I don't think this will work. Hell they banned my account because they saw 4 different IP's logging in to the account (one from ohio, one from mississippi, one from germany, and one from PA)...of course they didn't take into account that I'm Active duty military...fuck steam
In addition to that I'm pretty confident that about %90 of the officers that hit Brig. General (O-7) and up have been pilots. There's an interesting debate going on right now in the USAF as to why we don't bring back warrent officers and using them and enlisted folks to fly the UAV's.
I'll be sure to go tell this to the likes of Ian MacKaye, Jeff Nelson and Greg Ginn that they have no hope of mass reproduction because the RIAA controls it.
Oh, wait...
The fact is that affordable recording technology has been there for years. No one is stopping anyone from getting studio time or using a home studio. Hell, we can go back the whole way to Buddy Holly and Loretta Lynn if you want to discuss people who did their own self promotion back in their early years. Dischord and SST are prime examples of people with ambition and little money being able to get their works mass produced and out to their fan base.
No, these kinds of excuses simply don't wash with me. There are far too many success stories out there for me to buy into the idea that cheap home recording and the rumored ability to finally (finally!) get your stuff stamped is the reason for the failures of the recording industry as a whole. Sure, it's cheaper and easier so more tunes get pushed to more people but to act like the RIAA had the market on music publication and sales cornered simply isn't true and any serious music collector (and I'm not talking about a bunch of files on a hard drive) knows that the indy market has been alive and well for decades and they offer high quality wares just like anyone else.
The only time the RIAA has gotten away with "ripping bands off" is when the bands were unwilling to do for themselves. The means have been open to anyone who wanted to play the game, some just took the easy way out and it's fostered a whole generation of cry babies like Trent Reznor who thumbs his nose at his old label after they worked to make him rich and promote him to the point where he had his own market, crying that they took advantage of him. By the time Trend, er, I mean Trent got around to doing his music the trail had already been blazed by early industrial artists who did it on their own terms without a need for the RIAA.
As long as you had some ambition and a bit of talent there has always been a way to capitalize on it. The RIAA hasn't stopped anyone.
I fully agree with this. I support bands who put the time and effort into their music, who actually care about their music. I can honestly say %90 of the music I listen to is put out by indie lables. People don't want to pay for a cd that is garbage. Not to mention I don't see why bands that make millions of dollars whine each year about people downloading their songs. I agree that the money they make should come from tours, and merch that they sell (of course if you've heard of 25 ta life/rick ta life http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25_ta_Life then you know that merch can be pirated).
So let's see here...there's open office, I believe you can still use your dsl connection in ubuntu, and even if she couldn't I'm sure there's a cable ISP out there. Humm seems that the fault is on her.
Is anyone surprised by this? Many customers told them time after time that they didn't want vista, and that they would rather use XP. Now I'm not a fan of M$, but I can say that XP Pro SP3 is absolutly amazing and stable I really really don't feel the need to upgrade to vista when I've finally got XP tuned so well that I hardly have to do any maintenance on it.
I haven't fucked with Steam since they banned the account linked to my copy of Half-Life 2 with no provocation and no warning. They refused to amend the issue in any way. DRM is a bad idea as long as the company handling it has the ability to take your games away from you.
This happened to me to, since then I refuse to buy any steam/valve products anymore.
"Year of delusion" sounds about right. Don't get me wrong I love linux to death, but this year just won't be different from the other years. If people really want linux to become mainstream then it needs to be more user friendly, and the elitiest attitude will need to be droped...just my two cents.
Proxy's are not allowed for DCI sanctioned tournaments, unless the tournament organizer allows for them. This typically happens in Vintage tournaments (Type 1)
See here's the thing you're missing about Magic The Gathering...They have a Pro Tour, they have Grand Prix's, they have worlds, they have many other tournaments in which you can make a pretty good return on your investment. I'll give you an example a few months ago a buddy of mine went to a Pro Tour Qualifier for Pro Tour: Berlin, he made it. He got a free trip to Berlin...now tell me that isn't worth the investment. Not to mention that Wizards of the Coast has improved the support that they give to their players that are earning pro points. So long story short Magic != EQ2, WoW, etc...
Fair and balanced...please fox news is the exact opposite of that. I've given them a chance many many times, but they continue to prove that they are not "Fair and Balanced". No wonder you didn't post this under your account.
I'll comment on this, right now I'm on BrightHouse networks (They are under Roadrunner's lines/a US company) and what they do is if you get the 15Mbps package ($54.99/month) what they will do is as long as the bandwith permits they will give you more access to bandwith that is needed. I've noticed this in bit torrent. I personally like this method and find it to be very fair to me the paying customer. ie. I need more bandwith to download this big file, and as long as the network isn't overly crowded they give it to me. Now this might work out well for them because it is cable and not DSL...I honestly wish more companies would do this instead of imposing restrictions on how much you download.
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but i guess they really blew their load
I don't think this will work. Hell they banned my account because they saw 4 different IP's logging in to the account (one from ohio, one from mississippi, one from germany, and one from PA)...of course they didn't take into account that I'm Active duty military...fuck steam
actually if I'm not mistaken I believe they need %10-%20 to get public funding.
