Representative democracies, ideal yet infested with the human nature of entitlement, especially at the upper level of the government. Sounds like Communism to me...
Mature gamers who remember what EA used to be, and hope that a company as old and (once) respected as EA
If EA was ever a respected company, it was probably just because customers didn't know any better. I recall discussing game development with one of the developers of Starflight (released in 1986) on a message board many years ago. He cautioned others to be careful of publishers like EA (who published Starflight) and lamented how naive they, as developers, were in their dealings with them way back in 1982, when development of the game began.
It's high time the citizens of the U.S. work to dissolve the Motion Picture Association of America. This is an organization that actively works against the best interest of all Americans. It must be destroyed. The freedom and liberty of all Americans -- even much of the world -- is under attack by this organization.
Why can't everyone just pay the same amount, no matter how much they make?
One major argument against a flat tax is that the wealthy use more of a percentage of gov't services than the poor, so it makes sense that they should pay a higher percentage.
Contrary to common wisdom, the two atomic blasts that rocked Japan in 1945 were not the end result of a concerted effort by the Allies to build an atomic bomb. The first blast was actually Chuck Norris' conception, and the second blast three days later was his birth.
Here's what the Super Mario collection *should* be:
Super Mario Bros
Super Mario Bros 2 (US)
Super Mario Bros 2 (Japan)
Super Mario Bros 3
Super Mario All-Stars
Super Mario World
Super Mario 64
Price: $20
That's the bare minimum acceptable product celebrating the 25th anniversary of Super Mario Bros.
For a few dollars more they could include the various GameBoy incarnations of Super Mario Bros, and maybe throw in the old Mario Bros for good measure.
Twenty-five years and all they do is re-release Super Mario All Stars? Please.
Of course, most of these games (along with their source) should belong to the Public Domain by now, but that's another story.
The Universal Serial Bus (USB) has done wonders for creating a standard interface on PCs. Prior to the USB port, PCs were a mishmash of various proprietary ports, often single-vendor efforts. There was no effective means for transferring files between two PCs.... USB freed us from proprietary solutions, proprietary software, and perhaps best of all, bent pins.
It really should be illegal to create proprietary connectors for anything. What a waste of time, resources, and technology.
I had to double check the link to make sure I wasn't reading The Onion:
I could close my eyes and see Doom play out. In my mental port of Doom, the game was all grays and browns, with red highlights of violence. There was no blue. Wrong. There is blue.
The blue surprise may seem trifling, but it gave me the sensation that my assumptions were wrong. It ensured that, for however long I played, I was likely to discover that, in other ways, Doom had more to offer than I had expected.
I guess it's time to update the earth to star Read the subject, then the body. The first part of his sentence is the subject. The second part of it is the body of the comment.....
Hopefully this starts a trend where companies release their source to the world once they're done with it.
That was kind of the point with the concept of "copyright": that the copyrighted work in question would enter the public domain after a short time in order to enrich society as a whole.
What *should* be happening, at the very least, is that a full copy (including source and binaries, in the case of software) of any copyrighted work be placed in government escrow so that it can be released to the public after the copyright expires (which should be about five or ten years, in the case of software).
How sad that copyright law has been twisted so terribly by the rich and powerful to the detriment of human civilization.
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Now that scene in Blade Runner is making more sense...
As long as you also say that some sales can be attributed to downloading as well.
You know where you can watch movies without *being* watched? At home on your entertainment system with the latest torrent.
Representative democracies, ideal yet infested with the human nature of entitlement, especially at the upper level of the government. Sounds like Communism to me...
This is a stupid idea. "Lending" digital text makes about as much sense as buying digital music.
If EA was ever a respected company, it was probably just because customers didn't know any better. I recall discussing game development with one of the developers of Starflight (released in 1986) on a message board many years ago. He cautioned others to be careful of publishers like EA (who published Starflight) and lamented how naive they, as developers, were in their dealings with them way back in 1982, when development of the game began.
That game was worth every penny!
I don't even know where to begin explaining how stupid that sentence is.
It's high time the citizens of the U.S. work to dissolve the Motion Picture Association of America. This is an organization that actively works against the best interest of all Americans. It must be destroyed. The freedom and liberty of all Americans -- even much of the world -- is under attack by this organization.
END THE MPAA
One major argument against a flat tax is that the wealthy use more of a percentage of gov't services than the poor, so it makes sense that they should pay a higher percentage.
(don't shoot the messenger, please)
Contrary to common wisdom, the two atomic blasts that rocked Japan in 1945 were not the end result of a concerted effort by the Allies to build an atomic bomb. The first blast was actually Chuck Norris' conception, and the second blast three days later was his birth.
True story.
It's 2010 and some people *still* think copying is theft. Amazing.
This is for you.
Price: $20
That's the bare minimum acceptable product celebrating the 25th anniversary of Super Mario Bros.
For a few dollars more they could include the various GameBoy incarnations of Super Mario Bros, and maybe throw in the old Mario Bros for good measure.
Twenty-five years and all they do is re-release Super Mario All Stars? Please.
Of course, most of these games (along with their source) should belong to the Public Domain by now, but that's another story.
I prefer the term "Litigation Industry".
It really should be illegal to create proprietary connectors for anything. What a waste of time, resources, and technology.
Now, can anyone honestly say that there is any valid reason why the complete source code to Windows 95 should not be in the Public Domain already?
I had to double check the link to make sure I wasn't reading The Onion:
Ugh.
2011, 2012, and 2013.
You're welcome.
Man, this internet thing is hard!
And the switch to a police state just happened overnight, right?
What?
Sentence fragments are really
That was kind of the point with the concept of "copyright": that the copyrighted work in question would enter the public domain after a short time in order to enrich society as a whole.
What *should* be happening, at the very least, is that a full copy (including source and binaries, in the case of software) of any copyrighted work be placed in government escrow so that it can be released to the public after the copyright expires (which should be about five or ten years, in the case of software).
How sad that copyright law has been twisted so terribly by the rich and powerful to the detriment of human civilization.
Two words: Walt Disney.