But I'm sure it's noterized and all.. I'm sure if ONE company would work hard on all aspects of new employees, it would be Microsoft.
If he basically swore that he wouldn't work for another company in a competing field or such, and they can prove Google is a competeting company (probably the only way Google can flat out win) then he's guilty.
I don't think counter suit is about the only way Google can get this working in their direction.
If he signed a Non Competition agreement, he's screwed, period. I'm sure Microsoft's are iron clad.
However this is a problem with american companies, everyone has you sign 100 forms just in case they want to ligate against something that you do wrong or protect their own butt. Was much better when you could switch jobs as long as you don't release trade secrets and you wouldn't be hassled, because people could trust each other.
They arn't going to change much just make the Hot Coffee stuff "harder to access". What that means? I have no idea, probably make it so this mod doesn't work, doesn't mean a second mod won't be made, but it'll be different of course.
I'm pretty sure they said "harder to access" not removal... so they know at least which way to go.
The only thing that happened is that millions of more copies were sold because of the Hot Coffee mod, now the price for the "original" version of GTA:SA will start to sky rocket, and then they will release a new version near the end of this year.
Honestly GTA is a game that people desire over many others. I'm sure just in the first day of PC sales, it sold more then the entire run of some of those lesser games.
And the fact they are making a new edition means collectors who have all three versions will plunk down another 50 or so.
Honestly the only fallout from this thing is the few people who didn't buy the game yet but was going to, and the companies reputation is "Tarnished" (oh no, they were thinking of an EVEN MORE adult version of the game? I will never buy from them again.)
Of course the fact that the "Hot Coffee" stuff is the same maturity level as all the rest of the violence, murder and mayhem in the game isn't meantioned in any of those news reports I bet.
Let's See, Windows open to Vistas, and Vista's are pretty.
I suppose Dungheap, or NeedLessStuff Didn't have the same ring.
I remember when LongHorn went into a major beta and the illegal versions went around my college campus, this was over 2 years ago, and then the first leaks happened 4 years ago. At least I hope that means that beta testing is taking a good amount of time. But if some reports are right, (And there's no reason to doubt them) they are also adding more needless features or extra security to deprive us of digital freedom.
Of course let's all take a moment to remember Windows ME, the last time Microsoft tried to force a specific feature on us. I know personally I'm not upgrade, and likely most offices won't as XP is working fine... for now.
I don't know about others, but from a couple places I heard about, ADV didn't contact them at all, first...
Almost everyone else dealing with pirates who just want them to stop start with a C&D...Most of the time that will show you how far you have to go, and costs you, what...37 cents now?
While it is true some webmasters don't listen, Some websites do listen.
As such the order should ALWAYS go in is direct contact, then to go to the ISP. A police officer doesn't shoot a unknown suspect with out identifying himself, why should they be allowed to resort to extreme tactics with out undergoing reasonable channels before hand.
Let's not forget why they are desperate to try anything... They went on a rampage attacking websites through their ISP with out first talking to webmasters, it created more bad blood then anything else, and people have boycotted their dvds (I know I have) I bite my toungue when I buy their manga even..
They didn't want people to learn about their anime like that, so people couldn't learn about the anime they owned, watching dubs on tv wasn't helpful for that, and so people just decided most of it wasn't worth their time to buy blind.
I don't think they are embrassing BT, they are just trying to get the online community to believe they arn't so bad, too bad some of us remember how their gestopo tactics were and still can't support them.
Everyone loses money on consoles. They make it back on the games.
But they've admited that overall the Xbox has LOST money. The fact they are making an Xbox 2 is the problem. They not only lose money, they drops backwards compatibilty.
I just hope they make another what was it? 5 billion dollar advertising investment. This and the fact that most people arn't buying a huge collection of games for the xbox (though a few do) will end their life.
Though I think the backwards compatibilty thing is the biggest problem because now you can't go back and play all your great Xbox games on the new one because now you have two huge consoles on your desk.
"The fact of the matters is the story takes about 30 minutes to accuretly explain... to monkeys." Thanks for proving the point. It's still not deep enough.
