willnotparticipate
Peaceful, to the point, and less violent then other ideas floating around in my head.
Until they make it part of my drivers license or tie it to my SSN, its something I won't participate in.
And when they do tie it to those IDs, well, lawyers will certainly be tied all over it by then.
I thought Halo was a remake of Tribes 2 in Multiplayer..:P (prepares to lose Karma!)
Also, no one mentioned Descent?
Personally love games with controllers..and there is one gathering dust on a shelf right now called Cyberman2 made by Logitech..just for the Descent games./sigh
Those were the days.....
No one ever said you HAVE to use anything GOOGLE.
There are more then enough alternatives out there, including ad click sites.
Probably be labeled flamebait and lose karma, but Google IS the evil empire who knows everything, and plays innocent. (oops, our mistake. Easier to pay fines and ask for forgiveness then permission)
You have been warned.
donotwant tag desired!
We love to play our games on our consoles, with a huge TV, a cold beverage and bag of chips or popcorn or etc beside us.
Not on some finger greased up portable small ass screen that is easily broken by a 10yr old pitching a fit when she loses a level / life.
In particular it seems that this service is monitoring publicly available posts and also flagging how many of them happen during work hours. Considering employers are likely within their rights to monitor when their networks are used to make private posts, this doesn't really seem so bad.
It might serve as a wake-up call to people who share too much publicly.
And what if you posted while on break / in bathroom from your smart phone?
Yet another reason I "Just say NO" to social networks.
You can lease a car or house or boat or apartment, etc. If they are considering it leasing a game that you BUY and have an expected trade-in value at your local Gamestop, then shouldnt you be allowed to send them back your leased copy of said game for a set cash value? Much like when you lease a car and cant go over certain amount of miles per year or you pay a penalty or have to pay more at end of lease if you don't BUY the car.
They don't do this, so, you are BUYING a game and should have the right to sell it and the next user not have to worry about paying some non-sense $20 for DLC or Multiplayer / Online gameplay (maps, weapons, armor, etc. This isnt a MMO expansion, its a stand alone game).
Please add the tag "secondsale".
Why?
Because thats the ONLY way Sony will get money from my family. Because when the USED game drops to $10 or so in the bargin bin at GameStop, and the new add on BS drops to $5 or FREE is the only way any company that pulls this will get my money for a PS3 or Xbox360 title.
I now understand pirates who create serial crack programs so much better, and the ones who will soon create a "always online spoof" program. Withoutadoubt someone somewhere is pissed off right about now and hard at work on both.
I still can't wait for Verizon FIOS to be available in my neighborhood. I loathe Comcast. Its not just that their internet service is shoddy, but even my TV service has shown visual lag and dropping way too often.
Maybe. On the internet every guy is skinny, beautiful, witty and can write code as beautiful as the best poets known to time.
And they can all type exceptionally well with one hand.
Southwest Airlines was aware of the situation last night, and is working to remedy it. Nothing to see here, move along rubber neckers.
From @SouthwestAir:
I've read the tweets all night from @thatkevinsmith - He'll be getting a call at home from our Customer Relations VP tonight.
So why is this posted as a story on/.?
Because a lot of/.'er are Kevin Smith fans, and fat?
(ducks and prepares to lose her Karma)
Thanks, I never knew it WAS a fake. To me, its still falls into the "spirit" of something I feel he would write.
It was sent to me long ago in a email with a friend as we were discussing how best to deal with hyper-active kids and how so many parents just use pills and drugs (same as in the past) instead of being parents and teachers in this world.
Teaching a child to focus and use his or her engery in a constructive way is better then a pill any day of the week.
And your sig kinda does sum it up, cause it ruined a fond memory for me of a strip I now know he never wrote.
It's very unusual for a first-grader to use words like "arboreal" and "ichthyoid".... Calvin's rambunctiousness would be considered abnormal...
