I read TFA and they AREN'T sueing him over cards that were spolied before the set came out. They are suing him over posting prototype cards for a set another year off. These cards aren't supposed to be EVER seen by the public. In addition, unlike other leaks, these can only come from someone working at Wizards of the Coast.
This lawsuits primary purpose is to find the names of Darons sources. The only reason they are going after him is because hes the only one whos name they know.
There is a great arcade in Portland, OR called "Ground Zero." Its an arcade made up of entirely classics. Pong, Pac Man, Space Invaders, etc. All the great old arcade games in near mint condition. They also have pinball machines (I think).
Arcades aren't dead, just in a recession which the game industry has know many.
Arcades initially were for people who wanted to play video games but couldn't afford to buy an arcade machine. They still went strong, although slightly weaker, when home game consoles started to hit it big. Now game consoles are everywhere so arcades are in a decline. Once VR starts to become realistic (cost wise), the first people who are going to afford it are arcades. They'll get people interested and will serve people well until VR becomes cheaper.
I'm not endorsing this in any way at all, in fact I'm ashamed that he did this, but you are saying that this is worse than murdering 15 million of your own people and depriving them of property and liberty as well?
Thank you for you suggestion, we are currently working on implimenting it.
Note: Reading this might spoil the endings for a few of the Zelda games. Read only if you know what happens in each, because I need to draw from important game events to make the timeline. Read at your own risk.
The Legend of Zelda is a series of twelve separate games at the present time. Since these games were not released in an order that made sense, many peopleargue with one another about just how it should be organized. That's what this timeline is here for - to express my views on the subject. I think that the series in bad need of better organizing. Many timelines are awful and don't make sense. The timeline must abide by certain rules. But before that, here's a list of every Zelda game that either was new when it was released or had something new on it.
The Legend of Zelda 1987 for the NES Zelda II: The Adventure of Link 1988 for the NES The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 1991 for the SNES The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening 1993 for the GB The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 1998 for the N64 The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 2000 for the N64 The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of the Ages 2001 for the GBC The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of the Seasons 2001 for the GBC The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past/Four Swords 2002 for the GBA The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time/Master Quest 2003 for the GCN The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker 2003 for the GCN The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures 2004 for the GCN The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap 2005 for the GBA
Note that these release years are all North American. First, notice that A Link to the Past and Ocarina of Time are listed twice. This is because those games had a new game on them when they were re-released. Ocarina of Time had Master Quest, which was a harder version. Master Quest has the same events in it as Ocarina of Time, so it will not be counted. A Link to the Past was re-released with a multi-player game called Four Swords. It is an actual game, and it shall be counted.
As I said, there are a few rules one must follow when making their timeline. Here are common errors people make. First, what Link or anyone else looks like has nothing to do with the chronological scheme of things. Wind Waker Link was a very popular look so Nintendo showed him that way in a few extra games. This doesn't make Link different. Secondly, items (unless they are extremely important, like the Master Sword) do not determine anything. That is, whether Ganon used his trident in one battle or not does not give us a good timeline. Third, there is only one timeline.
Many people think that there are two (the Alternate Timeline Theory) because Link time-traveled in Ocarina of Time. If you think about it, this is a really stupid theory. After all, at the end of Ocarina of Time, Zelda sends Link back to relive the seven years of his childhood that he lost (to quote Zelda exactly, "Link, give the Ocarina to me... As a sage, I can return you to your original time with it."). It is as if the latter part of Ocarina of Time never happened. Fourth, there will be no dates.
Many people try to use dates in their timeline and that is completely false. Fifth, comic books have no bearing on the timeline. Sixth and foremost, if it's not in the game or the manual, then it is speculation and it doesn't count. For instance, one could add tons of different events that weren't in the games or manuals and connect things together (like Ganon revivals, descendants, and other "events").
Now we can truly start. This is quite anticipated because everyone wants to know how Minish Cap is placed on the timeline. Remember that the timeline tries to string the games to
So the little guy who gets his whole life savings stolen because you didn't inform him that his identity was stolen doesn't matter?
My parents had gone through a major case of identity thieft for the last 3-4 months. They had always been careful about not giving out information and always shredding paper before throwing it out. Want to know how he got them? He called the bank and asked them.
