Well, what console games can you buy that don't have DRM? Basically, they all do at this point. That goes for most PC games, too. I guess you shouldn't buy any games then.
Think of yourself as an interactive movie watcher. Gamers care about the _games_, not their interfaces.
This comment about "interfaces" doesn't make any sense. Movies are not a part of the interface. Interfaces are critical in gaming. Would you rather control an action/arcade/FPS game by typing commands into a command line, or would you rather use a joystick/gamepad/mouse?
It just seems like such an incongruous statement. How did you get from discussing the merits of movies and cutscenes to the interface of a game? Often the interface makes or breaks a game, and is what makes it more playable and enjoyable. other parts of the interface are visual status indicators - how well those are done can also impact a game in a big way. Intuitive visual often cues make a game more playable and visually appealling, rather than a bunch of numbers. You can absorb more information at a glance if it is presented well.
You must be living on a different planet. Observe kids out in public - they are very touchy-feely.
Kids would rather play video games and chat on the internet then go out and play baseball.
Baseball is healthy intimacy? It's more of a competitive environment. There's much less of a taboo with same-sex hugging and other signs of physicality these days. While there still remains a lot of homophobia in sports, even though it is often used as an ecuse for physical contact, it's not exactly intimacy. While players may hug when they win a game, if they did it in other contexts, it might not work out so well.
When I was a kid, male physical intimacy was usually expressed by beating people up. Fortunately, that doesn't seem to be as prevalent these days.
Using less energy. Why the hell do we need to consume so much power, anyway? It's absolutely insane how much we waste every day. It would be much easier to reduce consumption than to build enough power plants to keep up with the escalating demand.
Crazy environmentalists don't like wind power (kills birds and rare bats),
That's pretty much bullshit. It's usually people spreading FUD (also known as NIMBYs) who protest the bird killing. The vast majority of environmentalists believe this risk is exagerrated, and the benefits far outweigh them.
Safety is pretty rock solid now and you cant beat the reliability or cost.
Actually, the cost is not very attractive, if you take into account the entire process. Problem is that the nuclear power companies haven't had to pay for the long-term disposal costs yet. If they actually had to pay the full costs, it would be quite expensive indeed.
Has any parent ever told their kit that they used to rebel, and they thought it was cool that their kids were now doing it? Would that make their kids conform?
Quite likely. My sister became a born-again Christian, most likely because my parents were non-conformist, and she thought it was "weird." Actually, most kids seem quite conservative and conformist these days.
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But even if people had just last year started using it so, it would still mean converting an asset to money. Because humans define words, words don't define reality.
true, but why use such idiotic words? Am I not allowed to object to style used in language? After all, economists could start using "fo' shizzle yo nizzle" or "pwned" in their reports, but that doesn't mean I have to like it.
If humans define language, then why should I just roll over when people try to push language in directions that I find objectionable? I'm a human, so why do I have any less right to define language than idiot humans?
That's an incorrect usage. Just because some stupid businesspeople use a word incorrectly, doesn't make it right. And "monetization" is even worse. That's another annoying thing - when people add superfluous suffixes to words. The "-ation" suffix is the most annoying. If you're going to mangle words, why not just call it "monetizing"?
That's not what it means. It means to issue a currency, not to make profit from something. It's offensive because people are using words they don't understand, just to sound flashy. It insults the intelligence of the reader.
If I was using iTunes and Apple lossless, it would be a lot easier to just buy another iPod instead of converting about a week of music into a format suitable for my new portable, and then finding another player for my computer supporting that format and the portable.
Well then, shouldn't Winamp also support Apple lossless? After all, MP3 and WMA are just as proprietary as Apple lossless, right?
It also supports WAV and AIFF. But my point is that it's the same feature. It would only matter to those who are attached to specific file formats. Which seems pretty irrational when it comes to lossless files - as you can always transcode to any other lossless format without quality loss.
