The FF series has always been a little light on actual gameplay anyway, and the new ones are just eye-candy. I wished they would build a FF style game with movement and varying ranges for attacks, and they did: Final Fantasy Tactics.
It's the BEST FF game ever. The characters move, they have attacks with different ranges and arcs of fire, and more attention was spent perfecting the game than perfecting the graphics.
After all, you play the game, not the graphics.:-)
Drivers, Updates, and Creative gouging us?
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I don't know how many of you have seen this yet, but Creative is no longer offering Liveware updates as a download. Now, you must buy a cd (they call it "shipping and handling") since supposedly the end users all use 14.4 modems and cannot download the freeware. I don't mind them offering the cd, but they should keep the download section also.
Some of the software they cut was the updates for the EMU chip, the firmware updates. This is only one step removed from the drivers, in actuality. I am afraid that they will be trying to charge for updated drivers next.
Is this the future of the component industry, where end users continue to have to pay because drivers and updates are no longer free?
1) Does it _really_ matter how much more intimidating the police are to the law abiding citizens, who would be the ones disarmed?
2) Does it really matter how intimidating a policeman is to a criminally minded individual when the policeman is NOT PRESENT?
3) You grew up in Rochester, NY. You then moved to London. I'm going to hazard a guess that you have money, and most likely lived in a nicer neighborhood than average in Rochester. I don't know, I have never been to Rochester, NY. I do know that I would prefer to have some protection handy in my neighborhood.
I'd like to see a study done, I bet most people who are for the banning of guns lived in a nice neighborhood and never felt like they were in danger.
Well, Jeeves, care to tell us more about your past?:-)
If the death penalty cannot deter someone from murder, what makes you think a piddly little LAW is gonna stop a criminally minded individual from using a gun?
I call *BULLSHIT*!!!
I live in Indiana too, and if you DON'T have a carry permit they have to call in and do a background check on you, which could take up to 3 days. If you have your permit, you have already had the background check (and the paperwork)so there is no wait. You still have to fill out the purchase forms though, in either case.
And I have never seen a 10 guage at Wal-Mart...;-)
Odd... We already prohibit felons from having guns, at least in my state.
We make people prove they are "competent" with a car before they get a driver's license.
Not too big of a stretch to do the same for firearms. You pass the class? You get your permit to carry. That is right and reasonable, by all means.
I do believe that no right is inaliable (sp), I think that it IS possible to lose your rights.. It happens when you get arrested, for example. Taking rights from people who are not competent is not the same as denying them to everyone, and that is exactly what you propose to do.
And your examples of the types that you don't want to have guns are all very valid, and very real. The thing is, they are just as valid, real, and likely to have a gun if you make guns illegal. Then who is being penalized?
No thanks.
Where in the world do you get EVERY? No-one said EVERY. Just as I don't think EVERY citizen should get a drivers license, or have a dog, or have KIDS for that matter.
The issue is not taking the guns away from the incompotent people, the issue is letting competent people protect themselves.
I have already posted that the officer I was talking to was in favor of legal gun ownership by individuals. I'm even pretty sure he meant competent ones.:-)
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The FF series has always been a little light on actual gameplay anyway, and the new ones are just eye-candy. I wished they would build a FF style game with movement and varying ranges for attacks, and they did: Final Fantasy Tactics. It's the BEST FF game ever. The characters move, they have attacks with different ranges and arcs of fire, and more attention was spent perfecting the game than perfecting the graphics. After all, you play the game, not the graphics. :-)
I don't know how many of you have seen this yet, but Creative is no longer offering Liveware updates as a download. Now, you must buy a cd (they call it "shipping and handling") since supposedly the end users all use 14.4 modems and cannot download the freeware. I don't mind them offering the cd, but they should keep the download section also. Some of the software they cut was the updates for the EMU chip, the firmware updates. This is only one step removed from the drivers, in actuality. I am afraid that they will be trying to charge for updated drivers next. Is this the future of the component industry, where end users continue to have to pay because drivers and updates are no longer free?
1) Does it _really_ matter how much more intimidating the police are to the law abiding citizens, who would be the ones disarmed? 2) Does it really matter how intimidating a policeman is to a criminally minded individual when the policeman is NOT PRESENT? 3) You grew up in Rochester, NY. You then moved to London. I'm going to hazard a guess that you have money, and most likely lived in a nicer neighborhood than average in Rochester. I don't know, I have never been to Rochester, NY. I do know that I would prefer to have some protection handy in my neighborhood. I'd like to see a study done, I bet most people who are for the banning of guns lived in a nice neighborhood and never felt like they were in danger. Well, Jeeves, care to tell us more about your past? :-)
If the death penalty cannot deter someone from murder, what makes you think a piddly little LAW is gonna stop a criminally minded individual from using a gun?
I call *BULLSHIT*!!! I live in Indiana too, and if you DON'T have a carry permit they have to call in and do a background check on you, which could take up to 3 days. If you have your permit, you have already had the background check (and the paperwork)so there is no wait. You still have to fill out the purchase forms though, in either case. And I have never seen a 10 guage at Wal-Mart... ;-)
"toe to TOW" That is great! Truly, neither set of extremes has a good grasp of reality....
Odd... We already prohibit felons from having guns, at least in my state. We make people prove they are "competent" with a car before they get a driver's license. Not too big of a stretch to do the same for firearms. You pass the class? You get your permit to carry. That is right and reasonable, by all means. I do believe that no right is inaliable (sp), I think that it IS possible to lose your rights.. It happens when you get arrested, for example. Taking rights from people who are not competent is not the same as denying them to everyone, and that is exactly what you propose to do. And your examples of the types that you don't want to have guns are all very valid, and very real. The thing is, they are just as valid, real, and likely to have a gun if you make guns illegal. Then who is being penalized? No thanks.
Where in the world do you get EVERY? No-one said EVERY. Just as I don't think EVERY citizen should get a drivers license, or have a dog, or have KIDS for that matter. The issue is not taking the guns away from the incompotent people, the issue is letting competent people protect themselves. I have already posted that the officer I was talking to was in favor of legal gun ownership by individuals. I'm even pretty sure he meant competent ones. :-)