I don't have T-Mobile but know people that do. They can't afford to just back out of the contract and pay the fee associated with that. If T-Mobile already has you by your checkbook, what do they care?
not if its installed because a user was to lazy to read an EULA and just clicked Ok.
if it's installed because of a whole in the OS/Browser that a person/company exploits with the intent to snoop on your computing habits, in Florida at least, it sounds like it would.
The first article says that the configurations were basically out of the box, to replicate what your average non-wizard administrator would setup. *coughMCSEscough*
Ford said the idea was to represent what an average system administrator may do, as opposed to a "wizard" who could take extra steps to provide plenty of security on a Linux setup, for instance.
This is not the comparison you are looking for. Move along.
No I haven't bought it. The point to my OP was that I decided not to fork out the $cratch for a company I don't feel comfortable dealing with, despite the reviews and general "Huzzah!" attitude about the game.
Those links might be handy for someone who needs a WoW fix, but I just want to play the game, not pay them a fee to jump through hoops.
I might buy it after the retail price drops and the server problems are a distant memory.
Uh... Every MMO launched to date has a single-shot CD-key used to create an account.
That doesn't sound right to me. I used a friends CD-key to install SWG a while back after a reformat and I couldn't find my discs. I didn't have any problems.
You're right about retailers not taking returns on games though. We use to at the CompUSA I worked at, but generally we RMA'd it rather than putting it back on the shelf. I am guilty of snaking out a serial after I lost my Half-Life disc and RMA'ing it.
On a side note, I don't lose game cd's anymore having cut some shady associates out of my life.
Even before the server load issues and not releasing more copies to retail until it's fixed, I heard about the game being "it." and almost did buy it on more than one occassion. Then I remembered "It's still Blizzard; they make good games, but the people in charge of 'taking care of business' are still shysters and snakes to me."
Eye candy is good and all, but being able to customize visual (or audio) cues is a necessity as well, otherwise we're just distracting ourselves. I don't want apps asking for my attention when I have other things to deal with.
There's no way they will be able to sell this at a profitable price and hope to push units. Sure/.'ers/gamers might be willing to buy one, but moms and dads aren't going to give little Johnny anything over 300 dollars (+ the cost of the new software) to "just play video games on."
The current consoles still have plenty of AAA titles that are coming out and more than enough of a catalog that it would be cheaper to buy the console you don't have now and 3-4 of their big games, plenty of which have seen huge price breaks by now.
If this turns into reality, MS is really jumping the gun by pushing this for next fall I think.
actually with bit torrent its even easier to get mp3s, because now you can just download one compressed.rar or.zip file containing the entire cd. with Napster, etc., you have to seek out each song by title. so now you can have 4-5 downloads to get 4-5 cds instead of 10-15 to get each song
It doesn't say if it's online co-op or have a friend over co-op
I know this engine will be stripped down, but it's still the Doom 3 engine. If it is online, then Bungie's excuse for no online co-op (in Halo 2) b/c the engine is too complex and gameplay would suffer is weak at best.
When I worked there (I know the agony) CompUSA only charged 99 bucks for desktop labor. There was no hourly fee. Although our highly skilled A+ (and just about nothing else at my store) certified techs. could take 2-3 days diagnosing a machine.
However if you know what you're doing and only take a couple hours, yea your hourly would be cheaper, not including any parts costs. Not to say you don't know what you're doing, but if its still price dthe same, the CompUSA option is actually pretty cheap. Other places around there charged 50+ an hour.
What do you do if you buy it, install the discs, and can't create a Steam account because Steam is broken? And you can't return it because the retailer won't take back open software. The package should read "You need an Internet connection and a Steam account, but we aren't going to guarantee that you can create one because Steam sux0rz." It sounds like they have a legitimate argument to say "Remove the Steam requirement to play the single player game, because you're screwing customers."
I didn't realize FFXI was leading the pack. It was fun when I played it, but I never knew there was that many people online to earn 18%, the largest total of MMO's surveyed. What do the Lineage/Lineage II and Ragnarok #'s say? Anyone have a link to some info on them?
Also surprising is that The Sims Online is still active. I thought they pulled the plug?
I think you're over-estimating the amount of people that this news will reach and the amount of people that go to Disney World. Even if it did, the general populace has a short memory.
