Microsoft regularly gives computers (with Windows installed, what did you expect) to the Chilean government, particularly the education dept, for use in schools in all the country.
Also, software piracy is extremely high in Chile. MS knows this, and I doubt they expect to sell more than a couple of copies of Windows to the Mapuches.
So, in fact, MS is doing the right thing, and those assholes are just getting in the way of people trying to help them.
Aucan Huilcaman tried to run for president in the last elections here, but couldn't due to lack of people backing him. This is just another atention whoring.
I hope the suit is quickly dropped. They can't own the language and decide who uses it and who doesn't. The only valid thing I see is that probably MS didn't consult them in some details like adding new words and expressions to Windows, but certainly a lawsuit isn't the way to do this.
They are in their right to do so. It is their IP after all, and neither Halogen or Chrono Resurrection was protected under fair use.
I always wonder why those people don't do something original. It is pretty obvious that they have the talent to do so, but yet they prefer to waste efforts in project that are doomed to receive a Cease and Desist sooner than later.
Looking at the sales of PC games vs console games, yeah, you are almost alone.
Mouse and Keyboard is the best interface for controlling games designed to be controlled... with a mouse and a keyboard. Like FPSs, RTSs and Western RPGs.
Mmmm, Nintendo doesnt redesign their home consoles a lot. The NES saw a redesign years after the SNES was out. I don't think there was a significant SNES or N64 or Gamecube redesign, other than changing a bit the internal hardware for cheaper production. The external design was always the same.
Yeah, they redo their handhelds all the time. They have done so since the Gameboy.
That is just an opinion. I think that the original NES and the Gamecube have been the more stylish consoles Nintendo has done, and that the SNES (grey and purple! Argh! OMG, please look at the stylish Genesis that was the competition!) and the N64 had horrible design.
But that point is ocmpletely moot. The NES, SNES, N64 and Gamecube, all had great games, and that is all that really matters.
Watchmen is more about the presentation of the story than the story itself. About the structute of the narrative mirroring the plot mirroring the setting.
You have to look at the pretty pictures.
Look at the way Moore and Gibbons show one thing while talking about another in the captions. And at the same time foreshadowing another.
Or the precise timing that is created when Rorschach walks under a blinking neon light.
Or the comic within the comic. It is pretty hard to do the same thing in another medium. In cinematography, you just don't have the time to have another movie. In literature it may be easier, but in comics, you can juxtapose both narratives, without any problems. A writer would have a lot of problems to make it clear when he is talking about one plot or the other. In Watchmen, the pirate comic is woven perfectly within the plot.
Watchmen really shows that are few limitations to the medium. Moore himself has said that he and Gibbons were just trying to be smartasses, and put every little trick they could think of in Watchmen.
And the whole...the ending involves the trope of the super-villian explaining his whole scheme to the heroes before doing them in... is silly. Because Ozymandias never wanted to "do them in", even if he was prepared to.
Yeah, it is a cliche to have the villain gloat about his plan. But the difference is that Ozymandias did it AFTER his plan was completed.
Of course, the whole thing is a deconstruction of the Superhero myth. So you lose a little understanding if you are not a DC/Marvel fan. But just a little.
As many have pointed out, Sandman may be more fitting for someone like you.
A lot of PS2 gamers are buying this shit. Are they the same crowd that go "Kidtendo, Kidtendo LOL" or "more liek Celda"?
Every review says the gameplay isn't very good, so the only explanation is fanservice. Fans of Disney and Square (or, more precisely, FF7) are buying this game.
I wish some companies like Konami announce support. Apparently, they hate Nintendo.
The only thing that Konami did for the Gamecube, was a disney game, and giving the license to Silicon Knights to make Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes.
I also think that is unfair. However, remember that the market for the horse armor download, is a bunch of people who just paid $400 dollars for the console, and $60 dollars for the game and I don't know how much money for Xbox Live.
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It would be ridiculous.
Nobody asks permission to the RAE (Real Academia de la lengua Española) when translating anything into spanish.
This is just Aucan Huilcaman trying to get some undeserved atention.
Microsoft regularly gives computers (with Windows installed, what did you expect) to the Chilean government, particularly the education dept, for use in schools in all the country.
Also, software piracy is extremely high in Chile. MS knows this, and I doubt they expect to sell more than a couple of copies of Windows to the Mapuches.
So, in fact, MS is doing the right thing, and those assholes are just getting in the way of people trying to help them.
Aucan Huilcaman tried to run for president in the last elections here, but couldn't due to lack of people backing him. This is just another atention whoring.
I hope the suit is quickly dropped. They can't own the language and decide who uses it and who doesn't. The only valid thing I see is that probably MS didn't consult them in some details like adding new words and expressions to Windows, but certainly a lawsuit isn't the way to do this.
