This isn't a personal insult, because what you said is very true. That said.
Its a sad state of affairs when it is acceptable to say, "I shouldn't have to pay attention to my kids and what they do because I'm too busy."
You are right, this is considered a very valid excuse. But its a sad excuse. Hopefully no one wonders why their children turned out like the people they see on tv or in video games. They don't have much else as a role model.
They actually have a few studies that do show this, however I'm pretty sure they are horribly skewed and crafted to show this.
Regardless, we don't let minors buy pronography, and they really shouldn't be let into certain films without parental permission. I don't see a problem with law that also adds video games to that list. It isn't banishing video games. It simply requires parents to be involved in the purchase. Perhaps they'll start to take a look at what their kids are playing.
Unfortunately, it seems some parents aren't competant enough or involved enough take care of this stuff themselves. A law like this would force parents to buy the game for their kid. It means parents might actually take a look at it before they let little Johnny go buy The Guy Game.
But they have done exactly that. They've done so by calling it 'an interpretation of the law that already exists'. They could certianly hear this case and be considered justified inmaking a decision based on an interpertation of the law that defines the scope of copyrights and patents. I would hope they wouldn't, but its very possible. Especially since Cogress can't seem to do much on their own anyway.
I think the cell network has to come before the cell compatible software though. Or at least software that uses other cell processors. You don't want people feeling they won't get the full game because they don't have 6 sony products with cell procs in them.
Unfortunately, I don't think many games will be written to take advantage of this. People will feel cheated when they don't get the full potential of their game because they don't own 3 other cell devices. So instead developers will write their games to be stand alone.
The government isn't exactly one single thinking entity. Dick Cheney doesn't sit behind a desk making every decision that runs the country. This is an initiative by a specific educational department that thinks they are doing the right thing by gathering good information. It was well intentioned and not some malicious plan by Big Brother to take all your info. I thinks the ability for abuse is too large to allow, but perhaps we should all be a little more open minded as opposed to turning this into a flame war. Maybe an intelligent discussion as opposed to Bush bashing and conspiracy theories might be tried, its a crazy idea I know, but maybe, just maybe.
Who cares how much larger MS is, the point is, MS doesn't want to lose the business. Meijer's have lots of parents running around inside them getting Xmas/Bday presents for their kids, MS wants to have their product there. In stead, MS should start distributing their product with a stipulation that if the release date is not adhered to, they will fine that company. Its something I'd try at the very least.
I really don't think the space elevator concept will work. You have a massive ball and chain attached to a most likely ocean going platform that is mobile. This mobile platform is all that is connecting this giant ball that is trying to hurl itself away from the reaches of gravity to the earth. I see a couple problems with this. One, the platform getting picked up, two the platform getting pulled along the worlds oceans out of control by a giant ball on a cable. Finally three, what is to keep this giant ball directly above the platform. They want to use centripital force to keep tension on the line so that thing doesn't fall to earth. I can only see this little ball going faster or slower than earth's rotation and the cable pretty much trying to wrap istelf around earth.
If I remember correctly, his ship never went into orbit and went about 1/7th the height. It also never gets to the shuttles 17,000+ mph speed and thus doesn't have to deal with all that heat slowing down. It also has a small fraction of the amount of fuel. I'd rather they take their time and avoid burning men because they decided they had to hurry.
Because you will buy the game and pay it too. They make a lot MORE money if they can sell the software and the subscription. As long as we keep paying it, they'll keep selling it.
Note http://www.eve-online.com/ also has a system that lets people who aren't online constantly keep up with those that are as well. Thei training system is based on time as opposed to in game experience.
MMO's get paid by the month, whether your online or not. But if your not online, you don't cost them as much money.
Microsoft also states that for security you should disbale ActiveX. The government says you shouldn't smoke. Your parents warn you about strangers, and Santa Claus tells you to be nice.
Just because people have been warned, doesn't mean that they will take the advice. Many, if not most, actually will ignore the advice because it is a hassle. Stories like these hopefully wake people up a bit. Unfortunately, the blame is placed on google unfairly.
Users won't clamor to have it fixed though. The ignorant masses will continue to imput sensitive information and have it compromised. The google desktop search simply makes it a little more apparent.
The problem is that when you steal something, company x loses one product. When this stuff is copied over the net, they lose numerous potential sales and the copiers have little or now realized cost. And I've heard the arguement that they are only potential sales and people wouldn't have bought it anyway, etc. But the monetary loss is still very real.
I will concede the point that being able to play a game on two different systems in the same household is fine. But yes, there are polls that show that piracy is detracting from companies profits. They spend a lot of time and money making this stuff.
http://www.xboxsolution.com/article1511.html
But downloading software off the internet and never giving the manufacturer any money to compensate them for their effort is wrong.
