A good way to try to trick someone would be to take a corner, they take the center, you take the opposite corner, now hopefully they take a remaining corner (a natural but bad move), so you block them and now they're screwed.
But the perfect game is still a draw anyway. As you implied, it's a stupid game with little replay value.
It's not so much that it costs so much to manufacture, it's a simple case of supply and demand, that is, how much they can sell them for. They can charge $600 and the subsidy and lock it down* and still sell them like hotcakes.
Early-adoption devices are usually a rip-off and when the hype is strong, they're more of a ripoff because rich people need them to feel like they're the shit. For these people, it has little if anything to do with the quality of the product (though quality helps build hype).
*I'm sure AT&T paid Apple a good deal in one way or another to have what is essentially the successor to the iPod locked to their service, and really, the lock-down lowers choice which should lower cost.
Haven't you heard the old saying? Brandy's dandy, Liquor's quicker, but Lacquer... well there's no good rhyme for it but suffice to say you'll be in a bad way the next morning.
From the perspective of the human in both cases, chucking the PC isn't as bad, but if you take the perspective of the PC in the spyware case, getting chucked is equivalent to death. If the spyware steals sensitive information about the human, it's the equivalent of getting tortured (or at least brainwashed) into giving away information.
Homer: "Now, honey, poachers are nature's way of keeping the balance. Whenever there are so many species that people get confused and angry, a poacher is born."
"So if someone is playing Celine Dion full blast in a passing car, that would also be theft under your definition since it's auditory use of your ears without your consent."
Actually that would fall under rape of your ears without your consent. Seriously though, I think most people can agree on a pretty distinct line between something that is an inconvenience or minor annoyance, and something that does serious physical or emotional harm. At least in most cases...
Canada, publicly disparaging Muslims or homosexuals without a list of references is "hate speech".
That sounds like the Canadian government I know. "If you wish to make a hate speech, follow this 18-step process. Step one: fill out a Z48 form with B and C attachments listing your references using the formatting guidelines outlined in appendix 3". Now that's putting our hard-earned* taxes to work!
Why should a democracy allow and even support a group with the declared aim to destroy that democracy?
I'd still argue they should be able to run. If the majority of people believe that a dictatorship is the way to go, then, in a real democracy, that's the way it's gotta go. My guess is that the chances of that happening are nil anyway.
The exact same spirit applies to free speech. Anyone should be able to deny the holocaust openly. It's up to society at large to consider and then dismiss such claims with their own free thought, research, and insight, rather than be protected from this kind of speech by censors. That's how one learns about things, and many governments are blocking it out.
To me your bolstering the AC's point, not diminishing it. There is no excuse for knowingly empowering evil with your efforts and talents, just because you want the money. But I'll be sure to forgive any hitman who kills my family. After all, they gotta make a living, right? Why, I'll bet the hitman didn't even get to choose who to kill, so it's not their fault.
The real hole in the AC's argument is that not everyone agrees that Microsoft is "evil". Calling someone criminal scum for working for a company that you aren't fond of is a little bit stubborn.
That brings up another point in favour of Wikipedia: it cites sources. So even if the Wiki itself isn't a credible source, you can still use the credible sources it links to.
So even if schools don't allow Wikipedia as a source directly, banning it outright completely removes what is by most counts an excellent repository of information. So, to put it in a sensationalist way, the school is limiting the students' ability to learn.
"The number of units that we have been able to produce has far exceeded our hardware production in the past and the production levels of a lot of our competitors but demand continues to be really high."
Who are these mystical competitors? I thought the Wii was supposed to be something completely different that was not competing with the 360 or PS3. Or at least that's the case in areas where Nintendo lags behind.
"Online gaming? Well, the Xbox 360 isn't really a competitor. Production speed? Yeah, we're kicking their ass."
Imagine a company's PR contradicting itself. What has this world come to?
In Perrin's defense, "a lot of competitors" sure implies a very broad definition of the word "competitor", but in the context used, I think it was just used to make Nintendo look good without using the "all" qualifier, as the PS2 might be leading them in production speed.
