"Unless the cashier has a photographic memory, he/she would have to write the number down while the card is still in their possession - and if I ever see a cashier do that the cops shall be called."
Wrong. A cashier has to print a copy of the receipt (with your card # on it. YOUR copy may not have that number but the vender copy most certainly does.), have YOU sign it, then it stays in the cash register. If that transaction is challeneged, they'll bring that receipt up to verify your signature.
At least that's the way it was when I worked in retail. It's funny what you learn from your boss when you neglect to do something.
"Oh, I see, now using the DMCA (a copyright act) against people who don't use your copyrighted material at all is OK as long as you get your shiny toys, right?"
Blizzard games are copyrighted, and they worked around their protection mechanism. I don't like the DMCA any more than you do, but the expectation that Blizzard shouldn't have done anything is ridiculous. Those dumb-asses at BNetD couldn't have done that without knowing the legal guns would have been leveled at them.
I find it amusing that you're questioning my morals by defending a group that tried to undermine Blizzard.
"So what they'll do is disconnect the device from the television. Or duct tape the shoes to something that vacillates."
Or not buy them...
Typical geeks. Always trying to find a snazzy solution to the problem. Am I the only one that's ever tried to talk the boss into letting me 'stress test' new computers by installing Quake on them?
"This is a neat idea and all, but I think they really have it backwords. Given the quality of most tv, how 'bout making it so that the TV won't turn off unless you have gotten enough proper excercise? Not only will this motivate people to exercise, but if they forget, then when the TV pops on, it's even more motivation to get some excercise by walking out of the room."
Normally I wouldn't find this joke funny, but my girlfriend's in the other room watching 'Stacked'.
" weren't we supposed to boycott Blizzard for what they did to our friends from the Bnetd project?"
Seeing as how BNetd allowed illegit keys to be played and how the games industry needs AAA titles to survive, anybody who boycotted Blizzard would have been an overzealous short-sighted moron. What did you guys honestly expect? Blizzard to say "Hey guys, take over our services! We won't use the legal recourses we legitimately have avilable to stop it! Afterall, we want to maintain a sparkly reputation on Slashdot!"
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"or maybe it really is only 2-3x more powerful than the cube.".. a 3rd possibility is that they're simply using a different scale. One of the common comments made about the XBOX 360 screens is that it looks like the same number of polys but with normal mapping and some shadows. To a gamer, that doesn't look like 10x the power, especially when some XBOX games already do shadows.
"Isn't it a little premature to be doing comparisons on these?!?!"
Is it even worth comparing them based on graphical prowess? The PS2 is significantly inferior to the XBOX when it comes to graphics, but its game library is far richer. It is for that reason alone I have a PS2 and not an XBOX.
"I think maybe Nintendo is feeling pressure from Sony's PSP, which is obviously superior to the DS, and they scrapped together something just so they can present. Lame!"
Yeah, they quickly scavanged up a nation wide wireless network service complete with Revolution compatible emulators, flash memory, and ready to go ROMs so they can flip off the PSP even though it's not competing with the Revolution.
"Exactly, there IS a market for an iTunes like sevice for old games, some people like respecting copyright."
Screw respecting copyright, especially when the games are NO LONGER AVAILABLE. I want service.
a.) Make the downloads reliable and quick. b.) Make the emulator behave reasonably, especially with the controller I have. c.) Don't flood my screen with demands that I vote for you.:P
I'd pay for this not because I'd be morally or ethically right, but rather because I'm getting value for my money.
I don't know why in this age of spending $4 for a cup of coffee business types think I'm going to go out of my way to save a few bucks.
"The extensions can be written by anyone, so it means a greater amount of freedom and flexibility for Firefox."
That's great when you're running one computer. When you're running on more than one (like I am, for example) it's a liability.
I routinely browse the web at my workstation at work, my desktop at home, and my laptop. One one is different from the other two, it's VERY noticable. Since Opera's got a "package it all" mentality vs. a modular approach, these irritations are usually quick to subside. With extensions, you have to go find each one and install them.
Don't get me wrong, I understand that they're easy to find, powerful, and probably not that HUGE of deal to deal with. However, I have very little 'fiddle with my computer' time.
He also gave 'The Phantom Menace' 3 and a half stars.
