I agree that some people might run into the scenario for the reasons you describe. Unfortunately, I don't feel these people are justfied to complain when they become disappointed with whatever product they purchased.
I never run into an instance where after I buy a product I am disappointed by it's feature-set. Why? Because before I purchase something, I do research and inform myself, which is a step usually skipped by the average consumer. Then these individuals just bitch to make themselves feel better, to ease their mind about their bad uninformed decision.
People just like to bitch. I myself find great annoyance with people who bitch about their own uninformed decisions as they themselves cause the large majority of their dissatisfaction. Bitching when one is uninformed has no basis in reality as there is zero ground to stand on to back up arguments and gripes. Maybe people need to understand to hold themselves accountable for their own dissatisfaction. Then and only then will I become a more satisfied person. Until then I will continue to lose faith in humanity and the troubles people unknowingly bring upon themselves.
+5 Insightful???? WTF? You're a douchbag. If that scenario happened, it would be because the damn consumer LIKED the product and it's accompanying business model. If you don't like the product of said company, don't buy it and for our sake, don't go bitching all over the interwebs how you feel it's so UNJUST that a business run their business differently from the way you would choose to.
CUSTOMERS drive the success of a product. CLEARLY people aren't too unhappy with the way Apple is conducting business. Shut up.
I openly admit to not reading ALL comments prior to posting this, but.... I think the top level posters so far are missing the real issue here. These people are in Jail for a reason. Let's not treat them to things they do not deserve.
Jail should be a place to serve a sentance and to hopefully let the the criminals reflect on their crime and hopefully learn a lesson. It SHOULDN'T be a place where criminals get to hang out and play board games. That's just ridiculous. Yes, D&D and any other aformentioned board games are harmless, but enabling someone to have fun in a place of punishment is just downright absurd. I know people who have been to jail, and while they say it was absolutely no fun at all, their behavior after their sentance really didn't change.
The system is broken. We can't let people forget the reason they're being punished...
If they are not treated to any entertainment at all, they will become depressed and kill themselves. Clearly, this is not the intention of jail either, is it?
You assume a lot here. First you assume that they will become depressed. They may or may not, but speaking from my past experience in regards to my own bouts of depression, I have learned from my depression how to become a happier, more wholesome individual. Killing myself may have been an option, but I promise you the majority of depressed people don't just go kill themselves. And depressed or not, we can assume they're in jail for a reason. Good, feel bad about it. Ask yourself if doing what you did was worth the punishment...
I understand that you have some sort of sadistic need to see these people suffer, but there are limits to how you can treat people (yes, inmates are people too), both stemming from psychology and international law.
Now you're just name calling; a childish move. I wouldn't say not giving inmates entertainment is an act of treating people poorly.
People need to learn from their mistakes, and if they're not, then the time, effort, and money to put them in jail in the first place was a waste of time, and they won't be any better of a person when they leave there.
I openly admit to not reading ALL comments prior to posting this, but.... I think the top level posters so far are missing the real issue here. These people are in Jail for a reason. Let's not treat them to things they do not deserve.
Jail should be a place to serve a sentance and to hopefully let the the criminals reflect on their crime and hopefully learn a lesson. It SHOULDN'T be a place where criminals get to hang out and play board games. That's just ridiculous. Yes, D&D and any other aformentioned board games are harmless, but enabling someone to have fun in a place of punishment is just downright absurd. I know people who have been to jail, and while they say it was absolutely no fun at all, their behavior after their sentance really didn't change.
The system is broken. We can't let people forget the reason they're being punished...
People also hate being shot! I agree... I just wish there was some way I could avoid being shot on a daily basis, similar to how I can fast-forward through ads.
....and someone had to say it. I completely agree. The quality of videogames in general has taken a nose dive since the cream-of-the-crop 16 bit era. These days, the focus spent marketing games by the publishers far outweighs the more important focus of the developers themselves to develop a game that is actually fun to play. Time and time again, developers are touting games that drop the ball in the fun-factor court. Even 1st class developers like RARE and id are releasing mediocre games when compared to what they previously developed. DOOM 3 and PERFECT DARK ZERO are two prime examples of deleopers dropping the ball. and if you think those two games are anywhere as close to what they previously released, then you need to get your head checked.
