Maybe in these instances it was BS, but I can state from personal experience that my floor mat would work its way up and under the pedals over time. Now whether that's Toyota's fault... I don't know. It feels weird to say it's the manufacturers fault if a friggin floor mat gets in the way of the pedals, but at the same time, if they were the ones to put it in the vehicle, and it wasn't secured properly so as to not move from normal everyday use...
1) I didn't say twice, I said up to twice. Obviously some things could be shared between the two versions with little to no change.
2) I think you missed my bullet point that if all that is needed is a recompile on the appropriate platform, then of course it won't cost extra to develop.
I know nothing about Blizzard's development process. It is entirely possible that they develop games that will work on both platforms with little to no code change. However, if, say, Starcraft 2 took 18 months to develop for both PC and Mac, but it would have only taken them 12 months to develop just a PC _or_ Mac version, then it did cost Blizzard more to develop for both platforms vs developing for a single platform. Or do you think all those developers would decide to work for free for those 6 months?
I had no idea the hardware required to encode up to two streams at once while decoding a third, all in realtime and at HD resolutions, was so trivial that you could ignore it in your cost guesstimate.
So basically your argument consists of "it's irrelevant to most people, therefore it's stupid and you're stupid for liking it", is that it? Because I really cannot see any other purpose to all of your "which is irrelevant to most people" comments.
if the hardware breaks after the 365th day, you get to pay another $250 for a new box and another fee to move the subscription
When I bought a TiVo HD 2 years ago to replace my S2, it did not cost me anything to transfer the remaining year of service to the new box. However, had the service on my S2 been a lifetime subscription, I would not have been able to move it at all.
I would buy more games off Steam if I could get both versions for the price of 1 game
Except that can't ever happen. It costs extra* to develop for both PC and Mac vs developing for PC _or_ Mac. So either your PC and Mac version costs up to twice as much as the single platform version, or the single platform version (if one exists) is overpriced.
Personally, I'd rather have the option of buying just the Windows version for $X, and then if I decide to later, buy the Mac version separately, rather than pay $X*2 to buy product I'd only ever use half of (and may only get half of).
*unless you're working on something simple enough that all is required is a recompile on the appropriate platform.
Silly though it may be, that does not make it untrue. The parent I was replying to said there is no such thing as a harmless drug. I was merely pointing out that in the right dosage, nothing is harmless.
It's possible because the likelihood, while low, is > zero. I only said to ignore the likelihood in an attempt to prevent any "but it's so low it's impossible" arguments (which I seem to have failed to do). It's not impossible, just improbable.
Same with the second, but I did not feel that that one required any further qualifications other then the overall requirement of a motivated population.
As an aside, thanks for pointing out the (I'm hoping) correct spelling of likelihood to me. At least, Firefox isn't complaining about it like it did about likelyhood.
If people were motivated enough, voting most certainly could stop it. It certainly would not be the last step, but a step towards stopping it definitely.
The way I see it, there are two scenarios:
1) The people vote in someone who would actually make a change, change occurs (Ignore the likelyhood of actually finding such an incorruptible person).
2) The people vote in someone who would actually make a change, but someone else instead gets into office. The people then find out "hey, our guy got 60%/80%/100% of the votes, wtf is going on?" Revolution ensues.
Yes, but a movie has the visuals already defined. With a book, you have to make up your own visuals, and while an imagination is capable of producing far more graphic visuals than can be depicted on film, it relies on ones personal experiences to come up with the visuals, while a movie does not.
My personal feelings aside, according to the courts, the concept of the death penalty is not "cruel and unusual" although certain methods of implementing it may be.
My personal feelings not aside, I too do not consider the concept of the death penalty to be "cruel and unusual", however I do consider all current methods of implementing it to certainly be cruel.
If unarmed, once downed,go to the garage and use some petrochemical and a rag to wipe one of your own down and squeeze his dead hand around on it a few times, wearing gloves yourself, then set it close to the body.
Nice try at a car analogy, but since we _do_ have the right to request and receive a refund for, say, Windows when bundled with a new PC, I think the question as applied to games still stands.
Until it is discovered that the gun in the robber's hand is registered to you, the robber's entry path did not take him near the gun, and if you claim he must have stolen it before that night, why didn't you report it missing?
I'm not entirely certain what you're trying to say with that link, but if you're saying what I think you're saying, then my response is they're not making money off the song, they're making money off their performance of the song. Big difference.
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I think most people took the lol to mean "silly AC, 2:33 is half past two, not half past ten".
Maybe in these instances it was BS, but I can state from personal experience that my floor mat would work its way up and under the pedals over time. Now whether that's Toyota's fault... I don't know. It feels weird to say it's the manufacturers fault if a friggin floor mat gets in the way of the pedals, but at the same time, if they were the ones to put it in the vehicle, and it wasn't secured properly so as to not move from normal everyday use...
1) I didn't say twice, I said up to twice. Obviously some things could be shared between the two versions with little to no change.
