Speaking just for myself, I usually have no problem with campers. As long as they are standing still, trying to ambush me while I'm expecting an ambush, THEY are the easy target. However, in games where people are dead until end of round, a stubborn camper on the team who is supposed to be the assault or attack team reduced everyone elses fun. Because they end up being the last person alive on their team hanging back at their spawn, not trying to achieve the objective waiting for the last defender to walk into their sights. So 18 dead people watch them sit for two minutes while nothing happens while the last defender defends the objective and time finally runs out. That isn't fun, that isnt' playing the game.
Yeah, thats why I stipulated "10,000 active servers" and that is what Demi was replying to. MMORPG's are a different thing and need a different approach. Democracy won't work for them.
And how is that a bad thing? At least in cases where there are 10,000 active servers, that sounds fine to me. If a certain group of people don't want to play with you, you just go somewhere else. In a single server world, the burden of proof needs to be much higher. But it was the most frustrating thing in the world when you have a great match of CS going with 19 people are playing well together, competing fairly, going for the objectives, which is a rare thing. And then you get 1 guy who shows up and starting shooting his teammates. Not killing them, mind you, which would trigger an auto-kick on some modded servers, not "cheating" but just wounding them. If there isn't an active server admin in the game, or vote-to-ban isn't enabled, then its over. Two minutes later the server has 3 people in it.
Even though this is a troll, it brings up a valid point. Which is: TOS and EULA agreements should be detailed BEFORE you buy a game. Wouldn't it be great if a NO CHEATING clause were prominently displayed on the outside of the box. Something along the lines of "Multi-Player play available over the Internet via {insert site here} as long as player doesn't cheat and abides be the rules of conduct outlined below; and via TCP/IP or direct dial to independant host connections." You may use the game as you like, but you may only use our matchup service if you agree to terms we disclose BEFORE you plunk down your cash. Everyone wins.
Well I'm not a biblical scholar, nor can I read the texts in the languages they were written in, but I can say with certainty that the bible is not all literal. There is quite a bit that is figurative and/or allegorical. For example, when Jesus says that a man must be born again to see the kingdom of heaven, that would not be literal. I do believe the message is true, but one must approach The Word very carefully and with a sober mind if they are to understand it. One must strive to put each passage in context and to put all the pieces together to arrive at a complete picture. Nevertheless, it is The Word of God and powerfull for changing lives and lifting up mankind.
This is the first intelligent post I've read today. And what I like about this move is by the EFF and Craig is that it removes SonicBlue from the equation, and they are the point of vulnerability. In Hollywood vs. a PVR maker, Hollywood can argue (and maybe convice a judge) that the PVR maker is profiting by providing a service that makes an infringing derivative work. SonicBlue will counter that the entire program is recorded and only during playback is auto-skipping enabled at the users choice, but the judge can decide that it amounts to the same thing. In Craig vs. Hollywood, Craig can argue that it is the user who chooses to watch the show in the manner they want to and Hollywood is going to have a much harder time sticking infringement on him. Well, that is my uninformed opinion anyway.
If you look at them carefully, I'll think you will see that they're not kidding. Wake up. They would like to retain total control over their content and dictate exactly what you can do with it. And while your loaning of a VCR tape to a friend actually increases their viewership, it reduces their control, so they don't like it.
I doubt that very much. I don't think fair use has ever extended to making copies for friends and family. And yes, making a "mix tape" or in today's world a mix CD for someone else would be copyright infringement. But making one for yourself isn't. The courts may have found that these small scale kinds of infringement do not justify outlawing the devices which have significant non-infringeing use, but that doesn't mean sharing is legal.
Did you notice at the end of the article about the medical examiner the writer offered up a couple of enemies that could be responsible. Pure speculation. Conspiracy theorists mad had him for ruling the suspicious death of a researcher to be natural medical causes? But its the backround story that is interesting to me. Allegedly, 12 to 20 of the top researchers in communicable diseases have died under suspicious circumstances over the past few months??? Has anyone heard anything about this before? Google found nothing for me.
I have been less than satisfied by the difficulty in moving a domain from one host to another, and would much like to move from VeriSign to another registrar. Who did you move to? Can you provide any links that might help me out? Pretty please with sugar on top. And moderators, this is directly related to the article in question.
I'll bet Basic Cable isn't really 60 channels in Mississippi. I'll bet that is Expanded Basic. Some time ago, congress passes that law to lower the price of Basic Cable, so the cable operators responded by making Basic Cable consist of the local network channels plus public access and the other bare minimums, while moving the rest of the stuff you want to watch into a new Expanded Basic line up.
