Why the fuck would it matter? Bioshock's rated M, or 18+, or any other multitude of Adult Only, depending on region. When the game did so well with the rating, why wouldn't anyone think a film would? Wait, it's members of the MPAA we're discussing here. Not exactly the sharpest tacks, yeah?
I hadn't been to the site, hadn't heard of it before, but I'm already irritated. First page- Eight ads, seven of which are the motion heavy "Oh god please look at me!" ads. In addition, they've got the moneyword type ads. The days of simply being able to read a review are apparently over. We have to be inundated with copious amounts of "buy me or suffer a seizure." I didn't get past the first two sentences before closing the page in disgust.
http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/rpg/theelderscroll sivoblivion/news.html?sid=6146174
Takes you to the "We play Oblivion for 12 hours straight" page, with a big fat button to watch it. However, after signing up for the free service, I find that I'm still met with the "Only subscribers can participate in this special event!" text. =/ Looks like we're screwed, unless we wanna pay four bucks a month.
I really don't grasp how people can die after just a couple days of playing games. I used to do this in college all the time, the entire weekend would be spent playing, and it was no big deal. Hell, stimulant abusers, such as truckers can keep at whatever they're doing for upwards of three to five days, feeding the high. I just don't understand how someone can drop dead after playing games for too long, but observing needs such as urinating. I'm assuming he at least drank water and ate during this time, otherwise the one on the "three day binge" would have died of dehydration, and that would have been painful as hell, and wouldn't have happened. *Shrugs* I just don't see how someone's body could be so fragile when shit like this is done so often and goes unreported because it's... common.
Not sure if there's no one else out there that'd agree, but on any given weekend, or time I have off work, I can put as much as 15-20 hours [Off and on] into WoW to bleed off the stress I pick up during the week.
Granted, it's not an achievement, but sometimes that's as effective to me as a weekend at the beach might be for someone else. Or 20 hours of sleep. =) In today's society, twelve hours gaming doesn't seem like that much, at least to me. And to alot more on the web, I'd assume.
Something moderately similar to this was made awhile back, and a friend of mine clued me into it about a month or two ago. Don't ask me where it came from, or anything else about it, really... just, showing.
Not sure if anyone else noticed this at the bottom of the article.
The FBI began investigating after getting a tip from someone who got e-mail spam from the company. Perez was present when agents raided his apartment and took his computers Oct. 10, 2003, but has since disappeared, Roberts said.
Oh, he was there Two Fucking Years ago, but now, he's not? The FBI's giving some nice running starts lately, eh? I wonder why it took so long to indict him. =/
What pisses me off, is that considering we've blown something like two hundred billion in Iraq over the time we've been there... and the Government's saw fit to expend that much... What have they done to correct this?
Bureaucrats are wonderful at throwing money at problems to either solve them or make them go away. Considering the 200B we've blown in a war we shouldn't be involved in, if we, in contrat, took ONE PERCENT of that, Two Billion, how much of a difference would that make?
I fail to see how whenever natural disasters happen, the responsibility falls on the hands of Nonprofit Organizations and Celebrities, or big Companies like Office Depot who, as of this morning, had a logo emblazoned on their main page stating their benevolent actions of donating a million. Wonderful advertising schema, really.
Yeah, 1.16 Million in damages. Meanwhile, notwithstanding that loss, they probably made ten to fifty times that in the carpet bombing. 1.16 Million is hardly a huge goal when it comes to lawsuits in the states. =/ Unfortunately.
I'm assuming this is mainly geared towards Americans, considering it's printed in the NYTimes. But, think about the mindset for a minute. Americans are the individuals who are famous for the Biggest Trucks, Supersized Meals, Huge Homes, etc. Americans are known for their lifestyles of excess, to put it short. And before you ask, yes, I'm an American.
I think this is simply people looking for an excuse to buy the new "Top of the line" systems. People will use Anything as an excuse to go buy something, when it comes down to it. Otherwise, organizations like The Home Shopping Network would never profit. "I already have three brooms, but that one has nifty rubber bristles that pick up hair!" and the like. So, if you want to get all Psychological on the situation, we're creatures of waste. =) Hell, if I had the money to do it, I'd donate the waxed PC and set the HDD on fire, then buy a completely new one too.
Did I hear that right? A buck a track is too low a price? Que? If I pay a buck a track, it's around 15 bucks for a full length CD. Hmm. And a full length CD costs me around $10-15 depending on where I buy it. So, let me get this straight. They make the same, if not more money for me simply Downloading the fucking file, no publication, no transportation of media [Or purchase/reselling of media for that matter], no burning of CD's, no inserts, jewel cases, or sticky fingers [Aside from OMFGWTFBBQILLEGAL downloads.]... and they're not charging enough? Frankly, I don't see how they came to that state. They're getting the better deal here. We pay more money, track per track, for being able to single out what songs we want, we pay for our media, we pay for our hardware, and they get stuck with a 3MB snippit of bandwidth usage and dealing with the artist. Somehow I feel I missed a memo or something.