No, they take a significant loss to sell the XBox at its price point so that they can make their money in games. There is a reason there aren't hundred dollar computers and its because components to build such a machine cost more than a hundred bucks. I think they'll hit that price point when they build a small all in one board that can be produced en masse and still please a large crowd. When you can slap a board into a box, add a HD and a CDRom and let it go, the price should be significantly lower. Its close to that now with mobo's that have everything but ram and the processor, but each of those components cost a decent chunk of change.
It will also hurt the independent game manufacturers who have a slightly smaller profit margin. You know, those small house companies that write really creative games that flop because they can't sell enough to pay back investors. There needs to be some hard nosed tactics to crack down on this by the companies.
People complain up a storm about Microsoft's forced product registration, but I can easily see other software companies using similar tactics (not the same) to try and circumvent this. The end result is everyone now has to deal with a hassle because a bunch of people can justify copying all this software without paying for it because it isn't 'stealing'.
Cable TV was first sold as television without the commercials. That is why you paid money for it. Now we're going to be paying 50 bucks for a game that is smeared with corporate scum peddling goods I probably don't want.
I'm going to be entirely disheartened when the ads start detracting from gameplay, and immersion. That is critical. Also, I don't want my game console sucking any bandwidth downloading X-comapnies new ad so they can throw it into my video game.
Lets hope game makers are responsible. Unfortunately, it usually isn't the developers and creative people that make these decisions. It's usually the people up top that say, "X person said he'd give me a lot of money if you put this in the game, do it."
Well, I really would like to see the death penalty brought in as punishment for spammers and distributors of viruses and spyware, but I also think that the expansion of law in this area has the potential for being over-broad and being abused. We need to take a long hard look at these solutions and decide whether we want to let the government try and take care of this, or let industry try to weed it out.
The government can't enforce a large portion of the laws it already has enacted. So they sit there helping no one, all the while they are waiting to be used in ways they were never designed for. I'm just real uncomfortable with it.
How about we educate users on good internet habits, and let the industry develop better ways to eliminate spyware.
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This isn't a personal insult, because what you said is very true. That said.
Its a sad state of affairs when it is acceptable to say, "I shouldn't have to pay attention to my kids and what they do because I'm too busy."
You are right, this is considered a very valid excuse. But its a sad excuse. Hopefully no one wonders why their children turned out like the people they see on tv or in video games. They don't have much else as a role model.
They actually have a few studies that do show this, however I'm pretty sure they are horribly skewed and crafted to show this.
Regardless, we don't let minors buy pronography, and they really shouldn't be let into certain films without parental permission. I don't see a problem with law that also adds video games to that list. It isn't banishing video games. It simply requires parents to be involved in the purchase. Perhaps they'll start to take a look at what their kids are playing.
Unfortunately, it seems some parents aren't competant enough or involved enough take care of this stuff themselves. A law like this would force parents to buy the game for their kid. It means parents might actually take a look at it before they let little Johnny go buy The Guy Game.
But they have done exactly that. They've done so by calling it 'an interpretation of the law that already exists'. They could certianly hear this case and be considered justified inmaking a decision based on an interpertation of the law that defines the scope of copyrights and patents. I would hope they wouldn't, but its very possible. Especially since Cogress can't seem to do much on their own anyway.
I think the cell network has to come before the cell compatible software though. Or at least software that uses other cell processors. You don't want people feeling they won't get the full game because they don't have 6 sony products with cell procs in them.
Unfortunately, I don't think many games will be written to take advantage of this. People will feel cheated when they don't get the full potential of their game because they don't own 3 other cell devices. So instead developers will write their games to be stand alone.
Nah, just slightly irritated.
The government isn't exactly one single thinking entity. Dick Cheney doesn't sit behind a desk making every decision that runs the country. This is an initiative by a specific educational department that thinks they are doing the right thing by gathering good information. It was well intentioned and not some malicious plan by Big Brother to take all your info. I thinks the ability for abuse is too large to allow, but perhaps we should all be a little more open minded as opposed to turning this into a flame war. Maybe an intelligent discussion as opposed to Bush bashing and conspiracy theories might be tried, its a crazy idea I know, but maybe, just maybe.
Who cares how much larger MS is, the point is, MS doesn't want to lose the business. Meijer's have lots of parents running around inside them getting Xmas/Bday presents for their kids, MS wants to have their product there. In stead, MS should start distributing their product with a stipulation that if the release date is not adhered to, they will fine that company. Its something I'd try at the very least.