Slashdot Mirror
A good way to try to trick someone would be to take a corner, they take the center, you take the opposite corner, now hopefully they take a remaining corner (a natural but bad move), so you block them and now they're screwed. But the perfect game is still a draw anyway. As you implied, it's a stupid game with little replay value.
It's not so much that it costs so much to manufacture, it's a simple case of supply and demand, that is, how much they can sell them for. They can charge $600 and the subsidy and lock it down* and still sell them like hotcakes.
Early-adoption devices are usually a rip-off and when the hype is strong, they're more of a ripoff because rich people need them to feel like they're the shit. For these people, it has little if anything to do with the quality of the product (though quality helps build hype).
*I'm sure AT&T paid Apple a good deal in one way or another to have what is essentially the successor to the iPod locked to their service, and really, the lock-down lowers choice which should lower cost.
And while DDR is a brilliant series, the In The Groove series was more fun before it was sued to oblivion.
Careful guys, you might give the Wachowski brothers ideas.
This is like that time RedOctane sued the Ant Commandos for making guitar controllers for their games.
(RedOctane got their start making dance pads for Konami's games)
Haven't you heard the old saying? Brandy's dandy, Liquor's quicker, but Lacquer... well there's no good rhyme for it but suffice to say you'll be in a bad way the next morning.
Slashdot should really be capitalized.
Good. I'm sure we'll have a lot more great movies, music, and video games when no one gets paid to make them.
I like that point but I'm pretty sure Zune doesn't have 10% of the MP3 player market by a long shot.
"I've only been holding off on buying a Zune because of the colour."
/.ers have been insulting the Zune based on the available brown colour, almost as much as the DRM encumbrance.
You laugh, but a lot of
Hey mods, that's known as a joke.
They've got to skip 4, 5, 6, and 7 to get ahead of the game. The quality of a browser is directly proportional to its version number.
From the perspective of the human in both cases, chucking the PC isn't as bad, but if you take the perspective of the PC in the spyware case, getting chucked is equivalent to death. If the spyware steals sensitive information about the human, it's the equivalent of getting tortured (or at least brainwashed) into giving away information.
Homer: "Now, honey, poachers are nature's way of keeping the balance. Whenever there are so many species that people get confused and angry, a poacher is born."
Special thanks to snpp.
"So if someone is playing Celine Dion full blast in a passing car, that would also be theft under your definition since it's auditory use of your ears without your consent."
Actually that would fall under rape of your ears without your consent. Seriously though, I think most people can agree on a pretty distinct line between something that is an inconvenience or minor annoyance, and something that does serious physical or emotional harm. At least in most cases...
Yeah, but in 1984, the gov't arranged a "two minutes hate", while in real life, the governments are actually banning hate. Explain that one!
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Oh, right. The doublethink
* earned through moderate effort to be honest
The exact same spirit applies to free speech. Anyone should be able to deny the holocaust openly. It's up to society at large to consider and then dismiss such claims with their own free thought, research, and insight, rather than be protected from this kind of speech by censors. That's how one learns about things, and many governments are blocking it out.
To me your bolstering the AC's point, not diminishing it. There is no excuse for knowingly empowering evil with your efforts and talents, just because you want the money. But I'll be sure to forgive any hitman who kills my family. After all, they gotta make a living, right? Why, I'll bet the hitman didn't even get to choose who to kill, so it's not their fault.
The real hole in the AC's argument is that not everyone agrees that Microsoft is "evil". Calling someone criminal scum for working for a company that you aren't fond of is a little bit stubborn.
This post was clearly planted by the U.S. government.
So even if schools don't allow Wikipedia as a source directly, banning it outright completely removes what is by most counts an excellent repository of information. So, to put it in a sensationalist way, the school is limiting the students' ability to learn.
"Online gaming? Well, the Xbox 360 isn't really a competitor. Production speed? Yeah, we're kicking their ass."
Imagine a company's PR contradicting itself. What has this world come to?
In Perrin's defense, "a lot of competitors" sure implies a very broad definition of the word "competitor", but in the context used, I think it was just used to make Nintendo look good without using the "all" qualifier, as the PS2 might be leading them in production speed.