This doesn't sound like it should have even been approved. The gist of it is "messenger client that tracks game servers and other players online status." WTF? Gamespy has been doing this since the late 90's.
Weak. I guess it is true, "Why innovate when you can litigate?!"
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I don't have T-Mobile but know people that do. They can't afford to just back out of the contract and pay the fee associated with that. If T-Mobile already has you by your checkbook, what do they care?
They'd open some stores in the Portland Metro area. I miss their food.
not if its installed because a user was to lazy to read an EULA and just clicked Ok. if it's installed because of a whole in the OS/Browser that a person/company exploits with the intent to snoop on your computing habits, in Florida at least, it sounds like it would.
The first article says that the configurations were basically out of the box, to replicate what your average non-wizard administrator would setup. *coughMCSEscough* Ford said the idea was to represent what an average system administrator may do, as opposed to a "wizard" who could take extra steps to provide plenty of security on a Linux setup, for instance. This is not the comparison you are looking for. Move along.
You may be right, this was late-fall 2003 and I quit playing SWG altogether a couple weeks later. I just wanted to play out my acct.
Those links might be handy for someone who needs a WoW fix, but I just want to play the game, not pay them a fee to jump through hoops.
I might buy it after the retail price drops and the server problems are a distant memory.
That doesn't sound right to me. I used a friends CD-key to install SWG a while back after a reformat and I couldn't find my discs. I didn't have any problems.
You're right about retailers not taking returns on games though. We use to at the CompUSA I worked at, but generally we RMA'd it rather than putting it back on the shelf. I am guilty of snaking out a serial after I lost my Half-Life disc and RMA'ing it.
On a side note, I don't lose game cd's anymore having cut some shady associates out of my life.
Even before the server load issues and not releasing more copies to retail until it's fixed, I heard about the game being "it." and almost did buy it on more than one occassion. Then I remembered "It's still Blizzard; they make good games, but the people in charge of 'taking care of business' are still shysters and snakes to me."
Eye candy is good and all, but being able to customize visual (or audio) cues is a necessity as well, otherwise we're just distracting ourselves. I don't want apps asking for my attention when I have other things to deal with.
The current consoles still have plenty of AAA titles that are coming out and more than enough of a catalog that it would be cheaper to buy the console you don't have now and 3-4 of their big games, plenty of which have seen huge price breaks by now.
If this turns into reality, MS is really jumping the gun by pushing this for next fall I think.
Should ask these guys.
"Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiicks iiiiiiiiiiiin spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace."
actually with bit torrent its even easier to get mp3s, because now you can just download one compressed .rar or .zip file containing the entire cd. with Napster, etc., you have to seek out each song by title. so now you can have 4-5 downloads to get 4-5 cds instead of 10-15 to get each song
If you decide to and submit the HOWTO to /. make sure it's not running on the mini as well, unlike this one.:D
It doesn't say if it's online co-op or have a friend over co-op I know this engine will be stripped down, but it's still the Doom 3 engine. If it is online, then Bungie's excuse for no online co-op (in Halo 2) b/c the engine is too complex and gameplay would suffer is weak at best.
I instantly thought The A-Team, who's "leader" was Jon "Hannibal" Smith, played by the late George Peppard.
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However if you know what you're doing and only take a couple hours, yea your hourly would be cheaper, not including any parts costs. Not to say you don't know what you're doing, but if its still price dthe same, the CompUSA option is actually pretty cheap. Other places around there charged 50+ an hour.
What do you do if you buy it, install the discs, and can't create a Steam account because Steam is broken? And you can't return it because the retailer won't take back open software. The package should read "You need an Internet connection and a Steam account, but we aren't going to guarantee that you can create one because Steam sux0rz." It sounds like they have a legitimate argument to say "Remove the Steam requirement to play the single player game, because you're screwing customers."
It's "Nuke-u-ler"
yeah i noticed that. i'm curious as to why they were excluded (insufficient data?) and what their user base numbers are like.
Also surprising is that The Sims Online is still active. I thought they pulled the plug?
I think you're over-estimating the amount of people that this news will reach and the amount of people that go to Disney World. Even if it did, the general populace has a short memory.
Weak. I guess it is true, "Why innovate when you can litigate?!"