Frankly - despite being a long-time fan of the single player games - I've got no issues with an FF MMO. I won't likely play one, but if they want to make one of those every few years, go ahead. Skyrim is a great single-player game and they are also planning an MMO in that universe. Given the open nature of Skyrim it seems like a reasonable choice.
What I DON'T want is to see MMO's cannibalizing devs from single-player games. I also don't want to see single-player games that grind like MMO's. Let them make MMO's for long-term low-rate consistent cash-flow, and single-player games for point higher-rate cash flow. It might be a good thing for both areas of play. Both can generate new ideas/mechanics that benefits the franchise overall
For example, ATB has been a fairly big staple of the jRPG world for a long time. It wasn't always well-received in the beginning, but it made its place. FFXII introduced a more MMO-like type of play. In some ways it was a step beyond the play of games like Chrono-trigger, where battles took place in the same gamespace as navigation (no "battle zoom"). Unlike Chrono-trigger, the "turn-loading" aspect was more seamless in that there weren't loading based, and there was even less cutover between navigating and battle. The script-based attacks (if enemy vulnerable to ice cast ice) was actually quite cool as well. The big downside, the latter part of the story sucked. It was actually going good for quite awhile, but the ending really just felt like somebody dropped a cleaver on the story partway. All that pretty ended up with no substance
FFXIII (FF13) was even worse. There's nothing wrong with beautiful flowerpots. There is if the flowerpot has more detail and intricacy than the story/gameplay. FF13 had terrible grinding gameplay, a rather crappy story (nice cinematics yes, but weak plot), *annoying* actors, and was very restricted/on-rails. Despite the beauty of the environment, you felt very detached. Worse, it has followed FFX-2 (X-1 being at least somewhat respectable) into the realm of "Sailor Moon Dress-up".
The last good FF-style game I played was actually "Lost Odyssey." It's not even a Squaresoft title at all, but apparently had a lot of ex Square/FF guys on the team. It had a good, quirky plot, interesting characters and a decent soundtrack.
NO, work for hourly if possible. I have seen (and been) many sysadmin positions where
salary=go cheap on vendors/hardware/staffing because we can overload our existing sysadmins with after-hours work for free.
Unless you want to be working 10-20+ hours extra a week because somebody isn't willing to spend an extra couple hundred bucks a month on decent hardware or hosting... salary isn't always a good option either
If stuff like the Occulus or Sony's new headset catch on, it may supplant single-split-screen multiplayer with single-console-multi-screen gaming for a lot of purposes.
I wonder how many headsets your average PC/console could drive.
You're checking your account via the phone. You're asked to enter an account #, but you enter it in wrong. The phone doesn't ask for confirmation, but then says "Press one for your transaction history, press two for registered credit card numbers, etc"
Is it still a HACK in this case, because it's not much different. Maybe add that the number you're calling was unlisted and somebody got it by mis-dialing, but I still couldn't see somebody getting jailed over this if it were over a phone instead of over the 'net.
"I haven't actually played HAWKEN, so I could be dead wrong about that on"
You're not. It's pretty much an arena shooter with some of the addition option of some more modern FPS modes (capture the silo, etc), and exp-gathering to build upgrades (with the option to pay for them instead, of course).
Strange, I don't see anything specific to technology in Slashdot's header/manifesto. I believe it's "News for Nerds" and "Stuff that Matters". I'm sure there are plenty of history nerds on here to whom this matters
Heck, this is even under the appropriate category (The Military).
Perhaps you should restrict the article categories to only include Hardware and a few other sections you like, rather than imposing what you think the site should be about on everyone else.
What if the Billionaire WANTS a certain answer and lets the scientist know it, so that the "data" can be published for a huge return on investment for the billionaire? Tobacco industry did this.
Most don't go quite this far. They just request many studies from many different groups. If 7/8 studies have results not in their favor, they bury seven and publish the one that supports their viewpoint/stance.
Steam also lets me play more than just EA Games, and manages them much nicer than Origin. EA Games used to work on Steam, before they decided to do their own crap. Steam adds features like the overlay etc. Even managing buddies on Origin is a huge PITA. And the browser plugin... WTF do they have a game binary and management system for if they also need a fricking web plugin.
I don't really know anyone who watches actual shows on youtube, just the odd clip here and there of various scenes. What I do see is a lot of people watching movies/TV trailers, etc. Guess what, those are driving up interest in the video market, and MAKING you money, not the opposite.
No, bitcoins have been stolen. They're not recognised as currency or really as property in Tokyo, so essentially nothing was stolen. Perhaps with this revelation there might be a case for fraud, but not as likely for theft.
