I don't they want it to work the way though. They will see the site you are requesting something from as a site that should be paying them access or they intentionally slow them down. Also while you are talking A to B you still go through other sites. If they implemented the same rules your packets would be intentionally slowed down as they have nothing to do with the place you are routing though.
> or at least have a deal with a friend that whomever dies first,
Have you ever seen the British TV Sitcom "Couples" they actually discuss such a thing called "Porn Buddies". If one dies the other has to empty that guys stash before anyone else gets to the house.
You are partially correct. I had read the Reuters story on it and it had said that those who were having an operation and were told people were praying for them actually did worse then those that didn't know.
You hit the nail on the head. The problem wasn't the format, but the pricing. There is software to burn my DVDs to memory stick and DVDs I can use elsewhere.
If they had sold them at a much lower price then DVDs then they would be worth buying. Or open up the standard for everyone to make cheap/use the industry would of snapped it up better.
I read the article. Just because you have some truth in the article doesn't mean the rest of it is true. You have claims of them asking the government for help, yet no visible memo, no real people claiming it and straight out denial from MS.
If they had waited until today how many do you think would of believed it?
>At least the story also appeared on the (usually very reliable) Heise Newsticker.
Yes, however (correct me if I am wrong) they cite the story linked above. Which would be a valid source, because if its wrong its not thier fault.
On the other hand saying things like "Anonymous source" is liable to get you spanked in the media in the EU, we as in the US the media outlet just has to prove they didn't mean any malice in what they printed and they can pretty much print what they like.
Until the memo actually shows up going to have to take this story with a pinch of salt. This sort of story wouldn't fly in the EU, you would need at least something to back it up.
>Osama hasn't spent any time behind bars, and neither have most Palestinian terrorists.
Do you see OBL blowing himself up? The OP is correct that imprisoning people without due process does more to help terrorism then hinder it. You only have to look at Internment in Northern Ireland to see. Prior to that and the civil rights abuses the IRA had little to no support.
My understanding of Shared source was that it was a trap. There is probably a/. story on it from years ago (maybe 3;) ).
As I understand shared source has huge implications if you plan to write your own system. Even if you don't put any of the code into your program having just looked at the program makes it that MS is allowed take your idea.
I wouldn't touch the code if you can't read the whole license tbh.
>For all intents and purposes, the PSP should have killed the DS from a technical viewpoint.
Reminds me of the TV program "Pirates of Silicon Valley" where Steve Jobs is saying "You know we have the better product" and Bill goes "That doesn't matter". Or something like that.
I Recall a story some years back where the UK bought a load of apache helicopters from the US. However could get no one to fly them for years and got screwed on replacement parts. Basically ended up paying the US a ton of cash for things sitting in a hanger unable to fly.
Some of the russian stuff I have seen is far ahead of the US in some areas and the US stole the ideas after seeing them.
I remember seeing the Su-37 at an airshow where nothing any other country had could match it for maneuverability at that time. Meanwhile the stealth fighter brought in by the US got tracked by one of the EU missile tracking systems that was at the show.
One thing amazed me about the US when I lived there is how badly you are bombarded with adverts. Not just TV but everywhere. Really its like having a fast computer. You don't realise it until you start to try to use a slow one.
I found amazing, and very annoying. But for everyone else because they grew up with it they more or less blocked it out. Advertising companies know this, which is why adverts are becoming more and more intrusive. Take a look at this site.. http://www.womma.org/wombat/agenda.htm
It will give you an idea of how intrusive they actually get. Whats intresting in that site is that NCSofts Auto-Assault has used these marketing companies for viral/Gurrilla/astro-turfing. So having them put adverts into the game is just an extension of this to be honest.
As for the OP question. I wouldn't play it. I'd quit. If I am paying a subscription why the heck should I be paying to be spammed with adverts. Don't talk to me about it. Think it helps? Guess you have never seen "Deuce Bigalow: European gigalo" pictures in planetside. http://www.secretlair.com/index.php?/clickablecult ure/entry/massive_ruins_planetside/
which incidently was hacked to stop adverts spawning in game (just basically edited the hosts file).
I believe City of Heroes/Villians are attempting something to make the zone/s dynamic based on who is winning in the storyline for the zone. Or something to that effect. Until I get a look at it hard to know what else (maybe a CoX zealot can fill in the blanks.;)
Asherons Call had this somewhat as well. I recall the destruction of Rithwic was due to a random player being teleported to the gods in the game and asked what city he didn't like. Also when the Spires attacked some shards (servers) were able to fend them off and the remains were left behind on the server while others didn't and the zone was changed to reflect that. (afair).
You have obviously never been to a "free speech zone" in the US then or tried to protest outside of this zone, or just walk in the general area of said zone and not have any ID on you but be profiled as a trouble maker.
