Why can't he just pay a "settlement" that amounts to a small fraction of the money he made from this? I mean, if that works for Standard Charter and the State of New York, why not for him? His crime wasn't anything near as severe as laundering $250B for a blacklisted country.
I'm tired of hearing this "crappy slow" line about the green drives. Sure, they're not as fast as the regular 7200 performance line, but 1MB/sec?? Come on, the problem is obviously NOT the drives.
I have a number of these drives, and individually they can read between 60-80MB/sec when copying video files off them. In Linux software RAID with 4 drives, I've seen writing of 140MB/sec on a crappy Silicon Image controller.
I've seen frequent complaints about the Drobo units being slow (in the 20-40MB/sec range), probably due to a slow CPU in the thing, but 1MB/sec there's something really wrong there.
So what happens if you decline the new TOS? Do they disable your games and refund your money? Do they keep your money, but untie the steam leash from the games you bought?
No, wait, let me guess... They just cancel your account and you lose all the games you "purchased" with no refund of any money?
I disagree due to the fact that people can reverse engineer almost anything, making most trade secrets useless. If someone figures out your trade secret, you're hooped, that's all. If you have a patent though, even if someone else doesn't know about it and comes up with their implementation on their own, you still get to sue them. The patent lottery continues.
Have you read a recent patent? It's a joke. Deliberately unreadably-lawyeresque writing style, extremely vague so that they can sue anybody who implements anything even remotely similar (ie. patenting an idea, which is something you're specifically NOT supposed to be able to do), and becoming frequently more and more obvious within the realm the cover. Slip your patent in, then sue anybody who becomes profitable using a similar idea in a product. If you're lucky, they'll setting for millions and you won't even have to go to court.
Fuck this broken system. It's been gamed to death by filthy, parasitic scum. I seriously hope these patent trolls get crushed hard. I doubt it though. The system is so bought off and corrupt, real justice is as rare as rocking-horse shit.
What makes this worse is when they drop LAN and private-server options (I think they already did this a while back?), then combine that with dropping the official MP servers as soon as the next release of the game is out. Check out any of the online sports titles like Madden. Madden 13 is out? Cue shutting off the Madden 12 servers in 3..2..1..
These Call of Duty style games are all about the multi-player monies. The single player campaign in them is maybe 6 or 7 hours if you're lucky. So yeah, better wait till it's a $10-$15 game to make that worthwhile, because by that time, MP is long gone.
No, it doesn't have to be. Maybe once YOU grow up, you'll understand that there are options. Not every game has to be some 300+ person endeavor that involves millions of dollars in voice actors alone. The indie market is making a big comeback, with some very low budget games making some big headlines.
I vote that we balance the extra cost by laying off $220 million worth of politicians, starting with central bankers, finance ministers, the PM, and anyone else responsible for the monetary debasement that put us in this situation.
You're assuming that HFT has brought these prices down instead of the widespread general use of technology that has made the whole process easier in general? And this is +5? Jesus fucking christ this site has gone downhill...
This is exactly why the inflation reports from the government should be ignored. They game the numbers just like they do in the employment statistics so that they can continue to tell the public that they're doing a good job. The real numbers are depressing. Go compare U-3 to U-6 employment figures and when they changed from reporting one to the other. Also look up hedonics when it comes to inflation reports.
Two grammatical errors in the first three words of your post. That might be some kind of record. There was no point in reading past that since you probably couldn't put together a coherent thought.
How about they just arrest YOU right now, since, you know, it's easier than cleaning up your mess afterwards. I'm sure they could find something incriminating among your effects. Maybe a copy of Catcher in the Rye...
Christ, again with the gay marriage shit. Is it REALLY that fucking important when there`s like constant bankster-enabling, warmongering, and selling out to corporate interests going on amongst the other candidates? Come to terms with it already; you`re NEVER going to have a candidate who meets you on every single view you have.
Get a little perspective already. Gay folks should be thankful if they can`t get legally married. You know how many straight folks would give their right thumb for that?
It could be easily made to not require the online component. None of this stupid "offline mode" and expiration of your offline token. No more forced updates. If they did this, I'd buy 100 games off steam over the course of a few years, easily. As it is, I'm sticking to GoG.
"If this sort of thing gets deployed on a regular basis, I can see a good money-making opportunity for some enterprising soul of selling a pair of protective goggles attached to a hat covered in retroreflectors, just to really annoy them."
You can't possibly identify all the variables because most myths are vague and unspecific. They aren't written like scientific hypothesis with a set of conditions attached. It's simple, one sentence stuff like "polished shields set a ship on fire."
Christ, people like you have no idea what this show would be like if it was set up "your" way. You'd have teams of scientists working for months just to get a single episode going, it would be boring as hell, require millions in government grants, cancelled after a single season, and in the end probably wind up with similar, inconclusive results because none of the "scientists" could come to an agreement on what the parameters of the tests should be.
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Why can't he just pay a "settlement" that amounts to a small fraction of the money he made from this? I mean, if that works for Standard Charter and the State of New York, why not for him? His crime wasn't anything near as severe as laundering $250B for a blacklisted country.
I'm tired of hearing this "crappy slow" line about the green drives. Sure, they're not as fast as the regular 7200 performance line, but 1MB/sec?? Come on, the problem is obviously NOT the drives.
