Stardock is probably the most gamer friendly developer you will find. None of their games require the CD to run, the CD-key is not mandatory to installation (however, you cannot update the game if you do not key it in, but this is not unreasonable IMO) and they do a great job of supporting their games. Sins of a Solar Empire is an extremely fun game, and if you are into 4X games, Galactic Civ II was also fun IMO.
Radioactive waste? I'm guessing you are enrolled in a certified Syrian Propoganda School, eh? And I'm guessing our Marines also rape Iraqi women and castrate Iraqi men? Hate the administration to your hearts content, but when morons like yourself start dissing on the people that are doing their jobs in the military, it pisses me off. And if you want to talk about carpet bombing, ask the Kurds about what Saddam did to them.
Yeah, kind of ironic how the people that were (at least to a degree) more tutored in designing the Diablo games that split off made a game that (seemingly, we won't know for sure until after D3 is out) is far inferior to what Blizzard is doing with Diablo 3. Change isn't always a bad thing, and really, the main thing that has changed is that the environments are more diverse, more realistic, and more interesting. Even Diablo 2 got old after a while. By the time you saw the same general random dungeon near the end of an Act, you were damn glad to move onto the next Act and get a fresh environment. And the palette was not near as powerful in Diablo 2 as it seems to be in Diablo 3, where they can convey more violence by subtleties in the blood gushing, the detail of the models, and the lighting that is light years beyond anything that Blizz was capable of doing with D2.
One thing that is often overlooked or forgotten is that these still shots don't do the game justice, because a game running at 24+ fps will always look better than a still frame from said game (reason why in many cases, still shots from games are usually doctored to smooth out the jaggies) and anyone who watches the D3 Demo and think the game looks "kiddie" and "Wowish" and isn't in good spirit of the original Diablo games either hasn't played them recent enough or needs to have their eyes checked. The game looks amazing, and plenty sinister without looking like Isometric Doom 3.
looks like something Uwe Boll would put his name on. Seriously that whole scene was so poorly put together that I don't even think Boll would've rubber stamped it.
Unfortunately, you are in the right to assume you should have a relative expectation of privacy when it comes to your data. I say unfortunately, because they don't care and the law will back them up, not you. Basically, if they are storing the data on their equipment, while you have the copyright (rightfully so) on the data, they have the right to ensure that data does not make them an accessory to a crime or infringe on their security in any way. It's bs, but that's the unfortunate risk you take when storing private data on someone else's servers. I agree with the people who say you should co-locate data that there is no expectation of privacy on, and privately store the rest.
This entire story is full of hypocritical people. Seriously, I read some of the replies and not a single person criticizes Apple for legitimate issues with their business practices, yet MS even sneezes in the direction of shady practices and everyone's ready to lynch them. And I called him on his hypocrisy, so if that makes me an assumptive jackass, then I guess that makes him (and you) hypocritical jackasses. Of course, you are being an assumptive jackass about your claim that I'm an assumptive jackass, so I think we're about to enter an infinite loop of assumptive assumptive jackassism.
Sure you could. Just not one with a Dell or Gateway logo on it. You could build a customer computer ever since I can remember, considering PC Shopper Mags used to be the size of phone books and I can remember my dad building a 286 system long before Windows 95 even came out.
There's a reason why MS has done infinitely better business wise over the last two decades than Apple. Yeah, Apple has gained a little bit of ground in the past few years, thanks to the iPod, not any of their computers, but MS has a much smarter business model. Provide just the software, and don't lock down (as much as is sensible anyways) what type of hardware that the end user can use that software on. Granted, MS does a lot of stuff that can make us cringe, but no one can doubt that they at least do a few things much smarter than the way Apple operates. I'm telling you, 10-15 years ago, people will for the most part be over looking at MS as the evil empire, and Apple will have a sour taste in the mouths of anyone who is not immune to the effects of the reality distortion field. Does anyone believe that Apple has any desire whatsoever to have an open platform? There's a reason they sell their computers for a premium price, and it has little to do with the quality of their hardware.
Did I say Bush? I said Lawmakers (referring to Congress). Who, by the way, have a much lower approval rating than Bush, because they have much more power over affecting our everyday lives than the POTUS. But I'll give you an E for effort for at least trying to read my post before replying.
So you are saying that if they did this to MS, everyone that posts to stories like this on Slashdot would be up in arms against FSF? You don't pay much attention to the rhetoric around here, do you?
You say that, but if this was directed at MS tech support, the same people lambasting this move would be cheering, and you know it. Stop being a hypocritical Apple fanboy who hasn't developed a shield against the reality distortion field.
