Excellant point, but as the author smartly pointed out what's better.01 per song for the artist or.00 because they downloaded from Kazaa? You can't expect a consumer to buy their music from some other means say CD's so that the artist makes more.
You make an excellent point yourself, however I didn't imply at all that the artist shouldn't get what they're getting currently. I DO agree that something's better than nothing.:)
Doesn't really matter how you design a first person shooter anymore, there will always be a sizable percentage of people who will bitch about the various choices the developers make. Personally, I think anything devs do to reduce reliance on one single super weapon is a good thing, but there IS such a thing as overbalance.
The artists get their share? I'm sure they do, but how much of that $0.99 pie goes to them? A certain percentage goes to the credit card companies, some to Apple, some to the RIAA (if you think they're not getting anything out of it think again), and then the artist gets some. And I'd be surprised if their share of that pie was anything but a very tiny slice.
For all you know, that icon's simply there because the Automatic Update feature hasn't been configured yet. Even if you've gone to Windows Update and applied every patch and fix on there you'll still see that icon there until you tell it whether you'd like it to bother using automatic updates or not.
I've been playing it iTunes for a bunch of hours now, and I have to say I was initially very skeptical of it. While I'm in Canada, and the iTMS is not available to me to use, the jukebox features are incredibly intuitive. Hell, this app has finally managed to get me to organize my entire mp3 collection (I used ID3-TagIt instead of iTunes to do that though) so I can get the most out of the library features of iTunes.
Yes, it can be a bit sluggish at times, but I think we all have to admit that for essentially a version 1.0 application (on the windows side that is) they did a fantastic job.
Yeah, of course you get the obligatory destructable sections of the environment... it'd be nice to see Havoc with a bit of Red Faction's engine with the (more) destructable envinronments. But yeah, definitely a good step in the right direction.
Aside of the interesting story and gameplay, one of the reasons I like MP2 is the fact it's using a licensed version of Havoc, the engine for Half-life 2. The first time I got into a major firefight involving grenades, rifles, smgs etc, the room afterwards actually LOOKED like a major firefight had just occurred there. Objects were blown all over the place, bullet marks and char marks from explosions... It makes the experience more immersive and enjoyable. Sure the overall game is short, but it's very sweet.
That's intelligent. Up until a certain point there you were doing nothing wrong at all. Suddenly you've put your legal copies of the music you've bought out there for others to take freely. In case you hadn't noticed, the RIAA isn't making a point to go after people with the most MP3s, they're going after those with the most that are being shared.
Frankly, for music, I use minidisc as my media format of choice. I wouldn't even consider an iPod. I have a friend that owns one and suggests I should take the plunge, to which I reply that at least with my MD portable I can not only play music but record, from pretty much any input source (analog at 1x, digital at 1x, usb at up to 32x, etc). My media may only hold at max compression 320 mins of music, but or myself I've never owned more than 15 minidisc of music. I grab a few mixes I'm in the mood for that day, toss them in my bag and I'm off. I can remix or wipe discs at will and remake them with whatever kind of mix of music I want, easy as pie.
In the food? Thanks, but I don't want to eat a great dinner and end up with an intestinal tract filled with RFID tags. Getting through airport security is tedious enough these days.:)
Just a quickie question for you guys who've completed the installation, does it actually require Quicktime to be installed? I'm not a big fan of QT at all, so I'd rather not bother if it's going to piggyback on the install.
Wasn't Midway on the verge of going under? As far as I can remember they haven't done much in the way of sales of any of their games that they've banked on lately. This seems like a last gasp attempt to get some game designing talent.
Try it sometime and you'll see why. The treatment you get as a player vastly changes when you're playing as a female avatar, people ask you if you need help a lot more, give you money and damn good items, etc. Not that I play as a female in MMORPGs or anything, but a friend of mine has an alt in most games that is female so he can hand the good stuff he gets to his main.
There's been more than one occasion for me personally where the vocal minority on particular issues with games have been parallel to my own views on the same subject. Sometimes it may be wrong-headed from a generalistic perspective, but there ARE people for whom the negative opinions might hold some weight.
I have NO issues with IE and popups anymore after deactivating all scripting for the "Internet zone" of IE's options. If I have a site I want javascript to work on for whatever reason, I add it to my trusted sites list and things work perfectly. I'm not saying IE's better than whatever, just letting people know of one (not necessarily user-friendly) way of handling it without needing additional software, that still gives you good control over what sites can do.
I got mine a year ago, can I be seriously pissed off too? I mean come on. Hardware manufacturers can and will change their bundles with little or no notice. What should they do, give six month's notice so nobody will buy their hardware until the announced bundle comes out?
Dunno man, I have a hard time finding things to nitpick about with those Superbit releases. Movies like Panic Room, which is a very dark colored movie, show up as damn near perfect. Usually dark flicks pixelate horribly. Every Superbit flick I've got is crisp and clean no matter what kind of visuals the director's going for.
Yes, but are they any good? The Sims showed that people like virtual life games, The Sims Online showed that online versions of it can be done horribly wrong. Games like "There" sound interesting, but how much fun is it to come home from a long hard day at work to sit on a VIRTUAL beach?:)
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You make an excellent point yourself, however I didn't imply at all that the artist shouldn't get what they're getting currently. I DO agree that something's better than nothing.
