Last time I checked, there were about a dozen different games available through Steam, some of them reissued versions of the older games (CS, HL1, etc) and some of them new (HL2, that jai alai type thing). You need to look at the list and see whether it's worth it to you. And if it's not, then don't buy the product, eh?
if they'd remove the mandatory Stean registration I probably would have given them my $50 by now.
So maybe you're a significant part of their target market and they'll learn or die. Or maybe you're not, and they'll continue on without you. I know which one I'm betting on.
I think it's absolutely ridiculous to expect anyone but a lawyer to have to read through and understand the pages and pages of legal drek that come with each new game.
While I'm sympathetic to this PoV, I have to point out that you're foolish to ignore the fact that you either DO have to read it all or you forfeit your right to complain when it has a surprise you don't like. Don't like that fact? Don't buy the game. Find something else to do with your life, or write your own games.
I agree with the parent, and I wish people would actually read these fscking things every once in a while, just to see what they're submitting to.
And if you didn't read it, suck it up. You're absolutely right; I don't have the HL1 EULA in front of me, but I'd be shocked if it didn't have the "we can change the terms" clause, since that's standard boilerplate for any of these things. Looked at your rights with a credit card lately?
The money back comment was WRT HL2, before I'd RTFA, and honestly, I've seen people badger retailers into getting their money back, so it's possible.
Hm, last time I checked, the only game you can't play is the online version. Seems like the single player version will work as shipped, without Steam. I don't recall anything in the EULA for the original game saying that the online version of the game would be playable in perpetuity either.
So how long did he get to play the game online before Steam was "forced down his throat"? Did he think he'd be able to play the game forever? Was that promised anywhere in the original EULA?
So he got some play out of the original game, the terms changed to ones he didn't like, so he should sell it used (Computer Renassance and EBay come to mind) to recoup what he can and get on with his life.
Last time I checked, nobody was holding a SPAS-12 to your head and forcing you to buy the product. Get your money back, don't play the game, and quit yer fucking whining.
If I were anything close to a professional artist, I'd have to agree with you. Multiple media are important. But 1) I'm not, so I don't care about the others and 2) regardless, "one tool among others" is where it stands right now. It still doesn't replace any of those other tools, which is the point I was making.
You didn't read my post, did you? You know, where I said:
I could get some of that by applying masking tape or paper over the pad, but that's still not going to give me the same feedback because of the slick round tip of the pen.
Maybe it's just my older Wacom pad or something, but it doesn't feel exactly the same to me. I generally do pen and ink when I'm drawing, and the slick surfaces of the wacom (combination of pad and pentip) just don't have the same friction and tactile feedback as my microball on decent stock paper. I could get some of that by applying masking tape or paper over the pad, but that's still not going to give me the same feedback because of the slick round tip of the pen. Add that to the fact that my wacom pen doesn't have the same heft as the pens I usually use, and that leaves me just using pen & paper and scanning it.
Who cares what the specific technology is? Let's see....I buy a CD based game....every CD based game for the last N years has required the CD in it to play (like, say, Unreal Tournament 2004 as only the most recent example). What are the ODDS that another CD based game is going to require same? No, none of the others require Steam, but for all the morons bitching about the "privacy invasion" that it poses, you'd think people would consider what's going on and use some sense.
I'm betting there are lots of people who don't know that their monitor refresh should be at 72 Hz or higher too. If it's at 60 Hz, it WILL give you a headache and other issues.
Depending on which package you buy, you can get Half Life Source (which is HL reimplemented in the new engine) as well as HL2. If you're interested. HL the original is also very good.
Maybe you're not listening to me. I didn't say there was no place in an enterprise for linux machines. I meant that you very rarely see any enterprise run exclusively on linux machines. Particularly back-end equipment.
An x86 CPU has a faster clock. That's it's sole advantage over SPARC. Aside from that, the general machine architecture is very much a toy architecture with much vaster limitations that the openBoot system tht SPARC uses.
My point is that most important software IS inside Linux distribution's package management system
You mean like wireless drivers? Or drivers for QLogic SAN cards? Sorry, I have yet to see a distro I can use for anything "real" without having to go questing for lots of things that aren't part of the base distro. So much for ease of use.
