It just is a matter of degree. In your view you were not botting as you define it to a scope which your event does not qualify.
Look, if your not paying attention to the game go do something else. If it is that boring to do what you were doing then why bother? If it is for improvment within the game should you not focus your attention on it.
Unattended play, botting, macroing. Call it whatever you will.
If you want a game which will allow you to bot, supposedly only attended, then go play Asheron's Call. Turbine themselves approved of combat automation to the horror of the entire industry.
5GB at $0.20gb = $1.00 transfer fee Monthly at $0.15gb = $.75/month recurring charge
$0.75 for a year is $9.00 dollars.
Throw some pictures up there, taxes, and other essentials using a third party program that "helps" you gather what really should be stored in case of emergency (can you say this program might be a good idea for someone in the open-source community?)
Far better than what they have now and its safe from fire. Throw a little encryption through that 3rd party app accessing the Amazon storage and it would be secure.
The difference here is that I used numbers I expect of data that should be backed rather than just dumping stuff on the drives because its there. The amount of stuff people just dump on drives for backup is amazing and wasteful.
WOW, there is nothing but shite on TV isn't there.
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Hate to break it to ya but this line is nearly as old as TV itself.
There is never anything on TV to watch but many will still watch something anyway. Face it, people like to complain but do nothing about it. They will still turn the same old shite on and just be content to bitch about it.
With hundreds of channels there is bound to be something on that is appealing enough to prevent most from turning the set off. With video on demand services and TIVO devices there are even more opportunities for TV to be part of people's lives.
The only way TV is going away is when we manage to convince people to call it something else. It will still have nothing for us to watch or do that we "want" to watch or do but we still will.
Many stinkers have been talked up as great games and given good reviews in these magazines. It seems directly related to how much advertising was done before the game was released.
As most of us have learned, the last place you look for insight into a game is the magazines, those are only for pictures.
I want my home to feel like a home, not some crazy science experiment or an office building offshoot.
As such I am already in the process of buying my next home.
the most advanced features, multiple zones for my heating and cooling. Sure I will have the atypical security system and such and a bunch of florescent (sp?) lighting in place of incandescents. The point being, I go home to escape the technology of my day to day life. It is my refuge from reality.
As such, my TV is confined to a room I rarely go to. Same for my PC. The biggest reason I use my PC now is to play DVDs while I exercise.
Honestly, too many people are wasting their lives on tech outside of work. My favorite tech is having a nice easy to maintain house and landscape. It is seeing what will grow outside to provide year round color. I get all the tech I need at work. It can stay there too.
when the game was cancelled they mailed out posters and mousepads to first come first served.
It was depressing to see the game canned, there were unofficial remarks that it was nearly done. Boxes printed and all the included junk was there too, that was where the "hologramed" mousepads came from.
Yeah its cheating. Yet I see justification in it. The game designs foster the need for grinding, whether it is gold or experience.
WOW was close to getting it right with Bind on pickup items, yet many great items are not this way leading to a market. Since most of these items are random drops (world drops - % chance off anything in level range) it rewards those who have the most time to spend in the game.
Compare the cost to buy gold versus the time you would have to invest and for many people becomes a no-brainer. Most people I know buy these games to play, not to become a second job. There are many ways to combat the problem but it requires the designers to think outside the comfortable little box they live in.
Yeah its cheating, but only cheating because poor game design makes it viable.
I can't see a problem here. In their home city of Atlanta we are still years behind SBC and Verizon. 3mb speeds and shoddy service were the norm for Bellsouth. Heaven help you if you were using another internet provider whose DSL line was hosted by Bellsouth.
Bellsouth if anything was keeping progress from happening so they could milk the customers for everything they had. Their treatment of their rank and file leaves a lot to be desired as well.
Too many people will either object because its Bush or object because they feel entitled to their job.
The fact is the world doesn't care. We either compete to win or we lose. If all you are willing to do is bitch about Bush or your employer (or usually the case - portraying yourself as victim even though it happened to someone else) then your going to lose.
