"Big/HUGE world all open to explore without obligations. No guiding you by hand through levels. If you find yourself with 15 different quests open at the moment and can choose to pick any one of them, all the better!"
"That's why you watch CNN and Miles O'Brien if you need a commentator. The guy is an enthusiast, and his excitement comes across the screen quite well."
He ought to know what he's talking about. He spent enough time patching up the Enterprise and DS9 that.... oh. Never mind.
Well, the Pope recently said he thought Harry Potter was a bad influence. But that's his opinion rather than church doctrine. Catholics aren't required to agree with all the Pope's opinions. Heck, it's hard enough to get them to stick with actual church doctrine sometimes, much less things that are simply the Pope's personal opinions.
Granted, the Pope's opinion probably carries a great deal of weight with a lot of faithful Catholics, but I reckon most will probably take it as a simple opinion that they may or may not agree with.
Frankly, I think the "age level" stuff is nonsense anyway. It only tells me in very general terms what the content of the game might be. I'd rather have labels describing the type of dubious content in the game; one each for violence, language, and sexuality. The TV ratings have these labels in addition to the age rating, for instance, and I consider them informative.
Instead of the age rating, I'd probably color-code the content indicators yellow or red based on the severity of the content. Bloodless but otherwise realistic violence would get a yellow "V"; graphic violence a red "V"; sensuality but not nudity would get a yellow "S"; etc.
Different people are turned off by different things; someone who objects to bloody violence might not object to sexuality, and vice versa. So it seems reasonable to create a system that accomodates a wide range of opinions.
"why print photos when there are such cooler ways to display them if you want to"
Some of us have kinfolks who can barely turn on a computer, much less look at pictures on one. They aren't happy unless I give them something on paper.
For my part, Opera's off the table because it isn't free-as-in-beer, and Firefox is.
And yes, I know Opera has an ad-supported version that's free, but I don't want the ads. I don't want ads, I don't want to pay for a browser, and Firefox meets my needs quite well. Opera may be --- and probably is --- a very good piece of software, but when I can get another very good piece of software that does virtually the same job for no cost, it's a very easy choice.
Hey, I'm a fundamentalist (according to the popular definition at least) and I strongly support OSS. (Not because of this issue either, mostly because I just disapprove of Microsoft's business practices and because I genuinely like open source products.)
For every combination of opinions you can think of, there's probably someone who holds it. Even the bizarre ones --- I've heard of atheistic Episcopal priests before. How that one works I've no idea.
Vader: So, you have accepted the truth.
Luke: I have accepted the truth that you were once Anakin Skywalker, my father.
Vader: That name no longer has any meaning for me.
If they're cleared of wrongdoing down the road, the monitoring can be cancelled. Just like they can be released from jail if they happen to be in there.
"But what if it was a wrong place, wrong time drunken haze kind of thing."
A lot of crimes are crimes of just being drunk in the wrong place at the wrong time. Being drunk isn't an excuse, however. It's possible to drink responsibly. People should understand that not doing so can have very serious consequences, they ought to know to take suitable precautions to prevent it, and they ought to have to accept the consequences if they fail to do so.
Reminds me of that Simpsons episode where Homer set up a "pecking bird" toy to repeatedly press the "any" key on his computer so he could sleep instead of work.
There are some really good voice actors doing games, though. Take HK-47 in KOTOR for example. His "meatbag" lines wouldn't have been nearly as funny if it hadn't been for the voice acting behind them. There's just something inherently funny about a droid discussing all the flaws of organic meatbags in a dry, matter-of-fact tone.
A bad actor would emphasize the word "meatbag" too much, just because it's funny. But part of the reason it's funny in the first place is because HK-47 doesn't sound like he's trying to be funny.
I bet a name-brand actor wouldn't have done half as well with that character.
The reason in this case is that the Microsoft EULA specifically says that you can return the product if you don't want to accept the license. It's just a case of using their own stupid restrictions against them.
I applaud you for placing integrity over money. There are far too few people these days with that sort of character. If you were still in business, I'd buy from you in a heartbeat.
