Revenue from Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices Division, boosted by the success of the Kinect sensor and associated Xbox 360 consoles, grew by 55 percent from a year ago.
I have to say Microsoft has been pretty awesome as of recently. Ever since windows 7 they've been doing stuff right. Working with the people who jailbroke their new phone, Microsoft Security Essentials, the Kinect, then not trying to shut down the open source drivers for it, Windows 7 as a whole. The list goes on.
Despite an industry-wide 8 percent drop in video-gaming sales last month, sales of Microsoft's Xbox 360 rose 37 percent year over year, according to new NPD Group numbers.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Sunday, January 30, 2011
how to control people
There are two ways to take control of others. Huxley and Orwell. Two methods in which a distopian future can happen / is already happening.
Orwell. As in George Orwell. Author of the book "Nineteen Eighty-Four".
In this, life is a world of perpetual war, pervasive government surveillance, and incessant public mind control.
The perpetual war keeps people busy producing things for the war. Keeping them busy means no time to think about things like freedom and free though. Government surveillance via telescreen (transceiving television) in every room. If you try anything you'll be disappered. Mind control by controlling and removing words from the language. Words like freedom, rebellion, privacy. If you can't name it then you don't know whats missing.
They don't know the truth because they can't get the truth.
The other way is Huxley. As in Aldous Huxley. Author of the book "Brave New World".
All citizens are conditioned from birth to value consumption. People take a drug called 'soma' to get comfort when stressed for example. Sex is encouraged at an early age for fun and as a social activity rather than to start a family. Things like marriage, natural birth, parenthood, and pregnancy - heck even family, don't exist in this world. No family, no mourning in case of death. If something bad were to happen then to solution is always more soma. Everything is all happy.
They don't know the truth because they don't care about the truth.
Pic related: http://fatpita.net/?i=1952
Orwell. As in George Orwell. Author of the book "Nineteen Eighty-Four".
In this, life is a world of perpetual war, pervasive government surveillance, and incessant public mind control.
The perpetual war keeps people busy producing things for the war. Keeping them busy means no time to think about things like freedom and free though. Government surveillance via telescreen (transceiving television) in every room. If you try anything you'll be disappered. Mind control by controlling and removing words from the language. Words like freedom, rebellion, privacy. If you can't name it then you don't know whats missing.
They don't know the truth because they can't get the truth.
The other way is Huxley. As in Aldous Huxley. Author of the book "Brave New World".
All citizens are conditioned from birth to value consumption. People take a drug called 'soma' to get comfort when stressed for example. Sex is encouraged at an early age for fun and as a social activity rather than to start a family. Things like marriage, natural birth, parenthood, and pregnancy - heck even family, don't exist in this world. No family, no mourning in case of death. If something bad were to happen then to solution is always more soma. Everything is all happy.
They don't know the truth because they don't care about the truth.
Pic related: http://fatpita.net/?i=1952
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