My wife bought me a watch for my birthday. Knowing full well she had done it, my mother-in-law has bought me a watch for Christmas.
I think chucking a Knoppix disk under the tree for someone is cool. SO LONG AS YOU'RE NOT A CHEAP BASTARD AND ACTUALLY ALREADY HAD SOMETHING ELSE FOR THEM.
It's a good stocking filler I think. Slap a disk under the tree, slap it on a computer, keep the young kids happy, and let's face it, Tux Racer is a laugh.
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Would Debian fill that need? Since I've got Debian running on my old 486 laptop. Not to mention on an old 386/33 with 4 megs ram. Had to do a floppy install on both, but they run just peachy. Of course they are lacking everything you've prefaced with the word "lightweight":) So I guess they wouldn't work. But I have MP3 players on the 486 (386 has no sound anyway, not that it could probably handle MP3's), games, and all the usual suspects.
P.S. I told my grandmother about the microsoft-flaming-firefox thing... she said (and I quote, verbatim)"Someone should tell those... those... those Microstuff people (shes a little poor of hearing) to smarten up or be quiet."
With the NFL thing earlier this week, reading this news was a breath of fresh air. Nice to see a developer not whore themselves out. *cough*bungie*cough*.
I've known several professional rugby players. And I can tell you, they'd eat 99% of the NFL for breakfast, and then wash it down with 20 pints of ale.
I think the Porsche license has expired. They had the exclusive for "Need for Speed: Porsche Unleased" for obvious reasons, but I believe it's long since finished.
I think the Gran Turismo thing is just a case of, having licensed so many manufacturers, they could save a few bucks licensing an obscure modder (RUF) than licensing the actual cars.
I know a lot of car nuts. None of us care it's "RUF", since we know damn well they're Porsches by any other name.
I'm a baseball nut, but the best-of-seven series is retarded. There's a reason the Superbowl is the biggest sports event in the US. It's because when you tune in you KNOW it's all on the line. You know it's the big one.
You only get that in other sports if it's game 7. By which time, after seeing six other games in the last week, you're largely tired.
If hockey (when it's being played) can play every night of the week, those pussies in the NFL can.
When was the last time an AMERICAN football player died on the field? Since there was one died just last week playing soccer after colliding with the goalkeeper.
And look at AMERICAN football. Yeah, there's a manly sport. We play the non-gay, non-girly version in England. It's called Rugby. Call me when your guys have less than three inches of body armor and helmets.
You know, I was going to rip on you for your F1 comment... Then stop to thought, and realised you're right.
Image Space Inc, who develop the F1 titles for EA, have always had MAJOR AI issues though. The AI is always utterly braindead at Monaco. What's a real shame is that Papyrus never did a modern F1 game. (I'm still an avid Grand Prix Legends player.)
What's worse with the Sony license is the fact that from what I've seen, they ONLY release them in the PAL region, meaning me, stuck in Canada, can't get an F1 game until what is it, 2007 when their exclusive deal ends? Which means my choices are:
EA's crappy, and yet sadly the best out there, game.
Crammond's travesty that is Grand Prix 4.
And that's it if I want a game made this century.
A non-licensed NFL game would sell about 3 copies. As I said in another post, ESPN would NOT associate themselves with an unlicensed game. Sure, it's fine saying "we can edit the names" etc... But most people can't copy gamesaves to their consoles. Meaning you'd have to do it by hand yourself. Even with the PS2 having a USB keyboard hooked up, that is still a TON of work. People simply won't bother, and will whore themselves to EA out of laziness.
Licensing and sponsorship are parasites. Once money enters a sport, all purity (can't think of another word) leaves. Look at motor racing. Sponsorship entered, commercial interests became more important than the actual sport, and now the most commercial series suck.
This is one of the most hideous announcements I've ever heard. The ESPN NFL game this year was awesome. The presentation blows EA's crap out of the water.
And now we're stuck with nothing but EA. Okay, on PC this is "situation normal" but on the consoles, EA can now bring the suck for five straight years and know that people will lap it up due to lack of choice.
Funny. People always laughed at the PC and how EA Sports were the only company putting out sports titles... And now, for the NFL at least, the consoles are exactly the same.
Sure, they can put out an ESPN NFL game, but do you really think ESPN will want to be associated with a non-licensed title? So the ESPN license will be gone. Leaving fictional teams. Which 99% of people will have no interest in.