RARE and id are just two examples. Lets not forget the other 90% of videogame developers out there that nobody follows or even ponders what the next piece of crap they're going to release will be.
With all that said, I have to thank Rockstar, Valve, Epic, and Blizzard. Kudos. Keep up the good work.
Bloody hell. Here I thought I was going to see a picture of some "new species" of plant, and all I get is a picture of a plain old tulip.
Nothing new to see here. Move along...
I found a few interesting things:
Picture taken from the underside of a Dinosaur?
Possibly a Base of some sort outside Fallujah (with blown up/collapsed buildings) Odd markings in the sands can be seen South of here as well.
Abnormalities in images of Antarctica
From my experience with Matt Groening spawned games, they all end up being really bad. The only good ones were "Bart VS The Space Mutants" and "Simpson's Bowling". It's too bad they get a competent team together and produce a great game. Simpsons with the right team of people could make a phenolemal game.
Testing complete for http://www.whitehouse.com. Result:
Reported as accessible in China
Chinese Male 1: Ooooh! Rikey amerikan presidensu!
Chinerse Male 2: Yes yes. I rooking and get BIG penis!
Who in their right mind would choose an M$ proprietary format to encode in when there are better free formats?! Good luck converting WMV to an open format, such as AVI, without a hassle.
God damn M$ an their mindless followers.:P
Protocol that would use some type of radio signal that would shut the ringer off and change it to vibrate or something? Use it in lets say...the main doorway to the theater, and the entrance/exit to the building. It would have to be well-planned of course, but it COULD potentially work.
Did anyone notice that there is Terminal window open on the computer in the background of the right screenshot? Makes ya wonder what they're going to use it for...
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I agree that some people might run into the scenario for the reasons you describe. Unfortunately, I don't feel these people are justfied to complain when they become disappointed with whatever product they purchased.
I never run into an instance where after I buy a product I am disappointed by it's feature-set. Why? Because before I purchase something, I do research and inform myself, which is a step usually skipped by the average consumer. Then these individuals just bitch to make themselves feel better, to ease their mind about their bad uninformed decision.
People just like to bitch. I myself find great annoyance with people who bitch about their own uninformed decisions as they themselves cause the large majority of their dissatisfaction. Bitching when one is uninformed has no basis in reality as there is zero ground to stand on to back up arguments and gripes. Maybe people need to understand to hold themselves accountable for their own dissatisfaction. Then and only then will I become a more satisfied person. Until then I will continue to lose faith in humanity and the troubles people unknowingly bring upon themselves.
+5 Insightful???? WTF? You're a douchbag. If that scenario happened, it would be because the damn consumer LIKED the product and it's accompanying business model. If you don't like the product of said company, don't buy it and for our sake, don't go bitching all over the interwebs how you feel it's so UNJUST that a business run their business differently from the way you would choose to. CUSTOMERS drive the success of a product. CLEARLY people aren't too unhappy with the way Apple is conducting business. Shut up.
I openly admit to not reading ALL comments prior to posting this, but.... I think the top level posters so far are missing the real issue here. These people are in Jail for a reason. Let's not treat them to things they do not deserve.
Jail should be a place to serve a sentance and to hopefully let the the criminals reflect on their crime and hopefully learn a lesson. It SHOULDN'T be a place where criminals get to hang out and play board games. That's just ridiculous. Yes, D&D and any other aformentioned board games are harmless, but enabling someone to have fun in a place of punishment is just downright absurd. I know people who have been to jail, and while they say it was absolutely no fun at all, their behavior after their sentance really didn't change.
The system is broken. We can't let people forget the reason they're being punished...
If they are not treated to any entertainment at all, they will become depressed and kill themselves. Clearly, this is not the intention of jail either, is it?