A LOT of people, be it here on Slashdot or on other forus, are trying to convince me really really hard that RotS is a good movie. FINE. Show me a review from a guy who thought the first two movies were dreadfully boring! If THAT GUY can say the movie was decent, I'll have a better attitude about it. Otherwise, you're only appealing to those who are already going to see it.
"OH, WELL THEN.. I'm an idiot. But I'm still buying a 360.;)"
Hehe. Well I'd encourage you to wait until Nintendo actually shows some video or screens. A couple of sites reported that the 2-3 times as powerful as the GameCube bit was a misquote.
I have no idea what's true, so it's more 'wait and see'. We're bound to find out a LOT more this August at the SpaceWorld show in Japan. (that is, of course, assuming that E3 doesn't yield more info...)
On the one hand, I can't imagine Nintendo would make a machine so significantly inferior. On the other, a $200 machine with cool controllers and a library of 20 years worth of games... well even if it's not graphically that impressive, that'd still be a hell of a buy.
I just can't believe I'm actually excited about a Sony game machine for once.
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"Thanks for clueing us in on the sexual bargaining you and your g/f engage in. It really adds to my day to know that you're pussywhipped."
$5 says this guy is really responding because he longs to be pussywhipped.
"Herbie Rides Again"
I can't believe that Herbie is taking precedence over KITT here. I know it's a VW and all, but yeesh, KITT's got der bliken lights!
"I'd hazard that it's just a matter of time, so I think I'd prefer to play it safe on this one ;o)"
RFID isn't self powered.
"Unless the cashier has a photographic memory, he/she would have to write the number down while the card is still in their possession - and if I ever see a cashier do that the cops shall be called."
Wrong. A cashier has to print a copy of the receipt (with your card # on it. YOUR copy may not have that number but the vender copy most certainly does.), have YOU sign it, then it stays in the cash register. If that transaction is challeneged, they'll bring that receipt up to verify your signature.
At least that's the way it was when I worked in retail. It's funny what you learn from your boss when you neglect to do something.
Remember when CDs originally came in Caddies?
Damn I miss those days.
"Oh, I see, now using the DMCA (a copyright act) against people who don't use your copyrighted material at all is OK as long as you get your shiny toys, right?"
Blizzard games are copyrighted, and they worked around their protection mechanism. I don't like the DMCA any more than you do, but the expectation that Blizzard shouldn't have done anything is ridiculous. Those dumb-asses at BNetD couldn't have done that without knowing the legal guns would have been leveled at them.
I find it amusing that you're questioning my morals by defending a group that tried to undermine Blizzard.
"I can't see the public buying it."
I can't see why making DVDs harder or less interesting to use won't result in a mass exodus to bittorrent.
Hmm... well, I looked up the words 'slightly' and 'significantly', and I'm pretty sure I chose correctly the first time around.
I've thought about it. Except:
a.) Now I'm stuck carrying aroundd a thumb drive and keeping all my computers up to date.
b.) Opera's doing what I want without that fuss.
c.) I still haven't found the extensions I need to make Firefox like Opera.
"That word significant doesn't mean what you think it does."
I think it means the PS2 isn't as powerful as the XBOX. Could you please tell me what the proper way to say that was?
"So what they'll do is disconnect the device from the television. Or duct tape the shoes to something that vacillates."
Or not buy them...
Typical geeks. Always trying to find a snazzy solution to the problem. Am I the only one that's ever tried to talk the boss into letting me 'stress test' new computers by installing Quake on them?
"This is a neat idea and all, but I think they really have it backwords. Given the quality of most tv, how 'bout making it so that the TV won't turn off unless you have gotten enough proper excercise? Not only will this motivate people to exercise, but if they forget, then when the TV pops on, it's even more motivation to get some excercise by walking out of the room."
Normally I wouldn't find this joke funny, but my girlfriend's in the other room watching 'Stacked'.
" weren't we supposed to boycott Blizzard for what they did to our friends from the Bnetd project?"
Seeing as how BNetd allowed illegit keys to be played and how the games industry needs AAA titles to survive, anybody who boycotted Blizzard would have been an overzealous short-sighted moron. What did you guys honestly expect? Blizzard to say "Hey guys, take over our services! We won't use the legal recourses we legitimately have avilable to stop it! Afterall, we want to maintain a sparkly reputation on Slashdot!"
