I've gotten hundreds of hours out of doom/DII Quake I, BG1/2, F1/2 in their original incarnations, not counting mods, all of which 'cost more'. The latest Fallout got maybe 37 hours out of me, 30 the first run through, 7 the second run through on the highest difficulty setting using nothing but melee and pocket mines. It won't get any more until some decent player made content mods come out, which won't be until sometime late next year, if not the year after that. Bethesda, being their own publisher, has only themselves to blame for the poor quality of their game, which everybody and their mother praises because since it's shinier, it's obviously better.
You're right, the quests and content in Fallout 3 can't compare to games from years ago. This is because the quests and actual content in Fallout 3 is dead and wooden compared to the first 2. Now, the shiny factor is obviously more, but really that's about it.
No, it would be like you going into walmart and magically copying the DVD, case and all. In which case they would still sell that DVD to someone who didn't know how to do so.
No, it says that I'm pirating the game either because I don't want to pay for it, in which case more secure DRM really won't help matters because I'm STILL not going to shell out the clams for the game if I can't pirate it; or I'm going to pirate this game because it's a cleaner install than the one you give me and won't fuck up my box. Then there's the I bought this for PS3/360 but I want to play it with a KB/M and am not going to pay for the damned thing again. I know at least one person who that applies to. Me, I've played it and since I don't particularly relish finding all the fucking pigeons I'm probably not going to play it again.
Given that the level of complexity you are talking about would almost certainly require programming designed to some extent by yet other machines, it's not likely. The more complex a system, the more likely bugs will appear.
Given that gangs are not in fact societies but a sub-component of society itself, and that the societies in which gangs do tend to poop up tend to be generally DISarmed, you're not doing your argument much favor.
Assuming 1 out of 7 people carry either concealed or openly, it would be fucking STUPID to pull a gun on someone and then immediately shoot them. Not to mention if you're robbing someone the person with the gun will be further in their OODA loop giving them a greater chance of stopping you.
A while ago, I posted a little essay called "Why the Gun is Civilization". It was pretty well received, and got me a lot of positive comments from a variety of people. Some folks asked for permission to reprint and publish the essay in various newsletters and webzines, and I gladly granted it every time, only asking for attribution in return.
Recently, I have noticed my essay pop up on the Internet a lot in various forums, most of which I do not frequent. This in itself causes me no grief, but the reposts are almost invariably attributed to someone who is not me. Some are attributed to a Major L.Caudill, USMC (Ret.), and some are merely marked as "forwarded" by the same person. Others are not attributed at all, giving the impression that the person who posted the essay is also its author.
In school, we call reproduction without attribution "plagiarism". It's usually cause for a failing grade or even expulsion in most college codes of conduct. In the publishing world, we call the same thing "intellectual property theft".
Now, my little blog scribblings are hardly published works in the traditional sense, nor do I incur any financial damage from this unattributed copying, but it's still a matter of honor. I did, after all, sit down and type up that little essay. It may not make it into any print anthologies, but it's mine, and seeing it with someone else's name on the byline is a little annoying. Call it ego, call it vanity, but there it is.
In the end, I guess I should probably shrug it off and tell myself that I can produce something that's worth stealing.
There are lies, damned lies, and statistics.
Unless you are actually well-versed in parsing them, the vast majority of statistics, especially those involving human behavior on a macro level, mean jack fucking shit.
Really his sentence should have read that in societies where owning and carrying guns is not cause for statement and is in fact encouraged for all types from a relatively young age you get a more peaceful society. In societies where gun ownership is restricted to a certain class of people(gangbangers/males/law enforcement/et al) you get lower rates of violence. Japan is a major exception to this rule but that's slowly changing and is a remnant of an extremely rigid culture. Not to mention with the extremely high rate of suicide there may be more actual murders, but that's entirely supposition.
Well, if the senate wasn't directly elected, there would be enough cross-purpose in congress that stuff like this would come out more often and be stopped.
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That you think the President has absolute control over the alphabet agencies is laughable.
So basically you want Ford to bring their Aussie and Euro designs over to the US.
That's because initial depreciation on books is greater than on games, as well as having a lower original price point.
Eight games to sell actually.
I've gotten hundreds of hours out of doom/DII Quake I, BG1/2, F1/2 in their original incarnations, not counting mods, all of which 'cost more'. The latest Fallout got maybe 37 hours out of me, 30 the first run through, 7 the second run through on the highest difficulty setting using nothing but melee and pocket mines. It won't get any more until some decent player made content mods come out, which won't be until sometime late next year, if not the year after that. Bethesda, being their own publisher, has only themselves to blame for the poor quality of their game, which everybody and their mother praises because since it's shinier, it's obviously better.
