So...the mouse isn't battery powered, but the mousepad is? I mean, sure its cool how the mouse and mousepad interact, but still, this just doesn't make any sense.
I actually take back what I said. Like most of the people replying here, I didn't read the article close enough.
If she asked Yahoo to remove her information and pictures removed, and Yahoo delayed for over 3 months, $3 million still seems like a lot, but then again Yahoo could have easily avoided this by not dragging their feet.
I can understand she is upset and wants some compensation for the "emotional stress" such an incident might have caused, but...
$3 million...are you serious?
Sure the system may be perfectly fine, but you can't argue that Blockbuster wasn't purposely trying to get people to believe that there would actually be no late fees.
And the fact that you had to drive to Blockbuster and ask them for the fine print just shows how hard they were trying to hide the fact that there were actually late fees for keeping a rental for an extended period of time.
I guess it just sounds like you are saying that lying is justified because people should be able to notice it.
What I got from the article is that they aren't completely sure how fossilization actually works, they had just made assumptions about what kind of decomposition the remains undergo.
I mean, really, when it gets down to it, its the way MMOG's are designed that creates a situation where IGE is a bad thing.
I mean, loot is pretty darn predictable in most online games, after playing a for a bit, you know what items drop from what creatures, and for the most part, the best items drop from a single mob that can be killed over and over again. If the predictability of loot drops were removed from these games, that would go a long way towards keeping set-ups like IGE from becoming too important.
Plus, you have games where the entire structure of the game is built upon "The longer you play, the better your character becomes." For people with full-time jobs, its hard to play at the same level as someone who doesn't need a full-time job or has free time for other reasons. If someone can afford to throw down $20 for an in-game item that might take him 3-4 hours to get otherwise, there really is not anything wrong with it, I mean, it is just a game after all.
In the end though, this is only a big deal if IGE is somehow manipulating the information in a way that player's wouldn't want. You can't just assume that because they have connections to Thottbot that they should automatically be proclaimed as "evil."
Well, the point I was trying to make was that within the last 6 years, little has changed in the way we play MMORPGs...sure, UO was before that, but it doesn't really show what might change in the future since the last 6 years have been on a bit of a plateau.
Its tough to know what the future of MMOGs hold when you consider how little the genre has changed since the Everquest days. I mean, really, look at the gameplay elements of the first 3d games, Everquest and Asheron's Call 1...the games coming out today play almost the same exact way. In fact, you could almost consider games today a step back, since in AC1 you could at least dodge projectiles and spells if you wanted to.
I mean, yeah, sure, the games have gotten better, but mostly in terms of graphics. The core of these games is still about creating a character, running at mobs and hitting a bunch of icons on the interface to use different skills. Aside from the gameplay, the environment is still about the same. Quests are getting better, but they are still as simple as "Go here and kill this." with some little variation thrown in.
Another pet peeve of mine is character creation where you have to choose your characters skill set before you even get to play the game. I wish a game was open-ended where you could dabble in different areas as you went on, before deciding what to actually stick to. I want game rules like PvP that are determined by in-game repurcussions, not by hard-coded limits by the developers.
I guess I just see tons of this untapped potential for MMOGs that just isn't being realized. Everygame seems to tought its one big, new "feature" that is really just a mild improvement on what was done previously.
I agree, its getting frustrating using google for anything but finding places that have a product you want to buy. Heck, I get places like Amazon multiple times on the first page anytime someone might have written a book on the subject I am looking for.
When I am searching for something, I glance at each page that looks promising, and if its not what I want, back to the results I go. Unfortunately, this is what I seem to be doing most of the time when searching through Google.
The internet is already pretty darn anonymous, people can pretty much say or do whatever they want on message boards like these, and this allows people to be annoying, ridicule others without fear of being recognized.
The fact that someone attacks another person posts as an anonymous person along with an anonymous name just amuses me I guess =)
Its not about correctness. I was making a statement about how the media handles news and all I got as was that I missed an apostrophe and switched a letter, it has no relevance to the current issue, and indication that my opinion was somehow irrelevant because of these "major flaws" in my argument.
Haha, it's even more funny that an AC would post something like this. At least if you are going take on this air of superiority, the least you could do would be to create an actual name to do it with;)
This is the sad state of journalism these days. Why just claim that something had no affect when you can claim it was worse? Oh I know why, because news has become about entertainment instead of informing the public. And since bad > neutral, you get articles like this.
Seems they took a lot of time and effort to basically say...
"Using your thumbs a lot might make them sore at some point in time."
Like someone else mentioned, its silly that are focusing on one product that will cause this. Almost makes you wonder who got the idea to do this article.
Yeah, I agree. Intel just doesn't have the same stigma of some other companies like Microsoft (yeah, I know, MS is used for such comparisons too often, I took the easy choice.)
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So...the mouse isn't battery powered, but the mousepad is? I mean, sure its cool how the mouse and mousepad interact, but still, this just doesn't make any sense.
At least they don't use your SSN as your ID number and print it on everyone's ID card like my school does =|
I actually take back what I said. Like most of the people replying here, I didn't read the article close enough. If she asked Yahoo to remove her information and pictures removed, and Yahoo delayed for over 3 months, $3 million still seems like a lot, but then again Yahoo could have easily avoided this by not dragging their feet.
