Espressoman - Slashdot User

Comment It's not addiction; it's our future (Score 1) 201

by Espressoman on Monday November 10, 2008 @11:30PM (#25715733) Attached to: China Defines Internet Addiction

For people not connected to the technological world, heavy use of electronic devices might appear to be some kind of addiction. I feel sorry for those people, because when the singularity comes, they will be unfortunate casualties. Games are merely an alternate reality in which people can live quite happily as long as it's sustainable. Once we're connected to the 'net through myriads of implanted devices to have those devices disabled would be devastating.

Philips Patents Technology to Force Ad Viewing 823

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Tuesday April 18, 2006 @07:28PM from the pure-evil dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to New Scientist, Philips has filed a patent for technology to force viewers to watch the ads in a program. Basically they plan to add extra flags to the Multimedia Home Platform that would stop controls from working until the ads are finished." From the article: "Philips' patent acknowledges that this may be 'greatly resented by viewers' who could initially think their equipment has gone wrong. So it suggests the new system could throw up a warning on screen when it is enforcing advert viewing. The patent also suggests that the system could offer viewers the chance to pay a fee interactively to go back to skipping adverts."

Comment size maters (Score 1) 173

by canuck on Tuesday March 16, 1999 @06:37AM (#1978391) Attached to: Cool Computer Cases Continue

There all just to small. I want more slots, ands more ports, and room for my hands. besides there still mostlly beige as a base.

canuck

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