So what if someone grabbed one of those set top cable converters, or a VCR or similar technology and ran the cable through that first and then to the TV, effective leaving the TV on channel 3 and switching the channel by the alternate device? Simple solution to a dumbass idea. Worked when my first TV could only manage 13 channels.
So I guess then it's not so much a question of can it be stopped, because there is always a creative way around everything until we the point that the game sucks, but more of a question of do we (consensus) decide this is indeed cheating and stigmatize it as such. Not 100% effective as people cheat in spite of stigma.
Since I haven't played the game I don't know for sure, but in respect to players killing each other, is it not set up that players can opt in and out of player killing?
Here's an idea, feel free to let me know if you guys think it would work or if it would turn people off the game. Why can't they change the game so the only way to get gold is by killing stuff, ie if you buy gold with real world cash the only way to get the gold is by killing the player selling? Sure the person selling can start over and gather more gold, but it means that each time he makes a sale, he has to be killed to give the gold away and until the person who bought the gold arranges to meet and kill the person they can't harvest anymore gold lest the buyer gets more gold than he paid for. It won't stop the trade but it will put a damper on it. Any counter, or suggestions?
I would bet that taking apart the "Desktop" Death Star that came free with the purchase of Star Wars Empire at War and modding it to house the guts of your USB stick. Shit I'd do it. It's a good size too.
I tend to agree, PC is the only game system to me. The only thing that concerns me when a new game comes out is when will it be out for PC. I find that sitting back in my comp chair, mouse in hand is much more comfortable than controller, hunched on the couch. I will never buy another console again. One other point, how can the PC die when so many people love them for more than just games, my penchant for upgrading borders on addiction. I love building systems and then tinkering/fucking around with them.
Exactly, perfectly stated! Mod parent up! That is exactly why I didn't buy a Sony digital camera or a Sony MP3 player, I already had plenty of cheap SD cards, I didn't want to have to buy Memory Sticks they were way more expensive.
Perhaps people are learning from the past. I remember back in the day, I bought a Nintendo 64 the week it was released, what a mistake, there was very little to play on it. Maybe people remember paying an outrageous fortune and having little to play except Mario and Zelda (yes I am sure there are other titles soome might choose as well) and then I got to see the price drop for the console and then the games,(same principle applies to other consoles)all so I could play it first. Maybe playing it first isn't as important now, when most games also come out with PC versions as well, and until recently ie 360 PC versions had better graphics. This really comes back to release titles I guess.
On the issue of suspected throttling, some companies are saying they should be allowed. I don't know how it works for all companies, but, I pay for tiered service already, tiered service should be for bandwidth only, not content. I pay for extra bandwidth and I pay a lot for it. So far my internet provider has not tried to stop or limit voip, however they did call to offer me their more expensive voip, which coincidentaly offers less than what Vonage gives me. For now I will assume this is US issue as I don't know anyone here in Canada that is on voip and having bandwidth problems, except that Newfie on dialup that subscribed to vonage.
I prefer my interns on their knees, and I do not tolerate those who would spit, you must swallow. Now and then I do require my interns to have a go cleansing my arsehole with their tongue. Now, if you would like a job I suggest you bend over.
That's why when they removed the levy from mp3 players I finally bought one, and then switched to DVD backup, there is no levy from the music industry on blank dvds as of right now anyway. Uses less disks for backup. For those who may bring up car audio, my deck has a line in for other audio devices. In response to the other idea put forth about going state side, unless you are livving in a border town, it's not worth it, the savings just aren't there, the only thing accomplished by going stateside is sticking it to the Canadian music industry.
See I enjoy building budget boxes for people. No assmebly charge. I just built a sempron system for a friend for just under $500 included dvd/rw 512 of 400ddr, 80gig hd and a biostar mobo with builting gfx but included agp slot. I guess when it comes down to it anyone can have a budget box if they build it themselves or find someone who will put it together for free. I also install the OS they bring me, no questions asked.
