Blizzard? Mostly ships pretty functional games or expansions these days.
You should look into the extremely bad Modern Warfare 2 glitches (published by Activision) that have popped up on the consoles. I've shelved my copy for the 360 because currently, there's a modified playlist going around which causes infinite ammo with no reloading. And it's got a viral nature, meaning once you get it, it's stuck in your playlist cache until you purge the console's cache. So if you play someone else, you pass it on to them (and they pass it on, and so on).
And that's not mentioning the glitches they've already patched (infinite care packages and javelin suicide), or the ones they haven't (matchmaking dumping you into a private match with a completely unrelated gametype).
And this is on Modern Warfare 2, not a small title.
The difference being that Gran Turismo (I don't remember if it was 1 or 2) came with an additional manual describing real driving techniques actual race driving. I've never opened a GH/RB box and found a "Learn How to Play Guitar" book.
Here's the left wing bias: We never saw anything like this when Condolezza Rice was photoshopped (any of the numerous times). Another example is the "Joker Face" images. Do it to Obama and it's some sort of crazy Racist propaganda. Do it to Bush, and you get published in magazines for clever political satire. The bias is obviously there, since it seems any time it happens to the left, there's some huge controversy and stuff gets censored.
how is it that the "defenders of children" never have a clue about children?
If they did know children, they would ditch their cause as they realize 99% of what they say is either incorrect or a moot point in the grand scheme of things.
won't serve you up as the sacrificial lamb to the Powers That Be in a heartbeat when some disgruntled ex-employee rats to the BSA
Documentation is key. When you bring up formal complaints with management, document them. It's quite hard for them to paint you as a sacrificial lamb when you have a paper trail stating the opposite of their claims.
Also, as other have said, if the complaints fall on deaf ears, it might be a good idea to jump ship for a more reputable company.
But it has access to all the information you have access to.
Actually, there's also settings to prevent all applications from accessing *anything* about you. I hunted it down when a friend's applications started posting things directed to/about me personally. I got frustrated because I never gave any app permission to read my information.
Its at Settings > Privacy Settings > Applications > Settings
Nah, I'm not saying to try to emulate XBL. I'm saying create a application that connects to other users and tunnels the Xbox System Link traffic between the clients. You wouldn't have to run anything on your Xbox to make it work.
What if you want to play on xbox live? You have a live console that you do not hack and just enjoy online games there.
You could get a few of the more clever modders together and come up with an alternative scheme online network scheme. Sure, you wouldn't have all of the features of Live, but you could still build an online community. Similar to how people made software to VPN their original XBoxes together to play Halo over the Internet via "System Link."
There's a ton if it from E3 this year. I'm not sure how much of it was staged during Microsoft's presentation. However, people have said the floor demo of Burnout Paradise using Natal was pretty smooth.
Something that is increasingly difficult these days. During last presidential election, the green party ran a 'D' , the libertarians ran an 'R', and I got a little more frustrated with the system.
If they're running their businesses legit, then if they get forclosed on they're going to get proper notice and get the tenants out.
Except this wasn't landlord getting foreclosed on. It's landlords trying to evict people who aren't paying rent, and Dart not serving those evictions as well.
Yea, that's fine and dandy for people who bought property and are being evicted by shady bank practices, but it completely screws landlords who run their businesses legitimately. The news has even covered it. I understand suspending evictions for people being worked over by the system, but not an across the board suspensions.
MS has never suggested anything like that, it's pure speculation from analysts. From your linked article:
But that $50 price may double over the next few years, according to financial analysts. [...] "I doubt that MS would start raising the price of XBL, they have to compete against the PSN which is free and has all the same features. What ever you may think of MS they are not stupid," said another.
I personally doubt MS will increase the cost given they keep adding marketing features to the dashboard. I think they're more likely to look for added revenue via paid marketing and other 'premium downloads' type marketing much like we're beginning to see (such as the the "avatar marketplace").
Originally, you couldn't uninstall the extension. Microsoft did eventually release a patch that activated the Uninstall button, it's been out for a while now. I even think Slashdot had a story about the patch that enabled the button. Still patiently waiting for Sun to give me the same option with "Super Cool Java Firefox Extension"...
(Going to the Advanced Settings in Java under the Control Panel to uninstall a Firefox extension is unacceptable. I also wish they'd clean up their plug-ins when they update.)
I can't imagine a situation where I would rather have any space in-game taken up by an ad display than a blank space or a simple generic texture.
Actually, I'd find doing that in sports games would actually detract from the immersion. Take a look around the various arenas and stadiums for professional sports, there's ads all over the place.
Are we talking about the same Barack Obama? The one who ran for president during his first term as a US Senator, which was after the Iraq War vote? (War vote was in October 2002, Obama's term started in January 2005)
To this day I have no idea whether that person actually got my CC number or figured out how to charge without it.
Buying stuff via your Xbox console is uncomfortably easy. There's no validation and no need to see your information (by default). If I have your e-mail and password for your Xbox live account, I can buy MS points up the wazoo for you, and use them for downloads on my Xbox. As long as I use the HDD on the same Xbox, I don't have to be logged in as you to access my 'stolen' DLC.
I swear, under penalty of perjury consistent with United States Code Title 17, Section 512, that the information in the notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner or am authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
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Blizzard? Mostly ships pretty functional games or expansions these days.
You should look into the extremely bad Modern Warfare 2 glitches (published by Activision) that have popped up on the consoles. I've shelved my copy for the 360 because currently, there's a modified playlist going around which causes infinite ammo with no reloading. And it's got a viral nature, meaning once you get it, it's stuck in your playlist cache until you purge the console's cache. So if you play someone else, you pass it on to them (and they pass it on, and so on).
