I'd have to admit that I don't mind the trailers. They can warn me off particularly stupid movies (of which there seems to be a LOT). Every now and then I even see a trailer which causes me to think "Mhm, I think I'd like to see this."
However, it's as you say: the ads, followed by the moronic insults also cause me to not show up anymore. Heck, the insults show up on my DVD collection, forcing me to copy each DVD so I don't have to watch this crap. Thus all my DVDs are as AVI on my PC, while the DVDs themselves are standing on the shelf...
Please, oh please, post the name, email, telephone number, adress, etc of these bastards right here on Slashdot. Remember the last time this happened? The post office complained to the spammer that they have to send an entire car to his home - twice - just to deliver the endless amount of letters, offers, catalogues, etc - all which he had apparently subscribed to... >:)
If we find anything about these morons - and can confirm them to be spammers - let's post them here. And give them hell.
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Ah, thanks for letting me know.
I'd never have noticed that, seeing how all these damn pop-ups, ads, etc are all quietly eaten by my Adblock config...
Well, I imagine that Vista is going to need a very fast hard drive >;-)
Me, however, is happy with the (cheap!) existing hard drives. And if I need a very fast drive, I find that about 4 GB will do fine. And what a coincidence - there's a RAM-drive of 4GB, hardware, battary-backed, bootable, which can sit in a PC slot and pretend to be a hard drive (needs no driver). I found it under the name "GigaByte i-Ram DDR GC-RAMDISK Hard Disk Drive SATA PCI" on eBay, as apparently you can't get it in a shop in Europe yet...
I don't know if I work *that* much faster now that I have two LCD screens, but it does feel a lot better, and makes work more fun and easier to handle. Which is what you want for your employees.
And, if you're truly interested in finding good people instead of the-usual-joe-average, a multiple/large screen is one of the points you can use as bait;)
Hey, before you label me as 'Flame': it *is* a good thing for the company.
The whole thing is completely ridiculous, as (nearly) anybody can easily see. If worst comes to the worst and the USA truly looses it's slim grip on reality, this game could actually be banned in Florida.
But the rest of the world (and USA sans Florida) hears about it. This is great PR, truly amazing. If I wrote a game, I'd actually be jumping with joy if it was treated like this. It's going to sell very well:)
"Much more than 'free goodies,' the level of the interaction between Adidas and EA Sports has helped to create a dynamic and unique gaming experience,"
Right. Look, whoever buys these EA Sports games obviously are not in a very high league. They do not care about adverts. They watch TV, lots of it, with adverts in it. They wear t-shirts with advertising on it. Their shoes have company logos (more advertising!) on their side. To them, (freely) advertising a large sports company means that they appear sporty - which most of them badly require.
Pfff. So which one of us cares about advertising in EA Sport games? Nobody with enough brains. Thus adding advertising to this is actually a good idea - the people buying this trash will actually see the ads as A Good Thing.
Interesting idea, but by now you can buy LED-bulbs. They fit into the normal light socket, they use a *lot* less power, and they last for a looooong time.
And you can get LEDs with a pleasent light, not ultra-white but softer, like a standard glow-bulb. They even (nearly) look like a normal bulb.
" love, tolerance, forgiveness, and understanding"
True. And the oh-so-very-christian US leaders do not display a single one of these points. And remember, quite some years ago, the christian church was in complete control over *our* civilization. These times are still referred to as "The Dark Ages".
Ah, Ubisoft: the people using the StarForce copyprotection system? No, thanks. I'm not touching any of your games. Electronic Arts? The company buying good gaming companies, bringing out a trashy Version 2 of their game, and then letting them die? No, thanks.
What particularly poor companies to show as examples eager to do something.
Juuust lovely. Here I am, flying a space ship through an asteroid stream, approaching the orbital space station of a small planet around a foreign sun, and... see an ad for a Toyota. Talk about falling out of context!
And yes, I hate adverts - primary reason for refusing TVs and radios.
Thus: If I ever hear of a game containing adverts in any form or shape - I will not buy that game. My word on it.
I'll put the Email of a friend in a place where it'll be easily found by the spamming bastards. Whereupon she'll receive SPAM until she changes her Email.
Me, I like the urban theme. Running around an alive city, driving cars, shooting people...
