That's a lot different. Those patches are balancing patches as well as security patches. You just can't balance a game with out a huge audience testing it. It takes a long time. Security in blizz games has always been a problem which stems my love/hate relationship with them. Some of it is understandable , however I do have my limits.
Fight Club broke records on release if I remember correctly. eXistenz sucked, i don't care how long after release you watch it. That was the worst sci-fi crap ever. I never even heard of Repo Man so I wont comment there.
The fact that games don't do well on release is a mystery. Games are announced years before release, where as movies only a few months unless you read all the rumor sites. If a game that's announced 4 years ahead of time can't succeed with it's built up hype machine then that burden falls squarely on the developers.
Are there sleeper titles? Sometimes but it's incredibly rare.
The release now patch later philosophy obviously doesn't work. Couple that with the extreme arrogance of some of the prima donna game makers and you have a disaster waiting to happen.
Marketing pushes these games so hard, nothing could live up to the hype. Why announce a game 4 years before release? Why announce it 6 months before release?
I'm not the biggest fan of Blizzard but at least they have cool beta programs and test their products. I can't count how many games I've bought over the years and had to toss in the trash because they were so bad (SIN comes to mind).
In the end it's developers such as Epic, Id and Blizzard who survive because they actually care about what they are releasing.
It's gotten to the point where I don't buy games until six months or so after the release when the first 3-4 patches have come out and I can read the reviews to see how bad it sucks.
Is it traveling you wish to do? Seeing the world is great but I get enjoyment out of seeing the immediate world around me.
I've had two friends join the peace corps, one loved it the other hated. like most things it's about perspective. I would love to see Ireland, England and many others but it's come to my attention I have neglected to view my own country, my own city even.
I was going to join the Navy but realized military life wasn't worth it to me. The peace corps are out because I need money. So lately I've been thinking about helping others at youth centers in my area. It seems to be much more rewarding, not just for myself but for the kids.
With your skills you could be a great asset to the children. Rather than travel the world and look at the pretty sites, perhaps consider sticking close to home and getting more involved with local programs. It almost seems safer now too considering the bomb in Bali.
My dads been doing this for 30 years. To change his hard drive he pulls out a drawer and puts in a new one. He started it while working for McDonald Douglas a few years before I was born. I still remember sticking 5" floppies into the slot opening in the bottom drawer. I would kick my feet while playing this wierd cow game he had and every couple minutes would kick the lever releasing the floppy and crashing the system.
To him it makes perfect sense. He can expand more easily without opening cases and it solves some heat issues you get in tiny enclosures. Not to mention its totally silent.
I watched someone talk about their plans for doing just this on TV about a month ago. I can't remember what show exactly.
Basically it was a ribbon that started somewhere in the Pacific on some island and went straight up into space attached to an anchor. The ribbon was paper thin but wide and incredibly strong. The reason for it being thin was because of wind resistence which is a major factor especially when its an area with tropical storms. It also had to be a no fly zone since if a plane clipped it, either the ribbon would go or the plane would be cut in half.
It sounded all well and good but the price was hefty and implimenting it sounds near impossible. It would save us a lot of money in the long run considering how much space shuttle launches cost. I just can't see it being reliable. You wouldn't catch me riding on it, thats for sure.
One thing I do know, if they get it to work then it'll be one of the greatest engineering feats ever. I hope they can do it, but I doubt they will.
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I don't think life is as rare as people think. I mean even fire by some peoples standards is alive (it eats, breaths and reproduces). Fire is abundant in the univers correct? Semantics aside, it seems to me that life will exist where ever it CAN exist. Life is persistent whether it be conscious or not (plant life). Look at all the seemingly inhabitable place here on earth, bottom of the ocean being just one. Whether it be cold or hot, life finds a way.
So why is it people think this isn't the case on other celestial bodies? If we were smart we would assume it did exist elsewhere. Our ancestors cynically thought the world was flat, that the universe revolved around our Earth etc.. You would think we would have learned something. Earth isn't special. It's one planet out of trillions out there. We may be the first civilized race in the Universe, or we may be the last, most likely somewhere in the middle.
How long before we figure it all out? I doubt we ever will.
