When you apply a cheat like this, you are altering the game into game+cheat. This game+cheat is a derivative work of the original game.
Making derivative works without permission from the copyright holder is a violation of most copyright laws, and you won't get permission from Blizzard to make this kind of derivative work.
I could build a simple application that would allow constituents to vote on any random congressional bill. I would then use this as my primary campaign strategy. "Don't vote for me, vote for you." I would vow to vote the way my constituents wanted me to. Pretty damn simple, really.
Sort of. But - how do you ensure that only voters in your district can vote? How do you ensure that people aren't coerced into voting in certain ways? How do you convince your constituents that their votes remain absolutely secret?
So you're perfectly okay with one of the largest companies in the world engaging in salary gouging?
We're not talking about salary in India vs salary in California - we're talking about salary in California vs salary in California. If they want to import workers from abroad, because there aren't enough qualified local workers, they need to pay the same salary to the imported workers as they would to local workers.
That's not only decent behaviour - it's the law. People like yourself - well, you're only going to ruin the game for yourself down the road, and sadly you seem unable to understand this.
Not having to zoom the view in and out when doing CAD work
And why would a higher resolution help you with zoom? Unless you're only building really simple items, I have a hard time believing, you won't be zooming in and out while working.
Hell, I remember the Space Shuttle cad files included in AutoCad back in '92, and I don't think things have gotten less complicated in the last 21 years.
Yes, upgrades that aren't Thunderbolt-devices will be difficult. But as others have pointed out, most people don't upgrade, and when they do, so much needs to be changed anyway, that you're almost better off buying a new computer.
For example. I built a Sandy Bridge based computer in January 2011. Two and a half years ago. If I wanted to upgrade to the newest line of CPUs, I'd be forced to buy a new motherboard as well as CPU, as the Haswell isn't socket compatible with Sandy and Ivy Bridge (nor are AMD CPUs). Fortunately it still supports DDR-3, so I wouldn't have to upgrade that though.
But pulling everything out of the case, putting in new hardware, reinstalling drivers, the inevitable bitching from Windows about how I'm a damned, dirty, filthy software pirate for upgrading my hardware really doesn't seem worth it compared to simply buying a new computer.
And if you work in an office? I don't think I know any people who does works in corporate IT, who've upgraded internal hardware - they generally buy new stuff when the old stuff doesn't cut it any more, or when new stuff makes it economically viable to upgrade due to time savings.
And considering the cheapest Mac Pro available in the Apple Store at the moment is $2,499, I don't think this is aimed at home users either - they'd be going for iMacs.
Equally upgradable (or lack thereof), but if it works, why bother?
If a human tickets you, you'll know right away. If you are speeding, get pulled over, ticketed and then continue speeding, you'll get ticketed next time as well. If it's the same police officer, other things may happen as well. And hopefully people who get pulled over, do not re-offend straight away.
With automated systems you don't know until much later. Typically days or weeks.
Even if it was igniting and had good fusion gain, there are such a huge array of serious engineering issues that they have got no economic answers for that it is never going to work commercially.
Generally I find it to be better to wait until I know if something will work, before I start wondering about commercial applications.
In 1900 the idea of visiting the moon would probably have made H. G. Wells somewhat annoyed, as his book wasn't published until 1901 (before powered flight). Humans walked on the Moon a scant 70 years later. Making plans for a commercial suborbital venture would be a bit premature. It would have been premature 20 years ago. 10 years ago - not so much, as Virgin Galactic showed in 2004, because at that point the science of it was well established and it became a relatively easy engineering problem./blockquote
Well... the US certainly seems to think that it should be the latter, considering how much they like working on extraditions for things done while not in the US.
To me it seems that France took a look at this policy and found it to be a grand idea.
Why does it dim your hopes? We already knew that Earth was pretty rare (1 in 8 planets in our solar system) before discovering extra solar planetary systems.