It's just that I hate the "Yo dude, we're from the rapping banditz hood" scene. I don't give a shit for these people, I don't like their rat music, and I certainly don't want to play any games where the main character (me) is one of these.
Simple.
I bought every single GTA version, including the last one. Loved them all, but hated the last one. Jus' hitz a baaad vibe with me, huh?
Don't stare at me like that. Of course even you can do it, it's just a question of starting small, and working your way up. Trust me, when you've just sweated fifteen gallons (or at least it feels like it), really finished yourself, and took a long hot shower afterwards, you feel completely new and relaxed. Especially if you finished the shower with an ice-cold minute:)
Well, I find it rather commendable that Google keeps trying to branch out. From what I've heard, their employees are welcome to spend some (work)time fiddling with their pet projects, which just might be turned into a new product.
I rather like that. Sure, quite a few of their products are not top-of-the-line, latest-and-greatest. But they work, and... they're free. And the employees enjoy themselves, too.
Let them play and fiddle about. Who knows what they'll come up with? I mean, hey, Google Earth is the reason for a lot of serious time-wasting in my entire family:)
Here in Germany, we have a Most Fascinating basic law: any law which cannot be enforced is invalid.
Ta-DAH! Another law was also very beautiful: the german army is used for defense alone, and thus is not allowed to leave the home ground for action.
Finally some politicians which were capable of thought. Pity they're currently screwing it all up again - the second law has been dropped some time ago when our politicians started crawling the US far enough in the ass that they found their bad breath...:(
Now I'm an old fart, I could simply say "who needs it?". I liked films on video tapes. Watching them on DVD makes no difference in visual pleasure to me. Mind you, DVDs have a higher resolution (easier to make good screenshots), don't wear out (cool) and are much smaller. Thus I use them.
Now, along comes a new format. Can do higher resolution on films. Has no other advantages, except a *lot* of hardwired protections. Thus I don't care at all.
Data storage? What for? I have a simple software-RAID 5 on my Linux box: 1.2 TB. Easily (and soon) upgraded to approximately 3 TB. No, I don't really need that, but I like the idea behind it:) Using something for backup? Nope, can't. I do a backup to another RAID array, which I have sitting physically distant. Nothing else will do, and the RAID array is dirt cheap.
I certainly don't need some or other protected format hyped mainly by the movie industry.
"... the beliefs that they've been elected to represent."
And you believe that they care? At all? They're *politicians*, for heavens sake! They're interested exclusively in their buddies in the industries, and in making more money. It does not matter what you say at all. Especially in something like this, where they glow all high and right and christian and good and whatever else - and the news will lap it up, as will the morons living in the USA. Very few people with brains, fewer of these playing games, even fewer of these caring about politics, and of these, only a small percentage willing to write letters, and even less of these willing to vote.
>what if they refuse you a visa? You've flown all that way for nothing?
Yes. Exactly this happened to a good friend of mine, over 15 years ago by now. She arrived for her vacation, the custom people were terrified that she might actually work during the two months she planned to be there, locked here (together with two other people) into a guarded hotel room, and put her on the flight out on the next day.
You find this hard to believe? US customs are a serious pain in the neck. I remember trying to extend my H1-D work visa in 2000. I had just had it extended, but since I switched companies, I had to get this confirmed. I was told by the border people that I do not have an Engineering Degree (for Software Engineer, see?), and even a heck of a lot of back-and-forth only demonstrated that the moron at the border is God, and his word counts. Thus I found myself in Canada in January. With just the clothes on my back (from California, thus I was not exactly wearing a fur jacket).
Okay, today I'm happy not to live in the US anymore, but I did loose everything I had back then. A bit irritating, really.
Summary: if you hear stories of how idiotic the US border people can be - better believe it.
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I'd have to admit that I don't mind the trailers. They can warn me off particularly stupid movies (of which there seems to be a LOT).
Every now and then I even see a trailer which causes me to think "Mhm, I think I'd like to see this."
However, it's as you say: the ads, followed by the moronic insults also cause me to not show up anymore. Heck, the insults show up on my DVD collection, forcing me to copy each DVD so I don't have to watch this crap. Thus all my DVDs are as AVI on my PC, while the DVDs themselves are standing on the shelf...
Ciao,
Klaus
ChipWits for the PC: http://www.breueronline.de/klaus/chipwits/
Now this *is* actually interesting.
Please, oh please, post the name, email, telephone number, adress, etc of these bastards right here on Slashdot.
