My bank has the same DRM! And, good god, so does Amazon! And.. and...
...and I have all those important passwords unique and memorized. I don't want to have to memorize a totally new one for a game I play once in a blue moon.
And why don't we do this... all of the applications you have installed on your box should require a unique password with letters and numbers, and they all phone home to gigabyte sized updates. You can login to windows, wait for the update. Then you can login to your browser...wait for the update. Then you can login in notepad...wait for the update. Login to Word,...oh shit you screwed up the password 3 times...now it's disabled and you have to call microsoft and answer a bunch of security questions so you can edit some document for work.
I knew it required a battle.net login. I just didn't think it would be such a hassle to login. Am I crazy to think that if I install a single player game on my secured computer, that I should be able to play it without having to worry about getting locked out inputting the wrong password three times? Our network at works locks your login at 3 attempts. Why would battle.net have the same level of security? It's pointless.
My problem is that it is a single player game that requires you to login, and it has enforces a level of password complexity that requires me to use a non-memorized password (for what reason? So somebody can't play it on my machine?), and their implementation is unreliable and locked me out for god knows what reason. They've made it such in annoying user experience that I'd rather not play. I don't have this much trouble with the MMOs I play, why should be such an ordeal for a single player game?
Got the game for PC the first week. I just wanted to play it on my machine but they made me create an account on their website. Then I tried to play the game...but then I had to login and there was a problem with their login service. Then I was able to login, they made me change my password to something with upper and lower case, and numbers. Now that I couldn't remember my password and had it written down somewhere inconvenient I could finally play...which I did for a whole weekend. Then I stopped playing for a couple of months and then tried to login again but couldn't remember my password and lost the paper I had it written on. So I recovered my password by email. Then tried to login. It said there was suspicious activity on my account, they temporary disabled my account, and I should contact customer support. FUCK!!!!! Next step....uninstall Diablo 3. Blizzard. Your take on DRM is fucking annoying. I will not ever ever be buying a game from you again.
The doesn't demonstrate poor critical reasoning. That demonstrates an understanding of the reality of our society...that your resume is thrown away unless it has a degree on it.
Had a friend taking some programming classes at a local community college. Helped him with the class and his programming at work afterward. In the class, they both semesters writing some dice game. It was a waste of time. Totally de-emphasized the most important elementary concepts. Afterwards I had to teach him everything they should have covered in class.
Why? Unless we development some sort of the fast than light travel or become extinct, the planet is going to be terraformed eventually. In all likelihood, the planet will kill off everything anyway. If a few survive, they certainly won't flourish.
Why does it always have to be the US that must remove these insane dictators?
It's not. The US just says we have to remove the evil dictators as a pretense for invasion whenever we want to put a military base in the country to protect our economic interests in the area.
Several years ago I heard that India was working on a similar engine. Never heard anything more on it, I guess it didn't work. I hope the ESA has better luck.
Yeah. I guess I do. It's been a long time since I took a geography class so I don't know for sure. But when I look at a map, my brain draws the SA border at Colombia...probably because NA tapers down to a point and it appears to be part of the larger continent, while SA doesn't have many protrusions and so adding Panama to it would make it look irregular. That's just how my mind visually classifies it. But then, the original classifications were probably done with the exact same thinking.
Panama is in North America? I think not. I'd bet most "americans" count everything below (and possibly including) Mexico as "South America"
Then you'd lose that bet. I don't know any Americans who consider Mexico part of South America. And I resent your subtle attempt to paint us all as racists.
Afghanistan was attacked for harboring Osama Bin Laden. Iraq was attacked for mysterious reasons, but it was implied that "the terrorists" were in Iraq.
Oh? Have you read the founding fathers? I think it's pretty clear that they believed in seperation of church and state regardless of whether or not the constitution forbids it.
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It's funny how Americans are so afraid of losing their place as the most powerful country.
Why is it funny? Seems like a pretty standard human response to me.
Hell, my mother has cochlear implants, she's already a cyborg.
As do I. I have quite a few. But they didn't meet battle.net's password complexity requirement.
My bank has the same DRM! And, good god, so does Amazon! And .. and ...
...and I have all those important passwords unique and memorized. I don't want to have to memorize a totally new one for a game I play once in a blue moon.
