But it says right on the box 'Xbox live enabled' and 'Content Download'. They have never mislead you that you don't need xbox live to get updates. I don't see what the problem is, you get something extra for paying money...making any sense?
The game works fine on its own, it is just bigger and better with xbox live.
if you're doing some recording it's nice to be able to record into RAM first and then save it off to elsewhere when you're happy with it.
Yeah, until the computer crashes or someone kicks the power switch...then all that time recorded on the RAM goes *blink* out of existance.
well, it probably isn't that big/often of a problem, but it still seems better to just save/record to a network drive in another room like was suggested above.
I mean come on, they can use the force to levitate themselves and push away the heat and crap....it IS a movie after all, try some suspension of disbelief.
Well, I mean, obviously it is to calculate the jump to hyperspace.
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From the year 2020 statistics:
In 318 of the 465 vehicle and equipment-related fatalities within work zones, a worker on foot was struck by a vehicle. Victims of these events were as likely to be struck by a construction vehicle (104 fatalities) as by a passing traffic vehicle (102 fatalities), or a runaway robotic orange barrel (100 fatalities).
I for one welcome our new orange barrel overlords.
The myth that every student should perform 100% on every assignment is one of the worst...
What are you talking about, not everyone is supposed to get 100%. Everyone is supposed to TRY and get 100%, but the test is made hard enougth that the mean is a B or a C. That is pretty standard for all education levels. There are always a few teachers who make their tests real easy, but generally it isn't a big problem
I think a more appropriate analogy would be if you were allowed to bring a tennis-ball cannon
This is an inappropriate analogy because we are not talking about bringing some tool to the game that is not equally available to everyone. An appropriate analogy to a ball cannon is if one player used an aimbot or script that could serve perfectly every time. While I don't like lame players, you have to admit that if it is designed in the game, it is a perfectly valid strategy...as long as it is available to everyone. Hopefully the game was tested well, and every lame strategy has a counter that can be used to stop it.
Suppose I was playing a real-life tennis match with Sampras, pulled out a gun, and shot him in the knee. Would my subsequent win (assuming I wasn't arrested or handcuffed) be honest or fair? Certainly not.
Of course you couldn't do that, but you can't do that in Top Spin either. A more appropriate example would be if you had an amazing, unhitable backhand from the baseline, and you just sat back there all the time and kept using your backhand. Seems like a totally legit strategy to me. It would be up to Sampras to give some short lobs and try to pull you in to volley.
I didn't read the bill, but I doubt it prohibits political ads. It would think it just prohibits ads in support of one of the candidates. I bet you can still buy and broadcast all the "Stop clubbing baby seals" ads you want, as long as you don't say "Bush clubs baby seals. Stop clubbing the baby seals. Vote Kerry."
You can be political without being part of a campaign. If you are simply supporting a candidate with an ad, then you are part of his campaign. You have to regulate those contributions or else big corportations will buy all the ad time, and the little guy has no chance.
If I am wrong, I would appreciate an article link so I could become more informed.
That act was about campaign finance reform, and is aimed at leveling the playing field, not prohibiting speech. In that case, the goverment does not stop/ban certain ads or messages, it just provides structure so that all candidates have an equal shot at being elected, regardless of financial background. Read this article
There have already been quotes of the Constitution in this thread, so I won't be repetitive but just remind you, it is freedom of speech and expression. All speech is protected, even the KKK is allowed to voice their opinions.
I've never heard of the government banning political ads, would you please give a reference?
I was just rethinking that...in a way it is similar to the arm swinging. You are allowed to swing your arms all f-ing day if you want, as long as you don't hit someone. Unless Howard Stern starts following you around and harassing you, he should be allowed to continue. As long as there are options on the radio, you are safe to not listen to the ones you don't like.
On a seperate note, making lewd jokes and fart noises is no reason to get fined millions of dollars. The FCC was created to regulate frequencies, broadcast power, and corporations...NOT content. They are using a loophole to censor all content, and don't think they will stop with Howard Stern. It is just the first step to Big Brother watching over your shoulder, well I guess it is really Jesus they want watching over your shoulder.
Thanks, but no thanks, I'd also like to keep my freedom of religion.
Listening to radio is not like walking down the sidewalk because you have complete control over what you listen to. You know you don't like Howard's show, so you can not listen to it. I know I find certain other shows to be in bad taste, so i can not listen to them. This is different from walking down the sidewalk because in that case, you can't stop the person from running at you and flailing his arms. If Howard Stern is broadcast and nobody listens to it, are you hurt? Let the free market determine what is appropriate:
If no one likes Stern, no one will listen
Advertisers will have no interest in broadcasting commercials during this time
"In Germany they came first for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up." --Pastor Martin Niemöller, 1945
So you are saying you don't believe in free speech? Are you US Citizen? if not none of this really applies to you.
