I think your memory is faulty. Nothing was ever the way you remember it.
When I was growing up, games and the consoles cost the same as they do now (~$40-$60). Some cost MUCH less (great new games released for ~$20 on Xbox). Computers cost MUCH more back then. And I'm not even controling for inflation.
Yeah, if your idea of a game was dominos on a foldout table, I suppose comparing that to the cost of KotOR on a High def screen and an Xbox, I suppose it is more expensive.
And if you pick 5 games and are only getting 'a few weeks' out of them, it sounds like your choice of games is awful. gamerankings.com can help make sure that isn't a problem moving forward.
You seem to have been the only person here to read the article and understand it. This isn't about 'Yay for kids, down with right wing politicians' or even 'Information must be Free', but is really about does the established protection of addresses in the posession of a municipality extend to 'email addresses.'
I would say it does and that the judge should have had the competency to see that. An address is an address. Does the law not protect PO Boxes and only actual street adresses? If you filed your tax return electronically, is the email address on record not protected?
The underlying issue is about improper use of the email list for political purposes. This is a case for the district attorney and he would be able to access and compare the email lists and determine if he wanted to bring a case. It's not a matter of access to 'email' addresses.
In some Xbox games, if you are trying to win, you can use the other person's emotional state to overcome their reason/rational thought. Normally when someone is cursing up a storm, they are letting their emotions overcome their rational thought and they make mistakes. This is both in fast games (Halo2) and slow games (World Championship Poker).
If you can just goad them a little bit into cutting loose with their mouths, you are are halfway to victory.
Conversely, it is important to keep your own cool and your focus on the game. A few taunts when the other guy is down may help in keeping him down as you compound his anger, but this must be done out of strategy, not out of an effort to verbally 'get back' at your opponent.
I played AC for a while. There was one woman with two kids. She was single. She essentially hop-scotched with her kids in tow from one bad relationship to another that she initiated through the game.
I think several of them resulted in pretty fast marragies and fast marriage endings (I can't spell marraige, sorry). In one case she deleted of one of the guys players.
Apparently she was somewhat cute and somewhat charming - not really devious, just a nut case.
Normally I wouldn't have cared at all, but I found it particularly disturbing that she had children and was dragging them through all of this with her.
Ok - not so great a V day story, but the other side of the coin I suppose.
It would be a difficult game to make because the plot of the show is so... tight. There is no 'other ship' to have adventures on like in ST or a lot of down time for interacting with the enemy that isn't reported in the TV show.
I suppose you could play as a new pilot recruit and be dropped into some of the battles she show has already had - plus maybe a simulator (though we've never seen the simulator on the show.)
I think your disdain for logic and reason makes it impossible to reply to anything you've stated.
Adoption isn't evil. No one said anything was evil in this discussion.
It also isn't about genes within a species but genes of the species just not getting passed down. And the that homosexuality continues to occur and has not terminated itself like many other dysfunctions suggests that it is not genetic.
Apart from that, you seem to like a lot abortion and I urge you to undergo the proceedure on yourself.
You don't need to explain something because ' It's well established and well known that homosexuals are born that way.'? Then why did you get so many posts disagreeing with you?
Here is a link to Exodus. There are a few others like it. If you want to TALK to a recovered homosexual you can probably reach one there. http://www.exodus-international.org/
Homosexuality is a disfunction because there is no inclination to pro-create. A lot of money gets spent to have pandas in the zoo make babies - no one considers it 'natural' if a species dies out.
It is an outgrowth of a disdain for the conventional on some level. And it can be recovered from - Project Exodus is one such organization that facilitates this and there are a few more.
It's not a fact. It's not proven anywhere. There are many recovered homosexuals you can meet who would be happy to shake your hand and tell you they no longer desire to sodomize another man. Mostly it is determined by a relationship to the subjects father, meaning that is it not genetic but conditioned.
But expecting moderation to properly label anything is out of the question.
Right now the closest thing to this is the Janus/PlayForSure system (STFU all you folks who make the arguments that it only works with a Janus compatable device / 'you don't own the music' - we heard it. whatever.)
The problem with even this system where the labels have a strong incentive to participate - stronger than what is described in the thread as they have an ongoing profit stream - is that many labels simply choose not to participate.
And the ones that don't participate are most often techno/progressive/indi music that a lot of serious music downloaders are more inclined to be interested in than the general populace.
If you can't get all the players to the table under a system as rich as Janus than any system that offers them less money/control is doomed.
Seriously, DRM is the future, it isn't 'crippling', it's practicle and effective. You rent almost _everything_ for $6 a month and you can put it on your compatible player and take it with you OR access the entire library from work or from home or wheever else. Just assumed you did own everything and didn't have to pay for all of the dozens of new releases each week. How much is it worth to you to have to catalog and load it all onto the internet so you can have access to it anywhere? This is what Janus provides to you.
Another great chance to get in on it will probably be within the month as Urge launches with a loss leader prices of probably around 5-6 a month with a big coupon to get a PlayforSure device.
Actually the headline was accurate this time. The division of Microsoft that includes its games lost almost $300M in the last quarter.
Actually, the headline is inaccurate. The games division revenue IS up. And the amount of money 'lost' is irrelevant to revenue.
REAL journalists make these mistakes regularly - Slashdot makes these mistakes contantly as it is run by individuals who are ignorant of all matters not related to hentia and linux.
