A good thing for you to watch would be Penn and Tellers Bulshit, in particular the episode they did on "alternative meds"
Basically debases every single point you brought up but to summerize it for you.
Any remedes that the drug companies see any benifit in become the startingpoint for new meds. Your tea is a perfect example as two companies at this moment now are infact looking into it and have been for some time.
Most "alternatives" are completly bullshit and have no basis whatsoever to make their claims.
Worse some can even cause serious harm or even death.
they would lose. unless sony doesnt have a line in it which I doubt they dont, the TOS pretty much spells out you will play this game on their servers only. In the least they could probably get you on hacking, but likely they would try to get you on theft of fees since every person on that server is lost SOE revinue.
All MPAA companys play with the books so that everyone involved in the movie gets underpayed while they get over. Same with RIAA, Oil companies, what have you.
Its called marketing, I mean seriously, none of you actually beleive they lose money doing it? I mean they are BUYING services from a subsidiary of their own freaking company. Thats why half the "Box Office Bombs" actually end up making money for these assholes, they never spent the money to begin with, they just transfered it around.
The day companies like New Line legitimatly dont cook the books and underpay directors and writers etc, is the day the earth will be consumed by 500,000 mile tall aliens as a snack.
a) where did iPod have ANYTHING to do with this question other than that people call it podcasting cause 80% of the players out there are iPods.
b) Who are you to say its a whiny kid. Most podcasts are made by major figures who instead of or along with using radio, also put out a mp3 file of their show. Two of the podcasts I recently heard where actually director commentary for Battlestar, and Enterprise, I certainly thing a director of a show would have some authorrity on something.
A pure troll plain and simple and should be modded as such.
actually the gamecube has a pretty big library, it definatly has more games than the xBox has (about even on the cross platformers, with more gamecube only games than the xBox despite what xBox players want you to beleive)
Likewise the DS theoretically has a much larger library than the PSP, if you count Advance games too, since they play both advance and DS games. Infact all my games for the DS right now are advance games, cause Im waiting on the big games I want to play to be comming out for it (Animal Crossing, FF:CC, FF III etc.)
yes it does, there where instruction on how to hack it posted on/. not even two months ago. the chip the DS uses to run Advance games is the exact same chip the Advance uses WITH the subprossesor for original GB games just not activated.
Dont take my word for it google it yourself instead of making a blanket untrue statement
actually, there is a company planning a cart that will act like a PDA and sync with Palm desktop (and theoretically isync) so to think its naive is a little short sighted.
actually if your careful, and into taking things apart (and you know voiding it and stuff) you can solder something on the board that will let it play the older games.
The first generations still have the chips that allow backwards compatability to original GB titles like the GBA has, it was just never put in. Odds are the future chips wont even have this ability, but for now if you find the instruction via google, you can hack your system so that emulation of the older gameboy isnt even needed.
you do realize all that free shit can run on a mac for free too.
This is why I cant stand some linux people they pull comercial shit out of there ass when the free linux programs can be recompiled and run on OS X too.
And likewise we dont need to go through the same old Macs cost just as much as a GOOD PC its just everyone buys the chepo crap systems or thinks they can build a system for cheaper (which has been proven that unless you have a few tricks in terms of how to get decent prices, you cant) and replaces it in a year argument. I think we have beaten that one to death already.
I mean jesus these things used to cost 6 thousand dollars. I can get a mac that runs great for about 1000 thats NOT a mini. Get off it already.
Crapple? Give me a break here, you listed all the things good about Linux and word for word that SAME stuff can be said about Apple, except.
a) It works OUT OF BOX
b) its not free (but it IS cheap)
I mean seriously you Linux people are making us Mac guys look good in the fact you will plainly look over the fact it takes a lot of damn work to make it run right and 99% of computer users out there want the computer to just run.
actually Lineage is far far ahead of WoW sorry to say, as is Lineage 2.
Sorry thank you for playing Blizzard fanboy. BTW for someone who only posts AC its so easy to track youyr posting record about this stuff its pointless to remain AC. I looked through my past history and found at least 20 of your comments all dispelled as false as well by others.
1) you cant buy it cause they are rereleasing it in a new set with the two expansions included
2) You CAN close your account for 3 months and you can get a canciled account back now and have been able to for months
3) FFXI is twice as popular as EQ at peak, last I saw EQs still going strong, its not a popularity contest, hell UO is still around and thats years old and only has 100,000 users MAYBE.
4) Figures do lie and a lot of people have been looking into Blizzards and seeing that too many people are leaving to jib with their numbers.
Numbers are UP on FFXI since today was yet another server reshuffle to take care of the rising numbers on 8 of the servers. I started there where 2000-3500 on my server, there is now over 4500.
The only fanboy here is the one who cant admit that its not a popularity contest. if it was there would be no NA MMORPGs since WoW numbers are 1/4th that of most Korean MMOs.
sorry, but Blizzard would WANT us to see people arnt leaving and thus that report would be out for all to see, the fact is by all accounts people are leaving, their numbers are just being replaced by new players and the ones leaving are still getting counted as active.
If SE and SOE where to use the same scheme to report their numbers odds are there would not be a huge gap between WoW, and its next runner up FFXI.
actually no, its more than 4 times the size of EQ at its peak (EQ never broke 400,000)
BUT WoW also has the highest turnover rate. So the question remains how many of these 2 mil ACTUALLY play the game still, or just bought it played for a month and then dumped it.
try closer to 2% of homes, and no system shoots for 5 years, the PS3 was in development before the 2 was even out yet.
