Thirty-five year-olds play games because they've been playing them since they were teens. Fifteen years from now, 50 will be the cut-off - and 30 years from now, the demographics of game players will match the demographics of the population as a whole. (And, by the way, we won't have idiot senators attacking games any more - everyone, regardless of age, will know how dumb that is.)
Call them on the Anarchist thing, I had a friend who devoutly professed to be an Anarchist an completely wanted Anarchy to reign. One day after I grew weary of hearing his mindless repetition, I asked him quite calmly and seriously, "so what have you done today?"
I used to believe in the phylosophy (*SIC) of anarchism, but the whole idea is flawed, there will always be a class system no matter what we do. If you want true political change you must do it from within the system. The only time, at least per history that change came from outside the system is during times of revolution.
Hacking hotmail and yahoo are far from difficult tasks, I think it's more difficult to change an empty roll of toilet paper. Seeing as how MSN decided to use a seperate option from the "secret question", the zip code thing, with a little information on someone it is possible to get their password.
Well 3x's a month is a bit exagerrated. It was probably more like once a month, and due to my error s from curiosity, I had to see how it worked. Those early days it was either virus a, or trojan b, mostly infections from warez sites I used to goto in the days when IE needed no popup blocker.
Don't get me wrong, I still use Windows daily, both at work and home, and I prefer the stability and flexibilaty that 2000 offers, as opposed to the other versions.
I'm sure both parties of the "my OS, is better than your OS" debate have used both and can with some resonable amount of data make a judgement on which they prefer. For me, I think a nice balance of both works best. Use the right tool, for the right job.
Was SuSe, I had only been using Windows for less than a year and had "heard of this linux alternative", I wanted to see what the hubbub was about. Coming from stricktly Windows, when I installed Linux I was surprised at how much easier it was to get on there than a normal 98SE install. Mine did most things for me, from configuring the drive to formatting and partitioning without having to guess. My first few 98Se installs were nightmares. Still give me cold sweats to this day.
I decided to go with KDE, though I had no idea what it was other than "some gui". Had I known then what I know now KDE would have gotten das boot. What a resource whore.
Well sometime passed and I have reinstalled the distro on the machine once since the initial install. And that was from user error. I had purchased a new larger harddrive and was very inexperienced and couldn't figure out how to install a new piece of hardware without a total reinstall. Sure taught me to RTFM. So for me, gaming aside, Windows 98SE installs in the early days --- 3 per month, my first linux distro installs to this day --- 2.
My personal experience with both os's and derivatives leave me with one conclusion, both OS's have their uses, Windows mainly for those who would rather be controlled by their computer, and those who would rather control their computer.
I still use Windows for stuff, gaming, video editing, audio mixing, but for tough stuff, security, networking I use linux.
Thank you to anyone who reads this that has worked on any OSS project, and especially the Kernel itself. It's nice to have more than 2 OS choices.
I just read through the EULA and there is alot the end user in this case has going for them. Loopholes are primarily interpretations of worded contracts/laws. If you look at the EULA, it never defines desktop which a contract or binding document would like it does with software. So one could interpret desktop to mean a device which resides on, or is operated from the top of a desk. The EULA also fails to specificaly name laptop as a device that is prohibited from installing on. Whether or not this would jive with a group of lawyers breathing on your back, I have no clue. Pointed out to a judge in defense at a prelim hearing, it might be enough to save your neck from going to trial, as it's worded to be very vague.
Suppose an ET gets hold of the device, we then can expect to get interstellar spam about refinancing our mortgages while increasing our penis sizes using blackhole quatum gravity inducing dark-matter.
Or at the very least invited to check out the latest video of Biengs Gone Wild.
Glad to see my host ranked 8th, in top ten at least.
I have used 1and1.com for my host for almost 2 years now, and the downtime has been minimal, twice in almost 24 months, though the tech support borders on suck, for under $60 a month for the developer package, the only thing I lack is a telnet shell. I do not like that most of the admining is done through a 1and1 webportal though. I would much prefer more hands on administration.
