Strange, her cello sounds a lot like a fairlight. No wonder they get on so well seen as she plays so mechanically.

If I am wrong, please show me where in the world this idea has actually worked?

Scandinavia?

If you can hum that high I'd guess you've already had the treatment.

Fox is the mind-killer.
Fox is the little-death that brings total obliteration.

...are recent games! Mario Kart for Wii and New Super Mario for DS has sold very well.
Top 20 console games of all time
1. Wii Play (Wii – 24.43 million)[68]
2. Wii Fit (Wii – 22.5 million)[68]
3. Nintendogs (DS – 22.27 million, all five versions combined)[69]
4. Pokémon Red, Blue, and Green (Game Boy – 20.08 million approximately: 10.23 million in Japan,[45] 9.85 million in US)[19]
5. New Super Mario Bros. (DS – 19.94 million)[68]
6. Mario Kart Wii (Wii – 18.36 million)[68]
7. Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES – 18 million)[108]
8. Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! (DS – 17.41 million)[69]
9. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2 - 17.33 million)[114]
10. Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (DS – 16.81 million)[70]

Except for the single PS2 game and Super Mario Brothers 3, DS and Wii games seem to be selling very well. It will be very interesting to see how well New Super Mario Wii sells. It has been out for three weeks and is currently clocking in near 2 million units.

Brasseye

Hmm, why didn't I assume I'd have to defend myself from Mr/Ms Literal... Let me explain: They are forcing me to not watch it earlier, by disallowing UK access to the videos on Comedy Central's site. So I have to watch it according to their schedules if I want to watch it at all. It also means UK viewers don't have access to the archive that goes back 10 years, or any of the extended interviews. Clear enough?

...I need to download Curb Your Enthusiasm. And why do Channel 4 force me to watch the Daily Show 3 days after the news happens? Grrr.

...I'm quite surprised but i guess it will balance out - it's still early in the morning in the USA.

I strongly disagree. I think too many people are put off electronics by the utilitarianism, maths and feeling like they need to know something before they start. I would suggest circuit-bending, the skills can be picked up along the way and there isn't really knowledge threshold for starting. I think it's far better to teach people the principles of reverse engineering and give them an idea that they can just do things. Take away the scariness of opening the lids on stuff and it could lead to all sorts of creativity, ingenuity and so on - broader skills than repairing toasters.

Why? Lynch's films often leave a lot open to the viewer to conclude, allowing people to think for themselves and make their own judgements. Your typical rom-com practically forces an emotional response out of the viewer - usually based on a (noxious?) set of ideals that are hard to live up to. Eraserhead may be scary, but not as much as the idea that your real life isn't as good as the ones in heightened emotional world that is a hollywood rom-com.

Glad to see you're thinking big... Get all of the world's knowledge in a database and keep it to yourselves. Buckminster Fuller would be rolling in his grave if he heard this.

Seems like a very slow and clumsy way to implement a nomic. Is it any good?

No evidence of any sound yet, I really hope he uses similar principles for generating audio as the game seems to for other content. I'm really looking forward to games taking up a more dynamic approach to audio, synthesis could be so much more fluid and immersive than samples. And this looks like the perfect opportunity for showing people it could work especially as visually its quite stylised, so people might not expect such a 'realistic' sound world.