No one played DOOM 3 online even when people could play it. That game goes to show that amazing graphics can't make up for lackluster gameplay. Crysis will be in the same boat.
The sad part is, companies don't see lack of sales equating into that no one likes their game. They look into some divine epitaph and conjure up some bullshit numbers stating that piracy was the reason why the game sold poorly. The game couldn't have been bad, right? All the while not releasing where they get their sources of information.
The problem here is not exactly as clear cut as you make it out to be. It's expected of games to be able to run smoothly on high settings (minimum 30 FPS) on gaming rigs that don't cost in excess of $1200 these days. When the game came out, it obviously couldn't. It couldn't run on rigs at those settings where people threw more money at. That's a pretty big no-no and it pisses people off. A good portion of the people who are bitching aren't bitching because they have shit PC's.
My computer is well in excess of $3000 and I can't run Crysis at full settings (unlike with every other game).
I guess the Cryengine was a bit overhyped. High on Vista? Or High on XP? There is a difference between the highest settings on the two different OSes.
Your father is a nub. I don't buy that he has 35 years of experience with computers and can't keep his system cleaner longer than a year or two. The only time I ever have to do that is when I'm messing with settings I probably shouldn't be touching, and I forget to make a backup before I do it.
Do I get malware, spyware, and virus problems? Yes I do! However I've done my research and I know how to make these potentially huge problems very minimal.
Could you provide links to back this up? The reason I ask is because I usually see the opposite for this. I'd like to see what the counter arguements have to say.
I believe a mission to Mars would be a worthwhile trip. However, why do we need to visit the moon again? Couldn't we put the money from that towards a lander on Europa? I'd rather see that than another mission to the moon, but not in lieu of a trip to Mars.
Bush Cronie: Uh... sir, it seems you don't have the support of the 'geek' (for a lack of a better term) community.
Bush: Well, I know, even though I'm not exactly to serious about this, I'll announce a manned mission to the moon and Mars! Besides, I'll get to do what I love doing best, spending the tax-payers money!
Why is the parent of this marked as offtopic? The person makes a valid point. It's not entirely offtopic to question the news source. If you didn't agree with it, you should have just left it alone.
They don't ask you to kill a bunch of white people in this game! You might see a surly mob of angry white people from the boonies suing Rockstar Games like those Haitians did!
As you probably know, someone will either mod you up for being insightful, or mod you down for being a troller and a flamer. The latter of the two seems more likely. I also bet you don't care. I just felt like wasting thirty seconds to type this all out. Have a great day/evening!
I was wondering the same thing. Isn't a privacy policy a form of a legal agreement? I swore I've heard of people suing websites (or companies) for breaking privacy policies before, but nothing comes to mind as to which companies.
It might as well be an anti-free speech measure. Bush has stated he never reads newspapers or watches news on the TV. He only knows what he's been told. Ok, the first part doesn't make sense, but I'm sure you can see where I'm going with this. Or maybe you can't. Actually, I forgot where I was going to go with this.
That's only if those spammers are caught, and only if the law is enforced. If they find a way to skirt around the problem, which I'm sure they will, at least for a brief period of time, it would be a nuissance for those who had their names taken from this list.
Of course, after typing all this, I realize you can't be that serious, and I also notice the 'funny' tag to it. Phew, good thing I didn't make an ass out of myself!
This begs the question: Is it better for security researchers to avoid publicly criticizing e-voting flaws? Is public faith in the system more important than overall system security?"
Security, in this case, is extremely more important than public faith. The only way to get the public faith is to have a system that is secure. Think about it. Wouldn't you be more upset that you were lied to and told that your vote didn't count than if before you voted, you found out that voting wasn't as secure?
Besides, public scrutiny on processes that will have an impact on our every day life, on processes where we choose who will represent us, is necessary. If the system is secure, you'll easily gain public trust. If it's not, you have some work to do - work that involves making it more secure.
Allow me to clarify what I mean about that. The sad reality is that the crappier artists are more known than the better ones. You have to compete with horse shit music that appeals to the masses.
IMHO. With the invent of them, more and more computer illiterate people can share their goofy and crack pot ideas on a rather redundant template. Blogs are killing the allure of personal sites. If blogs were harder to manage, and say more like a personal site where you had to do some coding yourself, people might not be doing them as much.
I would much rather visit a hand coded site than a blog any day of the week. At least, in those sites, no matter how crappy they look, you know the person at least tried to put some effort into it. With a blog, you need to put in next to no effort.
When you sell art, you need to realize that you are in competition with artists. Not every musician is going to be able to make a living off of their art. Either find some new way to market your stuff so you can get it sold and make more profit, or deal with what you get. This is the sad reality of things.
Oh, you mean fraud? Isn't that a bit illegal? What if, by some freak of nature random chance you actually charge someone? Also, people are generally lazy, so it won't happen in the volumes that would probably be necessary to make a dent.
It's an interesting and creative idea none the less.
Which is fine and dandy for some people. Other people that run discussion forums, and all sorts of other things can't exactly afford to use that. If some user from their site has an important question, or message they need to relay to the person, but aren't on the recipients buddy list, they'll still be able to send the message as long as they aren't 'hiding'. Essentially, it can be counter productive for some.
You might say "well, there's E-mail!", but E-mail isn't potentially nearly as fast as a simple IM, and you never know when someone will check their E-mail.
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No one played DOOM 3 online even when people could play it. That game goes to show that amazing graphics can't make up for lackluster gameplay. Crysis will be in the same boat.
