So when SP3 finally comes out I guess MS is gonna start phasing it out. Oh wait, they've already started phasing it out with the DX10 being Vista only and games like Halo2 being Vista-only. I still use Win2k and I growl everytime I try to install something because it says, "WE R SORRY, YOU CANNOT USE THIS BECAUSE IT'S XP ONLY."
The same goes for all of those crappy XP-only mp3 players. I can't wait until more Vista-only things come out!
How can one of these Janus(DRM) players kill an IPod when I can use an IPod with nearly every OS compared to these Janus players that require WinXP w/ WMP10.
Digital Fortress... I suppose. That book sucked. All Dan Brown books are the same but it's weird that things out of his books happen to make news years later such as this and the mechanical fly incident.
VoIP sounds better than my landline because my local loop is so long that the engineer determining if I can get DSL or not was astonished I was even capable of getting voice.
Which is how the anti-goatse bill was put into place last year. Even though Mr. Goatse was of age when he spread his butter cheeks, there is 18 USC 2257 and 2252C which prevent anyone from sending a person a goatse or lemonparty!
2252C really boggles me. It is worded so broadly that you can get in trouble for just about anything.
2252C. Misleading words or digital images on the Internet (a) IN GENERAL.Whoever knowingly embeds words or digital images into the source code of a website with the intent to deceive a person into viewing material constituting obscenity shall be fined under this title and imprisoned for not more than 10 years. (b) MINORS.Whoever knowingly embeds words or digital images into the source code of a website with the intent to deceive a minor into viewing material harmful to minors on the Internet shall be fined under this title and imprisoned for not more than 20 years. (c) CONSTRUCTION.For the purposes of this section, a word or digital image that clearly indicates the sexual content of the site, such as sex or porn, is not misleading. (d) DEFINITIONS.As used in this sectionHR 4472 EAS (1) the terms material that is harmful to minors and sex have the meaning given such terms in section 2252B; and (2) the term source code means the combination of text and other characters comprising the content, both viewable and nonviewable, of a web page, including any website publishing language, programming language, protocol or functional content, as well as any successor languages or protocols.. (b) TABLE OF SECTIONS.The table of sections for chapter 110 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2252B the following: 2252C. Misleading words or digital images on the Internet..
This act directs the CDC to take resources away from unimportant tasks such as AIDS and cancer research and investigate, with all possible speed, the effect of violent media on children with an eye towards future legislation.
Yes, violence in media, especially in videogames is definitely more important than AIDS and cancer research.
I'm pretty sure it requires WinXP/Vista/Whatever and WMP10, hence why I won't buy it because it's my mp3 player. Not Microsoft's vehicle to get me to change OS.
If he does get a free copy then I wonder what happens if he forgets to pay taxes for his free copy. Nothing's free! Oprah proved that with her car give-away.
I have discovered those strange beings in southern United States of Americia (As opposed to Canadia) describe all soft drinks as "coke" even though they are from rival companies. They are truly strange beings.
So you're at 60 and what do you do? Join a raiding guild. The trouble is, most of those guilds raid for 4-7 hours a night and require you to have a 40% raid attendance or be kicked from the guild.
That's on top of your usual requests from the guilds to get NR, Frost or Fire resists up. They need to somehow figure out a way to force guilds to trim the time down.
Let's also not forget that most guilds either run a DKP (Dragon Kill Point system) or Zero-Sum. Which adds to the madness because you're never going to get any loot unless you attend every single run.
4-7 hours a night is too much for one video game. Some of us have other things... 2 hours is cool. Blizzard would be really nice to implement some new scheme for loot, one that is a mixture of raids attended and luck.
Also, ever notice the "females" in guilds tend to get free loot even when they don't even have a microphone. I was halfway tempted to create a female character with no voice communication to get loot, then seduce all of the men in the guild with a fake picture I picked up from Google. But alas, I quit before attempting that.
Blagojevich is the worst Governer ever. Instead of worrying about the budget or education, he used his power to focus on this shit along with his attempts to try to move the capital to Chicago. He spends less time in Springfield than Chicago. Then again, Ryan wasn't that much better.
Judy Baar Topinka sucks too. I don't even know her stances on crap cause she displays stupid commercials about "more accountability" which people will OOOH and AHH for.
In fact, wtf do any of Novembers' candidates stand for? They're all bad-mouthing each other and on the "increased accountability" stance.
Let's not forget the gimped PC games out. EA/Tiburon's Madden is a prime example of gimping ports to make a more expensive version sell. Just because a game is released under the same name does not mean it's the same game.
Things Madden had for console version that weren't included for PC:
Madden Cards (Basically a powerup)
Updated rosters DURING THE SEASON (Madden PC users had to wait until the end of the season to update rosters)
In the new version of Madden, PC users will have the stripped old-code-base of Madden, meaning no new features compared to the "Next Gen" version. Such as new player attributes.
There's examples of other games that are released on multi-platform where the developer specifically gimped the PC versions to make it unappealing.
I can easily see how harassment from law enforcement can occur with this.
If someone IMs their mother and asks her, "Hey, what's the best method for killing caterpillars in my tomato garden?"
If that were to hit some keywords, wouldn't it be wasted time, money and resources to investigate some poor bloke trying to actually kill caterpillars?
Law abiding citizens that have been wrongfully harassed by authorities know what I'm talking about. They treat you as if you're guilty and do everything to ruin your day to get you to break. Especially if you don't do anything wrong.