Absolutely. I loathe the business model of yearly games... But I dipped into my pockets for ESPN titles this year, and will do next year. They keep this pricing and I'll gladly buy their titles every year. I'm eagerly awaiting the baseball season... They keep the same price, I'll be buying the ESPN title as soon as it's released.
With games like Halo 2 grosing $100 mil on the first day, for a much smaller budget compared to Alexander, the bottom line is clear. The age of movies is waning.
Couldn't disagree more. The big difference is the sales drop-off. Sure, Halo 2 took in that. In three months time, sales will be through the floor and getting lower and lower. Halo 2 shot it's load, and that's it. Alexander has the following in it's future after it supposedly tanks (and bear in mind the bums on seats around the world will be many multitudes higher than the number of copies Halo 2 shipped):
DVD Rental: Still a very lucrative market DVD Sell through: Where a lot of movies that tank make a fortune. Pay Per View: Still a lucrative market. Cable TV: Probably similar to PPV Network Broadcast: This will make another few million, THREE YEARS after the release.
Tell me Halo 2 will make a few million in 2007 and see if I laugh.
Wrong wrong wrong. Absolutely brimming over with wrongability.
Despite what sheep like you believe, to be "theft" you have to DEPRIVE THE OWNER OF THE ITEM and be in SOLE POSESSION OF IT, which clearly is not the case with software.
Just because you say something is theft, doesn't make it so.
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Nice! Daddy likes the rough stuff.
My wife bought me a watch for my birthday. Knowing full well she had done it, my mother-in-law has bought me a watch for Christmas.
I think chucking a Knoppix disk under the tree for someone is cool. SO LONG AS YOU'RE NOT A CHEAP BASTARD AND ACTUALLY ALREADY HAD SOMETHING ELSE FOR THEM.
It's a good stocking filler I think. Slap a disk under the tree, slap it on a computer, keep the young kids happy, and let's face it, Tux Racer is a laugh.
And you felt the need to post that, why?
Would Debian fill that need? Since I've got Debian running on my old 486 laptop. Not to mention on an old 386/33 with 4 megs ram. Had to do a floppy install on both, but they run just peachy. Of course they are lacking everything you've prefaced with the word "lightweight":) So I guess they wouldn't work. But I have MP3 players on the 486 (386 has no sound anyway, not that it could probably handle MP3's), games, and all the usual suspects.
P.S. I told my grandmother about the microsoft-flaming-firefox thing... she said (and I quote, verbatim)"Someone should tell those... those... those Microstuff people (shes a little poor of hearing) to smarten up or be quiet."
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO THE COOLEST GRANDMA ON EARTH!
With the NFL thing earlier this week, reading this news was a breath of fresh air. Nice to see a developer not whore themselves out. *cough*bungie*cough*.
Spoken like someone who has never been press ganged by EA.
I swear, I drank some rum, next thing I know I'm chained to a desk, and a guy behind me with a whip was saying "Code. Code NOW!"
"But I don't know how to program!" *crack*
And three weeks later, Madden 2005 was born.
These are current Canadian prices.
Madden 2004 for PC: $12
Madden 2005 for PC: $60
Needless to say when I bought it a few months back, I got 2004.
Last EA Sports title I ever buy. It's got a huge bug that makes it dead easy to beat the AI in damn near any situation.
Great! Except with that title, Stallman would have to commentate. Still, he'd be better than Madden.
I've known several professional rugby players. And I can tell you, they'd eat 99% of the NFL for breakfast, and then wash it down with 20 pints of ale.
Rugby players are fucking scary!
I think the Porsche license has expired. They had the exclusive for "Need for Speed: Porsche Unleased" for obvious reasons, but I believe it's long since finished.
I think the Gran Turismo thing is just a case of, having licensed so many manufacturers, they could save a few bucks licensing an obscure modder (RUF) than licensing the actual cars.
I know a lot of car nuts. None of us care it's "RUF", since we know damn well they're Porsches by any other name.
I'm a baseball nut, but the best-of-seven series is retarded. There's a reason the Superbowl is the biggest sports event in the US. It's because when you tune in you KNOW it's all on the line. You know it's the big one.
You only get that in other sports if it's game 7. By which time, after seeing six other games in the last week, you're largely tired.
If hockey (when it's being played) can play every night of the week, those pussies in the NFL can.
Invoking Foley... Class! The only guy from "Kids in the Hall" I don't want to punch in the face.
Afraid their children are going to get hurt?
When was the last time an AMERICAN football player died on the field? Since there was one died just last week playing soccer after colliding with the goalkeeper.
