For your current library, if DRM free tracks are available, you pay.30 to "upgrade" each song, And some other amount per album (based on the current price)
In addition, these types of generators (in the 10kw and under range) can even run on propane in the super rare event of a gas outage - ours accepts dual propane tanks and can run 12 hrs - not that we've ever needed to resort to that.
To take what you're saying a step further - Apple's DRM, being the "best available" option is actually *driving* drm-free sales. Apple's solution is quite robust and easy to use, but they're holding the price down as well and driving hardware sales.
However, the music companies want more money, and don't really *want* to do business w/Apple. After many attempts, they've finally realized they can't create a competing drm and sell it for more money - so to beat Apple's product they have to go DRM-free with amazon. In fact, I'm willing to say it's the only form of competition we've seen in this industry whatsoever (as of late).
The desire to play online with friends? There are many who won't buy anything unless forced. Which is why there are fewer singleplayer games, and why adventure/rpgs are rarer still. Soon everything will be online-multiplayer-only, with a one-time "free code" to download your "exclusive content".
Actually, at $1 per song, I'm damn happy. It's easier to pay a buck on itunes, and have a nice "easy" experience getting it onto my ipod, then to search bitrorrent and deal with mistagged files. But you're right - at 10-15+ for a crap album, you'll get no cash from me.
Obviously, he doesn't have a wife and kids - the only way to get some serious, uninterrupted multi-player is to round up your other man buddies, placate the wives, abandon the non-teenage kids, order pizza & beer (I know you kids like dew, but that goes south once you're done growing pubes).
Does anyone remember MGS???
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Metal Gear Solid - it had an actual torture section of the game that actually changes the ending. If you give-in to the torture, you get to save your girlfriend, Merryl. If you don't, you keep the secrets - but Merryl is killed (and, though the game doesn't show it, it is implied that she'll be raped first.) Disturbing, now that I think back on it.
...... (I'm not sure if I should just play it off and laugh because you're probably kidding, or simply open fire.)
I'm a developer who works *damn* hard at what I do. It wasn't some affirmative-action crap either - I just kick ass. I didn't/don't do every woman on the block, and I don't have aids. I didn't grow up in "the hood" - (hell, my graduating class was 36.) I rake in the bucks. I own my home. I spend as much time as I can with my family. I'm black.
Seems to me, the only downside is having to listen to people like you spew bile because you're too fucking stupid to climb out of the rut you're in.
Japan has been recessed for awhile and has the highest suicide rate in the world - I'm sure work has a lot to do with it. China, lets not talk about China too much. Maybe the coal-mine near your trailer park is hiring?
This is a country where with just a little opportunity can go a long way. But only for people who don't spend their time doing what you're doing: nothing.
Even if it were safe, I'd expect there would be a lawsuit no matter what. I'm sure there's a ton of other programmers out there who have similar thoughts. As companies grow older, they seem to become more and more stymied by a PHB than driven intellectually by those who first made it's growth possible. Just make sure your starting group retains some council - and be sure to file as an LLC, also.
Only worse, imagine the pro-life movement. Now imagine how they'd go on the crusade against cloning. The battle cry right now is to 'protect life'. Do you think for an instant that they won't try to get away with declaring "life starts at conception" along side of "anyone born in a tube isn't actually a person". Do you deny them? kill them? turn em into slaves? Does that ring a bell?
To avoid replying to the coward, I'll comment here - EULAs are largely untested legally. If such one-sided licensing is allowed to stand - it won't stop at hardware platforms. If Apple's argument is correct, then that means that not only are hardware clones illegal. But so is emulation. It only takes another line in the EULA to stipulate that you're only licensed to read Slashdot on Apple-approved monitors, and-so-and-so-and-so-forth.
I can't always wait that long for some items. Getting something at worst buy here in Tulsa is about the same as ordering online with 2nd day shipping - so it really depends on the item.
What's funny is that there actually are units with a radar-detector-detector detector circuit in them, in order to to protect against police units such as the Spectre III.