In reality, Calvin would probably classified as At-Risk/Underachieving Gifted.
[My wife was a Gifted Education teacher.]
Sadly, he would more then likely be called some form of ADD/Autism (living in his own world, shunning clothes at times, etc). ADD/ADHD & Autism are siblings after all.
I'll never forget the strip where "the pills must be working" and Hobbes just becomes a stuffed toy.
Well, I'm going to buy one for use waiting tables. It will save my friend (who owns the pizza place) a bit on the ledgers we use for jotting down a tables order. And if it works great for me, maybe I can convince everyone else to buy one and use them also. This will save on trees and paper going into the trash and into the landfill.
And because a few people work at multiple resturants, maybe this will catch on.
Wish I could come up for a way make one that retains what is written on it and can pull info back up.... I would market it to resturants.
But this will do for now
- nuclear power still has the stigma of 3 Mile Island and Chernobyl attached to it. It'll be tough to get public opinion on that changed, especially with advances in fuel cell and solar technologies
Or how many of us now watch SyFy (still hating the name change, as much as when Omni left for the web). I used to steal my big brothers copies and read them and loved this magazine.
Guess its a good thing I didnt take his Penthouse and Playboys as often, or I would have thought that was how women are supposed to look and act ALL the time.
No, I dont want to pull off a 180 in a unreal amount of time in a game, and I dont want to run at insane resolutions to prevent "jaggies" (because I know the look of games will improve with each console cycle, and dont mind them anyway)
I can trouble shoot my internet just fine with my old PC, and only have problems if someone is torrenting, and not just streaming. I have a router that I set for game ports to have 1st priority.
I enjoyed playing our Steel Battalion set up, even if it cost as much as the console, but I was pissed when MS and Capcom stopped having servers, thats still a sore point for me/us. I enjoyed spending $150 on our Ace Combat 6 Flight Controller and still like using it, even if I am worse in the house and crash too often.
We play a lot of FPS, at a decent frame rate, with no lag, on our 60in SONY, money I am happy to have spent vs buying 2 or 3 new video cards and PCs to play on a 22in LCD at stupidly high resolutions. At least when we play the whole family can enjoy it, and more then one can play at a time if they want.
I also feel there are a lot of good FPS and games on consoles, HAL0 Series, Call of Duty Series, Anything Tom Clancy, Resistance: Fall of Man, and so many other games I cant name them all.
Its about the price vs. fun for me, and for me and my family, a console has become the way to go.
I never got used to the stupid little joysticks and the A button, B button with no obvious functions. And back when i was trying them, there never seemed to be any rhyme or reason for which button did what.
Add to that the fact that I can play a perfectly good game on my PC using superior controls (F-16 Fighterstick, etc.) and the rich keyboard environment for additional settings, consoles just never seemed to be good gaming option in the first place.
I guess the only good reason for a console is that you can hook it up to a big screen TV and standing there, waving your arms around like a lunatic.
I have to disagree with you. The only games I liked on PC are MMORPGs, and even those I cant wait for them to be on a console, and so far it looks as if SONY will lead the way.
I love all the controllers that have been available for consoles over the years! Everything from Ninja Swords to Steel Battalion to Guitar Hero and Rock Band and Flight Controllers for Air Combat (PS2 and Xbox360). Consoles have PCs beat hands down in this department for me.
We used to have some interesting controllers for PCs, like the one made for Descent when that game was popular (for the love of all thats gaming, someone bring this to console oneday, please, if ONLY I had the money for making this game on consoles!)
I really, really, look forward to NATAL and WHATEVER Sony is developing for the future of console gaming. Could you imagine being able to hold a sword and shield infront of your PC and have realtime battles? Or casting a spell, using only your hands? Just imagine how games are going to be in 2 ~ 5 years from now when the next consoles come out. And XBOX Live is totally worth it as far as I am concerned. We love being able to find a game in a matter of moments and it being on a dedicated servers that dont fail, and not worrying too much about cheaters.