And look at AMERICAN football. Yeah, there's a manly sport. We play the non-gay, non-girly version in England. It's called Rugby. Call me when your guys have less than three inches of body armor and helmets.
Wow, busting out a line from a five year old movie. You're so clever! May I worship you as King of the Fucktards?
Dont just boycott, pirate the games! Remember every time you pirate a game you cost their company millions in lost cash.
Dude, if I had mod points, you'd be getting a "+1, Funny".
You know, I was going to rip on you for your F1 comment... Then stop to thought, and realised you're right.
Image Space Inc, who develop the F1 titles for EA, have always had MAJOR AI issues though. The AI is always utterly braindead at Monaco. What's a real shame is that Papyrus never did a modern F1 game. (I'm still an avid Grand Prix Legends player.)
What's worse with the Sony license is the fact that from what I've seen, they ONLY release them in the PAL region, meaning me, stuck in Canada, can't get an F1 game until what is it, 2007 when their exclusive deal ends? Which means my choices are:
EA's crappy, and yet sadly the best out there, game.
Crammond's travesty that is Grand Prix 4.
And that's it if I want a game made this century.
A non-licensed NFL game would sell about 3 copies. As I said in another post, ESPN would NOT associate themselves with an unlicensed game. Sure, it's fine saying "we can edit the names" etc... But most people can't copy gamesaves to their consoles. Meaning you'd have to do it by hand yourself. Even with the PS2 having a USB keyboard hooked up, that is still a TON of work. People simply won't bother, and will whore themselves to EA out of laziness.
Funny. My cable got cut off at the beginning of December. I watch so much TV... I didn't even notice until December 8th.
Licensing and sponsorship are parasites. Once money enters a sport, all purity (can't think of another word) leaves. Look at motor racing. Sponsorship entered, commercial interests became more important than the actual sport, and now the most commercial series suck.
This is one of the most hideous announcements I've ever heard. The ESPN NFL game this year was awesome. The presentation blows EA's crap out of the water.
And now we're stuck with nothing but EA. Okay, on PC this is "situation normal" but on the consoles, EA can now bring the suck for five straight years and know that people will lap it up due to lack of choice.
Funny. People always laughed at the PC and how EA Sports were the only company putting out sports titles... And now, for the NFL at least, the consoles are exactly the same.
Sure, they can put out an ESPN NFL game, but do you really think ESPN will want to be associated with a non-licensed title? So the ESPN license will be gone. Leaving fictional teams. Which 99% of people will have no interest in.
EA Sports just scored a death blow with this.
"This movies going to suck and depress the shit out of all Doom fans. Sorry."
Absolutely. I loathe the business model of yearly games... But I dipped into my pockets for ESPN titles this year, and will do next year. They keep this pricing and I'll gladly buy their titles every year. I'm eagerly awaiting the baseball season... They keep the same price, I'll be buying the ESPN title as soon as it's released.
With games like Halo 2 grosing $100 mil on the first day, for a much smaller budget compared to Alexander, the bottom line is clear. The age of movies is waning.
Couldn't disagree more. The big difference is the sales drop-off. Sure, Halo 2 took in that. In three months time, sales will be through the floor and getting lower and lower. Halo 2 shot it's load, and that's it. Alexander has the following in it's future after it supposedly tanks (and bear in mind the bums on seats around the world will be many multitudes higher than the number of copies Halo 2 shipped):
DVD Rental: Still a very lucrative market
DVD Sell through: Where a lot of movies that tank make a fortune.
Pay Per View: Still a lucrative market.
Cable TV: Probably similar to PPV
Network Broadcast: This will make another few million, THREE YEARS after the release.
Tell me Halo 2 will make a few million in 2007 and see if I laugh.
Wrong wrong wrong. Absolutely brimming over with wrongability.
Despite what sheep like you believe, to be "theft" you have to DEPRIVE THE OWNER OF THE ITEM and be in SOLE POSESSION OF IT, which clearly is not the case with software.
Just because you say something is theft, doesn't make it so.
think the idea is that you can't take the software home, copy it, and then return it for cash
They use all this copy protection nonsense like Securom and Safedisc, and still deny us our consumer rights. Which means one of two things.
1) The law is there to fuck the consumer, not provide "protection" from copying.
or
2) They're admitting this copy protection crap doesn't work.
They shut down the WON servers about 2 months after they got steam working properly.
What do you mean? Steam STILL doesn't work properly. If it did, a friend of mine wouldn't have had to wait two freakin' hours to activate the game.