If you've something you're playing, and people want to 'tune in,' that's fine. But that means that they start listening at the point that they tune in; if it's a two hour show, starts at 8 PM, and they start listening at 9 PM, they've missed half the show, and that's that. If they want to start watching from the beginning, that's a new stream. If somebody starts listening five minutes later, that's a new stream.
Does Vermont have any large cities with socially/economically-disadvantaged sections? Large visible-minority populations? Does it have large workforces which were cut by industrial or economic slowdowns? What are the demographics?
I can tell you that the Canadian Arctic has a very very low incident of car crashes, and yet they don't even post speed limits! WOW!
Hard drives do have a fair chunk of extra space so that when they identify bad blocks, they can just sub in some new ones; the figures I seem to remember, though, are an extra ten percent; an 80 gig drive will have around 8 gigs of 'hidden' space.
The other reply covers it pretty well. Yes, the scammer is at fault, but, as they say, it takes two to tango; you are not absolved of your responsibility for your own actions.
If you're honestly suckered, that's bad. But if you're hoping to buy a shiny new Widget for five bucks, when it retails for a hundred, and all of the other Widget auctions average around sixty to seventy bucks, and the account has little or no feedback, and all the other warning signs, well, you tell your kids not to take candy from strangers, so why are you?
I loves the hard drive. I noticed that the first time I played Ninja Gaiden, it sat at the 'loading' screen for the very first level, for quite a while. Then, every time after, five seconds, max.
I suspect quite strongly it was caching a lot of crap onto the hard drive, that first time through. You could stick all of the character models, the main sound effects, the music, and the UI elements onto the hard drive, streaming only levels and seldome used textures off of the DVD, for quite a speed boost.
You know something is wrong when doctors need to have the ability to discuss their mistakes with their peers, thus hopefully a) learning from them, and b) enabling said peers to avoid them, *legally protected* from becoming fodder for lawsuits.
I've been using clamav for quite a few months now; it's pretty good.
Viruses are picked up quickly enough for me, and if they're not picked up quickly enough for you, they include tools to create your own virus signatures.
Have YOU played the game? I'll point out that all of the money shots do take the form of cutscenes, BTW.
But, in all seriousness, how would YOU rate a game in which you play a supposedly executed felon, who is then forced to be the title star of a snuff film, who then has to survive the night by stalking and killing, in the most imaginative and violent ways possible, a succession of psychotic criminals?
This game makes NO bones about being all of this, and no
Note that I'm a civil libertarian who doesn't believe in censorship; only common sense.
That's the whole point. You're not controlling the on screen character; your character is talking to her character via intercom, and watching what she does via camera.
Therefore, you shouldn't have precise control over what she does; your job is to give advice, information, commands.
Reuters/AP: Congress today passed into law the "Don't Sell Fucking Non DRM Hardware" act, known as the DSFNDRMH bill. This new law makes it illegal to sell computer hardware that doesn't respect DRM and other 'digital rights' technologies....
Side comment: Any law which has a convenient acronym which is one or more English words (PATRIOT, CAN-SPAM, and so on) should be instantly shitcanned.
You actually got to walk on semi-solid earth? Girly Man! In MY day, we had to swim around in liquid magma! We were frolicking in running lava! And we liked it! We loved it! We were begging for more!
People are encouraged to call 911 so much in this country that 911 centers are swamped with bogus b.s. calls that interfere with their ability to handle real emergencies.
Side story: One day, in Toronto (well, Mississauga, right beside Square One mall, actually; close enough) I was witness to a t-boneing. As in, the first car through the light was t-boned by some idiot, and my car was second.
My wife ran up to offer assisstance (as we heard children screaming from inside the van which was on it's side) while I called 911.
And the 911 person seemed to think that I shouldn't have called over so trivial a matter as a multi-vehicle accident with probable injuries. Pissed me off.
Yes, you do have all of those rights. And the officer has the right to protect himself.
You refuse to identify yourself? Fine, that's legal. That's your right. But because you might be a psychotic murder, you'll sit down in cuffs until the cop figures out what's going on.
Give him your ID, let him know that there's nothing going on, crack a joke with him, and you'll be off on your way.
The Computer: You are mistaken, citizen. No Fifth Edition was published by West End Games in 1995, nor did West End show pages from a projected "Long Lost Third Edition" at GenCon in 1997. Note that there also has never been a Crash Course Manual, nor any "Secret Society Wars," "MegaWhoops," or "Reboot Camp" adventures.
These products never existed. They are now un-products.
Are you absolutely clear on this, citizen? Do you still doubt The Computer? Perhaps you need to visit the Bright Vision Re-Education Center.
I think this is the only time I've ever seen a product-existance-denial actually be in-character.
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If you've something you're playing, and people want to 'tune in,' that's fine. But that means that they start listening at the point that they tune in; if it's a two hour show, starts at 8 PM, and they start listening at 9 PM, they've missed half the show, and that's that. If they want to start watching from the beginning, that's a new stream. If somebody starts listening five minutes later, that's a new stream.
Does Vermont have any large cities with socially/economically-disadvantaged sections? Large visible-minority populations? Does it have large workforces which were cut by industrial or economic slowdowns? What are the demographics?
