Um... you have the key to open that email, you should've done everything in you power to copy/save that email somehow (what you wanna lost/. cred?), and DRM or no if your boss asks you to do something illegal you should say no. I can appreciate that for some it would be a rock and a hard place kind of situation, but I do believe "just say no" would work for most.
Unfortunately, I doubt your rationale would change anyones mind. The problem is that many see DRM as such an evil that giving someone the right to use DRMed media is like say... allowing someone to work under minimum wage. Mentioning control doesn't matter because DRM is an option nobody should be allowed to have, at least according to some.
And of course there's still the idea that the Vista DRM slows down your computer. No idea if that's true or not however.
What kind of games would you consider innovative? Things like Portal and Ico maybe? Please don't take this as a challenge; I really would like to know how you gauge originality.
Older males probably won't care all that much about the age of the Doctor. The females fans on the other hand would care. And what pretty much any mainstream anime and movies like Twight taught us, they are a demographic worth catering to.
Specializing always has it's benefits, but doing some of what the grandparent post suggest would make one a more rounded person. And I'd argue that's more valuable unless you're one of the few that loves his/her profession so much the rest of what life has to offer is irrelevant.
Posting the pictures might stoke the desires of the viewer.
Dude, Rule 34! Aka, anything you can conceive of, someone (possibly in Japan) is already jacking off to it. Ignoring that for a second, children can also stoke desire. Getting rid of them might be... controversial to say the least.
Offtopic, but I do believe technically our adversion to nudity came after the devil tempted the first humans to eat from that tree in Eden. Course God did create that sneaky bugger.
Thinking someone is stupid instead of misguided/naive/ignorant/whatever, and also thinking that insulting people isn't a bad thing makes you look like a fool. What is your reason for posting? Righteous indignation? Or a genuine desire to change another persons mind? Surely you've learned somewhere insults do anything but make a person receptive.
Ya, but how would we protect children against the people close to them short of a Big Brother like monitoring system? Well taking them from parents at birth and sticking them in government runs schools could also work I suppose, bit like "Brave New World."
Totally noncanon guessing on my part, but I always figured they were pussyfooting around simply because the Federation was some bizzare thing that was out of their calculation. I mean hell they attacked with overwhelming force, but then lost due to a security hole out of nowhere. I'd say the wtf nature of their defeat, plus their arrogant nature about their perfection made them unwilling to attack with greater force. They don't seem like the type to admit to making mistakes.: )
Course things got weird in the Voyager episode "Dark Frontier" when they attack a weaker almost defeated race with a dozen ships plus the Queen, yet decided to us a plague on the Federation since again we're special, and require a more subtle touch, or something. Course instead of making it themselves, they required the ex-Bord 7 of 9 to do all the work. That episode made zero sense...
-Humans never cured the phage. In the end some group called the "Think Tank" claimed to have cured it though. Group had zero humans btw.
-Humanity was merely yet another player in the Dominion War. Hell, with only the Klingons they were losing badly. It took a literal Deux Ex Machina from the wormhole aliens to even survive, then an alliance with the Romulans that gave them a fighting chance.
But you're totally correct. Hell the first episode of TNG where Q orders humanity to go home cements our specialness. We're either too dangerous/eager, or we can really fuck up the universe. Way to stoke ego Q...
Ubisoft spends considerable amount of money on DRM. If it can be shown that it's a waste of resources why on earth would they continue to support it? Hell, even if the numbers are ambiguous, it'll make them less likely to use DRM. Course it's possible this test will show an increase in piracy, but I don't think they'll jump to any conclusions considering that there's a considerable amount of money and time to be saved.
Makes sense, afterall if a game isn't popular like Spore it'll take at least a week to break the DRM, or that long for someone to make the attempt anyways imo.
I don't play EVE, but it sounds like if one could make an infinite amount of item x then if I wanted fast cash it'll be faster to just sell the items to a NPC, which would create ISK.
Well maybe for a few years perhaps a decade, but eventually boobies will simply be a basic part of television, and the it'll be what the masses expect not what the masses desire. I'd say inching towards a bit less puritanical T.V is a good thing even with the setback you mentioned.
Nope still supposition, the only obvious criteria for keeping humanity alive is procreation. Now, it's possible someday a necessary technology wont be mature due to religion. Also possible this stymying will keep us from going extinct via uber bioweapon. And of course its possible religion isn't going to do much for or against human extinction.
Oh please, hate it or love it, how many existing religions demand you not propogate? One could argue religions holds back some necessary science, but that's merely supposition.
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Um... you have the key to open that email, you should've done everything in you power to copy/save that email somehow (what you wanna lost /. cred?), and DRM or no if your boss asks you to do something illegal you should say no. I can appreciate that for some it would be a rock and a hard place kind of situation, but I do believe "just say no" would work for most.
