And you are insightful as all heck, too. The only reason I still have cable is due to using cable for my interweb connection. I tend to download most shows I'm interested in - this is 2006, TV should work around my schedule, not the other way around.
The saddest part is that my cable company recently did...something. Going on over 4 months now, there are still several channels where the sound is badly out of sync. You can also expect (no matter which channel you're on), a "burp" every hour or so, where the picture freezes for 2 seconds, the sound cuts out, then it comes back on. Compared to all that, the stuff I download is of better picture quality and reliabilty. Sad sad sad.
I will admit that it is useful for watching Adult Swim in bed for a bit before going to sleep, though.
(could you imagine sitting down to watch "Your Shitty Job"?)
Actually, yeah, I could. And before anybody mods this funny, bear in mind I had a boss exactly like David Brent (down to the shitty little goatee), execpt this guy didn't have his charm.
Actually I think their statregy isn't so much to capture the "hardcore" area, but the "media center" area. The 2 aren't mutually exclusive, of course, but I think what they're trying to do is aim for a level of ubiquity beyond what you'd expect from a game machine.
And is the Pirates of the Carribean world rich enough to support the demands of an MMO? I dunno.
Should be. If you stretch from lower US Eastern seaboard down to, let's say, the Brazil Coastline, that's a hell of a lot of territory. The Bahamas alone boasts of over 700 islands and cays. Not to mention a quick glance at the relevant history yields dozens of famous pirates, hundreds of offical ships, towns and ports galore, not to mention a plethora of history, even if you're willing to slice it thin (say, a 100-year span).
Exactly. All these idiots running around claiming the sky is falling because the US is using foreign precedents are trying to start a fight where there is none.
Any important laws have long since been superseded by the Constitution, Amendments, etc. In cases where they haven't, it's probably something old and obscure, like regulations on badger farming or some crap.
On top of that, what exactly is wrong with considering another country's laws, particularly on new stuff? If some other country has already spent the time and money on crafting a new law for something that's not (or poorly) covered in the US, what's wrong with having a look to see what they came up with?
Even if you could fire several RPGs at once just to have one conclude a successful strike, the system is still doing its job by requiring way more resources to take it down. One guy with one RPG taking a tank down is one thing, but having to coordinate half a dozen guys with related weaponry to fire simultaneously is much more difficult to do.
Good for you. Meanwhile, my VCR died over a year ago, and I'll be damned if I'm going to spend a cent buying another one, when I'm already paying a mint for broadband that delivers to me the same functionality.
The next day? I missed last week's episode of Lost (actually came home at 9:30, and didn't want to watch halfway through). Lurked at the torrent sites after 10PM, and by midnight I had the ep on my HD. That's less than 2 hours from show end to me watching it. If ABC were smart, they'd make episodes available online the minute they ended, not the next day. Talk about replay value.
Well, there's already been a couple of good replies to that, so I won't bother chiming in. The point is: don't give up. And just because the EFF is David to the guvmint/corporations' Goliath shouldn't mean they don't get our support, monetary or otherwise. Unless, of course, there's an organization out there that does what they do but with a better success rate.
Who the fuck modded this informative? I'm not trying to flamebait here, but your reasoning is basically "they lose a lot, so nobody should bother." What a great example you must be.
That's just crap. In the USSR, the government had all the guns & tanks AND controlled the flow of information, whereas the people had nothing. It's a hell of a jump to compare it to being able to limit what you reveal about yourself online.
Well put. What I never see mentioned when anyone is talking about Google's success is that, due to their bloat-free design and the fact that they actually seemed to give a shit about the user experience, pages loaded damn fast. I started using Google when I was still on dialup because I got sick and tired of other Search engines' load times. That was what vaulted Google to the top, not PageRank. If they had debuted just a year or two later, when broadband was really taking off, it would have been a much different story IMO.
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The saddest part is that my cable company recently did...something. Going on over 4 months now, there are still several channels where the sound is badly out of sync. You can also expect (no matter which channel you're on), a "burp" every hour or so, where the picture freezes for 2 seconds, the sound cuts out, then it comes back on. Compared to all that, the stuff I download is of better picture quality and reliabilty. Sad sad sad.
