I played just about each and every one of them now, although I haven't played 10 much at all.
In my opinion, the one with the most "theatrical" feel to it as well as the most defined image, FF6(FF3US) would be the best in that field.
FF7 had the best characters, period. And the story was failry deep[albeit not as deep as FFX, it was easier to absorb)
FF4 has the nostalgia kick as well as being the biggest jump in technology FF has seen.(ATB, operatic music, etc...) Besides, Kain was cool:)
FF8 made excellent strides in gameplay as well as having one of the cooler weapons(gunblade was cool, try to dispute that;P) but the story was horrid and jammed together in a nonsensical mush.
FF9 was fun and lighthearted. Which was fun:)
FF1 was great, and even the story(or what story there was) was interested and deep in those days. Playing it now is just plain frustrating though(walking the map for three days just to find out what to do next was somewhat aggravating). But hay, Chaos was cool:)
[anyone ever able to beat Warmech?]
I work for a registrar. USPTO is worth crap on the domain end of things. ICANN does the final ruling. There is a reason for this:
Domains are INTERNATIONAL.
If someone wants to exploit a trademark and try to sue another company out of a domain, they need to follow a DOmain Dispute with ICANN, in which they must prove that Google registered the name to intentionaly exploit an existing trademark for profit(cybersquatting)
Google didn't do its homework, they didn't research if Gmail was not already taken and also failed to register it in time, so they are now in trouble for their neglicience. End of story.
As well, you are well within your rights to negotiate broadcast royalties with the CBC on your own. There are many cases where people do things like that, and in fact some cases where SOCAN itself recommends that!
While the rest of your statemenent may or may not be true(the fee being waived online or whatever), going with SOCAN was my only option. The contract was void in any other case. Unless you happen to have a copy of the SRC's policies and my particular contract with you?(if you do, give it back, thief).
Mind you I did the thing for fun, royalties never mattered to me.
You are many time obligated to join. I recently did a small animated production for the french version of the CBC(SRC) and in order to collect royalties from it, I needed to sign a form to join socan(which I would then have to pay regularly to be a member)
not having much of a revenue or expecting much of one for the production, I waived the right to royalty payments.
The USA's extreme stockpile is only HELPING the arms race. You think Russia's gonna lower their nuke count while the US does nothing to theirs?
If you freaking pro-war imperialists want enough nukes to kill everyone else, reduce your nuke count to 25 and ask Russia to do the same(don't you think they'd agree to a deal likethat?!?)
from MS FAQ:
Can I sell or give away old versions of my products when I acquire an upgrade?
No. Because the original full product and the upgrade product together are considered a single software unit, you must retain the old product as part of that unit.
13. SOFTWARE TRANSFER. Internal. You may move the Software to a different Workstation Computer. After the transfer, you must completely remove the Software from the former Workstation Computer. Transfer to Third Party. The initial user of the Software may make a one-time permanent transfer of this EULA and Software to another end user, provided the initial user retains no copies of the Software. This transfer must include all of the Software (including all component parts, the media and printed materials, any upgrades, this EULA, and, if applicable, the Certificate of Authenticity). The transfer may not be an indirect transfer, such as a consignment. Prior to the transfer, the end user receiving the Software must agree to all the EULA terms.
You can sell it once, no more. I can sell a car that has been sold to me.
read the goddam EULA before you start spouting terms like "outright wrongness"
according to even the MS EULA, getting that win98 CD from EBAY is illegal according to Microsoft. The only outfits able to sell Windows in a legit way are those sanctioned by Microsoft.
In other words, if my friend wanted to sell a used Toyota(I will used the goddam used car analogy as I see fit if it fits, see), it would be like having to get Toyota to OK the sale but in this case wouldn't as it's not the new Toyota model.(Microsoft forbids the sale of it's earlier OSes, if you neighboorhood computer store is selling windows98, they are doing so in violation of Microsoft's policies, hence why you get weird stares askign a BestBuy for a win98 computer)
And to my understanding[correct me, intelligently, mind you, if I'm wrong], in order to "downgrade" licenses, you need to have a License to begin with. So to downgrade to 98, I need to buy the same license as with XP to start. It's like paying the 2004 price for the 2000 model.
With a car, you can choose the new 2004 model or get a second hand 2000 model that works as good.
With windows, you can no longer license windows 98(not that you want to, mind you) and are obligated to get Windows XP, regardless of if you preferred, required 98.
No, no laws are forcing this. A monopoly is.(Think as if Toyota were to prohibit anyone from selling any used cars to anyone)
VirtualDub
it's free and does frame cropping
if by lopping off the frame with the watermark you ruin the movie it means the watermark was waaaaay too noticeable
As for "test driving" music, films or books, I sometimes rely on people called "critics". Then I decide if I take the plunge.
