With 1 exception, all the games I bought through steam are heavily discounted compared to the physical media. So when my son wanted a game I would just buy it. It was still cheaper then if I had bought the disks.
I do wish they would create a family server. So anyone can use a game on any computer in the home as long as some else wasn't.
It's a hell of a lot better then the DRM that ships with disks.
Every time I build a new machine, I love steam a little bit more.
If you truly thought the consumer was being screwed, you would start a lawsuit.
Not that Stem is perfect. OTOH, you won't be able to buy any game on disk in 5 years anyways.
"I disliked Steam, but every time I see a title on the shelves that says "Steam Required" I hate them that little bit more." Becasue Gabe Newall goes to the publishers house and threatens fid fish until they sign up with Steam?
You don't like steam, fine. Don't blame steam becasue the publisher of the title decided to use Steam as a delivery and content protect model.
Also, many games that don't need steam have there own registration system to control who can login to the game,. I already said this, but I can not stress it enough: DRM is the publisher. Not Steam. That is very important becasue that mean it will happen in any content delivery system.
If you want to be able to transfer your software to anyone, you need to take it through the court system. i.e. sue the publisher for blocking your right to resale.
Yes, they are licenses, but that isn't an automatic win, no matter how much the publisher wants you to believe that.
You should have let your kids have their own steam account. It's trivial to control it. You just don't let it store your CC info. SO you still need to be there when the kids want to buy something.
Funny you mention TF2, since its free and the kids could download it to their own steam account for nothing. Smells like you are making shit up to me.
You are talking about forth Dimensionalism. There are other reference to '4-D'
For example: Lets say you are looking at a circle. The circle could be the end of a 3 dimensional object, a cylinder. A 4 D object you would be looking at a cylinder with a curved end.
What are the natural properties of non living things? Heights, width, and depth..and now self assembly.
but they could build more very quickly and take over other facilities.
of course, if the are smart, they will just release nerve agents and radioactive dust into the air.
There are a lot of things humans do we could replace with robots if we wanted to. right now, we don't want to.
"somehow manage to operate them without humans (which is currently impossible)," ehhh, maybe, maybe not. SCADA system automatically hand almost all of the utilities. Humans punch buttons,. the robots to much of the other work.
We don't currently have a robot that can walk through a facility to check for leaks...but if we wanted to completely automate leak detection, we could. hmm. Now I'm really thinking about it. How much for the repair process can we automate right now? Lets say we need to keep a power plant running. A automated CNC machine makes parts. A robot arm drops it onto an automated conveyor belt. The belt takes it to an automated inspection system It drops it into the appropriate bin. When it has the correct number of pieces, the until roll onto a truck. When the truck detects it's full, it automatically drives to the power plant that needs the parts. The bin can the roll off the truck and to the storage area. a similar storage system could deliver the part to where ever needs repair.
All those thing exist and are being used in the world right now, just not put together throughout an entire chain, yet. Now we see a unit that can walk itself anywhere and use an arm.
The Roomba prove the 'self charging' issue us solved. it was solve in the 50s, btw.
The big issue preventing this is internal power supplies... or the ability to send power effectively through the air to charge these large objects.
Every post you make is stupid. usually an ad hom or strawman argument.
You can't seem to think, and hate everyone. You have no clue about how the government works, you never back up anything you say with actual data,. You are just some little insignificant spec of a human being that can't think beyond rote emotion responses. As evidence I present: http://slashdot.org/~The+Shootist
I pity you almost as much as I pity the people around you.
You should learn to think critical and evaluate your opinions based on data. Also, see a trained professional about your anger issue.
" When it's an ITT tech just working on a fleet of ROV/drones steps will be skipped because "who's really going to catch this" and no ones safety is at risk." so you're fear is based on an ad hom attack?
You, of course, are special and perfect, and never make mistake, but THEM PEOPLE are all fuck ups and can't be trusted to pilot.
1) Assault is the perception that violence is going to happen to you. 2) Battery is the physical contact. So I can assault you by of saying I'm going to kick you ass, or violent body language.
Consent can be a defense, but assault is still a chargeable offense. It should be, becasue it protects people who are being abused.
