if the law is as good as they are with the lojack car theft systems then it could be effictive. My friend had a car recovered in under an hour after the report. Very nice system.
There are plenty of good servers on battle.net Especially now since it's not as popular and useast is not connected to uswest. At the time exodus and att tried to sync up then it was bad...
it has varying success. They will release how it works but if you ask the last time it was calibrated if they havn't recently they can't charge you. There is a set standard for it. But this only works with radar. Laser works a bit different. Also never admit to doing anything wrong until they tell you what you did. If they just saw you flying and pull you over without clocking you and you say I was speeding they got you:p
Although imo I agree with anonymous don't speed it's dumb. I realize it may get you there a bit faster and you think your safe thats fine it's the other idiots out there that you have to worry about. One moron weaving out of traffic colliding with you going fast causes a whole pileup on a highway. It's not something I'd want to be responsible for but to each his own.
Very long but very interesting. Glad to see they caught some of them.
They mentioned a hacked icq account.. That just seemed odd to me since ICQ accounts are free.. Anyone know what they were talking about?
Isn't this already implemented in software in some form. As memory cache of sorts. I understand that with memory if you loose power you loose data so this just seems to act as a bridge. What happens if the power goes out and data has yet to be written but is in flash. Is what is in there automatically committed to the disk on the next power up? The article doesn't go into much detail unfortunately.
It seems like a good idea if implemented properly but for me everytime I launch a new copy of explorer on a windows box it has to spin up the disk. So unless you keep the most frequently used applications in memory I'm not sure this will cut down on writing except for with small data files being saved.
competeting does not equal duplicating there stuff by reverse engineering. I can see where they come from.
If you completely make a product from scratch using your own features then I see no problem with that. But if you need to reverse engineer it thats where the problem comes in. It's not really your own work at that point. It may be your code but it operates with their product. If they want to disallow this then I think they should be able to.
They never said you couldn't develope your own competeting product if you were not using theirs.
Solution: Don't use theirs if you don't like it. Make your own. No one forced you into using it. If you choose to work on the linux kernel then you chose to use bitkeeper. Branch the kernel if it really bugs you. Nothing will stop you.
if the offer is from best buy (not a manufacturer) they are fairly good about getting them sent out to you. If you have any problem usually you can take the rejection letter to a store and get it straightened out. It's always been my experience in the past that I recieved Best buy rebates. I hardly ever get the manufacturer ones back though.
unfortunately not everyone has the same ideals as you. I'm going to say if you had 5000 customers that hosted with them and hated the decisions. Of those 5000... 3000 may have said they were going to switch.. the actual number that did switch is most likely much less.
Plus it was at the time when servers were scare. So even if they did drop with them. I'm pretty sure someone jumped on the opportunity to use that server when it was put back up for rent.
they had customers to protect. If you ran a buisness would you want to put what you had built on the line when bullied around? IF you don't have the cash to fight it you just give in for the time being to get around it.
I know that sounds dumb and against the cause I hate SCO alot for what they did. But ev1 (who use to host me) had a very valid reason I think for doing it.
true, but... by not packing it in if you just want the ds you get a ds (that is if it's really for the ds).. And those that want it can grab it. I carry a cell phone, palm and ds with me most of the time currently. If it was well designed I would much welcome a ds cart that added the other two. It would definatly save storage for me. Plus we would have one device to rule them all ^^.
As for the n-gage well it just sucked, games and all. They played like crap and I couldn't see one good thing about the "system". The phone wasn't even comfortable. On a ds just add support for the wireless to work with wireless headsets and your golden.
doing well in something you like doesn't challenge you at all because the drive is already there. Doing well in something you can't stand is a far greater accomplishment in my book. So while I hate absolutely hate programming in assembly (and am taking a class on optimization of code) I think I'd get more out of a normal cs degree then one from a game programing school (I'm not nocking it don't get me wrong).
It's just it's not for everyone. Plus I found out very fast that while anyone can program games that doesn't mean they are good at it. So a degree in something you aren't very good at well thats not worth much.
I'm also curious outside the game industry if this degree would be applicable for other jobs. It's very hard to get in the game industry and stay in it. Like how do you fair in nongame industry cs jobs since it's a specific degree.. Or would oyu have to continue on with masters work for that..
I was at a net cafe last night. Little kids were whining all over. The cafe charges per hour of use. So to get the kids to shut up they were giving them a free hour or half on their account. Good on their part but "OMG CS DOESN'T WORK!" is lame...
The one kid used his free hour to keep seeing if he could connect to steam. Out of the 40 other some odd games they have to play they couldn't find one...