Not sure, but in previous bills that were being introduced, the term "Protected Computer" meant any system under the control of a financial institution. It had nothing to do with the general users of the public.
Who was surprised? We have a culture that's bred a half dozen Star Wars movies, hundreds of spinoffs, billions of dollars of revenue, spanning multiple decades and generations... and people are surprised some individuals take it a little seriously? Come on, be realistic. *Hides his fanboy collections*
Yep. Most powerful, for now. By the time the system is released, it'll either be old technology, or the system will be far too high priced to appeal to the average console gamer. Consoles will never surpass the power of PC's at release; it's economically unfeasable. In order for such to happen, they'd have to be around three grand a system.
Hm. I'd heard previously that blood type also had something to do with it. But it doesn't, apparently. http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20041111.html
I'm the type of person that gets nailed three times by one mosquito, and they Always come to me first. They'll pass by three of my coworkers just to get to me... it's pretty effing irritating. I also seem to be more resistant to poisonous spiders, scorpions, and hornet stings than I am to a simple mosquito or flea bite. When I first landed in Hawaii, one nailed me on the back of the hand, and it swelled up to about three quarters of an inch higher than normal, and spread across the entire topside of my left hand. So, needless to say, any research that gets rid of them without coating me in oils that provoke my allergies or smoke that carries evil odors... makes me happy. Onward, researchers! My blood and skin are at stake! If anyone else has the same huge problems with them that I do, check out this link. It'll probably help. http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/factsheets/mosquito. htm
As an aside, Blizzard is also offering 48 free hours to its customers because of the recent downtime problems.
This, after Penny Arcade takes away the title they gave WoW, and Slashdot gripes about it. Goes to show that if enough people bitch, they listen. Apparently.
I was pretty pissed off as I was reading this. Something in me called bullshit when the derogatory terms were used, but I wouldn't put it past some people; I've met individuals so mislead that they pulled the same kind of shit around me.
Still, if that was a joke, I'm not laughing.
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Why the fuck would it matter? Bioshock's rated M, or 18+, or any other multitude of Adult Only, depending on region. When the game did so well with the rating, why wouldn't anyone think a film would? Wait, it's members of the MPAA we're discussing here. Not exactly the sharpest tacks, yeah?
What kind of a world do we live in where Garth Brooks outsells Led Zeppelin rights? Faith in humanity--;
http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=6184
I hadn't been to the site, hadn't heard of it before, but I'm already irritated. First page- Eight ads, seven of which are the motion heavy "Oh god please look at me!" ads. In addition, they've got the moneyword type ads. The days of simply being able to read a review are apparently over. We have to be inundated with copious amounts of "buy me or suffer a seizure." I didn't get past the first two sentences before closing the page in disgust.
http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/rpg/theelderscroll sivoblivion/news.html?sid=6146174
Takes you to the "We play Oblivion for 12 hours straight" page, with a big fat button to watch it. However, after signing up for the free service, I find that I'm still met with the "Only subscribers can participate in this special event!" text. =/ Looks like we're screwed, unless we wanna pay four bucks a month.
I really don't grasp how people can die after just a couple days of playing games. I used to do this in college all the time, the entire weekend would be spent playing, and it was no big deal. Hell, stimulant abusers, such as truckers can keep at whatever they're doing for upwards of three to five days, feeding the high. I just don't understand how someone can drop dead after playing games for too long, but observing needs such as urinating. I'm assuming he at least drank water and ate during this time, otherwise the one on the "three day binge" would have died of dehydration, and that would have been painful as hell, and wouldn't have happened. *Shrugs* I just don't see how someone's body could be so fragile when shit like this is done so often and goes unreported because it's... common.
Granted, it's not an achievement, but sometimes that's as effective to me as a weekend at the beach might be for someone else. Or 20 hours of sleep. =) In today's society, twelve hours gaming doesn't seem like that much, at least to me. And to alot more on the web, I'd assume.
http://www.kaldorei.com/worldmap/
Granted, it's not ultra high resolution, but it was the best I'd seen before this.
