I'm actually pretty curious why they don't let you transfer rights to someone else - its not like you couldn't do it anyways. There's no limit on the number of accounts you could create, so you could:
a) Create a new account for each game b) Buy the game with that account c) Play game until you're bored d) Sell account on ebay
I'm sure they have rules against this, but I'll bet it happens anyways. I know I did it when steam first launched to give a gift for christmas. I just created my brother an account, bought the game, and gave him the login. Now they have gift giving, and they let you transfer HL2 to someone else when you bought orange box, so I say "why not let me loan out the rights to one of my games to someone else?" I can't play it while they have the rights, and I can take the rights back when they're done. They could have a "transfer for good" or "let my friend borrow it" program. Its going to happen anyways, so why not enforce it and stop people complaining once and for all. They only hurt paying customers otherwise, because if your friend doesn't borrow it from you and doesn't want to pay for it, well, we know where they're going next.
I know you were being snarky but seeing as I don't know much about the music industry could you elaborate on how they make money by giving away their product? T-shirts?
For software I understand the business model, but in the free software business model you're not really selling software (because you're giving it away), you're selling support. How do you sell music if you're giving it away? How do you provide "support" for a song?
I wouldn't worry about "burly" in this case as "tech burly" generally means slow moving thundering hambeast. So as long as you're not cornered in a small room and/or in possesion of pie, you should be all good.
Actually you have to believe that incest is cool - after all, you started with one man, one woman, and then from there they had sons and daughters who had children of their own.
I think the cars can't just rely on map data - they need to "see" as well. That means people, detour signs, construction work, "road closed" etc. There will also probably need to be a standard "local update" system where the road crews can put in a beacon that broadcasts local updated information for the area.
Of course, security on all this stuff needs to be tight - imagine if some guy hacks his car to spit out messages like "I'm an ambulance, get out of the way!"
Uh, lawyers can't feed their families on video games! Geez, won't someone think of the lawyers? If companies could premtively fix things by giving out the refunds or bonuses or rebates they would probably be forced to give out from a class action lawsuit, then by God, the _LAWYERS WOULD NOT MAKE MONEY_. Do you want to live in a world like that? Do you?!?! I didn't think so.
Sure, they can get you down to a good mile or two radius, but that's because your connected to a phone and its talking to a specific tower. There's nothing special in the box thats tracking you - the mere fact that you're using a cell phone and its talking to a tower is giving away your position. Maybe a lot of people don't know that, but everyone should be aware of the Kindle's wireless capabilities - its one of the selling points!
What the guy discovered is similar to what they just released in the lastest google maps - it exposes a software "GPS" locator that's been in phones for a while now that kind of sort of lets you see where you are. Not super helpful beyond "hey, I just woke up at this strange chicks house and don't know what part of town I'm in". Of course, if you're carrying around a kindle when you go out you probably won't have that issue;)
Wait wait wait - can you back up here a sec - are we talking northwestern late steam era HO gauge trains, or _southwestern_ late steam era HO gauge trains? Because I for one (and I know I'm not alone here) need to know what's up with THAT!
We all currently do. No human is flying planes these days. The pilots tell the computers what to do, but if the computer goes on one of those new airbuses that thing is coming down hard.
Yes, I have, and no, it doesn't. Your heart rate hits 240 because you're out of shape. The proven way to lose calories and improve cardio vascular health is through aerobic cardio exercise. You'd be better off playing DDR constantly for 2 hours or something at a lower rate, but you'd be even better off jogging or spinning. I'm not saying you can't exercise playing DDR, I'm just saying most people aren't using it in a way condusive to physical wellbeing.
No, just no. Try an actual boxing workout, jump roping, or a high intensity spinning class. I guaruntee you'll be more tired than any DDR session. For one thing you're not working a sustained heartrate, so the cardio benefit is probably minimal. Just jog for an hour a day.
I know, totally dude! I just made one this morning for fun. God, what the fuck are these people thinking? IDIOTS! Its not like they gave it more than 2 minutes thought while perusing a website. If they had, they could have spent that two minutes making the damn thing like I did. Don't worry, I'll be posting all source code later today and we can get this baby into the hands of all the biohackers who need it!
