... was the result of hactivism, which involves computer break-ins for political rather than commercial gain. In previous years, most hacking was carried out by criminals
Man is an outsider goes to a new area with a group of people who trust him.
Man meets up with a chick in new area who he connects with and a culture he feels like he is less of an outsider in.
Man finds the group that he was with are actually doing bad things to the new group he likes.
Man Burns the Candle at the both ends for a bit.
One side and/or the other find out about him.
Man gets separated from both groups.
Man chooses which side he should be on.
Man kicks the butt of the opposing side.
As was jellomizer's point, you can break down EVERY story you've ever heard/read/watched to a small set of basic plot points. There is no such thing as an original plotline. Stories have been around since Man could think and reason. You can only come up with a different visual context in which to tell the story.
The last paragraph in the linked article says it all:
"Nice Ubisoft. Integrate something to stop pirates and in-fact you end up blocking people that bought the game legitimately from playing the game. Those people paid money for your game and they won't be able to play it. If you didn't pay, downloaded illegally, pirated, you'll be able to play fine."
As a web developer, I've worked on a couple of projects hosted at GoDaddy, and I can't stand anything about them - control panel overly confusing, unhelpful help section, horrible tech support, even their marketing (how can anyone take a web hosting company seriously that uses some hot chick to sell their business?). Every chance they get they throw some marketing pitch at you to get you to add on to your services.
the general public thinks there is only one isotope of Pu
I'd argue the general public doesn't know what even one isotope is!
They see "plutonium" or any -nium and they immediately think nuclear radiation and that its very existence is wholly and completely dangerous to all life on the planet.
all of those freedoms existed in laws in other countries (example: England) - but they were written down in Latin or French and buried in vaults where only legal scholars with the right education could read them.
I've never heard such a claim, so I can't dispute it. But it seems kind of far-fetched to me. In the interest of enlightening those of us who have never hear this, could you provide resources supporting this information?
After having bought out and/or squashed a lot of good competition, you'd think that Microsoft would have a superb office suite.
Buying and squashing the competition is the very reason they have crap products - what's the point in worrying about complaints about your product, when you're (nearly) the only viable solution on the market?
Umm - duh - so they can charge you for replacing it (under the pretense of an excuse of something like "you're not trained in the proper way to access the battery, etc, etc, etc)
You make a good point about replayability. A game doesn't have to have infinite configurations so it can be played differently each time, to make it a good, replayable game. All of the HL games are like this - for me, at least. I've played all of the single-player games in the series countless times, but every time I play them pretty much the same, and even though I always have to go along the same path to the next goal, they're replayable because they're fun, and they're big, and the scripting is excellent and the gameplay in general is so good that I like to have that experience many times in the same game.
Excellent commentary and I totally agree on your points.
If your an RPG fan (or even slightly interested), then check out Skyrim. If you want long per-play-through times and incredible amounts of re-playability, then that's your game.
Say goodbye to life away from your TV/PC. I have. I got it via Steam and was able to start playing at 11pm last Thurs and I've already put in 30 hrs of play time - and I'm nowhere near completing the main story line!
Absolutely no comparison to Oblivion - Skyrim is lightyears beyond Oblivion.
My 2006 Prius gets 350 to 450 miles a tank - usually right around 400 miles.
No plugging it in, it charges when you coast and break or when the engine is running and is putting out enough power for moving the car and charging the battery. Plus, when the car is stopped the engine doesn't just idle, it stops - no pollution when the car is stopped.
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No mod points left!
Mod this guy up!!!
... was the result of hactivism, which involves computer break-ins for political rather than commercial gain. In previous years, most hacking was carried out by criminals
Soon as we find Oil on Mars, all bets are off.
Umm - oil requires fossils...
...
Fossils come from dead animals.
Just sayin'
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Man is an outsider goes to a new area with a group of people who trust him. Man meets up with a chick in new area who he connects with and a culture he feels like he is less of an outsider in. Man finds the group that he was with are actually doing bad things to the new group he likes. Man Burns the Candle at the both ends for a bit. One side and/or the other find out about him. Man gets separated from both groups. Man chooses which side he should be on. Man kicks the butt of the opposing side.
