I assume that's to keep from outright admitting a specific crime. It'd be a hands-down loss of a law suit if he just admitted to pirating specific titles.
My big gripe with steam was one day, they were running an amazing deal, but it was for 24 hours only. I spent the entire day getting "declined" messages when trying to charge my credit card. But there was a catch- my card was working fine and had plenty of cash. I looked it up and various people also had the same issue. It appears some accounts that weren't all that active were marked high risk and would decline transactions no matter what credit card was used during the sale. Immediately after the sale, my card started working again, but I didn't get the sale price.
I haven't seen the issue since, but I don't put a lot of stock in steam.
I agree with Xest here, the fact of the matter is Steam uses a shopping cart with the word "buy" all over it. I think the manner with which they're treating these licenses -- consumer protection would probably uphold that this is more like property and less like rental.
He can spell just fine. You just don't speak this new generations' say-as-much-as-you-can in 140 characters language. They're just getting more efficient.
translation: Hes good just riting 4 a difrent wurd count. lol is eficent
Seriously, since the actual owners authorized the monitoring company to have that form of access to the computer, anybody who steals it and uses it afterwards (knowingly or not) really has no legal dispute with the rightful owner and any company the owner authorized to snap screencaps and whatnot.
Ok, so every time a discussion about this comes up somebody points out this weird bit of relativity that says, it's actually happening from our frame of reference right now.
Like the unlimited bandwidth on wireless carriers. At first, AT&T cuts an unlimited plan, and everybody says, well thank god for the free market, we'll just switch. Then Verizon does it.. and people start going to the next carrier. But once the little guys noticed the big guys do it (and they did it for a reason), everybody in the market can say.. well gee, we won't lose any customers over this, since nobody offers it any more. And then unlimited bandwidth disappears as if it never existed, and consumers deal with it because it was across the board.
It's even worse with ISPs, because in a lot of places only one or two options even exist. I live just north of boston in NH, and the two carriers available to me don't bother fighting. It seems they're both in a race to the top (price wise).
Stop being so levelheaded. Libertarians understand full well that privatizing limited resources will work just fine. I was going to level the entire state of MA and make it multiple different private highways, so that YOU the consumer have a choice. Don't go against the grain here. Anybody could enter the telcom market, all they have to do is be innovative. How about wires held in place by a fleet of helicopters? You never thought of that!
LOL.. in other words, this level headed post of yours should make sense, but I bet a lot of people disagree with you.
Oh man, our child is a red head and has freckles.. guess we have to put him down or face the consequences of gene patent violation.
I'm still waiting for them to do to human genes what seed companies do to their patented crops: Render them sterile so they can't reproduce. That might actually make gene patents worth it.
What's really sad is that these days, all it really takes is that $50 videocard. Not more than 5 years ago, to play the best games, it would've cost closer to $200. And a decade ago, forget about it under a $800.
Nvidia should do a marketing campaign: hey- pc gaming got cheap when you weren't looking... guyzzzz...
So here's one that I've wondered, if the universe is expanding (that is the space in the universe), then doesn't this mean that our view of the universe is incredibly distorted, with a view of items less than 100 light years away in the same view as things 10 billion light years away, more or less giving us an inaccurate multi-time picture of the universe? The items up close are exactly where they appear to be, but the items farther away aren't anywhere close to where they appear.
Well, that's a simplistic way of looking at it, but the point is, You dig, much like dig dug. Instead of blowing guys up, you just hit them with.. what I assume is a snow ball. Ok ok, but you're a clown. So it's different.. but you get it.
And, yes, Mr Do! is obscure- at least more so than most arcade games. Very few of my friends know of it. I only know of it cause I grew up near an pizza place with mr do! and I pretty much spent my allowance on it every week.
Lol, I definitely don't agree with the way you said that, but I agree with the fact that FPS has become the standard, and it's boring as all get out. I've tried, I really have, to enjoy modern games.. but it's just so boring.
That being said, there are some non-fps that have captivated me recently: C&C 3 (not 4) Minecraft Batman Arkham Asylum
I wouldn't call any of these casual per se, but they definitely break the mold of FPS (batman a bit less than the other two, but since you don't get a gun, I feel there's at least a little change up in the game play).
Even better- if you're not-for-profit, and you've done it from a public place, you don't even need to cover their faces! The only reason to cover their face isn't an inherent illegal bit- only that it leaves you more liable for defamation if that person chooses to sue because you've misrepresented them. It's not guaranteed they'd win.
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That's bs, that site doesn't exist.
I assume that's to keep from outright admitting a specific crime. It'd be a hands-down loss of a law suit if he just admitted to pirating specific titles.
An interesting point.. since copies of artwork exist and just aren't worth what the original is worth.. hmmm...
Right, my point is that steam uses the word "buy" in their store.