No, it's the one where your basic handgun is actually powerful.
You're right, the quests and content in Fallout 3 can't compare to games from years ago. This is because the quests and actual content in Fallout 3 is dead and wooden compared to the first 2. Now, the shiny factor is obviously more, but really that's about it.
A cyberwar would necessitate computers being attacked and systems being forced to shut down. Stealing info does not a cyberwar constitute.
Unless you put up a stink about DRM. It worked for me with X3:Reunion at Best Buy of all places.
No, it would be like you going into walmart and magically copying the DVD, case and all. In which case they would still sell that DVD to someone who didn't know how to do so.
Only if you wanted tea, or stamps.
No, it says that I'm pirating the game either because I don't want to pay for it, in which case more secure DRM really won't help matters because I'm STILL not going to shell out the clams for the game if I can't pirate it; or I'm going to pirate this game because it's a cleaner install than the one you give me and won't fuck up my box. Then there's the I bought this for PS3/360 but I want to play it with a KB/M and am not going to pay for the damned thing again. I know at least one person who that applies to. Me, I've played it and since I don't particularly relish finding all the fucking pigeons I'm probably not going to play it again.
Clearly you haven't finished the game with either a Super Mutant or Ghoul in your party.
Fallout isn't god-fearing, Fallout would shoot god just to see him scream. And then it'd shoot all of God's children, just because it fucking could.
Given that the level of complexity you are talking about would almost certainly require programming designed to some extent by yet other machines, it's not likely. The more complex a system, the more likely bugs will appear.
*blinks* Make that pop up, although poop up is rather fitting.
Given that gangs are not in fact societies but a sub-component of society itself, and that the societies in which gangs do tend to poop up tend to be generally DISarmed, you're not doing your argument much favor.
Except for the minor fact that you're a hell of a lot more likely to die from being shot with a .45 than a 9mm
Assuming 1 out of 7 people carry either concealed or openly, it would be fucking STUPID to pull a gun on someone and then immediately shoot them. Not to mention if you're robbing someone the person with the gun will be further in their OODA loop giving them a greater chance of stopping you.
If the trained killer is using an AK-47 either he has shitty taste, poor logistics, or he's not so trained of a killer.
A while ago, I posted a little essay called "Why the Gun is Civilization". It was pretty well received, and got me a lot of positive comments from a variety of people. Some folks asked for permission to reprint and publish the essay in various newsletters and webzines, and I gladly granted it every time, only asking for attribution in return. Recently, I have noticed my essay pop up on the Internet a lot in various forums, most of which I do not frequent. This in itself causes me no grief, but the reposts are almost invariably attributed to someone who is not me. Some are attributed to a Major L.Caudill, USMC (Ret.), and some are merely marked as "forwarded" by the same person. Others are not attributed at all, giving the impression that the person who posted the essay is also its author. In school, we call reproduction without attribution "plagiarism". It's usually cause for a failing grade or even expulsion in most college codes of conduct. In the publishing world, we call the same thing "intellectual property theft". Now, my little blog scribblings are hardly published works in the traditional sense, nor do I incur any financial damage from this unattributed copying, but it's still a matter of honor. I did, after all, sit down and type up that little essay. It may not make it into any print anthologies, but it's mine, and seeing it with someone else's name on the byline is a little annoying. Call it ego, call it vanity, but there it is. In the end, I guess I should probably shrug it off and tell myself that I can produce something that's worth stealing.
There are lies, damned lies, and statistics. Unless you are actually well-versed in parsing them, the vast majority of statistics, especially those involving human behavior on a macro level, mean jack fucking shit.
Really his sentence should have read that in societies where owning and carrying guns is not cause for statement and is in fact encouraged for all types from a relatively young age you get a more peaceful society. In societies where gun ownership is restricted to a certain class of people(gangbangers/males/law enforcement/et al) you get lower rates of violence. Japan is a major exception to this rule but that's slowly changing and is a remnant of an extremely rigid culture. Not to mention with the extremely high rate of suicide there may be more actual murders, but that's entirely supposition.
legally speaking you haven't. However you probably committed a B&E when you planted it.
Well, if the senate wasn't directly elected, there would be enough cross-purpose in congress that stuff like this would come out more often and be stopped.