As was jellomizer's point, you can break down EVERY story you've ever heard/read/watched to a small set of basic plot points. There is no such thing as an original plotline. Stories have been around since Man could think and reason. You can only come up with a different visual context in which to tell the story.
Nobody wins a war by dying for their country. You win a war by making the OTHER sob die for HIS country.
Classic Gen. George S. Patton, there!
One of my favorite, Sci-Fi movies.
Agreed, I'm surprised this movie isn't better known.
"Nice Ubisoft. Integrate something to stop pirates and in-fact you end up blocking people that bought the game legitimately from playing the game. Those people paid money for your game and they won't be able to play it. If you didn't pay, downloaded illegally, pirated, you'll be able to play fine."
+10 Funny!
As a web developer, I've worked on a couple of projects hosted at GoDaddy, and I can't stand anything about them - control panel overly confusing, unhelpful help section, horrible tech support, even their marketing (how can anyone take a web hosting company seriously that uses some hot chick to sell their business?). Every chance they get they throw some marketing pitch at you to get you to add on to your services.
They've had plenty of bad press over the year, too: The GoDaddy Saga Continues, GoDaddy Loses over 21000 Domains in One Day, GoDaddy Reverses Course on SOPA, GoDaddy VP Caught Bidding Against Customers.
Every new client I get I recommend they not use GoDaddy - if they insist, I tell them to find another developer...
I have an iPhone
STOP! Gaaaahh! I can't believe he admitted that!
dedicated cadre of highly-trained political saboteurs and brainwashing experts
Thanks for the compliment! ;)
Love the video in your sig!
the general public thinks there is only one isotope of Pu
I'd argue the general public doesn't know what even one isotope is!
They see "plutonium" or any -nium and they immediately think nuclear radiation and that its very existence is wholly and completely dangerous to all life on the planet.
Do NOT click the above link!!!!!!
Thanks for the history lesson!
the governments are totally and all inclusively in fear about the freedom equalization that the net brings to citizens
and when they want to take this and that from us, THEY DO AS THEY PLEASE. with little fight from us, usually.
we should at least realize it, too.
and stop looking to the system to help you. the system IS the problem, don't you see that?
So we should just accept this and lay down and do nothing?
all of those freedoms existed in laws in other countries (example: England) - but they were written down in Latin or French and buried in vaults where only legal scholars with the right education could read them.
I've never heard such a claim, so I can't dispute it. But it seems kind of far-fetched to me. In the interest of enlightening those of us who have never hear this, could you provide resources supporting this information?
After having bought out and/or squashed a lot of good competition, you'd think that Microsoft would have a superb office suite.
Buying and squashing the competition is the very reason they have crap products - what's the point in worrying about complaints about your product, when you're (nearly) the only viable solution on the market?
Umm - duh - so they can charge you for replacing it (under the pretense of an excuse of something like "you're not trained in the proper way to access the battery, etc, etc, etc)
I used to have a tiger in my tank...
Man! That rings a bell!! What was that from?
You make a good point about replayability. A game doesn't have to have infinite configurations so it can be played differently each time, to make it a good, replayable game. All of the HL games are like this - for me, at least. I've played all of the single-player games in the series countless times, but every time I play them pretty much the same, and even though I always have to go along the same path to the next goal, they're replayable because they're fun, and they're big, and the scripting is excellent and the gameplay in general is so good that I like to have that experience many times in the same game.
Excellent commentary and I totally agree on your points.
If your an RPG fan (or even slightly interested), then check out Skyrim. If you want long per-play-through times and incredible amounts of re-playability, then that's your game.
Say goodbye to life away from your TV/PC. I have. I got it via Steam and was able to start playing at 11pm last Thurs and I've already put in 30 hrs of play time - and I'm nowhere near completing the main story line!
Absolutely no comparison to Oblivion - Skyrim is lightyears beyond Oblivion.
Is there really any porn you can't get for free by the gigabyte?
How would you know how much porn is available for free? Hmmm?
Long range hybrid?
My 2006 Prius gets 350 to 450 miles a tank - usually right around 400 miles.
No plugging it in, it charges when you coast and break or when the engine is running and is putting out enough power for moving the car and charging the battery. Plus, when the car is stopped the engine doesn't just idle, it stops - no pollution when the car is stopped.