While in college we had to create a honeynet and monitor it for our final semester. Knowing that watching a linux honeynet would be boring as hell we decided to create a windows honeynet with all monitoring done using linux machines. Since we were students, hence poor, we used windows and then just didn't activate the installs, that gave us thirty days of authorized use before having to clean wipe and re-install. This was a perfect situation as being a windows honeynet, infection never took more than 30 days.
Simplicity. I stumbled on this really nice stainless steel Billabong watch at Winners, got it for about 1/4 regular retail, its just a watch, only tells time, it's analogue and has no other features, it's probably my favourite watch ever, classic and simple.
So by the same logic, I shouldn't be buying a used car because it cuts the manufacturer out. Everyone should have to buy a new car to ensure product innovation. Sorry I don't buy it, if the game was good enough (worth my money) in the first place I would have bought it new. Aside from the outrage of the gamers, how would they enforce it? The idea of activation means no one will buy it if they can only activate it once. And banning stores from selling won't stop private sale.
I learned all I know about computer forensics in college. It was a three year intense course that covered the actual forensics, note taking (important for presenting evidence later on), securing a crime scene and items ie. computers etc from a crime scene, gather forensically sound evidence, protocols in court(not everyone knows proper court etiquette or protocol), criminology, law, and networking, intrusion prevention and detection, risk management and disaster planning and recovery, operating systems and systems architecture. I attended the first college in Canada to offer such a course, and the college did a lot of field consulting with industry and continually add and refine the program. If you happen to be Canadian (or not but interested in studying in Canada) check out http://www.flemingc.on.ca/Full-time/ProgramDisplay .cfm?ProgramCode=CSI for more information. This program really leads to some good jobs that pay well and this sort of work is never going to disappear.
You may have found a system that doesn't work the same as the systems I used to service, kudos for point out something new to me, thanks. Looks like that one would be the type to scam if one were so inclined.
Just a quick note on that, the way the system works is the machine opens a transaction totals your deposits and then archives the transaction into the database, prints a reciept with a barcode encoded to the archived transaction, you bring it to the cashier and the barcode is scanned, and the archived transaction is retrieved and then completed when you get your cash.
Or even to boil water for a steam turbine or even to heat neighbouring buildings, or perhaps garbage incineration, I mean it's not like the steel factory is not already smelly and dirty.
Actually +1 here in Ontario is not enough for a ticket, that is where the testing is taking place as well. The minimum over for a speeding ticket is 15km/h. If you would like I can show you my ticket that was reduced to the minimum thanks to a very nice cop on a mandated zero tollerance blitz. 28 over reduced to the minimum is a ticket for 65 in a 50. If you are going 1km over the cop cannot justify a ticket. Aside from that it would be laughed out of court.
That's a great point, I live in Hamilton Ontario, and I see the flames shooting out the stacks over at Stelco all the time and wonder if that wasted energy source could be used to generate power or if they could recycle the heat for other uses.
Imaging, at the college I use to work at we would just re-image the machines on a regular basis. Of course this is assuming files are stored and accessed on a server as apposed to locally. Just a thought, the question doesn't give much detail as to how many machines or what the work environment is.
History, Computer, Technology, Literature geek myself, though I like figuring out fixing cars and other stuff. Books and Builds (computers) take me the good place where you don't hear the annoying people asking annoying questions and all that exists is what in front of you. Every geek is his/her own geek though, I love gaming but hate LAN parties, and I know linux but it's not my life, I'm not a huge advocate I know the benefits. And what's the shit some people think that geeks dress a specific way. Personally I just wear what ever the hell is comfortable, mostly hoodies and jeans, I thought the point was wear what you want, I know geeks that wear dragon print shit and guys that look like their mom dressed them it doesn't matter though they still know their shit.