Luckly my parents noticed it right away and contacted the bank and after 3 months and 3 new bank accounts later (he kept breaking into the new ones) they finnaly had to switch banks all together.
Now here is the important part. Another family, whose identity was stolen by the same guy, didn't find out in time and so when they reported it to the bank the bank went "Sorry, you took too long, you aren't getting it back." This person lost almost his entire savings account (about $5000).
Now, they police could of caught the guy in the first month, know why? They've had video tapes of the guy the whole time. They were just being extreamly slow about giving them to the police officer on the case. Because of this a guy lost his life savings.
This wasn't the only shenanigans that came out of this. It took my father weeks to fix his information at the credit agencies and to get his information removed from all the sex hotlines the theif used (and we don't know if he got them all).
My question is, why do banks let this go on so long? Actually, I can answer it myself: We don't matter. Customers matter as a group but not individually. The banks are insured against theift so if we lose money they get to keep it.
Too many companies have way too much information about us. Worse still, they are far too casual about its security.
MS could still be possibly planning to end an artificially-created shortage during that time to get the most hype per shopping dollar, but that could just be my tinfoil hat talking.
That isn't the tinfoil hat talking, thats the evil government mindrays at work.
TFA in fact has little to do with linux and even less to do with the RIAA. It contains many mentions of Microsoft and the BSA. It mentions linux once and hollywood once.
However, the article IS very interesting. It makes some interesting comparisons between the effectiveness of the DMCA and prohibition.
Both the RIAA and the MPAA need to be taught a lesson by consumers -- the only lesson that they can understand: boycott! As SONY is a leading member of both of these organizations, they make the ideal target for consumers to boycott. SONY's DRM "rootkit" is the ideal "line in the sand" issue to organize such a boycott around. Since SONY is in the media hardware and media content business, this company has broad enough consumer exposure to justify a boycott of ALL SONY PRODUCTS.
This boycott should continue IMHO until the more draconian measures of the DMCA are removed or ammended, legislation be passed to make corporations criminally liable for spyware and DRM that abuse computer security, and that consumers' right of "fair use" be restored.
Yes, the infamious boycott. The classic anti-big-business technique.
Sadly, however, they just don't work anymore. For a boycott to work it has to seriously affect the company being boycotted (either directly thorugh sales or indirectly through bad press). However, in todays modern society it is difficult to do it effectively. The reason these companies keep doing this is because they can't see the negative effect of it. If a 10,000 people don't buy their product, the most they'll think is that it is a normal slump in profits. And even if they do notice it, they'll just write it off and wait for the boycotters to give up. Most people don't have the constitution to keep one up for any prolonged period of time. So if you you really want a boycott to work you have to get far more people to join it. Doing this isn't easy because most people just accept whatever they are spoon fed by the TV (fewer people read the newspaper and watch the TV news so even that isn't as effective as it once was).
The only way to get these companies to stop what they are doing is by making them lose money. Simply making them make less money isn't enough, they have to see the reciept to know they've lost it. The only way to do this is by both civil and crimial legal actions. Sony has to have an example made of them. Levy far higher penalties against them then would normally be given. The music industry has to be scared so that they won't even think of doing it again.
Thats my thoughts anyway. *steps off the soapbox*
... about cross compatability. If it becomes possible to write a program that can run on any machine, then all the problems we have now will only be amplified.
Take the irish potato famine as an example. Because of their farming methods, all the potatoes they were growing were the same genetic type. Because of this, when a potato virus went around, since it could infect one, it could infect ALL of them. Hence, all of the potato crops got ruined.
The same would happen with computers. What largly protects *nix and OS X from viruses (Hell, I haven't even needed to install an antivirus on my mac) is the fact that most viruses are written to work on Windows. Now, if a virus on windows could infect them too, suddenly every computer would become a target (there is no where to run! hahaha!).
On a side note, If a push for super cross-compatability starts to form I can bet you that Microsoft (and maybe apple) will be against it but the AntiVirus companies will be for it.
True to a degree. Its not powerpoint that is the problem it is that most people who end up making powerpoint presentations just have no taste. I have seen many quality PP presentations that were very useful/interesting and worked well with what the speaker was trying to say.
However, it is true that the majority that i have seen were far far worse.
Dear Mr. Spy der Mann,
I represent the current holder of the patent on that phrase, please remove your post or else we will be forced to take legal actions against you.
