don't forget that the game industry also has similar "submarkets" too.
There are various types of game rentals, game related hardware, game-related software (operating systems for PC's), etc.
People are more likely to continuously buy more game-related hardware than their movie-related hardware (TV, dvd players, etc.).
Plus the fact that the profit margins are probably better with games anyways (movies require alot more advertising and requires more initial capital while games, well...everybody and their grandma wants to get in on it if the hype is good).
Plus the game industry isn't that hell-bent on taking their customers to civil court and using tactics that make the mafia think "why didn't we think of that?"
Hell, one of the players in the game industry makes more money than the movie industry. Gatesy himself can buy the whole movie industry with what he has in his wallet.
I didn't work for me with firefox....of course I have tabbrowser extensions installed. I even disabled the popup block in ff, nothing. I can get opera and IE to do it but not ff.
Walmart?! I thought HL2 was too violent for Walmart. I thought it's been slashdotted before that Walmart and really violent games didn't go together.
Besides, it's Walmart.
"Physical copy protection"? You mean like Bruno the bouncer? He'll beat the living sh-not (shit and snot) out of you if you try to copy and distribute? Still sounds better than SecuROM, as long as Bruno doesn't interfere with the game itself.
that's a good point. Never thought about it to tell you the truth. But then, Vivendi's name is not the one on the box...in the end, Valve gets the heat when ppl's games don't work.
Maybe they should pull a Pixar and go solo (or sub-contract cd pressing to someone else).
convenience!? if a game doesn't work primarily because of this protection, what choice do the paying customers have if there's a no return on software policy and you can't tell if it'll work on your system unless you try it (catch-22)?
and apparently, my questioning why valve even bothered to use protection equates to valve not being aware of it. Like adding 2 and 2 and getting 400.
if activation is required, then why annoy end-users, aka the source of cash-flow for future projects with an ineffective method of protection such as SecuROM. Hell, a majority of those so-called protection schemes are the cause of so many incompatibilities and game crashes.
Besides, it's probably for Valve for them to drop SecuROM as it's pointless and it costs them money (I believe a percentage of their profits is taken for it's use). If activation is required, why bother and pay for a third-party protection scheme when your in-house developed method works especially when the third-party method can annoy users AND potentially cause bugs?
Annoying loyal, paying customers is like the BestBuy economics; it'll hurt you in the long run more than it'll help you in any parallel universe.
...to monitors that Bill Gates couldn't even afford!
the original did say "monitors" not twins or something synonymous to u know what.
Besides, how do you think Santa can afford to make toys for billions of kids especially with those new labor laws and elf-unions? He works for chippendale's during the off-season and she works for Freddericks of Hollywood.
although I don't like the sounds of this bill, I'm not sure how far I'd get writing to my rep/senator as I didn't vote for them...never have (yet, she's still there). To make things worse, my senator who I did not vote for is one of those politicians with their hands in the R/MIAA-fia's pockets.
At least my rep is very technically up-to-date and she even tried to pass laws favorable to the consumer and to try to protect the fair balance between copyright holders and copyright users.
We just need Arnold to call them "girlie losers" and we are home-free.
One major disadvantage is that performance will take a hit. Now, if u make drivers.Net based, then the performance hit will be multiplied.
And one more thing, managed code is fine but not having the old samples/examples updated with the new managed code is annoying. An example of this can be seen in the Oct. 2004 update for the DirectX 9.0 SDK; the C# examples use the older deprecated code which has no wrapper classes (and thus will get a compile error). (A way to workaround this is to use the older Summer 2004 or older DLL's as the reference instead of the new ones...but then that begs the question; why bother with Oct. 2004?)
I thought that's why Microsoft was pushing for "managed code" with the.Net framework. Though I think it's some what ripping the idea(s) from Sun's Java. But I'm sure even with.Net, there will still be buffer overflows. Well...the GDI+ exploit is one prime example of that fact.
You expect me to play CS with the stock "mac" mouse?! I do like my alt-fire, drop wpn, and reload to be on there as well as my primary fire and wpn switching (The scroll).
But then again, gaming isn't apple's primary market. It's the photo and video guys they have always been after. But it may not be a bad idea to port the OS to x86 and x86-64. Do what Sega did; go software.
What about a methane-based power generation? (either a fuel-cell or retrofitted gas generator)
Some farmers already use them. They extract the methane from manure from their livestock as the manure is prepped for fertilizer use (they need to let it "rest" before they can use it as fertilizer). The extracted and captured methane is typically fed into a retrofitted generator. It's called Bio-Methane In some cities, they extract it from sewage. So if u have a septic system, you might be able to collect methane from...well...u'r backside.
And don't forget to invite Cowboy Neal when u have a mexican food BBQ. He goes wild with the beans.
it can be a good thing....especially for those of us who don't get new cars that run windows (or those who install linux) or just continue to ride our old cars should get an insurance discount....for not CRASHING!
but what about security holes? will a windows based car let unwanted ppl in my car when for instance, I drive over a speed bump? Or will the trunk pop open when I go over a pothole?
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don't forget that the game industry also has similar "submarkets" too.
There are various types of game rentals, game related hardware, game-related software (operating systems for PC's), etc.
People are more likely to continuously buy more game-related hardware than their movie-related hardware (TV, dvd players, etc.).
Plus the fact that the profit margins are probably better with games anyways (movies require alot more advertising and requires more initial capital while games, well...everybody and their grandma wants to get in on it if the hype is good).
Plus the game industry isn't that hell-bent on taking their customers to civil court and using tactics that make the mafia think "why didn't we think of that?"