And that's not mentioning the glitches they've already patched (infinite care packages and javelin suicide), or the ones they haven't (matchmaking dumping you into a private match with a completely unrelated gametype).
And this is on Modern Warfare 2, not a small title.
The difference being that Gran Turismo (I don't remember if it was 1 or 2) came with an additional manual describing real driving techniques actual race driving. I've never opened a GH/RB box and found a "Learn How to Play Guitar" book.
What has this got to do with the left wing?
Here's the left wing bias: We never saw anything like this when Condolezza Rice was photoshopped (any of the numerous times). Another example is the "Joker Face" images. Do it to Obama and it's some sort of crazy Racist propaganda. Do it to Bush, and you get published in magazines for clever political satire. The bias is obviously there, since it seems any time it happens to the left, there's some huge controversy and stuff gets censored.
how is it that the "defenders of children" never have a clue about children?
If they did know children, they would ditch their cause as they realize 99% of what they say is either incorrect or a moot point in the grand scheme of things.
Cement barriers.
No there's a legal right to get a refund for the unused portion of the subscription
The XBL subscriptions are still intact and work fine on any unmodded console. The hardware is the only thing that is banned from their network.
won't serve you up as the sacrificial lamb to the Powers That Be in a heartbeat when some disgruntled ex-employee rats to the BSA
Documentation is key. When you bring up formal complaints with management, document them. It's quite hard for them to paint you as a sacrificial lamb when you have a paper trail stating the opposite of their claims.
Also, as other have said, if the complaints fall on deaf ears, it might be a good idea to jump ship for a more reputable company.
But it has access to all the information you have access to.
Actually, there's also settings to prevent all applications from accessing *anything* about you. I hunted it down when a friend's applications started posting things directed to/about me personally. I got frustrated because I never gave any app permission to read my information.
Its at Settings > Privacy Settings > Applications > Settings
Nah, I'm not saying to try to emulate XBL. I'm saying create a application that connects to other users and tunnels the Xbox System Link traffic between the clients. You wouldn't have to run anything on your Xbox to make it work.
What if you want to play on xbox live? You have a live console that you do not hack and just enjoy online games there.
You could get a few of the more clever modders together and come up with an alternative scheme online network scheme. Sure, you wouldn't have all of the features of Live, but you could still build an online community. Similar to how people made software to VPN their original XBoxes together to play Halo over the Internet via "System Link."
There's a ton if it from E3 this year. I'm not sure how much of it was staged during Microsoft's presentation. However, people have said the floor demo of Burnout Paradise using Natal was pretty smooth.
choose one that is neither R or D
Something that is increasingly difficult these days. During last presidential election, the green party ran a 'D' , the libertarians ran an 'R', and I got a little more frustrated with the system.
22 fires out of how many millions of flights
That's still significantly higher than the number of bottled water related casualties, and those are still banned.
I'd say more MySpace than Facebook due to MySpace giving you enough control to make visually abusive pages and 'Theme Sites' injecting ads everywhere.
If they're running their businesses legit, then if they get forclosed on they're going to get proper notice and get the tenants out.
Except this wasn't landlord getting foreclosed on. It's landlords trying to evict people who aren't paying rent, and Dart not serving those evictions as well.
Yea, that's fine and dandy for people who bought property and are being evicted by shady bank practices, but it completely screws landlords who run their businesses legitimately. The news has even covered it. I understand suspending evictions for people being worked over by the system, but not an across the board suspensions.
But that $50 price may double over the next few years, according to financial analysts. [...] "I doubt that MS would start raising the price of XBL, they have to compete against the PSN which is free and has all the same features. What ever you may think of MS they are not stupid," said another.
I personally doubt MS will increase the cost given they keep adding marketing features to the dashboard. I think they're more likely to look for added revenue via paid marketing and other 'premium downloads' type marketing much like we're beginning to see (such as the the "avatar marketplace").
Originally, you couldn't uninstall the extension. Microsoft did eventually release a patch that activated the Uninstall button, it's been out for a while now. I even think Slashdot had a story about the patch that enabled the button. Still patiently waiting for Sun to give me the same option with "Super Cool Java Firefox Extension"...
(Going to the Advanced Settings in Java under the Control Panel to uninstall a Firefox extension is unacceptable. I also wish they'd clean up their plug-ins when they update.)
'http' for hypertext transfer protocol and not just simply 'h'
For one, that would conflict with every other protocol that begins with an 'h'.
I can't imagine a situation where I would rather have any space in-game taken up by an ad display than a blank space or a simple generic texture.
Actually, I'd find doing that in sports games would actually detract from the immersion. Take a look around the various arenas and stadiums for professional sports, there's ads all over the place.
if you see ads before the game starts, will the price of games go down?
Well, last time they tried it, no. And people were pissed off and complained enough, they pulled the functionality from the game.
Are we talking about the same Barack Obama? The one who ran for president during his first term as a US Senator, which was after the Iraq War vote? (War vote was in October 2002, Obama's term started in January 2005)
To this day I have no idea whether that person actually got my CC number or figured out how to charge without it.
Buying stuff via your Xbox console is uncomfortably easy. There's no validation and no need to see your information (by default). If I have your e-mail and password for your Xbox live account, I can buy MS points up the wazoo for you, and use them for downloads on my Xbox. As long as I use the HDD on the same Xbox, I don't have to be logged in as you to access my 'stolen' DLC.
I swear, under penalty of perjury consistent with United States Code Title 17, Section 512, that the information in the notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner or am authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
(taken from a boilerplate DMCA takedown notice)
when Microsoft say FREE
Except this isn't talking about Microsoft....
They're talking about the S&H being charged by Dell, Staples, and other OEMs.