You don't really have to wait, as in sitting there doing nothing. You have to go to a certain area to enter the line, but after that you can go wherever you want to and do anything while waiting. Once its your turn to enter, you are automagically teleported to the battlegrounds.
why couldn't this guy get the police to get his virtual property back, or at the very least, for the guy to be arrested and imprisoned, just as Warner would insist.Because, AFAIK, every MMOG except second life makes you agree that all virtual property is owned by the developer.
In the real world, however, you neither deprived anyone of their property (without their consent) nor made a copy of material without being the copyright holder.
True, but the end result is the same: This person will probably never pay money to listen to the song.
True, the XBox was a loss. But you could just as easily look at the loss as marketing costs for the XBox 360. Microsoft's goal has always been marketshare, and the XBox is the first step towards that goal in the console market.
Is it an awesome strategy? Not really. But we will see come Christmas if it paid off for them or not.
It cost MORE $$$ to arm customers with an xbox at the beginning of the manufacturing cycle than the middle of a cycle.
Maybe so, but MS's strategy here is market dominance, then profit through games and online services. If they lose money in the beginning, then so be it. They are looking at the big picture here. MS didn't make decent (any?) profits from the xbox 1. But now, people don't look at the xbox in a much worse light than the PS2, whereas before the PS2 was pretty clearly dominant in the console market.
Microsoft is trying to get a 360 in as many people's hands before the PS3 as possible. They will do everything in their power to make sure that everyone who wants one will get one.
The biggest reason of all is their online service. They added all these bells and whistles to it, even making it free in a limited form. But who cares about a gamer's online rank if a small fraction of gamers actually go online?
The second most important reason is getting those gaming dollars in their pocket instead of Sony's.
I don't think the two relate so much... Silent Storm is a strategy game, you can only click on what you want your guy to interact with. FPS's are different, the user controls directly where the character goes, and the game has to handle all the physics related to the character's actions. Having everything interactive in a FPS is a much more difficult feat.
Google's ad revenue dried up? Where could it possibly go? The only way I can see this happening is if a new search engine comes out which is better than google. Could that ever happen?
The bigger question is why do they need to know who that the person in front of the computer is who they say they are? What purpose does this serve?
Public Library internet terminals have been used by stalkers/pedophiles/harassers because they are anonymous. If there is one type of place in the country where internet access requires you to be who you say you are, they are libraries. Don't what other people to see what you surf? Go on the net at home.
I admit, I didn't RTFA. Why is everyone in such an uproar when such a simple and reasonable solution exists? The only thing I could think of is if games rated below M were considered violent by the politicians.
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My guess is that it will be at least a couple of maps, just like the other HL2 'Chapters', 'levels', whatever you want to call them.
You don't really have to wait, as in sitting there doing nothing. You have to go to a certain area to enter the line, but after that you can go wherever you want to and do anything while waiting. Once its your turn to enter, you are automagically teleported to the battlegrounds.
Isn't the lost coast expansion free? Its just one level...
why couldn't this guy get the police to get his virtual property back, or at the very least, for the guy to be arrested and imprisoned, just as Warner would insist.Because, AFAIK, every MMOG except second life makes you agree that all virtual property is owned by the developer.
If you took the time to read it.
In the real world, however, you neither deprived anyone of their property (without their consent) nor made a copy of material without being the copyright holder.
True, but the end result is the same: This person will probably never pay money to listen to the song.
True, the XBox was a loss. But you could just as easily look at the loss as marketing costs for the XBox 360. Microsoft's goal has always been marketshare, and the XBox is the first step towards that goal in the console market. Is it an awesome strategy? Not really. But we will see come Christmas if it paid off for them or not.
One thing I like about XP is the ability to not use a swap file if you have a large amount of RAM.
Or a PSP emulator...
On that note, is it possible to do on today's hardware?
This is going to hurt America's poor the most.
It cost MORE $$$ to arm customers with an xbox at the beginning of the manufacturing cycle than the middle of a cycle.
Maybe so, but MS's strategy here is market dominance, then profit through games and online services. If they lose money in the beginning, then so be it. They are looking at the big picture here. MS didn't make decent (any?) profits from the xbox 1. But now, people don't look at the xbox in a much worse light than the PS2, whereas before the PS2 was pretty clearly dominant in the console market.
Microsoft is trying to get a 360 in as many people's hands before the PS3 as possible. They will do everything in their power to make sure that everyone who wants one will get one.
The biggest reason of all is their online service. They added all these bells and whistles to it, even making it free in a limited form. But who cares about a gamer's online rank if a small fraction of gamers actually go online?
The second most important reason is getting those gaming dollars in their pocket instead of Sony's.
Because there is a swarm of programmers willing to do the same thing for not-so-much money.
RAT BASTARDS
I don't think the two relate so much... Silent Storm is a strategy game, you can only click on what you want your guy to interact with. FPS's are different, the user controls directly where the character goes, and the game has to handle all the physics related to the character's actions. Having everything interactive in a FPS is a much more difficult feat.
My guess is that SpikeTV coughed up more money than G4 could.
pretty god damn funny
Does this mean we should all buy some?
...adults have a much higher 'danger level' than children.
What do you do once you get stuck?
Look for help?
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em
Google's ad revenue dried up? Where could it possibly go? The only way I can see this happening is if a new search engine comes out which is better than google. Could that ever happen?
They made it so users could create add-ons.
I'd rather have them working on Oblivion than some new levels for Morrowind...
The bigger question is why do they need to know who that the person in front of the computer is who they say they are? What purpose does this serve?
Public Library internet terminals have been used by stalkers/pedophiles/harassers because they are anonymous. If there is one type of place in the country where internet access requires you to be who you say you are, they are libraries. Don't what other people to see what you surf? Go on the net at home.
I admit, I didn't RTFA. Why is everyone in such an uproar when such a simple and reasonable solution exists? The only thing I could think of is if games rated below M were considered violent by the politicians.