*sign* people are so sad...
if they signed into a contract that all their inventions belong to the company.. no the bright guys wont get it. But that's something they knew ahead of time. My company owns my work, and probably me (I'm sure there was fine print somewhere). If I leave I can't work for another company in the same field for 2 years.
Sorta standard in the industry I'm afriad..
Call blizzard and explain. My friend had a problem with one of their games. It just wouldn't play on his computer. He completely met system requirements did a fresh install of windows and the Warcraft 3 disks could never be seen in the drive once it was installed. I don't see how not being able to play online with an online only game is any different...
The store would not return it, but contacting blizzard got him a refund. Although it involved a long process he eventually did get his money back.
You paid for a client that promised you x features for your money. Those features were not delivered at launch as they "should" have been to many people. I don't mean to pick a fight I'm just trying to point that out.
If people went somewhere else then maybe things would change. It's all alot of talk but things never actually get done. I'm just as bad I'm paying and I just don't play when it's down and ignore it. Because I'm understanding. Somehow we have to get a whole bunch of nonunderstanding people to cancel their accounts.. Then when they see the response they wont have to add new servers and we can play ^^
they saw the applications for the beta though.. lots and lots. Now granted I know not everyone goes out and purchases it that wants to try it. But with the positive response you have from that you would just think wow. I applaud them for doing as well as they did no doubt there... I'm not saying they screwed up either.. But it might be a little better planned... I'm not sure how it works in the videogame industry but I know when our companies software is preordered we get a number.
We have a ratio of preorders to customers that buy without informing them.. They didn't even have enough copies at lauch if I remember correctly. It seems as though either they don't get data like that or their publisher vivendi screwed them over a bit....
I love blizzard don't get me wrong it's just not something I wasn't expecting..
I guess no one remembers when Diablo 2 came out. The first few months it was released in the US the Realms were crowded. They crashed all the time, most people couldn't get on. They had to implement a queue much like WoW has. It's not the first time blizzard has had these problems and they always took care of the server problems in the past. at least they are trying. It's just amazing that they don't forsee the ammount of people. Especially right at launch and the months surrounding when you have most people logging on. But you live you learn..
I see nothing wrong with communism. It would completely work I think and eliminate lots of problems that many people have.. The problem is people are inherently greedy and that is where the system starts to fall apart. It can be a great system if implimented correct but so could the us government...
it has! It's called a magnet and or a sledgehammer. IT can completely wipe out digital data with one quick slam depending on the media and it's enclosure!
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the soundtrack is simply amazing. I want to wad (or roll?) you up into my life.. Let's roll up to be a single star...
if the law is as good as they are with the lojack car theft systems then it could be effictive. My friend had a car recovered in under an hour after the report. Very nice system.
After I saw that I had to get one for myself.
There are plenty of good servers on battle.net Especially now since it's not as popular and useast is not connected to uswest. At the time exodus and att tried to sync up then it was bad...
it has varying success. They will release how it works but if you ask the last time it was calibrated if they havn't recently they can't charge you. There is a set standard for it. But this only works with radar. Laser works a bit different. Also never admit to doing anything wrong until they tell you what you did. If they just saw you flying and pull you over without clocking you and you say I was speeding they got you :p
Although imo I agree with anonymous don't speed it's dumb. I realize it may get you there a bit faster and you think your safe thats fine it's the other idiots out there that you have to worry about. One moron weaving out of traffic colliding with you going fast causes a whole pileup on a highway. It's not something I'd want to be responsible for but to each his own.
Very long but very interesting. Glad to see they caught some of them. They mentioned a hacked icq account.. That just seemed odd to me since ICQ accounts are free.. Anyone know what they were talking about?
Isn't this already implemented in software in some form. As memory cache of sorts. I understand that with memory if you loose power you loose data so this just seems to act as a bridge. What happens if the power goes out and data has yet to be written but is in flash. Is what is in there automatically committed to the disk on the next power up? The article doesn't go into much detail unfortunately. It seems like a good idea if implemented properly but for me everytime I launch a new copy of explorer on a windows box it has to spin up the disk. So unless you keep the most frequently used applications in memory I'm not sure this will cut down on writing except for with small data files being saved.
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competeting does not equal duplicating there stuff by reverse engineering. I can see where they come from. If you completely make a product from scratch using your own features then I see no problem with that. But if you need to reverse engineer it thats where the problem comes in. It's not really your own work at that point. It may be your code but it operates with their product. If they want to disallow this then I think they should be able to. They never said you couldn't develope your own competeting product if you were not using theirs. Solution: Don't use theirs if you don't like it. Make your own. No one forced you into using it. If you choose to work on the linux kernel then you chose to use bitkeeper. Branch the kernel if it really bugs you. Nothing will stop you.
if the offer is from best buy (not a manufacturer) they are fairly good about getting them sent out to you. If you have any problem usually you can take the rejection letter to a store and get it straightened out. It's always been my experience in the past that I recieved Best buy rebates. I hardly ever get the manufacturer ones back though.
