This bill (The Count Every Vote Act of 2005) corrects many of the problems in the last election...
As much as I'd like to believe it was a conspiracy that cost us the election, I just see too many redneck wackos with their gun racks and SUVs and 'W the president' stickers to believe that there isn't a very large portion of this country that willingly supports devolving back to the horse and buggy age as quickly as possible.
I know the newer AMD chips run cooler than previous generations, but I wonder how large PC manufacturers like Dell percieve liability risks due to overheating when making decisions like these.
With some processors a cooling fan failure may just render the computer unuseable until the fan is replaced...in more extreme cases the CPU and mainboard will need replacing.
HDTV has been a long problematic transition, which won't be replaced in the foreseeable future.
Yes, but many of us have been waiting for years to play PC games on a widescreen. Some of us are already doing it, but the majority of us would like to be doing it very soon. Some companies like these guys are recognizing the demand.
So I guess my point is that the 'killer app' that starts widespread adaptation of HDTV may have nothing to do with television at all, but rather with the PS2, Xbox, Gamecube, and PC.
Seriously, and not to sound overly-melodramatic but I think everyone should boycott this film. Reaching back into important cultural history and modifying the first 3 films while taking measures to ensure that the original copies are no longer made available on store shelves is about as arrogant and socially irresponsible as you can be.
He may own the rights to the film, but he does not own the rights to our fondest childhood memories.
Boycott this film. Send a clear message to Lucas and to Hollywood.
Greco had allegedly threatened to share his methods for spamming members of the group if MySpace.com didn't sign an exclusive marketing deal that would have legitimized the messages he was sending via the service.
As much as I hate abuses by cops, feds, my government, and republicans...assholes like this guy really do deserve to be hung from their heels.
It would be interesting to see if these bursts act as a fingerprint of the planet that produces them. Perhaps they could be used to identify other planets with Earth-like atmospheres (or just planets in general...)?
Good idea, but completely impractical.
Not to insult everyone, but the fact this is modded to 5 shows how low the general physics knowledge of the slashdot readership is.
Astronomy is about gathering photons, and that's pretty much it. The more photons, the 'brighter' the source and more easy it is to detect from a greater distance. The number of gamma ray 'photons' produced by a terrestrial storm would probably be undetectable from the distance to our moon, much less from another solar system in our galaxy.
So we are going to sit here on our fat asses whining about this evil and coming up with lots of reasons to justify our immoral actions, which is sure to result in an amendment to the constitution and do something about the long copy right dates we hate! These new laws need copy rights to last 0 days, allow me to get stuff for free, and be retroactive!
Umm no, if it wasn't for the fact that the copyright-term has been extended to 95 years you might have a point. Sadly there isn't even the slightest admission of guilt on your side of the argument about hijacking the public domain, nor any mention of the possibility of compromise in the direction of shortening copy-right terms.
The way I see it, the only legitimate service provided by hollywood is providing films to be shown in public theatres, their very dubious claim of controlling the rights of further distribution is dying.
Going to the movies is like going to a themepark, it's an experience that's worth paying for. Millions of americans will still 'go to the movies' regardless of file-sharing.
Hollywood was doing just fine before the advent of television, VHS, and the internet...and it will do just fine afterwards. But all of the 'free money' they've reaped from the near zero production costs of TV, Cable, VHS, and DVD is no longer theirs to claim. If they can create a distribution channel that's in any way superior to searcheable and indexed peer-to-peer file sharing then people may be willing to pay for it.
Until then the copyright monopoly will be increasingly threatened by a competitor that offers superior services. If this country is truly interested in free-trade, it will ensure that the best option for the consumer prevails.
It seems like the courts often times are fast food restaurants for big corporations. I thought the courts were supposed to be object and ensure the rights of the little guy weren't trampled on??
Seems to you? Are you even listening to yourself? This site is 40% populated with frightened geeks with no backbone to fight for what they know is right, 30% populated with europeans who still have a vestige of common sense, and 30% populated with content-producers who are holding onto their jobs by their fingernails and would rather sacrfice the public domain than their right to eat. For the latter group, just thinking out of sync with their corporate masters could cost them their jobs. Fear is the oppressor's best friend, and it's a great time to be an oppressor.