The sad part is, companies don't see lack of sales equating into that no one likes their game. They look into some divine epitaph and conjure up some bullshit numbers stating that piracy was the reason why the game sold poorly. The game couldn't have been bad, right? All the while not releasing where they get their sources of information.
The problem here is not exactly as clear cut as you make it out to be. It's expected of games to be able to run smoothly on high settings (minimum 30 FPS) on gaming rigs that don't cost in excess of $1200 these days. When the game came out, it obviously couldn't. It couldn't run on rigs at those settings where people threw more money at. That's a pretty big no-no and it pisses people off. A good portion of the people who are bitching aren't bitching because they have shit PC's.
Maybe they thought fecal play would cure that... Hey! Maybe all of that disgusting porn is onto something!
Your father is a nub. I don't buy that he has 35 years of experience with computers and can't keep his system cleaner longer than a year or two. The only time I ever have to do that is when I'm messing with settings I probably shouldn't be touching, and I forget to make a backup before I do it.
Do I get malware, spyware, and virus problems? Yes I do! However I've done my research and I know how to make these potentially huge problems very minimal.
So congress doesn't have to worry about deficit spending as much... Do away with funding complete crap like that.
Touche`. All valid points.
Could you provide links to back this up? The reason I ask is because I usually see the opposite for this. I'd like to see what the counter arguements have to say.
I believe a mission to Mars would be a worthwhile trip. However, why do we need to visit the moon again? Couldn't we put the money from that towards a lander on Europa? I'd rather see that than another mission to the moon, but not in lieu of a trip to Mars.
I was thinking the very same thing.
Bush Cronie: Uh... sir, it seems you don't have the support of the 'geek' (for a lack of a better term) community.
Bush: Well, I know, even though I'm not exactly to serious about this, I'll announce a manned mission to the moon and Mars! Besides, I'll get to do what I love doing best, spending the tax-payers money!
Why is the parent of this marked as offtopic? The person makes a valid point. It's not entirely offtopic to question the news source. If you didn't agree with it, you should have just left it alone.
They don't ask you to kill a bunch of white people in this game! You might see a surly mob of angry white people from the boonies suing Rockstar Games like those Haitians did!
They probably think Perl is something you find in an oyster.
As you probably know, someone will either mod you up for being insightful, or mod you down for being a troller and a flamer. The latter of the two seems more likely. I also bet you don't care. I just felt like wasting thirty seconds to type this all out. Have a great day/evening!
I was wondering the same thing. Isn't a privacy policy a form of a legal agreement? I swore I've heard of people suing websites (or companies) for breaking privacy policies before, but nothing comes to mind as to which companies.
It might as well be an anti-free speech measure. Bush has stated he never reads newspapers or watches news on the TV. He only knows what he's been told. Ok, the first part doesn't make sense, but I'm sure you can see where I'm going with this. Or maybe you can't. Actually, I forgot where I was going to go with this.
That's only if those spammers are caught, and only if the law is enforced. If they find a way to skirt around the problem, which I'm sure they will, at least for a brief period of time, it would be a nuissance for those who had their names taken from this list.
Of course, after typing all this, I realize you can't be that serious, and I also notice the 'funny' tag to it. Phew, good thing I didn't make an ass out of myself!
I know you've been screaming 'Down with Big Brother' in your sleep. That thoughtcrime has been reported. Pretty soon, you'll be an unperson!
This begs the question: Is it better for security researchers to avoid publicly criticizing e-voting flaws? Is public faith in the system more important than overall system security?"
Security, in this case, is extremely more important than public faith. The only way to get the public faith is to have a system that is secure. Think about it. Wouldn't you be more upset that you were lied to and told that your vote didn't count than if before you voted, you found out that voting wasn't as secure?
Besides, public scrutiny on processes that will have an impact on our every day life, on processes where we choose who will represent us, is necessary. If the system is secure, you'll easily gain public trust. If it's not, you have some work to do - work that involves making it more secure.
Just my two cents and then some.
Allow me to clarify what I mean about that. The sad reality is that the crappier artists are more known than the better ones. You have to compete with horse shit music that appeals to the masses.
IMHO. With the invent of them, more and more computer illiterate people can share their goofy and crack pot ideas on a rather redundant template. Blogs are killing the allure of personal sites. If blogs were harder to manage, and say more like a personal site where you had to do some coding yourself, people might not be doing them as much.
I would much rather visit a hand coded site than a blog any day of the week. At least, in those sites, no matter how crappy they look, you know the person at least tried to put some effort into it. With a blog, you need to put in next to no effort.
When you sell art, you need to realize that you are in competition with artists. Not every musician is going to be able to make a living off of their art. Either find some new way to market your stuff so you can get it sold and make more profit, or deal with what you get. This is the sad reality of things.
Oh, you mean fraud? Isn't that a bit illegal? What if, by some freak of nature random chance you actually charge someone? Also, people are generally lazy, so it won't happen in the volumes that would probably be necessary to make a dent.
It's an interesting and creative idea none the less.
Which is fine and dandy for some people. Other people that run discussion forums, and all sorts of other things can't exactly afford to use that. If some user from their site has an important question, or message they need to relay to the person, but aren't on the recipients buddy list, they'll still be able to send the message as long as they aren't 'hiding'. Essentially, it can be counter productive for some.
You might say "well, there's E-mail!", but E-mail isn't potentially nearly as fast as a simple IM, and you never know when someone will check their E-mail.