Imagine if every letter you opened or had to mail had at ToS attached to it? Like a full manila envelope full of legal bullshit, followed by a small post card that you actually wanted. Why is this acceptable for software? Something needs to happen with this.
I'm thinking about the same. We've had Ingress for a few years now. It was pretty popular when it first came out, and then died off. Niantic are stupid for not doing a global release. The hype train is going to be gone before the rest of the world gets it.
I own the data on my SD card. I can over write the data on my SD card a few dozen times to make it harder to find. People can't hack into my SD card when it isn't in my phone and steal my data.
Cloud storage is overrated, and way too openly trusted. I'd sooner set up a cloud solution using my home PC. Why don't we have that ability yet?
Everything about the S6 was a mistake. It lacked dust/water proofing. It lacked a removable battery. It lacked removable storage. The S7 is basically everything the S6 should have been (still missing the removable battery, but I can live without it). I actually bought the S5 over the S6 for that reason.
There's a few points here, so let me address them separately.
Regarding Pachinko scams:
I was thinking about this when I made my comment, but I still feel it's closer than what is happening with the website. There's far less risk of getting screwed out of your money at a Pachinko bar, and I'm thinking there are places very close to the Pachinko bars that are very obvious, and will let you trade your prize for cash. Whereas with the website, I think you have to find a reliable source and hope that they don't just take your shit and run.
Regarding Valve, and the "Slot Machine" crate system:
The animation shows items in a slot machine-like display, but does every crate not contain an item? Can it truly be considered gambling when you have no chance of losing? I think people are really over-exaggerating this one.
Long story short, I don't agree at all with the guys pretending they just happened upon this site, and I also don't agree with people who have admin access to a site like theirs participating in the games. Also, their website is 100% gambling, but it needs to be stressed that you're not gambling money, just in-game items that could be sold for cash if you can find a site that won't rip you off in the end.
Right - and there are plenty of legitimate banks that will convert that paper into cash. Furthermore, the sole purpose of that paper is to be turned into cash. Much like poker chips, and casino receipts.
That's the thing, though. Trading it for money means bringing in another sketchy third-party site. I'm not saying what they're doing is right, but money isn't really being won. Items with the potential to be sold on sketchy sites for money is what is being won.
This is incorrect. They were winning items and skins that had a high face value, but the only way to get cash for them would be to sell them off on other sketchy websites.
Step 1: Run MIDI software in the background to convert keystrokes into MIDI instructions
Step 2: Run VST to turn MIDI instructions into musical tones
Step 3: ???
Step 4: Profit
When will people stop buying iPhones? Seriously... they're pissing into everybody's pool supporting a company whose goal seems to be restricting and locking everything they can find. Shit, I bet Tim Cook has a lock on the lock on his front door, which is probably also conveniently shaped like a lock.
She's lied about everything else... who the fuck would trust her on this? It's just a dangling carrot that, and she'll probably end up eating it herself if she gets in.
Is it worth doing the free upgrade and then downgrading? Will I be able to upgrade to W10 indefinitely on the off chance that they (or the community) fix up all the problems and snooping? How does the licensing work?
"If you agree to these terms and want your system automatically please click "OK" or just do nothing, and in 30 seconds we will take your lack of response as approval to automatically upgrade your system."
It's enforcement of the MFi Program for certifying hardware that uses the Lightning port.It's enforcement of the MFi Program for certifying hardware that uses the Lightning port.
Why do headphones need to use the Lightning port? I don't understand how this is a positive point. Plus, Lightning ports only exist on Apple devices. So really, just a way to skim money from the fanbase.
Right now any headphone maker in the world can make any headphones they want for the standard jack. Not so with the Lightning port.
How is this even good for the consumer? This isn't a positive point at all. Right now in the US only certain people are allowed to give internet to certain households. Look at the quality of service and cost involved there. He's pretty much blatantly saying he's trying to find a way to jack up prices for basic items.
the existing analog headphone jack "is more costly in terms of depth than thickness,"
Do we really want paper-thin phones now? Their current thickness is just fine, if not teetering on too thin.
Apple could use the extra real estate to stuff in more battery juice.
The amount of space saved by removing the headphone jack is negligible... how much juice are they going to fit in there?
While I'm all for change and advancement, this seems like a huge step back that is simply being driven to stream more money into Apple's wallet. Considering their current practice is: "Fewest as possible feature at the highest possible cost" I simply can't see this being a good thing. Can the audio from headphones be any higher quality? It just seems like a giant scam being set up by Apple... and as much as I want them to shoot themselves in the foot, I know the Apple fanbase is dumb enough to drool all over it and toss their money away. Apple could put out a literal log of shit sculpted into some shape with their logo on it and sell it as an air freshener, and those people would buy it.
I'd say a good percent of decisions that Apple makes are stupid and hostile and are simply done to find ways to skim more money off of their users. Their devices are overpriced and overrated as it is.
I think they'd be okay if they only played them at the beginning or end of a show - they give you a perfect time to grab a snack and/or hit the can, though. I find it interesting how many people are against ads on there. Shit, you could even do some push-ups or get active while they're on to break up your couch-slumping time. Just because they're on, it doesn't mean you have to sit there and acknowledge them.
If they want to encourage people to watch the ads, they could even add in a pub-style trivia game with questions at the bottom, and each account could get its own score to stack up against a global/local scoreboard.
For me, the problem is when they play almost as many ads as they play TV Shows, or when the ads interrupt the show.
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Imagine if every letter you opened or had to mail had at ToS attached to it? Like a full manila envelope full of legal bullshit, followed by a small post card that you actually wanted. Why is this acceptable for software? Something needs to happen with this.