But haven't most households switched to CFLs and other energy-efficient lighting? (My house uses nothing but those) Back when everyone was running multiple 100W+ bulbs all over the house, especially at night, I'm sure the savings could have been considerable. But at night, we now turn on the entertainment center, which seems to be the new light bulb (x10) as far as energy use is concerned. I'm starting to think that society has changed enough that simply playing with the clock won't solve much, as overall energy use has increased. You're right about using the A/C during the day being a huge expense, though.
Because purchasing something with a string attached is just as much of a risk. My gaming computer is a dedicated PC, and it's behind a very informative NAT router, and a decent enough firewall that I know if a program that isn't authorized is trying to reach the internet. (The internet is locked down while I play, anyway)
If it's an online game, I'll put up with it, since the DRM would be fairly inert. But for singleplayer/offline games, I hate to have to crack my own software - (keeping disks in the drive is too hard on the media, and stupid in the age of 1.5TB harddrives). For $60, I didn't pay for a "license", I own it. And since EA isn't bending backwards to provide patches or some other kind of support - I call BS on their (quite obvious) "lease our game" point of view - (see the story where they are now banning in forums, and recinding online game licenses).
To me, that seems like less of a risk than buying a $60 paperweight. If gaming companies don't like that, then they need to realize what DRM does to otherwise loyal customers - it drives them toward a better product.
Now I will have ZERO problem pirating SPORE or any other EA title. In fact I wasn't going to bother with SPORE given the lackluster reviews, but I'm firing up Azurus as we speak to grab it just to spite the arrogant fuckers
There, fixed that for you. Oh, and by the way - you're banned (bittorrent-talk, cursing)
Have fun playing solitaire, sucker!
Not necessarily - I'm of the opinion that the wii is more of a toy than a game console, due to the multi-month wait between major releases (1st party or otherwise.) And there aren't any games on the 360 that absolutely require live to play at all and certainly not in the name of arduous copy protection.
(Apple then releases a cheaper mac, that obviously has to sacrifice a few things)
Fanboi: "Wah! Wah! My high-end feature is missing"
You can't have it both ways. Few consumer laptops have firewire ports for a reason: Devices are very expensive. If you can spend $500-800 on a DV w/firewire, you can shell out a few hundred more for a pro, buy the older macbook instead, or get a desktop. Besides, I thought iMacs and Macbooks were meant to be introductory?
I'm not in the least afraid to "try" a game that uses securom - but I certainly will not buy such a game. I was fooled into buying Bioshock, and after I lost an "install credit" because I forgot to uninstall before *REFORMATTING* my drive after a major upgrade....hell no.
I've been buying games constantly for 20 years now! With over $5000 worth of stuff that *STILL WORKS* - I think that qualifies me as a collector. I plan on my own kids to be able to go through and enjoy these, and I still try some out from time to time. So if someone wants to charge me $40-60 for a game that has strings attached, and could *possibly* self-destruct without any wrong doing on my part - or spout some crap about 99.8% don't mind - you deserve exactly nothing from me because I'm part of that 0.2%. There are multiple websites out there who offer a superior experience for far less effort. It's easier to deal w/torrents/cracks than to be forced to maintain cracks and receive inferior treatment/service for software I PURCHASED.
(I was going to click the "coward" box - but I wanna know who responds to this.)
I agree - there were parts where I was low on ammo, critical health, and completely convinced that - if the situation were real I should consider rolling into a ball and not going any further. I literally had to reach down, "suck it up", and get angry to make myself power through the tough parts. The whole game wasn't like this - just some parts. But those well-orchestrated pieces are what made the game, not secret trap door #12.
Googled "Shared Heuristic Access to Managed Protocols using Opensource Objects"....just in case - there are a few pages that actually use every word...scary
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For your current library, if DRM free tracks are available, you pay .30 to "upgrade" each song, And some other amount per album (based on the current price)
In addition, these types of generators (in the 10kw and under range) can even run on propane in the super rare event of a gas outage - ours accepts dual propane tanks and can run 12 hrs - not that we've ever needed to resort to that.