But to respond to the parent post, I am considering cutting back to the minimum Basic Cable when we move to a new house, at $18/mo. instead of Expanded Basic at $36/mo. or Digital at $54/mo. The West Wing is the only show I actually care to watch, and the reception for that channel is crappy over the air, so basic cable gets me good reception.
Buyers should be aware that "lifetime" means the life of said unit, not your lifetime. So as soon as the HDD, which is writing pretty much all the time, dies, you are supposed to pay another "lifetime" membership.
Mouse gestures are terrific. I only use the "forward" and "backward" stokes and can't imagine why the reviewer would find those "annoying" and turn them off.
But doesn't B promote A? I think the goal isn't just to HAVE free software and a free operating system. It is also to preserve, promote, and improve said system. That is what GNU and the FSF are all about. Doing B also does A.
What proprietary software is recommended by RMS? I think he is just saying "Keep your software free, and don't allow ULX to close the license." Enlighten me.
That is really not the slightest bit relevant. The school and the teacher had an employment contract, which must have been poorly written if it doesn't provide that the teacher may be fired for showing up to work under the influence. That is nowhere near tort law in Australia.
The does serve as a good warning to anyone who might write an employment contract though.
That is a seriously nice view. Any house with a view like that near downtown SF must cost some serious bank, even when splitting the cost with roomates. Doesn't it?
I know it is illegal to carry a gun in my state on a school property or on campus at a state university, regardless of a permit to carry concealed weapons. (Yet we had a gun range for competitive target shooting and a ROTC center on campus) I don't know if that covers private colleges and universities or not, and I don't know what the law is in your state. One could keep a gun at an off-campus housing, but that is probably not where she is most at risk. Date rape is much more likely than home invasion.
The colors on the Phazers are really nice too. But the ink is wax based. It scratches right off and you cant draw or write on it. Not so good if you want to do any manual editing or mark ups of your copy.
That is a nice theory, but I don't think it really works that way. Just because a company can get money from a secondary revenue source, don't expect them to decide they should make less money from their primary revenue source. They are going to maximize the total profit however they can. That is the only purpose of their existance. There is no "greed" or "benevolence" involved.
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Often I think they DO care about upsetting people, because that is their goal.
Speaking just for myself, I usually have no problem with campers. As long as they are standing still, trying to ambush me while I'm expecting an ambush, THEY are the easy target. However, in games where people are dead until end of round, a stubborn camper on the team who is supposed to be the assault or attack team reduced everyone elses fun. Because they end up being the last person alive on their team hanging back at their spawn, not trying to achieve the objective waiting for the last defender to walk into their sights. So 18 dead people watch them sit for two minutes while nothing happens while the last defender defends the objective and time finally runs out. That isn't fun, that isnt' playing the game.
Yeah, thats why I stipulated "10,000 active servers" and that is what Demi was replying to. MMORPG's are a different thing and need a different approach. Democracy won't work for them.
And how is that a bad thing? At least in cases where there are 10,000 active servers, that sounds fine to me. If a certain group of people don't want to play with you, you just go somewhere else. In a single server world, the burden of proof needs to be much higher. But it was the most frustrating thing in the world when you have a great match of CS going with 19 people are playing well together, competing fairly, going for the objectives, which is a rare thing. And then you get 1 guy who shows up and starting shooting his teammates. Not killing them, mind you, which would trigger an auto-kick on some modded servers, not "cheating" but just wounding them. If there isn't an active server admin in the game, or vote-to-ban isn't enabled, then its over. Two minutes later the server has 3 people in it.
Even though this is a troll, it brings up a valid point. Which is: TOS and EULA agreements should be detailed BEFORE you buy a game. Wouldn't it be great if a NO CHEATING clause were prominently displayed on the outside of the box. Something along the lines of "Multi-Player play available over the Internet via {insert site here} as long as player doesn't cheat and abides be the rules of conduct outlined below; and via TCP/IP or direct dial to independant host connections." You may use the game as you like, but you may only use our matchup service if you agree to terms we disclose BEFORE you plunk down your cash. Everyone wins.
Well I'm not a biblical scholar, nor can I read the texts in the languages they were written in, but I can say with certainty that the bible is not all literal. There is quite a bit that is figurative and/or allegorical. For example, when Jesus says that a man must be born again to see the kingdom of heaven, that would not be literal. I do believe the message is true, but one must approach The Word very carefully and with a sober mind if they are to understand it. One must strive to put each passage in context and to put all the pieces together to arrive at a complete picture. Nevertheless, it is The Word of God and powerfull for changing lives and lifting up mankind.