I can tell you that the Canadian Arctic has a very very low incident of car crashes, and yet they don't even post speed limits! WOW!
Mordac: I am Mordac, the Preventor of Information Services. You have exceeded your storage space on the server.
Alice: Here's 25 cents so you can double my storage space.
Mordac: I think my mystique just took a hit.
Remember what happened to Keanu when he tried to use a RAM Doubler to temporarily increase his storage space?
Win95 OSR2, as I recall.
Hard drives do have a fair chunk of extra space so that when they identify bad blocks, they can just sub in some new ones; the figures I seem to remember, though, are an extra ten percent; an 80 gig drive will have around 8 gigs of 'hidden' space.
The other reply covers it pretty well. Yes, the scammer is at fault, but, as they say, it takes two to tango; you are not absolved of your responsibility for your own actions.
If you're honestly suckered, that's bad. But if you're hoping to buy a shiny new Widget for five bucks, when it retails for a hundred, and all of the other Widget auctions average around sixty to seventy bucks, and the account has little or no feedback, and all the other warning signs, well, you tell your kids not to take candy from strangers, so why are you?
The first game I remember seeing one in was Chakan for the Sega Genesis. I remember commenting on it.
Generally yes, in that there is very often some good pointers that you're going to get ripped off.
In such a case, due dilligence, or something as simple as using escrow, will save you a world of hassle.
If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, talks like a duck, but is labeled 'Chicken,' well, you gots to make a choice, don't ya?
I loves the hard drive. I noticed that the first time I played Ninja Gaiden, it sat at the 'loading' screen for the very first level, for quite a while. Then, every time after, five seconds, max.
I suspect quite strongly it was caching a lot of crap onto the hard drive, that first time through. You could stick all of the character models, the main sound effects, the music, and the UI elements onto the hard drive, streaming only levels and seldome used textures off of the DVD, for quite a speed boost.
You know something is wrong when doctors need to have the ability to discuss their mistakes with their peers, thus hopefully a) learning from them, and b) enabling said peers to avoid them, *legally protected* from becoming fodder for lawsuits.
Nonsense. Any game which bills itself as an 'interactive snuff film' can be rated based on that alone.
And my understanding is that they did watch the game being played (they might not have had the mad skills to play it themselves, after all.)
I've been using clamav for quite a few months now; it's pretty good.
Viruses are picked up quickly enough for me, and if they're not picked up quickly enough for you, they include tools to create your own virus signatures.
Have YOU played the game? I'll point out that all of the money shots do take the form of cutscenes, BTW.
But, in all seriousness, how would YOU rate a game in which you play a supposedly executed felon, who is then forced to be the title star of a snuff film, who then has to survive the night by stalking and killing, in the most imaginative and violent ways possible, a succession of psychotic criminals?
This game makes NO bones about being all of this, and no
Note that I'm a civil libertarian who doesn't believe in censorship; only common sense.
That's the whole point. You're not controlling the on screen character; your character is talking to her character via intercom, and watching what she does via camera.
Therefore, you shouldn't have precise control over what she does; your job is to give advice, information, commands.
Sounds like Colin from Mona Lisa Overdrive.
At least, I think it was Mona Lisa Overdrive.
Reuters/AP: Congress today passed into law the "Don't Sell Fucking Non DRM Hardware" act, known as the DSFNDRMH bill. This new law makes it illegal to sell computer hardware that doesn't respect DRM and other 'digital rights' technologies....
Side comment: Any law which has a convenient acronym which is one or more English words (PATRIOT, CAN-SPAM, and so on) should be instantly shitcanned.
Good old Timothy Zahn has a trilogy of books, the Conqueror's cycle, which that reminds me of.
Or dropping to the command prompt and using 'runas'?
You actually got to walk on semi-solid earth? Girly Man! In MY day, we had to swim around in liquid magma! We were frolicking in running lava! And we liked it! We loved it! We were begging for more!
"X86 arch sucks!" comes the cry. "Intel should make something better!"
So Intel decides to try something revolutionary. Of course, the first iteration isn't the be-all and end-all (shades of Pentium Pro?)
"Itanium sucks!" comes the cry. "Intel should just use X86-64!"
So, Intel does. They make it compatible with the AMD stuff to avoid completely fucking everybody over.
"Intel is just copying AMD!" comes the cry. "They suck!"
You are required to maneouver straight down this trench....
Side story: One day, in Toronto (well, Mississauga, right beside Square One mall, actually; close enough) I was witness to a t-boneing. As in, the first car through the light was t-boned by some idiot, and my car was second.
My wife ran up to offer assisstance (as we heard children screaming from inside the van which was on it's side) while I called 911.
And the 911 person seemed to think that I shouldn't have called over so trivial a matter as a multi-vehicle accident with probable injuries. Pissed me off.
Yes, you do have all of those rights. And the officer has the right to protect himself.
You refuse to identify yourself? Fine, that's legal. That's your right. But because you might be a psychotic murder, you'll sit down in cuffs until the cop figures out what's going on.
Give him your ID, let him know that there's nothing going on, crack a joke with him, and you'll be off on your way.
I think this is the only time I've ever seen a product-existance-denial actually be in-character.