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After reading the piece, I think a good case could be made that Visual Studio 2010 is, in fact, a game. I'm already imagining two lawyers presenting their cases
by troymc 15y ago
After reading the piece, I think a good case could be made that Visual Studio 2010 is, in fact, a game. I'm already imagining two lawyers presenting their cases to a jury.
(If you think such things never happen, consider the case of Nix v. Hedden, which concerned the question, "Is the tomato a fruit or a vegetable?" That case went all the way to the US Supreme Court! Botanists argued that they're fruit because they're the part of the plant that contains the seeds. Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nix_v._Hedden http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nix_v._Hedden )
- madewulf 15y agoIn fact, you could even more broadly make the case that programming is the ultimate video game...
- whatusername 15y agoOr the Radiolab short recently about how Marvel Comics went to the Supreme Court to prove that X-Men are not human.
- whatusername 15y agoOr the Radiolab short recently about how Marvel Comics went to the Supreme Court to prove that X-Men are not human. http://www.radiolab.org/blogs/radiolab-blog/2011/dec/22/mutant-rights/ http://www.radiolab.org/blogs/radiolab-blog/2011/dec/22/muta...