I'm pretty sure it's the file sharers who are out of touch if they don't see what they're doing as illegal.
You can't make something legal by wishing it. These aren't fairies we're talking about here. you're not going to clap your hands and have tinkerbell drop legal blu-ray rips into your lap.
If you believe that the current model is outdated, You can lobby. you can vote. you can inform. you can raise awareness. you can debate. but just ignoring the fact that it's illegal doesn't make it legal.
Dragonlance had a Cataclysm that reshaped the world back in 1984. (well 1987 if you want to be specific to the books where the characters were "there" for it).
4.0 is a better game than 3.0 was. 3.0 was better than 2.0 2.0 was better than 1.0
I've been there for all of them (since open beta actually, when looting didn't even work half the time), and people who complain that the game is currently too easy are usually just annoyed that they had it harder "back in the old days" (lol 2004 was a long time ago).
If you want harder gameplay, start questing in zones that are above your level. judging the current state of the game on the northshire abbey experience is retarded.
Also, if getting a bag for free makes the game too easy for you, maybe you should throw it away?
This always happens any time they release a new expansion, and often when they release a new major content patch. It's in inside joke in most raiding guilds that you learn never to schedule raids for the tuesday a major patch hits.
That said, I digitally pre-ordered the expansion a week or two ago, had it all pre-downloaded in the past few days, went to bed last night at a normal time, got up this morning at the normal time (7am est), logged right into my server (Stormrage, one of the most populated servers around) with no authentication problems, no queue for the server, no delays logging in, and no problems. I flew around the old world for 15 minutes and then went to work.
When you violate US copyright law, the feds really just kinda laugh and say "ok, sure, whatever." When you try and prevent the US government from taking over something they've set their sights on dominating, they're a whole other kind of aggressive beast.
I've heard of methods like that. Never bothered to try it myself.
My mother still tells the story of when she was a girl they had a cat that learned to use the toilet on it's own because that's what the humans used. He would even come find one of them afterwards to flush the toilet for him.
TFA also pointed out that Cats still have a larger brain compared to body weight than dogs AND that cats have about twice as many neurons in the cortex as dogs.
I've never had to train a cat to use a litter box. Have you? How exactly did you manage to do that? Every cat I've ever had, from the moment I've owned it (be it a 2 year old or a 4 week old) knew how to use a litter box. I just show the cat where the box is at and it knows.
I do have one particularly dumb cat who didn't know how to open the flap on the door to the litter box, but she's a special case and hardly representative of cats as a whole. Both of her sisters are quite intelligent.
When the cat can't get to it's litter box for some reason, it holds it's bowels until it can. When the dog can't get outside because nobody is home to open the door, it craps on the floor. I'll take the dumb cat every time and twice on Sunday.
Exactly. It's a total scam and lie. Nobody REALLY uses windows except clueless MBA wannabe executives who don't understand computers.
Well, them and our parents.
ok, and our friends.
alright, us too. we all have windows computers (somewhere in our lives) but SHHHHH don't tell anybody because we all WANT to run linux on 100% of our computers, right?
So yeah, pretty much everybody except the art department (for some reason I still don't understand, probably because I'm not an artist) uses windows on at least a semi-regular basis.
My 360 RRoD'd about a month before Forza 3 was to come out. My wife and I discussed whether to buy another one, and since GT5 was scheduled to come out (at the time) within a few months, and we didn't have a blu-ray player, we decided to get a PS3 instead.
I loved Forza2, and played the hell out of it. Neither GT3 nor GT4 really interested me that much. I'm hoping against hope that GT5 is the game I've been waiting for, but if it isn't... I may have to see about a used 360 just for Forza3.
You read one motor trend in 1997 and declared yourself a car guru, didn't you?
You're ragging on pushrod engines, which both the Corvette and Viper use, however you think both the corvette and viper are awesome? I think I should also point out here that the all-aluminum pushrod-based LSx series engines in the corvettes are among the best power-to-weight ratio engines in the world, and have won several awards for excellence.
You then rip into OHC (did you mean OHV?) engines, which is what 95% of performance cars in the world use, including Ferrari, BMW, Mercedes Benz, Nissan, Ford, Honda, etc. etc. etc. Basically everybody except Porsche, Subaru, and a few American models (such as the afore mentioned corvette and viper). I'm even more inclined to believe that you have no idea what you're talking about.
