What did the "Web Hype" do for Snakes on a Plane, oh thats right, NOTHING.
Apples and oranges. Take a look at what the "web hype" did for Gigli. When Gabe and Tycho tell you to your face in front of an audience that buying your console is "bullshit," and the audience cheers, you're fucked.
It wasn't stolen, it was "shared". Making a copy doesn't take anything away from the original owners, right? They still have their names, social security numbers, etc.
That's true. And if the identity thieves stop there, simply filing their collection of stolen identities away and displaying a few choice specimens above the mantle for when guests come over, I don't have a problem with it (well a small one, but I can deal).
When the identity thieves use those stolen identities to clean out bank accounts, take out fradulent loans, and steal real, physical goods using credit cards in the victim's name, then they do take something the owner no longer has. IHBT. HAND.
I use a trace depth of 1 or 2 in offline rendering for paying clients all the time. Modern raytracers are getting scary fast, and a lot of the rendertime is devoted to building the acceleration tree, which can be preproceesed and pulled from storage. And don't forget that realtime raster/scanline rendering also cuts down scene complexity to maintain performance.
Freelancer isn't a great example, as it was crystal clear the game shipped unfinished (e.g. they hadn't figured out the flight mechanics, so all ships moved the same speed), and the designers intended you to be able to do a lot more different kinds of missions. A very similar game, EV Nova, had bounty missions, passenger transportation (legal and illegal), cargo smuggling, scientific expeditions, rescuing stranded ship crews (some of which were pirate ambushes), weapons testing for unscrupulous corporations, diplomatic missions, big game hunting, and a bunch of others.
For a really good procedurally-generated game, my vote is for nethack.
Remember in Driver's Ed, when they told you to look at the line on your side of the road instead of directly into oncoming high beams? Works for signs, too.
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Production values isn't what the OP is talking about. He or she is talking about coherent editing, camera work, and story telling, which has been proven time and again to be possible on low or no budget. These guys just don't have the chops to make a decent film.
You're adding "and sticks to it," which raises the bar significantly. Anything from the code of Hammurabi to the UN Charter of Human Rights fits the original poster's statement comfortably.
While I agree that drugs are by no means a victimless crime (and crackheads all over your stoop is way more annoying than illegal parking), many of your examples wouldn't exist under drug legalization. If you take out the profit motive, the violence and petty crime largely goes away as well.
Their build quality has been going steadily downhill since the Intellimouse 3 glory days. Take a look at the EBay prices for non-tiltwheel new in box intellimice sometime - those things are beloved for a reason. If only the wheel on them could be exactly like the recent logitechs, it'd be perfect.
Similarly, when was the last time ANYTHING the IAU did on the news? All publicity is good publicity, and maybe it'll inspire a few people to learn more about astronomy.
Actually, there's a special surcharge on all telephone bills in the country to subsidize that. And the original vision of small local ILECs would have made that a non-issue as well, but they were mostly crushed by Nyn^H^H^HBell Atlanti^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HVerizon.
I read the PDF, and was thinking along exactly those lines, until I saw that part of the video. I wqasn't aware that Medeco sidebars were dealer-specific, though - that would be quite an obstacle for burgling outside your own neighborhood. BTW, I'm talking about the medeco keys with the dimples drilled into a flat surface and a black plastic top, rather than the medeco keys that look like regular keys with angled cuts.
In the youtube video posted earlier, they bump what appears to be a Medeco or German equivalent on the first hit. You might not be able to get blanks, but you can certainly buy locksets without compromising a dealer, and dremel them into bump keys at leisure.
Roughly 2/3 of SCO's claims were recently thrown out by the magistrate judge for lack of disclosure - they have been nailed for something similar.
And when IBM's Lanham Act counterclaims start being litigated, there will be much wailing and gnashing of teeth in Lindon. For now, the judges are bending over backwards and then some to make the case appeal-proof.
Don't ever leave something lying unsecured on your dashboard while driving. Sooner or later, its sliding WILL distract you enough to get you into an accident if there's one to be had right then.
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...which is why Vista's lack of OpenGL support scares the bejeezus out of me as a 3D artist with 10 years on a Windows-only app under my belt.
