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April 15, 2013 10:00 AM Subscribe
"After 50 years of pointing and clicking, we are celebrating the nearing end of the computer cursor with a music video where all our cursors can be seen together for one last time." (NSFW)
Works in Chrome for me, but I had to turn off my Flash blocker.
posted by gwint at 10:09 AM on April 15, 2013
posted by gwint at 10:09 AM on April 15, 2013
Any way to fast forward?
posted by Old'n'Busted at 10:13 AM on April 15, 2013
posted by Old'n'Busted at 10:13 AM on April 15, 2013
Well, that was utterly insane. I wish they could remove a few of the really badly behaving cursors, like ones that don't move at all or something. But this is very cool. I would love to see this idea expanded upon.
Congrats to us for successfully forming a smiley face, though.
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 10:16 AM on April 15, 2013 [4 favorites]
Congrats to us for successfully forming a smiley face, though.
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 10:16 AM on April 15, 2013 [4 favorites]
It works in my Chrome as well.
posted by brundlefly at 10:21 AM on April 15, 2013
posted by brundlefly at 10:21 AM on April 15, 2013
Actually, only notionally NSFW, since the nudity is censored, oddly, by the cursors.
Also, this was surprisingly great. The smiley face and avoid each other commands in particular.
posted by blahblahblah at 10:28 AM on April 15, 2013 [1 favorite]
Also, this was surprisingly great. The smiley face and avoid each other commands in particular.
posted by blahblahblah at 10:28 AM on April 15, 2013 [1 favorite]
Chrome on Mac was fine, and I have to say that was totally fun.
posted by jquinby at 10:36 AM on April 15, 2013
posted by jquinby at 10:36 AM on April 15, 2013
Am I the only one who waited in vain for something interesting to happen?
/Jaded
posted by antiquated at 10:39 AM on April 15, 2013 [2 favorites]
/Jaded
posted by antiquated at 10:39 AM on April 15, 2013 [2 favorites]
Yeah, the smiley face was great. Get off the nipples, cursors!
posted by CrazyJoel at 10:43 AM on April 15, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by CrazyJoel at 10:43 AM on April 15, 2013 [1 favorite]
Well that's a terrifically inexpensive way for No Such Agency to collect some biometric data. Way to go, fiscally responsible spooks!
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 10:49 AM on April 15, 2013
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 10:49 AM on April 15, 2013
Actually, only notionally NSFW, since the nudity is censored, oddly, by the cursors.
Americans; what can you do.
posted by MartinWisse at 11:03 AM on April 15, 2013 [2 favorites]
Americans; what can you do.
posted by MartinWisse at 11:03 AM on April 15, 2013 [2 favorites]
That was pretty cool, but is "nearing the end of the computer cursor" a new element of the usual "everyone will use videophones all the time and literacy will disappear entirely" or something? Because ha ha yeah right.
posted by brennen at 11:10 AM on April 15, 2013 [9 favorites]
posted by brennen at 11:10 AM on April 15, 2013 [9 favorites]
Using firefox, no flashblocker running. All I saw was a black screen with white words that changed periodically. I had a big cursor but I couldn't see anyone else's.
So if there was a crazy cursor doing crazy things that had no relation to any image, that is probably mine.
posted by muddgirl at 11:22 AM on April 15, 2013
So if there was a crazy cursor doing crazy things that had no relation to any image, that is probably mine.
posted by muddgirl at 11:22 AM on April 15, 2013
Good-bye cursor, big hello to "charms" and "live tiles"!!!
posted by KokuRyu at 11:26 AM on April 15, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by KokuRyu at 11:26 AM on April 15, 2013 [1 favorite]
HEY. I had to disable Adblock, too.
