I've seen the same thing, though it's worth pointing out that it's really easy to tell at a concert who's under aged for someone around that age range.
That said, it's good to know that the GP was staring long enough to not only go on such a long and passionate rant, but to also determine whether or not they were wearing pads.
Actually, from what I remember from my neuroscience lectures on the subject, there's an effect on feminine and masculine behavior in the womb based on specific chemicals received in utero that can be affected by the person you're sharing the womb with.
In rats, it's been shown that exposure to estrogen in the womb causes a significant increase in homosexual mounting behavior in females later in life, due to the change in brain chemistry that results.
I'd have to look up the slides again to see why this happens, as well as any specifics, but the point is that the imbalance in hormones caused by having a sibling in the womb can affect the end sexual orientation, which may possibly explain why there's such a big difference between the second two percentages.
you realize, of course, that they paid into it to, right?
Maybe not as much, but that's due to a number of factors beyond them simply not paying into the social security fund, so it's not entirely justified to say that they're stealing from the sweat of our brows.
You'd have to devise a system where the server knows where you are at any point in time, rather than a system where the user's computer simply asks for objects at intervals, meaning that, for your system to work, the servers would have to be able to sustain near mmo levels of bandwidth, which is ridiculous-expensive for something that will still be cracked in a month. The only workable methods to have it store item types/locations server side is to have the user's computer ask at certain intervals, which will require about one play through depending on the game for the hackers to get every item down, to have the computer know where items are, but not which items they are, or vice versa, in which case the hacker has half the information and only needs to figure out the second half systematically, or to piss off all customers without a reliable high bandwidth, low latency connection to the server, as well as any who have any sense of moral decency whatsoever.
I understand the whole sense of outrage from such a large number of people pirating copies, and I can see why that would be frustrating, but, at the end of the day, what you care about is SALES, not pirated copies.
What you should be asking is: Is the game profitable, and is there any way we can make it more profitable, not how can we reduce piracy. I'll admit that, at first, making more money and reducing piracy seem to go hand in hand, but not only are most pirates not going to pay for your stuff, for whatever reason, but pissing off legitimate customers with drm more restrictive than disk checks, serial numbers, etc. will only end up hurting your bottom line, instead of earning more money.
If you really think restrictive DRM is justified, look at how horribly Spore sold, compared to the initial hype surrounding it, compared to the amount of money spent developing the DRM scheme that caused that bucket of shit to come raining down. In the end, anyone who advocates sacrificing the bottom line over some sort of moral outrage or sense of unfairness should probably be removed from any decision making position, because when they aren't, it hurts everyone involved.
Actually, this seems more like proof that the guy behind Duke is, in fact, a sadistic douche.
You really probably have to be, after supporting such a hyped game for so long, just to disappoint fans again and again before the entire project explodes spectacularly in its leaders' collective face.
At the U of M, Linux is only used in the computer science department. It's mentioned here and there other places, and, obviously, everything they have for public use (wi-fi, etc) is more or less required to work with linux, less they face the wrath of the computer science department, but otherwise, there's no mention of it.
Admittedly, Pidgin does crash with ridiculous frequency, but this problem is limited mostly to Linux (in my experience) and is only really a problem in a few areas (most notably, email notifications).
It only takes a half second to boot on either of my computers, and it's never crashed while I'm not using it or messaging someone, so I really don't care enough to switch to something that's not OSS.
Hey, if you're the one who has such a big problem with advertisements that you won't sit through them even after buying the game, that's your problem.
Now, that doesn't change the fact that many companies cross the line into douchiness when dealing with ads, and a certain amount of customer-outrage is deserved on their part, but I find it silly that someone can be so bothered by something as stupid as an advertisement as to essentially throw $50 out the window by never playing something they've already bought again.
They're just ads, not Satan incarnate. They will neither poison your mind, nor suck out your soul. Be a man and deal with it.
The current leaders in Congress have been saying for the last couple of weeks that it is unreasonable to expect Congressional Representatives to read the bills before they vote on them because they don't have the time and even if they did have the time, they couldn't understand them.
Well.... it is unreasonable to expect that.
Have you read any of the legislation being put out recently? Although the pages are short, they take about an hour to fully comprehend each.
Although it sounds horrible, keeping up with legislation being put forth is more than a full time job. Although there should be some level of responsibility for congressmen, sometimes it's understandable if they leave the reading like this up to the people putting the legislation forth, or to their aides/staff, even if it is getting information secondhand.
Of course, this only works when the parents have the right knowledge to teach their children. Schools are there to educate children where their parents can't.
I wouldn't trust half the parents out there to prepare their children for college classes, even if they did have the time. This is why we pay taxes for education, and this is why although education from parents is good to a point, it is hardly something that should be relied upon, even for hot-button issues.
If a parent ever really has a problem with what their children are being taught, there's always the option of private school, or home school.
No, it's because children aren't allowed to read a historically significant novel at the teacher's prompt for EXTRA CREDIT without the parent's approval.
