I keep seeing various statistics about where all (or some percentage of) the "net new jobs" come from, but I'm not sure I understand what it means. Are they just saying "Internet startups (or whatever) added 100 more jobs than they lost, and the economy as a whole added 100 more jobs than it lost, so all the gain came from internet startups"? That doesn't seem like a legitimate claim (any number of other categories could have had the same net job gain, as long as enough jobs were lost from at least one other category...)
The author seems to be using "troll" as a term for "someone posting in an inflammatory manner," but I thought "troll" specifically referred to posters doing it to get a rise out of people. Responding in a reasonable manner isn't going to help if the other party isn't interested in taking the conversation seriously.
Wait, so....they gave you an extra $12 for selling someone a $5.99 warranty? How's that work? Did you start offering to pay for the $6 plan yourself and pocket the extra $6?
With a EULA you gain the right to run the software.
What is the theory under which you _don't_ have the right to run the software you've legally purchased, absent any EULA?
If you don't have such a right without a EULA, then presumably, you could distribute (for free, with no EULA) some useful utility you wrote, then turn around and sue anyone who runs it for copyright infringement?
After all, the reason they dumped the GBA cart is because that's the slot that Flash-ram carts (with a wraparound ribbon if you are playing a DS title) use for their interface.
That might have made sense if this decision had come before the slot-1 flash cards came out, but what good does it do them to drop the GBA slot when the best flash cards now use the DS cartridge slot?
Do you really think millions of people are exclusively using DS ROM sites and not paying Nintendo a cent?
Yes. Of the people I know who own a DS Lite (and that's most), I'd guess that about 80-90% of them own an R4 or equivalent device.
And every one of those people is exclusively pirating? None of them has bought a single DS game legitimately since getting an R4? None of them use the R4 for homebrew apps and still buy games?
As far as RPGs go it was horrid. [...] It was definitely entertaining [...] It was well worth playing regardless [...]
Well, stop right there. Do you even listen to yourself? If it was "definitely entertaining" and "well worth playing", then WTF _did_ you expect from a _game_, and how does it make it "horrid"?
He didn't say it was a horrid game, he said it was a horrid RPG. Tetris is definitely entertaining and worth playing, but you wouldn't describe it as a great FPS.
Second, the RIAA's claim is that XM isn't being sued for manufacturing the equipment, they are being sued for illegal "distribution" of copyrighted content because the combination of equipment and service they provide makes them a distributor, not merely a broadcaster, and they've only paid for a license to broadcast.
In what circumstances could one broadcast anything without distributing it to everyone who receives the broadcast? That's what broadcasting means!
I'd be much more worried about how lazy my ass was if I actually had the spare time to spend all day cruising my local game stores in hopes that the Wii fairy will show up while I'm there.
I don't think MS is going to remove the ability for developers to target the keyboard and mouse, I think they just want the gamepad to work as well, which isn't too bad of an idea - giving the user a choice is always a good idea.
I'm not so sure I agree that making a game work with a controller is a good idea, even if it will also work with a keyboard and mouse. Remember Deus Ex 2? I don't want to see anyone else dumbing down the interface because they feel they have to make the game work just as well with a controller...
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First thought: Who's the source on this? Everybody suspected it was the US or the Israelis, but is this reliable?
Second thought, while reading through the article: Wow, that's pretty badass.
Final Fantasy had new single-player games after their MMO offering...
They normally tell a third of the truth?
I keep seeing various statistics about where all (or some percentage of) the "net new jobs" come from, but I'm not sure I understand what it means. Are they just saying "Internet startups (or whatever) added 100 more jobs than they lost, and the economy as a whole added 100 more jobs than it lost, so all the gain came from internet startups"? That doesn't seem like a legitimate claim (any number of other categories could have had the same net job gain, as long as enough jobs were lost from at least one other category...)
If that was the case, why would she not be paying capital gains taxes on the appreciation before his death when she sells them?
The author seems to be using "troll" as a term for "someone posting in an inflammatory manner," but I thought "troll" specifically referred to posters doing it to get a rise out of people. Responding in a reasonable manner isn't going to help if the other party isn't interested in taking the conversation seriously.
From that analysis, it almost sounds like it's the real world that's doing it wrong, not WoW.
Wait, so....they gave you an extra $12 for selling someone a $5.99 warranty? How's that work? Did you start offering to pay for the $6 plan yourself and pocket the extra $6?
With a EULA you gain the right to run the software.
What is the theory under which you _don't_ have the right to run the software you've legally purchased, absent any EULA?
If you don't have such a right without a EULA, then presumably, you could distribute (for free, with no EULA) some useful utility you wrote, then turn around and sue anyone who runs it for copyright infringement?
How does presenting the liver help?
It lets you see whether the author was a career alcoholic, or just drunk for that one paper.
legitimately pirating the game.
The word of the day is 'Oxymoron'.
I think it's clear that he means the statistic is legitimately classifying them as pirates, not that the piracy is legitimate.
I, personally, am proud to be pro-abortion. Babies may be cute, but some day they'll grow up.
If you really believed that, you wouldn't be posting here. Oh, you believe it for other people? What's that called again? Oh right, hypocrisy. Nice.
Uh....what are you saying he SHOULD be doing if he really believed that, instead of posting here? Hunting down babies?
Or is he hypocritical because he didn't inform his mother while he was a fetus that he would have preferred to be aborted?
After all, the reason they dumped the GBA cart is because that's the slot that Flash-ram carts (with a wraparound ribbon if you are playing a DS title) use for their interface.
That might have made sense if this decision had come before the slot-1 flash cards came out, but what good does it do them to drop the GBA slot when the best flash cards now use the DS cartridge slot?
Do you really think millions of people are exclusively using DS ROM sites and not paying Nintendo a cent?
Yes. Of the people I know who own a DS Lite (and that's most), I'd guess that about 80-90% of them own an R4 or equivalent device.
And every one of those people is exclusively pirating? None of them has bought a single DS game legitimately since getting an R4? None of them use the R4 for homebrew apps and still buy games?
Are you suggesting one of them should have been chosen as the writer, or that they should be hiring writers to continue their relatives' work?
As far as RPGs go it was horrid. [...] It was definitely entertaining [...] It was well worth playing regardless [...]
Well, stop right there. Do you even listen to yourself? If it was "definitely entertaining" and "well worth playing", then WTF _did_ you expect from a _game_, and how does it make it "horrid"?
He didn't say it was a horrid game, he said it was a horrid RPG. Tetris is definitely entertaining and worth playing, but you wouldn't describe it as a great FPS.
Am I the only one who reads this as "solid mechanics"?
I worry any time I see a set of rules that can't be represented in code...
Do people associate tax evasion with mobsters because of Al Capone?
Anyone else read that as "Miniature Magnetic Onion"?
In what circumstances could one broadcast anything without distributing it to everyone who receives the broadcast? That's what broadcasting means!
As opposed to Ajax (the archer), who's probably a bit macroscopic for virus-killing.
I'd be much more worried about how lazy my ass was if I actually had the spare time to spend all day cruising my local game stores in hopes that the Wii fairy will show up while I'm there.
Identity theft is a bit more illegal than misnaming files on a P2P network.
I'm not so sure I agree that making a game work with a controller is a good idea, even if it will also work with a keyboard and mouse. Remember Deus Ex 2? I don't want to see anyone else dumbing down the interface because they feel they have to make the game work just as well with a controller...
That's right. I'm much more interested in pondering whether it's safe to drink the water from my air conditioner.