It's not big news unless a human is physically involved, generally.
And isn't that the natural progression of things for exploration? It used to be that crossing the ocean was an epic and exciting undertaking. Now it's just like "taking the bus" over to another country. After a while, it won't be news when humans blast off into space. Only when they found colonies or discover new worlds...
Actually, one of the links says that, instead of it being hoisted upon all citizens like some tax, it's an opt-in where people pay for it the same way they pay for TW. The money is spent LIKE tax-dollars (education budgets, infrastructure, etc), but the people don't have to pay for it if they don't want to.
Of course he hasn't. That's why he posted to GigglyThings(dot)com's forums instead of here. What I want to know is why you decided to impersonate his account and copy his post from there to here for the sole purpose of lampooning him. A lot of effort for a karma point...
Didn't Bush just recently sign in a law that helps protect peoples' genetic rights? What was that about, if not to help with these kinds of issues? (Thought I saw this in Slashdot, but I CFTA.)
I personally prefer "Sins of a Solar Empire" creator's model of copy protection: the game will technically work fine if you pay for it or not...for version 1.0.
If you want updates and any add-ons they come out with, though, you need to purchase a key(one-time purchase only, mind) in order to register the game.
I love it: I downloaded two of their games and tried them for 3 days. One, I got rid of; the other, SoaSE, I liked so much that I went and bought a legitimate key to register with online.
Granted it has its flaws: it would be very easy for someone to pirate a game with this kind of "protection". Even the key itself would be easy to spread around, I bet.
But if you actually like the game, don't you want to see improvements and add-ons come out for it? And/or more games like it? Most people are aware that these things cost money, and without that money, no more will be made like it. So if customers like what they see and want more, they come back and pay for more.
class III has a nominal range of 1m and the only gadget using it I've seen is a bluetooth GPS receiver. A range of 1m? So, you basically have to hold the GPS satelite over your head so it can tell the receiver where you are?
If so, does the satelite come with a phone recharger? I'm tired of having to change the batteries in mine...
I suspect the number of 8088-based PCs that could still be working if their owners hadn't put them in the trash would probably number in the tens of millions.
My parents actually got a 286 back when I was just a toddler (used, BTW, don't know how old it was originally). This was back in the mid 80s. I had such fond memories of it that I refused to throw it out when it was replaced by more modern machinery. I finally had to get rid of it *2 years* ago because the power supply died, and there are no longer replacements anywhere.
That's about 20+ years of use from that computer (no OS errors, either: DOS with a shell on it for me). So I guess you're right: if we don't throw it out, it could still work long after it's redered obsolete by other hardware.
Back when I was a kid, I used to love watching the Disney movie Flight of The Navigator [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_of_the_Navigator].
In the movie, there's several parts where the ship (of the same metalic color, ironically) "changed shape" to shift between normal cruise and super-speed modes.
And now we apprently have a car that can also "changes shape" in a similiar fasion?
Wow...we've come so far in only 20 years, huh?
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That's interesting: I usually look from a different perspective when it comes to playing games with main characters:
If the game views the main character predominantly from a 3rd person perspective (example: any Final Fantasy style RPG you name, World of Warcraft, etc), then I view myself as the director/overlord of the main character, directing their actions much like people direct the actions of characters in The Sims games.
If, however, it is viewed from a 1st person perspective (and for this sake, we assume the player's controlled character has an actual history, like Master Chief), then I take on the roll of the character's Unconsious/Subconsious mind, ensuring the character gets to where he/she wants/needs to go in the game without directing the characters surface thoughts. In this way I can continue to control a character in the first person without being jarred out of the story when my PC starts saying stuff that *I* would never say. This also has the unintended side benefit of giving me the "character identification" syndrom (I think that's what it's called) that good movies/plays invoke in their audience, where the audience members almost completely suspend their disbelief and react emotionally to events on stage, despite the events not being real. *I* told that character to go down those stairs, and so I'm partly responsible for what happens in the cut scene when he's captured and then watches his girlfriend get tortured (was there another way? Perhaps a window...?)
I wonder how others place their "roles" within games...?
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Reading that post made me strangely hungry...
Aww, it's so nice of our military to train Skynet's warmachines for it.
