Whoa...looks like the copywriters are playing a little too fast and loose with history here..."After WWII, the U.S. went on to become the unrivaled superpower of the world."...The game looks great guys but there was a little forty-year conflict called THE COLD WAR that happened after WW2 and prior to American "unrivaled" supremacy.
The real question is what should we do with the pirates? The ones who profit from the sales of such counterfeit goods? Obviously the direct persecution and punishment route against the end user hasn't worked (see failed RIAA persuit of Joe and Jane Downloader)....If Google and Yahoo can ban hate literature, why not remove SHOPPING LINKS to MODCHIP sites?
Since the prevailing attitude of most of the technologically elite is one that condones INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THEFT, than it is hard not to agree with Sony on this one. If the artists who put their time and effort into game design are going to be undermined by counterfeit games, than why should the system be released in that country at all? Are MOD CHIPS not entirely made in China? If a flourishing video game industry is to develop in that country it should be without the dark cloud of piracy. The bottom line is that innovation in gaming is threatened by mass piracy. The Dreamcast and Sega were destoyed by mass counterfeiting and filetrading, yet it may very well have been the best console EVER made. FACE IT PEOPLE...IF YOU DOWNLOAD GAMES AND INSTALL MOD CHIPS, YOU ARE MAKING GAMES AND GAMING CULTURE WORSE NOT BETTER.....I guess I'll have to write a follow up... http://www.avnonline.com/issues/200312/newsarchive/news_120303_3.shtml....
This censorship is totally against everything I have ever read about Will Wright and his perspective on virtual communities. I suppose this proves how far Wright really is from the day-to-day operations of his infamous creation.
http://www.guylancaster.com_________
Software Engineer, contract 1991 - 2001
Global Election Systems Inc. (now Diebold Election Systems), Vancouver, BC, Canada
Development and support of embedded systems firmware and host communications software.
Developed a TCP/IP/PPP protocol stack to run under the uC/OS real-time operating system. The stack was based mostly on BSD sources and has been re-released as the uC/IP project on SourceForge (http://ucip.sourceforge.net). The stack is used in the current central count product and has been ported by others into several other commercial embedded systems.
Developed secure Internet based protocols for transmitting election information and results.
Designed and developed a compiler and interpreter for an embedded report generator system known as AccuBasic.
Designed and developed a central count election system in which ballot scanners pass raw images directly to the central server running Progress 4GL. This required a bi-directional variation of the proprietary communications protocol used at the time.
System administration, Web development, and technical writing.
Developed an intranet Web site which has significantly improved internal communications.
Maintained the Linux based email, FTP, and intranet servers for the Vancouver office.
Wrote developer documentation and drafted materials for inclusion in user guides.
Lets create the worlds largest surveillance network. Great idea, guys. Try to figure out how to put Ritalin in school drinking water while you're at it. Leave it to the nerds to create yet another dang technolgy that infringes on personal communication privacy.
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Whoa...looks like the copywriters are playing a little too fast and loose with history here..."After WWII, the U.S. went on to become the unrivaled superpower of the world."...The game looks great guys but there was a little forty-year conflict called THE COLD WAR that happened after WW2 and prior to American "unrivaled" supremacy.
The real question is what should we do with the pirates? The ones who profit from the sales of such counterfeit goods? Obviously the direct persecution and punishment route against the end user hasn't worked (see failed RIAA persuit of Joe and Jane Downloader)....If Google and Yahoo can ban hate literature, why not remove SHOPPING LINKS to MODCHIP sites?
Since the prevailing attitude of most of the technologically elite is one that condones INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THEFT, than it is hard not to agree with Sony on this one. If the artists who put their time and effort into game design are going to be undermined by counterfeit games, than why should the system be released in that country at all? Are MOD CHIPS not entirely made in China? If a flourishing video game industry is to develop in that country it should be without the dark cloud of piracy. The bottom line is that innovation in gaming is threatened by mass piracy. The Dreamcast and Sega were destoyed by mass counterfeiting and filetrading, yet it may very well have been the best console EVER made. FACE IT PEOPLE...IF YOU DOWNLOAD GAMES AND INSTALL MOD CHIPS, YOU ARE MAKING GAMES AND GAMING CULTURE WORSE NOT BETTER.....I guess I'll have to write a follow up... http://www.avnonline.com/issues/200312/newsarchive /news_120303_3.shtml....
This censorship is totally against everything I have ever read about Will Wright and his perspective on virtual communities. I suppose this proves how far Wright really is from the day-to-day operations of his infamous creation.
http://www.guylancaster.com_________ Software Engineer, contract 1991 - 2001 Global Election Systems Inc. (now Diebold Election Systems), Vancouver, BC, Canada Development and support of embedded systems firmware and host communications software. Developed a TCP/IP/PPP protocol stack to run under the uC/OS real-time operating system. The stack was based mostly on BSD sources and has been re-released as the uC/IP project on SourceForge (http://ucip.sourceforge.net). The stack is used in the current central count product and has been ported by others into several other commercial embedded systems. Developed secure Internet based protocols for transmitting election information and results. Designed and developed a compiler and interpreter for an embedded report generator system known as AccuBasic. Designed and developed a central count election system in which ballot scanners pass raw images directly to the central server running Progress 4GL. This required a bi-directional variation of the proprietary communications protocol used at the time. System administration, Web development, and technical writing. Developed an intranet Web site which has significantly improved internal communications. Maintained the Linux based email, FTP, and intranet servers for the Vancouver office. Wrote developer documentation and drafted materials for inclusion in user guides.
Lets create the worlds largest surveillance network. Great idea, guys. Try to figure out how to put Ritalin in school drinking water while you're at it. Leave it to the nerds to create yet another dang technolgy that infringes on personal communication privacy.