In the 60s just about everyone with a conscience under the age of 25 was marching in the streets and forcing their government to listen to them through demonstrations, resistance, and willpower. People were jailed, beaten and even killed. Back then it took vietnam and civil rights abuses to get people off their asses and take back the meaning of americanism and democracy, unfortunately we're not at the stress-point today to fight for our rights, and the oppressors are smart enough to know that rights need to be eroded slowly, because if they are taken away too quickly the people will rebel, and then a democrat will get elected making laws to "...object and ensure the rights of the little guy aren't trampled on."
Most americans today are self-righteous, deluded, arrogant, frightened, cowardly and completely insecure about their rights as citizens. The only thing they seem to know is that it's better to be on the side with the biggest stick, and that whoever holds that stick gets to define morality. Freedom has always needed defense against the wicked and corrupt, but the TV is doing such a great job convincing us that the terrorists are brown people rather than those in the white house, capitol hill, and the fortune 100 that most people aren't even aware that the country they 'love' is being beaten to death by criminals in suits.
Posting to forums like these and verbally objecting to someone you love getting beaten in front of you doesn't change a damn thing, change is made through force of action not rhetoric.
1) YES people's rights are being eroded every day in this country.
2) YES americans worship power instead of justice, while they drive their SUVs to the weapons factory and laugh around the watercooler while watching CNN's fear-festival.
3) NO we won't do anything about it because we're too scared to resist conforming to the demands of an 800 pound gorilla that's terrorizing the world.
Since they think so lowly of me, I decided to return the favour and never buy another Atari product. I even emailed them and told them why.
While I agree with you, I'm also pretty sure you enjoyed playing Sid Meier's Pirates. I just played it for the first time 3 days ago and I absolutely loved it, a very good treatment of the original imo.
So I guess my point is, instead of sending letters to Atari...maybe send one to Sid asking him to change publishers?
Yes it does. And it's even more important that at time of cost-cutting, you show the initiatives to help the company cutting costs whenever, wherever and however you can - So that your head is not on the chopping board.
How did things ever come to this? Just 5 years ago anyone who could use a computer was almost guarenteed a job, and if you could actually code? Six figures in 3 years gaurenteed.
Now these poor bastards have to worry about buying generic ink cartridges so they can save their jobs. Talk about fucking hell on wheels. I want to fucking murder every baby-boomer middle-aged republican cocksucker in this godforsaken country.
1) Fuck every dot-bomb venture capitalist asshole who gutted an entire industry.
2) Fuck every one of you who voted Bush and applauds yourself for doing so. Maybe if we hit another 8-year productivty gain we'll be able to pay off the debt this dickless faggot is dragging us into.
This is probably why scientific knowledge and peer sharing have this overlap, and are both dissimilar from other economic resources; because they both involve sharing knowledge.
This sub-thread is completely off the mark. As much as corporations covet their precious 'intellectual property', scientists are practically religous about coveting theirs.
Scientists are required to prove their salt time and again in order to get published or apply for grants, and awards. It sucks, but that's the name of the game. When you have to compete with 400 other people in your field you tend to get a little paranoid when you get lucky and manage to make a 'real' discovery.
If you 'share' information like that freely someone else will be more than happy to take credit for your work. Credit which may include royalties, cash awards, tenures, etc.
Today there is almost no distinction between the scientist and the engineer in terms of producing information for monetary reward.
This is a common misconception and completely untrue. It is impossible for ground based telescopes (ANY ground based telescope) to take images that Hubble can.
OK let's assume for a moment that you're correct, can you give us some more detailed information to make your case? As far as I recall the deep-field photos were sustained week-long exposures, something which of course would be impossible on a terristrial scope.
But most scans don't require week long exposures, especially since the terrestrial scopes have over 60X the light-gathering capacity of Hubble's primary mirror. As far as I recall there are at least 2 major projects using optical and infra-red interferometry between 3 or 4 8-meter mirror arrays. 4X10meters plus the resolving power of interferometry(distance of say 200meters between mirrors) results in pound-for-pound a much more versitile viewing instrument than Hubble. Don't get me wrong Hubble was a great scope, but interferometry and adaptive optics are the future of optical astronomy.
If you end up responding, please explain clearly why I'm wrong because I would like to know.
So, while we all would like a faster, better telescope, perhaps we should focus on the fact that we already have Hubble up there.
Guys just let Hubble go, the European Space Agency has been constructing a multi-mirror optical array, that has better image resolution than Hubble. It's all about interferometry.
Current ground-based scopes can produce better images than hubble did. This wasn't true in the early 90s, but it's true now. Let the professionals make these decisions, and if you're worried about your government scrapping important programs, then fight to preserve stuff like civil liberties and social security.