To take what you're saying a step further - Apple's DRM, being the "best available" option is actually *driving* drm-free sales. Apple's solution is quite robust and easy to use, but they're holding the price down as well and driving hardware sales.
However, the music companies want more money, and don't really *want* to do business w/Apple. After many attempts, they've finally realized they can't create a competing drm and sell it for more money - so to beat Apple's product they have to go DRM-free with amazon. In fact, I'm willing to say it's the only form of competition we've seen in this industry whatsoever (as of late).
Great, buy a game now, and have to pay for an entirely different service to play it later on...that's fair ^_^
The desire to play online with friends? There are many who won't buy anything unless forced. Which is why there are fewer singleplayer games, and why adventure/rpgs are rarer still. Soon everything will be online-multiplayer-only, with a one-time "free code" to download your "exclusive content".
Actually, at $1 per song, I'm damn happy. It's easier to pay a buck on itunes, and have a nice "easy" experience getting it onto my ipod, then to search bitrorrent and deal with mistagged files. But you're right - at 10-15+ for a crap album, you'll get no cash from me.
Obviously, he doesn't have a wife and kids - the only way to get some serious, uninterrupted multi-player is to round up your other man buddies, placate the wives, abandon the non-teenage kids, order pizza & beer (I know you kids like dew, but that goes south once you're done growing pubes).
Metal Gear Solid - it had an actual torture section of the game that actually changes the ending. If you give-in to the torture, you get to save your girlfriend, Merryl. If you don't, you keep the secrets - but Merryl is killed (and, though the game doesn't show it, it is implied that she'll be raped first.) Disturbing, now that I think back on it.
There, fixed that for you.
~Microsoft
lol, my apologies. That one just struck a nerve today, I guess.
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(I'm not sure if I should just play it off and laugh because you're probably kidding, or simply open fire.)
I'm a developer who works *damn* hard at what I do. It wasn't some affirmative-action crap either - I just kick ass.
I didn't/don't do every woman on the block, and I don't have aids.
I didn't grow up in "the hood" - (hell, my graduating class was 36.)
I rake in the bucks.
I own my home.
I spend as much time as I can with my family.
I'm black.
Seems to me, the only downside is having to listen to people like you spew bile because you're too fucking stupid to climb out of the rut you're in.
Japan has been recessed for awhile and has the highest suicide rate in the world - I'm sure work has a lot to do with it.
China, lets not talk about China too much. Maybe the coal-mine near your trailer park is hiring?
This is a country where with just a little opportunity can go a long way. But only for people who don't spend their time doing what you're doing: nothing.
Even if it were safe, I'd expect there would be a lawsuit no matter what. I'm sure there's a ton of other programmers out there who have similar thoughts. As companies grow older, they seem to become more and more stymied by a PHB than driven intellectually by those who first made it's growth possible. Just make sure your starting group retains some council - and be sure to file as an LLC, also.
Only worse, imagine the pro-life movement. Now imagine how they'd go on the crusade against cloning. The battle cry right now is to 'protect life'. Do you think for an instant that they won't try to get away with declaring "life starts at conception" along side of "anyone born in a tube isn't actually a person". Do you deny them? kill them? turn em into slaves? Does that ring a bell?
To avoid replying to the coward, I'll comment here - EULAs are largely untested legally. If such one-sided licensing is allowed to stand - it won't stop at hardware platforms. If Apple's argument is correct, then that means that not only are hardware clones illegal. But so is emulation. It only takes another line in the EULA to stipulate that you're only licensed to read Slashdot on Apple-approved monitors, and-so-and-so-and-so-forth.
I can't always wait that long for some items. Getting something at worst buy here in Tulsa is about the same as ordering online with 2nd day shipping - so it really depends on the item.
What's funny is that there actually are units with a radar-detector-detector detector circuit in them, in order to to protect against police units such as the Spectre III.
