I've definitely priced myself out of this market. I live in Miami, FL. There's always someone who will do it cheaper here, no matter what your price is.
I read this as, "hey can you guys help me keep a job I got by schmoozing and am completely unqualified for?"
This is a real kick in the nuts to someone like me, who as a certified Linux administrator with more than 6 years of real working experience, can't find work because I'm too expensive or not such a good bullshit artist as yourself. I'm an honest guy who gets the job done and always has professional behavior in the workplace.
You should be ashamed of yourself. This is why I would love to see a professional administrators association. Human Resources and others in charge of hiring aren't very effective at separating the wheat from the chaff.
I'm not exactly using DRM as a selling point when I buy a game. It affects me, but I have security software which can prevent the DRM from doing harmful things to my computer.
I buy a lot of games, and I honestly don't think the DRM is effective.
Scenario #1: you bought the game and enjoy it. your friend wants to play the game without buying it. You can't copy the CD and have him play thanks to the DRM. or can you?
Scenario #2: you don't want to buy a game, but you still want to play it. You can't download it from the Internet thanks to DRM. or can you?
in both scenarios, DRM is useless. in #1, you can download a NOCD crack from the Internet and make as many copies of the disc as you want. In #2, the game has already been released by some cracking group without DRM before the game even hits the stores. Is harrassing paying customers really helping to gain more paying customers?
DRM doesn't even deter casual gamers who would copy their own disc. Since the game has been cracked before it's even released, that DRM scheme is a waste of customer money.
As I see it, this harmful middleware just eats into profit margins. Companies who make products like securom and starforce rely on the fear and ignorance of publishers to sell their harmful software. Who is to say these companies don't have their own agenda in installing their harmful and mysterious software on unsuspecting machines?
Since we don't fully know what the software does, nor do they allow us to know, isn't it safe to assume it's malicious?
a dude by the name of dont_forget posted information above which makes much more sense.
The town has a nuclear power plant which brings in loads of cash. they have the ability to pay for a large project. And, the town is clearly growing. It makes more sense for a town to roll fibre ahead of growth than after.
as well, he stated that the town approached the telco to lay fibre, but the telco passed.
HP has had a lion's share of the market in servers by merging with the compaq company. Proliant servers sometimes ran hpux. This only makes sense now with the adoption of linux.
Just think of the new service contracts they'll be able to secure?
wow are you just completely ignorant. That warhead PC has been crytek's test platform for Crysis Warhead since early development. So, yes, it really can. That's the whole point. And you are just another ignorant AC.
This is the straw that broke the camel's back. I am going to wait until the copyreich brownshirts raid the very first webhost and seize a whole server farm. We'll see how well this goes over when a few thousand customers sue the US government for illegal seizure.
This is so far from being common sense. I can only wonder what senators have been smoking.
I, for over 20 years, have supported LucasArts and Lucasfilm.
no more.
Their decision not to build a PC version has crossed a line.
the producer in charge of TFU Cameron Suey stated that the game would be a "watered down experience" on anything less than a $4,000 PC. couldn't be more watered down than ps2 or psp or DS! a $699 pc can play crysis warhead on high @30fps, so it ought to be able to smoke the pants off an xbox360 or ps3 running in low resolution.
so I have chosen not to consume lucas made goods or services. I decided not to see the new clone wars movies, and I can say definitively, I won't be buying my son any lucas toys over the next 15 years. I was a loyal fan and customer. It's no surprise they have chosen payday over their fans. They are a business at the end of the day.
[MediaSentry] simply "records public information available to millions of users. If private investigator licenses were required to do what MediaSentry does, every user on Limewire and other illegal p2p networks would be required to have a license. Indeed, every search engine and Internet user would be required to have a private investigator license if MediaSentry needs one."
This seems to be snake oil doublespeak for "quick get in the car and drive!"
1. connecting to the users' computers for the purposes of determining what files are stored there is not public information. 2. presenting that as evidence in court requires that you are license to perform the investigation and that you have at least learned proper protocols for handling evidence. 3. users are not presenting evidence in court. They are simply using a service. Recording the information you get by connecting and then using it for purposes of prosecution seems a bit dodgy at best. At worst, it seems like a violation of the computer fraud and abuse act. Mediasentry is connecting to a private system. It is connecting for reasons other than what it is representing at the time of connection. It is taking information from those systems. Isn't that a violation of the CFAA?
Comcast installed their sandvine traffic shaping shit so they can cook the books.
When you visit a site that comcast knows is monitoring, they open up with their powerboost shit. On speedtest.net I rarely get below 70Mbps. A lot of the time, I get above 100Mbit.
When I'm using the internet for real, I just don't see anything even remotely that fast.