Currently we know of 861 extra solar planets, which moves our rarity to 1 in 869. With an estimated 100 billion to 400 billion extra solar planets in the Milky Way, that becomes quite a few Earth-like planets.
If an Earth-like planet is a million to one, then it's between 100,000 and 400,000. If it's a billion to one, then it's between 100 and 400.
And that's without considering the estimated 170 billion galaxies in the observable universe and the billions of years that planets and life have to develop after our observations.
Multiplayer Sim City does sound interesting, I agree, but they've gone about doing it in entirely the wrong way.
A much smarter way would have been to implement save-games in a Git-like fashion, where you can pick and choose which people to play with.
This obviously won't work for a real time game, but for games like Sim City and the like, it'd work just fine. Hell, a Civilization style game could work fine as well.
Here are some choice examples of 5-star reviews: "Got me off my video game addiction!" "Like Russian Roulette, slot machines and slicing your wrists all in one!" "Great Loading and Queue screen simulator!"
Why is it that it is perfectly legal to be deceitful to your spouse and have a mistress and children with her, but it is completely illegal for more than two people to have the state recognize their love for one another?
The problem is - who should be punished for gathering the illegally obtained evidence?
The policemen who physically gathered the evidence? The lawyers who signed off on the gathering? The officers who signed off on the gathering? The politicians who pushed for a case to be made? All the policemen who were involved with the case?
It's a tricky situation, because what is to prevent A from getting B to take the possible fall, by telling B to go pick that thing up?
What I'd like to see is somewhat similar, but with clear lines of responsibility.
The prosecutor in charge of the case is held in contempt of court for 10% of the maximum penalty possible for the crimes, but no less than 7 days (no pay etc), plus a fine equalling twice the salary that would have been earned in the time. Same for the lead officer/detective on the case.
The prosecutor's boss (DA/AG etc) gets 5%, but no less than 7 days (no pay etc), similar fine. Same for the similar position in the police's ranks.
Any public officials who have provably pushed for the case, gets 3%, but no less than 7 days (no pay etc), similar fine.
Not sure what kind of punishment would be fitting for the policemen, CSI techs etc. who gathered the illegal evidence though. If they planted evidence or gathered it in knowingly illegal ways, they should obviously go to jail, but the problem comes when they gather evidence in good faith, that later turns out to be illegal. I don't want to punish them for simply doing their job in good faith.
Yeah but an IT support dweeb isn't a nerd. Nerds have better sense than that
And since you are, quite appropriately, named "short sighted", this fits perfectly with what we all know about nerds - they do not exist.
I can easily think of at least a hundred different things that nerds "doesn't do", many of them mutually exclusive.
Some of us nerds and geeks find that in order to pay our bills, we have to do things we do not necessarily find particularly glorifying - like helping your friends and family with their software problems, because YOU are a complete ass.
And believe it or not, some of us actually like the idea of helping people out with their computer problems, whether it's figuring out what the cup holder is for, how to turn on the computer, or how to replace hardware on their own.
Unlike what short sighted people like yourself seem to revel in, we don't have a problem with people trying to learn new skills by asking others for help.
You know - it's a bit like sex, in that it is more fun, when you aren't on your own. And it's a LOT more fun when you've learned how to do it properly, guided by someone who doesn't tell you, that you're a incompetent moron, imbecile, fuckwad who needs to read the fucking manual, and stop asking questions that have already been asked before, and shouldn't ever dare to try it again until they're experts.
Well... given your attitude, you might actually not know. Just trust me on this one.
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When you apply a cheat like this, you are altering the game into game+cheat. This game+cheat is a derivative work of the original game.
Making derivative works without permission from the copyright holder is a violation of most copyright laws, and you won't get permission from Blizzard to make this kind of derivative work.
That seems to be the legal argument.
Sort of. But - how do you ensure that only voters in your district can vote? How do you ensure that people aren't coerced into voting in certain ways? How do you convince your constituents that their votes remain absolutely secret?
No banks? How do you plan on borrowing money to buy things you can't afford outright, like a new car or a house?