Remember the last time this happened? The post office complained to the spammer that they have to send an entire car to his home - twice - just to deliver the endless amount of letters, offers, catalogues, etc - all which he had apparently subscribed to... >:)
If we find anything about these morons - and can confirm them to be spammers - let's post them here. And give them hell.
Ah, thanks for letting me know.
I'd never have noticed that, seeing how all these damn pop-ups, ads, etc are all quietly eaten by my Adblock config...
Ummm... any legal ambushes against first posters? ;)
Hmm, sounds like VisualBasic ;)
:)
Aaaanyway, what I'd recommend for his kid is IBOL: Icon Based Operation Language. Never heard of it? Try googling for 'ChipWits'
(Yes, this time I'm involved: am re-creating a freeware version of it for - gasp! shudder! - Windoze)
Ciao,
Klaus
Well, I imagine that Vista is going to need a very fast hard drive >;-)
Me, however, is happy with the (cheap!) existing hard drives. And if I need a very fast drive, I find that about 4 GB will do fine.
And what a coincidence - there's a RAM-drive of 4GB, hardware, battary-backed, bootable, which can sit in a PC slot and pretend to be a hard drive (needs no driver). I found it under the name "GigaByte i-Ram DDR GC-RAMDISK Hard Disk Drive SATA PCI" on eBay, as apparently you can't get it in a shop in Europe yet...
(No, I'm not connected!)
Ciao,
Klaus
I don't know if I work *that* much faster now that I have two LCD screens, but it does feel a lot better, and makes work more fun and easier to handle.
;)
Which is what you want for your employees.
And, if you're truly interested in finding good people instead of the-usual-joe-average, a multiple/large screen is one of the points you can use as bait
Hey, before you label me as 'Flame': it *is* a good thing for the company.
:)
The whole thing is completely ridiculous, as (nearly) anybody can easily see. If worst comes to the worst and the USA truly looses it's slim grip on reality, this game could actually be banned in Florida.
But the rest of the world (and USA sans Florida) hears about it.
This is great PR, truly amazing. If I wrote a game, I'd actually be jumping with joy if it was treated like this.
It's going to sell very well
Ciao,
Klaus
"Much more than 'free goodies,' the level of the interaction between Adidas and EA Sports has helped to create a dynamic and unique gaming experience,"
Right.
Look, whoever buys these EA Sports games obviously are not in a very high league. They do not care about adverts. They watch TV, lots of it, with adverts in it. They wear t-shirts with advertising on it. Their shoes have company logos (more advertising!) on their side.
To them, (freely) advertising a large sports company means that they appear sporty - which most of them badly require.
Pfff. So which one of us cares about advertising in EA Sport games? Nobody with enough brains.
Thus adding advertising to this is actually a good idea - the people buying this trash will actually see the ads as A Good Thing.
Interesting idea, but by now you can buy LED-bulbs.
They fit into the normal light socket, they use a *lot* less power, and they last for a looooong time.
And you can get LEDs with a pleasent light, not ultra-white but softer, like a standard glow-bulb. They even (nearly) look like a normal bulb.
" love, tolerance, forgiveness, and understanding"
True. And the oh-so-very-christian US leaders do not display a single one of these points.
And remember, quite some years ago, the christian church was in complete control over *our* civilization. These times are still referred to as "The Dark Ages".
No thanks. Religion does not belong into the top.
Nope, they did not - latest game (FlatOut 2) showed up here in Europe with the latest version of StarForce.
Ah, Ubisoft: the people using the StarForce copyprotection system? No, thanks. I'm not touching any of your games.
Electronic Arts? The company buying good gaming companies, bringing out a trashy Version 2 of their game, and then letting them die? No, thanks.
What particularly poor companies to show as examples eager to do something.
Juuust lovely. Here I am, flying a space ship through an asteroid stream, approaching the orbital space station of a small planet around a foreign sun, and... see an ad for a Toyota. Talk about falling out of context!
And yes, I hate adverts - primary reason for refusing TVs and radios.
Thus: If I ever hear of a game containing adverts in any form or shape - I will not buy that game. My word on it.
Yeah, right.
I'll put the Email of a friend in a place where it'll be easily found by the spamming bastards. Whereupon she'll receive SPAM until she changes her Email.
No thanks.
