From a scientific standpoint perhaps.
Those of us with SOs tremble at the idea that someday it might actually be possible for our wife/girlfriend to ask "Does this make me look fat?" and be able to find out for 100% sure that it, in fact, does.
*shudder*
.... what exactly makes everyone think that we should want to know for SURE that someone is telling the truth or not?
People have a right to their personal privacy - in my mind this should include privacy of thought.
Making a technology like required by our society (in the same way that drug tests are required today for employment most everywhere) for various things is distasteful and has dangerous implications for society at large (if it ever becomes cheap enough).
...because if the Canadians can secure their borders I'm sure that their newly elected government will step in with appropriate effective legislation that will take down the Evil Empire that is the RIAA.
I'll belive it when I see it.
At least this label is a hero (at least at face value): Nettwerk Music Group has agreed to pay the total expense of all legal fees as well as any fines should the family lose the case against the RIAA.
Given that these guys are the label for BareNaked Ladies, Avril Lavigne, Gob, and a bunch of other Canadians, they at least have some money to back it up.
I guess they way I look at it is this - if they back up a few lawsuits and win, a victory against the RIAA makes them Good(tm). If they lose, say two, cases against some child's grandparents because "Suzie" or "Johnny" downloaded the latest pop rock abomination then at least there won't be a label fronting Avril L. anymore, making them Good(tm).
Wait... get laid? I've not been to E3, but if the normal crowd who discusses it is any measure of the people there.... shudder. Also, it's not like there are hot men there to attract geek girls (assuming that that WOULD do such a thing), so enlighten me on exactly why you think E3 is the same nirvanna of pleasure persuits that say a real estate convention is?
On second thought, I'd rather you didn't. shudder again
Actually, you cannot distribute an e-book for $0 cost.
Bandwidth is your distribution cost - yes, you can claim that something like bittorrent would make that insignificant....but aside from viral marketing/word of mouth how exactly will anyone know about it? A webpage? Bandwidth.
You're probably right that for a very popular title the cost is negligable over the long haul, but don't claim it's free.
Right.
That's why asia:
* Has been to the moon...
* Was the first to create the internet....
* Won world war II against all comers...
* Spends the most on research out of any group in the world
Of course they do:
* Build better cars (thanks cheap labor and stupid US unions)
* Have gold farmers (this is a JOKE, not a troll;) )
In all reality even if you can make the claim that "Asia" has the best tech now they certainly haven't always had it, and I doubt they "always" will.
I'm done feeding the troll now.
People are tired of eye-candy being the only compelling thing about a game. If you simply remake the -same- game again and again with "more polygons" is it still significantly more fun to play? For -many- games the answer is "no". Companies have to either allow you to do something new or have a unique idea in order to attract customers - and 30 iterations of EA NFL Exxxplosion 2130 isn't going to be better then than the current sequel "blah" that they put out.
In short- if I want to play a good football game, why not buy a PS2 and 04 or 05? For the difference in cost, the game has to be that much more compelling.
Of course, the other argument can (and should) be made that at some point we're going to get graphics -so- good, and controls -so- intuitive that we max out the abilities of the current hardware tech. There is, after all, only so close of an approximation of reality you can reach on a screen and gamepad......
Personally, I can't wait for VR:)
Indeed - I've installed many a processor and never once had that problem.
I'm simply saying that the reason the companies do it is to avoid class-action lawsuits - not that they should really have anything to fear, but this is a simple case of legal overkill b/c of idiot consumers (read any number of hardware posts on newegg about switch/fraud and you'll see what I mean).
I disagree - most of the games out now cost... $50 USD or less whcih I could EASILY spend on the same game time in an arcade. In the US, at least, it has nothing to do with game -quality- so much as you can get games of at least the same quality on your home system. I'm not saying that in comparison to the stuff on the street over there it's -better- (I couldn't say "for sure") but for gameplay and comparitave cost, most consumers are not connoisseurs and the bottom line is that Soul Caliber 3 looks pretty damn good any way you look at it. Especially when you can sit on your Laz-y boy and play it versus at a dollar a game arcade.
I can play a lot of games at home for the cost of a PS2 and game (say $200).... I'm -sure- it's more than 200 fights.
Easy for who? It's actually pretty simple to crack your processor die if you do something stupid during installation - that's why the warranty note is there, in case some moron damages their chip. If you don't do that kind of damage, they should cover your loss anyway...
So, umm, all arcades are havens for Horse Riding(tm) and DDR?