PC gaming is very much alive. Casual gamers number in the tens of millions for PC. Ever play a flash game on the web?
Even the hardcore gamer who upgrades his rig once a year or more is still very much alive. Hardware manufacturers wouldn't exist if we weren't buying their stuff.
That being said, I think large publishers like EA and Ubisoft are trying to kill PC gaming. It's not really as big a revenue stream for them as console games.
It is, however, the place for innovation. Ubisoft wouldn't exist if not for Cliff Blezinski and Tim Sweeney. And, Epic is continuing to innovate, though not as much as some other developers. Their revenue stream has shifted to something way more sustainable, engine licensing.
You still have plenty of developers continuing to innovate. Steam, ID, Crytek to name a few.
Though I agree with a few others here, that the large publishers are bad for the vitality of the gaming industry on a whole, it stands to reason that just as shit floats to the top, the industry will continue to consolitdate as long as their is money to be made. And, as long as there is money to be made, publishers will try and take as much of the pot as they can through consolidation and other anti-competitive practices.
what happens if someone wants to do a policy where there's CD copy protection, but after the first month [consumers] can download a patch that gets rid of it. So obviously that's a perfectly good solution too, but our thing eliminates the ability to do that."
That CD copy protection doesn't even work. The game gets pirated before it's released!
These companies are just fucking stupid. SOMEONE IN YOUR SUPPLY CHAIN IS STEALING FROM YOU! Why punish us?
Where do games go after they get mastered? Keep a closer eye on that.
I think RealBuffering, Inc. is using a team of chimpanzees for their business development unit.
They are selling a shit product that no one wants and tricking users into thinking it's good, though I can't even think of anyone who still thinks realplayer is good.
They are a shit company who sells shit products and they are irrelevant to anyone who isn't completely ignorant.
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I've definitely priced myself out of this market. I live in Miami, FL. There's always someone who will do it cheaper here, no matter what your price is.
But definitely good advice.
I read this as, "hey can you guys help me keep a job I got by schmoozing and am completely unqualified for?"
This is a real kick in the nuts to someone like me, who as a certified Linux administrator with more than 6 years of real working experience, can't find work because I'm too expensive or not such a good bullshit artist as yourself. I'm an honest guy who gets the job done and always has professional behavior in the workplace.
You should be ashamed of yourself. This is why I would love to see a professional administrators association. Human Resources and others in charge of hiring aren't very effective at separating the wheat from the chaff.
You continue wasting money on DRM that isn't effective. And I'll continue getting the content I want in the format I want it in.
MPAA and RIAA are obsolete.
I'm not exactly using DRM as a selling point when I buy a game. It affects me, but I have security software which can prevent the DRM from doing harmful things to my computer.
I buy a lot of games, and I honestly don't think the DRM is effective.
Scenario #1: you bought the game and enjoy it. your friend wants to play the game without buying it. You can't copy the CD and have him play thanks to the DRM. or can you?
Scenario #2: you don't want to buy a game, but you still want to play it. You can't download it from the Internet thanks to DRM. or can you?
in both scenarios, DRM is useless. in #1, you can download a NOCD crack from the Internet and make as many copies of the disc as you want. In #2, the game has already been released by some cracking group without DRM before the game even hits the stores. Is harrassing paying customers really helping to gain more paying customers?
DRM doesn't even deter casual gamers who would copy their own disc. Since the game has been cracked before it's even released, that DRM scheme is a waste of customer money.
As I see it, this harmful middleware just eats into profit margins. Companies who make products like securom and starforce rely on the fear and ignorance of publishers to sell their harmful software. Who is to say these companies don't have their own agenda in installing their harmful and mysterious software on unsuspecting machines?
Since we don't fully know what the software does, nor do they allow us to know, isn't it safe to assume it's malicious?
a dude by the name of dont_forget posted information above which makes much more sense.
The town has a nuclear power plant which brings in loads of cash. they have the ability to pay for a large project. And, the town is clearly growing. It makes more sense for a town to roll fibre ahead of growth than after.
as well, he stated that the town approached the telco to lay fibre, but the telco passed.
HP has had a lion's share of the market in servers by merging with the compaq company. Proliant servers sometimes ran hpux. This only makes sense now with the adoption of linux.
Just think of the new service contracts they'll be able to secure?
wow are you just completely ignorant. That warhead PC has been crytek's test platform for Crysis Warhead since early development. So, yes, it really can. That's the whole point. And you are just another ignorant AC.
I already own an xbox 360, but I'm not buying this game.
and don't give me that "real fan" crap.
Lucas owes me and all their other fans who have financially supported the company.
I have been buying LucasArts games for over 20 years. So, yes, they do owe me and every other paying customer something, their success.