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 11:26 AM on April 15, 2013
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 11:26 AM on April 15, 2013
Disabling adblock did nothing for me. It would be strange for only some content on the page to be blocked by my work's net nanny, but I suppose that's possible.
posted by muddgirl at 11:30 AM on April 15, 2013
posted by muddgirl at 11:30 AM on April 15, 2013
Had some fun moments/intuitions. Roel Wouters, one of the founders of Moniker, the folks behind this, is worth checking out.
This also reminded me of that insane japanese(?) flash game where previous you-cum-cursors are instrumental to a group-solitary effort in navigating an effectively (so-to-speak) 4-D maze - what was that?
posted by progosk at 12:23 PM on April 15, 2013
This also reminded me of that insane japanese(?) flash game where previous you-cum-cursors are instrumental to a group-solitary effort in navigating an effectively (so-to-speak) 4-D maze - what was that?
posted by progosk at 12:23 PM on April 15, 2013
You're probably thinking of Yoshio Ishii's Cursor * 10. There's also a part 2.
posted by bjrn at 12:53 PM on April 15, 2013
posted by bjrn at 12:53 PM on April 15, 2013
That was very difficult to do while eating Chinese food with chopsticks.
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 1:13 PM on April 15, 2013
posted by Slarty Bartfast at 1:13 PM on April 15, 2013
By the same people as Pointer Pointer. [previously]
posted by HFSH at 2:39 PM on April 15, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by HFSH at 2:39 PM on April 15, 2013 [1 favorite]
You can have my mouse when you pry it from my cold, dead hands.
posted by Pope Guilty at 2:46 PM on April 15, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by Pope Guilty at 2:46 PM on April 15, 2013 [1 favorite]
I don't understand :(
Is this generated from the cursors of people who watch the video? Or is it... what?
I feel dumb.
posted by Sebmojo at 4:52 PM on April 15, 2013
Is this generated from the cursors of people who watch the video? Or is it... what?
I feel dumb.
posted by Sebmojo at 4:52 PM on April 15, 2013
They check your gender at the beginning. Wonder if they are gathering statistics and, if so, what the correlation is between male user/boobs left exposed and female user/boobs get covered. Also, would be interesting to have folks run it without seeing the cursors placed by past users to get an idea of how much a pack mentality is influencing decisions; I felt like this must be what it's like to be a member of a flock of starlings or a school of fish.
posted by JimInLoganSquare at 5:09 PM on April 15, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by JimInLoganSquare at 5:09 PM on April 15, 2013 [1 favorite]
All I got was a lot of cursors on a black background, some solid, some outlined. None ever moved. One big cursor for me which did nothing but blink if I clicked it. And there were sometimes words at the top. Firefox v20.
posted by hypersloth at 5:39 PM on April 15, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by hypersloth at 5:39 PM on April 15, 2013 [1 favorite]
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
bies.
Curse the Censorious Cursors!!!
posted by symbioid at 10:43 PM on April 15, 2013
bies.
Curse the Censorious Cursors!!!
posted by symbioid at 10:43 PM on April 15, 2013
One last time for old time's sake...
MOV AX,0
INT 33
MOV AX, 1
INT 33
←☺←
posted by lordaych at 12:20 AM on April 16, 2013 [2 favorites]
MOV AX,0
INT 33
MOV AX, 1
INT 33
←☺←
posted by lordaych at 12:20 AM on April 16, 2013 [2 favorites]
Last I checked we are a long way off from giving up cursors. At the very least mmo players still use them and I don't see that stopping in the foreseeable future.
posted by Malice at 12:49 AM on April 16, 2013
posted by Malice at 12:49 AM on April 16, 2013
Chrome + AdBlock running worked fine for me.
posted by thingonaspring at 2:41 AM on April 16, 2013
posted by thingonaspring at 2:41 AM on April 16, 2013
It finally worked for me (with adblock) using the link from JayIsGames, for some reason. Very neat concept and execution!
posted by muddgirl at 7:47 AM on April 16, 2013
posted by muddgirl at 7:47 AM on April 16, 2013
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