Someone never played Mortal Combat or any number of the racing games in most arcades. "Lame-o" games didn't kill arcades, the cost of playing at an arcade did (when you can play it at home with people around the world).
Wait - with the speed of head movement you think you can visually determine fragmentation?
This isn't a troll, I'm really interested - is that in fact possible?!
I don't think that you're understanding me.
I'm not saying this guy shouldn't get nailed, but despite my rabid hatred of spammers I have a hard time being in-line with the same sort of "wackem" strategy the RIAA is using even if it is in the cause of good. Assess actual damages, yes. Punitive damages to the tune of BILLIONS? You simply cannot tell me that he caused so much damage that it could even justify 1/10th of that - and to be frank, once you get above, say, $1,000,000,000 in damages I seriously doubt that the spammers give a damn. 10 times infinity is still infinity.
The legal precident that sets is frightening to me - destroying someone's ability to redeem themselves is not something we should take lightly.
Ok. Let me preface this by saying I'm all for getting rid of spam and spammers.
That said, 11 BILLION dollars? That's more than the GDP some nations.... it's not only improbable that they'll collect, but what is the real point of asessing such a sum? They might have assigned a billion gazillion trillion quillion dollars for all that amount matters. My concern is "how will that help deal with the rest of them", so my cheering for this judgement is a bit tempered by the insanity of the judgement. Indebting an individual or even small group of individuals with 11 billion dollars is just as bad against spammers as the idiotic size of the RIAA lawsuits from a few years ago - last thing we need is sympathy for spammers because the hammer of justice fell too hard....
Uhh.... yes, because one season of a show totally explored everything in that series.
It's not like there was more charachter development or plot lines to look at...oh..wait...darn.
It's not as if Star Trek didn't have 5 shows, a cartoon, -many- movies, books, etc.
Firefly had... a partial season run and a movie... yup - they're spent.
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Am I the only one thinking "KAAAAHHHHNNNNNN!!!!!!"?
.. is it a good or bad thing that High School kids are becoming less interested in video games?
From a scientific standpoint perhaps.
Those of us with SOs tremble at the idea that someday it might actually be possible for our wife/girlfriend to ask "Does this make me look fat?" and be able to find out for 100% sure that it, in fact, does.
*shudder*
Hmm.... Chris Rock might have a few things to say about "crackers". Now back to your regularly scheduled topic.
.... what exactly makes everyone think that we should want to know for SURE that someone is telling the truth or not?
People have a right to their personal privacy - in my mind this should include privacy of thought.
Making a technology like required by our society (in the same way that drug tests are required today for employment most everywhere) for various things is distasteful and has dangerous implications for society at large (if it ever becomes cheap enough).
Yes - a free jar of vasaline with every contract signed...
...because if the Canadians can secure their borders I'm sure that their newly elected government will step in with appropriate effective legislation that will take down the Evil Empire that is the RIAA.
I'll belive it when I see it.
At least this label is a hero (at least at face value):
Nettwerk Music Group has agreed to pay the total expense of all legal fees as well as any fines should the family lose the case against the RIAA.
Given that these guys are the label for BareNaked Ladies, Avril Lavigne, Gob, and a bunch of other Canadians, they at least have some money to back it up.
I guess they way I look at it is this - if they back up a few lawsuits and win, a victory against the RIAA makes them Good(tm). If they lose, say two, cases against some child's grandparents because "Suzie" or "Johnny" downloaded the latest pop rock abomination then at least there won't be a label fronting Avril L. anymore, making them Good(tm).
Wait... get laid? I've not been to E3, but if the normal crowd who discusses it is any measure of the people there.... shudder. Also, it's not like there are hot men there to attract geek girls (assuming that that WOULD do such a thing), so enlighten me on exactly why you think E3 is the same nirvanna of pleasure persuits that say a real estate convention is?
On second thought, I'd rather you didn't. shudder again
..BRONX CHEER to this story. Who in their right mind would want to play that game? Why would it make money? Why is this news?
The better question is how many college grads are literate - if most of them are, it's the high schools that are failing (big suprise).
You're pretty close - read http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fra nchise
Actually, you cannot distribute an e-book for $0 cost.
Bandwidth is your distribution cost - yes, you can claim that something like bittorrent would make that insignificant....but aside from viral marketing/word of mouth how exactly will anyone know about it? A webpage? Bandwidth.
You're probably right that for a very popular title the cost is negligable over the long haul, but don't claim it's free.
