Just reading this link gives me the chills! Please no, don't let anyone ruin another Asimov classic. It will be a sad day. I was glad to read about the forever war being directed by R.Scott(There's definably worse choices), but this is just.... I'm afraid, very afraid!
I was also banned from my steam account because paypal choose a transaction I've made with Valve to check my identity. Their system was faulty and after confirmation(Phone calls to land line and CC verification), It took several phone calls & more than a week of back & forth to get everything in order.
Mean while, I lost access to all the games under my Steam account because Paypal stopped 1 payment & I had this account for 4 years. I had almost 20 games in my Library & couldn't play them until paypal released my money. Sure, I understand they wanted to be paid, but having total control over 20 of my games is really frightful.
It took me almost 2 years before I bought another steam games & honestly, if I can avoid using this kind of system, I will. I rather have a boxed DVD than letting someone have total control over something I paid for... I mean it's not like I don't know how to get the games for free...but I don't pirate because I feel it's wrong, and this is how they thank you... Anyhow
What do you think that cloud computing is and why they hope to see it flourish? You plug-in your 100$ interface directly to the net and connect to giant supra computers giving you access to data you can legally own.
This way, it will be easier to control what you watch or play, make sure you pay your dues to the MPAA and the likes. Plus, no need to download data, everything is centralized, all they exchange are images of your session. They will need faster pipes to allow movies & video games to be seamless, but I'm pretty sure they are working hard on it. I think it's the only way they will have full control over people data and will eventually want to use it.
Of course, we'll probably always be able to use rogue hot spot to get into the matrix...but that's another story.
Personally I would not use anything Apple related after my Itune/Ipod experience, their product is not meant for me, I know that now. But I would not mind having more competition in the gaming industry, whatever it takes to drive innovation and improvement. Any market is in danger if it has too few of choices. You can hate their products, as I do , but you can't minimize the probable positive impact they would bring.
I use to also hit, and hit hard when I was a teen. You should see what the Sega master system looked like, all the plastic was gone. Broke many keyboards from playing UT and Quake.
I had a bad temper...I still do, I can just control myself now , and I just curse. Especially of that f*&@(*@ Ipod & it's ridiculous Itune. I hate it so much. Every day I remind myself how I should just jail break its ass, still don't know why I didn't do it yet. Can I just drag & drop stuff and if it's not on my computer,leave it on the Ipod and just leave me the *(%^ alone and just play the xvid/divx format already. Anyway, this was my first ever apple product...and it's certainly the last one.
Cool! I hate that feature, it's actually a good news. Now if they could only drop that feature altogether... I turn it off on my pc, but I frequently use other machines
What we need is a webcam that reads your face expression and translates it into an emoticon, now that would be a marvelous time saver. Think I will go to the patent bureau right away and wait until someone implements it to cash in ! $-)
I think the fact that 100 users are responsible for 75% of the traffic & 66% of the total "real" BT content is a much more interesting fact from TFA.The fact that torrents have also a fare share of fakes, that are combed out anyway by the communities, is just expected and should not be an issue for slightly experienced BT users.
Exactly how I've been feeling about this issue for a long time. They rather have you pirate their products than see you crack out the last Linux build.
I, for 1, think it's a good thing to be where they are. Although It doesn't mean it will work, over hype often is a title killer. Being an under dog sometime serves more than being the awaited hero. Tabula Rasa is an example.
Also, just because Wow has 12 millions subscribers, does it mean it's the only measure of success? Is it possible to be viable at 1,2,3 or more millions? I'm sure they are ways to still make money and have a good community ready to stay with you if you respect them.
I will try this title, most definitely, I like Science-fiction and can't bare another Sword & sorceress type of game.Plus I like the SW universe.
It make Wales arguably the single most ignored individual on the planet...
After so many years of being blasted with side & top ads all the time, most surfers have an ability to not notice them anymore. I know a lot of people like this...Not to mention the ad blockers...
Could it be that we are , ourselves, just an experiment. That relative time makes those few seconds that last the explosion for the people in the environment creating it, seem like 15 Billions years to those existing inside it? So, an entire universe lived and died in that experiment... or something like that
Hu? I'm sorry to burst your bubble, but the sad reality is the vast majority of humans live in very bad condition, where having a portable stereo device is the least of their concern. Something like can be worth more than a year's income for more than half of the population.
Yeah, but I saw a bug with that, when someone gives you access to it`s real id, you see the real id of his friends. Don't know if it was corrected, but i was able to know the name 2-3 person from my work who were playing this game when I made real id friend with a co-worker. It's surprising how some people really don't look like they would be sc2 materials;)
I was 10 years old and the only looser who's parents bought him the Sega master system. Sure, hand-on & safari hunt, alex kidd or wonder boy were good games for a 10 years old, but finding someone to trade or just talk about a game was painful. The seemed to have all the fun!!!
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Oh boy!
Just reading this link gives me the chills! Please no, don't let anyone ruin another Asimov classic. It will be a sad day. I was glad to read about the forever war being directed by R.Scott(There's definably worse choices), but this is just.... I'm afraid, very afraid!
It comes with sweat rings under the arms and shouts " Developers ,Developers ,Developers ,Developers " when you pull the cord
Yup, that's the other thing I haven't used since..
I was also banned from my steam account because paypal choose a transaction I've made with Valve to check my identity. Their system was faulty and after confirmation(Phone calls to land line and CC verification), It took several phone calls & more than a week of back & forth to get everything in order.