This is the straw that broke the camel's back. I am going to wait until the copyreich brownshirts raid the very first webhost and seize a whole server farm. We'll see how well this goes over when a few thousand customers sue the US government for illegal seizure.
This is so far from being common sense. I can only wonder what senators have been smoking.
I, for over 20 years, have supported LucasArts and Lucasfilm.
no more.
Their decision not to build a PC version has crossed a line.
the producer in charge of TFU Cameron Suey stated that the game would be a "watered down experience" on anything less than a $4,000 PC. couldn't be more watered down than ps2 or psp or DS! a $699 pc can play crysis warhead on high @30fps, so it ought to be able to smoke the pants off an xbox360 or ps3 running in low resolution.
so I have chosen not to consume lucas made goods or services. I decided not to see the new clone wars movies, and I can say definitively, I won't be buying my son any lucas toys over the next 15 years. I was a loyal fan and customer. It's no surprise they have chosen payday over their fans. They are a business at the end of the day.
I agree with you completely, I guess I was trying to say, it was remarkably less data transferred to make a text message
text messages are not a fossil fuel that will run out soon.
They are an unlimited resource. You can always send more text messages.
The rise in cost has nothing to do with increased operating costs.
It costs far less to send a text message than to make a 30 second phone call.
falcon 9 rocket, dragon capsule?
This article reads more like an episode of thunderbirds are go!
the packaging is what the silicon wafer is embedded in to make it a chip. It's the packaging that interfaces the gpu with the board.
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_circuit_packaging
according to cern, they begin today
His evidence might be allowed in court because he's an expert witness in the area of computer programming.
Going through code may not be investigating.
agreed.
This seems to be snake oil doublespeak for "quick get in the car and drive!"
1. connecting to the users' computers for the purposes of determining what files are stored there is not public information.
2. presenting that as evidence in court requires that you are license to perform the investigation and that you have at least learned proper protocols for handling evidence.
3. users are not presenting evidence in court. They are simply using a service. Recording the information you get by connecting and then using it for purposes of prosecution seems a bit dodgy at best. At worst, it seems like a violation of the computer fraud and abuse act. Mediasentry is connecting to a private system. It is connecting for reasons other than what it is representing at the time of connection. It is taking information from those systems. Isn't that a violation of the CFAA?
that was in the game if you ran a hack to turn on dx10 lighting in XP on dx9.
sorry you didn't get to see it.
Comcast installed their sandvine traffic shaping shit so they can cook the books.
When you visit a site that comcast knows is monitoring, they open up with their powerboost shit. On speedtest.net I rarely get below 70Mbps. A lot of the time, I get above 100Mbit.
When I'm using the internet for real, I just don't see anything even remotely that fast.
I think you're a bit confused.
PC gaming is very much alive. Casual gamers number in the tens of millions for PC. Ever play a flash game on the web?
Even the hardcore gamer who upgrades his rig once a year or more is still very much alive. Hardware manufacturers wouldn't exist if we weren't buying their stuff.
That being said, I think large publishers like EA and Ubisoft are trying to kill PC gaming. It's not really as big a revenue stream for them as console games.
It is, however, the place for innovation. Ubisoft wouldn't exist if not for Cliff Blezinski and Tim Sweeney. And, Epic is continuing to innovate, though not as much as some other developers. Their revenue stream has shifted to something way more sustainable, engine licensing.
You still have plenty of developers continuing to innovate. Steam, ID, Crytek to name a few.
Though I agree with a few others here, that the large publishers are bad for the vitality of the gaming industry on a whole, it stands to reason that just as shit floats to the top, the industry will continue to consolitdate as long as their is money to be made. And, as long as there is money to be made, publishers will try and take as much of the pot as they can through consolidation and other anti-competitive practices.
That CD copy protection doesn't even work. The game gets pirated before it's released!
These companies are just fucking stupid. SOMEONE IN YOUR SUPPLY CHAIN IS STEALING FROM YOU! Why punish us?
Where do games go after they get mastered? Keep a closer eye on that.
I think RealBuffering, Inc. is using a team of chimpanzees for their business development unit.
They are selling a shit product that no one wants and tricking users into thinking it's good, though I can't even think of anyone who still thinks realplayer is good.
They are a shit company who sells shit products and they are irrelevant to anyone who isn't completely ignorant.
nope, not if you're RELOADED.
which is yet another nail in the coffin of DRM. It's still a mistake to use DRM.
hasn't scientology been exposed as a cult already?
they give science and ologies a bad name.
The Internet is so infuriatingly slow because 90% of the traffic out there is shaped, throttled, or monitored in some way.
My ISP still blocks my http access when I download new mmorpg clients over torrent.
Their thinking is, if it's legitimate, it's going to be over http. That thinking is counter-intuitive and just plain dangerous.