By Mathew Honan, Macworld (via
MyAppleMenu)
Nomic World: By the players, for the
players
Nomic World: By the players, for the
players
05/26/2004 03:15 PM
[This is an edited version of the talk I gave last fall at the
State of Play
conference.]
I'm sort of odd-man-out in a Games and Law conference, in that my
primary area of inquiry isn't games but social software. Not only am I
not a lawyer, I don't even spend most of my time thinking about game
problems. I spend my time thinking about software that supports group
interaction across a fairly wide range of social patterns.
So, instead of working from case law out, which has been a theme here
(and here's where I insert the "I am not a lawyer" disclaimer) I'm
going to propose a thought experiment looking from the outside in.
And I want to pick up on something that Julian [Dibbell] said earlier
about game worlds: 'users are the state.' The thought experiment I
want to propose is to agree with that sentiment, and to ask "How far
can we go in that direction?"
Instead of looking for the places where game users are currently suing
or fighting one another, forcing the owners of various virtual worlds
to deal with these things one crisis at a time, I want to ask the
question "What would happen if we wanted to build a world where we
maximized the amount of user control? What would that look like?"
I'm going to make that argument in three pieces. First, I'm going to
do a little background on group structure and the tension between the
individual and the group. Then I want to contrast briefly governance
in real and virtual worlds. Finally I want to propose a thought
experiment on placing control of online spaces in the hands of the
users.
- More at http://www.shirky.com/writings/nomic.html
The W3C RDF Data Access Working Group
has published the first public working
draft of SPARQL Variable Binding
The W3C RDF Data Access Working Group
has published the first public working
draft of SPARQL Variable Binding
01/02/2005 11:31 AMxmlhack Jan 2 2005 1:45PM GMT
Quality Assurance Working Group Updates
Three Working Drafts
Quality Assurance Working Group Updates
Three Working Drafts
11/08/2002 08:17 PM8 November 2002: The Quality Assurance (QA) Working Group has updated
three Working Drafts in its seven-part QA Framework: the Introduction,
Process and Operational Guidelines; and Specification Guidelines.
Learn more about the QA Activity and the roadmap for ensuring that W3C
technologies are well implemented. (News archive)
Working Hard, Hardly Working
Working Hard, Hardly Working
06/15/2004 10:07 AMThree years ago, I was working at a small company as the unofficial IT
director / all-purpose computer bitch. I was laid off in early 2003,
but to this day, the job presents me with difficulties; namely, that
of telling prospective employers what I did, and for that matter, what
the company itself did. I have virtually no idea what this company's
function was, despite working there for over a year and a half,
although I did learn how to spew an amazing amount of marketing jargon
without thinking. As for my role there, it was essentially vast
tracts of doing absolutely nothing, punctuated erratically by moments
of panicking and crisis-defusion, usually involving something truly
earth-shattering like the CEO not being able to print her email. When
asked by interviewers "What did your company do?" I am forced to
mumble vaguaries about consulting and hope they leave the issue alone.
FC Now: Pay for Players
FC Now: Pay for Players
04/12/2005 05:45 AMToday's Wall Street Journal features a special section on the
WSJ/Mercer 2004 CEO Compensation Survey in which they declare
"Goodbye to Pay for No Performance." While it seems that
leaders are being held more accountable, the most interesting aspect
to...
"MP3 players for AK-47s"
"MP3 players for AK-47s"
02/13/2004 02:37 PMDVD Players That Do More
DVD Players That Do More
08/11/2004 05:07 PMG4 Tech TV Aug 11 2004 8:43PM GMT
Go players...
Go players...
07/23/2004 02:50 PM
...they cannot be avoided. :)
MP3 / WMA players
MP3 / WMA players
11/20/2002 12:43 PMI've had a ton of fun putting all my CDs on a mondo harddrive and
using wmp to stream it all over the place - thanks to Steve bush et al
for the inspiration to stream over an 802.11 link which I do for
garage shop toons. (they had to ...