They have those. They're called "horses".
It's not big news unless a human is physically involved, generally.
And isn't that the natural progression of things for exploration? It used to be that crossing the ocean was an epic and exciting undertaking. Now it's just like "taking the bus" over to another country. After a while, it won't be news when humans blast off into space. Only when they found colonies or discover new worlds...
Actually, one of the links says that, instead of it being hoisted upon all citizens like some tax, it's an opt-in where people pay for it the same way they pay for TW. The money is spent LIKE tax-dollars (education budgets, infrastructure, etc), but the people don't have to pay for it if they don't want to.
Actually, the PEWs reffer to the G-parent's family and friends' efforts in trying to tell him to take a shower.
Of course he hasn't. That's why he posted to GigglyThings(dot)com's forums instead of here. What I want to know is why you decided to impersonate his account and copy his post from there to here for the sole purpose of lampooning him. A lot of effort for a karma point...
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I will need assurances of my protection before I can give the rest.
Didn't Bush just recently sign in a law that helps protect peoples' genetic rights? What was that about, if not to help with these kinds of issues? (Thought I saw this in Slashdot, but I CFTA.)
I personally prefer "Sins of a Solar Empire" creator's model of copy protection: the game will technically work fine if you pay for it or not...for version 1.0.
If you want updates and any add-ons they come out with, though, you need to purchase a key(one-time purchase only, mind) in order to register the game.
I love it: I downloaded two of their games and tried them for 3 days. One, I got rid of; the other, SoaSE, I liked so much that I went and bought a legitimate key to register with online.
Granted it has its flaws: it would be very easy for someone to pirate a game with this kind of "protection". Even the key itself would be easy to spread around, I bet.
But if you actually like the game, don't you want to see improvements and add-ons come out for it? And/or more games like it? Most people are aware that these things cost money, and without that money, no more will be made like it. So if customers like what they see and want more, they come back and pay for more.
"How do I turn my computer on from that distance?"
"A really long stick."
If so, does the satelite come with a phone recharger? I'm tired of having to change the batteries in mine...
Help me, DBA Server Geek...
You're my only hope.
I suspect the number of 8088-based PCs that could still be working if their owners hadn't put them in the trash would probably number in the tens of millions.
My parents actually got a 286 back when I was just a toddler (used, BTW, don't know how old it was originally). This was back in the mid 80s. I had such fond memories of it that I refused to throw it out when it was replaced by more modern machinery. I finally had to get rid of it *2 years* ago because the power supply died, and there are no longer replacements anywhere.That's about 20+ years of use from that computer (no OS errors, either: DOS with a shell on it for me). So I guess you're right: if we don't throw it out, it could still work long after it's redered obsolete by other hardware.
Back when I was a kid, I used to love watching the Disney movie Flight of The Navigator [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_of_the_Navigator]. In the movie, there's several parts where the ship (of the same metalic color, ironically) "changed shape" to shift between normal cruise and super-speed modes. And now we apprently have a car that can also "changes shape" in a similiar fasion? Wow...we've come so far in only 20 years, huh?
That's interesting: I usually look from a different perspective when it comes to playing games with main characters:
If the game views the main character predominantly from a 3rd person perspective (example: any Final Fantasy style RPG you name, World of Warcraft, etc), then I view myself as the director/overlord of the main character, directing their actions much like people direct the actions of characters in The Sims games.
If, however, it is viewed from a 1st person perspective (and for this sake, we assume the player's controlled character has an actual history, like Master Chief), then I take on the roll of the character's Unconsious/Subconsious mind, ensuring the character gets to where he/she wants/needs to go in the game without directing the characters surface thoughts.
In this way I can continue to control a character in the first person without being jarred out of the story when my PC starts saying stuff that *I* would never say.
This also has the unintended side benefit of giving me the "character identification" syndrom (I think that's what it's called) that good movies/plays invoke in their audience, where the audience members almost completely suspend their disbelief and react emotionally to events on stage, despite the events not being real. *I* told that character to go down those stairs, and so I'm partly responsible for what happens in the cut scene when he's captured and then watches his girlfriend get tortured (was there another way? Perhaps a window...?)
I wonder how others place their "roles" within games...?