Case in point. There is a street in Roseville, CA that was 50, then changed to 45, and now is 40. There are three hideouts where a motor cop can see you without being seen until it's too late. On any given day at least one of those is manned.
The city of Citrus Heights, CA lowered the max speed on *all* surface streets to 40, including streets that are 50 on either side of the city. This was claimed to be to reduce accidents. #1 accident in CH is red-light violations, not speed related accidents.
Anyone who claims that this is not revenue generation is ignorant or dim.
not entirely. I tend not to pirate stuff I can rent from Netflix/Redbox/etc. So... they can get the rental (at least that first sale) or nothing at all.
My normal use case for Netflix: Get DVD Rip DVD to server package up DVD and send it back stream DVD from server to TV(s) delete the DVD when I don't want to watch it any more (and/or I need the space back).
As an aside on the car dealership thing... Last truck I bought the dealer made $178 on it. I found a dealer that had what I wanted (close enough) but that their market wouldn't buy (not 4WD in a heavy 4WD market). They got rid of something just taking space and I got a good deal.:)
I'm thinking 4 machines, with 4 accounts playing 4 Player Characters (3 on/follow) with some sort of botting assistance. Likely revolving around farming and portage of extra gear for instances etc. Do that for 12 hours and there's your 48 hours of game play in one (half of a) day. -nB
I consume several hours of radio a week. I listen to the local newstalk station as I drive to and from work. something tells me that playing WoW or some other game while driving would be less than optimal from a safety point of view.
I showed up to court with two charges: Littering & Causing a fire hazard. The judge asked my plea to both counts at once, to which I replied: "To the count of causing a fire hazard, not guilty your honor, to the count of littering, guilty with an apology your honor."
Summary: It was raining and I was in a concrete jungle, no way my lit but out the window was a fire hazard. Judge asked me what I meant by guilty with an apology, and I explained that of course I was sorry. Missed work, unpaid, drive down here, fees/fine, etc. Of course I was sorry and had I realized all the trouble it would cause me I wouldn't have done it, but I did do it and so I am guilty.
Judge vacated the fire charge and let me go with court costs only for the littering charge. Best shitty day ever;) -nB
Better than saying "Bet you need to fill your quota!" That one is sure to get you the max ticket + your tail light is out + your mirrors are not properly adjusted + anything else they can dream up. -nB
Why don't we introduce Coventry? break the country into sections. If you are an undesirable, you go to a section. If that section finds you undesirable they can kick you down the chain, till you're in a lawless country. You can always sue for redress, or reinstatement of position to climb back up the ladder. -nB
(yes, only slightly in jest, after all, Australia was formed this way.)
I think by mis-configured everyone means your XBMC settings were not correct for your system.
I use it and have none of the issues you describe. The only problem I have with it is when I play 720p MKV on my TV using XBMC on XBox... Scene changes freeze frame for about 250mS, long enough to be disconcerting, but quite acceptable given the HW that I'm running it on. On my media PC *everything* is smooth as glass. -nB
not being able to run from the same disk has been a problem far longer than 5 years. Back in the 90's I got a copy of Spectre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectre_VR). I installed it on my machine and then discovered it could be networked (over SPX-IPX, Parallel port, or serial port), so I took another machine and networked it. After about 3 hours fiddling with the setup so the game could work I got an error about same copy on both machines and the game wouldn't run:(
So, DRM in the simple form like this has been around for ages. -nB
What I want to know is if I want to do a LAN game does all the traffic go over the internet (to my GW or farther)? or does the game play stay local and just the matchmaking requires B-net? If it's the former than LAN parties are out for me as I have a relatively shitty network connection, given the number of machines that may be connected. If it's the latter then no real worries as the games will play fine, and only the lobby will have questionable performance.
In fact, they are read back. At the flash component level.
The flash cell is a charged gate. when programmed the uC in the flash device compares the charge state with a reference voltage. Not enough? Add more charge. Still not enough? Cell is bad, mark it (block level, so you lose xx bits for one bad one) and move on.
This is fairly high level and not exactly how it works, but close enough.
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yes
Case in point.
There is a street in Roseville, CA that was 50, then changed to 45, and now is 40. There are three hideouts where a motor cop can see you without being seen until it's too late. On any given day at least one of those is manned.
The city of Citrus Heights, CA lowered the max speed on *all* surface streets to 40, including streets that are 50 on either side of the city. This was claimed to be to reduce accidents. #1 accident in CH is red-light violations, not speed related accidents.
