The more apt analogy here would be if you had run your hose onto his property and left the spigot open, dumping unused water onto his lawn. All he's doing is visualizing images that are already being streamed to him unrequested. If he was bypassing some sort of filter then it would be stealing, but plugging the cable into the TV or running your hose over to his flowers instead of on his grass? I'm not sure labeling it as theft is really all that apt. I could see an argument for a moral issue here, but not really so far as theft. The proper course of action would be to inform the provider or in your analogy ask you to turn your spigot off.
Can you list any? In our area there is only Comcast and Verizon DSL (no FIOS). From what I understand there is a decent kickback in place to ensure they retain a basic monopoly over the ISP business around here.
I don't know what your favorite shop is... but I bought my last MS Duo card at Best Buy : 8GB for $20.
Maybe it was a pricing error? I've never seen them for the prices you list, though.
I don't know...
I may be in a minority for this, but I can't do twitch gaming that well. I got to a point in Resident Evil 4 where you have to do a series of button pushes during a cinematic in order to "live" through it. In theory, it's not that hard... they show you the button and you press it or the right combination of buttons.
But I screwed it up. And any failure during the long series of prompts, and you had to start over from the start again. Over and over. I was livid by the 30 minute mark of retrys and had to walk away. And I was very upset with the game afterwards... especially when it gave me a series of position sensitive survival button presses just in the next area that held me up for another few minutes... no I didn't realize I had to walk away from the back wall before the lasers came if I even wanted my button press to do anything at all. I'm bitterly grumbling even now about it.
Anyway... a difficulty spike, even if it's not a problem for some, with no way around it can really put someone off a game they are otherwise enjoying immensely.
I don't think that was the point of their comment. They wanted to invest in creating only a single Prince of Persia game for wide release. Given the presence of both the PS3 and XBox360, they opted to make one with pretty lights and a wide open world. They chose not to limit the design to the lowest specs on the market, and chose not to invest in making a completely different game for that system.
I don't have any problem with them doing that.
People are misrepresenting their statement. They had an idea for a game. Wii wasn't equipped for that concept while other large distribution channels were. Cut and dry, no digs at anyone.
I agree with most of what you are saying here.
I have a "modded" PSP which I have used almost exclusively to replay ebooted rips of my old PS1 library in a hand-held, portable way. Currently playing Breath Of Fire 4 and I just slapped my Deception 3 onto it last night. It's breathed new life into my CDs which had been gathering dust. I know they are now selling some classic PS1 games in Sony's online store, but they are really few and... well... I already bought them for ~40-50 bucks back in the day.
If only I could do something with my SNES and NES cartridges that are in boxes in the closet...
It's actually been a while since I last heard about phorm. I believe that the general issue had more to do with phorm intercepting pages on the ISP's side and re-writing them to insert material before re-serving them to you. Google ads, on the other hand (since you brought them up) is a widget added by the site owner's permission.
Only because he is now being held by rebel forces. His relative still needs your help, seeing as he has heard you are a reliable person, moving his disposed relative's vast fortune across seas... simply wire transfer him a small sum to cover legal fees and he will share a percentage with you!
I can't speak for the parent, but I can respond from my own perspective. FPS games, mainstream or not, tend to give me motion sickness. That said, I did slog my way through Portal (with many breaks) simply because I loved the whole GLADOS style. By and large, though, I dislike FPS games because they are simply unpleasant for me to play on a more physical level.
I will admit I do tend to focus on the negatives of FPS play and communities, though... probably makes it easier for me to to [justify/cope with?] my avoidance of them.
I loved Populous... and I actually really loved Theme Park and Theme Hospital too. I actually had no idea that Peter had made them, but now that it has been pointed out, I kind of see some tie in with Fable in terms of character/humor. Of course, I could just be imagining that now.
The reason is simply because you miss work and get reimbursed far below minimum wage for each day. Many people are not happy/willing/able to take that kind of paycut and will therefore try to get out of it. If you are in a solid enough financial situation to take the time off work, then that's great and by all means you *should* serve on a jury.
I agree it's cool and easy to get overwhelmed, but how about:
Sting to 'brain' = instant win
Sedative effect allows for more efficent movement of prey away from secondary predation
Movement of food to the nest then provides additional advantage.