Mean while, I lost access to all the games under my Steam account because Paypal stopped 1 payment & I had this account for 4 years. I had almost 20 games in my Library & couldn't play them until paypal released my money. Sure, I understand they wanted to be paid, but having total control over 20 of my games is really frightful.
It took me almost 2 years before I bought another steam games & honestly, if I can avoid using this kind of system, I will. I rather have a boxed DVD than letting someone have total control over something I paid for... I mean it's not like I don't know how to get the games for free...but I don't pirate because I feel it's wrong, and this is how they thank you... Anyhow
What do you think that cloud computing is and why they hope to see it flourish? You plug-in your 100$ interface directly to the net and connect to giant supra computers giving you access to data you can legally own.
This way, it will be easier to control what you watch or play, make sure you pay your dues to the MPAA and the likes. Plus, no need to download data, everything is centralized, all they exchange are images of your session. They will need faster pipes to allow movies & video games to be seamless, but I'm pretty sure they are working hard on it. I think it's the only way they will have full control over people data and will eventually want to use it.
Of course, we'll probably always be able to use rogue hot spot to get into the matrix...but that's another story.
Personally I would not use anything Apple related after my Itune/Ipod experience, their product is not meant for me, I know that now. But I would not mind having more competition in the gaming industry, whatever it takes to drive innovation and improvement. Any market is in danger if it has too few of choices. You can hate their products, as I do , but you can't minimize the probable positive impact they would bring.
Take me off the internet?
I AM THE INTERNET FOOL!
Now be gone!
I use to also hit, and hit hard when I was a teen. You should see what the Sega master system looked like, all the plastic was gone. Broke many keyboards from playing UT and Quake.
I had a bad temper...I still do, I can just control myself now , and I just curse. Especially of that f*&@(*@ Ipod & it's ridiculous Itune. I hate it so much. Every day I remind myself how I should just jail break its ass, still don't know why I didn't do it yet. Can I just drag & drop stuff and if it's not on my computer,leave it on the Ipod and just leave me the *(%^ alone and just play the xvid/divx format already. Anyway, this was my first ever apple product...and it's certainly the last one.
The galaxy is here!
What do you mean ''here''?
Galaxy's millions of stars and planets.
How's it here?
You humans!
When will you learn size doesn't matter?
Just because something's important,
doesn't mean it's not very small.
Cool! I hate that feature, it's actually a good news. Now if they could only drop that feature altogether... I turn it off on my pc, but I frequently use other machines
But I'd like to see the emoticon it generates though!
What we need is a webcam that reads your face expression and translates it into an emoticon, now that would be a marvelous time saver. Think I will go to the patent bureau right away and wait until someone implements it to cash in ! $-)
I think the fact that 100 users are responsible for 75% of the traffic & 66% of the total "real" BT content is a much more interesting fact from TFA .The fact that torrents have also a fare share of fakes, that are combed out anyway by the communities, is just expected and should not be an issue for slightly experienced BT users.
Exactly how I've been feeling about this issue for a long time. They rather have you pirate their products than see you crack out the last Linux build.
Who are these 1 in 10 users actually buying it? It`s probably one of those thing you use to show how rich you are.
Here's my Picasso...oh and the best thing, I actually have a legit Windows Vista Ultimate! Look on how I can leave auto update on without worrying.
Well, if they can stop putting out new format for Lucas to edit the trilogies, it will come along.
I can't wait for the re mastering of ASCII Star wars into Unicode.
Yes and expect clouds to be pushed very hard by all those who want to control what you see, hear or write on the web.
The only the will ever be able to control what you do, is by using central repository & computing power.
I, for 1, think it's a good thing to be where they are. Although It doesn't mean it will work, over hype often is a title killer. Being an under dog sometime serves more than being the awaited hero. Tabula Rasa is an example.
Also, just because Wow has 12 millions subscribers, does it mean it's the only measure of success? Is it possible to be viable at 1,2,3 or more millions? I'm sure they are ways to still make money and have a good community ready to stay with you if you respect them.
I will try this title, most definitely, I like Science-fiction and can't bare another Sword & sorceress type of game.Plus I like the SW universe.
It make Wales arguably the single most ignored individual on the planet...
After so many years of being blasted with side & top ads all the time, most surfers have an ability to not notice them anymore. I know a lot of people like this...Not to mention the ad blockers...
Could it be that we are , ourselves, just an experiment. That relative time makes those few seconds that last the explosion for the people in the environment creating it, seem like 15 Billions years to those existing inside it? So, an entire universe lived and died in that experiment... or something like that
I haven't lost in almost a month, it's also pretty easy to do.
I just don't play the game anymore...
Hu? I'm sorry to burst your bubble, but the sad reality is the vast majority of humans live in very bad condition, where having a portable stereo device is the least of their concern. Something like can be worth more than a year's income for more than half of the population.
Yeah, but I saw a bug with that, when someone gives you access to it`s real id, you see the real id of his friends. Don't know if it was corrected, but i was able to know the name 2-3 person from my work who were playing this game when I made real id friend with a co-worker. It's surprising how some people really don't look like they would be sc2 materials ;)
Ahh the memories!
I was 10 years old and the only looser who's parents bought him the Sega master system. Sure, hand-on & safari hunt, alex kidd or wonder boy were good games for a 10 years old, but finding someone to trade or just talk about a game was painful. The seemed to have all the fun!!!
Just make sure you don't pull on that thing marked 710