Did you change your user agent? For example, for the Wii shop you need to identify as
Opera/9.00 (Nintendo Wii; U; ; 1038-58; Wii Shop Channel/1.0; en)
Whiter than white? Like #GGGGGG?
(old joke, I know).
Kotaku has an interesting report. Apparently, some people hired chinese poor people to stand in the lines and buy PS3s for resale.
They are in their right to do so. It is their IP after all, and neither Halogen or Chrono Resurrection was protected under fair use.
I always wonder why those people don't do something original. It is pretty obvious that they have the talent to do so, but yet they prefer to waste efforts in project that are doomed to receive a Cease and Desist sooner than later.
This kind of games are always shut down. Look at Chrono Resurrection, for example.
Looking at the sales of PC games vs console games, yeah, you are almost alone.
... with a mouse and a keyboard. Like FPSs, RTSs and Western RPGs.
Mouse and Keyboard is the best interface for controlling games designed to be controlled
Dude, I would like to support you, but we also use normal words to define concepts that have almost no relation to the original word.
You just need to look at Object Orientation (WTF does that mean to a non techie). We have Classes, Objects, abstract objects, etc.
Hell, in IT, I can think at least of three meanings of the word "interface", all different.
Mmmm, Nintendo doesnt redesign their home consoles a lot. The NES saw a redesign years after the SNES was out. I don't think there was a significant SNES or N64 or Gamecube redesign, other than changing a bit the internal hardware for cheaper production. The external design was always the same.
Yeah, they redo their handhelds all the time. They have done so since the Gameboy.
That is just an opinion. I think that the original NES and the Gamecube have been the more stylish consoles Nintendo has done, and that the SNES (grey and purple! Argh! OMG, please look at the stylish Genesis that was the competition!) and the N64 had horrible design.
But that point is ocmpletely moot. The NES, SNES, N64 and Gamecube, all had great games, and that is all that really matters.
There is a lot of time to fill with news, between today and Fall 2006. They need news to fill the void, or the hype will just die.
FF13 is a collaboration between the Kingdom Hearts and the Advent Children teams.
It will be one big cutscene. If you press X during the game, you will get a Game Over screen, with the traditional ff music and stars flying around.
"Oops" doesn't begin to describe Rorschach and Nite Owl expressions.
Do you realize that most nuclear weapons were pointed to major cities and strategical points?
It is not like they had planned to nuke every square meter of the earth uniformally.
Hey, it can happen!
Watchmen is more about the presentation of the story than the story itself. About the structute of the narrative mirroring the plot mirroring the setting.
...the ending involves the trope of the super-villian explaining his whole scheme to the heroes before doing them in... is silly. Because Ozymandias never wanted to "do them in", even if he was prepared to.
You have to look at the pretty pictures.
Look at the way Moore and Gibbons show one thing while talking about another in the captions. And at the same time foreshadowing another.
Or the precise timing that is created when Rorschach walks under a blinking neon light.
Or the comic within the comic. It is pretty hard to do the same thing in another medium. In cinematography, you just don't have the time to have another movie. In literature it may be easier, but in comics, you can juxtapose both narratives, without any problems. A writer would have a lot of problems to make it clear when he is talking about one plot or the other. In Watchmen, the pirate comic is woven perfectly within the plot.
Watchmen really shows that are few limitations to the medium. Moore himself has said that he and Gibbons were just trying to be smartasses, and put every little trick they could think of in Watchmen.
And the whole
Yeah, it is a cliche to have the villain gloat about his plan. But the difference is that Ozymandias did it AFTER his plan was completed.
Of course, the whole thing is a deconstruction of the Superhero myth. So you lose a little understanding if you are not a DC/Marvel fan. But just a little.
As many have pointed out, Sandman may be more fitting for someone like you.
A lot of PS2 gamers are buying this shit. Are they the same crowd that go "Kidtendo, Kidtendo LOL" or "more liek Celda"?
Every review says the gameplay isn't very good, so the only explanation is fanservice. Fans of Disney and Square (or, more precisely, FF7) are buying this game.
Yes, but it wouldn't be a great indicator of what will happen on real hardware.
The emulators still have some differences with the way the hardware behaves. And many emulators are programmed just to make the most games run.
Thank you very much Azureus. Good luck.
I wish some companies like Konami announce support. Apparently, they hate Nintendo.
The only thing that Konami did for the Gamecube, was a disney game, and giving the license to Silicon Knights to make Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes.
I also think that is unfair. However, remember that the market for the horse armor download, is a bunch of people who just paid $400 dollars for the console, and $60 dollars for the game and I don't know how much money for Xbox Live.
They have money to burn.
No no, IIRC it also appeared on TV, and was about Pictochat.
All your splunk base ARE belong to us!