As far as the "I'll bet that most people who play it will fall into the "just one more turn" trap" comment; nope, I've played 4 games, won the last 2, and when it asked to keep playing, I said no thanks every time.
That's not what the comment means. It means if you have something else to do, you think you'll play just one more turn and then quit playing. I remember when as a kid our family was leaving for a holiday and when everyone was ready and waiting, my father would yell he plays just one more turn.
Obviously, after the turn you have to play just one more...
Did they ask if it could be blocked because they wanted to, or because they think it could mean backslash for using ACTA as a censor tool instead of enforcing copyrights?
The video I saw of some gameplay made it look like a console game designed for the lowest common denominator.
The UI has been streamlined, but the gameplay underneath is still the same. Which according to reviews and me testing the demo is only a good thing, as things aren't so cluttered and you don't have popups jumping up all the time.
And leave the game developers without publishing channels, financing, marketing and everything else involved on that side of things? Hate publishers all you want, but they provide invaluable service for game developers that they choose to use.
No, it wouldn't been a similar impact. Just think how much data Google has from analytics alone. It's all over the Internet and the user is not giving any info in that case. On top of that they have all the search queries, emails, what videos you watch on youtube, chat logs, all the information from Android devices.. the list goes on. This is also much more private and personal data, especially when its put together, than whatever you decide to write on facebook or your myspace profile. But the worst is analytics and the quantity of data you give them along, unknowingly for many casual users.
And not only call logs, chat transcripts and contact lists. The article notes:
he pulled up the person's email account, contact list, chat transcripts, Google Voice call logs—even a list of other Gmail addresses that the friend had registered but didn't think were linked to their main account—within seconds.
So even if you think logging out and making a new separate account is enough, it's all linked
And what about Google Analytics and everything else? They can see everywhere you've been on the internet, and obviously abuse it.
Elop has nothing to do with Microsoft's line of phones or phone software. You know people are individuals too and Microsoft is a huge company, so it would be stupid to think they're somehow interconnected.
Because Nokia is still the largest player in the mobile industry - by a huge margin - since they make just normal phones too. But they also have a big catalog of different phones for different needs, like the N900 which technical persons and linux users must love. They might not be so relevant in the US, but they have huge marketshare in Europe and Asia. The latter one is where people don't usually have smartphones but just normal phones. However, Elop has said his main job now is to help Nokia target US markets better. That is why it also makes sense to hire an American CEO who has been long time in the technology industry.
Now, what Nokia actually needs is to get the usability and things like app store and such correct for their smartphone line. There haven't been any improvement on those things with Nokia phones for years and iPhone, Android and the upcoming Windows Mobile 7 have got it a lot more right. Even tho I've used Nokia phones since I was a kid, I wouldn't consider their smartphones now. That is what Nokia needs to work on.
If you read your own links, you see that those journalists entered the country illegally. That's just a stupid thing to do, and would get your in trouble in US too.
Actually, if you read my earlier post, I plan on going there this winter, just for the experience. I do know it's a shitty country compared to most places, but I want to see it first hand.
Going to DMZ and crossing it would be just stupid. In every country you have to go by laws and you can't do stupid shit like trying to cross the borders illegally. It's no different in North Korea.
A little more about traveling to North Korea. I'm living in Asia currently and as it's close to me, I plan to take a trip there this winter. During my life living in many countries I've learnt that prejudices are just those - prejudices. People always give a shittier picture about something, and when you see it yourself it's just different. That's why it's like sitting on your computer all day long and commenting on things you have absolutely no idea about - most news are onesided, and most people tell you onesided stories with extra things that might not even be true. That's why you have to see and do it yourself to actually know anything.
Exactly. What about just letting North Korea develop their country without interference from US again like with everything else? Just stop the stupid cyberwar bullshit and let them make freaking flash games. US is only making the cituation worse.
It's also just the usual bullshit and propaganda how bad North Korea supposedly is for wanting to defend their own country. North Korea says US is bad and wants to destroy their country, US says North Korea is bad and wants to destroy their country. It's all just stupid propaganda, and because the other side does it the other has to do. It's like stupid kids playing.
Truth is North Korea isn't even as bad as US and all news outlets try to draw it as. Take a travel there and see yourself - it's possible, you just have to book your trip maybe a month before and it most likely opens up your eyes. I'm not saying theres nothing wrong with North Korea, but it isn't like US paints it.
Exactly. The battle against H.264 will end up costing them even more market share too.
But what always seems weird to me in discussions about web games in here is the dissing of Facebook games. People complain how they are apparently timewasters, stupid and how people should be playing real games instead. Why? They are entertainment just as any other "real" game and people think they're fun to play. They might be more tailored towards casual people, but in fact in the 1990's and 2000's I remember reading discussions about how to get more non-hardcore players and especially girls to play games. It seems web games, especially social ones like on Facebook is an answer to that. Why do so many people have an axe to grind if someone plays and enjoys Facebook games?