If Raph Koster is an expert on anything, as many Star Wars Galaxies players can attest to, it's making a game NOT fun.
Mmmm....yes!!
"Games are puzzles to solve, just like everything else we encounter in life.'"
Umm....no.
In fact most MMORPGs reflect the compulsive narcessistic attitude of most young americans today accumulating hand-over-fist anything they can get their mitts onto. At least this is why I play MMORPGs. The atmosphere, music, humor and scenery help to disuade me from needing to possess all the power in the realm, and thus provide a kind of light fantasy backdrop to my compulsive and irrepressible greed.
It's always nice to have light humor mixed in with obsessive grinding/hoarding. These two things, and the play between them make for a successful and playable MMORPG.
If you don't like the rules, you have an option - quit - vote with your pocketbook.
I'm afraid it's just not that simple. People invest far more than money into these games, they invest hundreds of hours of time as well. If your time is worth as much as mine, you'll understand what that means.
Calling it a 'game' implies that it's just a pass-time like playing cards for a few hours, but that's not an accurate picture. MMORPGs are more like an alternative life. Whether you choose to judge that or not is up to you, but these people are well within their rights to defend what's important to them. For them, it's to have the time they invested in their character be respected.
Maybe they'll hit $25B if the keep getting torrent and eMule trackers taken down. They need the money.
Yes they will. Since the only legitimate service provided by hollywood is providing films to be shown in public theatres, their very dubious claim of controlling the rights of further distribution is dying.
Going to the movies is like going to a themepark, it's an experience that's worth paying for. Millions of americans will still 'go to the movies' regardless of file-sharing.
Hollywood was doing just fine before the advent of television, VHS, and the internet...and it will do just fine afterwards. But all of the 'free money' they've reaped from the near zero production costs of TV, Cable, VHS, and DVD is no longer theirs to claim. If they can create a distribution channel that's in any way superior to searcheable and indexed peer-to-peer file sharing then people may be willing to pay for it.
Until then the copyright monopoly will be increasingly threatened by a competitor that offers superior services. If this country is truly interested in free-trade, it will ensure that the best option for the consumer prevails.
Better to try convincing them now than after you're facing a civil trial.
Rather than threaten him, why don't you sit back for a moment and consider that it's exactly what he's doing?
Convince other Americans that the Public Domain is a Good Thing.
Good advice, but the best way to do this is through demonstration...not rhetoric.
You *can* do something about the law...Run for office if you have to.
"Going through the system" is almost impossible under the current regime. The people who run the system get their paycheck from folks like the MPAA, they have specifically designed 'the system' in such a way that folks like you and me have a snowballs chance in hell of getting anything changed.
What he's doing is real change, not imagined or self-righteous change. It takes courage, and self-belief. Let your government bully you if you prefer, let everyone wave the word 'law' around like it's a word from god, but don't try and convert him for our sake. We need more people like him.
It took Martin Luther King and Malcolm X to make real change then. It takes the same two types of people to make real change now.
"When patience has begotten false estimates of its motives, when wrongs are pressed because it is believed they will be borne, resistance becomes morality." --Thomas Jefferson
games will never be seen as equals to movies or television if they and the culture that surrounds them are represented the way they were last night.
I agree completely, I saw it on the channel bar and eagerly switched over expecting some real information, reviews, demos etc. I watched for about 5 seconds before I went back to what I was watching before. What I saw was so rediculous that I specifically avoided that channel for the rest of the night so as not to incur any more brain damage.
I am one 29 year old gamer of many in their 20s 30s and 40s who would request a bit more maturity and relevance.
Targetting specific demographics just alienates everyone else. Note to the producers: Next time try focusing on the games.
NBI raided the admins homes today and seized all the computer equipment and storage media for further investigation, but released the suspects shortly after the raid. The site itself has been down since early hours of today.
Way to bend over and take the ol' 12" USofA.
It's sad when multi-nationals can buy congress and the whitehouse, but it's appaling to see it happen in countries like Finland.
All of you US hating europeans should wake up, it's happening to you too.
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This bill (The Count Every Vote Act of 2005) corrects many of the problems in the last election...
As much as I'd like to believe it was a conspiracy that cost us the election, I just see too many redneck wackos with their gun racks and SUVs and 'W the president' stickers to believe that there isn't a very large portion of this country that willingly supports devolving back to the horse and buggy age as quickly as possible.
