Wow. You get a buzzkill because the numbers on a display don't match to what you want them to match?
I never noticed the speed indicator, but I did notice that Freespace was strongly inspired by both Wing Commander and Tie Fighter. I noticed the capital ship fights where you fought against massive carriers that dwarfed your tiny fighter (one ship literally took five minutes to fly end to end). I noticed the fun squad combat control and inventive missions (stealth ship with no weapons flying in the heart of the alien armada, nerve wracking!).
Lucasarts Graphic Adventure Precepts: At no point in the game can you lose or die. It is always possible to finish the game. 97% cerebral, 3% timing based. No reflex puzzle is non-repeatable.
You are right on the money with thomasdistributing. I've used them for my rechargeable battery needs since 2000 and just bought my second set of batteries!
But you have the brand names mixed a little. Poster wants the Maha C204f charger with PowerEX batteries. There is no other way to power your battery devices.
My digital camera runs for two hours on energizers when I'm snapping away and using the screen to compose all my shots. The latest powerex batteries (2800 ma) allow it to run at least eight. I am *extremely* happy with their products and service.
Did you actually remove anything from the "theft victim"?
Yes. Income.
You are not depriving the owner of the thing you are taking, hence it is not a theft.
The "owner" in this case owns the exclusive right to profit from the intellectual work. By copying and sharing the intellectual work without paying for the right, you are depriving them of income.
Are music, video and software sales up or down over the last 10 years? Yup. And by more than simply the growth rate of computers.
First off, citation? Secondly, whether or not piracy generates mo re income for the rights holder is irrelevant. It's *their* right to dictate how their intellectual property is disseminated. Now if this sounds like it is at odds with my first two statements, note that here I am speaking of long-term income.
Shareware is when you put out a full version of software and ask people to pay you voluntarily.
No, that's freeware. Even back in the early 90s shareware was time-limited.
Freeware is fully functional software with no payment strings attached at all.
It doesn't matter if piracy is good for them. Even if casual piracy makes them millions or billions of dollars, it's still within their rights to prevent you from doing it. Which means it's still illegal. Whether or not you think that it's immoral depends on your views on the laws of human society.
That depends on how you are searching. Searching for your keys in a cluttered room with the lights off is going to be difficult, and you may look for quite some time without being able to conclude that the absence of evidence is evidence of the keys' absence.
Do you think that 200 "unarmed" people could take down 5 people armed with box cutters? If so, then why didn't they? And since they obviously didn't, how would guns have changed anything?
Do you think that 200 "unarmed" people could take down 5 people armed with box cutters? If so, then why didn't they? And since they obviously didn't, how would guns have changed anything?
Then by your own argument... Terrorists flying planes into big buildings costs the tax-payers a lot of money, ergo it is okay to do whatever is necessary to reduce terrorism... Same argument..
What's wrong with that statement? If only the Bush Administration would live by it! They seem to be doing everything in their power to increase terrorism while trying to make it seem like they are taking positive action.
The problem is that the insurgents believe that they are fighting the invading foreign influence and their puppet government. In other words, they are fighting for freedom and their government.
The Wiimote works by acting as an infrared camera. The "sensor bar" sends out two IR signals which the remote uses to determine its position and rotation. No sensor bar => Wiimote can only send button presses to the Wii.
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Wow. You get a buzzkill because the numbers on a display don't match to what you want them to match?
I never noticed the speed indicator, but I did notice that Freespace was strongly inspired by both Wing Commander and Tie Fighter. I noticed the capital ship fights where you fought against massive carriers that dwarfed your tiny fighter (one ship literally took five minutes to fly end to end). I noticed the fun squad combat control and inventive missions (stealth ship with no weapons flying in the heart of the alien armada, nerve wracking!).
Bionic Commando 2.
Not in the least. Not even close. No. God no.
Lucasarts Graphic Adventure Precepts:
At no point in the game can you lose or die.
