They got hold of a copy because Jack seems to think it's a good idea to CC every news outlet he can think of, and Gamepolitics.com is one of the few that actually reports on what he does. Never mind that the entire comments section for any story about him is just dozens of users calling him a tool.
The whole idea of DIVX sucked. Introducing the Pay-Per-View DVD!!! You had to connect to their service with a phone line, set up an account, and be prepared to pay through the nose if your five year old just loves watching Cinderella over and over and over again. There was also the fear that studios would start making some movies DIVX-exclusive, forcing consumers to buy a new DIVX/DVD player or miss out on their favorite movies.
But the shortcomings were many. They were mostly pan-and-scan, light on special features, and a huge hassle. Only a few stores actually carried the discs, and the pricing scheme didn't make sense to those who watch their movies more than once or twice, or even if you thought you might watch the movies again. In the end, DVD was king, DIVX was scrapped, and customers were given a $100 refund for each player purchased.
Well, greenhouse gases are probably more important than the amount of sunlight. Further, most forms of energy production release stored energy (fossil fuel, geothermal, and nuclear). So I don't think that getting all those gigajoules from the moon instead of getting them from underground would be a big concern.
My father is a fireman, and the county sprung for a DirecTV dish at the firehouse. They know what a firefighter does most of the day, which is fight off boredom.
The account isn't actually "cancelled." It is set to inactive, so that the account holder can later re-activate it and use his old characters. There is no way to kill it completely so the key can be reused.
* everybody goes roughly the same speed (not a bad assumption on highway)
And Grandma in her old Impala, straining to see over the steering wheel, weaving from one side of her lane to the other, going 35 in a 65 zone, isn't going to throw all those calculations off?
No, this won't be feasable until the cars drive themselves.
My cousin is taking full advantage of one of these service plans. She bought one of those portable DVD players with the LCD screen. These are not exactly the most durable of electronic devices, and under normal use, the battery tends to give out after a year or two.
She bought the service plan because she was purchasing the DVD player for her two year old daughter. I am not kidding.
She's already had it replaced twice under the service plan. Some retailer is losing a lot of money on this one.
Are you sure the Vanish/Doom trick was a bug? I thought that was just an incredibly cheap tactic. Now, once in a while crashing the game while using the Sketch command, that was a classic bug.
The reason Japanese people admit fault in an accident is because apologies in Japan often result in leniency from the court.
While I was in Japan recently, I read an article in the Stars and Stripes newspaper. A US soldier was accused of drunk driving resulting in the death of a Japanese citizen, and the judge looked very unfavorably on the fact that he had not apologized to the family of the victim.
If you go to the phantom.net website, there's a link on the left that says Join the Phantom Forum Community!
Click on it, and the result is a 404 Not Found error.
Did they know I was going to go there to talk trash about the Phantom console? And why would they choose to open the site with a sound clip of someone saying "Warning?" Who are they warning against what?
Alexandrov didn't explain how his firm would raise the funds, but said one of the reasons he thought such a mission would be profitable was it could involve a "reality" television show.
Just what we need. Survivor in space. You don't even want to know what happens to the guy who gets voted off the spaceship.
If you even bothered to read the article, you would realize that what RCA is selling is a DVD player equipped with Clearplay software. This software can already be used on PC's that are equipped with DVD drives. As Clearplay is a software program, it certainly can be "downloaded." In short, all you succeeded in doing is proving that you are someone with both below average intellect and a potty mouth.
Gee, could that be the reason you posted as Anonymous Coward?
Wrong. The information in question would have to be the flight loads. This would tell you how many people are booked on a specific flight and how many overbookings are allowed. To an employee, this information would be used to plan their travel by seeing which flights they would most likely to get on as a space-available rider. To a competitor, this information would be useful for determining which routes are more profitible because the seats are always full, and which routes already have too much seat capacity.
Hey, space-available tickets are a very good deal for the airlines and the employees who work for them. I probably would not be working for an airline if it weren't for the fact I've been to Europe twice, Japan once, and Mexico more times than I can remember in the last four years, all working at a salary barely twice the minimum wage. The Reservation center I work at has an extremely low turnover rate by call center standards, and most of my co-workers travel abroad on a regular basis. And the company gets lots of happy workers just by giving away the seats they can't sell.
And why wouldn't the US government want to stick it to the TV industry? There are no US companies that make televisions anymore. They're all made in Japan, China, Singapore, etc.
There are just some people who can't figure out that a blue vest at Wal-Mart means "Employee." A couple of times, I've been asked if I'm an employee there when I'm wearing jeans, a t-shirt, no blue vest, and my work ID which clearly reads Continental Airlines. Of course the people who asked didn't look like they could read anyway, but still. So, I've learned to take off my ID badge when I leave work so that doesn't happen.
Part of the problem was that Spaceworld video showing a much more realistic Link. Suddenly we get the cel-shaded cartoony game that looked less real than the previous games on the N64. Never mind that Wind Waker ended up being an excellent game, (long boat trips aside,) people just made up their minds based on the graphic style.
I thought the idea behind the ESRB ratings is so that the parents could make the decisions about what was too violent and sexy for their children. Why do the politicians try to put the responsibility on the the people who make and sell games?
My parents would have been against the really violent games if they had been around when I was a child. I was about fifteen when Mortal Kombat came out, and I never played the Arcades much anyway. By the time the violent games reached the consoles, I was old enough to decide for myself, but I can imagine what it would have been like if my thirteen year old self could have brought home a copy of Grand Theft Auto 3. I would have my Playstation taken away for two weeks, my parents would confiscate the game, sold it, and kept the money.
