and according to that mythical EULA you agreed to when you opened the package, you are not allowed to install or use third party programs with the system, in addition to the technical restrictions put in place.
aint copyright and it's evil brothers grand?
and when the new consoles with 3 cpus each and massive computing power show up, you can't install/use your own programs on the hardware you paid for.
i wonder why they can get away with this clear violation of PROPERTY laws....
that'll end the situation so quickly it'll make their heads spin.
imagine if they actually had to sit there and click and click over and over for 12 hours a day... yeah, they wouldn't.
the fact that there is an industry in the first place is because those cheating punks have a lot of stolen accounts, so on the !extremely! rare occurence of getting banned, they're right back in the next day where they left off. while anyone else who wanted to run a bot would get their only account banned.
basically, things are bad as they are because those lousy punks running the games are leniant as hell on cheaters.
and i blame the companies more than the cheaters. they have the real power to make things balanced for honest players. lowlives will always cheat, given a chance... but they normally would be slapped down hard with a ban; not so with online gaming.
hence i'll never play an online game so long as those idiotic motherlovers are in charge of allowing those cheaters to prosper.
yeah and sony is for once right... at least profit from it themselves and leave less for those cheaters.
without it, they couldn't screw over "customers" like you.
if copyright were lets say 5-7 years in length, then authors and other lowlifes erm i mean "content producers" could extract heavy , massive profit but not control the works of humanity for ever in prepetuity and their descendants too.
and no garbage like making closed consoles (selling the hardware and not allowing you to run your own code).
no BS like the dmca and horrible anti-competitive crap like lexmark/hp print cartridge "monopolies".
copyright has gone way out of proportion of being in accordance with the principles laid in the constitution. 14 years was a good amount of time in the 18th century when life expectancy was 40 years or so and technology wasn't as advanced. but it was limited, unlike now.
5-7 years is the key with massive reductions in the extra crap laws that are coming out seemingly every day now.
i think that's a good compromise for everyone involved. enough time to reap massive benefits and enough time to "ENCOURAGE" new works!!!
no to information hoarders. it is an infinite resource.
now if apple/ibm could start "mass-producing" their power motherboards then they too would be reasonably priced and then maybe poor folks like me could build a nice system and maybe even decide to put os x on it...
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ahh, expect sony to make sure you can't run code on a computer you paid for...
makes sense to me.
and according to that mythical EULA you agreed to when you opened the package, you are not allowed to install or use third party programs with the system, in addition to the technical restrictions put in place.
aint copyright and it's evil brothers grand?
and when the new consoles with 3 cpus each and massive computing power show up, you can't install/use your own programs on the hardware you paid for.
i wonder why they can get away with this clear violation of PROPERTY laws....
thats why i keep saying that single player gaming will be around for a VERY long time and will usually be the best option for gaming.
as long as one has to put up with the crap of other people, then no matter what MP gaming brings to the table, it's not worth a damn.
they go to such lengths to set up an "Economy" but do nothing to monitor it.
the fact that several million gold appears and disappears instantly apparently means nothing.
online gaming used to be the holy grail. but most people who have ever partaken in it, can tell that it is complete and utter crap.
either only play with your friends or give up and go back to single player (which is far superior in most respects).
thank for pointing out the obvious to the mentally challenged.
it is assumed by teenie boppers and those of higher age and lower intellect that anything "virtual" has no value whatsoever.
apparently they feel that way when they go buy those "virtual" games on plastic discs too...
you are free not to spend a penny on anything you don't feel is worth it to you... but shut the hell up about others buying it, it's their money.
ending this industry or cutting it down to size.
simply ban the bastards who use bots to "farm"
that'll end the situation so quickly it'll make their heads spin.
imagine if they actually had to sit there and click and click over and over for 12 hours a day... yeah, they wouldn't.
the fact that there is an industry in the first place is because those cheating punks have a lot of stolen accounts, so on the !extremely! rare occurence of getting banned, they're right back in the next day where they left off. while anyone else who wanted to run a bot would get their only account banned.