Also, web games really aren't there to completely replace "real" games, there's place for both. Especially with the current technology and the sizes that "real" games require when installed. Internet and computer usage is completely different now than in 1995 and there's room for both type of games.
However where Mozilla probably fails here is that they want to strictly promote games using open technologies.
There are three problems to that; First of all, any of those technologies don't support games as good as Flash, and don't have a universal way for websites to embed them. Usually you also end up having to give out your full code, which just isn't going to work for companies and some people.
Secondly, Flash has awesome authoring tools for coders and artists. There's none such for the mentioned technologies - you usually just write it in JavaScript.
Thirdly but not least, the state of open source games is not good. Lack of artists, only copying of commercially successful games like Civilization and SimCity and similar just makes things worse. Projects also usually die quickly, just like those projects you worked with as a teenager. You had great interest in them at first, but then it just died and you moved on to something else. Commercial games overcome that problem by paying their developers, but that is not possible in open source world.
It makes you smile that you can use one homebrew console to hack another to get homebrew on that console. Awesome.
First of all, this is just used for pirating purposes. In fact that's the only thing the hack allows, so drop the homebrew bullshit.
Secondly, Sony has lost the PS3 hacking war? These hacks are fully detectable by PS3 and Sony. Those who have used them have already been banned from PSN and multiplayer games. What a great way to ruin your expensive console.
Uh, first of all he is ex-president. What threats of his powers are you talking about? Secondly, the cuban laws are about spreading (ie. writing) information that harms the social norms or national security. Ah, national security. Isn't that why US also wants to take down Wikileaks?
Being a non-american and having lived in many different countries, it's sometimes really weird how US people so often think every other country is the root of evil and only US is good. You know, it's of course impossible that US government might want to paint a worse picture of their enemies than what they actually are! It's not even only Cuba.. It's China, Russia, North Korea, whatever country with different views, culture and society.
Sorry, but US demands EU and a lot of other countries to give them access to their peoples banking, financial and all kind of other data, and don't get me even started on the NSA listening devices and backdoors on major ISP's backbones. Why is it so weird when other countries in turn demand the same kind of access? If US wants to promote privacy of citizens, at least start doing it yourself first.
instead ask "Is it moral in general to pay for prostitutes?"
Why wouldn't it be moral? What is immoral about sex? Yes, if you follow bible then you might think it's immoral to have pre-marital sex, but the world is a different place now a day. Most people, at least young, understand that you can have sex just for the pleasure and fun time it gives. And like the other poster noted, a lot of people don't like other kind of shitty jobs either. Should we make flipping burgers or cleaning services illegal too?
And what's wrong with prostitution anyway? In the end all girls cost money, many times much more than if you just get to the point right away. I'm in Thailand currently and it's all very casual - you go to a bar or gogo bar (not clubs), girls come to talk with you and you order them a few drinks and maybe play a round of billiard and just have good time. If you want to, you can take them to the nearest hotel or take them to your hotel with you for a night. Girls don't mind and sometimes they might even end up dating with you (happens easily as western guys are considered a huge score for a girl here).
In the end its nothing else than again some religious or "I define what people should be allowed to do!" persons trying to limit the fun people can have. If the girl herself wants to do it, there's no "victims". Hell, there are girls who love having a lot of sex and it's even better for them because they get paid for what they love. Other people really have to start living their own lives and stop thinking "I don't do this, so no one else can do it either!".
I bought a laptop with GeForce GTX 480M a month ago and the performance is awesome, you can basically set full resolution and all settings to max. Definitely best you can get for laptops at the moment.
It's actually being developed by a company that can finish games now. 3D Realms, along other fun stuff, had strippers dancing in motion capture devices and were just messing around with the game. Sure they must had have fun, but they completely lacked direction or management. Now it can actually finish.
What about some guy who lost his Afghan/Iraqi/Pakistan friend when US soldiers shot them? Maybe he even wasn't an soldier, but a civilian. There have been countless news about those shootings. What makes it more right to be an US soldier shooting them than being the "enemy" and shooting US soldiers? Hypocrisy at its best.
You know, they are people just like you. They have families, childhood, friends, loved ones, dreams. Don't forget that on your high horse.
You do understand that US demands the same kind of access? In fact, US agencies already have backdoors made for their in major services and ISP's. Remember when there was a story that one large ISP reduced their costs by just giving direct database access to FBI? Or remember how NSA has huge sniffing equipment at major internet backbones in the US?
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As far as the "I'll bet that most people who play it will fall into the "just one more turn" trap" comment; nope, I've played 4 games, won the last 2, and when it asked to keep playing, I said no thanks every time.