I know the newer AMD chips run cooler than previous generations, but I wonder how large PC manufacturers like Dell percieve liability risks due to overheating when making decisions like these.
With some processors a cooling fan failure may just render the computer unuseable until the fan is replaced...in more extreme cases the CPU and mainboard will need replacing.
HDTV has been a long problematic transition, which won't be replaced in the foreseeable future.
Yes, but many of us have been waiting for years to play PC games on a widescreen. Some of us are already doing it, but the majority of us would like to be doing it very soon. Some companies like these guys are recognizing the demand.
So I guess my point is that the 'killer app' that starts widespread adaptation of HDTV may have nothing to do with television at all, but rather with the PS2, Xbox, Gamecube, and PC.
Hi George! How's the ranch?
Seriously, and not to sound overly-melodramatic but I think everyone should boycott this film. Reaching back into important cultural history and modifying the first 3 films while taking measures to ensure that the original copies are no longer made available on store shelves is about as arrogant and socially irresponsible as you can be.
He may own the rights to the film, but he does not own the rights to our fondest childhood memories.
Boycott this film. Send a clear message to Lucas and to Hollywood.
This is great - finally people are beginning to take seriously what the Enlightenment crowd have been talking about for years.'
Talk is cheap, and it takes a lot more than a couple of guys with fancy nicknames to build a reliable modern GUI over Linux.
Greco had allegedly threatened to share his methods for spamming members of the group if MySpace.com didn't sign an exclusive marketing deal that would have legitimized the messages he was sending via the service.
As much as I hate abuses by cops, feds, my government, and republicans...assholes like this guy really do deserve to be hung from their heels.
$10 to bump the internet up to 5mbit down/1.5mbit up
*cries*
*sniffles*
*shakes fist at us media/telecom conglomerates*
*sniffles*
*wishes he was canadian*
It would be interesting to see if these bursts act as a fingerprint of the planet that produces them. Perhaps they could be used to identify other planets with Earth-like atmospheres (or just planets in general...)?
Good idea, but completely impractical.
Not to insult everyone, but the fact this is modded to 5 shows how low the general physics knowledge of the slashdot readership is.
Astronomy is about gathering photons, and that's pretty much it. The more photons, the 'brighter' the source and more easy it is to detect from a greater distance. The number of gamma ray 'photons' produced by a terrestrial storm would probably be undetectable from the distance to our moon, much less from another solar system in our galaxy.
So we are going to sit here on our fat asses whining about this evil and coming up with lots of reasons to justify our immoral actions, which is sure to result in an amendment to the constitution and do something about the long copy right dates we hate! These new laws need copy rights to last 0 days, allow me to get stuff for free, and be retroactive!
Umm no, if it wasn't for the fact that the copyright-term has been extended to 95 years you might have a point. Sadly there isn't even the slightest admission of guilt on your side of the argument about hijacking the public domain, nor any mention of the possibility of compromise in the direction of shortening copy-right terms.
The way I see it, the only legitimate service provided by hollywood is providing films to be shown in public theatres, their very dubious claim of controlling the rights of further distribution is dying.
Going to the movies is like going to a themepark, it's an experience that's worth paying for. Millions of americans will still 'go to the movies' regardless of file-sharing.
Hollywood was doing just fine before the advent of television, VHS, and the internet...and it will do just fine afterwards. But all of the 'free money' they've reaped from the near zero production costs of TV, Cable, VHS, and DVD is no longer theirs to claim. If they can create a distribution channel that's in any way superior to searcheable and indexed peer-to-peer file sharing then people may be willing to pay for it.
Until then the copyright monopoly will be increasingly threatened by a competitor that offers superior services. If this country is truly interested in free-trade, it will ensure that the best option for the consumer prevails.
It seems like the courts often times are fast food restaurants for big corporations. I thought the courts were supposed to be object and ensure the rights of the little guy weren't trampled on??
Seems to you? Are you even listening to yourself? This site is 40% populated with frightened geeks with no backbone to fight for what they know is right, 30% populated with europeans who still have a vestige of common sense, and 30% populated with content-producers who are holding onto their jobs by their fingernails and would rather sacrfice the public domain than their right to eat. For the latter group, just thinking out of sync with their corporate masters could cost them their jobs. Fear is the oppressor's best friend, and it's a great time to be an oppressor.
