Is this for real, or the same as that "defacement contest" or one of those Department of homeland security declarations of "Possibly some terrorist activity though we don't know when or where and not even totally sure of if but we just got this feeling yo"
This trend of patenting everything just to prevent competition is absurd. If you must patent, patent your own code not a concept as elementry as "I patent the idea of making yellow keyboards"
I think to patent, you should need to prove that you came up with the original idea. a "translating IM" is not a unique idea.
Vice Taxes, you know em, you love em, it's why you pay more for smokes and liquor. "Tax the bad things so we can provide the good things" That's the battle cry of many a U.S. senator. Not only do you discourage people from doing the "bad thing" but those that still do are penalized in a manner that is positive for society.
So how about an EverQuest tax?
We can use the money to provide (f)un-employment benefits to addicts, social services to their estranged families and friends, and rehabilitation. It's a win-win scenario people!
Of course the real trouble with cheats, is that after the game has been "violated" the game in general is less fun to play online even without an actual cheater present.
Why?
Because as soon as many people are certain it is possible to cheat, they will begin accusing every single person that can beat them of cheating. It's like the camping thing. I used to play Unreal Champ on X-box live, I liked doing base defense, and I got accused of "camping" all the time. What the hell do you expect? I am defending a base, of course I am going to stay inside or near it.
See the problem isn't that its possible to cheat, the problem is that many many gamers are spoiled little brats that can't stand competition. If I win they will accuse me of cheating, or if they can cheat they will do so in order to beat me. In either scenario nobody is happy; even the passive observers on the server have to put up with the name calling and asinine behavior.
I don't think this sort of problem will ever go away until someone designs a way of preemptively detecting assholes and kicking them off the server before they ruin the game.
The incident you refer to was during the run of "Muppets Tonight" (95/96) There was a "Baywatch" parody called "Bay of Pigs Watch" and an actress by the name of "Spamala Hamderson"
There must be a way to get around this, perhaps having an actual live person tend some phone calls? Companies spend so much money on these elaborate phone menu labyrinths designed to answer any and all questions possible, but for a case like this, a few actual people that could respond to a "visually impaired subscriber hot-line" would take care of this problem without incurring all that much more cost.
Never again will we fall in love with that shiny new machine, just like the cars of today have no soul, or technology rolls on into utility rather than frivility (is that a word?)
What is Utilitarian Lingerie? That's right, plain old underwear.
This game is like that 32 year old guy you knew in college. You know, the one that was still living in a frat house, was still taking basic studies classes and was always certain he was going to graduate even if neither he nor anyone else had any idea when.
If Duke Nukem Fornever ever actually comes out, the gaming community will be robbed of one of it's biggest longest running jokes.
I can only vaguely understand the profitability of spam mail. I suppose it has something to do with people clicking on one of the links inside the mail, and then getting routed to about 100 porn sites that then give the original sender money for the free hits etc.
But how are phone spams ever going to be half as useful on the same scale? They can't really send links, and even if they did, its a damn phone. Even with browser capabilities the whole mojo of the thing is all wrong.
I can see something akin to TV advertisments forth coming though (blingity blong! Drink Sprite!) And while this sort of saturation bombing style advertising is still on the fringe, eventually major retailers are going to pick up on it.
I think the Dream advertising on "Futurama" and realize that the only thing that prevents that from happening, is the fact that the technology doesn't exist yet.
I don't think that they have to get the legislation passed, I think they just need a smarter bussiness model.
over charging is no way to win customers. If they were cheaper, they would have more subscribers, and if they can't swing it still, then yeah, maybe the world can do without their services until it is more economically feasible.
Could we sue them for the current and future losses do to the perversion of democracy? What would that be -- a few hundred billion? Maybe a trillion?
nah, I would say Democracy isn't worth much more than the blue book value these days, maybe $250. Needs an awful lot of work, most of the parts need to be replaced, I think you might be better off getting a new one.
I see you up to a point, but if all forms of broadcasting had to be "public" there wouldn't even be sataliete TV. Its expensive and you have to expect the company footing the bil is going to want some compensation for it.
Not that i am disagreeing with your main point, they are out of control, plain and simple.
The new content lables tell you so much, but like the blurb on the back of the box, it never tells you if the game actaully sucks or not.
And speaking of fair warning, congressmen should have warning labels too, such as how much money you need to "contribute" to get them to attack or abandon the targets you desire. It's not that the American political system is corrupt, its just that we elect officals that are to expensive for the common man to buy off.