Well, if you don't like this law, don't blame it on the current lawmakers. It was instituted during Clinton's time in office (and possibly started while Bush 41 was in office). If "America sucks so much these days," then where were all of the people bitching about this law 10+ years ago?
Yeah, and computing wise, if you could merge the macbook pro AND the macbook air, it would still beat them out. And with the money you save getting the FX series laptop, you can buy a gym membership so that that enormous 2.5 lbs difference doesn't bother you so much.
Only morons would compare a Dell to a Mac. Dells are for the most part crap. However, my Gateway FX series laptop kicks the bejesus out of your puny Mac Book Pro and cost more than a grand less. And it has a better keyboard (see also: full size keyboard and numpad) and doesn't weigh a whole lot more. And it's got a better graphics card.
Their notebooks are NOT competitively priced. I purchased an FX series Gateway laptop with an 8800 GTS (Mac Book Pro I was thinking of getting only had the 8600 at the time) with more ram (Mac Book Pro config I was looking at had 2gigs of ram, my FX series has 3), full size keyboard (keyboard on the mac books is a joke, the thing was designed for oompa loompas), and something most Windows Vista based laptops don't have, a full OEM disc. Oh, and Vista has never crashed on me, I rarely reboot (mainly when I shut it down to go to bed), and I have yet to find a game that runs slowly on this beast. And unlike Dell, Gateway actually has decent tech support, which I've only had to use once but was great the one time I needed it. Oh yeah, and it was $1200 less than the Mac Book Pro config I was going to get.
I see a lot of people suggesting LOTR, when I would actually suggest starting them with the Hobbit first. It's a bit easier to read and will introduce the backstory.
Also, Wheel of Time is a great series but a little too mature for a pre-teen IMO. Lots of stuff in there that I think should be left until the teen years.
And who controlled Congress through at least half of this period? Congress has more power to make stuff happen than the President does. And last I checked, they voted nearly unanimously to go into Iraq, so don't peg that simply on the Republicans, everyone made the mistake of believing in falty intelligence.
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Oh, and they use zero DRM, something that cannot be said for most of the games on Steam.
Stardock is probably the most gamer friendly developer you will find. None of their games require the CD to run, the CD-key is not mandatory to installation (however, you cannot update the game if you do not key it in, but this is not unreasonable IMO) and they do a great job of supporting their games. Sins of a Solar Empire is an extremely fun game, and if you are into 4X games, Galactic Civ II was also fun IMO.
Possibly she bought Bioshock through Steam, which it is available on.
Well, since it is a budget airline, I wouldn't. Who knows what sort of STD you'll end up with when they get done with you.
Well fuck me
This is Slashdot. Be careful what you wish for!
This is Slashdot. This wish won't come true for them.
Radioactive waste? I'm guessing you are enrolled in a certified Syrian Propoganda School, eh? And I'm guessing our Marines also rape Iraqi women and castrate Iraqi men? Hate the administration to your hearts content, but when morons like yourself start dissing on the people that are doing their jobs in the military, it pisses me off. And if you want to talk about carpet bombing, ask the Kurds about what Saddam did to them.
Yeah, kind of ironic how the people that were (at least to a degree) more tutored in designing the Diablo games that split off made a game that (seemingly, we won't know for sure until after D3 is out) is far inferior to what Blizzard is doing with Diablo 3. Change isn't always a bad thing, and really, the main thing that has changed is that the environments are more diverse, more realistic, and more interesting. Even Diablo 2 got old after a while. By the time you saw the same general random dungeon near the end of an Act, you were damn glad to move onto the next Act and get a fresh environment. And the palette was not near as powerful in Diablo 2 as it seems to be in Diablo 3, where they can convey more violence by subtleties in the blood gushing, the detail of the models, and the lighting that is light years beyond anything that Blizz was capable of doing with D2.
One thing that is often overlooked or forgotten is that these still shots don't do the game justice, because a game running at 24+ fps will always look better than a still frame from said game (reason why in many cases, still shots from games are usually doctored to smooth out the jaggies) and anyone who watches the D3 Demo and think the game looks "kiddie" and "Wowish" and isn't in good spirit of the original Diablo games either hasn't played them recent enough or needs to have their eyes checked. The game looks amazing, and plenty sinister without looking like Isometric Doom 3.
looks like something Uwe Boll would put his name on. Seriously that whole scene was so poorly put together that I don't even think Boll would've rubber stamped it.
If I had mod points I'd rate you up for the ST: Voyager reference alone.
