So submitting an article from the Escapist is an auto-include these days? There've been what, three articles pointing at this week's issue so far. Perhaps I should go ahead and submit the rest.
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The value of frosting with your wheat? I lol'd. So terrible.
Similar to the same way that people who helped free slaves during the Civil War (of the United States) felt when some of those slaves were caught and punished, I think.
Dude, you needed a random blog article bitching about a video game to reaffirm for you the FACT (not belief, fact) that the US of A was founded by Puritans? Unfortunately the sexually-repressed culture of that group continues to stamp itself on America, but dude... come on. Old news much?
The problem is griefing someone unfairly in such a manner. A company like Blizzard doesn't have the manpower to resolve everything on the spot when it happens. It could work for smaller games, possibly, but even then it seems risky... you put checks here and balances there and eventually there's so much back and forth you might as well not bother implementing any of it.
As a veteran of GemStone (11 years at this point, I think) I can say that game is much more about cliques and social circles for your "standing." MMORPGs are really only MMOGs for the most part, with some exceptions here and there by outstanding players. In those games, having a ranking system only slightly rationalized (or not at all) would be an improvement regardless, at least when you're dealing with pick-up groups for raids and you're dealing with total strangers.
Except they don't need a warrant if they have a reasonable suspicion. Just what is that? Well it varies by state. I recall Virginia's Supreme Court ruling that having a drug dog sniffing around outside the car, and if the dog detects something, your car can be searched whether you agree to it or not.
IMHO, Blizzard should host this stuff on their servers and pay this guy(s?) for the effort put into this. This is just one of those things companies can be so stupid about when they could do a lot more good by promoting it.
I was thinking that speaking of ancient (Earth) civilizations generally implies a certain technological level. There could certainly be a planet now devoid of life where once upon a time there lived beings just as advanced (or more so) than we currently are.
Yea... Disney movies lately have sucked. I liked Aladdin and the Lion King, but the only other movie I've even bothered with on that list is Lilo & Stitch, which was actually fairly amusing. The rest of 'em tho... meh.
Originally players put together an exchange site, but now the company itself handles the money exchange. If you go to secondlife.com it looks like you have to log in to access that part of the site, so I don't know what the exchange rate is.
Henchies? Not only does it sound completely ridiculous, but you're not even saving yourself on the typing. Henchmen. I have a feeling if you called them 'henchies' they'd melt your face.
Weird. Cause it's such a weak review. I mean it's a positive review, but the writing is really uninteresting. You'd think they could manufacture something better if that is indeed the case (and it's not just a case of some random people with the same name).
It seems kind of silly anyway... if it's only via "hypertext link" that this patent applies, then, well... make it a button! Sheesh. Better get that one to the patent office, quick.
Obviously you've never had to do the trick of using IE's icon for the Firefox shortcut on someone else's computer because they just don't understand web pages without clicking on that big blue e.
I'm going to go ahead and say, "whatever you're most familiar with me." For me personally it happens to be C#, but there are definitely things about it I don't like.
I'm sure it's easy to dismiss out of hand comments about bomb-threats from some random guy as actually being serious, but they must be taken seriously and from the proliferate amount of threats and general assholery, surely this guy deserves more than six years as a life lesson.
The revolutionary product could be on the market as early as next year, with the new DVD players needed to view them.
Do they seriously think people with existing DVD players are going to pay more for a new player just to watch these one-time discs? Or will the players go out for next-to-nothing as long as you buy a few of the disposable discs at once?
The article doesn't mention how exactly this works, i.e. how does the disc know it's finished playing? What if the power goes out in the middle of the viewing? Can I still pause and skip around chapters, or is it all closed off after I watch the final chapter? Can I theoretically just leave my DVD in for 12 hours and it's not off until I remove the DVD? What if I put the DVD in and only get through the FBI warnings etc. but never actually hit "play movie" because I'm interrupted and have to turn the DVD player off? Etc etc.
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So submitting an article from the Escapist is an auto-include these days? There've been what, three articles pointing at this week's issue so far. Perhaps I should go ahead and submit the rest.
The value of frosting with your wheat? I lol'd. So terrible.
The same way DNA comparisons hold up in court.
Similar to the same way that people who helped free slaves during the Civil War (of the United States) felt when some of those slaves were caught and punished, I think.