"or maybe it really is only 2-3x more powerful than the cube." .. a 3rd possibility is that they're simply using a different scale. One of the common comments made about the XBOX 360 screens is that it looks like the same number of polys but with normal mapping and some shadows. To a gamer, that doesn't look like 10x the power, especially when some XBOX games already do shadows.
"Isn't it a little premature to be doing comparisons on these?!?!"
Is it even worth comparing them based on graphical prowess? The PS2 is significantly inferior to the XBOX when it comes to graphics, but its game library is far richer. It is for that reason alone I have a PS2 and not an XBOX.
"I think maybe Nintendo is feeling pressure from Sony's PSP, which is obviously superior to the DS, and they scrapped together something just so they can present. Lame!"
Yeah, they quickly scavanged up a nation wide wireless network service complete with Revolution compatible emulators, flash memory, and ready to go ROMs so they can flip off the PSP even though it's not competing with the Revolution.
"Exactly, there IS a market for an iTunes like sevice for old games, some people like respecting copyright."
:P
Screw respecting copyright, especially when the games are NO LONGER AVAILABLE. I want service.
a.) Make the downloads reliable and quick.
b.) Make the emulator behave reasonably, especially with the controller I have.
c.) Don't flood my screen with demands that I vote for you.
I'd pay for this not because I'd be morally or ethically right, but rather because I'm getting value for my money.
I don't know why in this age of spending $4 for a cup of coffee business types think I'm going to go out of my way to save a few bucks.
"The extensions can be written by anyone, so it means a greater amount of freedom and flexibility for Firefox."
That's great when you're running one computer. When you're running on more than one (like I am, for example) it's a liability.
I routinely browse the web at my workstation at work, my desktop at home, and my laptop. One one is different from the other two, it's VERY noticable. Since Opera's got a "package it all" mentality vs. a modular approach, these irritations are usually quick to subside. With extensions, you have to go find each one and install them.
Don't get me wrong, I understand that they're easy to find, powerful, and probably not that HUGE of deal to deal with. However, I have very little 'fiddle with my computer' time.
He also gave 'The Phantom Menace' 3 and a half stars.
A LOT of people, be it here on Slashdot or on other forus, are trying to convince me really really hard that RotS is a good movie. FINE. Show me a review from a guy who thought the first two movies were dreadfully boring! If THAT GUY can say the movie was decent, I'll have a better attitude about it. Otherwise, you're only appealing to those who are already going to see it.
"OH, WELL THEN.. I'm an idiot. But I'm still buying a 360. ;)"
Hehe. Well I'd encourage you to wait until Nintendo actually shows some video or screens. A couple of sites reported that the 2-3 times as powerful as the GameCube bit was a misquote.
I have no idea what's true, so it's more 'wait and see'. We're bound to find out a LOT more this August at the SpaceWorld show in Japan. (that is, of course, assuming that E3 doesn't yield more info...)
On the one hand, I can't imagine Nintendo would make a machine so significantly inferior. On the other, a $200 machine with cool controllers and a library of 20 years worth of games... well even if it's not graphically that impressive, that'd still be a hell of a buy.
I just can't believe I'm actually excited about a Sony game machine for once.
" However, its pretty hypocrit of US companies to fight a patent that does not fit them."
What you call hypocritical, I call totally expected behavior.
"I created an account just to say this: THAT LOOKS LIKE CRAP"
That's a Game Cube game.
" Surely they'd keep track of the serial numbers they've given out in the past, right?"
If he bought it off the shelf at Office Depot, that wouldn't work.
If he bought it directly from them, I'd like to know which company it was so I could make sure I'd never do business with them.
"Hopefully wavebirds will be also backwards compatible. It would be same if I have to thorw those away."
If the Rev controllers have gyros, this is incredibly unlikely.
Altho... Maybe Wavebirds will work to play GC games.
"Trying to tweak perfection = bad idea."
Perfection? Am I the only one that keeps hitting the stupid R3 and L3 buttons by accident?
It drives me nuts that every time I make a hard turn in GTA *HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONK*.