>>>>> The PS1 and 2 were my favorite consoles. 10 years of great gameplaying (1995-2005) so I'm hardly anti-sony. >> >>How many games did you buy?
I don't know. Since I buy, play, and then sell on ebay I never sat-down and tabulated the total. I'll estimate 200 for each console - 400 total. - That's more than I ever bought for my previous game machines (Atari = 60 games; Commodore == ~40 games, N64 or Gamecube = ~30 games).
>>>The Supremes are infallible... because they're final.
Not always. When the Supremes ruled that women do not have a right to vote, the States overruled the Supremes. How? By amending the constitution. The States are the final source of authority from which the Union (its president, congress, and supreme court) derives its power.
>>>Only nine people in this country know what the Constitution really means
Since the Constitution was created by the Member States, it is their interpretation that should reign supreme above all else (just as they hold the power to dissolve the Union and its constitution) (and as reserved to them by the 10th). As to the Supreme Court, being an organ of the US government, its views naturally trend toward upholding laws passed by their colleagues in the government. i.e. Biased.
"You seem... to consider the judges as the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions --- a very dangerous doctrine indeed, and one which would place us under the despotism of an oligarchy.
"The Constitution has erected no such single tribunal, knowing that to whatever hands confided, with the corruptions of time and party, its members would become despots. It has more wisely made all the departments co-equal and co-sovereign within themselves.
"...But the Chief Justice says there must be an arbiter somewhere. True there must, but the ultimate arbiter is the people, as represented by their deputies in the State Legislatures. Let the States decide to which they meant to give power, and amend the constitution if necessary."
Thomas Jefferson - 1820
Since the power of Judicial Review is not expressly granted to the Supreme Court by the Constitution, this power is "reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." It is not the Union judiciary's responsibility to give power to itself or to its neighboring branches. They cannot take what the Member States have never given to them. Proper procedure requires an amendment granting the power FIRST, before the union government can act.
>>>there is little doubt he will be convicted if he has to stand trial.
All a woman has to do is say, "He put his penis in me without a condom," and that's enough to CONVICT a person? Really? (1) If it were true, that would make Sweden a dangerous place, where men can be jailed at any time a woman wishes them to be jailed. "He raped me because I say so." -woman. "Okay that's good enough for me - 20 years." - judge.
(2) I don't believe it Sweden's justice system is that shitty.
(3) What exactly would the US execute Assange for? He committed no more crime than did the Newspapers that published the Pentagon papers or the Watergate wiretaps. (If the EU citizens really believe the US sucks that bad, then maybe it truly is time for the US to withdraw from Europe, and return to an 1800s-style neutral policy.)
Fixed that for you. Don't use lame words like "tool" or "troll". Say what you REALLY mean to say. - Embrace the Hate and your transition to the dark side will be Complete. Muhahahaha.
>>>Multiplayer games != Massively Multiplayer Online games.
That is true, but the original poster was discussing ONLINE multiplayer games, and the cheating that ruins them. i.e. MMOs.
Was it really necessary for the police to wear Riot gear and Bust down the door? Did they think this gamer was going to beat them with a ps3 controller??? I bet they shot his little dog too (standard operating procedure).
Jeez. All they needed to do was knock and say, "We have a warrant to search your home," like polite servants. - Stupid SA
The DMCA is nullified by the higher law known as the Constitution: "No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation." --- "The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained [such as modification of one's property] by the people."
- "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
>>>DONT buy sony. dont let anyone around you, buy sony.
Okay.
Looks at Xbox... hmmm Microsoft. Nope. Looks at Wii..... hmmm Nintendo. Nope. I'm running out of options - wish Sega still made a console. I guess this is just like a US election; I have to hold my nose and pick the least-evil candidate. (closes eyes) Um, er, Nintendo it is.
(later while playing Sonic) Man this controller sucks - doesn't register half my inputs.
>>>However, they can still refuse to offer you PSN services.
Yep.