Video games. Even though I personally would be totally enthused over all 6 games you can play on a Mac, I can see where other people wouldn't be.
(how well did your sarcasm detector do....)
Dude, you needed a random blog article bitching about a video game to reaffirm for you the FACT (not belief, fact) that the US of A was founded by Puritans? Unfortunately the sexually-repressed culture of that group continues to stamp itself on America, but dude... come on. Old news much?
Somewhat offtopic, whateva.
The problem is griefing someone unfairly in such a manner. A company like Blizzard doesn't have the manpower to resolve everything on the spot when it happens. It could work for smaller games, possibly, but even then it seems risky... you put checks here and balances there and eventually there's so much back and forth you might as well not bother implementing any of it.
As a veteran of GemStone (11 years at this point, I think) I can say that game is much more about cliques and social circles for your "standing." MMORPGs are really only MMOGs for the most part, with some exceptions here and there by outstanding players. In those games, having a ranking system only slightly rationalized (or not at all) would be an improvement regardless, at least when you're dealing with pick-up groups for raids and you're dealing with total strangers.
Except they don't need a warrant if they have a reasonable suspicion. Just what is that? Well it varies by state. I recall Virginia's Supreme Court ruling that having a drug dog sniffing around outside the car, and if the dog detects something, your car can be searched whether you agree to it or not.
IMHO, Blizzard should host this stuff on their servers and pay this guy(s?) for the effort put into this. This is just one of those things companies can be so stupid about when they could do a lot more good by promoting it.
I was thinking that speaking of ancient (Earth) civilizations generally implies a certain technological level. There could certainly be a planet now devoid of life where once upon a time there lived beings just as advanced (or more so) than we currently are.
The more novel thing (to me) would be discovering the ruins of ancient (chronologically speaking) civilization on a planet like that.
Yea... Disney movies lately have sucked. I liked Aladdin and the Lion King, but the only other movie I've even bothered with on that list is Lilo & Stitch, which was actually fairly amusing. The rest of 'em tho... meh.
Sources, please.
Originally players put together an exchange site, but now the company itself handles the money exchange. If you go to secondlife.com it looks like you have to log in to access that part of the site, so I don't know what the exchange rate is.
Henchies? Not only does it sound completely ridiculous, but you're not even saving yourself on the typing. Henchmen. I have a feeling if you called them 'henchies' they'd melt your face.
Weird. Cause it's such a weak review. I mean it's a positive review, but the writing is really uninteresting. You'd think they could manufacture something better if that is indeed the case (and it's not just a case of some random people with the same name).
It's a game expansion. They're all basically the same. New land with new enemies that want to blow up the world. Big friggin' deal.
It seems kind of silly anyway... if it's only via "hypertext link" that this patent applies, then, well... make it a button! Sheesh. Better get that one to the patent office, quick.
Obviously you've never had to do the trick of using IE's icon for the Firefox shortcut on someone else's computer because they just don't understand web pages without clicking on that big blue e.
The link itself says it's just a conceptual product. Actually reading the article submission before posting it to /. FTW
I'm going to go ahead and say, "whatever you're most familiar with me." For me personally it happens to be C#, but there are definitely things about it I don't like.
I'm sure it's easy to dismiss out of hand comments about bomb-threats from some random guy as actually being serious, but they must be taken seriously and from the proliferate amount of threats and general assholery, surely this guy deserves more than six years as a life lesson.
Yea... and license plates in Washington DC all read "Taxation Without Representation." Seriously.
The revolutionary product could be on the market as early as next year, with the new DVD players needed to view them.
Do they seriously think people with existing DVD players are going to pay more for a new player just to watch these one-time discs? Or will the players go out for next-to-nothing as long as you buy a few of the disposable discs at once?
The article doesn't mention how exactly this works, i.e. how does the disc know it's finished playing? What if the power goes out in the middle of the viewing? Can I still pause and skip around chapters, or is it all closed off after I watch the final chapter? Can I theoretically just leave my DVD in for 12 hours and it's not off until I remove the DVD? What if I put the DVD in and only get through the FBI warnings etc. but never actually hit "play movie" because I'm interrupted and have to turn the DVD player off? Etc etc.