The game knows what classes came in so instead of just tossing out static loot from a static table, start considering who walked in and what improvements they need. Instead of forcing players to grind content for drops they know a monster has, they should come back for a chance on loot they know will be useful to someone.
You want to take the grind out of MMOs? But that's how they keep people playing, because there's always one piece of gear out there that is better than what they have. As soon as the grind fest is over, end game content is non-existent. Blizzard knows this, and this is one of the main reasons I don't play WoW anymore.
There aren't more Xbox's than other consoles yes. But, Xbox Live is the premier console gaming network.
Also, the person below noted that he has ports forwarded to his Xbox to play on live. This is not required. I've played countless times without forwarding any ports on my router. I've played with other NAT'd friends and family members. We've played over XBL even on the same DSL line.
That's "so huge it would take 6.02×10^23 Buses to fill it"
Fixed that for you! We all know that scientists measure vehicles in moles! Corrected by an American and people say we don't even understand science here.
Ahh Thank goodness us Stonecutters are still unheard of...
Who controls the British Crown?
Who keeps the metric system down?
We do, we do.
Who keeps Atlantis off the maps?
Who keeps the Martians under wraps?
We do, we do.
Who holds back the electric car?
Who makes Steve Guttenberg a star?
We do, we do.
Who robs cave fish of their sight?
Who rigs every Oscar night?
We do, we do!
That reminds me. I wish NewEgg had some sort of test before you could put your technical level as "high." I just recently bought a 2.5" external drive enclosure and someone commented "This only works with drives smaller than 320GB because the 500GB drives are too big to fit in the case." His technical level was listed as high. Last I heard 2.5" drives were based on a standard and are approximately the exact same dimensions
Except that you're failing to take into account that most Linux users are at least moderately capable. Once you get the average Joe running on Linux you'll see the same kinds of social engineering attacks you see on Windows. Why bother finding a privilege escalation exploit when you can get the person behind the keyboard to type in the password so he can install your font pack, or whatever?
Would you want to marry someone who has been scamming you out of money / trying to use you to get citizenship for years? And even if they did get married they'd have to reset the process on the app, I *think*. I know my friend only handles green card apps for blood relatives.
I have a friend in DHS who actually had to deny a greencard to someone because of a failed paternity test. This guy thought he had gotten a girl pregnant on a trip to Latin America, had been sending her money for 8 years to raise the child and then tried to bring them all to the US only to find out he wasn't daddy. I'll bet he was pissed.
IANAPL, or any lawyer, but it is my understanding that it's okay to use a patent for personal use. It is only illegal to try and commercialize a patented idea. It's probably not a good idea to run a business to help people take advantage of someone else's patent.
I was agreeing that the 4th amendment doesn't cover people working with foreign parties. But only with regard to their activities with said parties. And yes, I read your article. You clearly did not read the EFF page I linked for you. Let me quote it for you:
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a class-action lawsuit against AT&T on January 31, 2006, accusing the telecom giant of violating the law and the privacy of its customers by collaborating with the National Security Agency (NSA) in its massive, illegal program to wiretap and data-mine Americans' communications. [emphasis mine]
If the telecomms only honored FISA granted warrants they would NOT need immunity. If they were really safeguards in place that prevent violation of the 4th ammendment then they do not need immunity either. They only need immunity if what they were doing was illegal and congress was trying to protect them post facto. I think that should be obvious to anyone.
The article you linked deals strictly with gathering intelligence on US citizens foreign communications. That's perfectly legal. And again you mention searches at the borders which again is outside the 4th amendment.
The EFF lawsuit against AT&T has nothing to do with foreign traffic or boarder searching. The EFF is asserting that the government was tapping into ALL connections passing through AT&T. That clearly falls under the protection of the 4th amendment.
No, I'm saying the Telecoms should have been the ones to raise the question of constitutionality. But, that would cost more money than protecting the interest of their customers.
Impossible. The telecomms, of all people, should have known that unwarranted wiretaps have been held as unconstitutional by the judicial branch for years. It's a violation of the 4th amendment. Since the patriot act wasn't a constitutional amendment, it cannot override the 4th amendment.
You are entirely missing my point. First of all, I have agreed that Palm did the wrong thing from the very beginning. Secondly the problem isn't that you can't sync with iTunes. I clearly state that you can. The anticompetive nature comes from two different and distinct products. The first is the iTunes store, the second is the iPod. Apple has about 70% of the market for digital downloads. They use that to push sales of the iPod. If Palm could write their own app that was able to to integrate directly into the iTunes store there wouldn't be an issue in my opinion.
My issue is that Apple is intentionally making it more difficult to use iTunes with a non-iPod music player. Perhaps you don't find it inconvenient to use two pieces of software to manage one music collection but you aren't the average demographic either. Every other week slashdotters are complaining that most people think Internet Explorer is the Internet. That's the demographic being taken advantage of.
If Apple doesn't want people leveraging off their iTunes software then that's fine, but they ought to allow 3rd party developers to integrate into the iTunes store. Who cares about the iTunes software itself? The software is just a portal to the store. Apple can still advertise all over their store and other manufacturers can sync anyway the way to.
