I don't know why or how this trend started: to consider human beings (specially children) so delicate and fragile that every minor thing has the potential to ruin someone's mind forever.
Traditional reading won't get outdated because it's a very efficient way to get high amounts of information in non-sequential order.
So even if your children like to play with animated bleep-bloop books, they will eventually learn to read real books because they will need to.
Necessity has been helping individuals and the entire species accomplish things since the dawn of time.
I was once infected at my work computer, which runs Windows XP SP3, while visiting the website of a private porn torrent tracker, with lots of ads. I did not click any links or solicited the installation of the program, but somehow some sort of "Antispyware 2010" appeared there. It must have been a browser exploit or something like that. It wasn't too difficult to get rid of, I just needed Malwarebytes antimalware (the free version). Anyway, now I turn off Flash and JS before browsing porn at work.
So is common sense.
Do you actually think that half a dozen angry letters/e-mails will make any difference? That is, if they read them in the first place.
In the real world, most people will either pay and put up with the DRM, pirate it, or not play and don't care at all. The company is trying to make a profit and the customers are trying to have fun. That's all there is to it.
You make the incorrect assumption that torrents are the only form of distribution of "warez". All they can tell from looking at torrent statistics is "yes, some people are downloading our game illegally", which is pretty obvious to begin with, it's a popular game we're talking about. There will be a lot of downloads, even if the crack isn't fully functional, even if it's functional but too complicated; people will download then delete it without playing it.
The point is: if you really want to play that game without paying for it and you really want it to remain secret, there are plenty of ways to obtain it anonymously, and your actions won't be sending Ubisoft any messages, they will just make their own conclusions.
That's exactly the point: to get people used to it. It's no coincidence that they tried this on a sequel of a successful title, that people would want to play regardless of the hassle. After more companies start adopting it and ignoring the complaints, people will just get used.
They might want to implement it more effectively though.
The answer is obvious: if you want to play Assassin's Creed 2, playing Borderlands (or any other game) won't help any, because it's not Assassin's Creed 2.
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Even as a married man, you'll always be a virgin.
And this is why you should keep Javascript disabled, if not at all times, at least at work.
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I don't know why or how this trend started: to consider human beings (specially children) so delicate and fragile that every minor thing has the potential to ruin someone's mind forever. Traditional reading won't get outdated because it's a very efficient way to get high amounts of information in non-sequential order. So even if your children like to play with animated bleep-bloop books, they will eventually learn to read real books because they will need to. Necessity has been helping individuals and the entire species accomplish things since the dawn of time.
"Necessary" is a concept that varies according to each person. To me, my 47 porn DVDs are the necessary amount.
Hey, some of us like the professional stuff. Amateur porn has too many pimples and zits.
I know better places to find to porn.
Or have a better taste.
You have never eaten Doritos, obviously.
Mod parent up.
This is getting out of hand.
Is it as easy to install the Nvidia restricted drivers on Debian as it is on Ubuntu?
You should have burned your Karma during the last release. Now is the time to be Lucid.
"celibate for life" should make that obvious, no need for long preambles.
I was once infected at my work computer, which runs Windows XP SP3, while visiting the website of a private porn torrent tracker, with lots of ads. I did not click any links or solicited the installation of the program, but somehow some sort of "Antispyware 2010" appeared there. It must have been a browser exploit or something like that. It wasn't too difficult to get rid of, I just needed Malwarebytes antimalware (the free version). Anyway, now I turn off Flash and JS before browsing porn at work.
Reading comprehension is a very useful skill.
So is common sense.
Do you actually think that half a dozen angry letters/e-mails will make any difference? That is, if they read them in the first place.
In the real world, most people will either pay and put up with the DRM, pirate it, or not play and don't care at all. The company is trying to make a profit and the customers are trying to have fun. That's all there is to it.
Plus if I already paid for the PC version... Why should I purchase it AGAIN!
Because companies would profit.
A new company can buy those games' rights and stream them. If there's profit to be had, there's a way...
You make the incorrect assumption that torrents are the only form of distribution of "warez". All they can tell from looking at torrent statistics is "yes, some people are downloading our game illegally", which is pretty obvious to begin with, it's a popular game we're talking about. There will be a lot of downloads, even if the crack isn't fully functional, even if it's functional but too complicated; people will download then delete it without playing it.
The point is: if you really want to play that game without paying for it and you really want it to remain secret, there are plenty of ways to obtain it anonymously, and your actions won't be sending Ubisoft any messages, they will just make their own conclusions.
... to become a new man.
According to Ubisoft's replies on their official forums whenever something like this was suggested, this is a breach of their EULA.
Most MMO private servers simply involve official server software leaking by an employee.
Nothing stops them from resurrecting old titles as a "Vintage Special" and offering you the privilege of playing them for a fee.
That's exactly the point: to get people used to it. It's no coincidence that they tried this on a sequel of a successful title, that people would want to play regardless of the hassle. After more companies start adopting it and ignoring the complaints, people will just get used.
They might want to implement it more effectively though.
The answer is obvious: if you want to play Assassin's Creed 2, playing Borderlands (or any other game) won't help any, because it's not Assassin's Creed 2.