I know industrial software loves license servers but I think you can usually run one of those locally because it'd be a real problem if something severs the connection between a mission critical component and its license server.
Large production systems are often a patchwork of software and hardware components that have access passwords for other components hardcoded who-knows-where. Changing a password can screw something up that you didn't even know existed.
It's the right of the "speaker" to be able to talk to everybody who is willing to listen, not the right of the listener. Legalizing age limits violates the first amendment rights of the game maker. Don't like it, don't write stuff like that into your constitution.
There's no question that this DLC was made long after the game, that seems to be how the developer is paying the rent while he's working on major patches or add-ons. It's not DRMed either. Whether it's a major addition is up to you, I don't think it is and I'd rather spend my money on the upcoming AI War mini-expansion where all proceeds are donated to charity and the new units actually change the feel of the game.
I'm not sure how useful this particular DLC is, I got GSB with the three previous DLC packs from a Steam sale but I'm honestly not sure if those DLC packs really add anything interesting to the game. The races still feel very much like the old ones, the biggest difference you're paying for is yet another graphical style. IMO these DLC packs aren't worth their regular asking price (given how little I found myself caring about the existing races I can't even justify buying the discount edition of the Nomads) and I thought GSB as a whole was overpriced at 20$ for what it gave you. I think AI War offered a much better value for the money, especially with the Zenith Remnant expansion DLC. That added so much game-changing new stuff that it really justifies the price.
The people who emphasize their beliefs when discussing science tend to be the kind that are just looking for "science" that matches their religious beliefs. Whether religious or not, starting with a conclusion and then selecting for evidence isn't a good approach and considering how many parts of religious scriptures are considered mere parables these days it's a really bad idea to try finding science that supports these parables as fact. Even if those parts of the scriptures were divinely inspired they were written for much simpler minds than ours and an omniscient being would know better than trying to explain quantum physics to a bunch of ancient goat herders.
In fact if it's not already happening it might be worth it to gradually force the price of gas up in the US so an oil price jump wouldn't be as much of a shock, the buffer price could just be reduced to offset the actual increase.
All the US needs are the oil fields and some insurgents aren't going to impact those. Guerilla warfare might work inside cities but out in the desert with nothing but fortified military areas? What are they going to do, attack with some 60s era leftover tanks?
I think impacting the car situation is something we have to let happen, alternative transportation methods like rail can afford to run with other "fuels" (since most trains are completely electric you can use anything you use to fuel the power plants, a fully renewable approach probably wouldn't work yet due to the massive power consumption but coal power plants and nuclear power are more efficient than trying to squeeze that energy into cars). Trying to maintain cars as they are is likely going to waste too much energy and just screw things up more.
That's not the problem. Money you receive via PayPal isn't transferred to your bank account immediately, it's stored in your PayPal accouint until you withdraw it to your bank account and that PayPal account is what's risky since it can get frozen or seized.
Other services I've seen in the EU are Moneybookers (used by Play Asia), similar to PayPal but EU based and apparently subject to some strict laws and Clickandbuy (used by iTunes and Steam) which allows direct debit payment.
Key word is credit cards. Most of the EU doesn't commonly have credit cards so if you're dealing with that market it's either bank transfers (admittedly I don't believe those are a bad idea, there's just no fraud protection so you'd need a trustworthy merchant which the Minecraft developer certainly is and I believe EU transfers are still reasonably priced) or an intermediary that takes those bank transfers and then does online payment.
That's vulnerable to social engineering attacks. Imagine your aunt being alone in your computer room and a "telco engineer" asks her to plug the network cable in to run some "routine checks"...
Because more surface area is covered by texels that are part of one smooth surface than texels that are supposed to represent hard edges. Edges might look better with nearest-neighbor (provided the texture has no anti-aliasing) but smooth surfaces will show banding that doesn't belong there.
I'd list ArmA2 as one of the games that needs its graphics, without all the foliage it would be much easier to see people and making sure you aren't seen too easily is a big part of the game.
You probably want to store which faces are "inside" the terrain so you don't have to re-check that every frame, I think the AC was asking about that. What the GPU gets isn't millions of cubes, it's the subset that's on the outside of the terrain and maybe even a simplified form of the flat surfaces there.
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I know industrial software loves license servers but I think you can usually run one of those locally because it'd be a real problem if something severs the connection between a mission critical component and its license server.
Large production systems are often a patchwork of software and hardware components that have access passwords for other components hardcoded who-knows-where. Changing a password can screw something up that you didn't even know existed.
Isn't 128kB/s ISDN with bundled channels? Nobody uses that since it's too expensive.
