It is not against any Federal law in the United States to compare Obama to a chimp. In fact, you can even call him a nigger. You can walk around the streets of Washington DC, randomly ducking into businesses saying "Obama is a NIGGER! Why do we have a NIGGER PRESIDENT? Don't you know NIGGERS ARE INFERIOR TO US?", and there's nothing the police can do to you on hate speech grounds. You can even sue the people who beat the hell out of you for being a racist.
If you're going to be a ridiculous victimized racist, at least make sure your pathetic whining is based on an actual sleight. In America, the first amendment prevents the congress from making hate speech legislation.
Well, the German thrust into Russian winter was what lost WWII for the reich, and Canadians were some of the best warriors because of their ability to withstand the cold.
So yes, everyone who can't stand a little cool is a pussy. Major powers rose and fell around this fact.
TF is a good example of why I'd be against this design. When I started playing, all the best players had all these special weapons that gave them bonuses. I'm already crap at the game, now I'm dealing with players who get upgrades because they're better than me?
Some people either spend more time or are more naturally gifted, thus are more capable in the game. The game rewards these people by....making them more deadly?
It seems to me that you're locking people out of the game that way. The best players become nearly unkillable with all the bonuses, special weapons, insane classes, and such they get for being the best players, and the new players become nearly impossible to level, because they're competing against the aforementioned best players.
I find it ironic that everyone considers Apple the antipode to Microsoft, when I do everything I can to use open source alternatives to Apple's insane software. Microsoft digs their software into the OS a little. Apple refuses to ever let go.
Every single year, violent crime decreases. Compared to 15 years ago, violent crime is down 50% in general, and violent crime under 15 is greatly reduced as well.
I find it hard to believe that a court wouldn't toss such agreements out.
It's made under duress: After you've spent the money on a product, money you can't get back under common store policies, they force you to agree to some contract to use the software you've already paid for. "Either agree to this contract, or go fuck yourself. We've already got your money."
(By the way, I only did the citation needed cliche because you mentioned that it was 'cited [...] multiple times')
Shame it's Koei. I don't recall them every putting out a game I'd actually want to play. Their name was synonymous with crap in the SNES era. "Oh, it's a badly designed RPG or strategy game with a nearly unusable gui? Must be Koei!"
My big beef with DRM has always been that it decreases the value of a legitimately purchased piece of software to below that of a pirated piece of software. Why the hell am I going to PAY for rootkits and a limited number of installations?
Steam solves a lot of problems, and increases the value of their software. I can always get a fast, reliable, safe download. I don't need to worry about losing CDs or CD-Keys. I can buy any game that's for sale, unlike the pitiful selection in my far northern community stores.
Proprietary game download services ARE the future of gaming from where I'm standing. They mean that gamers will finally be able to pay for the games they want to buy, rather than being trapped into buying whatever the local retailer thought would sell. They mean I don't need to pay 70 dollars shipping on a 50 dollar game disc, or wait a month for said disc to arrive. Every platform in this generation has an on-line distribution platform with its own version of DRM, and I've used 4 such platforms with good results each time.
I prefer to reward good behaviour. I bought GalCiv 2 and all the expansions, then sent a letter telling them exactly that their good policies regarding DRM were a major factor in their getting my money.
I also rather like Steam, because unlike 99% of DRM, it has a net positive effect. I can always download the client and install my games. No dealing with media, nor finding stupid cd-keys.
By contrast, I returned Mass Effect after realising EA made it, because their policies regarding DRM are horrible. If they want to rent me a game, they're in trouble, because I've already given my game rental dollar to Gametap.
Keep following a deontological ethic. It really doesn't bother me that you focus on the rightness or wrongness of the action while ignoring consequences. In this case, the consequences of shitty DRM are that companies that use it don't get my money. It's fine, the economy is doing great, they don't need it anyway. Right?
All your intellectual masturbation about "find a better solution before complaining" doesn't mean I'm suddenly going to start buying products from EA or other offenders.
