This also happen to real banks when transferring money overseas (pretty easy with PayPal as the funding source can be almost everywhere).
This is to stop money laundry or fund terrorism. I know PayPal is not a bank but then again, they can get in trouble while moving money. I have the feeling this is probably something like when someone buys stolen goods, even if this person wasn't involved, well they should have tried to make sure it was legitimate. Maybe some people donating are fake or similar and having these transactions are a big risk.
Not saying holding your money for 6 months is good.
It happened to me in a really old Nissan Truck, the gas pedal got stuck (my fault) with the carpet so the first I thing was to use the clutch and put it in neutral the move the carpet to unstuck the pedal. To me that is the first to come in my mind than trying to brake.
Maybe it is the people who only knows how to drive automatic transmission and the first instinct is to hit the brake all the way down.
When the average Joe starts having problems because their ISP are "unstable", then this is when heads will start rolling.
Tons of support requests because of this, people trying to get a refund (which they won't get) and then the average Joe will be so tired and burned with the experience that it won't buy the next version.
fuck this shit, suddently the pirated copy looks better... *sigh*
I agree. I am used to authenticate it online (Windows, Games, some Software). Registering online to get content (and they keep track of you), seems OK for me too. Even Steam with the off-line mode seems reasonable.
But this is just over the top, I will not buy it because of this and write an e-mail. Maybe like with Spore, they will think about it and fix it, then I will get it.
The only way to vote against this is with your wallet.
I agree with you post. In fact for example in a game like World of Warcraft when they finally added a dungeon tool across realms, you can just log in, enter the queue and in 5-10 minutes you are in the Dungeon you want (or Random). No more looking in LookingForGroup for hours or if you log in early morning when there is not much population, you are still lucky.
When someone works everyday and want to have some fun, these kind of tools makes sense as you don't waste half an hour trying to choose a server.
Unless of course you are part of a clan and everyone always there waiting for you, well, i can see the point about dedicated servers.
Agreed but now think... They denied their entrance to London because of his connections with terrorism groups. He was in the list to be observed. If TSA actually made their work (intelligence) they probably would have denied his visa and would have never touched USA. Which is one of the points from the article.
In Japan is pretty common to get a data plan. It starts with a small fee for the first N packets (starts at ~$10 USD) then when you consume too much it starts going up and up until you reach the maximum (about ~$70) but you can keep transferring at normal speed, they don't throttle or cut off the server.
In short, if you are a heavy user you would pay each month the maximum amount and if you are not, then just $10.
My country is not into game development (Mexico). Lately there is a boom on games for mobiles but not huge. They actually offer in a university some courses to specialize in this but is a joke.
My interest in video games came from playing them and being curious on how it worked. I still play video games but suddently i lost interest in creating any but i still code for a living.
I don't know. I have seen a lot of the Eee PC being bundled with mobile internet. Here in Japan even the mobile companies offer you for cheap or free if you contract them for 1 year or so. So it looks like a good idea.
I work at 1440x900 and in Gnome there are some applications with windows and dialog boxes really big, cannot see all the fields sometimes or the OK/Cancel buttons are hidden because they are too big.
There are some windows like that in GIMP and actually need to enable more desktops so i move the windows between two so i can actually can click "save".
A week ago or so here in Japan they were broadcasting live 3D in a concert, you had to have 3D glasses of course, first time i have seen something like this live. After this they asked the audience to call and vote if they could see it, 96% (or 94%?) said yes.
Someone buys 2 books (same), should be different right? So make diff on them, mix some words from one and the other randomly.
Then you have a new copy. People always find a way. Just see in YouTube all the people using cams to show you a video so they don't match the video or audio recognition.
Problem is you will have people sharing the discs to get the digital download. It happened to Rockband, when transferring from RB1 to RB2, people just rent it, pay 4.95 and there you go. Of course they made some money for the RB2 sale.
If they had a unique serial for each one, then that would work. For me this is only to stop game resells as many used market stores can resell a used game 3-4 times and publishers never get their cut.
I am pretty sure they will keep selling UMDs but maybe they will release the digital download cheaper (and even more overtime) in this way someone will prefer to buy it from Sony directly to their PSP (remember this can also be done in older PSPs).
If they want to play nice, then they will offer like "code redemption" vouchers to game stores and share the profit but at the end the user gets screwed up with games which cannot be sell.
For me, i never sell the games i buy to be honest so for more is more convenient. Still, i am not going to buy a PSPGo as i am pretty happy with my PSP3000 and because i have several UMD games.
I have entered Japan 2 times in the last 2 years and i never get searched when i enter the country. They just ask, "Do you have anything dangerous?", reply "No" and they say "go on".
Never been in USA so i cannot compare but from what have read, it seems really painful.
To be honest, i use Chrome most of the time and Firefox when issues (not so often anymore). But in Linux i have tried Opera which works a bit better. The weird thing is i tried in my laptop Acer Aspire), Ubuntu 8.04 and same problems:(
The problem is i have tried also in Windows XP and 7, same problems.
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This also happen to real banks when transferring money overseas (pretty easy with PayPal as the funding source can be almost everywhere).
This is to stop money laundry or fund terrorism.
I know PayPal is not a bank but then again, they can get in trouble while moving money.
I have the feeling this is probably something like when someone buys stolen goods, even if this person wasn't involved, well they should have tried to make sure it was legitimate. Maybe some people donating are fake or similar and having these transactions are a big risk.
Not saying holding your money for 6 months is good.
What do you think?
Not available in most countries. :(
And even if they do, then everyone will say "zomg!!1 now Google controls your money! Where is my privacy? oh noes!"
Chill out, they only need a court order and seems the USA Federal Government is always good at giving these ones away.
