I think it's not the US being overly arrogant so much as Canadians not understanding that it and Mexico are part of the US.
I dare you to come to Quebec and tell me it's nothing but another state of the US. Totally different culture. Heck, we don't even speak the same language.
America is just too dangerous, it starts war in countries it doesnt like and in doing so creates worldwide problems
Please do not confuse "America", which is a continent on which many countries are, and "the US", which is one country in America.
I am a Canadian, because I am from Canada, but I am also an American, because I am from the continent of America, just like you are an European because you are from Europe. However, I am not a "United-Stater". I am just so friggin sick of being ashamed to say I am American just because some dumb country couldn't find a name.
Somehow, I think the US arrogance started the day they decided to name themselves after the whole damn continent.
Which was great until I gained a mother-in-law that blocks Caller ID and doesn't understand *82.
All mother-in-law jokes aside, how about you tell her that your phone number is *82-555-1234 instead of just 555-1234... How hard is that to understand, even for mother-in-laws? (cause we all know how dumb they are...)
While you're at it, you can add the same factor for converting earth oil/coal into fossil fuel for the power plant.
Not all power plants use oil/coal/fossil fuel. Hydroelectricity, wind power, solar power, nuclear power... the whole point of all this is to allow *other* sources of power into a car.
If they managed to come back and live as good men, I fail to see how porn can destroy us.
Well... according to all those who yelled and screamed because of Janet's wardrobe malfunction, pornography (or even just the human body) is the work of the devil... we will all rot in hell!
While almost all pay-$50-then-$15-monthly gamers may have been attracted to WoW, there must be even more gamers who are only willing to invest in a game which allows them to pay-as-they-play.
Although it might not be the best option at first sight, last I checked, WoW had over 4 million subscribers... The difference between the free-download-then-$15-monthly and pay-$50-then-$15-monthly is $20 millions...
I don't think any publishers would pass on $20 millions.
They have a pretty good way to hook people though... every retail-box has a "friend pass" that you can give to a friend so he can get 10 days for free... that's how I got hooked... and they call that a "friend"......
Actually, card counting is legal. Casinos don't like you doing it, but they can only ban you from the property.
I think it is only legal if you do it by yourself, with no help from any electronic/mechanical device, like a system conceiled in your shoes or something like that.
Isn't it really the mayor's job, when you boil it down, to plot to get re-elected? That's really the only incentive that a mayor has, even one in it for altruistic purposes--more than one term gives them more time to make the world (or city) a better place.
What about presidents? I mean... Bush, right now... he *knows* he can't get re-elected (no more than 2 terms).
Do you know what Fraud is?
I didn't think so.
A deception deliberately practiced in order to secure unfair or unlawful gain.
He broke a rule in a game.
You wanna play the definition game? Cool.
Do you know what deception is?
I didn't think so
- a misleading falsehood
- the act of deceiving
He used a bot while he agreed not to (by accepting the EULA). When you're playing in the virtual world, the EULA leads you to believe that every other player character is controlled by a human, and since this particular player character was not, his victims were deceived by whoever used the bot.
You state: The whole fact you're able to mug someone in-game makes this a non-crime.
Your argument is something like this. If I have the ability to do something I must have the right to do something.
If the game was done so it is possible to mug someone, they can still make rules to make it an in-game-crime (making your character go to a virtual jail), but it sure as hell shouldn't be a real-world crime to play the game as it was designed to be played.
The problem here is not the virtual-mugging of the virtual-character, it's the use of a bot (thus breaking the EULA) in order to make a profit, which is pretty close to what people call "fraud".
Now, it is up to the government to decide if an in-game crime is a real crime or not, and THEN they need to decide if the company that built the game can be held responsible for using a rule-system that allowed for the crime to happen. Remember, these are suddenly real-world tax dollars fighting a problem that could be solved through changing the rules of the game. As a taxpayer, I vote for that option.
First we start with the idea that even if something is not "physical" or "material", it can still have a monetary value (see "proprietary software", a "patented idea" or even "money" which is nothing more than a number).
Then you have a definition of fraud that goes something like "using unethical means to deprive someone of something of value".
Then you have a rule (in the form of an EULA) that explicitely says bots are not allowed.
Put the three together : He used a bot (thus breaking the rules) in an unethical fashion with the purpose of depriving other players from articles that have monetary value.
