The developers have made beautiful games, then set them almost entirely in the dark. It's a lazy way to keep players on edge and it's unrealistic. Doom takes place in the future. Don't you think we'll have mastered interior lighting by then, as if we haven't already? Doom 3 was virtually unplayable without the flashlight and duct tape mod. The new Doom looks to have a similar shortfall.
The notion that wage disparity is the direct result of government activity and not the market is absurd as it flies in the face of reason.
And who imposed wage freezes in WW2 forcing employers to offer non-monetary compensation, like health insurance? Yes, the government meddles heavily with such things, along with the federal reserve.
You have a good point. The same way movies are measured in dollars to determine "highest grossing" while inflation has gutted the value of money. The same way Neilsen doesn't (or didn't, I don't know if they ever caught on) understand how to include time-shifting and online views in their numbers.
Every new version of Windows is worst or just as bad as the last. Just letting Microsoft continue on as it has will produce a Windows so unusable that Linux will be the only answer.
That is likely. No sense in wasting money for licenses to stuff customers don't watch.
Still, RIAA needs to realize for many people, they are competing with FREE. Pirate Bay is zero dollars ever. A trending story earlier this week was that a Blu-Ray rip of whatever the new Star Wars is had appeared. No shit!
Pirating IS the competition! Every book, every video game, every app, every comic, every movie, every Windows/Mac program, every song, every TV show. For free to anyone with an internet connection. Price your wares accordingly.
Makes the rest of us feel like idiots for having a legitimate Windows license, registering WinRAR, and still going to the movies...
Now every microbrew is in contest to see which can produce the bitterest IPA. My favorite watering hole gave up Yuengling and Shocktop in favor of a bad and worse IPA. I actually like mild IPAs but I'll be glad when the fad is over.
"If you vote republican and accept Medicare and social security you are a hypocrite."
There is nothing hypocritical about accepting Medicare and Social Security. Assuming you've paid in your whole working life, taking advantage of those programs in retirement is simply getting back a portion of what was forcibly taken from you out of your earnings.
I'm running a Samsung SSD. I had no issues upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10 or downgrading back to Windows 7 because Windows 10 is hideous to look at and massively violates your privacy.
Juat guessing: cost, reliability, sustainability, space requirements, NIMBYs, safety concerns, etc. All the usual reasons new technology can't replace fossil fuels.
Free, like Obamacare? Yeah, how's that working out for everyone? Patient care is worse, good doctors are fewer, and shit costs more than ever. But I think we'll pass on your idea of "free" healthcare.
(Even those who are steadfastly against Obamacare as a whole still like the the removal of pre-existing conditions and being able to insure your boomerang millenial until 26. We can leave those parts.)
I as a regular Joe don't care if drug dealers are killing each other.
This is what the vast majority of gun crime in the US is. Take away gang members killing each other, and our stats look normal.
But you can admit there's a gang problem anywhere. It drops property values, so the residents don't want to admit it. It makes people ask what the police are doing about it, so the officials don't want to admit it. It interferes with the black market, so drug users don't want to admit it.
Damned if this isn't a first. I've never needed a licensed version of their software, but the transparency, respect, and benefit of the doubt they are giving users of their software, both paid and otherwise, truly impresses me. As such, I will be happy to purchase a license the next time I need their software.
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The developers have made beautiful games, then set them almost entirely in the dark. It's a lazy way to keep players on edge and it's unrealistic. Doom takes place in the future. Don't you think we'll have mastered interior lighting by then, as if we haven't already? Doom 3 was virtually unplayable without the flashlight and duct tape mod. The new Doom looks to have a similar shortfall.
The notion that wage disparity is the direct result of government activity and not the market is absurd as it flies in the face of reason.
And who imposed wage freezes in WW2 forcing employers to offer non-monetary compensation, like health insurance? Yes, the government meddles heavily with such things, along with the federal reserve.
