I was focusing on development resources, yes. MIDI triggering is entirely possible with today's technology and it's still widely used in the composition process, but it takes so much less space on a disc to call up pre-recorded files (be they MIDI-triggered instruments bounced to digital audio or otherwise) with a…

Who said it was completely abandoned? And while it's interesting to think about, I don't really think fixed MIDI would have been much better than Redbook is today. More interactive? Yes. More resource-consuming? *Hell* yes.

I'm a bit confused by your question. Are you saying that you wonder what it'd sound like if we used MIDI data to trigger sound instead of just pulling up pre-recorded audio files, or are you talking about format vs. format?

Oh, I took no offense nor was I bored at all! I just found it curious how open you were on an internet forum.

That...was something I did not expect. Your brief biography, I mean.

But maybe the m—

That is a purely subjective argument, good sir. Or madam. I'm not sure. If you were to look at my comment history, you'd see I have trouble distinguishing between the two sexes based on text alone. /sarcasm

"I'm going to guess you are <18, never lived outside of your parents house, never worked for your games, and started "gaming" this generation. A quick check of your comments shows a really shaky grasp of events (MMA fan in 1994, but your dad is having to make phone calls for you in 1998+, having had time to serve two…

But you'd have to do it all while remaining oblivious to what's going on. Otherwise, you'd just be inadvertently inviting the vampire into your home by saying one thing and meaning the other.

I'm pretty sure forcing someone into your home is synonymous with giving consent.

You say that, but the Nook Color's been out for a year already. Its chief competitor during that time was the iPad, which was double its price (for the most part).

Ah. Once again, I fall prey to the gender-neutral nature of the internet. Forgive me.

So, the whole point of this rant is that Mr. Duncan's simile is uncalled for or offensive? Because if you read the rest of his review, you would find that Mr. Duncan wrote if not a *glowing* recommendation, then certainly an favorable one.

If the link was working, you'd see the logo for IBM's Watson computer.

That logo reminds me of something...

I remember when StarCraft first came out over a decade ago. I was so worried about piracy (sheltered adolescent that I was) that I literally emailed Blizzard, asking if it was okay that I was playing their game on a copied version of my friend's disc.

I thought "Boo-Kap" was just a sample from Daft Punk's "Crescendolls..." (around 2:26 in the video)

That...is absolutely stunning.

YES. Yes please. But just to stick it to the man, let's rename it "Tora, Tora!"

It didn't adhere to Asimov's original stories enough. The original "I, Robot" was a series of short stories that detailed the travails and experiences of Dr. Susan Calvin, and said stories ranged from rooting out a deviant in the Nestor series of robots to figuring out why a "Litte Lost Robot" was roaming a mining…