Sometimes the market doesn't get a choice. I remember when we went to see Bloodrayne; I still remember parts (such as the absurdly short "sex" scene) being hilarious in a MST3K sort of way. But our "votes" (tickets) never counted because of the way the theater we went to was operated. On the dates Bloodrayne was showing so was Broke Back Mountain, so for whatever reason (lower royalties/personal preference of ticket stand operators/ etc.) the ticket sellers only gave out BBM tickets reguardless of what was requested. The ushers were familiar with the situation so there was no problem actually going to the movie we intended to see, but I've always felt bad that the royalties were mis allocated. We've switched to buying tickets from those computer terminals to avoid such problems in the future.
Instead of designing the games to have more ad space work the product into the game. Companies are used to remarketing their products for different demographics (US v England). In a medieval setting hitting the local apocathary for some Jolt (TM) would not be out of place provided the packaging and logo were consistent with medieval printing technology. +Charisma Vitalis (TM) anyone? What products might Drizzt Do'Urden (TM) reasonably use? Celebrity endorsements are valuable. What interesting products might one find in a temple of Dibella (TM)?
FORM: Family, Occupation, Recreation, Money. When ladies talk to you they are only trying to assess your worth. Wealth of an individual can sometimes change with time and circumstance. So ladies put those they believe might become wealthy in the "friends" category, if they do become wealthy they simply pretend they were interested all along.
While fiber optics may have various decorative purposes such a product that encourages direct physical contact with them is worrisome. Even if measures were taken in production to prevent glass dust, spikes, etc. from making it into the product consider that something like a tablecloth would become worn with use, breaking fibers and causing bits of glass to become embedded in the skin or, when shaken out, glass dust to become inhaled. Consider the sort of problems fiberglass insulation workers run into. The safest way to display one would probably be with a sealed frame, allowing you to visually enjoy it while maintaining a protective layer of plastic between the glass and your family.
1. Booming server business outside the US(the Cayman Islands or countries that have free trade agreements with the US).
2. Mandatory use of non-US banking for transactions.
3. Diversity code to prevent people from the same state/country from interacting with each other (no more gaming with people you know IRL).
4. Increased demand for off the net LAN games and single player games.
5. Further exodus of IT jobs/companies/infrastructure from the US.
1. Ballmer a potential cabinet member of one of the candidates.
2. Thomas Barnett assistant attorney general (formerly of Microsoft) uses position to write letters to state attorney generals telling them not to prosecute MS.
3.Delegations lead by Ambassador C. Boyden Gray (formerly of Microsoft).
Additionally over the past few years MS has directly and indirectly hired a lot of lawyers who could fill one or more of the following rolls:
A. Lawyers can easily be groomed for political office.
B. The ability to take advantage of a favorable change in the political/judicial environment by engaging in massive parallel litigation.
C. Simple high paying welfare for lawyers who tend to have influential relatives.
MS writing code for voting machines is at the very least a conflict of interest.
Notice that the amendment language effectively puts a gag order on anyone, courts included, that finds out the equipment/election/etc has been rigged preventing them from warning the populace.
is to enforce it, or so the old saying goes.
Seriously, why don't we form an alliance to generate tons of pattens, place them in a troll company, and license them under terms that say they are exclusively for use in GPL'ed software. Proceeds after legal fees to go to further R&D of GPL'ed software.
Consider the first to file patten law changes MS is trying to pass.
Add that MS patten attorneys get first crack at developments.
Add that those developments may not be "publicly available" in time to establish prior art.
I could be wrong, but this could cause some problems...
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Sometimes the market doesn't get a choice. I remember when we went to see Bloodrayne; I still remember parts (such as the absurdly short "sex" scene) being hilarious in a MST3K sort of way. But our "votes" (tickets) never counted because of the way the theater we went to was operated. On the dates Bloodrayne was showing so was Broke Back Mountain, so for whatever reason (lower royalties/personal preference of ticket stand operators/ etc.) the ticket sellers only gave out BBM tickets reguardless of what was requested. The ushers were familiar with the situation so there was no problem actually going to the movie we intended to see, but I've always felt bad that the royalties were mis allocated. We've switched to buying tickets from those computer terminals to avoid such problems in the future.
Remember: Every nuke has a warm heart. ;)
Instead of designing the games to have more ad space work the product into the game. Companies are used to remarketing their products for different demographics (US v England). In a medieval setting hitting the local apocathary for some Jolt (TM) would not be out of place provided the packaging and logo were consistent with medieval printing technology. +Charisma Vitalis (TM) anyone? What products might Drizzt Do'Urden (TM) reasonably use? Celebrity endorsements are valuable. What interesting products might one find in a temple of Dibella (TM)?
FORM: Family, Occupation, Recreation, Money. When ladies talk to you they are only trying to assess your worth. Wealth of an individual can sometimes change with time and circumstance. So ladies put those they believe might become wealthy in the "friends" category, if they do become wealthy they simply pretend they were interested all along.
My apologies, I hadn't heard of plastic fiber optics before. Please mod down or delete my original comment.
While fiber optics may have various decorative purposes such a product that encourages direct physical contact with them is worrisome. Even if measures were taken in production to prevent glass dust, spikes, etc. from making it into the product consider that something like a tablecloth would become worn with use, breaking fibers and causing bits of glass to become embedded in the skin or, when shaken out, glass dust to become inhaled. Consider the sort of problems fiberglass insulation workers run into. The safest way to display one would probably be with a sealed frame, allowing you to visually enjoy it while maintaining a protective layer of plastic between the glass and your family.
1. Booming server business outside the US(the Cayman Islands or countries that have free trade agreements with the US). 2. Mandatory use of non-US banking for transactions. 3. Diversity code to prevent people from the same state/country from interacting with each other (no more gaming with people you know IRL). 4. Increased demand for off the net LAN games and single player games. 5. Further exodus of IT jobs/companies/infrastructure from the US.
1. Ballmer a potential cabinet member of one of the candidates. 2. Thomas Barnett assistant attorney general (formerly of Microsoft) uses position to write letters to state attorney generals telling them not to prosecute MS. 3.Delegations lead by Ambassador C. Boyden Gray (formerly of Microsoft). Additionally over the past few years MS has directly and indirectly hired a lot of lawyers who could fill one or more of the following rolls: A. Lawyers can easily be groomed for political office. B. The ability to take advantage of a favorable change in the political/judicial environment by engaging in massive parallel litigation. C. Simple high paying welfare for lawyers who tend to have influential relatives. MS writing code for voting machines is at the very least a conflict of interest. Notice that the amendment language effectively puts a gag order on anyone, courts included, that finds out the equipment/election/etc has been rigged preventing them from warning the populace.
is to enforce it, or so the old saying goes. Seriously, why don't we form an alliance to generate tons of pattens, place them in a troll company, and license them under terms that say they are exclusively for use in GPL'ed software. Proceeds after legal fees to go to further R&D of GPL'ed software.
Consider the first to file patten law changes MS is trying to pass. Add that MS patten attorneys get first crack at developments. Add that those developments may not be "publicly available" in time to establish prior art. I could be wrong, but this could cause some problems...