Actually, that has been changed recently. If you look at a seller's feedback page, you can see the chart showing the number of positive, neutral and negative comments in the last month/6 months/year. Click on the number of comments, and they're filtered, showing only the neutral or negative comments you want to read. Quite convienient.
There's a difference between scaling a DVD video and scaling the output of a 3D graphics chip. For a simple example of this, look at the God of War Collection on PS3. The 3D assets appear for the most part to be the original models from the PS2 versions. However, with more graphical power, it is possible to render at a higher resolution without so much loss of quality. However the prerendered cutscenes were upscaled from the original PS2 disc rather than being rerendered, so the difference is more apparent.
No. Selling the modified page or the resulting book could be though. And it likely is when you use the trademarks associated with the original book as part of the marketing of your edit, without permission.
Given that all these cookies likely do is tell the server you are acessing "I'm unique user #138756918", and are REALLY good at remembering that number, I doubt there's much you can do to mess with their servers. All the data about what it means to be unique user #138756918 is kept as far away from you as possible.
No... this has nothing to do with privacy. People want the achievements added to their profiles, and are cheating to add them. Why this matters to anyone, I don't know, as the most "useful" items you get from StarCraft 2 achievements are avatar icons and logos which can be placed on your units, logos which are so small I'd swear you'd never see them in a serious game. And SC2 has cheats built in, that disable achievements, so if someone just wants to see the story, they can easily do that. The only reason to cheat with hacks is to either get achievements that one is not good enough to earn legitimately, or to cheat in multiplayer.
Microsoft has had similar problems with their achievement system being cheated as well. Their answer has been deleting all achievements from the people found to be cheating in this way. Banning someone from the game does seem a little harsh in this situation.
If you read TFA, you will notice that he didn't find it himself. His mechanic did during a routine oil change. And only because he noticed an extra loose wire.
We're losing vertical pixels because our monitors are shorter. A 17 inch diagonal 4x3 monitor is 11.4 inches high. To get the same height on a 16x9 monitor, it would have to be at least a 23.25 inch diagonal.
Because Blizzard asks their playerbase to forward these e-mails for verification, and to help them locate the bogus sites and get them shut down. I'm getting these myself (although my B.net account is now on a different e-mail address), and they all have different bogus websites. While they know there's a problem, they still need to know where the new problems are.
Don't just remove the stickers, add another one adverstising a product designed to remove the sticker goo. AMD recommends Goo Gone for sticker residue. It's a new revenue source!
Well, apart from multiplayer, you do get weekly sales (although they only occasionally intersect with your interests), and demo access one week earlier than non-gold users. And there was 1 vs 100 while that was around which was quite fun (but disappointing that it's not being renewed) Not saying it's an amazing deal or anything, but there is a bit more than the multiplayer.
Because I would absolutely trust an unstaller app provided with a malware "virus scanner". I think I'll cut out it's heart by my self, thank you very much.
The Wii already has an option on it to wipe it's memory of all downloaded games and ties to the Wii shop, which is intended to be used before giving the console to a new owner (Anyone who does this currently is a fool, sell the games with the system, you might as well)... All they need to do is through that process, provide a code allowing you to download your now erased library to a new Wii. Just send me that code by e-mail, and when I get my replacement, put that in and get it all back. Easy enough to do, works in the framework that's already there, and Nintendo knows that barring hacking the console, that all existing games have been deleted.
The releasing the first X minutes of a movie has become a more and more common tactic in movie promotions recently. I know it's happened for more than a few movies, but the only one I remember specifically was Borat.
Otherwise, I totally agree with you. It's hard to put down $50-60 for a game basically sight unseen. Especially when so many developers do release demos, and XBox Live requires them, etc. Not only does a demo tell you if you would like the game, a demo will also give you an idea how well a game will run on your PC, which seems to pretty important to Crytek games.
On the other hand, even demos aren't always representative of the full game. Take the Brutal Legend demo for example. What seems from the demo like God of War-esque with driving sequences, is actually a semi-RTS with a large mostly empty "sandbox" overworld.
I don't know if you think you're joking or not, but as of this posting, Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board is the number one selling Games item on Amazon.com, Amazon proper is sold out, and the cheapest "featured merchant" has them for $119.95. Keep in mind retail price is $99.99. It's safe to say this story really has increased sales.
Judging based on the shocking reveal of millions of passwords from TFA that started this thread, I'd say that quite a few password systems must store in plaintext.
The battery onboard is supposed to last for about 70 minutes of play. Assuming the mechanism for determining the pages are open works correctly, that should be sufficient for the average reader. And after a month the ads may no longer be relevant anyway.
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Actually, that has been changed recently. If you look at a seller's feedback page, you can see the chart showing the number of positive, neutral and negative comments in the last month/6 months/year. Click on the number of comments, and they're filtered, showing only the neutral or negative comments you want to read. Quite convienient.