Oh yeah, well I saw a PBS special where a no legged robot could maintain its balance when kicked. I think it was disguised as a garbage can or something. So that's even cooler!
Nope, it just shows that he a) wasn't serious about asking her out, b) too dumb to realize he wasn't appearing serious about asking her out. Emails (and facebook) are "safe" - emails get lost, you can not respond to them, you can take your time, etc. A phone call is immediate and puts you on the spot right then and there. The GP probably won't respond, but I'd bet she didn't look him up. And thats your fault!
Yeah, and apparently they're using these body armour shields in helmets instead of just biting down on some leather and cauterizing the wound with the cigarette they were chomping on as they mowed down bad guys with a minigun. What a bunch of pussies!
Why would would we use carriers to fight Iran when our new Iraqian allies will give us a nice big base for free? Plus all the oil we need to fly planes out of it. Maybe someone has already thought along your lines and decided the next best thing to a carrier parked outside your door was a hostile country parked outside your door.
Also, a puppy is only $5-$500 depending on the type of dog you get. I'd go ahead and buy a puppy too and put it right next to the PS3 and the Wii, because then you can enjoy the best of both platforms AND a puppy. Now that's entertainment!
Oh man, I totally just tried this "walking!" WOW! What a grade-A fucking RUSH. This was so awesome, I'm glad you told me about it. Before I was parking my car in my living room to and driving to it get a snack from the kitchen. Then I read your post and was totally like "Hey, man, that's a good idea! I should try that!" So I did, and it was FAN-FUCKING-TASTIC. I can not have been more pleased with my walking experience. From here on out, whether its a trip to the grocery store or a drive around the park, you're going to find yours truly walking!
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I'm actually pretty curious why they don't let you transfer rights to someone else - its not like you couldn't do it anyways. There's no limit on the number of accounts you could create, so you could:
a) Create a new account for each game
b) Buy the game with that account
c) Play game until you're bored
d) Sell account on ebay
I'm sure they have rules against this, but I'll bet it happens anyways. I know I did it when steam first launched to give a gift for christmas. I just created my brother an account, bought the game, and gave him the login. Now they have gift giving, and they let you transfer HL2 to someone else when you bought orange box, so I say "why not let me loan out the rights to one of my games to someone else?" I can't play it while they have the rights, and I can take the rights back when they're done. They could have a "transfer for good" or "let my friend borrow it" program. Its going to happen anyways, so why not enforce it and stop people complaining once and for all. They only hurt paying customers otherwise, because if your friend doesn't borrow it from you and doesn't want to pay for it, well, we know where they're going next.
I know you were being snarky but seeing as I don't know much about the music industry could you elaborate on how they make money by giving away their product? T-shirts?
For software I understand the business model, but in the free software business model you're not really selling software (because you're giving it away), you're selling support. How do you sell music if you're giving it away? How do you provide "support" for a song?
I wouldn't worry about "burly" in this case as "tech burly" generally means slow moving thundering hambeast. So as long as you're not cornered in a small room and/or in possesion of pie, you should be all good.
Actually you have to believe that incest is cool - after all, you started with one man, one woman, and then from there they had sons and daughters who had children of their own.
I think the cars can't just rely on map data - they need to "see" as well. That means people, detour signs, construction work, "road closed" etc. There will also probably need to be a standard "local update" system where the road crews can put in a beacon that broadcasts local updated information for the area.
Of course, security on all this stuff needs to be tight - imagine if some guy hacks his car to spit out messages like "I'm an ambulance, get out of the way!"
Uh, lawyers can't feed their families on video games! Geez, won't someone think of the lawyers? If companies could premtively fix things by giving out the refunds or bonuses or rebates they would probably be forced to give out from a class action lawsuit, then by God, the _LAWYERS WOULD NOT MAKE MONEY_. Do you want to live in a world like that? Do you?!?! I didn't think so.
Sure, they can get you down to a good mile or two radius, but that's because your connected to a phone and its talking to a specific tower. There's nothing special in the box thats tracking you - the mere fact that you're using a cell phone and its talking to a tower is giving away your position. Maybe a lot of people don't know that, but everyone should be aware of the Kindle's wireless capabilities - its one of the selling points!