Apples and oranges. Take a look at what the "web hype" did for Gigli. When Gabe and Tycho tell you to your face in front of an audience that buying your console is "bullshit," and the audience cheers, you're fucked.
See, you guys don't even disagree. He just thinks they're farther along the same road than you think they are.
PS - Did you really ever buy a CD based on what conglomerate owned the record label? (Note that I didn't say 'not buy').
That's true. And if the identity thieves stop there, simply filing their collection of stolen identities away and displaying a few choice specimens above the mantle for when guests come over, I don't have a problem with it (well a small one, but I can deal).
When the identity thieves use those stolen identities to clean out bank accounts, take out fradulent loans, and steal real, physical goods using credit cards in the victim's name, then they do take something the owner no longer has. IHBT. HAND.
I use a trace depth of 1 or 2 in offline rendering for paying clients all the time. Modern raytracers are getting scary fast, and a lot of the rendertime is devoted to building the acceleration tree, which can be preproceesed and pulled from storage. And don't forget that realtime raster/scanline rendering also cuts down scene complexity to maintain performance.
For a really good procedurally-generated game, my vote is for nethack.
I'd go with Robert Rodruigez's El Mariachi, made for $6,000 on 16mm film as an example, actually.
And you didn't do a chargeback with your credit card company?
Remember in Driver's Ed, when they told you to look at the line on your side of the road instead of directly into oncoming high beams? Works for signs, too.
Production values isn't what the OP is talking about. He or she is talking about coherent editing, camera work, and story telling, which has been proven time and again to be possible on low or no budget. These guys just don't have the chops to make a decent film.
You're adding "and sticks to it," which raises the bar significantly. Anything from the code of Hammurabi to the UN Charter of Human Rights fits the original poster's statement comfortably.
While I agree that drugs are by no means a victimless crime (and crackheads all over your stoop is way more annoying than illegal parking), many of your examples wouldn't exist under drug legalization. If you take out the profit motive, the violence and petty crime largely goes away as well.
Actually, they'd probably be dead, the kid would be in a foster home, and the parents would be in jail.
That's true of the xmas sales, too, no?
Their build quality has been going steadily downhill since the Intellimouse 3 glory days. Take a look at the EBay prices for non-tiltwheel new in box intellimice sometime - those things are beloved for a reason. If only the wheel on them could be exactly like the recent logitechs, it'd be perfect.
Windows-D, Windows-E, and Windows-F don't seem to work with ctrl-esc, and are very useful.
Similarly, when was the last time ANYTHING the IAU did on the news? All publicity is good publicity, and maybe it'll inspire a few people to learn more about astronomy.
Actually, there's a special surcharge on all telephone bills in the country to subsidize that. And the original vision of small local ILECs would have made that a non-issue as well, but they were mostly crushed by Nyn^H^H^HBell Atlanti^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^HVerizon.
With a billion a year in WoW subscriptions, I think retail Xmas sales are icing on the cake to Blizzard.
I read the PDF, and was thinking along exactly those lines, until I saw that part of the video. I wqasn't aware that Medeco sidebars were dealer-specific, though - that would be quite an obstacle for burgling outside your own neighborhood. BTW, I'm talking about the medeco keys with the dimples drilled into a flat surface and a black plastic top, rather than the medeco keys that look like regular keys with angled cuts.
In the youtube video posted earlier, they bump what appears to be a Medeco or German equivalent on the first hit. You might not be able to get blanks, but you can certainly buy locksets without compromising a dealer, and dremel them into bump keys at leisure.
...which is on its way out in the USA, due to the Americans with Disabilities Act
And when IBM's Lanham Act counterclaims start being litigated, there will be much wailing and gnashing of teeth in Lindon. For now, the judges are bending over backwards and then some to make the case appeal-proof.
Don't ever leave something lying unsecured on your dashboard while driving. Sooner or later, its sliding WILL distract you enough to get you into an accident if there's one to be had right then.
But biofuel carbon emissions result in no net gain to atmospheric carbon. Atmospheric CO2 -> plant sugars -> methanol or biodiesel -> Atmospheric CO2.