In the US, anyway, copyright law is specified in the Constitution as being intended to promote invention and artistry. It doesn't say anything about whether or not the result of that activity must or should be free. I think, though, that anything that has the effect of stifling creativity is against the spirit of the Constitution, if not its letter; and today's copyright law stands a very good chance of stifling creativity more than it encourages it.
The problem is that our modern laws focus on profitability --- on how to ensure that the copyright owners make the most money possible. This is not what the writers of the Constitution intended; copyright was meant solely as an incentive for creators to create. The modern laws also treat copyright as a propery right, something that simple logic demonstrates to be contrary to the Constitutional model. (Congress is allowed to grant copyrights; but if copyright was a property right, then Congress would have no power to either grant or deny it.)
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Ever played Morrowind?
KBO = Kuiper Belt Object. The belt is a region of asteroid-like objects outside the orbit of Neptune.
Oh, so printers are female? No wonder I can't understand them.
He ought to know what he's talking about. He spent enough time patching up the Enterprise and DS9 that.... oh. Never mind.
Granted, the Pope's opinion probably carries a great deal of weight with a lot of faithful Catholics, but I reckon most will probably take it as a simple opinion that they may or may not agree with.
Instead of the age rating, I'd probably color-code the content indicators yellow or red based on the severity of the content. Bloodless but otherwise realistic violence would get a yellow "V"; graphic violence a red "V"; sensuality but not nudity would get a yellow "S"; etc.
Different people are turned off by different things; someone who objects to bloody violence might not object to sexuality, and vice versa. So it seems reasonable to create a system that accomodates a wide range of opinions.
I'd rather he do neither.
Some of us have kinfolks who can barely turn on a computer, much less look at pictures on one. They aren't happy unless I give them something on paper.
They're all poisoned. You should have spent the last few years building up an immunity to the poison.
It's the bit about digital watches being a really neat idea.
Clearly you've never been to Mississippi.
That has got to be the most clever defense of file-sharing I've ever seen. Kudos to you.
And yes, I know Opera has an ad-supported version that's free, but I don't want the ads. I don't want ads, I don't want to pay for a browser, and Firefox meets my needs quite well. Opera may be --- and probably is --- a very good piece of software, but when I can get another very good piece of software that does virtually the same job for no cost, it's a very easy choice.
For every combination of opinions you can think of, there's probably someone who holds it. Even the bizarre ones --- I've heard of atheistic Episcopal priests before. How that one works I've no idea.
Vader: So, you have accepted the truth.
Luke: I have accepted the truth that you were once Anakin Skywalker, my father.
Vader: That name no longer has any meaning for me.
It's true, from a certain point of view.
That explains a few things.
If they're cleared of wrongdoing down the road, the monitoring can be cancelled. Just like they can be released from jail if they happen to be in there.
A lot of crimes are crimes of just being drunk in the wrong place at the wrong time. Being drunk isn't an excuse, however. It's possible to drink responsibly. People should understand that not doing so can have very serious consequences, they ought to know to take suitable precautions to prevent it, and they ought to have to accept the consequences if they fail to do so.
A jail term is not the entirety of the sentence. Think of it as a sentence to life, not in a physical prison, but a prison of constant surveillance.
It's still better than these people deserve.
Reminds me of that Simpsons episode where Homer set up a "pecking bird" toy to repeatedly press the "any" key on his computer so he could sleep instead of work.
A bad actor would emphasize the word "meatbag" too much, just because it's funny. But part of the reason it's funny in the first place is because HK-47 doesn't sound like he's trying to be funny.
I bet a name-brand actor wouldn't have done half as well with that character.
The reason in this case is that the Microsoft EULA specifically says that you can return the product if you don't want to accept the license. It's just a case of using their own stupid restrictions against them.
I applaud you for placing integrity over money. There are far too few people these days with that sort of character. If you were still in business, I'd buy from you in a heartbeat.
The problem is that our modern laws focus on profitability --- on how to ensure that the copyright owners make the most money possible. This is not what the writers of the Constitution intended; copyright was meant solely as an incentive for creators to create. The modern laws also treat copyright as a propery right, something that simple logic demonstrates to be contrary to the Constitutional model. (Congress is allowed to grant copyrights; but if copyright was a property right, then Congress would have no power to either grant or deny it.)