No need to "hack" the box or anything like it.
It happened to me in a really old Nissan Truck, the gas pedal got stuck (my fault) with the carpet so the first I thing was to use the clutch and put it in neutral the move the carpet to unstuck the pedal.
To me that is the first to come in my mind than trying to brake.
Maybe it is the people who only knows how to drive automatic transmission and the first instinct is to hit the brake all the way down.
It is called "fear".
... A network connection has no business being a requirement (to the point of failing to play without it) for a single player game.
Ubisoft begs to differ on that statement.
When the average Joe starts having problems because their ISP are "unstable", then this is when heads will start rolling.
Tons of support requests because of this, people trying to get a refund (which they won't get) and then the average Joe will be so tired and burned with the experience that it won't buy the next version.
fuck this shit, suddently the pirated copy looks better... *sigh*
I agree.
I am used to authenticate it online (Windows, Games, some Software). Registering online to get content (and they keep track of you), seems OK for me too.
Even Steam with the off-line mode seems reasonable.
But this is just over the top, I will not buy it because of this and write an e-mail. Maybe like with Spore, they will think about it and fix it, then I will get it.
The only way to vote against this is with your wallet.
And then you trust in another company... just like you would trust PayPal...
I agree with you post. In fact for example in a game like World of Warcraft when they finally added a dungeon tool across realms, you can just log in, enter the queue and in 5-10 minutes you are in the Dungeon you want (or Random).
No more looking in LookingForGroup for hours or if you log in early morning when there is not much population, you are still lucky.
When someone works everyday and want to have some fun, these kind of tools makes sense as you don't waste half an hour trying to choose a server.
Unless of course you are part of a clan and everyone always there waiting for you, well, i can see the point about dedicated servers.
Agreed but now think... They denied their entrance to London because of his connections with terrorism groups. He was in the list to be observed.
If TSA actually made their work (intelligence) they probably would have denied his visa and would have never touched USA. Which is one of the points from the article.
In Japan is pretty common to get a data plan. It starts with a small fee for the first N packets (starts at ~$10 USD) then when you consume too much it starts going up and up until you reach the maximum (about ~$70) but you can keep transferring at normal speed, they don't throttle or cut off the server.
In short, if you are a heavy user you would pay each month the maximum amount and if you are not, then just $10.
Check the Sharp Netwalker, Linux loaded.
http://kakaku.com/item/K0000054614/
My country is not into game development (Mexico). Lately there is a boom on games for mobiles but not huge.
They actually offer in a university some courses to specialize in this but is a joke.
My interest in video games came from playing them and being curious on how it worked.
I still play video games but suddently i lost interest in creating any but i still code for a living.
I don't know. I have seen a lot of the Eee PC being bundled with mobile internet.
Here in Japan even the mobile companies offer you for cheap or free if you contract them for 1 year or so. So it looks like a good idea.
I agree. Most new applications which actually support Windows 7 can run without prompting everytime for actions.
I remember a few months ago for an application to register the filetypes it can open you had to run the app as an admin, that was the only way.
Now they have the option with the small icon telling you it requires admin rights and of course only ask you if you click on that option.
Pretty much like Mac and Linux have the "unlock" option in the applications.
I work at 1440x900 and in Gnome there are some applications with windows and dialog boxes really big, cannot see all the fields sometimes or the OK/Cancel buttons are hidden because they are too big.
There are some windows like that in GIMP and actually need to enable more desktops so i move the windows between two so i can actually can click "save".
As far as i know, displaying Nazi symbols is ILLEGAL in Germany.
How would you have done it to be sure everything went OK?
No risk to sell the hack to a candidate or tamper data just for the kicks.
Sincerely, i can't think on any.
A week ago or so here in Japan they were broadcasting live 3D in a concert, you had to have 3D glasses of course, first time i have seen something like this live. After this they asked the audience to call and vote if they could see it, 96% (or 94%?) said yes.
You can see the video in YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTvqRBP9r8Y
The right corner is the countdown timer for the 3D broadcast to start (so you can safely skip 45 seconds).
Someone buys 2 books (same), should be different right?
So make diff on them, mix some words from one and the other randomly.
Then you have a new copy.
People always find a way. Just see in YouTube all the people using cams to show you a video so they don't match the video or audio recognition.
Problem is you will have people sharing the discs to get the digital download. It happened to Rockband, when transferring from RB1 to RB2, people just rent it, pay 4.95 and there you go. Of course they made some money for the RB2 sale.
If they had a unique serial for each one, then that would work. For me this is only to stop game resells as many used market stores can resell a used game 3-4 times and publishers never get their cut.
I am pretty sure they will keep selling UMDs but maybe they will release the digital download cheaper (and even more overtime) in this way someone will prefer to buy it from Sony directly to their PSP (remember this can also be done in older PSPs).
If they want to play nice, then they will offer like "code redemption" vouchers to game stores and share the profit but at the end the user gets screwed up with games which cannot be sell.
For me, i never sell the games i buy to be honest so for more is more convenient. Still, i am not going to buy a PSPGo as i am pretty happy with my PSP3000 and because i have several UMD games.
But can they run Lin... oh wait.
I have entered Japan 2 times in the last 2 years and i never get searched when i enter the country. They just ask, "Do you have anything dangerous?", reply "No" and they say "go on".
Never been in USA so i cannot compare but from what have read, it seems really painful.
To be honest, i use Chrome most of the time and Firefox when issues (not so often anymore). :(
But in Linux i have tried Opera which works a bit better.
The weird thing is i tried in my laptop Acer Aspire), Ubuntu 8.04 and same problems
The problem is i have tried also in Windows XP and 7, same problems.
I wonder what is the problem.