This is the first intelligent post I've read today. And what I like about this move is by the EFF and Craig is that it removes SonicBlue from the equation, and they are the point of vulnerability. In Hollywood vs. a PVR maker, Hollywood can argue (and maybe convice a judge) that the PVR maker is profiting by providing a service that makes an infringing derivative work. SonicBlue will counter that the entire program is recorded and only during playback is auto-skipping enabled at the users choice, but the judge can decide that it amounts to the same thing. In Craig vs. Hollywood, Craig can argue that it is the user who chooses to watch the show in the manner they want to and Hollywood is going to have a much harder time sticking infringement on him. Well, that is my uninformed opinion anyway.
If you look at them carefully, I'll think you will see that they're not kidding. Wake up. They would like to retain total control over their content and dictate exactly what you can do with it. And while your loaning of a VCR tape to a friend actually increases their viewership, it reduces their control, so they don't like it.
I doubt that very much. I don't think fair use has ever extended to making copies for friends and family. And yes, making a "mix tape" or in today's world a mix CD for someone else would be copyright infringement. But making one for yourself isn't. The courts may have found that these small scale kinds of infringement do not justify outlawing the devices which have significant non-infringeing use, but that doesn't mean sharing is legal.
Did you notice at the end of the article about the medical examiner the writer offered up a couple of enemies that could be responsible. Pure speculation. Conspiracy theorists mad had him for ruling the suspicious death of a researcher to be natural medical causes? But its the backround story that is interesting to me. Allegedly, 12 to 20 of the top researchers in communicable diseases have died under suspicious circumstances over the past few months??? Has anyone heard anything about this before? Google found nothing for me.
I have been less than satisfied by the difficulty in moving a domain from one host to another, and would much like to move from VeriSign to another registrar. Who did you move to? Can you provide any links that might help me out? Pretty please with sugar on top. And moderators, this is directly related to the article in question.
I'll bet Basic Cable isn't really 60 channels in Mississippi. I'll bet that is Expanded Basic. Some time ago, congress passes that law to lower the price of Basic Cable, so the cable operators responded by making Basic Cable consist of the local network channels plus public access and the other bare minimums, while moving the rest of the stuff you want to watch into a new Expanded Basic line up.
But to respond to the parent post, I am considering cutting back to the minimum Basic Cable when we move to a new house, at $18/mo. instead of Expanded Basic at $36/mo. or Digital at $54/mo. The West Wing is the only show I actually care to watch, and the reception for that channel is crappy over the air, so basic cable gets me good reception.
Buyers should be aware that "lifetime" means the life of said unit, not your lifetime. So as soon as the HDD, which is writing pretty much all the time, dies, you are supposed to pay another "lifetime" membership.
Mouse gestures are terrific. I only use the "forward" and "backward" stokes and can't imagine why the reviewer would find those "annoying" and turn them off.
It's people like you what's cause unrest!
But doesn't B promote A? I think the goal isn't just to HAVE free software and a free operating system. It is also to preserve, promote, and improve said system. That is what GNU and the FSF are all about. Doing B also does A.
What proprietary software is recommended by RMS? I think he is just saying "Keep your software free, and don't allow ULX to close the license." Enlighten me.
That is really not the slightest bit relevant. The school and the teacher had an employment contract, which must have been poorly written if it doesn't provide that the teacher may be fired for showing up to work under the influence. That is nowhere near tort law in Australia.
The does serve as a good warning to anyone who might write an employment contract though.
That is a seriously nice view. Any house with a view like that near downtown SF must cost some serious bank, even when splitting the cost with roomates. Doesn't it?
I know it is illegal to carry a gun in my state on a school property or on campus at a state university, regardless of a permit to carry concealed weapons. (Yet we had a gun range for competitive target shooting and a ROTC center on campus) I don't know if that covers private colleges and universities or not, and I don't know what the law is in your state. One could keep a gun at an off-campus housing, but that is probably not where she is most at risk. Date rape is much more likely than home invasion.
The colors on the Phazers are really nice too. But the ink is wax based. It scratches right off and you cant draw or write on it. Not so good if you want to do any manual editing or mark ups of your copy.
I thought 1 MB was really 1000 KB. and a KB is 1024 bytes.
Can't we have both? I mean, you want to see more than 1 movie per year don't you?
That is a nice theory, but I don't think it really works that way. Just because a company can get money from a secondary revenue source, don't expect them to decide they should make less money from their primary revenue source. They are going to maximize the total profit however they can. That is the only purpose of their existance. There is no "greed" or "benevolence" involved.
And besides, if you are Sony and you are beating the snot out of Microsoft in the marketplace, why bother with the courts.