I have read somewhere that around 80% of high school students today feel that the Government should censor what we are exposed to as far as media.
Orwell was right, OMG!
Don't follow the heard, and think for yourself, free thought is not just about thinking of yourself.
This parent poster feels the war is wrong, his opinion, perhaps true perhaps not, I am not here to debate it. I feel it is right, perhaps I am wrong perhaps not, it's our differing opinions, and we could argue all day and not agree, but we have the ability to think and to argue any point we choose, any point we feel strongly enough about to argue. This is a freedom we can not afford to lose. This is what our future is facing, a world where you can not have a voice, you are quieted before you are heard. Make a difference. Get off the Ritalin, your parents may think they know what is best for you, but at some point you have to think and decide for yourself.
Why is it such a problem to have a.xxx domain? I have been saying for years we needed a.prn for the same purpose. It seems it would be easier for parents and anyone looking to block this type content that much easier. Simply block out the.xxx domain, any pr0nographic material should be placed there, anything not placed there dubbed pr0nographic should be subject to heavy fines/penalties ( I said penal )
I think this would go along way to prevent children looking for the latest uber 1337 HL2 hack easier since the "Brunette cum bucket cam" link in google would not distract them from their search.
I doubt it would do them much good, I suppose you would have to have more technical knowledge than the average script kiddie to make effective use of this title.
As a parent and long time gamer myself, I don't understand the big ado surrounding the GTA:SA title. I have been a huge fan of the series since the first GTA, nothing wrong with a little mindless violence. It is proven a great stress reliever and IMHO has kept more people alive than it has killed, the same goes for the shootem up FPS. Rather than go ballistic at your local X-mart you can go virtual and feed your bloodlust without reprecusions.
I agree wholly with another posters comment about how the mindless violence and cop killing are perfectly fine, yet show pixelated sex scenes and suddenly you have a game fit to be witch hunted and destined to be absolutely sought after by every gamer who is worth their weight in games.
Someone once said "any press is good press". GTA:SA has now been elevated from a run of the mill release to a gotta have title. I wonder how many copies they have sold since this story first went public?
Even though he has the right to face his accuser, I find it funny that a photo image of a traffic offense can be beaten more easily than an officer and a radar gun.
More stabiblity, better graphics, better gameplay, modern weapons and combat. An overall improvement over the original title.
Any of the Medal of Honor series. For some reason EA seemed to shit these out like a bad can of beans. And they just got worse and worse. By far though, IMHO the final release of MOH Pacific Assault is the absolute best for single player fun and eye candy.
What I like or dislike is irrelevant to the subject. Is China wrong for banning these types of games? It isn't my place to say they are right or wrong.
Why are they banning them in the first place? Who knows, I sure don't.
Either way it has no effect on whether or not you and I can play Battlefield 2 together. So what have we lost? Is that bieng selfish? Most likely yes. Am I in a position to change Chinese govenrmental policy? Are you? Do other governments have the authority to change Chinese laws? Should they?
I do find it interesting that one of the worlds leading producer and user of warez is actually considering this. How will they stop it?
Just read the article on Intelligent Design, so you are compairing a culture, to evolution.
How does the evolution of a culture compare to the creation and acceptance of a religious belief? Especially when that culture outdates that bielief by hundreds of years, if not a thousand?
BTW, evolution is a theory, that has significant scientific data to support the theory. We have seen mutations in certain species.
My belief, we evolved. There is proof to back this up.
China is not entirely the "Evil Communist Empire" it is made out to be. As with any communist society or decocratic for that matter you get people in power who are "out for their own agenda".
Corrupt politicians are possibly the ones behind these bans, though we may not know the reasons why they want these games banned. China has always had a strong belief in Confuciousism, and Buddism (in some parts) .