In the 60s just about everyone with a conscience under the age of 25 was marching in the streets and forcing their government to listen to them through demonstrations, resistance, and willpower. People were jailed, beaten and even killed. Back then it took vietnam and civil rights abuses to get people off their asses and take back the meaning of americanism and democracy, unfortunately we're not at the stress-point today to fight for our rights, and the oppressors are smart enough to know that rights need to be eroded slowly, because if they are taken away too quickly the people will rebel, and then a democrat will get elected making laws to "...object and ensure the rights of the little guy aren't trampled on."
Most americans today are self-righteous, deluded, arrogant, frightened, cowardly and completely insecure about their rights as citizens. The only thing they seem to know is that it's better to be on the side with the biggest stick, and that whoever holds that stick gets to define morality. Freedom has always needed defense against the wicked and corrupt, but the TV is doing such a great job convincing us that the terrorists are brown people rather than those in the white house, capitol hill, and the fortune 100 that most people aren't even aware that the country they 'love' is being beaten to death by criminals in suits.
Posting to forums like these and verbally objecting to someone you love getting beaten in front of you doesn't change a damn thing, change is made through force of action not rhetoric.
1) YES people's rights are being eroded every day in this country.
2) YES americans worship power instead of justice, while they drive their SUVs to the weapons factory and laugh around the watercooler while watching CNN's fear-festival.
3) NO we won't do anything about it because we're too scared to resist conforming to the demands of an 800 pound gorilla that's terrorizing the world.
Since they think so lowly of me, I decided to return the favour and never buy another Atari product. I even emailed them and told them why.
While I agree with you, I'm also pretty sure you enjoyed playing Sid Meier's Pirates. I just played it for the first time 3 days ago and I absolutely loved it, a very good treatment of the original imo.
So I guess my point is, instead of sending letters to Atari...maybe send one to Sid asking him to change publishers?
Yes it does. And it's even more important that at time of cost-cutting, you show the initiatives to help the company cutting costs whenever, wherever and however you can - So that your head is not on the chopping board.
How did things ever come to this? Just 5 years ago anyone who could use a computer was almost guarenteed a job, and if you could actually code? Six figures in 3 years gaurenteed.
Now these poor bastards have to worry about buying generic ink cartridges so they can save their jobs. Talk about fucking hell on wheels. I want to fucking murder every baby-boomer middle-aged republican cocksucker in this godforsaken country.
1) Fuck every dot-bomb venture capitalist asshole who gutted an entire industry.
2) Fuck every one of you who voted Bush and applauds yourself for doing so. Maybe if we hit another 8-year productivty gain we'll be able to pay off the debt this dickless faggot is dragging us into.
This is probably why scientific knowledge and peer sharing have this overlap, and are both dissimilar from other economic resources; because they both involve sharing knowledge.
This sub-thread is completely off the mark. As much as corporations covet their precious 'intellectual property', scientists are practically religous about coveting theirs.
Scientists are required to prove their salt time and again in order to get published or apply for grants, and awards. It sucks, but that's the name of the game. When you have to compete with 400 other people in your field you tend to get a little paranoid when you get lucky and manage to make a 'real' discovery.
If you 'share' information like that freely someone else will be more than happy to take credit for your work. Credit which may include royalties, cash awards, tenures, etc.
Today there is almost no distinction between the scientist and the engineer in terms of producing information for monetary reward.
This is a common misconception and completely untrue. It is impossible for ground based telescopes (ANY ground based telescope) to take images that Hubble can.
OK let's assume for a moment that you're correct, can you give us some more detailed information to make your case? As far as I recall the deep-field photos were sustained week-long exposures, something which of course would be impossible on a terristrial scope.
But most scans don't require week long exposures, especially since the terrestrial scopes have over 60X the light-gathering capacity of Hubble's primary mirror. As far as I recall there are at least 2 major projects using optical and infra-red interferometry between 3 or 4 8-meter mirror arrays. 4X10meters plus the resolving power of interferometry(distance of say 200meters between mirrors) results in pound-for-pound a much more versitile viewing instrument than Hubble. Don't get me wrong Hubble was a great scope, but interferometry and adaptive optics are the future of optical astronomy.
If you end up responding, please explain clearly why I'm wrong because I would like to know.
So, while we all would like a faster, better telescope, perhaps we should focus on the fact that we already have Hubble up there.
Guys just let Hubble go, the European Space Agency has been constructing a multi-mirror optical array, that has better image resolution than Hubble. It's all about interferometry.
Current ground-based scopes can produce better images than hubble did. This wasn't true in the early 90s, but it's true now. Let the professionals make these decisions, and if you're worried about your government scrapping important programs, then fight to preserve stuff like civil liberties and social security.
