A video game sequel is a different beast than movies and other media. The 2nd or 3rd iteration of a game can often be far superior and usually more innovative than its predecessor. Assassin's Creed 2 made the first look like it was a proof of concept. Assassin's Creed Brotherhood added a very unique multi player experience (or at least compared to whats currently out). Uncharted 1 to Uncharted 2 saw a huge leap in visuals and game play mechanic improvements not to mention the acting and story telling. Mass Effect 2 was far and away better than the first, ditching most of the RPG elements and refining the 3rd person shooter portions while pulling in all of your decisions from the first game. This rule doesn't always apply obviously however it is not uncommon.
Thats not really an enforcement issue so much as its a parental issue. I don't think its illegal for a parent to buy a game for a kid, unlike booze and smokes, though that could vary from state to state. Also this may be anecdotal but I get carded for buying video games more often than I do for beer.
Keep going long enough (intelligence in the 1000s) and you can enchant weapons that were more crazy than any spell a mage could do. 25ft 100pt Drain life type stuff. Hit one guard and half a town falls down dead.
That should have been "and offered alternatives" in my original comment. I heard over and over again in that meeting that the billed need to be scrapped and they needed to start over again. Plenty of people went in there with copies of the bill but it was used as a political prop more than anything else.
Also you'll note that I said nothing about Obama's roll in the meeting nor did I defended his actions. He may have not come with an open mind for compromise but it incredibly dishonest to say that the republicans did either. The rest of your post would seem to indicate to me that you may agree on that last point.
Did we watch the same meeting? This was the one that was televised right? None of the republicans that I saw were pointing to specific sections of the bill or offering alternatives. The resounding chorus from that meeting was "Scrap the bill and start over" from the republicans, not "lets see if we can work out the problems we have with this bill."
Quoting from TFS of the previous story on/.
"The COICA copyright bill may have sailed through committee, but that doesn't mean it's a done deal. Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, calling it the 'wrong medicine' to block copyright violations, is threatening to put a hold on the bill, which would block its adoption through at least the end of the year."
Ron Wyden is a Democrat and yet no (D) in that title either. Grow up and quit whining.
Given the reported temperatures involved how does something that hot not melt parts of the experiment equipment? Do they quickly dissipate to the point of it not causing problems? Is the area radiating these temperatures too small to matter? Or is there some type of shielding (magnetic?) that prevents the heat from interacting with the inner walls? Do magnetic fields even work that way?
Just curious if anyone knows.
I'd say that Microsoft making a statement like that will push people into doing it faster. Seems like nothing motivates nerds more than being told that they can't do something by a large company or organization. Forget about money, this is now about ego.
I you thought that the wars would end after the 2008 election then you clearly weren't paying attention to what was being said. Afghanistan was the 'right' war according to Obama and he was pretty up front about wanting to continue with it and move our focus out of Iraq.
I'm going with, she is holding a cell phone and the footage is fake and was included as the "bonus" material to get the super deluxe extreme edition of the DVD.
Yes a warning system, so you know you can disconnect the important stuff from those millions of miles of wires. You know so the transformers don't all go pop at the same time?
Doesn't seem to be too hard in in Afghanistan. Several thousand votes cast by several hundred people. Not saying i disagree mind you, its better just not bulletproof.
Oddly enough Nevada is one of the few states in the US that has a "None of These Candidates" as an option on the ballot. There are polls out that say as many as 1 in 10 will cast the protest vote.
After reading through a number of comments i'm surprised that it seems that no one here has read the Cathedral and the Bazaar. There is a third option other than the Market Economy (capitalism) and the Command Economy (Socialism); the gift economy. Raymond makes a pretty decent case as to why Free Software neither socialism or capitalism. Which is great because it frees us from this stupid dicatomy which, lets face it, is really just an excuse to say that "my economic model is better than yours, and Free Software proves it."
Its an interesting idea but i'm still not sure how you would make money off of it. Without knowing what the manufacturing cost is of things like the Xbox and the PS3 its tough to say how much more the 3rd party product would have to cost just to break even. It seems to me that in that type of position its gonna be tough to come up with a successful buisness model.
And on top of all of that you would need to make an OS to run on the hardware that is compatible with the first party counterpart in order to play the licensed games.
I swear i'm not trying to be a downer about this, it just doesn't seem like 3rd party folks would be chomping at the bit to do this were the possible legal barrier removed.
Except that if cloned systems were created then software publishers could publish version for the clones that weren't blessed by the parent company (and would provide no revenue to them.)
I think if you were going to go to the trouble of developing a licensing strategy for your clone, you might as well just make your own new system.
I know I'd pay an extra $100 for my console if I knew my games would all cost $40 at launch instead of $60.
