The thing I don't get is what kind of doors you guys have in USA. I want to believe that what you see in TV is just fiction and that doors don't go down with a kick, but even then...The average door in Europe is reinforced and it would take some ram hits before going down, and that assuming the door is not bolted. Heck, the police usually needs to call the firefighters to come with their heavy duty saws when they need to evict someone. So even if police were so reckless here to enter houses guns blazing (which they don't) they would have a pretty hard time doing so.
As of lately, I've used my Wii more as a divx player than a gaming console. I can stream divx movies via WiFi directly from mi PC harddrive in the other room to the TV. No way I'm going to downgrade to 4.3.
Also, I can't understand why Nintendo does not support other uses of the Wii. It's like if Sony would actively try to prevent the PS3 from being used to play bluerays ??
That works when you have a prima donna to start with. If you have an underpaid guy, good luck finding an equally skilled candidate willing to work for 75% of the salary (and that it's not going to walk out of the door 3 months later when he finds a decent job).
Well, in my first job we did raid a printer and a rack. With my manager telling me "lets wait till lunch hour, there will be no one there" and then "lets go through this other corridor, there's usually no one there".
So I can believe the chairs raid:D
Back on topic, the fact that the company is not willling to hire more people does not mean they won't give a salary raise that would cost them a lot less than hiring another guy (even a junior). You're not going to double your income, but unless the company is in deep shit, you can maybe get a half-decent raise.
Someone breaks into your house but doesn't take anything of value. You would think that's ok because the intrusion was largely harmless?
The fact is he hacked into government servers he had no business accessing. We can argue motives and harm done all we want but it doesn't change the fact a crime was committed.
If someone breaks into your house cos you left the door and windows wide open and steals nothing, any sane person would consider himself lucky and from that day on remember to close the goddam doors.
Well... in Spain we have two high courts: The Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court. Judges for both of those courts are appointed by the Congress (yay, so much for separation of powers), so... while you can't just fire judges you can make sure the ones you don't like never get to any High Court.
Pressure has already been applied and laws are on their way. The government tried to sneak a "close website if someone complains about P2P" law inside a packet of economic measures. But the public opinion (a ton of bloggers and webs made it sure the general public was informed) forced them to step it down a little and president Zapatero promised no webs would be closed without a court order (if we can trust him thats another matter altogether).
The new Spanish IP law can be summed up as "As we don't like the judges decision, we're making a special commission to deal with copyright claims so we can shut down websites with almost no judicial supervision or monitoring". To add insult to the injury the name of that commission is Sección Segunda (Second Section), which shortens to SS, a fact that makes Godwin's law apply really really fast:D
Now it's quite possible that they're going to pass that law anyway now that all the fuss has passed away, but they will probably have real problem to enforce it considering that: -Webs are protected by Freedom of Speech. Most (not all) the judges will not close one unless you have a very good motivation. -After it's first application is quite probably going straight to the (spanish) Constitutional Court, as Freedom of Speech right (unlike IP rights) is considered a "constitutional right" and has special protections in the constitution.
So... interesting times in Spain for those of us who follow P2P-related news and courts decisions.
You'd be amazed to know that some lawyers actually know the difference between law and justice and sometimes don't do their best on purpose, thus helping the other part indirectly. It's rare, but I know that for a fact.
Also (and sorry about the double post), game companies seem to forget that people who sell their games more often than not use that money to BUY MORE GAMES. Game companies are already getting benefits from the used game market, but as they can't put a figure in their anual reports, they're blind and think they're getting nothing.
I've already heard about this. Is not patches and bugfixes they're aiming at. Its more like "our new FPS comes with the incredible amount of 2!! multiplayer maps, and as a free DLC you get another 10maps!!". Of course if you got the game used, you've got to ditch $10 bucks to get those 10 maps. But they're totally optional, right?:D
Seems game companies like Ubisoft and EA are keen on sending more ammunition to ppl defending piracy to be used against them. Oh well...
The "keep your mouth shut when person X badmouths person Y" is a good advice, though.
Another trait that I found very useful in my first job was: When you have a problem/question, do some research first, but do not waste a whole day researching!! That will show your colleges/bosses that a)you have some initiative and are not a lazy bastard that wants everything explained to you like a 5yr old. And b)that you know that spending a whole day to find out something that a college can probably tell you in 5mins is not a productive way to spend your time.
The pirated version will allow to play without internet connection;)
IIRC, you can also put steam in "offline mode" and then play without internet connection. But to do that you must be logged in the first place, so it's only a valid method when you're planning ahead of time to do that. If your ISP/router/whatever goes down you're fubared.
I disagree. By the time you finish the SP campaing of latest MWs and similar games it's like WTF?? This is already ended???