If Raph Koster is an expert on anything, as many Star Wars Galaxies players can attest to, it's making a game NOT fun.
Mmmm....yes!!
"Games are puzzles to solve, just like everything else we encounter in life.'"
Umm....no.
In fact most MMORPGs reflect the compulsive narcessistic attitude of most young americans today accumulating hand-over-fist anything they can get their mitts onto. At least this is why I play MMORPGs. The atmosphere, music, humor and scenery help to disuade me from needing to possess all the power in the realm, and thus provide a kind of light fantasy backdrop to my compulsive and irrepressible greed.
It's always nice to have light humor mixed in with obsessive grinding/hoarding. These two things, and the play between them make for a successful and playable MMORPG.
Yeah, a more interesting discussion would be:
"Why does Linux still suck?"
Talk about presumptuous.
Rock on smittenedkitten.
I swear I read this EXACT story 3 years ago.
Yep, I thought the same thing when I read the headline.
If you don't like the rules, you have an option - quit - vote with your pocketbook.
I'm afraid it's just not that simple. People invest far more than money into these games, they invest hundreds of hours of time as well. If your time is worth as much as mine, you'll understand what that means.
Calling it a 'game' implies that it's just a pass-time like playing cards for a few hours, but that's not an accurate picture. MMORPGs are more like an alternative life. Whether you choose to judge that or not is up to you, but these people are well within their rights to defend what's important to them. For them, it's to have the time they invested in their character be respected.
What is this country coming to?
It's coming to citizens having to personally reclaim their rights from corrupt lawmakers.
Maybe they'll hit $25B if the keep getting torrent and eMule trackers taken down. They need the money.
Yes they will. Since the only legitimate service provided by hollywood is providing films to be shown in public theatres, their very dubious claim of controlling the rights of further distribution is dying.
Going to the movies is like going to a themepark, it's an experience that's worth paying for. Millions of americans will still 'go to the movies' regardless of file-sharing.
Hollywood was doing just fine before the advent of television, VHS, and the internet...and it will do just fine afterwards. But all of the 'free money' they've reaped from the near zero production costs of TV, Cable, VHS, and DVD is no longer theirs to claim. If they can create a distribution channel that's in any way superior to searcheable and indexed peer-to-peer file sharing then people may be willing to pay for it.
Until then the copyright monopoly will be increasingly threatened by a competitor that offers superior services. If this country is truly interested in free-trade, it will ensure that the best option for the consumer prevails.
Better to try convincing them now than after you're facing a civil trial.
Rather than threaten him, why don't you sit back for a moment and consider that it's exactly what he's doing?
Convince other Americans that the Public Domain is a Good Thing.
Good advice, but the best way to do this is through demonstration...not rhetoric.
You *can* do something about the law...Run for office if you have to.
"Going through the system" is almost impossible under the current regime. The people who run the system get their paycheck from folks like the MPAA, they have specifically designed 'the system' in such a way that folks like you and me have a snowballs chance in hell of getting anything changed.
What he's doing is real change, not imagined or self-righteous change. It takes courage, and self-belief. Let your government bully you if you prefer, let everyone wave the word 'law' around like it's a word from god, but don't try and convert him for our sake. We need more people like him.
It took Martin Luther King and Malcolm X to make real change then. It takes the same two types of people to make real change now.
"When patience has begotten false estimates of its motives, when wrongs are pressed because it is believed they will be borne, resistance becomes morality." --Thomas Jefferson
games will never be seen as equals to movies or television if they and the culture that surrounds them are represented the way they were last night.
I agree completely, I saw it on the channel bar and eagerly switched over expecting some real information, reviews, demos etc. I watched for about 5 seconds before I went back to what I was watching before. What I saw was so rediculous that I specifically avoided that channel for the rest of the night so as not to incur any more brain damage.
I am one 29 year old gamer of many in their 20s 30s and 40s who would request a bit more maturity and relevance.
Targetting specific demographics just alienates everyone else. Note to the producers: Next time try focusing on the games.
NBI raided the admins homes today and seized all the computer equipment and storage media for further investigation, but released the suspects shortly after the raid. The site itself has been down since early hours of today.
Way to bend over and take the ol' 12" USofA.
It's sad when multi-nationals can buy congress and the whitehouse, but it's appaling to see it happen in countries like Finland.
All of you US hating europeans should wake up, it's happening to you too.