That's not what the comment means. It means if you have something else to do, you think you'll play just one more turn and then quit playing. I remember when as a kid our family was leaving for a holiday and when everyone was ready and waiting, my father would yell he plays just one more turn.
Obviously, after the turn you have to play just one more...
Did they ask if it could be blocked because they wanted to, or because they think it could mean backslash for using ACTA as a censor tool instead of enforcing copyrights?
The video I saw of some gameplay made it look like a console game designed for the lowest common denominator.
The UI has been streamlined, but the gameplay underneath is still the same. Which according to reviews and me testing the demo is only a good thing, as things aren't so cluttered and you don't have popups jumping up all the time.
And leave the game developers without publishing channels, financing, marketing and everything else involved on that side of things? Hate publishers all you want, but they provide invaluable service for game developers that they choose to use.
No, it wouldn't been a similar impact. Just think how much data Google has from analytics alone. It's all over the Internet and the user is not giving any info in that case. On top of that they have all the search queries, emails, what videos you watch on youtube, chat logs, all the information from Android devices.. the list goes on. This is also much more private and personal data, especially when its put together, than whatever you decide to write on facebook or your myspace profile. But the worst is analytics and the quantity of data you give them along, unknowingly for many casual users.
And not only call logs, chat transcripts and contact lists. The article notes:
he pulled up the person's email account, contact list, chat transcripts, Google Voice call logs—even a list of other Gmail addresses that the friend had registered but didn't think were linked to their main account—within seconds.
So even if you think logging out and making a new separate account is enough, it's all linked
And what about Google Analytics and everything else? They can see everywhere you've been on the internet, and obviously abuse it.
Elop has nothing to do with Microsoft's line of phones or phone software. You know people are individuals too and Microsoft is a huge company, so it would be stupid to think they're somehow interconnected.
Because Nokia is still the largest player in the mobile industry - by a huge margin - since they make just normal phones too. But they also have a big catalog of different phones for different needs, like the N900 which technical persons and linux users must love. They might not be so relevant in the US, but they have huge marketshare in Europe and Asia. The latter one is where people don't usually have smartphones but just normal phones. However, Elop has said his main job now is to help Nokia target US markets better. That is why it also makes sense to hire an American CEO who has been long time in the technology industry.
Now, what Nokia actually needs is to get the usability and things like app store and such correct for their smartphone line. There haven't been any improvement on those things with Nokia phones for years and iPhone, Android and the upcoming Windows Mobile 7 have got it a lot more right. Even tho I've used Nokia phones since I was a kid, I wouldn't consider their smartphones now. That is what Nokia needs to work on.
If you read your own links, you see that those journalists entered the country illegally. That's just a stupid thing to do, and would get your in trouble in US too.
Actually, if you read my earlier post, I plan on going there this winter, just for the experience. I do know it's a shitty country compared to most places, but I want to see it first hand.
Going to DMZ and crossing it would be just stupid. In every country you have to go by laws and you can't do stupid shit like trying to cross the borders illegally. It's no different in North Korea.
No? They have a lot of diplomacy and trade with China and Russia. There's more to the world than just US, you know.
A little more about traveling to North Korea. I'm living in Asia currently and as it's close to me, I plan to take a trip there this winter. During my life living in many countries I've learnt that prejudices are just those - prejudices. People always give a shittier picture about something, and when you see it yourself it's just different. That's why it's like sitting on your computer all day long and commenting on things you have absolutely no idea about - most news are onesided, and most people tell you onesided stories with extra things that might not even be true. That's why you have to see and do it yourself to actually know anything.
Exactly. What about just letting North Korea develop their country without interference from US again like with everything else? Just stop the stupid cyberwar bullshit and let them make freaking flash games. US is only making the cituation worse.
It's also just the usual bullshit and propaganda how bad North Korea supposedly is for wanting to defend their own country. North Korea says US is bad and wants to destroy their country, US says North Korea is bad and wants to destroy their country. It's all just stupid propaganda, and because the other side does it the other has to do. It's like stupid kids playing.
Truth is North Korea isn't even as bad as US and all news outlets try to draw it as. Take a travel there and see yourself - it's possible, you just have to book your trip maybe a month before and it most likely opens up your eyes. I'm not saying theres nothing wrong with North Korea, but it isn't like US paints it.
Exactly. The battle against H.264 will end up costing them even more market share too.
But what always seems weird to me in discussions about web games in here is the dissing of Facebook games. People complain how they are apparently timewasters, stupid and how people should be playing real games instead. Why? They are entertainment just as any other "real" game and people think they're fun to play. They might be more tailored towards casual people, but in fact in the 1990's and 2000's I remember reading discussions about how to get more non-hardcore players and especially girls to play games. It seems web games, especially social ones like on Facebook is an answer to that. Why do so many people have an axe to grind if someone plays and enjoys Facebook games?