And no it wont be affordable in 2 years the price has barely changed on some of them in 5 years, a great example would be Computers, it took years for them to be affordable enough, and in computers case there was nothing else, Standard TVs are still out there and can run HD signals through a converter.
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Basically debases every single point you brought up but to summerize it for you.
Any remedes that the drug companies see any benifit in become the startingpoint for new meds. Your tea is a perfect example as two companies at this moment now are infact looking into it and have been for some time.
Most "alternatives" are completly bullshit and have no basis whatsoever to make their claims.
Worse some can even cause serious harm or even death.
they would lose. unless sony doesnt have a line in it which I doubt they dont, the TOS pretty much spells out you will play this game on their servers only. In the least they could probably get you on hacking, but likely they would try to get you on theft of fees since every person on that server is lost SOE revinue.
Its called marketing, I mean seriously, none of you actually beleive they lose money doing it? I mean they are BUYING services from a subsidiary of their own freaking company. Thats why half the "Box Office Bombs" actually end up making money for these assholes, they never spent the money to begin with, they just transfered it around.
The day companies like New Line legitimatly dont cook the books and underpay directors and writers etc, is the day the earth will be consumed by 500,000 mile tall aliens as a snack.
b) Who are you to say its a whiny kid. Most podcasts are made by major figures who instead of or along with using radio, also put out a mp3 file of their show. Two of the podcasts I recently heard where actually director commentary for Battlestar, and Enterprise, I certainly thing a director of a show would have some authorrity on something.
A pure troll plain and simple and should be modded as such.
Jesus stop trolling we know you like WoW, but we all know WoW sucks.
Likewise the DS theoretically has a much larger library than the PSP, if you count Advance games too, since they play both advance and DS games. Infact all my games for the DS right now are advance games, cause Im waiting on the big games I want to play to be comming out for it (Animal Crossing, FF:CC, FF III etc.)
Just was added today in the upcomiing additions section.
Also adding a quest to let you wear masks like the beastmen that give you special abilitys.
Has a new update adding chocobo racing along with a bunch of new quests comming mid July, and confirmed that another expansion is comming out as well.
Dont take my word for it google it yourself instead of making a blanket untrue statement
actually, there is a company planning a cart that will act like a PDA and sync with Palm desktop (and theoretically isync) so to think its naive is a little short sighted.
The first generations still have the chips that allow backwards compatability to original GB titles like the GBA has, it was just never put in. Odds are the future chips wont even have this ability, but for now if you find the instruction via google, you can hack your system so that emulation of the older gameboy isnt even needed.
FFXI has a lot of life left.
no its 13 or 14 not sure which.
This is why I cant stand some linux people they pull comercial shit out of there ass when the free linux programs can be recompiled and run on OS X too.
And likewise we dont need to go through the same old Macs cost just as much as a GOOD PC its just everyone buys the chepo crap systems or thinks they can build a system for cheaper (which has been proven that unless you have a few tricks in terms of how to get decent prices, you cant) and replaces it in a year argument. I think we have beaten that one to death already.
I mean jesus these things used to cost 6 thousand dollars. I can get a mac that runs great for about 1000 thats NOT a mini. Get off it already.
a) It works OUT OF BOX
b) its not free (but it IS cheap)
I mean seriously you Linux people are making us Mac guys look good in the fact you will plainly look over the fact it takes a lot of damn work to make it run right and 99% of computer users out there want the computer to just run.
Sorry thank you for playing Blizzard fanboy. BTW for someone who only posts AC its so easy to track youyr posting record about this stuff its pointless to remain AC. I looked through my past history and found at least 20 of your comments all dispelled as false as well by others.
1) you cant buy it cause they are rereleasing it in a new set with the two expansions included
2) You CAN close your account for 3 months and you can get a canciled account back now and have been able to for months
3) FFXI is twice as popular as EQ at peak, last I saw EQs still going strong, its not a popularity contest, hell UO is still around and thats years old and only has 100,000 users MAYBE.
4) Figures do lie and a lot of people have been looking into Blizzards and seeing that too many people are leaving to jib with their numbers.
Numbers are UP on FFXI since today was yet another server reshuffle to take care of the rising numbers on 8 of the servers. I started there where 2000-3500 on my server, there is now over 4500.
The only fanboy here is the one who cant admit that its not a popularity contest. if it was there would be no NA MMORPGs since WoW numbers are 1/4th that of most Korean MMOs.
And no FFXI isnt dying, FFXI is still got a higher user base than most MMORPGs out there minus WoW and Korean MMOs
Likewise the point that Im making is Blizzards numbers dont match up, the user base from all accounts are NOT that big.
the fact is, Blizzard doesnt have 2 mil active users, it has 2 mil users. Big difference.
French food IS extreamly unhealthy, but most food there is common peasant food which is a lot more healthy and light.
Gee last I looked people still make them and people dont bitch about those being racist to Poles.
especially since its just a division of a much larger PC supplier.
If SE and SOE where to use the same scheme to report their numbers odds are there would not be a huge gap between WoW, and its next runner up FFXI.
BUT WoW also has the highest turnover rate. So the question remains how many of these 2 mil ACTUALLY play the game still, or just bought it played for a month and then dumped it.
http://www.macmall.com/macmall/shop/detail~dpno~46 3024.asp
been out for at least a year now too.
And no it wont be affordable in 2 years the price has barely changed on some of them in 5 years, a great example would be Computers, it took years for them to be affordable enough, and in computers case there was nothing else, Standard TVs are still out there and can run HD signals through a converter.