Agreed ever since 2000 I've been voting 3rd party because obviously the democrats and republicans are out of touch with reality
Family Guy reference for the win!!!!!!!
In addition to that I'm pretty confident that about %90 of the officers that hit Brig. General (O-7) and up have been pilots. There's an interesting debate going on right now in the USAF as to why we don't bring back warrent officers and using them and enlisted folks to fly the UAV's.
No No....LULZ
I'll be sure to go tell this to the likes of Ian MacKaye, Jeff Nelson and Greg Ginn that they have no hope of mass reproduction because the RIAA controls it. Oh, wait... The fact is that affordable recording technology has been there for years. No one is stopping anyone from getting studio time or using a home studio. Hell, we can go back the whole way to Buddy Holly and Loretta Lynn if you want to discuss people who did their own self promotion back in their early years. Dischord and SST are prime examples of people with ambition and little money being able to get their works mass produced and out to their fan base. No, these kinds of excuses simply don't wash with me. There are far too many success stories out there for me to buy into the idea that cheap home recording and the rumored ability to finally (finally!) get your stuff stamped is the reason for the failures of the recording industry as a whole. Sure, it's cheaper and easier so more tunes get pushed to more people but to act like the RIAA had the market on music publication and sales cornered simply isn't true and any serious music collector (and I'm not talking about a bunch of files on a hard drive) knows that the indy market has been alive and well for decades and they offer high quality wares just like anyone else. The only time the RIAA has gotten away with "ripping bands off" is when the bands were unwilling to do for themselves. The means have been open to anyone who wanted to play the game, some just took the easy way out and it's fostered a whole generation of cry babies like Trent Reznor who thumbs his nose at his old label after they worked to make him rich and promote him to the point where he had his own market, crying that they took advantage of him. By the time Trend, er, I mean Trent got around to doing his music the trail had already been blazed by early industrial artists who did it on their own terms without a need for the RIAA. As long as you had some ambition and a bit of talent there has always been a way to capitalize on it. The RIAA hasn't stopped anyone.
I fully agree with this. I support bands who put the time and effort into their music, who actually care about their music. I can honestly say %90 of the music I listen to is put out by indie lables. People don't want to pay for a cd that is garbage. Not to mention I don't see why bands that make millions of dollars whine each year about people downloading their songs. I agree that the money they make should come from tours, and merch that they sell (of course if you've heard of 25 ta life/rick ta life http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25_ta_Life then you know that merch can be pirated).
what a killer opportunity for apple...
So let's see here...there's open office, I believe you can still use your dsl connection in ubuntu, and even if she couldn't I'm sure there's a cable ISP out there. Humm seems that the fault is on her.
nine!
sad this is that this comment really isn't a troll
Is anyone surprised by this? Many customers told them time after time that they didn't want vista, and that they would rather use XP. Now I'm not a fan of M$, but I can say that XP Pro SP3 is absolutly amazing and stable I really really don't feel the need to upgrade to vista when I've finally got XP tuned so well that I hardly have to do any maintenance on it.
I haven't fucked with Steam since they banned the account linked to my copy of Half-Life 2 with no provocation and no warning. They refused to amend the issue in any way. DRM is a bad idea as long as the company handling it has the ability to take your games away from you.
This happened to me to, since then I refuse to buy any steam/valve products anymore.
"Year of delusion" sounds about right. Don't get me wrong I love linux to death, but this year just won't be different from the other years. If people really want linux to become mainstream then it needs to be more user friendly, and the elitiest attitude will need to be droped...just my two cents.
Proxy's are not allowed for DCI sanctioned tournaments, unless the tournament organizer allows for them. This typically happens in Vintage tournaments (Type 1)
See here's the thing you're missing about Magic The Gathering...They have a Pro Tour, they have Grand Prix's, they have worlds, they have many other tournaments in which you can make a pretty good return on your investment. I'll give you an example a few months ago a buddy of mine went to a Pro Tour Qualifier for Pro Tour: Berlin, he made it. He got a free trip to Berlin...now tell me that isn't worth the investment. Not to mention that Wizards of the Coast has improved the support that they give to their players that are earning pro points. So long story short Magic != EQ2, WoW, etc...
Fair and balanced...please fox news is the exact opposite of that. I've given them a chance many many times, but they continue to prove that they are not "Fair and Balanced". No wonder you didn't post this under your account.
Please please just do me one favor...if you ever go outside again please wear some sunblock SPF 10000000
I'll comment on this, right now I'm on BrightHouse networks (They are under Roadrunner's lines/a US company) and what they do is if you get the 15Mbps package ($54.99/month) what they will do is as long as the bandwith permits they will give you more access to bandwith that is needed. I've noticed this in bit torrent. I personally like this method and find it to be very fair to me the paying customer. ie. I need more bandwith to download this big file, and as long as the network isn't overly crowded they give it to me. Now this might work out well for them because it is cable and not DSL...I honestly wish more companies would do this instead of imposing restrictions on how much you download.
this means ebonics is out of the question?
Abortion, Gay Rights, Social/Economic equality, Foreign Policy, Education, Health Care, etc...
%110 Agreed
I'd hit that!!! :)
Whats this...a major telephone company screw over it's customers...why that's unheard of.