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So what if someone grabbed one of those set top cable converters, or a VCR or similar technology and ran the cable through that first and then to the TV, effective leaving the TV on channel 3 and switching the channel by the alternate device? Simple solution to a dumbass idea. Worked when my first TV could only manage 13 channels.
So I guess then it's not so much a question of can it be stopped, because there is always a creative way around everything until we the point that the game sucks, but more of a question of do we (consensus) decide this is indeed cheating and stigmatize it as such. Not 100% effective as people cheat in spite of stigma.
Since I haven't played the game I don't know for sure, but in respect to players killing each other, is it not set up that players can opt in and out of player killing?
Here's an idea, feel free to let me know if you guys think it would work or if it would turn people off the game. Why can't they change the game so the only way to get gold is by killing stuff, ie if you buy gold with real world cash the only way to get the gold is by killing the player selling? Sure the person selling can start over and gather more gold, but it means that each time he makes a sale, he has to be killed to give the gold away and until the person who bought the gold arranges to meet and kill the person they can't harvest anymore gold lest the buyer gets more gold than he paid for. It won't stop the trade but it will put a damper on it. Any counter, or suggestions?
I would bet that taking apart the "Desktop" Death Star that came free with the purchase of Star Wars Empire at War and modding it to house the guts of your USB stick. Shit I'd do it. It's a good size too.
I tend to agree, PC is the only game system to me. The only thing that concerns me when a new game comes out is when will it be out for PC. I find that sitting back in my comp chair, mouse in hand is much more comfortable than controller, hunched on the couch. I will never buy another console again. One other point, how can the PC die when so many people love them for more than just games, my penchant for upgrading borders on addiction. I love building systems and then tinkering/fucking around with them.
Exactly, perfectly stated! Mod parent up! That is exactly why I didn't buy a Sony digital camera or a Sony MP3 player, I already had plenty of cheap SD cards, I didn't want to have to buy Memory Sticks they were way more expensive.
Yeah, you could be right that was some time ago. I know I had been anticipating Zelda though. But you see my point, limited selection.
Perhaps people are learning from the past. I remember back in the day, I bought a Nintendo 64 the week it was released, what a mistake, there was very little to play on it. Maybe people remember paying an outrageous fortune and having little to play except Mario and Zelda (yes I am sure there are other titles soome might choose as well) and then I got to see the price drop for the console and then the games,(same principle applies to other consoles)all so I could play it first. Maybe playing it first isn't as important now, when most games also come out with PC versions as well, and until recently ie 360 PC versions had better graphics. This really comes back to release titles I guess.
On the issue of suspected throttling, some companies are saying they should be allowed. I don't know how it works for all companies, but, I pay for tiered service already, tiered service should be for bandwidth only, not content. I pay for extra bandwidth and I pay a lot for it. So far my internet provider has not tried to stop or limit voip, however they did call to offer me their more expensive voip, which coincidentaly offers less than what Vonage gives me. For now I will assume this is US issue as I don't know anyone here in Canada that is on voip and having bandwidth problems, except that Newfie on dialup that subscribed to vonage.
Sorry, left my computer on while I was out, I have very mature roommates as you can see. Don't take it personally, they're both assholes.
I prefer my interns on their knees, and I do not tolerate those who would spit, you must swallow. Now and then I do require my interns to have a go cleansing my arsehole with their tongue. Now, if you would like a job I suggest you bend over.
That's why when they removed the levy from mp3 players I finally bought one, and then switched to DVD backup, there is no levy from the music industry on blank dvds as of right now anyway. Uses less disks for backup. For those who may bring up car audio, my deck has a line in for other audio devices. In response to the other idea put forth about going state side, unless you are livving in a border town, it's not worth it, the savings just aren't there, the only thing accomplished by going stateside is sticking it to the Canadian music industry.
See I enjoy building budget boxes for people. No assmebly charge. I just built a sempron system for a friend for just under $500 included dvd/rw 512 of 400ddr, 80gig hd and a biostar mobo with builting gfx but included agp slot. I guess when it comes down to it anyone can have a budget box if they build it themselves or find someone who will put it together for free. I also install the OS they bring me, no questions asked.
