Marge: Not now Homer, a new violent video game has hit the streets, and we need to get rid of it before it warps any children with its bloops and bleeps!
We need new blood in this stale gaming industry to grace us with new games other than Call of Battlefield Raider Evil Kombat: Special Edition 9846545 (2015 Gold Premium Collector's Edition GOTY re-release).
There's a common myth that all casinos cheat (and Hollywood isn't helping here...) simply because people don't understand probabilities and how the odds of most games are stacked against the player.
The server basically runs all kinds of calculations in real time to make sure everything the client says it's doing is accurate.
You buy the Shiny Gold Mace of Obliteration for 20,000 gold, client tells that to server, server runs the numbers to make sure you actually have at least 20,000 gold, said mace is available for purchase, the stats on said mace check with whatever is on the game database, etc.
That's part of the reason some MMOs have chronical lag issues, no matter how low your ping is. If all that overhead is poorly coded, players will experience lag, no way around it.
And when the Williams FW15C basically created a new sub-category within F1 and then was banned the following season, everyone immediately knew that F1 racing was no longer about advancing technology to make better street cars, but it was all about lining Bernie's pockets.
Seriously, count the tech items in that car that eventually made it to street cars.
Mod me down into oblivion if you must, but not everyone lives in Seoul, Tokyo, Stockholm, or NYC with insanely fast fiber optics.
This is going to be great for people in rural areas, developing countries, and others who otherwise would remain hostages to the poor reliability and high latency of radio and satellite internet.
Basically, you sign a contract with Facebook that says "OK, Facebook, I'm going to build my infrastructure on top of your platform and I require that you support it for the next 15 years, capiche?"
Facebook may say Yay or Nay. Depending on the answer, you take your business elsewhere.
With so many awesome games out now, plus the backlog of 2014 and 2013, I just don't care about HL3 anymore, and I suspect most gamers are in the same boat.
Secondly, it'll invariably suck simply because people's expectations are just ridiculously high after so much time waiting. Look no further than Doom 3 or Diablo 3 for evidence.
Every new digital technology improvement in the A / V / videogame department has brought new DRM with it. I can't see how this time it's going to be different.
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"It provides better security against malware and zero days for Windows 10 by blocking anything other than trusted apps."
Say goodbye to open source, pirate, or non-Microsoft software.
Yay Windows 10.
> Just leaves smaller material in orbit.
Yes, then you have to shoot them again to score more points. At least this doesn't have B&W vector graphics.
FTFY... in the future.
Marge: Not now Homer, a new violent video game has hit the streets, and we need to get rid of it before it warps any children with its bloops and bleeps!
Homer: But that game sounds AWESOME.
We need new blood in this stale gaming industry to grace us with new games other than Call of Battlefield Raider Evil Kombat: Special Edition 9846545 (2015 Gold Premium Collector's Edition GOTY re-release).
Is warning me that $DEVICE that can kill hundreds of people if hacked is insecure.
Oh, the horror!!!
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Indeed.
There's a common myth that all casinos cheat (and Hollywood isn't helping here...) simply because people don't understand probabilities and how the odds of most games are stacked against the player.
> Maybe amazon should offer their own payola review service instead of shutting down these honest entrepreneurs.....
Why do you think they're shutting them down first?
The server basically runs all kinds of calculations in real time to make sure everything the client says it's doing is accurate.
You buy the Shiny Gold Mace of Obliteration for 20,000 gold, client tells that to server, server runs the numbers to make sure you actually have at least 20,000 gold, said mace is available for purchase, the stats on said mace check with whatever is on the game database, etc.
That's part of the reason some MMOs have chronical lag issues, no matter how low your ping is. If all that overhead is poorly coded, players will experience lag, no way around it.
Are we there yet?
There's always creepypasta for that.
Microsoft using their leverage in other areas to elbow their way into a new market? You don't say...
I'm sure the U.S. Commerce Secretary and the FTC would've had a field day over this.
I don't see this being an advantage for ANYONE:
1. iPhone owners with an older model will get so little credit towards a new phone that they'll think twice before upgrading.
2. Apple fanboys will buy the newest iPhone, trade-in or no trade-in.
3. Android users with fancy devices (Note 4, S6) are fanboys and it'll be a cold day in hell before they switch to Apple.
4. People with regular mid-end Android devices -- see #1 above.
5. Blackberry users generally have company-issued phones, so they're not going to trade them.
6. Windows Phone users are drinking the MS Kool Aid (tm) and anxiously waiting for Windows 10 and the secomd coming of Jesus.
7. The trade-in program isn't available in developing countries yet, where Windows Phones are sold as budget devices (low end models only, of course).
8. So, who's left? Maybe all 3 people who bought a Firefox OS phone?
And when the Williams FW15C basically created a new sub-category within F1 and then was banned the following season, everyone immediately knew that F1 racing was no longer about advancing technology to make better street cars, but it was all about lining Bernie's pockets.
Seriously, count the tech items in that car that eventually made it to street cars.
At that price, they ought to be begging ME to buy, it, not the other way around.
This stance also applies to Bentley, Rolex, Cartier, Mont Blanc, etc.
Mod me down into oblivion if you must, but not everyone lives in Seoul, Tokyo, Stockholm, or NYC with insanely fast fiber optics.
This is going to be great for people in rural areas, developing countries, and others who otherwise would remain hostages to the poor reliability and high latency of radio and satellite internet.
"their incentives for accuracy and editorial judgment will disappear."
Have there ever been any?????
I'm sorry if you were born in a dysfunctional family and lived in a trailer park most of your life.
/. Congrats!!
Apparently, you did well on your own, to the point of getting educated enough to be a nerd and read
I never get tired of repeating this. Someday people will learn that all forms of regulation are bad and we'll be on our way to a better world!!!
Government only exists to fuck us all and collect taxes to make its members and business partners richer.
We don't need government help to prosper.
All companies are doing fine using services from Oracle, IBM, SAP, Microsoft, etc. I fail to see why Facebook would be any different.
It's called a Service Level Agreement.
Basically, you sign a contract with Facebook that says "OK, Facebook, I'm going to build my infrastructure on top of your platform and I require that you support it for the next 15 years, capiche?"
Facebook may say Yay or Nay. Depending on the answer, you take your business elsewhere.
See? No government intervention required.
With so many awesome games out now, plus the backlog of 2014 and 2013, I just don't care about HL3 anymore, and I suspect most gamers are in the same boat.
Secondly, it'll invariably suck simply because people's expectations are just ridiculously high after so much time waiting. Look no further than Doom 3 or Diablo 3 for evidence.
Every new digital technology improvement in the A / V / videogame department has brought new DRM with it. I can't see how this time it's going to be different.
Let's not forget that this means new DRM and additional difficulty to get shit that we paid for working together.