It maybe designed for Windows but these people are paying for a service and having that service withdrawn while sticking within every single rule Blizzard has.
Have you seen "you must use windows to play WOW" on anything official? I haven't, in which case it must be allowed.
But that's the thing, humans have a very limited range of senses and even machines can't see everything yet. If we saw atom sized people with wings, would you deny there were fairies? These things are all possible and the future is never what we expect, after all it's 2006 and I don't have my moon holiday home, nor my flying car nor my skin tight silver body suit.
I wish we could see some real hardcore female gamers, I've spoke to several frag dolls on Livejournal and most of them come across as your average girl with very little intrest in anything non-mainstream. It's Final fantasy this and Halo that, which basicly makes them seem all the more gimmicky.
On the other hand I used to know the most awesome sniper on Team fortress classic and we had some fantastic duels on (what was) my home server.
But seriously, who cares if someone has a penis or a vagina? You shut up and you play, that way everyones happy and men and women are on equal footing.
Linus has won nothing because there is nothing to win. Linux won't kill Windows in the next decade and vice versa. No one is winning but rather both sides are in a pissing contest they refuse to admit is worthless.
If the people say they want a witch hunt then you have to give the people a witch hunt. If you think democracy is some magic wand where everyone does right then you're wrong. It's an excuse for the masses to hunt the minorities while feeling they have the high ground and "doing the right thing".
If I write a book in French why should I care if someone translates it into English for another country and then lets people have it for free. I'm not losing anything (because I never would of done it any way) and if anything I'm gaining more fans.
I say screw Nintendo and let these guys work. It'll do Mother more good than bad.
While I may adore the internet I've got to say it's rather small potatoes on the grand scale of things. I think we need to worry more about terrorist attacks after we pull out of Iraq than we need to worry your mum might find out Sexyslut99372 is your sister on Myspace.
Side note : I'm not saying ZOMG TERRORISM! I'm saying we're dived into a can of worms and with the current "run away" or "stay forever" political sides in the current war this is dangerous in the big picture.
You assume these arn't fanboys who want a PS3 and not get ripped off because guys like you put them on Ebay.
Remember as people like you push in and "steal" all the PS3s from legit people, these legit people have to push infront of you. If they can't go in release day and get one they will go before release day.
Best buy can sell to anyone they like, they can even bar all 7 from the store if they wish.
They'd take food supplies and have a friend I suspect. People who finish for weeks at a time have little tents and mini stoves, they can cook things just fine (takes a while to heat up the pan though).
You could put your tent infront of them but you would be either blocking the door or get punched.. plus tents make no difference, if they arn't awake on launch day they arn't getting their PS3. Most will probably stay up just for when it opens.
I suspect you could be, but if you gave an excuse and the cop wasn't too much of a dick they would surely let you stay. For example "I'm waiting to get my little brother his christmas present", not many cops would arrest you.
Yes Best buy can, but would you kick out $4000? I don't think so.
It works because these people will be front of the line from like 6pm the day before release, the people in tents will respect the order but everyone else will be like "WTF, I was here first!" no matter what the tents do. Same way any queue works, it works because everyone agrees to the terms and joins in.
Takes the name and completely removes everything then eh? People act like RE4 improved RE. where as the truth is it started it's own series using the RE characters. You can't say RE4 is an improvement on everything since it's not remotely scary in a genre based purely on fear.
I think the thing you guys are forgetting is how you were acting. I know American soldiers are in a much more dangerous place compared to British troops but you should see the difference in how they act.
American soldiers basicly keep an arms length, they think everyones an enemy and act like it.
British soldiers are more exprienced in peace keeping and they realize people can be allies or enemies, so they give the kids sweets (sounds tiny, but it's something which builds a bridge in the community) and basicly try to blend in. While it may sound risky they also let kids try on their helmet and things like this. You become someone they want to see (even if they dislike why you're there), which makes them less likely to shoot you.
There is no reason the military can't rebuild a society, it just means you have to act like a person instead of a soldier. Which is something American troops seem to lack the ability to do as the moment. Maybe if the "Join the army, goto college, chick dig war heroes and guns" image was toned down a bit that might improve.
I think this is the last of Dells worries legal wise.
A couple of months back my father ordered a Dell PC with Windows XP pre installed, yet we didn't recieve an XP CD or any licence number as we should of done with a Windows licence. Yet a week later a man from Dell (with a very thick indian accent I could hardly follow to add to the fun) rang up trying to sell a "recovery pack" since "if stuff goes wrong it'll cost you less than to rebuy windows".
Is this even legal? I'm pretty sure it's not but may as well ask Slashdot before I look at legal advice on getting what was rightfully payed for.
Side note : I e-mailed Dell inquiring and recieved no reply (it's been a month, doubt I'll get one).
"Maybe it was the first shooter I played that had some substance"
Some how the above quote makes me think he's a fanboy and not someone we should be listening to. FPS games have substance before halo and if anything lost a lot of it's substance in the Halo generation.
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wy would WOW be responsible for a word that predates it by at least a decade to my knowledge?
It maybe designed for Windows but these people are paying for a service and having that service withdrawn while sticking within every single rule Blizzard has.
Have you seen "you must use windows to play WOW" on anything official? I haven't, in which case it must be allowed.
or they are very desperate to steal the press's all seeing eye now when the PS3 is just out the blocks.
If something seems fishy, it probably is.
But that's the thing, humans have a very limited range of senses and even machines can't see everything yet. If we saw atom sized people with wings, would you deny there were fairies? These things are all possible and the future is never what we expect, after all it's 2006 and I don't have my moon holiday home, nor my flying car nor my skin tight silver body suit.
