i have funded xenonauts, they had a preview that i played before funding and beta is out, funded wasteland2, funded OUYA, funded Project Eternity, Conquistador beta is out and very enjoyable. funded drifter plus a few other non game things. My biggest reason for going the kickstarter way was DRM and "Origin" was the "kicker". Its not the money because i have funded all these projects with more then I would pay for a game that I would then have to "fix" so i can play it the way i want. I am just giving up on gaming from DRM first distributors and their projects by numbers system. There are plenty of buyers for them so they won;t miss me, I am just willing to pay for games that I and some others will enjoy.
the top1% (people making over 250k) are suppose to pay 38% which they do unless the income is through capitol gains then its 15%... I would suggest we just change capitol gains to match the normal income tax... that is until i retire and start earning off my 401k then we can go back to 15%:)
Lync seems to be our next phone solution as well... we are running it just as presence piece now with remote call control of our Soft/Hard cisco phones, but eventually i can see it replacing the cucm
interesting... never thought about it from that viewpoint, and yet strangely i agree with the statement you make. The more i think about it... i can;t come up with a counter that seems logical. some one else with bigger brains must help.
I still don;t see it happening... win8phone would be direct in house competition... But I guess MS does have money to burn so they could buy it and eventually do something with it.
ah the playbook... so after the Verizon lawsuit can you now share (bluetooth) connection from your BB. that one particular issue stopped me from buying the playbook.
From corporate stand point, we keep coming back to security and control of a corporate device (i.e BB) or user (desire/useability/shinyness?) of BYOD (Droid iPhone). After a year of allowing BYOD (about 50 percent switched to BYOD). some have actually switched back because the actual phone functionality is better on the BB. I have a droid and a BB, i use the maps/browser on the droid and use the BB for calls and email. so a BB10 may actually be best of both for this niche... the question i guess is what is the long term goal of BB. just get enough of a bang to jump the stock up before selling out... actually try to plan a resurgence or slowly die as all users jump ship as other vendors get better at the phone/security.
the MS question is interesting. IMHO MS is just arrogant enough to think they can do it all their way. a BB and MS merger? would require MS to say ok Linux has a place:)
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i have funded xenonauts, they had a preview that i played before funding and beta is out, funded wasteland2, funded OUYA, funded Project Eternity, Conquistador beta is out and very enjoyable. funded drifter plus a few other non game things.
My biggest reason for going the kickstarter way was DRM and "Origin" was the "kicker".
Its not the money because i have funded all these projects with more then I would pay for a game that I would then have to "fix" so i can play it the way i want. I am just giving up on gaming from DRM first distributors and their projects by numbers system.
There are plenty of buyers for them so they won;t miss me, I am just willing to pay for games that I and some others will enjoy.
Kickstarter fixes all these issues for me :)
windows 8 FTW?
"That seems narcissistic"
injured vs dead
this puts the burden on the voters... where it belongs. you want change go ask for it
aero tiles?
the top1% (people making over 250k) are suppose to pay 38% which they do unless the income is through capitol gains then its 15%... I would suggest we just change capitol gains to match the normal income tax... that is until i retire and start earning off my 401k then we can go back to 15% :)
Lync seems to be our next phone solution as well... we are running it just as presence piece now with remote call control of our Soft/Hard cisco phones, but eventually i can see it replacing the cucm
"Windows 7 Compulsory Tablet UI Edition" nice
interesting... never thought about it from that viewpoint, and yet strangely i agree with the statement you make. The more i think about it... i can;t come up with a counter that seems logical.
some one else with bigger brains must help.
given the choice/knowledge they probably would. however it is kinda foolish to think anything you put online is "private"
yup VM's
i have 2 machines several VM's
yeah the 20 bit is a little fishy
I still don;t see it happening... win8phone would be direct in house competition... But I guess MS does have money to burn so they could buy it and eventually do something with it.
ah the playbook... so after the Verizon lawsuit can you now share (bluetooth) connection from your BB. that one particular issue stopped me from buying the playbook.
From corporate stand point, we keep coming back to security and control of a corporate device (i.e BB) or user (desire/useability/shinyness?) of BYOD (Droid iPhone). After a year of allowing BYOD (about 50 percent switched to BYOD). some have actually switched back because the actual phone functionality is better on the BB.
I have a droid and a BB, i use the maps/browser on the droid and use the BB for calls and email. so a BB10 may actually be best of both for this niche... the question i guess is what is the long term goal of BB. just get enough of a bang to jump the stock up before selling out... actually try to plan a resurgence or slowly die as all users jump ship as other vendors get better at the phone/security.
the MS question is interesting. IMHO MS is just arrogant enough to think they can do it all their way. a BB and MS merger? would require MS to say ok Linux has a place :)
woo hoo, oh... hey now
BB10 may resolve this a bit.. the question is is bb going to continue catchup, innovate or die?
yes but can you play angry birds!!!
"The Circle Jerk is not a victimless crime. It threatens U.S. businesses and robs hard-working Americans of their jobs, which negatively impacts the economy. It can also pose serious health and safety risks to consumers, and oftentimes, it fuels global organized crime." Here is a link to Homeland Security's rationale: http://www.dhs.gov/topic/intellectual-property-rights [dhs.gov]
much more applicable
"The endless masturbation is not a victimless crime. It threatens U.S. businesses and robs hard-working Americans of their jobs, which negatively impacts the economy. It can also pose serious health and safety risks to consumers, and oftentimes, it fuels global organized crime." Here is a link to Homeland Security's rationale: http://www.dhs.gov/topic/intellectual-property-rights [dhs.gov]
agreed. if you are lucky enough to still have one... support local business