Quite a few of my friends who I'd never peg as the pirating type have done for a few games here and there. I'd ask them why, they'd always give me the same reason.
"They expect me to (insert DRM grievence here)? Screw that."
The two that come to mind that people complained the most at me were Spore ("Only 3 installs? really?") and AC2 ("They expect me to be online constantly?")
AT&T has been screwing up since they switched to 3G a few years back. I had/perfect/ service with their 2G on my cell, never a dropped call, never fought for bars.
Now? Not so much, so forgive me if I'm not surprised/don't care about 4G being a mess.
Because that would require effort on their part. ISPs for the past decade or so do everything they can to avoid putting in any kind of effort while still charging more.
The second my contract expires, AT&T can kiss my money goodbye.
I don't have a lot of other options, I'll probably have to get some random satellite internet provider, but I/refuse/ to have a data cap.
Granted, I have no idea how much data I use (it's probably well below the 150 GB threshold), but the principle of a data cap is ludicrous.
I've randomly thrown a dollar at steam games I've never heard of just because it's a buck (or five, still cheap for games).
I'd say it's not that far of a stretch to say eBook buyers have a similar train of thought.
Seriously, every time a new gadget comes out, people are raving about how it will replace everything, only to be thrown to the wind a year later.
Stop trying to make such silly projections.
I expected someone to come out with this, but I didn't expect it to come from Adobe. I was under the impression they were fighting HTML5 to keep flash dominant tooth and nail. Granted, I never really looked very far into their position on that.
Yeah I looked at the video, Yes I own a PS3, but I never once considered using that code. I was curious more than anything.
I've bought a PSP+ account at the convincing of a friend, and i've bought several titles off PSN.
I look forward to seeing if I suddenly lose them, for doing nothing other than viewing information.
I won't hesitate to call my cousin, who's been in law for quite a few years.
How many calls of this nature did AT&T drop? T-Mobile? (insert other wireless carrier here)? Is it exclusive to Verizon?
Of these 10,000 calls dropped, how many of them were repeat calls by the same phone? Was it just 100 people that called 100 times before they connected, or 10,000 people only getting one drop each? Or was it just one really bored guy that called in 10,000 times and just wasn't getting a signal?
The article states this happened in Washington's suburbs, was a tower KOed, leaving many without reception, and in turn they all called 911 about it?
I could go on like this for awhile, the point is that this is not enough data to draw any kind of conclusion.
My brother has a twitter app on his iphone that lets him see tweets that are made within a certain mile radius.
I now know everyone around me is a complete idiot.
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...I laugh at Canada a little less.
I miss when this country actually used to stand for something worth defending.
...if MPAA found IsoHunt through Google to begin with.
Hm, I meant to put a greater than/equal to sign there, not equals. Oh well.
Quite a few of my friends who I'd never peg as the pirating type have done for a few games here and there. I'd ask them why, they'd always give me the same reason.
"They expect me to (insert DRM grievence here)? Screw that."
The two that come to mind that people complained the most at me were Spore ("Only 3 installs? really?") and AC2 ("They expect me to be online constantly?")
AT&T has been screwing up since they switched to 3G a few years back. I had /perfect/ service with their 2G on my cell, never a dropped call, never fought for bars.
Now? Not so much, so forgive me if I'm not surprised/don't care about 4G being a mess.
Because that would require effort on their part. ISPs for the past decade or so do everything they can to avoid putting in any kind of effort while still charging more.
The second my contract expires, AT&T can kiss my money goodbye. /refuse/ to have a data cap.
I don't have a lot of other options, I'll probably have to get some random satellite internet provider, but I
Granted, I have no idea how much data I use (it's probably well below the 150 GB threshold), but the principle of a data cap is ludicrous.
Cue irrational fear of nuclear reactors from the general public.
This is useless, there aren't any solar rays in my mother's basement!
Does that mean I should ignore that email I got about a Japanese princess?
TSA to search your pockets and confiscate any electrical devices.
Can they call the cell phones of students who fall asleep in class?
I would have been amused by this in high school for sure.
I've randomly thrown a dollar at steam games I've never heard of just because it's a buck (or five, still cheap for games).
I'd say it's not that far of a stretch to say eBook buyers have a similar train of thought.
Seriously, every time a new gadget comes out, people are raving about how it will replace everything, only to be thrown to the wind a year later.
Stop trying to make such silly projections.
I expected someone to come out with this, but I didn't expect it to come from Adobe. I was under the impression they were fighting HTML5 to keep flash dominant tooth and nail. Granted, I never really looked very far into their position on that.
This is the exact reason most IT personnel I've met have advised I NOT use IE.
Yeah I looked at the video, Yes I own a PS3, but I never once considered using that code. I was curious more than anything.
I've bought a PSP+ account at the convincing of a friend, and i've bought several titles off PSN.
I look forward to seeing if I suddenly lose them, for doing nothing other than viewing information.
I won't hesitate to call my cousin, who's been in law for quite a few years.
When the iPad 2 comes out, the app he's using will lock up, demanding a hardware upgrade. Then there goes months of work.
Why are people starting to take IE seriously?
It's just /that/ good.
First thing I pictured as a big drop box in front of their offices with a huge slot that reads "drop illegals here", much like a book return.
As long as humans are part of the equation, security will always be weak.
Whenever I see an accident, or some driver being a prick, there's almost /always/ a phone involved.
How many calls of this nature did AT&T drop? T-Mobile? (insert other wireless carrier here)? Is it exclusive to Verizon?
Of these 10,000 calls dropped, how many of them were repeat calls by the same phone? Was it just 100 people that called 100 times before they connected, or 10,000 people only getting one drop each? Or was it just one really bored guy that called in 10,000 times and just wasn't getting a signal?
The article states this happened in Washington's suburbs, was a tower KOed, leaving many without reception, and in turn they all called 911 about it?
I could go on like this for awhile, the point is that this is not enough data to draw any kind of conclusion.
My brother has a twitter app on his iphone that lets him see tweets that are made within a certain mile radius. I now know everyone around me is a complete idiot.