I'm surprised that Mount&Blade wasn't mentioned. It was released recently, and it's awesome.
For those that never heard about it, think Pirates! in a medieval setting. It's a great (if not the best) melee combat simulator i've ever played, and horse combat is amazing. It also has some light RPG elements.
Check the developers' site (http://www.taleworlds.com/), and play the demo. You can enjoy the full game until level 7. After that you either create a new character or buy the full version. And I highly recommend it.
Second and third world countries that represent a huge market.
Brazil for example, is in the top 10 countries by both Internet Users and Time Spent Online, usually in the 2 top spots in the latter. Ok, most of this time is spent by teenagers in useless thing like Orkut and MSN, but whatever.
The important thing in this is: information can and WILL spread like a wildfire. And be sure that many people will embrace it.
If these "not-real" countries continue their "line of thinking", in the near future we could have more than 1 billion people that reject anything that comes from MS.
First: these guys are nothing more than a big Business nowdays, so what they "think" is irrelevant. Money talks now.
Second: people from Greenpeace, you are a bunch of hipocrites. Don't like the modern world? Think WE are "hurting" Earth? Go live in a cave and survive by hunting gazelles. Better yet: kill yourselves. Your mere existence adds more stress to our enviroment (oh, the irony).
Third: wanna make something really useful? Stop bitching about a bunch of plastic and go after the Biopiracy that runs rampart in the Amazon Rainforest. Go after de dozens of lumber mills that deforest the Amazon illegally EVERY SINGLE DAY.
And PLEASE, leave nuclear energy alone. It's the best bet for our energy needs in the foreseeable future.
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Well, I can't account for ALL the data give to the Gov't. But, trust me, most cases are indeed crimes.
There were photos of not naked kids. No, there were photos of adults penetrating kids. Not only 12 yo kids, but 9 yo and even 6 yo. Heck, one of these cases involved even the PARENTS of the kids.
Look, i'm not advocating for any "side". I usually don't even buy in this "thinkofthechildren" thing. But in this particular case, there's plenty of proof.
Obviously, I won't link any material of this kind. But if I want, I can just create an account on Orkut (disabled mine some time ago, got bored), and find this kind of crap. And if I report it, the profile will only be deleted. Nothing more.
You know that "Electronic Crimes" are not well defined in Brazilian law. It's a very gray area.
And yeah, I know the whole Cicarelli case. My ISP (Brasil Telecom) was the first to block YouTube. And still does traffic shaping there to this day. =/
I never thought I was going to say this, but... DON'T waste time RTFA. Is doesn't even tell 10% of the whole story.
I'll try to explain this the best I can , since the majority here commenting aren't from Brazil, and never used Orkut.
Basically, Orkut is the MySpace and Facebook of Brazil. Obviously, it's a big target for pedos.
And, guess what. A lot of sub-14's use Orkut. Yeah, that means little boys and girls. And worse: little girls like to show themselves to the world. But, that's another case...
Well, the thing is: until some time ago, anyone could see others peoples scraps (messages on the person's profile), photos and etc. And usually, pedos would "show off" their victims, so anybody could see them. We had a lot of these cases on the news. I'll even link one, in portuguese (sorry):
"This Monday, thousands of Orkut users acted against the owner of the profile. More that 3.000 messages were posted on the Pedo's profile in the last days. All along the weekend, it totalled more than 70.000. Until 8pm of this Monday, around 550 communities against the criminal were created. Orkut (the service) has taken down the original profile, but new ones with similar name were created, along with 12 photos of minors engaging in sexual acts."
You see, that was what Orkut (Google) was doing. Just deleting the pedo profiles WHEN someone complained. And, when the police requested the information about who created the account, his e-mail, and all other info, Orkut wouldn't give anything away.
Now, fast forward to today. Scrapbooks, and photobooks are restricted to friends of the profile only, if the owner wishes. So, pedos can share photos between them freely, without anyone knowing. Unless, of course, someone leaks the info (be photos or profiles).
As I said, similar cases like the one I cited happen(ed) A LOT, and this (poorly written) Yahoo news is just a result of a lenghty process.
Now, you guys can say whatever you want, but consider this:
If a pedo profile is found, and Orkut (Google) knows any info about the creator, it will have to pass the info to the police when requested, no?? Well, it never happened, so the Congress had to DEMAND IT, and what we see today is just that. Orkut giving away the info of these profiles.
Oh yeah, sorry if it what's written above is not very, but English's not my native language.
What were they expecting? Cavemen who recited poetry? Why not? If even Vogons recite poems (quality notwithstanding), I don't see a problem with some cavemen doing that.
I don't know about "before" the Wright Brothers, but there is the well known case of Santos' Dumont flight in Paris.
The key difference to the Wright Flyer was the take-off process. His plane (the 14 Bis) had an engine, or in other words, was self-powered and could sustain flight.
That's why many people (outside the US of course =P) consider Santos Dumont's invention the "first real airplane".
Slashdot Mirror
comes to mind, and is a good example of that*
I wouldn't say that. Not in this case. Just because the equation is "works" in one scale (non-quantum), doesn't mean it works at ALL scales.
Newtonian Mechanics at Relativistic speeds comes is a good example of that.
I'm surprised that Mount&Blade wasn't mentioned. It was released recently, and it's awesome. For those that never heard about it, think Pirates! in a medieval setting. It's a great (if not the best) melee combat simulator i've ever played, and horse combat is amazing. It also has some light RPG elements.