The fact he is the sixth incarnation or not. he is still jesus. If jesus came back tommorow and then the next day (dying the first day or something) that's the third known incarnation? does it make him any less jesus?
The fact remains that Neo as a reincarnation is still god like.
Now as for the "matrix" being outside the matrix. That is still unknown (but more likely then not)
Some of us believe the Reloaded movie was aweful because of the opposite reason. To little story. Enough action and stuff, Great you can do that but all it felt like was a 2 hour trailer for "The brothers" version of ILM. Big deal.
Why did ILM take off? because Star Wars was made but Star wars was great. I feel the story in the Matrix reloaded basically beat us over the head in the obvious points, and the questions left open arn't that major.
I'm sick of people caring more about the kung-fu and special effects then the story too but when the film itself forgets about the story except for about 30 minutes when it is necessary to distinguish it from a trailer, that's called a problem in my book.
As a child I grew up with rumors of these magical cray computers, computers so powerful they would do mere computation or games in the time it takes for our computer to add two numbers.
Obviously these are not the truth of the power, but they have the power to do more advanced computations then we are able to do on our computer, I felt a little sad when I heard they are closing but now I may one day be able to see one.
Hopefully Cray will not go the high road still, and make affordable high end PC/mainframes instead of insanely powerful PC/mainframes that make up about half a companies assets. Obviously I don't mean single computers, but their equivilant.
you obviously alude to the fact where when a police or politic organization has no one controling it, how can one be sure they are acting for the people, how can one keep secrets. AKA 1984.
Such is the fate of the Internet, where we will see 1984 happening everywhere, look at any school that blocks sites with warez or stuff, that might be fine, but what about a catholic school, where they block satanical imaes? What about a cult that blocks all other sites with info on another religon/cult? Thus is what the Australian goverment may (and probably will do) if they ever felt threatened by a site or network.
Now I don't know about the Australian goverment, but if it is like this and a majority gets in and has control over these issues, (And of course the Echelon if it truely exists) what is to say they won't use it on the other party all the time?
Of course this should all be the first things we think of but it is good to express them.
Why is it that everytime that a goverment whether it be American, European or Australian (the governers of the free world mind you) we find that the Internet becomes a little weaker and ends up being worst then we could have believed.
Who says what is acceptable in this case? what if they choose/. to be banned next. What about new sites? Do they automate information, if so do they block all sites because this will give problems with sites such as essex.gov and so on.
The fact is that goverment needs to understand what role they should have with the Internet, which is they should have no control over it, how can you control what comes into a country, who has these controls?
I believe that these questions need to be answered first, America should not and can not become the police of the Internet (look what has happened in Bosnia because we are the police of the Internet?)
Think about the budget for big-time blockbusters like Matrix 2 and 3, both of which are being filmed in and around Sydney. Together, they probably total around 300-500 million dollars. Much of that money will be spent on production. A significant portion of that money is spent on things adjacent to the filming process, like catering, for example.
Why do people not think when writing figures or stories.
On average a movie will take in top 400 million in the USA. That is top price! It has to be a really great movie to break 300 in the USA. Matrix DIDNT DO IT! It made 400 million in the world, that is not a lot of money when compared to a Star Wars.
Matrix Reloaded has a budger of about 127 million(reported on www.imdb.com)
While this is a lot, realize these figures...
Star wars episode 2 had a budget of 120 million and Spiderman had a budget of 137 million,
Spider man has 370 million and looks to hit the blessed 400 soon, Star Wars has only reached 255 million so far but is going strong.. Those are USA figures only.
Why is this important who knows, because these are fact facts, not estimates.
Why do I give these out, because a 500 million budget for 2 movies will NEVER happen until inflation run wild.
Lord of the rings has a 300 budget for three movies.
Don't think these guys have unlimited funs guys, they only have a hundred million give or take, and that is not as much as you think, talent, crew probably take up a third to a half, regular location shooting and set work might take up another third, and the final third is CG and special effects, that is probably from 50 million to 30 million? think that is a lot? try to make a minute of special effects for less then a million and make it look good. and remember they have to do about 20 to 30 minute minimum if not an hour. And catering also takes a huge budget, come on people don't complain, to recreate a city would tax any budget, especially for ONE shot.
probably 1901 when they called Airplanes a good idea. (of course that could be removed because the next line was "but highly impractical, and never would be mass produced..."
