I know FF8 and FFX were botched by whoever they had design it (which explains why the games weren't "Final Fantasy" type games), but the last I read, the original designer was back.
There's more medieval/tech in FF12, just like 4, 6, 7, and 9!
It was utterly disappointing when I heard that they were making sequel to X-2. At first I thought it was a joke.. I kept asking, "Why a sequel to THAT game?! They must be kidding," but... yeah, it was true.
All that time and money that could've been spent on a direct sequel to a better (and more popular) game like FF4 or FF7.
I'm willing to forget all about FFX-2 if they make this sequel to 7 (and make it good! [Please no pop-star crap])
This is Insightful? What crack are they feeding the moderators these days?
*yawn* Another crybaby who is pissed off that someone made an opinion that they don't agree with. Welcome to the world, jackass.
Their "job" is to make a profit, and to make a profit within whatever ethical guidlines they set for themselves. It'd be like middle school kids crying that a liquor store won't sell them alcohol because "their job is to sell alcohol, not to monitor what THEY think is right/wrong."
You're an idiot, and your analogy is horrible. I should stop right here and let you bask in your stupidity, but I suppose I'll set ya straight.
Pornography isn't illegal. Underage children drinking is.
Paypal exists only to deal with currency tranfers. Why do they care if an adult oriented transaction takes place? As long as it's not fraudulent, it's fair game.
Now do you understand why your analogy (and line of thinking) is flawed?
Don't like it? Don't use PayPal. That's the beauty of the free market.
People like you who use the, "Don't like it? Don't use it," retorts are incredibly lame. I'm fully able to make a choice about using a company based on whether or not I like them, but thanks for reminding me.
My point is these companies need to mind their own business and stop making it hard for others simply because they don't agree with what they do.
But in all honesty--who do you think you are?
Someone who's not as ignorant as you, that's for sure.
You don't HAVE to work 80 hour weeks (that is, unless you NEED to get something done by a deadline and you're catching up).
It's all in your head.
If your place of employment is stressing you out and making you work double than what you're supposed to, then request double your salary.
If they deny you, walk. It's easy, and better in the long run. Let some other brain dead zombie fill your spot.
You might THINK you need that job, but you don't.. and you really won't see that until you're finally outta there. Go elsewhere.
Better yet, find a job you actually like. I laugh whenever I hear people hating their job. No wonder you're stressed out, you're stuck 40 hours a week at a place you utterly despise because you think you have to.
You're talkin crazy, haha. 1 Mb isn't really SLOW, it's just that there's better technology out there. With what you're saying, give me a reason why you're using anything other than Windows 3.1.
If I asked you 10 years ago if you'd ever need 128MB of RAM, you'd probably laugh. What's common now.. 512? Hell, 1GB of RAM is becoming common.
Believe me, if cell phones are pulling 30-40k/sec, then there's no reason why home broadband shouldn't be significantly faster than what it is now... and it CAN be. ISPs just enjoy the fact they're charging most $20-40 for CHEAP outdated technology.
Until file transfers are INSTANT, faster connections can always be used.
Area to cover doesn't matter.
Nothing has to be re-ran in terms of cabling.
If you have broadband now, the only thing that's preventing you from getting 2,3, or 4 times your current speed is your ISP and the equipment they have.
That would be like saying "All we have are Pentium 2s... and you're complaining that you can't get above Pentium 3?! Be happy with what you have." while others are getting 64 bit chips.
Sorry, doesn't exactly work like that when it comes to technology.
We ARE behind, and the fact that you don't have broadband just shows that you're even MORE behind.
1996, when everything about the internet suddenly "boomed" and became popular, you went from 14.4 to 28.8 modems. Double the speed.
Then a year later, you had 33.6, and a year after THAT, 56k. Shortly after 56k was the emergence of broadband. I don't even recall the speeds back then, but if I recall correctly, it was 1.5Mbps down.
So in 4 years, we increased our connection speeds nearly 100 fold.
What do we have today? 4Mbps. Wow. That's actually pretty lame. It's been 4 years since 1.5Mbps broadband emerged. We should be at 100Mbps speeds about now.