And yes, being in front of my big screen is a must for everything from streaming Netflix to playing games now.
I have given up on "The Grind" of buying the latest, hottest video card with 1.6GB of GDDR and etc etc. I cant wait for those chips and level of memory to be standard in a XBOX or PS(X) one year. I just want to put a game in and it play at a great frame rate and everyone be on the same level playing grounds and have fun.
It might not be a Star Trek Holodeck, but its going to be damn close to that level of fun in a few short years, and it wont be on a PC.
Obligatory comment time:
"You wouldn't steal a car? etc etc etc."
No, I wouldn't steal a CD/DVD.... but this makes me damn sure to download it instead.
This, I think, is going to be key to stopping piracy as we know it today.
Digital distribution has the potential to lower costs by eliminating packaging. It can expand the marketplace by making truly ancient and fringe titles available. It can facilitate impulse buys and periodic sales. And it can give you the instant gratification of getting something without having to go out to the store or wait on shipping.
It is genuinely easier for me to buy a song on iTunes - even if I won't use iTunes or an iPod to play it back - than it is for me to track down a torrent.
It is genuinely easier for me to buy a game on Steam than it is for me to track down a torrent and wait for it to download.
Some of us havent forgotten the debacle of losing our DRM'd files legitimately purchased on previous platforms. I dont know if you have?
This is why I either buy a physical CD/DVD/Blu-Ray and then find a pirated rip (usually of the DVD's/Blu-Ray's) to stream to my consoles.
I will always want / need the physical media, because it can not be taken away, but can be shared between family and friends and even at a library when I pass away. Everyone should have this in their will, what books and media to leave to who and to your local library.
~Gabbi
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willnotparticipate Peaceful, to the point, and less violent then other ideas floating around in my head. Until they make it part of my drivers license or tie it to my SSN, its something I won't participate in. And when they do tie it to those IDs, well, lawyers will certainly be tied all over it by then.
At last, true vaporware!
I just download Blalock's Monthly playlist and listen to it on my iPhone http://blalocksirp.com/
I thought Halo was a remake of Tribes 2 in Multiplayer.. :P (prepares to lose Karma!)
Also, no one mentioned Descent?
Personally love games with controllers ..and there is one gathering dust on a shelf right now called Cyberman2 made by Logitech ..just for the Descent games. /sigh
Those were the days.....
No one ever said you HAVE to use anything GOOGLE. There are more then enough alternatives out there, including ad click sites. Probably be labeled flamebait and lose karma, but Google IS the evil empire who knows everything, and plays innocent. (oops, our mistake. Easier to pay fines and ask for forgiveness then permission) You have been warned.
donotwant tag desired! We love to play our games on our consoles, with a huge TV, a cold beverage and bag of chips or popcorn or etc beside us. Not on some finger greased up portable small ass screen that is easily broken by a 10yr old pitching a fit when she loses a level / life.
In particular it seems that this service is monitoring publicly available posts and also flagging how many of them happen during work hours. Considering employers are likely within their rights to monitor when their networks are used to make private posts, this doesn't really seem so bad.
It might serve as a wake-up call to people who share too much publicly.
And what if you posted while on break / in bathroom from your smart phone? Yet another reason I "Just say NO" to social networks.
You can lease a car or house or boat or apartment, etc. If they are considering it leasing a game that you BUY and have an expected trade-in value at your local Gamestop, then shouldnt you be allowed to send them back your leased copy of said game for a set cash value? Much like when you lease a car and cant go over certain amount of miles per year or you pay a penalty or have to pay more at end of lease if you don't BUY the car. They don't do this, so, you are BUYING a game and should have the right to sell it and the next user not have to worry about paying some non-sense $20 for DLC or Multiplayer / Online gameplay (maps, weapons, armor, etc. This isnt a MMO expansion, its a stand alone game).