I'm okay with that. Still that doesn't mean I should be arrested for modding MY console. If Sony ever tries, and my life is ruined because of it (like what RIAA did to Jammie Thomas and other victims), the CEO might as well consider himself equivalent to Mubarak (i.e. a liberty-suppressing tyrant).
Oh and I'm not sure why people think I'm "trolling" or anti-sony??? The PS1 and 2 were my favorite consoles. 10 years of great gameplaying (1995-2005) so I'm hardly anti-sony.
Fixed that for you. What? You obviously hate me, so why hold back? Embrace your hate and make it Complete. An insult is an insult, and you might as well use the N-word as the T-word. They are equally as disgusting and juvenile.
>>>Something needs to be done as they're ruining the games for honest players.
I agree and banning modded consoles is the solution, NOT shipping people off to jail for 5 years. Sony's approach is extreme overkill for what is, basically, just a toy. It's akin to locking-up someone because they modded Optimus Prime with electronics to self-transform, and then shared the plans online. ("Oh no! Got to lock him up for modding our toy!" - Hasbro.)
>>>Some of the multiplayer games are completely unplayable
Fixed that for you.;-) I hat (bkspc) have an extreme displeasure for MMOs. It's like gambling - they just keep sucking more and more money from your wallet, month after month. Look at Final Fantasy 11. I gave it a try, but soon realized it has no fixed ending, and no real point/plot/purpose. 6 years and $1000 down the tube. (Contrast that with FF12 or Skies of Arcadia which I still enjoy playing, and only cost me $19.)
I think Sony is only a few months away from being told exactly the same thing by the US and EU governments. i.e. Just as cellphones can be jailbroken, so too can consoles.
No it isn't - just as it's not a violation when any other employer blocks access to workers for youtube.com or blog.com or playboy.com. --- The government workers (and guests) can still access the blocked sites from their home, or private cellphones within the building.
>>>24-bit would just be nothing but space wasting for no benefit.
Not really. The Lossy codec would just strip-off those extra bits, and squeeze it downto 8 bits per sample anyway (because the listener can't hear the decreased quality). So no space wasted in the file.
>>>grossly overcompressed and far worse quality than the old analog video
Many cable companies squeeze 10 SD channels into the 6 megahertz space. That's about Mbit/s so of course they look like crap.
I use an antenna now to get HD and SD channels directly off the air, and at no charge. Cool stuff like a free movie channel, RetroTV, AntennaTV, Megahertz, and so on. Plus the Big 7 networks of course.
>>>Today's music, however, is so compressed (as in audio-compression, not data-compression) in the quest to "make it louder" that it doesn't even get close to reaching the possible dynamic range of 16-bit, which effectively makes an upgrade to 24-bit completely worthless. >>>
Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding. We have a winner!
As for quality I used to care, but not anymore. As long as the MP3s I download.... er, I mean purchase sound as good as the FM Radio where I originally heard them, that's good enough. ----- If an artist releases a Greatest Hits CD I'll buy that, but mainly to "support" the singer with his commission, not because of quality.
BTW Super Audio CD and DVD-audio failed because nobody cared about quality. I expect these 24 bit things to fail too. If Apple really cares about quality, they should start selling Lossless versions of their songs.
>>>trying to protect clients/users/family from themselves...
(takes scissors to ethernet cable leading into generator, centrifuge, etc) SNIP. Okay it's secure. Never should have been on the internet in the first place.
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>>>>> The PS1 and 2 were my favorite consoles. 10 years of great gameplaying (1995-2005) so I'm hardly anti-sony.
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>>How many games did you buy?
I don't know. Since I buy, play, and then sell on ebay I never sat-down and tabulated the total. I'll estimate 200 for each console - 400 total. - That's more than I ever bought for my previous game machines (Atari = 60 games; Commodore == ~40 games, N64 or Gamecube = ~30 games).
>>>Fuck them all. Get a [Atari, Commodore, Amiga, Sega, SNES/N64/Gamecube] emulator.
Fixed that for you. There are now so many old games, that are truly fun, there's no need to buy the new stuff.