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Ummm, it's Windows, so it's full of holes. You may as well ask "why does 2+2 equal 4?"
Well, what console games can you buy that don't have DRM? Basically, they all do at this point. That goes for most PC games, too. I guess you shouldn't buy any games then.
This comment about "interfaces" doesn't make any sense. Movies are not a part of the interface. Interfaces are critical in gaming. Would you rather control an action/arcade/FPS game by typing commands into a command line, or would you rather use a joystick/gamepad/mouse?
It just seems like such an incongruous statement. How did you get from discussing the merits of movies and cutscenes to the interface of a game? Often the interface makes or breaks a game, and is what makes it more playable and enjoyable. other parts of the interface are visual status indicators - how well those are done can also impact a game in a big way. Intuitive visual often cues make a game more playable and visually appealling, rather than a bunch of numbers. You can absorb more information at a glance if it is presented well.
Kids would rather play video games and chat on the internet then go out and play baseball.
Baseball is healthy intimacy? It's more of a competitive environment. There's much less of a taboo with same-sex hugging and other signs of physicality these days. While there still remains a lot of homophobia in sports, even though it is often used as an ecuse for physical contact, it's not exactly intimacy. While players may hug when they win a game, if they did it in other contexts, it might not work out so well.
When I was a kid, male physical intimacy was usually expressed by beating people up. Fortunately, that doesn't seem to be as prevalent these days.
Where I work, we run a student audio/video production lab. Everybody wears the same headphones, and no-one has ever complained.
Violence is actually a pretty conformist value, and not very progressive.
Now??
It's a trap.
Unlikely. Common sense is rather uncommon.
Sure it is. My Cray has an FM tuna.
Don't spammers tend to use hijacked and zombified PCs, not their own mail accounts?
I'd say it's more like trying to eat SPAM with a straw.
Actually, I was talking about shellfish.
Using less energy. Why the hell do we need to consume so much power, anyway? It's absolutely insane how much we waste every day. It would be much easier to reduce consumption than to build enough power plants to keep up with the escalating demand.
That's pretty much bullshit. It's usually people spreading FUD (also known as NIMBYs) who protest the bird killing. The vast majority of environmentalists believe this risk is exagerrated, and the benefits far outweigh them.
Actually, the cost is not very attractive, if you take into account the entire process. Problem is that the nuclear power companies haven't had to pay for the long-term disposal costs yet. If they actually had to pay the full costs, it would be quite expensive indeed.
Quite likely. My sister became a born-again Christian, most likely because my parents were non-conformist, and she thought it was "weird." Actually, most kids seem quite conservative and conformist these days.
My PDA is a Cray.
Does this mean that pedophiles use them to hide their dungeon of abducted kids? No wonder they want to remove them.
true, but why use such idiotic words? Am I not allowed to object to style used in language? After all, economists could start using "fo' shizzle yo nizzle" or "pwned" in their reports, but that doesn't mean I have to like it.
If humans define language, then why should I just roll over when people try to push language in directions that I find objectionable? I'm a human, so why do I have any less right to define language than idiot humans?
That's an incorrect usage. Just because some stupid businesspeople use a word incorrectly, doesn't make it right. And "monetization" is even worse. That's another annoying thing - when people add superfluous suffixes to words. The "-ation" suffix is the most annoying. If you're going to mangle words, why not just call it "monetizing"?
That's not what it means. It means to issue a currency, not to make profit from something. It's offensive because people are using words they don't understand, just to sound flashy. It insults the intelligence of the reader.
Well then, shouldn't Winamp also support Apple lossless? After all, MP3 and WMA are just as proprietary as Apple lossless, right?
It also supports WAV and AIFF. But my point is that it's the same feature. It would only matter to those who are attached to specific file formats. Which seems pretty irrational when it comes to lossless files - as you can always transcode to any other lossless format without quality loss.
Not at all. It's a perfectly cromulent grievance.