Anyone who claims that this is not revenue generation is ignorant or dim.
not entirely.
I tend not to pirate stuff I can rent from Netflix/Redbox/etc.
So...
they can get the rental (at least that first sale) or nothing at all.
My normal use case for Netflix:
Get DVD
Rip DVD to server
package up DVD and send it back
stream DVD from server to TV(s)
delete the DVD when I don't want to watch it any more (and/or I need the space back).
It's a similar use case for purchased DVDs
damn I wish I could mod this up.
At which point they are entitled to the 2 cents for the one copy that uses their CODEC.
-nB
As an aside on the car dealership thing... :)
Last truck I bought the dealer made $178 on it.
I found a dealer that had what I wanted (close enough) but that their market wouldn't buy (not 4WD in a heavy 4WD market). They got rid of something just taking space and I got a good deal.
touch
it's not too bad. poor taste, but not overly NSFW.
Actually it's not cybersquatting per se.
he's using it to complain, not compete.
Dude, I was aiming for 'A Libertarian'.
but yeah, pussy works too I guess...
I'm thinking 4 machines, with 4 accounts playing 4 Player Characters (3 on /follow) with some sort of botting assistance. Likely revolving around farming and portage of extra gear for instances etc.
Do that for 12 hours and there's your 48 hours of game play in one (half of a) day.
-nB
I consume several hours of radio a week.
I listen to the local newstalk station as I drive to and from work.
something tells me that playing WoW or some other game while driving would be less than optimal from a safety point of view.
6PM to 11:59:59.99PM ;-)
close enough?
I just watch discover and BBC shows mostly...
I showed up to court with two charges:
Littering & Causing a fire hazard.
The judge asked my plea to both counts at once, to which I replied:
"To the count of causing a fire hazard, not guilty your honor, to the count of littering, guilty with an apology your honor."
Summary:
It was raining and I was in a concrete jungle, no way my lit but out the window was a fire hazard.
Judge asked me what I meant by guilty with an apology, and I explained that of course I was sorry. Missed work, unpaid, drive down here, fees/fine, etc. Of course I was sorry and had I realized all the trouble it would cause me I wouldn't have done it, but I did do it and so I am guilty.
Judge vacated the fire charge and let me go with court costs only for the littering charge. Best shitty day ever ;)
-nB
Better than saying "Bet you need to fill your quota!" That one is sure to get you the max ticket + your tail light is out + your mirrors are not properly adjusted + anything else they can dream up.
-nB
wrong board...
We're discussing Paedo stuff here.
You're looking for the Lecter board, on the Hansel and Gretel thread.
I like the US constitution, but not much of the inane laws since then...
What does that make me?
Why don't we introduce Coventry?
break the country into sections. If you are an undesirable, you go to a section. If that section finds you undesirable they can kick you down the chain, till you're in a lawless country.
You can always sue for redress, or reinstatement of position to climb back up the ladder.
-nB
(yes, only slightly in jest, after all, Australia was formed this way.)
I think by mis-configured everyone means your XBMC settings were not correct for your system.
I use it and have none of the issues you describe.
The only problem I have with it is when I play 720p MKV on my TV using XBMC on XBox...
Scene changes freeze frame for about 250mS, long enough to be disconcerting, but quite acceptable given the HW that I'm running it on. On my media PC *everything* is smooth as glass.
-nB
not being able to run from the same disk has been a problem far longer than 5 years. Back in the 90's I got a copy of Spectre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectre_VR). I installed it on my machine and then discovered it could be networked (over SPX-IPX, Parallel port, or serial port), so I took another machine and networked it. After about 3 hours fiddling with the setup so the game could work I got an error about same copy on both machines and the game wouldn't run :(
So, DRM in the simple form like this has been around for ages.
-nB
car analogy please.
What I want to know is if I want to do a LAN game does all the traffic go over the internet (to my GW or farther)? or does the game play stay local and just the matchmaking requires B-net? If it's the former than LAN parties are out for me as I have a relatively shitty network connection, given the number of machines that may be connected. If it's the latter then no real worries as the games will play fine, and only the lobby will have questionable performance.
Anyone actually know?
In fact, they are read back. At the flash component level.
The flash cell is a charged gate. when programmed the uC in the flash device compares the charge state with a reference voltage. Not enough? Add more charge. Still not enough? Cell is bad, mark it (block level, so you lose xx bits for one bad one) and move on.
This is fairly high level and not exactly how it works, but close enough.