Can you say "reboot"? As in, what happened to James Bond and Batman and others within the last half-decade and produced markedly superior movies? Sorry to hear that the current fad in storytelling is happening to your franchise.
The headline would have you believe that the wrinkly-headed (in certain series) nemeses never appear in the movie. In fact, the wrinkly-headed nemeses appear but do not speak their token language. Which is a big "so what", the language didn't appear in TOS anyway.
$250 a year is "free" if you would already absolutely subscribe (or are already subscribed) to the service anyway and the Windows 7 download doesn't provide any more incentive to do so.
Car analogy time: I go into a dealership dead set on buying a car. I know that the car I'm buying is priced competitively with that of other dealerships anyway, lets say at $20,000. Now, the dealer says if I buy now, he'll throw in a better stereo at no cost. Since the car is priced the same as everywhere else, I know the stereo isn't "built in" to the cost. So, if I'm getting the car anyway, and the stereo doesn't raise the price, I can think of it as "free".
Now, lets say instead I've gone in and am just looking around and at first had absolutely no intention of buying a car. But, the dealer manages to change my mind with the free stereo. Since I didn't want the car, I really just paid $20,000 for a stereo.
Not sure if you were being funny or not here, but I see this argument enough that I feel the need to respond as if this were in earnest.
No, we cannot just credit God or something. While I don't begrudge anyone their faith, science cannot admit supernatural explanations, nor can it investigate supernatural phenomena. As soon as you admit something that cannot be measured or even necessarily repeated or even observed, you are throwing out basic scientific process. So go ahead and credit God if you want to. I won't tell you that you're explanation is necessarily wrong. Just please don't do so in a scientific context.
You're seriously comparing a movie that did $180 million worldwide to a movie that did $34 million worldwide?? And don't tell me to look at the budgets, granted Serenity's was less but it didn't even make it up.
Don't get me wrong, I loved the hell out of that movie, but using it to predict Watchmen's performance is a little fallacious...
Nope. Windows Explorer != Internet Explorer, so running IE still counts against the limit though browsing your local hard drive doesn't. Windows does not include Office as a "Basic Windows Component", nor does it include an Email program, so Word, Excel, Outlook, etc. all count against the limit.
If you want to claim that MS is still going to give their own programs preferential treatment, I show me the evidence or take your FUD elsewhere.
Banning false descriptions is neither anti-business nor unfair.
In fact, there is precedence for this. The FDA is constantly regulating what words can be used where - as a result, Kraft Singles are referred to as "Cheese Product", not "Cheese". Cocoa Puffs are not "Chocolate", they are "Chocolate flavored". Pop Tarts are "Made with Smucker's RealFruit (TM)".
Of course, the terms are close enough to still be deceptive, but they enough to make people who look carefully think twice.
Considering that the long-awaited PC version was just released a few days ago and people who didn't have access to XBox Live are just starting to play it, this game isn't exactly old news to some people even though it may be to you.
Depends - what do you plan to do with it? Web browsing? Streaming media? Voice or video chat? Networked games? For some of those a 1 second latency is only a minor inconvenience, but for others its a bit more serious than that.
There's also the question of bandwidth costs which, I'm guessing, are more than a little bit higher for satellite-based networks.
Take a look at services like Xbox Live. Micropayments are done in "xbox points" which you buy in bulk just for that reason.
Of course, apps are priced such that you'll never use up all your points, but that's just a detail!
You didn't actually address GP's concerns though. The fact that you initially have to activate the game online at all is restrictive. Maybe not so much now, but what about ten years down the road when you install the game for nostalgia's sake and the lisence server has been long since taken down?
If you don't think this will be a problem, and that these games will be able to be activated online until the end of time, then you need to wake up and pay attention to the history of DRM. There are already plenty of examples of servers being shut off, leaving people without access to the media they paid for.
Or maybe you just only play modern games. That's OK, as long as you realize that a good percentage of gamers out do pick up the older stuff every once in a while.
Originally posted this over on Bear McCreary's blog, but I think I'll use it here too...
I think most people who complain about the finale not meeting their expectations are the people whose expectations included a cereberal explanation for everything that happened on the show. And I'll admit, I was hoping for a little more in that arena. But in terms of emotional wrap-up and as a fitting send-off to the show, I thought it couldn't have done better.
To people who wanted every mystery tied up nice and neat, I hate to break it to you but it was never that kind of show. Moore has said from the beginning that certain supernatural aspects wouldn't be explained.
IANAL but isn't there a statute of limitations here? Isn't an issue dating back to the original Trek a little beyond it?
In all likelihood this is a publicity stunt that he knows full well will be laughed out of court... that's beside the point.
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Can you say "reboot"? As in, what happened to James Bond and Batman and others within the last half-decade and produced markedly superior movies? Sorry to hear that the current fad in storytelling is happening to your franchise.
The headline would have you believe that the wrinkly-headed (in certain series) nemeses never appear in the movie. In fact, the wrinkly-headed nemeses appear but do not speak their token language. Which is a big "so what", the language didn't appear in TOS anyway.