It's not about having "N hours to keeping them entertained", it's about choosing the mode of entertainment. Kids got along just fine before tablets, and in many cases were more social and had more exercise.
I'm not against kids playing games etc - I certainly played enough in my youth - but there are better things than surrounding them with screens 24/7
Basically, we graffiti. No more justification than the pricks who feel the need to spray-paint their names on various structures/objects, or draw genitalia, profanity, etc. Just as dumb as the "for a good time call X" written on a washroom stall.
Could be useful for listening to internet radio or updating music libraries. At a 128kb/s stream (I think thing streams are kilobit rather than kilobyte), that's 5,000,000,000 bytes. 40000000000 bits / 128kb/s
86 hours (312500 seconds). If that's 5GB/month, it's not too bad for radio... if that's 5GB/6mo it's a bit crappy. For syncing/downloading music, of course, it depends on the size of your library.
Yes, because I really want to trust my phone to some random app written by somebody who can't even use proper grammar on the main heading of their website...
I do PC support on the side. I had three customers who were having issues checking mail, where it would intermittently - but frequently - error out while checking mail. All three had contacted their ISP first, and been told that it was an issue with their computer (thus they paid ~$100 for a computer tech to fix the issue).
Telnet to the ISP's mailserver, and it randomly returns a "BAD MAILBOX" when checking mail. DEFINITELY not an issue with the client machine or mail client. Talk to the ISP techs about it. First response from ISP tech: Oh, it's your computer Me: Actually it's not MY computer. I'm the tech hired by the owner to fix the computer. I'm a professional. I checked it and YOUR mailserver is returning errors ISP Tech: Oh... well we're doing some upgrades on the mailservers lately so that's probably why Me: My first client with this issue was 6 months ago. How long has this "upgrade" been going on. ISP Tech: Oh... yeah about that long Me: So when do you plan on having it complete ISP Tech: uhhhhhn
Many ISP's/providers will LIE through their teeth and complete avoid dealing with or logging an issue. I've had similar issues with cellular corps (one where a whole region always got a busy when dialing any 1-8xx number), who claim "it's your phone. You're not using our provided phone? Too bad we can't help you"
Knowing that the ISP has an issue is useful knowledge for tech folk.
p.s. The internet ISP with mailserver issues was "Telus" in Canada, and the phone provider with 800 issues was "Fido" (that latter one happened twice).
Not entirely true. For many titles, I might be the game on Windows if it comes up on sale for cheap. For launch titles, I'd be more likely to buy them sooner (at the full price) if they were cross-platform/linux-compatible.
From what I've seen, many others are in the same boat.
I'll see your unlisted rental/phone fees and raise you... UPS. You pay for a package to be shipped to you, based on the weight, size, destination and description of contents provided by the seller. Package crosses the border. Border agent charges you a small amount to cover taxes, and then *doubles* the cost of your package in brokerage. Sometimes they'll ding you at the doorstep, sometimes you'll get an unexpected "present" in the mail in the form of some butt-puckering bill.
Fedex is similar in fees.
USPS/Canada-Post do not screw you this way. In the odd case where they do charge you fees, they're much more reasonable.
Federal, State, and School pastoral care policy issues trump most whiny students objections.
Whining:yes, legal arguments: no.
But hey, let's assume that any/all students are going to be posting pictures on breakup-revenge. Guilt before innocence, right? While we're at it, we'll assume that the sysadmins and staff *aren't* perverts or eavesdroppers, and they they aren't also able to abuse this cert to eavesdrop on interactions that should be considered private, so as video chats or conversations with qualified legal/medical professionals (and yes, even young people do need these on occasion).
The sad part being that the actual advertisement is structured quite similar to the above. If you look at the actual code of the ads, there is actually a function/variable for the location.
Usually it looks something like
$GeoIPCity = getLocationByGeoIP();
print "$GeoIPCity mom's simple trick to looking younger makes doctors hate her."
I can't vouch for the veracity of the product/method being advertised, but given that it starts out with false advertising (as obviously the "mom" can't be from every city a potential visitor might be from).
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Frankly - despite being a long-time fan of the single player games - I've got no issues with an FF MMO. I won't likely play one, but if they want to make one of those every few years, go ahead. Skyrim is a great single-player game and they are also planning an MMO in that universe. Given the open nature of Skyrim it seems like a reasonable choice.
