Very simple.. after x amount of time, the award defaults to a charity. Perelman (or any other winner) doesn't want to pick it? The Millennium Prize board picks it. Done. Now live him alone.
I could see this working if the price paid for the PDLC could be applied towards the full version, but as many others have noted this is probably a pay-for-beta or nickel-and-dime scheme. Even if it's not, players are going to feel cheated, not try the demo, and not buy the game.
Good job, EA
It's already hard enough to get non-tech-savvy users to use AV. It doesn't help that there's a possibility of it falsely detecting Windows system files and *its own files* as infected. This stuff is certainly not trivial, but come on..
Tor does not let you pick your exit node, and even if you could, you would have to know which ISPs are subscribers, and even if you did, you would have to compare your exit node's IP to ranges in the subscribing ISPs.
The point is moot - it's going to be difficult to get to espn360.com, and no one's going to jump through hoops to get it (calling their non-subscribing ISP and whatnot). Once again, big media proves their ineptitude.
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Turn off HTML and save bandwidth as well..
China can have all the root servers they want - just don't configure your server to poll them.
Very simple.. after x amount of time, the award defaults to a charity. Perelman (or any other winner) doesn't want to pick it? The Millennium Prize board picks it. Done. Now live him alone.
I could see this working if the price paid for the PDLC could be applied towards the full version, but as many others have noted this is probably a pay-for-beta or nickel-and-dime scheme. Even if it's not, players are going to feel cheated, not try the demo, and not buy the game. Good job, EA
It's already hard enough to get non-tech-savvy users to use AV. It doesn't help that there's a possibility of it falsely detecting Windows system files and *its own files* as infected. This stuff is certainly not trivial, but come on..
Tor does not let you pick your exit node, and even if you could, you would have to know which ISPs are subscribers, and even if you did, you would have to compare your exit node's IP to ranges in the subscribing ISPs. The point is moot - it's going to be difficult to get to espn360.com, and no one's going to jump through hoops to get it (calling their non-subscribing ISP and whatnot). Once again, big media proves their ineptitude.