$250 a year is "free" if you would already absolutely subscribe (or are already subscribed) to the service anyway and the Windows 7 download doesn't provide any more incentive to do so.
Car analogy time: I go into a dealership dead set on buying a car. I know that the car I'm buying is priced competitively with that of other dealerships anyway, lets say at $20,000. Now, the dealer says if I buy now, he'll throw in a better stereo at no cost. Since the car is priced the same as everywhere else, I know the stereo isn't "built in" to the cost. So, if I'm getting the car anyway, and the stereo doesn't raise the price, I can think of it as "free".
Now, lets say instead I've gone in and am just looking around and at first had absolutely no intention of buying a car. But, the dealer manages to change my mind with the free stereo. Since I didn't want the car, I really just paid $20,000 for a stereo.
It's all a matter of perspective...
All trials should or all trials do?
Not sure if you were being funny or not here, but I see this argument enough that I feel the need to respond as if this were in earnest.
No, we cannot just credit God or something. While I don't begrudge anyone their faith, science cannot admit supernatural explanations, nor can it investigate supernatural phenomena. As soon as you admit something that cannot be measured or even necessarily repeated or even observed, you are throwing out basic scientific process. So go ahead and credit God if you want to. I won't tell you that you're explanation is necessarily wrong. Just please don't do so in a scientific context.
That's 38 million, sorry for the typo.
You're seriously comparing a movie that did $180 million worldwide to a movie that did $34 million worldwide?? And don't tell me to look at the budgets, granted Serenity's was less but it didn't even make it up.
Don't get me wrong, I loved the hell out of that movie, but using it to predict Watchmen's performance is a little fallacious...
You'd think for something he's planning to reuse he would at least put in the effort to proofread it...
Will it give me free beer and hookers?
Free as in speech, silly.
Nope. Windows Explorer != Internet Explorer, so running IE still counts against the limit though browsing your local hard drive doesn't. Windows does not include Office as a "Basic Windows Component", nor does it include an Email program, so Word, Excel, Outlook, etc. all count against the limit.
If you want to claim that MS is still going to give their own programs preferential treatment, I show me the evidence or take your FUD elsewhere.
RTFA (Well, to be fair, R another FA that the original FA links to) http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=844
...is not a country.
Banning false descriptions is neither anti-business nor unfair.
In fact, there is precedence for this. The FDA is constantly regulating what words can be used where - as a result, Kraft Singles are referred to as "Cheese Product", not "Cheese". Cocoa Puffs are not "Chocolate", they are "Chocolate flavored". Pop Tarts are "Made with Smucker's RealFruit (TM)". Of course, the terms are close enough to still be deceptive, but they enough to make people who look carefully think twice.
BOOKS ARE CHEAP and they do not NEED an electronic delivery mechanism!/p>
Huh. Wouldn't have expected to read this from someone who is currently or was recently a student. Someone else pay for your textbooks?
Considering that the long-awaited PC version was just released a few days ago and people who didn't have access to XBox Live are just starting to play it, this game isn't exactly old news to some people even though it may be to you.
Depends - what do you plan to do with it? Web browsing? Streaming media? Voice or video chat? Networked games? For some of those a 1 second latency is only a minor inconvenience, but for others its a bit more serious than that.
There's also the question of bandwidth costs which, I'm guessing, are more than a little bit higher for satellite-based networks.
Take a look at services like Xbox Live. Micropayments are done in "xbox points" which you buy in bulk just for that reason. Of course, apps are priced such that you'll never use up all your points, but that's just a detail!
You didn't actually address GP's concerns though. The fact that you initially have to activate the game online at all is restrictive. Maybe not so much now, but what about ten years down the road when you install the game for nostalgia's sake and the lisence server has been long since taken down?
If you don't think this will be a problem, and that these games will be able to be activated online until the end of time, then you need to wake up and pay attention to the history of DRM. There are already plenty of examples of servers being shut off, leaving people without access to the media they paid for.
Or maybe you just only play modern games. That's OK, as long as you realize that a good percentage of gamers out do pick up the older stuff every once in a while.
every game will be playable for as long as the company feels like supporting it.
You say this like it's a good thing.
Of course! Because video games have only ever been falsely linked to violence in Germany! None of that crap going on here in America!
Originally posted this over on Bear McCreary's blog, but I think I'll use it here too...
I think most people who complain about the finale not meeting their expectations are the people whose expectations included a cereberal explanation for everything that happened on the show. And I'll admit, I was hoping for a little more in that arena. But in terms of emotional wrap-up and as a fitting send-off to the show, I thought it couldn't have done better.
To people who wanted every mystery tied up nice and neat, I hate to break it to you but it was never that kind of show. Moore has said from the beginning that certain supernatural aspects wouldn't be explained.
Go watch Lost or something.
You mean the new distribution recently discovered by the department of redundancy department?
Not the issue... Disney certainly has rights to the Mouse, but can they sue over a copyright violation that happened in 1967?
Apparently you didn't get the PvP reference.
IANAL but isn't there a statute of limitations here? Isn't an issue dating back to the original Trek a little beyond it? In all likelihood this is a publicity stunt that he knows full well will be laughed out of court... that's beside the point.