Here's a question: How many copies of World of Goo have actually sold?
All I could find was that a couple weeks ago it was on the top 10 list for US Sales.
If this is indicative of their sales, considering it's a 2d game by an unknown developer, distributed by an unknown publisher, I don't think piracy is a problem.
This isn't 1990. You don't need to modify your console to crack it in many cases.
On a Nintendo DS, you stick a little memory stick in the game port, and you're playing. On a PSP, you clip in a debug battery then run a program. On a Wii, you load a savegame. On an Xbox, you load a savegame.
Once you've cracked a console, you've cracked every game for that console.
The cost of keeping your computer virus-free, dealing with your connection being constantly saturated, worrying about whether what you just downloaded is just a rick roll, dealing with copy protection, they all add up. They're non-monetary costs, but they're very real.
That said, DRM isn't free either.
The cost of keeping track of which publishers will infect your computer with rootkits, dealing with your programs constantly phoning home and trying to veto what you do on your own computer, worrying about whether publishers will arbitrarily or mistakenly disable your software, worrying about whether your media will somehow break, it all adds up. They're non-monetary costs, but they're very real.
Programs with no copy protection, or copy protection which provides value like Steam, are the best buy. You lose the problems of piracy and the problems of DRM.
I've bought games, then returned them to the store after realising a publisher supporting heavy DRM was publishing it. That's dollars and cents in someone's pocket. I didn't steal the game -- I bought a better game from someone else.
I'm always reminded of the old days. There was a time after the high copy protection era of the commodore but before the present era where games had almost no copy protection.
Doom didn't need codewheels nor specially formatted floppy disks, nor an internet connection dialing back home. Despite this, it was one of the most successful games of all time.
When did slashdot posts have to become case studies?
Maybe you're just too defensive. Wonder why, unless you think deep down that maybe I'm right, and even though it fills an obsessive compulsive urge, it's not actually fun playing the game?
Think about how boring this game is: It's so boring that an entire economy of real money has sprung up based on paying people or machines to do the horribly boring task of playing the game.
This is why I tried it for a weekend then quit right away: I have a job that pays me about 70k/yr to do incredibly boring things. Why would I come home and pay Blizzard $120/yr plus expansion packs for the privilege of doing incredibly boring things?
If it was because I want to keep up with my friends who are also playing, it makes sense to hire a Chinese kid to play the game for me, so I can have the L70 character so I can play with my friends without having to go through the boring, months long process of levelling up a character.
I'd second that. I'm running Windows 7 on my two machines right now, and I like it becuase it runs like Windows 2000: You put your license code in and it installs. I won't be buying Windows 7 if I've got to deal with more licensing crap. I own enough copies of XP that I should never have to be accused of stealing, yet it's been constant.
I like Windows 7. It's fast, it's effective, I like the new taskbar. I'd happily pay real money to use it.
I'm not paying them a dime if I've got to have a sword of Damocles over my head, constantly worrying about whether they're going to accuse me of stealing my copy.
I installed Windows 7 on my Acer Aspire One without issue. It copied the files from my portable DVD drive and went.
Neither Debian nor Ubuntu nor PCLinuxOS ran out of the box.
I won't make the mistake of pretending this means Windows 7 has better driver support than Linux, but it DOES have the driver support I need out of the box.
Everyone who I've talked to who has used Windows 7 has found it to be comparable in speed to Windows XP. That alone is a reason it's not a re-branded Vista.
I'm using the full Areo theme on a netbook right now. Let's see Vista do THAT.
Thankfully, there's more than one application for LEDs on the planet.
Millions and millions of indicator lights are controlled with a current limiting resistor. I've done it, every engineer I know of does it that way, every tradesman I know of does it that way. Sticking a PWM supply next to each and every LED on the planet would be a total clusterfuck.
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It is not against any Federal law in the United States to compare Obama to a chimp. In fact, you can even call him a nigger. You can walk around the streets of Washington DC, randomly ducking into businesses saying "Obama is a NIGGER! Why do we have a NIGGER PRESIDENT? Don't you know NIGGERS ARE INFERIOR TO US?", and there's nothing the police can do to you on hate speech grounds. You can even sue the people who beat the hell out of you for being a racist.