So you're perfectly okay with one of the largest companies in the world engaging in salary gouging?
We're not talking about salary in India vs salary in California - we're talking about salary in California vs salary in California. If they want to import workers from abroad, because there aren't enough qualified local workers, they need to pay the same salary to the imported workers as they would to local workers.
That's not only decent behaviour - it's the law. People like yourself - well, you're only going to ruin the game for yourself down the road, and sadly you seem unable to understand this.
And why would a higher resolution help you with zoom? Unless you're only building really simple items, I have a hard time believing, you won't be zooming in and out while working.
Hell, I remember the Space Shuttle cad files included in AutoCad back in '92, and I don't think things have gotten less complicated in the last 21 years.
Yes, upgrades that aren't Thunderbolt-devices will be difficult. But as others have pointed out, most people don't upgrade, and when they do, so much needs to be changed anyway, that you're almost better off buying a new computer.
For example. I built a Sandy Bridge based computer in January 2011. Two and a half years ago. If I wanted to upgrade to the newest line of CPUs, I'd be forced to buy a new motherboard as well as CPU, as the Haswell isn't socket compatible with Sandy and Ivy Bridge (nor are AMD CPUs). Fortunately it still supports DDR-3, so I wouldn't have to upgrade that though.
But pulling everything out of the case, putting in new hardware, reinstalling drivers, the inevitable bitching from Windows about how I'm a damned, dirty, filthy software pirate for upgrading my hardware really doesn't seem worth it compared to simply buying a new computer.
And if you work in an office? I don't think I know any people who does works in corporate IT, who've upgraded internal hardware - they generally buy new stuff when the old stuff doesn't cut it any more, or when new stuff makes it economically viable to upgrade due to time savings.
And considering the cheapest Mac Pro available in the Apple Store at the moment is $2,499, I don't think this is aimed at home users either - they'd be going for iMacs.
Equally upgradable (or lack thereof), but if it works, why bother?
I'd be very surprised if any of the mileage ratings are accurate. They're all done in laboratory settings simulating very specific things.
Just because your car is rated at xx highway, doesn't mean that's what you'll be getting. It's more of an aid for comparison than accurate ratings.
That being said, it would be nice if the rating had an error bar attached to it. Something like 5.5 l/100 km +/- 0.5 would be helpful
If a human tickets you, you'll know right away. If you are speeding, get pulled over, ticketed and then continue speeding, you'll get ticketed next time as well. If it's the same police officer, other things may happen as well. And hopefully people who get pulled over, do not re-offend straight away.
With automated systems you don't know until much later. Typically days or weeks.
Notice what he said. "I'm afraid to say things like that".
Say, not do. He's obviously not worried about doing illegal and unconstitutional things - he just doesn't want to talk about them.
I knew that the US prefers imperial over metric, but why on Earth would you want a different way of measuring time?
Generally I find it to be better to wait until I know if something will work, before I start wondering about commercial applications.
In 1900 the idea of visiting the moon would probably have made H. G. Wells somewhat annoyed, as his book wasn't published until 1901 (before powered flight). Humans walked on the Moon a scant 70 years later. Making plans for a commercial suborbital venture would be a bit premature. It would have been premature 20 years ago. 10 years ago - not so much, as Virgin Galactic showed in 2004, because at that point the science of it was well established and it became a relatively easy engineering problem./blockquote
Yeah, I know what you mean. The ones that don't end in divorce usually ends with someone dying!
Ehh ... what? Since when have contraceptives been illegal in Iran?
Well ... the US certainly seems to think that it should be the latter, considering how much they like working on extraditions for things done while not in the US.
To me it seems that France took a look at this policy and found it to be a grand idea.
Did they call it a Freedom air disaster?
Why does it dim your hopes? We already knew that Earth was pretty rare (1 in 8 planets in our solar system) before discovering extra solar planetary systems.