What I DON'T want is to see MMO's cannibalizing devs from single-player games. I also don't want to see single-player games that grind like MMO's. Let them make MMO's for long-term low-rate consistent cash-flow, and single-player games for point higher-rate cash flow. It might be a good thing for both areas of play. Both can generate new ideas/mechanics that benefits the franchise overall
For example, ATB has been a fairly big staple of the jRPG world for a long time. It wasn't always well-received in the beginning, but it made its place. FFXII introduced a more MMO-like type of play.
In some ways it was a step beyond the play of games like Chrono-trigger, where battles took place in the same gamespace as navigation (no "battle zoom"). Unlike Chrono-trigger, the "turn-loading" aspect was more seamless in that there weren't loading based, and there was even less cutover between navigating and battle. The script-based attacks (if enemy vulnerable to ice cast ice) was actually quite cool as well. The big downside, the latter part of the story sucked. It was actually going good for quite awhile, but the ending really just felt like somebody dropped a cleaver on the story partway. All that pretty ended up with no substance
FFXIII (FF13) was even worse. There's nothing wrong with beautiful flowerpots. There is if the flowerpot has more detail and intricacy than the story/gameplay. FF13 had terrible grinding gameplay, a rather crappy story (nice cinematics yes, but weak plot), *annoying* actors, and was very restricted/on-rails. Despite the beauty of the environment, you felt very detached. Worse, it has followed FFX-2 (X-1 being at least somewhat respectable) into the realm of "Sailor Moon Dress-up".
The last good FF-style game I played was actually "Lost Odyssey." It's not even a Squaresoft title at all, but apparently had a lot of ex Square/FF guys on the team. It had a good, quirky plot, interesting characters and a decent soundtrack.
work for salary.
NO, work for hourly if possible. I have seen (and been) many sysadmin positions where
salary=go cheap on vendors/hardware/staffing because we can overload our existing sysadmins with after-hours work for free.
Unless you want to be working 10-20+ hours extra a week because somebody isn't willing to spend an extra couple hundred bucks a month on decent hardware or hosting... salary isn't always a good option either
As opposed to the Axe cologne, Hanes underwear etc guys who are of course of perfectly average build?
Yes, sexy women in ads sell... guess what, so do sexy guys. Very few ads with models are realistic in terms of average body/muscle/fat mass.
If stuff like the Occulus or Sony's new headset catch on, it may supplant single-split-screen multiplayer with single-console-multi-screen gaming for a lot of purposes.
I wonder how many headsets your average PC/console could drive.
So what if it worked this way...
You're checking your account via the phone. You're asked to enter an account #, but you enter it in wrong. The phone doesn't ask for confirmation, but then says "Press one for your transaction history, press two for registered credit card numbers, etc"
Is it still a HACK in this case, because it's not much different. Maybe add that the number you're calling was unlisted and somebody got it by mis-dialing, but I still couldn't see somebody getting jailed over this if it were over a phone instead of over the 'net.
Not all other professions. There are some where age comes as a benefit. Legal and political circles come to mind, for example.
"I haven't actually played HAWKEN, so I could be dead wrong about that on"
You're not. It's pretty much an arena shooter with some of the addition option of some more modern FPS modes (capture the silo, etc), and exp-gathering to build upgrades (with the option to pay for them instead, of course).
Strange, I don't see anything specific to technology in Slashdot's header/manifesto. I believe it's "News for Nerds" and "Stuff that Matters". I'm sure there are plenty of history nerds on here to whom this matters
Heck, this is even under the appropriate category (The Military).
Perhaps you should restrict the article categories to only include Hardware and a few other sections you like, rather than imposing what you think the site should be about on everyone else.
Lawyer's claim: Dang, that's some good video-editing software they've got!
Is it acceptable if you blur out the faces etc of those who weren't intended to be in the picture?
What if the Billionaire WANTS a certain answer and lets the scientist know it, so that the "data" can be published for a huge return on investment for the billionaire? Tobacco industry did this.
Most don't go quite this far. They just request many studies from many different groups. If 7/8 studies have results not in their favor, they bury seven and publish the one that supports their viewpoint/stance.
Go play some Hawken. You'll probably have more fun, and your wallet will thank you :-)
Steam also lets me play more than just EA Games, and manages them much nicer than Origin.
EA Games used to work on Steam, before they decided to do their own crap.
Steam adds features like the overlay etc. Even managing buddies on Origin is a huge PITA.
And the browser plugin... WTF do they have a game binary and management system for if they also need a fricking web plugin.
I don't really know anyone who watches actual shows on youtube, just the odd clip here and there of various scenes.
What I do see is a lot of people watching movies/TV trailers, etc. Guess what, those are driving up interest in the video market, and MAKING you money, not the opposite.