The idea of banning this type of game perhaps is thought to undermine the morality and identity that the Chinese people would like to teach the next generation.
As the world evolves and China presses forward into the technological future, it must be struggling to retain some of it's traditional beliefs and ideals. This is also a country that for centuries kept it's ways and traditions secret to the outside world until Chairman Mao took over around the 50's.
The country and it's people have a rich history, I'm am sure that this is just a step that those in power within the Chinese government see as a way to protect Chinese identity, and preserve thier culture for the future.
I think with the current cost of maintenance, and launch cost, recovery and turn around costs it may be time to retire the aging shuttle fleet.
I remember as a child, staying up all night to watch an early morning shuttle launch, Chevy Chase and Dan Akroid were still regulars on SNL.
Now after this launch had numerous delays of everything from equipment failure to several instances of an aborted launch due to "falling debris", what exactly is that? Falling debris, well if they can not say "outer foam cover number three port SRB, then I think NASA may just need to go and flip burgers, "fried up".
In all seriousness several new shuttle designs have been submitted, a few of which would cost billions to realize, but the money saved in launch costs and even mission turnaround times would pay off in the long run.
This is no serious threat. You had 50 attempts from one address big whoop. What is the timeline on the logfile? Look scriptish? I get these on my home network constantly, of course malicious laugh ensues, ah the noobishness. A locked down box is a happy place. If your network is deployed correctly, and the logs show no evidence of breakin, merely attempts, I would simply keep an eye on the logs. No action should be taken to notify anyone, if it is the rival company then let them try. Worse comes to worse you have logs of many many many failed login attempts. Management finds out, you simply say they were just that login attempts, no actual access gained, and that you didn't feel it was a severe enough threat to merit telling them. You are paid to handle it and handle it you did. With logs you can even show a timestamp of where it is an automated script if it is what is trying.
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That is sooo true. I can hardly wait.
Call them on the Anarchist thing, I had a friend who devoutly professed to be an Anarchist an completely wanted Anarchy to reign. One day after I grew weary of hearing his mindless repetition, I asked him quite calmly and seriously, "so what have you done today?"
I used to believe in the phylosophy (*SIC) of anarchism, but the whole idea is flawed, there will always be a class system no matter what we do. If you want true political change you must do it from within the system. The only time, at least per history that change came from outside the system is during times of revolution.
Hacking hotmail and yahoo are far from difficult tasks, I think it's more difficult to change an empty roll of toilet paper. Seeing as how MSN decided to use a seperate option from the "secret question", the zip code thing, with a little information on someone it is possible to get their password.
Well 3x's a month is a bit exagerrated. It was probably more like once a month, and due to my error s from curiosity, I had to see how it worked. Those early days it was either virus a, or trojan b, mostly infections from warez sites I used to goto in the days when IE needed no popup blocker.
Don't get me wrong, I still use Windows daily, both at work and home, and I prefer the stability and flexibilaty that 2000 offers, as opposed to the other versions.
I'm sure both parties of the "my OS, is better than your OS" debate have used both and can with some resonable amount of data make a judgement on which they prefer. For me, I think a nice balance of both works best. Use the right tool, for the right job.
Was SuSe, I had only been using Windows for less than a year and had "heard of this linux alternative", I wanted to see what the hubbub was about. Coming from stricktly Windows, when I installed Linux I was surprised at how much easier it was to get on there than a normal 98SE install. Mine did most things for me, from configuring the drive to formatting and partitioning without having to guess. My first few 98Se installs were nightmares. Still give me cold sweats to this day.
I decided to go with KDE, though I had no idea what it was other than "some gui". Had I known then what I know now KDE would have gotten das boot. What a resource whore.
Well sometime passed and I have reinstalled the distro on the machine once since the initial install. And that was from user error. I had purchased a new larger harddrive and was very inexperienced and couldn't figure out how to install a new piece of hardware without a total reinstall. Sure taught me to RTFM. So for me, gaming aside, Windows 98SE installs in the early days --- 3 per month, my first linux distro installs to this day --- 2.