While you might be willing to pay more, most people turn to 3rd party products because they are cheaper than their 1st party counterparts. Also usually there is an understanding that they may not be quite as good. Which is another problem considering how poorly built some of the current generation consoles are. The failure rate for an Xbox is crazy high, and the PS3's is not great either.
Also they may be able to provide clone processors and the like at lower prices than the OEM is acquiring the real deal.
In the case of Sony, they design a lot of their components. The Cell was a joint effort (good luck finding a clone there regardless) but the PS2 chipset (emotion I think?) was their design. If memory serves, Microsoft asked either ATI or Nvidia to custom build gpu's for them, again making it hard to find clones for.
What I'd find equally interesting is how such a decision could affect game console manufacturers. There are already third party/cloned NES,SNES, and Genesis systems but those are all for obsolete platforms that I doubt Sega OR Nintendo really care much about anymore.
It won't have any effect. Consoles are sold at a loss* with the expectation that you will recoup that loss in games sales, licensing, and peripherals. There is no market for cloned current generation systems because they are still being sold for far less than they cost to build. The barrier isn't the legal issue, its the fact that nobody is crazy enough to enter a market where you primary competition is willing to lose money on every purchase.
*Expect for the Wii, which is really just a gamecube with a wireless and bluetooth adapter tape to it
You don't know how long they were there or where they had to go in the home. Sure the AC was on the second floor but there are a whole host of reason to go into the basement. Thats usually where the breakers are for one thing. Also the article says they found some of these things around the furniture and did not specify which floor they were talking about. INAFM (fireman) but i would imagine that if they see chemicals that they can't identify they are required to call someone to handle it so as to avoid things going boom.
You don't need a warrant if there is the possibility of danger/probably cause.
FTFA: "Vessels of chemicals were all over the furniture and the floor authorities said."
They were already there responding to a air conditioner fire. They saw large amounts of chemicals that they probably didn't know what they were for or what they could do. Thats your probable cause. We know that he wasn't doing anything dangerous _now_ after the hazmat folks had a chance to check it all out, but you want the cops banking on that?
Question. Say this guy had turned out to actually be making bombs or meth, and it came out in the news that the police were there a few days back and didn't do or say anything? How pissed do you think people would be at them then.
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A video game sequel is a different beast than movies and other media. The 2nd or 3rd iteration of a game can often be far superior and usually more innovative than its predecessor. Assassin's Creed 2 made the first look like it was a proof of concept. Assassin's Creed Brotherhood added a very unique multi player experience (or at least compared to whats currently out). Uncharted 1 to Uncharted 2 saw a huge leap in visuals and game play mechanic improvements not to mention the acting and story telling. Mass Effect 2 was far and away better than the first, ditching most of the RPG elements and refining the 3rd person shooter portions while pulling in all of your decisions from the first game. This rule doesn't always apply obviously however it is not uncommon.
Thats not really an enforcement issue so much as its a parental issue. I don't think its illegal for a parent to buy a game for a kid, unlike booze and smokes, though that could vary from state to state. Also this may be anecdotal but I get carded for buying video games more often than I do for beer.
There hasn't been a book review on drupal in over a month on here. I was getting worried there for a second.
Keep going long enough (intelligence in the 1000s) and you can enchant weapons that were more crazy than any spell a mage could do. 25ft 100pt Drain life type stuff. Hit one guard and half a town falls down dead.
Duke Philips: "If I want Citizen Kane’s last word to be “schwing” then “schwing” it’s gonna be!"
That should have been "and offered alternatives" in my original comment. I heard over and over again in that meeting that the billed need to be scrapped and they needed to start over again. Plenty of people went in there with copies of the bill but it was used as a political prop more than anything else. Also you'll note that I said nothing about Obama's roll in the meeting nor did I defended his actions. He may have not come with an open mind for compromise but it incredibly dishonest to say that the republicans did either. The rest of your post would seem to indicate to me that you may agree on that last point.
Did we watch the same meeting? This was the one that was televised right? None of the republicans that I saw were pointing to specific sections of the bill or offering alternatives. The resounding chorus from that meeting was "Scrap the bill and start over" from the republicans, not "lets see if we can work out the problems we have with this bill."
Quoting from TFS of the previous story on /.
"The COICA copyright bill may have sailed through committee, but that doesn't mean it's a done deal. Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, calling it the 'wrong medicine' to block copyright violations, is threatening to put a hold on the bill, which would block its adoption through at least the end of the year."
Ron Wyden is a Democrat and yet no (D) in that title either. Grow up and quit whining.
Given the reported temperatures involved how does something that hot not melt parts of the experiment equipment? Do they quickly dissipate to the point of it not causing problems? Is the area radiating these temperatures too small to matter? Or is there some type of shielding (magnetic?) that prevents the heat from interacting with the inner walls? Do magnetic fields even work that way? Just curious if anyone knows.
