So what's the point of all that DRM if 90% of your potential customers are breaking it? Wouldn't it be better to go DRM free so that people could actually play the game as shipped instead of downloading a crack and getting counted as a pirate?
In the opinions of any Democratic or Republican candidate it's one of the greatest strengths. This is why the most important vote you can cast is for a third party. Any third party.
This isn't just some generic "politics == stupid" sentiment - this is a matter of analyzing at least the major decisions of the last 100 years and coming to the conclusion that the decisionmakers are idiots.
Sounds just like America.
It would be at least comforting to know that the voters are aware of it, but no dice - politics in Poland are either a taboo subject or restricted entirely to the Internet - and we all know how debating on the Internet works
Same here. They've made political discourse so unpleasant, you can't talk politics with family or friends if you want them to remain on good terms.
I can honestly tell you that no camp currently registered for voting into the Sejm (the Senate 2.0) is worth voting for.
Again, just like America.
The two major parties, PO (centrist/right) and PiS (right/national) are so deep in shitslinging between them that they lost focus on running the country, which breeds tons of discontent and lots of potential for corruption, both internal and external - they were both caught in the act, too.
Damnit, quit copying America!
The alternative parties aren't much better: SLD (left/social) are basically repurposed commies from the last system and notorious for their mob connections, Ruch Palikota (liberal) is led by a huge idiot who changes his views like a goddamn flag, and UPR (left social/right economy) is helmed by a guy who is first to rip off "working" solutions from other countries with no regard for both current possibilities or needs of Poland.
At least you actually have alternative parties. I bet they are on the ballot across the country too. Here we have exactly one third party candidate that's on the ballot in all 50 states, a "libertarian" candidate whose major accomplishment is privatizing the prison system when he was governor.
But hey, at least you guys have a parliamentary system where voting for the guy you want will at least get you proportional representation in parliament. With our winner take all system, if you're not in the majority you have no voice at all.
This situation is perfect for PR however, since voting usually is not between "the best candidates" but "the least evil", so it just takes the right amount of spin to completely ruin a party's chances.
Which is exactly what has happened to US politics. The biggest dog and pony show on earth, and not one shred of legitimate debate.
But it starts to show. Voter participation is dropping with each term - which in the short term is very bad since it leads to fringe voting, but in the long run demonstrates that we're starting to get tired of this shit.
Same here. Few people vote because there are no choices worth voting for. But the media spins this as apathy about political outcomes, not frustration at lack of choice. We're going to have to get down to single digit voter turnout before people start realizing the people no longer support this system
I would *love* to see more sequels of more Psygnosis stuff.
Why no 3d rendered Lemmings? It was the best selling video game ever at the time, let's revisit it. It will work great on tablets too!
Why not another Colony Wars? 3 of them on the PSX and then nothing.
Why not another cinematic adventure along the lines of Shadow of the Beast? Why let Quantic Dream and Team ICO have all the fun?
Why not another Destruction Derby game? Wouldn't that be great on the PS3?
There's a ton of old Psygnosis stuff that could be brought back and received very well by current gamers. But I guess Sony doesn't like money or something.
And as one might suspect, Toxoplasmosis is linked to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
Interestingly, as drug warriors grasp at ever fewer straws, they've found a tenuous linkage between Cannabis use and schizophrenia. Somehow they never propose criminalizing felines though.
How much of the original Psygnosis was left anyway? I know they were awesome in the 80s and later in the PSX days. But I wasn't aware of them doing anything in the past decade. Were any of the original people still around?
I guess this kind of puts a damper on any hopes for another Colony Wars. Damn.
We are no longer getting candidates for leaders, we are getting ideology enforcers. Democrats, Will spend want to spend more money to solve the problem, money will solve all problems. Republicans, Will want private business to solve the problem, businesses can solve all problem.
The funny part is that the practical consequences of both these ideologies is the same. That is, transferring massive amounts of wealth from the poor to the rich.
Anyone who thinks wealth transfer should go the other way doesn't have a voice in this election and hasn't had a voice in any election in memory.
If you'll bare with me for one second: marketing, as I see it, is about trying to develop relationships with customers, present or potential, and provide them a solution to a problem they have.
Which rarely if ever happens. It's easier to convince someone that they have a need your product fills than it is to convince someone that your product fills a need that they have.
If you google "laptops" and read user reviews, maybe even go to a consumer review site, that's also marketing.
Marketing is what marketers do. If I'm reading reviews from actual users giving honest opinions, that's not marketing. If I'm reading reviews from shills, that's marketing.
internet ads wouldn't be objectionable if they were like ads in a newspaper or magazine
All advertising is objectionable. Newspaper, magazine, radio, tv, billboards, banners on the sides of busses, benches, garbage cans, all of it. The only thing that distinguishes internet ads is the technical ability to block them. I'd block every ad in the world if I had the ability.
Just because you don't click on an ad - IMHO - doesn't mean you should just block all ads for ever.
What's the point of viewing the ads if you're never going to click on one ever? If anything, my blocking ads will increase the percentagae of clicks on viewed ads. Doesn't that make the ad more valuable?
Buying the product does nothing if they have no way to connect it back to the ad. If you want to support your favorite site, donate. If they don't have a donate button, they must be doing well enough so don't worry about it.
