So I read the article and I find this bit here: As the worm spreads, nodes in the network and on the globe start turning colors. Symantec Yellow represents patched and secure machines
Tell me Symantec hasn't trademarked a shade of yellow.
A while back, probably around the time Britney Spears showed up on the radio, I basically made a vow to myself that as long as CDs were being sold at their current, ridiculous prices, I would never buy another one again.
Since then, I haven't. I have a decent collection from before, and anytime I want to hear anything new, I check out the radio, or even better, I check out the independant music sites out there.
Before anyone asks, I would be using Apple's music store, but it isn't operating in my part of the world, so no dice there yet.
So when I hear an idea like this one, I instantly get excited. 5 cents a song is a GREAT idea, hell, even 25 cents a song... ANYTHING to keep from buying an entire CD full of crap for one or two catchy singles, or even a couple of brilliantly written songs. You know what I mean.
So great idea from Mr. Pearlman so far. Except... as so many people have already mentioned... "In addition, a 1 per cent sales tax would be placed on Internet services and new computers"...
What?! No no and again NO!
I do NOT steal music, and I would absolutely refuse to pay for those who do!
I'm with Darkstar949 on this.. As far as I can tell, this game works like all (most) mmporgs, with a standard looting system and an economy. The difference is you can transfer real money into the game and vice versa (at the conversion rate mentioned above).
So couldn't this imply that the guy bought the island with PEDs or whatever, which he MAY have made online (in game)?
I mean, granted, he could have converted that into $26K, but he probably saw it as a better investment this way...
Of course, I'm still RTFA.. so sloow.. SO I could be entirely wrong:)
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Tell me Symantec hasn't trademarked a shade of yellow.
See, I live in one of those wonderful countries where our (one and only) ISP happily blocks our internet access, so this could be great for us.
Or of course, it could get google blocked out here...
Since then, I haven't. I have a decent collection from before, and anytime I want to hear anything new, I check out the radio, or even better, I check out the independant music sites out there.
Before anyone asks, I would be using Apple's music store, but it isn't operating in my part of the world, so no dice there yet.
So when I hear an idea like this one, I instantly get excited. 5 cents a song is a GREAT idea, hell, even 25 cents a song... ANYTHING to keep from buying an entire CD full of crap for one or two catchy singles, or even a couple of brilliantly written songs. You know what I mean.
So great idea from Mr. Pearlman so far. Except... as so many people have already mentioned... "In addition, a 1 per cent sales tax would be placed on Internet services and new computers"...
What?! No no and again NO!
I do NOT steal music, and I would absolutely refuse to pay for those who do!
I'm with Darkstar949 on this.. As far as I can tell, this game works like all (most) mmporgs, with a standard looting system and an economy. The difference is you can transfer real money into the game and vice versa (at the conversion rate mentioned above). So couldn't this imply that the guy bought the island with PEDs or whatever, which he MAY have made online (in game)? I mean, granted, he could have converted that into $26K, but he probably saw it as a better investment this way... Of course, I'm still RTFA.. so sloow.. SO I could be entirely wrong :)