Why are so many parents so spineless that they expect the government to raise their kids for them? No wonder the new generation are just a bunch of spoiled rotten brats.
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They got hold of a copy because Jack seems to think it's a good idea to CC every news outlet he can think of, and Gamepolitics.com is one of the few that actually reports on what he does. Never mind that the entire comments section for any story about him is just dozens of users calling him a tool.
But the shortcomings were many. They were mostly pan-and-scan, light on special features, and a huge hassle. Only a few stores actually carried the discs, and the pricing scheme didn't make sense to those who watch their movies more than once or twice, or even if you thought you might watch the movies again. In the end, DVD was king, DIVX was scrapped, and customers were given a $100 refund for each player purchased.
Well, greenhouse gases are probably more important than the amount of sunlight. Further, most forms of energy production release stored energy (fossil fuel, geothermal, and nuclear). So I don't think that getting all those gigajoules from the moon instead of getting them from underground would be a big concern.
My father is a fireman, and the county sprung for a DirecTV dish at the firehouse. They know what a firefighter does most of the day, which is fight off boredom.
The account isn't actually "cancelled." It is set to inactive, so that the account holder can later re-activate it and use his old characters. There is no way to kill it completely so the key can be reused.
And Grandma in her old Impala, straining to see over the steering wheel, weaving from one side of her lane to the other, going 35 in a 65 zone, isn't going to throw all those calculations off?
No, this won't be feasable until the cars drive themselves.
She bought the service plan because she was purchasing the DVD player for her two year old daughter. I am not kidding.
She's already had it replaced twice under the service plan. Some retailer is losing a lot of money on this one.
Are you sure the Vanish/Doom trick was a bug? I thought that was just an incredibly cheap tactic. Now, once in a while crashing the game while using the Sketch command, that was a classic bug.
While I was in Japan recently, I read an article in the Stars and Stripes newspaper. A US soldier was accused of drunk driving resulting in the death of a Japanese citizen, and the judge looked very unfavorably on the fact that he had not apologized to the family of the victim.
Because if you only have one possible buyer, you won't have two people trying to outbid each other on Ebay.
"But Dad, power leveling my Two-Headed Ogre for twelve hours a day is an investment!
Click on it, and the result is a 404 Not Found error.
Did they know I was going to go there to talk trash about the Phantom console? And why would they choose to open the site with a sound clip of someone saying "Warning?" Who are they warning against what?
Alexandrov didn't explain how his firm would raise the funds, but said one of the reasons he thought such a mission would be profitable was it could involve a "reality" television show.
Just what we need. Survivor in space. You don't even want to know what happens to the guy who gets voted off the spaceship.
Gee, could that be the reason you posted as Anonymous Coward?
Take a look at what it does to Freaky Friday. It adds extreme violence. Maybe Clearplay is worth downloading after all.
This product is known by the state of California to contain lead. Wash hands after using.
This warning was printed on the front of the box my mouse came in. It isn't just the Europeans.
Wrong. The information in question would have to be the flight loads. This would tell you how many people are booked on a specific flight and how many overbookings are allowed. To an employee, this information would be used to plan their travel by seeing which flights they would most likely to get on as a space-available rider. To a competitor, this information would be useful for determining which routes are more profitible because the seats are always full, and which routes already have too much seat capacity.
Hey, space-available tickets are a very good deal for the airlines and the employees who work for them. I probably would not be working for an airline if it weren't for the fact I've been to Europe twice, Japan once, and Mexico more times than I can remember in the last four years, all working at a salary barely twice the minimum wage. The Reservation center I work at has an extremely low turnover rate by call center standards, and most of my co-workers travel abroad on a regular basis. And the company gets lots of happy workers just by giving away the seats they can't sell.
Here comes the Thnikkaman!
Make sure that the local police department doesn't have access to a SWAT team before proceeding with this course of action.
And why wouldn't the US government want to stick it to the TV industry? There are no US companies that make televisions anymore. They're all made in Japan, China, Singapore, etc.
There are just some people who can't figure out that a blue vest at Wal-Mart means "Employee." A couple of times, I've been asked if I'm an employee there when I'm wearing jeans, a t-shirt, no blue vest, and my work ID which clearly reads Continental Airlines. Of course the people who asked didn't look like they could read anyway, but still. So, I've learned to take off my ID badge when I leave work so that doesn't happen.
Did you see Nokia's latest press release? "Nintendo and Sony will commit suicide at the gates of Nokia's Factory."
Part of the problem was that Spaceworld video showing a much more realistic Link. Suddenly we get the cel-shaded cartoony game that looked less real than the previous games on the N64. Never mind that Wind Waker ended up being an excellent game, (long boat trips aside,) people just made up their minds based on the graphic style.
My parents would have been against the really violent games if they had been around when I was a child. I was about fifteen when Mortal Kombat came out, and I never played the Arcades much anyway. By the time the violent games reached the consoles, I was old enough to decide for myself, but I can imagine what it would have been like if my thirteen year old self could have brought home a copy of Grand Theft Auto 3. I would have my Playstation taken away for two weeks, my parents would confiscate the game, sold it, and kept the money.
Why are so many parents so spineless that they expect the government to raise their kids for them? No wonder the new generation are just a bunch of spoiled rotten brats.