I have a number of these drives, and individually they can read between 60-80MB/sec when copying video files off them. In Linux software RAID with 4 drives, I've seen writing of 140MB/sec on a crappy Silicon Image controller.
I've seen frequent complaints about the Drobo units being slow (in the 20-40MB/sec range), probably due to a slow CPU in the thing, but 1MB/sec there's something really wrong there.
So what happens if you decline the new TOS? Do they disable your games and refund your money? Do they keep your money, but untie the steam leash from the games you bought?
No, wait, let me guess... They just cancel your account and you lose all the games you "purchased" with no refund of any money?
As long as it's financially beneficial for them to ignore you and pander to corporations, they will continue to do so.
The money needs to be taken out of politics. "Politician" should be a temporary job, not a career.
I disagree due to the fact that people can reverse engineer almost anything, making most trade secrets useless. If someone figures out your trade secret, you're hooped, that's all. If you have a patent though, even if someone else doesn't know about it and comes up with their implementation on their own, you still get to sue them. The patent lottery continues.
Have you read a recent patent? It's a joke. Deliberately unreadably-lawyeresque writing style, extremely vague so that they can sue anybody who implements anything even remotely similar (ie. patenting an idea, which is something you're specifically NOT supposed to be able to do), and becoming frequently more and more obvious within the realm the cover. Slip your patent in, then sue anybody who becomes profitable using a similar idea in a product. If you're lucky, they'll setting for millions and you won't even have to go to court.
Fuck this broken system. It's been gamed to death by filthy, parasitic scum. I seriously hope these patent trolls get crushed hard. I doubt it though. The system is so bought off and corrupt, real justice is as rare as rocking-horse shit.
What makes this worse is when they drop LAN and private-server options (I think they already did this a while back?), then combine that with dropping the official MP servers as soon as the next release of the game is out. Check out any of the online sports titles like Madden. Madden 13 is out? Cue shutting off the Madden 12 servers in 3..2..1..
These Call of Duty style games are all about the multi-player monies. The single player campaign in them is maybe 6 or 7 hours if you're lucky. So yeah, better wait till it's a $10-$15 game to make that worthwhile, because by that time, MP is long gone.
You'll get to ride in the sidecar, while the computer drives the motorcycle for you.
No, it doesn't have to be. Maybe once YOU grow up, you'll understand that there are options. Not every game has to be some 300+ person endeavor that involves millions of dollars in voice actors alone. The indie market is making a big comeback, with some very low budget games making some big headlines.
I vote that we balance the extra cost by laying off $220 million worth of politicians, starting with central bankers, finance ministers, the PM, and anyone else responsible for the monetary debasement that put us in this situation.
Yes, but only half the time.
You're assuming that HFT has brought these prices down instead of the widespread general use of technology that has made the whole process easier in general? And this is +5? Jesus fucking christ this site has gone downhill...
This is exactly why the inflation reports from the government should be ignored. They game the numbers just like they do in the employment statistics so that they can continue to tell the public that they're doing a good job. The real numbers are depressing. Go compare U-3 to U-6 employment figures and when they changed from reporting one to the other. Also look up hedonics when it comes to inflation reports.
You consider poor analogies to be hard questions?
Two grammatical errors in the first three words of your post. That might be some kind of record. There was no point in reading past that since you probably couldn't put together a coherent thought.
How about they just arrest YOU right now, since, you know, it's easier than cleaning up your mess afterwards. I'm sure they could find something incriminating among your effects. Maybe a copy of Catcher in the Rye...
They're meeting on Jekyll Island to discuss it...
After having it shoved up your Orrin Hatch year after year, you tend to get a tad defeatist sounding..
Christ, again with the gay marriage shit. Is it REALLY that fucking important when there`s like constant bankster-enabling, warmongering, and selling out to corporate interests going on amongst the other candidates? Come to terms with it already; you`re NEVER going to have a candidate who meets you on every single view you have.
Get a little perspective already. Gay folks should be thankful if they can`t get legally married. You know how many straight folks would give their right thumb for that?
So what's the piracy rate there? Pretty high, I take it.
It could be easily made to not require the online component. None of this stupid "offline mode" and expiration of your offline token. No more forced updates. If they did this, I'd buy 100 games off steam over the course of a few years, easily. As it is, I'm sticking to GoG.
Sane, honest individuals generally just go about their own lives. They don't typically have an interest in controlling what others can and cannot do.
"If this sort of thing gets deployed on a regular basis, I can see a good money-making opportunity for some enterprising soul of selling a pair of protective goggles attached to a hat covered in retroreflectors, just to really annoy them."
Or to fuck up photo-radar.
You can't possibly identify all the variables because most myths are vague and unspecific. They aren't written like scientific hypothesis with a set of conditions attached. It's simple, one sentence stuff like "polished shields set a ship on fire."
Christ, people like you have no idea what this show would be like if it was set up "your" way. You'd have teams of scientists working for months just to get a single episode going, it would be boring as hell, require millions in government grants, cancelled after a single season, and in the end probably wind up with similar, inconclusive results because none of the "scientists" could come to an agreement on what the parameters of the tests should be.
You forgot the comma after "says", genius.
Bad example, perhaps. I checked that link you provided and they do indeed have a linux ppd file for that monster!