Well, in the long run, stores are going to carry things that people will buy. Therefore, if prices on games are raised, people will buy less games. Every game company knows this, every game store knows this, and every consumer knows this.
Most people already don't buy $60 games, with the exceptions of fantastic blockbuster games or multiplayer online games. Limited editions are ok, because you get the same game, only you get a cooler package or an art book or a costume. Extra purchase items that actually affect gameplay (like more of the story or new characters) are unacceptable, because it means that less than a game is being sold.
I don't understand. You believe that people with no money should be allowed to steal, and once caught, only be required to pay damages up to a percentgae of their net worth?
How about someone has a DUI, smashes into my maserati, but is poor. I should have to pay my medical bills and car repairs because its higher than a percentage of their net worth?
A tort is a tort is a tort, and if your tort causes me damages, there should not be a limit on how much of those damages (that I can prove you caused) you should have to pay.
Our legal system (I assume you are in the US) is absolutely fine on this regard.
Yes,/. is required to make sure that other websites have articles about apple that can be linked to and summarised on/. at least once for a viral advertisement deal. I assume because apple can't afford television or radio or internet or mall kiosk or email commercials and really just wants to the word out about how locked down, worthless, anti-consumer they are.
Doesn't Sony have some terms of agreement that would prohibit the use of their console for things not related to gaming? I mean, isn't there some form of reverse engineering happening in order to write software using all these PS3s? I'm pretty sure if any normal Joe decided to use 4 or 5 PS3s for something other than it was meant to, there would be a lawsuit coming up so fast.....
Of course not. It might void the warranty if you try to use it to play nintendo wii games by changing the size and shape and hardware of the machine, but what the hell do you think would create a lawsuit from personal use of purchased property?
Even if Sony somehow could control what you do with a PS3 after purchase (which they can't, won't, don't, and certainly have never tried to do), the PS3 motto is "it only does everything," not 'its a gaming machine and nothing else and if you try to do something else with it, we will sue you.'
I've heard a lot of stupid crap on/., but that has to be by far the stupidest in 2009.
You mean, his anti-stem cell research policy where he shrunk the previous administrations budget of $0.00 to several millions. Is that the anti-stem cell research policy you are talking about? I guess you would have been much happier if he just kept the previous administrations spending level on this research.
Actually, I would have. I am in favor of stem cell research, but I don't think taxes should pay for it.
Its called 'I've got to pull the parachute somewhere between 45 and 55 seconds after I jump out of the plane and due to adrenaline I don't trust my counting skills all that well.'
A 1% tax on tuition is lower than the 6% state sales tax on other goods and services in PA.
Thats not relevant because tuition isn't an opportunity cost for the city here. The money spent on tuition would not otherwise be spent on goods and services. Being a student does not raise the cost of rent or food or electricity. Nevermind that the majority of students would not be living in Pittsburgh if they weren't in school.
Its not like students were getting a tax discount and now the city is reducing the discount. This is an added cost to make up for a shortfall due to overall economic issues (like more people going to school than working, for example). It has the failures of both being unreasonable from an activities based costing standpoint (since tuition is not a driver of use of city services) and not increasing the value of a pittsburgh education (compared to cities where this tax does not exist).
I moved into a house previously owned by a smoker. Almost got nicotine poisoning just from touching the wallpaper...
Were you licking the wallpaper?
Otherwise, that would be impossible.
Either you are a liar, or your immune system is so weak that you must have been a smoker for 20 years. The people who modded you up are idiots, and your signature contains an error that causes it to more grammatically incorrect than anything that kdawson or soulskill ever wrote.
But if a serial mugger chooses the wrong victim and gets kicked to death then so be it.
In most places, the would-be victim would then be up on a manslaughter charge, which I think is not the analogy you were shooting for. Maybe try something with cars?
That's ridiculous. A serial mugger has the experience to know that you can't mug a car.