The guy commited fraud. Fraud is a (real-world) crime. Therefore the guy commited a crime.
Don't even joke about that. Of COURSE they will use a standard hard drive. Otherwise what are us folk who want to have a Microsoft subsidized Linux box going to do??!!
And don't forget to read the whole EULA before buying an Xbox harddrive, because they might try to pull a Hotmail on you and claim ownership to anything and everything you store on it. Ever read the Hotmail terms of service?
Hate to break it to you, but the M prefix in Megabyte actually really stands for 1000^2 rather than 1024^2 (or 2^20). Both the SI and the IEC define the Mega as one million bytes. (Wikipedia mentions that in usage, Mega could mean 1,000,000 or 1,024,000 or 1,048,576, but since it can mean anything, "proper multipliers" is hard to define, and the standards say it's 1000^2).
The 1024^2 unit you are looking for is the mebibyte.
why are we letting corporate sponsors yet again judge where we can use common words in every day life because they're deemed competitive or inapprpriate?
The business of publicity and marketing are not part of every day life. They're part of business life.
Same goes for a lot of software out there, that one can use for free in "everyday life" (home user), while having to buy a licence if using it commercially (or for "business life").
The cops won't arrest you because you talk about the olympics. They'll arrest you if you put big signs using the "reserved words" in order to make money yourself.
Yes, I do realize that. You seem to have overreacted though. I didn't say people didn't want graphics at all, I just said that awesome graphics is not the #1 reason to buy a game on a Nintendo console.
If I had a choice between TP on the GCN, and TP on the NRV, exactly the same but with higher res textures, more polygons, which also means more npc's on the screen at once, more particles etc etc, I would choose the NRV version.
Good for you. However, not every GCN owner will purchase a NRV when it comes out. Making the game a NRV exclusive might not sell as many copies as making it a GCN game that can still play on the NRV. Publishers didn't stop releasing games for the PS1 the day the PS2 came out. Actually, Gamespot reports over 140 games that have been released for the original PlayStation since 2002. I guess if they keep releasing them, it's because people are buying them.
Also, I like how you dodged the last bit of what you quoted, the part about supporting whatever revolution the Revolution has.
No matter what console, there will always be games that will not use every single feature that the console has. Not every Xbox games uses Live, not every PS2 game uses the 10 buttons, 2 analog sticks and D-Pad the controller has, etc. Even EA has released Madden NFL 2005 on the original PlayStation... clearly that game doesn't use everything the PS2 has to offer.
Just because a game doesn't make full use of the hardware it is playing on doesn't mean people will get bitching and whining about it.
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I dare you to come to Quebec and tell me it's nothing but another state of the US. Totally different culture. Heck, we don't even speak the same language.
Now he's modded as "Insightful". Not liking an interface is neither flamebait, nor insightful... But then, who expects the /. to work anyway?
Just like you have Apple Corp. in the music business and Apple Computer in the computer business, and one doesn't play in the other's... ... oh wait...
Please do not confuse "America", which is a continent on which many countries are, and "the US", which is one country in America.
I am a Canadian, because I am from Canada, but I am also an American, because I am from the continent of America, just like you are an European because you are from Europe. However, I am not a "United-Stater". I am just so friggin sick of being ashamed to say I am American just because some dumb country couldn't find a name.
Somehow, I think the US arrogance started the day they decided to name themselves after the whole damn continent.
aaahhh... Good old speculation... the best source of reliable information there is.
All mother-in-law jokes aside, how about you tell her that your phone number is *82-555-1234 instead of just 555-1234... How hard is that to understand, even for mother-in-laws? (cause we all know how dumb they are...)
Not all power plants use oil/coal/fossil fuel. Hydroelectricity, wind power, solar power, nuclear power... the whole point of all this is to allow *other* sources of power into a car.
Hey... I just got back from vacation now... brain isn't fully working yet... give me a break :-P
Well... according to all those who yelled and screamed because of Janet's wardrobe malfunction, pornography (or even just the human body) is the work of the devil... we will all rot in hell!
Although it might not be the best option at first sight, last I checked, WoW had over 4 million subscribers... The difference between the free-download-then-$15-monthly and pay-$50-then-$15-monthly is $20 millions...
I don't think any publishers would pass on $20 millions.