I'd also add that text books are particularly inexpensive - the latest edition with all the software packed inside is pricey, but an edition or two back is pretty inexpensive.
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When I was growing up, games and the consoles cost the same as they do now (~$40-$60). Some cost MUCH less (great new games released for ~$20 on Xbox). Computers cost MUCH more back then. And I'm not even controling for inflation.
Yeah, if your idea of a game was dominos on a foldout table, I suppose comparing that to the cost of KotOR on a High def screen and an Xbox, I suppose it is more expensive.
And if you pick 5 games and are only getting 'a few weeks' out of them, it sounds like your choice of games is awful. gamerankings.com can help make sure that isn't a problem moving forward.
I would say it does and that the judge should have had the competency to see that. An address is an address. Does the law not protect PO Boxes and only actual street adresses? If you filed your tax return electronically, is the email address on record not protected?
The underlying issue is about improper use of the email list for political purposes. This is a case for the district attorney and he would be able to access and compare the email lists and determine if he wanted to bring a case. It's not a matter of access to 'email' addresses.
Sounds like the rocking chair you sit on every day left a splinter in your rear, gramps.
Right. But definitly not the case on XBL.
If you can just goad them a little bit into cutting loose with their mouths, you are are halfway to victory.
Conversely, it is important to keep your own cool and your focus on the game. A few taunts when the other guy is down may help in keeping him down as you compound his anger, but this must be done out of strategy, not out of an effort to verbally 'get back' at your opponent.
I think several of them resulted in pretty fast marragies and fast marriage endings (I can't spell marraige, sorry). In one case she deleted of one of the guys players.
Apparently she was somewhat cute and somewhat charming - not really devious, just a nut case.
Normally I wouldn't have cared at all, but I found it particularly disturbing that she had children and was dragging them through all of this with her.
Ok - not so great a V day story, but the other side of the coin I suppose.
Excellent post. Just what I was thinking.
And do you think that Nintendo doesn't have DRM (essentially, an anti-piracy scheme) on it's games for the R?
I suppose you could play as a new pilot recruit and be dropped into some of the battles she show has already had - plus maybe a simulator (though we've never seen the simulator on the show.)
There really isn't sound in space. Yet while the camera is in space, you still hear the audio of the pilots speaking, right?
And the pilots certainly can hear their own guns going off, right?
So you are hearing things from inside the ships. Duh.
Definitly not off topic. What a retard. Whoever moderated this -1 should never be allowed to moderate again.
It's a moderatly funny, ON TOPIC post.
Wonder - the article seems to suggests these were not terrorists but it isn't clearly addressed.
Yeah, I lectured you. Funny, I guess you would tell us your pr0n additiction is as natural as being a homosexual.
Homosexuality is so clearly not genetic as it still exists and hasn't terminated itself as a genetic abnormality.
You are a bigot against conservatives, property owners, anyone who can actually build or create anything of value as evidenced by your signature.
You're also a pornographer.
Adoption isn't evil. No one said anything was evil in this discussion.
It also isn't about genes within a species but genes of the species just not getting passed down. And the that homosexuality continues to occur and has not terminated itself like many other dysfunctions suggests that it is not genetic.
Apart from that, you seem to like a lot abortion and I urge you to undergo the proceedure on yourself.
Here is a link to Exodus. There are a few others like it. If you want to TALK to a recovered homosexual you can probably reach one there. http://www.exodus-international.org/
It is an outgrowth of a disdain for the conventional on some level. And it can be recovered from - Project Exodus is one such organization that facilitates this and there are a few more.
But expecting moderation to properly label anything is out of the question.
Then you are a pussy who scares easily. Stay under your bed.
The problem with even this system where the labels have a strong incentive to participate - stronger than what is described in the thread as they have an ongoing profit stream - is that many labels simply choose not to participate.
And the ones that don't participate are most often techno/progressive/indi music that a lot of serious music downloaders are more inclined to be interested in than the general populace.
If you can't get all the players to the table under a system as rich as Janus than any system that offers them less money/control is doomed.
Seriously, DRM is the future, it isn't 'crippling', it's practicle and effective. You rent almost _everything_ for $6 a month and you can put it on your compatible player and take it with you OR access the entire library from work or from home or wheever else. Just assumed you did own everything and didn't have to pay for all of the dozens of new releases each week. How much is it worth to you to have to catalog and load it all onto the internet so you can have access to it anywhere? This is what Janus provides to you.
Another great chance to get in on it will probably be within the month as Urge launches with a loss leader prices of probably around 5-6 a month with a big coupon to get a PlayforSure device.
This has nothing to do with hacking/modding an Xbox 360. This is all about hacking XBL. If you don't connect to XBL, the discs will still play.
Is it just me, or does that map look a LOT like Asheron's Call?
I suppose that can be your perspective when you publish shovelware like Stardock.
Actually, the headline is inaccurate. The games division revenue IS up. And the amount of money 'lost' is irrelevant to revenue.
REAL journalists make these mistakes regularly - Slashdot makes these mistakes contantly as it is run by individuals who are ignorant of all matters not related to hentia and linux.
I'd also add that text books are particularly inexpensive - the latest edition with all the software packed inside is pricey, but an edition or two back is pretty inexpensive.