Why is the onus on WB for not disclosing it? Shouldn't that be the responsibility of the person reviewing the game?
I'm thinking about the same. We've had Ingress for a few years now. It was pretty popular when it first came out, and then died off. Niantic are stupid for not doing a global release. The hype train is going to be gone before the rest of the world gets it.
Cool thanks!
I own the data on my SD card. I can over write the data on my SD card a few dozen times to make it harder to find. People can't hack into my SD card when it isn't in my phone and steal my data.
Cloud storage is overrated, and way too openly trusted. I'd sooner set up a cloud solution using my home PC. Why don't we have that ability yet?
Everything about the S6 was a mistake. It lacked dust/water proofing. It lacked a removable battery. It lacked removable storage. The S7 is basically everything the S6 should have been (still missing the removable battery, but I can live without it). I actually bought the S5 over the S6 for that reason.
Found the "1 1 1 1" guy!
Aren't keys also randomly dropped in your inventory just for playing the game?
There's a few points here, so let me address them separately.
Regarding Pachinko scams:
I was thinking about this when I made my comment, but I still feel it's closer than what is happening with the website. There's far less risk of getting screwed out of your money at a Pachinko bar, and I'm thinking there are places very close to the Pachinko bars that are very obvious, and will let you trade your prize for cash. Whereas with the website, I think you have to find a reliable source and hope that they don't just take your shit and run.
Regarding Valve, and the "Slot Machine" crate system:
The animation shows items in a slot machine-like display, but does every crate not contain an item? Can it truly be considered gambling when you have no chance of losing? I think people are really over-exaggerating this one.
Long story short, I don't agree at all with the guys pretending they just happened upon this site, and I also don't agree with people who have admin access to a site like theirs participating in the games. Also, their website is 100% gambling, but it needs to be stressed that you're not gambling money, just in-game items that could be sold for cash if you can find a site that won't rip you off in the end.
They're sold for Steam Wallet credit, which can't be converted into actual money... just stuff you can use to scoop up other games.
Right - and there are plenty of legitimate banks that will convert that paper into cash. Furthermore, the sole purpose of that paper is to be turned into cash. Much like poker chips, and casino receipts.
That's the thing, though. Trading it for money means bringing in another sketchy third-party site. I'm not saying what they're doing is right, but money isn't really being won. Items with the potential to be sold on sketchy sites for money is what is being won.
This is incorrect. They were winning items and skins that had a high face value, but the only way to get cash for them would be to sell them off on other sketchy websites.
Step 1: Run MIDI software in the background to convert keystrokes into MIDI instructions
Step 2: Run VST to turn MIDI instructions into musical tones
Step 3: ???
Step 4: Profit
When will people stop buying iPhones? Seriously... they're pissing into everybody's pool supporting a company whose goal seems to be restricting and locking everything they can find. Shit, I bet Tim Cook has a lock on the lock on his front door, which is probably also conveniently shaped like a lock.
She's lied about everything else... who the fuck would trust her on this? It's just a dangling carrot that, and she'll probably end up eating it herself if she gets in.
Is it worth doing the free upgrade and then downgrading? Will I be able to upgrade to W10 indefinitely on the off chance that they (or the community) fix up all the problems and snooping? How does the licensing work?
"If you agree to these terms and want your system automatically please click "OK" or just do nothing, and in 30 seconds we will take your lack of response as approval to automatically upgrade your system."
Why doesn't Slashdot have the mod option for REKT?
And Apple is overpriced trash. Either way you lose... I can firewall and block a lot of shit on my Android, though.
Why do headphones need to use the Lightning port? I don't understand how this is a positive point. Plus, Lightning ports only exist on Apple devices. So really, just a way to skim money from the fanbase.
How is this even good for the consumer? This isn't a positive point at all. Right now in the US only certain people are allowed to give internet to certain households. Look at the quality of service and cost involved there. He's pretty much blatantly saying he's trying to find a way to jack up prices for basic items.
Do we really want paper-thin phones now? Their current thickness is just fine, if not teetering on too thin.
The amount of space saved by removing the headphone jack is negligible... how much juice are they going to fit in there?
While I'm all for change and advancement, this seems like a huge step back that is simply being driven to stream more money into Apple's wallet. Considering their current practice is: "Fewest as possible feature at the highest possible cost" I simply can't see this being a good thing. Can the audio from headphones be any higher quality? It just seems like a giant scam being set up by Apple... and as much as I want them to shoot themselves in the foot, I know the Apple fanbase is dumb enough to drool all over it and toss their money away. Apple could put out a literal log of shit sculpted into some shape with their logo on it and sell it as an air freshener, and those people would buy it.
I'd say a good percent of decisions that Apple makes are stupid and hostile and are simply done to find ways to skim more money off of their users. Their devices are overpriced and overrated as it is.
That's a bummer - I grew up with PBS as a kid, but haven't really watched it since. Have they gone from pledging to fully-fledged adverts now?
I think they'd be okay if they only played them at the beginning or end of a show - they give you a perfect time to grab a snack and/or hit the can, though. I find it interesting how many people are against ads on there. Shit, you could even do some push-ups or get active while they're on to break up your couch-slumping time. Just because they're on, it doesn't mean you have to sit there and acknowledge them.
If they want to encourage people to watch the ads, they could even add in a pub-style trivia game with questions at the bottom, and each account could get its own score to stack up against a global/local scoreboard.
For me, the problem is when they play almost as many ads as they play TV Shows, or when the ads interrupt the show.
Toss in an ad or two between episodes - I need time to pee/grab a snack, that'd be the perfect time to do it.