The big players
The big players
01/06/2005 08:49 AMUSA Today Jan 6 2005 1:05PM GMT
Rave-MP ARC and AMP MP3 Players
Rave-MP ARC and AMP MP3 Players
08/02/2004 02:08 PM<
img src="http://www.gizmodo.com/archives/images/govideo_ravemp.jpg"
alt="govideo_ravemp.jpg image" width="116" height="200" border="0"
align="right" vspace="5" hspace="15"/>Rave-MP is reentering the
MP3 player market with at least two new units, the Rave-MP ARC
[pictured] and the Rave-MP AMP, the former a hard disk-based player
available in 2.5GB and 5GB versions, with the latter a
less-interesting but still decent flash-based player. I had a chance
to sit down with some of the folks from Rave-MP the other night and
play around with both units, and they seem nice enough as far as that
goes -- and the price is right, at $229 for the 5GB version -- but I
can't really get past the fact that the ARC looks sort of lifeless. It
looks a little better in person, but not by much.
Still, I think Go Video has some commitment to getting back into
the game, so it will be interesting to see where they go from here. If
they could release an ARC 2 with the same specs and a more stylish
form factor, I think they'd take a nice bite of the market (especially
if retails drop the price a little. $230 is a little too close to the
iPod mini's $250.)
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b>Read - Press Release [GoVideo]
For Poker Players Only
For Poker Players Only
08/09/2004 02:52 PMA painful lesson from the poker table provides some insight into
picking -- and holding -- stocks.
Mobile players look beyond 3G
Mobile players look beyond 3G
01/05/2005 08:45 AMSay hello to 'Super 3G'
Academy DVD players
Academy DVD players
07/04/2004 12:17 PMAn alternative to DVD players
An alternative to DVD players
06/17/2004 06:34 AMChicago Tribune Jun 17 2004 10:59AM GMT
Eight new Hi-MD players from Sony
Eight new Hi-MD players from Sony
01/28/2004 12:28 PM We know it's hard to get that excited about Mini Disc players, I4U
says that there are nine devices coming out that will support...
Napster gives away MP3 players
Napster gives away MP3 players
06/17/2004 05:49 PMProfits are for losers
3G Players Combine
3G Players Combine
12/05/2003 06:42 AM3G Dec 5 2003 5:34AM ET
Will Web Services Players Get Along Now?
Will Web Services Players Get Along Now?
04/13/2004 08:32 AMSun's collaboration with Microsoft over Web services and
interoperability will tell the tale of their new deal.
Rip-Mix-Burning DVD players
Rip-Mix-Burning DVD players
05/21/2004 02:19 PMCopyfight
has an interesting post on the discrepancy in congress over ClearPlay DVD players. The players
automatically remove scenes that would be offensive to sensitive
viewers, but do so in the comfort of one's own home while playing
standard movies on DVD. Some politicians oppose it because individuals
are creating derivative works and they also see it as opening the door
to "recipe hacking", which would be like producing the Grey Album by
purchasing two legal records (the original Beatles' White Album and
Jay-Z's Black Album) and combining them at home to produce a
derivative work (if DJ Dangermouse produced software that could create
his mixes).
On top of all that, since the motivation behind ClearPlay
technology is largely religious, it turns the argument on its ear to
many participants and observers. It's not hard to find folks that
loved the Grey Album but see ClearPlay technology as something to be
frowned upon, but the underlying technology and law is largely the
same. It's an interesting case and hopefully does open the doors to
all sorts of creative uses of derivative works.
DVD Players Bulk Up
DVD Players Bulk Up
03/08/2004 11:19 PMPC World has the skinny on DVD players that double as
home-entertainment hubs. The piece includes a heads-up on Toshiba's
Advanced Digital Media Server, skedded...
MP3 Players Fit The Bill
MP3 Players Fit The Bill
06/20/2004 07:01 PMAudible.com is hoping the hype surrounding Bill Clinton's audio
recording of his upcoming memoir "My Life" will make it a household
name. By Kaya Laterman, New York Post (via MyAppleMenu)
Man Utd players donate £100,000
Man Utd players donate £100,000
12/31/2004 09:07 AMManchester United's first team pledge £100,000 to the tsunami disaster
fund as the world of sport joins the relief effort.
