Well, ask MS to add that to Visual Studio (or check the manuals if it's not included already). Not that hard to have a compiler eat encrypted data (perhaps with remote compilation as well).
When you buy it form over function a PC really isn't your best choice. Either convince your wife that "cute" isn't the only thing a computer has to be or just buy that Mac.
Though the alternative spellings in that post really sound like someone trolling... Meh, who cares?
That's where social engineering comes in handy. "Oh, I love that song! Can you upload it to my iPod?"* Poof, access logged under different username.
*= I have no idea whether an iPod can be used as USB mass storage or requires a special program to be accessed but I assume USB mass storage access is possible.
Are you sure the filter won't throw up red flags like mad when it spots any irregular activity? Like huge outgoing emails (especially those with all of that in the body), unusual encryptions, possibly unrecognized email addresses as well? You only get one try.
Someone will always* buy a product, if the PS3 sold the same numbers as a top-end graphics card everybody would say "nobody is buying it". Top end cards are made in small numbers and meet the litle demand there is. Games consoles "aren't selling" if they don't shift five million units during the first year. Look at the XBox in Japan. It's selling but rarely more than a thousand a month (usually closer to 200). Result? "The XBox flopped in Japan".
But well, if Sony is confident that a one million people userbase at the end of the PS3's life is acceptable that's their thing.
Well, there's no other OS that runs as many games and not everyone is happy playing only console games...
Plus it's not that hard to keep a Windows computer uninfected. A router with NAT stops almost all viruses, the rest is what you've got all that security software (and common sense) installed for.
The biggest problem are stupid users. Those who are mystified by the way a computer works. Those who are still stupid enough to open ~40kB attachments on emails with no identifiable origin. Those who don't even know whata virus scanner is. Those that don't notice when their computer has a constantly high load without any processes running that would need much CPU time. People who install Windows and keep it running without even adjusting the screen settings. The people who are amazed that "that paperclip thing is knocking against their screens". We don't let people operate cars without understanding what the brake is good for, why do we let people operate computers when they don't even understand what the second mouse button is good for?
How about a 16 (mild) and 18 (strong) mature rating then? Since AO means porn to most people that can't be used to differentiate M games. Works for European rating systems, should work for North America, too.
AO is a rating for porn only. M and AO don't make a difference age wise (okay, one year, BFD) so rating more games AO instead of M merely confuses people who think porn is worse than genocide. You don't see movies rated X for violence, do you?
What makes you think it was an unauthorized action that landed the code in there? Isn't it more likely that the feature was planned and approved but as the game drew closer to finishing the manager responsible got cold feet and ordered it to be removed again?
Also, I don't see why other taxpayers should subsidise your enjoyment of www.disgustinggrannies.com.
Said taxpayer is subsidising the library and the computer in it. So the question should rather be "Why should other taxpayers NOT subsidise your enjoyment of _____________?". You'd have to introduce exemptions and give reasons for them because by default there are no limits to what you can look at (except maybe for child pornography).
He wanted to point out the different reactions between the manufacturers, not that Nintendo has its raunchy games as well. Sony didn't want to taint their family-friendly image and opted not to release God Of War in Germany because it was unrated. How's that for annoying?
Many people owned a Gameboy only to play Tetris and didn't play much more since then so having owned a gameboy at some point does not constitute being in the gamer demographic.
Actually Nintendo dropped game prices during the GBA->DS transition but the US prices were so much below the international average (40-50$ for a GBA game after currency conversion) it ended up being a price hike there.
Come to think of it, you could plug a SmartJoy Frag into a console-PC converter and add the other three KB/Mouse combos that way. Sure it's expensive and kinda stupid but well, 60" HDTVs aren't any cheaper. Voilà, un 4 player KB/M splitscreen FPS.
Those were good looking games that couldn't be done on a console. Perimeter was even lauded for its great graphics (it even uses bumpmaps in a way that influences the gameplay, namely to display small damages to the terrain which have a major influence on the gameplay). But of course they get outsold by "realistic" RTSes.
Double thick? With very few exceptions (four, I think), all the games I bought within the last few years came in plain old DVD cases. The exceptions were Doom 3 (which used both sides to hold the discs as opposed to the stupid spindle setup Ubisoft loves so much), X2 The Threat (dunno why that was thicker), UT2004 Collector's Edition (includes headphones. Of course that doesn't fit inside a DVD box) and Earth 2160 (extra thick manual, soundtrack CD, motion sensor). The rest came in DVD boxes or jewel cases. Big boxes died around five years ago.
For a comparison, I've got three console games within the same timeframe that used larger packaging, two being GC-GBA link games with the cable included and one being Xenosaga Ep 2 because it holds three discs.
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Well, ask MS to add that to Visual Studio (or check the manuals if it's not included already). Not that hard to have a compiler eat encrypted data (perhaps with remote compilation as well).
When you buy it form over function a PC really isn't your best choice. Either convince your wife that "cute" isn't the only thing a computer has to be or just buy that Mac.
Though the alternative spellings in that post really sound like someone trolling... Meh, who cares?
