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Comments on MetaFilter post I Love the Smell of Sim-Napalm in the MorningTue, 25 Jul 2006 11:39:38 -0800Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:39:38 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60I Love the Smell of Sim-Napalm in the Morning
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<a href="http://www.popsci.com/popsci/printerfriendly/technology/89a28c85706ac010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html">The Smell of War</a> -- the Institute for Creative Technologies preps Quake-happy teens to become first-person shooters in the non-virtual war on terror. Now in Odorama.post:www.metafilter.com,2006:site.53276Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:35:09 -0800digamanwarICTIraqInstituteforCreativeTechnologiesArmytrainingVRimmersivesmellInhofeterrormilitary-entertainmentcomplexholodeckMatrixgamingBy: Cyrano
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Napalm? In the morning?comment:www.metafilter.com,2006:site.53276-1380517Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:39:38 -0800CyranoBy: digaman
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Sorry for the following self-link, but I happen to be one of the few civilians who have taken a tour of this immersive training system -- but in its pre-smellerific incarnation. I wrote about it two years ago in a <a href="http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.09/warroom.html">Wired article</a> that contains additional background information about ICT, including its support by GOP Senator James Inhofe, who has been <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2006/07/24/inhofe-third-reich/">in the news lately</a> comparing global-warming experts to Nazis.comment:www.metafilter.com,2006:site.53276-1380522Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:42:47 -0800digamanBy: digaman
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Cyrano, it's a reference to an infamous line in <i>Apocalypse Now</i>, which is more relevant than evar.comment:www.metafilter.com,2006:site.53276-1380523Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:43:54 -0800digamanBy: digaman
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<a href="http://www.ict.usc.edu/">ICT's website</a>.comment:www.metafilter.com,2006:site.53276-1380532Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:47:50 -0800digamanBy: mkultra
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Wow, crazy.
I just had a thought- since this Administration has pretty much decided it can snoop on whomever, whenever, why don't they just tap into XBoxLive traffic to see who the really good players at their FPS titles are? Only instead of Robert Preston in a spaceship, you just get an Army recruiter.comment:www.metafilter.com,2006:site.53276-1380536Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:49:38 -0800mkultraBy: digaman
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Tim Lenoir and Henry Lowood's seminal paper on the "<a href="http://www.stanford.edu/class/sts145/Library/Lenoir-Lowood_TheatersOfWar.pdf">military-entertainment complex</a>." [PDF link]comment:www.metafilter.com,2006:site.53276-1380551Tue, 25 Jul 2006 11:57:53 -0800digamanBy: Unregistered User
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<a href="http://www.hooahbar.com/">MIC* Candy</a> ?
Move over redbull...
*military-industrial complexcomment:www.metafilter.com,2006:site.53276-1380560Tue, 25 Jul 2006 12:06:06 -0800Unregistered UserBy: Kickstart70
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I love the smell of teen spirit in the morning.comment:www.metafilter.com,2006:site.53276-1380576Tue, 25 Jul 2006 12:13:43 -0800Kickstart70By: keswick
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OMG WALL HAX!!!!11!1comment:www.metafilter.com,2006:site.53276-1380594Tue, 25 Jul 2006 12:25:09 -0800keswickBy: bardic
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People still play Quake?comment:www.metafilter.com,2006:site.53276-1380618Tue, 25 Jul 2006 12:46:47 -0800bardicBy: furtive
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Yay, just stick an open glass of diesel next to my keyboard and I can pretend I'm in a tank.comment:www.metafilter.com,2006:site.53276-1380620Tue, 25 Jul 2006 12:47:59 -0800furtiveBy: Pastabagel
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We need less Battlefield 2 and more <a href="http://www.mobygames.com/game/balance-of-power-the-1990-edition">Balance of Power</a>.
Frankly, I could see the appeal of total immersion odor (did anyone else just picture a locker room?) for games like Warcraft, but not for these shooters.
Thanks for the link to the Lenoir paper.comment:www.metafilter.com,2006:site.53276-1380637Tue, 25 Jul 2006 12:57:28 -0800PastabagelBy: Smedleyman
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Post in the wrong thread.comment:www.metafilter.com,2006:site.53276-1380670Tue, 25 Jul 2006 13:20:20 -0800SmedleymanBy: stenseng
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I think this is great, from a pacifistic/realist "war is hell" perspective.
Give those boys a whiff or two of perforated bowel, theirs, or someone elses, and maybe we'll cut back on the gung-ho horseshit.comment:www.metafilter.com,2006:site.53276-1380714Tue, 25 Jul 2006 14:03:18 -0800stensengBy: JHarris
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Smedleyman is awarded one point.comment:www.metafilter.com,2006:site.53276-1380721Tue, 25 Jul 2006 14:11:19 -0800JHarrisBy: lunalaguna
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A recent Wired article (not online yet) talked about using this technology to help soldiers recover from PTSD. In the article, military personnel asked researcher if they could include the smell of burning flesh. So far, it's just burning tires, gun powder, and cooked lamb.comment:www.metafilter.com,2006:site.53276-1380742Tue, 25 Jul 2006 14:43:36 -0800lunalagunaBy: cenoxo
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<a href="http://xxos.net/resources/images/vietnam_napalm_girl.jpg">Vietnam, 1972</a> — just a photo, but with a little imagination you can also hear and smell war just fine. No gameplay required.comment:www.metafilter.com,2006:site.53276-1380788Tue, 25 Jul 2006 15:27:33 -0800cenoxoBy: First Post
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<i>why don't they just tap into XBoxLive traffic to see who the really good players at their FPS titles are?</i>
<a href="http://www.apfn.net/Messageboard/06-14-05/discussion.cgi.66.html">Gary Webb</a>'s last story, <a href="http://www.newsreview.com/chico/Content?oid=oid%3A32361">"The Killing Game"</a>, covers something like this, mostly through the "America's Army" game.comment:www.metafilter.com,2006:site.53276-1380826Tue, 25 Jul 2006 16:18:46 -0800First PostBy: rollbiz
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<i>it's a reference to an infamous line in Apocalypse Now, which is more relevant than evar.</i>
Which got me thinking about another relevant and powerful moment in the film...
"Are my methods unsound?"
"I don't see any method at all, sir."comment:www.metafilter.com,2006:site.53276-1380830Tue, 25 Jul 2006 16:23:00 -0800rollbizBy: carsonb
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reminded me of the beginning of Fast Food Nation, where he visits the flavor maker plant and eats a bowl of McDonalds French Fries-flavored mush*.
gunsmoke isn't just a scent, you know. gotta get that tang on the tongue before it's really really real seeming.
<small>*or something like that; I read it a while back.</small>comment:www.metafilter.com,2006:site.53276-1380896Tue, 25 Jul 2006 17:21:02 -0800carsonbBy: longsleeves
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Who dares enter the Chamber of Farts? <a href="http://www.scienceblog.com/community/older/2001/C/200113657.html">Unbearable smell as weapon.</a>comment:www.metafilter.com,2006:site.53276-1380919Tue, 25 Jul 2006 17:38:20 -0800longsleevesBy: cenoxo
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Maybe <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15827459&dopt=Abstract">good smells</a> will calm the bad guys down. For a more appetizing alternative, how about throwing baskets of cinnamon rolls (or croissants, whatever) at them with trebuchets?
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aromatherapy">Aromatherapy</a> to the barricades!comment:www.metafilter.com,2006:site.53276-1380965Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:13:02 -0800cenoxo
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