D&D 3rd edition *is* about fighting software patents.
You create a character with different attributes. Now, your attributes make you of a specific class. The point of D&D is to let these classes coexist, in order to progress. The point of D&D 3rd, with the new skill system, is to differentiate these classes enough that they become different.
Now draw a parallel between 'class' and 'patent'. They're saying you cannot create a patent because small variations between patents are sufficient to be noticed. By expanding the skill system, WotC is saying it's wrong to put software patents because changing one line of code is enough for differentiation.
Even when it came out, 'Mage: the Ascension' was nothing more than a cheap rip-off/riff on themes developped in cyberpunk. Jon, you're getting worked up over nothing, and you're showing how shallow your actual geek culture is (ShadowrunNING? Can't you even doublecheck your facts?) Next, you're gonna tell us how accurate 'Hackers' was? Oh, and did you notice how Sandra Bullock's 'The Net' is an allegory for the loss of privacy in our modern society? Draw a parallel with the Number of the Beast, Iron Maiden, the Apocalypse, and you're set for a 10 articles feature.
You really think they're gonna raise the price if you buy a lot? Think again... Think 'bulk purchase'.
The logical and commercially viable solution here is to lower the price when you buy a lot, because they want to maintain that customer loyalty if it means you're a good buyer. Same way it works with everything else... Buy 1, it's a given price; buy 100, it's a lot cheaper per unit.
I suspect you guys will whine a lot less if this kind of data collection means you'll save on your little anime DVDs, huh?
I mean, even the movie Battlefield Earth had good reviews before it came out. Never, ever trust benchmarks before they're made by people who were able to pick up the card off the shelves.
Besides, the very shape of this story (spotted at a tradeshow somewhere) has the smell of urban legend if you ask me...
Are there still people who think that the Olympics have anything to do with amateur competition and brotherly rivalry among fellow humans? Raise your hands? You do? Moron.
Let's face it, no event of this magnitude can be deployed without huge-ass amounts of money. And to get that huge-ass amount, you need the whole marketing and publicity machine. As a matter of fact, the only reason why the whole spirit of competition remains is that it's the main selling point of the marketed product.
Why do you think athletes still make pitful salaries? It's part of the Olympic image that smalltown athletes would make a pitful salary and compete in the Olympics anyway. It's good for the sales.
The athletes and sports organizations don't run the show. Corporate sponsors do, and they're the ringmasters. To think otherwise is crass idealism. So get over it already... It may not be cool, but it's normal.
Hmm... You managed to crash Homeworld after 5 minutes? I played the game throughout and it never crashed once. Moreso, I never saw ScanDisk crash.
Do you actually know how to run Windows?
I mean, I've seen my share of BSoDs and kernel panics in my time, but you're either very unfortunate or as dumb as an ox to crash your partition because of a gaming demo.
Actually, I've seen people at work swap obsessively between Diablo II and regular office tools on Windows 2000. Admittedly, you need speeds near the 1 GHz to do that...
Doh! Forgot to plug a Nathalie Portman joke in there. Time for coffee...
Incidentally, I expect hiding for 2000 years hasn't done wonders for your skin tone and nubile appeal? Or did you survive by being *gasp* naked and petrified?
With rumors like that, regardless of whether they're true or not, the fascinating aspect is what makes it spread around like wildfire.
Consider some of the rumors floating around before Episode 1: the one that stuck up the most was that Lucas considered using a digital version of Sir Alec Guinness to play the young Obi-Wan. The fact the rumor spread around meant that people were excited at the upcoming special effects and dreamed of wild innovations.
Now, post-Episode 1, we get rumors that even R2D2 will receive an unwanted CGI facelift. This goes to show that people are now jaded of SW special effects, and fear the movies are losing their dimension of humanity.
By extension, these rumors then expose the bias a particular news source. How often do you see positive rumors about Episode 2, lately? What about the comments themselves?
You're assuming I give a fuck about moderation. You're also assuming the intent of my posts are humor. Based on your invalid premise, I have no other choice but to disregard your conclusion. Too bad, I would have loved to tell you 'Fuck you too'.
...too bad the combination of a silly name (Kmeleon?! WTF?) and a ho-hum overall appearance will plunge this thing into obscurity faster than you can say 'Internet Explorer'. Yet another project whose 5 seconds of fame consists of a Slashdot front.
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You create a character with different attributes. Now, your attributes make you of a specific class. The point of D&D is to let these classes coexist, in order to progress. The point of D&D 3rd, with the new skill system, is to differentiate these classes enough that they become different.