I really don't think the space elevator concept will work. You have a massive ball and chain attached to a most likely ocean going platform that is mobile. This mobile platform is all that is connecting this giant ball that is trying to hurl itself away from the reaches of gravity to the earth. I see a couple problems with this. One, the platform getting picked up, two the platform getting pulled along the worlds oceans out of control by a giant ball on a cable. Finally three, what is to keep this giant ball directly above the platform. They want to use centripital force to keep tension on the line so that thing doesn't fall to earth. I can only see this little ball going faster or slower than earth's rotation and the cable pretty much trying to wrap istelf around earth.
If I remember correctly, his ship never went into orbit and went about 1/7th the height. It also never gets to the shuttles 17,000+ mph speed and thus doesn't have to deal with all that heat slowing down. It also has a small fraction of the amount of fuel. I'd rather they take their time and avoid burning men because they decided they had to hurry.
Because you will buy the game and pay it too. They make a lot MORE money if they can sell the software and the subscription. As long as we keep paying it, they'll keep selling it.
Note http://www.eve-online.com/ also has a system that lets people who aren't online constantly keep up with those that are as well. Thei training system is based on time as opposed to in game experience.
MMO's get paid by the month, whether your online or not. But if your not online, you don't cost them as much money.
Microsoft also states that for security you should disbale ActiveX. The government says you shouldn't smoke. Your parents warn you about strangers, and Santa Claus tells you to be nice.
Just because people have been warned, doesn't mean that they will take the advice. Many, if not most, actually will ignore the advice because it is a hassle. Stories like these hopefully wake people up a bit. Unfortunately, the blame is placed on google unfairly.
Users won't clamor to have it fixed though. The ignorant masses will continue to imput sensitive information and have it compromised. The google desktop search simply makes it a little more apparent.
The problem is that when you steal something, company x loses one product. When this stuff is copied over the net, they lose numerous potential sales and the copiers have little or now realized cost. And I've heard the arguement that they are only potential sales and people wouldn't have bought it anyway, etc. But the monetary loss is still very real.
I will concede the point that being able to play a game on two different systems in the same household is fine. But yes, there are polls that show that piracy is detracting from companies profits. They spend a lot of time and money making this stuff. http://www.xboxsolution.com/article1511.html But downloading software off the internet and never giving the manufacturer any money to compensate them for their effort is wrong.
No, they take a significant loss to sell the XBox at its price point so that they can make their money in games. There is a reason there aren't hundred dollar computers and its because components to build such a machine cost more than a hundred bucks. I think they'll hit that price point when they build a small all in one board that can be produced en masse and still please a large crowd. When you can slap a board into a box, add a HD and a CDRom and let it go, the price should be significantly lower. Its close to that now with mobo's that have everything but ram and the processor, but each of those components cost a decent chunk of change.
Yes, but everytime any copyright issue comes up 70% of the discussion is about whether or not its stealing.
It will also hurt the independent game manufacturers who have a slightly smaller profit margin. You know, those small house companies that write really creative games that flop because they can't sell enough to pay back investors. There needs to be some hard nosed tactics to crack down on this by the companies.
People complain up a storm about Microsoft's forced product registration, but I can easily see other software companies using similar tactics (not the same) to try and circumvent this. The end result is everyone now has to deal with a hassle because a bunch of people can justify copying all this software without paying for it because it isn't 'stealing'.
Yes, but it IS in the same ball park. Such a mass distribution is detracting from the total amount of money they would have made.
Its getting something without paying for it. Regardless of what term you'd like to use, its wrong.
Cable TV was first sold as television without the commercials. That is why you paid money for it. Now we're going to be paying 50 bucks for a game that is smeared with corporate scum peddling goods I probably don't want.
I'm going to be entirely disheartened when the ads start detracting from gameplay, and immersion. That is critical. Also, I don't want my game console sucking any bandwidth downloading X-comapnies new ad so they can throw it into my video game.
Lets hope game makers are responsible. Unfortunately, it usually isn't the developers and creative people that make these decisions. It's usually the people up top that say, "X person said he'd give me a lot of money if you put this in the game, do it."
Well, I really would like to see the death penalty brought in as punishment for spammers and distributors of viruses and spyware, but I also think that the expansion of law in this area has the potential for being over-broad and being abused. We need to take a long hard look at these solutions and decide whether we want to let the government try and take care of this, or let industry try to weed it out.
The government can't enforce a large portion of the laws it already has enacted. So they sit there helping no one, all the while they are waiting to be used in ways they were never designed for. I'm just real uncomfortable with it.
How about we educate users on good internet habits, and let the industry develop better ways to eliminate spyware.