I ahve bought some there, but it has been a few years, probably 4 or 5 at least. I remember buying A Knights Tale used, and feeling as though I had been fucked in the ass because it sucked.
I ran a successful business for a long time. The only money/profit I could count was that I made from doing the work. Many times I gave bids for jibs that I did not get, because of my price or other reasons. That was not "money" that I lost, it was sales that I missed. I could not look and say,"Oh, if I had gotten those 10 jobs, I would have made an extra 10K profit." And that is the model game companies use. They think that pirated copies are profits they lost, instead of imaginary money. I can not count the number of games I have torrented, that once I played them, I am glad I did. They either sucked, had flaws or were not my style. Those were not lost sales for the manufacture, they were money saving try before you buy games for me. the best example I can think of is Empire Earth and Empire Earth II. I torrented both of them, liked them, and went and bought them and the expansion packs. If the companies had any sense, they would release demos that were good for 5 to 10 hours of play. That is enough time to get into the game, and figure out if you like it. And most people, after 5 to 10 hours, will be attached enough to go buy the full game. There will still be piracy, but I would bet it would decrease some, and sales would increase with longer, full featured demos.
The new level for free every couple of months sounds good, but then people like me would wait until several levels had been released before we bought the game, which would spread the income over tiem, and in the case of games, that spread of time equals less income due to lack of interest that could accumulate if it was spent at point (a) on a calendar instead of (a) + 3 or 4.
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Lol, there are torrent sites that will allow you to get copies of textbooks for free like beer, or is that free like speech? The pills and everclear are kickin g in right now.
I bought 3 copies, after I downloaded it via a torrent to see what it was about. Kept one, gave one to my mom and one to my GF for her computer. I am not thrilled with the game, it has some flaws, but the price and lack of DRM made change my normal habits and buy the thing, three times. Kudos for 2D and their stance against DRM.
Tell that to Rosa Parks. Unjust and immoral laws are not to be followed. Maybe in a oppressive regime, but in America we have the right to violate any unjust or immoral law and take our chances with a jury. Not to say copyright is unjust or immoral.
Really, how is it different from copying by hand the passages of a book I need for a paper, that will receive full credit for the part I quote, theft? I am required by my instructors to quote various erudite authorities and their learned documents in my papers to justify my thoughts on a subject. Because I make use of the most efficient manner of copying it is somehow illegal? Same with music, I can, legally, tape any song played over the public airwaves on a radio station. If a song has been played on any station, at any time in history, then I could have taped it at that point in time. Same with movies that are shown on broadcast TV. If I download a copy from the interwebs, after it has been broadcast, how is that different from taping it when it was broadcast? Same with books, I can go, and legally make a handwritten copy of any book in the library. So your problem is with the digital medium I copy it to or from, rather than the copying, and that my "friend" is fucking retarded.
That seems as it was said in a sense of humor, but in reality it is true. I can not carry a 2" penkinfe to my college classes, but am allowed to carry a 7" long metal ballpoint pen and sharp pencils, along with a heavy poly-something or another brush, a magazine, keyring full of keys, wear steel toe boots and carry soda cans. But a penknife is a dangerous weapon, lol. This fixation on weapons is an American psychosis. Weapons are not dangerous, the people who carry those weapons can be. In today's society, people are not used to or capable of dealing with physical violence for the most part, outside the lower income parts of towns and in immigrant communities. So they ban weapons, not realizing that they just make themselves prey for those who need no weapon to be dangerous.
Actually, if they detained him, they probably committed a kidnapping, at least in NC. IANAL, but in NC if you rob a store, and tell the cashier to move away from the register, you have added a kidnapping charge to your crime of armed robbery. Was going to post the law, but too long, here is the link. http://law.justia.com/northcarolina/codes/chapter_14/article_10.html
Uh, taking a picture is not a crime. If the locking mechanism is so important, then it should not be open in public. Because if CCTV cameras can be installed by any company on their property, then I can take a picture of anything I can see from a public place.
Lol, the difference between a BA and a MA in the field I am chasing is about 30K a year at a minimum. You might not think it is about the money, for most folks everything is about the money.
No. People got angry because there was no person who could testify that they had run a redlight. There is this idea in America that people have the right to confront their accuser, and the cameras would not comply with subpoenas and would not break even when jailed for contempt.
Texas folks. You can shoot them dead on the spot for being on your property, as long as you can claim you thought they were stealing or trying to steal something and it is night time. Deadly Force to Protect Property
"A person is justified in using deadly force against another to protect his property to the degree he reasonably believes the force is immediately necessary to prevent the other's imminent commission of arson, burglary, robbery, theft during the nighttime or criminal mischief during the nighttime, and he reasonably believes that the property cannot be protected by any other means."
