Well, the develops could exclusively release the game for the PC where they can implement draconian DRM that pisses everyone off...that seems like a good solution...they could probably even do that on the consoles if they wanted to alienate customers the way PC customers are alienated by phone-home DRM...so I guess the problem is the same...so nevermind.
I guess PC is only better for developers because there arn't as many resources for buying/selling used games as there is for console. Its just that pirating is so much easier. So I guess that point is moot too.
I guess I would choose the console market after wall given that used games sales is the "lesser evil" compared to pirating.
Oh well...So developers I say: choose your poison! But you cannot have your cake and eat it too.
Hey Zed - I whole heartedly agree. I think that the problem is bigger than the open source community. It has a lot to do with today's sense of entitlement that the internet has created. Today's kids grew up watching their older siblings and parents downloading "free" software and music without understanding the implications of it.
Mod me down for my libertarian views, but not for my desire to earn my living through my own work and not through the work of others.
Not every iPhone/Touch user is a gamer, so the penetration measurement here is significantly skewed.
If you wanted to talk about Market REACH (entirely different metric) then you still couldn't compare since the reach of the other systems is still far greater than what Apple can even have a wet dream for.
Oh the humanity! And everyone is screaming! Their friend (the TV) is out! I might have to talk to people! Honest! My TV's just sitting there! What to do?!
In my opinion, You can Bot if you want, but do it on a private server.
This case isn't about how someone changed the game on a personal server, but how a person's actions unfairly impacted the game play experience for thousands (or millions) others.
To that extent, enforcing a EULA in a reasonable manner is a different story than enforcing an unreasonable EULA. So those of you worrying about judgments that hinder society and technology should look instead at the recent copyright awarded to apple.
Apparently (and I could be wrong), the cooling isn't necessary because of the amount of heat generated, but because the properties to achieve super-conducting require super-cooling to achieve zero-resistance.
Whereas, my understanding of today's computers is that we cool them to lower increasing resistance due to heat.
So the former is cooling before the fact, and the latter is cooling after the fact (I think).
Marketing a product that has so much brand recognition that you can spend/focus less on brand awareness and more on getting customers in the door is wonderful (and much more quantifiable).
But when your brand name or product becomes synonymous with the type of product itself, then, in the case of a Q-Tip, your product name no longer sells itself, but instead sells every cotton swab in the industry.
For those who have been caught up in the inspirational speeches and promises from President Obama, and for those who recognize the fact that inspiring individuals hasn't solved any problems:
Keep in mind that if he can inspire you and I, it is likely that he can inspire and influence the people around him to make good decisions.
Its the ability to instill confidence and trust in people that lends this position of leadership with any sort of authority and power. Unlike the previous Presidents, whose victories were won with difference in the popular and electoral vote; Obama has been clearly chosen, both popularly and electorally.
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Hello,
Is there any chance I'll see this in the regular app store? (free or otherwise?)
Best,
MJ
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pirates_of_Dark_Water
Seriously.
Well, the develops could exclusively release the game for the PC where they can implement draconian DRM that pisses everyone off...that seems like a good solution...they could probably even do that on the consoles if they wanted to alienate customers the way PC customers are alienated by phone-home DRM...so I guess the problem is the same...so nevermind.
I guess PC is only better for developers because there arn't as many resources for buying/selling used games as there is for console. Its just that pirating is so much easier. So I guess that point is moot too.
I guess I would choose the console market after wall given that used games sales is the "lesser evil" compared to pirating.
Oh well...So developers I say: choose your poison! But you cannot have your cake and eat it too.
BTW, I trust people not not be greedy more than I trust people to not be lazy (and pull their own weight in a community).
I agree, I should have used "massively proliferated", instead of "created".
Hey Zed -
I whole heartedly agree.
I think that the problem is bigger than the open source community. It has a lot to do with today's sense of entitlement that the internet has created.
Today's kids grew up watching their older siblings and parents downloading "free" software and music without understanding the implications of it.
Mod me down for my libertarian views, but not for my desire to earn my living through my own work and not through the work of others.
MJ
Not every iPhone/Touch user is a gamer, so the penetration measurement here is significantly skewed.
If you wanted to talk about Market REACH (entirely different metric) then you still couldn't compare since the reach of the other systems is still far greater than what Apple can even have a wet dream for.
Runaway Yeast Infection = Spontaneous Human Combustion?
Or
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=coppertop
Hmm, I can either mod the parent up, or post to get achievement...
Sounds more like Yahoo is cooking the books a little bit to hide some losses, instead (creatively) funneling it into this consulting gig.
"But a loss on the balance sheet is still a loss, right"?
Not exactly, when PR and taxes are concerned.
How does one get the temperature below 0 degrees Kelvin?
Oh the humanity! And everyone is screaming! Their friend (the TV) is out! I might have to talk to people! Honest! My TV's just sitting there! What to do?!
How long will it take to get the installation of the software that I want it to run(correctly) compared with Windows?
I am very seriously interested in Ubuntu, but without software compatibility that is at least as good(as bad?) as Windows, I'll skip it.
In my opinion, You can Bot if you want, but do it on a private server.
This case isn't about how someone changed the game on a personal server, but how a person's actions unfairly impacted the game play experience for thousands (or millions) others.
To that extent, enforcing a EULA in a reasonable manner is a different story than enforcing an unreasonable EULA. So those of you worrying about judgments that hinder society and technology should look instead at the recent copyright awarded to apple.
My Mod points count as much as the user who has shorter id numbers.
I think what we need here is a car analogy rather than a color analogy.
Ah to summarize the rebuttal with maximum efficiency to which no further argument can be made:
NO U
I was wondering about something similar myself:
Apparently (and I could be wrong), the cooling isn't necessary because of the amount of heat generated, but because the properties to achieve super-conducting require super-cooling to achieve zero-resistance.
Whereas, my understanding of today's computers is that we cool them to lower increasing resistance due to heat.
So the former is cooling before the fact, and the latter is cooling after the fact (I think).
Yes and no -
Marketing a product that has so much brand recognition that you can spend/focus less on brand awareness and more on getting customers in the door is wonderful (and much more quantifiable).
But when your brand name or product becomes synonymous with the type of product itself, then, in the case of a Q-Tip, your product name no longer sells itself, but instead sells every cotton swab in the industry.
So they want to establish a connection (or lack of connection) between physics and the instruction book that we wrote to describe physics?
This sounds like a job for Captain Obvious.
...but you must innovate in a different direction. Who Moved My Cheese?
A Frozen Throne, Frostmourn, and the Lich King.
...by users who apparently have no lives and will never have any children...darwin bless unix.
I think they are letting the iPhone users alpha test for their beta which will be on the Android platform.
I would say that iPhone is the beta, but this is Google. Nothing makes it out of beta.
For those who have been caught up in the inspirational speeches and promises from President Obama, and for those who recognize the fact that inspiring individuals hasn't solved any problems:
Keep in mind that if he can inspire you and I, it is likely that he can inspire and influence the people around him to make good decisions.
Its the ability to instill confidence and trust in people that lends this position of leadership with any sort of authority and power. Unlike the previous Presidents, whose victories were won with difference in the popular and electoral vote; Obama has been clearly chosen, both popularly and electorally.