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Submission + - Nintendo to reveal 3D DS Successor at E3 (edge-online.com)

elocinanna writes: Edge magazine reports that Nintendo are to show off the 3DS in June's E3 Show. What's interesting is that according to the short write up it has the ability to achieve 3D effects without the use of extra peripherals like glasses. They haven't cited their source but Edge is quite reliable, and there have been rumblings. There has been a head tracking game on DSi in Japan that supposedly had impressive 3d using the camera to determine the player's postition and change the image accordingly.

Comment Re:Insanity. (Score 1) 673

All legitimate porn sites have that thing at the bottom saying something to the effect of "All models were 18/21 at the time of production in accordance with..."

So how about if I were to draw a picture of a Jenna Jameson, but when she was a child. She'd still be over 18 at the time of production, so it seems like it'd be exempt from whatever law they're trying this guy for.

But as you said, the Simpsons has been running for 20 years, so I'm guessing the issue is that these characters don't have a real age. Do you treat Bart Simpson as 30, 10 or something else. The judge decided to err on the side of caution, which of course means that a man is being needlessly punished.

Comment Re:Bad decision (Score 1) 284

I mean not to make any generalisations. I'm sure there are plenty of very computer-literate priests. It wouldn't surprise me to hear that some priests even contribute to development of open source projects etc. Also I know catholic clergymen have had a reputation of being true polymaths.

That said, I'm not generalising, and there are going to be some that aren't going to be too tech-savvy. The church-bloggers currently are the ones who have by their own initiative chosen to blog. The pope is encouraging all priests to use technology, and not all priests will, but it's very likely that some will go on and try it out, and over time someone will make a mistake. I believe this will be a very high profile mistake due to the nature of the medium.

I doubt this will convert anyone to atheism, but people in general are prone to making generalisations and it will hurt credibility. The difference between Toyota and the Catholic Church is that if you were to look at it as a business, the church sells faith. Credibility is pretty important to all business, but if your product is faith it's absolutely essential.

Comment Re:Bad decision (Score 2, Insightful) 284

What sznupi said in the original post is completely correct, this is a very bad idea for the church. It's not because of any conspiracy, or nasty comments on a priest's blog, but this is going to give them huge exposure.

Every slip-up from a member of clergy that's posted online will be number one on digg immediately. Even if they take it down, a simple screencap will emerge to resurrect the story into immortality. The possibility for PR disaster is huge. Right now the main audience of anything a clergyman says is of course the faithful. The internet will not be so forgiving!

Some priest is going to discover spam (which fits completely with the quote from His Holyness.) Some priest is going to get caught talking dirty to a 4chan prankster posing as a young boy. Someone's going to try using jesus as a password on a priest's blog to write something blasphemous or immoral... You don't need faith to know that one or all of the above are coming!

Submission + - Alternate pdf reading devices

elocinanna writes: "Hey slashies, I have a ton of pdf books, mainly from project guthenburg but very rarely get a chance to read them. Most probably because when I'm on the computer there are far more instantly gratifying sources of information at my fingertips (the internet) and it really hurts my concentration for things like books. I'd really like to get a portable device to read my pdfs on, but the ebook readers like the kindle (not available in UK anyway) are ridiculously expensive for just a screen, some storage and a single-function OS. I have tried reading on my PSP, and am not too put off by the small screen, but the loading takes a good 30 seconds between top half of the page and bottom which is unacceptable. I've heard GPS devices are good for this type of thing, but can't find anything on the internet about which specific model and program etc. I do have a Nintendo DS and PSP both capable of homebrew if there are any solutions there. I'm willing to try anything up to around £100. Any suggestions?"

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