That is going to leave a mark. Not just on him, but it's chilling when you consider that this could set a precedent for future cases.
Imagine if I was create a new file sharing program, and then I was to be forced to pay restitution of $1000 a month for enternity because it could be used to illegaly distribute material (movies, software etc)
Will I create this software? Hell no. With the imaginary axe of potential damage looming over the heads of would be programers and developers, its going to become a gamble for any individual to try and develop any type of new software.
What if you build a new OS, MS or someone claims that you stole part of their code, or claims that it poses a massive security threat or whatever, use your imagination, and proactively sues you for a few billion in damages that might be caused by your software. Now your company is gone, and the big kids keep ruling the block. Where the hell is due process?
I would rather not debate with one person pretending to be three and adding to their own "support" by reaffriming what they have said in their own posts.
you know anonymous coward, i have seen about 30 anonymous posts today asking for stats, if you want some then please be decent enough to step forward and identify yourself. Otherwise go away and stop trying to be two voices on the same argument.
The whole game could play just like the classic "Rampart" except with a twist:
You play as the United "Coalition of One" States. First, in phase one, you send bricks and weapons to build the country and support the dictator. In phase 2, you bomb the piss out of them, then in phase 3 you rebuild with blocks, and score bonus points when you surround an oil well, installing puppet governments et cetera. After 60 seconds of building, the political climate changes and then you bomb them again!
There could be online play where you argue with other countries about who gets to do the bobmbing, and with expansion packs you can add other exciting locals like Cuba! Which would play the same except your trying to capture bananas and cigars or something.
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And often involves significant portions of visable "ass-crack"
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Obviously you have not or you would know that only a very small amount of your taxes per year (a few dollars) goes to support welfare recipiants. Unless you count companies like Phillip-Morris and Ford who get shit-tons of money to stay afloat.
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Being off of work for a while changes your perspective on how hard you're willing to work to keep a job.
True, but a very sad statement all the same. How many degrees are we removed from slavery when this becomes the normal M.O. of the American job market?
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Is this for real, or the same as that "defacement contest" or one of those Department of homeland security declarations of "Possibly some terrorist activity though we don't know when or where and not even totally sure of if but we just got this feeling yo"
Spam away, spam away.
Isn't enough to make a new product?
This trend of patenting everything just to prevent competition is absurd. If you must patent, patent your own code not a concept as elementry as "I patent the idea of making yellow keyboards"
I think to patent, you should need to prove that you came up with the original idea. a "translating IM" is not a unique idea.
Vice Taxes, you know em, you love em, it's why you pay more for smokes and liquor. "Tax the bad things so we can provide the good things" That's the battle cry of many a U.S. senator. Not only do you discourage people from doing the "bad thing" but those that still do are penalized in a manner that is positive for society.
So how about an EverQuest tax?
We can use the money to provide (f)un-employment benefits to addicts, social services to their estranged families and friends, and rehabilitation. It's a win-win scenario people!
Of course the real trouble with cheats, is that after the game has been "violated" the game in general is less fun to play online even without an actual cheater present.
Why?
Because as soon as many people are certain it is possible to cheat, they will begin accusing every single person that can beat them of cheating. It's like the camping thing. I used to play Unreal Champ on X-box live, I liked doing base defense, and I got accused of "camping" all the time. What the hell do you expect? I am defending a base, of course I am going to stay inside or near it.
See the problem isn't that its possible to cheat, the problem is that many many gamers are spoiled little brats that can't stand competition. If I win they will accuse me of cheating, or if they can cheat they will do so in order to beat me. In either scenario nobody is happy; even the passive observers on the server have to put up with the name calling and asinine behavior. I don't think this sort of problem will ever go away until someone designs a way of preemptively detecting assholes and kicking them off the server before they ruin the game.
The incident you refer to was during the run of "Muppets Tonight" (95/96) There was a "Baywatch" parody called "Bay of Pigs Watch" and an actress by the name of "Spamala Hamderson"
Potted Meat is the tripe that the Spam factory didn't want to use. yum yum.
But that would discriminate against the stupid.
There must be a way to get around this, perhaps having an actual live person tend some phone calls? Companies spend so much money on these elaborate phone menu labyrinths designed to answer any and all questions possible, but for a case like this, a few actual people that could respond to a "visually impaired subscriber hot-line" would take care of this problem without incurring all that much more cost.
heh heh, i though it was pretty obviously sarcasm even without it.
You may have spared yourself a flaming or a falmebait tag though.
