I shouldn't feed you but it's listed in the summary.
(7) prioritiz[ing] among or between content, applications, and services, or among or between different types of content, applications, and services unless the end user requests to have such prioritization..
(emphasis added). It's about time something like this happened.
I agree. It's alarming the trend of DLC (*cough* addons, mods?) and microtransactions. Slightly off topic but it's even coming to the web. Look at the services for @font-face renderers and services that resize photos (for a fee of course) so they display on any platform.
Muhahaha welcome to being a PC gamer! Misery loves company right? On the brightside at least you can sell the PS3 games back... for now. Try doing that with the same title on PC.
Also Japan is one of the few countries that have a sorta ecological balans, for example the use of trees (chopping them down etc.). The number stays stable. In contradict with many other countries where we eat / burn / use as much as we can. Resources are limited, we all know it, act like it!!
Ah the Japanese, the ones who import lots of raw materials because they're on an island? There are plenty of resources on this planet, what sucks is the distribution of said resources. Also, Japan has a wealth of other issues, I don't see you highlighting their immigration policies and fixation with eating endangered species.
Electronic cigs are vaporizers and not everyone who chooses to do something is an addict. Excellent way to slant things though.
Medical marijuana is providing as much relief to people as controlled pharmacuticals are. If you dont believe that, then find someone who is sick and actually NEEDS it. I am not saying people don't abuse it. They do, but people abuse "controlled" pharmacuticals more and big pharma loves that. Michael Jackon, Corey Haim, Anna Nicole Smith, Heath Ledger... these people didnt die of pot overdoses, they died of drug overdoses - drugs given to them by Doctors. So using that as an example controlling and regulating substances really doesnt do shit unless you count getting shareholders rich off people getting their "fix".
People try and argue against marijuana vs cigarettes or marijuana vs. big pharma or pot vs. people abusing it. Abusing a system and a substance is the American Way(tm). We do it with our own legit medical system. College students fake ADD to get Adderall to get good grades, housewives fake neck spasms to get Somas and Percocet, construction workers fake back injuries to get Oxycontin, crackheads fake poverity to get Welfare, and stoners fake mirgaines to get medical pot.
That doesn't mean that their aren't actual people who need attention-increasing drugs, muscle relaxers, pain killers, government aid or pot to keep them from barfing from chemo. This is usally when they get on their knees and worship you people in pain and people who want to get high have one thing in common; they will do anything to feel better. Medical pot is just about giving sick people safe access... why should anyone be suprised that is being exploited and used by greedy dispensary owners and teenagers looking for "dank herb"?
and has all the harmful effects of cigarette smoking (except for nicotine addiction) on top of it.
Not sure if you're aware of vaporizing. Also please stop spreading false information, marijuana doesn't contain nearly as many chemicals as cigarettes.
Thousands are being murdered annually because of the demand for Marijuana in the US.
Marijuana!? You think Marijuana brings in that much money? Try Heroin & Cocaine. Most of the Marijuana that comes from south of the border is crap, compressed brick weed. Lots of pot is grown in the states, see the Emerald Triangle in Northern California.
You want the US manufacturing industry to rebound? Open the floodgates of immigration. Immigrants seeking opportunity will not look down on taking factory labor,
While I found most of your post interesting you make it sound like our borders are closed. You must not be familiar with how food is prepared or harvested in the states. If that were the case we wouldn't be granting amnesty to yet another wave of immigrants, or have several states interested in passing laws to address jus sanguinis. Also, if everyone is racing to the bottom who will buy these goods?
and willing to do it cheaper than all the college-educated Americans
College is not a requirement for manufacturing and jobs are needed by all. If you need an example look back about 150 years ago, or see China for a modern example.
That's fine and good, but you really shouldn't be rewarding draconian companies like Ubisoft with your money.
What I spend my money on is my business. So your rationalization is "Don't give them money if you like their product"? If you're so concerned about people spending money with draconian companies why don't you focus on the billions/trillions spent on the war.
Either abstain or find a rationalization for your piracy. My favorite is, "if they're going to treat me like a criminal then I'll act like one."
I already have a valid license so no need to pirate. Although, I'm sure I'm in the minority.
I don't do this for every title but I bought ACII over the holidays on Steam. It was around $19.99 for ACII plus the DLC. I've held off on the purchase because of the DRM and the price. My price point is usually around $29, I have no problem buying things I use, I have money and I regularly spend money on entertainment. However I used the scene release on the retail copy I have to bypass the connection crap.