Sincerly
- Misa Sue Urass
1. Depends on what kind of games you play. The XBox gennerally had above average FPS games, average mmorpgs, and below average "party" games (DDR, easy to play fighters, etc). The PS2 has above average RPGs (not just Final Fantasy), below average FPS games, and average to above average party games (mainly just DDR). The game cube has below average FPS, average RPGs, and middle to above average party games (more in quantity then quality although Super Smash Brothers Melee is the king of party games).
Note: That was generally speaking, Its not to say they each have great games of each but certain systems tend to have more.
The next gen systems will probably follow suit. XBox 360 will have Perfect Dark: Zero and Halo 3 (you can count on it) for FPS. PS3 will have the remake of Final Fantasy 7 for RPGs. The revolution will have Super Smash Brothers Revolution for Party games.
2) Basically, it is pointless to NOT get an XBox 360 with HDD. The HDD is used to save games. If you can't save games, you can't keep all your unlocked stuff in FPS and fighter games, and you can't save in your RPG type games.
3) Most systems have games that run in the 35-55 dollar range.
4) Maybe not right after christmas but it will drop in at least the 6 months after release.
On alienating yet more customers. I haven't bought my own console since the n64 (i gennerally stick with hand helds). I was planning on buying either a revolution or a PS3 when they come out.
My friends and I are constantly playing games on eachothers systems. Not because we don't want to buy the games ourselves but more often because either their own system died or because they can't get to their system (one of my friends lives a 3hr drive away and when he comes up he brings his games but not is PS3). We also enjoy getting together and playing DDR at eachothers houses. Since each of us has different DDR games we are switching them around all the time. With this we wouldn't be able to do that. It wouldn't make us buy more games: at best (for them) we would buy the same amount we always do, more likely it would just make us not buy any games that have this protection on them.
I just hope they don't require this DRM on all games for their systems. If it is the case, no one I know will be buying a PS3 (my friends are all very anti-DRM)
It isn't that there aren't any on the internet, its just that the men who pretend to be women far out number the actual women. That WoW for example. How many female characters on it do you think are actually men? Sadly, it may be the majority. To make matters worse, there is no good method of proving you are who you say you are. If you post pictures, people can just say that they are just of someone else.
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I guess you haven't played a hunter. During boss fights I send my pet in, activate autoshoot, and go take a nap. No one even realizes I am gone.
I read TFA and they AREN'T sueing him over cards that were spolied before the set came out. They are suing him over posting prototype cards for a set another year off. These cards aren't supposed to be EVER seen by the public. In addition, unlike other leaks, these can only come from someone working at Wizards of the Coast.
This lawsuits primary purpose is to find the names of Darons sources. The only reason they are going after him is because hes the only one whos name they know.
I live in Oregon, this IS typical.
There is a great arcade in Portland, OR called "Ground Zero." Its an arcade made up of entirely classics. Pong, Pac Man, Space Invaders, etc. All the great old arcade games in near mint condition. They also have pinball machines (I think).
Arcades aren't dead, just in a recession which the game industry has know many.
Arcades initially were for people who wanted to play video games but couldn't afford to buy an arcade machine. They still went strong, although slightly weaker, when home game consoles started to hit it big. Now game consoles are everywhere so arcades are in a decline. Once VR starts to become realistic (cost wise), the first people who are going to afford it are arcades. They'll get people interested and will serve people well until VR becomes cheaper.
I was initially going to write "staple" but I kept thinking it was wrong. Oh well, the US education system hard at work. =P
Thank you for you suggestion, we are currently working on implimenting it.
From,
Department of Homeland Security
With all this lack of privacy because of policies of the government, I might just have to move to Singapore.
Actually in most of the zelda games it is the same link.
(note: this is copied from http://db.gamefaqs.com/portable/gbadvance/file/zel da_minish_cap_g.txt and no i didn't ask)
Note: Reading this might spoil the endings for a few of the Zelda games. Read only if you know what happens in each, because I need to draw from important game events to make the timeline. Read at your own risk.
The Legend of Zelda is a series of twelve separate games at the present time. Since these games were not released in an order that made sense, many peopleargue with one another about just how it should be organized. That's what this timeline is here for - to express my views on the subject. I think that the series in bad need of better organizing. Many timelines are awful and don't make sense. The timeline must abide by certain rules. But before that, here's a list of every Zelda game that either was new when it was released or had
something new on it.