As for the "Hemi" badge on Chryslers, it is just that. A badge. It's the same thing as Honda badging their cars VTEC when damn near every modern engine has variable cam timing. It's the same thing as a Quatro badge on an Audi, when half a dozen other manufacturers have equivalent or better AWD systems. Chrysler badges "hemi" on cars bearing V8 engines from that particular model line of engines simply to cash in on their history. It's called marketing, and every car manufacturer does it. Do you think there is a reason that the current 911s and Murcilagos have very recognizable lines when compared to other cars in their respective company's pasts?
Finally, just because you're ignorant of American car manufacturer's contributions to automotive performance, both presently and historcally, doesn't mean that the manufacturers of GT5 need to be, which is what the GP was saying I believe.
If you haven't learned yet that Microsoft changes things just to change them, because they are Microsoft and they can, then you either aren't paying attention or you must be new here.
Take a look at the network settings in vista and 7 vs xp. please explain how that is a positive change. Why did "add/remove programs" become "programs and features"? All they did was rename it, when there was no need to do so. Why did printers and faxes get folded into hardware devices? Some changes that MS makes are positive, such as being able to pin applications to the taskbar, gestures, and location bars that have dropdown folder options. Other changes make no sense and feel like they're just throwing darts trying to look like they're doing something useful. And really, the best UI changes are the ones that you don't have to use if you don't want to (which all of the above fall under, and the ribbon does not).
Also, do not forget that this company has a branch specifically dedicated to selling training certifications on new versions of their software. If you change the UI, you can justify a new training certification.
I've been into computers for 20 years now, and an "IT professional" for well on a decade. I've been there for every major interface change microsoft has made since they became king of the desktop......and I despise the ribbon more than any other single one.
ahh the "i can get her from the jock asshole if she sees my sensitive side" strategy.
Take it from someone who was "that guy" for the better part of a decade, It's doesn't work.
She's dating the jock asshole because she LIKES jock assholes. That's a point that most introverted shy nerdly types never understand. They don't understand why the girl of their affections would date such a worthless dipshit, so they do their best to be the opposite of that dipshit, never realizing that they're pushing themselves into the friend zone by consciously choosing to be the opposite of what the girl wants.
She knows what you're doing. She's not an idiot (and if she is really that dumb, why do you want her?), and she recognizes your efforts a lot more than you think she does. A lot of girls dig the jock jerks. live with it. some will grow out of it, some wont. if they are going to grow out of it, you can't hurry that up. just wait it out and stop trying so hard.
I was about to point out that tracking aliens, as they're most likely crossing state lines on their descent from orbit, is obviously a federal responsibility, and thus completely out of the jurisdiction of the city of Denver.
Ok, true, it was a settlement, not a judgment, but the fact that they are legally required to tell us what they did and what their "punishment" is as part of the settlement is pretty much an admission of wrongdoing, wouldn't you say?
This is a company that prides itself on it's reputation. I don't think they'd have agreed to a settlement that required them to send out an email like that even if it was cheaper than an expected judgment... well, unless it was significantly cheaper by an order of magnitude etc I suppose.
"oops, we harmed you. we admit it. our bad. So uh, we're legally liable for it, but we've decided to pay somebody else. you know, someone who's not you. just letting you know."
I sometimes wonder how often the idea "We could eliminate 100% of American troop casualties if we just kill everybody else in the world. if there is nobody else to fight, then we don't have to send anybody over there, and we eliminate all possibility of getting shot by enemy forces" surfaces in high level discussions.
I'm thinking the only reason it gets shot down is because they then realize they'd be out of their jobs.
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I'm pretty sure it's the file sharers who are out of touch if they don't see what they're doing as illegal.
You can't make something legal by wishing it. These aren't fairies we're talking about here. you're not going to clap your hands and have tinkerbell drop legal blu-ray rips into your lap.
If you believe that the current model is outdated, You can lobby. you can vote. you can inform. you can raise awareness. you can debate. but just ignoring the fact that it's illegal doesn't make it legal.
Dragonlance had a Cataclysm that reshaped the world back in 1984.
(well 1987 if you want to be specific to the books where the characters were "there" for it).
4.0 is a better game than 3.0 was.
