You don't have to 'learn' to use bittorrent. You install a client, go to tpb, click "download." The.torrent file automagically opens with your client and downloads.
I've gotten literally a dozen 40+ year olds set up with bittorrent.
They would love to offer the games for cheap on Steam, but the game publishers don't want to piss off the B&M stores.
Also, 90% of the games I buy through Steam are weekend deals, where you can find new releases for maybe 30% off. Impulse is the same, I just bought the new Red Faction game for $15.
I pirate iPhone games, and if I don't buy it, it's because it wasn't worth the $19.99 or whatever insane price they are charging for the app. There are so many shitty applications in the app store that you're almost forced to pirate them first, just to keep from getting ripped off.
After reading the article, I see it's mostly a whine-fest of "Why didn't people pay for our app? It's so awesome and perfect!" This is what we've been hearing from developers for years now.
When asked at Blizzcon, they stated that the battle.net account would be banned from all games, they made a joke about how that would be 'real' punishment.
Just like they use telemarketers in India to get around Do Not Call. When will the the Government figure out they can't pass laws in foreign countries?
"Why can't we have internet service (at least in dense metro areas) like Japan or South Korea at 100Mbps??"
Because we're, in general, more spread out.
Big cities should have 100Mbps, though. There's really no excuse.
The ISPs already got billions from the government to upgrade their broadband infrastructure. The big ones took the money, used it, and raised rates to "reclaim upgrade costs."
I think it's less than 5% of ISP customers who download a lot. The ISPs switching to charging per gigabyte downloaded would maybe get more money from the 5% powerusers, but the 95% who only use it to check their email and maybe get rickroll'd will be paying so much less that it won't ever be worth it.
I was in a Radio Shack a couple of years back, buying some batteries, and I watched a salesperson tell an old woman that the laptop he was trying to push on her had a "2.5 gigabyte processor with a 320 mega-hertz hard drive."
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Have you ever encountered a product called "Liquid Ass?" I think it would be perfect for this kind of task.
The marketers dream and the trademark lawyer's dream are two different things.
Yeah, you could call it a "biodome." Quickly, call Paulie Shore!
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Can you name a single self propagating Mac virus?
You don't have to 'learn' to use bittorrent. You install a client, go to tpb, click "download." The .torrent file automagically opens with your client and downloads.
I've gotten literally a dozen 40+ year olds set up with bittorrent.
Who still uses "share folder" based p2p programs?
PS2 games? Of course they're cheap. They're from 2001. We're talking games from 2004 and up.
"even WoW for the lore"
Unless you got the CE, WoW's book was pretty much "Check the website for information."
They would love to offer the games for cheap on Steam, but the game publishers don't want to piss off the B&M stores.
Also, 90% of the games I buy through Steam are weekend deals, where you can find new releases for maybe 30% off. Impulse is the same, I just bought the new Red Faction game for $15.
I pirate iPhone games, and if I don't buy it, it's because it wasn't worth the $19.99 or whatever insane price they are charging for the app. There are so many shitty applications in the app store that you're almost forced to pirate them first, just to keep from getting ripped off.
After reading the article, I see it's mostly a whine-fest of "Why didn't people pay for our app? It's so awesome and perfect!" This is what we've been hearing from developers for years now.
"You loose your energy savings.."
So all you have to do is tighten those savings and you'll be fine.
When asked at Blizzcon, they stated that the battle.net account would be banned from all games, they made a joke about how that would be 'real' punishment.
In WoW's case, the cheaters forced Blizzard to push out the Warden to everyone.
Just like they use telemarketers in India to get around Do Not Call. When will the the Government figure out they can't pass laws in foreign countries?
"Why can't we have internet service (at least in dense metro areas) like Japan or South Korea at 100Mbps??" Because we're, in general, more spread out.
Big cities should have 100Mbps, though. There's really no excuse.
The ISPs already got billions from the government to upgrade their broadband infrastructure. The big ones took the money, used it, and raised rates to "reclaim upgrade costs."
I think it's less than 5% of ISP customers who download a lot. The ISPs switching to charging per gigabyte downloaded would maybe get more money from the 5% powerusers, but the 95% who only use it to check their email and maybe get rickroll'd will be paying so much less that it won't ever be worth it.
They sell wiring kits which is a 'spool' of 100 feet, 10 ends, and a shitty crimper for about $125.
I second the Linux confusion thing. They probably had MBR problems and had no idea what to do.
I was in a Radio Shack a couple of years back, buying some batteries, and I watched a salesperson tell an old woman that the laptop he was trying to push on her had a "2.5 gigabyte processor with a 320 mega-hertz hard drive."
BoFH, is that you?
It's either "password," "sex," or "god."
Cables?! You're a mad man!
Are the seats being left in or are they taken out? What about the spare tire?