In NC the police and government officials can remove their personal vehicle information from the state's database. So, anyone who knows my real name and who is interested, can spend a small amount of money and get my home address, vehicle VIN numbers, insurance information, driving record and several other bits of information. But you can not find that same information about the local chief of police or judge, nor congressman.
Orwell said it best.
"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
Is not DRM totally useless right now? I can find anything I want via torrents all ready to use in an unprotected form, from movies to music to books and programs.
Lol, if you did not buy it yourself, you got screwed. And it is a heatpump, hence it is the outside unit, not condenser. A heat pump switches the indoor coil and outdoor coil according to its state(heating or cooling) When heating a heat pump has the condensor indoors and the evaporator out doors, and opposite when cooling. If it is a rheem or rudd, it energizes the reversing valve in heating, 99% of other brands energize the reversing valve in cooling. The tank inside the outdoor unit is an accumulator. protip, cut off your heatpump or AC when you mow around it, helps keep the coil clean. second protip, usually it is the capacitor that goes out, not the fan motor. third protip, OEM capacitors are usually two capacitors sharing a common common. If that is the case, buy the capacitor you need, not a new OEM or aftermarket tyoe that is two in one. You'll save several dollars that way. And just to be an asshole, the freon they charged you$50.00 a pound for, cost around 5 or 6 bucks a pound. HVAC/R and commercial refrigeration is a license to print money.
Real Sperry Topsiders, 24 years old, worn at least a couple of days a week. corcoran jump boots,16" zips, have replaced zips twice, resoled many times got them when I was 15, 25 years ago. Good shoes(or boots) are well worth the price paid.
***It's not ANY companies choice. No company is allowed to mail to an address other than the Billing address on a credit card. No company can. With out a person to person sale there is no way to check I.D. I would think you would know this.***
That is Bullshit and false.
PS:someone please point me to where i can learn how to do the fadedout quote thingee. Thanks
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Where, link or citation please. USB mod chips sound like a frickin wet dream.
I ahve bought some there, but it has been a few years, probably 4 or 5 at least. I remember buying A Knights Tale used, and feeling as though I had been fucked in the ass because it sucked.
I ran a successful business for a long time. The only money/profit I could count was that I made from doing the work. Many times I gave bids for jibs that I did not get, because of my price or other reasons. That was not "money" that I lost, it was sales that I missed. I could not look and say,"Oh, if I had gotten those 10 jobs, I would have made an extra 10K profit." And that is the model game companies use. They think that pirated copies are profits they lost, instead of imaginary money. I can not count the number of games I have torrented, that once I played them, I am glad I did. They either sucked, had flaws or were not my style. Those were not lost sales for the manufacture, they were money saving try before you buy games for me. the best example I can think of is Empire Earth and Empire Earth II. I torrented both of them, liked them, and went and bought them and the expansion packs. If the companies had any sense, they would release demos that were good for 5 to 10 hours of play. That is enough time to get into the game, and figure out if you like it. And most people, after 5 to 10 hours, will be attached enough to go buy the full game. There will still be piracy, but I would bet it would decrease some, and sales would increase with longer, full featured demos.
The new level for free every couple of months sounds good, but then people like me would wait until several levels had been released before we bought the game, which would spread the income over tiem, and in the case of games, that spread of time equals less income due to lack of interest that could accumulate if it was spent at point (a) on a calendar instead of (a) + 3 or 4.
Lol, there are torrent sites that will allow you to get copies of textbooks for free like beer, or is that free like speech? The pills and everclear are kickin g in right now.
I bought 3 copies, after I downloaded it via a torrent to see what it was about. Kept one, gave one to my mom and one to my GF for her computer. I am not thrilled with the game, it has some flaws, but the price and lack of DRM made change my normal habits and buy the thing, three times. Kudos for 2D and their stance against DRM.
Tell that to Rosa Parks. Unjust and immoral laws are not to be followed. Maybe in a oppressive regime, but in America we have the right to violate any unjust or immoral law and take our chances with a jury. Not to say copyright is unjust or immoral.
