I'm so sick of everything being changed 'for the children.' If kids were as fragil as everyone wants us to believe, we never would have survied as a species.
Kids are tougher than you think and changing heaven and earth for them isn't necessarily in their best interest.
Actually no. They allowed you to pre-download the game, I just downloaded it overnight when I was asleep weeks ago. All I had to wait for was it to become unlocked.
I'm not some shill from valve or any other software company. I just want things convienently and having the option to purchase things online is something I want to support because it makes my life better.
Valve could've done this better, no doubt but that doesn't change the fact that they are the only major game company that has made their game available for purchase online. I found it terribly convienient.
I purchased HL2 through steam and had no such problems. I probably would not have purchased the game if it wasn't for the ability to buy it online over the internet. I loved not having to wait in line at a store or install it from discs.
I understand that people who purchased the game via the brick and mortar stores kinda got the raw end of the deal, but I was very satisfied with the way buying this game worked.
It unfairly taxes a specific kind of internet traffic. It is just data flowing over lines no differently than webbrowsing. Allowing states to set a precidence where they are allowed to tax a specific kind of internet traffic is not good for anyone. Also imagine being a VoIP company where you have to process all the rules for VoIP for cities/counties/states. It would be a logistical nightmare.
This is very good for VoIP and the internet in general imo.
Yea because the difficulty in porting a program that reads a standard document format(pdf) and displays it to the screen is on par with the same porting a graphical design editor.
Politicians using terroristic threats to pass more pork for their state. I for one am shocked and awed.
I wish we could expect more from our elected officials but america is the house that greed built. It seems fitting that greed will be our eventual downfall.
For a company whose motto is "do no evil", this move doesn't fit into the picture.
I couldn't agree more. Obviously creating this IM client (wow, who'd a thunk it) is a horribly evil move. How dare they offer up an IM client that you can or cannot decide to use. It is truely evil.
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You know you can play the game while you're not connected to the internet right?
Is it a hockey helmet?
Kids are tougher than you think and changing heaven and earth for them isn't necessarily in their best interest.
The pages won't stick together if you lay off the porn when you have the book open.
Actually no. They allowed you to pre-download the game, I just downloaded it overnight when I was asleep weeks ago. All I had to wait for was it to become unlocked.
I take it the Ministry of Science and Technology is a subdivision of the Ministry of Peace.
Valve could've done this better, no doubt but that doesn't change the fact that they are the only major game company that has made their game available for purchase online. I found it terribly convienient.
I understand that people who purchased the game via the brick and mortar stores kinda got the raw end of the deal, but I was very satisfied with the way buying this game worked.
When will big government stop interfering with the private sector?
Their is a map to Atlantis on the back of the constitution written in invisible ink!
By giving generous donations to the human fund on behalf of your coworkers at christmas
It unfairly taxes a specific kind of internet traffic. It is just data flowing over lines no differently than webbrowsing. Allowing states to set a precidence where they are allowed to tax a specific kind of internet traffic is not good for anyone. Also imagine being a VoIP company where you have to process all the rules for VoIP for cities/counties/states. It would be a logistical nightmare.
This is very good for VoIP and the internet in general imo.
is smello blogging. Everyday people will wake up record their bo and publish it to the web.
This will be the next big thing I tell you!
If you were really their friend you would never recommend buying a computer at best buy in the first place.
/sarcasm
1.2 terrabyte worms will definitly be a thing to fear.
Nothing is worst than missing an 'of' in your headline.
Apple is rumored to be developing a portable MP3 player that has a hard drive, leaked sorces say it's name will be the 'I-Pod'
Not if he is the one writing the virus.
Could it be that since macs only have 3% of the market share that it is a lot harder to find pirated mac software on the internet?
1.4 million Social Security numbers.
I just can't imagine there are many people who care enough about nerds dialing up bulletin boards to spend 7 hours watching them.
I wish we could expect more from our elected officials but america is the house that greed built. It seems fitting that greed will be our eventual downfall.
I couldn't agree more. Obviously creating this IM client (wow, who'd a thunk it) is a horribly evil move. How dare they offer up an IM client that you can or cannot decide to use. It is truely evil.