The 4th amendment of the U.S. Constitution:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. QED, bitch.
I know that many people agree to this: different OSs suit different uses. If an OS such as Windows is by foundation not designed with networking in mind, then why bother doing any big changes, other than regular patching? Microsoft has lately paid much more attention to security (SP2 security center, for instance) in the advent of Internet becoming much more common and the growth of data security awareness.
Companies are listening, and as taboo as it may seem, most of them want to make their users happy, so if you shout loud enough, you're bound to be heard. They don't care if you're happy, as long as the cash flow is there, they don't owe you anything, at least not Microsoft. If users keep buying their products despite the flaws, they have a pretext to save time and money. They only care if you're happy when they find it useful to maximize their profit by using those annoying little surveys on their websites.
If you need proof of this, then just look at how Linux has progressed in its development. Only that anyone can literally change any part of their Linux code. OSS and proprietary software work a little different when it comes to feedback-based development.
Copyright is fine as long as it doesn't go to idiotic extremities such as DMCA, causing obscure censoring like that recently on Digg or Wikipedia. Everything's good in moderation.
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Yes, better read them EULAs - you never know when you'll end up getting a $1000 reward!
Why doesn't anyone at least proofread the title? What's "expirey" anyway?
Hong Kong is autonomous of China.
Did they include *fap*fap*fap*fap*?!
But what's the price?
How about 1337? Damn, I'm going to be rich!
Finally, a press statement where they don't use the word next-gen as a lame excuse for not doing something "astonishing" before. Hurray for Bungie!
It feels as if we were recreating computing, making the first steps again that were made during the 1920s-1940s in computing.
I'd play Wii, because then I could connect to the other world with WiFi and call for rescue, suckers!
But what's the problem with being bored anyway? :)
Copyright is fine as long as it doesn't go to idiotic extremities such as DMCA, causing obscure censoring like that recently on Digg or Wikipedia. Everything's good in moderation.