The better question is, why don't coders make sure linux will run it (not, will it run on linux).?
You already know that it's going with be a game made to run on Windows. So instead of asking if they modified it so that it'll run perfectly on Linux, you should be asking why the people coding Linux don't focus on making sure Linux can run more games instead of features that no one (even the most die hard power user) uses.
And before you try to claim I'm a troll, I'm a big fan of Linux and love using it on my laptop - but my gaming system is Windows (for obvious reasons).
No, all of the evidence taken into account shows that over a short time period, temperatures have gone up. Temperatures before the Little Ice Age were in fact warmer than they are now. It has also been shown that those "green house gasses" don't actually create a greenhouse effect like they supposedly do.
Regardless, there is nothing what so ever showing that humans have any effect on the climate.
Sorry, but I don't get why you would want to pay for and carry around a pocket computer AND a phone. Why not combine both? It costs you less and it's less to carry around / charge / sync. That's why I love my iPhone - I have a computer anywhere I go (yea, the lack of flash sucks, but that's the only real downside) and I don't have to carry a cell phone on me as well.
I'd love to see a coverage map to see where "most markets" that Verizon operates in, they're the only provider. In some backwater areas, sure. But when you choose to live in one of those areas where you have to drive an hour just to get to a grocery store, you're choosing to have crap service from pretty much everything.
So because stupid people don't tell a company to fuck off, everyone doesn't? That's very flawed logic, especially since you're on a site where people routinely talk about companies they boycott.
Also, the RIAA does work for their customers - their customers are record labels / musicians.
The entire purpose of a corporation is to serve customers - if you don't give people a reason to do business with you, they'll go somewhere else. Eventually you'll go bankrupt if you don't give people a reason to business with you and then you no longer have a corporation.
I'd love to know what kind of drugs you're on where you think that people would do business with a company that doesn't give them anything they want at all (ok, well except the government, and that's because it's forced).
Most civilized areas have at least two options. If you live in the woods in a cabin, you get a lack of choices. It's your own damn fault for choosing to live where companies don't go (because there's no customers).
Tell me again how we're supposed to encourage IPv6 adoption in the face of a huge black hole like this?
Well call me Captain Obvious, but I'd say don't subscribe to Verizon. If enough people want it, eventually either Verizon will offer it or they'll go out of business. Either way it's a win for consumers.
After a lot of the driver issues got resolved (*cough* Nvidia and Creative *cough*) the OS became no better but no worse than XP.
As someone who's run XP Pro, Vista SP1, and Win 7 beta and Win 7 RC on the same system, I can testify that your assertion that once driver issues were fixed Vista is just as good as XP is false. Is Vista SP1 HORRIBLE? No. But it's not great either. Gaming performance on the same exact hardware is much lower with Vista than it is with XP or Win 7. Boot times were longer with Vista than XP or Win 7, Vista also used more system resources just to run the OS than XP or Win 7.
So no, it wasn't just a driver issue. It's a "Vista wasn't well written all around" issue.
When Nintendo releases DSi without previous gen games compatibility (unlike DS) it's the best hardware ever made.
Actually the DS already broke backwards compatibility, that's why the DSi doesn't bother me. The DS only supports GBA games, not GB or GB Color games. Add in the fact that the second screen is useless and the controls don't feel as nice as a GBA and there's not really a reason to play your GBA games on a DS - I just use my GBA for any Gameboy games I want to play (regardless of what model Gamboy they were made for). Since the DS sucks for GBA games and I can't use all my older games anyways, I'm not bothered by getting a DSi (I have an original DS, not a DS Lite, which I planned on getting but never got around to, so I'll get a DSi instead someday).
All I've used Spybot for over the last few years is immunization. It doesn't pick up nearly as much as Malwarebytes does, so it's kind of pointless. There are a few small things though that get through and Spybot picks them up, so I run a Spybot scan about once a month or so.
If you know how to pirate Windows, you either 1) know how to get free AV software, 2) know how to fool WGA into thinking your system is legit (and can use MSE) or 3) know someone who got you the pirated Windows who can get you one of the first two options.