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Really, how is it different from copying by hand the passages of a book I need for a paper, that will receive full credit for the part I quote, theft? I am required by my instructors to quote various erudite authorities and their learned documents in my papers to justify my thoughts on a subject. Because I make use of the most efficient manner of copying it is somehow illegal? Same with music, I can, legally, tape any song played over the public airwaves on a radio station. If a song has been played on any station, at any time in history, then I could have taped it at that point in time. Same with movies that are shown on broadcast TV. If I download a copy from the interwebs, after it has been broadcast, how is that different from taping it when it was broadcast? Same with books, I can go, and legally make a handwritten copy of any book in the library. So your problem is with the digital medium I copy it to or from, rather than the copying, and that my "friend" is fucking retarded.
Lol, I use my digital camera to take pictures of books I need and can't find on-line. Works like a charm and is really quick.
That seems as it was said in a sense of humor, but in reality it is true. I can not carry a 2" penkinfe to my college classes, but am allowed to carry a 7" long metal ballpoint pen and sharp pencils, along with a heavy poly-something or another brush, a magazine, keyring full of keys, wear steel toe boots and carry soda cans. But a penknife is a dangerous weapon, lol. This fixation on weapons is an American psychosis. Weapons are not dangerous, the people who carry those weapons can be. In today's society, people are not used to or capable of dealing with physical violence for the most part, outside the lower income parts of towns and in immigrant communities. So they ban weapons, not realizing that they just make themselves prey for those who need no weapon to be dangerous.
Actually, if they detained him, they probably committed a kidnapping, at least in NC. IANAL, but in NC if you rob a store, and tell the cashier to move away from the register, you have added a kidnapping charge to your crime of armed robbery. Was going to post the law, but too long, here is the link. http://law.justia.com/northcarolina/codes/chapter_14/article_10.html
Uh, taking a picture is not a crime. If the locking mechanism is so important, then it should not be open in public. Because if CCTV cameras can be installed by any company on their property, then I can take a picture of anything I can see from a public place.
Lol, the difference between a BA and a MA in the field I am chasing is about 30K a year at a minimum. You might not think it is about the money, for most folks everything is about the money.
No. People got angry because there was no person who could testify that they had run a redlight. There is this idea in America that people have the right to confront their accuser, and the cameras would not comply with subpoenas and would not break even when jailed for contempt.
Texas folks. You can shoot them dead on the spot for being on your property, as long as you can claim you thought they were stealing or trying to steal something and it is night time. Deadly Force to Protect Property "A person is justified in using deadly force against another to protect his property to the degree he reasonably believes the force is immediately necessary to prevent the other's imminent commission of arson, burglary, robbery, theft during the nighttime or criminal mischief during the nighttime, and he reasonably believes that the property cannot be protected by any other means."
In NC the police and government officials can remove their personal vehicle information from the state's database. So, anyone who knows my real name and who is interested, can spend a small amount of money and get my home address, vehicle VIN numbers, insurance information, driving record and several other bits of information. But you can not find that same information about the local chief of police or judge, nor congressman. Orwell said it best. "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
Code this have cryptographical uses? IANAMOG, but I know primes play a role in many crypto schemes.
Lol, I have instructors in college that can not transfer files from a computer to a flash drive, or figure out how to run a power point presentation.
Is not DRM totally useless right now? I can find anything I want via torrents all ready to use in an unprotected form, from movies to music to books and programs.
WDEP baby.
Why does nero have the ability to rip DVDs if it is illegal?
Lol, if you did not buy it yourself, you got screwed. And it is a heatpump, hence it is the outside unit, not condenser. A heat pump switches the indoor coil and outdoor coil according to its state(heating or cooling) When heating a heat pump has the condensor indoors and the evaporator out doors, and opposite when cooling. If it is a rheem or rudd, it energizes the reversing valve in heating, 99% of other brands energize the reversing valve in cooling. The tank inside the outdoor unit is an accumulator. protip, cut off your heatpump or AC when you mow around it, helps keep the coil clean. second protip, usually it is the capacitor that goes out, not the fan motor. third protip, OEM capacitors are usually two capacitors sharing a common common. If that is the case, buy the capacitor you need, not a new OEM or aftermarket tyoe that is two in one. You'll save several dollars that way. And just to be an asshole, the freon they charged you$50.00 a pound for, cost around 5 or 6 bucks a pound. HVAC/R and commercial refrigeration is a license to print money.
Real Sperry Topsiders, 24 years old, worn at least a couple of days a week. corcoran jump boots,16" zips, have replaced zips twice, resoled many times got them when I was 15, 25 years ago. Good shoes(or boots) are well worth the price paid.
***It's not ANY companies choice. No company is allowed to mail to an address other than the Billing address on a credit card. No company can. With out a person to person sale there is no way to check I.D. I would think you would know this.*** That is Bullshit and false. PS:someone please point me to where i can learn how to do the fadedout quote thingee. Thanks