Unfortunately, I doubt your rationale would change anyones mind. The problem is that many see DRM as such an evil that giving someone the right to use DRMed media is like say... allowing someone to work under minimum wage. Mentioning control doesn't matter because DRM is an option nobody should be allowed to have, at least according to some.
And of course there's still the idea that the Vista DRM slows down your computer. No idea if that's true or not however.
A Muslim meal would be "halal" btw. Though I'm almost positive that info is unwanted.
What kind of games would you consider innovative? Things like Portal and Ico maybe? Please don't take this as a challenge; I really would like to know how you gauge originality.
Nothing wrong with powerful imposing women, but the Doctor never struck me as a either expect in extremely dire situations.
Older males probably won't care all that much about the age of the Doctor. The females fans on the other hand would care. And what pretty much any mainstream anime and movies like Twight taught us, they are a demographic worth catering to.
Specializing always has it's benefits, but doing some of what the grandparent post suggest would make one a more rounded person. And I'd argue that's more valuable unless you're one of the few that loves his/her profession so much the rest of what life has to offer is irrelevant.
Posting the pictures might stoke the desires of the viewer.
Dude, Rule 34! Aka, anything you can conceive of, someone (possibly in Japan) is already jacking off to it. Ignoring that for a second, children can also stoke desire. Getting rid of them might be... controversial to say the least.
Offtopic, but I do believe technically our adversion to nudity came after the devil tempted the first humans to eat from that tree in Eden. Course God did create that sneaky bugger.
Thinking someone is stupid instead of misguided/naive/ignorant/whatever, and also thinking that insulting people isn't a bad thing makes you look like a fool. What is your reason for posting? Righteous indignation? Or a genuine desire to change another persons mind? Surely you've learned somewhere insults do anything but make a person receptive.
Well, what about legal, mundane over 18 years old porn? Does it increase a desire to rape the gender of your choice, or does it give release?
Ya, but how would we protect children against the people close to them short of a Big Brother like monitoring system? Well taking them from parents at birth and sticking them in government runs schools could also work I suppose, bit like "Brave New World."
You're actually trying to equate hertosexuality and masculinty with geekdom? ROFL
Totally noncanon guessing on my part, but I always figured they were pussyfooting around simply because the Federation was some bizzare thing that was out of their calculation. I mean hell they attacked with overwhelming force, but then lost due to a security hole out of nowhere. I'd say the wtf nature of their defeat, plus their arrogant nature about their perfection made them unwilling to attack with greater force. They don't seem like the type to admit to making mistakes.: )
Course things got weird in the Voyager episode "Dark Frontier" when they attack a weaker almost defeated race with a dozen ships plus the Queen, yet decided to us a plague on the Federation since again we're special, and require a more subtle touch, or something. Course instead of making it themselves, they required the ex-Bord 7 of 9 to do all the work. That episode made zero sense...
If I may nitpick:
-Humans never cured the phage. In the end some group called the "Think Tank" claimed to have cured it though. Group had zero humans btw.
-Humanity was merely yet another player in the Dominion War. Hell, with only the Klingons they were losing badly. It took a literal Deux Ex Machina from the wormhole aliens to even survive, then an alliance with the Romulans that gave them a fighting chance.
But you're totally correct. Hell the first episode of TNG where Q orders humanity to go home cements our specialness. We're either too dangerous/eager, or we can really fuck up the universe. Way to stoke ego Q...
Ubisoft spends considerable amount of money on DRM. If it can be shown that it's a waste of resources why on earth would they continue to support it? Hell, even if the numbers are ambiguous, it'll make them less likely to use DRM. Course it's possible this test will show an increase in piracy, but I don't think they'll jump to any conclusions considering that there's a considerable amount of money and time to be saved.
Makes sense, afterall if a game isn't popular like Spore it'll take at least a week to break the DRM, or that long for someone to make the attempt anyways imo.
I don't play EVE, but it sounds like if one could make an infinite amount of item x then if I wanted fast cash it'll be faster to just sell the items to a NPC, which would create ISK.
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Buh? Why? Are you an uber liberal living in a fanatically conservative house or something?
No, because Ann Rice already used that (seriously).
Well maybe for a few years perhaps a decade, but eventually boobies will simply be a basic part of television, and the it'll be what the masses expect not what the masses desire. I'd say inching towards a bit less puritanical T.V is a good thing even with the setback you mentioned.
"Cause I don't know if I'll like till I played the whole thing!" Well, that's one rationale I heard...
Nope still supposition, the only obvious criteria for keeping humanity alive is procreation. Now, it's possible someday a necessary technology wont be mature due to religion. Also possible this stymying will keep us from going extinct via uber bioweapon. And of course its possible religion isn't going to do much for or against human extinction.
Oh please, hate it or love it, how many existing religions demand you not propogate? One could argue religions holds back some necessary science, but that's merely supposition.