Many times I start playing a game, get bored mid-way, leave it installed and untouched for 3 months, then one day I feel like "hey, lets finish that Bioshock 2". And I go back and finish it. I mostly blame it on games being too repetitive and not engaging enough, not on games being long/complex.
For example, I bought Deus Ex as a steam offer for 2.5€. And played it to completion (23h, but that's cos I already knew the game). That game has you glued to the computer till you finish it, even if you already know the story. So it's definitely not a problem of games being too long (or at least not for me).
So these so-called "game designers" from TFA see that people don't bother finishing the games.
So... do they say "hey, maybe our games suck bigtime!" or "hey! maybe we should make games that are not repetitive ad-nauseam and become dull after 5hours" or hey "our games are so predictable that gamers see the end of the history miles away"??
No!! They say "it's obvious that gamers want shorter, simpler games". Yeah right
But then, deeper in TFA, we start to see the real reasons: "it seems that games will become increasingly modular in order to accommodate different tastes. Currently, Microsoft's development guidelines tell developers and publishers that the optimum time to release DLC is "within the first 30 days" of a game's release"
They want to milk the cow more!! They want you to pay $60bucks for a shitty, incomplete game, and then pay some more for some lame excuse of DLC that should have been included in the game from the 1st time.
Sony officially stated they had not paid a penny of those $50 and that any similar issues are a matter between the final seller and the client and had nothing to do with them.
Why would you create an optimized gaming rig on anything other than XP? That perception just isn't good for pushing the future of gaming.
Yeah! Who needs more than 3.25GB of RAM? Or latest DirectX?
Games in Vista (provided you have a relatively new rig and at the very least 2GB of RAM) run VERY smooth. In fact, Vista with DirectX10 outperforms XP with DirectX9 in many NEW games (fps wise).
Of course, if the question is "could Vista have been much better that it is?" the answer is "hell, yes!". But for new games, which already require a powerful rig, Vista is fine.
I also think that making DirectX 10 Vista only (yes, I know there are unofficial ones for XP, but don't work as well) was a dirty trick (yet another one fo M$). But thats another matter.
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The thing I don't get is what kind of doors you guys have in USA. I want to believe that what you see in TV is just fiction and that doors don't go down with a kick, but even then...The average door in Europe is reinforced and it would take some ram hits before going down, and that assuming the door is not bolted. Heck, the police usually needs to call the firefighters to come with their heavy duty saws when they need to evict someone. So even if police were so reckless here to enter houses guns blazing (which they don't) they would have a pretty hard time doing so.
As of lately, I've used my Wii more as a divx player than a gaming console. I can stream divx movies via WiFi directly from mi PC harddrive in the other room to the TV. No way I'm going to downgrade to 4.3.
Also, I can't understand why Nintendo does not support other uses of the Wii. It's like if Sony would actively try to prevent the PS3 from being used to play bluerays ??
The moral of the story is to have something in your sleeve before applying pressure to your current company.
That works when you have a prima donna to start with. If you have an underpaid guy, good luck finding an equally skilled candidate willing to work for 75% of the salary (and that it's not going to walk out of the door 3 months later when he finds a decent job).
Well, in my first job we did raid a printer and a rack. With my manager telling me "lets wait till lunch hour, there will be no one there" and then "lets go through this other corridor, there's usually no one there".
So I can believe the chairs raid :D
Back on topic, the fact that the company is not willling to hire more people does not mean they won't give a salary raise that would cost them a lot less than hiring another guy (even a junior). You're not going to double your income, but unless the company is in deep shit, you can maybe get a half-decent raise.
800,000 that should have been spent in the first place to secure the network.
Someone breaks into your house but doesn't take anything of value. You would think that's ok because the intrusion was largely harmless?
The fact is he hacked into government servers he had no business accessing. We can argue motives and harm done all we want but it doesn't change the fact a crime was committed.
If someone breaks into your house cos you left the door and windows wide open and steals nothing, any sane person would consider himself lucky and from that day on remember to close the goddam doors.
Well... in Spain we have two high courts: The Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court. Judges for both of those courts are appointed by the Congress (yay, so much for separation of powers), so... while you can't just fire judges you can make sure the ones you don't like never get to any High Court.
Pressure has already been applied and laws are on their way. The government tried to sneak a "close website if someone complains about P2P" law inside a packet of economic measures. But the public opinion (a ton of bloggers and webs made it sure the general public was informed) forced them to step it down a little and president Zapatero promised no webs would be closed without a court order (if we can trust him thats another matter altogether).
The new Spanish IP law can be summed up as "As we don't like the judges decision, we're making a special commission to deal with copyright claims so we can shut down websites with almost no judicial supervision or monitoring". To add insult to the injury the name of that commission is Sección Segunda (Second Section), which shortens to SS, a fact that makes Godwin's law apply really really fast :D
Now it's quite possible that they're going to pass that law anyway now that all the fuss has passed away, but they will probably have real problem to enforce it considering that:
-Webs are protected by Freedom of Speech. Most (not all) the judges will not close one unless you have a very good motivation.
