Is there a type of alphabet soup that comes in comic sans? I would have a wonderfully horrible idea of making GP post first die, and then turn in his grave: 1. Comic Sans alphabet noodles. 2. Ketchup. 3. Kraft parmesan. 4. OH TEH HORRORS. ^^
...can someone from the USA please explain to me, what this C*Os have to do with anything in the government, and how they relate to it. Because I thought (from my noobish simplified perspective) you had a parliament that is elected by the people, and a second one, that is elected by the first parliament. And a president that is somehow directly, but yet still indirectly elected by the people.
But if you have chief anything officers of everything, who are chosen by the president saying so (after whatever happened internally), and they decide things, then this is all just a big farce, isn't it?
Either I don't get it, or this is all just a big elaborate trick to make people believe that they actually have any power in this, while in reality, they have none?
No. It's not. Some 4 companies saying it, and some idiots parroting their propaganda does not change it. Still for 99.9% of the world, piracy is stealing shit on the high seas. So stop being and arrogant **AA parrot or I'll return you to the pet shop. Yes. THAT pet shop! ^^
Now tell me. How can they use the server that much, without having an account on the server? Hm? Was it a login DDOS? Or did they just not check if the person bought the game? Hm? I think it was the second. And if it was the first, it definitely was underpowered even for the legitimate users.
By the way. As a sibling post quoted, there is no such thing in the article.
You mean it was a (unintentional) DDOS-attack? Now that would be another thing of course. Do you have some proof of this, because I thing you are talking out of your ass (no offense plzkthx). ^^
Hey, I have an idea. I create a web site that is a service for the RIAA, MPAA and so on. It indexes all torrents from all trackers, so they can track the uploaders down. It is free for personal use ("everybody can track down those...uhum...greedy bastards...uhum..."), but will cost large sums for commercial use (eg **AAs). And I will call it btjunkie.org. Two things that appeal to the **AA, because it reminds them of their biggest other activity.
Be close to your friends. And closer to your enemies.:)
Bullshit! Those people would not have bought the game, if they could not get it otherwise. They would have simply copied something else, or bought something that they could afford or would be worth it for them.
The server issue is an issue of the delusional stupidity of living in a dream world. Would they have made the buyers have unique server accounts, this would not have happened.
But that is completely irrelevant. Because it does not hurt the developer or publisher.
What is relevant, is that people would not pay for the game, if they could not copy it. (Pirating is stealing shit on the high seas, and murdering people!)
Wrong. They have legitimate access. The server did not ask for any unique account or identification. It just lets anyone in. Maybe ony those that send them some data, that is openly available for everyone. But that does not change a thing.
You can't give 50 people on the street a piece of paper with a flower on it, let anyone in your club that shows you such a piece of paper (but is keeping it), and expect the people to not give that piece to anyone else or copy it. That is just a delusional unrealistic pipe dream.
See my comment on a parent comment, for how it's done. (Hint: *unique* accounts for buyers!)
(Btw: Piracy has nothing to do with it. Copying stuff has.)
I think if you do not hurt anyone, there's nothing bad in people copying stuff they would not buy anyway. Because that is the very point of all this. The only problem was, that the company created an open server that they had to pay for, and did not ask the players for any money. I would have made them have unique accounts. Accounts that do not require anything other than the code in the game box, an e-mail-address and a password. People could not give it to others because they then would lose the ability to use it themselves at the same time. And it would guarantee that someone actually payed that part of the server with its game. Who uses it in the end, does not matter.
You did leave out the most important part:...because it creates even more new jobs.
People think that closing down companies with outdated business models only destroys jobs. But they never seem to see, that in nature, available resources always are used again quickly. Someone else will fill the whole. Pressure equalizes. And the people will find work again. And sometimes, wonderful things happen too. Like someone of those people having the time and motivation to start his own successful company with something completely new, and filling the gap with it.
I found the notion pretty impressive, that a piece of shrapnel, only 1 g in weight, is like a 600 kg (~1323 pounds) bike, crashing at them with 600 km/h (~373 mph). Imagine that, with the size of a pencil tip, hitting a window. Now imagine a piece of half a ton doing the same...
I wish I could make such a speech when I have the NSA at my door... and get away with it too. You are absolutely right. But I think that those agents, when they are out of arguments, resort to brute force. And to counter that, you would have to practically start a war with the US government. (Not the people. The government.)
So how could one solve that situation in a better way? ("You can't" is not an answer.:)
Seriously guys, where did the days go, where there were noble Englishmen, proud Scots, genius Germans, free Americans, legendary Chinese, (please add your country,) etc.? Because I know they existed once.
It's called viral marketing. It's used by big companies since the Internet became mainstream, and by local companies since there are communities. And it is the most sneaky and crooked of all marketing techniques. Fortunately, it often reeks of the uncanny valley of fakeishness, and then it fails epically. ^^
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Well, at least IE has a functionality for server-side fonts, and I heard that Mozilla was is planning on implementing one some years ago.
Hey, it was a job as a beach lifeguard, you insensitive clod!
Is there a type of alphabet soup that comes in comic sans? I would have a wonderfully horrible idea of making GP post first die, and then turn in his grave:
1. Comic Sans alphabet noodles.
2. Ketchup.
3. Kraft parmesan.
4. OH TEH HORRORS. ^^
...can someone from the USA please explain to me, what this C*Os have to do with anything in the government, and how they relate to it. Because I thought (from my noobish simplified perspective) you had a parliament that is elected by the people, and a second one, that is elected by the first parliament. And a president that is somehow directly, but yet still indirectly elected by the people.
