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Johnski
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Posted: 15th Jun 2012 16:39 Edited at: 15th Jun 2012 16:43
Hey Guys! Since you last saw me i was failing to make a FPSC game, i gave up on that. So i have been doing some stuff that may interested some Hardcore Gamers and people who enjoy watching Lets Plays and Minecraft

I have opened a website called: Technology Droids - Gaming

(technology droids had a overhaul and now looks funky!!)http://www.technologydroids.com

I have a youtube channel which i would greatly appreciate if you were to subscribe to it, I do many Lets Plays and am currently writing a Machinima for machinima.com.

This is now my full time job which i am very proud about! But outside comments would be greatly appreciated to help ease of use and make the Technology Droids - Gaming network a whole lot better!

Thanks!

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Posted: 15th Jun 2012 16:48
The word droid is trademarked by george lucas or his company or whatever. Before you get in too deep you might consider changing the name. Otherwise the site looks awesome!

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Posted: 15th Jun 2012 16:51
o.o how can droid be trademarked! :p silly george lucas, its mostly called Tech Gaming so i might keep the domain as its Droids not droid and change the name of the site to Technology Gaming.

and thanks!

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Posted: 15th Jun 2012 17:24 Edited at: 15th Jun 2012 17:24
Quote: "how can droid be trademarked! :p silly george lucas"


because the term didn't exist until he invented it, and the term refers to a physical entity (albeit fictional). Phone companies that make "Droid" phones have all licensed the name from Lucas Arts.

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Posted: 15th Jun 2012 18:46
but the phones are called ANdroid ~~ x)


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Posted: 15th Jun 2012 19:01
Quote: "but the phones are called ANdroid ~~ x)"

Sounds like Motorola bought the license for their "Droid" and its operating system "Android" is didn't require such. ?

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Posted: 15th Jun 2012 19:06 Edited at: 15th Jun 2012 19:07
I don't think you can trademark Droid... this sounds like a myth. Droid is short for Android, and is a common term. Real words cannot be copyright, and Droid would be used in a lot of paperbacks before George Lucas used it. Borg is also short for Cyborg.

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Posted: 15th Jun 2012 19:06 Edited at: 15th Jun 2012 19:09
Anymore comments about the site?

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Posted: 15th Jun 2012 19:08
Quote: "...We are getting severly offtopic :p Anymore comments about the site?"


Your site is called Technology Droids, so saying that you can use the word Droids is 100% on topic.

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Posted: 15th Jun 2012 19:09
...Good Point :p Point Taken

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Posted: 15th Jun 2012 19:10 Edited at: 15th Jun 2012 19:16
The site looks great imo. The only thing I can pick about it is that there is no apostrophe in 'Extras'.

Quote: "Your site is called Technology Droids, so saying that you can use the word Droids is 100% on topic."

Typical you, eh?

edit: I've changed my mind, the site design itself is good, but the spelling everywhere is tragic, please check it over.


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Posted: 15th Jun 2012 19:16
Thanks! I have changed so the Extras is the correct spelling

Also check out the Lets Play channel: http://www.youtube.com/technologydroid

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Posted: 15th Jun 2012 19:16
No it's definately trademarked. Go look at some motorola droid pages and see at the bottom where it says permission was granted from george lucase

There's many other places you'll see it too, once you're aware of it.

Android is not patented. Android is a noun for a human-like robot. Droid is a word invented (supposedly) by lucas and used in his movies, and, apparently, trademarked by him.

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Posted: 15th Jun 2012 19:25
Ahh, i see. The main site is called: TechnologyGaming (or T.G or Tech Gaming for short) but i cant afford another domain so it just have to keep the domain as it is for now.

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Posted: 15th Jun 2012 19:45 Edited at: 15th Jun 2012 19:46
Quote: "No it's definately trademarked."
I read the Star Wars book before the movie was released so maybe I got it from there. But it seems to be in an older memory.

Quote: "Anymore comments about the site?"

It needs a big banner to hide that fact that your first graphics are a Minecraft Clone... (Can I say Clone?). The first thing I see is a small retro graphic.. not good. A big banner will solve the graphic reveal problem.

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Posted: 15th Jun 2012 19:50
(first graphics are a Minecraft Clone)

Eh? The site hasnt had any minecraft graphics...

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Posted: 15th Jun 2012 19:58
Quote: "Eh? The site hasnt had any minecraft graphics..."


................... err yes it has.

