I don't think it's the console makers that are the major pushers on this. It's undoubtedly the publishers. Microsoft and Nintendo have said that they had no interest in do this. Sony hasn't said whether they intend to do this (they hold a patent on it). However Sony and Microsoft more closely compete than Nintendo does with the other two. If the publishers are pushing it and Sony is willing to do it, Microsoft may alienate publishers by not doing it.
Right. I was talking about the signing of an agreement without specificity of the conditions contained within the agreement. Illegal or invalid conditions would obviously void the contract that was signed, and that would vary jurisdiction by jurisdiction, and illegal conditions may cause a problem but the whole thing behaves as a blacklist and there's very few conditions that are illegal throughout the US.
For ages, we Earthicans have assumed the moon to be a moon rather than a battle station. We must invade the moon and take control of it so we can harness the power of it to generate on demand solar eclipses.
Next thing you'll be saying that Coca Cola encourages a Nanny State because it has the gall to charge you for its products instead of giving you caffeine for free.
What has happened in the last five years that even approaches the offensive intrusion of the patriot act? What liberties are you even talking about, or is the second amendment the only one you've read?
Bots negatively impact the people who are not time rich and aren't money rich. Basically, the people that don't have a lot of time to make money and don't have a lot of spare cash to spend on PLEX. Bots impact them doubly by either depressing the price of materials the player can gather or by inflating the amount of currency available and making items more expensive for those players. That is an economic situation CCP would want to avoid if they want to grow their player base, thus bots should not be permitted.
I understand SQL a lot better than what I can do with Perl. That said, I use Perl to dump data from our ERP's flat file into a relational database so that we can perform good reporting instead of crap reporting.
On a side note, I think this feel like a different Anonymous than we've seen in awhile. I'm glad that they're focusing on the greater good again, rather than breaking into Sony and pwning consumers, simply because they can. It's hard to have respect for people that expose gramma's card number, and follow it up with defacing small business websites in middle eastern countries.
Yeah. All it took was someone who would "fit in" with their group committing suicide over prosecution. It's not like this behavior has been happening all throughout Anonymous's career. I'll believe them doing something for the greater good when they take an action towards the greater good that they don't admit is a direct provocation.
Inflation can be caused by multiple factors of which money supply is one.
Giving all the poor $5,000 will trigger what is called demand-pull inflation as prices rise (thus devaluing an individual dollar) because the demand will start to outstrip the supply.
If this article didn't involve Kim Dotcom, would this have even made Slashdot? Basically, I'm pretty sure this article is only posted to give people the opportunity to fap over digital piracy and RIAA/MPAA bashing.
Slashdot Mirror
He did become Pope again.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_resignation
Sony holds a patent for this tech, IIRC.
I don't think it's the console makers that are the major pushers on this. It's undoubtedly the publishers. Microsoft and Nintendo have said that they had no interest in do this. Sony hasn't said whether they intend to do this (they hold a patent on it). However Sony and Microsoft more closely compete than Nintendo does with the other two. If the publishers are pushing it and Sony is willing to do it, Microsoft may alienate publishers by not doing it.
Right. I was talking about the signing of an agreement without specificity of the conditions contained within the agreement. Illegal or invalid conditions would obviously void the contract that was signed, and that would vary jurisdiction by jurisdiction, and illegal conditions may cause a problem but the whole thing behaves as a blacklist and there's very few conditions that are illegal throughout the US.
It wouldn't work. Signing an agreement as a condition of employment is not considered an unlawful pressure.
For ages, we Earthicans have assumed the moon to be a moon rather than a battle station. We must invade the moon and take control of it so we can harness the power of it to generate on demand solar eclipses.
I would prefer baconated showers.
Next thing you'll be saying that Coca Cola encourages a Nanny State because it has the gall to charge you for its products instead of giving you caffeine for free.
Are most of our laws brought to us by Coca Cola?
Mmmm caffeinated baconated caffeine.
Me too. Someone on slashdot used 'cue' properly.
What has happened in the last five years that even approaches the offensive intrusion of the patriot act? What liberties are you even talking about, or is the second amendment the only one you've read?
Renewing the Patriot Act?
Bots negatively impact the people who are not time rich and aren't money rich. Basically, the people that don't have a lot of time to make money and don't have a lot of spare cash to spend on PLEX. Bots impact them doubly by either depressing the price of materials the player can gather or by inflating the amount of currency available and making items more expensive for those players. That is an economic situation CCP would want to avoid if they want to grow their player base, thus bots should not be permitted.
The distinction is more that the the isk gained from selling a PLEX is not constant and it in fact will fluctuate with the rest of the economy.
PLEXs are essentially a way for Time Rich/Money Poor people to have their playtime subsidized by Time Poor/Money Rich people.
I understand SQL a lot better than what I can do with Perl. That said, I use Perl to dump data from our ERP's flat file into a relational database so that we can perform good reporting instead of crap reporting.
Aiding and abetting.
On a side note, I think this feel like a different Anonymous than we've seen in awhile. I'm glad that they're focusing on the greater good again, rather than breaking into Sony and pwning consumers, simply because they can. It's hard to have respect for people that expose gramma's card number, and follow it up with defacing small business websites in middle eastern countries.
Yeah. All it took was someone who would "fit in" with their group committing suicide over prosecution. It's not like this behavior has been happening all throughout Anonymous's career. I'll believe them doing something for the greater good when they take an action towards the greater good that they don't admit is a direct provocation.
That was likely MacArthur. Patton was dead well before the Soviets withdrew from N. Korea.
Inflation can be caused by multiple factors of which money supply is one.
Giving all the poor $5,000 will trigger what is called demand-pull inflation as prices rise (thus devaluing an individual dollar) because the demand will start to outstrip the supply.
The roomba doesn't clean piss and semen off the walls and ceiling. For the moment, wall and ceiling washers are safe.
They always have a choice.
Pirating or going without.
I could do without text searching. After all we don't have it for dead tree editions. What I would like is for these PDFs to have bookmarks.
I was looking for a comment to respond to.
If this article didn't involve Kim Dotcom, would this have even made Slashdot? Basically, I'm pretty sure this article is only posted to give people the opportunity to fap over digital piracy and RIAA/MPAA bashing.
Though it seems like the Columbine did do some work (their own purchasing, anyway).
They constructed and planted bombs which were meant to be the primary mechanism. The firearms were the backup.
Except for metric.