My personal experience with both os's and derivatives leave me with one conclusion, both OS's have their uses, Windows mainly for those who would rather be controlled by their computer, and those who would rather control their computer.
I still use Windows for stuff, gaming, video editing, audio mixing, but for tough stuff, security, networking I use linux.
Thank you to anyone who reads this that has worked on any OSS project, and especially the Kernel itself. It's nice to have more than 2 OS choices.
I just read through the EULA and there is alot the end user in this case has going for them. Loopholes are primarily interpretations of worded contracts/laws. If you look at the EULA, it never defines desktop which a contract or binding document would like it does with software. So one could interpret desktop to mean a device which resides on, or is operated from the top of a desk.
The EULA also fails to specificaly name laptop as a device that is prohibited from installing on.
Whether or not this would jive with a group of lawyers breathing on your back, I have no clue. Pointed out to a judge in defense at a prelim hearing, it might be enough to save your neck from going to trial, as it's worded to be very vague.
But I thought Everyone loved Magical Trevor!
Suppose an ET gets hold of the device, we then can expect to get interstellar spam about refinancing our mortgages while increasing our penis sizes using blackhole quatum gravity inducing dark-matter.
Or at the very least invited to check out the latest video of Biengs Gone Wild.
Have people actually adhered to, much less read most EULA's?
Glad to see my host ranked 8th, in top ten at least.
I have used 1and1.com for my host for almost 2 years now, and the downtime has been minimal, twice in almost 24 months, though the tech support borders on suck, for under $60 a month for the developer package, the only thing I lack is a telnet shell. I do not like that most of the admining is done through a 1and1 webportal though. I would much prefer more hands on administration.
2005 == 1984
I have read somewhere that around 80% of high school students today feel that the Government should censor what we are exposed to as far as media.
Orwell was right, OMG!
Don't follow the heard, and think for yourself, free thought is not just about thinking of yourself.
This parent poster feels the war is wrong, his opinion, perhaps true perhaps not, I am not here to debate it. I feel it is right, perhaps I am wrong perhaps not, it's our differing opinions, and we could argue all day and not agree, but we have the ability to think and to argue any point we choose, any point we feel strongly enough about to argue. This is a freedom we can not afford to lose. This is what our future is facing, a world where you can not have a voice, you are quieted before you are heard. Make a difference. Get off the Ritalin, your parents may think they know what is best for you, but at some point you have to think and decide for yourself.
I can see the first lawsuit.
California Hospitol and Aussie Dr. sued due to lag. The victim was cited as saying, "I shoulda gone with those HPF's".
I think something similar to php would be a far better choice than anything platform dependant.
Why is it such a problem to have a .xxx domain? I have been saying for years we needed a .prn for the same purpose. It seems it would be easier for parents and anyone looking to block this type content that much easier. Simply block out the .xxx domain, any pr0nographic material should be placed there, anything not placed there dubbed pr0nographic should be subject to heavy fines/penalties ( I said penal )
I think this would go along way to prevent children looking for the latest uber 1337 HL2 hack easier since the "Brunette cum bucket cam" link in google would not distract them from their search.
I doubt it would do them much good, I suppose you would have to have more technical knowledge than the average script kiddie to make effective use of this title.
Not to mention know how to read.
As a parent and long time gamer myself, I don't understand the big ado surrounding the GTA:SA title. I have been a huge fan of the series since the first GTA, nothing wrong with a little mindless violence. It is proven a great stress reliever and IMHO has kept more people alive than it has killed, the same goes for the shootem up FPS. Rather than go ballistic at your local X-mart you can go virtual and feed your bloodlust without reprecusions.
I agree wholly with another posters comment about how the mindless violence and cop killing are perfectly fine, yet show pixelated sex scenes and suddenly you have a game fit to be witch hunted and destined to be absolutely sought after by every gamer who is worth their weight in games.