;)
What the guy discovered is similar to what they just released in the lastest google maps - it exposes a software "GPS" locator that's been in phones for a while now that kind of sort of lets you see where you are. Not super helpful beyond "hey, I just woke up at this strange chicks house and don't know what part of town I'm in". Of course, if you're carrying around a kindle when you go out you probably won't have that issue
Wait wait wait - can you back up here a sec - are we talking northwestern late steam era HO gauge trains, or _southwestern_ late steam era HO gauge trains? Because I for one (and I know I'm not alone here) need to know what's up with THAT!
We all currently do. No human is flying planes these days. The pilots tell the computers what to do, but if the computer goes on one of those new airbuses that thing is coming down hard.
Yeah, its like someone took an established idea and improved on it with new technology. Spooky!
Yes, I have, and no, it doesn't. Your heart rate hits 240 because you're out of shape. The proven way to lose calories and improve cardio vascular health is through aerobic cardio exercise. You'd be better off playing DDR constantly for 2 hours or something at a lower rate, but you'd be even better off jogging or spinning. I'm not saying you can't exercise playing DDR, I'm just saying most people aren't using it in a way condusive to physical wellbeing.
No, just no. Try an actual boxing workout, jump roping, or a high intensity spinning class. I guaruntee you'll be more tired than any DDR session. For one thing you're not working a sustained heartrate, so the cardio benefit is probably minimal. Just jog for an hour a day.
I know, totally dude! I just made one this morning for fun. God, what the fuck are these people thinking? IDIOTS! Its not like they gave it more than 2 minutes thought while perusing a website. If they had, they could have spent that two minutes making the damn thing like I did. Don't worry, I'll be posting all source code later today and we can get this baby into the hands of all the biohackers who need it!
So just to clarify your statement into easy, understandable list format:
1. Spend money on research
2. Obtain patent to guaruntee monopoly on fruits of research
3. Bury technology while patent expires
4. ???
5. PROFIT!
I can't figure 4 out, but I'm going to guess that they patented the business process including 4 and then applied the same process to itself.
...apparently you do give a fuck.
Why would you shower? If you play an orc, you should smell like an orc. This is ROLE PLAYING dammit!
I don't know why the number was set, but it will never change because every game would start crashing. Sorry!
State Of The Art = Scientific Grade Companion Cube
Oh yeah, well I saw a PBS special where a no legged robot could maintain its balance when kicked. I think it was disguised as a garbage can or something. So that's even cooler!
Nope, it just shows that he a) wasn't serious about asking her out, b) too dumb to realize he wasn't appearing serious about asking her out. Emails (and facebook) are "safe" - emails get lost, you can not respond to them, you can take your time, etc. A phone call is immediate and puts you on the spot right then and there. The GP probably won't respond, but I'd bet she didn't look him up. And thats your fault!
Yeah, and apparently they're using these body armour shields in helmets instead of just biting down on some leather and cauterizing the wound with the cigarette they were chomping on as they mowed down bad guys with a minigun. What a bunch of pussies!
Well, we have the airport, but the security lines are a bitch :)
Why would would we use carriers to fight Iran when our new Iraqian allies will give us a nice big base for free? Plus all the oil we need to fly planes out of it. Maybe someone has already thought along your lines and decided the next best thing to a carrier parked outside your door was a hostile country parked outside your door.
Also, a puppy is only $5-$500 depending on the type of dog you get. I'd go ahead and buy a puppy too and put it right next to the PS3 and the Wii, because then you can enjoy the best of both platforms AND a puppy. Now that's entertainment!
Oh man, I totally just tried this "walking!" WOW! What a grade-A fucking RUSH. This was so awesome, I'm glad you told me about it. Before I was parking my car in my living room to and driving to it get a snack from the kitchen. Then I read your post and was totally like "Hey, man, that's a good idea! I should try that!" So I did, and it was FAN-FUCKING-TASTIC. I can not have been more pleased with my walking experience. From here on out, whether its a trip to the grocery store or a drive around the park, you're going to find yours truly walking!