But if you have chief anything officers of everything, who are chosen by the president saying so (after whatever happened internally), and they decide things, then this is all just a big farce, isn't it?
Either I don't get it, or this is all just a big elaborate trick to make people believe that they actually have any power in this, while in reality, they have none?
That's how the English language has devolved.
There. Fixed that for ya... ^^
And "I couldn't care less" is sarcasm.
No. It's not. Some 4 companies saying it, and some idiots parroting their propaganda does not change it. Still for 99.9% of the world, piracy is stealing shit on the high seas.
So stop being and arrogant **AA parrot or I'll return you to the pet shop. Yes. THAT pet shop! ^^
Now tell me. How can they use the server that much, without having an account on the server? Hm? Was it a login DDOS? Or did they just not check if the person bought the game? Hm? I think it was the second. And if it was the first, it definitely was underpowered even for the legitimate users.
By the way. As a sibling post quoted, there is no such thing in the article.
Mod grandparent and parent down.
Their posts blatantly ignore reality and what siblings said, and are therefore rubbish.
Yeah, I have a pretty fucked-up family, I know. ^^
You mean it was a (unintentional) DDOS-attack? Now that would be another thing of course. Do you have some proof of this, because I thing you are talking out of your ass (no offense plzkthx). ^^
Hey, I have an idea. I create a web site that is a service for the RIAA, MPAA and so on. It indexes all torrents from all trackers, so they can track the uploaders down. It is free for personal use ("everybody can track down those...uhum...greedy bastards...uhum..."), but will cost large sums for commercial use (eg **AAs). And I will call it btjunkie.org. Two things that appeal to the **AA, because it reminds them of their biggest other activity.
Be close to your friends. And closer to your enemies. :)
Bullshit! Those people would not have bought the game, if they could not get it otherwise. They would have simply copied something else, or bought something that they could afford or would be worth it for them.
The server issue is an issue of the delusional stupidity of living in a dream world. Would they have made the buyers have unique server accounts, this would not have happened.
Go back to your **AA people, FUDspreader!
But that is completely irrelevant. Because it does not hurt the developer or publisher.
What is relevant, is that people would not pay for the game, if they could not copy it. (Pirating is stealing shit on the high seas, and murdering people!)
Wrong. They have legitimate access. The server did not ask for any unique account or identification. It just lets anyone in. Maybe ony those that send them some data, that is openly available for everyone. But that does not change a thing.
You can't give 50 people on the street a piece of paper with a flower on it, let anyone in your club that shows you such a piece of paper (but is keeping it), and expect the people to not give that piece to anyone else or copy it. That is just a delusional unrealistic pipe dream.
See my comment on a parent comment, for how it's done. (Hint: *unique* accounts for buyers!)
(Btw: Piracy has nothing to do with it. Copying stuff has.)
I think if you do not hurt anyone, there's nothing bad in people copying stuff they would not buy anyway. Because that is the very point of all this.
The only problem was, that the company created an open server that they had to pay for, and did not ask the players for any money. I would have made them have unique accounts. Accounts that do not require anything other than the code in the game box, an e-mail-address and a password. People could not give it to others because they then would lose the ability to use it themselves at the same time. And it would guarantee that someone actually payed that part of the server with its game. Who uses it in the end, does not matter.
Pirate Mr. T says: Stop usin' the word "piracy" fo' somethin' that is not piracy, ya foolish landlubbers!
Whooosh...
Well, now you can get your job back. With an eMule-Server. ;)
You did leave out the most important part: ...because it creates even more new jobs.
People think that closing down companies with outdated business models only destroys jobs. But they never seem to see, that in nature, available resources always are used again quickly. Someone else will fill the whole. Pressure equalizes. And the people will find work again. And sometimes, wonderful things happen too. Like someone of those people having the time and motivation to start his own successful company with something completely new, and filling the gap with it.
I found the notion pretty impressive, that a piece of shrapnel, only 1 g in weight, is like a 600 kg (~1323 pounds) bike, crashing at them with 600 km/h (~373 mph). Imagine that, with the size of a pencil tip, hitting a window. Now imagine a piece of half a ton doing the same...
So it's the retard father leading the retard bastard monster child?
I bet the child's grandfather cries when he sees them...
I wish I could make such a speech when I have the NSA at my door... and get away with it too.
You are absolutely right. But I think that those agents, when they are out of arguments, resort to brute force.
And to counter that, you would have to practically start a war with the US government. (Not the people. The government.)
So how could one solve that situation in a better way? ("You can't" is not an answer.:)
So you lack sense-making too? ^^
Seriously guys, where did the days go, where there were noble Englishmen, proud Scots, genius Germans, free Americans, legendary Chinese, (please add your country,) etc.?
Because I know they existed once.
Geez, must be someone who hates LazyTown.
And that's rare how?
From what I know, kids hate LazyTown, but Pedobear seems to approve.
So they are made to be junked when they become 3?
It's called viral marketing. It's used by big companies since the Internet became mainstream, and by local companies since there are communities. And it is the most sneaky and crooked of all marketing techniques. Fortunately, it often reeks of the uncanny valley of fakeishness, and then it fails epically. ^^