Never again will we fall in love with that shiny new machine, just like the cars of today have no soul, or technology rolls on into utility rather than frivility (is that a word?)
What is Utilitarian Lingerie? That's right, plain old underwear.
This game is like that 32 year old guy you knew in college. You know, the one that was still living in a frat house, was still taking basic studies classes and was always certain he was going to graduate even if neither he nor anyone else had any idea when.
If Duke Nukem Fornever ever actually comes out, the gaming community will be robbed of one of it's biggest longest running jokes.
I can only vaguely understand the profitability of spam mail. I suppose it has something to do with people clicking on one of the links inside the mail, and then getting routed to about 100 porn sites that then give the original sender money for the free hits etc.
But how are phone spams ever going to be half as useful on the same scale? They can't really send links, and even if they did, its a damn phone. Even with browser capabilities the whole mojo of the thing is all wrong.
I can see something akin to TV advertisments forth coming though (blingity blong! Drink Sprite!) And while this sort of saturation bombing style advertising is still on the fringe, eventually major retailers are going to pick up on it.
I think the Dream advertising on "Futurama" and realize that the only thing that prevents that from happening, is the fact that the technology doesn't exist yet.
I don't think that they have to get the legislation passed, I think they just need a smarter bussiness model.
over charging is no way to win customers. If they were cheaper, they would have more subscribers, and if they can't swing it still, then yeah, maybe the world can do without their services until it is more economically feasible.
So if he had killed somebody, he would have gotten less of a penalty?
Sick and wrong.
Could we sue them for the current and future losses do to the perversion of democracy? What would that be -- a few hundred billion? Maybe a trillion?
nah, I would say Democracy isn't worth much more than the blue book value these days, maybe $250. Needs an awful lot of work, most of the parts need to be replaced, I think you might be better off getting a new one.
I see you up to a point, but if all forms of broadcasting had to be "public" there wouldn't even be sataliete TV. Its expensive and you have to expect the company footing the bil is going to want some compensation for it.
Not that i am disagreeing with your main point, they are out of control, plain and simple.
I love the smell of sarcasm in the morning, really I do.
The new content lables tell you so much, but like the blurb on the back of the box, it never tells you if the game actaully sucks or not.
And speaking of fair warning, congressmen should have warning labels too, such as how much money you need to "contribute" to get them to attack or abandon the targets you desire. It's not that the American political system is corrupt, its just that we elect officals that are to expensive for the common man to buy off.
That is going to leave a mark. Not just on him, but it's chilling when you consider that this could set a precedent for future cases.
Imagine if I was create a new file sharing program, and then I was to be forced to pay restitution of $1000 a month for enternity because it could be used to illegaly distribute material (movies, software etc)
Will I create this software? Hell no. With the imaginary axe of potential damage looming over the heads of would be programers and developers, its going to become a gamble for any individual to try and develop any type of new software.
What if you build a new OS, MS or someone claims that you stole part of their code, or claims that it poses a massive security threat or whatever, use your imagination, and proactively sues you for a few billion in damages that might be caused by your software. Now your company is gone, and the big kids keep ruling the block. Where the hell is due process?
I would rather not debate with one person pretending to be three and adding to their own "support" by reaffriming what they have said in their own posts.
Bye now
you know anonymous coward, i have seen about 30 anonymous posts today asking for stats, if you want some then please be decent enough to step forward and identify yourself. Otherwise go away and stop trying to be two voices on the same argument.
The whole game could play just like the classic "Rampart" except with a twist:
You play as the United "Coalition of One" States. First, in phase one, you send bricks and weapons to build the country and support the dictator. In phase 2, you bomb the piss out of them, then in phase 3 you rebuild with blocks, and score bonus points when you surround an oil well, installing puppet governments et cetera. After 60 seconds of building, the political climate changes and then you bomb them again!
There could be online play where you argue with other countries about who gets to do the bobmbing, and with expansion packs you can add other exciting locals like Cuba! Which would play the same except your trying to capture bananas and cigars or something.
And often involves significant portions of visable "ass-crack"
Obviously you have not or you would know that only a very small amount of your taxes per year (a few dollars) goes to support welfare recipiants. Unless you count companies like Phillip-Morris and Ford who get shit-tons of money to stay afloat.
Being off of work for a while changes your perspective on how hard you're willing to work to keep a job.
True, but a very sad statement all the same. How many degrees are we removed from slavery when this becomes the normal M.O. of the American job market?