I agree. Though more so than MMORPGs, I find the Final Fantasy series in particular to be quite emotionally stimulating (makes me laugh, and almost cry). And fast paced FPSs (like Team Fortress Classic, as opposed to America's Army) were massive adrenaline rushes.
Great worlds with an interesting history. And characters you get attached to.
I'd still prefer to have a completely new Final Fantasy every few years though. 'Cause otherwise if you don't like it, you are screwed. I didn't like FF8 at all. But then I just had to wait a while, and out came FF 9 and 10 which I loved. I didn't like 10-2, but then came 12 which, is ok (I haven't given it a fair chance yet). So what if you don't like 13. You are just screwed for 10 years. At least if you play Final Fantasy as your exclusive RPG. I really should try some others, I suppose.
Thank you for the reply. The most restricted CC license I could find still says you are free to "copy, distribute, display, and perform the work". Some software I would write might be released under GPL, but what about standard software licenses for software that is not freely distributable?
What about non open source licensing? Anybody know any good resources for a prebuilt one so you don't have to have an army of lawyers to create one from scratch?
No you are correct. There are other ways. I suppose the ultimate goal is to convince people that they shouldn't commit these crimes in the first place. But I have no idea how to do that, while still maintaining the freedom and diversity we enjoy in this country.
What do we do as a society to prevent or stop a crime at its outset? Less gun control, not more. (And in this case, I am referring to university policy, not government law.) I know many people will disagree with this, but evidence supports the claim that areas with armed citizens experience less crime.
You completely missed my point. You aren't really looking at this from other people's point of view.
Uh... what? I could rattle off plenty that could. First one that sprang to mind was old school - the Netbus trojan. My mom hasn't heard of Netbus.
I have to say it's a combination of all three. Common sense tells me not to open attachments from emails that I'm not expecting, aren't explicitly addressed to me, and so on and so forth. If someone sent a snail-mail to your house, but addressed it to a neighbor, would you open that? If an email is in your inbox, it was addresssed to you. The kind of people who open these things don't know about mass mails. If they got an email, they assume someone specifically sat down and typed an email out to them. After all, that is how they send emails isn't it?
I think it is a combination of lack of understanding of the motives of the people who write this stuff, combined with a lack of understanding about the technology. Consider this point of view:
Why would someone want to write a program that deletes all my files? What is the point of that? What do they gain? Nothing, so why do it? And programs opened through email can't control my computer. The keyboard and mouse is the only way to make a computer do things.
It is only experience and knowledge that tells you not to open emails from people you don't know; not common sense.
We are far closer to a republic than a democracy. And in a republic, representatives are supposed to act in the interests of the people, but not necessarily do what the people want.
My personal feeling has always been that the House should do what the people want, and the Senate should do what the people need. Though honestly I'd prefer they both did nothing at all.
Also, accessibility to non-gamers, and participation of non-gamers is quite amazing to me (I've seen it). I agree. My girlfriend said she would play Wii, so I'm getting a Wii. I'd rather have a Wii that I use, than a PS3 that I don't have time for. I think there are a lot of situations like that which are driving sales of the Wii. I don't think it is the kid who sits in his room all day playing video games by himself.
"Who needs to be able to search the web for research purposes or to lean how to code?"
It would help if you knew how to spell. Use firefox with the built in spell-checker. 'Lean' is spelled correctly. I am not certain how spell-checker would be of use in this situation.
I believe them. I think Nintendo was just as surprised at the Wii's success as I was and now the are struggling to meet demand.
I thought the Wii was going to fail horribly. I am happy to be proven wrong though 'cause between Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo, Nintendo is my favorite company (or rather, the only one of the three I don't hate).
Or am I over looking something here...?
puts one paper vote in a ballot box. Keeps the other copy. Some people are concerned about there being a way to see who individuals voted for. With our current system, there is absolutely no way to tell who I voted for. Only I know. It really isn't a big deal in the United States, but if you lived in Iraq for example, having a way for people to figure out who you voted for could be quite dangerous.
Not really something I am worried about, but you should know it is a concern for some people. I figure those people could elect to destroy their copy of the receipt before leaving the polls if they were concerned.
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I agree. Though more so than MMORPGs, I find the Final Fantasy series in particular to be quite emotionally stimulating (makes me laugh, and almost cry). And fast paced FPSs (like Team Fortress Classic, as opposed to America's Army) were massive adrenaline rushes.
Great worlds with an interesting history. And characters you get attached to.
I'd still prefer to have a completely new Final Fantasy every few years though. 'Cause otherwise if you don't like it, you are screwed. I didn't like FF8 at all. But then I just had to wait a while, and out came FF 9 and 10 which I loved. I didn't like 10-2, but then came 12 which, is ok (I haven't given it a fair chance yet). So what if you don't like 13. You are just screwed for 10 years. At least if you play Final Fantasy as your exclusive RPG. I really should try some others, I suppose.
What is a "binary-package distro"? And could you please give an example of one of these?
Thank you for the reply. The most restricted CC license I could find still says you are free to "copy, distribute, display, and perform the work". Some software I would write might be released under GPL, but what about standard software licenses for software that is not freely distributable?
What about non open source licensing? Anybody know any good resources for a prebuilt one so you don't have to have an army of lawyers to create one from scratch?
No you are correct. There are other ways. I suppose the ultimate goal is to convince people that they shouldn't commit these crimes in the first place. But I have no idea how to do that, while still maintaining the freedom and diversity we enjoy in this country.
I think it is a combination of lack of understanding of the motives of the people who write this stuff, combined with a lack of understanding about the technology. Consider this point of view:
Why would someone want to write a program that deletes all my files? What is the point of that? What do they gain? Nothing, so why do it? And programs opened through email can't control my computer. The keyboard and mouse is the only way to make a computer do things.
It is only experience and knowledge that tells you not to open emails from people you don't know; not common sense.
We are far closer to a republic than a democracy. And in a republic, representatives are supposed to act in the interests of the people, but not necessarily do what the people want.
My personal feeling has always been that the House should do what the people want, and the Senate should do what the people need. Though honestly I'd prefer they both did nothing at all.
Yeah he was perceived as being sort of a...sleaze?
But never really as mean or condescending. He was generally well liked as a person.
Which country are you referring too? Here in the US, I don't think there has been a president in my lifetime that was perceived as a jerk.
The link in the summary links to the 2nd page. Don't miss the first page for great information about class changes.
This is amazing. How do you people know what party posters are in, or what their favorite news channels are when they haven't stated them?
Do partisan politics grant psychic abilities?
Slashdot, BBC, CNN, Fox News, GUComics, The Onion
A large percentage of the quests are fun, regardless of reward.
That would be pretty freakin' cool.
Does anybody know if Wii has any sort of sword fighting at all?
Uh, ever heard of "nation building"?
Could someone please explain omgponies to me? Google and wikipedia have failed me.
I believe them. I think Nintendo was just as surprised at the Wii's success as I was and now the are struggling to meet demand.
I thought the Wii was going to fail horribly. I am happy to be proven wrong though 'cause between Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo, Nintendo is my favorite company (or rather, the only one of the three I don't hate).
That's an awesome story :)
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+1 Brave for messing around with an elevator that was obviously buggy
Not really something I am worried about, but you should know it is a concern for some people. I figure those people could elect to destroy their copy of the receipt before leaving the polls if they were concerned.