The world economy is such fun. It doesn't care what you think and it don't care what you think your entitled to. Accept it and then deal with.
There is no such thing as corporate taxes. They are tax collectors. Where do you think the money comes from that they pay in taxes? The people using their services. So, every thing you buy (Service/goods/etc) has a tax in it that you cannot see. This is nothing about trickle down economics. Trickle down economics would not be a viable solution to many issues if the system wasn't built upon it. The current system is meant to keep people ignorant of just how much tax they truly pay. The only thing that trickles down is your tax burden. No corporation is paying taxes, you are paying taxes through them.
You can buy many of their games through download. In fact their recently released game, Galactic Civilizations ][ was easier to obtain that way than finding. http://www.galciv2.com/
One interesting issue about digital distribution versus retain was covered by their own people in journals available on the site.
For some companies there is no real exposure on the store shelf. The big problem is, how do people then ever learn of your product? Browsing the games while in BB/CU/Etc is one thing, but how is there an effective online equivalent to that?
Besides providing news from many sources the internet also gives consumers many new methods for picking and choosing how to spend their money.
Just as we no longer have to rely on a local newspaper or broadcast television for information about the world around us we no longer have to rely on salesmen or friends for consumer product advice.
Another good side is that problems surface faster because of the net. Bad products and companies are spotlighted much faster than old methods. Consumer groups spread information between themselves directly and indirectly about whom to trust and not trust.
If anything the net is making it easier for consumers to make intelligent choices. Having the information by itself isn't the key, its having access to the opinions of others on how valid the information is that works in the long run.
On a side note, gaming the system is alive and well and has removed the validity of some sites for tracking how well one place does versus another. I find consistency among many different forums to be a better indicator as to which small companies to trust. (ex: ResellerRatings used to be a great source - but not they are corrupted by too many bogus positive and even negative reviews)
Disney without Pixar is still an incredibly viable company. Pixar made a few good films under Disney but that is all. Disney is a conglomerate that wisely does not rely on one thing to keep it viable. They produce many films under various film companies and while not all are as widely successful as some of their Pixar created works they do very well. Look towards Hollywood and compare the numbers. The sheer number of films being produced shows that it is very few that ever make it well in the theaters.
Sure Disney would have been better off with Pixar still making films for them. Yet Disney can survive failing films better than Pixar could.
As for your Apple comment. Apple still has a very loyal and devoted following for their computer and software products. While not on the scale of Microsoft they are still holding their own and in some cases staging a come-back. The iPod was a stroke of luck. It was the right product at the right time. Apple for all its creativity could leverage that further by opening up the iPod to play DRM'd music provided by other sources but hasn't had to so because they still have a majority of the US market. They might in the future move that way, most likely overseas at first but for now they have no need. As with Disney Apple diversified. They were simply existing with their sales of Macs and related software. With more than one viable revenue stream they are growing. This allows them to take more risks and further expand their original business.
If anything this should give people a clue that the tax system is broken. Not only is it overly complicated it also a fraud perpetuated on the American people. It relies on ignorance and to some extent class warfare to continue in its current form.
Watch politicians. They will consistenly play up the fact that corporations don't pay their fair share while conviently relying on the fact that any taxes paid by a corporation are paid by its customers. It is this embedded taxaxtion that hides the true amount of tax load that is place on every citizen of the country. The best time to witness the hypocrisy of Congress is when certain corporations report their profit. The Congressmen will make big speeches about how all that money is being "stolen" from the American people and that the profits are obscene whereas the only obscenity is Congress's appetite for OUR money. They love to ignore the profit per share which is the true measure of a corporations profitability all because they know most Americans are ignorant of how the system works.
The system is made so complex to keep the dirty little secret from being easily identifiable. If the Congress and Administration were truly after true tax reform they would make the system transparent. This can be done in one of two ways. A flat tax or a National Sales Tax (aka The Fair Tax). While neither system is perfect they both offer something that the current system doesn't and that is transparency.
