They're there voluntarily. At least those of the invading forces, like the US ones usually are.
When we have a war game that extensivly depicts civilian suffering, we'll have a more accurate war game. Schools, hospitals, houses of worship, media centers and more, blown up by both sides. Orphans and amputees everywhere. People starving to death or dying from easily treatable diseases.
War isn't fun, and war games that try to be anything close to realistic cannot be fun. If they're fun, they're don't have any significant amount of truth in them.
Normally I don't feel that copyright infringement is a big deal, or automatically a bad thing, especially when it breaks down artificial limitations and restrictions.
But profiting from other people's work, work that you have no rights to, is just wrong.
Doesn't seem to be any details on what the microtransactions were for here, but apparently they were selling in-game items for real money. I find that disgusting even when it's legit. Ruins the value of actually playing the game.
My opinion is that Obama's failed the majority of the expectations. He's just another corporate president, not a man for the people, not a man that's interested in what's right and what's not.
And I'm no less ashamed now that my country gave him the peace price, than when I heard about it the first time.
Is there an online part to this game? Can they see 10-20 times as many players online as how many have paid?
Or did they just find it on some torrent site and multiplied the number of downloads by a 1000 (and assumed they all liked the game and are still playing it)?
DRM requiring online connections will have the same effect for PC games. When the servers doing the authenticating disappear from the Internet, the much older games will have outlived the new.
The study wasn't a study at all. Torrentfreak at least knows more about BitTorrent than the people that made the report, if they were actually looking for a result that they hadn't already decided.
"it's clear that Linux distros weren't exactly dominating the charts here"
I haven't really paid that much attention in the past, but just checking Debian now they have their own tracker, and I suppose many of the other Linux distros could be using trackers not on that list of 23. If all the major distros use their own trackers, then obviously most Linux bittorrent traffic wouldn't be on public trackers, and that statement is ludicrous.
I don't see the need for moving sidewalks in general, as long as there actually ARE sidewalks. I hate being in places where there's only grass, dirt and ditches next to busy roads.
But I like having the moving "sidewalks" in airports when I'm carrying heavy luggage. I'd like them in train stations and bus stations too.
Very true, that's why some of us take great care in using a different name for every single website they post on. Google my nick and see what you end up with.
Facebook is pretty much designed for giving away your personal information, making yourself available to anyone that wants to look up you and the connected info.
How about making sure you want the ticket in the first place? If you're not buying tickets solely for the purpose of reselling, I don't see why transfer should be a major issue. Sure, accidents and similar can happen, and you're not able to use the ticket yourself, but that shouldn't be something that happens a lot.
And it must be possible to buy a ticket in someone else's name (to be able to gift them), right?
How about instead funding some free-to-all open source antivirus, anti-spyware, etc. programs to hinder the spread of malware and botnets? And kill spammers while you're at it. Yes, those you can kill.
It's never been about either freedom or democracy. It's always been about control. At least as many dictatorships have been supported as democracies, in any case.
I see this as DROPPING the amount of paper that winds up in the round file.
What, just like email was supposed to have us use less paper?
The advertisers use every opportunity they can to crap ads everywhere. I doubt this would help reduce any other type of spam. They might even combine tracking a zip area's usage online with adapting their physical spam for that area.
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They're there voluntarily. At least those of the invading forces, like the US ones usually are.
When we have a war game that extensivly depicts civilian suffering, we'll have a more accurate war game. Schools, hospitals, houses of worship, media centers and more, blown up by both sides. Orphans and amputees everywhere. People starving to death or dying from easily treatable diseases.
War isn't fun, and war games that try to be anything close to realistic cannot be fun. If they're fun, they're don't have any significant amount of truth in them.
Normally I don't feel that copyright infringement is a big deal, or automatically a bad thing, especially when it breaks down artificial limitations and restrictions.
But profiting from other people's work, work that you have no rights to, is just wrong.
Doesn't seem to be any details on what the microtransactions were for here, but apparently they were selling in-game items for real money. I find that disgusting even when it's legit. Ruins the value of actually playing the game.
My opinion is that Obama's failed the majority of the expectations. He's just another corporate president, not a man for the people, not a man that's interested in what's right and what's not.
And I'm no less ashamed now that my country gave him the peace price, than when I heard about it the first time.
I did read it, and must not have picked up "estimate" from "feedback" as a good description of how they put together those numbers.
Is there an online part to this game? Can they see 10-20 times as many players online as how many have paid?
Or did they just find it on some torrent site and multiplied the number of downloads by a 1000 (and assumed they all liked the game and are still playing it)?
DRM requiring online connections will have the same effect for PC games. When the servers doing the authenticating disappear from the Internet, the much older games will have outlived the new.
Torrentfreak didn't make or own BitTorrent. A closer analogy would be Gamespy commenting on a study of video games.
The study wasn't a study at all. Torrentfreak at least knows more about BitTorrent than the people that made the report, if they were actually looking for a result that they hadn't already decided.
Depends on the content. If it's something popular, chances are people will keep sharing it. Or reshare it if the original torrents disappear.
I just downloaded a few TV shows that aired 10, 14 and 21 years back, myself.
"it's clear that Linux distros weren't exactly dominating the charts here"
I haven't really paid that much attention in the past, but just checking Debian now they have their own tracker, and I suppose many of the other Linux distros could be using trackers not on that list of 23. If all the major distros use their own trackers, then obviously most Linux bittorrent traffic wouldn't be on public trackers, and that statement is ludicrous.
What's wrong with 5? Or 3 for that matter.
I'm still missing some of the layout in Firefox 2. A high number does nothing on its own.
The value of being "Privacy Certified" by the ESRB just went to zero.
I want the same damn results anyone else gets from making the same searches. Why would I want it any different?
I'm not searching for something I already know, I'm searching for something someone else already knows.
I don't see the need for moving sidewalks in general, as long as there actually ARE sidewalks. I hate being in places where there's only grass, dirt and ditches next to busy roads.
But I like having the moving "sidewalks" in airports when I'm carrying heavy luggage. I'd like them in train stations and bus stations too.
Very true, that's why some of us take great care in using a different name for every single website they post on. Google my nick and see what you end up with.
Facebook is pretty much designed for giving away your personal information, making yourself available to anyone that wants to look up you and the connected info.
WoW on the other hand, is a video game.
At least that's something competitors should take advantage of. That's too limited.
How about making sure you want the ticket in the first place? If you're not buying tickets solely for the purpose of reselling, I don't see why transfer should be a major issue. Sure, accidents and similar can happen, and you're not able to use the ticket yourself, but that shouldn't be something that happens a lot.
And it must be possible to buy a ticket in someone else's name (to be able to gift them), right?
I doubt more electricity would be used on that, than the lights in the store selling the physical copies.
No resources are wasted on materials, packaging, shipping or handling. Just electricity.
It's not like HTML5 solved countries having borders.
But the Internet did.
Online borders are artificial and serve no purpose.
"Kill it!"
Um, what?
How about instead funding some free-to-all open source antivirus, anti-spyware, etc. programs to hinder the spread of malware and botnets? And kill spammers while you're at it. Yes, those you can kill.
It's never been about either freedom or democracy. It's always been about control. At least as many dictatorships have been supported as democracies, in any case.
I see this as DROPPING the amount of paper that winds up in the round file.
What, just like email was supposed to have us use less paper?
The advertisers use every opportunity they can to crap ads everywhere. I doubt this would help reduce any other type of spam. They might even combine tracking a zip area's usage online with adapting their physical spam for that area.
"And hand over all your freedom"
Why does that work?