3.0 was better than 2.0
2.0 was better than 1.0
I've been there for all of them (since open beta actually, when looting didn't even work half the time), and people who complain that the game is currently too easy are usually just annoyed that they had it harder "back in the old days" (lol 2004 was a long time ago).
If you want harder gameplay, start questing in zones that are above your level. judging the current state of the game on the northshire abbey experience is retarded.
Also, if getting a bag for free makes the game too easy for you, maybe you should throw it away?
This always happens any time they release a new expansion, and often when they release a new major content patch. It's in inside joke in most raiding guilds that you learn never to schedule raids for the tuesday a major patch hits.
That said, I digitally pre-ordered the expansion a week or two ago, had it all pre-downloaded in the past few days, went to bed last night at a normal time, got up this morning at the normal time (7am est), logged right into my server (Stormrage, one of the most populated servers around) with no authentication problems, no queue for the server, no delays logging in, and no problems. I flew around the old world for 15 minutes and then went to work.
*Shrug* not sure what everybody else is seeing.
will give up any freedoms because they are "supposed to" in order to "be safe".
Other people will argue that speed limits and income tax are a violation of their natural born freedoms and need to be abolished.
Most people just want a sane middle ground. Too bad the noisy people get all the results.
When you violate US copyright law, the feds really just kinda laugh and say "ok, sure, whatever."
When you try and prevent the US government from taking over something they've set their sights on dominating, they're a whole other kind of aggressive beast.
watch your back dude...
I've heard of methods like that. Never bothered to try it myself.
My mother still tells the story of when she was a girl they had a cat that learned to use the toilet on it's own because that's what the humans used. He would even come find one of them afterwards to flush the toilet for him.
TFA also pointed out that Cats still have a larger brain compared to body weight than dogs AND that cats have about twice as many neurons in the cortex as dogs.
So where were you going with this again?
It's not my dog.
I've never had to train a cat to use a litter box. Have you? How exactly did you manage to do that? Every cat I've ever had, from the moment I've owned it (be it a 2 year old or a 4 week old) knew how to use a litter box. I just show the cat where the box is at and it knows.
I do have one particularly dumb cat who didn't know how to open the flap on the door to the litter box, but she's a special case and hardly representative of cats as a whole. Both of her sisters are quite intelligent.
Because whales and elephants rule the planet.
When the cat can't get to it's litter box for some reason, it holds it's bowels until it can. When the dog can't get outside because nobody is home to open the door, it craps on the floor. I'll take the dumb cat every time and twice on Sunday.
Exactly. It's a total scam and lie. Nobody REALLY uses windows except clueless MBA wannabe executives who don't understand computers.
Well, them and our parents.
ok, and our friends.
alright, us too. we all have windows computers (somewhere in our lives) but SHHHHH don't tell anybody because we all WANT to run linux on 100% of our computers, right?
So yeah, pretty much everybody except the art department (for some reason I still don't understand, probably because I'm not an artist) uses windows on at least a semi-regular basis.
My 360 RRoD'd about a month before Forza 3 was to come out. My wife and I discussed whether to buy another one, and since GT5 was scheduled to come out (at the time) within a few months, and we didn't have a blu-ray player, we decided to get a PS3 instead.
I loved Forza2, and played the hell out of it. Neither GT3 nor GT4 really interested me that much. I'm hoping against hope that GT5 is the game I've been waiting for, but if it isn't... I may have to see about a used 360 just for Forza3.
You read one motor trend in 1997 and declared yourself a car guru, didn't you?
You're ragging on pushrod engines, which both the Corvette and Viper use, however you think both the corvette and viper are awesome? I think I should also point out here that the all-aluminum pushrod-based LSx series engines in the corvettes are among the best power-to-weight ratio engines in the world, and have won several awards for excellence.
You then rip into OHC (did you mean OHV?) engines, which is what 95% of performance cars in the world use, including Ferrari, BMW, Mercedes Benz, Nissan, Ford, Honda, etc. etc. etc. Basically everybody except Porsche, Subaru, and a few American models (such as the afore mentioned corvette and viper). I'm even more inclined to believe that you have no idea what you're talking about.