You assume a lot here. First you assume that they will become depressed. They may or may not, but speaking from my past experience in regards to my own bouts of depression, I have learned from my depression how to become a happier, more wholesome individual. Killing myself may have been an option, but I promise you the majority of depressed people don't just go kill themselves. And depressed or not, we can assume they're in jail for a reason. Good, feel bad about it. Ask yourself if doing what you did was worth the punishment...
I understand that you have some sort of sadistic need to see these people suffer, but there are limits to how you can treat people (yes, inmates are people too), both stemming from psychology and international law.
Now you're just name calling; a childish move. I wouldn't say not giving inmates entertainment is an act of treating people poorly. People need to learn from their mistakes, and if they're not, then the time, effort, and money to put them in jail in the first place was a waste of time, and they won't be any better of a person when they leave there.
I openly admit to not reading ALL comments prior to posting this, but.... I think the top level posters so far are missing the real issue here. These people are in Jail for a reason. Let's not treat them to things they do not deserve. Jail should be a place to serve a sentance and to hopefully let the the criminals reflect on their crime and hopefully learn a lesson. It SHOULDN'T be a place where criminals get to hang out and play board games. That's just ridiculous. Yes, D&D and any other aformentioned board games are harmless, but enabling someone to have fun in a place of punishment is just downright absurd. I know people who have been to jail, and while they say it was absolutely no fun at all, their behavior after their sentance really didn't change. The system is broken. We can't let people forget the reason they're being punished...
....and someone had to say it. I completely agree. The quality of videogames in general has taken a nose dive since the cream-of-the-crop 16 bit era. These days, the focus spent marketing games by the publishers far outweighs the more important focus of the developers themselves to develop a game that is actually fun to play. Time and time again, developers are touting games that drop the ball in the fun-factor court. Even 1st class developers like RARE and id are releasing mediocre games when compared to what they previously developed. DOOM 3 and PERFECT DARK ZERO are two prime examples of deleopers dropping the ball. and if you think those two games are anywhere as close to what they previously released, then you need to get your head checked. RARE and id are just two examples. Lets not forget the other 90% of videogame developers out there that nobody follows or even ponders what the next piece of crap they're going to release will be. With all that said, I have to thank Rockstar, Valve, Epic, and Blizzard. Kudos. Keep up the good work.
Bloody hell. Here I thought I was going to see a picture of some "new species" of plant, and all I get is a picture of a plain old tulip. Nothing new to see here. Move along...
Wow. Not even the satellite wants to get anywhere close to Chernobyl.
I found a few interesting things:
:)
Picture taken from the underside of a Dinosaur?
Possibly a Base of some sort outside Fallujah (with blown up/collapsed buildings) Odd markings in the sands can be seen South of here as well.
Abnormalities in images of Antarctica
Anybody find the hole Saddam was hiding in?
In other news, the US Government has just purchased the Earth Simulator Supercomputer.
Details at eleven...
Ooops, thats:
*CAN'T* get a competent team together.
Whoops.
From my experience with Matt Groening spawned games, they all end up being really bad. The only good ones were "Bart VS The Space Mutants" and "Simpson's Bowling". It's too bad they get a competent team together and produce a great game. Simpsons with the right team of people could make a phenolemal game.
Cross your fingers for next one guys.
Just my 2 cents.
Testing complete for http://www.whitehouse.com. Result: Reported as accessible in China Chinese Male 1: Ooooh! Rikey amerikan presidensu! Chinerse Male 2: Yes yes. I rooking and get BIG penis!
Who in their right mind would choose an M$ proprietary format to encode in when there are better free formats?! Good luck converting WMV to an open format, such as AVI, without a hassle. God damn M$ an their mindless followers. :P
Protocol that would use some type of radio signal that would shut the ringer off and change it to vibrate or something? Use it in lets say...the main doorway to the theater, and the entrance/exit to the building. It would have to be well-planned of course, but it COULD potentially work.
Did anyone notice that there is Terminal window open on the computer in the background of the right screenshot? Makes ya wonder what they're going to use it for...
Concentrate on Firewire? I know APPLE would love that, considering they get $1 per Firewire port sold because of royaly fees.
Since when you consider ads "Free"? Our payment to AOL is using our eyes to watch those ads.