The Legend of Zelda
1987 for the NES
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
1988 for the NES
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
1991 for the SNES
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
1993 for the GB
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
1998 for the N64
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
2000 for the N64
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of the Ages
2001 for the GBC
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of the Seasons
2001 for the GBC
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past/Four Swords
2002 for the GBA
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time/Master Quest
2003 for the GCN
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
2003 for the GCN
The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures
2004 for the GCN
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
2005 for the GBA
Note that these release years are all North American. First, notice that A Link to the Past and Ocarina of Time are listed twice. This is because those games had a new game on them when they were re-released. Ocarina of Time had Master Quest, which was a harder version. Master Quest has the same events in it as Ocarina of Time, so it will not be counted. A Link to the Past was re-released with a multi-player game called Four Swords. It is an actual game, and it shall be counted.
As I said, there are a few rules one must follow when making their timeline. Here are common errors people make. First, what Link or anyone else looks like has nothing to do with the chronological scheme of things. Wind Waker Link was a very popular look so Nintendo showed him that way in a few extra games. This doesn't make Link different. Secondly, items (unless they are extremely important, like the Master Sword) do not determine anything. That is, whether Ganon used his trident in one battle or not does not give us a good timeline. Third, there is only one timeline.
Many people think that there are two (the Alternate Timeline Theory) because Link time-traveled in Ocarina of Time. If you think about it, this is a really stupid theory. After all, at the end of Ocarina of Time, Zelda sends Link back to relive the seven years of his childhood that he lost (to quote Zelda exactly, "Link, give the Ocarina to me... As a sage, I can return you to your original time with it."). It is as if the latter part of Ocarina of Time never happened. Fourth, there will be no dates.
Many people try to use dates in their timeline and that is completely false. Fifth, comic books have no bearing on the timeline. Sixth and foremost, if it's not in the game or the manual, then it is speculation and it doesn't count. For instance, one could add tons of different events that weren't in the games or manuals and connect things together (like Ganon revivals, descendants, and other "events").
Now we can truly start. This is quite anticipated because everyone wants to know how Minish Cap is placed on the timeline. Remember that the timeline tries to string the games to
So the little guy who gets his whole life savings stolen because you didn't inform him that his identity was stolen doesn't matter?
My parents had gone through a major case of identity thieft for the last 3-4 months. They had always been careful about not giving out information and always shredding paper before throwing it out. Want to know how he got them? He called the bank and asked them.
Luckly my parents noticed it right away and contacted the bank and after 3 months and 3 new bank accounts later (he kept breaking into the new ones) they finnaly had to switch banks all together.
Now here is the important part. Another family, whose identity was stolen by the same guy, didn't find out in time and so when they reported it to the bank the bank went "Sorry, you took too long, you aren't getting it back." This person lost almost his entire savings account (about $5000).
Now, they police could of caught the guy in the first month, know why? They've had video tapes of the guy the whole time. They were just being extreamly slow about giving them to the police officer on the case. Because of this a guy lost his life savings.
This wasn't the only shenanigans that came out of this. It took my father weeks to fix his information at the credit agencies and to get his information removed from all the sex hotlines the theif used (and we don't know if he got them all).
My question is, why do banks let this go on so long? Actually, I can answer it myself: We don't matter. Customers matter as a group but not individually. The banks are insured against theift so if we lose money they get to keep it.
Too many companies have way too much information about us. Worse still, they are far too casual about its security.
That isn't the tinfoil hat talking, thats the evil government mindrays at work.
TFA in fact has little to do with linux and even less to do with the RIAA. It contains many mentions of Microsoft and the BSA. It mentions linux once and hollywood once.
However, the article IS very interesting. It makes some interesting comparisons between the effectiveness of the DMCA and prohibition.
Don't use windows.
Although they do keep the cold out sometimes.
Its definately more powerful then what i've currently got in my car.
Is that five minutes earlier then my flight or 5 minutes earlier then the two hours I usually get their early?
Yes, the infamious boycott. The classic anti-big-business technique.