I don't know personally. It seems however everyone forgot that it's Universal who's copyprotecting all their CD's (Fast and the Furious soundtrack for example). So this PIN isn't for "added extra" content, as in "go ahead and pirate the album if you want, you just dont get a PIN". This PIN is more of a way for Bon Jovi to get people to his website and make some more cash with banner ads and pedal t-shirts to online fans. It has nothing to do with piracy.
"I will gladly fork it over for a LIVE performance only"
Lots of very talented artists don't/can't perform live. Take Enya for example, she writes and records everything herself. Want her to stand on a stage by herself performing? that wouldnt be a very good show.
Where do you think they get the money to put on the show in the first place? FROM THE ALBUM SALES.
Just because you can transfer music and movies over a digital connection doesn't mean you have a right to. I can crawl through your bedroom window at night, but that doesn't make it legal.
Grow up. Pay some respect to the authors of the arts you admire. Art appreciation in the country has gone to shit. Artists don't owe YOU anything. Get over yourself
Umm it's a PIN for crying out loud. Banks have been using this same system for ages, not to mention about a billion other business. I mean really whats the diff between this technology wise than with a CD key for winxp?
All it is, is a number that allows you to access a service or feature. I could do this with pen and paper if I wanted too.
Maybe i'm not understanding their "technology", so feel free to correct me.
Its a universitys job to mold and shape ideas, not allow students to go rambling on in the wrong directions. Hence no classes in Satanism to compliment Buddhist/Christian and Muslim studies.
You sign on to a university because you agree with it's ideals and want to learn what they have to teach you. Not because you want to smack government in the face for the sake of smacking government in the face. If you do not agree with your Uni's principles you are free to go elsewhere.
The UC can remove whatever they like on their system. they don't even need a reason. Citing the Patriot Act or no, they didn't want it on their system so it's gone. They need not justify it in court in any way. Those students can get a geocities account and host it there if they like. Or get a domain from he.net or something. The school is within their rights regardless of anything some armchair lawyer says.
Just because i invite you in my house doesn't mean you can spray paint "FARC ROOLz" on my walls.
"But the problem is that the school removed it only because of the Patriot Act, otherwise they where okay with it."
I disagree, I believe it was brought to their attention due to the Patriot Act. I find it hard to believe they new about it before hand. It obviously offended someones fragile sensabilities and got reported. UC's don't keep track of every link of every page of every students websites. They have a enough to do.
Regardless, it's their system, they dont need to justify it to anyone. Those students are free to get a geocities account if they like.
You are just as naive. I'd like to see your statistics on what a "real scientist" is. You'll have to excuse me if I don't buy into your overly romanticised perspective without some proof.
In my world, i.e. the real one. Scientists create Anthrax in labs, nuclear weapons, chemical weapons. Scientsts have been screwing each other from the dawn of science (Tesla/Edison).
Doctors are scientists too. I'm sure I could find warehouses full of case law in regards to legal matters with Doctors screwing each other over.
Their people just like everyone else. There is nothing romantic about it. They can be and often are just as corrupt as everyone else in the world. It's people like you that make them out to be perfect saints that let the bad ones slip by.
I think because that type of forgery has a huge impact on their bottom line. I mean they were spending millions on what this guys claimed, and would have spent millions more.
It's fairly big news. Fraud of this scale is reprehensible. Plus I'm sure they want to make sure he never works again.
"the only conclusive case of scientific misconduct ever identified in the history of the prestigious laboratory"
Now if only the rest of the company could claim the same. I'm still pissed at them for stealing my companies customers. We would sell people ISDN back in 1998 and two weeks after the install our local baby bell would come to their door pitching their services. It turned out they were flagging our orders and sending their dsl sales team out to steal our customers.
Travolta just got his Jet Airliner pilots license. he even flew his first flight recently. Maybe the scientologists are planning to fly Travolta into the Pentagon. lets all call the FBI!
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That's a lot different. Those patches are balancing patches as well as security patches. You just can't balance a game with out a huge audience testing it. It takes a long time. Security in blizz games has always been a problem which stems my love/hate relationship with them. Some of it is understandable , however I do have my limits.
Fight Club broke records on release if I remember correctly. eXistenz sucked, i don't care how long after release you watch it. That was the worst sci-fi crap ever. I never even heard of Repo Man so I wont comment there.
