Fine points, just want to say some things about them.
1. If people still think Steam is unfair, they can just buy the games they want when they go on sale. Steam usually has some really good ones.
2. Steam can saturate your fiber connection? Maybe it's a location thing, but it doesn't even saturate my DSL connection (~20 Mbps).
3. I bought Defense Grid in a â5 ** sale because, upon playing the demo, it didn't feel like a game to pay â20* for, on a student budget. Boy, was I wrong. The demo doesn't do it justice. That was amazing value for the money.
* On that note, there are tons of publishers that still seem to think $1 = â1... and you can start bringing up localization costs the day you see most games localized into Portuguese. The only ones I remember that are, are Valve's games since HL2 (subtitles only), The Sims series and, impressively, Braid.
** Seriously?! Slashdot can't handle the Euro symbol?!
Your feet. The fact that you're even asking that question means you never used even a halfway decent transit system before. Granted, getting to that point requires an extensive network and, in many cases, decades of work to build it, but you're not going to get there by doing nothing.
I'm not saying transit is the be all, end all of transportation, and it will never be able to serve everyone equally. But make no mistake that it can be damn good.
That's one of the stupidest bloody things I have ever heard. A train is a way safer place to be than a car. Hell, they're not even in the same league!
The reason it takes you more time to get somewhere by train than by car on a (I'm assuming) congested highway isn't because transit sucks, but because transit in your area sucks. I'm guessing the main reason for that is the kind of money wasted on making four-lane highways and not train tracks.
I'm sorry, but I'm seeing tons of replies to this and I can't believe no one has asked this question: HOW do the police lock the cars? They'd need keys, no?
Also, now that they're on Xbox Live, I encourage you to go back and play the Monkey Island games that seemed so funny when you were 12. They aren't.
Having played them at around 18, there are still some funny lines, there. And Murray (the talking skull) on Monkey Island 3 rocked.
Murray: You may call me 'Murray'! I am a powerful demonic force! I am the harbinger of your doom! And the forces of darkness will applaud me as I stride through the Gates of Hell - carrying your head on a pike!
Guybrush: Stride?
Murray:All right then, *roll*! Roll through the Gates of Hell! Must you take the fun out of everything?
Even with anti-trust laws, you can have price-fixing. They just have to be careful not to leave a paper trail. I'm pretty sure that's the situation with gas stations, in my country. Two anti-trust (more like anti-cartel) probes later, there's no conviction and they all have pretty much the same price, sometimes down to the tenth of a cent.
By 1757[2] he moved to Venice. The protection of the nobleman Jseppo Morosini enabled him to study with eminent musicians: Gioacchino Cocchi, Padre Paolucci, Giuseppe Saratelli, Domenico Gallo, Ferdinando Bertoni and (the best-known of them) Baldassare Galuppi. His career in Venice developed quickly: examiner of the organists commission in 1761, then organist at San Salvatore (1764), composer of works for "organ or cembalo", instrumental, sacred and theatre music. He composed for official celebrations, the last (1771) being the solemn funeral of the Duke of Montealegre, Spanish ambassador to Venice. As a famous virtuoso he was invited to play organ in and outside Venice, e.g. was in charge of inaugurating the new organ of the basilica of Saint Anthony in Padua.[3]
Yep, sounds like if he were female, he'd be EXACTLY like Britney Spears!
So at this stage there will be a demo, a "steam" like rental version ($5 per week) and a full version ($20). Rental becomes a full game once you hit $20 bucks.
I know this isn't the gist of your post, but this is actually a really interesting model. Hope it works out for you.
Way to ignore his point. He said the project needs more _lead_ developers, or at least developers who can accept submitted patches. Him helping Wine would accomplish none of that.
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Fine points, just want to say some things about them.
* On that note, there are tons of publishers that still seem to think $1 = â1... and you can start bringing up localization costs the day you see most games localized into Portuguese. The only ones I remember that are, are Valve's games since HL2 (subtitles only), The Sims series and, impressively, Braid.
** Seriously?! Slashdot can't handle the Euro symbol?!
Also, video-sharing sites have had explosive growth in the last two-years, so it's normal that P2P is a smaller percentage of the total, now.
Something similar actually happened to me. I went to a bar on the other side of the street to get change, and when I came back I already had a ticket.
Dude, nobody pays more attention to your words just because they're WRITTEN IN CAPS.
Welcome to two months ago.
Were you, by any chance, wearing your robes and wizard hats?
Your feet. The fact that you're even asking that question means you never used even a halfway decent transit system before. Granted, getting to that point requires an extensive network and, in many cases, decades of work to build it, but you're not going to get there by doing nothing.
I'm not saying transit is the be all, end all of transportation, and it will never be able to serve everyone equally. But make no mistake that it can be damn good.
That's one of the stupidest bloody things I have ever heard. A train is a way safer place to be than a car. Hell, they're not even in the same league!
The reason it takes you more time to get somewhere by train than by car on a (I'm assuming) congested highway isn't because transit sucks, but because transit in your area sucks. I'm guessing the main reason for that is the kind of money wasted on making four-lane highways and not train tracks.
I'm sorry, but I'm seeing tons of replies to this and I can't believe no one has asked this question: HOW do the police lock the cars? They'd need keys, no?
Having played them at around 18, there are still some funny lines, there. And Murray (the talking skull) on Monkey Island 3 rocked.
Given that there weren't software patents back then, I'd say no.
Explanation of what RMSE is.
Thanks. The song is stuck in my head, now.
Not everyone lives in the middle of the fucking desert and finds that a good idea, either.
I read that as grams per hundred miles, and was confused for a second, there. Gallons = gal, not g.
WHOOSH
Even with anti-trust laws, you can have price-fixing. They just have to be careful not to leave a paper trail. I'm pretty sure that's the situation with gas stations, in my country. Two anti-trust (more like anti-cartel) probes later, there's no conviction and they all have pretty much the same price, sometimes down to the tenth of a cent.
From Wikipedia's article on Andrea Luchesi:
By 1757[2] he moved to Venice. The protection of the nobleman Jseppo Morosini enabled him to study with eminent musicians: Gioacchino Cocchi, Padre Paolucci, Giuseppe Saratelli, Domenico Gallo, Ferdinando Bertoni and (the best-known of them) Baldassare Galuppi. His career in Venice developed quickly: examiner of the organists commission in 1761, then organist at San Salvatore (1764), composer of works for "organ or cembalo", instrumental, sacred and theatre music. He composed for official celebrations, the last (1771) being the solemn funeral of the Duke of Montealegre, Spanish ambassador to Venice. As a famous virtuoso he was invited to play organ in and outside Venice, e.g. was in charge of inaugurating the new organ of the basilica of Saint Anthony in Padua.[3]
Yep, sounds like if he were female, he'd be EXACTLY like Britney Spears!
So at this stage there will be a demo, a "steam" like rental version ($5 per week) and a full version ($20). Rental becomes a full game once you hit $20 bucks.
I know this isn't the gist of your post, but this is actually a really interesting model. Hope it works out for you.
What does the cost of electricity have to do with the total usage of electricity?
Obviously, I mean that as it pertains to "saving the planet", not the economic angle.
Yeah, thanks.
I really can't tell you how hard I laughed at the "Enchanted Motorcycle" race.
The sad thing is I almost find this more fun than the average MMORPG.
Way to ignore his point. He said the project needs more _lead_ developers, or at least developers who can accept submitted patches. Him helping Wine would accomplish none of that.
I think wanting to kill the enemy conflicts with all the Three Laws. :)
How does Gordon Freeman have a comforting voice if he never talks?
You got the wrong animal there, buddy :|