Now draw a parallel between 'class' and 'patent'. They're saying you cannot create a patent because small variations between patents are sufficient to be noticed. By expanding the skill system, WotC is saying it's wrong to put software patents because changing one line of code is enough for differentiation.
QED.
Even when it came out, 'Mage: the Ascension' was nothing more than a cheap rip-off/riff on themes developped in cyberpunk. Jon, you're getting worked up over nothing, and you're showing how shallow your actual geek culture is (ShadowrunNING? Can't you even doublecheck your facts?) Next, you're gonna tell us how accurate 'Hackers' was? Oh, and did you notice how Sandra Bullock's 'The Net' is an allegory for the loss of privacy in our modern society? Draw a parallel with the Number of the Beast, Iron Maiden, the Apocalypse, and you're set for a 10 articles feature.
The logical and commercially viable solution here is to lower the price when you buy a lot, because they want to maintain that customer loyalty if it means you're a good buyer. Same way it works with everything else... Buy 1, it's a given price; buy 100, it's a lot cheaper per unit.
I suspect you guys will whine a lot less if this kind of data collection means you'll save on your little anime DVDs, huh?
I mean, even the movie Battlefield Earth had good reviews before it came out. Never, ever trust benchmarks before they're made by people who were able to pick up the card off the shelves.
Besides, the very shape of this story (spotted at a tradeshow somewhere) has the smell of urban legend if you ask me...
Let's face it, no event of this magnitude can be deployed without huge-ass amounts of money. And to get that huge-ass amount, you need the whole marketing and publicity machine. As a matter of fact, the only reason why the whole spirit of competition remains is that it's the main selling point of the marketed product.
Why do you think athletes still make pitful salaries? It's part of the Olympic image that smalltown athletes would make a pitful salary and compete in the Olympics anyway. It's good for the sales.
The athletes and sports organizations don't run the show. Corporate sponsors do, and they're the ringmasters. To think otherwise is crass idealism. So get over it already... It may not be cool, but it's normal.
That's the point. Don't tell anyone! You know how moderators are with reverse psychology...
What? Windows has a command prompt?
Do you actually know how to run Windows?
I mean, I've seen my share of BSoDs and kernel panics in my time, but you're either very unfortunate or as dumb as an ox to crash your partition because of a gaming demo.
Actually, I've seen people at work swap obsessively between Diablo II and regular office tools on Windows 2000. Admittedly, you need speeds near the 1 GHz to do that...
Don't ask me... I'm not the one moderating on crack.
Just wait 5 years and you should be able to play Homeworld.
Incidentally, I expect hiding for 2000 years hasn't done wonders for your skin tone and nubile appeal? Or did you survive by being *gasp* naked and petrified?
"The old Star Wars movies were made despite the System. The new movies are made by the System."
Consider some of the rumors floating around before Episode 1: the one that stuck up the most was that Lucas considered using a digital version of Sir Alec Guinness to play the young Obi-Wan. The fact the rumor spread around meant that people were excited at the upcoming special effects and dreamed of wild innovations.
Now, post-Episode 1, we get rumors that even R2D2 will receive an unwanted CGI facelift. This goes to show that people are now jaded of SW special effects, and fear the movies are losing their dimension of humanity.
By extension, these rumors then expose the bias a particular news source. How often do you see positive rumors about Episode 2, lately? What about the comments themselves?
*sigh* Do you even know how to read? What part of my message was even remotely unclear? Is it hard to type with paws?
Aaah... Explains a lot.
Interesting. Tell me about your mother.
Remind me who you are, again?
You're assuming I give a fuck about moderation. You're also assuming the intent of my posts are humor. Based on your invalid premise, I have no other choice but to disregard your conclusion. Too bad, I would have loved to tell you 'Fuck you too'.
You obviously haven't been looking at the net moderation done on my karma recipes beyond the first one...
That number is way too high
That number is way too low
Are they counting all the virii/Hello Worlds/shareware programs/versions of Windows?
Kato is on crack
I coded more applications on my weekend
Linux r00lz
Any obligatory joke about Micro$oft
You're welcome.
Frodo: Well, we made it to Mount Doom, the seat of Sauron's power.
Samwise: Yes.
Both look pensively at Mount Doom.
Samwise: What does 'Microsoft' mean?
In addition to creating the 'First Post!' phenomenon, it seems you also created the first instance of karma farming by pulling rank. Congrats. :)
I can't believe you blew this chance to mention Nathalie Portman naked and petrified!!
...too bad the combination of a silly name (Kmeleon?! WTF?) and a ho-hum overall appearance will plunge this thing into obscurity faster than you can say 'Internet Explorer'. Yet another project whose 5 seconds of fame consists of a Slashdot front.