Anyway, I am not trying to force anything on you, I don't want you to leave anything. I simply want us all to have the choice and FREEDOM to listen to whatever we want to. If you don't believe in freedom, I am never going to convince you of anything.
If Howard Stern was made required listening, I would protest just as much. It doesn't matter what you think of Stern, he should still be allowed to speak. If you don't like what he says it is as simple as pushing a button to listen to Rush Limbaugh, NPR, Z100, Country, Weather, or any other station you CHOOSE to listen to.
That act gave them the right to regulate indecent content, NOT to decide what is indecent. Except for the 'Seven Dirty Words', there has been no trial or public proceeding to determine what is decent. Howard Stern does not use the Seven Dirty Words.
This is another example of people who think they know what is best for everyone, forcing those views onto everyone else. Just because Bush's religion tells him something is wrong, that doesn't mean it is wrong for everyone else. Since Howard's show is the top rated show, doesn't that mean the majority of the public thinks it is OK? and if they don't like it, can't they change the channel and listen to something else?!?!?! stop forcing your views down my throat!!!! this is so infuriating.
Clear Channel has the right not to broadcast Stern, that is not under contest. What is under contest is that the reason they cannot broadcast him is because the FCC is handing down arbitrary fines for indecency. Using the fines they can make it financially impossible to broadcast the show.
Also, YOU DO HAVE THE RIGHT NOT TO LISTEN! No one has taken that away from you, if you don't like the Stern show, change the channel!!! Why do we need the government to force thier approved content down our throats? Shouldn't we be able to choose what we want to listen to?
Isn't it strange that when Ashcroft came to office he had to cover up the lady of justice statue with a toga because the statue has one breast exposed? Is that not insane? It is a classical art statue that has been on TV in press conferences for 50+ years. The current govenment is going overboard on censorship, and it is time the populace woke up to it.
Yes it is about to be violated. The FCC is fining the radio stations, and soon the artists themselves for 'indecent' content, but no one has given them the authority to decide what is indecent. There has been no trial to decide what is indecent, and if you poll people, the majority would not think his show is indecent. His free speech is being violated because the government is arbitrarily imposing financial restrictions on the broadcasting stations. Go read about it at his site
This is incorrect, 2 of the markets (florida and one of the others) were his best markets, and he was number 1 in most of them if not all.
Howard's audience is not dropping, and that has nothing to do with why he is being taken off the air. You should go read some of the articles linked at his site
The problem is getting multiple sponserships. If they make the stats of the STP car better than the stats of the Penzoil car, Penzoil gets angry and doesn't sign the contract. Nobody wants to be seen as having the inferior product. that is why you see product lines in games, like good, better, best golf clubs from callaway.
the only way to avoid this is when you license from the governing body, like EA gets a license from the NBA to use all the names of the teams and players (which are trademarked by the NBA not the teams I would guess).
I bought CZ last night, it does come with a multiplayer version which is basically the same as CS. It has a few new maps, and all the old maps are slightly redone, new ramp here and there, more detailed textures, bump mapping, and extra touches like junk on the floor.
Basically, it is just CS with more polygons added to each map, and better textures. The bots are fun, they are so good it is like playing with real people, except you know they aren't cheating, and your teammates will actually stick with you and follow your orders.
Then the answer is not to prohibitively fines so that things get taken off the air, but to provide a system of ratings and use technology to block the material from people of insufficient age. There are plenty of V-chips and crap out there. Let's use a technological solution instead of censoring everything and not letting people who want risque content get it.
The only court ruling has been to stop the 'Seven dirty words' and I'm not trying to argue with that, we can do without the F-word and the other words on the air (although what harm do words really do?). Make Howard Stern and other comedy shows PG-13, and don't hold them to the same standards as the Super Bowl halftime show or the Evening News.
Check this out too...from the Howard Stern website, it is about stuff that Oprah has said on the air..."Compare The
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The game works fine on its own, it is just bigger and better with xbox live.
Yeah, until the computer crashes or someone kicks the power switch...then all that time recorded on the RAM goes *blink* out of existance.
well, it probably isn't that big/often of a problem, but it still seems better to just save/record to a network drive in another room like was suggested above.