The last time I agreed with Roeper, I shot myself in the foot to repent my sins
source??
If anything, anti-smoking legislation in Canada forces people to smoke outside of donut shops at least 10 feet away(or something like that, there is a distance limit).
Heck, in more and more provinces and cities, smoking in bars is outlawed(NB for one; Halifax, NS to an extent)
It's already been decided that DVD-Rs will not have the levy in place
as for 100 CDs for 20.99, that must be shady, I have yet to see any below 35-ish$
RBC(no SCO refs here, RBC is a dick, we all know it, especially their customers), forces you to use Netscape/Mozilla to do banking with them(it has something to do with the 128 bit encryption, I dunno, my friend uses it, not me)
if you try going in with IE, it'll ask that you get Netscape(doesn't say moz, but moz obviously works)
"At the time, yes, actually I did expect some form of corporate integrity. After all the scandals US businesses have been through in the past 4 years, I'm not suprised one bit."
That's a trolling statement if I've ever seen one. First off, you don't think AT&T would have if they could??? And besides, you can blame corporations for many things, but if you're naive, that's your own damn problem....Btw, I do have a nice bridge for sale if you're interested.
And yes, all of those promises have been possible since the day AT&T made them, they just never followed through with the support. If they had taken the money they spent on those commercials and all the law suites they've levelled against the regional bells and put it into R&D and infrastructure, they might have even come through on a few of them, or at least gotten closer.
I want you to build me a flying car in a couple of years. Then I want you to forfeit all your other ventures so you can support that flying car so that one slashdotter, that stares at his computer even longer instead of going to a bookstore or get open heart surgery on his couch while staring at his half-naked, just out of the shower friend, can crash into a building in a fit of aeronautic road rage.
Slashdot Mirror
I played just about each and every one of them now, although I haven't played 10 much at all. In my opinion, the one with the most "theatrical" feel to it as well as the most defined image, FF6(FF3US) would be the best in that field. FF7 had the best characters, period. And the story was failry deep[albeit not as deep as FFX, it was easier to absorb) FF4 has the nostalgia kick as well as being the biggest jump in technology FF has seen.(ATB, operatic music, etc...) Besides, Kain was cool:) FF8 made excellent strides in gameplay as well as having one of the cooler weapons(gunblade was cool, try to dispute that;P) but the story was horrid and jammed together in a nonsensical mush. FF9 was fun and lighthearted. Which was fun:) FF1 was great, and even the story(or what story there was) was interested and deep in those days. Playing it now is just plain frustrating though(walking the map for three days just to find out what to do next was somewhat aggravating). But hay, Chaos was cool:) [anyone ever able to beat Warmech?]
dang^^ I guess I wasn't "thinking"
When was the Dreamcast released?
Did the SEGA channel save scores?
I work for a registrar. USPTO is worth crap on the domain end of things. ICANN does the final ruling. There is a reason for this:
Domains are INTERNATIONAL.
If someone wants to exploit a trademark and try to sue another company out of a domain, they need to follow a DOmain Dispute with ICANN, in which they must prove that Google registered the name to intentionaly exploit an existing trademark for profit(cybersquatting)
Google didn't do its homework, they didn't research if Gmail was not already taken and also failed to register it in time, so they are now in trouble for their neglicience. End of story.
THey never had to. End of story.
Of course we do this so that our brains don't have to work.
As well, you are well within your rights to negotiate broadcast royalties with the CBC on your own. There are many cases where people do things like that, and in fact some cases where SOCAN itself recommends that!
While the rest of your statemenent may or may not be true(the fee being waived online or whatever), going with SOCAN was my only option. The contract was void in any other case. Unless you happen to have a copy of the SRC's policies and my particular contract with you?(if you do, give it back, thief).
Mind you I did the thing for fun, royalties never mattered to me.
You are many time obligated to join. I recently did a small animated production for the french version of the CBC(SRC) and in order to collect royalties from it, I needed to sign a form to join socan(which I would then have to pay regularly to be a member)
not having much of a revenue or expecting much of one for the production, I waived the right to royalty payments.
I believe we're(Canada) spending as much/more on Afghanistan now
Mind you, that didn't stop Bush from indirectly insulting our contribution for the following few months after he declared war on Oil and we didn't.
The USA's extreme stockpile is only HELPING the arms race. You think Russia's gonna lower their nuke count while the US does nothing to theirs?
If you freaking pro-war imperialists want enough nukes to kill everyone else, reduce your nuke count to 25 and ask Russia to do the same(don't you think they'd agree to a deal likethat?!?)
can you please restate the answer in the form of a sentence? ;)
jez kidd'n
from MS FAQ: Can I sell or give away old versions of my products when I acquire an upgrade? No. Because the original full product and the upgrade product together are considered a single software unit, you must retain the old product as part of that unit.