I really wonder how the entertainment industry manages to out-lobby all the companies that only get hurt by their hubris.
If you join the RIAA you'll likely make only debt. If you want to make money you gotta be your own publisher.
Who said anything about WANT?
It's the right of the "speaker" to be able to talk to everybody who is willing to listen, not the right of the listener. Legalizing age limits violates the first amendment rights of the game maker. Don't like it, don't write stuff like that into your constitution.
There's no question that this DLC was made long after the game, that seems to be how the developer is paying the rent while he's working on major patches or add-ons. It's not DRMed either. Whether it's a major addition is up to you, I don't think it is and I'd rather spend my money on the upcoming AI War mini-expansion where all proceeds are donated to charity and the new units actually change the feel of the game.
Many indie devs have already announced that they don't care. They know everything will be pirated anyway so implementing DRM is a waste of time.
I'm not sure how useful this particular DLC is, I got GSB with the three previous DLC packs from a Steam sale but I'm honestly not sure if those DLC packs really add anything interesting to the game. The races still feel very much like the old ones, the biggest difference you're paying for is yet another graphical style. IMO these DLC packs aren't worth their regular asking price (given how little I found myself caring about the existing races I can't even justify buying the discount edition of the Nomads) and I thought GSB as a whole was overpriced at 20$ for what it gave you. I think AI War offered a much better value for the money, especially with the Zenith Remnant expansion DLC. That added so much game-changing new stuff that it really justifies the price.
The people who emphasize their beliefs when discussing science tend to be the kind that are just looking for "science" that matches their religious beliefs. Whether religious or not, starting with a conclusion and then selecting for evidence isn't a good approach and considering how many parts of religious scriptures are considered mere parables these days it's a really bad idea to try finding science that supports these parables as fact. Even if those parts of the scriptures were divinely inspired they were written for much simpler minds than ours and an omniscient being would know better than trying to explain quantum physics to a bunch of ancient goat herders.
In fact if it's not already happening it might be worth it to gradually force the price of gas up in the US so an oil price jump wouldn't be as much of a shock, the buffer price could just be reduced to offset the actual increase.
All the US needs are the oil fields and some insurgents aren't going to impact those. Guerilla warfare might work inside cities but out in the desert with nothing but fortified military areas? What are they going to do, attack with some 60s era leftover tanks?
I think impacting the car situation is something we have to let happen, alternative transportation methods like rail can afford to run with other "fuels" (since most trains are completely electric you can use anything you use to fuel the power plants, a fully renewable approach probably wouldn't work yet due to the massive power consumption but coal power plants and nuclear power are more efficient than trying to squeeze that energy into cars). Trying to maintain cars as they are is likely going to waste too much energy and just screw things up more.
I don't know if they have similar issues but Moneybookers usually had better exchange rates back when I used them.
That's not the problem. Money you receive via PayPal isn't transferred to your bank account immediately, it's stored in your PayPal accouint until you withdraw it to your bank account and that PayPal account is what's risky since it can get frozen or seized.
Other services I've seen in the EU are Moneybookers (used by Play Asia), similar to PayPal but EU based and apparently subject to some strict laws and Clickandbuy (used by iTunes and Steam) which allows direct debit payment.
Key word is credit cards. Most of the EU doesn't commonly have credit cards so if you're dealing with that market it's either bank transfers (admittedly I don't believe those are a bad idea, there's just no fraud protection so you'd need a trustworthy merchant which the Minecraft developer certainly is and I believe EU transfers are still reasonably priced) or an intermediary that takes those bank transfers and then does online payment.
They knew the plans for the death star were on that ship and since a high ranking politician was on board they couldn't just destroy it right away.
That's vulnerable to social engineering attacks. Imagine your aunt being alone in your computer room and a "telco engineer" asks her to plug the network cable in to run some "routine checks"...
Practical attacks or merely theoretical "well, it's broken under mathematical rules" attacks?
Because more surface area is covered by texels that are part of one smooth surface than texels that are supposed to represent hard edges. Edges might look better with nearest-neighbor (provided the texture has no anti-aliasing) but smooth surfaces will show banding that doesn't belong there.
I'd list ArmA2 as one of the games that needs its graphics, without all the foliage it would be much easier to see people and making sure you aren't seen too easily is a big part of the game.
You probably want to store which faces are "inside" the terrain so you don't have to re-check that every frame, I think the AC was asking about that. What the GPU gets isn't millions of cubes, it's the subset that's on the outside of the terrain and maybe even a simplified form of the flat surfaces there.
That subtitle is more fitting for Ms. Pac-Man 3D: The morning after: The Pill Quest