Anyone else recall the current Pope's modifications? For at least a couple days, he had an interesting picture caption.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pope_Ben edict_XVI&oldid=35921512#Friendship_with_Jesus_Chr ist
And another one was when he had Palpatine as his image for what was several days as well, though it was taken down.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pope_Ben edict_XVI&direction=prev&oldid=12526972
Luckily though, someone got a shot of it.
http://sotto.org/2005/04/19/the_first_sith_pope/
Not sure if anyone else noticed this at the bottom of the article. The FBI began investigating after getting a tip from someone who got e-mail spam from the company. Perez was present when agents raided his apartment and took his computers Oct. 10, 2003, but has since disappeared, Roberts said. Oh, he was there Two Fucking Years ago, but now, he's not? The FBI's giving some nice running starts lately, eh? I wonder why it took so long to indict him. =/
What pisses me off, is that considering we've blown something like two hundred billion in Iraq over the time we've been there... and the Government's saw fit to expend that much... What have they done to correct this? Bureaucrats are wonderful at throwing money at problems to either solve them or make them go away. Considering the 200B we've blown in a war we shouldn't be involved in, if we, in contrat, took ONE PERCENT of that, Two Billion, how much of a difference would that make? I fail to see how whenever natural disasters happen, the responsibility falls on the hands of Nonprofit Organizations and Celebrities, or big Companies like Office Depot who, as of this morning, had a logo emblazoned on their main page stating their benevolent actions of donating a million. Wonderful advertising schema, really.
Sounds like the US' MPAA and RIAA's Lawyers got in touch with English Olypic Planning Officials. Zing.
Yeah, 1.16 Million in damages. Meanwhile, notwithstanding that loss, they probably made ten to fifty times that in the carpet bombing. 1.16 Million is hardly a huge goal when it comes to lawsuits in the states. =/ Unfortunately.
I'm assuming this is mainly geared towards Americans, considering it's printed in the NYTimes. But, think about the mindset for a minute. Americans are the individuals who are famous for the Biggest Trucks, Supersized Meals, Huge Homes, etc. Americans are known for their lifestyles of excess, to put it short. And before you ask, yes, I'm an American. I think this is simply people looking for an excuse to buy the new "Top of the line" systems. People will use Anything as an excuse to go buy something, when it comes down to it. Otherwise, organizations like The Home Shopping Network would never profit. "I already have three brooms, but that one has nifty rubber bristles that pick up hair!" and the like. So, if you want to get all Psychological on the situation, we're creatures of waste. =) Hell, if I had the money to do it, I'd donate the waxed PC and set the HDD on fire, then buy a completely new one too.
Does anyone else see the opportunity for abuse with this? Such as the dreaded autopopup when you close a window, and endless loops of crap?
... Why... ?
Did I hear that right? A buck a track is too low a price? Que? If I pay a buck a track, it's around 15 bucks for a full length CD. Hmm. And a full length CD costs me around $10-15 depending on where I buy it. So, let me get this straight. They make the same, if not more money for me simply Downloading the fucking file, no publication, no transportation of media [Or purchase/reselling of media for that matter], no burning of CD's, no inserts, jewel cases, or sticky fingers [Aside from OMFGWTFBBQILLEGAL downloads.] ... and they're not charging enough? Frankly, I don't see how they came to that state. They're getting the better deal here. We pay more money, track per track, for being able to single out what songs we want, we pay for our media, we pay for our hardware, and they get stuck with a 3MB snippit of bandwidth usage and dealing with the artist. Somehow I feel I missed a memo or something.
Not sure, but in previous bills that were being introduced, the term "Protected Computer" meant any system under the control of a financial institution. It had nothing to do with the general users of the public.
Who was surprised? We have a culture that's bred a half dozen Star Wars movies, hundreds of spinoffs, billions of dollars of revenue, spanning multiple decades and generations... and people are surprised some individuals take it a little seriously? Come on, be realistic. *Hides his fanboy collections*
Yep. Most powerful, for now. By the time the system is released, it'll either be old technology, or the system will be far too high priced to appeal to the average console gamer. Consoles will never surpass the power of PC's at release; it's economically unfeasable. In order for such to happen, they'd have to be around three grand a system.
Hm. I'd heard previously that blood type also had something to do with it. But it doesn't, apparently. http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20041111.html I'm the type of person that gets nailed three times by one mosquito, and they Always come to me first. They'll pass by three of my coworkers just to get to me... it's pretty effing irritating. I also seem to be more resistant to poisonous spiders, scorpions, and hornet stings than I am to a simple mosquito or flea bite. When I first landed in Hawaii, one nailed me on the back of the hand, and it swelled up to about three quarters of an inch higher than normal, and spread across the entire topside of my left hand. So, needless to say, any research that gets rid of them without coating me in oils that provoke my allergies or smoke that carries evil odors... makes me happy. Onward, researchers! My blood and skin are at stake! If anyone else has the same huge problems with them that I do, check out this link. It'll probably help. http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/factsheets/mosquito. htm
As an aside, Blizzard is also offering 48 free hours to its customers because of the recent downtime problems. This, after Penny Arcade takes away the title they gave WoW, and Slashdot gripes about it. Goes to show that if enough people bitch, they listen. Apparently.
I was pretty pissed off as I was reading this. Something in me called bullshit when the derogatory terms were used, but I wouldn't put it past some people; I've met individuals so mislead that they pulled the same kind of shit around me. Still, if that was a joke, I'm not laughing.
Why not just find a USB substitute for the device? They exist for 98% of hardware.
Feh! I don't own a car. :)