I mean come on, they can use the force to levitate themselves and push away the heat and crap....it IS a movie after all, try some suspension of disbelief.
If I put enough monkeys on enough typewriters, eventually Shakespeare would be killed by Hitler. But does that prove Godwin's law?
Well, I mean, obviously it is to calculate the jump to hyperspace.
In 318 of the 465 vehicle and equipment-related fatalities within work zones, a worker on foot was struck by a vehicle. Victims of these events were as likely to be struck by a construction vehicle (104 fatalities) as by a passing traffic vehicle (102 fatalities), or a runaway robotic orange barrel (100 fatalities).
I for one welcome our new orange barrel overlords.
I live in Boston too, and maybe I could do that, but I would have nothing left over, and would have to move to a crappy place.
I think you meant "Boy, am I glad I make $27. 64 an hour!"
You can be political without being part of a campaign. If you are simply supporting a candidate with an ad, then you are part of his campaign. You have to regulate those contributions or else big corportations will buy all the ad time, and the little guy has no chance.
If I am wrong, I would appreciate an article link so I could become more informed.
That act was about campaign finance reform, and is aimed at leveling the playing field, not prohibiting speech. In that case, the goverment does not stop/ban certain ads or messages, it just provides structure so that all candidates have an equal shot at being elected, regardless of financial background. Read this article
I've never heard of the government banning political ads, would you please give a reference?
On a seperate note, making lewd jokes and fart noises is no reason to get fined millions of dollars. The FCC was created to regulate frequencies, broadcast power, and corporations...NOT content. They are using a loophole to censor all content, and don't think they will stop with Howard Stern. It is just the first step to Big Brother watching over your shoulder, well I guess it is really Jesus they want watching over your shoulder.
Thanks, but no thanks, I'd also like to keep my freedom of religion.
"In Germany they came first for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up." --Pastor Martin Niemöller, 1945
Anyway, I am not trying to force anything on you, I don't want you to leave anything. I simply want us all to have the choice and FREEDOM to listen to whatever we want to. If you don't believe in freedom, I am never going to convince you of anything.
If Howard Stern was made required listening, I would protest just as much. It doesn't matter what you think of Stern, he should still be allowed to speak. If you don't like what he says it is as simple as pushing a button to listen to Rush Limbaugh, NPR, Z100, Country, Weather, or any other station you CHOOSE to listen to.
This is another example of people who think they know what is best for everyone, forcing those views onto everyone else. Just because Bush's religion tells him something is wrong, that doesn't mean it is wrong for everyone else. Since Howard's show is the top rated show, doesn't that mean the majority of the public thinks it is OK? and if they don't like it, can't they change the channel and listen to something else?!?!?! stop forcing your views down my throat!!!! this is so infuriating.
Also, YOU DO HAVE THE RIGHT NOT TO LISTEN! No one has taken that away from you, if you don't like the Stern show, change the channel!!! Why do we need the government to force thier approved content down our throats? Shouldn't we be able to choose what we want to listen to?
Isn't it strange that when Ashcroft came to office he had to cover up the lady of justice statue with a toga because the statue has one breast exposed? Is that not insane? It is a classical art statue that has been on TV in press conferences for 50+ years. The current govenment is going overboard on censorship, and it is time the populace woke up to it.
Yes it is about to be violated. The FCC is fining the radio stations, and soon the artists themselves for 'indecent' content, but no one has given them the authority to decide what is indecent. There has been no trial to decide what is indecent, and if you poll people, the majority would not think his show is indecent. His free speech is being violated because the government is arbitrarily imposing financial restrictions on the broadcasting stations. Go read about it at his site
Howard's audience is not dropping, and that has nothing to do with why he is being taken off the air. You should go read some of the articles linked at his site
the only way to avoid this is when you license from the governing body, like EA gets a license from the NBA to use all the names of the teams and players (which are trademarked by the NBA not the teams I would guess).
Basically, it is just CS with more polygons added to each map, and better textures. The bots are fun, they are so good it is like playing with real people, except you know they aren't cheating, and your teammates will actually stick with you and follow your orders.
The only court ruling has been to stop the 'Seven dirty words' and I'm not trying to argue with that, we can do without the F-word and the other words on the air (although what harm do words really do?). Make Howard Stern and other comedy shows PG-13, and don't hold them to the same standards as the Super Bowl halftime show or the Evening News.
Check this out too...from the Howard Stern website, it is about stuff that Oprah has said on the air..."Compare The Oprah & Howard Transcripts And Find Out How To Complain To The FCC"