Time to upgrade that 286 then. I've never had it slow down any system I've owned going back to Win95 (didn't use it on Win 3.1 because no network, no modem, and never really shared files with friends ever).
So, does this replace the functionality of Windows Defender, or does it cover areas not covered by Defender?
Both. It only runs one service that uses virtually no resources (and it's fast, you do a quick scan and it's QUICK - on my desktop it takes less than 50 seconds for a quick scan to run). I used to run AVG and switched to MSE beta and running MSE sped things up a nice amount.
I'd love to know what you did. I've run this since the beta (just updated to the full version) and the only process it runs is MSSecEs.exe which rarely takes up more than 1% of my cpu (2% max) and maybe 8 MB of RAM doing a full scan. So I have to say, your results are NO typical and I think your MsMpEng.exe is from something else you installed, not MSE.
No, they are removed features. Just because the game runs does not mean it's the full game. Very few companies actually develop NEW things for the DLC - they simply remove features and then charge for them (such as the new Gran Turismo game only including a handful of cars and then you have to pay for all of the other cars individually).
Yes, it is, because the car still functions 100% correctly without those unnecessary options. GM doesn't build a Camaro and then the dealer pulls the engine and charges you to have it reinstalled.
There's a difference between "options" and "we removed features to charge more". That's what you're missing. With cable, you choose what tv stations you want and then you get those channels. With a house, even if you decide not to put in A/C, it's still a functioning house - you don't pay extra for the roof, windows, walls, etc.
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The better question is, why don't coders make sure linux will run it (not, will it run on linux).?
You already know that it's going with be a game made to run on Windows. So instead of asking if they modified it so that it'll run perfectly on Linux, you should be asking why the people coding Linux don't focus on making sure Linux can run more games instead of features that no one (even the most die hard power user) uses.
It's kind of like this http://xkcd.com/619/
And before you try to claim I'm a troll, I'm a big fan of Linux and love using it on my laptop - but my gaming system is Windows (for obvious reasons).
No, all of the evidence taken into account shows that over a short time period, temperatures have gone up. Temperatures before the Little Ice Age were in fact warmer than they are now. It has also been shown that those "green house gasses" don't actually create a greenhouse effect like they supposedly do.
Regardless, there is nothing what so ever showing that humans have any effect on the climate.
You can't keep calling it skepticism when faced with a continual stream of evidence, that's called denial.
You can't keep calling it skepticism when faced with a continual stream of carefully selected evidence, that's called denial.
There, fixed that for ya!
Sorry, but I don't get why you would want to pay for and carry around a pocket computer AND a phone. Why not combine both? It costs you less and it's less to carry around / charge / sync. That's why I love my iPhone - I have a computer anywhere I go (yea, the lack of flash sucks, but that's the only real downside) and I don't have to carry a cell phone on me as well.
I'd love to see a coverage map to see where "most markets" that Verizon operates in, they're the only provider. In some backwater areas, sure. But when you choose to live in one of those areas where you have to drive an hour just to get to a grocery store, you're choosing to have crap service from pretty much everything.
So because stupid people don't tell a company to fuck off, everyone doesn't? That's very flawed logic, especially since you're on a site where people routinely talk about companies they boycott.
Also, the RIAA does work for their customers - their customers are record labels / musicians.
And when you piss off customers and they take their business elsewhere, that's not serving the investors.
Yes, which only happens by having customers. If you drive away all of your customers, the shareholder value drops to 0.
Please tell me that you're just trolling. Please?
The entire purpose of a corporation is to serve customers - if you don't give people a reason to do business with you, they'll go somewhere else. Eventually you'll go bankrupt if you don't give people a reason to business with you and then you no longer have a corporation.
I'd love to know what kind of drugs you're on where you think that people would do business with a company that doesn't give them anything they want at all (ok, well except the government, and that's because it's forced).
Most civilized areas have at least two options. If you live in the woods in a cabin, you get a lack of choices. It's your own damn fault for choosing to live where companies don't go (because there's no customers).