Besides being overly complex, which results in hundreds of billions from individuals and corporations to stay in compliance, it is chocked full of exceptions for every little group that manages to bend Congresses's ear. They have created a self sustaining system. Groups give money as gifts and reelection money to maintain their status. None of them have the people's intrest in their hearts, not Congress, not the Administration, and certainly not these groups.
Like Microsoft or not, there is no reason issues like this should be secret unless trade secrets are at risk, and even then that should only be a concern up until guilt is proven.
Seems that anytime something high profile goes down all sorts of new regulations come piling on and those filter down very quickly.
the amount of paperwork I have to go through to move even simple projects through work is ridiculous. We estimate that the average developer spends almost 15% of their time on paperwork that was never needed or required before.
About the only way technology slows me down if it does is that there are more ways for colleagues to interrupt me.
We are going to end up with one set of rules Microsoft will have to follow and another for everyone else.
Then anytime some company with connections wants to find an excuse for their piss poor software or lack of success in the marketplace they will turn to blaming Ms.
It is already approaching the point to where the consumer is suffering for the meddling. Either hold all companies, regardless of marketshare, to the same standards or get out of the regulation. (unfortunately the EU governing body will meddle in anything just because it can, talk about a body that serves no other purpose than to make laws to justify its existance. What it took 200+ years for the US Congress to morph in the EU did in a short 10 years)
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It just is a matter of degree. In your view you were not botting as you define it to a scope which your event does not qualify.
Look, if your not paying attention to the game go do something else. If it is that boring to do what you were doing then why bother? If it is for improvment within the game should you not focus your attention on it.
Unattended play, botting, macroing. Call it whatever you will.
If you want a game which will allow you to bot, supposedly only attended, then go play Asheron's Call. Turbine themselves approved of combat automation to the horror of the entire industry.
Mom & Dad
5GB at $0.20gb = $1.00 transfer fee
Monthly at $0.15gb = $.75/month recurring charge
$0.75 for a year is $9.00 dollars.
Throw some pictures up there, taxes, and other essentials using a third party program that "helps" you gather what really should be stored in case of emergency (can you say this program might be a good idea for someone in the open-source community?)
Far better than what they have now and its safe from fire. Throw a little encryption through that 3rd party app accessing the Amazon storage and it would be secure.
The difference here is that I used numbers I expect of data that should be backed rather than just dumping stuff on the drives because its there. The amount of stuff people just dump on drives for backup is amazing and wasteful.
Hate to break it to ya but this line is nearly as old as TV itself.
There is never anything on TV to watch but many will still watch something anyway. Face it, people like to complain but do nothing about it. They will still turn the same old shite on and just be content to bitch about it.
With hundreds of channels there is bound to be something on that is appealing enough to prevent most from turning the set off. With video on demand services and TIVO devices there are even more opportunities for TV to be part of people's lives.
The only way TV is going away is when we manage to convince people to call it something else. It will still have nothing for us to watch or do that we "want" to watch or do but we still will.
go figure
Many stinkers have been talked up as great games and given good reviews in these magazines. It seems directly related to how much advertising was done before the game was released.
As most of us have learned, the last place you look for insight into a game is the magazines, those are only for pictures.
http://www.quartertothree.com/reviews/moo3/moo3-1. shtml
I want my home to feel like a home, not some crazy science experiment or an office building offshoot.
As such I am already in the process of buying my next home.
the most advanced features, multiple zones for my heating and cooling. Sure I will have the atypical security system and such and a bunch of florescent (sp?) lighting in place of incandescents. The point being, I go home to escape the technology of my day to day life. It is my refuge from reality.
As such, my TV is confined to a room I rarely go to. Same for my PC. The biggest reason I use my PC now is to play DVDs while I exercise.
