If you had watched the oh-so-dramatic videos, you would see that even John Lovitz can install it on a Windows PC just by plugging it in;). Cmon, who doesn't want a device marketed by the likes of Gary Coleman. (Yes, I said Gary Coleman. Just watch the videos)
Uh, I think that's one two many threes. Regardless, it sounds like it would be a bit convoluted and confusing, with the exception of somewhat tech-savvy sources. The hard part would be striking a balance between secure and overly complex.
With indy games like Gish getting rave reviews, proof that the indy scene is more than tetris, breakout, and R-type clones.
The indy scene really is about the people who are ok plunking down $20 for a game that they can just pick up and play for 20 minutes, isn't overly involving, and can be put back down. People ranging from your Mom playing Zuma, to your kids playing Chuzzle, to Dad playing Jets 'n Guns
I like Indy games, especially for my young daughter, that I know are fun and entertaining, innexpensive, and have replay value - and the $20 price tag on most makes them worth while to me.
I did RTFA... I've also read this separate blurb on the lawsuit yesterday that had information on a portion of the case that delt with the information the engineers had been privy to during the NDA period. That's what I was referring to.
I think it's a little more than opportunism though. I mean, granted, waiting 20 years or what not is a little bit of a stretch, but A portion of the case hinges on the behavior of Microsoft's engineers after they had been given access to Go's technology under a nondisclosure agreement.
1. Gather information on product
2. Wait a few years for the company/product to completely flop
3. Bootstrap your exisiting OS to support features you're engineers have been squirrling away for 20 years
4. Feel the wrath of a company that has nothing more to run with but suing the Cash Cow for a piece of the pie they think they helped MS innovate, albeit indirectly.
ZDNet is reporting that they're spreading across the net like wildfire."
... funny, you'd think you would be able to find them someplace else if they were "spreading like wildfire". Why in the world didn't they at least setup BT mirror(s) out of the gate.
Remember most people will give away their identity for the chance to win a chocolate bar.
Regardless of the argument spyware vs not-spyware, why do we continue to protect idiots that cannot and/or refuse to read! You give the impression that because people would give away personal information for a chocolate bar, that we should have some anti-chocolate bar legislation to protect those that don't know what they could be doing when they agree to recieve a chocolate bar from someone?!? Kids should have to sign a waver when they bag some candy in October right? Geesh!
Just because it has some kind of marketing spin on the verbage doesn't mean that it's not clearly stating what the product you are downloading will do. Privacy concerns or not - if you agree to download a product that monitors what you do, obviously it's going to be a privacy concern. Who gives a flyin crap about if people can't read. This is not something burried in a EULA that NOBODY reads, and it is clearly stated multiple times on the pages that you download the software. What more could you ask for?
If this is spyware, it's an example of how this software and the companies who make/distribute it should be required to disclose what you are getting when you download the software.
Sorry about that, had no idea. You would think they would be sure that it was tagged correctly. I did think it looked pretty darn good for non HD... figures.
For those who have never played any of the splinter cell games, Chaos Theory does not lend itself to the pick-up-and-go person without a little frustration along the way. I consider myself somewhat proficient at figuring stuff out with unfamilar games, but I actually had to *cough* break out the manual *cough* to figure out how to do most everything. I'm assuming the 'how-to' stuff is covered in previous games. The only other complaint is - what is with game developers not supporting at least 480p? Regardless, the game looks pretty good for not being any flavor of HD.
Once you get the hang of it, it's actually rather fun and a nice change of pace from the run-around-and-blow-everything-up type games that are generally prevalent.
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If you had watched the oh-so-dramatic videos, you would see that even John Lovitz can install it on a Windows PC just by plugging it in ;). Cmon, who doesn't want a device marketed by the likes of Gary Coleman. (Yes, I said Gary Coleman. Just watch the videos)
Uh, I think that's one two many threes. Regardless, it sounds like it would be a bit convoluted and confusing, with the exception of somewhat tech-savvy sources. The hard part would be striking a balance between secure and overly complex.
With indy games like Gish getting rave reviews, proof that the indy scene is more than tetris, breakout, and R-type clones.
The indy scene really is about the people who are ok plunking down $20 for a game that they can just pick up and play for 20 minutes, isn't overly involving, and can be put back down. People ranging from your Mom playing Zuma, to your kids playing Chuzzle, to Dad playing Jets 'n Guns
I like Indy games, especially for my young daughter, that I know are fun and entertaining, innexpensive, and have replay value - and the $20 price tag on most makes them worth while to me.
I did RTFA... I've also read this separate blurb on the lawsuit yesterday that had information on a portion of the case that delt with the information the engineers had been privy to during the NDA period. That's what I was referring to.
I think it's a little more than opportunism though. I mean, granted, waiting 20 years or what not is a little bit of a stretch, but A portion of the case hinges on the behavior of Microsoft's engineers after they had been given access to Go's technology under a nondisclosure agreement.
1. Gather information on product
2. Wait a few years for the company/product to completely flop
3. Bootstrap your exisiting OS to support features you're engineers have been squirrling away for 20 years
4. Feel the wrath of a company that has nothing more to run with but suing the Cash Cow for a piece of the pie they think they helped MS innovate, albeit indirectly.
Remember most people will give away their identity for the chance to win a chocolate bar. Regardless of the argument spyware vs not-spyware, why do we continue to protect idiots that cannot and/or refuse to read! You give the impression that because people would give away personal information for a chocolate bar, that we should have some anti-chocolate bar legislation to protect those that don't know what they could be doing when they agree to recieve a chocolate bar from someone?!? Kids should have to sign a waver when they bag some candy in October right? Geesh! Just because it has some kind of marketing spin on the verbage doesn't mean that it's not clearly stating what the product you are downloading will do. Privacy concerns or not - if you agree to download a product that monitors what you do, obviously it's going to be a privacy concern. Who gives a flyin crap about if people can't read. This is not something burried in a EULA that NOBODY reads, and it is clearly stated multiple times on the pages that you download the software. What more could you ask for? If this is spyware, it's an example of how this software and the companies who make/distribute it should be required to disclose what you are getting when you download the software.
Sorry about that, had no idea. You would think they would be sure that it was tagged correctly. I did think it looked pretty darn good for non HD... figures.
For those who have never played any of the splinter cell games, Chaos Theory does not lend itself to the pick-up-and-go person without a little frustration along the way. I consider myself somewhat proficient at figuring stuff out with unfamilar games, but I actually had to *cough* break out the manual *cough* to figure out how to do most everything. I'm assuming the 'how-to' stuff is covered in previous games. The only other complaint is - what is with game developers not supporting at least 480p? Regardless, the game looks pretty good for not being any flavor of HD.
Once you get the hang of it, it's actually rather fun and a nice change of pace from the run-around-and-blow-everything-up type games that are generally prevalent.