100,000 of these will fit into a small box. Of all the things on the planet to be upset about, these are somewhere around the fact that hot dogs don't properly biodegrade.
It appears to me that some aspects of DNA have meta-functions. Over generations they will facilitate useful mutations, by functioning as a piece of code which modifies the DNA, but don't have a local effect on the organism.
I don't want to get sued, so this post ISN'T about scientology.
It's about a religion called "bob".
I don't want to get sued, so this post DOESN'T talk about L. Ron Hubbard.
It'll talk about Ronald L. Oldmother
I don't want to get sued, so this post DOESN'T talk about thetans or Xenu.
I'll be talking about tarpnars and Gornak, respectively.
Now, bobians have a theological reason to believe they're above the law in a democratic republic. According to Ronald L. Oldmother's writings, both voters and elected officials would be filled with the souls of dead aliens murdered by Gornak.
These "body tarpnars" cause irrationality because of the huge 3d movie theatre where I assume the tarpnars were forced to watch the Spice Girls movie for millions of years until they thought it was a good movie.
This means that the Bobians don't need to follow the law, because they're the chosen, those who don't have "body tarpnars" affecting their judgement. Any lawmakers that get in the way are only doing so because of their "body tarpnars".
I'll leave it as an excercise for the reader to wonder why they don't have to follow the law when they don't want to, but why they still use the law when it says things they like anyway.
Why do you need to go far beyond the law of diminishing returns for music quality to be a music fan?
Back when I was a kid, we had records. They were lossy in the sense that they lost a lot of information. There were clicks and pops and all sorts of audio artefacts that simply wouldn't be allowed today. Were there no music fans back then, because players weren't high enough fidelity?
I'd be surprised if we saw movies on portable media in 10 years. Portable storage doesn't make any sense in an age where your content producing gods can just beam the data to you.
I finally bought a DVD drive this year, after years and years of not needing one. Finally, software started trickling in on DVDs, and it's gotten to the point where it's easier to have one than to not.
Mechwarrior 2 still blows me away. Most games try to be fast paced and nimble, but MW2 was the exact opposite. You're in a massive, lumbering, hulking, slow moving bastard of a war vehicle.
Back when I first played, I was a huge star trek geek. Playing that game felt like I was actually at the controls of some massive monster like the people who controlled the star ships on TV.
Psychonaughts pwns all life. There are few games these days that will make me want to stay up all night to see what happens next. Bioshock was one, Psychonauts was another.
Well, I guess Will Wright just doesn't want my money then.
Someday, these ignorami will realise that there's no benefit to DRM. Customers aren't going to pay for a product they're going to have to download a cracked torrent for anyway.
You don't want to be TOO safe! The government is protecting you from those terrible CORPORATIONS, those CORRUPT FAT CATS who want to test for a deadly disease!
If I'm dead, why would I care if I'm remembered? I'll be dead.
Seriously, being dead sort of precludes the normal benefits of fame. I won't be able to get any bitches, because I'll be dead, and dead people don't need bitches(though goth bitches need dead people, figure that out). I won't be able to get any cash, because I'll be dead, and dead people don't need cash. I won't be able to live in a big mansion, because I'll be dead, and dead people don't need big mansions. I won't be able to drive around in an escalade, because I'll be dead, and dead people don't need escalades.
I've installed linux many times on many different pieces of hardware. More often than not, especially on oem machines, you put the CD in, hit install, and you're ready to roll. All your hardware works, and you can just start using your computer. With Windows XP, you'd better have all your drivers available on a CD, because your network, video, sound, and input devices will all be yellow question marks in the device manager when you reboot. Not just that, you'd better hope they work as expected. I just re-installed XP recently, and the sound on my nforce still doesn't work. The drivers just didn't catch on.
Honestly, 99% of the time I end up grabbing custom repository lists anyway. Doesn't matter which CD I have as long as apt-get is current enough to update itself.
Make no mistake, I don't give them a free pass either.
I won't be buying any more games from Valve, among others, because they ship games with these tiny little access codes that you absolutely have to use every time you install a game. I've got games that I bought and have never played and never will, because my girlfriend's kids lost the access codes on the tiny little piece of cardboard. Instead, either going to pass on the game, or pirate it. At least if I steal it, I know I'll be able to play it.
There are games that do win though. The "copy protection" in World of Warcraft, for example, let me download a legitimate copy of the game, install it, and play. Astro-battle is the same. I have absolutely no problem with portable access to my favourite games.
Same here. I've got probably 3-4 proper, honest Windows XP licenses, but I keep on having to find new ones because the key either gets lost or decides it doesn't want to work anymore because Microsoft thinks I'm a thief.
XP is the end of the line for me, because of these shenanegans. I've got an ubuntu CD ready for the day I just give up on Microsoft and their customer hating practices.
Seriously, consider this. When I pirate, I've never been kept out of a product I steal. Never. Not once. However, I've lost thousands of dollars in software to stupid copy protection schemes as a legitimate customer. They are disincentivizing ownership. I'm acually better off stealing than paying for it.
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I hate to say it, but who cares?
100,000 of these will fit into a small box. Of all the things on the planet to be upset about, these are somewhere around the fact that hot dogs don't properly biodegrade.
Go bitch about his Ford truck that spits a few liters of oil on the ground without fail every month first.
It appears to me that some aspects of DNA have meta-functions. Over generations they will facilitate useful mutations, by functioning as a piece of code which modifies the DNA, but don't have a local effect on the organism.
I don't want to get sued, so this post ISN'T about scientology.
It's about a religion called "bob".
I don't want to get sued, so this post DOESN'T talk about L. Ron Hubbard.