Just trying to keep a smile on your faces.
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Minorities are those who are not in power... hopefully Whites will stay in power
And Jesse Jackson mainly is an idiot. (personally I think he wants to be Martin Luther King but he is too much a racist (against whites))
You can't compare the last 50 years with the 50 years proceeding them in a easy and fair method? Why? because anything that happens 100 years ago has had 100 years to effect life.
I believe that the last 50 will revolutionize life where the previous 50 just made life better.
I think what you mean to really says is that they all are EGA not monochrome (where the REAL roots are)
Personally I think there has been 3 great VGA games. Wolfstein, DOOM, and System Shock.
Othere than that everything else was basically rehashed old stuff (yes I know doom and wolfstein CAN be traced back but the jump is the point.. the jump makes them powerful)
I am sorry to say this. and it may sound like a flame but you sir are an idiot.
A. CIVILATION is a SID MEIER GAME!! (if you don't know that you should not be talking about games.)
Second They talked about INFLUENTIAL GAMES not good games. influential means they changed games for ever. ROTT and DUKE 3d while good changed NOTHING they might have been fun but they don't change anything.
Third Diablo Did change the world (But they should have mentioned NETHACK or Rogue (ohhh ROGUE!!! hehe ) and of course Quake should not be on but IT IS NOT LAZY NOR IDIOTIC! please don't talk shit about good games. I don't even know where lazy or idiotic came from unless your comparing it to its children.
Other then that I agree with what you said. Pong definatly should have been given atleast honorable. Solitaire (while I would not put it up there could be up there)
And This final comment is for all people. Don't be an idiot about games. NEVER substitute Recent games for good games.
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But I'm sure it's noterized and all.. I'm sure if ONE company would work hard on all aspects of new employees, it would be Microsoft.
If he basically swore that he wouldn't work for another company in a competing field or such, and they can prove Google is a competeting company (probably the only way Google can flat out win) then he's guilty.
I don't think counter suit is about the only way Google can get this working in their direction.
If he signed a Non Competition agreement, he's screwed, period. I'm sure Microsoft's are iron clad.
However this is a problem with american companies, everyone has you sign 100 forms just in case they want to ligate against something that you do wrong or protect their own butt. Was much better when you could switch jobs as long as you don't release trade secrets and you wouldn't be hassled, because people could trust each other.
They arn't going to change much just make the Hot Coffee stuff "harder to access". What that means? I have no idea, probably make it so this mod doesn't work, doesn't mean a second mod won't be made, but it'll be different of course.
I'm pretty sure they said "harder to access" not removal... so they know at least which way to go.
The only thing that happened is that millions of more copies were sold because of the Hot Coffee mod, now the price for the "original" version of GTA:SA will start to sky rocket, and then they will release a new version near the end of this year.
Honestly GTA is a game that people desire over many others. I'm sure just in the first day of PC sales, it sold more then the entire run of some of those lesser games.
And the fact they are making a new edition means collectors who have all three versions will plunk down another 50 or so.
Honestly the only fallout from this thing is the few people who didn't buy the game yet but was going to, and the companies reputation is "Tarnished" (oh no, they were thinking of an EVEN MORE adult version of the game? I will never buy from them again.)
Of course the fact that the "Hot Coffee" stuff is the same maturity level as all the rest of the violence, murder and mayhem in the game isn't meantioned in any of those news reports I bet.
Let's See, Windows open to Vistas, and Vista's are pretty.
I suppose Dungheap, or NeedLessStuff Didn't have the same ring.
I remember when LongHorn went into a major beta and the illegal versions went around my college campus, this was over 2 years ago, and then the first leaks happened 4 years ago. At least I hope that means that beta testing is taking a good amount of time. But if some reports are right, (And there's no reason to doubt them) they are also adding more needless features or extra security to deprive us of digital freedom.
Of course let's all take a moment to remember Windows ME, the last time Microsoft tried to force a specific feature on us. I know personally I'm not upgrade, and likely most offices won't as XP is working fine... for now.