The fact that games don't do well on release is a mystery. Games are announced years before release, where as movies only a few months unless you read all the rumor sites. If a game that's announced 4 years ahead of time can't succeed with it's built up hype machine then that burden falls squarely on the developers.
Are there sleeper titles? Sometimes but it's incredibly rare.
As in build a better mouse trap.
The release now patch later philosophy obviously doesn't work. Couple that with the extreme arrogance of some of the prima donna game makers and you have a disaster waiting to happen.
Marketing pushes these games so hard, nothing could live up to the hype. Why announce a game 4 years before release? Why announce it 6 months before release?
I'm not the biggest fan of Blizzard but at least they have cool beta programs and test their products. I can't count how many games I've bought over the years and had to toss in the trash because they were so bad (SIN comes to mind).
In the end it's developers such as Epic, Id and Blizzard who survive because they actually care about what they are releasing.
It's gotten to the point where I don't buy games until six months or so after the release when the first 3-4 patches have come out and I can read the reviews to see how bad it sucks.
Is it traveling you wish to do? Seeing the world is great but I get enjoyment out of seeing the immediate world around me.
I've had two friends join the peace corps, one loved it the other hated. like most things it's about perspective. I would love to see Ireland, England and many others but it's come to my attention I have neglected to view my own country, my own city even.
I was going to join the Navy but realized military life wasn't worth it to me. The peace corps are out because I need money. So lately I've been thinking about helping others at youth centers in my area. It seems to be much more rewarding, not just for myself but for the kids.
With your skills you could be a great asset to the children. Rather than travel the world and look at the pretty sites, perhaps consider sticking close to home and getting more involved with local programs. It almost seems safer now too considering the bomb in Bali.
My dads been doing this for 30 years. To change his hard drive he pulls out a drawer and puts in a new one. He started it while working for McDonald Douglas a few years before I was born. I still remember sticking 5" floppies into the slot opening in the bottom drawer. I would kick my feet while playing this wierd cow game he had and every couple minutes would kick the lever releasing the floppy and crashing the system.
To him it makes perfect sense. He can expand more easily without opening cases and it solves some heat issues you get in tiny enclosures. Not to mention its totally silent.
Dude the PowerPC has been 64bit for a very long time. This is nothing new.
How long before John Ashcroft has him arrested for creating bomb materials and prosecuting him as an Al-Qaeda terrorist?
I watched someone talk about their plans for doing just this on TV about a month ago. I can't remember what show exactly.
Basically it was a ribbon that started somewhere in the Pacific on some island and went straight up into space attached to an anchor. The ribbon was paper thin but wide and incredibly strong. The reason for it being thin was because of wind resistence which is a major factor especially when its an area with tropical storms. It also had to be a no fly zone since if a plane clipped it, either the ribbon would go or the plane would be cut in half.
It sounded all well and good but the price was hefty and implimenting it sounds near impossible. It would save us a lot of money in the long run considering how much space shuttle launches cost. I just can't see it being reliable. You wouldn't catch me riding on it, thats for sure.
One thing I do know, if they get it to work then it'll be one of the greatest engineering feats ever. I hope they can do it, but I doubt they will.
I don't think life is as rare as people think. I mean even fire by some peoples standards is alive (it eats, breaths and reproduces). Fire is abundant in the univers correct? Semantics aside, it seems to me that life will exist where ever it CAN exist. Life is persistent whether it be conscious or not (plant life). Look at all the seemingly inhabitable place here on earth, bottom of the ocean being just one. Whether it be cold or hot, life finds a way.
So why is it people think this isn't the case on other celestial bodies? If we were smart we would assume it did exist elsewhere. Our ancestors cynically thought the world was flat, that the universe revolved around our Earth etc.. You would think we would have learned something. Earth isn't special. It's one planet out of trillions out there. We may be the first civilized race in the Universe, or we may be the last, most likely somewhere in the middle.
How long before we figure it all out? I doubt we ever will.
"according to people I have talked to OS X doesn't cut it."
/. macintosh biggots right?
Word of mouth doesn't constitute research. You will learn this in college thankfully. So you are excused for the time being.