The sad thing is, linux is good because it handles most codecs and you can ignore drm with it (big win), but it always seems like getting 1080p and 7.1 surround out, and blue ray playing is iffy.
You were close./sarcasm
Windows is good because it handles most codecs and you can ignore drm with it (disturbingly easily, I might add), but it always seems like getting 1080p and 7.1 surround sound out and blu-ray playing are independent of an OS. These are hardware issues.
Your first point was already addressed in my post (The two or three insightful posts are hidden away in the crowd of stupidity...).
It isnt confusing that stores will sell out of popular items earlier this year. Less people have jobs and/or money, therefore stores will hold less stock (and thus less safety stock), yet people will still find ways to make Christmas about presents. On the same viewpoint, it will be harder to get a part time job because those with jobs already are working harder than in recent years. When 10% of the country is unemployed and need to make rent, coming in late to work or slacking off means you get replaced real fast. On the other hand, I didn't insinuate that corporate opinion was more or less valid than stupidity. I believe I called it meaningless crap.
If you value your house, car, food, drink, and "female company", then you care about money. Worship implies blind faith (reverant homage) for an object seen to be sacred. The fact that you use money (ie believe in and participate in a monetary system) means that to a relevant extent, you worship it.
The rich and the corporatti don't like us unwashed masses having a voice one bit.
I have to completely disagree with your last point.
The rich and the corporations (your words) don't give a rat's ass that the unwashed masses go online and argue pointlessly without logic, grammar, basic literacy, or willingness to lose an argument. The internet has created a publicly viewable forum for people of all backgrounds to spout their close-minded worldviews. Unfortunately, people who would never espouse their racist, ignorant, or outright confrontational contrary to personal beliefs in a public setting (where their identity is known as a basis of their espousal) make up for their quietness in the real world by doing so online. The two or three insightful posts are hidden away in the crowd of stupidity, ignored because they don't agree with your personal worldview (as opposed to factual information, or what used to be on the news prior to ratings), and ultimately butchered and improperly diagnosed later as "a reaction to/from our viewers."
Public opinion doesn't merit airtime. For example, the fact that a statistically significant percentage of people believe that creationism should be taught in public schools, or that flu vaccines can give you aids, or having a reporter report that the news he just announced has touched many people in many ways (and here's 20 minutes of random people reacting to it) is not deserving of airtime. Of course, when you have 24 hours news, and only 30 minutes of news, the majority of it will be meaningless crap. When you let people comment on meaningless crap, you really shouldn't expect a whole lot of insight.
If people had anything of use to say in online forums, they wouldn't be arguing about it with strangers on the internet. They would be finding a way to monetize their ideas. Not through the press of a blog or newstation or political avenue, but through a business or investment method.
On the other hand it's possible the EU and China might get mad, and decide to just declare war and take the oil by force.
How exactly do you invade a country with thousands of nuclear warheads and enough firearms to arm every adult citizen, should the need arise?
Generally with tariffs, global bad publicity, and nonbinding resolutions from international organizations that dont actually have any benefit.
The EU doesn't have the balls to take anything by force. China has such resources that it has no need to do so.
On the extreme opposite, you could ignore policy and support a country based on the color of the skin of its most recently elected leader (not that the alternatives were better). Hmm, seems like your signature is spot on. Especially the conservatives and liberals who think we might go to war with China or the EU over oil.
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Well, in the long run, stores are going to carry things that people will buy. Therefore, if prices on games are raised, people will buy less games. Every game company knows this, every game store knows this, and every consumer knows this.
Most people already don't buy $60 games, with the exceptions of fantastic blockbuster games or multiplayer online games. Limited editions are ok, because you get the same game, only you get a cooler package or an art book or a costume. Extra purchase items that actually affect gameplay (like more of the story or new characters) are unacceptable, because it means that less than a game is being sold.
I don't understand. You believe that people with no money should be allowed to steal, and once caught, only be required to pay damages up to a percentgae of their net worth?
