especially considering that quite a few still ship at 1366x 768. in fact, a quick perusing of newegg's 1919 laptops, 583 were 1366x768, with 372 being higher. only 15 were higher than 1080p.
If crime rates are going down, then why is my local police getting military grade equipment and gear? Cripes for the last sports event here they had M16 machine guns in the open and wearing full military armor.
Because whenever the government funds get doled about, everyone lines up to the trough, whether they actually need the stuff or not. Like right after 9/11, cities that were in no way threats on the same level as NYC all tried to get in on the newly allocated funds. It is government waste at its finest.
laws != drugs
these are victims of the law, not the drug itself. it's like when people cite drug turf violence as a product of drug use, when it's really the laws in place that create the black market which creates the turf war.
Where is the legal site that contains lyrics, as not all albums and certainly not mp3s, come with them. This is another case of someone providing a service when there is no legal alternative. Or worse, if there is, its completed fragmented among a bunch of different sites.
It's more like you were giving out lemonade for free and I charged money for me to go to your stand, get the lemonade, and deliver it to people. You'd just be pissed because you're already getting money from the laws that force local restaurants to have to buy your lemonade at whatever price you want. If they can set up an operation like mine, you lose money you shouldn't be getting in the first place.
then they'd be pedophiles, as that distinctly involves prepubescents. how about making pubescent, which has distinct, verifiable markers, be the age of consent?
False dichotomy is false.
I believe that people should charge if they want, within reason (nowhere near the cost of the retail physical item, with its many layers of cost-added middlemen), but I also want ALL of my fair use rights in tact. That means clips for use in education/review/etc. That means doctrine of first sale. If they can implement that with this system, then so be it, if not, I pray for death upon their children.
I agree. Charging near physical prices for drmed internet video is definitely painful. Then there's all the fair use the drm actively blocks, also painful. If they'd just sell me the drm-free mkv for $5, we'd have a deal, and even that's cutting it close, as most of ~100 blu-rays were under $10. Plus, I doubt there will ever be really good sales, definitely no clearance. I know for games, Steam offers great deals all the time. Do any of the big online music stores ever do 50% or 75% off of AAA titles (especially many years old stuff)? If not, it'll never happen with video.
I'll accept ads in a game, if they are relevant. If the game has, say, a convenience store, I'd LOVE to see real products...like in real life. Unfortunately, it never seems to happen correctly. Like, it'd be all Coca-cola and no Pepsi. Or the worst, is when it's some poster, but the same poster in every level. I remember when they put ads into BF2(I think) and they were for Intel and such... on a billboard in a foreign land. At least put it in the native language, as I can see by the graphic what it's actually for. If they could do it right, with real products and players both sides of these bullshit rivalries, I think it'd make modern games much more immersive. Hell, if it was set in the recent past, you could the companies' old logos and stuff. Neat. But yeah, any other in-game advertising is pretty bad.
i doubt any of them are licensed in a pay-per-viewing manner. netflix or hulu could fudge that numbers, if that were the case. the content creators could also spam-watch the stuff.
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We boycott any store that puts up "Christmas Sale" signs before Thanksgiving. Yeah, that's right! FU Wallzmart, I don't spend a penny at your stores!
I find it odd that *that* is what got you to stop going to Walmart
I refuse to support a system that makes everything possible as commercial as possible to the detriment of society as a whole.
*obviously referring to outside our jurisdiction (i.e. borders)
On what grounds could they be tried, anyways? If we start trying foreigners for violating our laws, then any country can do the same.
This just in... foreigners not bound to the United States' laws.
especially considering that quite a few still ship at 1366x 768. in fact, a quick perusing of newegg's 1919 laptops, 583 were 1366x768, with 372 being higher. only 15 were higher than 1080p.
Seeing that investing is just like gambling: tax the gains like lottery winnings.
If crime rates are going down, then why is my local police getting military grade equipment and gear? Cripes for the last sports event here they had M16 machine guns in the open and wearing full military armor.
Because whenever the government funds get doled about, everyone lines up to the trough, whether they actually need the stuff or not. Like right after 9/11, cities that were in no way threats on the same level as NYC all tried to get in on the newly allocated funds. It is government waste at its finest.
laws != drugs
these are victims of the law, not the drug itself. it's like when people cite drug turf violence as a product of drug use, when it's really the laws in place that create the black market which creates the turf war.
Where is the legal site that contains lyrics, as not all albums and certainly not mp3s, come with them. This is another case of someone providing a service when there is no legal alternative. Or worse, if there is, its completed fragmented among a bunch of different sites.
as the other guy pointed out, Google Play Introduces HBO A La Carte Option
Should you be paid less, as the victim, because you're more resiliant to harm?
Yes, as there is literally less damage done.
i loved the max and hated the advantage.
It's more like you were giving out lemonade for free and I charged money for me to go to your stand, get the lemonade, and deliver it to people. You'd just be pissed because you're already getting money from the laws that force local restaurants to have to buy your lemonade at whatever price you want. If they can set up an operation like mine, you lose money you shouldn't be getting in the first place.
you're right. damn my fried brain!
i was hoping for a wow-looking interface but in the diablo world.
gauntlet. they made a decent 3D version in like 99/00.
Will there ever be a fully 3D Diablo? I was hoping for that when III was announced, but it was just more of the same.
then they'd be pedophiles, as that distinctly involves prepubescents. how about making pubescent, which has distinct, verifiable markers, be the age of consent?
False dichotomy is false. I believe that people should charge if they want, within reason (nowhere near the cost of the retail physical item, with its many layers of cost-added middlemen), but I also want ALL of my fair use rights in tact. That means clips for use in education/review/etc. That means doctrine of first sale. If they can implement that with this system, then so be it, if not, I pray for death upon their children.
I agree. Charging near physical prices for drmed internet video is definitely painful. Then there's all the fair use the drm actively blocks, also painful. If they'd just sell me the drm-free mkv for $5, we'd have a deal, and even that's cutting it close, as most of ~100 blu-rays were under $10. Plus, I doubt there will ever be really good sales, definitely no clearance. I know for games, Steam offers great deals all the time. Do any of the big online music stores ever do 50% or 75% off of AAA titles (especially many years old stuff)? If not, it'll never happen with video.
If it happened outside the US, US laws wouldn't really matter, right?
I'll accept ads in a game, if they are relevant. If the game has, say, a convenience store, I'd LOVE to see real products...like in real life. Unfortunately, it never seems to happen correctly. Like, it'd be all Coca-cola and no Pepsi. Or the worst, is when it's some poster, but the same poster in every level. I remember when they put ads into BF2(I think) and they were for Intel and such... on a billboard in a foreign land. At least put it in the native language, as I can see by the graphic what it's actually for. If they could do it right, with real products and players both sides of these bullshit rivalries, I think it'd make modern games much more immersive. Hell, if it was set in the recent past, you could the companies' old logos and stuff. Neat. But yeah, any other in-game advertising is pretty bad.
i doubt any of them are licensed in a pay-per-viewing manner. netflix or hulu could fudge that numbers, if that were the case. the content creators could also spam-watch the stuff.
Now, if you made it clear that you don't want him cleaning your windshield and he did it anyway then it would be different.
The default setting, I believe, is opt-out. The charge for violating that is a free windshield washing.
so in 22 years, you haven't transferred them to a better format/media, fully knowing that the playback device was getting rarer by the year?