I'd say that Microsoft making a statement like that will push people into doing it faster. Seems like nothing motivates nerds more than being told that they can't do something by a large company or organization. Forget about money, this is now about ego.
No, it uses the Xbox to handle the processing and a significant portion as well. http://www.joystiq.com/2010/01/07/natal-to-use-10-15-percent-of-xbox-360-cpu-power/
I you thought that the wars would end after the 2008 election then you clearly weren't paying attention to what was being said. Afghanistan was the 'right' war according to Obama and he was pretty up front about wanting to continue with it and move our focus out of Iraq.
No, more like you can still get a call right before you die from your boss informing you that his internet is down
I'm going with, she is holding a cell phone and the footage is fake and was included as the "bonus" material to get the super deluxe extreme edition of the DVD.
Yes a warning system, so you know you can disconnect the important stuff from those millions of miles of wires. You know so the transformers don't all go pop at the same time?
Doesn't seem to be too hard in in Afghanistan. Several thousand votes cast by several hundred people. Not saying i disagree mind you, its better just not bulletproof.
Oddly enough Nevada is one of the few states in the US that has a "None of These Candidates" as an option on the ballot. There are polls out that say as many as 1 in 10 will cast the protest vote.
After reading through a number of comments i'm surprised that it seems that no one here has read the Cathedral and the Bazaar. There is a third option other than the Market Economy (capitalism) and the Command Economy (Socialism); the gift economy. Raymond makes a pretty decent case as to why Free Software neither socialism or capitalism. Which is great because it frees us from this stupid dicatomy which, lets face it, is really just an excuse to say that "my economic model is better than yours, and Free Software proves it."
Persona 3. And the strange thing? Not a very fun game.
Its an interesting idea but i'm still not sure how you would make money off of it. Without knowing what the manufacturing cost is of things like the Xbox and the PS3 its tough to say how much more the 3rd party product would have to cost just to break even. It seems to me that in that type of position its gonna be tough to come up with a successful buisness model.
And on top of all of that you would need to make an OS to run on the hardware that is compatible with the first party counterpart in order to play the licensed games.
I swear i'm not trying to be a downer about this, it just doesn't seem like 3rd party folks would be chomping at the bit to do this were the possible legal barrier removed.
Except that if cloned systems were created then software publishers could publish version for the clones that weren't blessed by the parent company (and would provide no revenue to them.)
I think if you were going to go to the trouble of developing a licensing strategy for your clone, you might as well just make your own new system.
I know I'd pay an extra $100 for my console if I knew my games would all cost $40 at launch instead of $60.
While you might be willing to pay more, most people turn to 3rd party products because they are cheaper than their 1st party counterparts. Also usually there is an understanding that they may not be quite as good. Which is another problem considering how poorly built some of the current generation consoles are. The failure rate for an Xbox is crazy high, and the PS3's is not great either.
Also they may be able to provide clone processors and the like at lower prices than the OEM is acquiring the real deal.
In the case of Sony, they design a lot of their components. The Cell was a joint effort (good luck finding a clone there regardless) but the PS2 chipset (emotion I think?) was their design. If memory serves, Microsoft asked either ATI or Nvidia to custom build gpu's for them, again making it hard to find clones for.
What I'd find equally interesting is how such a decision could affect game console manufacturers. There are already third party/cloned NES,SNES, and Genesis systems but those are all for obsolete platforms that I doubt Sega OR Nintendo really care much about anymore.
It won't have any effect. Consoles are sold at a loss* with the expectation that you will recoup that loss in games sales, licensing, and peripherals. There is no market for cloned current generation systems because they are still being sold for far less than they cost to build. The barrier isn't the legal issue, its the fact that nobody is crazy enough to enter a market where you primary competition is willing to lose money on every purchase.
*Expect for the Wii, which is really just a gamecube with a wireless and bluetooth adapter tape to it
"Lets see, the fire was put out in 1 minute"
Must have missed that part of the article.
You don't know how long they were there or where they had to go in the home. Sure the AC was on the second floor but there are a whole host of reason to go into the basement. Thats usually where the breakers are for one thing. Also the article says they found some of these things around the furniture and did not specify which floor they were talking about. INAFM (fireman) but i would imagine that if they see chemicals that they can't identify they are required to call someone to handle it so as to avoid things going boom.
You don't need a warrant if there is the possibility of danger/probably cause.
FTFA:
"Vessels of chemicals were all over the furniture and the floor authorities said."
They were already there responding to a air conditioner fire. They saw large amounts of chemicals that they probably didn't know what they were for or what they could do. Thats your probable cause. We know that he wasn't doing anything dangerous _now_ after the hazmat folks had a chance to check it all out, but you want the cops banking on that?
Question. Say this guy had turned out to actually be making bombs or meth, and it came out in the news that the police were there a few days back and didn't do or say anything? How pissed do you think people would be at them then.