They have a pretty good way to hook people though... every retail-box has a "friend pass" that you can give to a friend so he can get 10 days for free... that's how I got hooked... and they call that a "friend"... ...
It's simple human nature. That's how it's always been, that's how it will always be.
That's how every war in the world got started.
Why would a man need to fake an orgasm?
I think it is only legal if you do it by yourself, with no help from any electronic/mechanical device, like a system conceiled in your shoes or something like that.
I'm not saying anything, either way... I'm just asking...
What about presidents? I mean... Bush, right now... he *knows* he can't get re-elected (no more than 2 terms).
What is his incentive to not be a total fuckup?
Spend some time on eBay. You'll see that a virtual weapon (or whatever this guy was mugging) does have a monetary value.
I didn't think so.
A deception deliberately practiced in order to secure unfair or unlawful gain.
He broke a rule in a game.
You wanna play the definition game? Cool.
Do you know what deception is?
I didn't think so
- a misleading falsehood
- the act of deceiving
He used a bot while he agreed not to (by accepting the EULA). When you're playing in the virtual world, the EULA leads you to believe that every other player character is controlled by a human, and since this particular player character was not, his victims were deceived by whoever used the bot.
Your argument is something like this. If I have the ability to do something I must have the right to do something.
If the game was done so it is possible to mug someone, they can still make rules to make it an in-game-crime (making your character go to a virtual jail), but it sure as hell shouldn't be a real-world crime to play the game as it was designed to be played.
The problem here is not the virtual-mugging of the virtual-character, it's the use of a bot (thus breaking the EULA) in order to make a profit, which is pretty close to what people call "fraud".
Now, it is up to the government to decide if an in-game crime is a real crime or not, and THEN they need to decide if the company that built the game can be held responsible for using a rule-system that allowed for the crime to happen. Remember, these are suddenly real-world tax dollars fighting a problem that could be solved through changing the rules of the game. As a taxpayer, I vote for that option.
First we start with the idea that even if something is not "physical" or "material", it can still have a monetary value (see "proprietary software", a "patented idea" or even "money" which is nothing more than a number).
Then you have a definition of fraud that goes something like "using unethical means to deprive someone of something of value".
Then you have a rule (in the form of an EULA) that explicitely says bots are not allowed.
Put the three together : He used a bot (thus breaking the rules) in an unethical fashion with the purpose of depriving other players from articles that have monetary value.
The guy commited fraud. Fraud is a (real-world) crime. Therefore the guy commited a crime.
Apart from color, what where the different hardware configurations of the Gamecube?
And don't forget to read the whole EULA before buying an Xbox harddrive, because they might try to pull a Hotmail on you and claim ownership to anything and everything you store on it. Ever read the Hotmail terms of service?
The 1024^2 unit you are looking for is the mebibyte.
Well... the Special Olympics have a banned word in them...
The business of publicity and marketing are not part of every day life. They're part of business life.
Same goes for a lot of software out there, that one can use for free in "everyday life" (home user), while having to buy a licence if using it commercially (or for "business life").
The cops won't arrest you because you talk about the olympics. They'll arrest you if you put big signs using the "reserved words" in order to make money yourself.
Yes, I do realize that. You seem to have overreacted though. I didn't say people didn't want graphics at all, I just said that awesome graphics is not the #1 reason to buy a game on a Nintendo console.
If I had a choice between TP on the GCN, and TP on the NRV, exactly the same but with higher res textures, more polygons, which also means more npc's on the screen at once, more particles etc etc, I would choose the NRV version.
Good for you. However, not every GCN owner will purchase a NRV when it comes out. Making the game a NRV exclusive might not sell as many copies as making it a GCN game that can still play on the NRV. Publishers didn't stop releasing games for the PS1 the day the PS2 came out. Actually, Gamespot reports over 140 games that have been released for the original PlayStation since 2002. I guess if they keep releasing them, it's because people are buying them.
Also, I like how you dodged the last bit of what you quoted, the part about supporting whatever revolution the Revolution has.
No matter what console, there will always be games that will not use every single feature that the console has. Not every Xbox games uses Live, not every PS2 game uses the 10 buttons, 2 analog sticks and D-Pad the controller has, etc. Even EA has released Madden NFL 2005 on the original PlayStation... clearly that game doesn't use everything the PS2 has to offer.
Just because a game doesn't make full use of the hardware it is playing on doesn't mean people will get bitching and whining about it.