First off, their decision to not release ps3 DLC is why I didn't pay for the fallout 3 DLC. (I might have still played it, however)
As for DLC in general, I'd rather have a 30 hour expansion in a year rather than load my game up every 6 months to play 6 hours of content. DLC just doesn't add up financially or mathematically.
He might have missed the joke (or ignored it) but he does have a point. You can't just turn off solar panels. They produce electricity as long as there is light hitting them. Even in the garage/lab/manufacturing plant you're going to be soldering live circuits. Gogo insulators!
I'd sell in a heartbeat. In this economy, there's no guarantee anything will go well for a specific company. 100% markup on their stock? Even if they do make it through this downturn, no guarantee their stock will hit that level again anytime soon.
Now, if only the US gov't will allow it. IBM+Sun would be a huge company.
I'm not sure getting rid of either entirely would be the best option but I don't see much use of limits being longer than five years. Protection is supposed to give the original creator a short monopoly to give them, and others, incentive to create more. As it is now, someone can make something and sit on it for the rest of their lives; where's the incentive?
I don't trust companies enough to buy digitally. I know if I have physical media (be it for music or games) I know it's mine forever and I can re-install whenever I want (barring DRM like SecuROM, but that's what cracks are for)
If the company goes under and my PC dies, where do I go to re-download my purchase? Torrents are a viable option but then I'm doing something "illegal" so I don't see me switching to digital downloads at all until physical products are non-existent.
I saw someone mentioned EVE Online. I do play it and I did download it. However, I see that as a bit different. The game won't exist at all once the servers are shut down. The game itself was free, too. There also comes the issue of large games and downloadability. I don't have an issue downloading 20GB of something but if I buy a game, I'd like to play it and not have to wait a day or two. Also, my ISP might not like it...
Congress: Oh, and new Network cards for everyone. Your new MAC address will be your social security number appended with a unique counter denoting how many network devices you've owned previously.
Congress: We decree that all Routers and Network devices must be replaced by July 1, 2009 and all new hardware must contain 500GB ROM Write-Once storage for saving mandatory log files. If your logs fill up, you must buy a new device and archive the old. A nightly dump will be done of your logs to a server in Langley. Goodbye to your upload cap, Comcast users.
Not necessarily. It starts at the first address (192.168.1.2 usually) and the first connected client gets it. The next client will get the next address in order.
As I stated in another comment above, don't make it certain. Make two buttons, go into the other room, let the cat choose accept or deny.
You can't decide if a bear will maul you any more than you can decide if you cat selects accept over deny. Now, repeating the process until it accepts is another story. However, could they prove you did or not?
Their site actually said Valve had flown them out to Seattle and has been in touch with them regarding the project. I think their first episode was fantastic and would love to see more. Valve throwing them a bit of cash could definitely increase their vision. A full-length movie would be amazing.
In all seriousness, trying to force the consumer to do anything to save your business will ultimately drive them away. If you want to safeguard your business, stop making a poor product, work with your customers to fix issues, give decent support, and stop trying to legally tie their hands behind their backs.
This is akin to legal DRM. All it does to legitimate customers is push them away; software piracy seems like the only recourse. Companies have to learn that this is the kind of stuff that we won't stand for if it is ever to change.
I honestly wish we still had specific criteria for being able to vote. Intelligence test, candidate test, issues test; make sure if you're voting, you at least understand what is going on, know both sides' arguments*, and are smart enough to make an informed decision.
If you are voting for someone because the other guy* "looks odd" or you don't know where Iraq is even located on a map, you have no business voting. Now, I don't mind people having differing opinions, I just wish they at least new both sides' arguments* so I knew they were making an informed decision.
* Don't even get me started on the two-party system...
What apps that are bundled with Vista don't work for you? I've been running Vista since it came out and the only issue I've ever had is with folder display properties; they gave each folder a "type" and there's no way to set them all to default (or the same type) and it never remembers my display settings correctly (I like details and to display size, type, and modified date)
The only issues with apps I've come across are older applications and some drivers from companies who either took too long supporting Vista (Creative) or don't think x64 matters. Honestly, I blame the x64 issue on MS. They should have dropped the 32bit versions of the OS when all processors because 64-bit.
So just because MS decided to "fix" some API calls to be more secure, remove old calls that should have been removed, and modernize their OS (for better or worse) you're saying that breaking backwards compatibility for some apps wasn't worth it? Even though MS told everyone they were doing it a year or more in advance and those companies didn't fix their software.
When functions in your favorite language get deprecated, what do you do? Do you bitch and moan, calling the lead Dev a money-hungry whore? Or do you say, "nice, they're fixing issues and letting us know before they pull support for good"?