Honestly, too many people are wasting their lives on tech outside of work. My favorite tech is having a nice easy to maintain house and landscape. It is seeing what will grow outside to provide year round color. I get all the tech I need at work. It can stay there too.
whats your time worth? How much time did it take you to get it working?
TIVO just works. For Mom & Pop that is all that matters, for many geeks that is all that matters too.
when the game was cancelled they mailed out posters and mousepads to first come first served.
It was depressing to see the game canned, there were unofficial remarks that it was nearly done. Boxes printed and all the included junk was there too, that was where the "hologramed" mousepads came from.
Yeah its cheating. Yet I see justification in it. The game designs foster the need for grinding, whether it is gold or experience.
WOW was close to getting it right with Bind on pickup items, yet many great items are not this way leading to a market. Since most of these items are random drops (world drops - % chance off anything in level range) it rewards those who have the most time to spend in the game.
Compare the cost to buy gold versus the time you would have to invest and for many people becomes a no-brainer. Most people I know buy these games to play, not to become a second job. There are many ways to combat the problem but it requires the designers to think outside the comfortable little box they live in.
Yeah its cheating, but only cheating because poor game design makes it viable.
I can't see a problem here. In their home city of Atlanta we are still years behind SBC and Verizon. 3mb speeds and shoddy service were the norm for Bellsouth. Heaven help you if you were using another internet provider whose DSL line was hosted by Bellsouth.
Bellsouth if anything was keeping progress from happening so they could milk the customers for everything they had. Their treatment of their rank and file leaves a lot to be desired as well.
Too many people will either object because its Bush or object because they feel entitled to their job.
The fact is the world doesn't care. We either compete to win or we lose. If all you are willing to do is bitch about Bush or your employer (or usually the case - portraying yourself as victim even though it happened to someone else) then your going to lose.
The world economy is such fun. It doesn't care what you think and it don't care what you think your entitled to. Accept it and then deal with.
just a response to an old thread.
There is no such thing as corporate taxes. They are tax collectors. Where do you think the money comes from that they pay in taxes? The people using their services. So, every thing you buy (Service/goods/etc) has a tax in it that you cannot see. This is nothing about trickle down economics. Trickle down economics would not be a viable solution to many issues if the system wasn't built upon it. The current system is meant to keep people ignorant of just how much tax they truly pay. The only thing that trickles down is your tax burden. No corporation is paying taxes, you are paying taxes through them.
Outside of Social Security and Medicare?
Hell I pay more than that in taxes.
You can buy many of their games through download. In fact their recently released game, Galactic Civilizations ][ was easier to obtain that way than finding. http://www.galciv2.com/
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One interesting issue about digital distribution versus retain was covered by their own people in journals available on the site.
Adventures in Retail
http://forums.galciv2.com/?ForumID=164&AID=103584
Economics in Gaming
http://forums.galciv2.com/index.aspx?ForumID=164&
For some companies there is no real exposure on the store shelf. The big problem is, how do people then ever learn of your product? Browsing the games while in BB/CU/Etc is one thing, but how is there an effective online equivalent to that?
Dell just released a new laptop featuring a 15" screen with similar graphics you can buy for nearly the same price as the mini
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http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.asp
Besides providing news from many sources the internet also gives consumers many new methods for picking and choosing how to spend their money.
Just as we no longer have to rely on a local newspaper or broadcast television for information about the world around us we no longer have to rely on salesmen or friends for consumer product advice.
Another good side is that problems surface faster because of the net. Bad products and companies are spotlighted much faster than old methods. Consumer groups spread information between themselves directly and indirectly about whom to trust and not trust.
If anything the net is making it easier for consumers to make intelligent choices. Having the information by itself isn't the key, its having access to the opinions of others on how valid the information is that works in the long run.
On a side note, gaming the system is alive and well and has removed the validity of some sites for tracking how well one place does versus another. I find consistency among many different forums to be a better indicator as to which small companies to trust. (ex: ResellerRatings used to be a great source - but not they are corrupted by too many bogus positive and even negative reviews)
lots of incomplete sentences?