Also, web games really aren't there to completely replace "real" games, there's place for both. Especially with the current technology and the sizes that "real" games require when installed. Internet and computer usage is completely different now than in 1995 and there's room for both type of games.
However where Mozilla probably fails here is that they want to strictly promote games using open technologies.
There are three problems to that; First of all, any of those technologies don't support games as good as Flash, and don't have a universal way for websites to embed them. Usually you also end up having to give out your full code, which just isn't going to work for companies and some people.
Secondly, Flash has awesome authoring tools for coders and artists. There's none such for the mentioned technologies - you usually just write it in JavaScript.
Thirdly but not least, the state of open source games is not good. Lack of artists, only copying of commercially successful games like Civilization and SimCity and similar just makes things worse. Projects also usually die quickly, just like those projects you worked with as a teenager. You had great interest in them at first, but then it just died and you moved on to something else. Commercial games overcome that problem by paying their developers, but that is not possible in open source world.
It makes you smile that you can use one homebrew console to hack another to get homebrew on that console. Awesome.
First of all, this is just used for pirating purposes. In fact that's the only thing the hack allows, so drop the homebrew bullshit.
Secondly, Sony has lost the PS3 hacking war? These hacks are fully detectable by PS3 and Sony. Those who have used them have already been banned from PSN and multiplayer games. What a great way to ruin your expensive console.
Uh, first of all he is ex-president. What threats of his powers are you talking about? Secondly, the cuban laws are about spreading (ie. writing) information that harms the social norms or national security. Ah, national security. Isn't that why US also wants to take down Wikileaks?
Being a non-american and having lived in many different countries, it's sometimes really weird how US people so often think every other country is the root of evil and only US is good. You know, it's of course impossible that US government might want to paint a worse picture of their enemies than what they actually are! It's not even only Cuba.. It's China, Russia, North Korea, whatever country with different views, culture and society.
Sorry, but US demands EU and a lot of other countries to give them access to their peoples banking, financial and all kind of other data, and don't get me even started on the NSA listening devices and backdoors on major ISP's backbones. Why is it so weird when other countries in turn demand the same kind of access? If US wants to promote privacy of citizens, at least start doing it yourself first.
instead ask "Is it moral in general to pay for prostitutes?"
Why wouldn't it be moral? What is immoral about sex? Yes, if you follow bible then you might think it's immoral to have pre-marital sex, but the world is a different place now a day. Most people, at least young, understand that you can have sex just for the pleasure and fun time it gives. And like the other poster noted, a lot of people don't like other kind of shitty jobs either. Should we make flipping burgers or cleaning services illegal too?
And what's wrong with prostitution anyway? In the end all girls cost money, many times much more than if you just get to the point right away. I'm in Thailand currently and it's all very casual - you go to a bar or gogo bar (not clubs), girls come to talk with you and you order them a few drinks and maybe play a round of billiard and just have good time. If you want to, you can take them to the nearest hotel or take them to your hotel with you for a night. Girls don't mind and sometimes they might even end up dating with you (happens easily as western guys are considered a huge score for a girl here).
In the end its nothing else than again some religious or "I define what people should be allowed to do!" persons trying to limit the fun people can have. If the girl herself wants to do it, there's no "victims". Hell, there are girls who love having a lot of sex and it's even better for them because they get paid for what they love. Other people really have to start living their own lives and stop thinking "I don't do this, so no one else can do it either!".
I bought a laptop with GeForce GTX 480M a month ago and the performance is awesome, you can basically set full resolution and all settings to max. Definitely best you can get for laptops at the moment.
It's actually being developed by a company that can finish games now. 3D Realms, along other fun stuff, had strippers dancing in motion capture devices and were just messing around with the game. Sure they must had have fun, but they completely lacked direction or management. Now it can actually finish.
What about some guy who lost his Afghan/Iraqi/Pakistan friend when US soldiers shot them? Maybe he even wasn't an soldier, but a civilian. There have been countless news about those shootings. What makes it more right to be an US soldier shooting them than being the "enemy" and shooting US soldiers? Hypocrisy at its best.
You know, they are people just like you. They have families, childhood, friends, loved ones, dreams. Don't forget that on your high horse.
You do understand that US demands the same kind of access? In fact, US agencies already have backdoors made for their in major services and ISP's. Remember when there was a story that one large ISP reduced their costs by just giving direct database access to FBI? Or remember how NSA has huge sniffing equipment at major internet backbones in the US?
Well it's an old technique actually. kexec have been there for ages.
Yeah it's good US government doesn't have same kind of access.. oh wait!
Open source is open source, meaning you can see the code. What's so hard about that?