This is an example as to why we need a police body and court system that can make specific judgment regarding a specific cases and not have set global punishments. It's not perfect, but it's better.
These laws will do the exact opposite then what people seem to want. The government agency's and police officer will be exempt. You want them to behave, then let everyone have cameras. This applies to cell phones, drones, dash cams etc...
If you produce frequency that can be detected by people/devices not on your property, you don't have a right to control that.
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None of which indicates what legal recourse he can take in the instance.
That's what he is talking about.
With 1 exception, all the games I bought through steam are heavily discounted compared to the physical media. So when my son wanted a game I would just buy it. It was still cheaper then if I had bought the disks.
I do wish they would create a family server. So anyone can use a game on any computer in the home as long as some else wasn't.
It's a hell of a lot better then the DRM that ships with disks.
Every time I build a new machine, I love steam a little bit more.
If you truly thought the consumer was being screwed, you would start a lawsuit.
Not that Stem is perfect. OTOH, you won't be able to buy any game on disk in 5 years anyways.
"I disliked Steam, but every time I see a title on the shelves that says "Steam Required" I hate them that little bit more."
Becasue Gabe Newall goes to the publishers house and threatens fid fish until they sign up with Steam?
You don't like steam, fine. Don't blame steam becasue the publisher of the title decided to use Steam as a delivery and content protect model.
Also, many games that don't need steam have there own registration system to control who can login to the game,.
I already said this, but I can not stress it enough: DRM is the publisher. Not Steam. That is very important becasue that mean it will happen in any content delivery system.
If you want to be able to transfer your software to anyone, you need to take it through the court system. i.e. sue the publisher for blocking your right to resale.
Yes, they are licenses, but that isn't an automatic win, no matter how much the publisher wants you to believe that.
You should have let your kids have their own steam account. It's trivial to control it. You just don't let it store your CC info. SO you still need to be there when the kids want to buy something.
Funny you mention TF2, since its free and the kids could download it to their own steam account for nothing. Smells like you are making shit up to me.
common mistake.
The is good and bad, and then there is like and dislike. Just becasue you like a game doesn't mean it's high quality.
I enjoyed Iron Skys, but that doesn't make it a high quality movie.
I like how you think people are hoodwinked into playing games, it's...cute.
How about:
You were hoodwinked into playing indie games based on the Hipster fallacy?
Never mind the ratio of the hours of joy you get from a game per dollar compared to film.
as you should, since it's an entirely different thing.
"No because at the end of the day Video games are art, not technology."
BULLSHIT. The graphics, in some case, can be consider art.
But decision making? response behavior? creating consistent and complex context aware physics simulations?
Please, it's engineering and science more then it's art.
Unnles you define art as "anything I happen to like becasue I am a Pretentious fuck"
not true at all.
The size of government programs for a big project develops new tech to fill needs.
Are you retarded, or just stupid?
innovating
present participle of innovate (Verb)
Verb
Make changes in something established, esp. by introducing new methods, ideas, or products.
innovating and inventing are NOT the same thing.
moron.
Yes, actually.
There is a constant demand for more realism, both in look and behavior.
Games are on the edge of AI, and the push that boundary.
Also in simulate consistent and contextual applications of physics.
" sequel after sequel and shooter after shooter innovative."
you really don't get it, do you.Can you really be that short sighted?
Yeah, anothe FPS sequal, so what? how does that apply to the conversation? each itteration has better computer bahaviouor then that last.
I'ts like saying car compnay don't innovate, they just mkae cars every year.
Bcasue you don't seem to know it, here is the definition:
innovation - the introduction of something new.
introduction is what you probably should pay attention to.
And what else is leaded glass used for?
Yeah, build on of those.
Your job is thinking up obvious ideas that people are already doing every day?
" If you don't have access to a way to purify your DNA for it, forget about it"
you mean like ordering it online?
" by not attempting to do it yourself."
Booooooo. I would rather try learn and fail.
Great book? no. good book, at best. The ending is weak, and they don't apply easily accessible technology to all areas.
For one example: They have nanites that can clean out other nanites. So her brother never should have gotten ill.
Snow Crash also has sever plot holes and really weak ending.