No, because they have never proven it's impossible for a fairy to exsist nor that they wouldn't collrct teeth for some reason or other.
I wish we could see some real hardcore female gamers, I've spoke to several frag dolls on Livejournal and most of them come across as your average girl with very little intrest in anything non-mainstream. It's Final fantasy this and Halo that, which basicly makes them seem all the more gimmicky.
On the other hand I used to know the most awesome sniper on Team fortress classic and we had some fantastic duels on (what was) my home server.
But seriously, who cares if someone has a penis or a vagina? You shut up and you play, that way everyones happy and men and women are on equal footing.
You're silly little site going doen VS some little girl being kidnapped and raped.. hmm :)
But none of the above can live on. The sheep lacks a mate and the wolves lack food.
:)
Should 1 sheep live to kill two wolves?
Opens up even more moral dilemmas no? It's all about your view point and theres no right answer
Linus has won nothing because there is nothing to win. Linux won't kill Windows in the next decade and vice versa. No one is winning but rather both sides are in a pissing contest they refuse to admit is worthless.
Democracy=This,
If the people say they want a witch hunt then you have to give the people a witch hunt. If you think democracy is some magic wand where everyone does right then you're wrong. It's an excuse for the masses to hunt the minorities while feeling they have the high ground and "doing the right thing".
If I write a book in French why should I care if someone translates it into English for another country and then lets people have it for free. I'm not losing anything (because I never would of done it any way) and if anything I'm gaining more fans.
I say screw Nintendo and let these guys work. It'll do Mother more good than bad.
While I may adore the internet I've got to say it's rather small potatoes on the grand scale of things. I think we need to worry more about terrorist attacks after we pull out of Iraq than we need to worry your mum might find out Sexyslut99372 is your sister on Myspace.
Side note : I'm not saying ZOMG TERRORISM! I'm saying we're dived into a can of worms and with the current "run away" or "stay forever" political sides in the current war this is dangerous in the big picture.
It's annoying me, seems tags are for dicking around rather than for oh.. helping searchs.
Try sitting with 6 other guys for a week when you all love the same thing.. I think they would save each others places even without friends
You assume these arn't fanboys who want a PS3 and not get ripped off because guys like you put them on Ebay.
Remember as people like you push in and "steal" all the PS3s from legit people, these legit people have to push infront of you. If they can't go in release day and get one they will go before release day.
Best buy can sell to anyone they like, they can even bar all 7 from the store if they wish.
They'd take food supplies and have a friend I suspect. People who finish for weeks at a time have little tents and mini stoves, they can cook things just fine (takes a while to heat up the pan though).
You could put your tent infront of them but you would be either blocking the door or get punched.. plus tents make no difference, if they arn't awake on launch day they arn't getting their PS3. Most will probably stay up just for when it opens.
I suspect you could be, but if you gave an excuse and the cop wasn't too much of a dick they would surely let you stay. For example "I'm waiting to get my little brother his christmas present", not many cops would arrest you.
Yes Best buy can, but would you kick out $4000? I don't think so.
It works because these people will be front of the line from like 6pm the day before release, the people in tents will respect the order but everyone else will be like "WTF, I was here first!" no matter what the tents do. Same way any queue works, it works because everyone agrees to the terms and joins in.
They probably did. Think of this as first post mentality.
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I didn't chose anything. It was a default machine, I never picked anything custom :)
Takes the name and completely removes everything then eh? People act like RE4 improved RE. where as the truth is it started it's own series using the RE characters. You can't say RE4 is an improvement on everything since it's not remotely scary in a genre based purely on fear.
Awesome, I sent the e-mail. It's from Mikari (Art) Gmail (dat) com (my spam account).
:)
Thanks for the help.
I think the thing you guys are forgetting is how you were acting. I know American soldiers are in a much more dangerous place compared to British troops but you should see the difference in how they act.
American soldiers basicly keep an arms length, they think everyones an enemy and act like it.
British soldiers are more exprienced in peace keeping and they realize people can be allies or enemies, so they give the kids sweets (sounds tiny, but it's something which builds a bridge in the community) and basicly try to blend in. While it may sound risky they also let kids try on their helmet and things like this. You become someone they want to see (even if they dislike why you're there), which makes them less likely to shoot you.
There is no reason the military can't rebuild a society, it just means you have to act like a person instead of a soldier. Which is something American troops seem to lack the ability to do as the moment. Maybe if the "Join the army, goto college, chick dig war heroes and guns" image was toned down a bit that might improve.
Awesome, I'll hunt it out. Does it make a difference that I'm in the UK though?
I think this is the last of Dells worries legal wise.
A couple of months back my father ordered a Dell PC with Windows XP pre installed, yet we didn't recieve an XP CD or any licence number as we should of done with a Windows licence. Yet a week later a man from Dell (with a very thick indian accent I could hardly follow to add to the fun) rang up trying to sell a "recovery pack" since "if stuff goes wrong it'll cost you less than to rebuy windows".
Is this even legal? I'm pretty sure it's not but may as well ask Slashdot before I look at legal advice on getting what was rightfully payed for.
Side note : I e-mailed Dell inquiring and recieved no reply (it's been a month, doubt I'll get one).
"Maybe it was the first shooter I played that had some substance"
Some how the above quote makes me think he's a fanboy and not someone we should be listening to. FPS games have substance before halo and if anything lost a lot of it's substance in the Halo generation.