I love bashing MS just as much as the next guy, but expecting backwards compatibility for every version of something is shortsighted and, for progress' sake, stupid. Updating the API and removing old, insecure calls, is one thing I do agree with MS on. Now, I wish Intel and AMD would drop x86...
It's better in the form of being able to chat with 13 year old douche bags who call you gay, being able to have a list of all the friends you have online, and being able to access said list in any game all the while happily paying to do so.
oh, wait. you could always just call your friends, decide what server to connect to, and not worry about snot-nosed brats on the internet. Sorry, it isn't actually better nor gives any utility whatsoever.
In my opinion, taking 11 years is failing. Until the Judicial Branch is forced to look over every piece of legislation, they aren't doing their jobs. They should have to sign off on everything just as the President does.
They have a 2/3's majority to overturn a veto, have a 3/4 or 4/5's for a Judicial Appeal or something. (The Judiciary would then have to go through a full-blown case where before they just had to agree simple majority to pass it)
Picking and choosing based on items brought to them is negligent at best.
During the summer months, my company works under a 8 days, 80 hour schedule. 10 hour days, mondays or fridays off for three months. (They split everyone up so there's half of us there on mondays and fridays)
It was really nice to have a 4-day work week but aside from the fact I ended up working for a friend of mine on my days off, it was tough sometimes going in at 8am and getting out at 6:30pm and my hour commute. If it weren't for the commute, it probably wouldn't have been as bad.
The three-day weekends were definitely worth it, though.
Do you think bricks lined with a coating can withstand the outward pressure of an atmosphere being pulled into equilibrium with it's outside surroundings?
You would need much more than bricks, mortar, and an airtight coating to make a structurally sound, pressurized, living area.
I don't think they expect $100k jobs because they're great programmers, I think it's more trying to live on your own while paying ridiculous student loans off.
When your loans are $1000/mo and housing is $1000/mo, you can't live on 45-50k/year.
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First off, their decision to not release ps3 DLC is why I didn't pay for the fallout 3 DLC. (I might have still played it, however)
As for DLC in general, I'd rather have a 30 hour expansion in a year rather than load my game up every 6 months to play 6 hours of content. DLC just doesn't add up financially or mathematically.
He might have missed the joke (or ignored it) but he does have a point. You can't just turn off solar panels. They produce electricity as long as there is light hitting them. Even in the garage/lab/manufacturing plant you're going to be soldering live circuits. Gogo insulators!
you just made my day...
I'd sell in a heartbeat. In this economy, there's no guarantee anything will go well for a specific company. 100% markup on their stock? Even if they do make it through this downturn, no guarantee their stock will hit that level again anytime soon.
Now, if only the US gov't will allow it. IBM+Sun would be a huge company.
I'm not sure getting rid of either entirely would be the best option but I don't see much use of limits being longer than five years. Protection is supposed to give the original creator a short monopoly to give them, and others, incentive to create more. As it is now, someone can make something and sit on it for the rest of their lives; where's the incentive?
I don't trust companies enough to buy digitally. I know if I have physical media (be it for music or games) I know it's mine forever and I can re-install whenever I want (barring DRM like SecuROM, but that's what cracks are for)
If the company goes under and my PC dies, where do I go to re-download my purchase? Torrents are a viable option but then I'm doing something "illegal" so I don't see me switching to digital downloads at all until physical products are non-existent.
I saw someone mentioned EVE Online. I do play it and I did download it. However, I see that as a bit different. The game won't exist at all once the servers are shut down. The game itself was free, too. There also comes the issue of large games and downloadability. I don't have an issue downloading 20GB of something but if I buy a game, I'd like to play it and not have to wait a day or two. Also, my ISP might not like it...
Congress: Oh, and new Network cards for everyone. Your new MAC address will be your social security number appended with a unique counter denoting how many network devices you've owned previously.
Congress: We decree that all Routers and Network devices must be replaced by July 1, 2009 and all new hardware must contain 500GB ROM Write-Once storage for saving mandatory log files. If your logs fill up, you must buy a new device and archive the old. A nightly dump will be done of your logs to a server in Langley. Goodbye to your upload cap, Comcast users.
Not necessarily. It starts at the first address (192.168.1.2 usually) and the first connected client gets it. The next client will get the next address in order.
PC1 connets, gets 192.168.1.2
PC2 connects, get 192.168.1.3
PC1 disconnects
PC2 disconnects
PC2 connects, gets 192.168.1.2
PC3 connects, gets 192.168.1.3
PC1 connects, gets 192.168.1.4
See? All different and only 3 hosts
As I stated in another comment above, don't make it certain. Make two buttons, go into the other room, let the cat choose accept or deny.