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Posted: 15th Jun 2012 20:15
Ahh.yes the minecraft comics they are from the old site in which i closed down and imported content. But apart from that the site is brand new

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Posted: 15th Jun 2012 20:52
What I am saying is that your site's opening page will be dependant on whatever article is at the top. So your first impression will be based on whatever is at the top. A big banner will mean that your site always has a cool graphic for first impressions. Otherwise Pong could be the first thing that anyone sees. Currently Minecraft is the first thing that you see, and it is a small square up the corner. Minecraft graphics are as simple as you can get. So your site is currently as simple as you can get.

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Posted: 15th Jun 2012 20:53
Quote: " Minecraft graphics are as simple as you can get."


No they're not. Besides, what's wrong with minecraft being the first thing you see on a let's play website?


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Posted: 15th Jun 2012 20:55 Edited at: 15th Jun 2012 20:57
Quote: "No they're not. Besides, what's wrong with minecraft being the first thing you see on a let's play website?"


Well it made me click off the site. That's feedback, that's why people ask for feedback. Little graphics up the corner are very bad. Maybe nobody actually wants feedback?

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Posted: 15th Jun 2012 21:01
Its kind of difficult not to have no minecraft seeing as it is a Minecraft comic..but if you dont like then everyone has there own taste

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Posted: 15th Jun 2012 21:03
Quote: "Its kind of difficult not to have no minecraft seeing as it is a Minecraft comic..but if you dont like then everyone has there own taste"


You aren't reading what I am posting. A banner will be the first thing that you will see, and the comic will be the second thing that you see. The banner will mean that the site looks good no matter what is below it.

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Posted: 15th Jun 2012 21:05
I read everything you posted. There is usualy a featured scrolling banner first on the site but thats been taken offline due to it is not working, Until i can fix it then it will be absent from the site

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Posted: 15th Jun 2012 21:06
Quote: "I read everything you posted. There is usualy a featured scrolling banner first on the site but thats been taken offline due to it is not working, Until i can fix it then it will be absent from the site"


So your comments were to waste my time then.

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Posted: 15th Jun 2012 21:08
No, what. I just misunderstood on what you were saying. Not to waste you time.

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Posted: 15th Jun 2012 21:11
The site looks nice and welcome back

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Posted: 15th Jun 2012 21:14
Thanks Nilooc!

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If you want some tips for getting your vids popular on youtube email me at [email protected] or send me message on fb

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Posted: 15th Jun 2012 22:52
Quote: ""how can droid be trademarked! :p silly george lucas""


Something smells fishy....http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4006:klrf65.5.11

I knew there'd be something amiss when I read Motorola had to license "Droid" for use with phones.
Either way, that's a blatant abuse of the trademark system. Lucasfilm nor any of it's affiliate companies manufacture phones. I wonder who and how much Lucas paid to get that pushed through the USPTO.

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Nilooc: I messaged you

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Posted: 15th Jun 2012 23:25
What if somebody in the UK violates a US copyright?


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Posted: 15th Jun 2012 23:28
You get extradited to the US under infringing copyright which is the stupidest law ever.

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Quote: "You get extradited to the US under infringing copyright which is the stupidest law ever."


Indeed stupid, but is that really a LAW? I thought ACTA or whatever were supposed to make it so they had the right to ship you to US for that... dunno if it's in place or just in specific instances?

But I generarily hate that system, unless you killed someone you really shouldnt need to go to ANOTHER country for prison - away from everything. thats just insane in my eyes


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Posted: 16th Jun 2012 01:24
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extradition_Act_2003 <-- Yep, its a law

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Ah, so its not "universal" but merely UK has a treaty with several countries about it... better not throw shoes at UK then x)


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Posted: 16th Jun 2012 08:50 Edited at: 16th Jun 2012 09:50
Quote: "You get extradited to the US under infringing copyright which is the stupidest law ever."


No, what's stupid is a certain LARGE and well-known guitar company (not sating any names...http://reason.com/blog/2012/02/23/the-great-gibson-guitar-raid-months-late) having gov't agents come onto their private land to steal, erm I mean seize, wood imported from another country because said wood was believed to not have been processed IAW that country's laws. The guitar company knew nothing of the issue with their supplier. Yeah, that's true stupidity.

Protecting IP is hardly stupid. If you think the US doesn't reciprocate with the UK in the opposite situation you're silly. If IP isn't protected it gets ripped off, and in the case of patents, could degrade the industrial base of the nation where the patent holders reside. This leads to other undesirable effects.

I could think of a hundred other international treaties that enrich and protect the power of the State rather than personal/corporate property/liberty. Those treaties ARE stupid, unless of course, you love Big Brother. Oddly, a lot of people will gladly accept these chains, probably some who even think the same thing you think about this copyright thing (not saying you are one of these people).

