EA isn't stupid. They just want to cut out the middleman. Which is why they did it with their DLC store.
In the long run, it will bite them in the ass.
I have tried the original download services from all vendors including publisher-run. The games I bought directly from UBISoft no longer have download links for them. They no longer have the original store websites. That is one reason why steam is superior. There are many reasons too.
I wonder what's going to happen when EA decides their origin experiment no longer suits them?
Steam has the community. They have valuable metrics which they've spent years collecting. They have the catalog. They have the customers.
I bought BF3. I also got a few others from origin on sale as well. It may well be disloyal, but I play games.
I would prefer to keep them all on steam, but I don't think EA is going to play nice any time soon.
this is total BS. The video clearly shows that the iPod connector may be a SIMILAR size and perhaps shape, but the internals have nothing to do with it. It doesn't even fit. In fact, it's completely unrelated. One of them was used to control a flashbar, a multiple flashbulb device, and the other is a data port which was meant to house multiple connections on a device which is continually getting smaller.
complete coincidence. Especially considering Apple never even invented the iPod.
that highlighted section is meant to refer to the UCMJ for active duty military personnel during a time of war or public danger.
It does not, in any way, say that when a war is going on, you can suspend the 5th amendment. It only means that in a time of war, active duty military personnel are not granted due process by the constitution.
Regular citizens are granted full protection of due process in all times.
don't even attempt to think that this wasn't a violation of the constitution.
I'll abridge to the pertinent bits for you: {No person, except in cases in the forces or militia in actual service in time of war, shall be deprived of life without due process of law}
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The game was removed from steam due to an EA contract dispute very early after release.
With no mainstream platform to readily purchase Crysis 2, EA lost out.
simple. Follow the money.
When WDC hard drives start failing in a year and we open them and water leaks out. We will know.
agreed, the worst security threat to any business is the user, like the original poster.
sed you're my hero.
I'd love to see them try this at a title 1 school.
Little kids with ipads in the inner city? they're gonna get mugged for their 'textbooks'
Origin has 3rd party game sales now.
That's why steam is losing customers.
EA isn't stupid. They just want to cut out the middleman. Which is why they did it with their DLC store.
In the long run, it will bite them in the ass.
I have tried the original download services from all vendors including publisher-run. The games I bought directly from UBISoft no longer have download links for them. They no longer have the original store websites. That is one reason why steam is superior. There are many reasons too.
I wonder what's going to happen when EA decides their origin experiment no longer suits them?
Steam has the community. They have valuable metrics which they've spent years collecting. They have the catalog. They have the customers.
I bought BF3. I also got a few others from origin on sale as well. It may well be disloyal, but I play games.
I would prefer to keep them all on steam, but I don't think EA is going to play nice any time soon.
Because they think they only need IT when something doesn't work. So when they call, they are already pissed off because something isn't working.
It's simple. Leave 'em happy and they'll treat you right.
I smell the EA fiasco in your comment.
Valve got pissed off because of EA's DLC store for bioware games.
EA retaliated by pulling crysis 2 and any future releases not set in contract.
now we have origin. which sucks, but we can't play BF3 without it.
Steam is losing customers at a slow trickle.
I would rather use steam.
Especially the computer wing. There's a great computer display.
We already know that police officers have no right to personal privacy on work owned communications equipment (smartphones or cellphones)
encryption is a method of privacy. Hence police communications cannot be encrypted.
I can understand the need for special units to use encrypted communication like SWAT. LAPD SWAT used LASH radios for years.
But there is simply no need to encrypt all police communications.
I'm glad to see the money go to that stalwart of games innovation... Ratheon? The missile people?
of course when the government wants to burn money, it dumps it into the military industrial complex.
There are dozens of companies more qualified.
The portable apps suite is a powerful free toolbox useful for any user and admin alike.
You can also customize each flash drive to the recipient of the gift. There's tons of apps available including games.
www.portableapps.com
Internal Surveillance and Security Service
unless you're Billy Bob the town sheriff. Then you can get millions of dollars in DHS money to buy machine guns.
this is total BS. The video clearly shows that the iPod connector may be a SIMILAR size and perhaps shape, but the internals have nothing to do with it. It doesn't even fit. In fact, it's completely unrelated. One of them was used to control a flashbar, a multiple flashbulb device, and the other is a data port which was meant to house multiple connections on a device which is continually getting smaller.
complete coincidence. Especially considering Apple never even invented the iPod.
a few points:
first, they say this now after spending tens of billions on lobbying for and creating ACTA.
second, this is what we've been screaming for 10 years.
third, they have the monopoly.
I wish.
They should just raise their prices. They should really stop offering something if they're not willing to deliver the service.
I say, the FCC should regulate the hell out of wireless data. no throttling, no penalties.
Let the market decide if we really want to pay their exorbitant fees for data.
It makes me wonder why smartphone manufacturers aren't lobbying congress to protect consumers of smartphones.
If the service dries up, the smartphones are useless.
that highlighted section is meant to refer to the UCMJ for active duty military personnel during a time of war or public danger.
It does not, in any way, say that when a war is going on, you can suspend the 5th amendment. It only means that in a time of war, active duty military personnel are not granted due process by the constitution.
Regular citizens are granted full protection of due process in all times.
don't even attempt to think that this wasn't a violation of the constitution.
I'll abridge to the pertinent bits for you: {No person, except in cases in the forces or militia in actual service in time of war, shall be deprived of life without due process of law}
I pay for more google storage.
It's expensive. But it's permanent.
I already have 400GB worth of pics and videos for only one child. but I've got 60+GB stored on google.
here here! screw those dumb jocks!
This is exactly what you need. ignore all the tech speak and nerd lingo.
http://www.opensuse.org/en/
yeah, it sounded pure pixar
why not just use highly trained dogs? They're far more accurate. and far cheaper.
A box of milk bones is cheaper than a $900 test for my insurance company.
whoa whoa whoa!
take your maths and your logic and cram them up your pi hole ;)