Currently we know of 861 extra solar planets, which moves our rarity to 1 in 869. With an estimated 100 billion to 400 billion extra solar planets in the Milky Way, that becomes quite a few Earth-like planets.
If an Earth-like planet is a million to one, then it's between 100,000 and 400,000. If it's a billion to one, then it's between 100 and 400.
And that's without considering the estimated 170 billion galaxies in the observable universe and the billions of years that planets and life have to develop after our observations.
Landing twice doesn't take skill - just inertia.
Landing in a way that you can walk away from it takes skill.
Multiplayer Sim City does sound interesting, I agree, but they've gone about doing it in entirely the wrong way.
A much smarter way would have been to implement save-games in a Git-like fashion, where you can pick and choose which people to play with.
This obviously won't work for a real time game, but for games like Sim City and the like, it'd work just fine. Hell, a Civilization style game could work fine as well.
In the description you should put down an Olympic distance instead. Like 110 metre hurdles.
Seriously - they're like the Mountain Three Wolf Moon Short Sleeve Tee
Here are some choice examples of 5-star reviews:
"Got me off my video game addiction!"
"Like Russian Roulette, slot machines and slicing your wrists all in one!"
"Great Loading and Queue screen simulator!"
Stephen Fry made a good point about polygamy.
Why is it that it is perfectly legal to be deceitful to your spouse and have a mistress and children with her, but it is completely illegal for more than two people to have the state recognize their love for one another?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_tk6Wxkaj8
The problem is - who should be punished for gathering the illegally obtained evidence?
The policemen who physically gathered the evidence?
The lawyers who signed off on the gathering?
The officers who signed off on the gathering?
The politicians who pushed for a case to be made?
All the policemen who were involved with the case?
It's a tricky situation, because what is to prevent A from getting B to take the possible fall, by telling B to go pick that thing up?
What I'd like to see is somewhat similar, but with clear lines of responsibility.
The prosecutor in charge of the case is held in contempt of court for 10% of the maximum penalty possible for the crimes, but no less than 7 days (no pay etc), plus a fine equalling twice the salary that would have been earned in the time. Same for the lead officer/detective on the case.
The prosecutor's boss (DA/AG etc) gets 5%, but no less than 7 days (no pay etc), similar fine. Same for the similar position in the police's ranks.
Any public officials who have provably pushed for the case, gets 3%, but no less than 7 days (no pay etc), similar fine.
Not sure what kind of punishment would be fitting for the policemen, CSI techs etc. who gathered the illegal evidence though. If they planted evidence or gathered it in knowingly illegal ways, they should obviously go to jail, but the problem comes when they gather evidence in good faith, that later turns out to be illegal. I don't want to punish them for simply doing their job in good faith.
Alternatively you end up with people being detained because they were thinking "bad thoughts" about someone else.
Like when someone ogles a woman's ass while the wife is standing next to them.
Well, if you support gay marriage, you're bound to eventually support humans to marry other species.
And since you are, quite appropriately, named "short sighted", this fits perfectly with what we all know about nerds - they do not exist.
I can easily think of at least a hundred different things that nerds "doesn't do", many of them mutually exclusive.
Some of us nerds and geeks find that in order to pay our bills, we have to do things we do not necessarily find particularly glorifying - like helping your friends and family with their software problems, because YOU are a complete ass.
And believe it or not, some of us actually like the idea of helping people out with their computer problems, whether it's figuring out what the cup holder is for, how to turn on the computer, or how to replace hardware on their own.
Unlike what short sighted people like yourself seem to revel in, we don't have a problem with people trying to learn new skills by asking others for help.
You know - it's a bit like sex, in that it is more fun, when you aren't on your own. And it's a LOT more fun when you've learned how to do it properly, guided by someone who doesn't tell you, that you're a incompetent moron, imbecile, fuckwad who needs to read the fucking manual, and stop asking questions that have already been asked before, and shouldn't ever dare to try it again until they're experts.
Well ... given your attitude, you might actually not know. Just trust me on this one.