If you're going to be a ridiculous victimized racist, at least make sure your pathetic whining is based on an actual sleight. In America, the first amendment prevents the congress from making hate speech legislation.
Well, the German thrust into Russian winter was what lost WWII for the reich, and Canadians were some of the best warriors because of their ability to withstand the cold.
So yes, everyone who can't stand a little cool is a pussy. Major powers rose and fell around this fact.
TF is a good example of why I'd be against this design. When I started playing, all the best players had all these special weapons that gave them bonuses. I'm already crap at the game, now I'm dealing with players who get upgrades because they're better than me?
I've always hated this idea.
Some people either spend more time or are more naturally gifted, thus are more capable in the game. The game rewards these people by....making them more deadly?
It seems to me that you're locking people out of the game that way. The best players become nearly unkillable with all the bonuses, special weapons, insane classes, and such they get for being the best players, and the new players become nearly impossible to level, because they're competing against the aforementioned best players.
This.
I find it ironic that everyone considers Apple the antipode to Microsoft, when I do everything I can to use open source alternatives to Apple's insane software. Microsoft digs their software into the OS a little. Apple refuses to ever let go.
I need to point this out.
Violence is NOT more prevalent than in the past.
Every single year, violent crime decreases. Compared to 15 years ago, violent crime is down 50% in general, and violent crime under 15 is greatly reduced as well.
I find it hard to believe that a court wouldn't toss such agreements out.
It's made under duress: After you've spent the money on a product, money you can't get back under common store policies, they force you to agree to some contract to use the software you've already paid for. "Either agree to this contract, or go fuck yourself. We've already got your money."
(By the way, I only did the citation needed cliche because you mentioned that it was 'cited [...] multiple times')
Tell the US Government that.
Shame it's Koei. I don't recall them every putting out a game I'd actually want to play. Their name was synonymous with crap in the SNES era. "Oh, it's a badly designed RPG or strategy game with a nearly unusable gui? Must be Koei!"
Different requirements for different users.
My big beef with DRM has always been that it decreases the value of a legitimately purchased piece of software to below that of a pirated piece of software. Why the hell am I going to PAY for rootkits and a limited number of installations?
Steam solves a lot of problems, and increases the value of their software. I can always get a fast, reliable, safe download. I don't need to worry about losing CDs or CD-Keys. I can buy any game that's for sale, unlike the pitiful selection in my far northern community stores.
Proprietary game download services ARE the future of gaming from where I'm standing. They mean that gamers will finally be able to pay for the games they want to buy, rather than being trapped into buying whatever the local retailer thought would sell. They mean I don't need to pay 70 dollars shipping on a 50 dollar game disc, or wait a month for said disc to arrive. Every platform in this generation has an on-line distribution platform with its own version of DRM, and I've used 4 such platforms with good results each time.
I prefer to reward good behaviour. I bought GalCiv 2 and all the expansions, then sent a letter telling them exactly that their good policies regarding DRM were a major factor in their getting my money.
I also rather like Steam, because unlike 99% of DRM, it has a net positive effect. I can always download the client and install my games. No dealing with media, nor finding stupid cd-keys.
By contrast, I returned Mass Effect after realising EA made it, because their policies regarding DRM are horrible. If they want to rent me a game, they're in trouble, because I've already given my game rental dollar to Gametap.
Keep following a deontological ethic. It really doesn't bother me that you focus on the rightness or wrongness of the action while ignoring consequences. In this case, the consequences of shitty DRM are that companies that use it don't get my money. It's fine, the economy is doing great, they don't need it anyway. Right?
All your intellectual masturbation about "find a better solution before complaining" doesn't mean I'm suddenly going to start buying products from EA or other offenders.
Here's a question: How many copies of World of Goo have actually sold?