I will admit that it is useful for watching Adult Swim in bed for a bit before going to sleep, though.
Actually, yeah, I could. And before anybody mods this funny, bear in mind I had a boss exactly like David Brent (down to the shitty little goatee), execpt this guy didn't have his charm.
You insensitive clod!
Actually I think their statregy isn't so much to capture the "hardcore" area, but the "media center" area. The 2 aren't mutually exclusive, of course, but I think what they're trying to do is aim for a level of ubiquity beyond what you'd expect from a game machine.
This is Slashdot. Fuck the masses!
Then you need to get out more...
Should be. If you stretch from lower US Eastern seaboard down to, let's say, the Brazil Coastline, that's a hell of a lot of territory. The Bahamas alone boasts of over 700 islands and cays. Not to mention a quick glance at the relevant history yields dozens of famous pirates, hundreds of offical ships, towns and ports galore, not to mention a plethora of history, even if you're willing to slice it thin (say, a 100-year span).
Any important laws have long since been superseded by the Constitution, Amendments, etc. In cases where they haven't, it's probably something old and obscure, like regulations on badger farming or some crap.
On top of that, what exactly is wrong with considering another country's laws, particularly on new stuff? If some other country has already spent the time and money on crafting a new law for something that's not (or poorly) covered in the US, what's wrong with having a look to see what they came up with?
By "take down", that also includes disabling it in some way. The main being that the tank can no longer function. And one RPG can easily do that.
Even if you could fire several RPGs at once just to have one conclude a successful strike, the system is still doing its job by requiring way more resources to take it down. One guy with one RPG taking a tank down is one thing, but having to coordinate half a dozen guys with related weaponry to fire simultaneously is much more difficult to do.
Good for you. Meanwhile, my VCR died over a year ago, and I'll be damned if I'm going to spend a cent buying another one, when I'm already paying a mint for broadband that delivers to me the same functionality.
The next day? I missed last week's episode of Lost (actually came home at 9:30, and didn't want to watch halfway through). Lurked at the torrent sites after 10PM, and by midnight I had the ep on my HD. That's less than 2 hours from show end to me watching it. If ABC were smart, they'd make episodes available online the minute they ended, not the next day. Talk about replay value.
Well, there's already been a couple of good replies to that, so I won't bother chiming in. The point is: don't give up. And just because the EFF is David to the guvmint/corporations' Goliath shouldn't mean they don't get our support, monetary or otherwise. Unless, of course, there's an organization out there that does what they do but with a better success rate.
1. Patent vacuum
2. Sue vacuum manufacturers
3. Profit!
If that's the case, I have applications to fill out...
Autocracies are shielded by force, not anonymity.
On another note, how unpopular must Ballmer's kids be at school? No iPods or Google? Might as well tattoo kick me signs on their backs.
At least when they rebel, it won't be to drugs or promiscuity, it'll be to the Itunes Music Store.
Except it's a little low on consequence-free shooting sprees, dungeon-raids and sword fights.
That's what you get when you country is founded by puritans, I guess. But yeah, the American hangup/obsession with sex is just ridiculous.
Quake 3 has a handicapping feature. And it's not a horrible game to pick and play quickly.
Well put. What I never see mentioned when anyone is talking about Google's success is that, due to their bloat-free design and the fact that they actually seemed to give a shit about the user experience, pages loaded damn fast. I started using Google when I was still on dialup because I got sick and tired of other Search engines' load times. That was what vaulted Google to the top, not PageRank. If they had debuted just a year or two later, when broadband was really taking off, it would have been a much different story IMO.
Sony not learning its lesson only hastens its demise. Besides, point to one large company "learning its lesson" from a lawsuit.
Haven't bought any Sony CDs recently, but even if I had, I wouldn't bother. Recompense enough to see a megacorp lumbering toward extinction.
Have you tried Enemy Territory?
A little Vonnegut a day keeps the blues awy. Wish I hadn't run out of mod points.