I don't know about others, but from a couple places I heard about, ADV didn't contact them at all, first...
Almost everyone else dealing with pirates who just want them to stop start with a C&D...Most of the time that will show you how far you have to go, and costs you, what...37 cents now?
While it is true some webmasters don't listen, Some websites do listen.
As such the order should ALWAYS go in is direct contact, then to go to the ISP. A police officer doesn't shoot a unknown suspect with out identifying himself, why should they be allowed to resort to extreme tactics with out undergoing reasonable channels before hand.
Let's not forget why they are desperate to try anything... They went on a rampage attacking websites through their ISP with out first talking to webmasters, it created more bad blood then anything else, and people have boycotted their dvds (I know I have) I bite my toungue when I buy their manga even..
They didn't want people to learn about their anime like that, so people couldn't learn about the anime they owned, watching dubs on tv wasn't helpful for that, and so people just decided most of it wasn't worth their time to buy blind.
I don't think they are embrassing BT, they are just trying to get the online community to believe they arn't so bad, too bad some of us remember how their gestopo tactics were and still can't support them.
Everyone loses money on consoles. They make it back on the games.
But they've admited that overall the Xbox has LOST money. The fact they are making an Xbox 2 is the problem. They not only lose money, they drops backwards compatibilty.
I just hope they make another what was it? 5 billion dollar advertising investment. This and the fact that most people arn't buying a huge collection of games for the xbox (though a few do) will end their life.
Though I think the backwards compatibilty thing is the biggest problem because now you can't go back and play all your great Xbox games on the new one because now you have two huge consoles on your desk.
"The fact of the matters is the story takes about 30 minutes to accuretly explain... to monkeys." Thanks for proving the point. It's still not deep enough.
The fact he is the sixth incarnation or not. he is still jesus. If jesus came back tommorow and then the next day (dying the first day or something) that's the third known incarnation? does it make him any less jesus?
The fact remains that Neo as a reincarnation is still god like.
Now as for the "matrix" being outside the matrix. That is still unknown (but more likely then not)
Some of us believe the Reloaded movie was aweful because of the opposite reason. To little story. Enough action and stuff, Great you can do that but all it felt like was a 2 hour trailer for "The brothers" version of ILM. Big deal.
Why did ILM take off? because Star Wars was made but Star wars was great. I feel the story in the Matrix reloaded basically beat us over the head in the obvious points, and the questions left open arn't that major.
I'm sick of people caring more about the kung-fu and special effects then the story too but when the film itself forgets about the story except for about 30 minutes when it is necessary to distinguish it from a trailer, that's called a problem in my book.
Yeah. The fact of the matters is the story takes about 30 minutes to accuretly explain... to monkeys.
50 percent of the movie in zion is fine. (check your spelling)
But 75 percent of the movie being devoid of anything relating to the story is NOT. That's what most people are complaining about.
As a child I grew up with rumors of these magical cray computers, computers so powerful they would do mere computation or games in the time it takes for our computer to add two numbers.
Obviously these are not the truth of the power, but they have the power to do more advanced computations then we are able to do on our computer, I felt a little sad when I heard they are closing but now I may one day be able to see one.
Hopefully Cray will not go the high road still, and make affordable high end PC/mainframes instead of insanely powerful PC/mainframes that make up about half a companies assets. Obviously I don't mean single computers, but their equivilant.
you obviously alude to the fact where when a police or politic organization has no one controling it, how can one be sure they are acting for the people, how can one keep secrets. AKA 1984.
Such is the fate of the Internet, where we will see 1984 happening everywhere, look at any school that blocks sites with warez or stuff, that might be fine, but what about a catholic school, where they block satanical imaes? What about a cult that blocks all other sites with info on another religon/cult? Thus is what the Australian goverment may (and probably will do) if they ever felt threatened by a site or network.
Now I don't know about the Australian goverment, but if it is like this and a majority gets in and has control over these issues, (And of course the Echelon if it truely exists) what is to say they won't use it on the other party all the time?
Of course this should all be the first things we think of but it is good to express them.
Why is it that everytime that a goverment whether it be American, European or Australian (the governers of the free world mind you) we find that the Internet becomes a little weaker and ends up being worst then we could have believed.