>>>The Supremes are infallible... because they're final.
Not always. When the Supremes ruled that women do not have a right to vote, the States overruled the Supremes. How? By amending the constitution. The States are the final source of authority from which the Union (its president, congress, and supreme court) derives its power.
>>>Only nine people in this country know what the Constitution really means
Since the Constitution was created by the Member States, it is their interpretation that should reign supreme above all else (just as they hold the power to dissolve the Union and its constitution) (and as reserved to them by the 10th). As to the Supreme Court, being an organ of the US government, its views naturally trend toward upholding laws passed by their colleagues in the government. i.e. Biased.
"You seem... to consider the judges as the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions --- a very dangerous doctrine indeed, and one which would place us under the despotism of an oligarchy.
"The Constitution has erected no such single tribunal, knowing that to whatever hands confided, with the corruptions of time and party, its members would become despots. It has more wisely made all the departments co-equal and co-sovereign within themselves.
"...But the Chief Justice says there must be an arbiter somewhere. True there must, but the ultimate arbiter is the people, as represented by their deputies in the State Legislatures. Let the States decide to which they meant to give power, and amend the constitution if necessary."
Thomas Jefferson - 1820
Since the power of Judicial Review is not expressly granted to the Supreme Court by the Constitution, this power is "reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." It is not the Union judiciary's responsibility to give power to itself or to its neighboring branches. They cannot take what the Member States have never given to them. Proper procedure requires an amendment granting the power FIRST, before the union government can act.
>>>un-checking the "Apple" category
I don't mind reading Apple stories.
I mind reading the SAME "rumors about macbook" story three times in three days.
Dozens.
Overkill much?
>>>there is little doubt he will be convicted if he has to stand trial.
All a woman has to do is say, "He put his penis in me without a condom," and that's enough to CONVICT a person? Really? (1) If it were true, that would make Sweden a dangerous place, where men can be jailed at any time a woman wishes them to be jailed. "He raped me because I say so." -woman. "Okay that's good enough for me - 20 years." - judge.
(2) I don't believe it Sweden's justice system is that shitty.
(3) What exactly would the US execute Assange for? He committed no more crime than did the Newspapers that published the Pentagon papers or the Watergate wiretaps. (If the EU citizens really believe the US sucks that bad, then maybe it truly is time for the US to withdraw from Europe, and return to an 1800s-style neutral policy.)
>>>You're a complete [ass]
Fixed that for you. Don't use lame words like "tool" or "troll". Say what you REALLY mean to say. - Embrace the Hate and your transition to the dark side will be Complete. Muhahahaha.
>>>Multiplayer games != Massively Multiplayer Online games.
That is true, but the original poster was discussing ONLINE multiplayer games, and the cheating that ruins them. i.e. MMOs.
>>>forcing people to be online for singleplayer is a retarded policy. Some of us are regularly in hotels and we don't always have a network connection
+1 insightful
Ditto for me.
Was it really necessary for the police to wear Riot gear and Bust down the door? Did they think this gamer was going to beat them with a ps3 controller??? I bet they shot his little dog too (standard operating procedure).
Jeez. All they needed to do was knock and say, "We have a warrant to search your home," like polite servants. - Stupid SA
>>>DMCA casts doubt on basic ownership rights
The DMCA is nullified by the higher law known as the Constitution: "No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation." --- "The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained [such as modification of one's property] by the people."
- "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
>>>DONT buy sony. dont let anyone around you, buy sony.
Okay.
Looks at Xbox... hmmm Microsoft. Nope.
Looks at Wii..... hmmm Nintendo. Nope.
I'm running out of options - wish Sega still made a console. I guess this is just like a US election; I have to hold my nose and pick the least-evil candidate. (closes eyes) Um, er, Nintendo it is.
(later while playing Sonic) Man this controller sucks - doesn't register half my inputs.
>>>However, they can still refuse to offer you PSN services.
Yep.