While in college we had to create a honeynet and monitor it for our final semester. Knowing that watching a linux honeynet would be boring as hell we decided to create a windows honeynet with all monitoring done using linux machines. Since we were students, hence poor, we used windows and then just didn't activate the installs, that gave us thirty days of authorized use before having to clean wipe and re-install. This was a perfect situation as being a windows honeynet, infection never took more than 30 days.
Simplicity. I stumbled on this really nice stainless steel Billabong watch at Winners, got it for about 1/4 regular retail, its just a watch, only tells time, it's analogue and has no other features, it's probably my favourite watch ever, classic and simple.
So by the same logic, I shouldn't be buying a used car because it cuts the manufacturer out. Everyone should have to buy a new car to ensure product innovation. Sorry I don't buy it, if the game was good enough (worth my money) in the first place I would have bought it new. Aside from the outrage of the gamers, how would they enforce it? The idea of activation means no one will buy it if they can only activate it once. And banning stores from selling won't stop private sale.
I learned all I know about computer forensics in college. It was a three year intense course that covered the actual forensics, note taking (important for presenting evidence later on), securing a crime scene and items ie. computers etc from a crime scene, gather forensically sound evidence, protocols in court(not everyone knows proper court etiquette or protocol), criminology, law, and networking, intrusion prevention and detection, risk management and disaster planning and recovery, operating systems and systems architecture. I attended the first college in Canada to offer such a course, and the college did a lot of field consulting with industry and continually add and refine the program. If you happen to be Canadian (or not but interested in studying in Canada) check out http://www.flemingc.on.ca/Full-time/ProgramDisplay .cfm?ProgramCode=CSI for more information. This program really leads to some good jobs that pay well and this sort of work is never going to disappear.
You may have found a system that doesn't work the same as the systems I used to service, kudos for point out something new to me, thanks. Looks like that one would be the type to scam if one were so inclined.
Just a quick note on that, the way the system works is the machine opens a transaction totals your deposits and then archives the transaction into the database, prints a reciept with a barcode encoded to the archived transaction, you bring it to the cashier and the barcode is scanned, and the archived transaction is retrieved and then completed when you get your cash.
Or even to boil water for a steam turbine or even to heat neighbouring buildings, or perhaps garbage incineration, I mean it's not like the steel factory is not already smelly and dirty.
Actually +1 here in Ontario is not enough for a ticket, that is where the testing is taking place as well. The minimum over for a speeding ticket is 15km/h. If you would like I can show you my ticket that was reduced to the minimum thanks to a very nice cop on a mandated zero tollerance blitz. 28 over reduced to the minimum is a ticket for 65 in a 50. If you are going 1km over the cop cannot justify a ticket. Aside from that it would be laughed out of court.
That's a great point, I live in Hamilton Ontario, and I see the flames shooting out the stacks over at Stelco all the time and wonder if that wasted energy source could be used to generate power or if they could recycle the heat for other uses.
Imaging, at the college I use to work at we would just re-image the machines on a regular basis. Of course this is assuming files are stored and accessed on a server as apposed to locally. Just a thought, the question doesn't give much detail as to how many machines or what the work environment is.
History, Computer, Technology, Literature geek myself, though I like figuring out fixing cars and other stuff. Books and Builds (computers) take me the good place where you don't hear the annoying people asking annoying questions and all that exists is what in front of you. Every geek is his/her own geek though, I love gaming but hate LAN parties, and I know linux but it's not my life, I'm not a huge advocate I know the benefits. And what's the shit some people think that geeks dress a specific way. Personally I just wear what ever the hell is comfortable, mostly hoodies and jeans, I thought the point was wear what you want, I know geeks that wear dragon print shit and guys that look like their mom dressed them it doesn't matter though they still know their shit.