Me, I like the urban theme. Running around an alive city, driving cars, shooting people...
It's just that I hate the "Yo dude, we're from the rapping banditz hood" scene. I don't give a shit for these people, I don't like their rat music, and I certainly don't want to play any games where the main character (me) is one of these.
Simple.
I bought every single GTA version, including the last one. Loved them all, but hated the last one. Jus' hitz a baaad vibe with me, huh?
Hmmm, The Living Dead...
Let me guess: this game is going to be a FPS where you shoot (un)dead things.
And it's going to stink. And it's going to be late.
Good points!
:)
:)
I'd like to add another one: fitness training.
Don't stare at me like that. Of course even you can do it, it's just a question of starting small, and working your way up.
Trust me, when you've just sweated fifteen gallons (or at least it feels like it), really finished yourself, and took a long hot shower afterwards, you feel completely new and relaxed. Especially if you finished the shower with an ice-cold minute
Have a look at, for example, http://www.bodyforlife.com/ - they have a pretty good system.
PS: Yes, we have a fitness studio across the street from my office. Very useful!
Well, I find it rather commendable that Google keeps trying to branch out.
:)
From what I've heard, their employees are welcome to spend some (work)time fiddling with their pet projects, which just might be turned into a new product.
I rather like that. Sure, quite a few of their products are not top-of-the-line, latest-and-greatest. But they work, and... they're free. And the employees enjoy themselves, too.
Let them play and fiddle about. Who knows what they'll come up with? I mean, hey, Google Earth is the reason for a lot of serious time-wasting in my entire family
True. In the US.
:(
Here in Germany, we have a Most Fascinating basic law: any law which cannot be enforced is invalid.
Ta-DAH!
Another law was also very beautiful: the german army is used for defense alone, and thus is not allowed to leave the home ground for action.
Finally some politicians which were capable of thought.
Pity they're currently screwing it all up again - the second law has been dropped some time ago when our politicians started crawling the US far enough in the ass that they found their bad breath...
Now I'm an old fart, I could simply say "who needs it?".
:)
I liked films on video tapes. Watching them on DVD makes no difference in visual pleasure to me.
Mind you, DVDs have a higher resolution (easier to make good screenshots), don't wear out (cool) and are much smaller. Thus I use them.
Now, along comes a new format. Can do higher resolution on films. Has no other advantages, except a *lot* of hardwired protections. Thus I don't care at all.
Data storage? What for? I have a simple software-RAID 5 on my Linux box: 1.2 TB. Easily (and soon) upgraded to approximately 3 TB. No, I don't really need that, but I like the idea behind it
Using something for backup? Nope, can't. I do a backup to another RAID array, which I have sitting physically distant. Nothing else will do, and the RAID array is dirt cheap.
I certainly don't need some or other protected format hyped mainly by the movie industry.
"... the beliefs that they've been elected to represent."
And you believe that they care? At all?
They're *politicians*, for heavens sake! They're interested exclusively in their buddies in the industries, and in making more money. It does not matter what you say at all. Especially in something like this, where they glow all high and right and christian and good and whatever else - and the news will lap it up, as will the morons living in the USA.
Very few people with brains, fewer of these playing games, even fewer of these caring about politics, and of these, only a small percentage willing to write letters, and even less of these willing to vote.
They don't matter.
"...staying close to commercial airliner flight paths"
*splat*
Well, if done by other countries it's called 'Terrorism'...
>what if they refuse you a visa? You've flown all that way for nothing?
Yes.
Exactly this happened to a good friend of mine, over 15 years ago by now. She arrived for her vacation, the custom people were terrified that she might actually work during the two months she planned to be there, locked here (together with two other people) into a guarded hotel room, and put her on the flight out on the next day.
You find this hard to believe? US customs are a serious pain in the neck. I remember trying to extend my H1-D work visa in 2000.
I had just had it extended, but since I switched companies, I had to get this confirmed. I was told by the border people that I do not have an Engineering Degree (for Software Engineer, see?), and even a heck of a lot of back-and-forth only demonstrated that the moron at the border is God, and his word counts.
Thus I found myself in Canada in January. With just the clothes on my back (from California, thus I was not exactly wearing a fur jacket).
Okay, today I'm happy not to live in the US anymore, but I did loose everything I had back then. A bit irritating, really.
Summary: if you hear stories of how idiotic the US border people can be - better believe it.