Shit, I mean, even if we had 20Mbps, that would STILL be behind... and we aren't even a 1/5th of that!!
Jack Valenti has proven himself to be an ingorant jackass in just about anything that comes out of his mouth. As tons of others have pointed out already, his man's analogies are the stupidest fucking things I've ever heard.
Cognac glasses vs. downloading movies... yeah, those are the same things alright!
In any case, these people need to get lost. Nothing they say or do has any effect on anything. They can go out and sue movie/music sharers all they want, but they can't sue everybody and eventually they'll be called out on their bullying tactics by trying to coerce people into settling.
If anything, all this will do is create alternate methods of redistribution whether it's foreign hosts or anonymous P2P (I personally hope that anonymous P2P will emerge [and work] soon).
Their empty threats and purchased laws mean nothing to me and most people I know. Because of their aggressiveness and ignorance in trying to solve this manner (and in a totally unnecessary and incorrect way, I might add), it has actually caused a significant increase in the amount of media I download. I just simply don't have the desire to purchase anything from em anymore.. and most people will call a boycott, but... yeah, I'll just download the stuff.
Well, that might be great and all, but why should we trust them with the election process?
At least when ATMs screw up you can get your money back.
It's not so easy when a whole election is botched because of some error.
At least with ATMs you can spot discrepencies in any transaction... it's your receipt, your statement, etc... how do we know for 100% certain that this company will handle these votes in a proper manner?
That this election is going to be utterly f'n rigged and even more of a controversy than the last one...
I can't believe they're actually trusting some random company with handling and counting votes. What makes this company so secure? I've personally never heard of them, and I'm sure most others haven't either, so why should I trust them?
I don't understand how you can go from traditional voting and in such little time completely switch to electronic methods. Case in point, these exploits that were found. Find one exploit and the whole thing is done for.
The reason we need it is so that we don't have to wait. Until file transfers of any size are instant and without delay, we will always need better and faster connections.
Linux Distros are the same size today as they were 6 years ago. 1-2 main CDs for the main installation along w/ supplemental apps CDs which don't really count.
Most desktop apps like Office are still only 1 CD (600-700 megs). XP Home/Pro... 1 CD. Win2k3 1 CD.
There hasn't been any increase whatsoever in the size of warez/apps/porn/whatever. The only thing has has changed has been the introduction to downloading DVD media like PS2 games or movies. Even still those only take a few hours to download on a 4Mbps connection.
We're talking 10Gbit in another 6 years. I highly doubt most apps will even double in size.. and even if they did, a common 2-5 CDs is nothing on a fast connection like that.
Yeah, it's not really good simply for the fact no one knows about it.. that and their app is pretty flaky. It's in a constant alpha state. If it was widely pushed like gnutella is, then that'd be a different story.
Freenet sucks too... it wasn't built to be a p2p network as much as it is a decentralized "internet within the internet" type of thing.
The basic idea for relaying data would be the same, but it's just not built for it.
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IF they were so bold to try and do something like this, there would be a crack within hours to strip this "feature".
Isn't there already DRM removal code floating around?
The law can state it's illegal all it wants, but really now, who cares what the law says?
I thought he was back for FF12?
I know FF8 and FFX were botched by whoever they had design it (which explains why the games weren't "Final Fantasy" type games), but the last I read, the original designer was back.
There's more medieval/tech in FF12, just like 4, 6, 7, and 9!
It was utterly disappointing when I heard that they were making sequel to X-2. At first I thought it was a joke.. I kept asking, "Why a sequel to THAT game?! They must be kidding," but... yeah, it was true.
All that time and money that could've been spent on a direct sequel to a better (and more popular) game like FF4 or FF7.
I'm willing to forget all about FFX-2 if they make this sequel to 7 (and make it good! [Please no pop-star crap])
Because people feel that they should always have to make a point and try to be clever.
Sorry, you lose! Please move on.
Maybe you'll be better at slashdot in the future!
My post is NOT a troll.
