So only a handful of countries in the world have internet now? Or are we ignoring countries that "don't matter"? If you're going to pretend to do comprehensive reports, at least have a comprehensive list.
No. A lot more than three countries use the Imperial system of measurements. From Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_measurement_system#Other_countries): "Petrol is still sold by the imperial gallon in Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Burma, the Cayman Islands, Ecuador, Grenada, Guyana, Sierra Leone and the United Arab Emirates." But hey, those other places don't matter! It's only three countries!
Is their user base sporting an average age of four now? Did we decide that rounded corners were too dangerous, or do users just giggle while they play with the round bubbles on screen? Have fun getting people to use that mess.
...is lazy with side quests. It's your own lazy fault if your crew dies there. I actually didn't find out that would happen until someone told me, because as a good RPG gamer, I did every side quest I could get my grubby little mitts on before finishing the main quest line.
Rapidshare does remove content that has been flagged as illegal. How does it find out? It gets reported, or the copyright holder files a complaint with them (with the offending links in question, obviously). They have never condoned piracy, and always take it seriously. Is it convenient to upload files? Sure, I'll give you that. Is it harder to upload illegal files than legal ones? Unlikely. They can't comb through all their uploaded files manually; that's just silly. Filenames would be useless too. Even if someone named their file 'adobe_photoshop.rar', that isn't grounds for removal. As long as they don't promote piracy, it's simply unjust to accuse them of such, regardless of how many people do break the law with it.
Many, many things can be used to break the law. That doesn't mean we can go after everything.
As useless and angst-filled as many of these pages were, I do think they're important. If nothing else, they serve as historical importance. This story is absolutely heart warming.
...My phone becomes dead weight. Or when I'm dancing. Or doing -anything- besides walking exactly how I normally walk. How about when I walk with my wife? She's 5'2", I'm a foot taller. I normally walk a lot faster by myself, but she has short legs. This is one of those ideas that should have never made it past the "Hey, you know what would be cool?" phase.
I don't see this game being meh. This is either going to kick immense amounts of ass, or be completely terrible. I just can't see lego making a game that's just okay.
I'm not the first to say this, and I certainly won't be the last, but this sort of copy protection nonsense is just another reason I'll be cracking games that I've paid for. Services constantly running on your computer are not acceptable. Punishing people who give you money because not everyone who plays your game gives you money is not acceptable. It's not as though there will ever be a magical, uncrackable copy protection system. Furthermore, this will push some people who would have actually bought the game to download a pirated version instead.
It's pretty easy to complain about something not being done right. I could complain that slashdot is doing it wrong, to which hundreds of helpful comments would tell me to make my own site with the same goal and do it properly. So why don't we tell him to do the same? If you see a problem with the industry, either fix it or stfu. No one is going to change the way they make games to please some random person on the internet.
"Oh dear God, James Cameron is rich. I wish I was rich. I should critically analyze a movie that made more on opening day than I'll ever make in my whole life. That will make people like me on the internet."
At least that's what I got from the article. Am I right?
I use specific songs on infinite loop for specific projects. This way, as soon as I hear that song, I'm able to get into the necessary frame of mind for that project. With ongoing projects, I can instantly remember the stage of my work when the song begins, even after being away for weeks at a time.
It's not like EA is any stranger to releasing games with major issues that prevent a large chunk of their customers from playing them. EA is a huge company, and not every subdivision has people who type with their fingers. Many of them lick the keyboard.
People who are obese didn't get that way by being lazy. Being lazy is only part of it. Cramming chocolate cake down your maw 24/7 plays a much bigger role.
I'm guessing from the writer's style that this article was meant to be funny, but it comes off as unprofessional and condescending. Also, I didn't laugh. This article failed to achieve anything it was going for.
I haven't bought any SSD drives yet (waiting for prices to go down), but I've been using compact florescent bulbs for years now and I've never gotten one bad one. Granted, I haven't had to buy all that many since they last so damn long, but still, if that's the comparison, there's nothing wrong with SSD.
We already have a name for putting things in digital format. We also have words to describe file sharing. Is there some reason we need to be making up words by adding the -ize syllable to the end? Here's one: bastardize. Stop doing it to the English language.
Lots of things are getting phased out by new technology, and cursive wasn't so great to begin with. It's more difficult to read and slower than typing.
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...You could stop torturing your employees. That might help curb the suicide rate. Just sayin'.
So only a handful of countries in the world have internet now? Or are we ignoring countries that "don't matter"? If you're going to pretend to do comprehensive reports, at least have a comprehensive list.