You are talking about forth Dimensionalism. There are other reference to '4-D'
For example:
Lets say you are looking at a circle. The circle could be the end of a 3 dimensional object, a cylinder.
A 4 D object you would be looking at a cylinder with a curved end.
What are the natural properties of non living things?
Heights, width, and depth..and now self assembly.
where is the:
+1 worked on actual spacecraft mod?
3) so it doesn't get loose during a test and chase you down like a dog.
It could throw shirt into the crowd of a monster truck rally!
Anyways I look forward to hearing this thing laugh as it chases me and throw gernades my way~
but they could build more very quickly and take over other facilities.
of course, if the are smart, they will just release nerve agents and radioactive dust into the air.
There are a lot of things humans do we could replace with robots if we wanted to. right now, we don't want to.
"somehow manage to operate them without humans (which is currently impossible),"
ehhh, maybe, maybe not. SCADA system automatically hand almost all of the utilities.
Humans punch buttons,. the robots to much of the other work.
We don't currently have a robot that can walk through a facility to check for leaks...but if we wanted to completely automate leak detection, we could.
hmm. Now I'm really thinking about it.
How much for the repair process can we automate right now?
Lets say we need to keep a power plant running.
A automated CNC machine makes parts.
A robot arm drops it onto an automated conveyor belt.
The belt takes it to an automated inspection system
It drops it into the appropriate bin.
When it has the correct number of pieces, the until roll onto a truck.
When the truck detects it's full, it automatically drives to the power plant that needs the parts.
The bin can the roll off the truck and to the storage area.
a similar storage system could deliver the part to where ever needs repair.
All those thing exist and are being used in the world right now, just not put together throughout an entire chain, yet.
Now we see a unit that can walk itself anywhere and use an arm.
The Roomba prove the 'self charging' issue us solved. it was solve in the 50s, btw.
The big issue preventing this is internal power supplies. .. or the ability to send power effectively through the air to charge these large objects.
game of fetch our robotic dog overlords wile make us play.
"Lets See How You Like Eating The Same Thing EveryDay, HUMANZ!"
I like how OmniCrop overlooks the real money maker. The freaking power supply.
Every post you make is stupid. usually an ad hom or strawman argument.
You can't seem to think, and hate everyone. You have no clue about how the government works, you never back up anything you say with actual data,.
You are just some little insignificant spec of a human being that can't think beyond rote emotion responses.
As evidence I present: http://slashdot.org/~The+Shootist
I pity you almost as much as I pity the people around you.
You should learn to think critical and evaluate your opinions based on data. Also, see a trained professional about your anger issue.
anyways, this is why this specif post show how stupid you can be:
http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/gps-module-for-high-altitude
What would you think if I said:
Balloon can be unmanned. Tea party, I'll bet, racists as well.
oh, and if you can crawl out of your cognitive bias long enough to think about.. anything, start learning these:
http://www.theskepticsguide.org/resources/logicalfallacies.aspx
note, at no time did I tell you to change your mind about anything, just have some intellectual honest and think about it.
yep. Cut Alaska in half,, and Texas would be the third largest state.
" When it's an ITT tech just working on a fleet of ROV/drones steps will be skipped because "who's really going to catch this" and no ones safety is at risk."
so you're fear is based on an ad hom attack?
You, of course, are special and perfect, and never make mistake, but THEM PEOPLE are all fuck ups and can't be trusted to pilot.
Idiot.
wrong.
1) Assault is the perception that violence is going to happen to you.
2) Battery is the physical contact. So I can assault you by of saying I'm going to kick you ass, or violent body language.
Consent can be a defense, but assault is still a chargeable offense. It should be, becasue it protects people who are being abused.
This is an example as to why we need a police body and court system that can make specific judgment regarding a specific cases and not have set global punishments. It's not perfect, but it's better.
they also only wanted educated people to vote.
Something I agree with.
These laws will do the exact opposite then what people seem to want.
The government agency's and police officer will be exempt. You want them to behave, then let everyone have cameras. This applies to cell phones, drones, dash cams etc...
If you produce frequency that can be detected by people/devices not on your property, you don't have a right to control that.