Cloud kills the console star?

Skybird · 03-11-10, 06:01 AM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8556874.stm

World on wire.

Other services to follow, not only gaming, I'm sure. And eventually, in the future, some of these services, like paperwork with the authorities and public bureaus, cannot be dodged anymore.

I hate to become so crystalline and dependant. So many opportunities for abusing. So many chances for getting abused.

TarJak · 03-11-10, 06:34 AM

Welcome to the world online.

CCIP · 03-11-10, 06:39 AM

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Originally Posted by TarJak

Welcome to the world online.

Actually welcome to the world in general

Skybird · 03-11-10, 06:41 AM

Existence is online. The world is just a simulation.

Respenus · 03-11-10, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

Existence is online. The world is just a simulation.

Please don't do that Sky. It sent shivers down my spine. It is already difficult for our modern world to separate one from the other. If this continues and your statement becomes reality, it will be high time we end it all. Now, I'm not a technophobe, I'll be the first one to welcome the technological singularity and promote transhumanism, yet the step from the real to the virtual might just be the threshold (straw) that will break the proverbial camels back. We are still far from being capable of transferring our minds (reasons) to a central hard-drive and until we do, if ever (although it might not be a bad idea concerning how many brilliant minds are lost to silly things like death), to have a physical body, yet a virtual mind could, in our inability to examine future possibilities and act rationally (do not read pragmatically), turn out to be our final undoing.

ajrimmer42 · 03-11-10, 12:21 PM

♫ Video killed the radio star, video killed the radio star...

Damn you Skybird!

Hasn't something like this been available for a while?

TarJak · 03-11-10, 06:49 AM

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Originally Posted by CCIP

Actually welcome to the world in general

True that.

krashkart · 03-11-10, 09:05 AM

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OnLive will be available for a monthly rental fee of $14.95 (£9.99) for subscribers to then buy or rent games over the internet.

They want more money, on top of the monthly fee, for rentals or full purchase? I think it's a ripoff.

NeonSamurai · 03-11-10, 11:01 AM

Not now, not ever. I didn't like this idea back when it started under the server/workstation concept for businesses.

Highbury · 03-11-10, 06:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Skybird

So many opportunities for abusing. So many chances for getting abused.

OOooo sounds fun!

03-11-10, 06:01 AM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,698 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Cloud kills the console star? http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8556874.stm World on wire. Other services to follow, not only gaming, I'm sure. And eventually, in the future, some of these services, like paperwork with the authorities and public bureaus, cannot be dodged anymore. I hate to become so crystalline and dependant. So many opportunities for abusing. So many chances for getting abused. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

03-11-10, 06:41 AM	#4
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,698 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Existence is online. The world is just a simulation. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

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ajrimmer42 Royal Kinotropist Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sheffield, UK Posts: 987 Downloads: 18 Uploads: 0	♫ Video killed the radio star, video killed the radio star... Damn you Skybird! Hasn't something like this been available for a while? __________________ Alex Don't judge a ship by the number of it's guns, but by the skill of it's crew.

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NeonSamurai Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Socialist Republic of Kanadia Posts: 3,044 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Not now, not ever. I didn't like this idea back when it started under the server/workstation concept for businesses. __________________ SH3 Newbie Guide Links and other helpfull stuff

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TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Welcome to the world online.