13. SOFTWARE TRANSFER. Internal. You may move the Software to a different Workstation Computer. After the transfer, you must completely remove the Software from the former Workstation Computer. Transfer to Third Party. The initial user of the Software may make a one-time permanent transfer of this EULA and Software to another end user, provided the initial user retains no copies of the Software. This transfer must include all of the Software (including all component parts, the media and printed materials, any upgrades, this EULA, and, if applicable, the Certificate of Authenticity). The transfer may not be an indirect transfer, such as a consignment. Prior to the transfer, the end user receiving the Software must agree to all the EULA terms.
You can sell it once, no more. I can sell a car that has been sold to me.
read the goddam EULA before you start spouting terms like "outright wrongness"
according to even the MS EULA, getting that win98 CD from EBAY is illegal according to Microsoft. The only outfits able to sell Windows in a legit way are those sanctioned by Microsoft.
In other words, if my friend wanted to sell a used Toyota(I will used the goddam used car analogy as I see fit if it fits, see), it would be like having to get Toyota to OK the sale but in this case wouldn't as it's not the new Toyota model.(Microsoft forbids the sale of it's earlier OSes, if you neighboorhood computer store is selling windows98, they are doing so in violation of Microsoft's policies, hence why you get weird stares askign a BestBuy for a win98 computer)
And to my understanding[correct me, intelligently, mind you, if I'm wrong], in order to "downgrade" licenses, you need to have a License to begin with. So to downgrade to 98, I need to buy the same license as with XP to start. It's like paying the 2004 price for the 2000 model.
With a car, you can choose the new 2004 model or get a second hand 2000 model that works as good.
With windows, you can no longer license windows 98(not that you want to, mind you) and are obligated to get Windows XP, regardless of if you preferred, required 98.
No, no laws are forcing this. A monopoly is.(Think as if Toyota were to prohibit anyone from selling any used cars to anyone)
If a 12-year-old girl steals candy from the store, will she get threatened with a lawsuit vs a baseless and ridiculously large settlement?
No.
She will pay the MATERIAL damages(or return the candy), and get a scolding from mah and pah(hopefully). In turn, she learns a valuable lesson.
There is an air of "fairness" that you seem to forget.
VirtualDub it's free and does frame cropping if by lopping off the frame with the watermark you ruin the movie it means the watermark was waaaaay too noticeable
We Canadians did far more and lost more men in WWII then the states. So did the brits and just about everyone else.
We spearheaded the campaign on D-Day.
Get your head out of your USAss for a moment and pick up a valid history book.
that is your problem
why are DVD sales up if the buyer could just:
Ilegally:
download the movie
Legally:
Watch it in theatres
Rent it at Blockbuster
As for "test driving" music, films or books, I sometimes rely on people called "critics". Then I decide if I take the plunge.
The last time I agreed with Roeper, I shot myself in the foot to repent my sins
note: I am certainly not backing the Conservatives(shudder)
however, it should be noted that the liberals created the notwithstanding clause...(NDP all the way:P)
source??
If anything, anti-smoking legislation in Canada forces people to smoke outside of donut shops at least 10 feet away(or something like that, there is a distance limit).
Heck, in more and more provinces and cities, smoking in bars is outlawed(NB for one; Halifax, NS to an extent)
"As for the CDR's ... definitely shady ... that's why I make the drive and pay cash ..."
fair 'nuf:P
It's already been decided that DVD-Rs will not have the levy in place as for 100 CDs for 20.99, that must be shady, I have yet to see any below 35-ish$
RBC(no SCO refs here, RBC is a dick, we all know it, especially their customers), forces you to use Netscape/Mozilla to do banking with them(it has something to do with the 128 bit encryption, I dunno, my friend uses it, not me) if you try going in with IE, it'll ask that you get Netscape(doesn't say moz, but moz obviously works)
"At the time, yes, actually I did expect some form of corporate integrity. After all the scandals US businesses have been through in the past 4 years, I'm not suprised one bit."
That's a trolling statement if I've ever seen one.
First off, you don't think AT&T would have if they could??? And besides, you can blame corporations for many things, but if you're naive, that's your own damn problem....Btw, I do have a nice bridge for sale if you're interested.
And yes, all of those promises have been possible since the day AT&T made them, they just never followed through with the support. If they had taken the money they spent on those commercials and all the law suites they've levelled against the regional bells and put it into R&D and infrastructure, they might have even come through on a few of them, or at least gotten closer.
I want you to build me a flying car in a couple of years. Then I want you to forfeit all your other ventures so you can support that flying car so that one slashdotter, that stares at his computer even longer instead of going to a bookstore or get open heart surgery on his couch while staring at his half-naked, just out of the shower friend, can crash into a building in a fit of aeronautic road rage.
I've said it before
Get a life.....