>Most of the people causing the trouble down there are trained terrorists,
Actually most of the people causing trouble are ex-military, disenfranchised civilians and those who have lost out on the regime change to the point where it is better to fight. TBH actual terrorists like AQ would make a small percentage of that.
>The civilians are the ones getting stuffed by a war they didn't want
Well thats partly it and also "First to market" mentality that some companies have. For example it is better to ship a buggy POS before the competition releases thiers because we can patch it later in some cases months after the ship date.
Not every company is like this but a fair few are.
1. ZX Spectrum - Lenslock. Picture this, it takes 5 minutes to load the game. You are then given this weird thing to hold up to the screen which using shaped lens would turn the mess on screen into characters which you could read. Took a while to get past that as well and if you failed the game reset.
3. Amiga. I forget the protection name but it was put onto two games I know of D+D and some air combat game. Basically it would allow you to copy the game without any problems at all and the game would work fine until about 2-3 minutes into the game where in D+D a monster would appear and wipe out your whole party or in the case of the airplane game an emeny would show up and blow out your engines in one shot.
You said Lotus on Windows. There is no such product. You were probably referring to Notes, which when bought a server is bought as well which is called Domino. If your previous company only bought Notes and then used it for email/calender without a domino server then they seriously wasted their money.
I wouldn't even give it looks. The looks on the box are way better then in game. The UI is badly done, movement is painful and I am sure someone will correct me if I am wrong but I couldn't for the life of me find a jump key.
COV/EQ2/WOW sets a very high standard to what a game should look like. COV/COH certainly sets the standard for character customisation.
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I don't they want it to work the way though. They will see the site you are requesting something from as a site that should be paying them access or they intentionally slow them down. Also while you are talking A to B you still go through other sites. If they implemented the same rules your packets would be intentionally slowed down as they have nothing to do with the place you are routing though.
This is a bad thing.
> or at least have a deal with a friend that whomever dies first,
Have you ever seen the British TV Sitcom "Couples" they actually discuss such a thing called "Porn Buddies". If one dies the other has to empty that guys stash before anyone else gets to the house.
You are partially correct. I had read the Reuters story on it and it had said that those who were having an operation and were told people were praying for them actually did worse then those that didn't know.
You hit the nail on the head. The problem wasn't the format, but the pricing. There is software to burn my DVDs to memory stick and DVDs I can use elsewhere.
If they had sold them at a much lower price then DVDs then they would be worth buying. Or open up the standard for everyone to make cheap/use the industry would of snapped it up better.
> none of the praying people were vested in the lives of those being prayed for
I am sure they thought they were. Most religous people pray for others they don't know.
>all this study does is confirm that either (1) there is no
>God or (2) God isn't amused by pseudoscientific studies.
Or God prefers to punish those who pray for him. Least thats what I read from the study.
I read the article. Just because you have some truth in the article doesn't mean the rest of it is true. You have claims of them asking the government for help, yet no visible memo, no real people claiming it and straight out denial from MS.
If they had waited until today how many do you think would of believed it?
>At least the story also appeared on the (usually very reliable) Heise Newsticker.
Yes, however (correct me if I am wrong) they cite the story linked above. Which would be a valid source, because if its wrong its not thier fault.
On the other hand saying things like "Anonymous source" is liable to get you spanked in the media in the EU, we as in the US the media outlet just has to prove they didn't mean any malice in what they printed and they can pretty much print what they like.
Until the memo actually shows up going to have to take this story with a pinch of salt. This sort of story wouldn't fly in the EU, you would need at least something to back it up.
If you were a real MacGuyver fan you would know that all he needs is duct-tape.
>Osama hasn't spent any time behind bars, and neither have most Palestinian terrorists.
Do you see OBL blowing himself up? The OP is correct that imprisoning people without due process does more to help terrorism then hinder it. You only have to look at Internment in Northern Ireland to see. Prior to that and the civil rights abuses the IRA had little to no support.
My understanding of Shared source was that it was a trap. There is probably a /. story on it from years ago (maybe 3 ;) ).
As I understand shared source has huge implications if you plan to write your own system. Even if you don't put any of the code into your program having just looked at the program makes it that MS is allowed take your idea.
I wouldn't touch the code if you can't read the whole license tbh.
>For all intents and purposes, the PSP should have killed the DS from a technical viewpoint.
Reminds me of the TV program "Pirates of Silicon Valley" where Steve Jobs is saying "You know we have the better product" and Bill goes "That doesn't matter". Or something like that.
I Recall a story some years back where the UK bought a load of apache helicopters from the US. However could get no one to fly them for years and got screwed on replacement parts. Basically ended up paying the US a ton of cash for things sitting in a hanger unable to fly.
>Buy Russian, go ahead.
Some of the russian stuff I have seen is far ahead of the US in some areas and the US stole the ideas after seeing them.