Doesn't really matter how you design a first person shooter anymore, there will always be a sizable percentage of people who will bitch about the various choices the developers make. Personally, I think anything devs do to reduce reliance on one single super weapon is a good thing, but there IS such a thing as overbalance.
The artists get their share? I'm sure they do, but how much of that $0.99 pie goes to them? A certain percentage goes to the credit card companies, some to Apple, some to the RIAA (if you think they're not getting anything out of it think again), and then the artist gets some. And I'd be surprised if their share of that pie was anything but a very tiny slice.
For all you know, that icon's simply there because the Automatic Update feature hasn't been configured yet. Even if you've gone to Windows Update and applied every patch and fix on there you'll still see that icon there until you tell it whether you'd like it to bother using automatic updates or not.
Yes, it can be a bit sluggish at times, but I think we all have to admit that for essentially a version 1.0 application (on the windows side that is) they did a fantastic job.
Yeah, of course you get the obligatory destructable sections of the environment... it'd be nice to see Havoc with a bit of Red Faction's engine with the (more) destructable envinronments. But yeah, definitely a good step in the right direction.
Aside of the interesting story and gameplay, one of the reasons I like MP2 is the fact it's using a licensed version of Havoc, the engine for Half-life 2. The first time I got into a major firefight involving grenades, rifles, smgs etc, the room afterwards actually LOOKED like a major firefight had just occurred there. Objects were blown all over the place, bullet marks and char marks from explosions... It makes the experience more immersive and enjoyable. Sure the overall game is short, but it's very sweet.
Time to maybe visit your preferences and start selecting what sections you WANT to see on your /. homepage, huh?
That's intelligent. Up until a certain point there you were doing nothing wrong at all. Suddenly you've put your legal copies of the music you've bought out there for others to take freely. In case you hadn't noticed, the RIAA isn't making a point to go after people with the most MP3s, they're going after those with the most that are being shared.
Frankly, for music, I use minidisc as my media format of choice. I wouldn't even consider an iPod. I have a friend that owns one and suggests I should take the plunge, to which I reply that at least with my MD portable I can not only play music but record, from pretty much any input source (analog at 1x, digital at 1x, usb at up to 32x, etc). My media may only hold at max compression 320 mins of music, but or myself I've never owned more than 15 minidisc of music. I grab a few mixes I'm in the mood for that day, toss them in my bag and I'm off. I can remix or wipe discs at will and remake them with whatever kind of mix of music I want, easy as pie.
USA, or NA only? I'm in Canada, so I'm wondering if I should even bother.
In the food? Thanks, but I don't want to eat a great dinner and end up with an intestinal tract filled with RFID tags. Getting through airport security is tedious enough these days. :)
Watch them reconsider this when they see how much bandwidth they burn today thanks to /. :D
Just a quickie question for you guys who've completed the installation, does it actually require Quicktime to be installed? I'm not a big fan of QT at all, so I'd rather not bother if it's going to piggyback on the install.
Unfair moderation? On SLASHDOT?! You're kidding, that never happens.
Wasn't Midway on the verge of going under? As far as I can remember they haven't done much in the way of sales of any of their games that they've banked on lately. This seems like a last gasp attempt to get some game designing talent.
Try it sometime and you'll see why. The treatment you get as a player vastly changes when you're playing as a female avatar, people ask you if you need help a lot more, give you money and damn good items, etc. Not that I play as a female in MMORPGs or anything, but a friend of mine has an alt in most games that is female so he can hand the good stuff he gets to his main.
Heh, kind of like the Animatrix. The one with the two people training in a feudal japan program.
There's been more than one occasion for me personally where the vocal minority on particular issues with games have been parallel to my own views on the same subject. Sometimes it may be wrong-headed from a generalistic perspective, but there ARE people for whom the negative opinions might hold some weight.
I have NO issues with IE and popups anymore after deactivating all scripting for the "Internet zone" of IE's options. If I have a site I want javascript to work on for whatever reason, I add it to my trusted sites list and things work perfectly. I'm not saying IE's better than whatever, just letting people know of one (not necessarily user-friendly) way of handling it without needing additional software, that still gives you good control over what sites can do.
I got mine a year ago, can I be seriously pissed off too? I mean come on. Hardware manufacturers can and will change their bundles with little or no notice. What should they do, give six month's notice so nobody will buy their hardware until the announced bundle comes out?
I use Hotmail myself, but I've used Hushmail in the past.
Dunno man, I have a hard time finding things to nitpick about with those Superbit releases. Movies like Panic Room, which is a very dark colored movie, show up as damn near perfect. Usually dark flicks pixelate horribly. Every Superbit flick I've got is crisp and clean no matter what kind of visuals the director's going for.
Heh, if there's one thing the MPAA would never consider is a free and open solution. :)
Yes, but are they any good? The Sims showed that people like virtual life games, The Sims Online showed that online versions of it can be done horribly wrong. Games like "There" sound interesting, but how much fun is it to come home from a long hard day at work to sit on a VIRTUAL beach? :)