But haven't most households switched to CFLs and other energy-efficient lighting? (My house uses nothing but those) Back when everyone was running multiple 100W+ bulbs all over the house, especially at night, I'm sure the savings could have been considerable. But at night, we now turn on the entertainment center, which seems to be the new light bulb (x10) as far as energy use is concerned. I'm starting to think that society has changed enough that simply playing with the clock won't solve much, as overall energy use has increased. You're right about using the A/C during the day being a huge expense, though.
Because purchasing something with a string attached is just as much of a risk. My gaming computer is a dedicated PC, and it's behind a very informative NAT router, and a decent enough firewall that I know if a program that isn't authorized is trying to reach the internet. (The internet is locked down while I play, anyway) If it's an online game, I'll put up with it, since the DRM would be fairly inert. But for singleplayer/offline games, I hate to have to crack my own software - (keeping disks in the drive is too hard on the media, and stupid in the age of 1.5TB harddrives). For $60, I didn't pay for a "license", I own it. And since EA isn't bending backwards to provide patches or some other kind of support - I call BS on their (quite obvious) "lease our game" point of view - (see the story where they are now banning in forums, and recinding online game licenses). To me, that seems like less of a risk than buying a $60 paperweight. If gaming companies don't like that, then they need to realize what DRM does to otherwise loyal customers - it drives them toward a better product.
Now I will have ZERO problem pirating SPORE or any other EA title. In fact I wasn't going to bother with SPORE given the lackluster reviews, but I'm firing up Azurus as we speak to grab it just to spite the arrogant fuckers
There, fixed that for you. Oh, and by the way - you're banned (bittorrent-talk, cursing) Have fun playing solitaire, sucker!
Not necessarily - I'm of the opinion that the wii is more of a toy than a game console, due to the multi-month wait between major releases (1st party or otherwise.) And there aren't any games on the 360 that absolutely require live to play at all and certainly not in the name of arduous copy protection.
Fanboi: "Wah! Wah! Macs are too expensive"
(Apple then releases a cheaper mac, that obviously has to sacrifice a few things)
Fanboi: "Wah! Wah! My high-end feature is missing"
You can't have it both ways. Few consumer laptops have firewire ports for a reason: Devices are very expensive. If you can spend $500-800 on a DV w/firewire, you can shell out a few hundred more for a pro, buy the older macbook instead, or get a desktop. Besides, I thought iMacs and Macbooks were meant to be introductory?
I'm not in the least afraid to "try" a game that uses securom - but I certainly will not buy such a game. I was fooled into buying Bioshock, and after I lost an "install credit" because I forgot to uninstall before *REFORMATTING* my drive after a major upgrade....hell no.
I've been buying games constantly for 20 years now! With over $5000 worth of stuff that *STILL WORKS* - I think that qualifies me as a collector. I plan on my own kids to be able to go through and enjoy these, and I still try some out from time to time. So if someone wants to charge me $40-60 for a game that has strings attached, and could *possibly* self-destruct without any wrong doing on my part - or spout some crap about 99.8% don't mind - you deserve exactly nothing from me because I'm part of that 0.2%. There are multiple websites out there who offer a superior experience for far less effort. It's easier to deal w/torrents/cracks than to be forced to maintain cracks and receive inferior treatment/service for software I PURCHASED.
(I was going to click the "coward" box - but I wanna know who responds to this.)
I agree - there were parts where I was low on ammo, critical health, and completely convinced that - if the situation were real I should consider rolling into a ball and not going any further. I literally had to reach down, "suck it up", and get angry to make myself power through the tough parts. The whole game wasn't like this - just some parts. But those well-orchestrated pieces are what made the game, not secret trap door #12.
Yeah, I've been trying to increase my nunchuk and knife skillz... Seems no one wants to practice w/me.
Googled "Shared Heuristic Access to Managed Protocols using Opensource Objects"....just in case - there are a few pages that actually use every word...scary