How about someone has a DUI, smashes into my maserati, but is poor. I should have to pay my medical bills and car repairs because its higher than a percentage of their net worth?
A tort is a tort is a tort, and if your tort causes me damages, there should not be a limit on how much of those damages (that I can prove you caused) you should have to pay.
Our legal system (I assume you are in the US) is absolutely fine on this regard.
I'm pretty sure involuntary worship or volunteerism would still be considered slavery.
Yes, /. is required to make sure that other websites have articles about apple that can be linked to and summarised on /. at least once for a viral advertisement deal. I assume because apple can't afford television or radio or internet or mall kiosk or email commercials and really just wants to the word out about how locked down, worthless, anti-consumer they are.
Tinfoil hat much?
Do you use a spreadsheet to keep track of whether or not it gets a high enough score?
Have you tried looking for used games that are more than 2 weeks old?
After about a year (and sometimes less), games drop in price from $60 to $20. At that point, they are just as entertaining as when they were $60.
Doesn't Sony have some terms of agreement that would prohibit the use of their console for things not related to gaming? I mean, isn't there some form of reverse engineering happening in order to write software using all these PS3s? I'm pretty sure if any normal Joe decided to use 4 or 5 PS3s for something other than it was meant to, there would be a lawsuit coming up so fast.....
Of course not. It might void the warranty if you try to use it to play nintendo wii games by changing the size and shape and hardware of the machine, but what the hell do you think would create a lawsuit from personal use of purchased property?
Even if Sony somehow could control what you do with a PS3 after purchase (which they can't, won't, don't, and certainly have never tried to do), the PS3 motto is "it only does everything," not 'its a gaming machine and nothing else and if you try to do something else with it, we will sue you.'
I've heard a lot of stupid crap on /., but that has to be by far the stupidest in 2009.
You mean, his anti-stem cell research policy where he shrunk the previous administrations budget of $0.00 to several millions. Is that the anti-stem cell research policy you are talking about? I guess you would have been much happier if he just kept the previous administrations spending level on this research.
Actually, I would have. I am in favor of stem cell research, but I don't think taxes should pay for it.
Yeah because people going to eat sushi at a normal restaurant are going to expect to get tuna that costs upwards of 300 USD per pound.
Yeah that makes perfect sense....
You have clearly never been to New York.
Yes actually...
Its called 'I've got to pull the parachute somewhere between 45 and 55 seconds after I jump out of the plane and due to adrenaline I don't trust my counting skills all that well.'
I dont agree.
If you spend 8 hours of sunlight to get 1 mile of use, why are you driving?
A 1% tax on tuition is lower than the 6% state sales tax on other goods and services in PA.
Thats not relevant because tuition isn't an opportunity cost for the city here. The money spent on tuition would not otherwise be spent on goods and services. Being a student does not raise the cost of rent or food or electricity. Nevermind that the majority of students would not be living in Pittsburgh if they weren't in school.
Its not like students were getting a tax discount and now the city is reducing the discount. This is an added cost to make up for a shortfall due to overall economic issues (like more people going to school than working, for example). It has the failures of both being unreasonable from an activities based costing standpoint (since tuition is not a driver of use of city services) and not increasing the value of a pittsburgh education (compared to cities where this tax does not exist).
Sorry to respond to myself, but fucking Muphry's law and all...
I moved into a house previously owned by a smoker. Almost got nicotine poisoning just from touching the wallpaper...
Were you licking the wallpaper?
Otherwise, that would be impossible.
Either you are a liar, or your immune system is so weak that you must have been a smoker for 20 years. The people who modded you up are idiots, and your signature contains an error that causes it to more grammatically incorrect than anything that kdawson or soulskill ever wrote.
In most places, the would-be victim would then be up on a manslaughter charge, which I think is not the analogy you were shooting for. Maybe try something with cars?
