Sins of a Solar Empire. It's definitely got the scale you're looking for, and while micromanaging makes the battle tilt in your favor more often than not, it's not necessary for the larger battles.
No DRM to screw up the system, either.
Hamachi has a 15 user per network limit unless you pay for it though, so you might want to also look into OpenVPN. It's much harder to initially set up, but it's much more flexible.
It doesn't need a conversion. It has internal storage and uses SDHC and Memory Stick for storage expansion. When plugged in, it acts like any normal thumbdrive, so there's no extra software you need unless you want to use Sony's store. It also is one of the few readers that supports EPUB.
I just look at it like a game of Ikaruga... just make sure the dark bullets and ships don't touch your light-oriented ship. Or else you explode violently.
There are some new external video cards that don't require anything but drivers and a USB port, such as the EVGA UV Plus. AFAIK, all USB video cards use a DisplayLink chipset, and there are rudimentary drivers here. It's not a very elegant solution, but if you want to use any sort of GUI, this should work.
Ok, if the goal was to make them easier for blind people to use, why did they replace the drive through tellers? I can see them replacing worn out ones, but still, why replace the ones that are working well?
but one thing seems clear â" only full-time, for-profit professionals are able to consistently beat BD+.
At the moment.
I highly doubt that there's not a backdoor key in the encryption, no matter how much they try to block people from copying/backing up/ripping. Mainly because if someone buys a $300 player that can't play any current movies and has no internet connection, a law suit is just around the corner.
I have Armored Core 4: Answer (PS3), and I'm not seeing the same problems you are. The game has a more arcade feel to it than Mechwarrior, and definitely isn't as complicated. IIRC, there actually was a button or three that WASN'T mapped on the PS3 controller.
One of the problems with the internet is that it gives people a chance to self select themselves into a tiny little corner of interstes that creates an echo chamber. I don't want recomendations from people I know to be prone to confermation bias.
But there is quite a lot of statistical evidence...
Ok, so people don't take the Government's word and don't trust the media, so they're going to trust statistics? Statistics just show outlying data, and can be interpreted many ways. Because people easily believe what they fear to be true, we could be putting an unconscious bias on the raw data.
The problem with this logic is that AA is only online. There is no single player or offline mode. Therefore, even if the client is perfectly made, the game still has flaws if the infrastructure sucks, because you can't get away with NOT using the servers.
Personally, I thought Assassin's Creed was pretty good. The game wasn't perfect by any means, but definitely worth a second play through. I will concede that reviewers didn't like it that much, though.
However, it's just a coincidence that the other two games were released to critical acclaim and are both regarded as some of the best of the 360. Just coincidence, I'm sure.
We go right back to where we were on Sept. 10, 2001. Maybe governors should have been in the Capitol when we knew a plane was on its way to Washington wanting to kill a few thousand more people.
Couldn't you argue that we were the safest right after an attack? It's kind of like getting a flat tire and the other three exploding as you pull over. Or all the drives in a RAID array failing. Or dead pixels making your monitor unusable. Or...
So you're going to require that the buyer purchase an add-to play your game? Bad move. And flipping the Wiimote sideways is good for side-scrollers and not much else.
And I seriously doubt that any of them would be interested in a Prince of Persia game. Just because everyone has a Wii doesn't mean that it's profitable to develop something for it. In this case, the publisher decided it wasn't.
Sure they can do that via DLC, but if you have physical media, you have a right to sell it even if it's against the license agreement. See this article for the court ruling. This ruling also might have more of an effect later, as the arguments hinged on the fact that even though the software was billed as leased, the transaction had the characteristics of a sale, and therefore the First Sale doctrine applied. Using that logic, would it be reasonable to expect that the bits you paid for could come under the ruling?
I wonder how this will affect their deal with Sony and their ebook store. It's not like they can just take their toys and go home, as there's probably a contract or two, but I'm sure no one would mind replacing the awful Sony store interface.
No theft implies he acquired it illegally nothing more.
Nope. Theft implies taking an item from someone without their permission, not just obtaining an item. I can buy drugs from someone and it's not considered theft, even though I acquired them illegally. Just to be pedantic:
Theft - the generic term for all crimes in which a person intentionally and fraudulently takes personal property of another without permission or consent and with the intent to convert it to the taker's use
The key is that you're depriving somebody of personal property. Since he just COPIED the data and didn't deprive anyone of their own copy, it falls under copyright law.
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Sins of a Solar Empire. It's definitely got the scale you're looking for, and while micromanaging makes the battle tilt in your favor more often than not, it's not necessary for the larger battles. No DRM to screw up the system, either.
Flame wars, however, have that added danger that makes them even more fun.