Tell me again how we're supposed to encourage IPv6 adoption in the face of a huge black hole like this?
Well call me Captain Obvious, but I'd say don't subscribe to Verizon. If enough people want it, eventually either Verizon will offer it or they'll go out of business. Either way it's a win for consumers.
After a lot of the driver issues got resolved (*cough* Nvidia and Creative *cough*) the OS became no better but no worse than XP.
As someone who's run XP Pro, Vista SP1, and Win 7 beta and Win 7 RC on the same system, I can testify that your assertion that once driver issues were fixed Vista is just as good as XP is false. Is Vista SP1 HORRIBLE? No. But it's not great either. Gaming performance on the same exact hardware is much lower with Vista than it is with XP or Win 7. Boot times were longer with Vista than XP or Win 7, Vista also used more system resources just to run the OS than XP or Win 7.
So no, it wasn't just a driver issue. It's a "Vista wasn't well written all around" issue.
When Nintendo releases DSi without previous gen games compatibility (unlike DS) it's the best hardware ever made.
Actually the DS already broke backwards compatibility, that's why the DSi doesn't bother me. The DS only supports GBA games, not GB or GB Color games. Add in the fact that the second screen is useless and the controls don't feel as nice as a GBA and there's not really a reason to play your GBA games on a DS - I just use my GBA for any Gameboy games I want to play (regardless of what model Gamboy they were made for). Since the DS sucks for GBA games and I can't use all my older games anyways, I'm not bothered by getting a DSi (I have an original DS, not a DS Lite, which I planned on getting but never got around to, so I'll get a DSi instead someday).
I once refused a job offer because it was in the weapons industry.
Let me be the first to say that you are a complete and utter pussy. Turn in your man card right now for being scared of hurting someone.
All I've used Spybot for over the last few years is immunization. It doesn't pick up nearly as much as Malwarebytes does, so it's kind of pointless. There are a few small things though that get through and Spybot picks them up, so I run a Spybot scan about once a month or so.
Never, EVER heard of this happening. I call internet myth.
If you know how to pirate Windows, you either 1) know how to get free AV software, 2) know how to fool WGA into thinking your system is legit (and can use MSE) or 3) know someone who got you the pirated Windows who can get you one of the first two options.
granted I could still buy Vista with downgrade licence.
Granted I could still buy Vista with a upgrade license .
There, fixed that for ya!
Real-time scanning is a pain in the ass.
Time to upgrade that 286 then. I've never had it slow down any system I've owned going back to Win95 (didn't use it on Win 3.1 because no network, no modem, and never really shared files with friends ever).
So, does this replace the functionality of Windows Defender, or does it cover areas not covered by Defender?
Both. It only runs one service that uses virtually no resources (and it's fast, you do a quick scan and it's QUICK - on my desktop it takes less than 50 seconds for a quick scan to run). I used to run AVG and switched to MSE beta and running MSE sped things up a nice amount.
Execuse me if I'm missing something here but shouldn't they fix the security holes to prevent the problem in the first place?
You want MS to block everyone's access to shady porn sites?
I'd love to know what you did. I've run this since the beta (just updated to the full version) and the only process it runs is MSSecEs.exe which rarely takes up more than 1% of my cpu (2% max) and maybe 8 MB of RAM doing a full scan. So I have to say, your results are NO typical and I think your MsMpEng.exe is from something else you installed, not MSE.
No, they are removed features. Just because the game runs does not mean it's the full game. Very few companies actually develop NEW things for the DLC - they simply remove features and then charge for them (such as the new Gran Turismo game only including a handful of cars and then you have to pay for all of the other cars individually).
Yes, it is, because the car still functions 100% correctly without those unnecessary options. GM doesn't build a Camaro and then the dealer pulls the engine and charges you to have it reinstalled.
There's a difference between "options" and "we removed features to charge more". That's what you're missing. With cable, you choose what tv stations you want and then you get those channels. With a house, even if you decide not to put in A/C, it's still a functioning house - you don't pay extra for the roof, windows, walls, etc.
So sorry, your analogy fails.