2) I think you missed my bullet point that if all that is needed is a recompile on the appropriate platform, then of course it won't cost extra to develop.
I know nothing about Blizzard's development process. It is entirely possible that they develop games that will work on both platforms with little to no code change. However, if, say, Starcraft 2 took 18 months to develop for both PC and Mac, but it would have only taken them 12 months to develop just a PC _or_ Mac version, then it did cost Blizzard more to develop for both platforms vs developing for a single platform. Or do you think all those developers would decide to work for free for those 6 months?
I had no idea the hardware required to encode up to two streams at once while decoding a third, all in realtime and at HD resolutions, was so trivial that you could ignore it in your cost guesstimate.
if the hardware breaks after the 365th day, you get to pay another $250 for a new box and another fee to move the subscription
When I bought a TiVo HD 2 years ago to replace my S2, it did not cost me anything to transfer the remaining year of service to the new box. However, had the service on my S2 been a lifetime subscription, I would not have been able to move it at all.
That's what I thought as well, that D2D had even worse DRM. Was going to do the research last night but then I forgot. >.>;
Somewhat related, not all Steam games have DRM, such as all the Commander Keen games.
I would buy more games off Steam if I could get both versions for the price of 1 game
Except that can't ever happen. It costs extra* to develop for both PC and Mac vs developing for PC _or_ Mac. So either your PC and Mac version costs up to twice as much as the single platform version, or the single platform version (if one exists) is overpriced.
Personally, I'd rather have the option of buying just the Windows version for $X, and then if I decide to later, buy the Mac version separately, rather than pay $X*2 to buy product I'd only ever use half of (and may only get half of).
*unless you're working on something simple enough that all is required is a recompile on the appropriate platform.
Silly though it may be, that does not make it untrue. The parent I was replying to said there is no such thing as a harmless drug. I was merely pointing out that in the right dosage, nothing is harmless.
I think GP meant "look at the bible belt and you'll see what it is that they are doing."
There is no such thing as a harmless drug, only a harmless dosage.
You jest, but that's exactly how I read it. But in the counter-argument sense.
$60 per person per year is a "huge, HUGE cost to the public"?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_Budget
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States
Taking from the 2010 proposed budget and the 2010 population estimate, $18,700 million / 308.732 million = $60.57.
It's possible because the likelihood, while low, is > zero. I only said to ignore the likelihood in an attempt to prevent any "but it's so low it's impossible" arguments (which I seem to have failed to do). It's not impossible, just improbable.
Same with the second, but I did not feel that that one required any further qualifications other then the overall requirement of a motivated population.
As an aside, thanks for pointing out the (I'm hoping) correct spelling of likelihood to me. At least, Firefox isn't complaining about it like it did about likelyhood.
If people were motivated enough, voting most certainly could stop it. It certainly would not be the last step, but a step towards stopping it definitely.
The way I see it, there are two scenarios:
1) The people vote in someone who would actually make a change, change occurs (Ignore the likelyhood of actually finding such an incorruptible person).
2) The people vote in someone who would actually make a change, but someone else instead gets into office. The people then find out "hey, our guy got 60%/80%/100% of the votes, wtf is going on?" Revolution ensues.
iTunes music has been DRM free for years now.
11 has been long known in this space.
In base-4 maybe...
Before today they've only ever mentioned five browsers. The first link won't load for me, but from the second link...
Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Opera are the alternative browsers that people will be offered.
Not among the alternative browsers, the alternative browsers. Meaning those four, plus IE, and no more.
But nothing good can get in either. We should just dive right in and go straight for Borg maturation chambers.
Yes, but a movie has the visuals already defined. With a book, you have to make up your own visuals, and while an imagination is capable of producing far more graphic visuals than can be depicted on film, it relies on ones personal experiences to come up with the visuals, while a movie does not.
My personal feelings aside, according to the courts, the concept of the death penalty is not "cruel and unusual" although certain methods of implementing it may be.
My personal feelings not aside, I too do not consider the concept of the death penalty to be "cruel and unusual", however I do consider all current methods of implementing it to certainly be cruel.
If unarmed, once downed ,go to the garage and use some petrochemical and a rag to wipe one of your own down and squeeze his dead hand around on it a few times, wearing gloves yourself, then set it close to the body.
That's the part I was commenting on.
Nice try at a car analogy, but since we _do_ have the right to request and receive a refund for, say, Windows when bundled with a new PC, I think the question as applied to games still stands.
But if you can tell that it is shopped just by looking at it, doesn't that make the edit gimped? :P
Unless they were unanimously elected, how do you propose we figure out the specific people who voted for them?
Until it is discovered that the gun in the robber's hand is registered to you, the robber's entry path did not take him near the gun, and if you claim he must have stolen it before that night, why didn't you report it missing?
I'm not entirely certain what you're trying to say with that link, but if you're saying what I think you're saying, then my response is they're not making money off the song, they're making money off their performance of the song. Big difference.