These people were? Let me guess, the typical
I don't know personally. It seems however everyone forgot that it's Universal who's copyprotecting all their CD's (Fast and the Furious soundtrack for example). So this PIN isn't for "added extra" content, as in "go ahead and pirate the album if you want, you just dont get a PIN". This PIN is more of a way for Bon Jovi to get people to his website and make some more cash with banner ads and pedal t-shirts to online fans. It has nothing to do with piracy.
"I will gladly fork it over for a LIVE performance only"
Lots of very talented artists don't/can't perform live. Take Enya for example, she writes and records everything herself. Want her to stand on a stage by herself performing? that wouldnt be a very good show.
Where do you think they get the money to put on the show in the first place? FROM THE ALBUM SALES.
Just because you can transfer music and movies over a digital connection doesn't mean you have a right to. I can crawl through your bedroom window at night, but that doesn't make it legal.
Grow up. Pay some respect to the authors of the arts you admire. Art appreciation in the country has gone to shit. Artists don't owe YOU anything. Get over yourself
Umm it's a PIN for crying out loud. Banks have been using this same system for ages, not to mention about a billion other business. I mean really whats the diff between this technology wise than with a CD key for winxp?
All it is, is a number that allows you to access a service or feature. I could do this with pen and paper if I wanted too.
Maybe i'm not understanding their "technology", so feel free to correct me.
You'll find a similar variation in "Alice in wonderland"
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Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumb
Its a universitys job to mold and shape ideas, not allow students to go rambling on in the wrong directions. Hence no classes in Satanism to compliment Buddhist/Christian and Muslim studies.
You sign on to a university because you agree with it's ideals and want to learn what they have to teach you. Not because you want to smack government in the face for the sake of smacking government in the face. If you do not agree with your Uni's principles you are free to go elsewhere.
The UC can remove whatever they like on their system. they don't even need a reason. Citing the Patriot Act or no, they didn't want it on their system so it's gone. They need not justify it in court in any way. Those students can get a geocities account and host it there if they like. Or get a domain from he.net or something. The school is within their rights regardless of anything some armchair lawyer says.
Just because i invite you in my house doesn't mean you can spray paint "FARC ROOLz" on my walls.
"But the problem is that the school removed it only because of the Patriot Act, otherwise they where okay with it."
I disagree, I believe it was brought to their attention due to the Patriot Act. I find it hard to believe they new about it before hand. It obviously offended someones fragile sensabilities and got reported. UC's don't keep track of every link of every page of every students websites. They have a enough to do.
Regardless, it's their system, they dont need to justify it to anyone. Those students are free to get a geocities account if they like.
You are just as naive. I'd like to see your statistics on what a "real scientist" is. You'll have to excuse me if I don't buy into your overly romanticised perspective without some proof.
In my world, i.e. the real one. Scientists create Anthrax in labs, nuclear weapons, chemical weapons. Scientsts have been screwing each other from the dawn of science (Tesla/Edison).
Doctors are scientists too. I'm sure I could find warehouses full of case law in regards to legal matters with Doctors screwing each other over.
Their people just like everyone else. There is nothing romantic about it. They can be and often are just as corrupt as everyone else in the world. It's people like you that make them out to be perfect saints that let the bad ones slip by.
boy are you naive
I think because that type of forgery has a huge impact on their bottom line. I mean they were spending millions on what this guys claimed, and would have spent millions more.
It's fairly big news. Fraud of this scale is reprehensible. Plus I'm sure they want to make sure he never works again.
"the only conclusive case of scientific misconduct ever identified in the history of the prestigious laboratory"
Now if only the rest of the company could claim the same. I'm still pissed at them for stealing my companies customers. We would sell people ISDN back in 1998 and two weeks after the install our local baby bell would come to their door pitching their services. It turned out they were flagging our orders and sending their dsl sales team out to steal our customers.
Bastards
I'm not reffering to that no talent ass clown. Forget it
RMS is putting words in my mouth, while you just took them right out! Bravo
I tried so hard to forget about Grease, and you had to come along and remind me. DAMN YOU!
Travolta just got his Jet Airliner pilots license. he even flew his first flight recently. Maybe the scientologists are planning to fly Travolta into the Pentagon. lets all call the FBI!