Apparently "troll" now means "you said something I don't agree with".
This is Insightful? What crack are they feeding the moderators these days?
*yawn* Another crybaby who is pissed off that someone made an opinion that they don't agree with. Welcome to the world, jackass.
Their "job" is to make a profit, and to make a profit within whatever ethical guidlines they set for themselves. It'd be like middle school kids crying that a liquor store won't sell them alcohol because "their job is to sell alcohol, not to monitor what THEY think is right/wrong."
You're an idiot, and your analogy is horrible. I should stop right here and let you bask in your stupidity, but I suppose I'll set ya straight.
Pornography isn't illegal. Underage children drinking is.
Paypal exists only to deal with currency tranfers. Why do they care if an adult oriented transaction takes place? As long as it's not fraudulent, it's fair game.
Now do you understand why your analogy (and line of thinking) is flawed?
Don't like it? Don't use PayPal. That's the beauty of the free market.
People like you who use the, "Don't like it? Don't use it," retorts are incredibly lame. I'm fully able to make a choice about using a company based on whether or not I like them, but thanks for reminding me.
My point is these companies need to mind their own business and stop making it hard for others simply because they don't agree with what they do.
But in all honesty--who do you think you are?
Someone who's not as ignorant as you, that's for sure.
Who the fuck do they think they are, the Morality Squad?
Their job is to handle currency transfers, that's all, not to monitor what THEY think is right/wrong.
I hate when these companies get cocky and think they're doing the world a favor when in actuality they're just making themselves look bad.
You don't HAVE to work 80 hour weeks (that is, unless you NEED to get something done by a deadline and you're catching up).
It's all in your head.
If your place of employment is stressing you out and making you work double than what you're supposed to, then request double your salary.
If they deny you, walk. It's easy, and better in the long run. Let some other brain dead zombie fill your spot.
You might THINK you need that job, but you don't.. and you really won't see that until you're finally outta there. Go elsewhere.
Better yet, find a job you actually like. I laugh whenever I hear people hating their job. No wonder you're stressed out, you're stuck 40 hours a week at a place you utterly despise because you think you have to.
It's all in your head.
You're talkin crazy, haha. 1 Mb isn't really SLOW, it's just that there's better technology out there. With what you're saying, give me a reason why you're using anything other than Windows 3.1.
If I asked you 10 years ago if you'd ever need 128MB of RAM, you'd probably laugh. What's common now.. 512? Hell, 1GB of RAM is becoming common.
Believe me, if cell phones are pulling 30-40k/sec, then there's no reason why home broadband shouldn't be significantly faster than what it is now... and it CAN be. ISPs just enjoy the fact they're charging most $20-40 for CHEAP outdated technology.
Until file transfers are INSTANT, faster connections can always be used.
Area to cover doesn't matter. Nothing has to be re-ran in terms of cabling. If you have broadband now, the only thing that's preventing you from getting 2,3, or 4 times your current speed is your ISP and the equipment they have.
That would be like saying "All we have are Pentium 2s... and you're complaining that you can't get above Pentium 3?! Be happy with what you have." while others are getting 64 bit chips.
Sorry, doesn't exactly work like that when it comes to technology.
We ARE behind, and the fact that you don't have broadband just shows that you're even MORE behind.
In any case, it's sad.
1996, when everything about the internet suddenly "boomed" and became popular, you went from 14.4 to 28.8 modems. Double the speed.
Then a year later, you had 33.6, and a year after THAT, 56k. Shortly after 56k was the emergence of broadband. I don't even recall the speeds back then, but if I recall correctly, it was 1.5Mbps down.
So in 4 years, we increased our connection speeds nearly 100 fold.
What do we have today? 4Mbps. Wow. That's actually pretty lame. It's been 4 years since 1.5Mbps broadband emerged. We should be at 100Mbps speeds about now.
Shit, I mean, even if we had 20Mbps, that would STILL be behind... and we aren't even a 1/5th of that!!
Now THAT is sad.
This stuff gets old after a while.
... yeah, I'll just download the stuff.