No, bitcoins have been stolen. They're not recognised as currency or really as property in Tokyo, so essentially nothing was stolen. Perhaps with this revelation there might be a case for fraud, but not as likely for theft.
It's not about having "N hours to keeping them entertained", it's about choosing the mode of entertainment. Kids got along just fine before tablets, and in many cases were more social and had more exercise.
I'm not against kids playing games etc - I certainly played enough in my youth - but there are better things than surrounding them with screens 24/7
Basically, we graffiti. No more justification than the pricks who feel the need to spray-paint their names on various structures/objects, or draw genitalia, profanity, etc.
Just as dumb as the "for a good time call X" written on a washroom stall.
Could be useful for listening to internet radio or updating music libraries.
At a 128kb/s stream (I think thing streams are kilobit rather than kilobyte), that's
5,000,000,000 bytes.
40000000000 bits
/ 128kb/s
86 hours (312500 seconds). If that's 5GB/month, it's not too bad for radio... if that's 5GB/6mo it's a bit crappy.
For syncing/downloading music, of course, it depends on the size of your library.
"What does extrasec offered"
Yes, because I really want to trust my phone to some random app written by somebody who can't even use proper grammar on the main heading of their website...
I do PC support on the side. I had three customers who were having issues checking mail, where it would intermittently - but frequently - error out while checking mail. All three had contacted their ISP first, and been told that it was an issue with their computer (thus they paid ~$100 for a computer tech to fix the issue).
Telnet to the ISP's mailserver, and it randomly returns a "BAD MAILBOX" when checking mail. DEFINITELY not an issue with the client machine or mail client.
Talk to the ISP techs about it.
First response from ISP tech: Oh, it's your computer
Me: Actually it's not MY computer. I'm the tech hired by the owner to fix the computer. I'm a professional. I checked it and YOUR mailserver is returning errors
ISP Tech: Oh... well we're doing some upgrades on the mailservers lately so that's probably why
Me: My first client with this issue was 6 months ago. How long has this "upgrade" been going on.
ISP Tech: Oh... yeah about that long
Me: So when do you plan on having it complete
ISP Tech: uhhhhhn
Many ISP's/providers will LIE through their teeth and complete avoid dealing with or logging an issue. I've had similar issues with cellular corps (one where a whole region always got a busy when dialing any 1-8xx number), who claim "it's your phone. You're not using our provided phone? Too bad we can't help you"
Knowing that the ISP has an issue is useful knowledge for tech folk.
p.s. The internet ISP with mailserver issues was "Telus" in Canada, and the phone provider with 800 issues was "Fido" (that latter one happened twice).
Not entirely true. For many titles, I might be the game on Windows if it comes up on sale for cheap. For launch titles, I'd be more likely to buy them sooner (at the full price) if they were cross-platform/linux-compatible.
From what I've seen, many others are in the same boat.
I'll see your unlisted rental/phone fees and raise you... UPS. You pay for a package to be shipped to you, based on the weight, size, destination and description of contents provided by the seller.
Package crosses the border.
Border agent charges you a small amount to cover taxes, and then *doubles* the cost of your package in brokerage. Sometimes they'll ding you at the doorstep, sometimes you'll get an unexpected "present" in the mail in the form of some butt-puckering bill.
Fedex is similar in fees.
USPS/Canada-Post do not screw you this way. In the odd case where they do charge you fees, they're much more reasonable.
I have worked in schools.
I have worked in IT in schools
Neither of the above were in the UK.
Perhaps the most shocking - and disturbing - part is that you don't see anything wrong with this on your side of the pond...
Federal, State, and School pastoral care policy issues trump most whiny students objections.
Whining:yes, legal arguments: no.
But hey, let's assume that any/all students are going to be posting pictures on breakup-revenge. Guilt before innocence, right?
While we're at it, we'll assume that the sysadmins and staff *aren't* perverts or eavesdroppers, and they they aren't also able to abuse this cert to eavesdrop on interactions that should be considered private, so as video chats or conversations with qualified legal/medical professionals (and yes, even young people do need these on occasion).
The sad part being that the actual advertisement is structured quite similar to the above. If you look at the actual code of the ads, there is actually a function/variable for the location.
Usually it looks something like
$GeoIPCity = getLocationByGeoIP();
print "$GeoIPCity mom's simple trick to looking younger makes doctors hate her."
I can't vouch for the veracity of the product/method being advertised, but given that it starts out with false advertising (as obviously the "mom" can't be from every city a potential visitor might be from).