Things can be broken into smaller steps if you just think about it.
I think you missed the idea of humor by exaggeration. It's a joke, made solely for the entertainment of the slashdot crowd and not a claim that the submitter believes or would state elsewhere.
The leap in logic comes from the finding that the subject line is not misleading/false. That was the basis of his suit.
Isn't this still the same sort of anti-competitive action that people have sued Microsoft over (with varying degrees of success), or am I missing something?
At the risk of being mocked, I nearly fell for one of these once. It was a few years ago, the card/message/whatever it was claimed to be coming from a named co-worker (I guess it somehow came across the persons name and used it, or they were infected which I doubt). Around this time I remember there were quite a few of us (graduate students in a sciences program) noting we had gotten these notes 'from each other'. My guess is they were culled off of our program webpages which list our names and e-mails for anyone to see.
Have people just decided that trying to 'personalize' infections with acquaintance details are not worth the added trouble? I guess anonymous contact adds the "who could it be?" enticement... but I have to admit the personalized attack nearly got me (hey there was a real chance the named individual had a crush on me... and she was kinda cute too).
However, it is a very nice system for PS2 games that makes them look pretty on current generation TV displays. Does an 'okay' job serving PC-based media, too. I use my system a lot... and I don't own any PS3 games (yet, anyway. Some in the near future look interesting).
2. The fact that it's already widely used to treat bone loss, should probably tell us that if it was that easy to develop resistance to it, it would have happened already. Not saying it's impossible to, but it might just take a lot more time. Or it simply suggests that normal flora bacteria found in everyone have already developed resistance... Everyone has bacteria that should be there as part of a healthy system. It's just not noticed since it's not detrimental. If the normal flora have developed resistance then there is nothing to prevent other bacteria from doing so as well.
And just a bit of clarification: Resistance doesn't really happen as a result of treatment. Resistant or partially resistant bacteria exist at the point treatment has begun as a result of spontaneous mutagenesis in normal cell cycle reproduction. With antibiotic, those more resistant aberrants are selected for and have an advantage in reproducing.
They didn't accept my cow either. And I don't like paying in cash and that's why I always carry a cow with me. What do I do? Exchange the cow for some magic beans and try those.
Descent was an interesting game. The space ship concept had you moving and rotating in all three dimensions.
More frequently than not, this made me disoriented and ill. Granted, I did get motion sickness a lot around the time of that game, but I'm not the only one the free motion made sick, am I?
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The more apt analogy here would be if you had run your hose onto his property and left the spigot open, dumping unused water onto his lawn. All he's doing is visualizing images that are already being streamed to him unrequested. If he was bypassing some sort of filter then it would be stealing, but plugging the cable into the TV or running your hose over to his flowers instead of on his grass? I'm not sure labeling it as theft is really all that apt. I could see an argument for a moral issue here, but not really so far as theft. The proper course of action would be to inform the provider or in your analogy ask you to turn your spigot off.
I imagine they actually ended up in the human trafficking market. Not a good outcome at all.
Can you list any? In our area there is only Comcast and Verizon DSL (no FIOS). From what I understand there is a decent kickback in place to ensure they retain a basic monopoly over the ISP business around here.
I don't know what your favorite shop is... but I bought my last MS Duo card at Best Buy : 8GB for $20. Maybe it was a pricing error? I've never seen them for the prices you list, though.
I don't know... I may be in a minority for this, but I can't do twitch gaming that well. I got to a point in Resident Evil 4 where you have to do a series of button pushes during a cinematic in order to "live" through it. In theory, it's not that hard... they show you the button and you press it or the right combination of buttons. But I screwed it up. And any failure during the long series of prompts, and you had to start over from the start again. Over and over. I was livid by the 30 minute mark of retrys and had to walk away. And I was very upset with the game afterwards... especially when it gave me a series of position sensitive survival button presses just in the next area that held me up for another few minutes... no I didn't realize I had to walk away from the back wall before the lasers came if I even wanted my button press to do anything at all. I'm bitterly grumbling even now about it. Anyway... a difficulty spike, even if it's not a problem for some, with no way around it can really put someone off a game they are otherwise enjoying immensely.