You can't decide if a bear will maul you any more than you can decide if you cat selects accept over deny. Now, repeating the process until it accepts is another story. However, could they prove you did or not?
give it two buttons, agree and deny. that way, the cat decides and not you
Their site actually said Valve had flown them out to Seattle and has been in touch with them regarding the project. I think their first episode was fantastic and would love to see more. Valve throwing them a bit of cash could definitely increase their vision. A full-length movie would be amazing.
And they wonder why people resort to piracy?
In all seriousness, trying to force the consumer to do anything to save your business will ultimately drive them away. If you want to safeguard your business, stop making a poor product, work with your customers to fix issues, give decent support, and stop trying to legally tie their hands behind their backs.
This is akin to legal DRM. All it does to legitimate customers is push them away; software piracy seems like the only recourse. Companies have to learn that this is the kind of stuff that we won't stand for if it is ever to change.
I honestly wish we still had specific criteria for being able to vote. Intelligence test, candidate test, issues test; make sure if you're voting, you at least understand what is going on, know both sides' arguments*, and are smart enough to make an informed decision.
If you are voting for someone because the other guy* "looks odd" or you don't know where Iraq is even located on a map, you have no business voting. Now, I don't mind people having differing opinions, I just wish they at least new both sides' arguments* so I knew they were making an informed decision.
* Don't even get me started on the two-party system...
What apps that are bundled with Vista don't work for you? I've been running Vista since it came out and the only issue I've ever had is with folder display properties; they gave each folder a "type" and there's no way to set them all to default (or the same type) and it never remembers my display settings correctly (I like details and to display size, type, and modified date)
The only issues with apps I've come across are older applications and some drivers from companies who either took too long supporting Vista (Creative) or don't think x64 matters. Honestly, I blame the x64 issue on MS. They should have dropped the 32bit versions of the OS when all processors because 64-bit.
So just because MS decided to "fix" some API calls to be more secure, remove old calls that should have been removed, and modernize their OS (for better or worse) you're saying that breaking backwards compatibility for some apps wasn't worth it? Even though MS told everyone they were doing it a year or more in advance and those companies didn't fix their software.
When functions in your favorite language get deprecated, what do you do? Do you bitch and moan, calling the lead Dev a money-hungry whore? Or do you say, "nice, they're fixing issues and letting us know before they pull support for good"?
I love bashing MS just as much as the next guy, but expecting backwards compatibility for every version of something is shortsighted and, for progress' sake, stupid. Updating the API and removing old, insecure calls, is one thing I do agree with MS on. Now, I wish Intel and AMD would drop x86...
It's better in the form of being able to chat with 13 year old douche bags who call you gay, being able to have a list of all the friends you have online, and being able to access said list in any game all the while happily paying to do so.
oh, wait. you could always just call your friends, decide what server to connect to, and not worry about snot-nosed brats on the internet. Sorry, it isn't actually better nor gives any utility whatsoever.
In my opinion, taking 11 years is failing. Until the Judicial Branch is forced to look over every piece of legislation, they aren't doing their jobs. They should have to sign off on everything just as the President does.
They have a 2/3's majority to overturn a veto, have a 3/4 or 4/5's for a Judicial Appeal or something. (The Judiciary would then have to go through a full-blown case where before they just had to agree simple majority to pass it)
Picking and choosing based on items brought to them is negligent at best.
I just want to add, "Fuck off, South Carolina" to the conversation. Thank you for your attention.
During the summer months, my company works under a 8 days, 80 hour schedule. 10 hour days, mondays or fridays off for three months. (They split everyone up so there's half of us there on mondays and fridays)
It was really nice to have a 4-day work week but aside from the fact I ended up working for a friend of mine on my days off, it was tough sometimes going in at 8am and getting out at 6:30pm and my hour commute. If it weren't for the commute, it probably wouldn't have been as bad.
The three-day weekends were definitely worth it, though.
we can SEE the herpes virus enter the skin during penetration now! I don't need 1080p, I need HSVp!
That was onion-worthy
Can't be much of a stretch... he plays the same bumbling, over-the-top idiot in every movie he is in.
Do you think bricks lined with a coating can withstand the outward pressure of an atmosphere being pulled into equilibrium with it's outside surroundings?
You would need much more than bricks, mortar, and an airtight coating to make a structurally sound, pressurized, living area.
I don't think they expect $100k jobs because they're great programmers, I think it's more trying to live on your own while paying ridiculous student loans off.
When your loans are $1000/mo and housing is $1000/mo, you can't live on 45-50k/year.