"Cloud gaming" -- I didn't even know that was a thing. I guess I'm too old for this stuff. The idea of all my software/data/media being out on other people's computers doesn't appeal to me.

    duane I guess I'm too old for this stuff. The idea of all my software/data/media being out on other people's computers doesn't appeal to me.

    Well then by that criterion I'm very old too. 😆

    "I'm as old-fashioned as a Jackboot on the deck of a rocket boat."

    People are slowly being accustomed to the fact that they own nothing. "The new normality." Oh, mein Gott, politics again, wildly sorry.

      duane The idea of all my software/data/media being out on other people's computers doesn't appeal to me.

      You and me both.

        Something cool about the digital world? You can own nothing, or you can own everything if you're sneaky enough. But you wouldn't download a truck or a bike, would you? I mean, that's illegal!

          packrat I mean, that's illegal!

          Laws are written and passed by people. We have a saying: "The harshness of Russian laws is compensated for by their optional implementation".

            A lot of the discussion about the cloud gaming machines is revolving around the 85ms+ latency, not between your computer and a traditional game server, but between your keyboard and the remotely hosted game -- about a tenth of a second of input lag. However, this fellow has come up with some interesting ideas for hiding that, like sending a video stream for each predicted player input. It's an interesting programming problem.

            I decided it's time for the class to show and tell their avatars.
            I can't remember where I found mine. But I did find this website as I was looking for the original artist.

            Corn on the cob - of death | Warframe

            My avatar pic is a picture of my acoustic guitar; I just placed it somewhere near my kitchen and take a pic:

            A reconstruction of a Neanderthal from the Neanderthal Museum in Mettmann, Germany.

            The Museum is right there where the bones of the name giving Neanderthal were found. Well not exactly, that would be in mid-air today because of industrial activity.

            https://neanderthal.de/en/home.html

              Pixophir I feel like there's a bit more to the story, in the avatar it has a mask on. Did you put the mask on? Was the mask yours?

                Pixophir I always assumed that was you. Unless it is and that's a reconstruction of you. Is that you?

                  @Megalomaniak No, I personally didn't. I took the image from the museum's gallery (but can't find it there any more).

                  I do have some albeit loose ties to the museum because of my former work and studies :-)

                  @packrat . It is not me, they disappeared around 40 thousand years ago and reconstructions are all we can do to visualize their appearance.

                  Though I feel honoured :-)

                    Pixophir Former work and studies is pretty vague. What'd you study? Was it the plumbing? Was it this neanderthal statue? Was it the vending machine to make sure it was still vending delicious doritos? Specifically the red ones?

                      Hey guys, I just showed off my avatar because I found it a good idea :-)

                      Back to the others.

                      cybereality I can feel the muggy urban oppression choking me. Well done! Very convincingly urban.