I don't think that was the point of their comment. They wanted to invest in creating only a single Prince of Persia game for wide release. Given the presence of both the PS3 and XBox360, they opted to make one with pretty lights and a wide open world. They chose not to limit the design to the lowest specs on the market, and chose not to invest in making a completely different game for that system. I don't have any problem with them doing that. People are misrepresenting their statement. They had an idea for a game. Wii wasn't equipped for that concept while other large distribution channels were. Cut and dry, no digs at anyone.
I agree with most of what you are saying here. I have a "modded" PSP which I have used almost exclusively to replay ebooted rips of my old PS1 library in a hand-held, portable way. Currently playing Breath Of Fire 4 and I just slapped my Deception 3 onto it last night. It's breathed new life into my CDs which had been gathering dust. I know they are now selling some classic PS1 games in Sony's online store, but they are really few and... well... I already bought them for ~40-50 bucks back in the day. If only I could do something with my SNES and NES cartridges that are in boxes in the closet...
It's actually been a while since I last heard about phorm. I believe that the general issue had more to do with phorm intercepting pages on the ISP's side and re-writing them to insert material before re-serving them to you. Google ads, on the other hand (since you brought them up) is a widget added by the site owner's permission.
Errr... I'm kinda surprised that the only comments here are bashing the game. I actually kinda liked it.
Only because he is now being held by rebel forces. His relative still needs your help, seeing as he has heard you are a reliable person, moving his disposed relative's vast fortune across seas... simply wire transfer him a small sum to cover legal fees and he will share a percentage with you!
I can't speak for the parent, but I can respond from my own perspective. FPS games, mainstream or not, tend to give me motion sickness. That said, I did slog my way through Portal (with many breaks) simply because I loved the whole GLADOS style. By and large, though, I dislike FPS games because they are simply unpleasant for me to play on a more physical level.
I will admit I do tend to focus on the negatives of FPS play and communities, though... probably makes it easier for me to to [justify/cope with?] my avoidance of them.
I loved Populous... and I actually really loved Theme Park and Theme Hospital too. I actually had no idea that Peter had made them, but now that it has been pointed out, I kind of see some tie in with Fable in terms of character/humor. Of course, I could just be imagining that now.
The reason is simply because you miss work and get reimbursed far below minimum wage for each day. Many people are not happy/willing/able to take that kind of paycut and will therefore try to get out of it. If you are in a solid enough financial situation to take the time off work, then that's great and by all means you *should* serve on a jury.
There were people holding Hillary signs standing outside of the metro station this morning.
I agree it's cool and easy to get overwhelmed, but how about:
Sting to 'brain' = instant win
Sedative effect allows for more efficent movement of prey away from secondary predation
Movement of food to the nest then provides additional advantage.
Things can be broken into smaller steps if you just think about it.
I think you missed the idea of humor by exaggeration. It's a joke, made solely for the entertainment of the slashdot crowd and not a claim that the submitter believes or would state elsewhere.
The leap in logic comes from the finding that the subject line is not misleading/false. That was the basis of his suit.
Isn't this still the same sort of anti-competitive action that people have sued Microsoft over (with varying degrees of success), or am I missing something?
At the risk of being mocked, I nearly fell for one of these once. It was a few years ago, the card/message/whatever it was claimed to be coming from a named co-worker (I guess it somehow came across the persons name and used it, or they were infected which I doubt). Around this time I remember there were quite a few of us (graduate students in a sciences program) noting we had gotten these notes 'from each other'. My guess is they were culled off of our program webpages which list our names and e-mails for anyone to see.
Have people just decided that trying to 'personalize' infections with acquaintance details are not worth the added trouble? I guess anonymous contact adds the "who could it be?" enticement... but I have to admit the personalized attack nearly got me (hey there was a real chance the named individual had a crush on me... and she was kinda cute too).
However, it is a very nice system for PS2 games that makes them look pretty on current generation TV displays. Does an 'okay' job serving PC-based media, too. I use my system a lot... and I don't own any PS3 games (yet, anyway. Some in the near future look interesting).
Descent was an interesting game. The space ship concept had you moving and rotating in all three dimensions. More frequently than not, this made me disoriented and ill. Granted, I did get motion sickness a lot around the time of that game, but I'm not the only one the free motion made sick, am I?