You lose access to your content, of course. Wow, it turns out that there really are stupid questions. Here, I'll ask one too: will Steam ever go away?
Stupid answer to that stupid question: yes, of course it will, sooner or later. The smart question are: when is steam likely to go away, and what are the practical losses when it does? For bonus credits, consider that the majority of your content on it wouldn't have been played again anyway, and whether that loss is worth more than the benefits.
As well as the clear benefits listed above, there's also the consideration that the Steam pricing model sends much more money to the actual developer than a shelf-on-a-box purchase, and that it gives developers a level playing field on which to compete, rather than having to struggle against Corporate Sports Sequel 2009 for limited shelf space.
Steam demonstrates that DRM doesn't have to mean "You don't have rights to play that game". It can mean "Hey, you do have the right to download and play this game, anywhere you want, any time you want. Go ahead!".
Now, would you like to have a grown up conversation, or are we going to stick with slinging slogans around?
My God, yes, imagine if Jacques Foreigner were the first to produce cheap abundant power. What a nightmare world that would be for our children to live in; better to drown them at birth.
Hmmm. "18-24 months" sounds like a round of funding to me. I'm 100% certain that the answer will either be "Yes, it will work" or "It might work. Please insert more credits to continue research."
Segueing from that, the next Big Investment should be in a HVDC European backbone, so that there's the potential (ho ho) to transport and sell power, and thus the incentive for any given region to fully exploit its renewable resources.
Sorry, I'm going to have to stop you there for a second...
OK, thanks. Let's carry on.
Assuming that you can buy the same version with Windows as you can without(*) then I don't think you'll get your refund.
Can you be clear which part of the Windows EULA you think will be changed on the Windows versions?
Sorry, you are saying that you think that Microsoft will produce a custom version of the Windows EULA for Asus which says that you can not return the software for a refund, right?
Because if not, I can't understand on what possible basis you would believe that the shipped EULA would be invalidated by any extrinsic condition.
Heroin produces physiological effects when withdrawn, as do nicotine and caffeine. Cocaine does not, although subjects experience psychological addiction due to craving the positive effects that it had on them - just like with gaming.
Just so we we're clear on the Articles of War (on Some Drugs).
And make sure you demand your Windows Tax Refund - however little you manage to claw back from them, it'll still cost Asus extra to process the refund.
It's also cheaper to manufacture something if you don't have to pay your own design, research, development and marketing costs, and just clone someone else's work and sell into the market that they created.
Instead of one central purchasing order they will go after each state/county and government organisation parallely and independently.
And they'll say "Whoa, you're thinking of using what filthy hippy app? You know that it's AIR-QUOTE compatible with Office, right? All the cool counties are going to go Office - do you want to talk to them or not?"
I think all that's up for discussion is whether they actually make air-quotes, or just say it out loud.
I imagine that you'd die of caffeine poisoning pretty quickly if you tried it, since its LD50 is only half that of cocaine anyway. Caffeine is a nasty, addicting, debilitating drug, that's only viewed as harmless by its addicts.
No, no, see, you've got it all wrong. Calories from chemically sounding foods are much, much more fattening than calories from friendly sounding foods.
You say "bitter", I say "seasoned". It's an open secret that carbon dating is unreliable until it gives you the predetermined date, at which point it's conclusive.
"That's just how it goes" is the excuse made by every slipshod hand-waver who believes that there's never enough time to do it right, but always enough time to do it twice.
First: Demigod is peer to peer? Whoa, 1992 just called, they want their design paradigm back. Peer to peer is inherently unstable, unreliable and uncontrollable. Nobody (else) uses it for an "AAA" PC title, for those reasons. It's not an inspired choice, it's an insane one, by a company that thought they could palm off responsibility (and cost) on to their players rather than doing their own hosting.
Second: this whinging about the "network library", and needing to fly the developer in to fix it is simply pathetic. Raknet is an absolute joy to use, is well documented and comes with loads of examples and the source code. The issue is that they assumed that a network library designed in the last decade would deal with their retarded prehistoric requirements, and they didn't bother to check that or test it until way too late in the day. I'd love to hear the story from the Raknet side...
