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  1. Re:How much MORE is this costing us? on Senate Passes Another Bill To Delay Digital TV Transition · · Score: 1

    If the government's action result in ~100 billion dollars worth of TVs, VCRs, and DVRs

    I think it's quite obvious that you don't really know what's being changed. VCRs? DVRs? What the hell do they have to do with anything? They'll work fine. They have nothing to do with this switch. Whatsoever. A VCR plugged into an analog TV will still play VHS tapes. And I seriously doubt anyone with a Digital Video Recorder is going to be affected by the switch. VCRs and DVRs aren't going to "receive nothing but static."

    And where's this "$100 billion" figure come from?

  2. Re:Blizzard is doing a lot of damage to the indust on Judge Rules WoW Bot Violates DMCA · · Score: 1

    Oops. Forgot to mention that the download in the link is for the trial (which you can upgrade to a full version after buying the license keys). You can redownload the full game client anytime you choose through the Account Management page of your World of Warcraft Account. This can be done on any computer. Of course, you can use your discs and install them faster, if you want.

  3. Re:Blizzard is doing a lot of damage to the indust on Judge Rules WoW Bot Violates DMCA · · Score: 1

    It is in fact free to download the client. You can do so here. What you pay for when you buy the game is the license key in the box that you'll then use to create an account. That's the charge. And the seller may toss in a couple bucks depending on where you buy it from.

  4. Re:Blizzard is doing a lot of damage to the indust on Judge Rules WoW Bot Violates DMCA · · Score: 1

    Why not just ban anyone who is obviously behaving like a bot?

    They do have GMs that act as moderators, but there's no way to monitor 15 million people.

    Besides, "behaving like a bot" isn't the problem. When fishing, you appear the same as a bot. The only way to tell would be to watch the player for the duration of their fishing experience--which can be legitimate hours.

    They do ban when they spot bots. They ban regularly. The problem is that there's no way to stop the person from making a new account and doing it all over again.

  5. Re:Hopefully there's a silver lining on Judge Rules WoW Bot Violates DMCA · · Score: 5, Informative

    Prt 2 Org 1g?

    Prt = Portal (A Mage-class player can create portals for other players to use)
    2 = to
    Org = Orgrimmar (a major city)
    1g = 1 gold (currency)

    In this case a player is requesting a mage to teleport them to another city, and is willing to pay 1 gold. (Since the latest patch, most portals usually go for 2-5g... sometimes I even get 10g on the Eonar server.)

    Tbl plz.

    tbl = Table (A Mage-class player can create refreshment tables for other players)
    plz = Please

    A party member is asking a mage to create a table that they can use for food that replenishes health and mana.

    Ned 1g.

    Ned = Need
    1g = 1 gold (currency)

    Someone needs money. Usually you'll see this from the lower players asking higher players for money.

    Can u rn me thru RFC? 10s

    rn = run (a process where a higher-level character parties with a lower level character and then proceeds to do a low-level quest or dungeon so that the low-level character can complete a quest or get an item without doing any work)
    RFC = Ragefire Chasm (a dungeon for a group of low level characters)
    10s = 10 silver (currency... 1g = 100s)

    A low level character is asking a presumably higher level character to do the dungeon for them, and is willing to pay 10s. (10s is nowhere near the price anyone would pay for a run. Hell, you'll pick up a few gold in the dungeon...)

    Now you know, and can be nerdy like us. Just like us... Just like us... Just like us...