You have a good point. The same way movies are measured in dollars to determine "highest grossing" while inflation has gutted the value of money. The same way Neilsen doesn't (or didn't, I don't know if they ever caught on) understand how to include time-shifting and online views in their numbers.
Every new version of Windows is worst or just as bad as the last. Just letting Microsoft continue on as it has will produce a Windows so unusable that Linux will be the only answer.
That is likely. No sense in wasting money for licenses to stuff customers don't watch.
Still, RIAA needs to realize for many people, they are competing with FREE. Pirate Bay is zero dollars ever. A trending story earlier this week was that a Blu-Ray rip of whatever the new Star Wars is had appeared. No shit!
Pirating IS the competition! Every book, every video game, every app, every comic, every movie, every Windows/Mac program, every song, every TV show. For free to anyone with an internet connection. Price your wares accordingly.
Makes the rest of us feel like idiots for having a legitimate Windows license, registering WinRAR, and still going to the movies...
As long as you didn't monetize it, I see no issue with your upload.
Too much CSI Cyber.
Now every microbrew is in contest to see which can produce the bitterest IPA. My favorite watering hole gave up Yuengling and Shocktop in favor of a bad and worse IPA. I actually like mild IPAs but I'll be glad when the fad is over.
If Google wasn't so stupid about what they don't allow in the Play Store, the 3rd party market wouldn't have been born.
I don't remember anyone really talking about video game addiction until Everquest.
"If you vote republican and accept Medicare and social security you are a hypocrite."
There is nothing hypocritical about accepting Medicare and Social Security. Assuming you've paid in your whole working life, taking advantage of those programs in retirement is simply getting back a portion of what was forcibly taken from you out of your earnings.
Linux game support has gotten pretty big anymore...
I'm running a Samsung SSD. I had no issues upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10 or downgrading back to Windows 7 because Windows 10 is hideous to look at and massively violates your privacy.
When shopping online, eBooks typically cost just as much as the hardcover version. That is why there is not wider adoption.
eBooks would sell like crazy if priced $5 and under.
Just glancing at my bookshelf:
Stephen King - Cell (2006) New hardcover is $6. Kindle is $9.
Michael Crichton - State of Fear (2009) New hardcover is $6. Kindle is $5.
Juat guessing: cost, reliability, sustainability, space requirements, NIMBYs, safety concerns, etc. All the usual reasons new technology can't replace fossil fuels.
Free, like Obamacare? Yeah, how's that working out for everyone? Patient care is worse, good doctors are fewer, and shit costs more than ever. But I think we'll pass on your idea of "free" healthcare.
(Even those who are steadfastly against Obamacare as a whole still like the the removal of pre-existing conditions and being able to insure your boomerang millenial until 26. We can leave those parts.)
I as a regular Joe don't care if drug dealers are killing each other.
This is what the vast majority of gun crime in the US is. Take away gang members killing each other, and our stats look normal.
But you can admit there's a gang problem anywhere. It drops property values, so the residents don't want to admit it. It makes people ask what the police are doing about it, so the officials don't want to admit it. It interferes with the black market, so drug users don't want to admit it.
Both sides of the gun debate agree that an improved mental healthcare system is needed.
The problem is that each side has a different definition of mental disorder.
The anti-gun side says, "Okay. If you you think you need to carry a gun, you're crazy."
The pro-gun side says, "Okay. If you think the lives of your loved ones aren't worth protecting, you're crazy."
Why is anyone even listening on one deputy mayor's voice? I bet many Londoners think he doesn't belong in cities.
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Sorry, but the fact that you are running Norton anything eliminates your chance at credibility here.
But it IS a dorky science project!
Paul Krugman? You might as well have said Alex Jones.
I haven't heard anything from Cliffry B. in many years.
Damned if this isn't a first. I've never needed a licensed version of their software, but the transparency, respect, and benefit of the doubt they are giving users of their software, both paid and otherwise, truly impresses me. As such, I will be happy to purchase a license the next time I need their software.