Check the developers' site (http://www.taleworlds.com/), and play the demo. You can enjoy the full game until level 7. After that you either create a new character or buy the full version. And I highly recommend it.
If you prefer, Paradox (the publisher) also sells through their site: http://www.paradoxplaza.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=395&Itemid=228
Should the Human species as whole stop pursuing Space, because there are people starving in Africa?
I admit that it wasn't the best analogy, but couldn't come up with a Car one.
Creatures with penises aren't a problem.
Now, the myriad of Goatse creatures that I saw...
Second and third world countries that represent a huge market.
Brazil for example, is in the top 10 countries by both Internet Users and Time Spent Online, usually in the 2 top spots in the latter. Ok, most of this time is spent by teenagers in useless thing like Orkut and MSN, but whatever.
The important thing in this is: information can and WILL spread like a wildfire. And be sure that many people will embrace it.
If these "not-real" countries continue their "line of thinking", in the near future we could have more than 1 billion people that reject anything that comes from MS.
It wouldn't be wise to ignore THAT.
First: these guys are nothing more than a big Business nowdays, so what they "think" is irrelevant. Money talks now. Second: people from Greenpeace, you are a bunch of hipocrites. Don't like the modern world? Think WE are "hurting" Earth? Go live in a cave and survive by hunting gazelles. Better yet: kill yourselves. Your mere existence adds more stress to our enviroment (oh, the irony). Third: wanna make something really useful? Stop bitching about a bunch of plastic and go after the Biopiracy that runs rampart in the Amazon Rainforest. Go after de dozens of lumber mills that deforest the Amazon illegally EVERY SINGLE DAY. And PLEASE, leave nuclear energy alone. It's the best bet for our energy needs in the foreseeable future. [/rant]
Unfortunately WoW fits in your description, given that Blizz wants to transform the Arena into some "e-sport" thing. =/
Well, I can't account for ALL the data give to the Gov't. But, trust me, most cases are indeed crimes.
There were photos of not naked kids. No, there were photos of adults penetrating kids. Not only 12 yo kids, but 9 yo and even 6 yo. Heck, one of these cases involved even the PARENTS of the kids.
Look, i'm not advocating for any "side". I usually don't even buy in this "thinkofthechildren" thing. But in this particular case, there's plenty of proof.
Obviously, I won't link any material of this kind. But if I want, I can just create an account on Orkut (disabled mine some time ago, got bored), and find this kind of crap. And if I report it, the profile will only be deleted. Nothing more.
That's why I said "tricky one".
You know that "Electronic Crimes" are not well defined in Brazilian law. It's a very gray area.
And yeah, I know the whole Cicarelli case. My ISP (Brasil Telecom) was the first to block YouTube. And still does traffic shaping there to this day. =/
For those that don't remember (or know) Jean Charles' case, here goes the obligatory Wikipedia link. =P
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Charles_de_Menezes
That's a tricky one.
Sure, you are posting in a US based server. BUT, you are also posting it FROM Brazil.
So, technically, you'd be under Brazillian jurisdiction, no?
I never thought I was going to say this, but... DON'T waste time RTFA. Is doesn't even tell 10% of the whole story.
I'll try to explain this the best I can , since the majority here commenting aren't from Brazil, and never used Orkut.
Basically, Orkut is the MySpace and Facebook of Brazil. Obviously, it's a big target for pedos. And, guess what. A lot of sub-14's use Orkut. Yeah, that means little boys and girls. And worse: little girls like to show themselves to the world. But, that's another case...
Well, the thing is: until some time ago, anyone could see others peoples scraps (messages on the person's profile), photos and etc. And usually, pedos would "show off" their victims, so anybody could see them. We had a lot of these cases on the news. I'll even link one, in portuguese (sorry):
http://www.juristas.com.br/n_30038~p_203~mp+quer+identificar+autor+de+pedofilia+no+orkut
Some tidbits of that link (loose translation):
"This Monday, thousands of Orkut users acted against the owner of the profile. More that 3.000 messages were posted on the Pedo's profile in the last days. All along the weekend, it totalled more than 70.000. Until 8pm of this Monday, around 550 communities against the criminal were created. Orkut (the service) has taken down the original profile, but new ones with similar name were created, along with 12 photos of minors engaging in sexual acts."
You see, that was what Orkut (Google) was doing. Just deleting the pedo profiles WHEN someone complained. And, when the police requested the information about who created the account, his e-mail, and all other info, Orkut wouldn't give anything away.
Now, fast forward to today. Scrapbooks, and photobooks are restricted to friends of the profile only, if the owner wishes. So, pedos can share photos between them freely, without anyone knowing. Unless, of course, someone leaks the info (be photos or profiles).
As I said, similar cases like the one I cited happen(ed) A LOT, and this (poorly written) Yahoo news is just a result of a lenghty process.
Now, you guys can say whatever you want, but consider this:
If a pedo profile is found, and Orkut (Google) knows any info about the creator, it will have to pass the info to the police when requested, no?? Well, it never happened, so the Congress had to DEMAND IT, and what we see today is just that. Orkut giving away the info of these profiles.
Oh yeah, sorry if it what's written above is not very, but English's not my native language.
I don't know about "before" the Wright Brothers, but there is the well known case of Santos' Dumont flight in Paris. The key difference to the Wright Flyer was the take-off process. His plane (the 14 Bis) had an engine, or in other words, was self-powered and could sustain flight. That's why many people (outside the US of course =P) consider Santos Dumont's invention the "first real airplane".
I heard that a dude called Xenu knows the solution to the population prob...
Oh wait, someone's knocking on my door. BRB.