Blizzard will be putting an Auction House to buy Diablo III items other people have obtained for REAL money. Since REAL money is involved there has to be a way to authenticate the virtual goods that will be auctioned. You lose the ability to play offline but obtain the ability to sell for real currency worthwhile items you obtain. This is called a tradeoff. Blizzard is betting you will vote with your dollars that it’s a worthwhile trade off. Honestly in this case DRM/Authentication should be expected as you can merchandise your virtual goods for REAL currency. If you played competitive solitaire for cash you should not be offended by an online requirement to protect against cheating. Cheating in Diablo III would break a major design feature in the game. Is this “feature” another way to line blizzards coffers – SURE, but it could also be fun mining Diablo III for cash if you had the time. I’m not sure I will purchase Diablo III simply because I was lukewarm on I and didn’t play II, However being able to auction house items for real money is an interesting addition to non MMO gaming.
Offline: Torchlite I,II Diablo I,II others
Online: with real world currency options Diablo III
See you have choices
I dont know all the facts about global warming, climate models, etc. but if we recalibrate multi million dollar closely monitored satellite data to match poorly maintained and reported ground based systems something seems a little off.
If a majority of the states / or federal law was enacted that any Senator or Representative ended their term with deficit spending was not allowed to be reelected or run for public office for four years - Problem solved.
In order to server you better the Government Department of Internet Security has installed Friendly Protector 1.0
Friendly Protector has determined you have 182 instances of unlicensed MP3's and movies please report to the nearest courthouse to pay your fine
Fine is 458,000 made payable to the MPAA/RIAA and current politicians election campaign
Friendly Protector has determined that you have 3 instance of adware, 1 instance has been approved and is now protected from removal on your system
Please download AV protection to remove the other 2 instances of adware
You have 1 instance of malware however we are unable to pursue this as our law enforcement branch is currently dispatching helicopters to your location to deal with the unlicensed copy of Ishtar found on your PC
Thank you for using Friendly Protector 1.0 and look forward to 1.1 and phone GPS tracking software to further protect your security.
Government needs to step in and spend loads of tax dollars giving us an AV scanner that also checks to makes sure our MP3 and movies are licensed and paid for, this scanner also needs to allow RIAA to scan it whenever it likes to insure copyright laws are followed./sarcasm
That way private enterprise couldn't step in and create a "PROTECT Net Service" with free AV that doesn't allow you on the network unless your protected and backend support like ironport. With trained security staff to monitor and respond to attacks and notify you when your infected. Because the extra 3-5$ a month for this service would be far more expensive then the 3-6 month visits a user makes to the geeksquad when there computer grinds to a halt.
For all the people that claim AV software is useless please show me this magical land where all the threats are 0 Day and all users are knowledgeable enough to configure their router and only browse uninfected web sights. Its not perfect but it does improve security. A lock in the door allows a thief to break a window - Doesn't mean you should leave your door open.
I believe what most people fail to consider is the people that work in the PTO are most likely wage slaves. I do not know the inner working of the patent office but if it works like any other government agency then this is a higly likely scenario.
Low totem pole guy recomends it not be approved send up to middle manager, middle manager not wanting to make waves changes to approved (Last guy got reprimanded for disallowing to many patents and retired without promotion)upper management barely skims it and bang approved.
The company's getting sued need to sue the patent office itself and name the signatures that signed this patent in the law suit (individuals bueracrats in agency become responsible vs large govt agency). Could also be fun class projects for law schools across the nation, Find stupid patent, Sue on potential clients behalf, injuction etc against the PTO. Most likely only way any changes will be made. Govt Agency's can take huge hits until individuals (Higher the better) start getting named and paychecks/promotion get hit.
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Blizzard will be putting an Auction House to buy Diablo III items other people have obtained for REAL money. Since REAL money is involved there has to be a way to authenticate the virtual goods that will be auctioned. You lose the ability to play offline but obtain the ability to sell for real currency worthwhile items you obtain. This is called a tradeoff. Blizzard is betting you will vote with your dollars that it’s a worthwhile trade off. Honestly in this case DRM/Authentication should be expected as you can merchandise your virtual goods for REAL currency. If you played competitive solitaire for cash you should not be offended by an online requirement to protect against cheating. Cheating in Diablo III would break a major design feature in the game. Is this “feature” another way to line blizzards coffers – SURE, but it could also be fun mining Diablo III for cash if you had the time. I’m not sure I will purchase Diablo III simply because I was lukewarm on I and didn’t play II, However being able to auction house items for real money is an interesting addition to non MMO gaming.
Offline: Torchlite I,II Diablo I,II others
Online: with real world currency options Diablo III
See you have choices
They tried that with Ben Affleck, but that movie bombed
I dont know all the facts about global warming, climate models, etc. but if we recalibrate multi million dollar closely monitored satellite data to match poorly maintained and reported ground based systems something seems a little off.
If a majority of the states / or federal law was enacted that any Senator or Representative ended their term with deficit spending was not allowed to be reelected or run for public office for four years - Problem solved.
In order to server you better the Government Department of Internet Security has installed Friendly Protector 1.0
Friendly Protector has determined you have 182 instances of unlicensed MP3's and movies please report to the nearest courthouse to pay your fine
Fine is 458,000 made payable to the MPAA/RIAA and current politicians election campaign
Friendly Protector has determined that you have 3 instance of adware, 1 instance has been approved and is now protected from removal on your system
Please download AV protection to remove the other 2 instances of adware
You have 1 instance of malware however we are unable to pursue this as our law enforcement branch is currently dispatching helicopters to your location to deal with the unlicensed copy of Ishtar found on your PC
Thank you for using Friendly Protector 1.0 and look forward to 1.1 and phone GPS tracking software to further protect your security.
Government needs to step in and spend loads of tax dollars giving us an AV scanner that also checks to makes sure our MP3 and movies are licensed and paid for, this scanner also needs to allow RIAA to scan it whenever it likes to insure copyright laws are followed. /sarcasm
That way private enterprise couldn't step in and create a "PROTECT Net Service" with free AV that doesn't allow you on the network unless your protected and backend support like ironport. With trained security staff to monitor and respond to attacks and notify you when your infected. Because the extra 3-5$ a month for this service would be far more expensive then the 3-6 month visits a user makes to the geeksquad when there computer grinds to a halt.
For all the people that claim AV software is useless please show me this magical land where all the threats are 0 Day and all users are knowledgeable enough to configure their router and only browse uninfected web sights. Its not perfect but it does improve security. A lock in the door allows a thief to break a window - Doesn't mean you should leave your door open.
I believe what most people fail to consider is the people that work in the PTO are most likely wage slaves. I do not know the inner working of the patent office but if it works like any other government agency then this is a higly likely scenario. Low totem pole guy recomends it not be approved send up to middle manager, middle manager not wanting to make waves changes to approved (Last guy got reprimanded for disallowing to many patents and retired without promotion)upper management barely skims it and bang approved. The company's getting sued need to sue the patent office itself and name the signatures that signed this patent in the law suit (individuals bueracrats in agency become responsible vs large govt agency). Could also be fun class projects for law schools across the nation, Find stupid patent, Sue on potential clients behalf, injuction etc against the PTO. Most likely only way any changes will be made. Govt Agency's can take huge hits until individuals (Higher the better) start getting named and paychecks/promotion get hit.