My big gripe with steam was one day, they were running an amazing deal, but it was for 24 hours only. I spent the entire day getting "declined" messages when trying to charge my credit card. But there was a catch- my card was working fine and had plenty of cash. I looked it up and various people also had the same issue. It appears some accounts that weren't all that active were marked high risk and would decline transactions no matter what credit card was used during the sale. Immediately after the sale, my card started working again, but I didn't get the sale price.
I haven't seen the issue since, but I don't put a lot of stock in steam.
I agree with Xest here, the fact of the matter is Steam uses a shopping cart with the word "buy" all over it. I think the manner with which they're treating these licenses -- consumer protection would probably uphold that this is more like property and less like rental.
He can spell just fine. You just don't speak this new generations' say-as-much-as-you-can in 140 characters language. They're just getting more efficient.
translation: Hes good just riting 4 a difrent wurd count. lol is eficent
Wow 59.. i'm getting good here.
Seriously, since the actual owners authorized the monitoring company to have that form of access to the computer, anybody who steals it and uses it afterwards (knowingly or not) really has no legal dispute with the rightful owner and any company the owner authorized to snap screencaps and whatnot.
Global uncooling.
That's just a myth. The evidence was faked. The earth has always gone through these cycles. What was once Cool will be Retro cool soon in the future.
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If you had access to a child to molest yourself.. why would you need access to the porn?
That's not so much a correction as a BRAINMELTINGHELPME
Ok, so every time a discussion about this comes up somebody points out this weird bit of relativity that says, it's actually happening from our frame of reference right now.
Like the unlimited bandwidth on wireless carriers. At first, AT&T cuts an unlimited plan, and everybody says, well thank god for the free market, we'll just switch. Then Verizon does it.. and people start going to the next carrier. But once the little guys noticed the big guys do it (and they did it for a reason), everybody in the market can say.. well gee, we won't lose any customers over this, since nobody offers it any more. And then unlimited bandwidth disappears as if it never existed, and consumers deal with it because it was across the board.
It's even worse with ISPs, because in a lot of places only one or two options even exist. I live just north of boston in NH, and the two carriers available to me don't bother fighting. It seems they're both in a race to the top (price wise).
Stop being so levelheaded. Libertarians understand full well that privatizing limited resources will work just fine. I was going to level the entire state of MA and make it multiple different private highways, so that YOU the consumer have a choice. Don't go against the grain here. Anybody could enter the telcom market, all they have to do is be innovative. How about wires held in place by a fleet of helicopters? You never thought of that!
LOL.. in other words, this level headed post of yours should make sense, but I bet a lot of people disagree with you.
Thank god i'm not the only one reading these comments going.. wait what? I've been programming for XBOX in C# without any problem.
With vs .net 2010, and the XNA game studio, a lot of game devs are writing both windows and xbox games .. in C#. I think you might rethink that.
C# .net with the XNA library actually is pretty useful for first person shooters. Just ask XBOX devs.
Oh man, our child is a red head and has freckles.. guess we have to put him down or face the consequences of gene patent violation.
I'm still waiting for them to do to human genes what seed companies do to their patented crops: Render them sterile so they can't reproduce. That might actually make gene patents worth it.
Thanks, everybody in the office is glaring at me for laughing out loud!
What's really sad is that these days, all it really takes is that $50 videocard. Not more than 5 years ago, to play the best games, it would've cost closer to $200. And a decade ago, forget about it under a $800.
Nvidia should do a marketing campaign: hey- pc gaming got cheap when you weren't looking... guyzzzz...
It's feasible that another tangible universe has different properties that we can't describe. It's darn close to abstract, but not impossible.
So here's one that I've wondered, if the universe is expanding (that is the space in the universe), then doesn't this mean that our view of the universe is incredibly distorted, with a view of items less than 100 light years away in the same view as things 10 billion light years away, more or less giving us an inaccurate multi-time picture of the universe? The items up close are exactly where they appear to be, but the items farther away aren't anywhere close to where they appear.
Well, that's a simplistic way of looking at it, but the point is, You dig, much like dig dug. Instead of blowing guys up, you just hit them with.. what I assume is a snow ball. Ok ok, but you're a clown. So it's different.. but you get it.
And, yes, Mr Do! is obscure- at least more so than most arcade games. Very few of my friends know of it. I only know of it cause I grew up near an pizza place with mr do! and I pretty much spent my allowance on it every week.
Lol, I definitely don't agree with the way you said that, but I agree with the fact that FPS has become the standard, and it's boring as all get out. I've tried, I really have, to enjoy modern games.. but it's just so boring.
That being said, there are some non-fps that have captivated me recently:
C&C 3 (not 4)
Minecraft
Batman Arkham Asylum
I wouldn't call any of these casual per se, but they definitely break the mold of FPS (batman a bit less than the other two, but since you don't get a gun, I feel there's at least a little change up in the game play).
Even better- if you're not-for-profit, and you've done it from a public place, you don't even need to cover their faces! The only reason to cover their face isn't an inherent illegal bit- only that it leaves you more liable for defamation if that person chooses to sue because you've misrepresented them. It's not guaranteed they'd win.