Phone games are for people looking to kill time by playing a game. Portable consoles are for people who love games and don't want to leave them at home. They're entirely different markets and can coexist as easily as magazines and books.
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So what's the point of all that DRM if 90% of your potential customers are breaking it? Wouldn't it be better to go DRM free so that people could actually play the game as shipped instead of downloading a crack and getting counted as a pirate?
In the opinions of any Democratic or Republican candidate it's one of the greatest strengths. This is why the most important vote you can cast is for a third party. Any third party.
Sounds just like America.
Same here. They've made political discourse so unpleasant, you can't talk politics with family or friends if you want them to remain on good terms.
Again, just like America.
Damnit, quit copying America!
At least you actually have alternative parties. I bet they are on the ballot across the country too. Here we have exactly one third party candidate that's on the ballot in all 50 states, a "libertarian" candidate whose major accomplishment is privatizing the prison system when he was governor.
But hey, at least you guys have a parliamentary system where voting for the guy you want will at least get you proportional representation in parliament. With our winner take all system, if you're not in the majority you have no voice at all.
Which is exactly what has happened to US politics. The biggest dog and pony show on earth, and not one shred of legitimate debate.
Same here. Few people vote because there are no choices worth voting for. But the media spins this as apathy about political outcomes, not frustration at lack of choice. We're going to have to get down to single digit voter turnout before people start realizing the people no longer support this system
Who's Earnest?
I would *love* to see more sequels of more Psygnosis stuff.
Why no 3d rendered Lemmings? It was the best selling video game ever at the time, let's revisit it. It will work great on tablets too!
Why not another Colony Wars? 3 of them on the PSX and then nothing.
Why not another cinematic adventure along the lines of Shadow of the Beast? Why let Quantic Dream and Team ICO have all the fun?
Why not another Destruction Derby game? Wouldn't that be great on the PS3?
There's a ton of old Psygnosis stuff that could be brought back and received very well by current gamers. But I guess Sony doesn't like money or something.
We ran out of those things. The low hanging fruit is gone pretty quick.
And as one might suspect, Toxoplasmosis is linked to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
Interestingly, as drug warriors grasp at ever fewer straws, they've found a tenuous linkage between Cannabis use and schizophrenia. Somehow they never propose criminalizing felines though.
It was, but it's not anymore.
How much of the original Psygnosis was left anyway? I know they were awesome in the 80s and later in the PSX days. But I wasn't aware of them doing anything in the past decade. Were any of the original people still around?
I guess this kind of puts a damper on any hopes for another Colony Wars. Damn.
We are no longer getting candidates for leaders, we are getting ideology enforcers.
Democrats, Will spend want to spend more money to solve the problem, money will solve all problems.
Republicans, Will want private business to solve the problem, businesses can solve all problem.
The funny part is that the practical consequences of both these ideologies is the same. That is, transferring massive amounts of wealth from the poor to the rich.
Anyone who thinks wealth transfer should go the other way doesn't have a voice in this election and hasn't had a voice in any election in memory.
Why bother? Any positions they state before the election have no bearing on how they actually rule.
If you'll bare with me for one second: marketing, as I see it, is about trying to develop relationships with customers, present or potential, and provide them a solution to a problem they have.
Which rarely if ever happens. It's easier to convince someone that they have a need your product fills than it is to convince someone that your product fills a need that they have.
If you google "laptops" and read user reviews, maybe even go to a consumer review site, that's also marketing.
Marketing is what marketers do. If I'm reading reviews from actual users giving honest opinions, that's not marketing. If I'm reading reviews from shills, that's marketing.
Have you ever played Star Control II? If there are no planets to land on you're just wasting your time.
internet ads wouldn't be objectionable if they were like ads in a newspaper or magazine
All advertising is objectionable. Newspaper, magazine, radio, tv, billboards, banners on the sides of busses, benches, garbage cans, all of it. The only thing that distinguishes internet ads is the technical ability to block them. I'd block every ad in the world if I had the ability.
Just because you don't click on an ad - IMHO - doesn't mean you should just block all ads for ever.
What's the point of viewing the ads if you're never going to click on one ever? If anything, my blocking ads will increase the percentagae of clicks on viewed ads. Doesn't that make the ad more valuable?
Buying the product does nothing if they have no way to connect it back to the ad. If you want to support your favorite site, donate. If they don't have a donate button, they must be doing well enough so don't worry about it.
Please vote third party. Reinforcing the oligarchy doesn't help anyone.
This one is pretty disturbing too.
Does someone feel "forced" to pay for police and other services with taxes?
As a cannabis smoker, I am forced to fund my own persecution.
If Apple were a monopoly
Apple has a monopoly on laptops with decent screen resolution.
What sounds freaking ridiculous is that you're ready to sacrifice the principle of freedom of speech to make some record execs some extra money.
Under crack house laws, if someone sells drugs at your event the venue can be confiscated. It happened to Camp Zoe.
Flip flops are bad. Wear some decent sandals with some arch support.
Phone games are for people looking to kill time by playing a game. Portable consoles are for people who love games and don't want to leave them at home. They're entirely different markets and can coexist as easily as magazines and books.
You can see it, and an adult male can hold the thing without hands cramping in 2 minutes.
There are many things you don't want to be public, besides national secrets and all, such as your tax information and various other private records.
I'm willing to make that trade. We have a lot more to gain from openness than we have to lose.