Law enforcement officers aren't exactly angels, they're almost as crooked as those that they attempt to catch. The problem is that the laws made assume that they will use any methods in an ideal manner.
It reminds me of the time I was drinking with a cop as I was playing pool. He probably arrested people for domestic violence and he was trying to plead his case to me about how he didn't beat his ex-wife.
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I think you're on to something. Here is video footage of Ponch performing a heinous act.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRE9qirgetM
The website says FTC. The slashdot post says FCC.
Harhar, I just nullified your +4 Insightful comment. I wonder, will this give me a +troll?
Why don't they freebie an hdcp converter too? My memory span isn't short!
So when SP3 finally comes out I guess MS is gonna start phasing it out. Oh wait, they've already started phasing it out with the DX10 being Vista only and games like Halo2 being Vista-only.
I still use Win2k and I growl everytime I try to install something because it says, "WE R SORRY, YOU CANNOT USE THIS BECAUSE IT'S XP ONLY."
The same goes for all of those crappy XP-only mp3 players. I can't wait until more Vista-only things come out!
Did Sony patent the idea of suing a company from so many countries at once? I hope they did because it's a wonderful idea to take out competitors.
I tried to draw boobs and got this instead http://www.flickr.com/photos/19406332@N00/41144732
I think it needs some bugs worked out. It searches as well as a search engine.
How can one of these Janus(DRM) players kill an IPod when I can use an IPod with nearly every OS compared to these Janus players that require WinXP w/ WMP10.
Digital Fortress... I suppose.
That book sucked. All Dan Brown books are the same but it's weird that things out of his books happen to make news years later such as this and the mechanical fly incident.
VoIP sounds better than my landline because my local loop is so long that the engineer determining if I can get DSL or not was astonished I was even capable of getting voice.
2252C really boggles me. It is worded so broadly that you can get in trouble for just about anything.
Yes, violence in media, especially in videogames is definitely more important than AIDS and cancer research.
I hope LIEberman loses.
Um. NAND has a maximum amount of writes available before it's broken.
I hope Will Wright doesn't mess up Spore. It hits every single market.
I'm pretty sure it requires WinXP/Vista/Whatever and WMP10, hence why I won't buy it because it's my mp3 player. Not Microsoft's vehicle to get me to change OS.
If he does get a free copy then I wonder what happens if he forgets to pay taxes for his free copy. Nothing's free! Oprah proved that with her car give-away.
I have discovered those strange beings in southern United States of Americia (As opposed to Canadia) describe all soft drinks as "coke" even though they are from rival companies. They are truly strange beings.
I like your post Archimonde. I totally agree with the points you brought up but you left one thing out. REP REP REP!
Rep farming 2 months to gain Timbermaw rep? Rep grinding AD, Rep grinding CC, Rep grinding this, rep grinding that.
But you explained exactly why WoW literally sucks the life out of anyone.
So you're at 60 and what do you do? Join a raiding guild. The trouble is, most of those guilds raid for 4-7 hours a night and require you to have a 40% raid attendance or be kicked from the guild.
That's on top of your usual requests from the guilds to get NR, Frost or Fire resists up. They need to somehow figure out a way to force guilds to trim the time down.
Let's also not forget that most guilds either run a DKP (Dragon Kill Point system) or Zero-Sum. Which adds to the madness because you're never going to get any loot unless you attend every single run.
4-7 hours a night is too much for one video game. Some of us have other things... 2 hours is cool. Blizzard would be really nice to implement some new scheme for loot, one that is a mixture of raids attended and luck.
Also, ever notice the "females" in guilds tend to get free loot even when they don't even have a microphone. I was halfway tempted to create a female character with no voice communication to get loot, then seduce all of the men in the guild with a fake picture I picked up from Google. But alas, I quit before attempting that.
Blagojevich is the worst Governer ever. Instead of worrying about the budget or education, he used his power to focus on this shit along with his attempts to try to move the capital to Chicago. He spends less time in Springfield than Chicago. Then again, Ryan wasn't that much better.
Judy Baar Topinka sucks too. I don't even know her stances on crap cause she displays stupid commercials about "more accountability" which people will OOOH and AHH for.
In fact, wtf do any of Novembers' candidates stand for? They're all bad-mouthing each other and on the "increased accountability" stance.
- Madden Cards (Basically a powerup)
- Updated rosters DURING THE SEASON (Madden PC users had to wait until the end of the season to update rosters)
- In the new version of Madden, PC users will have the stripped old-code-base of Madden, meaning no new features compared to the "Next Gen" version. Such as new player attributes.
There's examples of other games that are released on multi-platform where the developer specifically gimped the PC versions to make it unappealing.How dare you suggest that the $450 would be better used for educational purposes rather than unnecessary eavesdropping.
I can easily see how harassment from law enforcement can occur with this.
If someone IMs their mother and asks her, "Hey, what's the best method for killing caterpillars in my tomato garden?"
If that were to hit some keywords, wouldn't it be wasted time, money and resources to investigate some poor bloke trying to actually kill caterpillars?
Law abiding citizens that have been wrongfully harassed by authorities know what I'm talking about. They treat you as if you're guilty and do everything to ruin your day to get you to break. Especially if you don't do anything wrong.
Law enforcement officers aren't exactly angels, they're almost as crooked as those that they attempt to catch. The problem is that the laws made assume that they will use any methods in an ideal manner.
It reminds me of the time I was drinking with a cop as I was playing pool. He probably arrested people for domestic violence and he was trying to plead his case to me about how he didn't beat his ex-wife.