It'll talk about Ronald L. Oldmother
I don't want to get sued, so this post DOESN'T talk about thetans or Xenu.
I'll be talking about tarpnars and Gornak, respectively.
Now, bobians have a theological reason to believe they're above the law in a democratic republic. According to Ronald L. Oldmother's writings, both voters and elected officials would be filled with the souls of dead aliens murdered by Gornak.
These "body tarpnars" cause irrationality because of the huge 3d movie theatre where I assume the tarpnars were forced to watch the Spice Girls movie for millions of years until they thought it was a good movie.
This means that the Bobians don't need to follow the law, because they're the chosen, those who don't have "body tarpnars" affecting their judgement. Any lawmakers that get in the way are only doing so because of their "body tarpnars".
I'll leave it as an excercise for the reader to wonder why they don't have to follow the law when they don't want to, but why they still use the law when it says things they like anyway.
I simply wasn't buying boxed software. Online distribution is much better.
Why do you need to go far beyond the law of diminishing returns for music quality to be a music fan?
Back when I was a kid, we had records. They were lossy in the sense that they lost a lot of information. There were clicks and pops and all sorts of audio artefacts that simply wouldn't be allowed today. Were there no music fans back then, because players weren't high enough fidelity?
I'd be surprised if we saw movies on portable media in 10 years. Portable storage doesn't make any sense in an age where your content producing gods can just beam the data to you.
Unintentional hilarity is to be found everywhere.
My brother worked for a hotel for a while, and I decided to hang out with him for the day one time. He kept on telling me about all the CP people.
A part of my brain knew it was the Canadian Pacific Railroad people, but the rest of my brain was just laughing.
Only very VERY recently.
I finally bought a DVD drive this year, after years and years of not needing one. Finally, software started trickling in on DVDs, and it's gotten to the point where it's easier to have one than to not.
Mechwarrior 2 still blows me away. Most games try to be fast paced and nimble, but MW2 was the exact opposite. You're in a massive, lumbering, hulking, slow moving bastard of a war vehicle.
Back when I first played, I was a huge star trek geek. Playing that game felt like I was actually at the controls of some massive monster like the people who controlled the star ships on TV.
Psychonaughts pwns all life.
There are few games these days that will make me want to stay up all night to see what happens next. Bioshock was one, Psychonauts was another.
The xbox 360 version of Bioshock has twice the optical storage space available to it than the PC version.
Seriously? 10-day activation?
Well, I guess Will Wright just doesn't want my money then.
Someday, these ignorami will realise that there's no benefit to DRM. Customers aren't going to pay for a product they're going to have to download a cracked torrent for anyway.
You don't want to be TOO safe! The government is protecting you from those terrible CORPORATIONS, those CORRUPT FAT CATS who want to test for a deadly disease!
Oh, those corporations. I hate them SO MUCH!
I had a feeling someone would say that.
This story is completely meaningless.
Anyone can stand up after the fact and say "Hey! I could've predicted this!"
If you're a betting man, now's a good time to pick up on Nvidia stock.
The question is, do you feel lucky, punk?
I don't see how that matters.
If I'm dead, why would I care if I'm remembered? I'll be dead.
Seriously, being dead sort of precludes the normal benefits of fame. I won't be able to get any bitches, because I'll be dead, and dead people don't need bitches(though goth bitches need dead people, figure that out). I won't be able to get any cash, because I'll be dead, and dead people don't need cash. I won't be able to live in a big mansion, because I'll be dead, and dead people don't need big mansions. I won't be able to drive around in an escalade, because I'll be dead, and dead people don't need escalades.
Windows XP doesn't "just work".
I've installed linux many times on many different pieces of hardware. More often than not, especially on oem machines, you put the CD in, hit install, and you're ready to roll. All your hardware works, and you can just start using your computer. With Windows XP, you'd better have all your drivers available on a CD, because your network, video, sound, and input devices will all be yellow question marks in the device manager when you reboot. Not just that, you'd better hope they work as expected. I just re-installed XP recently, and the sound on my nforce still doesn't work. The drivers just didn't catch on.
Because if you use a word marketing people understand, maybe they'll realise how stupid what they're doing is.
I'll have to look into that then. If that's the case, then Valve will be back on my good list.
I'm just pissed off because I lost an entire Half-life+expansions pack because of that idiotic code business.
Honestly, 99% of the time I end up grabbing custom repository lists anyway. Doesn't matter which CD I have as long as apt-get is current enough to update itself.
Make no mistake, I don't give them a free pass either.
I won't be buying any more games from Valve, among others, because they ship games with these tiny little access codes that you absolutely have to use every time you install a game. I've got games that I bought and have never played and never will, because my girlfriend's kids lost the access codes on the tiny little piece of cardboard. Instead, either going to pass on the game, or pirate it. At least if I steal it, I know I'll be able to play it.
There are games that do win though. The "copy protection" in World of Warcraft, for example, let me download a legitimate copy of the game, install it, and play. Astro-battle is the same. I have absolutely no problem with portable access to my favourite games.
That's my point.
If they don't smarten up, I'm going to stop being a customer, because it's more convenient to use the cracked version.
Same here. I've got probably 3-4 proper, honest Windows XP licenses, but I keep on having to find new ones because the key either gets lost or decides it doesn't want to work anymore because Microsoft thinks I'm a thief.
XP is the end of the line for me, because of these shenanegans. I've got an ubuntu CD ready for the day I just give up on Microsoft and their customer hating practices.
Seriously, consider this. When I pirate, I've never been kept out of a product I steal. Never. Not once. However, I've lost thousands of dollars in software to stupid copy protection schemes as a legitimate customer. They are disincentivizing ownership. I'm acually better off stealing than paying for it.
These idiots need a clue, and fast.