All I could find was that a couple weeks ago it was on the top 10 list for US Sales.
If this is indicative of their sales, considering it's a 2d game by an unknown developer, distributed by an unknown publisher, I don't think piracy is a problem.
as cited in the court decision multiple times
[citation needed]
This isn't 1990. You don't need to modify your console to crack it in many cases.
On a Nintendo DS, you stick a little memory stick in the game port, and you're playing.
On a PSP, you clip in a debug battery then run a program.
On a Wii, you load a savegame.
On an Xbox, you load a savegame.
Once you've cracked a console, you've cracked every game for that console.
Piracy isn't free.
The cost of keeping your computer virus-free, dealing with your connection being constantly saturated, worrying about whether what you just downloaded is just a rick roll, dealing with copy protection, they all add up. They're non-monetary costs, but they're very real.
That said, DRM isn't free either.
The cost of keeping track of which publishers will infect your computer with rootkits, dealing with your programs constantly phoning home and trying to veto what you do on your own computer, worrying about whether publishers will arbitrarily or mistakenly disable your software, worrying about whether your media will somehow break, it all adds up. They're non-monetary costs, but they're very real.
Programs with no copy protection, or copy protection which provides value like Steam, are the best buy. You lose the problems of piracy and the problems of DRM.
I've bought games, then returned them to the store after realising a publisher supporting heavy DRM was publishing it. That's dollars and cents in someone's pocket. I didn't steal the game -- I bought a better game from someone else.
I'm always reminded of the old days. There was a time after the high copy protection era of the commodore but before the present era where games had almost no copy protection.
Doom didn't need codewheels nor specially formatted floppy disks, nor an internet connection dialing back home. Despite this, it was one of the most successful games of all time.
When did slashdot posts have to become case studies?
Maybe you're just too defensive. Wonder why, unless you think deep down that maybe I'm right, and even though it fills an obsessive compulsive urge, it's not actually fun playing the game?
WoW is a painfully boring game.
Think about how boring this game is: It's so boring that an entire economy of real money has sprung up based on paying people or machines to do the horribly boring task of playing the game.
This is why I tried it for a weekend then quit right away: I have a job that pays me about 70k/yr to do incredibly boring things. Why would I come home and pay Blizzard $120/yr plus expansion packs for the privilege of doing incredibly boring things?
If it was because I want to keep up with my friends who are also playing, it makes sense to hire a Chinese kid to play the game for me, so I can have the L70 character so I can play with my friends without having to go through the boring, months long process of levelling up a character.
Worked with Windows ME.
I'd second that. I'm running Windows 7 on my two machines right now, and I like it becuase it runs like Windows 2000: You put your license code in and it installs. I won't be buying Windows 7 if I've got to deal with more licensing crap. I own enough copies of XP that I should never have to be accused of stealing, yet it's been constant.
I like Windows 7. It's fast, it's effective, I like the new taskbar. I'd happily pay real money to use it.
I'm not paying them a dime if I've got to have a sword of Damocles over my head, constantly worrying about whether they're going to accuse me of stealing my copy.
Not neccessarily.
I installed Windows 7 on my Acer Aspire One without issue. It copied the files from my portable DVD drive and went.
Neither Debian nor Ubuntu nor PCLinuxOS ran out of the box.
I won't make the mistake of pretending this means Windows 7 has better driver support than Linux, but it DOES have the driver support I need out of the box.
Have either of you idiots used Windows 7? It runs comparably to Windows XP on pretty much all the hardware I've used it on.
Everyone who I've talked to who has used Windows 7 has found it to be comparable in speed to Windows XP. That alone is a reason it's not a re-branded Vista.
I'm using the full Areo theme on a netbook right now. Let's see Vista do THAT.
Thankfully, there's more than one application for LEDs on the planet.
Millions and millions of indicator lights are controlled with a current limiting resistor. I've done it, every engineer I know of does it that way, every tradesman I know of does it that way. Sticking a PWM supply next to each and every LED on the planet would be a total clusterfuck.