What about the personal information posted along with the pictures?
So, you are saying Yahoo isn't obligated to remove the pictures of her from their service?
By "previous comment" I meant the parent, not my other comment ;)
Sorry ahead of time for being so blunt...
But you are a dumbass if you modded the previous comment +1 Insightful...
Yeah, because we all know morals are firmly based on whether you've taken a nude picture before...oh wait...
I can understand she is upset and wants some compensation for the "emotional stress" such an incident might have caused, but... $3 million...are you serious?
Sure the system may be perfectly fine, but you can't argue that Blockbuster wasn't purposely trying to get people to believe that there would actually be no late fees.
And the fact that you had to drive to Blockbuster and ask them for the fine print just shows how hard they were trying to hide the fact that there were actually late fees for keeping a rental for an extended period of time.
I guess it just sounds like you are saying that lying is justified because people should be able to notice it.
What I got from the article is that they aren't completely sure how fossilization actually works, they had just made assumptions about what kind of decomposition the remains undergo.
I was going more for a wider audience than for accuracy with that comment, haha ;)
Now we know that when the cloned T-Rex escapes, if you stand perfectly still it won't see you!
I mean, really, when it gets down to it, its the way MMOG's are designed that creates a situation where IGE is a bad thing.
I mean, loot is pretty darn predictable in most online games, after playing a for a bit, you know what items drop from what creatures, and for the most part, the best items drop from a single mob that can be killed over and over again. If the predictability of loot drops were removed from these games, that would go a long way towards keeping set-ups like IGE from becoming too important.
Plus, you have games where the entire structure of the game is built upon "The longer you play, the better your character becomes." For people with full-time jobs, its hard to play at the same level as someone who doesn't need a full-time job or has free time for other reasons. If someone can afford to throw down $20 for an in-game item that might take him 3-4 hours to get otherwise, there really is not anything wrong with it, I mean, it is just a game after all.
In the end though, this is only a big deal if IGE is somehow manipulating the information in a way that player's wouldn't want. You can't just assume that because they have connections to Thottbot that they should automatically be proclaimed as "evil."
Well, the point I was trying to make was that within the last 6 years, little has changed in the way we play MMORPGs...sure, UO was before that, but it doesn't really show what might change in the future since the last 6 years have been on a bit of a plateau.
Its tough to know what the future of MMOGs hold when you consider how little the genre has changed since the Everquest days. I mean, really, look at the gameplay elements of the first 3d games, Everquest and Asheron's Call 1...the games coming out today play almost the same exact way. In fact, you could almost consider games today a step back, since in AC1 you could at least dodge projectiles and spells if you wanted to.
I mean, yeah, sure, the games have gotten better, but mostly in terms of graphics. The core of these games is still about creating a character, running at mobs and hitting a bunch of icons on the interface to use different skills. Aside from the gameplay, the environment is still about the same. Quests are getting better, but they are still as simple as "Go here and kill this." with some little variation thrown in.
Another pet peeve of mine is character creation where you have to choose your characters skill set before you even get to play the game. I wish a game was open-ended where you could dabble in different areas as you went on, before deciding what to actually stick to. I want game rules like PvP that are determined by in-game repurcussions, not by hard-coded limits by the developers.
I guess I just see tons of this untapped potential for MMOGs that just isn't being realized. Everygame seems to tought its one big, new "feature" that is really just a mild improvement on what was done previously.
I agree, its getting frustrating using google for anything but finding places that have a product you want to buy. Heck, I get places like Amazon multiple times on the first page anytime someone might have written a book on the subject I am looking for.
When I am searching for something, I glance at each page that looks promising, and if its not what I want, back to the results I go. Unfortunately, this is what I seem to be doing most of the time when searching through Google.
To answer your question more specifically...
The internet is already pretty darn anonymous, people can pretty much say or do whatever they want on message boards like these, and this allows people to be annoying, ridicule others without fear of being recognized.
The fact that someone attacks another person posts as an anonymous person along with an anonymous name just amuses me I guess =)
Its not about correctness. I was making a statement about how the media handles news and all I got as was that I missed an apostrophe and switched a letter, it has no relevance to the current issue, and indication that my opinion was somehow irrelevant because of these "major flaws" in my argument.
I just think meaning is more important than form.
Haha, it's even more funny that an AC would post something like this. At least if you are going take on this air of superiority, the least you could do would be to create an actual name to do it with ;)
This is the sad state of journalism these days. Why just claim that something had no affect when you can claim it was worse? Oh I know why, because news has become about entertainment instead of informing the public. And since bad > neutral, you get articles like this.
Soccer superstar over in Europe...you know "Bend in like Beckham" and stuff like that?
Seems they took a lot of time and effort to basically say...
"Using your thumbs a lot might make them sore at some point in time."
Like someone else mentioned, its silly that are focusing on one product that will cause this. Almost makes you wonder who got the idea to do this article.
But again, thats only good for the transition phase between. Once/If DDR-II and PCI-E become the standard, that "advantage" goes out the window.
Yeah, I agree. Intel just doesn't have the same stigma of some other companies like Microsoft (yeah, I know, MS is used for such comparisons too often, I took the easy choice.)