Jack Valenti has proven himself to be an ingorant jackass in just about anything that comes out of his mouth. As tons of others have pointed out already, his man's analogies are the stupidest fucking things I've ever heard.
Cognac glasses vs. downloading movies... yeah, those are the same things alright!
In any case, these people need to get lost. Nothing they say or do has any effect on anything. They can go out and sue movie/music sharers all they want, but they can't sue everybody and eventually they'll be called out on their bullying tactics by trying to coerce people into settling.
If anything, all this will do is create alternate methods of redistribution whether it's foreign hosts or anonymous P2P (I personally hope that anonymous P2P will emerge [and work] soon).
Their empty threats and purchased laws mean nothing to me and most people I know. Because of their aggressiveness and ignorance in trying to solve this manner (and in a totally unnecessary and incorrect way, I might add), it has actually caused a significant increase in the amount of media I download. I just simply don't have the desire to purchase anything from em anymore.. and most people will call a boycott, but
Well, that might be great and all, but why should we trust them with the election process?
At least when ATMs screw up you can get your money back.
It's not so easy when a whole election is botched because of some error.
At least with ATMs you can spot discrepencies in any transaction... it's your receipt, your statement, etc... how do we know for 100% certain that this company will handle these votes in a proper manner?
That this election is going to be utterly f'n rigged and even more of a controversy than the last one...
I can't believe they're actually trusting some random company with handling and counting votes. What makes this company so secure? I've personally never heard of them, and I'm sure most others haven't either, so why should I trust them?
I don't understand how you can go from traditional voting and in such little time completely switch to electronic methods. Case in point, these exploits that were found. Find one exploit and the whole thing is done for.
Yeah, I said 6 years, not 10-12.
Either that or Doom/Warcraft 1/Win3.1 came out in 1998 in your area of the world.
Games popular 6 years ago:
StarCraft: 1 CD
Quake 2: 1 CD
Diablo: 1 CD
Half-Life: 1 CD
I downloaded 1 ISO for Office XP.
The other CDs were probably extra fluff that's not needed.
Nah, Gentoo.
:)
Bout 1.5 CDs.
Like I said, supplementary/apps CDs don't count
I've heard this before!
"Why would anyone need more than 640k of memory?"
The reason we need it is so that we don't have to wait. Until file transfers of any size are instant and without delay, we will always need better and faster connections.
But this is in Japan only, so it's kinda moot.
Eh? That's not true at all.
Linux Distros are the same size today as they were 6 years ago. 1-2 main CDs for the main installation along w/ supplemental apps CDs which don't really count.
Most desktop apps like Office are still only 1 CD (600-700 megs). XP Home/Pro... 1 CD. Win2k3 1 CD.
Warcraft 3 - 1 CD. Doom 3 - 3 CDs. Riven (1997) - 5 CDs.
There hasn't been any increase whatsoever in the size of warez/apps/porn/whatever. The only thing has has changed has been the introduction to downloading DVD media like PS2 games or movies. Even still those only take a few hours to download on a 4Mbps connection.
We're talking 10Gbit in another 6 years. I highly doubt most apps will even double in size.. and even if they did, a common 2-5 CDs is nothing on a fast connection like that.
By 2010 *IN JAPAN*
Yay. Great.
Lemme know when it hits the US.
Yeah, it's not really good simply for the fact no one knows about it.. that and their app is pretty flaky. It's in a constant alpha state. If it was widely pushed like gnutella is, then that'd be a different story.
Freenet sucks too... it wasn't built to be a p2p network as much as it is a decentralized "internet within the internet" type of thing.
The basic idea for relaying data would be the same, but it's just not built for it.
I thought Justin Frankel would've created some grand anonymous P2P network by now... or someone. What's taking so long, and where are they?
Or is it gonna take something like the INDUCE act getting passed to finally convince developers around the world that it needs to be created?
Once anon p2p is made, say bye bye to lawsuits. Can't sue what you can't find!
hehe, obviously it isn't failed if it was marked funny and the person made "new_here_arent_you" :)