The only reason for more copying on PC is that it requires a LOT less information on the user's part to copy
I don't think you've thought this through very far because the same thing can be said for consoles, lets start with the Dreamcast. Initially a boot loader disc was required to play copied games, as things progressed some of the games had the loader installed on them. Portable game systems have super cartridges available that you can load dozens of ROM onto. How about piracy on the PSP? Since when is getting a mod chip beyond the average user? Your average user doesn't know how to crack software either, they know how to download (or someone they know does) and they arguably know how to follow directions. Mobile phones can be jailbroken and you can install all the games you like... I'm sure the size of the PC user base has something to do with it as well.
I don't have any stats in front of me, but I think that PC gaming might be increasing because it is getting easier to get titles due to services like Steam.
Don't indy developers. Look at Minecraft and World of Goo. Lots of innovative ideas are being pushed by smaller teams.
Already we see the other bane of PC gaming being copied by consoles
I know what you're trying to say but consoles are PCs. Your keyboard is usually virtual but you've got the mobo, optical drive, ram, video, ethernet, and hard disk. I think part of the reason for patches is rushed and/or cheap development. Also look at the development houses which produce the titles that require patching. Not all console experiences are the same and it's possible to make a title that has been tested pretty well, look at Nintendo. Also are the patches that you're referring to exploit and balance issues for multiplayer games? If so, those are welcome.
Ultimately, I predict future consoles will be released without any optical drive. Always on Internet connection requirements won't be too far behind that.
Ugh. All hail the thin client. All that is old is new and the world is right again.
All* DRM schemes are cracked shortly after they are released. Some of them are cracked even before they are released. That happens because, despite your sugestion, it is impossible to have a proper cypto system doing it. It is impossible to create a challenge/response that pirates can't beat in a blink.
It depends on your definition of short. Let me introduce you to Starforce.
And that leads to my second point. Almost nobody will stop pirating your software because of DRM, but some people may stop buying (and pirate, or just go without) because of it. You have a situation where you want X*90% > Y*10%, but X is known to be very small. So, you can only hope Y is small too, because if it is even slightly big, you'll lose money.
You mean all the people in other countries have income which they'll actually use to purchase a title? For example in Argentina it's easier to get pirated goods than legitmate, the vendors and the prices are local and "reasonable". This is a world wide problem. Frankly I don't think anyone outside of a 1st world country is a concern of these companies.
BTW Your english is very good, s/academical/academic.
Ah, thanks for pointing that out! I didn't make the connection possibly I have a wooden shaped puzzle that looks very similar to a bit and I thought what was displayed on screen were the digital equivalent of meditation balls. Kudos =)
It would have been awesome to see a program enter a user interaction portal, toss its disk in the air and berate it's user for not harvesting crops.
With how fast the computer runs I imagine it would be horrible if you were a program. Imagine the latency dealing with typed or spoken commands. It would be like a 100 year conversation. It sounds like an anime plot though. The young male protagonist gets brow beat by the attractive program who has a day job of prepping programs for the games.
It's not a typo if it's intentional. "defiantly" works fine in that sentence.
Sure it does. However this appears to be one of those slips like lose vs loose which changes the entire meaning of the sentence. Try reviewing some English papers, this website, or better yet, YouTube comments for common examples.
slow build up I defiantly wouldn't put it in the same category
Unfortunately only the GP knows what he was trying to say.
P.S. Brilliant intentionally not capitalizing the beginning of your second setence when replying to someone replying to a grammar nazi.
It seemed like they left it wide open for a sequel. I too was disappointed with the lack of bits and plot holes galore but ultimately the film still entertained. I'll just leave this right here Penny Arcade.
The only reason it did so well is that a lot of people needed to see something during the holiday season, and the competition is very weak.
You don't think it was that way by accident do you? Spielberg had advertised Cowboy's & Aliens release around mid December which was then moved back to summer 2011. With the names associated with the film: Spielberg, Ford, Craig, (and Wilde) would've given Tron a run for it's money.
Really? Seriously? In a movie that is total fiction/fantasy about people living inside a computer, you're worried about the correct use of GREP and KILL? I'm so sick of people who watch a movie and go "LOL!! OMG!! Look at that command line he typed!! It's totally bogus!!"
I understand your point, I think it's a nice touch when attention to detail is paid. Don't let the outspoken speak for the majority...
Look at Facebook and a host of Farmville-like apps and the control the apps have over users...
In what regard? These apps were authorized by the user at some point and the user may stop using them.
and I thought WoW and Evercrack were bad but they were just the tip of the iceberg as they were too complicated for the less than average user, which Facebook clearly makes up for.
Indeed. I also like the "WoW made me fat" argument. To that crowd, I know it's asking too much but how about a little personal responsibility?
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(7) prioritiz[ing] among or between content, applications, and services, or among or between different types of content, applications, and services unless the end user requests to have such prioritization..
(emphasis added). It's about time something like this happened.