Please add the tag "secondsale". Why? Because thats the ONLY way Sony will get money from my family. Because when the USED game drops to $10 or so in the bargin bin at GameStop, and the new add on BS drops to $5 or FREE is the only way any company that pulls this will get my money for a PS3 or Xbox360 title. I now understand pirates who create serial crack programs so much better, and the ones who will soon create a "always online spoof" program. Withoutadoubt someone somewhere is pissed off right about now and hard at work on both.
I still can't wait for Verizon FIOS to be available in my neighborhood. I loathe Comcast. Its not just that their internet service is shoddy, but even my TV service has shown visual lag and dropping way too often.
(ducks and prepares to lose her Karma)
Fishing for a /. Valentine, are we? :)
Maybe. On the internet every guy is skinny, beautiful, witty and can write code as beautiful as the best poets known to time. And they can all type exceptionally well with one hand.
Southwest Airlines was aware of the situation last night, and is working to remedy it. Nothing to see here, move along rubber neckers. From @SouthwestAir:
I've read the tweets all night from @thatkevinsmith - He'll be getting a call at home from our Customer Relations VP tonight.
So why is this posted as a story on /.?
Because a lot of /.'er are Kevin Smith fans, and fat?
(ducks and prepares to lose her Karma)
Thanks, I never knew it WAS a fake. To me, its still falls into the "spirit" of something I feel he would write. It was sent to me long ago in a email with a friend as we were discussing how best to deal with hyper-active kids and how so many parents just use pills and drugs (same as in the past) instead of being parents and teachers in this world. Teaching a child to focus and use his or her engery in a constructive way is better then a pill any day of the week. And your sig kinda does sum it up, cause it ruined a fond memory for me of a strip I now know he never wrote.
In reality, Calvin would probably classified as At-Risk/Underachieving Gifted. [My wife was a Gifted Education teacher.]
Sadly, he would more then likely be called some form of ADD/Autism (living in his own world, shunning clothes at times, etc). ADD/ADHD & Autism are siblings after all. I'll never forget the strip where "the pills must be working" and Hobbes just becomes a stuffed toy.
Well, I'm going to buy one for use waiting tables. It will save my friend (who owns the pizza place) a bit on the ledgers we use for jotting down a tables order. And if it works great for me, maybe I can convince everyone else to buy one and use them also. This will save on trees and paper going into the trash and into the landfill. And because a few people work at multiple resturants, maybe this will catch on. Wish I could come up for a way make one that retains what is written on it and can pull info back up.... I would market it to resturants. But this will do for now
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- nuclear power still has the stigma of 3 Mile Island and Chernobyl attached to it. It'll be tough to get public opinion on that changed, especially with advances in fuel cell and solar technologies
Not true also. The original "hippies" are all behind nuclear power now. They all want us to go and build them. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/14/AR2006041401209.html as shown by this article and a few others I dont feel like Bing'ing right now
Or how many of us now watch SyFy (still hating the name change, as much as when Omni left for the web). I used to steal my big brothers copies and read them and loved this magazine. Guess its a good thing I didnt take his Penthouse and Playboys as often, or I would have thought that was how women are supposed to look and act ALL the time.
"andfatter" is not deserved coming from /., home of the neckbearded basement dwellers.
If ever there was a need of goodluckwiththat tag, this article is it.