Its the damn coffee I am concerned about when I drop it.
is that I find myself wanting the side Microsoft is on to win.
Disney without Pixar is still an incredibly viable company. Pixar made a few good films under Disney but that is all. Disney is a conglomerate that wisely does not rely on one thing to keep it viable. They produce many films under various film companies and while not all are as widely successful as some of their Pixar created works they do very well. Look towards Hollywood and compare the numbers. The sheer number of films being produced shows that it is very few that ever make it well in the theaters.
Sure Disney would have been better off with Pixar still making films for them. Yet Disney can survive failing films better than Pixar could.
As for your Apple comment. Apple still has a very loyal and devoted following for their computer and software products. While not on the scale of Microsoft they are still holding their own and in some cases staging a come-back. The iPod was a stroke of luck. It was the right product at the right time. Apple for all its creativity could leverage that further by opening up the iPod to play DRM'd music provided by other sources but hasn't had to so because they still have a majority of the US market. They might in the future move that way, most likely overseas at first but for now they have no need. As with Disney Apple diversified. They were simply existing with their sales of Macs and related software. With more than one viable revenue stream they are growing. This allows them to take more risks and further expand their original business.
Neither company needs the other.
If anything this should give people a clue that the tax system is broken. Not only is it overly complicated it also a fraud perpetuated on the American people. It relies on ignorance and to some extent class warfare to continue in its current form.
Watch politicians. They will consistenly play up the fact that corporations don't pay their fair share while conviently relying on the fact that any taxes paid by a corporation are paid by its customers. It is this embedded taxaxtion that hides the true amount of tax load that is place on every citizen of the country. The best time to witness the hypocrisy of Congress is when certain corporations report their profit. The Congressmen will make big speeches about how all that money is being "stolen" from the American people and that the profits are obscene whereas the only obscenity is Congress's appetite for OUR money. They love to ignore the profit per share which is the true measure of a corporations profitability all because they know most Americans are ignorant of how the system works.
The system is made so complex to keep the dirty little secret from being easily identifiable. If the Congress and Administration were truly after true tax reform they would make the system transparent. This can be done in one of two ways. A flat tax or a National Sales Tax (aka The Fair Tax). While neither system is perfect they both offer something that the current system doesn't and that is transparency.
Besides being overly complex, which results in hundreds of billions from individuals and corporations to stay in compliance, it is chocked full of exceptions for every little group that manages to bend Congresses's ear. They have created a self sustaining system. Groups give money as gifts and reelection money to maintain their status. None of them have the people's intrest in their hearts, not Congress, not the Administration, and certainly not these groups.
It is a total fraud.
is a government.
Like Microsoft or not, there is no reason issues like this should be secret unless trade secrets are at risk, and even then that should only be a concern up until guilt is proven.
Its regulations.
Seems that anytime something high profile goes down all sorts of new regulations come piling on and those filter down very quickly.
the amount of paperwork I have to go through to move even simple projects through work is ridiculous. We estimate that the average developer spends almost 15% of their time on paperwork that was never needed or required before.
About the only way technology slows me down if it does is that there are more ways for colleagues to interrupt me.
We are going to end up with one set of rules Microsoft will have to follow and another for everyone else.
Then anytime some company with connections wants to find an excuse for their piss poor software or lack of success in the marketplace they will turn to blaming Ms.
It is already approaching the point to where the consumer is suffering for the meddling. Either hold all companies, regardless of marketshare, to the same standards or get out of the regulation. (unfortunately the EU governing body will meddle in anything just because it can, talk about a body that serves no other purpose than to make laws to justify its existance. What it took 200+ years for the US Congress to morph in the EU did in a short 10 years)
I think the biggest issue is that most Christians are part of societies that are more free.
A lot of this outrage we see happening only occurs in countries where protests cannot happen without the government allowing it.
When you are free the outrage tends to be far less violent as you have less fear of showing your dislike.