To summarize, so you don't miss my point again: Apple has a competitive advantage with their music STORE that they are using to sell hardware. They are being anticompetitive by putting up ARTIFICIAL barriers in accessing Apple's STORE. The software is nothing but a portal.
Sorry to reply to myself but... you're right I'm sure there are 234 MILLION legitimate sources of digital music online. Because we all know the RIAA is just handing out distribution licenses left and right. What was I thinking?
No, I'm saying that using their market advantage with iTunes to try and push iPod sales is being anti-competitive. They intentionally make it inconvenient for a customer to use iTunes with non-apple hardware. They don't specifically block it, they just make you install extra software rather than just allow other vendors to sync via iTunes.
As for the argument about other vendors "breaking" iTunes functionality is poor at best. Having a software interface versus a hardware interface does not make any more work for Apple. They can still do "special" things for Apple devices that might compatability with 3rd parties.
Are they suing farmers? I was under the impression that the bioengineering companies intentionally disabled reproductive genes so that the farmers would need to buy new seeds for every harvest. If that is the case with these sugar beats I can see why the farmers wouldn't want their crop to be pollinated by the genetically engineered crop!
I think you need to pull your head out, too. What Palm did was against the specs and wrong, yes. But, Palm syncing directly via iTunes is beneficial to the customer. It's also beneficial to Apple from the standpoint that it makes music and video sales more convenient to the customer.
But, it makes it more convenient for people to buy something other than the iPhone/iPod. Apple wants 100% of the pie and they are willing to inconvenience their music customers to try and ensure that. This is anti-competitive behavior.
In the EU, if a firm has a dominant position, then there is a special responsibility not to allow its conduct to impair competition on the common market. Virgin airlines was busted by the EU for anti-competitive behavior with only a 40% market share.
Not true, I get on the command line of my iPhone all the time. There's nothing like being able to SSH into a machine from anywhere you've got reception. Its got nice little touch gestures for different command short cuts and everything.
I worked for a newspaper in college, I know they are typically trying to be sensational. The top searches every day often involve celebrity news. If news organizations are making all their money off of gossip are they going to stop investing in quality local and investigative articles? Will micropayments be the downfall of quality news?
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The game knows what classes came in so instead of just tossing out static loot from a static table, start considering who walked in and what improvements they need. Instead of forcing players to grind content for drops they know a monster has, they should come back for a chance on loot they know will be useful to someone.
You want to take the grind out of MMOs? But that's how they keep people playing, because there's always one piece of gear out there that is better than what they have. As soon as the grind fest is over, end game content is non-existent. Blizzard knows this, and this is one of the main reasons I don't play WoW anymore.
Since when have nerdy men ever truly understood Super Sexy Ladies anyway?
There aren't more Xbox's than other consoles yes. But, Xbox Live is the premier console gaming network. Also, the person below noted that he has ports forwarded to his Xbox to play on live. This is not required. I've played countless times without forwarding any ports on my router. I've played with other NAT'd friends and family members. We've played over XBL even on the same DSL line.
Fixed that for you! We all know that scientists measure vehicles in moles! Corrected by an American and people say we don't even understand science here.
Ahh Thank goodness us Stonecutters are still unheard of...
Who controls the British Crown?
Who keeps the metric system down?
We do, we do.
Who keeps Atlantis off the maps?
Who keeps the Martians under wraps?
We do, we do.
Who holds back the electric car?
Who makes Steve Guttenberg a star?
We do, we do.
Who robs cave fish of their sight?
Who rigs every Oscar night?
We do, we do!
That reminds me. I wish NewEgg had some sort of test before you could put your technical level as "high." I just recently bought a 2.5" external drive enclosure and someone commented "This only works with drives smaller than 320GB because the 500GB drives are too big to fit in the case." His technical level was listed as high. Last I heard 2.5" drives were based on a standard and are approximately the exact same dimensions
Except that you're failing to take into account that most Linux users are at least moderately capable. Once you get the average Joe running on Linux you'll see the same kinds of social engineering attacks you see on Windows. Why bother finding a privilege escalation exploit when you can get the person behind the keyboard to type in the password so he can install your font pack, or whatever?
Would you want to marry someone who has been scamming you out of money / trying to use you to get citizenship for years? And even if they did get married they'd have to reset the process on the app, I *think*. I know my friend only handles green card apps for blood relatives.
I have a friend in DHS who actually had to deny a greencard to someone because of a failed paternity test. This guy thought he had gotten a girl pregnant on a trip to Latin America, had been sending her money for 8 years to raise the child and then tried to bring them all to the US only to find out he wasn't daddy. I'll bet he was pissed.
Whoever added that tag, the only connection you've got to art are the lead paint chips you ate as a child.
mmmmm lead paint chips :)~
IANAPL, or any lawyer, but it is my understanding that it's okay to use a patent for personal use. It is only illegal to try and commercialize a patented idea. It's probably not a good idea to run a business to help people take advantage of someone else's patent.