I remember seeing the Su-37 at an airshow where nothing any other country had could match it for maneuverability at that time. Meanwhile the stealth fighter brought in by the US got tracked by one of the EU missile tracking systems that was at the show.
Or another article I saw on Russians inventing torpedos that could move at incredible speeds by the use of Supercavitation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercavitation
One thing amazed me about the US when I lived there is how badly you are bombarded with adverts. Not just TV but everywhere. Really its like having a fast computer. You don't realise it until you start to try to use a slow one.
t ure/entry/massive_ruins_planetside/
I found amazing, and very annoying. But for everyone else because they grew up with it they more or less blocked it out. Advertising companies know this, which is why adverts are becoming more and more intrusive. Take a look at this site.. http://www.womma.org/wombat/agenda.htm
It will give you an idea of how intrusive they actually get. Whats intresting in that site is that NCSofts Auto-Assault has used these marketing companies for viral/Gurrilla/astro-turfing. So having them put adverts into the game is just an extension of this to be honest.
As for the OP question. I wouldn't play it. I'd quit. If I am paying a subscription why the heck should I be paying to be spammed with adverts. Don't talk to me about it. Think it helps? Guess you have never seen "Deuce Bigalow: European gigalo" pictures in planetside.
http://www.secretlair.com/index.php?/clickablecul
which incidently was hacked to stop adverts spawning in game (just basically edited the hosts file).
I believe City of Heroes/Villians are attempting something to make the zone/s dynamic based on who is winning in the storyline for the zone. Or something to that effect. Until I get a look at it hard to know what else (maybe a CoX zealot can fill in the blanks. ;)
Asherons Call had this somewhat as well. I recall the destruction of Rithwic was due to a random player being teleported to the gods in the game and asked what city he didn't like. Also when the Spires attacked some shards (servers) were able to fend them off and the remains were left behind on the server while others didn't and the zone was changed to reflect that. (afair).
>Yes, but the President is only one man. It is much easier for one man to become corrupt than a few hundred thousand.
Not if you moved the majority of those that would not become corrupt to another country to fight a war. Like ooh say Iraq.
Least if I was planning on becoming a dictatorship thats how I would do it.
You have obviously never been to a "free speech zone" in the US then or tried to protest outside of this zone, or just walk in the general area of said zone and not have any ID on you but be profiled as a trouble maker.
>Most of the people causing the trouble down there are trained terrorists,
Actually most of the people causing trouble are ex-military, disenfranchised civilians and those who have lost out on the regime change to the point where it is better to fight. TBH actual terrorists like AQ would make a small percentage of that.
>The civilians are the ones getting stuffed by a war they didn't want
http://www.harpers.org/BaghdadYearZero.html
Its a good read. Would like to see an update on it though.
>Because making games is hard.
Well thats partly it and also "First to market" mentality that some companies have. For example it is better to ship a buggy POS before the competition releases thiers because we can patch it later in some cases months after the ship date.
Not every company is like this but a fair few are.
Appears the newspaper is a bit anal when it comes to displaying the news. Do a google search as follows. First link is the story. Works fine that way.
b une&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.moz illa:en-US:official&percentage_served=100&sa=N&tab =wn
http://news.google.com/news?q=cia%20chicago%20tri
I was about to say the same thing. But try this link its via google.
i -060311ciamain-story,1,123362.story?coll=chi-news- hed
i -0512250424dec25,1,7168647.story
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ch
This one was interesting too.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ch
Nice to see no expenses spared for kidnapping someone.
>No, they did do some things.
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My three favorite copy-protections of the 80's.
1. ZX Spectrum - Lenslock. Picture this, it takes 5 minutes to load the game. You are then given this weird thing to hold up to the screen which using shaped lens would turn the mess on screen into characters which you could read. Took a while to get past that as well and if you failed the game reset.
2. Spectrum again, Jet Set Willy2 color codes. I kid you not it was crazy to try and read. Here is a picture of it. http://jswremakes.emuunlim.com/Mmt/cover-jsw2-cod
3. Amiga. I forget the protection name but it was put onto two games I know of D+D and some air combat game. Basically it would allow you to copy the game without any problems at all and the game would work fine until about 2-3 minutes into the game where in D+D a monster would appear and wipe out your whole party or in the case of the airplane game an emeny would show up and blow out your engines in one shot.
>Nobody said anything about Domino..
You said Lotus on Windows. There is no such product. You were probably referring to Notes, which when bought a server is bought as well which is called Domino. If your previous company only bought Notes and then used it for email/calender without a domino server then they seriously wasted their money.
>Is RF Online just looks-without-substance?
I wouldn't even give it looks. The looks on the box are way better then in game. The UI is badly done, movement is painful and I am sure someone will correct me if I am wrong but I couldn't for the life of me find a jump key.
COV/EQ2/WOW sets a very high standard to what a game should look like. COV/COH certainly sets the standard for character customisation.