I'm okay with that. Still that doesn't mean I should be arrested for modding MY console. If Sony ever tries, and my life is ruined because of it (like what RIAA did to Jammie Thomas and other victims), the CEO might as well consider himself equivalent to Mubarak (i.e. a liberty-suppressing tyrant).
Oh and I'm not sure why people think I'm "trolling" or anti-sony??? The PS1 and 2 were my favorite consoles. 10 years of great gameplaying (1995-2005) so I'm hardly anti-sony.
>>>a well-known slashdot [nigger]
Fixed that for you.
What?
You obviously hate me, so why hold back? Embrace your hate and make it Complete. An insult is an insult, and you might as well use the N-word as the T-word. They are equally as disgusting and juvenile.
P.S.
>>>Something needs to be done as they're ruining the games for honest players.
I agree and banning modded consoles is the solution, NOT shipping people off to jail for 5 years. Sony's approach is extreme overkill for what is, basically, just a toy. It's akin to locking-up someone because they modded Optimus Prime with electronics to self-transform, and then shared the plans online. ("Oh no! Got to lock him up for modding our toy!" - Hasbro.)
>>>Some of the multiplayer games are completely unplayable
Fixed that for you. ;-) I hat (bkspc) have an extreme displeasure for MMOs. It's like gambling - they just keep sucking more and more money from your wallet, month after month. Look at Final Fantasy 11. I gave it a try, but soon realized it has no fixed ending, and no real point/plot/purpose. 6 years and $1000 down the tube. (Contrast that with FF12 or Skies of Arcadia which I still enjoy playing, and only cost me $19.)
I think Sony is only a few months away from being told exactly the same thing by the US and EU governments. i.e. Just as cellphones can be jailbroken, so too can consoles.
>>>isn't a first amendment violation?
No it isn't - just as it's not a violation when any other employer blocks access to workers for youtube.com or blog.com or playboy.com. --- The government workers (and guests) can still access the blocked sites from their home, or private cellphones within the building.
>>>That's about [3] Mbit/s per channel so of course the SD cable channels look like crap.
The Cable HD channels are usually 5 channels per 6 MHz space, or about 6 Mbit/s - far inferior to what they should be.
>>>24-bit would just be nothing but space wasting for no benefit.
Not really. The Lossy codec would just strip-off those extra bits, and squeeze it downto 8 bits per sample anyway (because the listener can't hear the decreased quality). So no space wasted in the file.
There's flowers growin' out of 'em!
>>>grossly overcompressed and far worse quality than the old analog video
Many cable companies squeeze 10 SD channels into the 6 megahertz space. That's about Mbit/s so of course they look like crap.
I use an antenna now to get HD and SD channels directly off the air, and at no charge. Cool stuff like a free movie channel, RetroTV, AntennaTV, Megahertz, and so on. Plus the Big 7 networks of course.
>>>Today's music, however, is so compressed (as in audio-compression, not data-compression) in the quest to "make it louder" that it doesn't even get close to reaching the possible dynamic range of 16-bit, which effectively makes an upgrade to 24-bit completely worthless.
>>>
Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding. We have a winner!
As for quality I used to care, but not anymore. As long as the MP3s I download.... er, I mean purchase sound as good as the FM Radio where I originally heard them, that's good enough. ----- If an artist releases a Greatest Hits CD I'll buy that, but mainly to "support" the singer with his commission, not because of quality.
BTW Super Audio CD and DVD-audio failed because nobody cared about quality. I expect these 24 bit things to fail too. If Apple really cares about quality, they should start selling Lossless versions of their songs.
I think it's rather cool.
(searches)
Year's best science fiction - nope
Red Mars - nope
Hyperion - nope
Foundation asimov - nope
mary higgins clark - nope
Ender's game -nope
Okay well that was a fun experiment but I don't think I'll be coming-back any time soon.
>>>trying to protect clients/users/family from themselves ...
(takes scissors to ethernet cable leading into generator, centrifuge, etc) SNIP. Okay it's secure. Never should have been on the internet in the first place.