That's ridiculous. A serial mugger has the experience to know that you can't mug a car.
Ironically, US coins are widely accepted in Canada.
Whats ironic about it?
There is no clock, its a salaried position.
Regulators could just say "its an untested drug, its effects on the body have never been studied."
Seems like a pretty easy warning to me...
The sad thing is, linux is good because it handles most codecs and you can ignore drm with it (big win), but it always seems like getting 1080p and 7.1 surround out, and blue ray playing is iffy.
You were close./sarcasm
Windows is good because it handles most codecs and you can ignore drm with it (disturbingly easily, I might add), but it always seems like getting 1080p and 7.1 surround sound out and blu-ray playing are independent of an OS. These are hardware issues.
Then why on earth would you equate monetizing ideas with worshiping money?
Dumbass.
You can't just lock your screen or ask that your phone not be usable for a data plan?
If I had the power to, I'd love to end your water supply from the city and see if you feel punished.
In response to the water utility plant sending notice that parent had been downloading water?
Your first point was already addressed in my post (The two or three insightful posts are hidden away in the crowd of stupidity...).
It isnt confusing that stores will sell out of popular items earlier this year. Less people have jobs and/or money, therefore stores will hold less stock (and thus less safety stock), yet people will still find ways to make Christmas about presents. On the same viewpoint, it will be harder to get a part time job because those with jobs already are working harder than in recent years. When 10% of the country is unemployed and need to make rent, coming in late to work or slacking off means you get replaced real fast. On the other hand, I didn't insinuate that corporate opinion was more or less valid than stupidity. I believe I called it meaningless crap.
If you value your house, car, food, drink, and "female company", then you care about money. Worship implies blind faith (reverant homage) for an object seen to be sacred. The fact that you use money (ie believe in and participate in a monetary system) means that to a relevant extent, you worship it.
The rich and the corporatti don't like us unwashed masses having a voice one bit.
I have to completely disagree with your last point.
The rich and the corporations (your words) don't give a rat's ass that the unwashed masses go online and argue pointlessly without logic, grammar, basic literacy, or willingness to lose an argument. The internet has created a publicly viewable forum for people of all backgrounds to spout their close-minded worldviews. Unfortunately, people who would never espouse their racist, ignorant, or outright confrontational contrary to personal beliefs in a public setting (where their identity is known as a basis of their espousal) make up for their quietness in the real world by doing so online. The two or three insightful posts are hidden away in the crowd of stupidity, ignored because they don't agree with your personal worldview (as opposed to factual information, or what used to be on the news prior to ratings), and ultimately butchered and improperly diagnosed later as "a reaction to/from our viewers."
Public opinion doesn't merit airtime. For example, the fact that a statistically significant percentage of people believe that creationism should be taught in public schools, or that flu vaccines can give you aids, or having a reporter report that the news he just announced has touched many people in many ways (and here's 20 minutes of random people reacting to it) is not deserving of airtime. Of course, when you have 24 hours news, and only 30 minutes of news, the majority of it will be meaningless crap. When you let people comment on meaningless crap, you really shouldn't expect a whole lot of insight.
If people had anything of use to say in online forums, they wouldn't be arguing about it with strangers on the internet. They would be finding a way to monetize their ideas. Not through the press of a blog or newstation or political avenue, but through a business or investment method.
On the other hand it's possible the EU and China might get mad, and decide to just declare war and take the oil by force.
How exactly do you invade a country with thousands of nuclear warheads and enough firearms to arm every adult citizen, should the need arise?
Generally with tariffs, global bad publicity, and nonbinding resolutions from international organizations that dont actually have any benefit.
The EU doesn't have the balls to take anything by force. China has such resources that it has no need to do so.
On the extreme opposite, you could ignore policy and support a country based on the color of the skin of its most recently elected leader (not that the alternatives were better). Hmm, seems like your signature is spot on. Especially the conservatives and liberals who think we might go to war with China or the EU over oil.