Comments on: The Alphaville Herald on the Boob Tube

By: Maria LaVeaux

Maria LaVeaux — Mon, 16 Feb 2004 10:45:31 +0000

Tovar.

As anyone knows from reading elsewhere in this blog, Dyerbrook and i do NOT form a mutual admiration society. so anything i pointed out here is in the interests of accuracy, NOT as support of a “Friend”.

As i said, You Misunderstood Dyers intent in the phrase i quoted above, and now we have Dyers confirmation of that.

Dyer:
“I was referring to not wanting to pay for a premium CNN pass just to see one article, not the TSO game. ”

To be Purely honest, i saw NOTHING in his first post regarding Custom Content in game and i am wondering where you got the idea he was commenting on it at all? If you are going to argue a point with Dyer, at least make sure you two are discussing the same issue. it makes things so much clearer when you are both on the same page.

Maria.

By: m tovar

m tovar — Sat, 14 Feb 2004 20:17:13 +0000

dyerbrook, my dear moron. you do take on.

By: Dyerbrook

Dyerbrook — Sat, 14 Feb 2004 17:38:23 +0000

Oh, stuff it tovar. Ludlow should have warned his readers that this was something that was pay-for-view. My point about Windows XP and Real Audio is that I have them, and so it’s not some “technical challenge” that prevents me from physically viewing this stuff. But I’ll be damned if I’ll pay $4.95 to see Urizenus rant. So let him put a transcript, if it is available. There’s no such thing as a free lunch, and I’m the first to tell you so.

By: m tovar

m tovar — Sat, 14 Feb 2004 14:14:25 +0000

yes harvey it is clear that dyerbrook and the corporation have different definitions of custom content. but dyerbrook, the dear moron, is talking about entitlements. his subtext is that because he has equipment of a certain type then surely there should be no barrier to seeing something, even if only once.

dyerbrook has no entitlements except those which the corporations are pleased to permit.

By: Dyerbrook

Dyerbrook — Fri, 13 Feb 2004 22:51:14 +0000

Get a life, Tovar. I was referring to not wanting to pay for a premium CNN pass just to see one article, not the TSO game. And I don’t expect to get something for nothing, America doesn’t have socialism yet, thank God. Some TV and radio sites have free content, however. CNN has lots of free articles and transcripts. Sometimes they might have paid sections for the video/audio, but they might have a transcript or summary somewhere else, I’ve seen it many times. I find in the news business, if you wait long enough, everything turns up on a blog soon enough anyway, so I figured Uri would post it. Most news companies don’t care once 4 hours or 24 hours have passed anyway.

By: robert

robert — Fri, 13 Feb 2004 20:07:54 +0000

Well I not concerned about URi as much as what i saw the EA guy say on the dailey show. He out and out lied and withheld information about the game. I think the daily show did a lame report for not uncovering what EA tried to suppress. If Uri was not kicked off the game cause he reported the sex stufff then why did EA have to lie about sex on sims?

By: Semioclast: Propaganda and Disinformation

Semioclast: Propaganda and Disinformation — Fri, 13 Feb 2004 16:41:32 +0000

Death Knell for “Uru Live”
In another blow to the MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games) genre, UbiSoft’s Uru Live has been officially pulled offline. This raises some striking questions about the economics of MMORPGs and (indirectly) UnFiction and online gamin…

By: Harvey

Harvey — Fri, 13 Feb 2004 16:27:47 +0000

Also possible that The London Times and Dyerbrook have different definitions of “custom content”.

By: m. tovar

m. tovar — Fri, 13 Feb 2004 16:20:45 +0000

no maria.

i did not misunderstand dyerbrook.

dyerbrook is a moron who does not understand
that premium content costs money. dyerbrook thinks that because he has a pipe, he gets to have content.

By: Harvey

Harvey — Fri, 13 Feb 2004 15:16:50 +0000

Gracias querida…

Adiooooosss…