basically, things are bad as they are because those lousy punks running the games are leniant as hell on cheaters.
and i blame the companies more than the cheaters. they have the real power to make things balanced for honest players. lowlives will always cheat, given a chance... but they normally would be slapped down hard with a ban; not so with online gaming.
hence i'll never play an online game so long as those idiotic motherlovers are in charge of allowing those cheaters to prosper.
yeah and sony is for once right... at least profit from it themselves and leave less for those cheaters.
and the fact that you pay for the privilege of reading a "magazine" full of ads , which are supposed to pay for the magazine...
the rich-man's all-purpose flour helps.
obviously you have hit the nail on the head.
this is ALL that the RIAA (and other devilish associated groups) are about.
CONTROL of distribution.
it IS about copyright being bad.
without it, they couldn't screw over "customers" like you.
if copyright were lets say 5-7 years in length, then authors and other lowlifes erm i mean "content producers" could extract heavy , massive profit but not control the works of humanity for ever in prepetuity and their descendants too.
and no garbage like making closed consoles (selling the hardware and not allowing you to run your own code).
no BS like the dmca and horrible anti-competitive crap like lexmark/hp print cartridge "monopolies".
copyright has gone way out of proportion of being in accordance with the principles laid in the constitution. 14 years was a good amount of time in the 18th century when life expectancy was 40 years or so and technology wasn't as advanced. but it was limited, unlike now.
5-7 years is the key with massive reductions in the extra crap laws that are coming out seemingly every day now.
i think that's a good compromise for everyone involved. enough time to reap massive benefits and enough time to "ENCOURAGE" new works!!!
no to information hoarders. it is an infinite resource.
a deity capable of deceiving you is not a deity.
:)
perhaps you ought to do more than just espousing hate for religion because of it's supposed followers.
it's always been about power/money/control. using religion to achieve those ends has been the norm not the exception.
don't blame god for what seems like shortcomings in your life... unless you really want to.
thankfully i'm still using stock 1.0 firefox :)
i hear that the next linux kernel will have 100% win32 and OS X compatibility and with native performance too.
yeah...
thats the ticket...
it's not like everyone and their dog are releasing white electronics products this year...
white as a product is plain ugly IMO.
reminds me of those godawful 50's 60's style garbage they used to sell.
a job on good terms is to be on the phone with the BSA while your boss is "letting" you go... :)
what is this middle mouse button of which you speak?
;)
-S. Jobs
now if apple/ibm could start "mass-producing" their power motherboards then they too would be reasonably priced and then maybe poor folks like me could build a nice system and maybe even decide to put os x on it...
wishful thinking... it's what's for dinner.
actually ddr2 hasn't been "rolled" out because they don't like to progress backwards.
higher latency hurts the cpu, amd's specifically.
higher bandwidth is basically worthless in consumer based cpus. i have yet to see in real world tests where the massive amount of bw comes into use...
eventually they'll have to but by then, it'll make more sense to cripple the memory latency a little.
you want him to gut his newly bought mac and sell the parts of the mac at a swap meet?
punctuation, the other white meat.
don't you mean YOUR brew handsets?
i mean whats the point of "buying" a product if they still own it?
since you are a willing slave.
when people stop buying their crap, they might wise up or go belly up.
next gen video cards and cpus.
does that satisfy the requirements of your question?
actually thats in stark contrast to a recent interview with Raven (the developers).
they stated that they have changed very little of the engine since it was already very versatile.
i can't remember which interview it was or if it was even online.
if someone knows which, please leave a comment.
it means they didn't invent it. they bought it at the xerox flea market.
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rip-off can usually mean two things
1: it was stolen
2: it was a blatant copy (as if thats a bad thing)
but in this case it also means that it wasn't a home grown project.
people really have to get off the rediculous bandwagon that copying is bad.
it is THE way that the human species has lived for the past millennia. they copy/learn/share info/data/ideas.
hence you "prefer".