Hamachi has a 15 user per network limit unless you pay for it though, so you might want to also look into OpenVPN. It's much harder to initially set up, but it's much more flexible.
It doesn't need a conversion. It has internal storage and uses SDHC and Memory Stick for storage expansion. When plugged in, it acts like any normal thumbdrive, so there's no extra software you need unless you want to use Sony's store. It also is one of the few readers that supports EPUB.
I just look at it like a game of Ikaruga... just make sure the dark bullets and ships don't touch your light-oriented ship. Or else you explode violently.
Turbo button would be nice, but what about a turbo dial?
So I guess an air pump doesn't count as a moving part?
Nope. The copyright aren't expiring, the original owners just get to take them back if they want to.
There are some new external video cards that don't require anything but drivers and a USB port, such as the EVGA UV Plus. AFAIK, all USB video cards use a DisplayLink chipset, and there are rudimentary drivers here. It's not a very elegant solution, but if you want to use any sort of GUI, this should work.
Accept it, Linux people. Linux. Is. Inferior. To. The. BSDs.
That may be true, but it still isn't the right tool for many jobs. It makes a great server, but I wouldn't put it on the family computer.
Ok, if the goal was to make them easier for blind people to use, why did they replace the drive through tellers? I can see them replacing worn out ones, but still, why replace the ones that are working well?
but one thing seems clear â" only full-time, for-profit professionals are able to consistently beat BD+.
At the moment.
I highly doubt that there's not a backdoor key in the encryption, no matter how much they try to block people from copying/backing up/ripping. Mainly because if someone buys a $300 player that can't play any current movies and has no internet connection, a law suit is just around the corner.
I have Armored Core 4: Answer (PS3), and I'm not seeing the same problems you are. The game has a more arcade feel to it than Mechwarrior, and definitely isn't as complicated. IIRC, there actually was a button or three that WASN'T mapped on the PS3 controller.
One of the problems with the internet is that it gives people a chance to self select themselves into a tiny little corner of interstes that creates an echo chamber. I don't want recomendations from people I know to be prone to confermation bias.
And yet you're posting on Slashdot?
But there is quite a lot of statistical evidence...
Ok, so people don't take the Government's word and don't trust the media, so they're going to trust statistics? Statistics just show outlying data, and can be interpreted many ways. Because people easily believe what they fear to be true, we could be putting an unconscious bias on the raw data.
What does burning pirated movies have to do with the national debt? The taxes on movies can't pull in $3.8 billion/day more revenue.
The problem with this logic is that AA is only online. There is no single player or offline mode. Therefore, even if the client is perfectly made, the game still has flaws if the infrastructure sucks, because you can't get away with NOT using the servers.
EA does that with games and it's equally maddening.
Am I the only one trying to figure out whether this pun is intentional or not? Maybe I need to lay off the caffeine and get some sleep...
However, it's just a coincidence that the other two games were released to critical acclaim and are both regarded as some of the best of the 360. Just coincidence, I'm sure.
We go right back to where we were on Sept. 10, 2001. Maybe governors should have been in the Capitol when we knew a plane was on its way to Washington wanting to kill a few thousand more people.
Couldn't you argue that we were the safest right after an attack? It's kind of like getting a flat tire and the other three exploding as you pull over. Or all the drives in a RAID array failing. Or dead pixels making your monitor unusable. Or...
So you're going to require that the buyer purchase an add-to play your game? Bad move. And flipping the Wiimote sideways is good for side-scrollers and not much else.
And I seriously doubt that any of them would be interested in a Prince of Persia game. Just because everyone has a Wii doesn't mean that it's profitable to develop something for it. In this case, the publisher decided it wasn't.
Sure they can do that via DLC, but if you have physical media, you have a right to sell it even if it's against the license agreement. See this article for the court ruling. This ruling also might have more of an effect later, as the arguments hinged on the fact that even though the software was billed as leased, the transaction had the characteristics of a sale, and therefore the First Sale doctrine applied. Using that logic, would it be reasonable to expect that the bits you paid for could come under the ruling?
I wonder how this will affect their deal with Sony and their ebook store. It's not like they can just take their toys and go home, as there's probably a contract or two, but I'm sure no one would mind replacing the awful Sony store interface.
No theft implies he acquired it illegally nothing more.
Nope. Theft implies taking an item from someone without their permission, not just obtaining an item. I can buy drugs from someone and it's not considered theft, even though I acquired them illegally. Just to be pedantic:
Theft - the generic term for all crimes in which a person intentionally and fraudulently takes personal property of another without permission or consent and with the intent to convert it to the taker's use
The key is that you're depriving somebody of personal property. Since he just COPIED the data and didn't deprive anyone of their own copy, it falls under copyright law.