No, I dont want to pull off a 180 in a unreal amount of time in a game, and I dont want to run at insane resolutions to prevent "jaggies" (because I know the look of games will improve with each console cycle, and dont mind them anyway) I can trouble shoot my internet just fine with my old PC, and only have problems if someone is torrenting, and not just streaming. I have a router that I set for game ports to have 1st priority. I enjoyed playing our Steel Battalion set up, even if it cost as much as the console, but I was pissed when MS and Capcom stopped having servers, thats still a sore point for me/us. I enjoyed spending $150 on our Ace Combat 6 Flight Controller and still like using it, even if I am worse in the house and crash too often. We play a lot of FPS, at a decent frame rate, with no lag, on our 60in SONY, money I am happy to have spent vs buying 2 or 3 new video cards and PCs to play on a 22in LCD at stupidly high resolutions. At least when we play the whole family can enjoy it, and more then one can play at a time if they want. I also feel there are a lot of good FPS and games on consoles, HAL0 Series, Call of Duty Series, Anything Tom Clancy, Resistance: Fall of Man, and so many other games I cant name them all. Its about the price vs. fun for me, and for me and my family, a console has become the way to go.
I never got used to the stupid little joysticks and the A button, B button with no obvious functions. And back when i was trying them, there never seemed to be any rhyme or reason for which button did what.
Add to that the fact that I can play a perfectly good game on my PC using superior controls (F-16 Fighterstick, etc.) and the rich keyboard environment for additional settings, consoles just never seemed to be good gaming option in the first place.
I guess the only good reason for a console is that you can hook it up to a big screen TV and standing there, waving your arms around like a lunatic.
I have to disagree with you. The only games I liked on PC are MMORPGs, and even those I cant wait for them to be on a console, and so far it looks as if SONY will lead the way. I love all the controllers that have been available for consoles over the years! Everything from Ninja Swords to Steel Battalion to Guitar Hero and Rock Band and Flight Controllers for Air Combat (PS2 and Xbox360). Consoles have PCs beat hands down in this department for me. We used to have some interesting controllers for PCs, like the one made for Descent when that game was popular (for the love of all thats gaming, someone bring this to console oneday, please, if ONLY I had the money for making this game on consoles!) I really, really, look forward to NATAL and WHATEVER Sony is developing for the future of console gaming. Could you imagine being able to hold a sword and shield infront of your PC and have realtime battles? Or casting a spell, using only your hands? Just imagine how games are going to be in 2 ~ 5 years from now when the next consoles come out. And XBOX Live is totally worth it as far as I am concerned. We love being able to find a game in a matter of moments and it being on a dedicated servers that dont fail, and not worrying too much about cheaters. And yes, being in front of my big screen is a must for everything from streaming Netflix to playing games now. I have given up on "The Grind" of buying the latest, hottest video card with 1.6GB of GDDR and etc etc. I cant wait for those chips and level of memory to be standard in a XBOX or PS(X) one year. I just want to put a game in and it play at a great frame rate and everyone be on the same level playing grounds and have fun. It might not be a Star Trek Holodeck, but its going to be damn close to that level of fun in a few short years, and it wont be on a PC.
Certainly couldn't do it at the worlds busiest airport? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World's_busiest_airport http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartsfield-Jackson_Atlanta_International_Airport
Obligatory comment time: "You wouldn't steal a car? etc etc etc." No, I wouldn't steal a CD/DVD.... but this makes me damn sure to download it instead.
This, I think, is going to be key to stopping piracy as we know it today.
Digital distribution has the potential to lower costs by eliminating packaging. It can expand the marketplace by making truly ancient and fringe titles available. It can facilitate impulse buys and periodic sales. And it can give you the instant gratification of getting something without having to go out to the store or wait on shipping.
It is genuinely easier for me to buy a song on iTunes - even if I won't use iTunes or an iPod to play it back - than it is for me to track down a torrent.
It is genuinely easier for me to buy a game on Steam than it is for me to track down a torrent and wait for it to download.
Some of us havent forgotten the debacle of losing our DRM'd files legitimately purchased on previous platforms. I dont know if you have? This is why I either buy a physical CD/DVD/Blu-Ray and then find a pirated rip (usually of the DVD's/Blu-Ray's) to stream to my consoles. I will always want / need the physical media, because it can not be taken away, but can be shared between family and friends and even at a library when I pass away. Everyone should have this in their will, what books and media to leave to who and to your local library. ~Gabbi