I was agreeing that the 4th amendment doesn't cover people working with foreign parties. But only with regard to their activities with said parties. And yes, I read your article. You clearly did not read the EFF page I linked for you. Let me quote it for you:
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a class-action lawsuit against AT&T on January 31, 2006, accusing the telecom giant of violating the law and the privacy of its customers by collaborating with the National Security Agency (NSA) in its massive, illegal program to wiretap and data-mine Americans' communications. [emphasis mine]
If the telecomms only honored FISA granted warrants they would NOT need immunity. If they were really safeguards in place that prevent violation of the 4th ammendment then they do not need immunity either. They only need immunity if what they were doing was illegal and congress was trying to protect them post facto. I think that should be obvious to anyone.
The article you linked deals strictly with gathering intelligence on US citizens foreign communications. That's perfectly legal. And again you mention searches at the borders which again is outside the 4th amendment. The EFF lawsuit against AT&T has nothing to do with foreign traffic or boarder searching. The EFF is asserting that the government was tapping into ALL connections passing through AT&T. That clearly falls under the protection of the 4th amendment.
No, I'm saying the Telecoms should have been the ones to raise the question of constitutionality. But, that would cost more money than protecting the interest of their customers.
Impossible. The telecomms, of all people, should have known that unwarranted wiretaps have been held as unconstitutional by the judicial branch for years. It's a violation of the 4th amendment. Since the patriot act wasn't a constitutional amendment, it cannot override the 4th amendment.
You are entirely missing my point. First of all, I have agreed that Palm did the wrong thing from the very beginning. Secondly the problem isn't that you can't sync with iTunes. I clearly state that you can. The anticompetive nature comes from two different and distinct products. The first is the iTunes store, the second is the iPod. Apple has about 70% of the market for digital downloads. They use that to push sales of the iPod. If Palm could write their own app that was able to to integrate directly into the iTunes store there wouldn't be an issue in my opinion.
My issue is that Apple is intentionally making it more difficult to use iTunes with a non-iPod music player. Perhaps you don't find it inconvenient to use two pieces of software to manage one music collection but you aren't the average demographic either. Every other week slashdotters are complaining that most people think Internet Explorer is the Internet. That's the demographic being taken advantage of.
If Apple doesn't want people leveraging off their iTunes software then that's fine, but they ought to allow 3rd party developers to integrate into the iTunes store. Who cares about the iTunes software itself? The software is just a portal to the store. Apple can still advertise all over their store and other manufacturers can sync anyway the way to.
To summarize, so you don't miss my point again: Apple has a competitive advantage with their music STORE that they are using to sell hardware. They are being anticompetitive by putting up ARTIFICIAL barriers in accessing Apple's STORE. The software is nothing but a portal.
Sorry to reply to myself but... you're right I'm sure there are 234 MILLION legitimate sources of digital music online. Because we all know the RIAA is just handing out distribution licenses left and right. What was I thinking?
No, I'm saying that using their market advantage with iTunes to try and push iPod sales is being anti-competitive. They intentionally make it inconvenient for a customer to use iTunes with non-apple hardware. They don't specifically block it, they just make you install extra software rather than just allow other vendors to sync via iTunes.
As for the argument about other vendors "breaking" iTunes functionality is poor at best. Having a software interface versus a hardware interface does not make any more work for Apple. They can still do "special" things for Apple devices that might compatability with 3rd parties.
lol this is google! Every app they publish lives and dies in beta! :P
Actually, after receiving flak over it, Microsoft changed the plugin so that you can uninstall it.
Are they suing farmers? I was under the impression that the bioengineering companies intentionally disabled reproductive genes so that the farmers would need to buy new seeds for every harvest. If that is the case with these sugar beats I can see why the farmers wouldn't want their crop to be pollinated by the genetically engineered crop!
I think you need to pull your head out, too. What Palm did was against the specs and wrong, yes. But, Palm syncing directly via iTunes is beneficial to the customer. It's also beneficial to Apple from the standpoint that it makes music and video sales more convenient to the customer.
But, it makes it more convenient for people to buy something other than the iPhone/iPod. Apple wants 100% of the pie and they are willing to inconvenience their music customers to try and ensure that. This is anti-competitive behavior.
In the EU, if a firm has a dominant position, then there is a special responsibility not to allow its conduct to impair competition on the common market. Virgin airlines was busted by the EU for anti-competitive behavior with only a 40% market share.
As someone who has a whole Sun Enterprise 5500 rack in his room
Do all the blinking lights impress the ladies? Oh wait, this is slashdot, no ladies have probably seen the inside of your room :P
Not true, I get on the command line of my iPhone all the time. There's nothing like being able to SSH into a machine from anywhere you've got reception. Its got nice little touch gestures for different command short cuts and everything.
I worked for a newspaper in college, I know they are typically trying to be sensational. The top searches every day often involve celebrity news. If news organizations are making all their money off of gossip are they going to stop investing in quality local and investigative articles? Will micropayments be the downfall of quality news?