It is always possible to finish the game.
97% cerebral, 3% timing based. No reflex puzzle is non-repeatable.
When you go to a star trek convention and half the attendeess are good looking and smart women, then we will have 'Plenty'.
There's your logical problem. What you should realize is that "Interested in Science Fiction" != "Attends Conventions".
Of course, that means that the other gender needs more good looking and smart people as well. Fortunatly my wife got hers(yeah her).
That statement makes little sense. The other gender needs more good looking and smart people compared to what?
Did you also explain that her Dell laptop could, in fact, be a server if she so chose?
You mean TeX. To which LaTeX is a mere styled extension.
You are right on the money with thomasdistributing. I've used them for my rechargeable battery needs since 2000 and just bought my second set of batteries!
But you have the brand names mixed a little. Poster wants the Maha C204f charger with PowerEX batteries. There is no other way to power your battery devices.
My digital camera runs for two hours on energizers when I'm snapping away and using the screen to compose all my shots. The latest powerex batteries (2800 ma) allow it to run at least eight. I am *extremely* happy with their products and service.
See the consistency in your post. "[actor] is good in other movies, but not Star Wars."
Bad direction => bad acting. Even the guy who played Anakin is a pretty decent actor outside of Lucas' acting ability destruction field.
The "owner" in this case owns the exclusive right to profit from the intellectual work. By copying and sharing the intellectual work without paying for the right, you are depriving them of income.
First off, citation? Secondly, whether or not piracy generates mo re income for the rights holder is irrelevant. It's *their* right to dictate how their intellectual property is disseminated. Now if this sounds like it is at odds with my first two statements, note that here I am speaking of long-term income.
No, that's freeware. Even back in the early 90s shareware was time-limited.
That's also freeware.
It doesn't matter if piracy is good for them. Even if casual piracy makes them millions or billions of dollars, it's still within their rights to prevent you from doing it. Which means it's still illegal. Whether or not you think that it's immoral depends on your views on the laws of human society.
That depends on how you are searching. Searching for your keys in a cluttered room with the lights off is going to be difficult, and you may look for quite some time without being able to conclude that the absence of evidence is evidence of the keys' absence.
Do you think that 200 "unarmed" people could take down 5 people armed with box cutters? If so, then why didn't they? And since they obviously didn't, how would guns have changed anything?
Maybe you are only brave if you have a gun?
Do you think that 200 "unarmed" people could take down 5 people armed with box cutters? If so, then why didn't they? And since they obviously didn't, how would guns have changed anything?
Sunsite? I remember when it was metalab.
I'm an atheist so I find this to not implausable.
To quote Ghostbusters, "What's that got to do with it?"
Then by your own argument... Terrorists flying planes into big buildings costs the tax-payers a lot of money, ergo it is okay to do whatever is necessary to reduce terrorism... Same argument..
What's wrong with that statement? If only the Bush Administration would live by it! They seem to be doing everything in their power to increase terrorism while trying to make it seem like they are taking positive action.
The problem is that the insurgents believe that they are fighting the invading foreign influence and their puppet government. In other words, they are fighting for freedom and their government.
Whoa. What bug has ever allowed a videogame character to enter the real world?
Unless by 'real world' you mean onto a sector of hard drive space they weren't meant to occupy?
That's not truth from the gut, that's truth from evidence.
Unless you are at least a hundred years old, it was never your country.
The Wiimote works by acting as an infrared camera. The "sensor bar" sends out two IR signals which the remote uses to determine its position and rotation. No sensor bar => Wiimote can only send button presses to the Wii.
Why must I be for CBS/ABC/etc. if I'm against Fox News? Every news channel is my "opponent" in this regard.
Ah, don't flatter yourself too much. I've gone through the GP's recent posts and he's hardly your "personal troll". He's pretty funny too.
It would be the same as Microsoft stopping an application from running under windows.
Which would be an entirely appropriate response if said application was a virus.