To be honest, nobody takes such advertisements seriously.... or, rather, if they do, they need to get their brain examined.
If anyone gets in a huff about stuff like this, they need to reexamine their priorities, as I'm sure there are much more worthy injustices going on in the world, than people having their images displayed next to two-bit iq test advertisements, or ads for dating websites to their friends on an occasional, random, automated basis.
If anyone here RTFA and used facebook, they'd know that this is just referring to those stupid ads that grab random profile pictures and stick them next to generic text. There is no "theft of your honesty and integrity" because the ads carry about as much credibility as the "hot singles in [your city]" or the multitude of poorly spelled viagra ads that flood your inbox on a daily basis.
If this were something where the advertisement using my picture was global, or used outside facebook, or not automated, it might be an issue.... but that isn't the case. Everyone with an ounce of brains knows what these ads are, and nobody in their right minds would take them seriously. It's the price we pay for a free social networking site, and no amount of bitching changes the fact that Facebook does have to get money from somewhere.
why not just put a longer term limit on commercial uses?
For instance, 5 (or whatever) years before unrestricted access for personal/public uses, and 15 (or whatever) years before unrestricted commercial use?
Well, yes, but it's slightly more complex than that.
At the very least, they (supposedly) offer a service that works on a subscription basis, so if you're one of the poor shlups stuck at the bottom of the pyramid, you still get something out of your investment (that is, an unlimited voice/data mobile plan).
Still, $60 a month (once everything averages out) is nowhere near enough to pay for such a plan. Unlimited voice from TMobile is $99, same for att. No way in hell they'd manage to come out in the black with the plan they had laid out.
I mean, I suppose I'm a bit of a creeper by most standards, but at the same time, scouring a stolen hard drive seems like a nice way to try and squeeze more out of an already decent catch, money wise.
I find that kind of disturbing. Although I'm far from a good driver while talking on the phone, I have little problem focusing and processing what's on the road ahead of me as long as I'm aware that I'm in a situation where I need to focus more on the road than on the conversation
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I've seen the same thing, though it's worth pointing out that it's really easy to tell at a concert who's under aged for someone around that age range.
That said, it's good to know that the GP was staring long enough to not only go on such a long and passionate rant, but to also determine whether or not they were wearing pads.
Actually, from what I remember from my neuroscience lectures on the subject, there's an effect on feminine and masculine behavior in the womb based on specific chemicals received in utero that can be affected by the person you're sharing the womb with.
In rats, it's been shown that exposure to estrogen in the womb causes a significant increase in homosexual mounting behavior in females later in life, due to the change in brain chemistry that results.
I'd have to look up the slides again to see why this happens, as well as any specifics, but the point is that the imbalance in hormones caused by having a sibling in the womb can affect the end sexual orientation, which may possibly explain why there's such a big difference between the second two percentages.
you realize, of course, that they paid into it to, right?
Maybe not as much, but that's due to a number of factors beyond them simply not paying into the social security fund, so it's not entirely justified to say that they're stealing from the sweat of our brows.
Nice tinfoil hat you've got there.
Does that honestly not seem just a teensey bit too elaborate to be realistic to you?
Nah, doesn't work.
You'd have to devise a system where the server knows where you are at any point in time, rather than a system where the user's computer simply asks for objects at intervals, meaning that, for your system to work, the servers would have to be able to sustain near mmo levels of bandwidth, which is ridiculous-expensive for something that will still be cracked in a month. The only workable methods to have it store item types/locations server side is to have the user's computer ask at certain intervals, which will require about one play through depending on the game for the hackers to get every item down, to have the computer know where items are, but not which items they are, or vice versa, in which case the hacker has half the information and only needs to figure out the second half systematically, or to piss off all customers without a reliable high bandwidth, low latency connection to the server, as well as any who have any sense of moral decency whatsoever.
+1 sane.
I understand the whole sense of outrage from such a large number of people pirating copies, and I can see why that would be frustrating, but, at the end of the day, what you care about is SALES, not pirated copies.
What you should be asking is: Is the game profitable, and is there any way we can make it more profitable, not how can we reduce piracy. I'll admit that, at first, making more money and reducing piracy seem to go hand in hand, but not only are most pirates not going to pay for your stuff, for whatever reason, but pissing off legitimate customers with drm more restrictive than disk checks, serial numbers, etc. will only end up hurting your bottom line, instead of earning more money.
If you really think restrictive DRM is justified, look at how horribly Spore sold, compared to the initial hype surrounding it, compared to the amount of money spent developing the DRM scheme that caused that bucket of shit to come raining down. In the end, anyone who advocates sacrificing the bottom line over some sort of moral outrage or sense of unfairness should probably be removed from any decision making position, because when they aren't, it hurts everyone involved.
Actually, this seems more like proof that the guy behind Duke is, in fact, a sadistic douche.
You really probably have to be, after supporting such a hyped game for so long, just to disappoint fans again and again before the entire project explodes spectacularly in its leaders' collective face.
God also knows that new technology never stretches beyond it's original setup as it matures in age.
