So why not seize the property of the scammers? Mobile phones. Computer equipment. I'm sure there are lots of "proceeds of crime" or "items used in the commission of a crime" to be found...
I've always found that the "movie" is essentially your reward for playing the game. Storified games used to mostly be the domain of RPG's. Frankly pure "Final Fantasy" style, JPRG's have gone downhill these days, with story-lined games taking over. Shooter-RPG's are on the rise, and GTA5 in many ways follows this, but also adds a simulation angle etc.
You progress the game, and your reward is the unfolding of a story. In bigger games (such as GTA5), you get not only a main arc but also side-stories that are somewhat optional and various cute side-games that have somewhat less impact on the overall storyline. It's a nice balance, and IMHO good value for your $
I'd have to respectfully agree on the mouse angle, but disagree about keyboards. The only advantage I see for keyboards is that they have lots of keys (and are somewhat customizable for which ones you use in most games). Otherwise they're inconsistent (flat keyboard, "extra gaming keys" version, split keyboard, tilted keyboard, etc) and rather clunky for games. Now a controller with a d-pad/joystick and a few buttons coupled with a mouse-type input device, I could dig for sure. Possibly allowing standard USB keyboards an an input device would be cool too, but I don't know that it would be great for most games/users.
One question would be... where would you map the keyboard? In-game mapping would be one option, but perhaps just allowing a "global" keyboard configuration for the console (keyboard W=d-pad-up) would probably work, with possible overrides for running individual games...
It's all a trade-off. Every now and then I'll watch a chick-flick with my wife Thankfully they've gone from "completely sappy/w spontaneous bursts of surreal musical" to "romantic comedy" these days. In turn, every now and then I'll get the wifey to watch the latest Star Trek or some other sci-fi etc movie. There is a line though, as crap like "Twilight" is designated as "girls night out" (a.k.a. I am thankfully not expected to attend, but instead get to hang with my mates and play games or drink, etc).
Accused "X" have rights, which is probably the most important thing. A person accused has the right to a FAIR trial. Fair includes not having one's life ruined in pursuit of a witch-hunt.
Convicted "X" have less rights, but they still have rights too. However these days even the accusation is being treated as assumed guilt.
Actually, it might be useful for long-term traffic planning.
Traffic-counter. You know that 300 people come in from A, 400 people come in from B, and 300 people come in from C Also, 500 people go off at D, and another 500 at E.
So you know where there's traffic, but you don't know how to direct it.
However, if you knew that most people come in at B and exit at E, while A and C generally exit at D, you might be able to improve traffic conditions by building more direct routes for traffic between B and E.
To some extent, it's still computationally expensive. Nowadays it's not too bad to encrypt your home directory and general web traffic, but full end-to-end encryption is still going to come with a lot of overheard. Also, too much encryption can lead to data fragility. Many types of data are somewhat resilient to corruption/rot, but if they're encrypted then a few bad bits might cause more issues.
Beyond that, encryption only helps you if undesirables don't have your crypto keys (or vulnerabilities that work well enough)... which apparently the NSA does in many cases.
Valid question, especially since every upgrade also dumped you with a tab to noScript's homepage. I haven't had that happen for some time now though, so - assuming my updater isn't broken - it seems they've cut back on the upgrades.
Single-use as in what, viewing pictures on a large medium suitable for multiple persons?
Cable TV might be going downhill, but televisions as a whole aren't going away. Yes, portable devices exist, but just as the walkman co-existed with the home-stereo (and the discman as well), so can the TV with portables.
For movies, broadcast, video games, or even as large computer monitors... televisions may change somewhat but aren't likely to go away any time soon.
Which is probably what actually scares the government. Civilians are generally outgunned by the military (and particularly the US military), however - while sarin etc are not quite as easy - there's a *lot* of stuff that can be made from common chemicals.
They're afraid that not presenting a show of force now will "encourage" further use of such chemicals in the future, which puts their own military at somewhat of a disadvantage. Big guns don't do much against nerve gas, and it's already been shown that basic (component-wise) roadside bombs etc are pretty hard to defend against too.
Not to mention... This needs to have an online multi-player component... With less content and more DLC, plus shit they can buy, like new skins or clothes and stuff... With always-on DRM so that those evil pirates won't copy our games... and can we use that to pipe more ads into the games too? Live? Oh, and that ending is too polished. Leave it hanging so that we can bring out episode IV next year...
Then I guess that - similar to VC++ - anybody using those extensions will have to deal with the issues of non-portability. I've not really seen most of those before so I can only guess at how much they're used. Best to avoid them if you can, unless you're working on something that's OS-specific anyhow (Linux kernel module, whatever).
That does assume some level of global altruism. One possible result is a utopic world. Another likely outcome is what tends to happen with humans when classes and/or beliefs mismatch: war.
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One of my friends raised an interesting question:
How can we be sure that the fingerprints stored on the device aren't being retrieved by various intelligence agencies?
So why not seize the property of the scammers?
Mobile phones. Computer equipment. I'm sure there are lots of "proceeds of crime" or "items used in the commission of a crime" to be found...
I've always found that the "movie" is essentially your reward for playing the game. Storified games used to mostly be the domain of RPG's. Frankly pure "Final Fantasy" style, JPRG's have gone downhill these days, with story-lined games taking over. Shooter-RPG's are on the rise, and GTA5 in many ways follows this, but also adds a simulation angle etc.
You progress the game, and your reward is the unfolding of a story. In bigger games (such as GTA5), you get not only a main arc but also side-stories that are somewhat optional and various cute side-games that have somewhat less impact on the overall storyline. It's a nice balance, and IMHO good value for your $
I'd have to respectfully agree on the mouse angle, but disagree about keyboards.