I agree. It's alarming the trend of DLC (*cough* addons, mods?) and microtransactions. Slightly off topic but it's even coming to the web. Look at the services for @font-face renderers and services that resize photos (for a fee of course) so they display on any platform.
Smashing Magazine has plugs for these services.
The plus side is some rocking titles have come out from indy developers. Minecraft and Angry Birds come to mind.
Muhahaha welcome to being a PC gamer! Misery loves company right? On the brightside at least you can sell the PS3 games back... for now. Try doing that with the same title on PC.
Clever but I've got that melody in my head now. Argh, curse you! ;)
Also Japan is one of the few countries that have a sorta ecological balans, for example the use of trees (chopping them down etc.). The number stays stable. In contradict with many other countries where we eat / burn / use as much as we can. Resources are limited, we all know it, act like it!!
Ah the Japanese, the ones who import lots of raw materials because they're on an island? There are plenty of resources on this planet, what sucks is the distribution of said resources. Also, Japan has a wealth of other issues, I don't see you highlighting their immigration policies and fixation with eating endangered species.
Passwords should be stored only in two places: Your head, and the safe.
Just curious, how many machines do you administer?
Electronic cigs are vaporizers and not everyone who chooses to do something is an addict. Excellent way to slant things though.
Medical marijuana is providing as much relief to people as controlled pharmacuticals are. If you dont believe that, then find someone who is sick and actually NEEDS it. I am not saying people don't abuse it. They do, but people abuse "controlled" pharmacuticals more and big pharma loves that. Michael Jackon, Corey Haim, Anna Nicole Smith, Heath Ledger... these people didnt die of pot overdoses, they died of drug overdoses - drugs given to them by Doctors. So using that as an example controlling and regulating substances really doesnt do shit unless you count getting shareholders rich off people getting their "fix".
People try and argue against marijuana vs cigarettes or marijuana vs. big pharma or pot vs. people abusing it. Abusing a system and a substance is the American Way(tm). We do it with our own legit medical system. College students fake ADD to get Adderall to get good grades, housewives fake neck spasms to get Somas and Percocet, construction workers fake back injuries to get Oxycontin, crackheads fake poverity to get Welfare, and stoners fake mirgaines to get medical pot.
That doesn't mean that their aren't actual people who need attention-increasing drugs, muscle relaxers, pain killers, government aid or pot to keep them from barfing from chemo. This is usally when they get on their knees and worship you people in pain and people who want to get high have one thing in common; they will do anything to feel better. Medical pot is just about giving sick people safe access... why should anyone be suprised that is being exploited and used by greedy dispensary owners and teenagers looking for "dank herb"?
Stick that in your pipe and smoke it.
California allows it for any condition a doctor feels justified in prescribing it for.
I agree with the majority of your post, however a recommendation != prescription.
and has all the harmful effects of cigarette smoking (except for nicotine addiction) on top of it.
Not sure if you're aware of vaporizing. Also please stop spreading false information, marijuana doesn't contain nearly as many chemicals as cigarettes.
Oops, bad form to reply to myself but how could I forget the biggest scourge of them all: Methamphetamine.
Thousands are being murdered annually because of the demand for Marijuana in the US.
Marijuana!? You think Marijuana brings in that much money? Try Heroin & Cocaine. Most of the Marijuana that comes from south of the border is crap, compressed brick weed. Lots of pot is grown in the states, see the Emerald Triangle in Northern California.
You want the US manufacturing industry to rebound? Open the floodgates of immigration. Immigrants seeking opportunity will not look down on taking factory labor,
While I found most of your post interesting you make it sound like our borders are closed. You must not be familiar with how food is prepared or harvested in the states. If that were the case we wouldn't be granting amnesty to yet another wave of immigrants, or have several states interested in passing laws to address jus sanguinis. Also, if everyone is racing to the bottom who will buy these goods?
and willing to do it cheaper than all the college-educated Americans
College is not a requirement for manufacturing and jobs are needed by all. If you need an example look back about 150 years ago, or see China for a modern example.
While not an exact fit look down to "Just a few minor changes" web design hell.
That's fine and good, but you really shouldn't be rewarding draconian companies like Ubisoft with your money.
What I spend my money on is my business. So your rationalization is "Don't give them money if you like their product"? If you're so concerned about people spending money with draconian companies why don't you focus on the billions/trillions spent on the war.
Either abstain or find a rationalization for your piracy. My favorite is, "if they're going to treat me like a criminal then I'll act like one."
I already have a valid license so no need to pirate. Although, I'm sure I'm in the minority.
I don't do this for every title but I bought ACII over the holidays on Steam. It was around $19.99 for ACII plus the DLC. I've held off on the purchase because of the DRM and the price. My price point is usually around $29, I have no problem buying things I use, I have money and I regularly spend money on entertainment. However I used the scene release on the retail copy I have to bypass the connection crap.