At the U of M, Linux is only used in the computer science department. It's mentioned here and there other places, and, obviously, everything they have for public use (wi-fi, etc) is more or less required to work with linux, less they face the wrath of the computer science department, but otherwise, there's no mention of it.
Admittedly, Pidgin does crash with ridiculous frequency, but this problem is limited mostly to Linux (in my experience) and is only really a problem in a few areas (most notably, email notifications).
It only takes a half second to boot on either of my computers, and it's never crashed while I'm not using it or messaging someone, so I really don't care enough to switch to something that's not OSS.
Hey, if you're the one who has such a big problem with advertisements that you won't sit through them even after buying the game, that's your problem.
Now, that doesn't change the fact that many companies cross the line into douchiness when dealing with ads, and a certain amount of customer-outrage is deserved on their part, but I find it silly that someone can be so bothered by something as stupid as an advertisement as to essentially throw $50 out the window by never playing something they've already bought again.
They're just ads, not Satan incarnate. They will neither poison your mind, nor suck out your soul. Be a man and deal with it.
The current leaders in Congress have been saying for the last couple of weeks that it is unreasonable to expect Congressional Representatives to read the bills before they vote on them because they don't have the time and even if they did have the time, they couldn't understand them.
Well.... it is unreasonable to expect that.
Have you read any of the legislation being put out recently? Although the pages are short, they take about an hour to fully comprehend each.
Although it sounds horrible, keeping up with legislation being put forth is more than a full time job. Although there should be some level of responsibility for congressmen, sometimes it's understandable if they leave the reading like this up to the people putting the legislation forth, or to their aides/staff, even if it is getting information secondhand.
Proof that you get what you pay for.
Of course, this only works when the parents have the right knowledge to teach their children. Schools are there to educate children where their parents can't.
I wouldn't trust half the parents out there to prepare their children for college classes, even if they did have the time. This is why we pay taxes for education, and this is why although education from parents is good to a point, it is hardly something that should be relied upon, even for hot-button issues.
If a parent ever really has a problem with what their children are being taught, there's always the option of private school, or home school.
No, it's because children aren't allowed to read a historically significant novel at the teacher's prompt for EXTRA CREDIT without the parent's approval.
F: (mentally) *not safe for children*
What child is soulless enough to read slashdot?
Seriously, go outside and go to the park. You'll have your entire life to read Slashdot once you start to live in a cubicle.
To be honest, nobody takes such advertisements seriously.... or, rather, if they do, they need to get their brain examined.
If anyone gets in a huff about stuff like this, they need to reexamine their priorities, as I'm sure there are much more worthy injustices going on in the world, than people having their images displayed next to two-bit iq test advertisements, or ads for dating websites to their friends on an occasional, random, automated basis.
Wow.... everyone needs to calm the fuck down.
If anyone here RTFA and used facebook, they'd know that this is just referring to those stupid ads that grab random profile pictures and stick them next to generic text. There is no "theft of your honesty and integrity" because the ads carry about as much credibility as the "hot singles in [your city]" or the multitude of poorly spelled viagra ads that flood your inbox on a daily basis.
If this were something where the advertisement using my picture was global, or used outside facebook, or not automated, it might be an issue.... but that isn't the case. Everyone with an ounce of brains knows what these ads are, and nobody in their right minds would take them seriously. It's the price we pay for a free social networking site, and no amount of bitching changes the fact that Facebook does have to get money from somewhere.
why not just put a longer term limit on commercial uses?
For instance, 5 (or whatever) years before unrestricted access for personal/public uses, and 15 (or whatever) years before unrestricted commercial use?
Well, yes, but it's slightly more complex than that.
At the very least, they (supposedly) offer a service that works on a subscription basis, so if you're one of the poor shlups stuck at the bottom of the pyramid, you still get something out of your investment (that is, an unlimited voice/data mobile plan).
Still, $60 a month (once everything averages out) is nowhere near enough to pay for such a plan. Unlimited voice from TMobile is $99, same for att. No way in hell they'd manage to come out in the black with the plan they had laid out.
Irrelevant. Driving over 100 mph in the US (where this car is being built) is a felony, and thus, there really isn't a need to go any faster.
I'm pretty sure the point is to be as functional in real world use, which electric cars still haven't quite achieved.
Are you kidding? I would in a heart beat.
I mean, I suppose I'm a bit of a creeper by most standards, but at the same time, scouring a stolen hard drive seems like a nice way to try and squeeze more out of an already decent catch, money wise.
No, because you have passengers calling people, people on public transportation, etc etc.
Although, now that I think about it, I would love for the people talking loudly on their cellphones on the bus to shut up.
I find that kind of disturbing. Although I'm far from a good driver while talking on the phone, I have little problem focusing and processing what's on the road ahead of me as long as I'm aware that I'm in a situation where I need to focus more on the road than on the conversation
That, or the UK has amazingly awesome public transportation.
Over here in USA land, public transportation is a joke unless it's within a big city, and, as a result, everyone drives everywhere.
Well, that, and we have more jackasses.