They are going to track who I call, where I go, and what I buy...while having all of this linked to personally identifying information. Who in their right mind would subscribe to such a service? The privacy implications are mind boggling...if the police can subpena this information or the government can "silently" access it, say goodbye to the American way of life...
Can someone please remove the statement about it "passing closer than geosynchronous satellites," as it has already been WELL established it will come nowhere close to the moon or earth when it passes us. There will be no doomsday and we don't need to redirect it, or make misleading statments about it.
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You do realize that the best geared guilds progress the fastest in the next expansion because they're the best geared for it. Granted they're going to upgrade their gear as they go, but they start with a significant advantage. So how is that "invalidating any progress" they made? If anything WoW is better than any other MMO I've played (EQ blaaah) for the sheer fact that they update content/balance/etc the game so much. And they do a bunch of it for "free" as well (read: you don't have to buy another expansion), they've released some monster patches. And also, creating a class that starts at lvl 60 or 70 is taking away the grind and adding to the fun, so I don't get that remark either???
I can't be bothered to read all the replies, so I don't know if this has been said but the basic premise follows this:
Lots of shops sell glass pieces for "Tobacco use only." Everyone knows what they're really used for (which is illegal). A head shop can be legally raided by the authorities because the glass pieces DIRECTLY enable THE VAST MAJORITY of people that use them to do something illegal. Same goes for mod chips. Yes you can smoke tobacco out of the glass pieces, and sure you can play import games/back ups of games you legally own/other legal things with them, but the VAST MAJORITY of mod chips sold are used to play pirated games. The cops aren't dumb, and you'll have a REALLY tough time convincing a judge that the MAIN PURPOSE and the MAJORITY of users use their mod chips for legal purposes. This isn't an issue of whether it's legal to mod your console, etc, it's a simple fact that mod chips enable millions of people to conduct an illegal activity. And that ain't gonna fly in the eyes of the law, it's by far the easiest way to curb the problem.
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They are going to track who I call, where I go, and what I buy...while having all of this linked to personally identifying information. Who in their right mind would subscribe to such a service? The privacy implications are mind boggling...if the police can subpena this information or the government can "silently" access it, say goodbye to the American way of life...
Can someone please remove the statement about it "passing closer than geosynchronous satellites," as it has already been WELL established it will come nowhere close to the moon or earth when it passes us. There will be no doomsday and we don't need to redirect it, or make misleading statments about it.
/sigh You do realize that the best geared guilds progress the fastest in the next expansion because they're the best geared for it. Granted they're going to upgrade their gear as they go, but they start with a significant advantage. So how is that "invalidating any progress" they made? If anything WoW is better than any other MMO I've played (EQ blaaah) for the sheer fact that they update content/balance/etc the game so much. And they do a bunch of it for "free" as well (read: you don't have to buy another expansion), they've released some monster patches. And also, creating a class that starts at lvl 60 or 70 is taking away the grind and adding to the fun, so I don't get that remark either???
I can't be bothered to read all the replies, so I don't know if this has been said but the basic premise follows this: Lots of shops sell glass pieces for "Tobacco use only." Everyone knows what they're really used for (which is illegal). A head shop can be legally raided by the authorities because the glass pieces DIRECTLY enable THE VAST MAJORITY of people that use them to do something illegal. Same goes for mod chips. Yes you can smoke tobacco out of the glass pieces, and sure you can play import games/back ups of games you legally own/other legal things with them, but the VAST MAJORITY of mod chips sold are used to play pirated games. The cops aren't dumb, and you'll have a REALLY tough time convincing a judge that the MAIN PURPOSE and the MAJORITY of users use their mod chips for legal purposes. This isn't an issue of whether it's legal to mod your console, etc, it's a simple fact that mod chips enable millions of people to conduct an illegal activity. And that ain't gonna fly in the eyes of the law, it's by far the easiest way to curb the problem.