Oh yeah....

Good looking site BTW. I like the simple no-glitz layout!

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Posted: 16th Jun 2012 13:29
Thanks!

Also could you check out and sub to my YouTube Channel: http://wwww.technologydroids.com

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Posted: 16th Jun 2012 13:59
Just letting you know you spelled "Teach" wrong

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Ahh, I will change it

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Posted: 17th Jun 2012 13:16 Edited at: 17th Jun 2012 13:17
Site looks pretty decent. It's a little narrow but that may be a good thing as so many people are using mobile devices to browse the web with these days. I do a large amount on my phone too - always have since my Samsung E250 (using Opera Mini, the built-in browser sucked). In that way your site is prolly better as so many devices have portrait orientation. Btw, I saw nothing under "comics". That was mean lol. Seriously, though it doesn't look good (only imo though) to have item-less categories. It's just my opinion though (I represent a minority anyway so it's prolly not that much of a concern). Other than that, looks about the same level as many commercial sites so I'd say that's a pass.

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Posted: 17th Jun 2012 16:25 Edited at: 17th Jun 2012 16:29
He has changed it since I posted. It looks fine now. What you should realize is that I was trained In-House to be quite critical. When you work In-House you have to re-draw a lot of stuff that looks OK. You start to notice anything wrong with layouts, and images.

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Posted: 17th Jun 2012 19:09
Hey I got a little tip. When you make your own website or blog or whatever make sure what you post is spelled correctly. If you don't know how to spell it check on google (most browsers have a built in word checker thingy.) Anyways spelling is very important on websites and you have to make sure not to mess up. Make sure when you say I it's caps not lower case. Just simple things like that.

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Posted: 17th Jun 2012 20:26
Quote: "You start to notice anything wrong with layouts, and images."

I have a friend like that. He's never satisfied. Then again, his work is top-quality whereas mine tends towards the sloppy side. I suppose it's good to have high standards; it produces better work.

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Posted: 17th Jun 2012 21:28 Edited at: 17th Jun 2012 21:31
* The headings are so dark they are almost invisible.
* You don't capitalise your I's which is sloppy.
* "Useful" is spelled like that.

* I don't like the way you introduce items as if you're in mid-conversation or captioning your own headings, for example:
Quote: "Crashing Buses and Killing Passengers
No, thats not the title of a latest hollywood generic blockbuster..."

It's okay to be informal but starting the first sentence with "No" looks wrong. I don't think the joke is any good either, sorry.

* You need to work on your grammar. For example, the above would be better written:
Quote: "No, that's not the title of the latest generic Hollywood blockbuster..."
(Capitalisation and spelling are always important.)
Adjectives are attached to nouns so it's important to be clear about how they interact. We want to describe a "Hollywood blockbuster" but your original cuts the term in half: "latest Hollywood generic blockbuster", this reads as "latest Hollywood-generic blockbuster" this doesn't make sense but we can rearrange the words to work out the intended meaning, but if it gave the sentence a different meaning we'd be misleading the reader. In any case you want your writing to be as easy to read as possible, they shouldn't have to work to comprehend it.
There is no "correct" grammar, writing is art, just be sure you communicate clearly, that's the purpose of grammar and punctuation -- not being an elitist snob like many "critics".

I recommend The Penguin Guide to Punctuation by R.L. Trask, it's a small book but it has improved my writing greatly. Even though it's not the most exciting topic I really enjoyed reading it; just shows what good writing can do.

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TechGaming is now looking for people to join the team!

http://www.technologydroids.com/staff/

NOW RECRUITING!

The following positions are available:

Business Development Manager* – This role is to ensure that TechGaming continues to grow and branches out into new and exciting avenues.

To apply for this position please e-mail: [email protected] with your CV and subject line: Job-Business Dev Manager.

*This position is a non-paying position at current, as soon as we start earning more revenue then you will start to get payed for your work and time.

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You shouldn't be hiring yet if you can't pay. Not many people want to work for free. Also how do they know their ever going to get paid? How much revenue is your site bringing in? Where is it coming from? Have you figured any of this information yet?
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Posted: 22nd Jun 2012 18:06 Edited at: 22nd Jun 2012 18:15
Quote: "but the spelling everywhere is tragic, please check it over"


Since this issue has come up my only comment is that I have to agree. It looks very unprofessional to litter your site with spelling and punctuation errors - especially in section headings.

Here's a selection on the first page:



Edit I see OBese has made similar comments - I forget to check for another page. [Edit2 Spot the spelling error there while we're at it. ]

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