Hell, one of the players in the game industry makes more money than the movie industry. Gatesy himself can buy the whole movie industry with what he has in his wallet.
I didn't work for me with firefox....of course I have tabbrowser extensions installed.
I even disabled the popup block in ff, nothing.
I can get opera and IE to do it but not ff.
does it support the HD3000?
/. effect.
Or the HDTV Wonder from ATi?
And no, I haven't able to go to linvdr's site....it's called the
Walmart?! I thought HL2 was too violent for Walmart. I thought it's been slashdotted before that Walmart and really violent games didn't go together.
Besides, it's Walmart.
"Physical copy protection"? You mean like Bruno the bouncer? He'll beat the living sh-not (shit and snot) out of you if you try to copy and distribute? Still sounds better than SecuROM, as long as Bruno doesn't interfere with the game itself.
that's a good point. Never thought about it to tell you the truth. But then, Vivendi's name is not the one on the box...in the end, Valve gets the heat when ppl's games don't work.
Maybe they should pull a Pixar and go solo (or sub-contract cd pressing to someone else).
you'll still have to authenticate it.
And besides, the downloaded version can be "backed up"
convenience!? if a game doesn't work primarily because of this protection, what choice do the paying customers have if there's a no return on software policy and you can't tell if it'll work on your system unless you try it (catch-22)?
and apparently, my questioning why valve even bothered to use protection equates to valve not being aware of it. Like adding 2 and 2 and getting 400.
if activation is required, then why annoy end-users, aka the source of cash-flow for future projects with an ineffective method of protection such as SecuROM. Hell, a majority of those so-called protection schemes are the cause of so many incompatibilities and game crashes.
Besides, it's probably for Valve for them to drop SecuROM as it's pointless and it costs them money (I believe a percentage of their profits is taken for it's use). If activation is required, why bother and pay for a third-party protection scheme when your in-house developed method works especially when the third-party method can annoy users AND potentially cause bugs?
Annoying loyal, paying customers is like the BestBuy economics; it'll hurt you in the long run more than it'll help you in any parallel universe.
the original did say "monitors" not twins or something synonymous to u know what.
Besides, how do you think Santa can afford to make toys for billions of kids especially with those new labor laws and elf-unions? He works for chippendale's during the off-season and she works for Freddericks of Hollywood.
although I don't like the sounds of this bill, I'm not sure how far I'd get writing to my rep/senator as I didn't vote for them...never have (yet, she's still there). To make things worse, my senator who I did not vote for is one of those politicians with their hands in the R/MIAA-fia's pockets.
At least my rep is very technically up-to-date and she even tried to pass laws favorable to the consumer and to try to protect the fair balance between copyright holders and copyright users.
We just need Arnold to call them "girlie losers" and we are home-free.
I'm not complaining either....though searching thru the article would be faster if I didn't have to go back to mrs. claus each time.
can't also be afforded to be built, especially if the US govt expects to award it to the lowest bidder.
VS.Net is a prime example to the contrary.
No free service packs, just a newer version with bug fixes which you have to pay for.
exactly my point.
at least with VS6, they came out with service packs.
And also, the DX9 SDK is suppose to be free...yet they don't bother to update it.
including drivers (longhorn will be .Net based).
.Net based, then the performance hit will be multiplied.
One major disadvantage is that performance will take a hit. Now, if u make drivers
And one more thing, managed code is fine but not having the old samples/examples updated with the new managed code is annoying. An example of this can be seen in the Oct. 2004 update for the DirectX 9.0 SDK; the C# examples use the older deprecated code which has no wrapper classes (and thus will get a compile error). (A way to workaround this is to use the older Summer 2004 or older DLL's as the reference instead of the new ones...but then that begs the question; why bother with Oct. 2004?)
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Just think, if code was perfect, then there would be no need for upgrades; a valuable source of revenue.
I thought that's why Microsoft was pushing for "managed code" with the .Net framework. Though I think it's some what ripping the idea(s) from Sun's Java. But I'm sure even with .Net, there will still be buffer overflows. Well...the GDI+ exploit is one prime example of that fact.
You expect me to play CS with the stock "mac" mouse?! I do like my alt-fire, drop wpn, and reload to be on there as well as my primary fire and wpn switching (The scroll).
But then again, gaming isn't apple's primary market. It's the photo and video guys they have always been after. But it may not be a bad idea to port the OS to x86 and x86-64. Do what Sega did; go software.
awesome...but where's the stylus and the Linux-based PDA OS?
CF and WiFi support would be nice too.
just partial, it's still "assembled in USA"
naw...I have lil' kids in third world nations to score the marks so I don't have to strain my hand too much.
except deathstars can't be "re-certified".
hmmm....loading off punch cards is a bit slower I'm afraid....especially when you have to use an xacto blade to make the punch cards to input data.
What about a methane-based power generation? (either a fuel-cell or retrofitted gas generator)
...well...u'r backside.
Some farmers already use them. They extract the methane from manure from their livestock as the manure is prepped for fertilizer use (they need to let it "rest" before they can use it as fertilizer). The extracted and captured methane is typically fed into a retrofitted generator. It's called Bio-Methane
In some cities, they extract it from sewage. So if u have a septic system, you might be able to collect methane from
And don't forget to invite Cowboy Neal when u have a mexican food BBQ. He goes wild with the beans.
it can be a good thing....especially for those of us who don't get new cars that run windows (or those who install linux) or just continue to ride our old cars should get an insurance discount....for not CRASHING!
but what about security holes? will a windows based car let unwanted ppl in my car when for instance, I drive over a speed bump? Or will the trunk pop open when I go over a pothole?