As for the "Hemi" badge on Chryslers, it is just that. A badge. It's the same thing as Honda badging their cars VTEC when damn near every modern engine has variable cam timing. It's the same thing as a Quatro badge on an Audi, when half a dozen other manufacturers have equivalent or better AWD systems. Chrysler badges "hemi" on cars bearing V8 engines from that particular model line of engines simply to cash in on their history. It's called marketing, and every car manufacturer does it. Do you think there is a reason that the current 911s and Murcilagos have very recognizable lines when compared to other cars in their respective company's pasts?
Finally, just because you're ignorant of American car manufacturer's contributions to automotive performance, both presently and historcally, doesn't mean that the manufacturers of GT5 need to be, which is what the GP was saying I believe.
Yes, that ribbon sure has increased productivity amongst intermediate and advanced users...
http://www.exceluser.com/explore/surveys/ribbon/ribbon-survey-results.htm
If you haven't learned yet that Microsoft changes things just to change them, because they are Microsoft and they can, then you either aren't paying attention or you must be new here.
Take a look at the network settings in vista and 7 vs xp. please explain how that is a positive change. Why did "add/remove programs" become "programs and features"? All they did was rename it, when there was no need to do so. Why did printers and faxes get folded into hardware devices? Some changes that MS makes are positive, such as being able to pin applications to the taskbar, gestures, and location bars that have dropdown folder options. Other changes make no sense and feel like they're just throwing darts trying to look like they're doing something useful. And really, the best UI changes are the ones that you don't have to use if you don't want to (which all of the above fall under, and the ribbon does not).
Also, do not forget that this company has a branch specifically dedicated to selling training certifications on new versions of their software. If you change the UI, you can justify a new training certification.
I've been into computers for 20 years now, and an "IT professional" for well on a decade. I've been there for every major interface change microsoft has made since they became king of the desktop... ...and I despise the ribbon more than any other single one.
I always think of it in the magic: the gathering term, as in you're "tapping" them to use their resources.
or like a beer tap on a keg.
take your pick.
ahh the "i can get her from the jock asshole if she sees my sensitive side" strategy.
Take it from someone who was "that guy" for the better part of a decade, It's doesn't work.
She's dating the jock asshole because she LIKES jock assholes. That's a point that most introverted shy nerdly types never understand. They don't understand why the girl of their affections would date such a worthless dipshit, so they do their best to be the opposite of that dipshit, never realizing that they're pushing themselves into the friend zone by consciously choosing to be the opposite of what the girl wants.
She knows what you're doing. She's not an idiot (and if she is really that dumb, why do you want her?), and she recognizes your efforts a lot more than you think she does. A lot of girls dig the jock jerks. live with it. some will grow out of it, some wont. if they are going to grow out of it, you can't hurry that up. just wait it out and stop trying so hard.
I was about to point out that tracking aliens, as they're most likely crossing state lines on their descent from orbit, is obviously a federal responsibility, and thus completely out of the jurisdiction of the city of Denver.
Ok, true, it was a settlement, not a judgment, but the fact that they are legally required to tell us what they did and what their "punishment" is as part of the settlement is pretty much an admission of wrongdoing, wouldn't you say?
This is a company that prides itself on it's reputation. I don't think they'd have agreed to a settlement that required them to send out an email like that even if it was cheaper than an expected judgment... well, unless it was significantly cheaper by an order of magnitude etc I suppose.
"oops, we harmed you. we admit it. our bad. So uh, we're legally liable for it, but we've decided to pay somebody else. you know, someone who's not you. just letting you know."
How exactly is this any different from restricting the sale of R rated movies to minors, or is that legal in California?
either you have a poorly developed sense of dry humor, or it's -so- well developed that I'm incapable of noticing it in your post.
Let me cut directly to it, are you by any chance British?
I sometimes wonder how often the idea "We could eliminate 100% of American troop casualties if we just kill everybody else in the world. if there is nobody else to fight, then we don't have to send anybody over there, and we eliminate all possibility of getting shot by enemy forces" surfaces in high level discussions.
I'm thinking the only reason it gets shot down is because they then realize they'd be out of their jobs.
"While we determined that no private user data was sold..."
Isn't this one of the companies (along with google) that declared that "privacy on the web no longer exists" or something along those lines?
hence, no "private user data" can be sold because all user data is public, therefore no crime has been committed.
Solar cell based power plants in Lagrange orbits of Mercury.
There ya go.
Until of course we get "save the solar system!" hippies.