Some mistakes are understandable, but screwing the network architecture on a predominantly multiplayer game takes willful ignorance. The cost to them in bad publicity and lost sales is far, far higher than if they'd paid a competent engineer to do a decent design. It's always cheaper to do it right than to do it twice.
Sigh. If you weren't so busy creaming yourself in your rush to "correct" the GP, you might have noticed that he was very careful to distinguish between US gallons and British ("Imperial") gallons.
42mpg (US gallons) does seem like a reasonable average for the standard mileage in the UK already, with compact and subcompact turbodiesels returning higher values. Gasoline engines now tend to only feature as small (sub 1.4 litre, including some 3 cylinder) units in subcompacts, as 1.6 - 2.0 litre units in the cheapo consumer base models of compacts and above, and as V6 units in 'performance' or luxury cars. Everything else uses highly efficient low pressure turbodiesel engines, that pull - literally - like trains. Big gasoline engines are nearly extinct now, since a modern turbodiesel can wipe the floor with a gasoline engine while returning much better economy with only slightly less refinement.
That's why this mileage target isn't a stretch at all; the big 3 can just start selling the cars they already make. What'll be an issue is getting enough diesel into the pumps and (seriously) what to do with all the gasoline that won't be wanted any more.
no large corporation will put/send/store their sensitive stuff (as in trade secrets) on any other corporation's web servers. Not even email. Ever.
Y'all worked for any large corporations lately? If the VP of Beancounting can appear to save ten cents a quarter doing it, it'll happen. When things go wrong, well, there's an SLA to cover the rotund posteriors.
Speaking of Vice Presidents, the US government executive branch has gone hog wild on hiding email on 3rd party servers recently. There's a lesson there for those that value plausible deniabilty.
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You lose access to your content, of course. Wow, it turns out that there really are stupid questions. Here, I'll ask one too: will Steam ever go away?
Stupid answer to that stupid question: yes, of course it will, sooner or later. The smart question are: when is steam likely to go away, and what are the practical losses when it does? For bonus credits, consider that the majority of your content on it wouldn't have been played again anyway, and whether that loss is worth more than the benefits.
As well as the clear benefits listed above, there's also the consideration that the Steam pricing model sends much more money to the actual developer than a shelf-on-a-box purchase, and that it gives developers a level playing field on which to compete, rather than having to struggle against Corporate Sports Sequel 2009 for limited shelf space.
Steam demonstrates that DRM doesn't have to mean "You don't have rights to play that game". It can mean "Hey, you do have the right to download and play this game, anywhere you want, any time you want. Go ahead!".
Now, would you like to have a grown up conversation, or are we going to stick with slinging slogans around?
My God, yes, imagine if Jacques Foreigner were the first to produce cheap abundant power. What a nightmare world that would be for our children to live in; better to drown them at birth.
Hmmm. "18-24 months" sounds like a round of funding to me. I'm 100% certain that the answer will either be "Yes, it will work" or "It might work. Please insert more credits to continue research."
Bullshit - it'll come from clean coal. That's completely different, because it's been... polished.
Segueing from that, the next Big Investment should be in a HVDC European backbone, so that there's the potential (ho ho) to transport and sell power, and thus the incentive for any given region to fully exploit its renewable resources.
If you're costing your hobby time, it's time to find a new hobby.
Ah, is this the human concept you call "humor"? It is so illogical.
Sorry, I'm going to have to stop you there for a second...
OK, thanks. Let's carry on.
Can you be clear which part of the Windows EULA you think will be changed on the Windows versions?
Sorry, you are saying that you think that Microsoft will produce a custom version of the Windows EULA for Asus which says that you can not return the software for a refund, right?
Because if not, I can't understand on what possible basis you would believe that the shipped EULA would be invalidated by any extrinsic condition.
Can you clarify?
How can a market "already be there" for a new product?
The iPod - the original iPod, when the alternatives were CD walkmen and minidisc players - created the market and the demand for Chinese iPod clones.
If you believe otherwise, I'd like a hit of what you're toking on.
Heroin produces physiological effects when withdrawn, as do nicotine and caffeine. Cocaine does not, although subjects experience psychological addiction due to craving the positive effects that it had on them - just like with gaming.
