Do what every other person does when they want to sell their subscription-based product: sell the account information. Yeah, its all or nothing sale, but you can.
In most games you don't actually own the account, you pay to access it (MMOs for example). To get around this, simply frame the transaction as a convenience fee for the time it took you to give the buyer the info. Kinda shoddy to do, but "they" are obviously trying to stop you from selling it which is even more shoddy. Consumers have more power than they think... even if you fail, you cost the producer time=money--a small success for their injustice!
Now there are also many games which outlaw any transfer of account information. Blizzard suspends and bans people for letting others just borrow their accounts. In that case you're fucked, and you're only option is to quit paying and playing... which you should have done long ago.
I hate to hate, but there's a lot of flack being shot at people who don't think this story is/. material, and I agree with those people. The Oscars are not related to technology or science, so cannot be main-stream nerd worthy material. Yes, movies are, but the article is about the Oscars, which I won't even dignify with an insult. And if you think winning the award actually signifies good movie making/acting/work, you're wrong.
Maybe he's like the rest of us and doesn't have time to spend developing for an open source project. Maybe he doesn't have nearly enough programming skill. Maybe space monkeys force him to use IE at lasergunpoint. Either way you are the stereotypical/. nerd-dick that did 2 minutes of Googling and therefore has the right post a malicious reply to a valid comment. Assholes like you make me want to be a jock instead of a geek... you make a bad name for us.
Anyway, my 2c:
No matter how hard Mozilla tries, they will not beat Google in search. To try is futile, wasteful, and frustrating (for us hopefuls). And there is a damn Google search bar BY DEFAULT in a typical Firefox install which can easily handle real-language queries! C'mon!
From the article: we'll advocate for data formats and protocols that are open and non-proprietary
At least in this case, the more big players teaming up, the better. Like it or not, these companies' products are main stream and having open, non-proprietary, and UNIFORM standards defining one or all future releases of these products is a very good thing.
I see mostly jokes about this story, but I give India a high five!
This is a HUGE accomplishment. Not just for India, for the entire world. More countries are getting into space!
I hope people will realize that progress is essential and fantastic, regardless of where it happens.
Maybe you don't understand what I was trying to say, maybe I said it wrong, or maybe you haven't ever worked in IT. I should have made it clear that I have a very limited view of the IT world, but the world I see is sad. But I am a very optimistic person, and I like to believe a younger, more technologically savvy generation is on the rise (or maybe even already in the work force!). There is evidence to support my claim also. Everyone (yes I know, not EVERYONE) seems to have a computer these days which must result in a generation of kids growing up with more knowledge about them.
Anyway, I'm sorry for my optimism, and if, for some reason in the future, you'd like to come off as something other than a pedantic asshole you may want to state your opinion instead of just bashing mine.
I for one enjoy an extra eye's worth of perception...
Anyway, I believe these types of incidents are due to a technologically defunct generation working in a technologically advanced world, and soon the iGeneration will take the reins and bring to the work force basic computing knowledge (and no, knowing how to use MS Word is NOT enough). I work as a student tech to get me through college and all I ever find are 40+ year old staffies with absolutely no idea about what is going on. I literally have to force them NOT to give me their passwords... It is both infinitely amusing and incredibly terrifying, and both at the same time.
Moral of the story is that more and more people are becoming adept in using both computers and the internet, and that things like "phishing," "spam," and "trojans" are becoming part of common knowledge.
[sarcasm] Or will this just result in smarter and more savvy viruses/trojans? Or maybe the iGeneration will be too enthused about MySpace to get any work done... [/sarcasm]
p.s. I apologize for the 'i' reference. I hate the iTrend as much as the next self-respecing nerd, but I felt it necessary to convey my message.
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Do what every other person does when they want to sell their subscription-based product: sell the account information. Yeah, its all or nothing sale, but you can.
In most games you don't actually own the account, you pay to access it (MMOs for example). To get around this, simply frame the transaction as a convenience fee for the time it took you to give the buyer the info. Kinda shoddy to do, but "they" are obviously trying to stop you from selling it which is even more shoddy. Consumers have more power than they think... even if you fail, you cost the producer time=money--a small success for their injustice!
Now there are also many games which outlaw any transfer of account information. Blizzard suspends and bans people for letting others just borrow their accounts. In that case you're fucked, and you're only option is to quit paying and playing... which you should have done long ago.
I hate to hate, but there's a lot of flack being shot at people who don't think this story is /. material, and I agree with those people. The Oscars are not related to technology or science, so cannot be main-stream nerd worthy material. Yes, movies are, but the article is about the Oscars, which I won't even dignify with an insult. And if you think winning the award actually signifies good movie making/acting/work, you're wrong.
(Accidentally posted as AC)
http://feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactUs.EmailMe
Please tell the Senator how you/we feel about her addition, I sure did!
Maybe he's like the rest of us and doesn't have time to spend developing for an open source project. Maybe he doesn't have nearly enough programming skill. Maybe space monkeys force him to use IE at lasergunpoint. Either way you are the stereotypical /. nerd-dick that did 2 minutes of Googling and therefore has the right post a malicious reply to a valid comment. Assholes like you make me want to be a jock instead of a geek... you make a bad name for us.
Anyway, my 2c: No matter how hard Mozilla tries, they will not beat Google in search. To try is futile, wasteful, and frustrating (for us hopefuls). And there is a damn Google search bar BY DEFAULT in a typical Firefox install which can easily handle real-language queries! C'mon!
From the article:
we'll advocate for data formats and protocols that are open and non-proprietary
At least in this case, the more big players teaming up, the better. Like it or not, these companies' products are main stream and having open, non-proprietary, and UNIFORM standards defining one or all future releases of these products is a very good thing.
I see mostly jokes about this story, but I give India a high five! This is a HUGE accomplishment. Not just for India, for the entire world. More countries are getting into space! I hope people will realize that progress is essential and fantastic, regardless of where it happens.
It ain't spinach that Popeye be munchin'
Maybe you don't understand what I was trying to say, maybe I said it wrong, or maybe you haven't ever worked in IT. I should have made it clear that I have a very limited view of the IT world, but the world I see is sad. But I am a very optimistic person, and I like to believe a younger, more technologically savvy generation is on the rise (or maybe even already in the work force!). There is evidence to support my claim also. Everyone (yes I know, not EVERYONE) seems to have a computer these days which must result in a generation of kids growing up with more knowledge about them.
Anyway, I'm sorry for my optimism, and if, for some reason in the future, you'd like to come off as something other than a pedantic asshole you may want to state your opinion instead of just bashing mine.
I for one enjoy an extra eye's worth of perception...
Anyway, I believe these types of incidents are due to a technologically defunct generation working in a technologically advanced world, and soon the iGeneration will take the reins and bring to the work force basic computing knowledge (and no, knowing how to use MS Word is NOT enough). I work as a student tech to get me through college and all I ever find are 40+ year old staffies with absolutely no idea about what is going on. I literally have to force them NOT to give me their passwords... It is both infinitely amusing and incredibly terrifying, and both at the same time.
Moral of the story is that more and more people are becoming adept in using both computers and the internet, and that things like "phishing," "spam," and "trojans" are becoming part of common knowledge.
[sarcasm]
Or will this just result in smarter and more savvy viruses/trojans?
Or maybe the iGeneration will be too enthused about MySpace to get any work done...
[/sarcasm]
p.s. I apologize for the 'i' reference. I hate the iTrend as much as the next self-respecing nerd, but I felt it necessary to convey my message.