Someone once said "any press is good press". GTA:SA has now been elevated from a run of the mill release to a gotta have title. I wonder how many copies they have sold since this story first went public?
Even though he has the right to face his accuser, I find it funny that a photo image of a traffic offense can be beaten more easily than an officer and a radar gun.
Battlefield 1942 vs. Battlefield 2 Made by: DICE
More stabiblity, better graphics, better gameplay, modern weapons and combat. An overall improvement over the original title.
Any of the Medal of Honor series. For some reason EA seemed to shit these out like a bad can of beans. And they just got worse and worse. By far though, IMHO the final release of MOH Pacific Assault is the absolute best for single player fun and eye candy.
What I like or dislike is irrelevant to the subject. Is China wrong for banning these types of games? It isn't my place to say they are right or wrong.
Why are they banning them in the first place? Who knows, I sure don't.
Either way it has no effect on whether or not you and I can play Battlefield 2 together. So what have we lost? Is that bieng selfish? Most likely yes. Am I in a position to change Chinese govenrmental policy? Are you? Do other governments have the authority to change Chinese laws? Should they?
I do find it interesting that one of the worlds leading producer and user of warez is actually considering this. How will they stop it?
Just read the article on Intelligent Design, so you are compairing a culture, to evolution.
How does the evolution of a culture compare to the creation and acceptance of a religious belief?
Especially when that culture outdates that bielief by hundreds of years, if not a thousand?
BTW, evolution is a theory, that has significant scientific data to support the theory. We have seen mutations in certain species.
My belief, we evolved. There is proof to back this up.
China is not entirely the "Evil Communist Empire" it is made out to be. As with any communist society or decocratic for that matter you get people in power who are "out for their own agenda".
Corrupt politicians are possibly the ones behind these bans, though we may not know the reasons why they want these games banned. China has always had a strong belief in Confuciousism, and Buddism (in some parts) .
The idea of banning this type of game perhaps is thought to undermine the morality and identity that the Chinese people would like to teach the next generation.
As the world evolves and China presses forward into the technological future, it must be struggling to retain some of it's traditional beliefs and ideals. This is also a country that for centuries kept it's ways and traditions secret to the outside world until Chairman Mao took over around the 50's.
The country and it's people have a rich history, I'm am sure that this is just a step that those in power within the Chinese government see as a way to protect Chinese identity, and preserve thier culture for the future.
Without a history, we have no future.
LOL, I thought I was the one and only person who watched that show.
== anonymity.
Make award payment for the story lead payable to CASH.
I think with the current cost of maintenance, and launch cost, recovery and turn around costs it may be time to retire the aging shuttle fleet.
I remember as a child, staying up all night to watch an early morning shuttle launch, Chevy Chase and Dan Akroid were still regulars on SNL.
Now after this launch had numerous delays of everything from equipment failure to several instances of an aborted launch due to "falling debris", what exactly is that? Falling debris, well if they can not say "outer foam cover number three port SRB, then I think NASA may just need to go and flip burgers, "fried up".
In all seriousness several new shuttle designs have been submitted, a few of which would cost billions to realize, but the money saved in launch costs and even mission turnaround times would pay off in the long run.
This is no serious threat. You had 50 attempts from one address big whoop. What is the timeline on the logfile? Look scriptish? I get these on my home network constantly, of course malicious laugh ensues, ah the noobishness. A locked down box is a happy place. If your network is deployed correctly, and the logs show no evidence of breakin, merely attempts, I would simply keep an eye on the logs. No action should be taken to notify anyone, if it is the rival company then let them try. Worse comes to worse you have logs of many many many failed login attempts. Management finds out, you simply say they were just that login attempts, no actual access gained, and that you didn't feel it was a severe enough threat to merit telling them. You are paid to handle it and handle it you did. With logs you can even show a timestamp of where it is an automated script if it is what is trying.