No. A lot more than three countries use the Imperial system of measurements. From Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_measurement_system#Other_countries): "Petrol is still sold by the imperial gallon in Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Burma, the Cayman Islands, Ecuador, Grenada, Guyana, Sierra Leone and the United Arab Emirates." But hey, those other places don't matter! It's only three countries!
Is their user base sporting an average age of four now? Did we decide that rounded corners were too dangerous, or do users just giggle while they play with the round bubbles on screen? Have fun getting people to use that mess.
...is lazy with side quests. It's your own lazy fault if your crew dies there. I actually didn't find out that would happen until someone told me, because as a good RPG gamer, I did every side quest I could get my grubby little mitts on before finishing the main quest line.
Rapidshare does remove content that has been flagged as illegal. How does it find out? It gets reported, or the copyright holder files a complaint with them (with the offending links in question, obviously). They have never condoned piracy, and always take it seriously. Is it convenient to upload files? Sure, I'll give you that. Is it harder to upload illegal files than legal ones? Unlikely. They can't comb through all their uploaded files manually; that's just silly. Filenames would be useless too. Even if someone named their file 'adobe_photoshop.rar', that isn't grounds for removal. As long as they don't promote piracy, it's simply unjust to accuse them of such, regardless of how many people do break the law with it. Many, many things can be used to break the law. That doesn't mean we can go after everything.
...actually buy a game and run a cracked version just to get around the DRM? i confess to be one of them. not ashamed to be one.
I do that with some games, sure. Some games (like Dragon Age, in my opinion), are worth buying, even at new game prices. Some games just aren't.
I will need to buy a pair of sunglasses, and crush them when I find that the new Intel processor has over 9000 cores.
As useless and angst-filled as many of these pages were, I do think they're important. If nothing else, they serve as historical importance. This story is absolutely heart warming.
...My phone becomes dead weight. Or when I'm dancing. Or doing -anything- besides walking exactly how I normally walk. How about when I walk with my wife? She's 5'2", I'm a foot taller. I normally walk a lot faster by myself, but she has short legs. This is one of those ideas that should have never made it past the "Hey, you know what would be cool?" phase.
This sounds totally legit. You should drink some.
I haven't laughed that much since I saw a guy in clown paint ask how magnets worked. Great job!
I don't get it. Don't people read the news? Surely you can't use the internet anymore without hearing about how badly Ubisoft fails.
I don't see this game being meh. This is either going to kick immense amounts of ass, or be completely terrible. I just can't see lego making a game that's just okay.
I'm not the first to say this, and I certainly won't be the last, but this sort of copy protection nonsense is just another reason I'll be cracking games that I've paid for. Services constantly running on your computer are not acceptable. Punishing people who give you money because not everyone who plays your game gives you money is not acceptable. It's not as though there will ever be a magical, uncrackable copy protection system. Furthermore, this will push some people who would have actually bought the game to download a pirated version instead.
I saw the word 'noughties' and quit reading immediately. Anyone who uses that word can't be a very reliable source of information.
It's pretty easy to complain about something not being done right. I could complain that slashdot is doing it wrong, to which hundreds of helpful comments would tell me to make my own site with the same goal and do it properly. So why don't we tell him to do the same? If you see a problem with the industry, either fix it or stfu. No one is going to change the way they make games to please some random person on the internet.
"Oh dear God, James Cameron is rich. I wish I was rich. I should critically analyze a movie that made more on opening day than I'll ever make in my whole life. That will make people like me on the internet." At least that's what I got from the article. Am I right?
I use specific songs on infinite loop for specific projects. This way, as soon as I hear that song, I'm able to get into the necessary frame of mind for that project. With ongoing projects, I can instantly remember the stage of my work when the song begins, even after being away for weeks at a time.
It's not like EA is any stranger to releasing games with major issues that prevent a large chunk of their customers from playing them. EA is a huge company, and not every subdivision has people who type with their fingers. Many of them lick the keyboard.
People who are obese didn't get that way by being lazy. Being lazy is only part of it. Cramming chocolate cake down your maw 24/7 plays a much bigger role.
I'm guessing from the writer's style that this article was meant to be funny, but it comes off as unprofessional and condescending. Also, I didn't laugh. This article failed to achieve anything it was going for.
I haven't bought any SSD drives yet (waiting for prices to go down), but I've been using compact florescent bulbs for years now and I've never gotten one bad one. Granted, I haven't had to buy all that many since they last so damn long, but still, if that's the comparison, there's nothing wrong with SSD.
We already have a name for putting things in digital format. We also have words to describe file sharing. Is there some reason we need to be making up words by adding the -ize syllable to the end? Here's one: bastardize. Stop doing it to the English language.
Lots of things are getting phased out by new technology, and cursive wasn't so great to begin with. It's more difficult to read and slower than typing.