Nothing like buying a new game, only to find out that inside the shrinkwrapped box, there's a nice little card saying "Oh yeah, by the way, we're going to collect information about you to display in-game ads on the billboards. Nothing you can do about it if you want to play the game. Cheers, EA!"
So I think, hell, it can't be too bad.
So i'm flying around in 2142 and what pops up on a wall? An intel core2 duo ad. Not just in one spot on the map...Dozens. Nothing like having the suspension of disbelief broken by a damned BILLBOARD in your game.
So the users get pissy and bitch at DICE (who is now pwned by EA). Dice's response? "Oh, we're going to also use the billboards for 'community' stuff to like announcements and leaderboards". People get angry and send emails to the largest battlefield podcast. The host's response? "Oh, we don't think it's all that bad, and by the way we'll probably be advertising on it soon." (Way to sell-out G.I. Jersey).
People do the same thing to EA, who promptly print out the emails and use the to wipe the ass with. Oh, I forgot, they use $1 bills for that gleamed from xbox users who needed some extra cash in "The Godfather")
You can bet that I won't be purchasing any more EA games. (and I spend at least $1000/year on video games)
Check out the video, they presorted a 3% sample to where there would not be a discrepancy. Sometimes I think this is more incompetence than conspiracy.
Thanks...We're fixing to start doing a similar thing, running a couple of large IBM x335 systems running 10 VMs or so to host terminal server applications.
Funny that...a virtual machine hosting a semi-virtual session.
Changing the product key won't necessarly work. The change product key section keys off whatever the original setupp.ini file has in it for the [ExtraData]...which to my knowledge hasn't been decoded yet. (i.e. if you install from a dell provided XP CD (non recovery), it won't let you put in a valid cd-key from the case of an HP computer).
We would have this problem if Dell/HP and the like would be so damn cheap and not provide, by default, a fucking 10 cent CD that cotained at least a recovery image.
On at least 70% of the PCs that I rebuild, there is no "recovery" CDs...just a hidden partition on the drive that
1) takes up 5-10GB of your new computer's space
2) is gone if the drive goes kaput
As for the CD key being on the outside of the case, why the hell didn't they just put the code on the inside of the case, say on the one side of thecase that slides off?
Sandboxie works really, really good for this purpose. You can sandbox IE (or any other app for this purpose) and even if you get infected by spyware, as soon as you close IE, all is gone.
Well, it USED to be a decent show when it was on tech TV. They had to add Morgan's boobies and dumb adam down to 5th grade level to make it geared more their targeted audience.
So if their such big innovaters, tell me why the still ship machines (mainly the 1100 line of desktops) with PCI slots only? That's right, no 1995 AGP technology, no 2000s PCI express, but PC friggin I.
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If (Halo 3 == HD DVD)
Sales = through the roof;
Nothing like buying a new game, only to find out that inside the shrinkwrapped box, there's a nice little card saying
"Oh yeah, by the way, we're going to collect information about you to display in-game ads on the billboards. Nothing you can do about it if you want to play the game. Cheers, EA!"
So I think, hell, it can't be too bad.
So i'm flying around in 2142 and what pops up on a wall? An intel core2 duo ad. Not just in one spot on the map...Dozens. Nothing like having the suspension of disbelief broken by a damned BILLBOARD in your game.
So the users get pissy and bitch at DICE (who is now pwned by EA). Dice's response? "Oh, we're going to also use the billboards for 'community' stuff to like announcements and leaderboards".
People get angry and send emails to the largest battlefield podcast. The host's response? "Oh, we don't think it's all that bad, and by the way we'll probably be advertising on it soon." (Way to sell-out G.I. Jersey).
People do the same thing to EA, who promptly print out the emails and use the to wipe the ass with. Oh, I forgot, they use $1 bills for that gleamed from xbox users who needed some extra cash in "The Godfather")
You can bet that I won't be purchasing any more EA games. (and I spend at least $1000/year on video games)
Yeah, we tried that at work, but I kept having to play the "Tech Support" kit to try and fix all the crash to desktops.
Welcome to the same boat!
(But we recently rectified the situation)
Signed,
The U.S.A.
Check out the video, they presorted a 3% sample to where there would not be a discrepancy. Sometimes I think this is more incompetence than conspiracy.
Do you know any off the top of your head? I'm in the market for one after Itunes 7 killed my ipod shuffle with a botched firmware upgrade.
I think it has to do more with flash that Firefox. I don't recall having memory leaks when I didn't have the flash plug in installed.
If *you* suck ass, it's not going to make you any better either.
(or so says my the rest of my BF2 squad)
Big brass balls? Nah.
Imagine the respect a commander would get when he would tell people that he shoved his foot so far up someones ass that he lost some toes.
Instant respect. Guaranteed.
Thanks...We're fixing to start doing a similar thing, running a couple of large IBM x335 systems running 10 VMs or so to host terminal server applications.
Funny that...a virtual machine hosting a semi-virtual session.
What size of hardware are you running for those VM boxes?
Changing the product key won't necessarly work. The change product key section keys off whatever the original setupp.ini file has in it for the [ExtraData]...which to my knowledge hasn't been decoded yet. (i.e. if you install from a dell provided XP CD (non recovery), it won't let you put in a valid cd-key from the case of an HP computer).
We would have this problem if Dell/HP and the like would be so damn cheap and not provide, by default, a fucking 10 cent CD that cotained at least a recovery image.
On at least 70% of the PCs that I rebuild, there is no "recovery" CDs...just a hidden partition on the drive that
1) takes up 5-10GB of your new computer's space
2) is gone if the drive goes kaput
As for the CD key being on the outside of the case, why the hell didn't they just put the code on the inside of the case, say on the one side of thecase that slides off?
Well the first bush lied when he said "No new taxes", so why would you expect is son to be any different?
http://www.ipaction.org/
http://www.ipaction.org/
already done
Now get your ass over there and donate!
XP is fine, but damn some of these wonky dell laptops won't act right coming out of hibernation.
When my latitude comes out of hibernation, the PCMCIA token ring card doesn't work and the CD/RW refuses to open.
Or, if you don't have $300, you can spend about $150 on the 6800 AGP, which is still a hellva card.
I would recommend spending as little as possible on graphics upgrades right now, as DX 10 is going to require a new card for everyone anyway.
Sandboxie works really, really good for this purpose. You can sandbox IE (or any other app for this purpose) and even if you get infected by spyware, as soon as you close IE, all is gone.
http://www.sandboxie.com/
Well, it USED to be a decent show when it was on tech TV. They had to add Morgan's boobies and dumb adam down to 5th grade level to make it geared more their targeted audience.
Try http://www.nbcindia.com/
I bought my Economics Textbook from them. Bookstore price was $125, Used was around $50, got it there for around $14 shipped.
So if their such big innovaters, tell me why the still ship machines (mainly the 1100 line of desktops) with PCI slots only? That's right, no 1995 AGP technology, no 2000s PCI express, but PC friggin I.
Give me clinton back anyday. A dicksucking is nothing compared to the assraping we're getting now.
That's why I set my homepage to the most def time site on the internet. http://whattimeisit.com/