Plus it was at the time when servers were scare. So even if they did drop with them. I'm pretty sure someone jumped on the opportunity to use that server when it was put back up for rent.
they had customers to protect. If you ran a buisness would you want to put what you had built on the line when bullied around? IF you don't have the cash to fight it you just give in for the time being to get around it. I know that sounds dumb and against the cause I hate SCO alot for what they did. But ev1 (who use to host me) had a very valid reason I think for doing it.
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true, but... by not packing it in if you just want the ds you get a ds (that is if it's really for the ds).. And those that want it can grab it. I carry a cell phone, palm and ds with me most of the time currently. If it was well designed I would much welcome a ds cart that added the other two. It would definatly save storage for me. Plus we would have one device to rule them all ^^. As for the n-gage well it just sucked, games and all. They played like crap and I couldn't see one good thing about the "system". The phone wasn't even comfortable. On a ds just add support for the wireless to work with wireless headsets and your golden.
doing well in something you like doesn't challenge you at all because the drive is already there. Doing well in something you can't stand is a far greater accomplishment in my book. So while I hate absolutely hate programming in assembly (and am taking a class on optimization of code) I think I'd get more out of a normal cs degree then one from a game programing school (I'm not nocking it don't get me wrong). It's just it's not for everyone. Plus I found out very fast that while anyone can program games that doesn't mean they are good at it. So a degree in something you aren't very good at well thats not worth much. I'm also curious outside the game industry if this degree would be applicable for other jobs. It's very hard to get in the game industry and stay in it. Like how do you fair in nongame industry cs jobs since it's a specific degree.. Or would oyu have to continue on with masters work for that..
digital music is great. Where would we be without it? Those techno clubs just wouldn't be the same.
The one kid used his free hour to keep seeing if he could connect to steam. Out of the 40 other some odd games they have to play they couldn't find one... *sign* people are so sad...
if they signed into a contract that all their inventions belong to the company.. no the bright guys wont get it. But that's something they knew ahead of time. My company owns my work, and probably me (I'm sure there was fine print somewhere). If I leave I can't work for another company in the same field for 2 years. Sorta standard in the industry I'm afriad..
Call blizzard and explain. My friend had a problem with one of their games. It just wouldn't play on his computer. He completely met system requirements did a fresh install of windows and the Warcraft 3 disks could never be seen in the drive once it was installed. I don't see how not being able to play online with an online only game is any different...
The store would not return it, but contacting blizzard got him a refund. Although it involved a long process he eventually did get his money back.
You paid for a client that promised you x features for your money. Those features were not delivered at launch as they "should" have been to many people. I don't mean to pick a fight I'm just trying to point that out.
If people went somewhere else then maybe things would change. It's all alot of talk but things never actually get done. I'm just as bad I'm paying and I just don't play when it's down and ignore it. Because I'm understanding. Somehow we have to get a whole bunch of nonunderstanding people to cancel their accounts.. Then when they see the response they wont have to add new servers and we can play ^^
they saw the applications for the beta though.. lots and lots. Now granted I know not everyone goes out and purchases it that wants to try it. But with the positive response you have from that you would just think wow. I applaud them for doing as well as they did no doubt there... I'm not saying they screwed up either.. But it might be a little better planned... I'm not sure how it works in the videogame industry but I know when our companies software is preordered we get a number. We have a ratio of preorders to customers that buy without informing them.. They didn't even have enough copies at lauch if I remember correctly. It seems as though either they don't get data like that or their publisher vivendi screwed them over a bit.... I love blizzard don't get me wrong it's just not something I wasn't expecting..
by headset i mean mic and headphones all at once over a usb cord. Sorry had to clarify.
I guess no one remembers when Diablo 2 came out. The first few months it was released in the US the Realms were crowded. They crashed all the time, most people couldn't get on. They had to implement a queue much like WoW has. It's not the first time blizzard has had these problems and they always took care of the server problems in the past. at least they are trying. It's just amazing that they don't forsee the ammount of people. Especially right at launch and the months surrounding when you have most people logging on. But you live you learn..
why not try a noise canceling usb headset ^^
I see nothing wrong with communism. It would completely work I think and eliminate lots of problems that many people have.. The problem is people are inherently greedy and that is where the system starts to fall apart. It can be a great system if implimented correct but so could the us government...
it has! It's called a magnet and or a sledgehammer. IT can completely wipe out digital data with one quick slam depending on the media and it's enclosure!