The only advantage I see for keyboards is that they have lots of keys (and are somewhat customizable for which ones you use in most games). Otherwise they're inconsistent (flat keyboard, "extra gaming keys" version, split keyboard, tilted keyboard, etc) and rather clunky for games.
Now a controller with a d-pad/joystick and a few buttons coupled with a mouse-type input device, I could dig for sure. Possibly allowing standard USB keyboards an an input device would be cool too, but I don't know that it would be great for most games/users.
One question would be... where would you map the keyboard? In-game mapping would be one option, but perhaps just allowing a "global" keyboard configuration for the console (keyboard W=d-pad-up) would probably work, with possible overrides for running individual games...
Weird font size in chat?
Lags when your game session first starts up?
I think when I last checked, the font-size thing was fixed. Still has issues with lagging when the you actually start a tournament/etc game though.
No, Eclipse doesn't count
Why not? I've had pretty good luck with it thus far.
It's all a trade-off. Every now and then I'll watch a chick-flick with my wife Thankfully they've gone from "completely sappy /w spontaneous bursts of surreal musical" to "romantic comedy" these days.
In turn, every now and then I'll get the wifey to watch the latest Star Trek or some other sci-fi etc movie.
There is a line though, as crap like "Twilight" is designated as "girls night out" (a.k.a. I am thankfully not expected to attend, but instead get to hang with my mates and play games or drink, etc).
I've never had any movies which took up two Beta tapes, and we used to have a whole collection (also VHS).
Accused "X" have rights, which is probably the most important thing.
A person accused has the right to a FAIR trial. Fair includes not having one's life ruined in pursuit of a witch-hunt.
Convicted "X" have less rights, but they still have rights too. However these days even the accusation is being treated as assumed guilt.
Sounds to me like they're sabotaging the security by breaking the underlying mechanism (with a trojan).
Similar to if you were to cut sensors for somebody's alarm without tripping any sensors or backups, etc.
a 1TB Samsung 840 EVO is around $600-$700
So for 4TB that's about $2400-$2800, maybe around 12x if you aren't counting that you'd need multiple SSD's.
Actually, it might be useful for long-term traffic planning.
Traffic-counter. You know that 300 people come in from A, 400 people come in from B, and 300 people come in from C
Also, 500 people go off at D, and another 500 at E.
So you know where there's traffic, but you don't know how to direct it.
However, if you knew that most people come in at B and exit at E, while A and C generally exit at D, you might be able to improve traffic conditions by building more direct routes for traffic between B and E.
+1 reason I actually still visit this site
(there are still a few people who know their sh** and can offer informed discussion on the topic).
To some extent, it's still computationally expensive.
Nowadays it's not too bad to encrypt your home directory and general web traffic, but full end-to-end encryption is still going to come with a lot of overheard. Also, too much encryption can lead to data fragility. Many types of data are somewhat resilient to corruption/rot, but if they're encrypted then a few bad bits might cause more issues.
Beyond that, encryption only helps you if undesirables don't have your crypto keys (or vulnerabilities that work well enough)... which apparently the NSA does in many cases.
Valid question, especially since every upgrade also dumped you with a tab to noScript's homepage.
I haven't had that happen for some time now though, so - assuming my updater isn't broken - it seems they've cut back on the upgrades.
Single-use as in what, viewing pictures on a large medium suitable for multiple persons?
Cable TV might be going downhill, but televisions as a whole aren't going away. Yes, portable devices exist, but just as the walkman co-existed with the home-stereo (and the discman as well), so can the TV with portables.
For movies, broadcast, video games, or even as large computer monitors... televisions may change somewhat but aren't likely to go away any time soon.
It's not the porn they're concerned about, that's just the excuse...
BSG had a short "second season" as well. I collected the DVD's after the fact and there's actually "Season 2.0" and "Season 2.5"
I think Heroes had something similar but it was due to a strike of some sort where the on-TV season was interrupted.
Which is probably what actually scares the government. Civilians are generally outgunned by the military (and particularly the US military), however - while sarin etc are not quite as easy - there's a *lot* of stuff that can be made from common chemicals.
They're afraid that not presenting a show of force now will "encourage" further use of such chemicals in the future, which puts their own military at somewhat of a disadvantage. Big guns don't do much against nerve gas, and it's already been shown that basic (component-wise) roadside bombs etc are pretty hard to defend against too.
I'd tend to agree. Legal but weird fetish porn might serve you better. Old lady/man porn, perhaps. I'd almost pity the agent digging through that.
Clean energy might help a bit with the "toxic environment" angle of things. At least it would help reduce further pollution.
Hey Chapters/Indigo,
Retail bookstores need to do this. If they can get the pricing right, they might actually get my business back
Not to mention...
This needs to have an online multi-player component...
With less content and more DLC, plus shit they can buy, like new skins or clothes and stuff...
With always-on DRM so that those evil pirates won't copy our games... and can we use that to pipe more ads into the games too? Live?
Oh, and that ending is too polished. Leave it hanging so that we can bring out episode IV next year...
Most of that doesn't come from the dev-deam
Then I guess that - similar to VC++ - anybody using those extensions will have to deal with the issues of non-portability. I've not really seen most of those before so I can only guess at how much they're used.
Best to avoid them if you can, unless you're working on something that's OS-specific anyhow (Linux kernel module, whatever).
That does assume some level of global altruism. One possible result is a utopic world. Another likely outcome is what tends to happen with humans when classes and/or beliefs mismatch: war.