These are the facts, taken from accident statistics.
I haven't laughed so hard since the time I first heard someone try to provide Fact from Anecdote, or indeed even SCOs attempt to derive Fact from Allegation.
To easy to misunderstand a joke based on a famous quote?
Whilst the French might not have fought much in France, "we" the Allies certainly did....
We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God's good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old.
-- Winston Churchill, British House of Commons, 4 June 1940.
No I haven't RTFM, but I won't let that stop me sharing my opinion;)
Given the number of patents granted for obvious ideas, and the size of the payouts for infringements can you blame these companies?
You either pay your money to the thugs up front and possibly make some money out of your investment, or you take the moral high ground and eventually get sued into oblivion.
I am not saying I agree with or condone such behaviour, but given the current state of IP laws it would seem the sensible option.
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Eh? There being a HDD game on another system doesn't imply that there is one on the 360...
I haven't laughed so hard since the time I first heard someone try to provide Fact from Anecdote, or indeed even SCOs attempt to derive Fact from Allegation.
Whilst the French might not have fought much in France, "we" the Allies certainly did....
We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God's good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old. -- Winston Churchill, British House of Commons, 4 June 1940.
- and 1 day after they have already been posted on Slashdot....
NSA? But there is No Such Agency.
Given the number of patents granted for obvious ideas, and the size of the payouts for infringements can you blame these companies?
You either pay your money to the thugs up front and possibly make some money out of your investment, or you take the moral high ground and eventually get sued into oblivion.
I am not saying I agree with or condone such behaviour, but given the current state of IP laws it would seem the sensible option.
I'm off to build me that pig-cannon I always wanted.
I should probably go RTFM....