Right. That's why asia: * Has been to the moon... * Was the first to create the internet.... * Won world war II against all comers... * Spends the most on research out of any group in the world Of course they do: * Build better cars (thanks cheap labor and stupid US unions) * Have gold farmers (this is a JOKE, not a troll ;) )
In all reality even if you can make the claim that "Asia" has the best tech now they certainly haven't always had it, and I doubt they "always" will.
I'm done feeding the troll now.
Now instead of worrying about a cable failing, we have electromagnets.
Bye bye power....better pray those saftey systems are working.
People are tired of eye-candy being the only compelling thing about a game. If you simply remake the -same- game again and again with "more polygons" is it still significantly more fun to play? For -many- games the answer is "no". Companies have to either allow you to do something new or have a unique idea in order to attract customers - and 30 iterations of EA NFL Exxxplosion 2130 isn't going to be better then than the current sequel "blah" that they put out. In short- if I want to play a good football game, why not buy a PS2 and 04 or 05? For the difference in cost, the game has to be that much more compelling. Of course, the other argument can (and should) be made that at some point we're going to get graphics -so- good, and controls -so- intuitive that we max out the abilities of the current hardware tech. There is, after all, only so close of an approximation of reality you can reach on a screen and gamepad...... Personally, I can't wait for VR :)
Indeed - I've installed many a processor and never once had that problem. I'm simply saying that the reason the companies do it is to avoid class-action lawsuits - not that they should really have anything to fear, but this is a simple case of legal overkill b/c of idiot consumers (read any number of hardware posts on newegg about switch/fraud and you'll see what I mean).
I disagree - most of the games out now cost... $50 USD or less whcih I could EASILY spend on the same game time in an arcade. In the US, at least, it has nothing to do with game -quality- so much as you can get games of at least the same quality on your home system. I'm not saying that in comparison to the stuff on the street over there it's -better- (I couldn't say "for sure") but for gameplay and comparitave cost, most consumers are not connoisseurs and the bottom line is that Soul Caliber 3 looks pretty damn good any way you look at it. Especially when you can sit on your Laz-y boy and play it versus at a dollar a game arcade. I can play a lot of games at home for the cost of a PS2 and game (say $200).... I'm -sure- it's more than 200 fights.
Easy for who? It's actually pretty simple to crack your processor die if you do something stupid during installation - that's why the warranty note is there, in case some moron damages their chip. If you don't do that kind of damage, they should cover your loss anyway...
So, umm, all arcades are havens for Horse Riding(tm) and DDR?
Someone never played Mortal Combat or any number of the racing games in most arcades. "Lame-o" games didn't kill arcades, the cost of playing at an arcade did (when you can play it at home with people around the world).
Because the parents won't allow them to?
Wait - with the speed of head movement you think you can visually determine fragmentation? This isn't a troll, I'm really interested - is that in fact possible?!
I don't think that you're understanding me. I'm not saying this guy shouldn't get nailed, but despite my rabid hatred of spammers I have a hard time being in-line with the same sort of "wackem" strategy the RIAA is using even if it is in the cause of good. Assess actual damages, yes. Punitive damages to the tune of BILLIONS? You simply cannot tell me that he caused so much damage that it could even justify 1/10th of that - and to be frank, once you get above, say, $1,000,000,000 in damages I seriously doubt that the spammers give a damn. 10 times infinity is still infinity.
The legal precident that sets is frightening to me - destroying someone's ability to redeem themselves is not something we should take lightly.
Ok. Let me preface this by saying I'm all for getting rid of spam and spammers.
That said, 11 BILLION dollars? That's more than the GDP some nations.... it's not only improbable that they'll collect, but what is the real point of asessing such a sum? They might have assigned a billion gazillion trillion quillion dollars for all that amount matters. My concern is "how will that help deal with the rest of them", so my cheering for this judgement is a bit tempered by the insanity of the judgement. Indebting an individual or even small group of individuals with 11 billion dollars is just as bad against spammers as the idiotic size of the RIAA lawsuits from a few years ago - last thing we need is sympathy for spammers because the hammer of justice fell too hard....
Uhh.... yes, because one season of a show totally explored everything in that series.
It's not like there was more charachter development or plot lines to look at...oh..wait...darn. It's not as if Star Trek didn't have 5 shows, a cartoon, -many- movies, books, etc. Firefly had... a partial season run and a movie... yup - they're spent.
Nothing.... it was called Firefly....