How to Spot A-Players
How to Spot A-Players
07/08/2004 05:25 AMThere's nothing more important -- or tougher -- than finding talent.
Here's advice from some top scouts.
Top players dial 3G
Top players dial 3G
12/31/2004 08:49 PMTelegraph Jan 1 2005 12:28AM GMT
Top players dial up 3G
Top players dial up 3G
12/31/2004 08:49 PMTelegraph Jan 1 2005 12:23AM GMT
The Players and Pretenders of Nanotech
The Players and Pretenders of Nanotech
08/30/2004 12:02 PMSome companies are positioning themselves to make big profits in
tomorrow's small tech.
A Lot More People Are Going to Be Using
MP3 Players This Year
A Lot More People Are Going to Be Using
MP3 Players This Year
05/28/2004 12:34 AMBusiness
Week: iPod Not the Titan It's Said to Be?
"If you're at all interested in the business aspect of the MP3
player market, you should by all means read the Business Week article
iPod: Leader, but Not Ruler. What drives the
article is the common notion that Apple has a 25% market share. While
all the data to build an iron-clad case on Apple's worldwide market
share isn't available, we're guessing that the 10% figure is at least
a little low. What's really striking here though is the
estimate that the MP3 player market will grow by 85% this year and
that Apple is poised for well over 100% growth in 2004." [Player Blog]
Emphasis above is mine, because there still isn't a library
anywhere that can circulate a commercial, digital music file to a
patron's iPod or any other MP3 player.
Canadians May Pay Levy on MP3 Players
Canadians May Pay Levy on MP3 Players
12/11/2003 08:28 PMCapt. Canuck writes "According to this Toronto Star story, the
Canadian Copyright Board may approve a 20% levy on electronic media
tomorrow, including MP3 ...
Adding Bluetooth to MP3 players
Adding Bluetooth to MP3 players
10/31/2003 11:40 AMA company called Infinite Range is working on a special Bluetooth
add-on for MP3 players called RangeScan that'll let you wirelessly
transmit audio to a stereo. The only problem is that right now all it
does is take the analog audio signal from the players headphones jack,
convert into a digital stream, and then decode them back into an
analog signal at the receiver, which makes something like this only
slightly more useful than an FM transmitter add-on like the iTrip.
There are definitely some practical uses for having wireless
networking built-into an MP3 player -- like swapping files with
friends or wirelessly synching with a computer -- but Bluetooth is too
slow to be off much use for those purposes. What we want Apple to do
is to put AirPort Extreme into the next iPod. Read...
Cameraphones surapssing DVD players
Cameraphones surapssing DVD players
11/19/2003 11:48 AMAnd while we're on the topic of DVDs today, USA Today reports that
cameraphones are on track to surpass DVD players as the most quickly
adopted consumer technology of all-time. Read [Via Reiter's Camera
Phone Report]...
NM in pool ~50place (out of 96 players)
NM in pool ~50place (out of 96 players)
03/15/2003 02:45 PMFor me the NM 2003 tournament in 9ball is finished, my goal was avoid
last place, which I did achive! :-) I played extremely well
considering I'm a sucker at pool, first match I played Sri and won 6
-...
Top 10 Usability Blunders of the Big
Players
Top 10 Usability Blunders of the Big
Players
07/26/2004 04:00 AMWebmasterBase Jul 26 2004 7:18AM GMT
Flash 6 Players released
Flash 6 Players released
11/30/2002 10:40 AM"Macromedia has announced the release of public betas for Flash Player
6. This release introduces the long awaited Linux version and fixes
quite a few things in the Mac and Windows versions."
Xbox Players Going for World Cup
Xbox Players Going for World Cup
09/19/2004 12:32 AMArticle.wn.com - Sat Sep 18, 02:23 pm GMT
A resource for the Fake players bug
A resource for the Fake players bug
11/10/2003 11:39 PMLuigi Auriemma (Nov 10 2003)
iPods More Than Music Players
iPods More Than Music Players
07/29/2004 01:15 AM By Rebekah Rosenfeld, The Auburn Plainsman (via MyAppleMenu)
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