Just so we we're clear on the Articles of War (on Some Drugs).
Just so that I can cost the bastards some money by demanding a Windows Refund on it.
And make sure you demand your Windows Tax Refund - however little you manage to claw back from them, it'll still cost Asus extra to process the refund.
It's also cheaper to manufacture something if you don't have to pay your own design, research, development and marketing costs, and just clone someone else's work and sell into the market that they created.
At least one more, when the kdawson cron job dupes it.
And Demigod has a full, rich solo player campaign, right?
Typical fanboi response: decry an apple for being sour, and they'll praise it because it's like an orange.
And they'll say "Whoa, you're thinking of using what filthy hippy app? You know that it's AIR-QUOTE compatible with Office, right? All the cool counties are going to go Office - do you want to talk to them or not?"
I think all that's up for discussion is whether they actually make air-quotes, or just say it out loud.
I imagine that you'd die of caffeine poisoning pretty quickly if you tried it, since its LD50 is only half that of cocaine anyway. Caffeine is a nasty, addicting, debilitating drug, that's only viewed as harmless by its addicts.
Evidence for that in 3... 2... 1...
No, no, see, you've got it all wrong. Calories from chemically sounding foods are much, much more fattening than calories from friendly sounding foods.
Wow, that's great. Do you submit the request on punched cards, or would chiseling it on little stone pyramids be more efficient? :P
You say "bitter", I say "seasoned". It's an open secret that carbon dating is unreliable until it gives you the predetermined date, at which point it's conclusive.
"That's just how it goes" is the excuse made by every slipshod hand-waver who believes that there's never enough time to do it right, but always enough time to do it twice.
First: Demigod is peer to peer? Whoa, 1992 just called, they want their design paradigm back. Peer to peer is inherently unstable, unreliable and uncontrollable. Nobody (else) uses it for an "AAA" PC title, for those reasons. It's not an inspired choice, it's an insane one, by a company that thought they could palm off responsibility (and cost) on to their players rather than doing their own hosting.
Second: this whinging about the "network library", and needing to fly the developer in to fix it is simply pathetic. Raknet is an absolute joy to use, is well documented and comes with loads of examples and the source code. The issue is that they assumed that a network library designed in the last decade would deal with their retarded prehistoric requirements, and they didn't bother to check that or test it until way too late in the day. I'd love to hear the story from the Raknet side...
Some mistakes are understandable, but screwing the network architecture on a predominantly multiplayer game takes willful ignorance. The cost to them in bad publicity and lost sales is far, far higher than if they'd paid a competent engineer to do a decent design. It's always cheaper to do it right than to do it twice.
Uh... how many average people need a bigger car than a Golf TDI?
Sigh. If you weren't so busy creaming yourself in your rush to "correct" the GP, you might have noticed that he was very careful to distinguish between US gallons and British ("Imperial") gallons.
42mpg (US gallons) does seem like a reasonable average for the standard mileage in the UK already, with compact and subcompact turbodiesels returning higher values. Gasoline engines now tend to only feature as small (sub 1.4 litre, including some 3 cylinder) units in subcompacts, as 1.6 - 2.0 litre units in the cheapo consumer base models of compacts and above, and as V6 units in 'performance' or luxury cars. Everything else uses highly efficient low pressure turbodiesel engines, that pull - literally - like trains. Big gasoline engines are nearly extinct now, since a modern turbodiesel can wipe the floor with a gasoline engine while returning much better economy with only slightly less refinement.
That's why this mileage target isn't a stretch at all; the big 3 can just start selling the cars they already make. What'll be an issue is getting enough diesel into the pumps and (seriously) what to do with all the gasoline that won't be wanted any more.
Y'all worked for any large corporations lately? If the VP of Beancounting can appear to save ten cents a quarter doing it, it'll happen. When things go wrong, well, there's an SLA to cover the rotund posteriors.
Speaking of Vice Presidents, the US government executive branch has gone hog wild on hiding email on 3rd party servers recently. There's a lesson there for those that value plausible deniabilty.
You're a vegetarian, right?
If not, then just because you don't slaughter your own meat doesn't mean that you're not responsible for the death.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not pre-veggie, I'm pro slaughter.