Sadly, however, they just don't work anymore. For a boycott to work it has to seriously affect the company being boycotted (either directly thorugh sales or indirectly through bad press). However, in todays modern society it is difficult to do it effectively. The reason these companies keep doing this is because they can't see the negative effect of it. If a 10,000 people don't buy their product, the most they'll think is that it is a normal slump in profits. And even if they do notice it, they'll just write it off and wait for the boycotters to give up. Most people don't have the constitution to keep one up for any prolonged period of time. So if you you really want a boycott to work you have to get far more people to join it. Doing this isn't easy because most people just accept whatever they are spoon fed by the TV (fewer people read the newspaper and watch the TV news so even that isn't as effective as it once was).
The only way to get these companies to stop what they are doing is by making them lose money. Simply making them make less money isn't enough, they have to see the reciept to know they've lost it. The only way to do this is by both civil and crimial legal actions. Sony has to have an example made of them. Levy far higher penalties against them then would normally be given. The music industry has to be scared so that they won't even think of doing it again. Thats my thoughts anyway. *steps off the soapbox*
Was I the only one who went "huh?" at the "sir" part?
... about cross compatability. If it becomes possible to write a program that can run on any machine, then all the problems we have now will only be amplified.
Take the irish potato famine as an example. Because of their farming methods, all the potatoes they were growing were the same genetic type. Because of this, when a potato virus went around, since it could infect one, it could infect ALL of them. Hence, all of the potato crops got ruined.
The same would happen with computers. What largly protects *nix and OS X from viruses (Hell, I haven't even needed to install an antivirus on my mac) is the fact that most viruses are written to work on Windows. Now, if a virus on windows could infect them too, suddenly every computer would become a target (there is no where to run! hahaha!).
On a side note, If a push for super cross-compatability starts to form I can bet you that Microsoft (and maybe apple) will be against it but the AntiVirus companies will be for it.
Actually, i believe the League of Nations was marginally worse.
... these cases don't happen in america... oh wait. RIAA... crap.
True to a degree. Its not powerpoint that is the problem it is that most people who end up making powerpoint presentations just have no taste. I have seen many quality PP presentations that were very useful/interesting and worked well with what the speaker was trying to say.
However, it is true that the majority that i have seen were far far worse.
Dear Mr. Spy der Mann, I represent the current holder of the patent on that phrase, please remove your post or else we will be forced to take legal actions against you. Sincerly - Misa Sue Urass
1. Depends on what kind of games you play. The XBox gennerally had above average FPS games, average mmorpgs, and below average "party" games (DDR, easy to play fighters, etc). The PS2 has above average RPGs (not just Final Fantasy), below average FPS games, and average to above average party games (mainly just DDR). The game cube has below average FPS, average RPGs, and middle to above average party games (more in quantity then quality although Super Smash Brothers Melee is the king of party games).
Note: That was generally speaking, Its not to say they each have great games of each but certain systems tend to have more.
The next gen systems will probably follow suit. XBox 360 will have Perfect Dark: Zero and Halo 3 (you can count on it) for FPS. PS3 will have the remake of Final Fantasy 7 for RPGs. The revolution will have Super Smash Brothers Revolution for Party games.
2) Basically, it is pointless to NOT get an XBox 360 with HDD. The HDD is used to save games. If you can't save games, you can't keep all your unlocked stuff in FPS and fighter games, and you can't save in your RPG type games.
3) Most systems have games that run in the 35-55 dollar range.
4) Maybe not right after christmas but it will drop in at least the 6 months after release.
On alienating yet more customers. I haven't bought my own console since the n64 (i gennerally stick with hand helds). I was planning on buying either a revolution or a PS3 when they come out.
My friends and I are constantly playing games on eachothers systems. Not because we don't want to buy the games ourselves but more often because either their own system died or because they can't get to their system (one of my friends lives a 3hr drive away and when he comes up he brings his games but not is PS3). We also enjoy getting together and playing DDR at eachothers houses. Since each of us has different DDR games we are switching them around all the time. With this we wouldn't be able to do that. It wouldn't make us buy more games: at best (for them) we would buy the same amount we always do, more likely it would just make us not buy any games that have this protection on them.
I just hope they don't require this DRM on all games for their systems. If it is the case, no one I know will be buying a PS3 (my friends are all very anti-DRM)
It isn't that there aren't any on the internet, its just that the men who pretend to be women far out number the actual women. That WoW for example. How many female characters on it do you think are actually men? Sadly, it may be the majority. To make matters worse, there is no good method of proving you are who you say you are. If you post pictures, people can just say that they are just of someone else.