It breaks infrastructure solutions that people have been using for years and work very well. That is reason enough for it to die, all other considerations aside.
I've talked to a few different individuals at Comcast, and what I've heard is that the excessive bandwidth issue is directly linked to server usage. What I gathered is that if you're listening to a lot of MP3 streams or downloading ISOs, you won't have any issues on a residential connection. If you are providing MP3 streams to lots of people or uploading ISOs to other people, you are likely to get in trouble for that usage. Note that servers of any sort are completely forbidden on a Comcast home connection, anyway.
I distinctly remember games costing $50 or more when I was a kid- all the console games were expensive due to the cost of cartridges. Chrono Trigger was $54.99 when I bought it, for example.
Heh, I have gotten accused of such even though I'm of Scots-Irish/Belgian descent. It's all about the beard. I was told "go back to where you come from!" I couldn't say anything but "I'm here, now what?"
You're talking about two absolutes here, both of which are unachievable. "Total transparency" means no privacy for the proles, and false fronts for the powerful. Sound familiar? "Total secrecy" means false fronts for everyone, and no recourse when the people justifiably try to find out what the hell is influencing their lives.
My girlfriend plays fifty times as much Ultima Online as I do (I'm lucky to get an hour in here or there, she often plays 4 hours a night.) I introduced her to the game a couple of years ago when I was more or less done with it, and she really got into it. I probably would have canceled my accounts were it not for her obvious enjoyment of the game.
"Small towns" these days are big fucking strip malls interconnected to highways, which are built around the fact that you can get around it all in 10-20 minutes with a car. Problem- even the smallest necessities require this trip...
Ultima Online had a similar system to what you describe. Players of exceptional ability in roleplaying with good interpersonal skills were tapped to act as Seers, who led small-scale events within the gameworld. The problem was that these events were too small-scale- the game designers would trust them with no more than that- which caused significant animosity among the playerbase for not having had a chance to participate.
The makers of UO were also unprepared to pay their Seers anything at all, so when the AOL volunteer lawsuit came around, UO dumped its entire volunteer program out of concern for such a situation.
It was badly handled. I would have paid a few players to perform interest work, and actually given them real jobs. Then, I would have given other players the opportunity to take lesser positions more or less free from responsibility (and therefore unpaid) to supplement the paid personnel- one major issue was that players were being made to keep hours and be reliable without being compensated (see here)- and thus fill monster or minor character openings. Such players would not really be required to show up at all, but could be dismissed from the program at any time for being irritating or whatever.
Players badly want to make the gameworld larger and more involved, but no game wishes to support them.
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...they should remember that bartenders exist on tips.
That's all I have to say.
It breaks infrastructure solutions that people have been using for years and work very well. That is reason enough for it to die, all other considerations aside.
So, if you buy something from a spam, who tells the cops?
I've seriously considered beginning to strictly use webmail. Or, failing that, one could always ssh into a trusted server and send mail from there.
So you assume that businesses will rat out their customers? Or, there will be snitching somewhere within? That doesn't make a damn bit of sense.
I've had the same coated fluorescent bulb in the light in my room for 3 years now. I leave it on far more than is necessary, too.
The Spongebob Squarepants theme kinda works.
I've talked to a few different individuals at Comcast, and what I've heard is that the excessive bandwidth issue is directly linked to server usage. What I gathered is that if you're listening to a lot of MP3 streams or downloading ISOs, you won't have any issues on a residential connection. If you are providing MP3 streams to lots of people or uploading ISOs to other people, you are likely to get in trouble for that usage. Note that servers of any sort are completely forbidden on a Comcast home connection, anyway.
If I can buy pre-paid BitPass cards without a credit card, with a similar level of convenience, then we have a winner.
Either that, or anything targeted at teenagers will never be able to charge.
So, is a digital signature valid for the agreement that authorizes the use of the digital signature?
What about the agreement for that one?
I distinctly remember games costing $50 or more when I was a kid- all the console games were expensive due to the cost of cartridges. Chrono Trigger was $54.99 when I bought it, for example.
Here you are, with an opportunity to promote your magical mystery program, and you don't.
I call bullshit.
www.zonelabs.com. It's free (there is a more powerful payware version, which I like) so it won't be spying, and it's well-known.
I also suggest casting runes and reading chicken entrails to determine claim validity.
Not everyone can afford real IT staff, and for that matter not everyone ought to have it.
Heh, I have gotten accused of such even though I'm of Scots-Irish/Belgian descent. It's all about the beard. I was told "go back to where you come from!" I couldn't say anything but "I'm here, now what?"
A belief in the rule of laws over the rule of socialluy favored or well-placed men. Nothing more, nothing less.
It may never have done *exactly* what I wanted- but it understood that its name was Nyarlathotep.
That's excellent.
You're talking about two absolutes here, both of which are unachievable. "Total transparency" means no privacy for the proles, and false fronts for the powerful. Sound familiar? "Total secrecy" means false fronts for everyone, and no recourse when the people justifiably try to find out what the hell is influencing their lives.
The answer is, as always, in the middle.
It's not just a good idea, it's the law.
I once successfully hit on a girl by talking about 8-bit Nintendo games and Autechre.
My girlfriend plays fifty times as much Ultima Online as I do (I'm lucky to get an hour in here or there, she often plays 4 hours a night.) I introduced her to the game a couple of years ago when I was more or less done with it, and she really got into it. I probably would have canceled my accounts were it not for her obvious enjoyment of the game.
"Small towns" these days are big fucking strip malls interconnected to highways, which are built around the fact that you can get around it all in 10-20 minutes with a car. Problem- even the smallest necessities require this trip...
Ultima Online had a similar system to what you describe. Players of exceptional ability in roleplaying with good interpersonal skills were tapped to act as Seers, who led small-scale events within the gameworld. The problem was that these events were too small-scale- the game designers would trust them with no more than that- which caused significant animosity among the playerbase for not having had a chance to participate.
The makers of UO were also unprepared to pay their Seers anything at all, so when the AOL volunteer lawsuit came around, UO dumped its entire volunteer program out of concern for such a situation.
It was badly handled. I would have paid a few players to perform interest work, and actually given them real jobs. Then, I would have given other players the opportunity to take lesser positions more or less free from responsibility (and therefore unpaid) to supplement the paid personnel- one major issue was that players were being made to keep hours and be reliable without being compensated (see here)- and thus fill monster or minor character openings. Such players would not really be required to show up at all, but could be dismissed from the program at any time for being irritating or whatever.
Players badly want to make the gameworld larger and more involved, but no game wishes to support them.
The number of times I've had to get a crack for a game I've legally purchased just to play it comes to about three times a year. How sad.