-After it's first application is quite probably going straight to the (spanish) Constitutional Court, as Freedom of Speech right (unlike IP rights) is considered a "constitutional right" and has special protections in the constitution.
So... interesting times in Spain for those of us who follow P2P-related news and courts decisions.
Ha! In Sweden maybe. In Spain, Portugal, Italy... no way!
You'd be amazed to know that some lawyers actually know the difference between law and justice and sometimes don't do their best on purpose, thus helping the other part indirectly. It's rare, but I know that for a fact.
I think that's probably what's going on.
If it wasn't so long, I'd use your post for my signature.
Lol, I've even seen webapps using an animated gif as a progress bar :P
Also (and sorry about the double post), game companies seem to forget that people who sell their games more often than not use that money to BUY MORE GAMES. Game companies are already getting benefits from the used game market, but as they can't put a figure in their anual reports, they're blind and think they're getting nothing.
I've already heard about this. Is not patches and bugfixes they're aiming at. Its more like "our new FPS comes with the incredible amount of 2!! multiplayer maps, and as a free DLC you get another 10maps!!". Of course if you got the game used, you've got to ditch $10 bucks to get those 10 maps. But they're totally optional, right? :D
Seems game companies like Ubisoft and EA are keen on sending more ammunition to ppl defending piracy to be used against them. Oh well...
Exactly my thoughts.
The "keep your mouth shut when person X badmouths person Y" is a good advice, though.
Another trait that I found very useful in my first job was: When you have a problem/question, do some research first, but do not waste a whole day researching!! That will show your colleges/bosses that a)you have some initiative and are not a lazy bastard that wants everything explained to you like a 5yr old. And b)that you know that spending a whole day to find out something that a college can probably tell you in 5mins is not a productive way to spend your time.
The pirated version will allow to play without internet connection ;)
IIRC, you can also put steam in "offline mode" and then play without internet connection. But to do that you must be logged in the first place, so it's only a valid method when you're planning ahead of time to do that. If your ISP/router/whatever goes down you're fubared.
Lol, then why are 95% exploiting the same old concepts over and over again??
I disagree. By the time you finish the SP campaing of latest MWs and similar games it's like WTF?? This is already ended???
Many times I start playing a game, get bored mid-way, leave it installed and untouched for 3 months, then one day I feel like "hey, lets finish that Bioshock 2". And I go back and finish it. I mostly blame it on games being too repetitive and not engaging enough, not on games being long/complex.
For example, I bought Deus Ex as a steam offer for 2.5€. And played it to completion (23h, but that's cos I already knew the game). That game has you glued to the computer till you finish it, even if you already know the story. So it's definitely not a problem of games being too long (or at least not for me).
So these so-called "game designers" from TFA see that people don't bother finishing the games.
So... do they say "hey, maybe our games suck bigtime!" or "hey! maybe we should make games that are not repetitive ad-nauseam and become dull after 5hours" or hey "our games are so predictable that gamers see the end of the history miles away"??
No!! They say "it's obvious that gamers want shorter, simpler games". Yeah right
But then, deeper in TFA, we start to see the real reasons:
"it seems that games will become increasingly modular in order to accommodate different tastes. Currently, Microsoft's development guidelines tell developers and publishers that the optimum time to release DLC is "within the first 30 days" of a game's release"
They want to milk the cow more!! They want you to pay $60bucks for a shitty, incomplete game, and then pay some more for some lame excuse of DLC that should have been included in the game from the 1st time.
Sony officially stated they had not paid a penny of those $50 and that any similar issues are a matter between the final seller and the client and had nothing to do with them.
1) Be an ISP
2) Create an online shop ala amazon.
3) Redirect all users to your shop
4) Profit!
GTA4 is processor dependent, not GPU dependent, cos it's the crappiest console port we've seen in years.
Why would you create an optimized gaming rig on anything other than XP? That perception just isn't good for pushing the future of gaming.
Yeah! Who needs more than 3.25GB of RAM? Or latest DirectX?
Games in Vista (provided you have a relatively new rig and at the very least 2GB of RAM) run VERY smooth. In fact, Vista with DirectX10 outperforms XP with DirectX9 in many NEW games (fps wise).
Of course, if the question is "could Vista have been much better that it is?" the answer is "hell, yes!". But for new games, which already require a powerful rig, Vista is fine.
I also think that making DirectX 10 Vista only (yes, I know there are unofficial ones for XP, but don't work as well) was a dirty trick (yet another one fo M$). But thats another matter.
Yep! +1 to Urban Terror.
Also, you can find GTA1 and GTA2 in rockstar homepage for free :)