That's where social engineering comes in handy. "Oh, I love that song! Can you upload it to my iPod?"* Poof, access logged under different username.
*= I have no idea whether an iPod can be used as USB mass storage or requires a special program to be accessed but I assume USB mass storage access is possible.
Are you sure the filter won't throw up red flags like mad when it spots any irregular activity? Like huge outgoing emails (especially those with all of that in the body), unusual encryptions, possibly unrecognized email addresses as well? You only get one try.
Someone will always* buy a product, if the PS3 sold the same numbers as a top-end graphics card everybody would say "nobody is buying it". Top end cards are made in small numbers and meet the litle demand there is. Games consoles "aren't selling" if they don't shift five million units during the first year. Look at the XBox in Japan. It's selling but rarely more than a thousand a month (usually closer to 200). Result? "The XBox flopped in Japan".
But well, if Sony is confident that a one million people userbase at the end of the PS3's life is acceptable that's their thing.
*=Common sense applies
Most users don't know what a port is, all they know is that Counterstrike won't run.
Well, there's no other OS that runs as many games and not everyone is happy playing only console games...
Plus it's not that hard to keep a Windows computer uninfected. A router with NAT stops almost all viruses, the rest is what you've got all that security software (and common sense) installed for.
The biggest problem are stupid users. Those who are mystified by the way a computer works. Those who are still stupid enough to open ~40kB attachments on emails with no identifiable origin. Those who don't even know whata virus scanner is. Those that don't notice when their computer has a constantly high load without any processes running that would need much CPU time. People who install Windows and keep it running without even adjusting the screen settings. The people who are amazed that "that paperclip thing is knocking against their screens". We don't let people operate cars without understanding what the brake is good for, why do we let people operate computers when they don't even understand what the second mouse button is good for?
How about a 16 (mild) and 18 (strong) mature rating then? Since AO means porn to most people that can't be used to differentiate M games. Works for European rating systems, should work for North America, too.
AO is a rating for porn only. M and AO don't make a difference age wise (okay, one year, BFD) so rating more games AO instead of M merely confuses people who think porn is worse than genocide. You don't see movies rated X for violence, do you?
What makes you think it was an unauthorized action that landed the code in there? Isn't it more likely that the feature was planned and approved but as the game drew closer to finishing the manager responsible got cold feet and ordered it to be removed again?
However, them not being out NOW hurts the XC's advantage of being out now.
Perhaps it'll work as padding for the armor plates to reduce the bruises caused by a bullet hitting the armor plate?
Graphics cards sell in MUCH smaller numbers than a game console has to.
If we fought like the terrorists do we'd see a bodycount that rivals the second World War.
Also, I don't see why other taxpayers should subsidise your enjoyment of www.disgustinggrannies.com.
Said taxpayer is subsidising the library and the computer in it. So the question should rather be "Why should other taxpayers NOT subsidise your enjoyment of _____________?". You'd have to introduce exemptions and give reasons for them because by default there are no limits to what you can look at (except maybe for child pornography).
Fired??? Hello? You don't fire people over something this minor. They'll face consequences but they shouldn't be fired.
Bavaria?
He wanted to point out the different reactions between the manufacturers, not that Nintendo has its raunchy games as well. Sony didn't want to taint their family-friendly image and opted not to release God Of War in Germany because it was unrated. How's that for annoying?
Many people owned a Gameboy only to play Tetris and didn't play much more since then so having owned a gameboy at some point does not constitute being in the gamer demographic.
Actually Nintendo dropped game prices during the GBA->DS transition but the US prices were so much below the international average (40-50$ for a GBA game after currency conversion) it ended up being a price hike there.
'Cos that's Sega and Sega isn't known for cost effective hardware, as opposed to Nintendo.
Come to think of it, you could plug a SmartJoy Frag into a console-PC converter and add the other three KB/Mouse combos that way. Sure it's expensive and kinda stupid but well, 60" HDTVs aren't any cheaper. Voilà, un 4 player KB/M splitscreen FPS.
Serious Sam (both Encounters) does splitscreen but I think it doesn't support multiple keyboards and only two mice.
Those were good looking games that couldn't be done on a console. Perimeter was even lauded for its great graphics (it even uses bumpmaps in a way that influences the gameplay, namely to display small damages to the terrain which have a major influence on the gameplay). But of course they get outsold by "realistic" RTSes.
Double thick? With very few exceptions (four, I think), all the games I bought within the last few years came in plain old DVD cases. The exceptions were Doom 3 (which used both sides to hold the discs as opposed to the stupid spindle setup Ubisoft loves so much), X2 The Threat (dunno why that was thicker), UT2004 Collector's Edition (includes headphones. Of course that doesn't fit inside a DVD box) and Earth 2160 (extra thick manual, soundtrack CD, motion sensor). The rest came in DVD boxes or jewel cases. Big boxes died around five years ago.
For a comparison, I've got three console games within the same timeframe that used larger packaging, two being GC-GBA link games with the cable included and one being Xenosaga Ep 2 because it holds three discs.