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Last time I checked, there were about a dozen different games available through Steam, some of them reissued versions of the older games (CS, HL1, etc) and some of them new (HL2, that jai alai type thing). You need to look at the list and see whether it's worth it to you. And if it's not, then don't buy the product, eh?
So maybe you're a significant part of their target market and they'll learn or die. Or maybe you're not, and they'll continue on without you. I know which one I'm betting on.
While I'm sympathetic to this PoV, I have to point out that you're foolish to ignore the fact that you either DO have to read it all or you forfeit your right to complain when it has a surprise you don't like. Don't like that fact? Don't buy the game. Find something else to do with your life, or write your own games.
And if you didn't read it, suck it up. You're absolutely right; I don't have the HL1 EULA in front of me, but I'd be shocked if it didn't have the "we can change the terms" clause, since that's standard boilerplate for any of these things. Looked at your rights with a credit card lately?
The money back comment was WRT HL2, before I'd RTFA, and honestly, I've seen people badger retailers into getting their money back, so it's possible.
Hm, last time I checked, the only game you can't play is the online version. Seems like the single player version will work as shipped, without Steam. I don't recall anything in the EULA for the original game saying that the online version of the game would be playable in perpetuity either.
So he got some play out of the original game, the terms changed to ones he didn't like, so he should sell it used (Computer Renassance and EBay come to mind) to recoup what he can and get on with his life.
Last time I checked, nobody was holding a SPAS-12 to your head and forcing you to buy the product. Get your money back, don't play the game, and quit yer fucking whining.
If I were anything close to a professional artist, I'd have to agree with you. Multiple media are important. But 1) I'm not, so I don't care about the others and 2) regardless, "one tool among others" is where it stands right now. It still doesn't replace any of those other tools, which is the point I was making.
I could get some of that by applying masking tape or paper over the pad, but that's still not going to give me the same feedback because of the slick round tip of the pen.
Maybe it's just my older Wacom pad or something, but it doesn't feel exactly the same to me. I generally do pen and ink when I'm drawing, and the slick surfaces of the wacom (combination of pad and pentip) just don't have the same friction and tactile feedback as my microball on decent stock paper. I could get some of that by applying masking tape or paper over the pad, but that's still not going to give me the same feedback because of the slick round tip of the pen. Add that to the fact that my wacom pen doesn't have the same heft as the pens I usually use, and that leaves me just using pen & paper and scanning it.
Any enterprise of any significant size would likely have their own caching proxies. Why is that going to hurt their bandwidth?
No. It doesn't.
Most people I know avoid playing FPS on LCDs because of latency issues. I play HL2 on my laptop, but I use the video out and turn off the LCD.
So return it and quit whining to the rest of us.
Who cares what the specific technology is? Let's see....I buy a CD based game....every CD based game for the last N years has required the CD in it to play (like, say, Unreal Tournament 2004 as only the most recent example). What are the ODDS that another CD based game is going to require same? No, none of the others require Steam, but for all the morons bitching about the "privacy invasion" that it poses, you'd think people would consider what's going on and use some sense.
That must depend on your company. My own company, who's been through several rounds of RIFs over the last 4 years, cut contractors first.
I'm betting there are lots of people who don't know that their monitor refresh should be at 72 Hz or higher too. If it's at 60 Hz, it WILL give you a headache and other issues.
So you should have bought it through Steam, which requires no CD. This was well known, so if you weren't paying attention, shame on you, not Valve.
Depending on which package you buy, you can get Half Life Source (which is HL reimplemented in the new engine) as well as HL2. If you're interested. HL the original is also very good.
Maybe you're not listening to me. I didn't say there was no place in an enterprise for linux machines. I meant that you very rarely see any enterprise run exclusively on linux machines. Particularly back-end equipment.
Nobody's trying to take away your Linux, idiot.
An x86 CPU has a faster clock. That's it's sole advantage over SPARC. Aside from that, the general machine architecture is very much a toy architecture with much vaster limitations that the openBoot system tht SPARC uses.
We liked it better when people were stealing magazines instead of surfing the web for free.
You mean like wireless drivers? Or drivers for QLogic SAN cards? Sorry, I have yet to see a distro I can use for anything "real" without having to go questing for lots of things that aren't part of the base distro. So much for ease of use.
Outright amazing. Glad you got a laugh, and glad you missed the keyboard :-)