There's a difference between scaling a DVD video and scaling the output of a 3D graphics chip. For a simple example of this, look at the God of War Collection on PS3. The 3D assets appear for the most part to be the original models from the PS2 versions. However, with more graphical power, it is possible to render at a higher resolution without so much loss of quality. However the prerendered cutscenes were upscaled from the original PS2 disc rather than being rerendered, so the difference is more apparent.
I'm not sure if it would be WikiWikiLeaks, or WikiLeaksLeaks.
I'm not sure how I'd handle a pat-down from a Marlon Brando lookalike.
No. Selling the modified page or the resulting book could be though. And it likely is when you use the trademarks associated with the original book as part of the marketing of your edit, without permission.
Given that all these cookies likely do is tell the server you are acessing "I'm unique user #138756918", and are REALLY good at remembering that number, I doubt there's much you can do to mess with their servers. All the data about what it means to be unique user #138756918 is kept as far away from you as possible.
No... this has nothing to do with privacy. People want the achievements added to their profiles, and are cheating to add them. Why this matters to anyone, I don't know, as the most "useful" items you get from StarCraft 2 achievements are avatar icons and logos which can be placed on your units, logos which are so small I'd swear you'd never see them in a serious game. And SC2 has cheats built in, that disable achievements, so if someone just wants to see the story, they can easily do that. The only reason to cheat with hacks is to either get achievements that one is not good enough to earn legitimately, or to cheat in multiplayer.
Microsoft has had similar problems with their achievement system being cheated as well. Their answer has been deleting all achievements from the people found to be cheating in this way. Banning someone from the game does seem a little harsh in this situation.
I've heard of the two second rule, the three second rule, and the five second rule. I didn't realize you were supposed to multiply them.
If you read TFA, you will notice that he didn't find it himself. His mechanic did during a routine oil change. And only because he noticed an extra loose wire.
Why is it possible to even register a domain with a soft hyphen? Oh wait, Domain registrars are greedy.
We're losing vertical pixels because our monitors are shorter. A 17 inch diagonal 4x3 monitor is 11.4 inches high. To get the same height on a 16x9 monitor, it would have to be at least a 23.25 inch diagonal.
What if your friends are buffalo?
Why? Did you want to borrow one?
Because Blizzard asks their playerbase to forward these e-mails for verification, and to help them locate the bogus sites and get them shut down. I'm getting these myself (although my B.net account is now on a different e-mail address), and they all have different bogus websites. While they know there's a problem, they still need to know where the new problems are.
Don't just remove the stickers, add another one adverstising a product designed to remove the sticker goo. AMD recommends Goo Gone for sticker residue. It's a new revenue source!
Well, apart from multiplayer, you do get weekly sales (although they only occasionally intersect with your interests), and demo access one week earlier than non-gold users. And there was 1 vs 100 while that was around which was quite fun (but disappointing that it's not being renewed) Not saying it's an amazing deal or anything, but there is a bit more than the multiplayer.
If he had subitted it to America's Funniest Home Videos, he maaaaabye could have won what, $10,000 is their top prize?
Because I would absolutely trust an unstaller app provided with a malware "virus scanner". I think I'll cut out it's heart by my self, thank you very much.
The Wii already has an option on it to wipe it's memory of all downloaded games and ties to the Wii shop, which is intended to be used before giving the console to a new owner (Anyone who does this currently is a fool, sell the games with the system, you might as well)... All they need to do is through that process, provide a code allowing you to download your now erased library to a new Wii. Just send me that code by e-mail, and when I get my replacement, put that in and get it all back. Easy enough to do, works in the framework that's already there, and Nintendo knows that barring hacking the console, that all existing games have been deleted.
The releasing the first X minutes of a movie has become a more and more common tactic in movie promotions recently. I know it's happened for more than a few movies, but the only one I remember specifically was Borat.
Otherwise, I totally agree with you. It's hard to put down $50-60 for a game basically sight unseen. Especially when so many developers do release demos, and XBox Live requires them, etc. Not only does a demo tell you if you would like the game, a demo will also give you an idea how well a game will run on your PC, which seems to pretty important to Crytek games.
On the other hand, even demos aren't always representative of the full game. Take the Brutal Legend demo for example. What seems from the demo like God of War-esque with driving sequences, is actually a semi-RTS with a large mostly empty "sandbox" overworld.
I don't know if you think you're joking or not, but as of this posting, Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board is the number one selling Games item on Amazon.com, Amazon proper is sold out, and the cheapest "featured merchant" has them for $119.95. Keep in mind retail price is $99.99. It's safe to say this story really has increased sales.
Judging based on the shocking reveal of millions of passwords from TFA that started this thread, I'd say that quite a few password systems must store in plaintext.
No, Amateur Porn Blog would come up first. It sorts based on how frequently you access the site.
Obligatory XKCD:
50 Ways
The battery onboard is supposed to last for about 70 minutes of play. Assuming the mechanism for determining the pages are open works correctly, that should be sufficient for the average reader. And after a month the ads may no longer be relevant anyway.