/. to be banned next. What about new sites? Do they automate information, if so do they block all sites because this will give problems with sites such as essex.gov and so on.
Who says what is acceptable in this case? what if they choose
The fact is that goverment needs to understand what role they should have with the Internet, which is they should have no control over it, how can you control what comes into a country, who has these controls?
I believe that these questions need to be answered first, America should not and can not become the police of the Internet (look what has happened in Bosnia because we are the police of the Internet?)
Does this mean all the versions from now on? or is there an EASY way to patch, something automated?
My guess is all new copies (aka That is all copies but the majority they will sell)
And how do we know the java is perfect?
Think about the budget for big-time blockbusters like Matrix 2 and 3, both of which are being filmed in and around Sydney. Together, they probably total around 300-500 million dollars. Much of that money will be spent on production. A significant portion of that money is spent on things adjacent to the filming process, like catering, for example. Why do people not think when writing figures or stories. On average a movie will take in top 400 million in the USA. That is top price! It has to be a really great movie to break 300 in the USA. Matrix DIDNT DO IT! It made 400 million in the world, that is not a lot of money when compared to a Star Wars. Matrix Reloaded has a budger of about 127 million(reported on www.imdb.com) While this is a lot, realize these figures... Star wars episode 2 had a budget of 120 million and Spiderman had a budget of 137 million, Spider man has 370 million and looks to hit the blessed 400 soon, Star Wars has only reached 255 million so far but is going strong.. Those are USA figures only. Why is this important who knows, because these are fact facts, not estimates. Why do I give these out, because a 500 million budget for 2 movies will NEVER happen until inflation run wild. Lord of the rings has a 300 budget for three movies. Don't think these guys have unlimited funs guys, they only have a hundred million give or take, and that is not as much as you think, talent, crew probably take up a third to a half, regular location shooting and set work might take up another third, and the final third is CG and special effects, that is probably from 50 million to 30 million? think that is a lot? try to make a minute of special effects for less then a million and make it look good. and remember they have to do about 20 to 30 minute minimum if not an hour. And catering also takes a huge budget, come on people don't complain, to recreate a city would tax any budget, especially for ONE shot.
NURV.. check the site. www.antitrustthemovie.com
probably 1901 when they called Airplanes a good idea. (of course that could be removed because the next line was "but highly impractical, and never would be mass produced..." Just trying to keep a smile on your faces.
Minorities are those who are not in power... hopefully Whites will stay in power And Jesse Jackson mainly is an idiot. (personally I think he wants to be Martin Luther King but he is too much a racist (against whites))
Come on don't you know? to be on the Microsoft Staff you got to be Bill Gates' personal Monkey/Bitch. It matters on his mood.
You can't compare the last 50 years with the 50 years proceeding them in a easy and fair method? Why? because anything that happens 100 years ago has had 100 years to effect life.
I believe that the last 50 will revolutionize life where the previous 50 just made life better.
The point of this is "TIME WILL TELL"
I think what you mean to really says is that they all are EGA not monochrome (where the REAL roots are)
Personally I think there has been 3 great VGA games. Wolfstein, DOOM, and System Shock.
Othere than that everything else was basically rehashed old stuff (yes I know doom and wolfstein CAN be traced back but the jump is the point.. the jump makes them powerful)
I am sorry to say this. and it may sound like a flame but you sir are an idiot.
A. CIVILATION is a SID MEIER GAME!! (if you don't know that you should not be talking about games.)
Second They talked about INFLUENTIAL GAMES not good games. influential means they changed games for ever. ROTT and DUKE 3d while good changed NOTHING they might have been fun but they don't change anything.
Third Diablo Did change the world (But they should have mentioned NETHACK or Rogue (ohhh ROGUE!!! hehe ) and of course Quake should not be on but IT IS NOT LAZY NOR IDIOTIC! please don't talk shit about good games. I don't even know where lazy or idiotic came from unless your comparing it to its children.
Other then that I agree with what you said. Pong definatly should have been given atleast honorable. Solitaire (while I would not put it up there could be up there)
And This final comment is for all people. Don't be an idiot about games. NEVER substitute Recent games for good games.