The only reason for more copying on PC is that it requires a LOT less information on the user's part to copy
I don't think you've thought this through very far because the same thing can be said for consoles, lets start with the Dreamcast. Initially a boot loader disc was required to play copied games, as things progressed some of the games had the loader installed on them. Portable game systems have super cartridges available that you can load dozens of ROM onto. How about piracy on the PSP? Since when is getting a mod chip beyond the average user? Your average user doesn't know how to crack software either, they know how to download (or someone they know does) and they arguably know how to follow directions. Mobile phones can be jailbroken and you can install all the games you like... I'm sure the size of the PC user base has something to do with it as well.
I don't have any stats in front of me, but I think that PC gaming might be increasing because it is getting easier to get titles due to services like Steam.
Don't indy developers. Look at Minecraft and World of Goo. Lots of innovative ideas are being pushed by smaller teams.
Already we see the other bane of PC gaming being copied by consoles
I know what you're trying to say but consoles are PCs. Your keyboard is usually virtual but you've got the mobo, optical drive, ram, video, ethernet, and hard disk. I think part of the reason for patches is rushed and/or cheap development. Also look at the development houses which produce the titles that require patching. Not all console experiences are the same and it's possible to make a title that has been tested pretty well, look at Nintendo. Also are the patches that you're referring to exploit and balance issues for multiplayer games? If so, those are welcome.
Ultimately, I predict future consoles will be released without any optical drive. Always on Internet connection requirements won't be too far behind that.
Ugh. All hail the thin client. All that is old is new and the world is right again.
All* DRM schemes are cracked shortly after they are released. Some of them are cracked even before they are released. That happens because, despite your sugestion, it is impossible to have a proper cypto system doing it. It is impossible to create a challenge/response that pirates can't beat in a blink.
It depends on your definition of short. Let me introduce you to Starforce.
And that leads to my second point. Almost nobody will stop pirating your software because of DRM, but some people may stop buying (and pirate, or just go without) because of it. You have a situation where you want X*90% > Y*10%, but X is known to be very small. So, you can only hope Y is small too, because if it is even slightly big, you'll lose money.
You mean all the people in other countries have income which they'll actually use to purchase a title? For example in Argentina it's easier to get pirated goods than legitmate, the vendors and the prices are local and "reasonable". This is a world wide problem. Frankly I don't think anyone outside of a 1st world country is a concern of these companies.
BTW Your english is very good, s/academical/academic.
Ah, thanks for pointing that out! I didn't make the connection possibly I have a wooden shaped puzzle that looks very similar to a bit and I thought what was displayed on screen were the digital equivalent of meditation balls. Kudos =)
It would have been awesome to see a program enter a user interaction portal, toss its disk in the air and berate it's user for not harvesting crops.
With how fast the computer runs I imagine it would be horrible if you were a program. Imagine the latency dealing with typed or spoken commands. It would be like a 100 year conversation. It sounds like an anime plot though. The young male protagonist gets brow beat by the attractive program who has a day job of prepping programs for the games.
It's not a typo if it's intentional. "defiantly" works fine in that sentence.
Sure it does. However this appears to be one of those slips like lose vs loose which changes the entire meaning of the sentence. Try reviewing some English papers, this website, or better yet, YouTube comments for common examples.
slow build up I defiantly wouldn't put it in the same category
Unfortunately only the GP knows what he was trying to say.
P.S. Brilliant intentionally not capitalizing the beginning of your second setence when replying to someone replying to a grammar nazi.
It seemed like they left it wide open for a sequel. I too was disappointed with the lack of bits and plot holes galore but ultimately the film still entertained. I'll just leave this right here Penny Arcade.
The only reason it did so well is that a lot of people needed to see something during the holiday season, and the competition is very weak.
You don't think it was that way by accident do you? Spielberg had advertised Cowboy's & Aliens release around mid December which was then moved back to summer 2011. With the names associated with the film: Spielberg, Ford, Craig, (and Wilde) would've given Tron a run for it's money.
Really? Seriously? In a movie that is total fiction/fantasy about people living inside a computer, you're worried about the correct use of GREP and KILL? I'm so sick of people who watch a movie and go "LOL!! OMG!! Look at that command line he typed!! It's totally bogus!!"
I understand your point, I think it's a nice touch when attention to detail is paid. Don't let the outspoken speak for the majority...
Look at Facebook and a host of Farmville-like apps and the control the apps have over users...
In what regard? These apps were authorized by the user at some point and the user may stop using them.
and I thought WoW and Evercrack were bad but they were just the tip of the iceberg as they were too complicated for the less than average user, which Facebook clearly makes up for.
Indeed. I also like the "WoW made me fat" argument. To that crowd, I know it's asking too much but how about a little personal responsibility?