And why don't we do this... all of the applications you have installed on your box should require a unique password with letters and numbers, and they all phone home to gigabyte sized updates. You can login to windows, wait for the update. Then you can login to your browser...wait for the update. Then you can login in notepad...wait for the update. Login to Word, ...oh shit you screwed up the password 3 times...now it's disabled and you have to call microsoft and answer a bunch of security questions so you can edit some document for work.
I knew it required a battle.net login. I just didn't think it would be such a hassle to login. Am I crazy to think that if I install a single player game on my secured computer, that I should be able to play it without having to worry about getting locked out inputting the wrong password three times? Our network at works locks your login at 3 attempts. Why would battle.net have the same level of security? It's pointless.
My problem is that it is a single player game that requires you to login, and it has enforces a level of password complexity that requires me to use a non-memorized password (for what reason? So somebody can't play it on my machine?), and their implementation is unreliable and locked me out for god knows what reason. They've made it such in annoying user experience that I'd rather not play. I don't have this much trouble with the MMOs I play, why should be such an ordeal for a single player game?
Got the game for PC the first week. I just wanted to play it on my machine but they made me create an account on their website. Then I tried to play the game...but then I had to login and there was a problem with their login service. Then I was able to login, they made me change my password to something with upper and lower case, and numbers. Now that I couldn't remember my password and had it written down somewhere inconvenient I could finally play...which I did for a whole weekend. Then I stopped playing for a couple of months and then tried to login again but couldn't remember my password and lost the paper I had it written on. So I recovered my password by email. Then tried to login. It said there was suspicious activity on my account, they temporary disabled my account, and I should contact customer support. FUCK!!!!! Next step....uninstall Diablo 3. Blizzard. Your take on DRM is fucking annoying. I will not ever ever be buying a game from you again.
If you have to worry about shit like that, then your company is likely working on boring ass shit that no one wants to do anyway.
Those are the companies that are making money.
The doesn't demonstrate poor critical reasoning. That demonstrates an understanding of the reality of our society...that your resume is thrown away unless it has a degree on it.
Had a friend taking some programming classes at a local community college. Helped him with the class and his programming at work afterward. In the class, they both semesters writing some dice game. It was a waste of time. Totally de-emphasized the most important elementary concepts. Afterwards I had to teach him everything they should have covered in class.
Seriously? 1/2 inch thick steel is easily penetrated by common rifle ammunition? That doesn't sound right. 1/2 inch?
Biological contamination is a more serious issue.
Why? Unless we development some sort of the fast than light travel or become extinct, the planet is going to be terraformed eventually. In all likelihood, the planet will kill off everything anyway. If a few survive, they certainly won't flourish.
But how Japanese could it be if it has no robots?
Well, it's been close to entering interstellar space for the last 10 - 15 years. Are they just going to keep re-releasing this story every year?
Why does it always have to be the US that must remove these insane dictators?
It's not. The US just says we have to remove the evil dictators as a pretense for invasion whenever we want to put a military base in the country to protect our economic interests in the area.
If it's not some sort of euphemism, then I'm confused about what the problem is. Pay them with coins instead of paper. What's the problem with that?
Nah, those used a hyperspace window generator
Several years ago I heard that India was working on a similar engine. Never heard anything more on it, I guess it didn't work. I hope the ESA has better luck.
Not quite. If would be like telling anyone who asked that Milorad Trkulja is a gangster, go across the street and buy a paper to read more.
do you realy consider Panama as "North America"?
Yeah. I guess I do. It's been a long time since I took a geography class so I don't know for sure. But when I look at a map, my brain draws the SA border at Colombia...probably because NA tapers down to a point and it appears to be part of the larger continent, while SA doesn't have many protrusions and so adding Panama to it would make it look irregular. That's just how my mind visually classifies it. But then, the original classifications were probably done with the exact same thinking.
Panama is in North America? I think not. I'd bet most "americans" count everything below (and possibly including) Mexico as "South America"
Then you'd lose that bet. I don't know any Americans who consider Mexico part of South America. And I resent your subtle attempt to paint us all as racists.
No it's not. North America and South America are two continents. America is an accepted name for the United States of America.
Afghanistan was attacked for harboring Osama Bin Laden. Iraq was attacked for mysterious reasons, but it was implied that "the terrorists" were in Iraq.
Oh? Have you read the founding fathers? I think it's pretty clear that they believed in seperation of church and state regardless of whether or not the constitution forbids it.