Unfortunately, you are in the right to assume you should have a relative expectation of privacy when it comes to your data. I say unfortunately, because they don't care and the law will back them up, not you. Basically, if they are storing the data on their equipment, while you have the copyright (rightfully so) on the data, they have the right to ensure that data does not make them an accessory to a crime or infringe on their security in any way. It's bs, but that's the unfortunate risk you take when storing private data on someone else's servers. I agree with the people who say you should co-locate data that there is no expectation of privacy on, and privately store the rest.
This entire story is full of hypocritical people. Seriously, I read some of the replies and not a single person criticizes Apple for legitimate issues with their business practices, yet MS even sneezes in the direction of shady practices and everyone's ready to lynch them. And I called him on his hypocrisy, so if that makes me an assumptive jackass, then I guess that makes him (and you) hypocritical jackasses. Of course, you are being an assumptive jackass about your claim that I'm an assumptive jackass, so I think we're about to enter an infinite loop of assumptive assumptive jackassism.
Sure you could. Just not one with a Dell or Gateway logo on it. You could build a customer computer ever since I can remember, considering PC Shopper Mags used to be the size of phone books and I can remember my dad building a 286 system long before Windows 95 even came out.
I meant 10-15 years later, not ago. *Sigh* Don't post anything after 11pm lol
There's a reason why MS has done infinitely better business wise over the last two decades than Apple. Yeah, Apple has gained a little bit of ground in the past few years, thanks to the iPod, not any of their computers, but MS has a much smarter business model. Provide just the software, and don't lock down (as much as is sensible anyways) what type of hardware that the end user can use that software on. Granted, MS does a lot of stuff that can make us cringe, but no one can doubt that they at least do a few things much smarter than the way Apple operates. I'm telling you, 10-15 years ago, people will for the most part be over looking at MS as the evil empire, and Apple will have a sour taste in the mouths of anyone who is not immune to the effects of the reality distortion field. Does anyone believe that Apple has any desire whatsoever to have an open platform? There's a reason they sell their computers for a premium price, and it has little to do with the quality of their hardware.
Did I say Bush? I said Lawmakers (referring to Congress). Who, by the way, have a much lower approval rating than Bush, because they have much more power over affecting our everyday lives than the POTUS. But I'll give you an E for effort for at least trying to read my post before replying.
So you are saying that if they did this to MS, everyone that posts to stories like this on Slashdot would be up in arms against FSF? You don't pay much attention to the rhetoric around here, do you?
You say that, but if this was directed at MS tech support, the same people lambasting this move would be cheering, and you know it. Stop being a hypocritical Apple fanboy who hasn't developed a shield against the reality distortion field.
Well, if you don't like this law, don't blame it on the current lawmakers. It was instituted during Clinton's time in office (and possibly started while Bush 41 was in office). If "America sucks so much these days," then where were all of the people bitching about this law 10+ years ago?
Yeah, and computing wise, if you could merge the macbook pro AND the macbook air, it would still beat them out. And with the money you save getting the FX series laptop, you can buy a gym membership so that that enormous 2.5 lbs difference doesn't bother you so much.
Only morons would compare a Dell to a Mac. Dells are for the most part crap. However, my Gateway FX series laptop kicks the bejesus out of your puny Mac Book Pro and cost more than a grand less. And it has a better keyboard (see also: full size keyboard and numpad) and doesn't weigh a whole lot more. And it's got a better graphics card.
Their notebooks are NOT competitively priced. I purchased an FX series Gateway laptop with an 8800 GTS (Mac Book Pro I was thinking of getting only had the 8600 at the time) with more ram (Mac Book Pro config I was looking at had 2gigs of ram, my FX series has 3), full size keyboard (keyboard on the mac books is a joke, the thing was designed for oompa loompas), and something most Windows Vista based laptops don't have, a full OEM disc. Oh, and Vista has never crashed on me, I rarely reboot (mainly when I shut it down to go to bed), and I have yet to find a game that runs slowly on this beast. And unlike Dell, Gateway actually has decent tech support, which I've only had to use once but was great the one time I needed it. Oh yeah, and it was $1200 less than the Mac Book Pro config I was going to get.
I see a lot of people suggesting LOTR, when I would actually suggest starting them with the Hobbit first. It's a bit easier to read and will introduce the backstory. Also, Wheel of Time is a great series but a little too mature for a pre-teen IMO. Lots of stuff in there that I think should be left until the teen years.
And who controlled Congress through at least half of this period? Congress has more power to make stuff happen than the President does. And last I checked, they voted nearly unanimously to go into Iraq, so don't peg that simply on the Republicans, everyone made the mistake of believing in falty intelligence.
Then why is he afraid to have this sort of stuff read into the record during normal hours, instead of after hours?